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Eaden, John Henry Son of a lime plantation owner. Married 1st (1943) Marnie Rhodes (marriage dissolved, 1954); two sons, two daughters. Married 2nd Anne Rogers.	23.02.1910 Dominica, British West Indies - 19.04.2007	Cadet 01.05.1927 Midsh. 01.01.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1930 S.Lt. 01.01.1931 Lt. 01.10.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1940 A/Cdr. 1945? Cdr. 30.06.1945 (retd 09.01.1955) DSC 23.12.1939 bringing home the ship safely following prolonged attacks DSC 21.12.1943 destruction U409 12.07.43 DSC 09.05.1944 Operation FW (N Russian convoy 01.44) MID 05.05.1942 attack enemy force Channel 13.03.42	Education: preparatory school in the UK; RN College, Dartmouth (1923) 30.04.1927 - (07.)1927 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) 12.1927 - (04.)1930 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.05.1930 - (02.)1931 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 1931 - 1931 HMS Canterbury (destroyer) 29.12.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 04.05.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Orpheus (submarine) (China) 19.11.1934 - (07.1935) First Lieutenant, HMS Swordfish (submarine) (Portsmouth) 07.02.1936 - (02.)1936 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) (for submarines) 20.07.1936 - (07.1937) First Lieutenant, HMS Clyde (submarine) (Mediterranean) (02.1938) no appointment listed 25.04.1938 - (06.)1938 Submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 06.08.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 17.12.1938 - (09.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Spearfish (submarine) 20.11.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Venetia (destroyer) 24.06.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Utmost (submarine) 14.03.1941 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Walpole (destroyer) 10.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS King Alfred (training establishments,  Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 01.05.1943 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Inconstant (destroyer) 15.09.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Port Bannatyne) (10.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Mackay (destroyer) 08.11.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Inconstant (destroyer) 04.1945 - (07.1945) Commander, HMS Loch Achray (frigate) (04.1946) no appointment listed 21.08.1950 - (05.1953) Executive Officer, HMS Phoenix
Eardley-Wilmot, [Sir] John Assheton [since 1970: 5th Baronet] Son of Cdr. Frederick Neville Eardley­Wilmot (died 1956) (son of 3rd Bt) and Dorothy Little (died 1959), formerly of Brooksby, Double Bay, Sydney. Succeeded uncle, 1970. Married (1939) Diana Elizabeth, daughter of Commander Aubrey Moore, RN, and Mrs O. Bassett; one son, one daughter.	02.01.1917 - 20.12.1995 Fulham, London	Midsh. 01.01.1935 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1937 S.Lt. 16.09.1937 Lt. 16.06.1939 ?, seniority  01.02.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1947 Cdr. 30.06.1950 (retd 1967) MVO4 13.06.1957 HM's birthday 57 DSC 01.06.1943 service in Channel 05-12.42 NorWM 16.12.1955 training Norwegian MTB Flotilla 10.41-04.42	Education: Stubbington; RN College, Dartmouth 01.01.1935 - (02.1937) HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 29.04.1937 - (07.1937) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] (02.1938) no appointment listed 07.05.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Adventure (large minelayer) (China) 12.01.1939 - (04.1939) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Home Fleet) 1939 - 1943 Motor Torpedo Boats: 30.06.1939 - (08.1939) Commanding Officer, MTB No. 2 [HMS Vulcan (trawler; MTB tender] (Mediterranean) 09.03.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) (09.1940) Commanding Officer, MTB 15 25.10.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services) (08.1942) - (08.1943) HMS St. Christopher 13.09.1943 - 06.1944 HMS Apollo (minelayer) 18.06.1944 - (04.)1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Fencer (escort carrier) 26.07.1948 - (05.1950) Executive Officer, HMS Hornet 1950 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich 14.05.1951 - (05.)1953 HMS President [other source: 1951-1953 HMS Opossum] 25.10.1954 - 1957 Cabinet Office [HMS President] 1958 - 1967 mainly Admiralty (eventually Deputy Director Naval Administrative Planning) 04.05.1959 - (07.1961) Interview Section, Officer Appontments Division, Personal Services and Officer Appointments Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 27.02.1962 - (02.1963) RN Base, Singapore [HMS Terror]  1967-1982 Staff of Monopolies Commission; MIMgt (MBIM 1978); FRSA 1970. Freeman, City of London (by Redemption)
Earp, Henry From Liverpool.	11.02.1907 - 03.1994 Chester and Ellesmere Port, Cheshire	A/Wt.Eng. 01.04.1940 Wt.Eng. ?, seniority 01.04.1940 A/Cd.Eng. 18.06.1945 Sen.Cd.Eng. 01.10.1948 Eng.Lt. 01.01.1957 (retd 11.02.1957) MID 09.05.1944 minesweeping Western Desert Sweep MID 13.06.1944 2 Support Group 6 U-boats sunk in 10 days	(04.1940) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * (02.1941) HMS Barham (battleship) * 02.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) 22.09.1942 - (06.1943) HMS Whitehaven (minesweeper) ** 06.10.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Wild Goose (sloop) *** 28.03.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Perseus 28.05.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Sanderling (RN Air Station, Abbotsinch, Paisley, Scotland) 09.08.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Orion (miscellaneous duties) * indexed, but not listed as such ** (08.1943) - (10.1943) still indexed, but no longer listed as such *** (04.1946) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Eaton, [Sir] John Willson Musgrave 2nd son of Dr Walter Musgrave Eaton and Margaret Emily (née Ibbetson). Married (1945) Cynthia Mary Hurlstone, widow of Major Gerald Tatchell, The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment; two step­daughters.	01.11.1902 - 21.07.1981 [Kelvedon, Essex ?]	Midsh. 1919 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 17.03.1924, seniority 15.05.1923 Lt. 15.05.1925 Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1933 Cdr. 31.12.1937 Capt. 31.12.1941 R.Adm. 07.07.1951 V.Adm. 16.09.1954 (retd 31.01.1958) KBE 31.05.1956 HM's birthday 56 CB 01.06.1953 Coronation List 53 DSO 19.08.1941 towing Gallant DSC 05.08.1941 sinking Italian convoy escorts 15.04.41 MID 05.10.1943 Operation Retribution MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky	Education: Temple Grove, Eastbourne; RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth 1919 - 1922 Midshipman, HMS Barham (battleship) 1922 promotion course, Portsmouth 1922 - 1926 HM Destroyers: 10.03.1924 - 1926 HMS Wivern (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 02.12.1926 - 1929 First Lieutenant, HMS H 50 (submarine) 17.01.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 02.01.1931 - 1933 First Lieutenant, HMS Boreas (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (01.1934) no appointment listed 1934 - 1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Restless (destroyer) (Portsmouth) 07.05.1935 - (07.1935) tactical course, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 06.09.1935 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Westminster (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 09.1936 - 1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Boreas (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 10.01.1939 - (04.1939) staff course, RN Staff College, Grrenwich [HMS President] 31.07.1939 - (08.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Venetia (destroyer) (Devonport) 19.10.1939 - (04.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Mohawk (destroyer) 23.03.1942 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Somali (destroyer) & Captain (D) 6th Destroyer Flotilla (02.1943) - (08.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Eskimo (destroyer) 13.08.1943 - (06.1944) HMS St Angelo (for miscellaneous duties at Malta) 1944 Admiralty 01.1945 - 11.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Sheffield (cruiser) 14.12.1945 - 1948 Commanding Officer, HMS St Vincent (preliminary air training establishment, Gosport, Hants.) 1948 - 1949 Imperial Defence Course 1949 Admiralty & Ministry of Defence 30.12.1948 - 1951 Director of RN Staff College, Greenwich 10.1951 - (05.)1953 Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet [HMAS Australia] 1954 - 1955 Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Cleopatra] 08.11.1955 - (01.)1956 Commander-in-Chief America and West Indies Station [HMS Kenya] 10.1955 - 12.1957 and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
Eberle, [Sir] James Henry Fuller Son of late Victor Fuller Eberle and of Joyce Mary Eberle, Bristol. Married (1950) Ann Patricia Thompson (died 1988), Hong Kong; one son, two daughters.	31.05.1927 -	Midsh. 01.09.1944 ... ... Adm. 04.05.1979 (retd 1983)	Education: Clifton College; RN Colleges Dartmouth & Greenwich served War of 1939-1945: MTBs HMS Renown 05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Belfast (04.1946) no appointment listed subsequently in Far East 1951 qualified Gunnery Specialist  1953 - 1957 Guided Missile Development and trials in UK and USA 1960 - 1962 Naval Staff 1963 - 1965 Executive Officer, HMS Eagle 1968 - 1970 Commanding Officer, HMS Intrepid 1971 - 1974 Assistant Chief of Fleet Support, Ministry of Defence (RN) 1974 - 1975 Flag Officer Sea Training 1975 - 1977 Flag Officer Carriers and Amphibious Ships 1977 - 1979 Chief of Fleet Support 1979 - 1981 Commander-in-Chief, Fleet, and Allied Commander-in-Chief, Channel and Eastern Atlantic 1981 - 1982 Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command Rear Admial of the UK, 1990-1994. Vice-President, RUSI, 1979; Director, RIIA, 1984-1990. Chairman Council, Clifton College, 1984-1994; Chairman, Devon Rural Skills Trust, 1992-1993. Freeman: Bristol, 1946; London, 1982. Hon. LLD: Bristol, 1989; Sussex, 1992. Published: Management in the Armed Forces, 1972; Jim, First of the Pack, 1982; Britain's Future in Space, 1988.
Eborn, Ralph Churchill Son of Percy Edwin and Mary Ann Lillie Eborn, of East Finchley, Middlesex.	1920? - 04.08.1940 (KIA) [age 20] [Noordwijk General Cemetery, The Netherlands, plot 1, joint grave 9]	Midsh. (A) 19.04.1938 A/S.Lt. (A) 22.01.1940 S.Lt. (A) ?	19.04.1938 - (06.1938) HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 27.06.1938 - (08.1938) pilots' course at No. 23 Flying Training School, Rochester 10.09.1938 - (04.1939) pilots' course at No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon (08.1939) - (04.1940) [810?] Squadron, Fleet Air Arm (flying Swordfishes) ? - 04.08.1940 HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex) (killed in action while bombarding Rotterdam harbour)
Eddy, Francis Leonard Son of Leonard Eddy, and Laura Winifred South.	(12?).1921 Falmouth district, Cornwall - 2008	S.Lt. 1943, seniority 01.09.1942 Lt. 16.02.1943 Lt.Cdr. 16.02.1951 Cdr. 30.06.1956 (retd 03.10.1971) OBE 01.01.1970 New Year 70	(06.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed 04.10.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Argonaut (cruiser) 10.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Roberts (monitor) (04.1946)     no appointment listed 10.05.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Theseus (aircraft carrier) (05.1949) HMS Widemouth Bay (anti-aircraft frigate) * 05.01.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Harrier (RN Aircraft Direction Centre, Kete, Pembrokeshire) 03.1953 - (05.1953) HMS Bermuda (light cruiser) 29.03.1954 - (07.1954) HMS Dryad (navigation and direction school, Southwick Park, nr Fareham, Hampshire) 10.02.1955 - (01.)1956 HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) 27.08.1956 - (01.1959) HMS Dryad (navigation and direction school, Southwick Park, nr Fareham, Hampshire) 15.08.1959 - (07.1961) Staff Naval Direction Officer, British Navy Staff, Washington, DC [HMS Saker] 10.12.1962 - (02.1964) Executive Officer, HMS Dryad (navigation and direction school, Southwick Park, nr Fareham, Hampshire) 11.12.1967 - (02.1969) Naval Liaison Officer, Mombasa [HMS President] (08.1971)     Boom Defence Pembroke Dock MBIM * indexed, but not listed as such
Ede, Lionel James Spencer Son of late James Parks Ede, Colonial Service, and Ellen Spencer. Married 1st (1930) Titanya Elizabeth Petrie; one son, five daughters. Married 2nd (1952) Edna Mary Smallman.	10.10.1903 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 08.05.1956 Four Marks, Hampshire	Cadet 1921 Midsh. 15.09.1922 ... ... Lt. 15.06.1927 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1935 Cdr. 31.12.1940 (retd 10.10.1953) A/Capt. 01.11.1944? RAF:   F/O 19.04.1927 DSO 16.08.1940 Dunkirk [investiture 22.02.41] DSC 07.12.1943 Operation Antidote (minesweeping Galita, Algeria to Sousse, Tunisia) [award posted] MID 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee (Dieppe) MID 04.05.1943 Operation Torch (North Africa invasion) LM 14.08.1945 minesweeping operations assault Salerno	Education: The Grammar School, Portsmouth 1921 entered RN as a Cadet 15.09.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Ajax (battleship) ... - ... ... 07.08.1933 - (07.)1934 HMS Winchester (destroyer) (Portsmouth) 05.11.1934 - 10.09.1936 attached to RAF: 29.11.1934 - (07.1935) pilot, HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (02.1936)     no appointment listed 20.11.1936 - (07.)1937 Executive Officer, HMS Halcyon (minesweeper) (1st Minesweeping Flotilla) 10.11.1937 - (08.)1939 Executive Officer, HMS Hebe (minesweeper) 20.08.1939 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Salamander (minesweeper) 23.01.1941 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Conidaw (yacht) (12.1941) no appointment listed 31.03.1942 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Blyth (Bangor class minesweeper) & Senior Officer, 13th Minesweeping Flotilla 09.10.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Rhyl (Bangor class minesweeper) 11.1943 - (06.)1944 Commander (M/S), Maddalena [HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto)] (10.1944)     no appointment listed 01.11.1944 - (04.)1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Flycatcher (RN Air Station, Ludham, Norfolk, from 16.02.1945 RN Air Station Middle Wallop, Hampshire) & Senior Officer Mobile Naval Airfields Organisation (SOMNAO) 15.08.1946 - (05.1950) Deputy Director of Movements (Naval Servicing Craft), Movement Department (Freight and Personnel), Admiralty [HMS President] 03.1951 - (1953?) Commanding Officer, Mobile Naval Air Base (MONAB) 10 (during forming up period at RN Air Station, Henstridge, Dorset) 02.02.1953 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS Campania (escort carrier)
Edelsten, [Sir] John Hereward 3rd son of John Jackson  Edelsten, tea broker, and Jessica Gooding. Married (14.12.1926, Brompton) Frances Anne Hoile, 2nd daughter of H.V. Masefield; no children.	12.05.1891 Enfield, London - 10.02.1966 Liphook, Hampshire	Midsh. 09.1908 S.Lt. 30.12.1911 Lt. 30.12.1913 Lt.Cdr. 30.12.1921 Cdr. 31.12.1926 Capt. 30.06.1933 Cdre. 1st cl. 03.1941 R.Adm. 06.02.1942 V.Adm. 25.09.1945 Adm. 03.02.1949 (retd 24.11.1954) GCB 01.01.1953 New Year 53 [investiture 05.05.53] KCB 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46 [investiture 19.11.46] CB 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 [investiture 10.10.44] GCVO 01.06.1953 Coronation list 53 [investiture 30.06.53] CBE 30.09.1941 Operation Canvas [investiture 17.11.42] MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 * LM 28.05.1946 ? Phnx 15.04.1947 ? * For outstanding zeal, patience and cheerfulness and for never failing to set an example of wholehearted devotion to duty without which the traditions of the Royal Navy could not have been upheld.	Education: RN Colleges Osborne (1904-1906) & Dartmouth (1906-1908); Imperial Defence College (1934) 09.1908 Midshipman, HMS Hibernia (battleship) HMS Natal (armoured cruiser) HMS London (battleship) (1913) Executive Officer, HMS Swif (large destroyer)