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G.C. Heathcote   to   R.M.J. Hutton
Heathcote, Gilbert Cockshutt Son of Thornhill Bradford Heathcote, solicitor for the Duchy of Cornwall, and Marian Alien Ward. Married ((12?).1914, Belper district) Hilda Jones.	04.01.1883 Betchworth, Reigate district, Surrey - 11.04.1957 Bournemouth	A/S.Lt. 15.06.1902? S.Lt. 21.05.1903, seniority 15.06.1902 Lt. 31.12.1904 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1912 (retd 03.05.1916) Cdr. (retd) 23.07.1935, seniority 04.01.1923	15.05.1897     joined RN 29.08.1939 - (04.1940) HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services) 18.01.1941 - 02.1942 Commanding Officer, Prince of Wales Training School (Stalham, nr Norfolk)
Heaton, Gervase William Heaton Married ((09?).1923, St Martin district, London) ... Maignen.	03.03.1882 - 02.03.1976	... ... Lt. 31.12.1903 (retd 03.03.1912; own request) Lt.Cdr. ? (reverted to retd 11.11.1918) A/Cdr. ? Cdr. (retd) 11.11.1918 A/Capt. (retd) < 02.1941 (reverted to retd < 04.1946) DSO 01.01.1916 New Year 16: minesweeping operations OBE 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 LoP ? Nore Command CdeG WW I ? MID 02.07.1917 minesweeping operations 16-17	15.01.1896     joined RN Nore Command 15.03.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Epping (minesweeper base, Harwich) 04.03.1941 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven) * * (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such JP
Helbert, Reginald Robert Son of Geoffery Gladstone Helbert and Mabel Sophia Helbert. Husband of A. Vera Helbert. photos funeral	12.05.1898 - 19.04.1945 (KIA, air accident) [age 46] [Perth War Cemetery & Annex, Australia, S.C.10]	... ... Lt. 15.05.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1928 (retd 12.05.1943) Cdr. (retd) 12.05.1943	31.03.1917     commissioned ... - ... ... (02.1935)     no appointment listed 24.05.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) 13.08.1936 - (01.)1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Spearfish (submarine, 5th Submarine Flotilla) (and for duty with submarines) 22.02.1937 - (09.1939) in charge of DSEA Training, and for duty Class I with submarines, and as Anti-Piracy Officer and for supervision of Merchant Navy Defence Courses [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)] ? - (04.)1940 Staf Officer (Operations), 4th Submarine Flotilla [HMS Medway (submarine depot ship, Hong Kong)] 28.10.1940 - (12.1941) Staf Officer (Operations), 6th Submarine Flotilla [HMS Titania (submarine depot ship, Holy Loch) (and for duty with submarines) 01.01.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship for 3rd Submarine Flotilla, Holy Loch) (and for duty with submarines) 03.08.1943 - 19.04.1945 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship for 8th Submarine Flotilla, Alexandria (Egypt), from 03.1944 Trincomalee (Ceylon), from 16.09.1944 Fremantle (Western Australia)) (for submarines, later specified as British Naval Liaison Officer STMs) (killed at a US Navy transport aircraft accident at Gooseberry Hill)
Hemans, Michael Adrian Son of Cecil Rupert Hemans, and Frances Margaret Willan.	(03?).1915 Plymouth district, Devon - 14.10.2007 [Fernhurst, West Sussex ?]	... ... Lt. 01.04.1937 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1945 Cdr. 30.06.1948 Capt. 30.06.1956 (retd 21.08.1958) DSC 02.08.1940 withdrawal of troops from Le Havre [investiture 03.09.40] DSC 16.12.1941 Operation Propellor 08-09.41 [investiture 01.05.1945] MID 01.01.1944 New Year 44	... - ... ... 07.12.1937 - (04.)1940 HMS Ajax (cruiser) 30.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) (08/09.1941) SS Empire Guillemot 30.08.1941 - (06.)1943 Gunnery Officer, HMS Jervis (destroyer) & on flotilla staff 07.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 01.08.1944 - (07.)1945 Gunnery Officer, HMS Berwick 10.07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) HMS Mauritius HMS Chivalrous ... - ... ...
Henderson, Harold Pitcairn	05.04.1901 Partick district, Glasgow City, Scotland - 25.10.1972 Droxford	A/Lt. 15.05.1923 Lt. ?, seniority 15.05.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1931 Cdr. 31.12.1936 Capt. 30.06.1942 (retd 07.07.1951) CBE 01.01.1955 New Year 55 DSO 11.06.1946 wind up Far East MID 16..08.1940 Dunkirk MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 CdeG 1940? Dunkirk LegH 1940? Dunkirk	15.05.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Sesame (torpedo-boat destroyer) 12.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Carysfort (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 08.09.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Comus (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 10.08.1926 - (07.1927) Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral in Charge Gibraltar [HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar)] 17.05.1929 - (08.)1929 First Lieutenant, HMS Vimiera (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 01.11.1929 - (01.1932) Flag Lieutenant Commander to Commander-in-Chief, East Indies [HMS Effingham (cruiser)] (East Indies) (09.1932) no appointment listed 09.01.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 31.01.1935 - (02.1936) HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) 19.01.1937 - (07.1937) Executive Officer, HMS Aurora (cruiser) 11.01.1938 - (10.1938) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 21.01.1939 - (09.1939) course at Staff College, Minley Manor [HMS President] 24.08.1939 - (04.1940) HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services) (06.1940) British Naval Liaison Officer, Dunkirk 23.12.1940 - 03.07.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer) 1941? - 1942 HMS Boadicea (08.1942) no appointment listed 01.09.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Philoctetes 11.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Jervis 28.01.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Grenville (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 25th Destroyer Flotilla 27.08.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Grenville (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 25th Destroyer Flotilla 14.01.1948 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, HMS Resource & as Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth 07.07.1949 - (04.1955) Naval Attaché, Cairo OStJ (09.1959); CStJ (14.01.1964)
Henley, John Arthur Cameron Son of V.Adm. Joseph Charles Walrond Henley, CB (1879-1968), and Esmé Gordon Cameron. Married (27.10.1942, Washington, DC)  Frances Mary Griffiths; three sons.	18.02.1913 Alverstoke district, Hamsphire - 29.08.2003 Leicester, Leicestershire	Cadet 01.05.1930 Midsh. 01.01.1931 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1933 S.Lt. 01.09.1933 Lt. 01.09.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1943 Cdr. 30.06.1947 Capt. 30.06.1954 (retd 16.03.1963) DSC 03.10.1952 Korea (4th list)	Education: West Downs School, Winchester (1922-1926); jssc, psc 07.05.1930 - (10.)1930 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.12.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 18.05.1931 - (01.1932) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 08.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 04.05.1933 - (01.1934) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 15.09.1934 - (02.1936) HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China) 30.11.1936 - (07.1937) signal course, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 13.12.1937 - (02.1938) HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 05.05.1938 - (09.1939) Signal Officer, HMS Duncan (flotilla leader) (and for flotilla duties) (China) 19.03.1940 - (02.1941) Flag Lieutenant to Flag Officer Commanding Orkneys and Shetlands [HMS Prosperine (RN base, Scapa)] 30.04.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Saker II [later: HMS Saker] (RN base, Washington, DC, USA) (04.1944) no appointment listed 13.05.1944 - (06.1944) Signal Officer, HMS Mauritius (cruiser) (for Signal and Wireless Telegraphy duties) 09.07.1944 - (07.1945) Signal Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (04.1946) HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) * (07.1948) no appointment listed 04.10.1948 - (05.1950) RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] (05.1953) HMS President * 30.01.1955 - (01.1956) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 18.08.1960 - (07.1961) Commanding Officer, HMS Centaur (02.1963) RN College * * indexed, but not listed as such
Henley, [Sir] Joseph Charles Cameron Eldest son of V.Adm. Joseph Charles Walrond Henley, CB (1879-1968), and Esmé Gordon Cameron. Married 1st (12.09.1934) Daphne Ruth (marriage dissolved 1965), daughter of late A.A.H. Wykeham, of Pitt Place, Brighstone, IW; one son, three daughters. Married 2nd (1966) Patricia Sharp, MBE 1952, daughter of late Roy Eastman, Alberta, Canada.	24.04.1909 Alverstoke, Hampshire. - 16.06.1999 Sydney, NSW, Australia	Midsh. 01.09.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1931 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.09.1930 Lt. 01.12.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1939 Cdr. 30.06.1945 Capt. 30.06.1951 Cdre. 2nd cl. 1956-1957, 1959-1960 R.Adm. 07.07.1960 (retd 1965) KCVO 1963 ? CB 1962 ?	Education: West Downs School, Winchester (1918-1922); Sherborne 1927 joined RN 17.05.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Tiger (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 08.03.1930 - (04.1930) HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (02.1931) no appointment listed 17.08.1931 - (01.1932) promotion course, Portsmouth 04.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS York (cruiser) 1934 - 1934 HMS Devonshire (cruiser) 27.09.1934 - (07.)1935 gunnery course, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 28.08.1935 - (02.1936) Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 31.12.1936 - (07.1937) advanced gunnery course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 31.10.1937 - (10.1938) Experimental Department, Gunnery School, Portsmouth [HMS Excellent] 30.01.1939 - (04.1940) Gunnery Officer, HMS Birmingham (cruiser) 21.01.1941 - (08.1942) Experimental Department, Gunnery School, Portsmouth [HMS Excellent] 15.01.1943 - (12.1943) Gunnery Officer, HMS King George V (battleship) (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 27.07.1945 - (04.1946) Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 1948 - 05.1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (07.1948) no appointment listed (05.1950) HMS President * 18.09.1951 - (05.)1953 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (miscellaneous duties) 1954 - 1955 Commanding Officer, HMS Defender 10.12.1955 - (01.1956) Chief of Staff to the Admiral British Joint Services Mission, Washington, DC [HMS Saker] 1956 - 1957 Naval Attaché, Washington [HMS President] 1958 - 1959 Director, RN Staff College 04.05.1959 - (07.)1961 Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Phoenicia] 25.01.1962 - 1965 Flag Officer, Royal Yachts [HMS Britannia] & Extra Naval Equerry to the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such
Hennessy, Robert Angus Martin Son of ... Hennessy, and Ethel Frederica Selmes.	26.09.1914 Rye district, Kent / Sussex - 07.1996 Droxford district, Hampshire	Cadet 01.01.1932 Midsh. 01.09.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1935 S.Lt. 23.10.1936, seniority 16.10.1935 Lt. 30.08.1938, seniority 16.07.1938 ?, seniority 01.06.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 12.06.1943 [acting rank] A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 [appointed rank] Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1946 Cdr. 31.12.1951 (retd 26.09.1964) MVO 16.07.1953 coronation naval review DSC 23.05.1952 Korea MID 03.12.1940 sinking enemy trawler MID 15.06.1943 attack on enemy convoy Mediterranean 15.02.43 MID 02.02.1951 Korea	21.01.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) 28.08.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 03.01.1935 - (07.1935) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 06.01.1936 - (02.1936) promotion course, Portsmouth 17.10.1936 - (02.1938) HMS Kempenfelt (flotilla leader) (Home Fleet) 09.05.1938 - (08.1938) HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for MTBs) 06.09.1938 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, MTB 7 [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)] 02.09.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, MTB 69 [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)] (08.1942) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) * 26.09.1942 - (06.1943) HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria) (for MTBs): (02.1943) Commanding Officer, MTB 77 12.06.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces Base, Malta) 22.04.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Corinthian (armed merchant cruiser) 26.02.1945 - (08.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Lamerton (destroyer) 16.03.1946 - (07.1946) Royal Naval Barracks, Plymouth [HMS Drake] 11.1949 - (1952) Commanding Officer, HMS Comus 16.08.1952 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS Surprise 30.08.1954 - (01.1956) Commanding Officer, HMS Siskin 06.10.1960 - (07.1961) Naval Attaché, Madrid 21.01.1963 - (02.1963) staff, Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] * indexed, but not listed as such
Henniker-Heaton, Arthur One of four sons and two daughters of Sir John Henniker Heaton, 1st Baronet (1848-1914), and Rose Bennett. Married (1913) Vera Isabel, daughter of the late Hamilton Atherley; two sons (2nd Lt. Michael Hamilton Henniker-Heaton, Royal Signals & Paym. Lt.Cdr. Robin John Henniker-Heaton, RNVR).	14.04.1883 - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	S.Lt. ? Lt. 30.09.1904 Lt.Cdr. 1913?, seniority 30.09.1912 Cdr. 31.12.1917 (retd 01.11.1922; own request) Capt. (retd) 14.04.1928 (reverted to retd late 1943/early 1944) MID 16.06.1942 for valuable services: Antwerp 1040 Cavalier, Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus (Italy) (11.08.1917)	15.05.1897     joined RN (04.1940) no appointment listed (1940?) consular service 01.07.1940 - 05.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Nemo (auxiliary patrol base, Brightlingsea) & as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Brightlingsea 12.05.1942 - 08.1942 HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) (for miscellaneous services) 28.08.1942 - 07.1943 Resident Naval Officer, Salcombe and Bigbury [HMS Dartmouth (RN base, Dartmouth)] 07.1943 - 10.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Salcombe (Combined Operations base, Salcombe) (10.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed
Henrywood, Kenneth Augustus	(12?).1910 Eastbourne district, Sussex / East Sussex - died between 08.1983 and 08.1989	Gnr. (T) 01.03.1941 A/Lt. 19.12.1943 Lt. 1944?, seniority 19.12.1943 ?, seniority 17.03.1943 Lt.Cdr. 17.03.1951 (retd 09.06.1955; own request) DSC 31.03.1942 attack on battlecruisers Scharnhorst / Gneisenau (Operation Cerberus) 12.02.42	served in the ranks, starting as a Boy Seaman 28.03.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Vivacious (destroyer) (02.1943) no appointment listed (06.1943) - (08.1943) HMS Marlborough (training establishment, Eastbourne) * (10.1943) - (12.1943) promotion course, Portsmouth 11.01.1944 - (06.1944) HMS London (cruiser) 01.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS London (cruiser) (04.1946) no appointment listed 25.03.1948 - (05.)1949 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 07.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Vengeance (aircraft carrier) 27.08.1951 - (05.)1953 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 17.09.1953 - (04.)1955 for duty with Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Plymouth [HMS Orion]
Herapath, John Brockman	10.1905 Bristol district, Avon / Gloucestershire  - 26.07.1989 Stevenage district, Hertfordshire	Midsh. 15.09.1923 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1926 S.Lt. 15.10.1926 Lt. 01.02.1929 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1937 (retd 06.10.1950) A/Cdr. 10.1943? Cdr. (retd) 06.10.1950