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J.M. Bruen   to  C.W. Byas
Bruen, John Martin "Bill" Only son of Arthur and Lily Bruen.	10.12.1910 Dublin, Ireland - 20.04.1967	Midsh. 01.01.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1931 S.Lt. 1932?, seniority 16.01.1932 Lt. 16.04.1934 Lt.Cdr. 16.03.1942 (retd 20.12.1955; age) A/Cdr. 14.08.1943? DSO 06.07.1943 Operation Pedestal (Gibraltar-Malta convoy 08.42) [investiture 06.04.43] DSC 29.07.1941 Battle of Cape Matapan [investiture 25.11.41] MID 04.05.1943 Operation Torch	20.03.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) 04.01.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 30.04.1931 - 03.01.1932 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.01.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, Portsmouth 07.01.1933 - (06.)1933 HMS Comet (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 02.09.1933 - (02.)1935 HMS Colombo (cruiser) (East Indies) (07.1935)     no appointment listed [attached to RAF] (02.1936)     no appointment listed [attached to RAF] 14.06.1936 - (06.)1938 pilot, Fighter Squadron 802 [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] (08.1938)     no appointment listed [attached to RAF] 17.08.1938 - (10.)1938 pilot, TSR Squadron 822 FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] 10.1938 - (04.)1939 pilot, Fighter Squadron 801 FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] (08.)1939 - (04.)1940 Fleet Air Arm 06.1940 - 10.1940 Commanding Officer, 803 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] 24.11.1940 - 07.1941 Commanding Officer, 803 Squadron FAA [HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)] 16.10.1941 - (12.1941) pilot, 778 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 1942 - 1942 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) 16.03.1942 - 12.1942 Commanding Officer, 800 Squadron FAA [HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier), later HMS Biter (escort carrier)] 02.12.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, 759 Squadron FAA & as Chief Instructor in Fighter School [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] 24.05.1943 - (08.)1943 [Executive Officer ?], HMS Shrike (RN Air Station, Maydown, Northern Ireland) 14.08.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Shrike (RN Air Station, Maydown, Northern Ireland) (04.1946) HMS Dipper (RN Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset) * 14.11.1947 - (05.1950) HMS Siskin (RN Air Station, Gosport, Hampshire) (05.1953)     no appointment listed ? - (04.1955) Air Equipment and Naval Photography Department, Admiralty [HMS President] Air Ace with 4 destroyed enemy aircraft, 4 shared destroyed, 2 damaged, 2 shared damaged, 1 shared damaged on ground. * indexed, but not listed as such
Bryant, Benajmin "Ben" Son of J.F. Bryant, MA, FRGS, ICS (retd). Married 1st (1929) Marjorie Dagmar Mynors (née Symonds) (died 1965); one son, one daughter. Married 2nd (1966) Heather Elizabeth Williams (née Hance) (died 1989).	16.09.1905 - 23.11.1994 Worthing, West Sussex	Midsh. 15.09.1923 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1926 Lt. 15.12.1927 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1935 Cdr. 30.06.1940 Capt. 31.12.1944 Cdre. 2nd cl. 1948 R.Adm. 07.07.1954 (retd 01.04.1957) CB 31.05.1956 HM's birthday 56 [investiture 10.07.56] DSO 23.03.1943 sinking 9 enemy ships 07-10.42 [investiture 27.07.43] DSO 11.05.1943 sinking enemy ships 11-12.42 [investiture 27.07.43] DSO 06.07.1943 6 war patrols [investiture 27.07.43] DSC 09.05.1940 successful submarine operations against the enemy [investiture 03.09.40] MID 12.05.1942 special service	Education: Oundle; RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth (01.1925) no posting listed 08.04.1926 - 15.01.1927 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 16.01.1927 - (07.)1927 promotion course, Portsmouth 1927 entered submarine branch of RN 21.11.1927 - (06.)1928 HMS L 52 (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla) 04.12.1928 - (04.)1930 First Lieutenant, HMS R 4 (submarine) 01.08.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.12.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) (China) 05.09.1932 - (01.)1934 First Lieutenant, HMS Perseus (submarine) (China) 27.08.1934 - (07.1935) Commanding Officer, HMS H 49 (submarine) 29.01.1936 - (07.1937) HMAS Australia (cruiser) (02.1938) no posting listed 11.05.1938 - (06.)1938 submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 01.07.1938 - (08.)1938 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) 03.09.1938 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Sealion (submarine) 14.10.1941 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS P 211 [1943 renamed: HMS Safari] (submarine) (08.1943) - (06.1944) Captain (S), 7th and 3rd Submarine Flotillas [HMS Forth (submarine depot ship)] * 26.06.1945 - 04.06.1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) & Captain (S) 4th Submarine Flotilla (British Pacific Fleet) 21.10.1947 - (05.)1949 Commanding Officer, Submarine School (Fort Blockhouse) & as Captain (S) 5th Submarine Flotilla, and from (07).1948-22.08.1948 Commodore Submarines [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 1950 idc (05.1950)     no appointment listed 1951 - 1953 Commodore, RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 04.1953 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS Glasgow 1953 - 1954 Flag Captain to Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean 12.07.1954 - (01.)1957 Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel (Training and Manning), Admiralty [HMS President] Staff Personnel Manager, Rolls Royce Scottish Factories, 1957-68. Published: One man band : the memoirs of a submarine C.O. (1958; republished as: Submarine command, 1975) * indexed, but not listed as such
Buchanan-Dunlop, David Kennedy Son of Col. Archibald Buchanan­Dunlop, OBE and Mary (née Kennedy). Married (1945) Marguerite, daughter of William Macfarlane; no children.	30.06.1911 - 15.09.1985 [Paris, France ?]	Midsh. 01.05.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1931 S.Lt. 24.11.1932, seniority 16.03.1932 Lt. 16.03.1934 Lt.Cdr. 16.03.1942 A/Cdr. 04.08.1943 Cdr. 30.06.1948 Capt. 30.06.1955 (retd 25.08.1964) DSC 11.06.1946 wind up Far East MID 25.08.1942 Operation Ironclad	Education: Loretto; RN College, Dartmouth served as young officer in submarines in Mediterranean and Far East, then Specialist in Fleet Air Arm: 20.03.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) 24.08.1929 - (04.1930) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 08.04.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Effingham (cruiser) (East Indies) 24.09.1931 - (01.1932) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.04.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, Portsmouth 19.08.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Douglas (submarine flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) 15.04.1935 - (07.1935) HMS Regent (surmarine) (China) 12.10.1936 - (02.1937) observers' course [HMS Excellent] 28.06.1937 - (04.)1939 observer, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) (07.1939) - (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm 29.11.1940 - (02.1941) observer, 812 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] ? - 1941 observer, 831 Squadron FAA 11.10.1941 - 07.09.1942 HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) & from 15.05.1942 Commanding Officer, 827 Naval Air Squadron 11.09.1942 - (08.1943) instructional staff, HMS Condor 04.08.1943 - (07.1945) Staff Officer (Air), HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier) 29.10.1945 - 04.02.1946 Admiralty 04.02.1946 - (04.1946) Naval Air Organisation and Training Division, Admiralty 03.05.1949 - 1952 Assistant Naval Attaché (Air), Paris (05.1953)     no posting listed 1954 - 1956 Deputy Director Naval Air Organisation, Naval Staff [HMS President since 28.02.1955] 1957 - 1959 Staff of NATO Defence College, Paris 20.05.1960 - 1962 Naval and Military Attaché, Chile (Santiago, Lima, Quito, Bogotá and Panama) 17.07.1962 - 1964 Captain of College, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 07.01.1964 - 07.07.1964 Naval ADC to the Queen 1964 Commodore President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Buckley, Frederick Arthur Son of J.W. Buckley, MICE, Civil Engineer. Married (1913) Eva Godskesen of Copenhagen; one son, three daughters.	04.09.1887 - 31.05.1952 Southwick, nr Fareham, Hampshire	... ... Cdr. 30.06.1920 Capt. 31.12.1927 R.Adm. 10.01.1939 (retd 11.01.1939) Cdre. 2nd cl. 18.09.1939 CB 01.01.1941 New Year 41 LoP 1944? Operation Neptune LegH ? ? Hkn 26.08.1947 services to Norway LeoII 01.02.1949 services to Belgium	Education: Stubbington House; HMS Britannia 15.01.1903     entered RN served as Gunnery Officer European War, in HMS Venerable, Belgian Coast and Dardanelles: HMS Emperor of India, Grand Fleet and Black Sea 01.1926 - (07.)1927 Commander (Executive Officer), HMS Warspite (battleship; Fleet Flagship, Mediterranean) 13.04.1928 - 1930 Assistant Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 11.08.1931 - 1933 Commanding Officer, HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 09.10.1933 - 14.03.1934 Deputy Director of Training on Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 14.03.1934 - 11.05.1936 Director of Training on Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.10.1936 - 16.12.1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) 18.09.1939 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) 04.10.1943 - (12.1943) Commodore Commanding Combined Operational Bases, Portsmouth Command [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 02.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Porcupine (landing craft base, Portsmuth) & as Commodore Commanding Landing Craft Bases, Portsmouth Command (04.1946)     no appointment lsited
Buckley, James Brian "Jimmy" Son of William Geoffrey and Norah Buckley; husband of Phyllis Annette Ariel Buckley.	(06?).1905 Salford, Greater Manchester, Lancashire - 21.03.1943 (killed while escaping as POW) [age 38] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 4, panel 3]	Royal Navy: Midsh. 15.05.1923 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1925 S.Lt. 15.06.1926 Lt. 01.12.1928 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1936 Royal Air Force: F/O 02.08.1927 [20160] Fl.Lt. 01.01.1934 Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1938 DSC 05.07.1940 FAA France & Channel MID 04.06.1946 services as POW	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 15.05.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Revenge (battleship) 20.09.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Windsor (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.01.1926 - (05.1926) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 03.02.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Harebell (fishery protection cruiser, sloop) 02.08.1927 - 13.09.1932 temporary commission as Flying Officer on attachment for 4 years duty with the RAF: 01.07.1928 - (04.1930) No. 463 Flight FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] [attached to RAF] 01.07.1930 - 13.09.1932 No. 463 Flight FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] [attached to RAF] 21.09.1932 - (01.1934) HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (East Indies) 27.05.1935 - (04.1939) reattached to RAF: 27.05.1935 - (07.1935) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Fleet Air Arm) 08.1935 - (07.1937) 802 Fighter Squadron FAA [HMS Glorious] [attached to RAF] (02.1938) no posting listed [attached to RAF] 21.04.1938 - (06.1938) Squadron Commander, TSR Squadron 822 [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) [attached to RAF] 28.07.1938 - (10.1938) Training Squadron, RAF Station, Gosport [HMS Victory] [attached to RAF] 17.10.1938 - (04.1939) Squadron Leader Flying, HQ FAA, HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] (07.1939) - (08.1939) Fleet Air Arm 01.1940 - 29.05.1940 Commanding Officer, 825 Squadron FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] [crash-landed 29.05.1940 near Dunkirk in his Fairey Swordfish Vb; captured] 29.05.1940 - 21.03.1943 prisoner of war Stalag Luft III; escaped from Schubin Camp (Poland) to Denmark via Danzig; together with Joergen Thalbitzer Buckley attempted to escape to Sweden, the 2 pilots drowned when their boat sank in the sound between Denmark and Sweden
Buckley, Peter Noel Married (03.07.1945) Norah Elizabeth Astley Maberly; one daughter.	26.12.1909 - 21.02.1988	Lt. 01.04.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1940 Cdr. 31.12.1945 Capt. 31.12.1952 R.Adm. 07.07.1962 (retd 05.01.1965) CB 01.01.1964 New Year 64 DSO 21.08.1945 sunk by enemy after 3 hour-fight 06.07.40 MID 19.02.1946 services as POW	1927 HMS Tiger 1928 - 1930 HMS Cornwall 1931 - 1938 submarine service 16.01.1939 - 06.07.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Shark (submarine) [ship damaged by German aircraft off Skudesnes and sunk by surface craft; captured] 06.07.1940 - (04?).1945 prisoner of war in German captivity 1946     HMS Ralph 05.02.1947 - (04.)1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier) 15.09.1947 - (10.1947) Executive Officer, HMS Siskin (RN Air Station, Gosport, Hampshire) 1949 HMS Glory 1951     RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 1953     Captain, Destoyers, Plymouth 1954    Captain of Dockyard, Rosyth 1957     Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet 21.07.1959  - (07.1961) Captain of the Fleet, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Phoenicia] 11.07.1962 - 1964 Director General of Manpower, Admiralty [HMS President] Head of Naval History Branch, Ministry of Defence 1968-1975.
Buist, Malcom Son of Col. Frederick Braid Buist. Married (08.12.1939) Elizabeth Jean 'Eppie' Brooke (10.04.1910-24.09.2008), daughter of Sir Robert Weston Brooke, 2nd Bt. and Margery Jean Geddes; two daughters.	01.04.1913 Roy Bridge, Scotland - 20.04.1965	... ... Lt. 01.06.1936 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1944 (retd 25.11.1953; invalided) MID 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee (raid on Dieppe 19.08.42) LegH ? Dieppe raid [decoration posted] CdeG ? Dieppe raid [decoration posted]	... - ... ... 10.07.1939 - (08.1939) physical and recreational training course, Portsmouth (04.1940)     no appointment lsited (02.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941)     no appointment listed (08.1942)     no appointment listed 08.1942     commanded Anglo-French chasseurs flotilla (Dieppe raid) (02.1943)     no appointment listed 16.03.1943 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Rattler, 09.1943 renamed HMS Loyalty (Algerine class minesweeper) (12.1943)     no appointment listed 09.01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) 06.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Squirrel (Algerine class minesweeper) 11.02.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Rattlesnake (Algerine class minesweeper) ... - ... ....
Burch, Ronald James	1907 ? - 01.08.1940 (KIA) [age 33] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 3]	Midsh. 15.09.1926 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1929 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.11.1928 Lt. 01.02.1930 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1938 DSO 28.06.1940 * KW 21.10.1941 as liaison officer ORP Wilk * In recognition of daring, endurance and resource in the conduct of hazardous and successful operations in His Majesty's Submarines against the enemy.	15.09.1926 - (07.)1927 HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) 11.12.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 03.01.1929 - (08.)1929 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.08.1929 - (04.)1930 promotion course, Portsmouth 01.11.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Regulus (submarine) (initially: and on commissiong, and for duty with submarines, and for duty with Captain Superintendent Contract Built Ships)  30.12.1931 - (06.)1933 First Lieutenant, HMS H 34 (submarine) 01.09.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Pigmy (special service vessel; for reserve group of submarines) (Portsmouth) (temporary)