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Gambier, R.M.G.
to
Gwinner, C.

 
R.M.G. Gambier   to   C. Gwinner
Gambier,
Robert Michael Gore
R.M.G. Gambier
01.11.1904
New Forest, Hampshire
-
(06?).1981
South East Hampshire district, Hampshire
Midsh.
15.09.1922
A/S.Lt.
15.01.1925
S.Lt.
08.09.1926, seniority 30.08.1925
Lt.
30.05.1927
Lt.Cdr.
30.05.1935
Cdr.
31.12.1938 (retd > 07.1954, < 04.1955)
A/Capt.
> 02.1943, < 06.1943 till 1948?
Commander of the Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands) OON
25.11.1947
services to the Netherlands
King Haakon VII's Liberation Medal (Norway) Hkn
26.08.1947
services to Norway
15.09.1922
-
(08.1923)
HMS Malaya (battleship)
10.05.1924
-
(01.1925)
HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean)
11.01.1926
-
(05.)1926
promotion course, Portsmouth
11.10.1926
-
(02.)1927
submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
21.03.1927
-
(06.)1928
HMS X 1 (submarine) (Mediterranean)
10.10.1928
-
(08.)1929
First Lieutenant, H 43 (submarine) (Portsmouth)
12.08.1929
-
(04.)1930
First Lieutenant, HMS Salmon (destroyer) (Portland)
01.07.1930
-
(01.)1932
First Lieutenant, HMS Regent (submarine) [20.09.1930 ship commissioned]
26.08.1932
-
(06.)1933
First Lieutenant, HMS L 23 (submarine) [tender to HMS Lucia]
16.12.1933
-
(01.)1934
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship) (for submarines)
17.01.1934
-
(02.)1935
Commanding Officer, HMS Seahorse (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin]
25.04.1935
-
(02.)1937
HMS Cairo (cruiser) (Home Fleet)
07.05.1937
-
(04.)1939
Commanding Officer, HMS Otus (submarine) (China)
(08.1939)
-
(09.1939)
no appointment listed
03.1940
-
(04.)1940
HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship, Harwich/Rothesay) (for submarines)
11.07.1940
-
(12.1941)
Commanding Officer, HMS Alecto (submarine depot ship)
17.03.1942
-
(02.)1943
Executive Officer & Signal Officer, HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship)
25.02.1943
-
(05.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) & Captain (S) 4th Submarine Flotilla
29.05.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Wuchang (submarine depot ship, Trincomalee, Ceylon)
31.01.1944
-
10.05.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Ambrose  (base for 9th Submarine Flotilla, Dundee) & Captain (S) 9th Submarine Flotilla



HMS Ferret IV (captain surrended submarines, Londonderry) ??
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
01.01.1946
-
(04.)1946
staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
25.06.1946
-
(04.)1947
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Naples & Naval Liaison Officer to Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
17.11.1947
-
(05.1949)
Commanding Officer, HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier)
02.1950
-
(05.1950)
Commanding Officer, HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship)
08.10.1951
-
(07.1954)
Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty with Captain Superintendent of Contract-built Ships)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Gamble,
Louis John Hilary
L.J.H. Gamble
17.04.1914
-
08.09.1988

Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London
Cadet
01.09.1931
Midsh.
01.05.1932
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1934
S.Lt.
10.09.1936, seniority 01.10.1935
Lt.
16.08.1938
?, seniority 16.06.1938
A/Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1944
Lt.Cdr.
16.06.1946 (retd 15.12.1949)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
21.04.1942
attack on convoy 01.03.42
Mention in Despatches MID
11.10.1940
blocking Zeebrugge
Mention in Despatches MID
31.03.1942
attack on battle cruisers 12.02.42
05.09.1931
-
(01.1932)
HMS Valiant (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
02.01.1932
-
(09.1932)
HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet)
(01.1934)


no appointment listed
27.09.1934
-
(07.1935)
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
02.09.1935
-
(02.1936)
promotion course, Portsmouth
10.1936
-
(06.1938)
HMS Viscount (destroyer)
01.07.1938
-
(10.1938)
HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental esstablishment, Portsmouth) (miscellaneous duties)
03.1939
-
(04.1940)
Commanding Officer, MTB No. 15 [HMS Vulcan]
(02.1941)


HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) *
19.09.1941
-
(08.1942)
Commanding Officer, MTB 45 & SO 5th MTB Flotilla [HMS Wasp]
10.08.1942
-
(02.1943)
HMS Saker (RN base in the USA)
25.05.1943
-
(08.1943)
Commanding Officer, MTB 621 & SO 31st MTB Flotilla
10.1943
-
08.1944
HMS Rotherham (destroyer)
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
18.10.1945
-
(07.1946)
Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
06.01.1947
-
(07.1948)
HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Garden,
Archibald
A. Garden (Photo courtesy of Mr Ross Miller)

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07.12.1894
Petty, Inverness-Shire
-
died between 08.1989 and 12.1998
Seaman
? [J11838]
A/Gnr.
01.07.1923
Gnr.
?, seniority 01.07.1923
Cd.Gnr.
01.07.1933
Lt.
17.05.1941 (retd 07.12.1944; remained on active duty) (reverted to retd 24.10.1945)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE
08.06.1963
HM's birthday 63
Mention in Despatches MID
16.03.1943
Operation Torch (landings in N Africa 08.11.42)
(01.1925)


HMS Revenge (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) *
01.12.1925
-
(07.1927)
HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean)
12.11.1928
-
(10.)1930
Gunnery School, Devonport [HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport)]
15.12.1930
-
(09.1932)
HMS Malaya (battleship) (Home Fleet)
12.1933
-
16.05.1935
Commanding Officer, HMNZS Wakakura (trawler) **
(02.1937)


no apointment listed
21.06.1937
-
(07.)1937
HMS Birmingham (cruiser) [under construction]
01.09.1937
-
(10.1938)
HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (Home Fleet)
(02.1939)
-
(04.)1939
no appointment listed
28.08.1939
-
(02.1941)
HMS Neptune (cruiser)
10.05.1941
-
(08.1943)
HMS Rodney (battleship)
31.10.1943
-
(07.1945)
Gunnery School, Devonport [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)]
Naval Proof Officer, Royal Ordnance Factory, Chorley, Lancashire (1960s).

* indexed, but not listed as such
** (02.1936) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Gardner,
Lewis George
L.G. Gardner
(03?).1887
Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
-
died between 07.1952 and 07.1959
Lt.
30.06.1909
Lt.Cdr.
30.06.1917 (retd 04.11.1929; own request)
Cdr. (retd)
04.11.1929 (reverted to retd < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
16.08.1940
Dunkirk
14.07.1921
-
09.1923
Commanding Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer)
...
-
...
...
24.08.1939
-
(02.)1941
Staff Officer (Administration) on staff of Flag Officer Commanding Dover [HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover)]
22.09.1941
-
(12.1941)
Resident Naval Officer, Scarborough [HMS Paragon (RN base, Hartlepool)]
03.1942
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Stopford (Combined Operations training establishment, Bo'ness, West Lothian)
Garner,
Robert William
R.W. Garner (Photo courtesy of www.hmstecott.com)
27.12.1919
-
25.01.2001

South Dorset
T/A/L.Sea.
? [C/JX 144554]
A/S.Lt.
01.05.1943
S.Lt.
?, seniority 01.05.1943
Lt.
04.05.1944, seniority 16.06.1943
Lt.Cdr.
16.06.1951 (retd 27.12.1964)
Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1941
New Year 41
(1940)
-
(10.1942)
HMS Curacoa (cruiser)
(06.1943)
-
(08.1943)
no appointment listed
14.09.1943
-
(06.1944)
Third Hand, HMS Chiddingfold (destroyer)
01.1945
-
(07.1945)
First Lieutenant, HMS Tetcott (destroyer) 
15.01.1946
-
(04.1946)
HMS King Alfred (training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
(07.1948)


no appointment listed
05.12.1948
-
(05.)1949
HMS Bruce (boys' training establishment, Crail, Fife)
28.09.1949
-
(05.1950)
First Lieutenant, HMS Loch Veyatie (frigate)
11.12.1952
-
(05.1953)
HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier)
(04.1955)


HMS Chameleon (minesweeper) *
02.05.1955
-
(01.1956)
Commanding Officer, HMS Rattlesnake (minesweeper)
(01.1957)


HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *
28.09.1959
-
(07.1961)
First Lieutenant & NPM on staff of Flag Officer, Gibraltar [HMS Rooke (RN base, Gibraltar)]
05.11.1962
-
(02.1964)
Staff Officer, Severn Division RNR & in command HMS Venturer
* indexed, but not listed as such
Garnett,
Ian Graham Hartt
I.G.H. Garnett
I.G.H. Garnett (Photo courtesy of Mr Brian Peabody)
Married Barbara Anne Langrishe Hackett; at least one son: V.Adm. Ian David Graham Garnett.
29.11.1914
-
07.1996

Poole, Dorset
Cadet
01.01.1932
Midsh.
01.09.1932
A/S.Lt.
01.01.1935
S.Lt.
07.04.1936, seniority 01.07.1935
Lt.
01.10.1936
?, seniority 01.04.1936
Lt.Cdr.
01.04.1944
Cdr.
30.06.1949
Capt.
30.06.1957 (retd 09.07.1966)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
28.06.1940
2nd Battle of Narvik
16.01.1932
-
(09.1932)
HMS Valiant (battleship) (Home Fleet)
03.02.1933
-
(01.1934)
HMS Despatch (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
03.01.1935
-
(07.1935)
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
25.01.1936
-
(02.)1936
HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet)
09.07.1936
-
(07.)1937
HMS Capetown (cruiser) (China)
12.1937
-
(08.)1938
HMS Delight (destroyer) (China)
29.09.1938
-
(04.)1939
gunnery course, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
24.07.1939
-
(09.1939)
First Lieutenant, HMS Vesper (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore)
26.02.1940
-
(02.1941)
Gunnery Officer, HMS Bedouin (destroyer)
04.1942
-
(08.)1942
gunnery school, Devonport [HMS Drake]
14.09.1942
-
(10.)1943
Gunnery Officer, HMS Unicorn (aircraft maintenance ship)
16.11.1943
-
(06.)1944
HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
01.12.1944
-
(04.)1946
Gunnery Officer, HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship)
06.1946
-
(10.1947)
HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
12.01.1948
-
(07.1948)
Gunnery Officer, HMS Liverpool (cruiser)
08.10.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
(05.1953)


Admiralty [HMS President] *
08.03.1954
-
26.04.1955
Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Alvie (anti-submarine frigate)
19.07.1955
-
(01.1956)
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous duties)
(01.1957)


no appointment listed
15.07.1959
-
(07.)1961
Commanding Officer, HMS Cambridge (HM gunnery school, Wembury, nr Plymouth)
18.09.1961
-
(02.1964)
Representative at Bangkok & UK Military Adviser to SEATO [HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore)]
07.01.1966
-
07.07.1966
Naval ADC to the Queen
* indexed, but not listed as such
Garrett,
Charles Richard
C.R. Garrett

03.03.1901
Puri, Orissa, India
-
16.02.1968
Kenya
Cadet
?
Midsh.
?
S.Lt.
?
Lt.
15.12.1922
Lt.Cdr.
15.12.1930 (retd < 07.1935)
A/Cdr.
(06.1944)
Cdr. (retd)
?, seniority 13.03.1941 (reactivated 19.08.1939) (reverted to retd < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
14.11.1944
Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)
Education: RN College, Osborne
He played rugby for the RN against the All Blacks and commanded the Devonport Gun Crew at the Royal tournament in 1929. Played First Class cricket for the RN, 1926-1929.



served World War I (apparently on a battleship during the Battle for Jutland)
1920s ?


ADC to the Prince of Wales (Caribbean tour?)
1920s ?


Flag Lieutenant to the Earl of Cork and Orrery
24.06.1923
-
(08.1923)
HMS Dauntless (light cruiser) (temporary)
27.05.1924
-
(01.1925)
HMS Thunderer (battlesip) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) (temporary)
17.12.1926
-
(07.1927)
HMS Frobisher (cruiser) & as Squadron Physical & Recreational Training Officer, First Cruiser Squadron) (China)
13.03.1929
-
(08.)1929
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for School of Physical and Recreational Training)
14.11.1929
-
(02.1931)
HMS Despatch (cruiser) & as Fleet Physical & Recreational Training Officer, America and West Indies Station
(01.1932)


no appointment listed
17.03.1932
-
(01.1934)
staff, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
19.08.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Liverpool (cruiser)
02.12.1940
-
(02.)1941
Executive Officer, HMS Erebus (monitor)
10.11.1941
-
(08.)1943
RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(10.1943)
-
(06.1944)
no appointment listed
[quite common for personnel especially intended to take part in Operation Neptune]
?
-
(06.1944)
Naval Party 1658 [HMS Ascanius (depot ship, Normandy)] (under Eastern Task Force, allocated to Gooseberry 4 [part of Mulberry B harbours])
[also indicated as serving at HMS Matador (nominal depot ship for ferry service personnel in Red Ensign ships)]
04.12.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Ceres (cruiser)
Post-war a stockbroker (partner in Hichens, Harrison, Co., 1947-1957).
Garside,
Frederick Rodney
F.R. Garside

Only son of William Frederick Garside, and Alice Prudence Garside, of Bexhill-on-Sea.
Married (1931) Margaret Ada Beatrice Ramsay; one son, one daughter.
Lived at Kensington, London.
07.03.1897
Morden, Greater London, Surrey
-
08.07.1940
(KIA) [age 43]
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 1, column 1]
Cadet
?
Midsh.
31.07.1914
A/S.Lt.
15.05.1916
S.Lt.
15.11.1916
Lt.
15.12.1917
Lt.Cdr.
15.12.1925
Cdr.
31.12.1930
Capt.
31.12.1935
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
02.01.1939
New Year 39
Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth
01.1910


joined RN
1919
-
1918
served throughout European War in HMS Orion
25.10.1922
-
(08.1923)
Gunnery Officer, HMS Castor (light cruiser)
08.04.1924
-
(01.1925)
for gunnery duties at Shoeburyness [HMS President]
04.06.1925
-
17.06.1925
London Depot RAN [lent to RAN]
18.06.1925
-
02.08.1925
HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to Australia per SS ['Themis Rodeo'?])
03.08.1925
-
06.04.1926
HMAS Adelaide (cruiser) [lent to RAN]
07.04.1926
-
14.10.1927
HMAS Sydney (cruiser) & as Fleet Gunnery Officer [lent to RAN]
15.10.1927
-
07.02.1928
HMAS Cerberus & London Depot RAN (additional; for passage to UK per SS Orsova) [lent to RAN]
08.02.1928
-
(06.1928)
Gunnery Officer, HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean)
22.07.1929
-
(02.)1931
First Lieutenant, HMS Excellent (gunnery school,  Whale Island, Portsmouth)
12.11.1931
-
(06.1933)
Squadron Gunnery Officer, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Revenge (battleship)] (Mediterranean)
(01.1934)


no appointment listed
03.03.1934
-
(07.1934)
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services)
(02.1935)


no appointment listed
02.04.1935
-
(07.1935)
Executive Officer, HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (China)
(02.1936)


no appointment listed
16.10.1936
-
(10.)1938
Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
03.01.1939
-
08.07.1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Gloucester (cruiser) (01.1939 Devonport, 04.1939 East Indies, 09.1939 Simonstown, 05.1940 Mediterranean) [killed in action during an attack by Italian aircraft]
04.1939
-
09.1939
Flag Captain & Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station
Gartside-Tippinge,
Hugh
H. Gartside-Tippinge
(06?).1896
Birkenhead, Cheshire
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973
Prob. Flt. S/Lt. RNAS
?
Flt. S/Lt. RNAS
20.08.1917, seniority 04.06.1917
Lt.
15.11.1917
Lt.Cdr.
15.11.1925 (retd 23.04.1941)
Cdr. (retd)
23.04.1941 (reverted to retd 1946?)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
09.06.1949
HM's birthday 49
Mention in Despatches MID
23.12.1939
succesful actions against enemy submarines
08.1923
-
(01.1925)
HMS Valhalla (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet)
06.1927
-
(07.1927)
HMS Mackay (flotilla leader) (Atlantic Fleet)
28.07.1927
-
(08.1929)
Commanding Officer, HMS Watchman (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet)
18.09.1929
-
(02.1931)
Commanding Officer, HMS Cricket (gunboat) (China)
(01.1932)
-
(09.1932)
no appointment listed
20.01.1933
-
(01.1934)
HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore)
14.02.1935
-
(02.1936)
HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) (for Maintenance Reserve destroyers)
06.01.1937
-
(02.1937)
Commanding Officer, HMS Wolverine (destroyer) (Maintenance Reserve, Rosyth)
28.02.1937
-
(04.1939)
HMS Caledon (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) (for destroyers in reserve)
31.07.1939
-
(09.1939)
Commanding Officer, HMS Volunteer (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore)
19.02.1940
-
(08.1942)
HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)
04.02.1943
-
(06.1944)
Resident Naval Officer, Lossiemouth [HMS Bacchante]
04.12.1944
-
(04.1946)
Royal Naval Barracks, Plymouth [HMS Drake]
Gee,
Edward
E. Gee (Photo courtsey of Mr Richard Taylor)
Son of Robert Gee, of Fulham.
Married Winifred May Gee (born 02.06.1894, London).
06.04.1899
Fulham, Greater London
-
died between 08.1983 and 08.1989
Boy 2nd class
09.10.1914
Boy 1st class
06.04.1915
Ord.Sea.
06.10.1916
Ldg.Sea.
01.04.1919
Petty Officer
01.06.1921
A/Gnr. (T)
01.01.1925
Gnr. (T)
?, seniority 01.01.1925
Cd.Gnr. (T)
01.01.1935
Lt.
29.03.1942 (retd 01.05.1948; own request)
Mention in Despatches MID
14.01.1941
good service in minelayers
Mention in Despatches MID
01.07.1941
HM's birthday 41
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
?
?
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20