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Conder,
Edward Reignier
E.R. Conder
Son of the Rev. Canon Edward Baines Conder (1872-1936), Canon of Coventry Cathredal, and Eleanor Charlotte Henrietta Eames, artist.
Married 1st (1932) Anne Brown (died of cancer, 10.1940); two sons.
Married 2nd (21.12.1942, Gibraltar) Sheila Margery Bayley (died 06.10.2008, aged 92); two daughters.
 10.04.1901
Kensington, Greater London
-
09.07.1970
while on holiday in Italy
Midsh.
 		1917
A/S.Lt.
 		12.1920?
S.Lt.
 		15.05.1921
A/Lt.
 		15.05.1923
Lt.
 		03.10.1923, seniority 14.04.1923
Lt.Cdr.
 		15.04.1931
Cdr.
 		31.12.1938 (retd 10.04.1951)
A/Capt.
01.1945?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 27.08.1940
 operations Dutch. Belgian & French coasts
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 11.07.1940
 HM's birthday 40
Mention in Despatches MID
 03.12.1940
 for coolness and courage in adversity (mining of HMS Whitshed)
Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (1914-1917); Caius College, Cambridge University (economics & biology, in addition Naval curriculum) (09.1922-05.1923)
09.1917
 -
 		1918?
 		HMS Renown (battlecruiser)
1918?
1919?
 		HMS Lion (battlecruiser)
1919?
 -
 		1920?
 		HMS Hood (battlecruiser)
1920?
 -
 		12.1920
 		HMS Vectis (destroyer) (Baltic)
12.1920
 -
 		1921?
 		HMS Crocus (sloop) (Persian Gulf) (anti-slavery and gun running; liaison officer with sheikhs; invalided home)
04.1921
 -
 		09.1922
 		HMS Godetian (sloop) (as North Sea fisheries inspector)
08.1923
 -
 		(08.1923)
 		short course of instruction (technical courses)
22.08.1924
 -
 		(05.)1926
 		HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) (personnel orientation specialist)
01.1927
 -
 		(08.)1929
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Seraph (destroyer) (China) (during Nationalist/Communist Revolution)
14.02.1930
 -
 		1931
 		RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivid] (training new entries & apprentices)
02.01.1931
 -
 		(01.)1932
 		HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (for training duties)
23.07.1932
 -
 		(10.1932)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Salmon (destroyer) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland)
(01.1934)

no appointment listed
08.02.1934
 -
 		(07.1935)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Cicala (river gunboat) (China) (re-established relations between Hong Kong and Macao; discovered new lands and rivers and negotiated a provincial treaty)
(02.1936)

no appointment listed
15.09.1936
 -
 		(10.1938)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean)
05.01.1939
 -
 		(09.)1939
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Kittiwake (patrol vessel) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland)
 [produced drill for air and sea convoy escorts; ship mined 09.1939]
15.11.1939
 -
 		09.1940
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Whitshed (destroyer) (Western Approaches, then Dover Patrol)
 [ship mined 07.1940]
09.1940
 -
 		02.1941
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Southdown (destroyer)
 [East Coast convoys; radar experimental work]
20.02.1941
 -
 		06.1942
 		Operations Division, Admiralty (London) [HMS President]
06.1942
 -
 		01.1945
 		Executive Officer, HMS Renown (battlecruiser)
 [was in command for 1 month, 01.1945?) (took [and became friends with] Prime Minister Winston Churchill's family from Quebec conference and out to Cairo conference; was naval advisor at Quebec conference]
(07.1945)
 -
 		1948
 		Naval Officer-in-Charge, Wilhelmshaven *
[partitioned German Fleet, civilianised German navy, redeployed population, started factories and schools, destroyed dockyard, etc.; had English and Canadian troops and 800 of Russian navy under command; recommended for the Legion of Honour]
24.05.1948
 -
 		03.1951
 		Admiralty Officer, Liverpool [HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services)]
* (07.1945) & (04.1946) no appointment listed
Connolly,
Patrick Joseph
 P.J. Connolly 		?
-
died between 08.1989 and 12.1991 ?
RAF:
  
P/O (prob)
 25.05.1928
P/O
 25.05.1929
F/O
 25.11.1929 (reld 13.06.1938)
RN:
  
Lt. (A)
 13.06.1938
?, seniority 13.03.1935
Lt.Cdr. (A)
 13.03.1944 (retd 13.06.1953)
25.05.1928
 		 
 		 
 		commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission]
25.05.1933
 		 
 		 
 		transferred, Reserve of Air Force Officers - Class A
13.06.1938
 		 
 		 
 		transferred, RN (Air Branch)
03.06.1938
 		-
 		(08.)1938
 		pilot, TSR Squadron 811 FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet)
16.08.1938
 		-
 		(10.1938)
 		pilot, HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (Portsmouth) (for Fleet Air Arm)
09.01.1939
 		-
 		(08.1939)
 		air armament course, No. 1 Air Armament School, RAF, Manby [HMS Pembroke]
(04.1940)

Fleet Air Arm
16.09.1940
 		-
 		21.05.1941
 		pilot, 801 Squadron FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier), then RN Air Station, Hal Far]
 [his Fulmar was last seen to leave the squadron formation, heading in the direction of Cape Bon; landed on the North African coast & was captured]
21.05.1941
 		-
 		(1943?)
 		POW in French captivity
31.03.1943
 		-
 		(08.)1943
 		Air Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
25.08.1943
 		-
 		(06.)1944
 		Commanding Officer, 772 Squadron FAA [HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire]
11.09.1944
 		-
 		(10.)1944
 		staff of Second Sea Lord's Office for Appointments, &tc., Admiralty [HMS President]
12.1944
 		-
 		(04.1946)
 		on staff of Flag Officer Naval Air Stations Australia [HMS Golden Hind]
10.03.1947
 		-
 		(05.)1953
 		HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Conway,
Harold Robson
G. Cook 		01.01.1901
-
12.1990
Chichester, Sussex
...
 		...
Cdr.
 		30.06.1939 (retd > 05. 1950, < 05.1953)
A/Capt.
05.04.1943
Mention in Despatches MID
 16.08.1940
 Dunkirk 05/06.40
...
 -
 		...
 		....
(04.1940)

HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *
30.06.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Forth (submarine depot ship)
12.08.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Titania (submarine depot ship)
(08.1942)

no appointment listed
05.04.1943
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship)
(07.1945)

HMS Largs (HQ Bizerta, Tunisia) *
02.04.1946
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness)
27.04.1947
 -
 		(05.1950)
 		HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Cook,
George
G. Cook

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16.04.1904
-
died between 08.1989 and 12.1991 ?
Seaman
 		? [J99157]
A/Gnr. (T)
 		01.01.1938
Gnr. (T)
 		?, seniority 01.01.1938
A/Cd.Gnr. (T)
 		18.06.1945
Sen.Cd.Gnr. (T)
 		01.01.1947
Lt.
 		01.10.1951 (retd 16.04.1954)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 01.01.1952
 New Year 52
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 02.06.1943
 HM's birthday 43
Mention in Despatches MID
 21.08.1945
 minelaying Western Approaches Command 01-04.45
(02.1938)

short course
18.04.1938
 -
 		(04.1939)
 		HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Portsmouth)
17.04.1939
 -
 		(04.1940)
 		HMS Sheffield (cruiser)
05.07.1940
 -
 		(02.1943)
 		HMS Manxman (minelayer)
(06.1943)
 -
 		(10.1943)
 		no appointment listed
01.10.1943
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Apollo (minelayer)
(05.1950)

no appointment listed
(1951)

HMS Vernon III
23.02.1953
 -
 		(05.1953)
 		HMS Neptune (Reserve Fleet, Chatham) (for miscellaneous duties)
Cooke,
Geoffrey Clement
 G.C. Cooke

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20.03.1890
Strood, Kent
-
25.11.1941
(KIA) [age 51]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]
A/S.Lt.
 30.04.1910?
S.Lt.
 19.12.1910, seniority 30.04.1910
Lt.
 30.07.1912
Lt.Cdr.
 30.07.1920
Cdr.
 30.06.1926
Capt.
 30.06.1933
Mention in Despatches MID
 03.02.1942
 Battle of Cape Matapan [posthumously]
15.09.1905
 		 
 		 
 		entered RN
14.05.1918
 		-
 		(01.1919)
 		HMS Fearless (light cruiser; submarine depot ship)
02.11.1922
 		-
 		(08.1923)
 		HMS Emperor of India (battleship)
(01.1925)

no appointment listed
02.02.1925
 		-
 		(05.)1926
 		HMS Impregnable (training establishment for boys, Devonport)
24.09.1926
 		-
 		(06.1928)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Petersfield (twin screw minesweeper) (China)
01.08.1929
 		-
 		(02.)1931
 		Executive Officer, HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton)
23.10.1931
 		-
 		(06.)1933
 		Executive Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet)
16.10.1933
 		-
 		(01.)1934
 		senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President]
(07.1934)
 		-
 		(08.1934)
 		no appointment listed
24.09.1934
 		-
 		(11.1934)
 		tactical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
12.02.1935
 		-
 		(07.)1935
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Calcutta (cruiser) (Trooping)
30.08.1935
 		-
 		(07.1937)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Guardian (net layer) (Home Fleet)
07.02.1938
 		-
 		28.02.1940
 		Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
25.03.1940
 		-
 		25.11.1941
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Barham (battleship) (sunk, Eastern Mediterranean)
Cooke,
Hugh Geary
 H.G. Cooke
 Second son of F.P. Cooke, ICS, and Mrs Cooke, of Sunnymead, Keynsham.
Married (1924?) Phyllis Mathew, only child of Paym.Capt.O.R. Mathew, RN, and Mrs Methew, of Alverstoke, Hampshire.		 18.08.1901
-
(12?).1981
Bristol district, Avon
A/S.Lt.
 ?
S.Lt.
 17.03.1924, seniority 15.07.1922
Lt.
 ?, seniority 15.12.1923
Lt.Cdr.
 15.12.1931
Cdr.
 31.12.1937
Capt.
 30.06.1943 (retd 08.01.1953)
Mention in Despatches MID
 08.09.1942
 Malta convoy 22.03.42
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.01.1944
 New Year 44
05.01.1925
 		-
 		(01.1925)
 		submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
(07.1927)

no appointment listed
29.04.1929
 		-
 		(04.1930)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS L 71 (submarine)
27.12.1930
 		-
 		(02.1931)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS H 31 (submarine)
(01.1932)

no appointment listed
14.03.1932
 		-
 		(09.1932)
 		HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet)
16.10.1933
 		-
 		(02.1936)
 		HMS Orion (cruiser) (Home Fleet) [16.01.1934 ship commissioned]
09.07.1936
 		-
 		(07.1937)
 		HMS Capetown (cruiser) (China)
12.1937
 		-
 		(02.1938)
 		HMS Tamar (receiving ship) (Hong Kong)
(06.1938)
 		-
 		(08.1938)
 		no appointment listed
08.08.1938
 		-
 		(10.1938)
 		Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
24.10.1938
 		-
 		(08.1939)
 		Drafting Commander, Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
(04.1940)

no appointment listed
10.09.1940
 		-
 		(02.)1943
 		Executive Officer, HMS Euryalus (cruiser)
(06.1943)

no appointment listed
16.07.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Deputy Director of Operations Division (Coastal Force), Admiralty [HMS President]
26.02.1946
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Protector
01.03.1949
 -
 		(05.1950)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Protector
08.07.1952
 -
 		08.01.1953
 		Naval ADC to the Queen
Cooke,
Wilfrid Alan
 W.A. Cooke
Son of H.S. Cooke, M.A., and Emilie Cooke; husband of Mary Eleanor Cooke, of Caversham, Oxfordshire.
 		1907 ?
-
15.11.1942
(KIA) [age 35]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 61, column 3]
Prob. S.Lt. RNR
 18.02.1931
S.Lt. RNR
 22.06.1931, seniority 18.02.1931
Lt. RNR
 18.02.1933
Lt. (Supplementary List)
 24.05.1937, seniority 11.05.1931
Lt.
 1938?, seniority 11.05.1931
Lt.Cdr.
11.05.1939
Mention in Despatches MID
 06.04.1943
 Operation Torch
15.08.1931
 		-
 		(01.1932)
 		HMS Ramillies (battleship) (to complete 12 months' training)
29.05.1937
 		-
 		(10.1938)
 		HMS Hardy (flotilla leader)
(02.1939)

no appointment listed
21.03.1939
 		-
 		(04.1940)
 		HMS Bramble (minesweeper)
22.01.1941
 		-
 		(02.1941)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Salamander (minesweeper)
11.11.1941
 		-
 		15.11.1942
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Algerine (minesweeper)
Cooper *,
Sidney Grattan
 S.G. Cooper
Son of Sidney Cooper.
Married (1940) Felicity Joan Pitt; two sons.

* changed last name to Grattan-Cooper by deed poll of 25.02.1950
 		03.12.1911
Newport M district, Glamorgan / Gwent / Monmouthshire
-
24.10.1999
[St James, South Africa ?]
Army:
  
2nd Lt.
 27.06.1934 (reld 13.07.1936)
RAF:
  
(A) P/O (prob)
 13.07.1936
P/O
 18.05.1937 (reld 26.08.1938)
RN:
  
S.Lt. (A)
 26.08.1938, seniority 18.05.1937
Lt. (A)
 18.01.1939
A/Lt.Cdr. (A)
[acting rank]
 1943?
A/Lt.Cdr. (A) [appointed rank]
 01.11.1944
Lt.Cdr.
 18.01.1947
A/Cdr.
 < 05.1949
Cdr.
 30.06.1949
Capt.
 30.06.1954
R.Adm.
 07.01.1964 (retd 04.03.1966)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 01.01.1966
 New Year 66 [investiture 08.03.66]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 13.06.1946
 HM's birthday 46
Privately educated.
27.06.1934
 		-
 		13.07.1936
 		commissioned, Royal Monmouthshire (Militia) Royal Engineers - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
13.07.1936
 		-
 		26.08.1938
 		commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission]
26.08.1938
 		-
 		(10.)1938
 		FAA Training Squadron, RAF Station, Gosport [HMS Victory]
21.11.1938
 		-
 		(12.)1941
 		pilot, 814 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier), later HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier)]
30.12.1941
 		-
 		(08.)1942
 		pilot, 769 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)]
15.12.1942
 		-
 		(12.1943)
 		Commanding Officer, 825 Squadron FAA [early 1943 at HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire)]
04.04.1944
 		-
 		(04.1946)
 		on staff of Flag Officer, Naval Air Stations [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
(1946)

HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)
26.08.1947
 		-
 		(05.1949)
 		HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
(05.1950)
 		 
 		 
 		lent to RCN
01.09.1952
 		-
 		(07.)1954
 		Office of Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President]
24.11.1954
 		-
 		(01.)1957
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halfar, Malta) & as Captain (Air), Mediterranean
25.07.1957
 		-
 		(01.)1959
 		Chief of Staff to Flag Officer (Air) Home [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
06.07.1961
 		-
 		(02.)1963
 		Director Strategic Application and Policy on staff of Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
07.07.1963
 		-
 		?
 		also: Naval ADC to the Queen
07.01.1964
 		-
 		07.01.1966
 		Deputy Controller (Aircraft) RN, Ministry of Aviation [HMS President]
Cooper,
Sydney Alan
S.A. Cooper
Son of Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Cooper; husband of Ethel Clara Cooper, of Haywards Heath, Sussex.
 		(09?).1902
Nottingham
-
18.02.1940
(KIA) [age 38]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 3]
Lt.
 15.09.1924
Lt.Cdr.
 15.09.1932
Cdr.
 30.06.1938
(01.1925)

HMS Valorous (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) *
03.12.1926
 		-
 		(07.1927)
 		HMS Comus (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
25.05.1929
 		-
 		(08.1929)
 		HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth)
(04.1930)
 		-
 		(02.1931)
 		Torpedo Officer, Flotilla Staff, 1st Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Mackay (flotilla leader)] (Mediterranean) **
(01.1932)

no appointment listed
02.03.1932
 		-
 		(09.1932)
 		HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth)
30.08.1933
 		-
 		(02.1936)
 		Torpedo Officer, HMS Neptune (cruiser) (Home Fleet) [24.02.1934 ship commissioned]
11.11.1936
 		-
 		(06.1938)
 		Torpedo Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet)
16.08.1938
 		-
 		(07.1939)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Winchelsea (destroyer) (and for duty with submarines)
07.07.1939
 		-
 		18.02.1940
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Daring (destroyer) (sunk)
* indexed, but not listed as such
** starting date indicated as 01.11.1926
Cooper,
William Guy Loy
 W.G.L. Cooper

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06.11.1900
-
04.07.1966
Pickering, Ryedale district, North Riding of Yorkshire
...
 ...
Lt.Cdr.
 15.12.1928 (retd)
Cdr. (retd)
 06.11.1940 (reverted to retd < 04.1946)
Polish Military Cross PolMC
 21.10.1941
 good services in Polish ships
09.01.1917
 		 
 		 
 		entered RN
...
 		-
 		...
 		...
23.08.1939
 		-
 		(08.)1942
 		Gunnery School, Devonport [HMS Drake] (eventually Executive Officer)
09.1939?
 		-
 		?
 		British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Błyskawica (Polish destroyer)
07.10.1942
 		-
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Queen Charlotte (anti-aircraft range, Ainsdale on Sea, Southport, Lancs)
Copperwheat,
Dennis Arthur
D.A. Copperwheat 		23.05.1914
Raunds, Northamptonshire
-
08.09.1992
A/Gnr. (T)
 01.04.1939
Lt.
 01.10.1939
A/Lt.Cdr.
 01.05.1945
Lt.Cdr.
 01.10.1947 (retd 24.05.1957)
George Cross GC
 17.11.1942
 scuttling MS Talabot
(07.1939)

no appointment listed
15.07.1939
 		-
 		(04.1940)
 		HMS Hero (destroyer)
(1940/41?)

HMS Repulse (battlecruiser)
(02.1941)

no appointment listed
16.06.1941
 		-
 		(02.1943)
 		HMS Penelope (cruiser) (in lieu of specialist torpedo officer)
04.1943
 -
 		(08.1943)
 		HMS Vernon (training establishment, Brighton)
15.09.1943
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		Torpedo Officer, HMS Kempenfelt (destroyer)
27.03.1944
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship)
10.11.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Vindictive (fleet reapair ship)
01.03.1946
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Vernon (for miscellaneous duties)



Underwater Weapons Research Establishment, Portland
21.06.1948
 		-
 		(05.1950)
 		staff, Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Duke of York]
(05.1953)

no appointment listed
24.08.1953
 		-
 		(01.1956)
 		Admiralty [HMS President]
Worked for a firm of insurance brokers in London before turning himself into a specialist on the treatment of timber, working at one time for a subsidiary of the Wates building group
Also saw war service on HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier); dates unknown
Coppinger,
Cuthbert
 C. Coppinger

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28.04.1890
Alverstoke, Hampshire
-
07.09.1973
Bishops Waltham, Hampshire
A/S.Lt.
 30.04.1910?
S.Lt.
 19.12.1910, seniority 30.04.1910
Lt.
 30.01.1912
Lt.Cdr.
 30.01.1920
Cdr.
 31.12.1925
Capt.
 30.06.1933 (retd > 08.1942, < 02.1943)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 15.09.1916
 Battle of Jutland 16 *

* For navigating the ship in the coolest manner from a very exposed position under extremely heavy fire.

Officer, Order of Maritime Merit (France) (12.03.1940; in recognition of valuable services rendered by them in connection with the rescue of survivors from the French steamer "Yolande" when wrecked on the coast of Shantung (China) on the 6th March, 1938).

15.09.1905
 		 
 		 
 		entered RN
21.04.1916
 		-
 		(01.1919)
 		Navigating Officer, HMS Canterbury (light cruiser)
07.01.1924
 		-
 		(01.1925)
 		Navigating Officer, HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Mediterranean)
28.09.1926
 		-
 		(07.1927)
 		staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
02.08.1927
 		-
 		(08.1929)
 		Tactical Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President]
02.12.1929
 		-
 		(02.1931)
 		Executive Officer, HMS York (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) [ship commissioned 06.05.1930]
16.11.1931
 		-
 		(09.1932)
 		Staff Officer (Operations) to Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Revenge (battleship)] (Mediterranean)
(01.1934)

no appointment listed
24.04.1934
 		-
 		(02.1936)
 		Flag Captain, HMS Effingham (cruiser) & Chief of Staff to Rear-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet
08.06.1936
 		-
 		(06.1938)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Capetown (cruiser) & Senior Naval Officer, North China
(08.1938)
 -
 		(10.1938)
 		no appointment listed
10.10.1938
 -
 		(02.1939)
 		Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich
11.03.1939
 -
 		(04.1940)
 		Captain of the Dockyard and Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(02.1941)

no appointment listed
06.02.1942
 -
 		(08.1942)
 		Naval ADC to the King
04.1942
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		Captain Superintendent, HM's Dockyard Alexandria
21.06.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS King Alfred (training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
Corbett,
John Gray
 J.G. Corbett
 Married (26.03.1940).

20.06.1924
Otorohanga, New Zealand
-
12.2004 still alive
Cadet
 01.01.1942
Midsh.
 01.09.1942
A/S.Lt.
 01.05.1944
S.Lt.
 23.10.1944, seniority 01.08.1943
Lt.
 01.08.1945, seniority 01.08.1944
Lt.Cdr.
 01.08.1952 (retd 20.06.1974 & re-employed) (reverted to retd 20.06.1979)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
 31.12.1960
 New Year 61
01.01.1942
  
 		 
 		special entry cadet (under the Dominion Scheme)
01.09.1942
 -
 		(02.)1943
 		HMS Birmingham (light cruiser)
11.03.1943
 -
 		(10.)1943
 		HMS Warspite (battleship)
04.10.1943
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		HMS Nelson (battleship)
(04.1944)
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		HMS Nelson (battleship) *
28.09.1944
 -
 		(01.1945)
 		HMS Cubitt (frigate)
(07.1945)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(04.1946)

HMS Godwit (RN Air Station, Hinstock, Salop) *
06.1947
 -
 		(07.1948)
 		pilot, 816 Squadron FAA
09.04.1949
 -
 		04.05.1951
 		pilot, 816 Squadron FAA [HMAS Sydney (light aircraft carrier), from 25.05.1949 HMAS Albatross (air station, Nowra, NSW), from 30.07.1949 HMAS Sydney, from 11.11.1949 HMAS Albatross, from 12.01.1950 HMAS Sydney, from 05.04.1950 HMAS Albatross, from 24.01.1951 HMAS Sydney, from 04.04.1951 HMAS Albatross] [on loan to RAN]
05.05.1951
 -
 		10.07.1951
 		HMAS Penguin (additional; for passage to UK per "Orion"] [on loan to RAN]
11.07.1951
 -
 		15.08.1951
 		HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent; additional for IF course at Rochester [HMS Pembroke] & from 01.08.1951 leave]
16.08.1951
 -
 		?
 		pilot, 719 Squadron FAA [HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglington, Londonderry]
(05.1953)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
31.08.1953
 -
 		(07.1954)
 		HMS Centaur (light fleet carrier)
(04.1955)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(01.1956)
  
 		 
 		Admiralty [HMS President] *
(01.1957)
  
 		 
 		HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth) *
(01.1959)
 -
 		(07.1961)
 		HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halfar, Malta) *
(02.1963)
 -
 		(02.1964)
 		Admiralty [HMS President] *
(02.1968)
  
 		 
 		HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) *
(02.1969)
  
 		 
 		HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) *
(08.1971)
  
 		 
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Cordeaux,
Edward Cawdron
 E.C. Cordeaux
Elder son of late Col. E.K. Cordeaux, CBE.
Married (1921) Marjorie Holmes Bennett; four sons.

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24.07.1894
Caistor, Lincolnshire
-
08.06.1963
[Louth, Lincolnshire ?]
Midsh.
 15.01.1912
A/S.Lt.
 ?
S.Lt.
 15.11.1914
Lt.
 15.05.1916
?, seniority 15.12.1915
Lt.Cdr.
 15.12.1923 (retd 01.04.1931; own request)
Cdr. (retd)
 24.07.1934
A/Capt. (retd)
 16.06.1940 (reverted to retd 1945/46)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 16.08.1940
 Dunkirk
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 01.07.1941
 HM's birthday 41

MB (1935), BS (London, 1935), MRCS (England, 1935), LRCP (London, 1935)
Czechoslovak Air Force Pilot's Badge (1942)

Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth; RN Staff College (1927)
15.05.1907

entered RN
1914
 		-
 		1918
 		served European War (Dardanelles, Gallipoli & Jutland)
05.08.1918
 		-
 		(01.)1919
 		qualified Gunnery specialist [HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)]
01.11.1922
 		-
 		(08.1923)
 		RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
10.12.1924
 		-
 		(01.1925)
 		Gunnery Officer, HMS Broke (flotilla leader)
28.09.1926
 		-
 		(07.1927)
 		staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich
(08.1929)
 		-
 		(02.1931)
 		no appointment listed
1930?

entered Middlesex Hospital as student
1935
 		-
 		1936
 		House Surgeon and Casualty Medical Officer, Middlesex Hospital
1937

General Practice, Southwold, Suffolk
1939

mobilized with RN
(04.1940)

no appointment listed
(06.1940)

HMS Royal Eagle (auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel (coastal)) (Dunkirk)
16.06.1940
 -
 		08.1943
 		SO Thames Local Defence Flotilla [HMS Wildfire (parent ship, Sheerness)]
08.1943
 -
 		(07.)1945
 		Maintenance Captain on Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)]
CC for parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, 1949; Deputy Lieutenant (DL) County of Lincoln; Justice of the Peace (JP) Parts of Lindsey; Diocesan Lay Reader, Vice-Chairman Diocesan Trust and Board of Finance 1957-1962; Member Church Assembly, Diocese of Lincoln, 1950; Member Sheffield Regional Hospital Board, 1952-1960; Chairman Horncastle Rural District Council, 1958-1960; Chairman County Civil Defence Committee, 1958; Chairman Grimsby Group Hospitals Management Committee, 1960-1962; Group Controller, Civil Defence, North Lincolnshire, 1960. High Sheriff of Lincolnshire, 1963.
Cork,
Richard John
"Dickie"
 R.J. Cork
Son of Harold James Cork and Ethel Mary Cork, of Burnham, Buckinghamshire.
 04.04.1917
London
-
14.04.1944
[age 27]
[Trincomalee War Cemetery, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 2.C.9]
A/S.Lt. (A)
 01.05.1939
S.Lt. (A)
 14.03.1940
Lt. (A)
 01.11.1941
A/Lt.Cdr. (A)
 01.09.1942
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 10.11.1942
 Operation Pedestal (Gibraltar to Malta convoy, 11-16.08.42) [investiture 08.12.42]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 18.10.1940
 successful action against enemy bombers [investiture 11.03.41] *

* Originally awarded the DFC by the RAF but this was exchanged for the DSC on the insistence of the Admiralty.

Battle of Britain Clasp to his 1939 Star. 		Education: Slough Secondary School
(08.1939)

no appointment listed
(04.1940)

Fleet Air Arm
07.06.1940
 -
 		12.1940
 		242 Squadron RAF [on loan to RAF] (Battle of Britain) [claiming 5 air victories]
15.01.1941
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		pilot, 880 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)]
(02?.)1941
 -
 		10.1941
 		pilot, 880 Squadron FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)]
11.10.1941
 -
 		09.1942
 		pilot, 880 Squadron FAA [HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier)] (08.1942-09.1942 acting Commanding Officer during Operation Pedestal after CO was killed) [claiming 5 air victories]
07.09.1942
 -
 		03.1943
 		pilot, 761 Squadron FAA (and instructional duties) [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] *
10.04.1943
 -
 		(10.)1943
 		Chief Flying Instructor, 761 Squadron FAA [HMS Dipper (RN Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset)]
02.12.1943
 -
 		14.04.1944
 		Wing Leader, 15th Naval Fighter Wing [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] (killed in aircraft collision on China Bay Airfield, Ceylon)
Air ace with 9 confirmed destroyed enemy aircraft, 2 shared destroyed, 1 probable, 4 damaged, 7 destroyed on the ground.
* possibly initially with 759 Squadron FAA at HMS Heron
 Literature: A.H. Wren, Naval fighter pilot: Lt. Cdr. R.J. Cork DSO, DSC, RN: the story of the Fleet Air Arm's unsung hero and the men with whom he served (1998)
Cork and Orrery,
12th Earl of (cr. 1620);
Boyle, William Henry Dudley
Baron Boyle of Youghall, 1616;
Viscount Dungarvan, 1620;
Viscount Kinalmeaky, Baron Boyle of Bandon Bridge and Baron Boyle of Broghill (Ireland), 1628;
Earl of Orrery, 1660;
Baron Boyle of Marston, 1711
W.H.D. Boyle, Earl of Cork and Orrery
Son of late Col. Gerald Edmund Boyle and late Lady ElizabethTheresa Pepys, daughter of 1st Earl of Cottenham. Succeeded cousin, 13.10.1934. Married (24.07.1902) Lady Florence Cecilia Keppel (24.02.1871 - 30.06.1963), youngest daughter of 7th Earl of Albemarle; no children.

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30.11.1873
-
19.04.1967
[London ?]
[Marston Churchyard, Frome, Somerset]
Lt.
 1895
Cdr.
 31.12.1906
Capt.
 30.06.1913
Cdre.
 (1922)
R.Adm.
 01.11.1923
V.Adm.
 12.06.1928
Adm.
 01.11.1932
Adm. of the Fleet
 21.01.1938 (retd 1941)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
 23.06.1936
 HM's birthday 36
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
 03.06.1931
 HM's birthday 31
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 01.01.1918
 New Year 18
Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO
 16.07.1935
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 11.08.1917
 ?

Commander, Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus (Italy); Order of Nile, 3rd class (Egypt), 04.12.1916; Order of El Nadhr (Arabia), 2nd class, 1917 (gazetted 23.04.1920); Grand Cross of the Order of St Olav (Norway); Grand Cross of Legion of Honour (France); Croix de Guerre avec palme (France)

15.01.1887

entered RN as Naval Cadet
1900

served China
02.1909
 		-
 		02.1911
 		Naval Intelligence Department
06.1912

War Staff Officer
06.1913
 		-
 		08.11.1915
 		Naval Attaché, Rome
?
 		-
 		11.1917
 		Senior Officer Red Sea Patrol (despatches)
06.11.1917
 		-
 		(01.1919)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Repulse (battlecruiser)
01.11.1922
 		-
 		01.11.1923
 		Naval ADC to the King
01.11.1923
 		-
 		(01.)1925
 		Rear-Admiral, 2nd Battle Squadron [HMS Resolution (battleship)] (Atlantic Fleet)
09.09.1926
 		-
 		1928
 		Rear-Admiral Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron [HMS Frobisher (cruiser)] (China)
1928
 		-
 		1929
 		Vice-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet
03.04.1929
 		-
 		(01.)1932
 		President of RN College, Greenwich, and Vice-Admiral commanding Royal Naval War College
(09.1932)

no appointment listed
14.09.1933
 		-
 		20.08.1935
 		Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)]
(02.1936)

no appointment listed
12.07.1936
 		-
 		01.07.1938
 		First and Principal Naval ADC to the King (bore the Curtana or Sword of Mercy at the coronation of King George VI)
(02.1937)
 		-
 		(07.1937)
 		no appointment listed
03.07.1937
 		-
 		(04.)1939
 		Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(07.1939)
 		-
 		(08.1939)
 		no appointment listed
1939
 		-
 		1940
 		served at Admiralty and in Norway
1940

commanded combined expedition for capture of Narvik
29.11.1940
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services)
1941
 -
 		1942
 		Home Guard
1943
 -
 		1953
 		President, Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa Training Ship
Published: My naval life, 1886-1941 (1942)
Cornish-Bowden,
Edward John
E.J. Cornish-Bowden (Photo courtesy of Mrs Athel Cornish-Bowden)
Son of William Cornish-Bowden (1869-1939), and Henrietta Edith Kitson (1875-1965), of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Brother of Cdr. (S) William Karslake Cornish-Bowden, RN.
Cousin of Lt. (E) John Ambrose Cornish-Bowden, RNVR.		 14.05.1918
Sydney, Nova Scotia
-
02.11.1941
(KIA) [age 23]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]
Cadet 01.09.1936
Midsh. 01.05.1937
A/S.Lt. 01.05.1939
S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 01.05.1939
Lt. 16.12.1940
Mention in Despatches MID 05.05.1942 patrols hitting 3 supply ships 09-11.41 [posthumously]
01.09.1936 - (02.)1937 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
24.04.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet)
01.05.1939 - (09.1939) promotion course, Portsmouth
14.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Montrose (destroyer)
16.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Taku (submarine)
1941 - 02.11.1941 HMS Tetrarch (submarine) (ship lost in western Mediterranean)
Cornish-Bowden,
William Karslake
E.J. Cornish-Bowden
Son of William Cornish-Bowden (1869-1939), and Henrietta Edith Kitson (1875-1965), of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Brother of Lt. Edward John Cornish-Bowden, RN.
Cousin of Lt. (E) John Ambrose Cornish-Bowden, RNVR.
Married (08.08.1934, Church of St Michael-du-Valle, Guernsey) Dorothy Beryl Madge Duncan, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs F.W.A. Duncan, of Tintern, l'Ancresse, Guernsey; two daughters, one son.		 06.11.1908
Sydney, Nova Scotia
-
14.09.1992
Totnes, Devon
Paym. Cadet 15.01.1926
Paym.Midsh. 15.01.1927
Paym.S.Lt. 15.10.1928
Paym.Lt. 15.10.1930
Paym.Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1938
Cdr. (S) 31.12.1944 (retd 07.03.1953)
15.09.1926 - (04.)1928 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
10.04.1928 - (08.)1929 HMS Canterbury (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
04.11.1929 - (10.)1930 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
29.10.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean)
05.08.1932 - (06.)1933 HMS Sandhurst (destroyer depot ship) (Mediterranean)
01.09.1933 - (07.)1934 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland)
29.08.1934 - (02.)1937 HMS Resource (repair ship) (Mediterranean)
25.05.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland)
15.02.1938 - (06.)1938 accountant officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
30.07.1938 - (04.)1940 Captain's Secretary, HMS Faulknor (destroyer)
03.04.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship)
(02.1941)     HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) *
(12.1941)     no appointment listed
(08.1942)     no appointment listed
(02.1943)     HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC) *
27.03.1943 - (07.1945) Air Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
06.04.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Suffolk (cruiser)
05.03.1947 - (05.1949) RN Base, Singapore [HMS Terror]
05.03.1950 - (05.1950) staff of Commander-in-Chief, Far Eastern Station [HMS Terror]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Cortlandt-Simpson *,
James Woore
"Jim"
C.J.W. Simpson
Son of late R.Adm. Cortlandt Herbert Simpson, CBE (1856-1943), and Edith Octavia (née Busby).
Married 1st, Lettice Mary Johnstone.
Married 2nd, Ann Margaret Cubitt.
Married 3rd, Joan Mary Watson; one daughter.
Married 4th, Vanessa Ann Stainton (née Heald).

 * Last name:
Simpson till c. 1932, then Cortlandt-Simpson till c. 1949, then again
Simpson. 

02.09.1911
Westbourne, Sussex
-
09.05.2002
South Hams, Hampshire
Midsh.
 		01.09.1929
A/S.Lt.
 		01.01.1932
S.Lt.
 		31.03.1933, seniority 01.09.1932
Lt.
10.02.1934, seniority 01.10.1933 (retd 26.06.1934; own request)
A/Lt.Cdr. (retd)
 		08.1943?
Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1945?
Lt.Cdr. (L)
 		28.10.1946, seniority 01.01.1945
Cdr. (L)
 		31.12.1948 (retd 02.09.1961)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 02.01.1956
 New Year 56 (Greenland Expedition) [investiture 21.02.1956]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 14.06.1945
 HM's birthday 45
Polar Medal in silver with Arctic clasp PolMed
 30.11.1954
 as leader of the British North Greenland Expedition [investiture 15.03.1955]
Education: St Ronans, Worthing; RN College, Dartmouth (1925); London University (BSc Engineering, Hons.)
05.01.1929
 		-
 		(02.)1931
 		HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean)
19.05.1931
 		-
 		12.1931
 		HMS Hood (battlecruiser)
31.12.1931
 		-
 		(01.1932)
 		promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
22.08.1932
 		-
 		(09.1932)
 		promotion course, Portsmouth
1932?
 		-
 		1933?
 		HMS Nelson (battleship)
15.09.1933
 		-
 		(01.1934)
 		HMS Boadicea (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
16.07.1937

Probationary Assistant Engineer with the Post Office



served War of 1939-1945 in Home and Mediterranean Fleets:
01.04.1940
 		-
 		(04.1940)
 		anti-submarine course, HMS Osprey
(02.1941)
 		-
 		(12.1941)
 		anti-submarine course *
01.07.1942
 		-
 		(08.)1943
 		HMS Medway II (1st Submarine Flotilla base, Beirut)
11.08.1943
 		-
 		(06.1944)
 		[Commanding Officer ?], HMS Mackay (destroyer)
?
 		-
 		1945
 		HMS Eglinton (destroyer)
18.06.1945
 		-
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyll) (for miscellaneous duties)
28.10.1946

transferred to the Electrical Branch
19.01.1948
 		-
 		(07.1948)
 		HMS Collingwood (radar and electrical school, Fareham, Hampshire)
30.01.1949
 		-
 		(05.)1949
 		HMS King George V (battleship)
28.12.1949
 		-
 		(05.1950)
 		HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
1950
 		&
 		1951
 		summer expeditions to Greenland
(05.1953)

HMS President *
1952
 		-
 		1954
 		Leader of British North Greenland Expedition
(04.1955)

Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
14.12.1955
 		-
 		(01.1957)
 		HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (miscellaneous duties)
(07.1961)

no appointment listed
Royal Geographical Society, Founder's Medal, 1955.
Published: North Ice : the British North Greenland Expedition (1957)
Cotton,
Thomas Christopher
 T.C. Cotton		 1924 ?
New Zealand
-
14.03.1968
Kensington district, London
[age 43]
Cadet 01.05.1941
Midsh. 01.05.1942
A/S.Lt. 01.01.1944
S.Lt. 1944?, seniority 01.04.1943
Lt. 01.05.1944
Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1952
Cdr. 30.06.1960
01.05.1941     special entry cadet (under the Dominion Scheme)
01.05.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS King George V (battleship)
(12.1943)     no appointment listed
(04.1944)     no appointment listed
30.05.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Euryalus (cruiser)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
(07.1948)     no appointment listed
29.12.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Loch Arkaig
(05.1953)     no appointment listed
(07.1954) - (01.1956) HMS Ricasoli (RN barracks, Fort Ricasoli, Malta) *
(01.1957)     HMS Cavendish *
08.04.1958 - (01.1959) First Lieutenant, HMS Albion
25.09.1960 - (07.1961) Commanding Officer, HMS Wizard
24.04.1962 - (02.1964) Services Conditions and Fleet Supply Duties Division, Personal Services and Officer Appointments Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
(02.1968)     HMS Osprey (parent ship for Work Up Base, Royal Naval Air Station and RN Air A/S School, Portland, Dorset)
Couch,
Richard John Hullis
 R.J.H. Couch
Son of Engr. Lieut.-Comdr. Herbert William Couch, R.N., and Edith Cecile Couch, of Westminster, London.		 (12?).1907
Portsmouth
-
01.09.1940
(KIA) [age 32]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 3]
Midsh.
 15.09.1925
A/S.Lt.
 ?
S.Lt.
 12.06.1929, seniority 16.10.1928
Lt.
 16.02.1931
Lt.Cdr.
 16.02.1939
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 16.08.1940
 Dunkirk
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.12.1939
 succesful actions against enemy submarines
15.01.1925
 -
 		(07.1927)
 		HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean)
30.08.1929
 -
 		(01.1932)
 		HMS London (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
15.05.1932
 -
 		(01.1934)
 		HMS Kempenfelt (flotilla leader) (Home Fleet)
05.09.1934
 -
 		(02.1936)
 		HMS Carlisle (cruiser) (Africa)
15.12.1936
 -
 		(07.1937)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Walpole (destroyer) (Portland)
14.02.1938
 -
 		01.09.1940
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Esk (destroyer)
Coull,
Albert
 A. Coull

 		?
-
Sg.Lt.
 30.09.1938
17.04.1939, seniority 31.10.1937 (emgcy 30.09.1943)
Sg.Lt.Cdr. (emgcy)
 31.10.1943
Education: MB, ChB
25.01.1939
 -
 		(08.)1942
 		HMS Hebe (minesweeper) [accommoadted in HMS Sharpshooter (minesweeper)]
03.09.1942
 -
 		(12.)1943
 		HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
29.12.1943
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		HMS Exmouth (accommodation ship landing craft personnel Tilbury)
21.03.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Battler (escort carrier)
Courtney,
Anthony Tosswill
 A.T. Courtney
 Son of Basil Tosswill Courtney (1873-1933), manufacturer of machine tools, and Frances Elizabeth Rankin.
Brother of Maj. Roger J.A. Courtney, MC, and of Lt.Col. Godfrey B. Courtney, MBE, MC.
Married 1st (1938) Elisabeth Mary Cortlandt Stokes (died 1961); no children.
Married 2nd (1962) Lady (Elizabeth) Trefgarne (marriage dissolved 1966).
Married 3rd (1971) Mrs Angela Bradford.		 16.05.1908
Bromley, London
-
24.01.1988
Devizes, Wiltshire
Cadet 15.09.1925
Midsh. 15.05.1926
A/S.Lt. 01.09.1928
S.Lt. 01.03.1929
Lt. 01.10.1930
Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1938 (retd 16.05.1953)
A/Cdr. 19.10.1941-1942 & 21.01.1946-...
Cdr. (retd) 16.05.1953
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 01.01.1949 New Year 49
Education: RN College, Dartmouth.
29.08.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
11.09.1926 - (06.1928) HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (world cruise of Duke & Duchess of York)
04.1929 - 08.1929 promotion course, Portsmouth
15.11.1929 - (10.1930) HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China Station)
(02.1931)     no appointment listed
26.04.1931 - (06.)1933 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Home Fleet)
01.10.1933 - (07.)1934 qualified as Interpreter in Russian after language study in Bessarabia [HMS President (for study of languages)]
04.07.1934 - (11.)1934 HMS Sardonyx (destroyer) (Portsmouth)
03.12.1934 - (07.)1935 qualified in Signals and Wireless Telegraphy, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
16.12.1935 - (02.)1936 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
(08.1936)     no appointment listed
28.09.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Signal School)
26.03.1937 - 04.1939 Flag Lieutenant and subsequently Flag Lieutenant-Commander to Flag Officer Commanding 3rd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Arethusa (cruiser)] (and as Squadron Signals and Wireless/Telegraphy Officer) (Mediterranean Fleet)
(07.1939)     no appointment listed
(08.1939)     HMS Effingham (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) *
01.01.1940 - (02.)1941 Flag Lieutenant-Commander on staff of Admiral Commanding 3rd Battle Squadron [HMS Seaborn (accounting base, Halifax, Nova Scotia)] (and as Squadron Signal and W/T Officer)
1941 - 1941 North Atlantic Escort Force, Halifax, Nova Scotia
19.10.1941 - (08.)1942 Deputy Head of Naval Mission to USSR [HMS President]
08.12.1942 - (02.)1943 Squadron Signals & Wireless/Telegraphy Officer, HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)
05.1943 - (10.)1943 Flag Lt.Cdr. & Squadron Signals Officer to Flag Officer commanding Aircraft Carriers, Home Fleet [HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier), later HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)]
08.12.1943 - (01.)1945 Staff Signals Officer to Flag Officer commanding South Atlantic Station [HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa)]
11.06.1945 - (07.1945) Staff Signals Communication Officer to Flag Officer, Gibraltar and Mediterranean Approaches [HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar)]
21.01.1946 - (07.)1948 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
17.11.1948 - 1951 Chief Staff Officer (Intelligence), to R Adm S.H.T. Arliss, Flag Officer Commanding British Naval Forces, Germany, and Chief British Naval Representative in the Allied Control Commission [HMS Royal Albert] (Hamburg, Germany)
1952 - 1953 qualified as Interpreter in German; Intelligence Div, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President]
Export Consultant, ETG Consultancy Services, 1954-1965; contested Hayes and Harlington as Conservative Party candidate, UK General Election, 1955; Conservative MP for Harrow East, 1959-1966; Vice Chairman, Conservative Navy Committee, 1964; Chairman, Parliamentary Flying Club, 1965; Managing Director, New English Typewriting School Limited, 1969-1988; Chairman, Wiltshire Monday Club, 1977; Chairman of Governors, Urchfont School, 1982-1988
Published: Sailor in a Russian frame (1968).
* indexed, but not listed as such
Cowan,
Sir Walter Henry
"Tich";
1st Baronet (1921)
W.H. Cowan W.H. Cowan
W.H. Cowan W.H. Cowan
W.H. Cowan
Eldest son of Capt. Walter Frederick James Cowan, JP (1845-1914), and Frances Anne Lucas, of Alveston, Warwickshire.
Married (13.02.1901, Kensington, London) Catherine Eleanor Millicent Cayley ((09?).1869 - 21.04.1934), daughter of Digby Cayley, JP, and Charlotte Philadelphia Bower, of Norton Grove, Yorkshire; one daughter.

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11.06.1871
Crickhowell, Brecknockshire
-
14.02.1956
Warneford Hospital. Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Lt. 13.11.1892
Cdr. 30.06.1901
Capt. 31.12.1906
R.Adm. 02.09.1918
V.Adm. 02.11.1923
Adm. 01.08.1927 (retd 06.10.1931) (reactivated 1939) (reverted to retd 1945)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 1919 ?
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 1916 ?
Distinguished Service Order DSO 1898 ?
Distinguished Service Order DSO 05.09.1944 very great gallantry Mediterranean for No. 2 Commando operations [investiture 20.05.47]
Member of the Royal Victorian Order MVO 1904 ?

Medjidie 4th class; Rising Sun 3rd class (Japan); St Anne 2nd class with swords (Russia); Officer, Légion d'Honneur; Royal Humane Society Medal.
15.01.1884     entered RN
      served Brass River and Mwele Expeditions 1895; Benin, 1897 (despatches); Nile, 1898-99 (despatches DSO); Nile, 1899 (despatches); S. African War, ADC to Lord Kitchener, and Naval ADC to Earl Roberts, 1901 (despatches, promoted);  European War, battle of Jutland Bank, 1 June 1916 (despatches, CB); Capt. HMS Princess Royal, 1915-1917; commanded First Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet, 1917-1920; Commanded Baltic Force, 1919; Battle Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet, 1921-1922; Commanding Officer, Coast of Scotland, 1925-1926; Commander-in-Chief  North America and West Indies Station, 1926-1928; First and Principal Naval ADC to the King, 1930-1931
      served War of 1939-1945 with Commando Forces (Bar to DSO); a Liaison Officer at Tobruk 1941-42; served with Commandos from 1940 in Middle East including raid on Bardia and siege of Tobruk with 18th King Edward VII's Own Cavalry (captured at Bir Hakeim 27.05.1942, repatriated 1943) and in 1943-44 with 2nd Special Service Brigade in Italy and the Dalmatian Islands:
30.01.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) (additional; for various services)
(08.1942) - (06.1943) no appointment listed
(08.1943)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
(10.1943)     Combined Operations Headquarters *
15.11.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (for special service)
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
(01.1945) - (07.1945) HMS Victory IV (accounting section, Leydene House, nr Petersfield) *
Honorary Colonel, 18th King Edward VII's Own Cavalry, 22.11.1946. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), 1933; Justice of the Peace (JP), 1933, Warwickshire.
Literature: Lionel George Dawson, Sound of the guns, being an account of the wars and service of Admiral Sir Walter Cowan (1949); Geoffrey Bennett, Cowan's war : the story of British naval operations in the Baltic, 1918-1920 (1964)
 * indexed, but not listed as such
Cowburn,
George Gerard
G.G. Cowburn
Younger son of Frank and Emily Cowburn.
Married 1st ((09?).1933, Chorley district, Lancashire) Julia A. Snape.
Married 2nd ((09?).1952, Samford district, Suffolk) Joan Currington, only daughter of Mr & Mrs E.G. Currington, of Felixstowe, Suffolk.		 20.07.1909
Newtown district, Montgomeryshire / Powys
 -
(06.)1980
Newport district, Wales
Midsh. 01.01.1929
A/S.Lt. 01.05.1931
S.Lt. 22.08.1932, seniority 01.03.1931
Lt. 01.05.1933
Lt.Cdr. 01.05.194
Cdr. 31.12.1945 (retd > 07.1959, < 07.1961)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 23.02.1940 Battle of the River Plate 12.39 *

* "...who handled the ship with the utmost skill and coolness and was undismayed when the Commanding Officer and the Chief Yeoman of Signals were wounded alongside him. The Ship's immunity from being hit was mainly due to him. The running commentary on the progress of the action which he passed to the Lower Conning Tower was of the greatest value, as it was broadcast .to all positions between decks, including the Engine Room."

05.01.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Atlantic)
04.01.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China)
30.04.1931 - (01.1932) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
06.09.1932 - (01.1934) HMS Codrington (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean)
15.04.1935 - (07.1935) long navigation course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad]
13.09.1935 - (02.1936) Navigating Officer, HMS Fowey (patrol sloop)
15.01.1937 - (02.1937) Navigating Officer, HMS Harebell (patrol sloop (fishery protection))
10.05.1937 - (08.1938) Navigating Officer, HMS Hastings (escort vessel)
(10.1938)     advanced navigation course
27.01.1939 - (02.1941) Navigating Officer, HMS Achilles (cruiser)
(08.1942)     no appointment listed
18.01.1943 - (06.1943) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth)
07.1943 - (06.1944) Navigating Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship)
08.11.1944 - (07.1945) Navigating Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship)
19.03.1946 - (04.1946) Navigation Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
04.1950 - (05.1950) Executive Officer, HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halifax, Malta)
11.08.1952 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
22.03.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous duties)
Cowell,
Patrick James
P.J. Cowell 		15.08.1910
-
10.1985
Bournemouth, Hampshire
Cadet
 		01.01.1928
Midsh.
 		01.09.1928
A/S.Lt.
 		01.01.1931
S.Lt.
 		01.07.1931
Lt.
 		01.04.1933
Lt.Cdr.
01.04.1941
A/Cdr.
 		< 07.1945
Cdr.
 		31.12.1945
Capt.
 		31.12.1951 (retd 07.01.1961)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 		01.01.1941
 		New Year 41 [award posted]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 		19.06.1945
 		Operation Hotbed (North Russian convoy 02.45) [award posted]
Mention in Despatches MID
 		12.08.1941
 		towing Taku [serving as Liaison Officer]
Mention in Despatches MID
 		21.04.1942
 		Erin blown up Gibraltar 18.01.42
Mention in Despatches MID
 		01.01.1944
 		New Year 44
Mention in Despatches MID
 		09.05.1944
 		Operation FW (North Russian convoy 01.44)
Mention in Despatches MID
 		05.12.1944
 		passage convoy SW59 & RA59A
Mention in Despatches MID
 		21.08.1945
 		3 U-boats destroyed Kola Inlet 04.45
07.01.1928
 -
 		(06.1928)
 		HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
02.01.1929
 -
 		(04.1930)
 		HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean)
(02.1931)

no appointment listed
17.08.1931
 -
 		(01.)1932
 		promotion course, Portsmouth
06.07.1932
 -
 		(09.)1932
 		HMS Albury (twin screw minesweeper) (temporary)
17.12.1932
 -
 		(05.)1933
 		HMS Wolsey (destroyer) (1st Submarine Flotilla, Mediterranean) (for submarines)
11.05.1933
 -
 		(07.1934)
 		HMS Oberon (submarine) (1st Submarine Flotilla, Mediterranean)
22.05.1935
 -
 		(07.1937)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Spearfish (submarine) (and for duty with submarines) (6th Submarine Flotilla)
11.01.1938
 -
 		(10.)1938
 		HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines)
07.10.1938
 -
 		(04.)1939
 		HMS Dwarf (particular service vessel) (for Reserve Group "B" of submarines)
24.07.1939
 -
 		(09.1939)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS L 27 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla)
10.02.1940
 -
 		(06.)1940
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Swordfish (submarine)
06.11.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Elfin (submarine base for 6th Submarine Flotilla, Blyth) (for submarines)
(07.)1941
 -
 		(08.)1941
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Thrasher (submarine)
(12.1941)

no appointment listed
26.12.1941
 -
 		(08.)1943
 		HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (for submarines)
(10.1943)

no appointment listed
01.11.1943
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Whitehall (destroyer)
(1945)

HMS Cygnet (sloop)
30.05.1945
 -
 		(07.)1945
 		HMS Sandhurst (immobile depot ship, Loch Ryan)
24.09.1945
 -
 		(10.1947)
 		Staff Officer (Operations) to Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)]
01.1948
 -
 		(05.1949)
 		Executive Officer, HMS Montclare (submarine depot ship)
(05.1950)

no appointment listed
20.03.1953
 -
 		(05.1953)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship)
18.10.1954
 -
 		(01.1956)
 		Deputy Director, Undersurface Warfare Division (M), Admiralty [HMS President]
(01.1957)

no appointment listed
Cowie,
John Stewart
J.S. Cowie
Son of James Eden Cowie.
Married (1922) Dorothy Mary, daughter of Sg.Cdr. J.A. Keogh, RN.

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23.06.1898
-
05.01.1982
...
 ...
Lt.
 15.12.1918
Lt.Cdr.
 15.12.1926
Cdr.
 30.06.1931 (retd 30.04.1948)
A/Capt.
14.01.1942?
Capt. (retd)
 30.04.1948
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 13.06.1946
 HM's birthday 46 [investiture 17.12.46]
Officer, Legion of Merit (USA) LM
 13.08.1946
 ?
08.1914
  
 		 
 		entered RN
...
 -
 		...
 		...
10.10.1933
 -
 		(02.)1935
 		Executive Officer, HMS Exeter (cruiser) (America and West Indies)
08.07.1935
 -
 		(06.)1938
 		in charge of Mining Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth)
08.08.1938
 -
 		(10.1938)
 		staff, Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
(02.1939)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
06.03.1939
 -
 		22.05.1939
 		HMS President (for Tactical Division, Admiralty)
23.05.1939
 -
 		01.10.1939
 		staff, Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
02.10.1939
 -
 		13.01.1942
 		staff, Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
14.01.1942
 -
 		14.10.1945
 		Deputy Director of Operations Division (Mining), Admiralty [HMS President]
15.10.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Deputy Director Information Department (General Publicity), Admiralty [HMS President]
Published: Mines, minelayers and minelaying (1949)
Cox,
Charles Henry
C.H. Cox		 22.09.1880 ?
-
T/A/Sign.Boatsw.
 22.09.1941
T/Sign.Boatsw.
 1942?, seniority 22.09.1941
T/A/Cd.Boatsw.
 22.09.1945
(12.1941)

no appointment listed
01.04.1942
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		HMS Dundonald II (Combined Operations training establishment, Auchengate)
(04.1944)
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		no appointment listed
(07.1945)

HMS Moonrise *
(04.1946)

no appointment listed
Cox,
Ian Nagle Douglas
I.N.D. Cox (Photo courtesy of Mr M.J. Alston)		 09.09.1915
-
10.1990
Chichester, Sussex
Cadet
 01.01.1933
Midsh.
 01.09.1933
A/S.Lt.
 01.01.1936
S.Lt.
 01.10.1936
Lt.
 01.06.1938
A/Lt.Cdr.
 01.05.1945
Lt.Cdr.
 01.06.1946 (retd 03.11.1951)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 16.08.1940
 Dunkirk 06.40
Mention in Despatches MID
 08.09.1942
 Malta convoy 22.03.42
Mention in Despatches MID
 11.05.1943
 minelaying 11.42
Mention in Despatches MID
 14.11.1944
 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)
Education: RN College, Dartmouth
01.01.1933
 -
 		09.08.1933
 		naval cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
10.08.1933
 -
 		(01.)1934
 		HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
25.03.1934
 -
 		(02.)1935
 		HMS Durban (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
02.1935
 -
 		(07.1935)
 		HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean)
01.01.1936
 -
 		31.08.1936
 		promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
31.08.1936
 -
 		(02.)1937
 		promotion course, Portsmouth
02.06.1937
 -
 		(07.)1937
 		HMS Lupin (escort vessel (fishery protection))
22.07.1937
 -
 		(04.)1940
 		HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (China)
27.05.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Malcolm (destroyer)
31.07.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Woolston (destroyer)
?
 -
 		(03.)1942
 		HMS Hasty (destroyer)
25.05.1942
 -
 		01.02.1943
 		HMS Welshman (minelayer) (sunk)
23.02.1943
 -
 		(10.)1943
 		HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt)
(12.1943)

no appointment listed
03.01.1944
 -
 		05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Middleton (destroyer)
07.07.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		RN College, Eaton, Chester (for duty with Special Entry cadets) [HMS Britannia]
05.08.1947
 -
 		(05.)1949
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Virago (destroyer)
25.11.1949
 -
 		(05.1950)
 		RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
 
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