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R. Fitzmaurice   to   R.H. Fyson
Fitzmaurice, Sir Raymond Son of late John Gerald Fitzmaurice, Barrister­at­law. Married 1st (1912) Evelyn Mary (died 1914), daughter of Charles Threlfall. Married 2nd (1919) Beatrice Mary, daughter of late Adm. Sir Day H. Bosanquet, GCMG; one daughter.	07.08.1878 - 25.10.1943 [Woking (St. John's) Crematorium]	Lt. 1901 Cdr. 1913 Capt. 30.06.1918 (retd 01.09.1929) R.Adm. (retd) 01.09.1929 V.Adm. (retd) 31.07.1934 Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 16.09.1939 KBE 01.01.1942 New Year 42 DSO 01.01.1916 blocking Rufiji river 10.11.14 MID 07.04.1942 3 submarines destroyed 12.41 MID 17.11.1942 ocean convoys 39-42	1893 entered RN 1913 - 1916 2nd in Command, HMS Chatham (present at operations in East Africa and Dardanelles (DSO)) 1916 - 1918 Commanding Officer, HMS Espiègle 1918 - 1919 Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence 1919 - 1920 Naval Adviser to Sir Reginald Tower, High Commissioner of Dantzig 04.1921 - 04.1922 Commanding Officer, HMS Antrim 1922 - 1923 Commanding Officer, HMS Yarmouth (cruiser) 03.02.1923 - (01.)1925 Director of Signal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 1925 - 1926 Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer HMS Resolution, 2nd Battle Squadron, and HMS Iron Duke, 3rd Battle Squadron 01.02.1927 - 1929 Vice­President Chemical Warfare Committee (London) 20.06.1929 - (08.1929) Naval ADC to the King 16.09.1939 - 25.10.1943 Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]
FitzRoy [also: Fitz-Roy], [the Hon.] Robert Oliver; 2nd Viscount Daventry, cr. 1943 (since 1962) Elder son of late Captain Rt Hon. Edward Algernon Fitz Roy, MP and of 1st Viscountess Daventry, CBE; succeeded mother, 1962. Married (1916) Grace Zoë (died 1978), daughter of late Claude Hume Campbell Guinness; three daughters (and two daughters deceased).	10.01.1893 Chelsea, London - 19.01.1986 Kensington and Chelsea, London	... ... Lt. 15.12.1915 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1923 Cdr. 31.12.1928 Capt. 31.12.1936 (retd 08.03.1946) MID 16.01.1945 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth 1906 joined RN 1914 - 1918 served European War 28.08.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) 06.01.1927 - (06.1928) HM Yacht Victoria and Albert (Portsmouth) 30.07.1929 - (04.)1930 Commanding Officer, HMS Crocus (sloop) (East Indies) 27.12.1930 - (02.)1931 Executive Officer, HMS Frobisher (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 23.11.1931 - (01.)1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Witch (destroyer) (China) 08.09.1932 - (07.1935) Executive Officer, HMS Dragon (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 31.01.1936 - (02.1936) Executive Officer, HMS President IV (base defences, Mediterranean) (02.1937) - (07.)1937 no appointment listed 09.10.1937 - (02.)1938 Senior Officers'  War Course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 14.04.1938 - 21.08.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Hebe (minesweeper) & SO 1st Minesweeping Flotilla (04.1940) no appointment listed 15.04.1940 - (06.)1943 Director Minesweeping Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) & from 06.1944 also Flag Captain, Home Fleet 1956-1957 High Sheriff Rutland
FitzRoy, William Wentworth; changed name by deed poll of 09.10.1958 to:: Stewart-FitzRoy Son of Capt. Frederick Henry FitzRoy and Eleanor Allan. Married 1st: Margaret Patricia Grant (26.04.1934) (died 1984); three sons, one daughter. Married 2nd: Evelyn Nichol (1988).	28.09.1907 - 23.10.1998	A/S.Lt. RNR 28.09.1928 S.Lt. RNR 13.10.1930, seniority 30.04.1930 Lt. RNR 25.03.1933 Lt. (Supplementary List) 30.04.1937, seniority 28.09.1931 Lt. ?, seniority 28.09.1931 Lt.Cdr. 28.09.1939 Cdr. 30.06.1946 Capt. 30.06.1952 (retd 07.01.1962) Cdre. < 07.1961	27.10.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Ardent (destroyer) (to complete 9 months' training) 01.05.1937 - (08.1939) HMS Warspite (battleship) 01.10.1939 - (02.1941) HMS Warspite (battleship) 09.01.1942 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Valorous (destroyer) (02.1943) no appointment listed 16.03.1943 - (10.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Arrow (destroyer) 30.11.1943 - (06.1944) HMS King Alfred (training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 26.02.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Comet (destroyer) 12.1949 - (05.1950) Executive Officer, HMS Belfast 09.1952 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) (01.1956) HMS President * 31.03.1959 - (07.1961) Commodore Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Singapore [HMS Terror] 07.01.1961 - 07.01.1962 Naval ADC to the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such
Fletcher, Leonard Bertram One of nine children, probably of Charles Fletcher and Kate Hawkins. Married (divorced 1964; she re-married 1968); two sons.	(09?).1918 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 09.08.1981 Winscombe, Avon	A/S.Lt. 01.05.1942 S.Lt. 1943?, seniority 01.05.1942 Lt. 16.12.1942 Lt.Cdr. 16.12.1950 (retd 07.08.1966) DSC 14.03.1944 Operation Stonewall (operations in Western Channel, 12.43-01.44 [investiture 09.05.44] 34|45 St - - Atl St - & France & Germany clasp Afr St - - BWM 39|45 - - UNSM Kor - - GenSM - - Ruban de L'Amitié from the President of South Vietnam for aiding and transporting refugees from Haighon to Saigon whilst serving on HMS Warrior in 1954 (not officially recognised, so cannot be worn)	Education: RN College, Greenwich (08.1942)     no appointment listed 19.11.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Hotspur (destroyer) 30.03.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Diomede (cruiser) 07.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 26.03.1946 - (04.1946) Flight Deck Officer, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 15.05.1947 - (05.)1949 HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, nr Padstow, Cornwall) 04.05.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Mauritius (cruiser) 12.07.1951 - (05.)1953 HMS Harrier (RN school of aircraft direction, Kete, Pembrokeshire) 30.07.1953 - (01.1956) HMS Warrior (aircraft carrier) (for aircraft direction duties, but 01.1956 shown as Commanding Officer)  (01.1957) HMS Ranpura (destroyer depot ship) * [stationed at Malta, 1956-1959] (01.1959)     no appointment listed 11.05.1959 - (07.1961) Staff Movements Officer to Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake] (02.1963) - (02.1964) Department of Dockyards and Maintenance, Admiralty [HMS President] * Re-employed by the Admiralty in Bath, doing the same job but as a civil servant. Did sea trials of ocean going tugs in 1968/69. He was doing an Open University degree in Economics/Politics. He died suddenly of a heart attack when he was away at a summer school. * indexed, but not listed as such
Forbes, Sir Charles Morton   2nd son of late James Forbes of Colombo, Ceylon, and Mount Grace, Potters Bar. Married 1st (1909) Agnes Millicent (died 1915), youngest daughter of late J.A. Ewen, JP, of Potters Bar. Married 2nd (1921) Marie Louise, daughter of late Axel Berndtson, Stockholm, Sweden; one daughter.	22.11.1880 Colombo, Ceylon - 28.08.1960	A/S.Lt. 15.01.1900? S.Lt. 28.03.1901, seniority 15.01.1900 Lt. 04.11.1901, seniority 15.01.1901 Cdr. 1912 Capt. 30.06.1917 R.Adm. 05.10.1928 V.Adm. 21.01.1933 Adm. 19.08.1936 Adm. of the Fleet 08.05.1940 (half-pay 1943?) GCB 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 KCB 03.06.1935 HM's birthday 35 CB 03.06.1929 HM's birthday 29 DSO 15.09.1916 Battle of Jutland LegH ? ?	Education: Dollar Academy; Eastman's, Southsea 1894 entered Royal Navy 1914 - 1918 served European War (including Jutland) (DSO): Executive Officer, HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Dardanelles) 1917 - 1919 Commanding Officer, HMS Galatea 1921 - 1923 Deputy Director, RN College, Greenwich 25.10.1924 - (01.1925) Flag Captain, HMS Iron Duke (battleship) & Chief Staff Officer to Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Station 24.06.1925 - 23.07.1925 Admiralty 23.07.1925 - 1928 Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.04.1928 - 05.10.1928 Naval ADC to the King (08.1929) - (04.1930) no appointment listed 01.08.1930 - (02.)1931 Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Coventry (cruiser)] (01.1932) no appointment listed 01.03.1932 - (01.)1934 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty: Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy 23.04.1934 - (02.)1936 Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet (02.1937) - (02.1938) no appointment listed 12.04.1938 - 02.12.1940 Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)] (02.1941) no appointment listed 01.05.1941 - 24.08.1943 Commander­in­Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)]
Forbes, John Hay Married (07.06.1930) Edith Sheilah De Crecy Steel, daughter of Reginald De Crecy Steel (died 07.01.1951).	28.08.1906 Wandsworth, London - 02.08.1940 (KIA) [age 33] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 3]	Lt. ? Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1937 DSO 09.05.1940 successful submarine operations against the enemy	... - ... ... 13.05.1937 - (09.1939) staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Drake] 02.1940 - 02.08.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Spearfish (submarine) [ship sunk by U-34 off Norway]
Ford, Sir Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Son of late Major C.W. Randle Ford, Bath. Married (1924) Violet, daughter of G. Hurry; two sons.	19.01.1880 St Helier, Jersey - 16.01.1964	S.Lt. ? Lt. 26.06.1902 Cdr. ? Capt. 31.12.1920 R.Adm. 02.11.1932 V.Adm. 29.05.1937 Adm. 31.12.1941 (retd > 06.1944, < 07.1945) KCB 01.01.1942 New Year 42 CB 04.06.1934 HM's birthday 34 KBE 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40	01.09.1922 - (08.1923) Commanding Officer, HMS Diligence 23.10.1924 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS Calliope (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 29.03.1926 - 04.04.1926 Admiralty [HMS President] 05.04.1926 - (05.)1926 Director of Physical Training and Sports, Admiralty [HMS President] 02.05.1927 - (06.)1928 Commanding Officer, HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) & Captain-in-Charge, Harwich 08.05.1929 - (04.)1930 Commanding Officer, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 20.06.1930 - (01.)1932 Commanding Officer, Navigation School [HMS Dryad] (09.1932) no appointment listed 24.04.1933 - (06.1933) senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth (01.1934) no appointment listed 19.04.1934 - (02.)1936 Rear-Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron [HMS Canberra] 26.01.1937 - (12.)1941 Vice-Admiral-in-Charge, Malta & Admiral Superintendent HM Dockyard, Malta [HMS St Angelo] 01.06.1942 - 1944 Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane] (04.1944) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Forrest, Donald Alexander Son of Harry Alexander & Marjorie Forrest. Married; three sons.	04.06.1917 Orsett district, Essex - 05.2008 still alive living nr. Chichester	Cadet 01.01.1935 Midsh. 01.01.1936 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1938 S.Lt. 1939?, seniority 01.05.1938 Lt. 16.05.1939 Lt.Cdr. 16.05.1947 (retd 21.01.1957)	01.01.1935 - 31.12.1935 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1936 - (02.)1938 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 02.05.1938 - (10.1938) promotion course, Portsmouth 21.01.1939 - (09.)1939 HMS Inglefield (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) 30.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Rosemary (sloop) 18.12.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Silverton (destroyer) 01.09.1941 - (12.1941) qualifying for signal duties, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Mercury] 05.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Resolution (battleship) (for signal duties) (06.1943) - (07.1945) HMS Ranchi (troopship under the Ministry of War Transport) * 12.1945 - (04.1946) on staff of Flag Officer Ceylon [HMS Lanka (RN base, Ceylon)] 15.12.1947 - (05.)1949 HMS Mercury II (Admiralty signal and radar establishment) 17.10.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Theseus (aircraft carrier) 04.01.1951 - (05.1953) Flag Lieutenant-Commander to Flag Officer (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 17.02.1954 - (04.)1955 Staff Communications Officer on staff of Senior Naval Officer Northern Ireland [HMS Sea Eagle (joint anti-submarine school, Londonderry)] 20.06.1955 - (01.1957) HMS Mercury (signal school, East Meon, nr Petersfield, Hampshire) * indexed, but not listed as such
Forrest, [Sir] Ronald Stephen Son of Stephen Forrest, MD, and Maud M. McKinstry. Married 1st (06.09.1947) Patricia (died 1966), eldest daughter of Dr and Mrs E.N. Russell; two sons, one daughter. Married 2nd (1967) June (née Weaver), widow of Lieut G. Perks, RN; one step son, one step daughter.	11.01.1923 - 25.03.2005 Stockland, near Honiton, Devon	Midsh. 01.09.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1942 S.Lt. 16.06.1942 Lt. 16.12.1943 Lt.Cdr. 16.12.1951 Cdr. 1955 Capt. 1963 R.Adm. 07.01.1973 (retd 1975) KCVO 14.06.1975 Defence Services Secr [investiture 22.07.75] MID 31.10.1944 Operation Crimson (air strike & bombardment of Sabang 25.07.44)	Education: Belhaven Hill; RN College, Dartmouth 01.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS York (cruiser) 14.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Cumberland (cruiser) 01.05.1942 - (08.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth 08.09.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Quilliam (destroyer) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 14.11.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HMS Active (destroyer) 12.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Carnarvon Bay ... - ... ... 1956 Commanding Officer, HMS Tozer 1958 - 1960 on loan to Pakistan Navy 1963 Joint Services Staff College 1964 Chief Staff Officer to Admiral Commanding Reserves 1966 commanded Dartmouth Training Squadron 1968 Director, Seaman Officers Appointments, Admiralty 1970 Commanding Officer, HMS London 1972 - 1975 Defence Services Secretary President, Devon Co. Agricultural Association, 1990-1991. County Commissioner, St John Ambulance Brigade, Devon, 1976-1981, Commander, 1981-1987. Naval General Service Medal, 1949. KStJ 1987 (CStJ 1983). JP Honiton, 1978; DL Devon, 1985. Chevalier, Ordre du Mérite Agricole (France), 1990.
Forrester, Henry	1880s ? - 09.03.1972	A/S.Lt. 30.09.1907? S.Lt. 11.04.1908, seniority 30.09.1907 Lt. 01.04.1910 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1918 (retd 1919/20?) Cdr. (retd) 11.10.1927 (reactivated 1939/40?) A/Capt. (retd) 13.04.1943? (reverted to retd < 10.1943) DSC 25.07.1916 Auxiliary Patrol  ("Carried out dangerous patrol duties with marked ability") MID 26.04.1918 operations on the Belgian coast CdeG 17.05.1918 ? Aviz 04.02.1921 ? DefM ? ? BWM 39|45 ? ?	World War I Auxiliary Patrol (04.1940) no appointment listed 04.12.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Skirmisher (RN base, Milford Haven) 26.06.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 13.04.1943 - (08.1943) Chief Staff Officer (A) to Commodore (D) Western Approaches [HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry)]
Foster, Francis Henry	c. 1916 ? - 23.12.1974 Discoed, Chepstow, Gwent	Cadet 01.09.1933 Midsh. 01.05.1934 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1936 S.Lt. 16.01.1937 Lt. 01.06.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1946 (retd 1954/55?) MID 22.09.1942 Operation Harpoon MID 27.04.1943 convoy JW51B 12.42 ? PatrW 11.04.1944 Order of the Patriotic War 1st class (USSR): services to the USSR [award posted]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 01.09.1933 - (01.1934)