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D'Aeth, John Reginald Hughes Son of Captain Reginald Hughes-D'Aeth, RN, and Lady Nina Hughes-D'Aeth. Married Mary Winifred Hughes-D'Aeth, of St. Arm's Bay, Jamaica, British West Indies.	(03?.)1899 Cranbrook, Kent - 08.07.1940 (KIA) [age 41] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 1]	Lt. 15.10.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1927 Cdr. 30.06.1934	12.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 14.06.1924 - (05.)1926 Commanding Officer, HMS H 52 (submarine) (3rd Submarine Flotilla) 18.11.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) 15.04.1929 - (08.1929) Commanding Officer, HMS L 56 (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla) 14.01.1930 - (04.1930) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] (10.1931) no appointment listed 06.01.1931 - (01.)1932 Staff Officer (Operations) to Captain A/S [HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland)] 19.02.1932 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Regent (submarine) (Mediterranean) 10.12.1934 - (02.1936) Staff Officer (Operations) to Rear-Admiral (S) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] (and for duty with submarines) 09.01.1937 - (06.)1938 RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 11.07.1938 - 08.07.1940 Executive Officer, HMS Gloucester (cruiser) (East Indies)
Dagg, Joseph Henry Son of George Walter Dagg and Sarah H. Sagler.	(03?).1891 St Saviour Southwark, London, Surrey - (03?).1963 Portsmouth, Hampshire	Cd.Gnr. 14.12.1926 Lt. (retd) 02.06.1931 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 30.10.1942	... ? - (04.1940) HMS St Angelo ? - (07.1945) HMS Lochinvar
Daintry, George Michael	? - died between 08.1973 and 08.1989	Lt.Cdr. (emgcy) ? A/Cdr. (emgcy) ? Cdr. (emgcy) ? LoP 1944? Operation Neptune	... ? - (04.1940) HMS Valiant (07.1945) no appointment listed
Dakeyne, Richard Herbert Rooper	? - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	Paym.Lt. 01.11.1935 A/Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.11.1943 Cdr. (S) 30.06.1949 (retd 13.12.1962)	... ? - (04.1940) HMS Cochrane 15.09.1944 - (04.1946) Secretary to Commodore RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake]
Dalby, Robert	? - died between 08.1973 and 08.1989	Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1930 (retd) A/Cdr. < 07.1945 Cdr. (retd) ?	... ? - (04.1940) HMS Pembroke ? - (07.1945) Combined Operations Materiel Department, Admiralty
Dale, James George	? - died between 08.1973 and 08.1989	Eng.Lt. 01.07.1920 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1928 (retd) Eng.Cdr. (retd) 19.01.1932	... (04.1940) - (07.1945) Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty
Dale, Jack Hillen	29.10.1901 Northampton - 28.04.1965 Battle, Sussex	Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1932 (retd 29.12.1946) A/Cdr. < 07.1945	... ? - (04.1940) HMS Cumberland ? - (07.1945) HMS Vulture Played first-class cricket, 1922-1928.
Dale, Richard Hugh Son of M and Mrs James Dale of Mawnan Smith, Falmouth.	? - 24.05.1941 [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 2]	S.Lt. (E) 06.09.1937 Lt. (E) 07.11.1938, seniority 06.02.1938	Education: New House (09.1928-07.1932); Cambridge University (specialised in Mechanical Sciences) Was with Metropolitan Vickers until 1933. 06.09.1937 - 10.1937 training, HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 30.10.1937 - (02.)1939 HMS London (cruiser) (Nore) 23.03.1939 - 09.1939 HMS Edinburgh (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 28.09.1939 - (04.1940) course of instruction in engineering, RN College, Greenwich 15.08.1940 - 24.05.1941 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (sunk by Bismarck, North Atlantic)
Dale, William Robert	? - died between 07.1959 and 07.1962	Lt.Cdr. 29.03.1937 (retd)	... (04.1940) - (07.1945) HMS Lucifer
Dalglish, James Stephen "Fish"   Eldest son (of 3 sons & 4 daughters) of late R.Adm. Robin Campsie Dalglish, CB (1880-1934), and Dulcie Gertrude F. Stephen (born 1886). Married (1939) Evelyn Mary, eldest daughter of late Rev. A.Ll. Meyricke, Vicar of Aislaby, near Whitby; one son, one daughter.	01.10.1913 Kensington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex - 06.10.1995 Scarborough district, Yorkshire	Cadet 01.01.1931 Midsh. 01.09.1931 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1934 S.Lt. 01.05.1934 Lt. 01.06.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1943 Cdr. 30.06.1948 Capt. 30.06.1954 (retd 31.08.1963) CBE 08.06.1963 HM's birthday 63 [investiture 24.07.63] CVO 01.01.1955 New Year 55 [investiture 15.02.55] MID 11.06.1946 wind up Far East	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1927-1931); jssc 1950; idc 1957 06.01.1931 - (02.)1931 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.10.1931 - (06.1933) HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies) 04.01.1934 - 12.08.1934 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 13.08.1934 - (02.)1935 promotion course, Portsmouth 25.04.1935 - (07.)1935 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet)) 15.11.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Coventry (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 08.09.1936 - (07.)1937 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet) 30.09.1937 - (08.)1938 gunnery course [HMS Excellent] (10.1938)     no appointment listed 14.10.1938 - (09.1939) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 06.03.1940 - (12.1941) Gunnery Officer on Flotilla Staff [HMS Faulknor (destroyer)] 03.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 01.04.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) 27.09.1943 - (07.1945) Gunnery Officer, HMS Swiftsure (cruiser) & from (1945?) also as Squadron Gunnery Officer, 4th Cruiser Squadron (04.1946)     no appointment listed 01.1948 - (07.)1948 Executive Officer, HMS Sussex (cruiser) 15.09.1948 - (05.1949) on staff of Flag Officer Commanding 5th Cruiser Squadron & Second-in-Command Far Eastern Station [HMS Belfast (cruiser)] (05.1950)     HMS President (Admiralty) * 1952 - 1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Aisne (destroyer) 08.04.1953 - (07.)1954 Executive Officer, HMY Britannia (Royal yacht) ? - (04.1955) Member, Ordnance Board (01.1956)     HMS President (Admiralty) * (01.1957)     no appointment listed 31.03.1958 - 16.08.1959 Commanding Officer, HMS Woodbridge Haven (Coastal Forces depot ship) & as Captain Inshore Flotilla Mediterranean 07.09.1959 - (07.)1961 Commanding Officer, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 1961 - 17.02.1963 Commanding Officer, HMS Bulwark (light fleet carrier) Welfare Officer, Metropolitan Police, 1963-73. Published: Life story of a fish (1992; autobiography) * indexed, but not listed as such
Dalrymple-Hamilton, Sir Frederick Hew George Son of late Col Hon. North de Coigny Dalrymple­Hamilton, MVO, of Bargany, Girvan, Ayrshire. Mmarried (1918) Gwendolen (died 1974), daughter of Sir Cuthbert Peek, 2nd Bt; one son, two daughters.	27.03.1890 Bargany, Girvan, Ayrshire - 26.12.1974 [Bargany, Girvan, Ayrshire ?]	A/S.Lt. 15.09.1909? S.Lt. 08.04.1910, seniority 15.09.1909 Lt. 04.10.1911, seniority 31.08.1911 Lt.Cdr. 31.08.1919 Cdr. 31.12.1924 Capt. 31.12.1931 R.Adm. 08.07.1941 V.Adm. 15.06.1944 Adm. 04.01.1948 (retd 04.10.1950) KCB 01.01.1945 New Year 45 CB 14.10.1941 Bismarck action MID 13.02.1945 Operation Neptune	Education: HMS Britannia 1905 entered Royal Navy served European War, 1914-1918 15.12.1922 - (01.1925) HM Yacht Victoria and Albert (Portsmouth) 25.08.1926 - 01.09.1926 Admiralty 01.09.1926 - (07.1927) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 14.09.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Effingham (cruiser) (East Indies) (04.1930) no appointment listed 26.06.1930 - (01.1932) RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivid] (09.1932) no appointment listed 18.10.1933 - (02.1936) Captain (D), 4th Destroyer Floitlla [HMS Keith (flotilla leader)] (Mediterranean) 29.12.1936 - (08.)1939 Captain, Royal Naval College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 21.11.1939 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (present at destruction of German battleship Bismarck) 05.09.1941 - (08.)1942 Admiral Commanding Iceland [HMS Baldur] 31.10.1942 - (12.1943) Naval Secretary to First Lord of Admiralty [HMS President] 03.03.1944 - 04.1945 R.Adm./V.Adm. Commanding 10th Cruiser Squadron & Second-in-Command, Home Fleet [HMS Belfast] 01.04.1945 - (04.)1946 Vice-Admiral Malta and Flag Officer Central Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo] 1946 - 1948 Flag Officer Commanding Scotland and Northern Ireland 08.09.1948 - (05.)1950 Admiral, British Joint Services Mission, Washington, USA [HMS Saker] Member, Queen's Body Guard for Scotland, Royal Company of Archers, 1947-1973. JP and DL for Wigtownshire, 27.03.1951.
Damant, Guybon Chesney Castell Son of late Harry Castell Damant and Mary, daughter of David Wilson of Ballymoney. Married (1913) Eleanor May Brook; one son, two daughters.	1882 ? Cowes, Isle of Wight - 29.06.1963 [East Cowes, Isle of Wight ?]	A/S.Lt. 15.04.1901? S.Lt. 29.03.1902, seniority 15.04.1901 Lt. 15.04.1903 (retd 05.10.1911; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) ? A/Cdr. (retd) ? Cdr. (retd) 11.11.1918 * Capt. (retd) 07.11.1924 (reverted to retd > 07.1945, < 04.1946) CBE 03.06.1924 HM's birthday 24 OBE 11.06.1919 for valuable services as Salvage Officer * special promotion in recognition of war services	1895 entered RN 1906 experimental officer to Admiralty Committee on Deep Water Diving later Inspector of Diving 1914 - 1918 served European War at sea and as an Admiralty Salvage Officer later in charge of successful operations for recovery of bullion to the value of £5,000,000 from the wreck of the Laurentic 1939 - 1945 served in Admiralty Salvage Department and Overseas: 01.09.1939 - (02.1941) Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (08.1942) - 27.07.1943 Superintendent of Salvage, Levant [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)] * (10.1943) no appointment listed 28.02.1944 - (07.1945) Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President] Published: various papers on diving, the natural history of under­water life, compressed air illness, etc. * indexed, but not listed as such
Dampier, Denis John	1920 Blackheath - 25.12.1999 Surrey	Cadet 01.01.1939 Midsh. 01.09.1939 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 01.12.1940 Lt. 01.10.1942 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1950 (retd > 07.1959, < 07.1961)	01.01.1939 - 01.1940 entered RN, HMS Frobisher (cruiser; cadet training ship, Portsmouth) 23.01.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Warspite (battleship) 04.1940 - HMS Fiji (cruiser) 21.10.1940 - 03.1941 HMS Berkeley (destroyer) 03.1941 - HMS Prince of Wales (battleship) (01.1942) HMS Trinidad (cruiser) 19.06.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Brocklesby (destroyer) 1942 - 12.1942 HMS Firedrake (destroyer) 11.02.1943 - (06.1943) HMS Collingwood (training establishment Fareham, Hants.) 07.07.1943 - (10.1943) HMS Birmingham (cruiser) (12.1943) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 17.05.1945 - (07.1945) staff, Royal Naval College, Greenwich he later trained as an Aircraft Direction Officer (Navigator) and got his pilots license whilst learning to fly a Tiger Moth 18.01.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Dryad (training establishment, Southwick Park) 24.03.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Newcastle (cruiser) (01.1956) HMS President * 1960s - 1980s Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [in a civil capacity ??] * indexed, but not listed as such
Danby, Sir Clinton Francis Samuel "Peter" Son of late Rev. Clement Edward Danby, MA, and late Susanna Ellis Baddeley. Married 1st (1914) late Phyllis Antill­Pockley, Sydney, NSW; two sons, one daughter. Married 2nd (1942) Alice Beatrice, widow of Capt. F.M. Johnson, RN.	09.05.1882 Witham, Lincolnshire - 30.06.1945 [East Sutton, Kent ?] [St Anthony-in-Meneage Churchyard, NE of Church]	A/S.Lt. 15.05.1902? S.Lt. 02.05.1903, seniority 15.05.1902 Lt. 30.09.1904 Cdr. 1915 Capt. 31.12.1921 R.Adm. 13.02.1934 (supernumerary 01.10.1935) V.Adm. 04.11.1937 (retd 05.11.1937) (reverted to retd 1942) KBE 01.01.1941 New Year 41 CB 03.06.1935 HM's birthday 35	Education: Littlejohn's School, Greenwich; HMS Britannia 1912 - 1914 served as Flag-Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Richard Porre, Bart, Commander-in-Chief The Nore 1914 - 1918 HMS Cleopatra and HM Ships Chatham and Courageous, Flagship of Adm. Sir Trevylyan Napier 1919 - 1921 Commander of RN Barracks, Chatham 01.08.1922 - 02.10.1922 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to Australia) 03.10.1922 - 23.05.1924 Flag Captain to Adm. Sir Percy Addison, Commanding Australian Squadron [HMAS Melbourne] [lent to RAN] 24.05.1924 - 21.089.1924 Flag Captain to Adm. Sir Percy Addison, Commanding Australian Squadron [HMAS Brisbane] [lent to RAN] 22.08.1924 - 28.09.1924 Flag Captain to Adm. Sir Percy Addison, Commanding Australian Squadron [HMAS Melbourne] [lent to RAN] 29.09.1924 - 25.04.1925 Flag Captain, HMAS Sydney (cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer to Commodore Commanding HM Australian Fleet [lent to RAN] 25.04.1925 - 28.04.1925 HMAS Penguin (additional) [lent to RAN] 29.04.1925 - 23.06.1925 HMAS Penguin (additional; for Foreign Service Leave) [lent to RAN] 24.06.1925 - 10.09.1925 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to UK per Diogenes) [lent to RAN] 08.03.1926 - (05.)1926 senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 02.07.1926 - (06.)1928 Admiralty [HMS President] (in charge of Naval Personnel Committee) 28.12.1928 - 1931 Flag Captain, HMS Egmont (RN base, Malta) & Chief Staff Officer to Vice-Admiral in Charge, Malta (02.1931) no appointment listed 14.10.1931 - (06.)1933 Commanding Officer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 16.10.1933 - (01.1934) Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 07.05.1935 - (07.1935) tactical course, HM Dockyard Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.10.1935 - 15.10.1942 Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
Danckwerts, Victor Hilary Son of William Otto Adolph Julius Danckwerts, KC (1853-1914), lawyer, and Mary Caroline, daughter of Maj.Gen. Lowther. Married (1915) Joyce Middleton; two daughters, three sons: ¤ Lt. (Sp.Br.) Peter Victor Danckwerts, RNVR ¤ Lt. (A) Michael John Danckwerts, RNVR ¤ Capt. Richard Evelyn Danckwerts, RAMC Last residence: Emsworth, Hampshire. 1 2	11.01.1890 Kensington, London - 01.03.1944 (died of natural causes, New Zealand & was buried at sea) [age 54] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 81, column 1]	A/S.Lt. 15.03.1909 S.Lt. 13.01.1910, seniority 15.03.1909 Lt. 15.03.1910 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1918 Cdr. 31.12.1922 Capt. 30.06.1930 R.Adm. > 04.1940 (retd 08.12.1940; medically unfit) A/V.Adm. (retd) 27.05.1942 CMG 23.06.1936 HM's birthday 36: for services in connection with the London Naval Conference 12.35 MID 17.07.1919 ?	Education: Winchester College; HMS Britannia; Imperial Defece College (idc) 1904 joined RN 1914 HMS Kent (Falkland Island action) 1915 sinking of German cruiser Dresden 08.12.1918 - (01.1919) Gunnery Officer, HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) 01.08.1923 - (01.1925) RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.04.1926