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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
Gandy, Gerard Horace Married (03?).1920, Sheppey district, Kent) ... Noordamus.	29.04.1896 Bristol, Barton Regis district, Gloucestershire - 16.01.1987 Torbay district, Devon	Lt. 15.09.1917 (retd 05.05.1920; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.09.1925 A/Cdr. (retd) 03.1945? (reld 06.10.1945) Cdr. (retd) 08.05.1946 MID 13.10.1942 withdrawal from Hong Kong	15.01.1909     entered RN ... - ... ... 12.09.1939 Naval Provost Marshal Hong Kong [HMS Tamar] 13.05.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Cicala (river gunboat) [based at HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)] (12.1941)     no appointment listed 12.1941 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 10 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 2nd MTB Flotilla (Hong Kong) [Escaping as ordered after capitulation with remainder of Flotilla on 25th December. Then scuttling in Mirs Bay and bringing MTB party of 45 across China to Rangoon.] 02.1942 - 08.03.1942 served under Commodore Burma Coast until evacuation by sea 04.1942 - 05.1942 Lt-Commander in charge of Naval draft guarding 657 Italian POW's onboard HMT Narkuna on passage to UK 22.06.1942 - 1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Kingfisher (sloop) [based at HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon)] [experimental work and submarine escort duties at Clyde and Western Approaches] 21.02.1944 Squadron Commander, Major Landing Craft [HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)] 03.1945 - 07.1945 Squadron Commander "L" LCT Squadron in Antwerp and Holland [HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)] 07.1945 - 10.1945 Squadron Commander "P" LCT Squadron [HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)]
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, Herbert Son of Herbert and Constance Gladys Gardner. Married (1946) Catherine Mary Roe, Perth, WA (predeceased him).	23.10.1921 - 21.03.2006 [cremated in Perth, Western Australia; ashes scattered in the ocean]	Cadet (E) 01.01.1940 Midsh. (E) 01.09.1940 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.05.1942 S.Lt. (E) 16.04.1943 A/Lt. (E) > 10.1943, < 12.1943 Lt. (E) 16.03.1943 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.03.1951 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1955 Capt. (E) 30.06.1964 Cdre. 06.1971 R.Adm. 07.07.1973 (retd 31.03.1977) CB 1976 ? 39|45 St ? - Bur St ? & clasp Pacific DefM ? - BWM 39|45 ? -	Education: Taunton School; Weymouth College. 01.01.1940 - 10.09.1940 special entry cadet, RN College, Dartmouth 11.09.1940 - (1944?) engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 04.01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Nigeria (cruiser) 1944 - 1944 HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 11.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) (from 04.1945 4th Submarine Flotilla, Fremantle) 31.07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Totem (submarine) 18.03.1947 - (05.)1949 Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President] 29.09.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Telemachus (submarine) 01.09.1952 - (07.)1954 Admiralty Development Establishment (at Messrs. Vickers-Armstrong, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness) [HMS President] 11.10.1954 - (01.)1956 HMS Eagle 21.05.1956 - (01.1957) HMS Caledonia 07.10.1958 - (01.1959) Staff Engineer Officer & Staff Atomic, Bacterial and Chemical Defence Officer, 6th Frigate Squadron [HMS Blackpool] 26.04.1960 - (07.1961) Assistant (Production) to Manager Engineering Department, Rosyth Dockyard [HMS Cochrane] 16.11.1963 - (02.)1964 HMS Maidstone 1964 Deputy Manager, Engineering Department, Devonport Dockyard 27.10.1967 - (02.)1968 Chief Engineer and Production Manager, Singapore Dockyard 20.11.1968 - (02.1969) Chief Staff Officer (Technical) to Commander Far East Fleet [HMS Terror] 1970 course at Imperial Defence College 06.1971 - 1973 Chief Staff Officer to Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 1974 - 1976 Vice President, Ordnance Board 1976 - 1977 President, Ordnance Board Chartered engineer.
Gardner, Lewis George	20.11.1886 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	15.05.1902     entered RN 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, Charles Henry Lived at Littleborne, nr Canterbury, Kent. Married ((09?).1912, Bridge district, Kent) Daisy Rye; ... children (two? sons, one? daughter, one of whom is Lt.Cdr. Robert William Garner, RN).	15.06.1883 Edmonton, Middlesex - 27.01.1959 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Boy 2nd cl. 26.09.1898 [201246] Boy 1st cl. 16.06.1903 Ord.Sea. 15.06.1901 AB Sea. 26.04.1902 Ldg.Sea. 17.07.1905 Petty Offr. 2nd cl. 11.01.1906 Petty Offr. 1st cl. 01.01.1907 (1), 24.04.1910 (2) Petty Offr. (NS) 27.07.1911 A/Gnr. 18.09.1912 Gnr. 27.09.1913, seniority 18.09.1912 (retd 19.11.1920; own request) Cd.Gnr. (retd) 01.05.1941 Lt. (retd) 01.05.1944 (dispersal 08.04.1946) (reld 03.06.1946)	Errand boy. 26.08.1898 - 31.01.1900 HMS Impregnable (boys' training establishement, Devonport) 01.02.1900 - 26.02.1900 HMS Agincourt (frigate) 27.02.1900 - 02.02.1903 HMS Furious (cruiser) 03.02.1903 - 24.02.1903 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 25.02.1903 - 06.01.1904 HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) 07.01.1904 - 17.01.1905 HMS Pembroke I (RN base, Chatham) 18.01.1905 - 14.09.1905 HMS ... [Ellestrower??] 15.09.1905 - 10.01.1906 HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) 11.01.1906 - 16.03.1906 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 17.03.1906 - 30.11.1906 HMS Aboukir (armoured cruiser) 01.12.1906 - 30.03.1908 HMS Leviathan (armoured cruiser) 31.03.1908 - 23.04.1910 HMS Black Prince (cruiser) 24.04.1910 - 30.11.1911 HMS Pembroke I (RN base, Chatham) 01.12.1911 - 04.01.1912 HMS Lord Nelson (battleship) 05.01.1912 - 31.05.1912 HMS Pembroke I (RN base, Chatham) 01.06.1912 - 06.09.1912 HMS Vernon (torpedo school ship, Portsmouth) 07.09.1912 - 17.09.1912 HMS Pembroke I (RN base, Chatham) 19.10.1912  - 16.09.1913 HMS St Vincent (battleship) (FDD [?; = fire direction duties ?], from 07.11.1912 Instructional duties) 16.09.1913 - 13.04.1915 HMS Tyne (depot ship for 8th TBD Flotilla, Chatham) (for torpedo boat destroyers) 13.04.1915 - 06.1915 HMS Violent (torpedo boat destroyer) (for firing course) [based at HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)] (06?).1915 - 1915? HMS Thunderer (battleship) (for course) 1915? - 12.03.1919 HMS Colossus (battleship) (for Director Firing duties) 12.03.1919 - 14.07.1919 HMS Norseman (torpedo boat destroyer) [based at HMS Apollo (destroyer depot ship, Devonport)] 14.07.1919 - 06.01.1920 HMS Prince George (battleship) (for Squadron Director duties with Chatham Torpedo Boat Destroyer Defence Flotilla) 06.01.1920 - 20.11.1920 HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (for Director Firing duties) 28.09.1938 - 03.10.1938 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for new entries) 20.07.1939 - 08.04.1946 on the Active List, but no appointment listed; service record suggests HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for depot duties *) * An evaluation in his service record rates him as 'satifactory, above average while in sole charge of a large and important Department in the Depot'
Garner, Robert William Son of Lt. Charles Henry Garner, RN, and Daisy Rye.	27.12.1919 Bridge district, Kent - 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, Edward Thomasson	21.02.1910 Bristol, Long Ashton district, Somerset - died between 08.1987 and 08.1991 ?	Cadet 01.05.1927 Midsh. 01.01.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1930 S.Lt. 16.01.1931 Lt. 16.03.1933 (retd 1938) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 27.08.1942 (reverted to retd < 04.1946)	30.04.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Tiger (battlecruiser; sea going gunnery firing ship, Portsmouth) 01.1928 - (04.)1930 HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) 01.05.1930 - (02.)1931 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 1931 - 1931 promotion course, Portsmouth (23.07.1931 aviators' certificate #9982 taken on D.H. 60 X Cirrus II 30/80 h.p. at Hampshire Aeroplane Club) 31.12.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Tempest (destroyer) (Nore) 19.07.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Worcester (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 03.02.1933 - (02.)1935 HMS Tarantula (gunboat) (China) (07.1935) no appointment listed 15.08.1935 - (07.)1937 HMS Dragon (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 23.07.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet) (04.1940)     no appointment listed 24.09.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Seaborn II (RN base, Halifax, NS) 10.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Broadway (destroyer) (12.1941)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 01.12.1941 - (07.1945) on staff of British Admiralty Maintenance and Supply Representative [HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, USA)]
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
Garson, Robin William "Bob" Second son of Peter Garson, and Ada Frances Newton (she re-married 1943 Alfred H. Paice). Married (04.02.1946, Rothesay, Isle of Bute) Joy Ligertwood Hickman, widow of W/Cdr. A.M. Taylor, DFC, of Tydd, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire; one son, one daughter.	13.11.1921 Richmond district, Surrey - 26.01.2006 Old Hunstanton, Norfolk	S.Lt. 01.01.1942 Lt. 01.02.1943, seniority 01.04.1942 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1950 Cdr. 31.12.1956 Capt. 30.06.1966 (retd 28.07.1975) Cdre. 1973-1975 CBE 14.06.1975 HM's birthday 75	Education: School of Oriental and African Studies. Qualified as interpreter 2nd class in Japanese, 02.1951. 1937     entered RN       HMS Resolution (battleship)       HMS Nigeria (cruiser) 15.07.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 10.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Seawolf (submarine) 1944?     HMS H 33 (submarine) (04.1944) - (01.)1945 HMS Spark (submarine) * 04.06.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Universal (submarine) 12.07.1945 - (10.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Uther (submarine) 18.12.1945 - 03.05.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Seraph (submarine)       Commanding Officer, HMS Saga 01.02.1947 - (04.1947) Executive Officer, HMS Sanguine (07.1948)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 15.09.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (for miscellaneous duties)       Commanding Officer, HMS Springer       Commanding Officer, HMS Thule 06.12.1952 - 1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Astute (07.1954) - (01.1956) HMS Astute * 17.11.1956 - (1958) Commanding Officer, HMS Chaser (submarine support ship) & Senior Officer, Submarines, Portland (01.1959)     HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) * 30.12.1959 - (07.1961) SSMO on staff of British Joint Services Mission, Washington, DC [HMS Saker] 25.06.1962 - (02.)1963 Commander Submarines, 1st Submarine Squadron [HMS Dolphin] 07.10.1963 - (02.1964) Executive Officer, HMS Ariel (air electrical school and RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) 13.04.1965     HMS President (for duty at CINCEASTLANT) 15.09.1966 - (02.)1968 HMS Terror (for duty on staff of Commander, Far East Fleet as Chief Staff Officer (Intelligence)) (02.1969)     RN College, Greenwich * 05.03.1969 - 1971 staff of Commander British Naval Staff, Washington [HMS Saker] (for duty as Senior Polaris UK Representative) 1971 - 1973 Captain, 1st Submarine Squadron 05.10.1973 - 1975 Commodore, RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 07.07.1974 - 07.01.1975 also: Naval ADC to the Queen Director of Leisure Services, London Borough of Hillingdon, 1975-1986. Adviser to AMA on Arts and Recreation, 1976-1986; Adviser to Sports Council, 1985-1986; Member, Library Advisory Council (England), 1977-1983. Patron, RN Submarine Museum, 1990-.
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]
Garwood, Robert Cecil Somers Married; ... children (one daughter?).	13.07.1901 - 09.1987 RN Hospital, Haslar, Hampshire	Midsh. 15.09.1917 S.Lt. 15.05.1921 Lt. 15.02.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1931 Cdr. 30.06.1938 (retd 16.09.1948) A/Capt. 24.08.1942 till (04.1944?) CBE 12.11.1946 ? [investiture 20.05.47] DSO 11.09.1945 anti U-boat operations 20.04.45 [investiture 09.07.46]	(01.1919)     HMS Lion (battlecruiser) 01.01.1923 submarine course, HMS Dolphin 13.04.1923 HMS Conqueror (as spare officer) 19.04.1923 - (08.1923) HMS K 12 (submarine) (for navigating duties in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) [tender to HMS Conquest] 01.01.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (China) (as spare 3rd officer) 06.05.1926     HMS Victory (for special service) 24.06.1926 - (02.)1927 HMS Tiger (battlecruiser; seagoing gunnery firing ship, Portsmouth) (additional) 15.04.1927 - 30.04.1927 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (as spare First Lieutenant for submarines) 01.05.1927 - (07.1927) First Lieutenant, HMS L 21 (submarine) [tender to HMS Conquest] 03.1928 - (06.)1928 submarine Commanding Officers' course [HMS Alecto] 01.09.1928 - 28.09.1928 HMS Dlophn (submarine depot, Gosport) (as spare Commanding Officer for submarines) 29.09.1928 - 08.11.1929 Commanding Officer, HMS H 49 (submarine) [tender to HMS Vulcan] 14.01.1930 - 25.06.1930 HMS President (for study of Russian at King's College) 26.06.1930 - 04.1931 HMS President (for 9 months' study of Russian in Estonia) [qualified as interpreter in Russian 04.1931] 20.04.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 27.06.1932 HMS Ross (twin-screw minesweeper) 23.08.1932  - (09.1932) Commanding Officer, HMS H 48 (submarine) (temporarily) [tender to HMS Alecto] 10.01.1933 - 31.05.1933 in command of Group "D" Submarines [HMS L 16 & HMS L 20] in reserve at Portsmouth [tenders to HMS Pigmy] 01.06.1933 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS L 22 (submarine) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 11.06.1934 - 01.1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Regulus (submarine) (China) [tender to HMS Medway] (02.1937)     no appointment listed 26.07.1937  - 16.09.1937 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time) 17.09.1937 - (06.)1938 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) (08.1938)     no appointment listed 30.09.1938 - 31.12.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Tarpon (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 01.01.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Seaborn (accounting base, Halifax, NS) & as Staff Officer (Operations) to Rear Admiral Commanding Third Battle Squadron 08.1941 - 23.01.1942 Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services) 24.01.1942 - 06.1942 HMS Saker II (accounting base, Washington, USA) 06.1942 - 23.08.1942 Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services) 24.08.1942 - (12.1943) Naval Liaison Officer to Soviet Black Fleet [HMS President] Naval Liaison Officer to 14th Army, Burma (04.1944)     no appointment listed 10.05.1944 - 09.07.1944 HMS Towy (frigate) 10.07.1944 - 02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Bentinck (frigate) 24.09.1945 - (04.1946) Naval Officer-in-Charge, Sourabaya [HMS Sultan] (07.1948)     no appointment listed
Gay, George Wilsmore Son of late Eng.Cdr. George Murch Gay (1875-1933), and Olive T. Allen. Cousin of Lt. Cedric Charles Fielding Scarlett, RN. Married ((03?).1941, Plymouth district, Devon) Nancy Agnes Clark ((12?).1916 - ), daughter of Robert J.H. Clark, and Mary W. Crocker; two sons, one daughter.	02.10.1913 Portsmouth - 15.11.2001 Plymouth district, Devon	Cadet (E) 1930? Midsh. (E) 01.01.1932 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.05.1934 S.Lt. (E) 01.12.1934 Lt. (E) 01.12.1936 A/Lt.Cdr. (E) < 10.1943 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.06.1944 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1947 Capt. (E) 31.12.1958 R.Adm. (E) 07.01.1967 (retd 14.04.1969) CB 01.01.1969 New Year 69 MBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46 DSC 29.06.1943 successful submarine patrols [investiture 18.04.44]	Education: Eastman's School, Southsea; Nautical College, Pangbourne. 1930     entered RN 1930 - 1932 cadet training 14.01.1932 - (07.)1935 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham 20.08.1935 - (07.)1937 HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 03.01.1938 - (02.)1938 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 15.04.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) 09.01.1939 - 11.1940 Engineering Officer, HMS Porpoise (minelaying submarine) (North Sea) (02.1941)     HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) * 28.06.1941 - 26.10.1943 Engineering Officer, HMS Clyde (submarine) (Gibraltar) (DSC) 26.10.1943 - 1946 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) (responsible for engineering support to Motor Torpedo Boats and submarines) (MBE) 01.04.1946 - 1947 a Second Assistant to the Manager, Engineering Department, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 08.10.1947 - (07.)1948 Engineering Officer, HMS Euryalus (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 11.1948 - (05.)1950 Squadron Engineer Officer, 1st Submarine Squadron, HMS Forth 12.02.1951 - (05.)1953 Training Commander, HMS Raleigh (new entry training establishment, Torpoint, Cornwall) 16.11.1953 - (04.)1955 Admiralty Engineer Overseer, Vickers Armstrong Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness [Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty, HMS President] (and for duty with submarines) 20.09.1955     HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 03.01.1956 - 1958 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse and 5th Submarine Squadron) 05.03.1958     Senior Officer's  War Course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] (01.1959)     no appointment listed 1959 - 1960 HM Dockyard, Malta [HMS St Angelo] 07.12.1960 - 29.01.1963 Commanding Officer, HMS Sultan (marine propulsion machinery school, Gosport) 05.03.1963 - 1966 Chief Staff Officer. Material to Flag Officer Submarines [HMS Dolphin] 22.04.1966     Admiralty Interview Board [HMS Sultan] 10.01.1967 - 17.02.1969 Director­General of Naval Training, Admiralty [HMS President] (CB) FIMechE (MIMechE 1958). Justice of the Peace (JP), Plymouth, 1970.
Gay, Gerald John Sandeman Only son (with two sisters) of Bt.Col. Levi John Albert Gay, TD (1881-1940), and Isobel Maud Sandeman (1880-1952), of Four Oaks, Warwickshire. Married (18.03.1933, Plymouth, Devonport district, Devonshire) Mary Herma Picton (born (06?).1910), younger daughter of J. Sidney Picton, and Mrs Picton, of Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire; one son, one daughter.	(09?).1909 Epsom district, Surrey - 17.01.1942 (MPK) [age 32] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 63, column 1] [commemorated at Saundersfoot (St Issell's) War Memorial, Pembroke]	Cadet (E) 01.01.1928 Midsh. (E) 01.01.1929 S.Lt. (E) 01.03.1931 A/Lt. (E) 29.06.1933, seniority 01.03.1933 Lt. (E) 01.03.1933 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.03.1941	Education: Bishop Vesey's School, Warwickshire. 01.01.1928 - 09.01.1929 special entry cadet, HMS Erebus (monitor; cadet training ship, Devonport) 10.01.1929 - (09.1932) engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 07.01.1933 - (11.1934) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) (02.1935)     no appointment listed 25.03.1935 - (02.)!937 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean) 27.05.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Greyhound (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 04.05.1938 - (04.)1939 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 13.06.1939 - (09.)1939 HMS Centurion (target vessel) (Home Fleet) 10.10.1939 - 02.1941 HMS Larne (destroyer) [while under construction], renamed: 02.1941 - 17.01.1942 HMS Gurkha (destroyer) [ship torpedoed & sunk by U-133 off the Libyan coast] Was one of the representatives of the Royal Navy upon several occasions for bayonet fencing (individual combats) at the Royal Torunament and he also was a runner of some repute while at Keyham.
Gee, Edward Son of Robert Gee, of Fulham. Married ((06?).1925, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Winifred May Hickson (02.06.1895, London - ).	06.04.1899 Fulham, Greater London - died between 08.1983 and 08.1989 ?	Boy 2nd class 09.10.1914 [J32617] 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 ? ? VM ? ? 39|45 St ? ? Atl St ? ? DefM ? possibly (& possibly others) BWM 39|45 ? ?	09.10.1914 HMS Powerful (training ship) 21.04.1915 HMS Andes (armed merchant cruiser) (North Sea) 13.10.1916 HMS Victory I (RN base, Portsmouth) 20.03.1917 HMS Greenwich (depot ship) (Scapa Flow) [Seaman Torpedoman 19.10.1917-31.05.1921; Leading Torpedo Operator 08.03.1918-04.08.1921] 24.03.1918 HMS M 17 (coastal monitor) [based at HMS Europa II (headquarters ship), from 01.01.1919 HMS Caesar (depot ship)] (Mediterranean & Black Sea) 01.10.1919 HMS Vernon (torpedo training school, Portsmouth) [Torpedo Gunner's Mate 05.08.1921] 04.01.1923 HMS Barham (battleship) 21.09.1923 HMS Vernon (torpedo training school, Portsmouth) 01.09.1925 - (06.1928) HMCS Patriot (destroyer) [lent to RCN] 01.1929 - 04.1929 RN College, Greenwich 08.04.1929 - 06.1930 HMS Marlborough (battleship) (3rd Battle Squadron) 02.07.1930 - (01.)1932 HMCS Champlain (destroyer) [lent to RCN from 30.06.1930] 26.07.1932 - (07.1935) HMS Wolfhound (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 29.11.1935 - 12.12.1935 London Depot RAN [lent to RAN] 13.12.1935 - 22.01.1936 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Williamstown, Vict.) (additional; for passage to Australia per SS Narkunda)  [lent to RAN] 23.01.1936 - 13.01.1938 HMAS Vendetta (destroyer) [lent to RAN] 14.01.1938 - 21.01.1938 HMAS Vendetta (destroyer) (additional) [lent to RAN] 22.01.1938 - 16.02.1938 HMAS Penguin (depot ship) (Sydney, NSW) (additional) [lent to RAN] 17.02.1938 - 23.05.1938 London Depot RAN (additional; for passage to New York per SS Niagara & per SS Alaunia to UK, followed by FS leave) [lent to RAN] 02.06.1938 - (12.1941) HMS Plover (coastal minelayer) 03.06.1942 - (08.1942) Instructional Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Brighton) (02.1943) - (06.1943) HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Brighton) * (08.1943) no appointment listed 1943? HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto) (10.1943) HMS President (Admiralty) * (12.1943) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 06.12.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) 06.1944 aboard SS Troilus (presumably in transit to Australia) 04.12.1944 HMAS Penguin 15.12.1944 HMS Nabbington (RAAF Station, Nowra, NSW) 03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Nabbington (Mobile Naval Air Base I, Nowra, NSW) (04.1946) no appointment listed 07.1946 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)
Geekie, Bernard John Son of William Bernard and Nellie Geekie. Married ((06?).1919, St Giles district, London / Middlesex) Mrs Norah Kathleen Howell (née Megone) (23.09.1887 - 02.1985), widow of Colin Ellis Howell; one daughter. Residence: (1940) Cosham, Portsmouth.	1889 - 03.11.1940 RN Hospital, Haslar (died after three days' illness) [age 52] [Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, M.7.3]	T/Dent.Surg. RNVR =  T/Sg.Lt. (D) RNVR 07.09.1917 Sg.Lt. (D) 11.03.1920, seniority 05.08.1914 Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) 05.08.1920 (retd 11.06.1933) Sg.Cdr. (D) (retd) 11.06.1933	Education: Magdalene College School, Oxford; LDS, RCS (1911). also served in the 1914-18 War in the RNVR 11.03.1920     transferred to Permanent List RN 26.01.1923 - (05.)1926 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 29.05.1926 - (02.)1927 Royal Hospital, Haslar [HMS Victory] (07.1927)     no appointment listed (04.1928) - (06.1928) no appointment listed 17.08.1928 - (02.)1931 Royal Hospital, Bermuda [HMS Malabar] 01.10.1931 - (01.)1932 Medical Officers' post-graduate course [HMS President] 19.01.1932 - 11.06.1933 RM Infirmary, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 26.08.1939 - 03.11.1940 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
George VI, King see for full names & titles: www.regiments.org (sample page)	14.12.1895 York Cottage, Sandingham - 06.02.1952 Sandingham House, Norfolk	Cadet 14.01.1909 Midsh. 15.09.1913 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1915 S.Lt. 15.05.1916 A/Lt. 30.08.1916 Lt. 1918, seniority 15.06.1916 Cdr. 31.12.1920 Capt. 30.06.1925 R.Adm. 03.06.1932 V.Adm. 01.01.1936 Adm. 21.01.1936 Adm. of the Fleet 11.12.1936 see for full list of awards & decorations: www.regiments.org	Education: RN Colleges Osborne (14.01.1909-13.12.1910) & Dartmouth (14.01.1911-18.12.1912) 14.01.1909     entered RN 17.01.1913 - 08.07.1913 HMS Cumberland (training cruiser) (Devonport, Atlantic) 15.09.1913 - 1916 HMS Collingwood (battleship) [actually joining the ship 29.09.1913] served in the Great War (present at Battle of Jutland, MID, received: 1914 star with clasp, British War and Allied Victory medals, Knt. Military Order of Savoy of Italy, Knt. 4th class with swords of the Order of St Vladimir of Russia) 20.11.1916 - 1917 served on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 11.1917 transferred to RN Air Service 10.12.1936 - 06.02.1952 King of Great Britain, Ireland, etc.
Gibbs, Edward Albert Married; ... children. Residence: (1970s) Barton House, East Anstey, Tiverton, Devon.	21.04.1903 Hendon district, Middlesex - 22.07.1982 Taunton Deane district, Somerset	A/S.Lt. 15.09.1923 S.Lt. 19.03.1925, seniority 30.04.1924 Lt. 30.04.1926 Lt.Cdr. 30.04.1934 Cdr. 30.06.1939 A/Capt. 1944 Capt. 31.12.1946 (retd 11.02.1949) DSO 23.12.1939 succesful actions against enemy submarines DSO 21.03.1941 Operation Menace (sinking submarine) DSO 22.12.1942 action with U162, 02.09.42 DSO 06.07.1943 destruction U-boat, 25.04.43 MID 10.11.1942 Operation Pedestal (Gibraltar-Malta convoy 08.42) MID 13.04.1943 rescue Strathallan 11.12.42	18.08.1924 - (01.1925) promotion course, Portsmouth 03.01.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Vivacious (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 27.07.1929 - (07.1929) HMS Vivien (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 27.07.1929 - (04.1930) HMS Walpole (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 20.01.1931 - (09.1932) First Lieutenant, HMS Beagle (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (01.1934) no appointment listed 01.05.1934 - (07.1935) HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (for emergency destroyers) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) 13.01.1936 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS Wren (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 11.1936 - (04.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Hasty (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 15.07.1939 - (09.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Fortune (destroyer) 07.01.1941 - (02.1941) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 06.01.1942 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Pathfinder (destroyer) 17.03.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Cochrane (depot ship Rosyth) 26.06.1944 - (07.1945) Captain (D) Newfoundland [on loan to RCN] [HMS Avalon] 08.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr. Winchester)
Gibbs, Frank Bridger Son of Frank William and Margarette Annie Gibbs (née Bridger). Husband of Eileen Josephine Gibbs.	(06?).1914 Petworth district, Sussex - 24.12.1941 (KIA) [age 27] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1] [commemorated on the Haslemere High Street War memorial]	Midsh. 01.09.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1935 S.Lt. 01.08.1935 Lt. 01.12.1937 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41 (for service aboard HMS H 44)	03.09.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Exeter (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 03.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 03.01.1935 - 01.09.1935 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 02.09.1935 - (02.)1936 promotion course, Portsmouth 30.10.1936 - (04.)1940 HMS Rorqual (submarine) (4th Submarine Flotilla) 1940 - 1940 HMS H 44 (submarine) 12.09.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Unbeaten (submarine) ? - 24.12.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS H 31 (submarine) (lost in Bay of Biscay)
Gibbs, George Louis Downall Son (with four brothers and one sister) of Rev. William Cobham Gibbs (1845-1918), and Annie Katharina Downall (?-1924). Married (21.09.1926) Susan Fayth Harding-Newman (11.08.1900-05.02.1942), daughter of Francis Robert Harding-Newman, and Florence Susan Willes; two daughters.	30.07.1882 Abingdon district, Berkshire / Oxfordshire - 31.10.1956 Gloucester, Gloucestershire	A/S.Lt. 15.04.1902 S.Lt. 21.05.1903, seniority 15.04.1902 Lt. ? Lt.Cdr. ? Cdr. 30.06.1915 (retd 22.03.1923; own request) Capt. (retd) 30.07.1927 DSO 25.07.1916 Commanded a division of destroyers of Dover Patrol with marked ability and dash in action against the enemy 12.15-05.1916 DSO 04.05.1943 HM's birthday 43: Operation Torch [investiture 18.04.44] MID 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee (Dieppe raid 08.42) MID 13.04.1915 operations of Dover Patrol off the Belgian coast 10-11.14 [HMS Crusader] MID 22.06.1917 ? MID 07.06.1918 action with enemy submarines	15.05.1897 entered RN (01.1919)     RN College, Dartmouth 04.09.1939 - ? HM's Consul at Narvik (04.1940)     no appointment listed 18.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for special service) 06.09.1941 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Queen Emma (troopship) 25.04.1944 - 11.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) (04.1946) no appointment listed
Gibson, Alexander Pollock Son of Henry Wilkes Gibson and Jane Grant Gibson. Husband of Margaret Annis Gibson, of Frampton, Dorsetshire.	(12?).1902 Hampstead, Greater London, Middlesex - 23.08.1940 [age 37] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 36. column 1]	A/S.Lt. 15.09.1922 S.Lt. 30.05.1923 Lt. 30.06.1925 Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1933 Cdr. 30.06.1937 MID 18.02.1941 Danube expedition 04-06.40	(08.1923) short course of instruction 20.03.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Hollyhock (sloop) (China) (05.1926) no appointment listed 20.04.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Vampire (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 03.01.1929 - (04.)1930 advanced qualifying course for torpedo duties, RN College, Greenwich  [HMS President] 14.06.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 23.07.1931 - (09.1932) Torpedo Officer, HMS Campbell (flotilla leader) (Atlantic Fleet) 23.08.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) 29.04.1935 - (07.)1937 Torpedo Officer, HMS Apollo (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 15.11.1937 - 02.03.1940 Squadron Torpedo Officer, Destroyer Flotillas Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Galatea (cruiser) (Mediterranean)] (04.1940) HMS Delhi (cruiser) * 1940 - 23.08.1940 HMS Hostile (destroyer) (ship mined in central Mediterranean) * indexed, but not listed as such
Gibson, Hugh Desmond Campbell Also used as last name: Campbell-Gibson. Younger son of R.Adm. (E) Cuthbert Walter Sumner Gibson, CB (1890-1971), and Grace Campbell Baldwin (?-1968), of Pyrford, Surrey. Married (05.03.1949, St Peter's, Yately, Surrey) Deirdre M.P. Wilson, only daughter of the late Lt.Col. W.M.C. Wilson, and Mrs B. Campbell Wilson, of Yately, Camberley, Surrey; one daughter, two sons.	(09?).1924 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 22.06.2008 [age 83]	S.Lt. 16.10.1943 Lt. 16.10.1945 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1953 (retd)	... - ... ... ? - (10.1944) HMS Windsor ? - (07.1945) HMS Hornet ? - (04.1946) HMS Sussex ... - ... ...
Gibson, Ian Graeme Married ((06?).1940, Westminster district, London) Monica M. Alleyn, daughter of Mrs Mary Alleyn, of Button Juggs, Henley-on-Thames.	02.06.1906 Bromley district, London - 08.06.2001 Henley district, Berkshire / Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire	Midsh. 15.05.1924 A/S.Lt. 12.09.1926 S.Lt. 30.04.1927 Lt. 30.01.1929 (emgcy 13.04.1930) Lt.Cdr. (emgcy) 30.10.1937 Cdr. (retd) ? A/Capt. (retd) > 01.1956, < 01.1957 Capt. (retd) > 01.1957, < 07.1961 (reverted to retd late 1960s?) OBE 12.06.1958 HM's birthday 58 (on loan to Government of India)	15.05.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS Dublin (cruiser) (Africa) 22.05.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Lowestoft (cruiser) 30.12.1926 - (07.1927) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.03.1928 - (05.)1928 HMS Carysfort (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) (for emergency destroyers) 01.05.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 10.01.1930 - (04.)1930 HMS Vidette (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 21.08.1939 - (02.1964) Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 21.08.1939 - (02.)1941 an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Sheffield Area 15.09.1941 - (08.1942) Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Liverpool (Home Fleet) 04.01.1943 - (02.1943) Naval Ordnance Inspecting Officer, Algiers (Mediterranean Station) (08.1943) - (12.1943) Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Gibraltar (Western Mediterranean) (04.1944) - (06.)1944 Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Malta (Western Mediterranean) 07.1944 - (01.)1945 Deputy Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Eastern Mediterranean (07.)1945 - (04.1946) Deputy Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Mediterranean 30.03.1948 - (05.1950) HMS President 01.01.1952 - (07.1954) Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Birmingham 20.01.1956 - (01.1957) Director of Naval Armament Inspection, Bombay (on loan to Government of India) 14.03.1958 - (02.1964) Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Sheffield (under Naval Ordnance Inspection Division, Weapons Department, Admiralty)
Gibson, Isham Worsley 3rd son of late Dr J.E. Gibson of Cowes. Married (1914, Devonport) Phyllis, daughter of late Captain Morrish, RN; one son, one daughter.	12.06.1882 Cowes, Isle of Wight - 30.11.1950 [East Boldre, Hants ?]	A/S.Lt. 15.07.1901? S.Lt. 24.11.1902, seniority 15.07.1901 Lt. 03.06.1903, seniority 15.01.1902 [Lt.Cdr.] 15.01.1910 Cdr. 31.12.1914 Capt. 30.06.1920 R.Adm. 14.10.1932 (retd 15.10.1932) OBE 16.09.1919 for valuable services during the war MVO 1901 ?	15.07.1896 entered RN Midshipman of Windsor, RN Guard of Honour, Queen Victoria's Funeral (MVO) 1914 - 1918 served European War: Gunnery Officer, HMS Albion (battleship), Dardanelles, 1915; beachmaster, Suvla Bay, Gallipoli (despatches, OBE) 1922 - 1924 Naval War College 14.10.1924 - 1926 Commanding Officer, HMS Dragon (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 22.06.1927 - (04.)1930 Director of Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 16.09.1930 - (02.)1931 Commanding Officer, HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 13.08.1931 - 03.08.1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Exeter (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 04.07.1932 - 14.10.1932 Naval ADC to the King (08.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed (06.1943) HMS President * * indexed, but not listed as such
Gibson, James Geoffrey Clemons	09.10.1898 - (03?).1982 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	S.Lt. 15.11.1917 Lt. 15.11.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.11.1927 (retd 22.01.1934; own request) Cdr. (retd) 01.09.1940 (reverted to retd < 04.1946) OBE 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41	08.1914     entered RN 15.01.1919 - (1919) HMS President (for course at Cambridge University) 01.05.1923 - (01.1925) First Lieutenant, HMS P 38 (patrol boat) (Portland) (07.1927) no appointment listed 07.02.1928 - (04.)1930 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) (10.1930) no appointment listed 27.11.1930 - (01.)1932 First Lieutenant, HMS Hastings (sloop) (Persian Gulf) 15.01.1932 - (09.1932) First Lieutenant, HMS Bideford (sloop) (Persian Gulf) (05.1933) - (06.1933) no appointment listed (01.1934) no appointment listed 02.10.1939 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Huddersfield Town (anti-submarine trawler) (1940) HMS Skirmisher (base, Milford Haven) 15.10.1940 - (04.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Heather (corvette) 19.06.1942 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Folkestone (sloop) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Gibson, Paul Georges Lawrence [name of choice for service with the RN]	? -	T/Lt. 03.07.1940 (reld 1944)	Frenchman, who joined the Royal Navy after the fall of France 07.10.1940 - (02.1941) First Lieutenant, MTB 70 [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)] (02.1942) Commanding Officer, MTB 221 23.04.1942 - 09.1943 HMS Dinosaur 07.09.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Copra (for LCT duty)
Gibson, Peter Rawstorne Johnstone Son of William Johnstone Gibson, and Olive Artherson Rawstorne.	20.08.1920 Umtata, South Africa - 18.04.1943 (MPK) [age 22] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 72, column 3]	Cadet 01.05.1938 Midsh. 01.09.1939 S.Lt. 01.12.1940 Lt. 16.05.1942	Education: Umtata High School; South African Training Ship "General Botha", Cadet Draft 1936-7. 01.05.1938 - 03.08.1939 special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 04.08.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Durban (cruiser) 29.11.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Cyclops (depot ship for 7th Submarine Flotilla, Rothesay) (for submarines) 21.07.1942 - 18.04.1943 HMS Regent (submarine) (sank off the coast of Bisceglie (Barletta) after a collision with a mine; complete crew missing, presumed killed)
Gick, Philip David "Percy"   Son of late Sir William John Gick, CB, CBE. Married (1938) Aylmer Rowntree (died 1993); one son, three daughters.	22.02.1913 Weymouth - 16.01.2002 [Bosham Hoe, West Sussex ?]	Midsh. 01.09.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1935 S.Lt. 07.04.1936, seniority 01.11.1934 Lt. 18.09.1936, seniority 01.08.1936 A/Lt.Cdr. 25.08.1943? Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1944 > 06.1944, < 07.1945, seniority 01.02.1943 A/Cdr. > 06.1944, < 07.1945 Cdr. 30.06.1946 Capt. 30.06.1952 R.Adm. 07.07.1961 (retd 25.08.1964) CB 08.06.1963 HM's birthday 63 OBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46 DSC 16.09.1941 sinking of Bismarck [investiture 25.05.43] DSC 06.10.1942 attack on enemy submarine [investiture 25.05.43] MID 20.01.1942 HMS Ark Royal sunk 14.11.41 MID 05.12.1944 psg convoy JW59 & RA59A	Education: St Lawrence College, Ramsgate; RN College, Dartmouth 1931 joined RN 03.09.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Nelson (battleship) (2nd Battle Squadron, Home Fleet) 03.01.1935 - 02.09.1935 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich 02.09.1935 - (02.1936) promotion course, Portsmouth 1936 - 1936 HMS Godetia (patrol sloop) 1936 - 1936 HMS Lupin (fishery protection patrol sloop) 13.09.1936 - (07.)1937 pilot's course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Leuchars; qualified as Pilot [attached to RAF] 24.08.1937 - (02.)1938 TSR Squadron 822 [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)]  [attached to RAF] 25.05.1938 - 1940? TSR Squadron 810 [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier), later [1939?] HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] [attached to RAF] 04.11.1940 - (02.1941) 785 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)] (and for instructional duties) 1941 - 14.11.1941 825 Squadron FAA [HMS Victorious, later HMS Ark Royal] 11.1941 - 09.1942 Commanding Officer, 815 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, near Alexandria)] (Western Desert) 25.09.1942 - (02.)1943 staff, HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) 08.04.1943 - (08.)1943 Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 25.08.1943 - 10.1944 Lieutenant-Commader (Flying), HMS Vindex (escort carrier) 02.10.1944 - 05.1945? Commanding Officer, Training Squadron [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 05.1945 - (07.)1945 Squadron Air Co-ordinator, HMS Venerable (aircraft carrier) 30.08.1945 - (04.)1946 staff, Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong [HMS Tamar] (landing-party and anti-piracy duties) 04.11.1946 - (10.)1947 directing staff of the RN Tactical School (Woolwich) [HMS President] 19.07.1948 - (05.)1949 on staff of Flag Officer Commanding 3rd Aircraft Carrier Squadron [HMS Theseus] [= air group commander with a carrier task force in the Far East] 08.09.1949 - (05.1950) Executive Officer on staff, Flag Officer Commanding 3rd Aircraft Carrier Squadron [HMS Vengeance] 10.1952 - 1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Daring 13.07.1954 - (01.)1956 Commanding Officer, HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station Lossiemouth) 14.01.1957 - 1958 Commanding Officer, HMS Bulwark (commando carrier) (01.1959)     no appointment listed 30.01.1960 - (07.)1961 President, Second Admiralty Interview Board [HMS Sultan] 16.10.1961 - 1964 Flag Officer, Flying Training [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] Chairman, Emsworth Shipyard Group, 1965-1990.
Giddy, Osman Cyril Horton	24.04.1900 Kingston - 07.01.1980 Worthing, West Sussex	A/Lt. ? Lt. 15.02.1922, seniority 15.09.1920 (retd 25.11.1921) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.09.1928 A/Cdr. (retd) mid 1943 Cdr. (retd) 08.05.1946 (reverted to retd 1946?) DSC 04.05.1920 for distinguished services as second in command of H.M. Coastal Motor Boat 24A in, the attack on Kronstadt Harbour on the 18th August, 1919	01.01.1916     entered RN 27.06.1942 - 05.04.1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Beehive (Felixstowe) 05.04.1943 - (07.1945) staff, Deputy Director of Operations Division (Coastal Force), Admiralty [HMS President] Estate agent.

 

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