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Gilbert, Dennis Philip Arthur Son of ... Gilbert, and ... Swann.	07.07.1920 Monmouth district, Gloucestershire / Herefordshire / Monmouthshire - 04.2005 Bromley district, Kent	Seaman ? [C/JX 151519] Wt.Gnr. ? A/Gnr. 30.07.1944 Gnr. = Cd.Gnr. 1946?, seniority 30.07.1944 Lt. 16.04.1948 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1956 (retd) DSM 16.08.1940 Dunkirk 06.40 [investiture 16.03.43]	(06.1940)     HMS Wolsey (destroyer) (10.1944)   no appointment listed ? - (1945?) Gunnery Officer, HMS Puffin (sloop) 20.05.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Dido (cruiser)
Gilbert, Henry Lionel Brother of Cdr. (S) William Edward Gilbert, RN.	30.03.1904 Hackney, Greater London, Middlesex - 12.02.1972 Plymouth	Midsh. 15.01.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1924 S.Lt. 15.01.1925 Lt. 15.08.1926 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1934 (retd 22.06.1947) A/Cdr. 29.04.1944 Cdr. (retd) 22.06.1947 MBE 01.01.1969 inspector Coast Guard	15.01.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Benbow (battleship) 25.09.1924 - (01.)1925 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.11.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Verbena (sloop) (Africa) 03.1927 - (06.1928) First Lieutenant, HMS Aphis (river gunboat) (China) * 20.11.1929 - (04.1930) HMS Warwick (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) ? - (02.1931) HMS Vesper (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 02.10.1931 - (06.)1933 First Lieutenant, HMS Whitehall (destroyer) (China) 31.10.1933 - (07.)1934 HMS Barham (battleship) (Home Fleet) (and as Squadron Physical & Recreational Training Officer, 2nd Battle Squadron) 15.10.1934 - (02.)1935 Physical and Recreational Training Course [HMS Victory] (07.1935) - (02.1936) no appointment listed 21.08.1936 - (04.)1939 HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China & Home Fleet) [while at China also Fleet Physical & Recreational Training Officer] 17.04.1939 - (08.1939) School of Physical and Recreational Training, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 07.03.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for physical training duties) 25.02.1941 - (10.)1943 HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) 09.11.1943 - (04.)1944 Executive Officer, HMS Armadillo (Combined Operations camp, Glenfinnart) 29.04.1944 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, School of Physical and Recreational Training, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] Inspector, Cambrian Division, HM Coast Guard, Borad of Trade. * (08.1929) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Gilbert, William Edward Brother of Cdr. Henry Lionel Gilbert, MBE, RN.	15.08.1884 - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	Clerk ? Asst. Paym. 15.08.1905 Paym.Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1915 (retd) Paym.Cdr. (retd) = Cdr. (S) (retd) 15.08.1923 A/Paym.Capt. (retd) > 02.1943, < 06.1943	27.08.1939 - (12.1941) Secretary to Naval Liaison Officer, Capetown [HMS Afrikander III] 01.10.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Assegai (training establishment, nr Durban, South Africa) 09.06.1944 - (07.1945) RN Depot, Simonstown [HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa)]
Giles, [Sir] Morgan Charles Eldest son of late F.C. Morgan­Giles, OBE, MINA, and ... Carus-Wilson, of Teignmouth, Devon. Married 1st (1946) Pamela (died 1966), daughter of late Philip Bushell, Sydney, New South Wales; two sons, four daughters Married 2nd (1968), Marigold (died 1995), daughter of late Percy Lowe. Later known as: M.C. Morgan-Giles.	19.06.1914 Newton Abbot district, Devon - 12.2004 still alive	Cadet 01.09.1932 Midsh. 01.09.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1936 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.09.1935 Lt. 01.01.1936 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1944 Cdr. 30.06.1947 Capt. 31.12.1953 R.Adm. 07.01.1963 (retd 20.02.1964) Kt 31.12.1984 New Year 85: for political services DSO 24.04.1945 bombardment Lussin Island 03.12.44 [investiture 28.10.47] OBE 11.07.1944 air attack Bari 02.12.43 [investiture 02.02.45] MBE 01.01.1944 New Year 44 GM 02.09.1941 Suez Canal [investiture 02.02.45] MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42 MID 30.05.1944 operations Dalmatia with Yugoslav partisans MID 05.09.1944 operations against Mljet & Brac MID 20.02.1945 Quarnarolo Channel	Education: Clifton College 01.09.1932 special entry cadet 15.12.1933 - (07.)1934 HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China) 30.11.1934 - (02.)1935 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) 06.1935 - (07.1935) HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) 01.01.1936 - 30.08.1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 31.08.1936 - (02.)1937 promotion course, Portsmouth 10.04.1937 - (02.1938) HMS Echo (destroyer) (Home Fleet) (06.1938) - (04.1939) no appointment listed 31.07.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Emerald (cruiser) * (Atlantic convoys) 17.12.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services) [Tobruk garrison and Western Desert] 04.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt) 01.1943 - (02.)1943 Staff Officer (Operations), HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria) 04.1943 - (08.)1943 Assistant Fleet Torpedo Officer, Levant [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)] 09.1943 - (10.)1944 Senior Naval Officer, Vis (Dalmatia) and liaison with Commandos and Marshal Tito's Partisan Forces [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services)] (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) ** 26.04.1948 - (05.1949) Commanding Officer, RN Base Trieste & as Naval Liaison Officer [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] (05.1950) no appointment listed 16.01.1952 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) (04.1955) no appointment listed 1955 - 1956 Chief of Naval Intelligence, Far East (01.1956) no appointment listed (01.1957) no appointment listed 1957 - 1958 Captain (D) Dartmouth Training Squadron (01.1959) no appointment listed 24.06.1961 - 1962 Commanding Officer, HMS Belfast 24.10.1962 - 1964 President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich [HMS President] Member of Parliament (MP) (C) Winchester, May 1964-1979. Vice-Chairman, Conservative Defence Committee, 1965-1975. Chairman, HMS Belfast Trust, 1971-1978; Life Vice-President, RNLI, 1989. Prime Warden, Shipwrights' Company, 1987-1988. Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Hants, 1983. * (04.1940) still indexed, but no longer listed as such ** indexed, but not listed as such
Giordan, Alfred Louis	24.06.1903 North End Portsmouth, Hampshire - 30.12.1999 Powys, Newtown district, Montgomeryshire	A/Wt.Eng. 01.04.1934 Wt.Eng. 1935, seniority 01.04.1934 Cd.Eng. 01.10.1942 A/Lt. (E) > 07.1945, < 04.1946 Lt. (E) 08.07.1949 (retd 24.06.1953) MBE 01.06.1953 Coronation List 53 [investiture 14.07.1953] DSC 13.11.1940 good service recent patrols [investiture 18.02.41] MID 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40	(07.1934) - (08.1934) short course of instruction 30.08.1934 - (11.1934) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 03.01.1935 - (02.)1935 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 13.04.1935 - (07.1937) HMS Pandora (submarine) (China) 29.01.1938 - (08.)1938 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship, 6th Submarine Flotilla) (and for duty with submarines) 12.09.1938 - (04.)1940 HMS Sturgeon (submarine) 28.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship, 2nd Submarine Flotilla) (for submarines) 10.10.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Graph (submarine; ex-U570) 15.02.1943 - (07.1945) staff of Submarine Officer, Philadelphia [HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, USA)] 23.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) 06.11.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for miscellaneous duties) (1953?) HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship, Portland) (05.1953)     HMS Royal Albert (RN base, Cuxhaven, Germany) * Member, Institute of Marine Engineers. * indexed, but not listed as such
Glanville, Herbert	? - died between 07.1952 and 07.1959	Paym.Lt. 15.07.1919 (retd 01.03.1921; own request) A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. (retd) ? Paym.Lt.Cdr. (retd) 05.12.1939 A/Paym.Cdr. (retd) = A/Cdr. (S) (retd) 31.03.1942?	1914 HMS Lion 1916     HMS Conqueror (Battle of Jutland) Spent 1921-1925 in Hong Kong and then moved to Southern Rhodesia from 1926-1939. 05.12.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) 19.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (12.1941)     HMS Afrikander III (RN base, Capetown, South Africa) * 31.03.1942 - (04.)1944 Base Administrative Officer, Capetown [HMS Afrikander III, from 01.11.1942 HMS Gnu (RN base, Capetown, South Africa)] 28.04.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Malagas (RN Air Station, Wingfield, nr Capetown, South Africa) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 22.10.1945 - (04.1946) RN Depot, Simonstown [HMS Afrikander] Probably ended up running the State Lotteries in Rhodesia before he died.
Glasfurd, Charles Eric Son of Lt.Col. Duncan John Glasfurd (1873-1916), and Agnes Guinevere Gilmour (1877-1933). Married (16.10.1931) Caroline Lawrence.	28.11.1902 Renfrewshire, Scotland - 08.06.1940 (KIA) [age 37] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 3]	Midsh. ? A/S.Lt. 15.09.1922 S.Lt. ? Lt. 30.09.1924 Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1939 MID 16.08.1940 loss of HMS Glorious [posthumously]	Education: Geelong Church of England Grammar School 1916     joined RN 03.01.1923 - (08.1923) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich 01.03.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS Laburnum (sloop) (New Zealand) 23.11.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar) (additional; for training duties) 13.11.1926 - 07.01.1927 on passage to Australia (per SS Ormuz) 08.01.1927 - 21.12.1928 exchange officer at RAN College, Jervis Bay [HMAS Franklin] 22.12.1928 - 1929 passage to UK per SS Oronsay and SS Orama 20.04.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 12.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Vampire (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 19.07.1932 - (09.1932) First Lieutenant, HMS Worcester (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (05.1933) - (06.1933) no appointment listed 12.06.1933 - (07.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Stronghold (destroyer) 05.09.1934 - (07.1937) HMS Carlisle (cruiser) (Africa & Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 06.08.1937 - (08.)1939 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 28.11.1939 - 08.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Acasta (destroyer) [sunk in action with German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau near Narvik]
Gledhill, Thomas Harold * Son of Thomas Ratcliffe Gledhill (1865-?), warehouseman, and Mary Elizabeth Watman (1863-?). Married Blanche Lucille (1887 - 05.07.1966). * in the Navy List given as: Thomas Harry	21.09.1885 Manchester, Lancashire - (06?).1953 Torquay, Newton Abbot district, Devon	Seaman ? [212515] A/Gnr. ? Lt. 02.08.1921, seniority 15.08.1917 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1925 (retd 10.03.1926) Cdr. (retd) 10.03.1926 (reld < 04.1946)	11.02.1915     commissioned (08.1923)     no appointment listed (01.1925)     no appointment listed 30.07.1939     commissioned, Royal Air Force Reserve (Class CC) with rank of F/Lt. 23.11.1939 - (12.1941) Executive Officer, HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan) 14.06.1942 - (07.1945) HMS President III (accounting base of DEMS (Defence Equipped Merchant Ships) personnel)
Gleed, Frederick William Spurrell   Married (13.12.1913) Ellen Joyce Chevallier; ... children.	13.04.1889 Greenwich, Greater London, Kent - 06.1966 Paddington district	A/S.Lt. 30.08.1908 S.Lt. 14.04.1909, seniority 30.08.1908 Lt. 27.12.1910, seniority 30.11.1910 Lt.Cdr. 30.11.1918 (retd 28.05.1932) Cdr. (retd) 28.05.1932	15.01.1904     entered RN HMS Britomart (China) 09.08.1922 - (08.1923) Navigating Officer, HMS Cambrian (light cruiser) 13.05.1924 - (01.1925) Navigating Officer, HMS Canterbury (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 11.01.1926 - (07.1927) Navigating Officer, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) 11.02.1928 - (08.1929) Superintendent of Chart and Chronometer Depôt, HM Dockyard Malta [HMS Egmont] (and for HA Marking range, Malta) (04.1930)     no appointment listed 30.07.1930 - (09.1931) Navigating Officer, HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship; parent ship of Maintenance Reserve and depot ship for Scottish Command, Rosyth) (and as Assistant King's Harbour Master, Rosyth) (01.1932) no appointment listed 25.08.1939 - (02.)1941 Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 23.07.1941 - (12.1941) Duty Commander, HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) 23.01.1942 - (08.)1943 Executive Officer, HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) 27.08.1943 - (07.1945) Commander Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, HM Dockyard Dover [HMS Lynx]
Glennie, Sir Irvine Gordon   Son of Capt. Gordon Glennie RN, and Edith, daughter of late Gen. J. Mitchell, RMLI. Married (1928) Gwen, daughter of Edmund Evans; two sons.	22.07.1892 Louth district, Lincolnshire - 08.09.1980 Lymington, Hampshire	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 30.04.1913 Lt. 15.04.1915 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1923 Cdr. 30.06.1928 Capt. 31.12.1933 Cdre. 2nd cl. 08.06.1938 R.Adm. 15.01.1941 V.Adm. 31.12.1943 (retd 31.01.1947) Adm. (retd) 16.05.1947 KCB 01.01.1945 New Year 45 CB 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 [investiture 09.05.44] MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41	Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth; Staff College (1929); Imperial Defence College (1935) 15.06.1905 entered RN 1910 - 1914 served Home Fleet and China 1915 - 1918 in destroyers, Grand Fleet 15.11.1922 - 1924 staff, RN College, Dartmouth 28.11.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS Douglas (flotilla leader) (Atlantic Fleet) 05.05.1925 - (02.)1927 Commanding Officer, HMS Westminster (destroyer) 08.04.1927 - (06.1928) Commanding Officer, HMS Wishart (destroyer) (China) 07.01.1929 - (08.1929) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich (04.1930) no appointment listed 16.06.1930 - (01.)1932 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 06.08.1932 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Blanche (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (07.1934) - (11.1934) no appointment listed 15.01.1935 - (07.1935) Imperial Defence Course, Imperial Defence College 13.01.1936 - (02.)1936 Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth 24.03.1936 - 08.06.1938 Flag Captain, HMNZS Achilles (cruiser) 08.06.1938 - 1939 Commanding Officer, HMNZS Achilles (cruiser) & Commodore Commanding New Zealand Squadron (02.1939) - (04.1939) no appointment listed 03.05.1939 - 18.01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) & as Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Vice-Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet (02.1941) no appointment listed 12.05.1941 - (08.)1942 Rear-Admiral Destroyers, Mediterranean [HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship)] 12.01.1943 - (06.)1944 Vice-Admiral Commanding Home Fleet Destroyers [HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship)] 11.10.1944 - (07.)1945 Senior British Naval Officer, Western Atlantic [HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda)] 24.12.1945 - (04.)1946 Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station [HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda)]
Glenny, John Edward Maxwell	10.09.1908 - 01.1992 Canterbury, Kent	A/S.Lt. 01.09.1933 S.Lt. 14.03.1935, seniority 01.01.1934 Lt. 01.08.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1941 Cdr. 31.12.1943 Capt. 31.12.1948 (retd 07.01.1958) DSO 04.10.1940 stripping enemy mines DSC 23.12.1939 securing & stripping live enemy magnetic mines	28.09.1933 - (01.1934) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.04.1935 - (07.1935) HMS Barham (battleship) (Home Fleet) 14.12.1935 - (07.1937) HMS Oberon (submarine) 30.09.1937 - (02.1938) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 05.05.1938 - (04.1939) qualifying for torpedo duties, HMS Vernon 27.07.1939 - (04.1940) Mining Department, Torpedo School and Experimental Establishment, Portsmouth [HMS Vernon] 28.11.1940 - (02.1941) Torpedo Officer, HMS Exeter (cruiser) 29.12.1941 - (12.1943) Torpedo Officer, HMS Howe (battleship) (04.1944) no appointment listed (06.1944) College 03.07.1944 - (07.1946) Combined Operations Division, Admiralty (London) 15.03.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Bluejacket (Indian Navy) (05.1953) no appointment listed (01.1956) no appointment listed
Glover, Philip Foster	09.02.1894 Altrincham, Cheshire - died between 07.1952 and 07.1959	S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.02.1916 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1924 Cdr. 30.09.1929 Capt. 30.06.1936 (retd 1945/46?) Cdre. 2nd cl. 1942?	15.01.1907     entered RN (01.1925) no appointment listed 14.04.1926 - (07.1927) Squadron W/T Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron [HMS Hood (battlecruiser)] (Atlantic Fleet) 03.11.1928 - (08.1929) Fleet W/T Officer, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)] 14.01.1930 - (04.1930) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 05.01.1931 - (02.1931) tactical course, Portsmouth 04.05.1931 - (01.1934) Signal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 05.02.1934 - (07.1935) Executive Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 25.07.1935 - (02.1936) Executive Officer, HMS Valiant (battleship) (Mediterranean) (02.1937) no appointment listed 31.05.1937 - (07.1937) tactical course, Portsmouth 13.09.1937 - (02.1941) Director of Signal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 06.1942 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Dragon (cruiser) 12.05.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Saker (RN base, Washington, US)
Glover, Sidney Edward "The Butch" Son of Chief Petty Officer George David Glover, former Chief Quartermaster of HM's Yacht Victora and Albert, and Mary Ann L. Glover (née Penfold). From Portsmouth. Married; one son.	12.03.1905 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 14.08.1996 Portsmouth, Hampshire	Boy 2nd class 1920 [J98829] Petty Officer Gunner's Mate 1927? A/Gnr. 01.10.1930 Gnr. 1931?, seniority 01.10.1930 A/Lt. 12.05.1940 Lt. 1941?, seniority 01.04.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1943 (retd 12.03.1950; age) OBE 01.01.1967 New Year 67 [investiture 21.02.67] MBE 02.01.1950 New Year 50 DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 [award posted] MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) CdeG ? Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) * * possibly (unconfirmed yet) a second Croix de Guerre for the landings in Southern France	Education: Milton & Wimborne Road Schools; Greenwich Royal Hospital School (1917) 1920     HMS Impregnable (training establishment for boys, Devonport) 1921 HMS Barham (battleship) 1925     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 1925/26 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 1926     HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 1928     HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 1930     HMS Iron Duke (battleship; sea-going gunnery firing ship) 1930     HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (02.1931)     short course of instruction (rated Director Gunner) 25.03.1931 - (05.)1933 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 16.05.1933 - (02.)1935 HMS Ouse (trawler) (Mediterranean) (07.1935)     no appointment listed 1935     HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (02.1936)     short course of instruction (rated Dagger Gunner) 07.09.1936 - (08.1939) HMS Neptune (cruiser) (Home Fleet & Africa) (09.1939)     no appointment listed (04.1940) - 1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 1940 - 10.1940 seconded as Gunnery Staff Officer, Northern Command (Army) (on the staff of General Ironside for East Coast Defences) 10.1940 - 01.1942? Gunnery Officer & First Lieutenant, 4th Minesweeping Flotilla (East & South Coasts of the UK & Faroes): 17.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Niger (Halcyon class minesweeper) 1941 - 1941 HMS Elgin (Hunt class minesweeper) 06.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Fitzroy (Hunt class minesweeper) (for flotilla duties in lieu of specialist Gunnery Officer) 03.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 12.09.1942 - (08.)1943 Gunnery Officer, HMS Western Isles (working up base, Tobermory) 09.1943 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant & Squadron Gunnery Officer, 15th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Orion (cruiser)] (04.1946)     Commanding Officer, Anti-Aircraft Range, Eastney [HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)] * 1947     Superintendent, Anti-Gas School [HMS Excellent] 13.01.1948 - 1950 Principal Training Officer, HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) (Training Squadron, Portland) Staff Superintendent, Lord Great Chamberlain's Office, 13.11.1950-01.06.1972. * indexed, but not listed as such
Godfrey, John Henry Son of Godfrey Henry Godfrey. Married (1921) Bertha Margaret, daughter of Donald Hope; three daughters.	10.07.1888 Aston, Warwickshire - 29.08.1971 [Wilmington, near Polegate, Sussex ?]	A/S.Lt. 30.07.1907? S.Lt. 09.04.1908, seniority 30.07.1907 Lt. 19.07.1909, seniority 30.10.1908 Lt.Cdr. 30.10.1916 Cdr. 30.06.1920 Capt. 30.06.1928 R.Adm. 22.02.1939 V.Adm. 15.09.1942 Adm. 25.09.1945 (retd 1945?) CB 02.01.1939 New Year 39 LegH ? ? ONile ? ?	Education: King Edward's School, Birmingham; Bradfield College; HMS Britannia 15.01.1903     entered RN specialised in navigation; served in HMS Euryalus, Dardanelles, 1915: present at re­occupation of Sollum, bombardment of Smyrna and Red Sea ops in support of Arab forces; on staff of C-in-C Mediterranean, 1916-1919 10.09.1923 - (01.1925) RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 31.08.1925 - (07.1927) HMNZS Diomede (cruiser) 15.03.1929 - (02.1931) Deputy Director, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 1931 - 1931 Commanding Officer, HMS Kent (cruiser) 20.06.1931 - 1933 Commanding Officer, HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) 17.11.1933 - (07.)1935 Deputy Director, Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 02.01.1936 - 1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean & Portsmouth) 07.02.1939 - 11.1942 Director of Naval Intelligence, Admiralty [HMS President] (removed from post after clashes on the Joint Intelligence Committee) 22.02.1943 - 28.03.1946 Flag Officer Commanding Royal Indian Navy, Naval Adviser to His Excellency The Commander-in-Chief and Defence Member, and Principal Sea Transport Officer, India Chairman, Chelsea Hospital Management Committee, 1949-1960; formerly Member of the  Board of Governors: Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Chelsea Hospital for Women; Member Council: Roedean School; King Edward's Hospital Fund for London. Founder, Centre for Spastic Children, Chelsea Published: Corsica 1794: edited from the Nelson-Hood letters by Admiral J.H. Godfrey (1952); The naval memoirs of Admiral J.H. Godfrey (1964) Literature: Patrick Beesly, Very special admiral : the life of J.H. Godfrey (1980)
Goff, Reginald Stannus 2nd son of late Lt­Col Trevor Goff. Married (1918) Vera Colville (died 22.07.1963), widow of Col A.D. Geddes, The Buffs.	27.02.1882 Lymington, Hampshire - 12.11.1965 [Crondall, Hampshire ?]	Midsh. 1897 A/S.Lt. 15.04.1901? S.Lt. 07.05.1902, seniority 15.04.1901 Lt. 30.06.1903 [Lt.Cdr.] 30.06.1911 Cdr. 30.06.1916 * (retd 11.08.1922; own request) Capt. (retd) 1927 CBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 DSO 08.03.1918 service in destroyer of torpedo boat flotillas 17 Hkn 26.08.1947 services rendered to Norway Russian Order of St Anne with crossed swords (1916) * special promotion in recognition of services at the Battle of Jutland (London Gazette, 15.09.1916)	15.01.1896 entered HMS Britannia 07.1911 qualified as Japanese interpreter (1916) HMS Garland (Battle of Jutland, 31.05.1916) 09.04.1941 - (07.1945) convoy duties [HMS Eaglet]
Going, George Robert Marshal	20.08.1913 - 19.07.2001 Andover, Hampshire	Midsh. 01.09.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1935 S.Lt. 07.04.1936, seniority 01.11.1934 Lt. 01.12.1935 A/Lt.Cdr. < 08.1943 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1943 (retd < 05.1950) A/Cdr. 10.05.1945? DSO 20.05.1941 attack on Taranto 11.11.40 OBE 31.10.1944 Operation Crimson (air strike & bombardment of Sabang 25.07.45) MID 17.06.1941 attack by enemy aircraft 10.01.141	03.09.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Exeter (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 22.04.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 03.01.1935 - (07.1935) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 02.09.1935 - (02.1936) promotion course, Portsmouth 10.11.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Starfish (submarine) 11.10.1937 - (06.1938) observers' course [HMS Excellent] 22.06.1938 - (04.1939) HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (for observer duties) (Mediterranean) (08.1939) Fleet Air Arm 05.02.1940 - (02.1941) observer, 819 Squadron, FAA [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] * 08.06.1942 - (08.1942) HMS President (for miscellaneous services at Admiralty) 05.09.1942 - (08.1943) HMS Activity (escort carrier) (for observer duties) (10.1943) no appointment listed 22.11.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 10.05.1945 - (04.1946) Training Commander and Chief Instructor, RN Air Station Kete [HMS Goldcrest] * although indicated as pilot, it is more likely to be observer
Goldfinch, Edward Membry "Ted" Son of William Robert and Emma Amelia Goldfinch; husband of Irene Ada Goldfinch, of Fulham, London.	21.02.1907 Havant, Hampshire - 27.11.1941 [age 34] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 3]	Seaman ? [J106220] A/Gnr. 01.10.1938 Gnr. 1939?, seniority 01.10.1938	Education: RN College served at HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) & HMS Durban (cruiser) (02.1939) no appointment listed 27.03.1939 - 08.1939 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 23.08.1939 - 24.11.1941 HMS Dunedin (cruiser) (for D/F duties) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
Goldrich *, Robert * initially: Goldreich [probably of Czech origin]	? - died between 08.1977 and 08.1983	Midsh. RNR ? A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 22.03.1917 Lt. 22.10.1918 (retd 15.08.1922; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 22.10.1926 A/Cdr. (retd) 20.04.1943? (reverted to retd < 04.1946) Cdr. (retd) 08.05.1946	served RNR 12.1913 - 12.1916 HMS Thunderer (battleship) (Grand Fleet; Battle of Jutland) 08.1916 transferred RN 02.1917 - 06.1918 HMS Poppy (sloop) (anti-submarine patrol and convoy escort duties on the Coast of Ireland station & then on anti-submarine hydrophone patrols with the Northern Patrol based on Scapa Flow) 25.08.1939 - (12.1941) Trade Convoy Plotting Room, Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (routeing & convoy plans of defensively armed merchant ships) 30.03.1942 - (10.1944) Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (routeing & convoy plans of defensively armed merchant ships) (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Goldsmith, Frank	01.03.1885 Sevenoaks, Kent - 13.08.1961 Liskeard [age 76]	Seaman ? [211862] Gnr. 01.08.1914 Cd.Gnr. 01.08.1924 Lt. 08.06.1934, seniority 21.04.1934 (retd 01.03.1935)	08.1914     commissioned (1916) HMS Talbot (actions against German East Africa) 22.10.1918 - (01.1919) HMS Tirade (Admiralty modified R Class destroyer) (for torpedo duties) (temporary) 01.06.1924 - (01.1925) Torpedo Officer, HMS Concord (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 26.07.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Douglas (flotilla leader) (for destroyers in reserve) (additional, for torpedo duties) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 15.02.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) (for topedo duties) 20.03.1930 - (09.1932) Torpedo Officer, HMS Danae (cruiser) (Mediterranean & America and West Indies) 02.06.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) (and as President of Warrant Officer's Mess) 04.11.1936 - 10.1938 HMS Colombo (cruiser) (for destroyers in reserve) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 11.10.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Broke (flotilla leader) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) (04.1940) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Goldsmith, Sir Malcolm Lennon Eldest son of J.P. Goldsmith and Elizabeth Mills. Married Ellen Mary, daughter of F.A. Gray, MRCS, Ottery St Mary, Devon; four daughters.	22.08.1880 Lexden, Plymouth - 04.10.1955 [Lymington, Hants. ?]	Cdr. 21.10.1914 Capt. 30.06.1919 (retd 07.10.1931) R.Adm. (retd) 07.10.1931 V.Adm. (retd) 02.01.1936 Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 09.1939 KBE 01.01.1943 New Year 43; ocean convoys DSO 1917 ? DSO 1918? ? MID 17.11.1942 ocean convoys 39-42 Comdn 15.09.1916 Battle for Jutland Order of Sword of Sweden (Chevalier) (01.1908); Orders of Stanislas and St Vladimir of Russia	Education: Pencarwick House, Exmouth 15.07.1894 entered RN 1914 - 1919 Heligoland, special promotion to Commander and DSO while commanding HMS Laertes (torpedo boat destroyer) (1913-1916); Dogger Bank; Lowestoft (put out of action); Jutland in command of HMS Lydiard (despatches); Crimea (Bar to DSO) 26.08.1924 - (01.1925) Captain (D), HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 12.10.1926 - (07.1927) Captain of Dockyard and King's Harbour Master, Malta [HMS Egmont] 11.01.1929 - (04.)1930 Captain of Fishery and Minesweeping Flotillas [HMS Harebell] (02.1931) HMNZS Diomede (cruiser) * 1931 - 07.10.1931 Naval ADC to the King 09.1939 mobilized 02.1940 - (07.1945) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] * indexed, but not listed as such
Goodenough, Frederick Cockerell Son of ... Goodenough, and ... Axbridge.	(06?).1911 Axbridge district, Somerset - 1951	Midsh. 01.01.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1931 Lt. 01.04.1933 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1941 Cdr. 31.12.1944 MID 09.08.1940 attack on enemy light forces 05.40	19.03.1929 - (08.1929) Midshipman, HMS Durban (cruiser) (America & West Indies) 06.01.1930 - (04.1930) Midshipman, HMS Wistaria (sloop) (America and West Indies) 02.12.1930 - (02.1931) Midshipman, HMS Valiant (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 30.04.1931 - (01.1932) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.01.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, Portsmouth 10.10.1933 - (02.1936) HMS Exeter (cruiser) (America & West Indies) 30.12.1936 - (02.1937) HMS Walpole (destroyer) (Portland) 29.04.1937 - (07.1937) qualifying for torpedo duties, RN College, Greenwich 02.08.1937 - (06.1938) qualifying for torpedo duties, HMS Vernon 29.06.1938 - 23.05.1941 Torpedo Officer, HMS Kelly (destroyer) (and for flotilla duties) (sunk) 20.08.1941 - (10.1943) Torpedo Officer, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 10.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Jackdaw (aircraft carrier) (torpedo duties) 02.1945 - (07.1945) Torpedo Officer to Flag Officer Naval Air Stations Australia [HMS Golden Hind] 01.1946 - (04.1946) staff, Commander-in-Chief British Pacific Fleet [HMS Tamar] 15.09.1948 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Reclaim
Goodwin, Thomas Edwin "Tommy"	? -	... ... Gnr. (T) 29.01.1940 Lt. 30.11.1941 Lt.Cdr. 30.11.1949 (retd)	... - ... ... 16.06.1941 - (12.1941) Torpedo Officer, HMS Ambuscade 02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Sainfoin ... - ... .... 1954 - 1956 Commanding Officer, HMS Barfoil
Goodyear, George Nicholas Son of George and Mary Elizabeth Goodyear. Husband of Ethel Gwendoline Goodyear, of Rhiwbina.	26.01.1890 Stonehouse, Devon - 29.04.1944 [age 54] [Whitchurch (Pantmawr) Cemetery, Glamorganshire, A.90]	Seaman ? [271995] ... ... Wt. Eng. 01.10.1923 Cd.Eng. 01.10.1933 Lt. (E) 23.12.1937 (retd 1939/40) (reverted to retd > 12.1943, < 04.1944)	... - ... ... 12.02.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Huntley (twin screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean) 21.03.1933 - (07.1934) HMS Dart (fishery protection gunboat) 26.07.1935 - 14.09.1936 in charge of HMS Venomous (destroyer) while in maintenance reserve, Rosyth 01.12.1936 - (02.1937) HMS Derby (twin screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean) (07.1937) no appointment listed 17.01.1938 - 15.01.1940 HMS Hastings (escort vessel) 15.01.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Cochrane II (RN base, Rosyth) (for mechanical training establishment) 10.03.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional; for various ervices) 13.04.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Ariguani (fighter catapult ship) 19.12.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional; for various ervices) (06.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed ? - 29.04.1944 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
Goolden, Francis Hugh Walter Son of E.R. Goolden, Cookham Grove, Berks, and Eva Sophia, daughter of William Massey, Caher- villahow, Tipperary. Married (1911) Dorothy Melian, daughter of Savage French, Cuskinny, Queenstown, Ireland; one son, two daughters.	22.08.1885 Cookham Grove, Berks. - 13.06.1950 [Bedhampton, Hants. ?]	Midsh. 1901 A/S.Lt. 15.12.1904? S.Lt. 30.03.1906, seniority 15.12.1904 Lt. 01.04.1907 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1915 Cdr. 1918 Capt. 30.06.1926 R.Adm. 29.05.1937 (retd 30.05.1937) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 28.11.1939-(04.1940?) CB 01.01.1942 New Year 42	Education: Bradfield College; HMS Britannia 15.05.1900     entered RN 1904 - 1905 HMS Cressy 1914 HMS Iron Duke (battleship) 15.05.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 26.07.1926 - 15.10.1927 Commanding Officer, HMAS Sydney (cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer to Commodore Commanding HM Australian Squadron 27.07.1929 - (02.1931) RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.08.1931 - (09.1932) Deputy Director of Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 1932 - 1933 Director of Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (01.1934) no appointment listed 1934 Tactical Course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth 17.04.1934 - 20.01.1937 Flag Captain (Commanding Officer, HMS London (cruiser)) and Chief Staff Officer to Vice Admiral commanding 1 Cruiser Squadron (Mediterranean) (02.1937) no appointment listed 14.07.1936 - 29.05.1937 Naval ADC to the King 28.11.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Ganges (RN training establishment, Shotley) 20.01.1941 - 14.02.1942 Flag Officer-in-Charge, Harwich [HMS Badger] 12.03.1942 - (02.1943) Naval Assistant to First Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] 06.02.1943 - 28.07.1943 Naval Assistant (Mails) to Fourth Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] 28.07.1943 - 31.08.1944) for special and miscellaneous services [HMS President] 31.08.1944 - (04.1946) for miscellaneous services at Admiralty [HMS President]
Goolden, Massy	01.10.1887 London, UK - 08.07.1971 Saanich, BC, Canada	A/S.Lt. 15.04.1907? S.Lt. 09.04.1908, seniority 15.04.1907 Lt. 31.12.1909 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1917 Cdr. 30.06.1924 (retd 15.05.1931; own request) Capt. (retd) 01.10.1932  (reactivated RN 01.1945?; reverted to retd 1946?) T/Cdr. RCN 25.08.1939 T/Capt. RCN 01.07.1940 Capt. RCN 07.02.1944 (retd 1944) DSC 16.08.1915 Gallipoli 04.15	15.09.1902     entered RN (1915) HMS Prince of Wales 03.09.1916 - (01.1919) First Lieutenant, HMS Courageous (battlecruiser) 03.01.1923 - (07.1924?) First Lieutenant, HMS Constance (light cruiser) 18.12.1924 lent to RCN [HMCS Stadacona] 05.05.1927 - (07.1927) First Lieutenant, HMS Danae (cruiser) (China) (08.1929) no appointment listed (04.1930) no appointment listed (02.1931) no appointment listed 28.08.1939 reactivated with the RCN 28.08.1939 - 31.07.1942 Naval Officer-in-Charge, HMC Naval Base at Sydney, NS [HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS), later, HMCS Venture (RCN base, Halifax, NS), from 23.09.1940 HMCS Protector II (RCN base, Sydney, NS)] (from ... also: in command of Auxiliary Vessels at Sydney) 19.08.1942 - 07.02.1944 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Esquimalt, BC [HMCS Givenchy (RCN Base, Esquimalt, BC)] * 01.1945 - (07.1945) staff, British Admiralty Delegation to Washington [HMS Saker] (04.1946) no appointment listed * (04.1944) & (06.1944) still indexed, but no longer listed as such

 

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