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Gambier, Robert Michael Gore	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? OON 25.11.1947 services to the Netherlands 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	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) DSC 21.04.1942 attack on convoy 01.03.42 MID 11.10.1940 blocking Zeebrugge 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	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) MBE 08.06.1963 HM's birthday 63 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	(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) 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	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) 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 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) 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	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) 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 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 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	(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?) OBE 09.06.1949 HM's birthday 49 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 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) MID 14.01.1941 good service in minelayers MID 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41 14|15 St ? ? BWM 14|20