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Cable, J.W.
to
Christie, A.E.T.
Clare, R.W.
to
Cox, I.N.D.
Crabb, J.S.L.
to
Crawford, W.S.
Crean, T.F.
to
Cuthbert, S.A.

 

J.W. Cable   to   A.E.T. Christie
Cable,
James William
J.W. Cable

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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
?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
07.06.1951
HM's birthday 51
Member of the Order of the British Empire 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
H.H. Caddy
(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
S.H. Caddy  
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
G.R. Cadiz
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
G. Cadman

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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
L.W. Cady
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
F.W. Caffyn

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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
D. Cahill

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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
L.P. Cahill
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
W.H. Cahill

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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
J.S. Cain
(06?).1906
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-

05.07.1948
Gosport, Hampshire
Wt. Stores Offr. = Cd. Stores Offr.
14.03.1942



...
?
-
(07.1945)
HMS Collingwood
Cain,
Robert
R. Cain
?
-


T/Prob. Schoolm.
01.11.1944
T/Schoolm.
?, seniority 01.11.1944



...
?
-
(07.1945)
HMS Cochrane
Cain,
Timothy John
T.J. Cain

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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
R.D. Cairns
11.02.1921
-
05.1998

Waveney, Suffolk
Lt.
16.04.1942
Lt.Cdr.
?
Cdr.
>
Capt.
30.06.1965 (retd)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
29.06.1943
minelaying & troops to Malta



...
(1943)


HMS Rorqual
?
-
(07.1945)
HMS Virtue
Calcutt,
George
G. Calcutt
?
-

died between 08.1977 and 08.1983
Cdr. (S)
30.06.1936 (retd)



...
?
-
(07.1945)
HMS Hasdrubal
Caldecott,
Charles Michael
C.M. Caldecott
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)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
?
?



...
?
-
(07.1945)
no appointment listed 
FBIM
Caldecott-Smith,
John Alexander
J.A. Caldecott-Smith
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
D.R.F. Cambell
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)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
01.01.1960
New Year 60
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
11.07.1940
HM's birthday 40
Officer, Legion of Merit (United States of America) 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
A. Cameron
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)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
01.01.1964

Distinguished Service Cross 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
A.F. Campbell
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)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire 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