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

 
O. de B. Brock  to  T.M. Brownrigg
Brock,
 Sir Osmond de Beauvoir
O. de B. Brock
Son of Brig.-Gen. Henry Jenkins Brock (died 08.09.1933). Married (1917) Irene Catherine (died 1939), daughter of late Sir Baldwin W. Walker, Bt, and widow
of Captain Philip Francklin, RN; one daughter.

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05.01.1869
Islington, London
-
 14.10.1947
[Winchester?]
Midsh.
 		1886
Lt.
 		?
Cdr.
 		01.01.1900
Capt.
 		01.01.1904
R.Adm.
 		05.03.1915
A/V.Adm.
 		17.06.1918
V.Adm.
 		03.10.1919
Adm.
 		31.07.1924 
Adm. of the Fleet
 		31.07.1929 (retd 1929?) (restored to active list 1940?)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
 01.03.1929
 ?
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
 05.04.1919
 ?
Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George KCMG
 01.01.1918
 valuable services rendered during the war
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order KCVO
 25.06.1917
 HM's visit to the Grand Fleet
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 03.03.1915
 action North Sea 24.01.15
Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George CMG
 31.05.1916
 ?
DCL (Oxon), 1929 		Education: DCL (Oxon), 1929
15.01.1882

entered Royal Navy



qualified in Gunnery
1910

Assistant Director Naval Mobilisation
24.10.1913

Naval ADC to the King
1914

(1915) 		-
 		1915
 		served naval engagements in North Sea (despatches,
CB):
Commanding Officer, HMS Princess Royal (battlecruiser) 
03.1915
 		-
 		?
 		Second-in-Command Battlecruiser Squadron
08.1915
 		-
 		?
 		1st Battlecruiser Squadron
1916

battle of Jutland (CMG, despatches)
28.11.1916
 		-
 		1919
 		Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet
1919
 		-
 		1921
 		Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff and a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty
07.04.1922
 		-
 		(01.)1925
 		Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)]
28.04.1926
 		-
 		30.04.1929
 		Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth Command [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)]
(08.1929)
  no appointment listed
1939

 -

 		1945

 		no active postings known
JP West Sussex. Trustee of National Maritime Museum since 1936. Mountain in Canada named after him. 
Brock,
Patrick Willet
P.W. Brock
Eldest son of R.W. and M. B. Brock, Kingston, Ontario.
Married 1st (1931) M.D. Collinson (died 1974).
Married 2nd (1976) Mrs Rosemary Harrison Stanton.
 30.12.1902
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
-
11.10.1988
Haslemere, Surrey
Midsh. RCN
 		01.09.1920
A/S.Lt.
 		01.01.1923
S.Lt.
 		1924
Lt.
 		01.10.1924
Lt.Cdr.
 		01.10.1932
Cdr.
 		31.12.1938
Capt.
 		31.12.1944
Cdre. ?
 		12.07.1951 ?
R.Adm.
 		07.01.1954 (retd 07.01.1958)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 31.05.1956
 HM's birthday 56 [investiture 10.07.1956]
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 29.06.1951
 Korea
Mention in Despatches MID
 28.11.1944
 Operation Neptune
Mention in Despatches MID
 02.02.1951
 Korean waters
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
 ?
 Operation Neptune
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 29.06.1951
 Korea
Awarded Admiralty Silver Medal in 1928 for naval history which was accompanied by a cash award of 250 pounds.
 		Education: RN College of Canada (1917)
1920

HMS Diana
1921

transferred to RN
03.01.1923
 		-
 		(08.1923)
 		promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
23.02.1924
 		-
 		(01.1925)
 		HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
05.03.1926
 		-
 		(06.1928)
 		HMS Vindictive (cruiser) (China)
03.01.1929
 		-
 		(04.)1930
 		qualifying for torpedo duties, HMS Vernon
25.09.1930
 		-
 		(02.)1931
 		advanced torpedo course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
29.12.1931
 		-
 		(09.1932)
 		Torpedo Officer, 1st Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Mackay (destroyer; flotilla leader)] (Mediterranean)
03.1933
 		-
 		(04.)1933
 		HMS Egmont II (for duty in 1st Destroyer Flotilla)
08.05.1933
 		-
 		(07.)1934
 		Torpedo Officer, 1st Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Duncan (destroyer; flotilla leader)] (Mediterranean)
22.11.1934
 		-
 		(07.1935)
 		HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth)
21.01.1936
 		-
 		(10.1938)
 		Torpedo Officer, HMS Southampton (cruiser) & as Squadron Torpedo Officer, 2nd Cruiser Squadron (Home Fleet)
09.01.1939
 		-
 		22.05.1939
 		Tactical Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
23.05.1939
 -
 		(04.1940)
 		Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
(02.1941)

no appointment listed
15.08.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		Executive Officer, HMS Scylla (cruiser)
09.04.1942

 		-

 		(06.)1944
 		Executive Officer, HMS Mauritius (cruiser) (Sicily, Salerno, Anzio and Normandy)
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
1946
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Senior Naval Officer, Schleswig-Holstein [HMS Royal Harold]
01.1948
 -
 		(07.1948)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Phoenicia
(05.1949)

no appointment listed
08.09.1949
 -
 		1951
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Kenya (Korea, Far East)
12.07.1951
 -
 		(05.)1953
 		Director, Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
21.04.1954
 -
 		(01.)1956
 		Flag Officer Middle East [HMS Aphrodite]
1956
 -
 		1958
 		Admiralty Material Requirements Committee
Vice President, Society for Nautical Research 1970-1988 . Chairman, The Naval Review, 1967-78. Chairman, Kipling Society, 1973-76. Trustee, National Maritime Museum, 1960-74.
Published: with Basil Greenhill, Steam and sail in Great Britain and North America (David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1973); article, 'Commander E AE Nixon and the Royal Naval College of Canada, 1910-1922' in The RCN in retrospect, 1910-1968 (edited by James A Boutilier, reprinted by University of British Colmbia Press, Vancouver, 1982)
Brodie,
Charles Gordon
C.G. Brodie, 1908 (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Andrew) C.G. Brodie, 1909 (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Andrew)
C.G. Brodie, 1909 (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Andrew) C.G. Brodie, c. 1909 (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Andrew)
C.G. Brodie, 1939 (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Andrew)  
Son of George Gordon Brodie and Louisa Mary Brodie, of Woodlands, Cheltenham.
His twin brother Lt.Cdr. Theodore Stuart Brodie, RN, who also became a submarine commander but died aged 31 on 17.04.1915 as he commanded the E 15, the first submarine to attempt to get through the Dardanelles. The E15 ran aground off Kephez Point and was shelled by the Turks.
Lived mainly at Bottingdean, Easebourne, Sussex.
Last residence: Cotswold Lodge, 2 Watermoor Road, Cirencester.
Married Lucy (née ...).

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19.01.1884
West Bromwich Hospital, Staffordshire
-
09.03.1964
Cheltenham Hospital
A/S.Lt.
 		19.01.1903?
S.Lt.
 		12.07.1904, seniority 19.01.1903
Lt.
 		1905/06?
Lt.Cdr.
 		?
Cdr.
 		30.06.1916
Capt.
 		30.06.1922
R.Adm.
 		03.08.1934 (retd 04.08.1934)
Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR
 		29.05.1943?
Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society RHSBr
 1910
 for rescuing Lt. G. Watkins of HMS C 11, who was in heavy clothing and in danger of sinking *
Mention in Despatches MID
 16.08.1915
 Dardanelles 19.02-24.04.15

Officer, Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus (Italy) (01.03.1917)

* Case 37392. On the 14th July 1909, submarine C11 was run down by a steamer in the North Sea, throwing all the crew into the water, where Lieutenant Watkins was soon in difficulty. Brodie at once went to his help, and supported him till they were picked up by submarine C12. [Source: RHS annual report 1910]

Education: HMS Britannia (cadet training ship Dartmouth) (c. 1898)
15.09.1898
  
 		 
 		entered RN
1906
 -
 		14.07.1909
 		Commanding Officer, HMS C 11 (submarine) (sunk after collision with steamer "Eddystone")
(1915)

Flag Lieutenant-Commander to Commodore Roger Keyes, head of the submarine service in the Mediterranean
02.11.1918
 -
 		(01.1919)
 		HMS Ithuriel (depot ship) (for command of submarines)
01.02.1923
 -
 		(01.1925)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) & as Captain (S) 4th Submarine Flotilla (China)
03.08.1925
 -
 		(05.1926)
 		Captain (S), HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport; for Fort Blockhouse) & in command of Submarine Flotilla
(07.1927)

no appointment listed
21.02.1928
 -
 		(08.1929)
 		RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President]
15.04.1930
 -
 		(02.1931)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China)
(01.1932)

no appointment listed
01.07.1932
 -
 		(09.1932)
 		Director of Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
(01.1934)

no appointment listed
28.02.1934
 -
 		03.08.1934
 		also: Naval ADC to the King
17.11.1939
 -
 		(02.)1943
 		Maintenance Captain, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth]
29.05.1943
 -
 		(08.)1943
 		Commodore of Convoys [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)]
08.1943
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		Commodore of Convoys [HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar)]
01.03.1944
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		Commodore of Convoys [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)]
01.10.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commodore of Convoys [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)]
Published: Forlorn hope 1915 : the submarine passage of the Dardanelles (1956); articles in The Naval Review (under the name SeaGee; 1920s/30s)
Brokensha,
Guy Warwick
G.W. Brokensha
Son of the Hon. Mr. Justice Brokensha and Ethel Brokensha, of Durban, South Africa.
Husband of Margaret Beaumont Brokensha, of Wick, Caithness-shire (she re-married 1952 R.M. Sinclair, 2nd Viscount Thurso).
 1918 ?
-
11.08.1942
(KIA) [age 24]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 3, panel 1]
Midsh. (A)
 		19.04.1938
A/S.Lt. (A)
 		22.04.1939
S.Lt. (A)
 		14.03.1940
Lt. (A)
22.10.1941
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 25.06.1940
 Norwegian coast
Mention in Despatches MID
 19.07.1940
 Norwegian coast

19.04.1938
 -
 		(06.)1938
 		midshipman, HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport)
27.06.1938
 -
 		(08.)1938
 		pilots' course, No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School, Sywell
10.09.1938
 -
 		(04.1939)
 		pilots' course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon
(08.1939)
 -
 		(09.1939)
 		Fleet Air Arm (no details known) 
(04.1940)
 -
 		(05.)1940
 		pilot, 803 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)]
04.11.1940
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		pilot, 778 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)]
01.02.1942
 -
 		11.08.1942
 		pilot, 888 Squadron FAA [HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)] (killed in action)
Bromage,
John Henry
J.H. Bromage

document
 18.08.1915
-
06.1992
Okehampton, Devon
...
 		...
Lt.
16.06.1938
Lt.Cdr.
 		16.06.1946
Cdr.
 		31.12.1951 (retd 18.08.1965)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 06.04.1943
 sunk U-boat & several supply ships [investiture 20.07.45]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 09.05.1940
 successful submarine operations against the enemy [investiture 02.07.40]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 21.08.1945
 4 patrols Mediterranean, 4 ships, 6 [Sch ?] sunk 43
...
 		-
 		...
 		...
17.04.1939
 		-
 		(04.)1940
 		HMS Snapper (submarine)
07.1940
 		-
 		(02.)1941
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Sealion (submarine)
08.10.1941
 		-
 		(12.1941)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Tribune (submarine)
03.1942
 		-
 		24.04.1943
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Sahib (submarine) [ship sunk by Italian corvette Gabbanio off Sicily (captured)] *
24.04.1943
 		-
 		1945?
 		prisoner of war
(07.1945)

HMS Lioness (minesweeper) **
...
 		-
 		...
 		...
* in the Navy List indexed as HMS P 212
** indexed, but not listed as such
Brooke,
Basil Charles Barrington
B.C.B. Brooke
Son of John Charles Evelyn Hope Brooke (1858-1934) and Hon. Violet Mary Barrington (1872-1938). Married (16.04.1925) Nora Evelyn Toppin (died 1981); two sons, two daughters.

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06.04.1895
Boddington House, Northants.
-
20.01.1983
Saffron Walden, Essex
Cadet (Special Entry)
 01.09.1913
Midsh.
 ?, seniority 02.08.1914
A/S.Lt.
 ?
S.Lt.
 ?
Lt.
 15.03.1918
Lt.Cdr.
 15.03.1926
Cdr.
 31.12.1931
Capt.
30.06.1938
Cdre. 2nd cl.
 > 02.1943, < 06.1943
R.Adm.
 08.07.1947 (retd 11.10.1949)
V.Adm. (retd)
 01.12.1950
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 09.06.1949
 HM's birthday 49
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 11.06.1946
 wind up Far East
39/45, Pacific and Burma stars, Defence, War and NGS medals
 		Education: Malvern College, Worcester
01.09.1913
 -
 05.08.1914
 Special Entry Cadet (1st Entry) HMS Highflyer (SE) Cadet Training Cruiser
08.1914

HMS Theseus as Cadet for a month or two
28.08.1924
 -
 (01.1925)
 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Charham) (for training duties)
28.09.1926
 -
 (07.1927)
 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
15.08.1928
 -
 (08.1929)
 Staff Officer (Operations), 2nd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Vindictive (cruiser)] (Atlantic Fleet)
19.11.1929
 -
 (01.1932)
 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivid]
12.03.1932
 -
 (09.1932)
 Maintenance Commander, HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (and for Physical & Recreational Training duties)
10.11.1933
 -
 (02.1936)
 Commanding Officer, HMS Philomel (cruiser) & Naval Officier-in-Charge, Auckland (New Zealand)
24.08.1936
 -
 (06.1938)
 HMS Orion (cruiser) (America and West Indies) (lastly as Executive Officer)
(08.1938)
 -
 (10.1938)
 no appointment listed
09.01.1939
 -
 (02.1939)
 Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(04.1939)
 -
 (08.1939)
 no appointment listed
23.08.1939
 -
 26.05.1940
 Commanding Officer, HMS Curlew (cruiser) (sunk by German aircraft off skaanland)
18.06.1940
 -
 12.01.1941
 Commanding Officer, HMS Southampton (cruiser) (badly damaged by German aircraft near Malta 11.01.1941, sunk by RN next day)
(08.1942)

no appointment listed
(02.1943)
 -
 (10.1943)
 Commanding Officer, Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (1) (MNBDO(1))
16.11.1943
 -
 (07.)1945
 Commanding Officer, HMS Renown (battlecruiser)
01.02.1946
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Commodore RN Barracks, Chatham
01.1947?
 -
 08.07.1947
 Naval ADC to the King
(07.1948)

HMS Hawke (upper yardmen training establishment, Exbury, Southampton) *
Deputy Lieutenant (DL); Justice of the Peace (JP) East Lothian. Played cricket for the RN.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Brooke,
Geoffrey Arthur George
G.A.G. Brooke
Son of Capt. John Brooke (1887-1974), and Margaret Winifred Arnold Tothill.
Married (25.10.1956) Venetia Mabel Cornwallis (born 08.11.1928), daughter of Capt. Hon. Oswald Wykeham Cornwallis, and Hon. Venetia Jane Digby; three daughters.
 25.04.1920
Bath, Somerset
-

Balcombe, Haywards Heath, Sussex
Midsh.
 1934
?
...
 ...
S.Lt.
 01.03.1940
Lt.
01.12.1941
Lt.Cdr.
01.12.1949 (retd 1958)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 23.10.1945
 Operation Iceberg [award posted]
Education: RN College, Dartmouth
...
 -
 ...
 ...
(04.1940)
  
  
 no appointment listed
15.01.1941
 -
 (02.1941)
 HMS Prince of Wales (battleship)
02.08.1942
 -
 (06.)1943
 HMS Bermuda (cruiser)
(08.1943)
 -
 (10.1943)
 no appointment listed
14.10.1943
 -
 (10.)1944
 HMS St George (taining establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man)
10.1944
 -
 (07.1945)
 HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)
..
 -
 		...
 		...
Represented Great Britain in the 1948 Olympic Modern Pentathlon. Advertising executive, 1958-1985.
Published: Alarm starboard! : a remarkable true story of the war at sea (1982); Singapore's Dunkirk (1989)
Brooke,
Ronald de Leighton
R. de L. Brooke		 09.01.1912
-
11.2004
Winchester, Hampshire
Cadet
 01.05.1929
Midsh.
 01.01.1930
A/S.Lt.
 01.05.1932
S.Lt.
 16.11.1932
Lt.
 16.06.1934
Lt.Cdr.
 16.06.1942
Cdr.
 30.06.1947
Capt.
 31.12.1953 (retd 10.01.1963)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 04.05.1943
 sinking Italian submarine Tritone
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 01.12.1942
 Operation EV (North Russian convoy PQ18) 09.42
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 06.04.1943
 Operation Torch (landings in N Africa) 11.42
Mention in Despatches MID
 16.08.1940
 Dunkirk
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.06.1943
 destruction U-boat 23.02.43
27.04.1929
 -
 (04.1930)
 HMS Barham (battleship)
15.04.1930
 -
 (01.1932)
 HMS Berwick (cruiser)
01.05.1932
 -
 (09.1932)
 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich
26.09.1933
 -
 (01.1934)
 HMS Brilliant (destroyer)
21.05.1935
 -
 (07.1937)
 HMS Arethusa (cruiser) (flag ship of Rear-Admiral Commanding 3rd Cruiser Squadron)
25.10.1937
 -
 (02.1938)
 First Lieutenant, HMS Comet (destroyer)
10.05.1938
 -
 (10.1938)
 First Lieutenant, HMS Active (destroyer)
18.10.1938
 -
 (08.1939)
 First Lieutenant, HMS Hunter (destroyer)
22.08.1939
 -
 (02.1941)
 First Lieutenant, HMS Anthony (destroyer)
07.10.1941
 -
 (08.1943)
 Commanding Officer, HMS Wheatland (destroyer)
05.10.1943
 -
 (12.1943)
 Staff Officer (Plans) (2) Ashore to the Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] *
07.08.1944
 -
 (07.1945)
 HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi)
(04.1946)

HMS Cadiz (destroyer) **
04.1950
 -
 (05.1950)
 Commanding Officer, HMS Alert (frigate)
04.1952
 -
 (05.1953)
 Staff, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
31.07.1955
 -
 (01.1956)
 Commanding Officer, HMS Lochinvar (RN base, Port Edgar)
15.07.1960
 -
 (07.1961)
 Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer, Gibraltar [HMS Rooke]
* (04.1944) - (06.1944) sitll indexed, but no longer listed as such
** indexed, but not listed as such
Brooker,
Thomas Ernest
T.E. Brooker
Son of Jesse and Mary Ann Brooker.
Husband of Sarah Anne Brooker, of Bedhampton, Havant, Hampshire.

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25.03.1888
Hove, Sussex
-
01.06.1940
[age 52]
[Harlingen General Cemetery, The Netherlands, E.1.12]
Seaman
 ? [230453]
Gnr.
 01.08.1914
Cd.Gnr.
 01.08.1924
Lt.
30.11.1934 (retd 25.03.1938)
11.06.1923
 -
 (01.1925)
 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
19.08.1925
 -
 (05.1926)
 HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar) (additional; for training duties)
01.01.1927
 -
 (06.1928)
 HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Atlantic)
14.01.1929
 -
 (04.)1930
 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
23.05.1930
 -
 12.1933
 Commanding Officer, HMNZS Wakakura (trawler) [lent to New Zealand Division]
[initially indicated as from 03.1931]
21.01.1935
 -