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Clare, Reginald William	? - died between 08.1989 and 12.1998	A/Gnr. (T) 01.04.1938 Gnr. (T) ?, seniority 01.04.1938 A/Lt. ? Lt. 01.08.1945, seniority 31.12.1940 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1948 (retd 27.10.1952) DSC 16.08.1940 Dunkirk	(06.1938) no appointment listed 12.07.1938 - (06.1940) HMS Grenade (destroyer) 17.06.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Kelvin (destroyer) 31.07.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Penn (destroyer) (06.1943) no appointment listed 07.1943 - (10.1943) HMS Undine (destroyer) (12.1943) - (06.1944) promotion course, Portsmouth 05.07.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Speaker (escort carrier) 06.1949 - (05.1950) HMS St Angelo (for miscellaneous duties) 12.05.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Goldcrest
Claridge, Gilbert Palmer	08.01.1900 Lambeth, London - 02.1984 Plymouth, Devon	Cdr. 31.12.1934 Capt. 30.06.1942 (retd)	10.02.1940 - (04.1940) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for submarines) (02.1941) HMS Shoreham 29.12.1941 - (08.1942) Staff of Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot)] * * indexed, but not listed as such * (08.1942) indicated as posted from 29.12.1942; should probably be 1941.
Clark, James Ernest Brother of Capt. Edward Burling Clark, RNR. Two other brothers were Alfred Gordon Clark (died as Ordinary Seaman aboard HMS Myrtle 14.06.1940), and Reginald Clark (served Merchant Navy).	12.05.1907 Birkenhead district - 09.01.1976 Marldon, Paignton	Prob. S.Lt. RNR 31.07.1931 S.Lt. RNR 23.12.1931, seniority 31.07.1931 Lt. RNR 31.07.1933 Lt. (Supplementary List) 24.04.1937, seniority 12.05.1932 Lt. 1938?, seniority 12.05.1932 Lt.Cdr. 12.05.1939 (retd 12.05.1952) A/Cdr. 15.07.1944? OBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46 DSC 03.06.1941 beachmaster withdrawal Greece MID 14.08.1945 relief of Greece	28.02.1932 - (09.1932) HMS H 33 (submarine) * 11.11.1935 - (02.1936) HMS Shark (submarine) 12.05.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Devonshire (cruiser) 12.04.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS Hussar (minesweeper) 11.01.1939 - (02.1941) HMS Terror (monitor) (1941) HMS York (cruiser) (08.1942) no appointment listed 30.01.1943 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Ilfracombe (minesweeper) 04.11.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Larne (minesweeper) 15.07.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Sylvia (minesweeper) 19.05.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS Lochinvar 17.05.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Cumberland * (01.1934) - (07.1935) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Clark, Paul Wilson	? - 1984 Surrey	Prob. Midsh. RNR 27.11.1929 Midsh. RNR 1930/31?, seniority 27.11.1929 A/S.Lt. RNR 10.10.1932 S/Lt. RNR 07.02.1937 Lt. RNR 07.03.1937 Prob. Lt. 1937, seniority 10.10.1935 A/Lt. 1937/38?, seniority 10.10.1935 Lt. 20.08.1938, seniority 10.10.1935 Lt.Cdr. 10.10.1943 (retd 10.10.1956; age) A/Cdr. > 05.1953, < 04.1955 Hon. Cdr. ? DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy, 06.44) [investiture 13.11.45] DSC 10.07.1945 Operations Arakan coast 12.44-03.45 [award posted]	28.12.1929 - (04.1930) HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (07.1937) short course of instruction 27.12.1937 - (02.)1939 HMS Fitzroy (surveying ship) 23.02.1939 - (08.)1939 HMS Scott (surveying ship) 29.09.1939 - 30.04.1940 HMS Bittern (sloop) (in lieu of specialist Navigation Officer) [sunk by German aircraft at Namsos] 27.05.1940 - (12.)1941 HMS Seabelle II, from [1941?] HMS Seabelle (RN base, Persian Gulf) (in lieu of specialist Navigation Officer) 12.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Endeavour (survey vessel; depot ship for boom defence vessels, Singapore; to Colombo & Red Sea, then surveys) (02.1943) - (06.1943) HMS Endeavour (survey vessel) * 14.07.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary), from c. 12.1943: HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP)) (06.1944) Combined Operations Pilotage Party (COPP) 1 11.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi, India) (in lieu of specialist Navigation Officer) 12.07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) 20.10.1947 - (07.1948) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 17.01.1949 - (05.1949) Executive Officer, HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) 15.03.1950 - (05.1950) Executive Officer, HMS Perseus (aircraft maintenance ship) (05.1953) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 09.03.1954 - (01.1956) Boom Defence Depot, Singapore [HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Clarke, Arthur Wellesley Son of late Captain Sir Arthur Wellesley Clarke, KCVO, KBE, and Lady Clarke. Married (1926) Kate Cicely Lance; one son. private papers	16.04.1898 - 03.01.1985 Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire	Midsh. 1914 Lt. 15.10.1918 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1926 Cdr. 31.12.1932 Capt. 30.06.1939 (retd 01.10.1948) Cdre. 1st cl. 01.1944 CBE 01.01.1947 New Year 47 [investiture 20.07.48] DSO 16.03.1943 action with escort convoy North Russia 31.12.42 [investiture 09.07.46] LM 05.11.1946 ? MID 1915 Gallipoli	Education: Merton Court Preparatory School; RN Colleges, Osborne (1910-1912) & Dartmouth (1912-1914); Emmanuel College, Cambridge University (6 months 1919) 02.08.1914  - 1916  mobilized, HMS Implacable (Dardanelles, 1915 (despatches)) 1916 - ? HMS Royal Oak (Battle of Jutland, 1916; Atlantic and North Sea convoys) HMS P 14 (escort vessel) HMS Maenad (destroyer) HMS Swift (destroyer) HMS Badminton (minesweeper) 15.10.1921 - (08.1923) Navigating Officer, HMS Triad (special service vessel) (Persian Gulf) 12.05.1924 - (01.1925) Navigating Officer, HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) (temporary) 23.05.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 28.09.1926 - (07.)1927 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 09.08.1927 - (06.)1928 Navigating Officer, HMS Calypso (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 13.10.1928 - (08.1929) Staff Officer (Operations) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] (Mediterranean) (04.1930)     no appointment listed 16.10.1930 - (05.1933) Navigating Officer, HMNZS Diomede (cruiser) & as Squadron Navigating Officer, New Zealand Station (06.1933)     no appointment listed 01.01.1934 - (02.)1936 Naval Assistant Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence [HMS President] (02.1937)     no appointment listed 01.03.1937 - (02.)1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Penzance (escort vessel) (Africa) (06.1938)     no appointment listed 18.07.1938 - (04.)1939 Executive Officer, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) (08.1939)     no appointment listed 09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS President (for duty in the War Cabinet Office) 20.07.1940 - (02.)1941 an Assistant Naval Attaché, Washington, DC [HMS President] 01.08.1941 - 01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (Atlantic, North Russian and Malta convoys, N African landings and Barents Sea battle) 01.1943 - (12.1943) Chief of Staff to Governor and Commander-in-Chief Malta [HMS St Angelo] (later also Naval Liaison Officer to Commander, 8th Army) 01.1944 - (04.)1946 Chief of Staff to Head of British Admiralty Delegation USA [HMS Saker] 21.01.1947 - 04.1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier) 15.09.1948 - 01.04.1957 Chief of Naval Information, Admiralty [HMS President] Vice­President: King George's Fund for Sailors; Younger Brother, Trinity House.
Clarke, [Sir] Marshal Llewelyn Son of late Sir Marshal James Clarke, KCMG. Married (1922) Ina Leonora (whom he divorced, 1940), daughter of J.G. Edwards; two sons.	09.05.1887 - 08.04.1959	A/S.Lt. 15.12.1906? S.Lt. 26.07.1907, seniority 15.12.1906 Lt. 30.06.1909 Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1917 Cdr. 30.06.1922 Capt. 30.06.1929 Cdre. 2nd cl. 31.07.1936? R.Adm. 05.01.1940 V.Adm. 03.04.1943 Adm. 16.10.1945 (retd 1945) KBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 CB 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 DSC 31.03.1916 services in patrol cruiser LoA - escorting first Canadian convoy 01.40	Education: Cordwalles, Maidenhead; HMS Britannia 1902 joined RN 1914 - 1918 served European War 08.09.1918 - (01.1919) Navigating Officer, HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) 30.12.1924 - (01.1925) Executive Officer, HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) 11.1925 - (07.1927) RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] (08.1929) no appointment listed 19.12.1929 - (04.1930) Commanding Officer, HMS Concord (cruiser) (signal school cruiser, Portsmouth) 05.01.1931 - (02.1931) tactical course [HMS Victory] 28.03.1931 - (09.1932) Deputy Director, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.05.1933 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Campbell (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 6th Destroyer Flotilla (Home Fleet) 27.05.1935 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS Faulknor (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 6th Destroyer Flotilla (Home Fleet) 31.07.1936 - (08.)1938 Commodore, Malaya, and in charge of Naval Establishments at Singapore [HMS Terror II] (10.1938) no appointment listed 25.01.1939 - (04.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 16.05.1939 - (08.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (04.1940) HMS President * 30.11.1940 - (07.)1945 Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth * indexed, but not listed as such
Clarkson, Geoffrey Archibald Son of William Archibald Clarkson, and Eleanor Jane Mary Webb. Married Essie Isabel Bruce-Porter (1897?-1982); three sons.	07.011888 Blaby, Leicestershire - 21.05.1981 Southampton, Hampshire	T/Instr.Lt. ? Instr.Lt. 21.02.1914? Instr.Lt.Cdr. 21.02.1922 Instr.Cdr. 21.02.1930 Instr.Capt. 01.10.1933 (retd 07.01.1943) OBE > 07.1937 < 02.1938 ?	Education: BA 29.05.1920 transferred to Permanent List (dated 21.02.1916) 15.04.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Resolution (battleship) ? - (01.1925) undergoing short course of instruction ? - (07.1927) Head of Navigation Department, RN College, Dartmouth 14.05.1929 - (04.1930) HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 08.09.1930 - (10.1930) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.01.1931 - (01.1932) Fleet Education Officer, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)] [accommodated in HMS Repulse] 05.05.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Erebus (monitor; cadet training ship and turret drill ship, Devonport) 25.08.1933 - (02.)1936 Deputy Superintendent of Naval Examinations, Education Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 30.04.1936 - Fleet Education Officer, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Warspite (battleship)] (06.1938) - (08.1938) no appointment listed 27.08.1938 - (08.)1942 Professor of Navigation, RN College, Greenwich (and as Dean of College) [HMS President] 04.09.1942 - (04.1946) RN Engineering College, Keyham (redesignated: RN Engineering College, Devonport)
Clegg, Ian Mosley	27.09.1912 - 10.2003 Mid Warwickshire	Prob. S.Lt. RNR 04.04.1938 S.Lt. RNR 04.04.1938, seniority 01.10.1937 Prob. S.Lt. 04.04.1938 Lt. 23.01.1940, seniority 27.09.1936 Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, seniority 27.12.1943 Capt. 31.12.1954 (retd 12.09.1964) CVO 31.12.1977 New Year 78 MID 10.11.1942 Operation Pedestal (Gibraltar-Malta convoy 08.42) MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43	(06.1938) - (10.1938) no appointment listed 11.01.1939 - (04.)1939 HMS Eclipse (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 25.04.1939 - (08.)1942 HMS Fury (destroyer) 21.11.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Wolverine (destroyer) 05.1943 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Malcolm (destroyer) 09.10.1943 - 1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Wolverine (destroyer) (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMS Glengyle (landing ship infantry) * 16.03.1948 - (05.1949) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 09.01.1950 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Alamein 20.03.1953 - (05.1953) staff, Flag Officer (Flotillas), Mediterranean [HMS Ranpura] ** 15.11.1955 - (01.1956) Commanding Officer, HMS Vigo 17.06.1961 - 28.07.1961 Director of Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 28.07.1961 - (02.1963) Director of Trade and Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.01.1964 - 07.07.1964 also: Naval ADC to the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such ** (04.1955) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Clemitson, Francis Edward Son of William David and Helen Louisa Clemitson. Married (1933) Kathleen Farquhar Shand; two daughters.	09.11.1899 Kingston district, Surrey - 29.11.1981 Bramley, Surrey	A/Lt. (E) 15.01.1921 Lt. (E) 01.06.1922, seniority 15.01.1921 Lt.Cdr. (E) 15.01.1929 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1932 Capt. (E) 30.06.1943 R.Adm. (E) 15.11.1949 (retd 12.10.1953) CB 05.06.1952 HM's birthday 52 [investiture 08.07.52]	Education: Christ's Hospital 1917 entered Royal Navy as Cadet, 1917 (1918) Midshipman, HMS Lyon 22.05.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Iron Duke (battleship) 05.03.1924 - (05.)1926 staff, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 10.11.1926 - (06.)1928 Assistant Engineer Officer, HMS Cairo (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 07.1928 - (04.)1930 an Engineer Inspector, Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 17.07.1930 - (01.)1932 Engineer Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 10.08.1932 - (09.1932) Engineer Officer, HMS Venetia (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 04.05.1933 - (06.)1933 Senior Engineer Officers' Course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.11.1933 - (07.1935) Engineer Officer, HMS York (cruiser) & as Fleet Engineer Officer, America and West Indies Station (02.1936)     no appointment listed 02.09.1936 - (08.)1939 Engineer Officer, HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) 06.11.1939 - (06.)1943 an Engineer Inspector, Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (08.1943)     Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty * 10.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay, India) 03.1944 - (04.)1944 Engineer Officer, HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 05.1944 - (10.1944) Engineer Officer, HMS Resource (fleet repair ship) (07.1945) HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) * 11.02.1946 - (10.1947) an Assistant Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President] 24.03.1948 - (05.1949) Commanding Officer, HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath, Agnus) 09.01.1950 - (05.)1953 Deputy Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet (Admin.), Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Clift, Dennis Victor Youngest of three sons of Alfred James Clift (1859 - early 1920s?), translator of languages, and Beatrix Gaskell (1865 - ?), of Chiswick, Middlesex. Married (29.07.1925, Farmington, Kent) Helen Wilmot Evans, daughter of Guy and Edith Grace Ward Evans; two sons (one of which is Richard Dennis Clift, CMG, diplomat). Residence: (1957) Oakleigh, Woodleigh, Kingsbridge, Devon.	21.01.1901 Chiswick, Middlesex - 14.03.1977	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.01.1921 Lt. 15.02.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1930 (retd 1945/46) A/Cdr. < 06.1944 Cdr. (retd) 1945/46?	02.01.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Vivacious (torpedo-boat destroyer) 25.08.1924 - (01.)1925 long navigation course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 24.09.1925 - (05.1926) qualifying for anti-submarine duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 17.07.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) (for anti-submarine school) 17.11.1927 - (06.1928) Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Torrid (destroyer) (Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) 05.1929 - (08.)1929 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Adamant II (submarine depot ship) (Atlantic Fleet) 11.11.1929 - (02.)1931 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.08.1931 - (01.)1932 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Stuart (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) 16.08.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) 11.1934 - (02.)1936 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Exmouth (flotilla leader) (Home Fleet) 19.12.1936 - (02.)1938 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) 20.05.1938