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Babb, D.A.
to
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ankes, E.W.J.
Banks, W.E.
to
B
easley, F.M.
Beattie, S.H.
to
B
lake, R.L.
Blundell, G.C.
to
Bristowe, R.H.
Brock, O. de B.
to
Brownrigg,
T.M.
Bruen, J.M.
to
Byas, C.W.

 
G.C. Blundell  to  R.H. Bristowe
Blundell,
George Collett
G.C. Blundell


25.05.1904
Kensington, Greater London
-
19.10.1997
Banbury, Oxfordshire
Midsh.
15.05.1922
A/S.Lt.
15.09.1924
S.Lt.
?
Lt.
30.06.1926
Lt.Cdr.
30.06.1934
A/Cdr.
< 02.1941
Cdr.
30.06.1942
Capt.
31.12.1947 (retd 07.01.1957)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
01.01.1957
New Year 57
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
08.04.1941
HMS Kent torpedoed 17.09.40
Mention in Despatches MID
11.12.1945
wind up Europe 45
15.05.1922
-
(08.1923)
HMS Hood (battlecruiser)
01.01.1925
-
(01.1925)
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
01.03.1926
-
(07.1927)
HMS Valiant (battleship) (Mediterranean) (additional)
03.01.1929
-
(04.1930)
qualifying for torpedo duties, HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 
(02.1931)


HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) *
22.09.1931
-
(01.)1934
Torpedo Officer, HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies)
18.12.1934
-
(02.)1936
Torpedo Officer, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) (and for duty with submarines)
21.10.1936
-
(07.)1937
Torpedo Officer, HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (while under construction also for duty with Commander-Superintendent of Contract-built Ships)
01.12.1937
-
1941
Torpedo Officer, HMS Kent (cruiser) & 1938-1939 also Fleet Torpedo Officer, China Station
04.02.1941
-
(02.1941)
Torpedo Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship)
10.07.1942
-
(10.)1943
Executive Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship)
13.12.1943
-
(07.1945)
Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 
18.02.1946
-
(10.1947)
Executive Officer, HMS Vernon (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Brighton, then Portsmouth)
06.1948
-
(05.1949)
Commanding Officer, HMS Rifleman
(05.1950)


no appointment listed
24.06.1952
-
(01.1956)
Director of Naval Recruiting, Admiralty [HMS President]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Bockett-Pugh,
Ian Hamilton
I.H. Bockett-Pugh (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Bockett-Pugh)
Son of Edward Harding Bockett-Pugh (1872-1945), and Irene Paul (1872-...).
Married (17.09.1929) Nancy Lucas (1910-1972); three daughters, one son.
Residence: (1944) Yelverton.

His son writes: "All I could add are things outside the World War II timeframe, such as serving for the last two weeks of the First World War, and becoming the first honorary secretary of the British Seamen's Boys Home, Brixham who was not a retired vicar. The Brixham home now relies entirely on retired naval officers, and it has done them a power of good. One event he talked of comes to mind, when testing the hedgehog (was that the name of the depth charge that was fired over the bows?) at Gibraltar. An enemy aircraft came to investigate, and my father had no guns so he fired a depth charge at it. Missed, but gave him a shock and scared him off."

30.08.1900
Harwich
-
03.07.1982
Torbay district
A/S.Lt.
15.05.1921
S.Lt.
15.08.1923, seniority 15.05.1921
Lt.
28.02.1924, seniority 15.04.1923
Lt.Cdr.
15.04.1931
Cdr.
30.06.1938 (retd 30.07.1949; medically unfit)
A/Capt.
> 06.1944, < 10.1944
Distinguished Service Order DSO
14.04.1942
convoy escort & destruction of U-boat 01-02.42 [investiture 08.12.42]
Distinguished Service Order DSO
13.04.1943
Operation Torch & destruction U-boat [investiture 11.05.43]
Distinguished Service Order DSO
29.08.1944
Operation Neptune [investiture 27.11.45]
Mention in Despatches MID
01.09.1942
Operation Harpoon
1920


ADC to Capt. Best [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)]
(08.1923)
 
 
short course of instruction
15.08.1923
-
(01.1925)
HMS Venetia (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
(05.1926)
 
 
no appointment listed
10.09.1926
-
(07.)1927
HMS Despatch (cruiser) (China)
19.12.1927
-
(08.)1929
HMS Frobisher (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
20.10.1929
-
(02.)1931
RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
17.12.1931
-
(01.)1934
Commanding Officer, HMS Cicala (river gunboat) (China)
25.07.1934
-
(02.)1936
Executive Officer, HMS Guardian (net layer)
11.05.1936
-
(06.)1938
HMS Iron Duke (training ship, Portsmouth)
29.08.1938
-
(10.)1938
Executive Officer, HMS Colombo (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport)
20.12.1938
-
(02.)1939
in charge, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) (reduced to special complement)
(04.1939)


HMS Adventure (large minelayer) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) *
19.04.1939
-
(08.1939)
Staff Officer (1) to Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station & Residential Naval Officer, Freetown [HMS Neptune (cruiser)]
12.02.1940
-
(04.)1940
Executive Officer, HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton)
26.10.1940
-
02.1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Wellington (sloop)
02.1941
-
(02.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Westcott (destroyer)
03.1943
-
(10.)1943
HMS Effingham (Combined Operations base, Dartmouth)
(12.1943)
-
(06.1944)
no appointment listed: Senior Officer, Ferry Service (Operation Neptune, Normandy)
15.08.1944
-
(10.)1944
Captain, Rosyth Escort Force [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)]
10.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Philoctetes (depot ship, Freetown) & as Captain (D) Freetown
(04.1946)
 
 
HMS Foliot IV *
08.10.1947
-
(07.1948)
Commanding Officer, HMS Camperdown (destroyer)
(05.1949)
 
 
no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Boddam-Whetham,
Edye Kington
E.K. Boddam-Whetham

Son of late John Whetham and Adelaide Harriett Matilda Boddam­Whetham of Kirklington Hall, Notts. Married (1915) Elizabeth Margaret, widow of Gordon Ayers.

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04.02.1887
Kirklington Hall, Notts
-
27.03.1944
[age 57]
[Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery, 1.D.5]
A/S.Lt.
15.04.1906?
S.Lt.
22.04.1907, seniority 15.04.1906
Lt.
15.07.1908
Lt.Cdr.
15.07.1914
Cdr.
31.12.1920
Capt.
30.06.1928
R.Adm.
01.08.1939 (retd 02.08.1939)
Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR
07.09.1939
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
08.12.1942
Russian convoy PQ18 09.42
Distinguished Service Order DSO
14.09.1917
*
Mention in Despatches MID
22.06.1917
?
Mention in Despatches MID
17.11.1942
**
* For his services in command of a destroyer in the action with .enemy destroyers off the Belgian coa,st on the 5th June, 1917. He handled his ship well in the face of superior forces and under the fire of the shore batteries.
** For outstanding devotion to duty during three years arduous service as Commodore of Ocean Convoy.
Education: Sandroyd; HMS Britannia
15.09.1901
 
 
entered RN
1914
-
1919
served European War (DSO for services in command of a destroyer off the Belgian coast, June 1917)
01.09.1918
-
(01.1919)
Commanding Officer, HMS Swallow (destroyer)
(01.1925)


Air Ministry
15.01.1926
-
(07.1927)
Commanding Officer, HMS Witherington (destroyer) (China)
27.07.1929
-
(02.1931)
Commanding Officer, HMS Tarantula (gunboat) & Senior Officer, West River (China)
(01.1932)


no appointment listed
07.06.1932
-
(01.1934)
Commanding Officer, HMS Kempenfelt (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 2nd Destroyer Flotilla (Home Fleet)
06.10.1934
-
(02.1936)
Commanding Officer, HMS Malabar (RN Barracks, Bermuda) (and in charge of HM Naval Establishments, Bermuda)
(02.1937)


no appointment listed
17.05.1937
-
(07.1939)
Captain of the Dockyard and Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, HM Dockyard, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
10.01.1939
-
01.08.1939
Naval ADC to the King
07.09.1939
-
27.03.1944
Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]
Boddie,
Alfred Charles
A.C. Boddie

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27.01.1891
Portsea Island, Hampshire
-
10.12.1958
Seaman
? [237523]
Gnr.
01.10.1917
Cd.Gnr.
22.06.1927
Lt.
22.06.1939 (retd 27.01.1941)
30.08.1918
-
(01.1919)
HMS Stag (destroyer)
24.10.1924
-
(01.1925)
HMS Benbow (battleship) (for instructional duties) (Mediterranean)
06.12.1926
-
(07.1927)
HMS Fisgard (depot for training of artificer apprentices)
18.06.1929
-
(02.1931)
HMS Egmont (RN base, Malta)
15.09.1931
-
(01.1932)
HMS Lupin (sloop)
29.04.1932
-
(09.1932)
HMS Mist (drifter)
18.02.1933
-
(07.1935)
HMS Danae (cruiser) *
16.03.1936
-
(02.1937)
HMS Hawkins (cruiser)
08.03.1937
-
(02.1938)
HMS Dauntless (cruiser)
24.05.1938
-
(06.1938)
HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship)
(06.1938)
-
(02.1939)
HMS Cochrane (depot ship) & for HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship)
24.02.1939
-
(08.1939)
HMS Syringa (trawler)
05.01.1940
-
(04.1940)
HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon)
08.04.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)
12.1941
-
(10.1943)
HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)
23.11.1943
-
(06.1944)
HMS Manatee (landing craft base, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight)
11.07.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Glendower (training establishment Pwllheli, North Wales)
* (02.1936) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Boddie,
George Hugh
G.H. Boddie

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28.11.1886
Portsmouth, Portsea Island, Hampshire
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973
Seaman
? [218693]
A/Mate
15.02.1915
Mate
27.03.1916, seniority 15.02.1915
A/Lt.
15.01.1918
Lt.
07.03.1919, seniority 15.01.1918
02.08.1921, seniority 15.11.1917 (retd 01.12.1922; own request)
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
15.11.1925 (reverted to retd 1941/42)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
05.10.1918

*

* For extreme efficiency in extinguishing fires and reorganising ship after the action. He rendered great assistance in bringing the ship safely into harbour when the comdg. officer was wounded (22-23.04.1918, Adriatic)
(01.1919)


HMS Hercules (battleship) *
15.02.1940
-
(02.1941)
Assistant Boom Officer, Portland [HMS Boscawen]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Boddie,
Ronal Gowan
R.G. Boddie

Son of R.Adm. (E) Ronald Charles Boddie, CVO, DSO, RN.
?
-
12.2004 still alive
Cadet
01.01.1939
Midsh. (E)
01.05.1940
S.Lt. (E)
16.04.1942
A/Lt. (E)
?
Lt. (E)
16.10.1943
Lt.Cdr. (E)
16.10.1951
Cdr. (EngM)
31.12.1957 (retd 01.11.1969; own request)
08.05.1940
-
(08.1943)
engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham
31.08.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Spartan (cruiser)
20.03.1944
-
(04.1946)
HMNZS Achilles (cruiser) (lent to RNZN)
19.09.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMS Vanguard
15.01.1951
-
(05.1953)
HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
22.10.1955
-
(01.1956)
HMS Chevron
12.1960
-
(02.1963)
Department of the Director-General, Aircraft, Admiralty [HMS President]
10.10.1966
-
(02.1969)
Project Planning Officer, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
Boddie,
Sydney Leonard Cecil
S.L.C. Boddie

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09.09.1896
Portsea Island, Hampshire
-
14.05.1979
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Seaman
? [M4789]
Wt.Eng.
01.07.1927
Cd.Eng.
01.07.1937 (retd 09.09.1946)
A/Lt. (E)
< 04.1944, still 04.1946
Lt. (E) (retd)
09.09.1946
Chevalier of the Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands) OON
12.05.1942
withdrawal from Holland 40
20.09.1927
-
(08.1929)
HMS Repulse (battlecruiser)
05.11.1929
-
(09.1932)
HMS Dragon (cruiser)
16.11.1932
-
(01.1934)
HMS Sardonyx (destroyer)
26.06.1934
-
(02.1936)
HMS Revenge (battleship)
13.07.1936
-
(06.1938)
RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(08.1938)


no appointment listed
14.09.1938
-
(10.1938)
HMS Calcutta (cruiser) (for minesweepers in reserve)
12.12.1938
-
(10.1943)
HMS Verity (destroyer)
(12.1943)


no appointment listed
01.03.1944
-
(04.1946)
HMS Escapade (destroyer)
Boddy,
Roland Lindsay
R.L. Boddy
Married; one son, four daughters.
23.08.1913
Richmond, Surrey
-
01.10.1995
Lochailort, 
Inverness-shire

Cadet
01.01.1931
Midsh.
01.09.1931
A/S.Lt.
01.05.1934
S.Lt.
01.11.1934
Lt.
01.11.1937
A/Lt.Cdr.
01.05.1945
Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1945 (retd 24.08.1955; own request)
Education: RN College, Dartmouth (c. 1926-1930)
01.01.1931
-
02.10.1931
naval cadet
03.10.1931
-
(09.1932)
HMS York (cruiser) (Home Fleet)
05.04.1933
-
(01.)1934
HMS Leander (cruiser) (Home Fleet)
02.05.1934
-
06.01.1935
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
07.01.1935
-
(07.)1935
promotion course, Portsmouth
17.09.1935
-
(07.)1937
HMS Londonderry (escort vessel) (East Indies)
01.11.1937
-
(06.)1938
HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for motor torpedo boats)
27.06.1938
-
(08.)1939
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 8 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)]
(09.1939)
 
 
no appointment listed
(04.1940)
 
 
no appointment listed
01.10.1940
-
(02.)1941
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 28 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)]
06.05.1941
-
(12.1941)
First Lieutenant, HMS Ambuscade (destroyer)
30.06.1942
-
18.04.1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Quilliam (destroyer)
04.1943
-
10.1943
no appointment listed
02.10.1943
-
(12.1943)
Commanding Officer, HMS Lauderdale (destroyer)
14.02.1944
-
(10.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Lauderdale (destroyer)
12.06.1945
-
(07.)1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Fame (destroyer)
23.10.1945
-
(10.1947)
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services, later for RN Barracks, Devonport)
02.02.1948
-
(07.)1948
HMS London (cruiser)
01.11.1948
-
(05.1949)
HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore) (for miscellaneous duties)
20.03.1950
-
(05.1950)
HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, nr Padstow, Cornwall)
19.05.1951
-
(05.1953)
HMS Osprey (RN base, Portland)
?
-
(04.)1955
staff officer, Tay Division RNVR (Dundee)
After his retirement from the navy he had a forestry business for a few years, skippered some pretty smart luxury yachts around the Mediterranean and Adriatic, his old wartime stamping grounds, before developing a small landscaping business in Kinlochmoidart for many years.
Boiston,
William Rochester
W.R. Boiston (Photo courtesy of Mrs Carolyn Boiston Wheeler)
Son of John Anthony and Annie Boiston. Married Edith (Bradford) Boiston, of Gillingham, Kent, England.

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30.10.1887
Guisborough, York district, Yorkshire
-
24.10.1945
[age 57]
[Halifax (Fort Massey) Cemetery, section E, grave 93]
A/ERA IV
18.11.1909 [M1369]
ERA IV
24.01.1911
ERA III
17.11.1912
Art.Eng.
18.11.1915
Cd.Eng.
18.11.1925
Lt. (E)
21.01.1932 (retd 30.10.1937)
Lt.Cdr. (E) (retd)
07.1941, seniority 22.02.1940
A/Cdr. (E) (retd)
> 06.1944, < 07.1945
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
11.05.1937
HM's Coronation 37
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
21.10.1914
engagement off Heliogland 28.08.14 *

* Engine Room Artificer, 3rd class, O.N. M.1369, who showed great ability and coolness in taking charge of the after boiler room during the action, when an explosion blew in the after funnel and a shell carried away pipes and seriously damaged the main steam pipe.

18.11.1909
-
28.01.1910
HMS Pembroke II (accounting base [?], Chatham)
29.01.1910
-
14.03.1910
HMS Tyne (depot ship for torpedo boat destroyers)
15.03.1910
-
28.02.1911
HMS St George (depot ship for torpedo boat destroyers)
01.03.1911
-
25.04.1911
HMS Actaeon (depot ship for torpedo boat destroyers)
26.04.1911
-
16.05.1911
HMS Pembroke II (accounting base [?], Chatham)
17.05.1911
-
08.09.1913
HMS Blonde (cruiser)
09.09.1913
-
26.09.1913
HMS Pembroke II (accounting base [?], Chatham)
27.09.1913
-
31.12.1913
HMS Afridi (torpedo boat destroyer) [HMS Hecla (depot ship, Chatham)]
01.01.1914
-
16.01.1914
HMS Afridi (torpedo boat destroyer) [HMS Dido (depot ship for torpedo boat destroyers)]
17.01.1914
-
14.04.1914
HMS Pembroke II (accounting base [?], Chatham)
15.04.1914
-
09.03.1915
HMS Laurel (torpedo boat destroyer) [HMS Dido (depot ship for torpedo boat destroyers)]
10.03.1915
-
22.06.1915
HMS Pembroke II (accounting base [?], Chatham)
23.06.1915
-
18.11.1915
HMS Laurel (torpedo boat destroyer) [HMS Dido (depot ship for torpedo boat destroyers)]
03.1916


HMS Cleopatra (corvette, harbour service, Devonport)
06.02.1918
-
12.1918
HMS Beagle (destroyer)
12.1919
-
04.1921
HMS Centurian
04.1921
-
12.1921
HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
21.11.1921
-
22.10.1922
HMS Royal Oak (battleship)
22.10.1922
-
07.04.1926
HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
[officially from 03.10.1922]
08.1926
-
01.1927
HMNZS Diomede (cruiser)
01.1927
-
05.1928
HMNZS Dunedin (cruiser)
[officially from 07.04.1926]
28.10.1928
-
30.10.1930
HMS Tempest (destroyer) (Nore Command)
[officially from 22.10.1928]
11.1930
-
08.1931
HMS Volunteer (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
[officially from 10.1930]
08.1931
-
10.1931
HMS Veteran (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
(01.1932)


no appointment listed
15.02.1932
-
10.1934
HMS Anthony (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
23.11.1934
-
08.1935
Mechanical Training Establishment, Chatham [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)]
10.08.1935
-
10.1937
HMS Marshal Soult (monitor; turret drill ship) (Reserve Fleet)
10.12.1937
-
06.1940
HMS Campbell (flotilla leader) (Reserve Fleet)
06.1940
-
10.1943
Mechanical Training Establishment, Chatham [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)]
01.10.1943
-
24.10.1945
Commanding Officer, Mechanical Training Establishment, RCN Barracks, Halifax, NS [HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)]
Boldero,
John Christian
J.C. Boldero (Photo courtesy of Mrs Anne Ammundsen)

Married Emily (née ...) (1906-02.1990).

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27.12.1899
-
13.03.1984
Weymouth, Dorset