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M.E. Dunbar-Nasmith   to   J.E. Dyer
Dunbar-Nasmith, Sir Martin Eric Surname changed from Nasmith to Dunbar-Nasmith by deed poll of 04.01.1923. Son of late Martin A. Nasmith, of Clevehurst, Weybridge. Married (1920) Beatrix Justina (died 1962) (Dep. Superintendent­in­ Chief, St John Ambulance Bde, 1942-1953; CBE 1949; DStJ 1951), only daughter of late Commander Harry Dunbar­Dunbar­Rivers, of Glen Rothes; two sons, one daughter.	01.04.1883 East Barnes, London - 29.06.1965 Elgin, Scotland [Holy Trinity Churchyard, Elgin]	A/S.Lt. 15.02.1903 S.Lt. 25.04.1904, seniority 15.02.1903 Lt. 15.05.1905 Lt.Cdr. ? Cdr. 30.06.1915 Capt. 30.06.1916 R.Adm. 16.01.1928 V.Adm. 12.10.1932 Adm. 02.01.1936 (retd > 08.1941, < 08.1942) (reverted to retd 1946?) VC 25.06.1915 * KCB 04.06.1934 HM's birthday CB 08.03.1920 for valuable services in charge of the Seventh Submarine Flotilla in the Baltic and as Senior Naval Officer, Reval KCMG 01.01.1955 New Year 55 LegH 07.04.1916 ? LegH 1946 ? LegH 1950 state visit French president 50 CdeG 1946 ? OON 19.01.1943 services to the Dutch navy StOlav 13.01.1948 services to Norway PolRest 19.08.1941 services to the Poles LoP 1944 Operation Neptune * Between the dates 20th May and 8th June 1915, Lieutenant Commander Nasmith was in command of His Majesty's Submarine E 11 in the Sea of Marmara, in the Dardanelles. During this time they destroyed a large Turkish gunboat; two transport ships; an ammunition ship; 3 store ships and four other vessels. Having safely passed the most difficult part of his homeward journey, he then returned to attack he Turkish Transport ship.	15.05.1898 joined RN 1904 appointed to HMS Thames to qualify in submarines 05.1907 Commanding Officer, HMS C 7 (submarine) 01.11.1908 Lieutenant, HMS Indomitable 14.01.1911 Commanding Officer, HMS C 18 (submarine) 15.09.1911 Commanding Officer, HMS D 4 (submarine) 15.08.1912 - 03.08.1914 Commanding Officer, HMS Arrogant (submarine depot ship) 03.08.1914 - 1919 Commanding Officer, HMS E 11 (submarine) (destroyed 96 Turkish vessels of various types in the Sea of Marmora; VC, promoted Cdr.) 01.04.1924 - 15.04.1924 Admiralty 15.04.1924 - (01.1925) Director of Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 02.01.1926 - 1928 Commanding Officer, RN College Dartmouth & Commanding Officer, HMS Britannia 02.08.1927 - 16.01.1928 Naval ADC to the King (08.1929) no appointment listed 02.09.1929 - (02.)1931 Rear-Admiral Submarines [HMS Dolphin] 12.10.1931 - (01.1932) Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich 29.04.1932 - (01.)1934 Commander-in-Chief East Indies Station [HMS Hawkins] (07.1935) no appointment listed 30.09.1935 - 30.09.1938 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Naval Personnel 24.10.1938 - (02.)1941 Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, and Western Approaches [HMS Drake] (12.1941)     no appointment listed 03.02.1942 - 01.04.1946 Flag Officer-in-Charge, London [HMS Yeoman] 1945 - 1962 Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and Lieutenant of the Admiralty Vice-Chairman Imperial War Graves Commission, 1948-1954. DL Morayshire, 02.11.1942, Vice­Lieutenant, 1957.
Duncan, Henry	05.03.1911 ? - died between 08.1983 and 08.1989 ?	Prob. Lt. RNR 01.07.1937 Lt. RNR 07.12.1937, seniority 01.07.1937 Lt. 04.10.1938, seniority 05.03.1932 Lt.Cdr. 05.03.1940 A/Cdr. > 06.1943, < 08.1943 Cdr. 31.12.1946 (retd 05.03.1958) DSC 21.12.1943 Operation Husky [decoration posted] LegH ? Elba	04.09.1938 - (04.)1939 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 07.06.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 31.01.1940 - 01.1943 HMS Nelson (battleship) 01.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Quebec (Combined training centre, Inverary), from late 1943 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (07.1943)     Force A (invasion of Sicily) (DSC) (06.1944)     Senior Naval Officer Landing (invasion of Elba) (Légion d'Honneur) 12.1944 - (01.)1945 Executive Officer, HMS Colombo (light cruiser) 05.06.1945 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, HMS Speaker (escort carrier) 03.03.1947 - (07.1948) Maintenance Commander on staff of Rear-Admiral-in-Charge Reserve Aircraft and Technical Training [HMS Condor (RN Air Station Arbroath, Angus) 22.03.1949 - (05.1949) RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 03.03.1950 - (05.1950) Executive Officer, HMS Montclare (submarine depot ship) (05.1953)     HMS Loch Veyatie (frigate) * (07.1954)     HMS Loch Alvie (frigate) * 30.11.1954 - (01.1957) Boom Defence Officer, Clyde (Greenock) [HMS Cochrane] * indexed, but not listed as such
Dundas, John George Lawrence Son of late Hon. Cospatrick Thomas Dundas (1862 - 1906), and Maud Wentworth- Fitzwilliam (who remarried in 1912 and became Lady Cordeaux). Married (22.09.1928) Ruth Northrop Coleman (24.09.1907 -  07.02.2005), daughter of the Postmaster of Minneapolis; one son, four daughters.	03.11.1893 Marylebone, London - 26.03.1952 Roanoke, Virginia, USA	S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.12.1915 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1923 Cdr. 31.12.1928 Capt. 30.06.1935 Cdre. 1st cl. 20.02.1943? R.Adm. 08.01.1944 (retd 1945/46?) V.Adm. (retd) 1948 CB 18.12.1945 wind up Eruope 45 CBE 01.01.1942 New Year 42 MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk LegH ? Operation Dragoon CdeG ? Operation Dragoon LM 06.11.1945 services Mediterranean 01-08.44 Phnx 15.04.1947 ?	Education: RN College Dartmouth 15.09.1906     entered RN (08.1923) no appointment listed 16.09.1924 - (01.1925) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 03.08.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 30.05.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (1928) HMS Vindictive (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 05.01.1929 - (04.)1930 Staff Officer (Operations) & Squadron Gunnery Officer, Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Flotillas [HMS Centaur (cruiser)] 01.05.1930 - (09.1932) Fleet Gunnery Officer, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] 04.01.1933 - (01.1934) Executive Officer, HMS Valiant (battleship) (Home Fleet) 21.01.1935 - (07.1935) course at Staff College, Camberley [HMS President] 14.01.1936 - (02.)1936 Imperial Defence Course, Imperial Defence College 19.12.1936 - (07.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Folkestone (escort vessel) (China) (02.1938) no appointment listed 31.05.1938 - 04.1940 Assistant Director of Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.06.1940 - 28.06.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Nigeria (cruiser) 20.02.1943 - 05.06.1943 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)] * 05.06.1943 - 11.1943 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Levant [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)] 11.1943 - (06.)1944 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean [HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers)] 1944 - 1945 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (07.1945) HMS President ** * date of appointment possibly even earlier: 08.1942 ** indexed, but not listed as such
Dunlop, Colin Charles Harrison "Clop" / "Spongey" Son of late Engr R.Adm. Samuel Harrison Dunlop, CB, RN, and Hilda Jacobs. Married 1st (1941) Moyra Patricia 'Pat' O'Brien Gorges (died 1991); two sons (and one son deceased). Married 2nd (1995) Comdt Elizabeth 'Liz' Craig­McFeely.	04.03.1918 Odessa - 08.03.2009 [North Cadbury?]	Paym.Cadet 01.09.1935 Paym.Midsh. 01.09.1936 Paym.S.Lt. 01.06.1938 Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 01.12.1939 A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. 04.04.1944-(10.1944) A/Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.11.1945  [quasi-permanent rank] Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.12.1947 Cdr. 31.12.1952 Capt. 30.06.1961 R.Adm. 07.07.1969 (retd 05.04.1974) CB 01.01.1972 New Year 72 CBE 08.06.1963 HM's birthday 63	Education: Marlborough College. 01.09.1935 special entry Paymaster Cadet 12.06.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 16.01.1938 - (02.)1938 HMS Resolution (battlsehip) (Home Fleet) 04.04.1938 - (02.)1941 HMS Kent (cruiser) 24.02.1941 - (12.1941) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] (for duty in Admiral's Office) 27.03.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Valiant (battleship) 15.10.1942 - (12.1943) Captain's Secretary, HMS Malaya (battleship) (04.1944)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 04.04.1944 - (10.1944) Naval Training Department, Admiralty [HMS President] staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] (01.1945)     no appointment listed 03.1945 HMS Diadem (cruiser) 23.03.1945 - (07.1945) Secretary to Commodore Commanding 15th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Orion (cruiser)] 04.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) 19.07.1948 - (05.)1949 Admiral's Secretary, Flag Officer Commanding 3rd Aircraft Carrier Squadron [HMS Theseus] 21.10.1949 - (05.1950) Secretary to Fifth Sea Lord [HMS President] 30.10.1951 - (05.1953) Admiral's Secretary, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake] 11.01.1954 - (07.)1954 DBSO [= Deputy Base Supply Officer?], RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 18.10.1954 - (01.)1957 Department of the Director-General, Supply and Secretariat Branch, Admiralty [HMS President] (and for duty with Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel (O)) 04.04.1957 - (01.)1959 HMS Sheffield 23.05.1960 - (02.)1963 Secretary to First Sea Lord [HMS President] (02.1964)     RN College, Greenwich * 1964 - 1966 Commanding Officer, HMS Pembroke 1966 - (02.)1968 Programme Evaluation Group, Ministry of Defence 1968 - (02.)1969 Director, Defence Policy (A), Ministry of Defence 1969 - 1971 Commander, British Navy Staff, Washington 10.1971 - 1974 Flag Officer, Medway and Port Admiral, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 1970 - 1974 also: Chief Naval Supply and Secretariat Officer Director General, Cable TV Association (1974-1983) & National TV Rental Association (1974-1983). Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Kent 1976.
Dunlop, Frederick Hamilton Married; at least one son.	11.11.1905 - 27.04.1960 (road accident]	Midsh. 15.05.1924 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1926 S.Lt. 27.10.1927, seniority 15.01.1927 1928?, seniority 30.12.1926 Lt. 30.09.1928 Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1936 (retd 10.11.1950) A/Cdr. 1945/46? Cdr. (retd) 10.11.1950 DSC 21.11.1944 Operation Neptune	15.05.1924 - (05.1926) HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Mediterranean) 11.04.1927 - (07.1927) promotion course, Portsmouth 03.01.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Colombo (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 01.01.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Capetown (cruiser) (America and West Indies) (04.1930) no appointment listed 01.04.1930 - (10.)1930 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 06.12.1930 - (02.)1931 signal course, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 17.12.1931 - (09.1932) Commanding Officer, Aden W/T Station [HMS Effingham II] 05.03.1933 - (07.1934) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for signal school) 01.02.1935 - (02.)1936 Squadron W/T Officer, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Valiant (battleship)] (Mediterranean) 27.08.1936 - (07.)1937 Squadron W/T Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron [HMS Hood (battlecruiser)] (Mediterranean) 20.10.1937 - (09.)1939 Executive Officer, HMS Milford (escort vessel) (Africa) 01.11.1939 - (02.)1941 Signal Officer, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)] 08.1941 - (12.1941) Flag Lieutenant & Squadron Signal Officer on staff of Rear-Admiral Commanding Mediterranean Destroyer Flotillas [HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship)] 05.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Tana (RN base, Kilnidini, Kenya) (for Signal & W/T duties) 14.05.1943 - (06.)1943 Signal Officer, HMS Bee (Coastal Forces base, Weymouth) 23.06.1943 - (12.1943) Signal Officer on staff of Captain Coastal Forces, Nore (Chatham) [HMS Pembroke] 03.1944 - (06.)1944 Signal Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 212 (motor torpedo boat) 13.09.1944 - (04.1946) Signal Officer, Captain Coastal Forces (Channel), Commander-in-Chief Plymouth [HMS Drake] (1946?) - (10.)1947 in charge of RN Signal School, Glenholt [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 01.12.1947 - (05.1950) HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda)
Dunlop, Kenneth Samuel James Son of late Engr R.Adm. Samuel Harrison Dunlop, CB, RN, and Hilda Jacobs. Brother of R.Adm. Colin Charles Harrison Dunlop, CB, CBE, RN.	(12?).1920 Eastbourne district, Sussex - 12.2004 still alive	Cadet (E) 01.05.1938 Midsh. (E) 01.05.1939 S.Lt. (E) 16.11.1941 A/Lt. (E) ? Lt. (E) 01.1943, seniority 16.11.1941 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.11.1949 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1952 (retd 08.05.1971) Hon. Capt. (E) 08.05.1971	01.05.1939 - (08.)1942 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham 26.08.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 1943 - (12.1943) submarine course, HMS Dolphin (04.1944) - (06.1944) HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) * 01.06.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Taciturn (submarine) ... - ... ... MIMechE. * indexed, but not listed as such
Dunlop, Samuel Harrison Son of late Charles and Charlotte Dunlop. Married (22.11.1916, Christ Church, Lancaster-gate, London), Hilda Jacobs, daughter of E.G. Jacobs; two sons (R.Adm. Colin Charles Harrison Dunlop, CB, CBE, RN & Hon. Capt. Kenneth Samuel James Dunlop, RN).	02.07.1884 - 25.05.1950 Rothesay, Argyll	... ... Eng.R.Adm. 12.11.1938 (retd 1947) CB 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 [investiture 06.08.40] OON 25.11.1947 ?	Education: Edinburgh University. 03.07.1906     direct entry cadet 1906 - 1909 various ships 1909 - 1910 Russia to qualify as interpreter 1910 - 1920 various ships 1920 - 1924 Portsmouth Dockyard [HMS Victory] 1924 - 1927 Dockyard Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 1927 - 1930 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) 1930 - 1934 Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 27.11.1934 - 18.12.1940 Assistant Director of Dockyards, Admiralty [HMS President] 28.12.1937 - 12.11.1938 also: Naval ADC to HM the King 19.12.1940 - (04.)1946 Deputy Director of Dockyards, Admiralty [HMS President] MIMechE. Published: Oil from coal, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (1933)
Dunsterville, Edward Trevor Lloyd "Dusty" Son of Maj. (later Col.) Herbert Dunsterville, RA. Married (1940) Justine Marcel (died 1990); one son, one daughter.	25.01.1913 Jersey - 30.07.2001 Henley	Midsh. 01.01.1931 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1933 S.Lt. 10.08.1934, seniority 01.09.1933 Lt. 01.10.1934 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1942 A/Cdr. 22.11.1944? Cdr. 30.06.1946 Capt. 30.06.1951 (retd 07.07.1960) MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42 MID 31.10.1944 Operation Crimson	Education: RN College Dartmouth 06.05.1930 - (02.1931) Midshipman, HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 31.10.1931 - (09.1932) Midshipman, HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China Station) 04.05.1933 - (01.1934) promotion course, RN College Greenwich 15.09.1934 - (07.1935) HMS Blanche (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 02.12.1935 - (02.1936) signal course, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 28.12.1936 - (07.1937) Assistant to Fleet W/T Officer, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship), later: HMS Warspite (battleship)] (02.1938) no appointment listed 07.03.1938 - (04.1939) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for signal school) 28.07.1939 - 23.05.1941 Signals Officer, HMS Kelly (destroyer) & for flotilla signals and W/T duties, 5th Destroyer Flotilla (sunk) 06.1941 - (02.1943) Signals and W/T Officer to Commander-in- Chief Mediterranean [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)] 21.04.1943 - (12.1943) staff, HM Signal School, nr Petersfield [HMS Mercury] 27.12.1943 - (10.1944) staff officer, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Renown (battleship)] 22.11.1944 - (07.)1945 Fleet Communications Officer to Commander-in-Chief East Indies [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] (04.1946) no appointment listed 1940s Commander (Applications), Signals Research Establishment, Haslemere, Surrey 11.1949 - 1951 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Quoich (frigate) (Ceylon) 07.03.1952 - (05.1953) Deputy Director Signal Division (V/S and W/T), Admiralty [HMS President] 10.04.1954 - (01.1956) Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer (Air) Mediterranean and Flag Officer 2nd in Command, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS St Angelo] (1957) Commanding Officer, HMS Gambia (Suez Canal) 1959 - 1960 Director of Signals Division, Admiralty [HMS President] Joined Racal Electronics, becoming director of Racal Slough, 1959-1973. Local councillor for Maidenhead and Windsor, and as Chairman of Bisham Parish Council.
Durant, Bryan Cecil Only son of Francis Durant and Dulce, daughter of Fraser Baddeley. Married 1st (1939) Pamela (died 1963), younger daughter of Brig.­Gen. William Walter Seymour; three daughters (and one son decd). Married 2nd (1967) Rachel, daughter of late Col Hon. David Bruce, and Hon. Mrs David Bruce.	17.06.1910 St George Hanover Square district, London / Middlesex - 12.04.1983 [Bighton, near Alresford, Hants ?]	Midsh. 01.01.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1932 S.Lt. 04.09.1933, seniority 01.03.1932 Lt. 26.03.1934, seniority 01.04.1933 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1941 Cdr. 30.06.1945 Capt. 31.12.1951 R.Adm. 07.01.1961 (retd 05.06.1963) CB 01.01.1963 New Year 63 DSO  23.02.1954 Korea cease fire list DSC 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45; suicide bomber attacks MID 08.09.1942 Japanese air attack 05.04.42 Commendador Henriquina (Portuguese), 1960.	Education: Radley; RN College, Greenwich (1932-1933) 1929 entered RN 14.01.1930 - (04.1930) HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.09.1930 - (01.1932) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.05.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.09.1933 - (01.)1934 First Lieutenant, HMS Dee (fishery protection gunboat (trawler)) 1935 Lieutenant, HMS Torrid (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) 15.04.1935 - (07.1935) long  navigation course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 11.09.1935 - (02.1936) HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (for navigating duties) (Home Fleet) 19.03.1936 - (07.1937) Navigating Officer, HMS Shoreham (escort vessel) (East Indies) (02.1938) no appointment listed 27.05.1938 - (08.1938) Navigating Officer, HMS Coventry (cruiser) (Portsmouth) 12.09.1938 - (10.1938) First Class Ship Course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 03.12.1938 - (04.)1939 Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 31.07.1939 - (08.1939) Navigating Officer, HMS Broke (destroyer) 1939 HMS Ivanhoe (destroyer) 10.01.1940 - 05.04.1942 Navigating Officer, HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (Atlantic and Indian Oceans including sinking of Bismarck; sunk by Japanese aircraft) (08.1942) HMS Afrikander IV (base, Durban, S Africa) * 12.1942 - (07.)1945 Navigation Officer, HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) (off North Norway, Sabang, Palembang, Okinawa and Japan) (04.1946) HMS President * 1947 - 1949 Fleet Navigation Officer and Staff Officer (Naval Servicing Craft) to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean 06.08.1949 - (05.1950) Executive Officer, HMS Implacable 02.1953 - 1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Cardigan Bay & SO 4th Frigate Squadron (Korean War) 1955 - 1957 Assistant Chief of Staff, Atlantic Command [HMS President] 1957 - 1959 Director Operations Division, Admiralty 1959 Captain of the Fleet, Home Fleet 07.07.1960 - 07.01.1961 Naval ADC to the Queen 07.04.1961 - (02.)1963 Chief of Staff to Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Far East Fleet [HMS Terror] Director-General, Navy League, 1964-75. Liveryman, Fishmongers Co. DL Greater London, 19.05.1970-1978. * indexed, but not lsited as such
Durden, Charles Legg	17.03.1892 Brighton, Sussex - (09?).1974 Gosport, Hampshire	Seaman ? [J1932] Gnr. 13.06.1918 Cd.Gnr. 13.06.1928 Lt. 10.05.1940, seniority 31.12.1939 (retd 17.03.1942)	joined Royal Navy, Portsmouth Division; served War of 1914-1918 28.12.1921 - (08.1923) HMS Barham (battleship) (for dagger instructional duties) 13.10.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for dagger duties) 22.03.1926 - (07.)1927 HMS Tiger (battlecruiser; seagoing gunnery firing ship) (borne additional for duty at Portland H.A. Base) 11.10.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) (04.1930) - (01.1932) no appointment listed 23.08.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Iron Duke (training ship) (for torpedo duties) 07.04.1934 - (07.1935) Captain of Turret, HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 27.01.1936 - (10.)1938 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 29.11.1938 - (04.)1940 HMS Ramillies (battleship) 05.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (08.1942) - (04.1944) no appointment listed 07.05.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Hopetoun II (RN base, Port Edgar) 18.08.1944 -  (07.1945) HMS Orlando (parent ship, Greenock) (for dagger duties) * (04.1946) Gunnery Instructor, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) reputed to have written a book on Naval Gunnery that was used as a textbook for some years * Teaching the Russians how to use British guns supplied to them for the war effort.
Durell, Henry Dumaresq Son of Frederick Oswald Durell Durell, and Sybil Harriette Elliot, of Guildford, Surrey. His maternal grandfather was Admiral of the Fleet the Hon. Sir Charles C.J.B. Elliot, KCB. Married (14.04.1939, St Nicholas, Compton, Surrey South-Western district) Ruth Pearson, daughter of late C. Geoffry Pearson, of Edinburgh, and of Mrs Herbert Smith, of Kensington Court, London; one son.	14.07.1912 Eastbourne, East Sussex - 20.07.1944 (KIA) [age 32] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 85, column 1] Rememberd on Memorial in Portsmouth Cathedral in memory of the crew of HMS Isis.	Prob. Midsh. RNR 01.01.1931 Midsh. RNR 1933?, seniority 01.01.1931 A/S.Lt. RNR 04.06.1934 Prob. S.Lt. (Supplementary List) 11.04.1937 S.Lt. (Supplementary List) 24.03.1938, seniority 11.04.1937 Lt. > 03.1938, < 06.1938, seniority 14.07.1936 A/Lt.Cdr. 14.07.1944 MID 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43: for service aboard HMS Tartar	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne (where he became the Chief Cadet Captain). Joined New Zealand Shipping Company. RNR training in HMS Valiant (30.09.1933-...), HMS Westcott (08.01.1934-...), HMS Drake (05.10.1935-...) & HMS Vanoc (16.11.1935-...) 11.04.1937 - ? HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (07.1937) - (02.1938) no appointment listed 05.04.1938 - (09.)1939 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 08.11.1939 - (01.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Tartar (destroyer) * (the evacuation of Norway, the expeditions to the Lofoten Islands and Spitzbergen, the Arctic convoys and the sinking of the Bismarck; rescue of survivors of HMS Mashona; Malta convoys) (despatches) 18.02.1943 - 23.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean, Sicily) 13.12.1943 - 20.07.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Isis (destroyer) (Anzio, Italy, Normandy; sunk off Normandy) * (08.1942) - (02.1943) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Durlacher, [Sir] Laurence George Son of late Frederick Henry Keeling Durlacher and V.M. Durlacher (née Hanson). Married (1934) Rimma, daughter of late R.V. Sass­Tissovsky; one son, one daughter. Lived at Liss, Hants. (1945).	24.07.1904 Marylebone, London - 16.01.1986 [Mougins, France ?]	A/S.Lt. 15.09.1924 S.Lt. ? Lt. 30.04.1927 Lt.Cdr. 30.04.1935 Cdr. 30.06.1939 Capt. 31.12.1945 Cdre. 2nd cl. ? Cdre. 1st cl. 1952 R.Adm. 07.01.1955 V.Adm. 07.07.1958 Adm. 12.04.1961 (retd 26.01.1962) KCB 30.12.1960 New Year 61 CB 13.06.1957 HM's birthday OBE 14.09.1943 North African Campaign DSC 21.08.1945 bombardment Andaman Island 14.03.45 MID 20.04.1943 Operation Torch LM 15.10.1946 ?	Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth 01.01.1925 - (01.1925) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 07.01.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Sirdar (destroyer) (China) 14.02.1930 - (04.1930) RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivid] 06.12.1930 - (02.1931) signals course, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 17.12.1931 - (01.1934) Flag Lieutenant & Squadron Signal and W/T Officer, 3rd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Curacoa (cruiser), later HMS Delhi (cruiser)] (Mediterranean) 31.08.1934 - (02.1936) Executive Officer, HMS Valorous (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 06.10.1936 - 01.1937 staff, Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 22.01.1937 - (10.1938) Signal Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) & Squadron Signal Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron (Mediterranean) (08.1939) no appointment listed 01.1940 - (02.1941) Executive Officer, Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 16.08.1941 - (08.1942) staff, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Mercury] 01.01.1943 - (12.1943) Fleet Signals Officer to Naval Commander Expeditionary Force, Algiers (later: Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean) [HMS Hannibal] (N Africa, Sicily and Italian Campaigns) 23.03.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Volage (destroyer) 1945 - 1947 Admiralty: 10.12.1945 - (04.1946) Deputy Director of Signal Division (V/S and W/T), Admiralty [HMS President] 07.08.1949 - 1950 Commanding Officer, HMS Saintes & SO 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) 1950 - 1952 commanded Admiralty Signals and Radar Establishments 10.1952 - 1954 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Far East Station [HMS Terror] 24.01.1955 - 1957 Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel (Personal Services), Admiralty [HMS President] 1957 - 1958 Flag Officer Commanding Fifth Cruiser Squadron and Flag Officer Second-in-Command, Far East Station 02.1959 - 1962 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Fifth Sea Lord]
Durnford, John Walter Son of Richard Durnford, CB, Hartley Wespall House, Basingstoke. Married (1936) Marie de Lancey, eldest daughter of Rupert Greene, Melbourne.	25.10.1891 Kensington, London - 07.02.1967 [London ?]	Midsh. ? S.Lt. 29.02.1912 Lt. 28.02.1914 Lt.Cdr. 28.02.1922 Cdr. 31.12.1927 Capt. 30.06.1935 Cdre. 2nd cl. ? R.Adm. 07.07.1944 (retd) V.Adm. (retd) 13.07.1948 CB 01.01.1947 New Year 47 C&B 24.06.1947 training Chinese seamen	Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth 15.05.1904 joined RN 1914 - 1918 served European War (HMS Argyll, HMS Shannon and Submarine P 39) 1919 - 1920 naval advisor to White Army, Russia 10.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Despatch (cruiser) (China) 07.01.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship) (for Fort Blockhouse) 18.02.1928 - 1930 lent to RAN: Executive Officer, HMAS Adelaide Executive Officer, HMAS Albatross Executive Officer, HMAS Brisbane 27.04.1929 - (04.1930) Commanding Officer, HMAS Anzac (flotilla leader) & Commander (D) 08.09.1930 - (09.1932) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 11.01.1933 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Warwick (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 08.05.1935 - (07.1935) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (temporary) 14.01.1936 - (02.1936) Imperial Defence Course, Imperial Defence College (02.1937) no appointment listed 12.02.1937 - 1939 Flag Captain, HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) & Chief Staff Officer to Vice-Admiral-in-Charge, Malta (04.1939) no appointment listed 24.07.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (02.)1941 - 06.1942 Second Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board [HMAS Cerberus] * 06.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Resolution (battleship) 11.10.1943 - (06.1944) Director, RN Staff College [HMS President] 12.12.1944 - 1947 Director of Naval Training, Admiralty [HMS President] Governor: St Peter's, St Paul's and St Philip's Hospitals, 1950; Star and Garter Home, Richmond, 1952. Mayor of Chelsea, 1962-1963; Chairman, Chelsea Society, 1964-. * Australian siurces state date of discharge as 26.07.1942
Duval, Henry Snaith Son of Walter John and Caroline Augusta Duval husband of Betty Duval, of Forest Row, Sussex.	(03?).1911 Edmonton - 07.05.1945 [age 34] [Trincomalee War Camatery, Sri Lanka, 1.A.1]	... ... Lt. 01.07.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1943	... - ... ... 12.1936 - (04.)1939 HMS Protector (netlayer) (Mediterranean) (08.1939) no appointment listed 18.08.1939 - (12.1939) HMS Hebe (minesweeper) (04.1940) no appointment listed 17.10.1940 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Sutton (minesweeper) 31.04.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Phoebe (cruiser) 08.02.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) ? - 07.05.1945 HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee)
Dyer, John Edwin	22.05.1907 Dulwich, Camberwell district, London - died between 08.1989 and 12.1991 ?	Seaman ? [J107324] Boatsw. 01.07.1937 A/Lt. 24.08.1940 Lt. 02.1941, seniority 16.11.1938 Lt.Cdr. 16.11.1946 (retd 22.05.1952) DSC 01.01.1943 New Year 43 DSC 07.03.1944 sinking of the Scharnhorst	01.01.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) (04.1940) short course 17.10.1940 - (02.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Elgin (minesweeper) 12.02.1942 - (02.1943) HMS Minos II, from 26.07.1942 HMS Mantis: (08.1942) SO 5th MGB Flotilla (1942) Commanding Officer, MGB 21 (02.1943) SO 7th MGB Flotilla 03.05.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Saumarez (destroyer) 07.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Aphis (river gunboat) 06.03.1950 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Miner VII

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