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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