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Gordon, Oliver Loudon Son of late W.M. Gordon, Brechin, Angus, Scotland. Married (1923), Aileen Mabel Marguerite Baker (died 1969); two sons.	26.01.1896 Brechin, Angus, Scotland - 30.01.1973 [St. Albans, Herts. ?]	Cadet 1909 S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.04.1917 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1925 Cdr. 30.06.1931 Capt. 30.06.1939 (retd 1948) CB 22.01.1946 lost in action Surabaya 01.03.42 MVO 12.08.1934 ?	Education: Aldenham; RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth 15.01.1909 entered RN 14.07.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 17.08.1926 - (07.1927) Navigating Officer, HMS Cambrian (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.10.1928 - (02.1931) Navigating Officer, HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) 20.08.1931 - (09.1932) Asisstant King's Harbour Master, HM's Dockyard Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 19.09.1932 - (01.)1934 HM Yacht Victoria and Albert (Portsmouth) 17.08.1934 - (07.1935) Navigating Officer, HMS Revenge (battleship) & Squadron Navigating Officer, 1st Battle Squadron (Mediterranean) 17.08.1934 - (02.1936) Squadron Navigating Officer, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Valiant (battleship)] (Medfiterranean) 14.01.1937 - (02.1937) tactical course, Portsmouth 01.06.1937 - (04.1939) Executive & Navigating Officer, HMS Warspite (battleship) (and as Master of the Fleet) (Mediterranean) (08.1939) no appointment listed 03.09.1939 - (04.1940) Assistant Director of Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 09.1940 - (02.1941) Flag Captain, HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas 03.1941 - 01.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Exeter (cruiser) (sunk) 01.03.1942 - 09.1945 prisoner of war in Japan 08.05.1946 - 1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Cleopatra (cruiser) Published: Fight it out (1958; autobiography)
Gosling, Charles Grantham Residence: (1945)  Plymouth.	19.07.1907 St Germans district, Cornwall - (03?).1980 Bath district, Somerset	Midsh. (E) 15.09.1926 S.Lt. (E) 01.11.1928 A/Lt. (E) 07.08.1930 Lt. (E) 01.08.1930 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.08.1938 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1942 Capt. (E) 31.12.1951 (retd 13.06.1959) OBE 01.01.1945 New Year 45 [investiture 10.07.45]	15.09.1926 - (08.)1930 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 02.09.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Iron Duke (battleship; sea-going gunnery firing ship) 02.06.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) 31.01.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for Mechanical Training Establishment) 26.06.1934 - 02.09.1935 HMS Galatea (cruiser) (and for suty with Commander Superintendent of Contract-built Ships) 03.09.1935 - (02.)1937 HMS Galatea (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (07.1937)     no appointment listed 26.08.1937 - (08.1939) HMS Punjabi (destroyer) (Home Fleet) (04.1940) - (12.1941) RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] * (08.1942)     no appointment listed 10.09.1942 - 02.10.1944 HMS Dido (cruiser) 23.10.1944 - (04.1946) RN College, Eaton, Chester [HMS Britannia] 07.04.1947 - (07.1948) HMS London (cruiser) 05.04.1949 - (05.1949) HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Torpoint) (for Newfoundland, for harbour training of stokers) 06.03.1950 - (05.1950) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) 11.02.1952 - (05.1953) on staff of Flag Officer, Scotland [HMS Cochrane (Rosyth Maritime Headquarters)] 03.05.1954 - (01.1956) Commanding Officer, HMS Fisgard (artificers' training establishment, Torpoint) 01.01.1957 - 17.02.1957 an Assistant Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.02.1957 - (01.)1959 Director of Officer Appointments (Engineer Officers), Admiralty [HMS President] Played rugby football for the Navy.
Gotto, Mark Stanford Married Jane Chaffey Gotto (née Arnaud), three sons.	08.08.1919 - 22.07.2006	Paym.Cadet 01.01.1937 Paym.Midsh. 01.01.1938 Paym.S.Lt. 01.10.1939 Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 01.06.1941 Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.06.1949 (retd 08.08.1966)	01.09.1937 - (10.1938) HMS Glasgow (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 16.01.1939 - (04.)1939 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet) 28.07.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Caradoc (cruiser) 01.07.1942 - (04.)1944 Captain's Secretary, HMS Gosling (training establishment, Risley, nr Warrington, Lancashire) 01.07.1944 - (01.)1946 Captain's Secretary, HMS Speaker (escort carrier) (04.1946) no appointment listed 20.04.1948 - (05.)1949 DSO [= D... Supply Officer?], HMS Diadem (cruiser) 09.09.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Anson (battleship) 23.02.1953 - (05.1953) HMS Gamecock (RN Air Station, Bramcote, Nuneaton, Warwickshire) 04.04.1955 - (01.1957) HMS Apollo (minelayer) 02.08.1960 - (07.1961) Fiscal Officer, Allied Forces Mediterranean, NATO (02.1963) - (02.1964) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 1963/64? - 1966 liaison to the Ghana Navy in Accra
Gould, Philip Francis Stewart Son of Lt.-Col. Philip Gould and Marie Agusta Gould (née Stewart), of Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire. Husband of Mary Gould, of Shedfield, Hampshire.	(06?).1916 Eastbourne district, Sussex / East Sussex - 28.04.1943 (KIA) [age 26] [Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia, II.F.27]	Cadet 01.09.1933 Midsh. 01.05.1934 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1936 S.Lt. 11.11.1937, seniority 01.08.1937 Lt. 01.05.1939 DSC 21.10.1941 attack Channel convoy 08.09.41 DSC 31.03.1942 attack battle cruisers 12.02.42 MID 05.07.1940 Dutch coast MID 06.01.1942 attack enemy convoy 03.11.41 MID 11.01.1944 ActKeliba&CBon 27.04.43	03.05.1934 - (02.1936) HMS Neptune (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 07.07.1936 - (04.1939) HMS Vernon (torpdeo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for Motor Torpedo Boats) 04.1939 - (08.1939) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 16 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Vulcan] 16.10.1939 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 16 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Vulcan] (09.1941) - (1942) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 43 (motor gun boat) 12.03.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Mansfield (destroyer) (1942?) Senior Officer, 9th MGB Flotilla 23.11.1942 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 640 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS St. Christopher] ? - 28.04.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 639 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 32nd MTB Flotilla
Gower, John Ronald Married Amy (née ...); two sons, two daughters.	07.04.1912 Nairobi - 17.11.2007 Aldeburgh, Suffolk	... ... Lt. 01.09.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1943 Cdr. 30.06.1946 Capt. 30.06.1953 (retd 28.08.1962) DSC 26.12.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [investiture 27.09.45] MID 17.04.1945 minelaying & attack convoy Norway 01.45 MID 19.06.1945 Operation Hotbed	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1926) ... - ... ... (04.1940) - (06.)1940) HMS Albury (Hunt class minesweeper) (Dunkirk) * (1940)     HMS Mytilus (converted merchant ship) 11.11.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Bedouin (destroyer) 31.05.1942 - (08.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Winchester (destroyer) 11.10.1943 - 24.06.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Swift (destroyer) (ship mined off Normandy) 15.07.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Orwell (destroyer) course officer, RN College, Dartmouth; Executive Officer, HMS Devonshire (training cruiser); 1951-1953 Commander, RN College, Greenwich; 1954-1955 Director, Navy's PT School, Portsmouth; Commanding Officer, HMS Diana (destroyer); 1958-1960 Naval Attaché, Santiago196-1962 Commanding Officer, HMS Ganges ... - ... ... 07.01.1962 - 07.07.1962 also: Naval ADC to the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such
Gowlland, Geoffrey Son of Lt.Col. Edward Lake Gowlland, DSO, RAMC (1876-1942), a country doctor, and Dorothy Mary Thornhill (1877-1903). Twin brother of Cdr. Langton Gowlland, RN. Married 1st (24.11.1928, Knightsbridge, London) Dorothy Ellen Procter, of Vancouver (divorced 1942). Married 2nd (1947) Margaret Linda White; one daughter.	03.03.1903 Faversham district, Kent - 12.1988 Salisbury district, Wiltshire	A/S.Lt. 15.05.1923 S.Lt. 30.01.1924 Lt. 30.01.1926 Lt.Cdr. 30.01.1934 Cdr. 30.06.1938 (retd 03.03.1953; age) A/Capt. 30.04.1943? & 11.12.1948?	Education: preparatory school, Westgate (1911); RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (09.1916-1920) (08.1923)     no appointment listed (01.1925)     no appointment listed 04.11.1925 - (05.1926) HMS L 56 (submarine) (Mediterranean) 28.05.1927 - (04.)1928 HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) (for observer duties) 19.04.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) (for observer duties) 08.04.1929 - (08.)1929 HMS Vindictive (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) (for observer duties) 12.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) (for observer duties) 16.06.1930 - (10.1930) photographic course, RAF School of Photography, Farnborough [HMS Victory] (02.1931)     no appointment listed 20.02.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) (for observer duties) 03.04.1933 - (02.)1935 HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) (for observer duties) 07.05.1935 - (07.)1935 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 29.07.1935 - (02.)1937 School of Naval Co-Operation, Lee-on-Solent [lent to RAF] 17.05.1937 - (06.)1938 HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) (for observer duties) (08.1938)     no appointment listed 27.09.1938 - (04.)1940 Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.11.1940 - (12.1941) Executive Officer, HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester) (08.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed 30.04.1943 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Halesworth) 12.1944 - (07.1945) Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer (Air), East Indies [HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon)] (04.1946)     no appointment listed 24.03.1947 - 17.05.1948 Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.05.1948 - (07.)1948 Air Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 11.12.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Bluejacket (depot ship, Bombay, India) (05.1953)     HMS President * Post-war a reverend. * indexed, but not listed as such
Gowlland, Langton   Son of Lt.Col. Edward Lake Gowlland, DSO, RAMC (1876-1942), a country doctor, and Dorothy Mary Thornhill (1877-1903). Twin brother of Capt. Geoffrey Gowlland, RN. Married 1st (01.06.1929) Monica Reilly Collins (1905 - 06.11.1978); two daughters. Married 2nd (1980) Audrey Vera Walter (née Lacey-Thompson).	03.03.1903 Faversham district, Kent - 11.2002 Godalming, West Surrey district, Surrey	A/S.Lt. 15.05.1923 S.Lt. 30.12.1923 Lt. 30.07.1925 Lt.Cdr. 30.07.1933 Cdr. 30.06.1940 (retd 03.03.1953; age)	Education: preparatory school, Westgate (1911); RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (09.1916-1920) (1920) HMS Temeraire (training ship) 1922     HMS Raleigh (cruiser) (Bermuda Station) (08.1923)     no appointment listed 29.12.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Mediterranean) 06.03.1926 - (05.1926) HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 17.05.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Valkyrie (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 05.01.1928 - (06.1928) qualifying for torpedo duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Vernon] 25.05.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 12.03.1931 - (06.)1933 Torpedo Officer, HMS Emerald (cruiser) (East Indies) 17.09.1933 - (07.1934) instructor, HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (02.1935)     lent to New Zealand Division RN 15.03.1935 - (02.)1937 Torpedo Officer, HMNZS Dunedin (cruiser) [lent to New Zealand Division RN] 29.06.1937 - (08.)1939 Torpedo Officer (also Electrical Officer & First Lieutenant), HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) & as Squadron Torpedo Officer, Aircraft Carriers (invalided home with a broken leg, late 1939) 12.03.1940 - (04.1940) Whitehead Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (02.1941)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 09.12.1941 - (02.)1943 Executive Officer, HMS Frobisher (cruiser) (Cape town) 02.1943 - (04.)1944 Executive Officer, HMS Birmingham (cruiser) appointed to command 42nd Minesweeping Flotilla, but asked to be relieved because of his chronic seasickness (06.1944) - (10.1944) no appointment listed 10.01.1945 - (04.1946) Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (serving at Bath & Whitehall) 01.03.1947 - 1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (invalided home with serious skin problems) ** 14.03.1949 - (05.1949) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) (05.1950)     no appointment listed Assistant Marine Superintendent for London and Oversea Freighters till 1968. Guide of the National Trust's Losely House near Guildford, Surrey. * indexed, but not listed as such ** (07.1948) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Grace, Norman Vere	31.07.1894 Thornbury, Gloucestershire - 20.02.1975 Amberley, Gloucestershire	S.Lt. ? Lt. ? 30.11.1920, seniority 15.12.1915 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1923 Cdr. 30.06.1929 Capt. 30.06.1937 (retd 05.07.1946) MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43	15.05.1907     entered RN 15.08.1924 - (01.1925) Torpedo Officer, HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 13.01.1927 - (07.1927) Torpdeo Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 29.04.1929 - (01.1932) Torpedo School, Portsmouth [HMS Vernon] 07.03.1932 - (01.1934) Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 15.05.1934 - (07.1935) Commanding Officer, HMS Grimsby (sloop) (China) (02.1936) no postng listed 16.07.1936 - (07.1937) Exeutive Officer, HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) 29.12.1937 - (02.1938) HMS President (for miscellaneous service at Admiralty) 09.05.1938 - (04.1940) Deputy Director Torpedoes and Mining, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.08.1940 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Adventure (minelayer) 13.08.1942 - (08.1943) Chief of Staff to Rear-Admiral Commanding Iceland [HMS Baldur] (10.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 01.1944 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Berwick (cruiser) 19.09.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Vernon (training establishment, Brighton) 02.01.1946 - 05.07.1946 Naval ADC to the King (04.1946) no appointment listed Deputy Lieutenant, 10.02.1960. Played First Class cricket, 1920-1927.
Graham, Arthur George	23.05.1891 Portsmouth, Hampshire - died between 08.1977 and 08.1983	Seaman ? [237724] A/Mate 22.06.1918 A/Lt. ? (retd 06.06.1922; own request) Lt. 25.07.1922, seniority 22.05.1921 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 22.05.1929 (reverted to retd 1946?) DSC 11.11.1919 ?	23.05.1891     entered RN 13.12.1918 - (07.1919) HMS Morris (destroyer) 10.1939 - (02.1941) Boom Defence Depot, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (for command of group of drifters) 01.1942 - (04.1946) Boom Defence Officer, Boom Defence Depot, Gibraltar [HMS Cormorant]
Graham, Cosmo Moray	13.02.1887 Cape Codbury, South Africa - 05.11.1946 [Wadhurst, Sussex?]	A/S.Lt. 30.09.1906? S.Lt. 30.08.1907, seniority 30.09.1906 Lt. 01.04.1909 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1918 Cdr. 30.06.1923 Capt. 30.06.1930 Cdre. 2nd cl. > 04.1940, < 01.1941 R.Adm. 15.01.1941 (retd 16.01.1941) CB 01.01.1942 New Year 42 MID 01.12.1942 services Burma 12.41-05.42	15.01.1902     entered RN served European War, 1914-1918 ? - (01.1925) aviation course for Commanders, Central Flying School, Upavon, Wilts. & RAF Base, Gosport 01.08.1926 - (07.1927) Executive Officer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) 23.06.1928 - (04.1930) Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 05.01.1931 - (02.1931) tactical course [HMS Victory] 13.03.1931 - (01.1932) Flag Captain, HMS Curacoa (cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer to Vice-Admiral Commanding 3rd Cruiser Squadron (Mediterranean) (09.1932) no appointment listed 03.08.1933 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMNZS Diomede (cruiser) 06.07.1936 - 01.01.1937 Admiralty 01.01.1937 - (10.1938) Director of Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 24.02.1939 - (02.1941) Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf & Commanding Officer, HMS Shoreham (escort vessel) ? - (1941) East Indies (12.1941) - (05.1942) Burma [HMS Lanka] 15.10.1942 - (07.1945) Flag Officer-in-Charge, Humber [HMS Beaver]
Graham, James Son of James Graham, CBE, and Louisa Graham. Brother of Cdr. R.R. Graham, RN.	18.12.1898 ["Ailsa", Singapore ?] - died between 08.1977 and 08.1983	Cadet 12.04.1917 Midsh. 1917? A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.02.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1928 (retd 1931) Cdr. (retd) 18.12.1938 (reactivated 25.08.1939) (reverted to retd < 04.1946) OBE 01.01.1945 New Year 45 [investiture 27.11.45]	Education: Charterhouse 12.04.1917 special entry cadet, RN College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 1917? HMS Barham (battleship) (08.1923) no appointment listed 27.09.1923 - (01.)1925 qualifying for gunnery duties, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 06.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 06.1927 - (06.1928) Gunnery Officer, 3rd Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Keppel (destroyer; flotilla leader) (China) (08.1929) no appointment listed 19.08.1929 - (02.)1931 Gunnery Officer, HMS Calcutta (cruiser) & as Fleet Gunnery Officer, Africa Station 25.08.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS President III (accounting base, Bristol) 08.09.1941 - (07.1945) Executive & Gunnery Officer, HMS Cardiff (cruiser)
Graham, Quintin Dick	04.07.1895 - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	S.Lt. ? Lt. 30.12.1916 Lt.Cdr. 30.12.1924 Cdr. 31.12.1930 Capt. 30.06.1937 (retd 05.07.1946) CBE 01.01.1943 New Year 43 DSO 04.05.1943 Operation Torch 11.42 DSO 23.10.1945 air strikes Okinawa etc. 03-04.45 MID 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche 09.43 Polish Military Cross (21.10.1941) & Czech Military Cross (15.09.1942) (withdrawal of Polish & Czech froces from France in 1940)	15.05.1908     entered RN 11.02.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Vernon (torpdeo school, Portsmouth) 23.07.1926 - (07.1927) Torpedo Officer, 1st Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Montrose (flotilla leader)] (Mediterranean) 19.03.1929 - (04.1930) Torpedo Officer, HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (02.1931) no appointment listed 07.04.1931 - (09.1932) Squadron Torpedo Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron [HMS Hood (battlecruiser)] (Home Fleet) 14.12.1932 - (01.1934) HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (for Whitehead Department) 15.08.1934 - (07.1935) Executive Officer, HMS Valiant (battleship) (Home Fleet) 25.07.1935 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 25.07.1936 - (07.1937) RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 11.02.1938 - (04.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Bridgewater (escort vessel) (Africa) 30.06.1939 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Arethusa (cruiser) [for some time also: Flag Captain &  Chief Staff Officer 3rd Cruiser Squadron] 05.1941 - (08.1942) Chief of Staff to Rear-Admrial Commanding Iceland [HMS Baldur] (11.1942) Senior Naval Officer-in-Charge Z Beach (landings in N Africa) 30.11.1942 - 09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Unicorn (aircraft maintenance ship) 09.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier) (04.1946) no appointment listed 02.01.1946 - 05.07.1946 Naval ADC to the King
Graham, Robert Henry Married Una (née ...); two daughters, one son.	c. 1918 ? - 29.01.2007 [Shalford?]	... ... Lt. 01.03.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1947 Cdr. 30.06.1951 Capt. 31.12.1958 (retd 12.01.1968) MVO 01.01.1957 New Year 57 [investiture 12.03.57] DSC 03.12.1940 sinking of Durbo & Lafole [investiture 15.07.41] MID 25.01.1944 Operations Baytown & Ferdy MID 27.06.1944 services Adriatic 10.43	... - ... ... HMS Orion (cruiser) 21.01.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Gallant (destroyer) 29.08.1941 - (08.1942) Navigating Officer, HMS Roberts (monitor) 20.01.1943 - (10.1944) Navigating Officer, HMS Troubridge (destroyer) (09.1943 on staff of FOSY [= Flag Officer ...] for landings in Italy) (01.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Sussex (cruiser) * ... - ... ... served HMS Vanguard, HMS Redpole, HMS Saker, HMS Britannia, HMS Protector, HMS Fife, HMS Dryad
Graham, Robert Rule Second son of James Graham, CBE, and Louisa Graham. Brother of Cdr. J. Graham, RN. Married (14.12.1935) Anne Armstrong, of Limpsfield, Surrey. Of "Sarras", Hulham, Exmouth, Devon, and formerly of "Hop Gilberts", Woldingham, Surrey.	27.12.1899 "Ailsa", Singapore - 03.05.1940 (KIA) [age 40] [Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 34, column 1] [comemmorated at Woldingham War Memorial at St. Agatha's Church, Woldingham, Surrey]	Cadet 15.06.1918 Midsh. 01.11.1918 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1921 S.Lt. 31.05.1921, seniority 15.01.1921 A/Lt. 20.08.1922 Lt. 22.10.1923, seniority 15.10.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1930 Cdr. 31.12.1934 RAF: F/O 16.06.1924 F/Lt. 01.07.1928 Sqd.Ldr. 01.07.1933 W/Cdr. 01.07.1937 DSO 23.02.1940 Battle of the River Plate ONM 06.11.1929 rescue crew of flying boat * * For helping to rescue four men including Major Ramon Franco, the son of General Franco, from their downed flying boat.	Education: Charterhouse 14.06.1918 - 16.10.1918 special entry cadet (8th Entry), RN College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 01.11.1918 - 01.02.1919 HMS Glorious (cruiser) 01.02.1919 - (03.)1921 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (03.)1921 - 09.1922 HMS Spear (torpedo-boat destroyer) 10.1922 - (08.)1923 short course of instruction for junior officers, Cambridge 10.1923 - 05.1924 HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) 16.06.1924 - 11.11.1924 pliots' course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon [attached to RAF] 12.11.1924 - (06.)1925 pilots' course, RAF Base, Gosport [attached to RAF] 13.06.1925 - (06.)1928 No. 461 Flight, FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) [attached to RAF] 10.08.1928 - 14.04.1930 Flight Commander, No. 460 Flight, FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] 22.04.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 21.04.1932 - 02.04.1933 Flight Commander, No. 401 Flight, FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] 03.04.1933 - 07.05.1933 Commanding Officer, 801 Squadron FAA (Netheravon) 08.05.1933 - 28.07.1933 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 29.07.1933 - 23.10.1933 ...  [attached to RAF] 24.10.1933 - 14.12.1934 Commanding Officer, Fighter Squadron 803, FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] (China) [attached to RAF] 15.12.1934 - 03.1935 Commanding Officer, Spotter/Reconnaissance (S/R) Squadron 825, FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] (China) [attached to RAF] 03.1935 - 08.06.1935 Commanding Officer, S/R Squadron 825, FAA [RAF Station Halfar, HMS St Angelo] [attached to RAF] 24.09.1935 - 29.03.1936 Squadron Commander, Torpedo/Bomber (T/B) Squadron 811, FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] 30.04.1936 - (01.)1937 Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 11.01.1937 - (07.1937) HMS President (lent to Air Ministry) (Department of Research and Development) (seconded to Handley Page to help them develop the wing leading edge slot) (02.1938) - (10.1938) Air Ministry (Department of Research and Development) 01.02.1939 - 04.1940 Executive Officer, HMS Exeter (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 04.1940 06.04.1940? - 03.05.1940 HMS Woolwich (destroyer) [attached to French destroyer Bison as liaison officer] (Namsos campaign, Norway) He was a keen and able ornithologist - wrote a paper in 1930 on the unique feathers of the owl's wing.
Grant, John William	10.01.1920 - 22.01.1988 Leicestershire Central	Midsh. 01.05.1918 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.05.1922 Lt. 15.03.1924 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1932 Cdr. 30.06.1939 Capt. 31.12.1943 (retd 08.07.1953) DSO 09.06.1942 air attack Malta & [enr?] Gibraltar MID 24.02.1942 Force K action with enemy convoy 09.11.41 MID 13.03.1945 assault Normandy 06-11.44	(06.1922) HMS Cumberland (cruiser) 27.01.1923 - (08.1923) First Lieutenant, HMS Cockchafer (river gunboat) 15.03.1924 - (01.)1925 First Lieutenant, HMS Cockchafer (river gunboat) (China) 22.10.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Curlew (cruiser) (North America and West Indies) 17.01.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Cairo (cruiser) (North America and West Indies) 07.12.1928 - (04.1930) HMS Ganges (RN base, Harwich) 02.01.1931 - (09.1932) Executive OFficer, HMS Watchman (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 07.02.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 08.01.1936 - (07.)1937 HMS Frobisher (cruiser; cadet training cruiser) 30.10.1937 - (06.)1938 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet) 07.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet) [ship commissioned 21.10.1938] 17.07.1939 - (02.)1941 Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 21.05.1941 - (08.)1943 Executive Officer, HMS Penelope (cruiser) (10.1943) no appointment listed 30.11.1943 - (06.1944) HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services): (06.1944) - (11.1944) Staff Flag Officer British Assault Area (Normandy, NW Europe) 01.1945 - 11.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Searcher (escort carrier) (04.1946) no appointment listed (07.1948) no appointment listed 15.12.1948 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Hornbill (RN Air Station, Culham, Berkshire) (05.1953) no appointment listed 08.01.1953 - 08.07.1953 also: Naval ADC to the Queen
Grantham, [Sir] Guy Only son of late Charles Fred Grantham, JP, The Hall, Skegness, Lincs (died 1922). Married (1934) Beryl Marjorie (died 1991), daughter of late T.C.B. Mackintosh­Walker, Geddes, Nairn; two daughters. Residence (1944): Nairn.	09.01.1900 Roman Bank, Skegness, Spilsby district, Lincolnshire - 08.09.1992 North Lodge, Syston Park, Barkston, Lincolnshire	Cadet (Special Entry) 14.06.1918 Midsh. 01.11.1918 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.01.1921 A/Lt. ? Lt. 15.02.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1930 Cdr. 30.06.1933 Capt. 31.12.1937 Cdre. 1st cl. 07.03.1946? A/R.Adm. 1945 R.Adm. 08.07.1947 V.Adm. 04.10.1950 Adm. 22.10.1953 (retd 30.04.1959) GCB 31.05.1956 HM's birthday 56 KCB 05.06.1952 HM's birthday 52 CB 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.42 CBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 DSO 03.06.1941 withdrawal Greece Nauplia MID 01.06.1943 good service with the Army in the Middle East 11.41-04.42 MID 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche (Salerno landings, 09.43) Prizes while at Keyham (1918): Head of Term Keyham Total Officer-like Qualities (2nd) Navigation and Pilotage Gunnery and Torpedo (2nd)	Education: Bilton Grange, Rugby and Rugby School 14.06.1918 - 16.10.1918 Special Entry Cadet (8th Entry), RN College, Keyham (Chief Cadet Captain) 01.11.1918 - (01.1919) HMS Monarch (battleship) 1922 submarine service 31.07.1924 - (01.1925) HMS X.1 (submarine) (Portsmouth) 28.10.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.07.1929 - (02.1931) naval staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 13.04.1931 - (01.1932) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 31.08.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) (for submarines) 03.05.1933 - (01.1934) Staff Officer (Operations), 1st Submarine Flotilla (and for submarine duties) [HMS Douglas (submarine flotilla leader)] (Mediterranean) 15.01.1935 - (07.1935) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 08.01.1936 - (02.1936) Staff Officer (Operations), 3rd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Arethusa (cruiser)] (Mediterranean) 17.04.1936 - (08.1938) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.09.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) (02.1939) - (04.1939) no appointment listed 02.06.1939 - (04.1940) Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord [HMS President] 10.06.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Phoebe (cruiser) 17.03.1942 - (08.1942) Flag Captain, HMS Cleopatra (cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer, 15th Cruiser Squadron (02.1943) - (06.1943) HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) * 09.08.1943 - (08.1943) Flag Captain, HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral, Home Fleet Aircraft Carriers 19.08.1943 - (10.1943) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (10.1943?) HMS Euryalus (cruiser) 10.12.1943 - 01.04.1944 Plans Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.04.1944 - (07.1945) Director of Plans Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.03.1946 - 1948 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 1947 - 1948 Naval ADC to the King 1948 - 1950 Flag Officer (Submarines) 03.1950 - 1951 Flag Officer (Air), Mediterranean & Second-in- Command, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Glory] 1951 - (04.)1954 Vice-Chief of Naval Staff [HMS President] 10.12.1954 - 1957 Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station, and Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces, Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 18.07.1957 - 17.07.1959 Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, Allied Commander-in-Chief, Channel and Southern North Sea [HMS Victory] 07.01.1958 - 1959  First and Principal Naval ADC to the Queen Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta, 13.02.1959-02.07.1962 [official appointment 07.05.1959]. Honorary Freeman of Haberdashers' Company. Member, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 1962-70 (Vice-Chairman, 1963-70). Governor, Corps of Commissionaires, 1964-. KStJ, 07.1959. * indexed, but not listed as such
Grattan-Cooper, Sidney	see:	Cooper, Sidney Grattan
Gray, Donald	17.03.1912 - 21.08.1997 Leeds district, Yorkshire	Prob. Schoolm. 24.04.1938 Schoolm. 1939?, seniority 24.04.1938 Schoolm (CWO) 18.06.1945 Instr.Lt. 17.09.1946, seniority 28.05.1943 Lt. (L) 09.01.1947, seniority 28.05.1943 Lt.Cdr. (L) 28.05.1951 (retd 17.03.1957)	Education: BSc. 05.08.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Ganges (boys' training establishment, Shotley) 27.03.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Jervis (destroyer) (for flotilla duties) 09.06.1940 - (02.)1941 on flotilla staff, HMS Kelly (destroyer; flotilla leader) 14.11.1941 - (08.)9142 HMS Canopus (base/training establishment, Ras El Tin School, Alexandria, Egypt) 01.10.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Assegai (training establishment, nr Durban, South Africa) 22.05.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Onslaught (destroyer) (07.1945)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * (04.1946)     no appointment listed 09.01.1947     transferred to Electrical Branch 24.11.1947 - (05.1949) HMS Wakeful 11.01.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Collingwood (training establishment) 07.04.1952 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous duties) 18.01.1954 - (04.1955) HMS President (for duty at Admiralty Engineering Laboratory, West Drayton) ? - (01.1956) HMS President (for miscellaneous duties) (01.1957)     Department of the Director of Electrical Engineering, Admiralty [HMS President] * AMIEE. * indexed, but not listed as such
Gray, Ian James Robin	? - 12.2004 still alive at Christchurch, New Zealand	Midsh. 01.01.1942 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1943 S.Lt. 16.11.1943 Lt. 16.11.1945 Lt.Cdr. 16.11.1953 (retd 30.01.1963; own request)	01.01.1942 - (08.1942) HMS London (cruiser) 18.01.1943 - (02.)1943 HMS Ramillies (battleship) 05.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Wensleydale (destroyer) (10.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 12.03.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Stevenstone (destroyer) 09.11.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Onslow (destroyer) 10.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Hart (sloop) 17.05.1948 - (07.)1948 HMS Diadem (cruiser) 23.09.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 02.01.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 07.07.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous duties) (04.1955) no appointment listed 13.05.1955 - (01.)1956 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous duties) 14.07.1956 - (01.1957) HMS Newfoundland (cruiser) (07.1961) HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halfar, Malta) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Gray, Oswald Stannus Married; at least one daughter.	07.08.1888 - 04.1984 Lewisham, London	S.Lt. ? Lt. 28.02.1909 Lt.Cdr. 28.02.1917 (retd 25.11.1930; own request) Cdr. (retd) 25.11.1930 A/Capt. (retd) > 04.1940, < 02.1941	15.05.1903     entered RN 28.02.1917 - (01.1919) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services) 13.05.1923 - (07.1927) Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Glasgow 15.04.1928 - (01.)1932 an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Woolwich 01.01.1932 - (02.)1936 1st Class Assistant to Superintendent of Design, Naval Ordnance Department (under War Office) 01.05.1936 - (10.)1938 Deputy Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance (Gunnery), Admiralty 30.10.1938 - (02.1941) Naval Secretary, Ordnance Board (London) [HMS President] (08.1942) - (04.1946) Member, Ordnance Board (London) [HMS President] (10.1947) CINO (Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance) Officer attached to Departments under Ministry of Supply

 

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