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Cable, James William	24.06.1901 Gillingham, Kent - died between 08.1973 and 08.1977	Seaman ? [M36551] Wt.Ordn.Offr. = Ordn.Lt. 30.04.1938 A/Ordn.Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 Ordn.Lt.Cdr. 30.04.1946 Cdr. (E) 30.10.1948 (retd 24.06.1951) Cdr. (E) RAN ? OBE 07.06.1951 HM's birthday 51 MBE 11.03.1941 for zeal, resource and devotion to duty	... (1941) HMS Devonshire ? - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN base, Sydney, NSW) * (04.1946) HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) * (07.1948) Dockyard Department, Admiralty * (05.1950) HMS President * (1951) Dockyard Department, Admiralty * indexed, but not listed as such
Caddy, Henry Helder	(03?).1905 Ulverston, Cumbria, Lancashire - [1984 California, USA ?]	Midsh. 15.01.1923 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1925 S.Lt. 15.02.1926 Lt. 15.06.1928 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1936 (retd 04.12.1949; medically unfit) A/Cdr. < 07.1945 Cdr. (retd) 04.12.1949 RAF:   (T) F/O 02.08.1927 F/Lt. 01.12.1934, seniority 01.07.1933 Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1938	15.01.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Revenge (battleship) 01.09.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Revenge (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 12.04.1926 - (05.)1926 promotion course, Portsmouth 05.11.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.08.1927 - 18.01.1933 attached to RAF: 27.02.1928 - (06.)1928 pilot's course, RAF Base, Gosport [attached to RAF] 15.10.1928 - (09.1932) No. 462 Flight FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier), from 15.04.1930 HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet & Mediterranean) 24.01.1933 - (06.)1933 First Lieutenant, HMS Amazon (destroyer) (employed in Irish Waters) 27.09.1933 - (07.1934) First Lieutenant, HMS Tiverton (twin screw minesweeper) 01.12.1934 - 29.04.1939 attached to RAF: 22.01.1935 - (07.)1937 Flight Commander, 714 Flight FAA [HMS Norfolk (cruiser) (Devonport)] 07.09.1937 - (10.1938) Squadron Commander, 715 Flight FAA [HMS Kent (cruiser)] 29.04.1939 - (08.1939) Air Matériel Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (04.1940)     no appointment listed 16.12.1940 - (02.)1941 instructional staff, HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) 10.09.1941 - (12.1941) Flight Deck Officer, HMS Victorious 13.03.1942 - 09.03.1943 Air Matériel Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.03.1943 - (07.)1945 Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 06.12.1945 - 17.05.1948 Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.05.1948 - (05.1949) Air Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Caddy, Stanley Herbert   Son of ... Caddy, and ... Baker.	17.09.1912 Beaminster district, Dorset / Somerset - 21.11.1982 South East Hampshire district, Hampshire	A/Wt.Tel. 24.02.1942 Wt.Tel. 1943?, seniority 24.02.1942 A/Cd.Tel. 18.06.1945 Cd.El.Offr. (R) = Sen.Cd.El.Offr. (R) 01.04.1947 Lt. (L) 01.10.1955 El.Lt.Cdr. (R) (Special Duties List) 01.01.1957 (retd 17.09.1962)	06.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Ironclad (RN base, Diego Suarez, Madagascar) 23.05.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Ironclad (RN base, Diego Suarez, Madagascar) 05.08.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya) 22.01.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Scotia (signals training establishment, Donfoot, Ayr) 05.04.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield) 18.04.1950 - (05.1950) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Implacable] 07.05.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Collingwood (naval electrical school, Fareham, Hampshire) (for miscellaneous duties) 08.06.1954 - (04.)1955 HMS Boxer (radar training vessel) 08.11.1955 - (01.1956) HMS Harrier (RN school of aircraft direction, Kete, Pembrokeshire) (01.1957)     HMS Mercury II (Admiralty signal and radar establishment, Portsdown) * (01.1959)  - (07.1961)  HMS Collingwood (naval electrical school, Fareham, Hampshire) *
Cadiz, Gerald Raymond Son of Frederick Galway Cadiz and Nancy Cadiz. Husband of Nancy Yvonne Cadiz, of New Malden, Surrey.	1907 ? - 07.12.1942 (KIA) [age 35] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 62, column 3]	Cadet 15.01.1925? Midsh. 15.05.1925 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1927 S.Lt. 16.05.1928 Lt. 16.02.1931 Lt.Cdr. 16.02.1939	09.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Mediterranean) 18.03.1926 - (07.)1927 HMS Lowestoft (cruiser) (Africa) 29.09.1927 - 11.04.1928 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.04.1928 - (06.)1928 promotion course, Portsmouth 17.12.1928 - (02.)1931 HMS Serapis (destroyer) (China) 24.10.1931 - (06.)1933 HMS Beagle (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 15.11.1933 - (07.)1934 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 31.08.1934 - (07.1935) HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 02.01.1936 - (02.)1936 qualifying for anti-submarine duties [HMS Osprey] 14.08.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) 22.06.1937 - (02.)1938 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Cyclops (depot ship, 1st Submarine Flotilla) (and for flotilla duties) (Mediterranean) 15.03.1938 - (06.)1938 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Douglas (flotilla leader, 1st Submarine Flotilla) (and for flotilla duties) (Mediterranean) 28.06.1938 - (08.)1939 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (and for flotilla duties) (Mediterranean) 03.11.1939 - (04.1940) Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Maidstone (destroyer depot ship) (and for flotilla duties) 20.05.1940 - (02.1941) Anti-Submarine Officer on staff Flag Officer-in-Charge, Liverpool [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 20.10.1941 - (12.1941) Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Hecla (destroyer depot ship) 19.02.1942 - 24.09.1942 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Blenheim (destroyer depot ship) 1942 - 07.12.1942 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) [missing, presumed killed, whilst on passage on the SS Henry Stanley, which was torpedoed by U-103 off the Azores]
Cadman, George	10.06.1886 Dover, Kent - 14.02.1959 Gosport, Hampshire [age 72]	Seaman ? [310071] Cd.Tel. = Sen.Cd.Tel. 24.05.1942 (retd)	01.07.1916     commissioned RN ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Claverhouse
Cady, Leslie William	25.09.1906 - 23.12.1988 Canterbury, Kent	T/A/Wt. Stores Offr. 01.04.1945	... ? - (07.1945) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)
Caffyn, Frank William	08.01.1906 Gillingham, Kent - died between 08.1989 and 12.1998	Seaman ? [M36855] T/Wt.Shipwr. = T/Cd.Shipwr. 17.07.1943	... ? - (07.1945) HMS Lanka
Cahill, David	16.04.1900 - died between 12.1950 and 07.1952	A/T/Instr.Lt. 21.09.1922 Instr.Cdr. 21.09.1936 (retd 21.12.1950)	Education: MA ... ? - (07.1945) Keyham College
Cahill, Leslie [Kenneth] Paul	29.01.1911 - 09.06.1973 Launceston	A/Cd.Gnr. 18.06.1945 Lt. (SD) 01.01.1957 (retd)	... ? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Cahill, William Henry	05.10.1896 Devonport, Devon - died between 08.1989 and 12.1998	Seaman ? [M12110] Wt. Writer Offr. = T/Cd. Writer Offr. 27.11.1942	... ? - (07.1945) HMS St George
Cain, Joseph Stephen	(06?).1906 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 05.07.1948 Gosport, Hampshire	Wt. Stores Offr. = Cd. Stores Offr. 14.03.1942	... ? - (07.1945) HMS Collingwood
Cain, Robert	? -	T/Prob. Schoolm. 01.11.1944 T/Schoolm. ?, seniority 01.11.1944	... ? - (07.1945) HMS Cochrane
Cain, Timothy John	20.06.1907 Portsmouth, Hampshire - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	Seaman ? [J108485] A/Cd.Gnr. (T) 18.06.1945 Lt. 01.10.1953 Lt.Cdr. (SD) 01.01.1957	... ? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Cairns, Rudland Dallas	11.02.1921 - 05.1998 Waveney, Suffolk	Lt. 16.04.1942 Lt.Cdr. ? Cdr. > Capt. 30.06.1965 (retd) DSC 29.06.1943 minelaying & troops to Malta	... (1943) HMS Rorqual ? - (07.1945) HMS Virtue
Calcutt, George	? - died between 08.1977 and 08.1983	Cdr. (S) 30.06.1936 (retd)	... ? - (07.1945) HMS Hasdrubal
Caldecott, Charles Michael Son of ... Caldecott, and .. Grylls.	(09?).1926 Conway district, Caernarvonshire / Denbighshire - 12.2004 still alive	Midsh. (E) 01.09.1944 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1962 (retd) OBE ? ?	... ? - (07.1945) no appointment listed  FBIM
Caldecott-Smith, John Alexander	11.1910 - 05.1984 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Lt.Cdr. 16.06.1942 (retd)	... ? - 14.03.1941 815 Squadron FAA (captured) ? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Cambell, Dennis Royle Farquharson Son of Dr Archibald Cambell and Edith Cambell, Southsea. Married (1933) Dorothy Elinor Downes; two daughters.	13.11.1907 Southsea, Hampshire - 06.04.2000	Midsh. 15.09.1926 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1929 Lt. 01.12.1930 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1938 Cdr. 31.12.1942 Capt. 31.12.1948 R.Adm. 01.1958 (retd 19.10.1960) CB 01.01.1960 New Year 60 DSC 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 LM - (1960s) development angled deck aircraft carriers	Education: Westminster School 1925 joined Royal Navy cadet training, HMS Thunderer (battleship) 15.09.1926 - (07.1927) midshipman, HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 03.01.1929 - (08.1929) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.08.1929 - (04.1930) promotion course, Portsmouth 07.09.1930 - (02.1931) pilot's course, RAF Base, Leuchars [attached to RAF] 1931 - 1936 trained as pilot, Fleet Air Arm (three different fighter squadrons): 1931 - 1931 No. 401 Flight, FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] [attached to RAF] 10.10.1931 - (09.1932) No. 405 Flight, FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] 03.12.1933 - (02.1936) Fighter Squadron 800, FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] 13.04.1936 - (02.1938) Commanding Officer, HMS Alresford (minesweeper) (Portsmouth) 09.05.1938 - (08.1938) HMS Vindictive (cruiser) (cadet training cruiser) ? - (10.1938) short course [attached to RAF] 21.11.1938 - 02.1940 Squadron Commander, Fighter Squadron 803, FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] [attached to RAF] (involved in patrols of Norway and operations in the North West Approaches, during which time the squadron attacked U-30, 14.9.1939 and destroyed a Do 18. South, the first German aircraft to be shot down by any British aircraft in the war, 26.9.1939) (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm 28.06.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Dadealus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional for various services) (test pilot) 1942 senior airman, HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) 15.07.1942 - (02.1943) for duty at Ministry of Aircraft Production [HMS President] 15.03.1943 - (04.1944) HMS Saker (RN base in the US) 07.1944 - (07.1945) Senior Naval Representative, British Air Commission, British Admiralty Delegation, Washington [HMS Saker] 04.02.1946 - (04.1946) Naval Air Organisation and Training Division, Admiralty [HMS President] senior airman, HMS Glory (aircraft carrier) Commanding Officer, HMS Tintagel Castle (frigate) 18.07.1949 - (05.1950) staff of Flag Officer (Air) (Home) [HMS Dadalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 01.10.1950 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 16.09.1954 - (01.)1956 Commanding Officer, HMS Ark Royal [IV] 1957 - 1960 Flag Officer Flying Training Having kept in flying practice, he joined a small helicopter company and subsequently also had an interest in the travel trade, specialising in Turkish holidays.
Cameron, Archibald	23.11.1918 - 26.06.2000 Tranent district, East Lothian, Scotland	Cadet 01.05.1937 Midsh 01.09.1938 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.10.1939 Lt. 01.06.1941 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1949 Cdr. 31.12.1952 (retd 23.11.1968) OBE 01.01.1964 DSC 23.02.1940 Battle of the River Plate   Bronze Medal Concp - Concepcion earthquake Chile 24.01.39	01.09.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Exeter (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 21.03.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Berwick (cruiser) (02.1941) no appointment listed 15.06.1942 - (10.1943) HMS Musketeer (destroyer) (12.1943) no appointment listed (04.1944) - (06.1944) gunnery course 29.09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (04.1946) HMS Phoebe * 06.12.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 23.03.1953 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 12.04.1953 - (01.1956) Commanding Officer, HMS Comet 15.04.1961 - (02.1963) Staff Officer (Plans), Western Mediterranean (MEDOC), NATO * indexed, but not listed as such
Campbell, Alan FitzRoy Son of late Col Ian Maxwell Campbell, CBE and Hilda Mary Wade. Brother of Brig. Lorne Maclaine Campbell, VC.	(12?).1903 Lambeth, London - died between 01.1954 and 07.1959	A/S.Lt. 15.01.1924 S/Lt. 15.07.1924 Lt. 15.12.1925 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1933 Cdr. 31.12.1938 Capt. 31.12.1944 (retd 07.01.1954) OBE 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43	10.04.1924 - (01.1925) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 19.07.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Colombo (cruiser) (North America and West Indies) 03.01.1929 - (04.1930) gunnery course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Excellent] 25.09.1930 - (02.1931) advanced gunnery course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Excellent] 13.04.1931 - (01.1932) 2nd Gunnery Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 06.06.1932 - (09.1932) Gunnery School, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 01.1933 - (01.1934) Gunnery Officer, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 15.01.1935 - (07.1935) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 30.09.1935 - (02.1936) Gunnery Officer, HMS Coventry (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 11.01.1937 - (10.1938) Gunnery Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 23.01.1939 - (02.1939) Tactical Investigation, Tactical School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 20.03.1939 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, Experimental Department, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (02.1941) no appointment listed 08.03.1941 - (02.1943) Fleet Gunnery Officer, Home Fleet [HMS King George V (battleship)] 02.06.1943 - (06.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Wishart (destroyer) 14.07.1943 - (10.1943) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (for various services) 08.11.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 26.02.1944 - (04.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Norfolk (cruiser) 04.1944 - (06.1944) Executive Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship) 10.03.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon) (04.1946) no appointment listed 30.09.1946 - (07.1948) Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance (F), Admiralty [HMS President] (05.1950) no appointment listed 03.12.1952 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, (Flag Captain) HMS Implacable
Campbell, Gordon     Son of Col Frederick Campbell, CB. Married (1911) Mary Jeanne, daughter of H.V.S. Davids, Hillier House, Guildford; one son, one daughter.	06.01.1886 Croydon, Surrey - 03.10.1953 * Isleworth, Middlesex [All Saints Churchyard, Crondall] * most Internet sources have 03.07.1953, contrary to printed sources such as the London Gazette & "Who's who"	Cdr. ? Capt. 07.06.1917 R.Adm. 05.04.1928 (retd 06.04.1928) V.Adm. (retd) 31.12.1932 VC 21.04.1917 North Atlantic 17.02.17 DSO 31.05.1916 ? DSO 20.07.1917 ? DSO 02.11.1917 ?	15.09.1900     entered RN 1914 - 1917 served European War (despatches, VC, DSO and two bars, Croix de Guerre, Officier Légion d'Honneur) (1917) Commanding Officer, HMS Q5 (Q-ship) (1917?)     Commaanding Officer, HMS Patrol (light cruiser) 01.12.1922 - (01.)1925 Captain-in-Charge of Naval Establishments, HM Dockyard Cape of Good Hope [HMS Flora] 01.11.1925 - 30.07.1927 Commanding Officer, HMS Tiger (battlecruiser; seagoing gunnery firing ship, Portsmouth) 15.01.1928 - 06.04.1928 Naval ADC to the King 31.08.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS President (for miscellaneous services at Admiralty) 06.1940 - 07.1940 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Brightlingsea [retired from ill-health] 01.07.1940 - (02.)1941 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 01.09.1941 - (08.1942) Resident Naval Officer, Padstow [HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth)] (02.1943) no appointment listed (06.)1943 - (04.1946) HMS President * MP (Nat.) Burnley, 1931-1935. Younger Brother of Trinity House. Published: My Mystery Ships, 1928; Number Thirteen, 1932 [republished as: The life of a Q-ship Captain, 2002]; Sailormen All, 1933; Brave Men All, 1935; Captain James Cook, 1936; A Son of the Sea, 1936; Witch of the Wave, 1937; Abandon Ship; Two Cadets; The Great Bluff; Dog­Nelson, AB, 1938; The Book of Flags, 1950. * indexed, but not listed as such
Campbell, [Sir] Ian Murray Robertson 2nd son of Brig. A.A.E. Campbell, Indian Army. Married (1929) Marjorie Mary McCreath, Looseleigh, Tamerton Foliot, Devon; two sons.	08.08.1898 - 15.04.1980 [Sapperton, Glos.?]	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.08.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1927 Cdr. 30.06.1933 Capt. 31.12.1940 R.Adm. 07.01.1950 V.Adm. 18.03.1953 (retd 12.07.1956) KBE 09.06.1955 HM's birthday 55 CB 07.06.1951 HM's birthday 51 DSO 01.12.1942 Operation EV, Russian convoy PQ18 DSO 09.05.1944 Operation FW, Russian convoy	Education: Dover College Junior School; RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (1911-...); Cambridge University 08.1914 - 1919 service in North Sea, Adriatic and Eastern Baltic 10.05.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 30.09.1926 - (07.1927) Gunnery Officer, HMS Delhi (cruiser) (China) 24.09.1928 - (02.1931) Gunnery School, Devonport [HMS Vivid] 05.07.1931 - (09.1932) Gunnery Officer, HMS Kent (cruiser) & Fleet Gunnery Officer, China Station (01.1934) no appointment listed 08.03.1934 - (02.1936) Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 03.12.1936 - (10.1938) Commanding Officer, HMS Hyperion (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (02.1939) no appointment listed 21.02.1939 - (04.1940) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 30.01.1941 - (02.1941) Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence, Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 20.05.1942 - 1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Milne (flotilla leader) & Captain (D), 3rd Destroyer Flotilla 08.05.1944 - (07.1945) Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence, Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.1946 - 1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Jamaica (cruiser) (East Indies Squadron) 24.01.1948 - (07.1948) Naval Assistanf to Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President] 08.07.1949 - 07.01.1950 Naval ADC to the King 19.03.1950 - (05.1950) Senior British Naval Officer and Flag Officer (Liaison) Middle East [HMS Osiris] (05.1953) no appointment listed 20.05.1954 - (01.)1956 Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station [HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown)] Published: (with Donald Macintyre) The Kola Run : a record of Arctic convoys, 1941-1945 (1958)
Campbell, James Douglas Son of Col. Frederick Campbell, CB, VD, JP (1843-1926), and Emilie Guillaumine MacLean (c. 1851-1928). Married (1911) Lilian Alice, only daughter of late Sir Joseph Outerbridge; one son, one daughter.	02.09.1882 Airds Bay, Argyllshire, Scotland - 23.04.1954 [Glasgow ?]	Midsh. 1901? A/S.Lt. 15.12.1901? S.Lt. 27.03.1903, seniority 15.12.1901 Lt. 15.12.1903 Lt. of 8 years, renamed Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1911 Cdr. 30.06.1915 Capt. 31.12.1920 R.Adm. 04.01.1933 (retd 05.01.1933) (reverted to retd < 07.1945) MVO 1920 ? OBE 16.09.1919 for valuable services during the war Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class (Japan) (08.02.1920; for distinguished services during the war)	15.01.1897     entered RN 1901 Midshipman, HMS Diadem (Channel Squadron) 1904 - 1905 Navigating Officer, HMS Halcyon 1905 Navigating Officer, HMS Amethyst (Atlantic Fleet) (1914) Navigating Officer, HMS Albion 06.09.1918 - (01.1919) Navigating Officer, HMS Renown (battleship) 12.1922 - (08.1923) Commanding Officer, HMS Constance (light cruiser) (01.1925) no appointment listed 1925 - 1926 Captain, HM Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 16.12.1926 - 1928 Commanding Officer, HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 17.01.1929 - (04.)1930 Commanding Officer, HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (02.1931) no appointment listed 28.12.1931 - 1933 Director of Navigation, Navigation Branch, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 15.10.1932 - 04.01.1933 also: Naval ADC to the King 1939 - 1940 Flag Officer-in-Charge of the Clyde area (04.1940) no appointment listed 19.09.1940 - 1942 Reserve Naval Officer, Workington [HMS Clio (RN base, Barrow-in-Furness)] 1942 - (06.1944) Naval Officer-in-Charge, Cumberland Ports [HMS Clio (RN base, Barrow-in-Furness)]
Campbell, John Oliver	18.07.1899 Newcastle in Emlyn, Cardiganshire / Carmarthenshire / Pembrokeshire - 22.06.1963	S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.10.1919 (retd 09.12.1922; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.10.1927 A/Cdr. (retd) > 08.1942, < 02.1943 Cdr. (retd) 1946? A/Capt. (retd) 17.02.1943? (reverted to retd < 04.1946) DSO 29.07.1941 Inshore Squadron with 8th Army, Egypt & Cyrenaica [investiture 16.03.45] OBE 08.06.1943 Inshore Squadron with 8th Army advance [investiture 16.03.45] DSC  08.03.1920 for distinguished services on shore at Riga MID 05.10.1918 for services in action with enemy submarines MID 11.09.1940 courage in recent engagements MID 11.07.1944 for good services, in saving lives and valuable material in a heavy air raid on Bari  02.12.43 MID 14.08.1945 Aegean operations, relief of Greece	05.1912     entered RN 02.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown) (for drafting and regulating duties) (1940) HMS Dainty (destroyer) 07.12.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Aphis (river gunboat) (12.1941)     HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) * 28.07.1942 - 17.02.1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (additional for various services) 17.02.1943 - 07.1943 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Benghazi [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)] 31.07.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta) 11.1943 - (12.1943) Naval Officer-in-Charge, Bari [HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto)] 03.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) [possibly: Liaison Officer to Royal Hellenic Navy] (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Campbell-Walter, Keith McNeil	see:	Walter, Keith McNeil
Candy, Algernon Henry Chester Only son of William Marshall and Constance Mary Candy. Married (1914) Isabel, youngest daughter of Henry Abraham, Southampton; one daughter	19.05.1877 Marylebone, London - 29.04.1959 [Southsea ?]	S/Lt. (1897) Lt. ? Cdr. 30.06.1909 Capt. 30.06.1916 (retd 15.09.1922; own request) R.Adm. (retd) 01.07.1927 (reverted to retd < 08.1943) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 10.10.1940 CBE 11.06.1919 for valuable services as Assistant Director of Torpedoes MID 28.09.1943 3 years ocean convoys	Education: Pinewood, Farnborough, Hants; HMS Britannia, Dartmouth 15.07.1890 entered Royal Navy 1904 1913 - - 1911 1916 served in submarine service ? - 08.06.1915 Commanding Officer, HMS A 8 (submarine) (sunk) 1916 Post Captain ? - (01.1919) Assistant Director of Torpedoes, Admiralty 10.10.1940 - (06.1943) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]
Canham, Colin Archibald Married; at least one son.	c. 1917 ? - 19.09.2003 Florida, USA?	Midsh. RNR 01.10.1935 A/S.Lt. RNR 21.02.1938 Prob. S.Lt. 15.05.1939 S.Lt. 1940, seniority 01.03.1939 Lt. 30.04.1940 Lt.Cdr. 30.04.1948 Cdr. 31.12.1954 (retd 15.08.1956; own request) DSC 07.09.1943 operations 07.42-06.43 [award posted]	(08.1939) no appointment listed 20.01.1940 - 30.05.1940 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) 07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Victory III (accounting section, Portsmouth) 20.08.1941 - (06.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Parthian (submarine) 26.07.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) 10.01.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Newfoundland (cruiser) (04.1946) no appointment listed 07.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier) 16.01.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Dryad (navigation and direction school, Portsmouth) 18.02.1953 - (05.1953) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] (04.1955) HMS Dryad (navigation and direction school, Portsmouth) * 25.04.1955 - (01.)1956 HMS President (Admiralty; for miscellaneous services) * indexed, but not listed as such
Cannell, George David Stanley Son of ... Canell, and ... Breese.	19.06.1917 Toxteth Park district, Lancashire - 06.1985 Plymouth, Devon	A/Gnr. (T) 15.11.1943 Gnr. (T) = Cd.Gnr. (TAS) ?, seniority 15.11.1943 Sen.Cd.Gnr. (TAS) 01.04.1951 Lt. (SD) (TAS) 01.01.1957 (retd 11.08.1958)	(12.1943) no appointment listed 24.01.1944 - (06.1944) Torpedo Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer) 11.1944 - (07.1945) Torpedo Officer, HMS Scorpion (destroyer) (04.1946) no appointment listed 01.06.1948 - (07.1948) Torpedo/Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Consort 24.08.1948 - (05.1950) Torpedo/Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Consort 02.1953 - (05.1953) HMS Termagant 04.02.1955 - (01.1956) HMS Ocean
Carew-Hunt, Adrian Son of Capt. Roland Cecil [Sneyd] Carew Hunt, CMG, RN (1880-1959), and Thelma Reay Scott, of Riding Mill, Northumberland. Younger brother of R.Adm. Geofrey Harry Carew-Hunt, RN.	(09?).1920 Ecclesall Bierlow district, Derbyshire / West Riding of Yorkshire - 27.10.1940 (KIA) [age 20] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 37, column 1]	Cadet 01.01.1938 Midsh. 01.05.1938 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1940	01.01.1938 - 30.04.1938 HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1938 - 29.06.1938 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 30.06.1938 - (09.1939) HMS Kent (cruiser) (China) 01.01.1940 - (04.)1940 promotion course, Portsmouth 06.1940   commanded motor cruiser "Thark" and Dutch skoot "Johanna" at Dunkirk evacuation (serving at "Marlborough" ??) 17.06.1940 - 28.07.1940 submarine course [HMS Dolphin] 29.07.1940 - 11.09.1940 spare, HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) 12.09.1940 - 18.09.1940 spare, HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) 19.09.1940 - 27.10.1940 HMS H 49 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania, from 01.10.1940 to HMS Elfin] (killed when ship was sunk by German surface force near Terschelling, the Netherlands, 18.10.1940)
Carew-Hunt, Geoffrey Harry Son of Capt. Roland Cecil [Sneyd] Carew Hunt, CMG, RN (1880-1959), and Thelma Reay Scott, of Riding Mill, Northumberland. Elder brother of S.Lt. Adrian Carew-Hunt, RN. Married 1st (22.07.1939) Diana (died 1969), elder daughter of late R.Adm. J.F.C. Patterson, OBE; no children. Married 2nd (1971) Elizabeth Frances Mary Adams, 2nd daughter of late J. Hunter, MP.	06.04.1917 Wandsworth district, Greater London / London / Surrey - 11.08.1979 Winchester, Hampshire	Cadet 01.09.1934 Midsh. 01.09.1935 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1938 S.Lt. 20.10.1938, seniority 01.09.1937 Lt. 16.10.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1946 Cdr. 31.12.1949 Capt. 31.12.1955 R.Adm. 07.01.1965 (retd 22.04.1968) CB 01.01.1967 New Year 67 [investiture 07.02.67] MID 09.05.1940 successful submarine operations against enemy MID 06.09.1940 successful submarine patrols MID 14.11.1944 surface actions 07-08.44 MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy, 06.44) MID 15.05.1945 Operation Halfback (operations off Norway, 28.01.45)	Education: Winchester College 01.09.1934 - (07.)1935 special entry Cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.09.1935 - (02.)1936 Midshipman, HMS Kent (cruiser) (China) 26.10.1936 - (07.)1937 Midshipman, HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China) 03.01.1938 - (08.)1938 promotion course, Portsmouth 05.09.1938 - 15.12.1938 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 16.12.1938 - 08.01.1939 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) (Mediterranean) 09.01.1939 - (09.)1940 HMS Snapper (submarine) [tender to HMS Maidstone, from 11.10.1939 to HMS Dolphin, from 18.11.1939 to HMS Cyclops, from 27.05.1940 to HMS Maidstone, from 10.09.1940 to HMS Titania] (Mediterranean & North Sea) 20.01.1941 - (02.)1941 qualified for gunnery duties, HMS Excellent 11.08.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) 22.04.1942 - (02.)1943 Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Tyne (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 24.05.1943 - (12.)1943 Gunnery Officer, HMS Diadem (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 17.12.1943 - (01.)1945 Gunnery Officer, HMS Diadem (Home Station) 23.05.1945 - 06.07.1945 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 06.07.1945 - 1947 Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.1947 - (10.1947) Gunnery Officer, HMS Kenya (West Indies) 28.01.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Corsham, Wiltshire) 10.01.1949 - 1950 HMS Vanguard (Mediterranean and Home Station) 07.04.1950 - 1951 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous duties) 11.11.1951 - (05.)1953 British Naval Staff, Washington, DC [HMS Saker] 29.12.1953 - 13.01.1956 Executive Officer, HMS Theseus 06.02.1956 - (01.)1957 Deputy Director (M), Gunnery Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 1958 Imperial Defence College 30.12.1958 - 1960 Commanding Officer, HMS Defender 29.06.1961 - (07.1961) Senior Officer Reserve Ships, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane] & Commanding Officer, Duncansby Head & Captain (D) Rosyth 25.06.1962 - 1965 Director Surface Division, Weapons Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 1965 - 02.1968 Admiral Commanding Reserves and Director General Naval Recruiting Chairman, Joseph Barber & Co. Ltd.
Carlill, [Sir] Stephen Hope Son of late Harold Flamank Carlill (1875-1959), civil servant, and Beatrice Newton Hope (died 1924). Married 1928, Julie Fredrike Elisabeth Hildegard (died 1991), only daughter of late Rev. W. Rahlenbeck, Westphalia; two sons.	23.12.1902 Orpington, Kent - 09.02.1996 Colwall, Malvern, Worcestershire	A/S.Lt. 15.05.1923 S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.04.1925 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1933 Cdr. 30.06.1937 Capt. 30.06.1942 Cdre. 2nd cl. 03.1946-1948 R.Adm. 08.01.1952 V.Adm. 16.12.1954 (retd 07.07.1959) KBE 13.06.1957 HM's birthday 57 CB 01.01.1954 New Year 54 DSO 17.03.1942 destruction U-boat 11.12.41 MID 02.05.1944 operations in Adriatic	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (08.1923) no appointment listed 01.01.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) [additional] (02.1927)     no appointment listed 08.03.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Adventure (minelayer) 05.01.1928 - (06.1928) qualifying for Gunnery Duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Excellent] 23.05.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 14.05.1930 - (02.1931) 2nd Gunnery Officer, HMS Norfolk (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) (01.1932) no appointment listed 05.04.1932 - (02.)1935 Gunnery Officer, HMNZS Dunedin (cruiser) (and as Squadron Gunnery Officer, New Zealand Station) 19.07.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 20.07.1936 - (07.)1937 Gunnery Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean) 26.07.1937 - (08.1939) Squadron Gunnery Officer, Destroyer Flotillas of the Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Galatea (cruiser)] 01.04.1940 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Hambledon (destroyer) 03.12.1940 - 1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Farndale (destroyer) 26.08.1942 - 1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Quilliam (destroyer) & Captain (D), 4th Destoyer Flotilla (despatches) 01.03.1944 - 1946 Deputy Director (Gunnery), Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 03.1946 - 31.05.1946 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet [HMS Tamar] 01.06.1946 - (07.)1948 Chief Staff Officer to Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet [HMS London] 05.01.1949 - 11.04.1950 Commanding Officer, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (05.1950) no appointment listed 1950 - 1951 Commanding Officer, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 04.1952 - 1954 Senior Naval Member, Imperial Defence College [HMS President] 19.08.1954 - (04.)1955 Flag Officer, Training Squadron, Home Fleet [HMS Theseus] 12.07.1955 - 1958 Chief of Naval Staff, Indian Navy [HMS Bluejacket] Representative in Ghana of West Africa Committtee 1960-1966; Adviser to W Africa Committee, 1966-1967.
Carlisle, John Scott Son of Eng.R.Adm. Frank Scott Carlisle (1882-1941), and Elsie May Cecilia Sacret. Married; at least one son.	27.05.1911 Plympton St Mary district, Cornwall / Devon - 17.03.1973 Havering district	Midsh. (E) 01.05.1929 A/S.Lt. (E) ? S.Lt. (E) 16.05.1932 Lt. (E) 16.09.1934 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.09.1942 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1949 (retd > 05.1953, < 04.1955)	09.05.1929 - (09.1932) engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 24.04.1933 - (02.)1935 HMS York (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 10.06.1935 - (07.)1935 HMS Vindictive (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) 16.09.1935 - (02.)1937 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] (07.1937) - (02.1938) no appointment listed 18.03.1938 - (08.)1938 2nd Engineer Officer, HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (Portsmouth) 20.09.1938 - (08.1939) Engineer Officer, HMS Echo (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 04.03.1940 - 07.10.1941 Mechanical Training Establishment, HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth) 08.10.1941 - 16.01.1944 2nd Engineer Officer, HMS Berwick (cruiser) 17.01.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Daedalus II (RN Aircraft Training Establishment, Newcastle under Lyme) (04.1946)     no appointment listed 05.01.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 29.08.1949 - (05.1950) Engineer Officer, HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station Stretton, Warrington, Lancs.) 13.10.1952 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
Carlisle, Malise Hugo Thomas Son of ... Carlisle, and ... Tillard.	(06?).1925 Chipping Sodbury district, Gloucestershire - 14.05.1958 Semington, Wiltshire	Midsh. 01.09.1942 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1944 S.Lt. 01.08.1944 Lt. 01.02.1946 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1954	01.09.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Duke of York (battleship) (04.1944) HMS Orwell (destroyer) * (06.1944) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * 17.10.1944 - (04.)1946 HMS Cavendish (destroyer) 09.1946 - (07.1948) First Lieutenant, HMS Virago (destroyer) 01.02.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) 24.11.1952 - (05.1953) First Lieutenant, HMS Hedingham Castle (corvette) 09.1955 - (01.1956) Executive Officer, HMAS Commonwealth (RAN base, Kure, Japan) * indexed, but not listed as such
Carpenter, Peter Christopher	31.12.1918 - 03.1993 Bradford, Yorkshire	A/S.Lt. 01.09.1939 S.Lt. ? Lt. 01.09.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1948 (retd 24.11.1962) MID 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.42	01.01.1940 - (04.1940) promotion course, Portsmouth 12.07.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Amazon (destroyer) 28.12.1942 - 09.1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Tumult (destroyer) 31.07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Queen (escort carrier) 26.03.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Pelican (05.1950) no appointment listed 09.01.1953 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS Savage (destroyer) 30.08.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties) (07.1961) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Carr, John Reginald Married Elizabeth Horne (died 06.10.2008; aged 93).	13.03.1915 - 05.1999 Newcastle upon Tyne district, Tyne and Wear	... ... Cdr. 30.06.1945 (retd) OBE ? ?	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Indomitable
Carr, Richard Guy Son of ... Carr, and ... Wallace.	(12?).1919 West Derby district, Lancashire - 12.2004 still alive	Midsh. 01.09.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.10.1941 S.Lt. 01.05.1942 Lt. 01.08.1943 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1951 (retd 14.04.1958)	09.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Nelson (battleship) 08.08.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Forester (destroyer) 01.05.1942 - (08.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth 12.12.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Medway II (1st Submarine Flotilla base, Beirut) (1943)   HMS Taku (submarine) (06.1943) - (07.1945) no appointment listed 30.09.1945 - (04.1946) F.I.S. Church, Langford [HMS Heron] 31.05.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Glasgow (05.1953) no appointment listed 16.03.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Bulwark
Carroll, Denis Patrick Noel Son of ... Caroll, and ... Higgins.	22.12.1921 Cardiff district, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire - 12.2005 Kent district, Kent	Cadet (E) 01.09.1939 Midsh. (E) 01.05.1940 A/S.Lt. (E) ? S.Lt. (E) 06.1942, seniority 01.06.1941 A/Lt. (E) 01.01.1943 Lt. (E) 27.03.1944, seniority 16.02.1943 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.02.1951 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1956 (retd 22.12.1974, but re-employed) (reverted to retd 20.12.1977) MID 20.11.1945 war patrols Far East 03-08.45	01.09.1939     special entry cadet 08.05.1940 - (08.)1943 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 30.08.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 08.02.1945 - (08.)1945 HMS Torbay (submarine) 14.12.1945 - (02.1946) HMS Trenchant (submarine) 17.02.1947 - (10.1947) HMS Acheron (destroyer)  ... - ... ... FIMechE
Cartwright, John Cecil	22.05.1914 - 07.1992 Weymouth district, Dorset	... ... Lt. 01.08.1936 A/Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1943? Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1944 Cdr. 30.06.1948 Capt. 30.06.1956 (retd 02.11.1965) DSC 26.05.1942 action with 2 cruises 12.12.41 [investiture 11.12.45] DSC 10.11.1953 Korea (7th list) [investiture 16.03.54] MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41 MID 08.09.1942 Operation MG1 (Italian attack on Malta convoy 22..03.42)	... - ... ... 01.11.1938 - (04.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Beagle (destroyer) 02.07.1940 - (03.)1942 First Lieutenant, HMS Legion (destroyer) 05.06.1942 - (08.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Puckeridge (destroyer) (10.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 15.12.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 10.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Raider (destroyer) 28.12.1945 - (04.)1946 Training Officer, HMS Glendower (training establishment Pwllheli, North Wales) 10.11.1946 - (10.1947) Commanding Officer, HMS Contest (07.1948)     HMS Consort * 09.08.1948 - (05.1949) on staff of Flag Officer Training Squadrons [HMS Anson] (05.1950)     HMS Vanguard * 31.03.1952 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS Opossum (sloop) 20.01.1954 - (01.)1956 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake] 06.09.1956 - (01.1957) Assistant Director of Plans Division (J), Admiralty [HMS President] 21.10.1958 - (01.1959) Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans), Allied Forces Mediterranean, NATO 02.01.1961 - 1963 Commanding Officer, HMS Plymouth & Captain (F) 4th Frigate Squadron (02.1963)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Casson, John Eldest son of Sir Lewis Casson and Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike.	28.10.1909 - 28.12.1999	Midsh. 01.09.1927 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1930 S.Lt. 01.04.1931, seniority 01.09.1930 Lt. 15.06.1932, seniority 01.04.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1940 (retd 11.02.1946) RAF: F/O 17.01.1932 F/Lt. 01.01.1937 OBE 19.03.1946 for outstanding services while POW MID 19.07.1940 for daring, resource and continued devotion to duty in operations by the Fleet Air Arm against, the enemy over the Coast of Norway	Education: King’s College School, Wimbledon; mercantile training ship Worcester 01.09.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Atlantic) 02.01.1930 - (04.1930) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 11.08.1930 - (02.1931) promotion course, Portsmouth 13.04.1931 - (01.1932) HMS Velox (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 17.01.1932 - (09.1932) pilot's course, RAF Base, Leuchars [attached to RAF] 26.04.1933 - (01.1934) pilot, Fighter Squadron 803, FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] (China) [attached to RAF] 08.04.1935 - (07.1935) pilot, Fighter Squadron 802, FAA [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] [attached to RAF] 08.1935 - (02.1936) senior pilot, Fighter Squadron 802, FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] (02.1937) - 11.03.1937 no appointment listed [attached to RAF] 11.03.1937 - 24.03.1937 naval duty 24.03.1937 - (07.1937) Training Squadron, FAA at RAF Station, Gosport [HMS Victory] [attached to RAF] 05.07.1937 - 16.12.1938 pilot, 712 Squadron FAA (Walrus amphibian)  [HMS Glasgow (cruiser)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] 16.12.1938 - 20.04.1939 HMS Vindictive (cruiser; cadet training cruiser) 20.04.1939 - (04.1940) FAA [attached to RAF] 05.1940 - 13.6.1940 Commanding Officer, 803 Squadron, FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] [Shot down during the attack on the Scharnhorst & Gneisenau over Norway and captured 13.06.1940.]  13.06.1940 - 05.1945 POW in Dulag Luft (Frankfurt) & Stalag Luft III [Acted as a codemaster for MI9 in POW camps, and assisted Fanshawe in his role as a member of the Luft III "Great Escape" Executive Committee.] (07.1945) no appointment listed 1945 - 1946 HMS Wagtail (RN Air Station, Heathfield, Ayr) Post war a theatre producer & director, and communication adviser. Director at the Citizens' Theatre from 1947-1951. Published: Lewis & Sybil : a memoir (1972)
Cater, Geoffrey	15.01.1908 Devonport, Devon - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	A/S.Lt. 01.12.1931 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.12.1931 Lt. 01.12.1934 (retd 1936?) A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1943, < 08.1943 Lt.Cdr. 03.09.1945 (retd 1945/46) A/Cdr. ?	(01.1932) no appointment listed (09.1932) short course 07.01.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 06.02.1935 - (07.1935) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (02.1936) no appointment listed 19.02.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Neptune (cruiser) 08.03.1941 - (06.1944) Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Cavaye, William Alexander Keith Napier Son of Frederick Napier Warden Cavaye (1855-1931), and Emily Hatfield.	c. 1895 - 23.02.1943 [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 61, column 3]	Midsh. 15.09.1925 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 01.12.1927 Lt. 01.12.1929 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1937	03.12.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 29.04.1929 - (08.)1929 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 30.11.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS M 3 (submarine) (Reserve, Portsmouth) 17.12.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS L 19 (submarine) (Portsmouth) 16.08.1931 - (01.)1932 First Lieutenant, HMS H 23 (submarine) (Portsmouth) (09.1932) no appointment listed 23.09.1933 - (01.1934) First Lieutenant, HMS Otus (submarine) (China) (07.1935) no appointment listed 30.12.1935 - (02.)1936 submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 20.04.1936 - (02.)1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Snapper (submarine) (Mediterranean) 22.06.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Orion (cruiser) (America and West Indies) (08.1939) no appointment listed 28.01.1940 - (04.)1940 Executive Officer, HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) 28.11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Ambrose (9th Submarine Flotilla base, Dundee) 10.1941 - 23.02.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Tempest (submarine) (ship sunk by Italian surface craft in Gulf of Taranto) * indexed, but not listed as such
Caws, Timothy Bruce Newton Son of Bernard Silas and Elsie Caws (née Trull), of Henleaze, Gloucestershire.	(06?).1917 Cardiff, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire - 24.11.1941 [age 24] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 3]	Paym.Cadet 01.01.1935 Paym.Midsh. 01.01.1936 Paym.S.Lt. 01.11.1937 Paym.Lt. 01.11.1939	01.01.1935 - 29.06.1936 basic training 30.06.1936 - (02.)1938 HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies) 15.06.1938 - (08.)1938 HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 09.09.1938 - 24.11.1941 HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic] * * in the Dec 1941 Navy List [corrected up to mid-Nov 1941] no appointment listed for this officer, so should probably have already left for another appointment, when unluckily fate struck
Cayley, Richard Douglas "Harmonica Dick"   Only son of Maj.Gen. Douglas Edward Cayley, CB, CMG (1870-1951), and Jessie Eyre Duff Gibbon (1870-1955), of Yateley, Hampshire. Married (22.04.1933) Nancy Violet Coutts, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Edward Coutts, of Fleet, Hampshire; one daughter.	06.10.1907 - 08.01.1943 (MPK) [age 35] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 72, column 3]	Midsh. 15.09.1926 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1929 S.Lt. 01.02.1929 Lt. 01.08.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1939 Cdr. 30.06.1942 DSO 29.07.1941 4 transport ships torpedoed 02-03.41 [investiture 14.04.42] DSO 05.05.1942 2 supply ships sunk &tc. 04-09.41 [investiture 30.06.42] DSO 12.05.1942 for daring, enterprise and devotion to duty in successful patrols in HM Submarines [investiture 30.06.42]	15.09.1926 - (07.)1927 HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) 11.12.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 03.01.1929 - 11.08.1929 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.08.1929 - 04.05.1930 promotion course, Portsmouth 05.05.1930 - 31.08.1930 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 01.09.1930 - 12.1930 HMS Douglas (submarine depot ship) 12.1930 - 01.02.1931 HMS L 21 (submarine) (1st Submarine Flotilla) (Mediterranean) [tender to HMS Douglas] 02.02.1931 - 04.01.1932 HMS L 21 (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Lucia] 05.01.1932 - 22.08.1933 First Lieutenant, HMS H 49 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Titania] 23.08.1933 - 02.09.1934 HMS Cygnet (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 03.09.1934 - 31.10.1934 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (4th Submarine Flotilla) (China) (for submarines) 01.11.1934 - (08.1936) First Lieutenant, HMS Pandora (submarine) (4th Submarine Flotilla) (China) (01.1937) - (02.1937) no appointment listed 26.04.1937 - (07.)1937 submarine Commanding Officers' qualifying course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 20.08.1937 - 12.08.1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Sunfish (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 13.08.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) 02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) 08.07.1940 - 28.11.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Parthian (submarine) (10.1940)     HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) * 30.01.1941 - 04.04.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Utmost (submarine) [tender to HMS Medway, then HMS Talbot] ** 08.06.1942 - 08.01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS P 311 (submarine) [ship went missing in the Mediterranean] * indexed, but not listed as such ** (02.1941) & (12.1941) no appointment listed in the Navy List