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Head, John Studdert "Jack" Son (with one brother) of d'Esterre Pritte Head (1866-1944), and Mary Emily Gertrude Mason (1864-1954). Married (21.01.1924, Glenageary, Co Dublin) Ruth Eleanor Moore (1899-1982); ... children (S.Lt. Derek D'Esterre Head, RNVR [later Capt. RNR]).	06.01.1897 Stanger, Natal, South Africa - 02.12.1983 Hove, East Sussex	S.Lt. 15.09.1917 Lt. 15.08.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1927 (retd 06.01.1942) A/Cdr. 11.09.1939? Cdr. (retd) 06.01.1942 (reverted to retd < 04.1946)	Education: Bromsgrove School (1910). 01.02.1916     entered RN (01.1919)     no appointment listed (08.1923)     no appointment listed 28.08.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 18.03.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for training duties) 19.03.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Champion (cruiser) (Portsmouth) 07.01.1929 - (08.1929) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.01.1930 - (08.)1930 HMS Cairo (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 08.1930 - (02.1931) Staff Officer (Operations) to Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Coventry (cruiser)] (01.1932)     no appointment listed 22.08.1932 - (06.1933) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 15.01.1934 - (11.)1934 HMS Constance (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 13.12.1934 - (02.)1935 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) (07.1935)     no appointment listed 30.09.1935 - (02.)1937 HMNZS Achilles (cruiser) (additional; for duty as Staff Officer (Operations) and (Intelligence) at Navy Office, Wellington) (07.1937) - (02.1938) HMNZS Achilles (cruiser) * (06.1938) - (08.1938) no appointment listed 15.08.1938 - 20.08.1939 Officer Instructor, Sussex Division RNVR (Hove) 21.08.1939 - 10.09.1939 Officer Instructor, Solent Division RNVR (Southampton) 11.09.1939 - (12.1941) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (for Hove establishment) 01.1942 - (04.)1942 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services) 05.1942 - (08.)1942 RN Depot, Simonstown [HMS Afrikander] 01.08.1942 - (06.)1944 [Commanding Officer?], HMS Good Hope (training establishment, Port Elizabeth, South Africa) (10.1944) - (01.1945) no appointment listed 14.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall)
Head, Maurice John Married ((03.)1947, Brighton district, Sussex) Daphne Mary Head (late Cline, formerly Williams); four children.	08.06.1913 Bloemfontein, South Africa - 23.03.1999 Winchester district, Hampshire	Prob. S.Lt. 15.05.1939 S.Lt. 1940, seniority 01.03.1939 A/Lt. ? Lt. 08.1941, seniority 08.06.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. (L) 14.02.1946, seniority 08.06.1945 Cdr. (L) 30.06.1949 Capt. (L) 30.06.1959 Cdre. 05.11.1965 (retd 11.07.1967)	15.05.1939     joined RN (08.1939)     no appointment listed 20.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Norfolk (Norfolk class cruiser) 09.1940 - (02.1941) 1st Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla, HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) 05.01.1942 - (01.)1942 qualifying for torpedo duties, HMS Vernon [HMS Victory] 28.06.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (for miscellaneous duties) 24.08.1942 - (01.)1945 Torpedo Officer, HMS Newfoundland (cruiser) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 06.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (for miscellaneous duties) (07.1948)     no appointment listed 14.03.1949 - (05.)1949 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous duties) 16.08.1949 - (05.1950) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous duties) 05.03.1951 - (05.1951) Electrical Officer, HMS Daring (destroyer) ? - (05.1953) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (additional; for miscellaneous duties) ? - (07.1954) an Assistant to the Electrical Engineering Manager, HM Dockyard Malta [HMS St Angelo] (01.1955)     no appointment listed 31.01.1955 - (01.1957) Executive Officer, HMS Collingwood (naval electrical school, Fareham, Hampshire) 03?.1957     HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) 15.09.1958 - (01.)1959 HMS Mercury II (Admiralty signal and radar establishment, Portsdown) 13.07.1959 - (01.1960) Assistant Director of Fleet Maintenance, Department of Dockyards and Maintenance, Admiralty [HMS President] 27.12.1960 - 01.01.1963 lent to RAN [Exchange Officer] (HMAS Lonsdale (additional; as D.E.E. in Navy Office)) (02.1963)     HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore) * 29.09.1963 - (02.1964) Chief Staff Officer (Techn.) and as Captain Fleet Maintenance on staff of Flag Officer, Medway [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 05.11.1965 - 1967 Commodore, Reserve Ships, Portsmouth [HMS Bellerophon] 07.01.1967 - 07.07.1967 also: Naval ADC to HM the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such
Heale, Victor Percy	26.01.1915 Catherington district, Hampshire - 14.10.2000 South Dorset district, Dorset	... ... Gnr. (T) 01.10.1939 T/A/Cd.Gnr. (T) 18.06.1945 El.Lt. (L) 01.01.1957 (retd 26.01.1965)	... - ... ... 14.01.1944 - (07.1945) Torpedo Officer, HMS Cassandra (destroyer) ... - ... ...
Heap, Roger Anthony Fortrey Son of Edward Fortrey George Swinball Heap (1876-1942), and Edith Agnes Palfreyman (1875-). Married (29.09.1945, North Buckinghamshire district, Buckinghamshire) Lilias Mary Irene Chesshire ((12?).1922 -), daughter (with one brother) of Reginald Stanley Pargeter Chesshire (1880-1940), and Lilias Helen Breach (1884-1965); one son, one daughter.	22.01.1911 St Asaph, Flintshire, Wales - 09.2006 still alive ??	... ... Lt. 01.04.1933 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1941 (retd 22.01.1956; age) OBE 14.12.1945 escape & intelligence while POW in Germany DSC 03.02.1942 Battle of Cape Matapan [investiture 10.07.45] MID 11.10.1940 blocking Zeebrugge, Calais or Dieppe	... - ... ... 20.08.1940 - 22.05.1941 Navigating Officer, HMS Gloucester (Southampton class cruiser) & as Squadron Navigating Officer [ship bombed and sunk by German aircraft off Crete] 05.1941 - 1945 POW in German captivity ... - ... ... Published: China sea pilot (1978).
Hearder, Ivan Barry   Son (with one sister and one brother) of Douglas William Hearder (1880-1967), and Dorothy Hilda Dandridge (?-1959), of Mannamead, Plymouth. Brother of Lt.Cdr. John Douglas Sleep Hearder, DSC, RNVR. Married (20.12.1947, Singapore) Gertrude Mary Morgan (05.12.1922 - 25.01.1988); one son, two daughters.	06.07.1921 Singapore - 11.01.1961 Singapore General Hospital	Paym.Cadet 01.05.1940 Paym. Midsh. 01.09.1940 A/Paym. S.Lt. 01.09.1942 Paym. S.Lt. = S.Lt. (S) 14.06.1943, seniority 01.05.1942 Lt. (S) 1946?, seniority 01.05.1944 (resigned 01.05.1948)	Education: RN College, Greenwich.       HMS Warspite (battleship) & HMS Kelly (destroyer) (06.1940) - (10.1940) no appointment listed 25.10.1940 - (10.)1942 HMS Malaya (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) 20.10.1942 - (02.)1944 HMS Penelope (Arethusa class cruiser) 15.02.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria, Egypt) 04.10.1945 - (10.)1945 HMS Mayina (transit & holding camp, Chat Camp, Colombo, Ceylon) 15.11.1945 - (10.1947) Secretary to Commodore HMS Terror and Commodore Superintendent HM Dockyard Singapore [HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore)] General manager for South and South-East Asia for Castrol Ltd. A relative writes: "He was a Lieutenant during the Second World War and served as Secretary to the Captain of HMS Malaya until the ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean, she was able to reach New York under her own power, for repairs. He joined the staff at the British Embassy whilst repairs were completed, then rejoined his ship and proceeded to Malta. After convoy duty he was transferred to HMS Penelope, the pepper pot cruiser, so named because there were so many shell holes in her structure. He was severely wounded during an attack on the Italian coast and was taken to Alexandria hospital (Egypt). He was afterwards transferred to Singapore as Secretary to the Commodore where he remained until the end of hostilities." * indexed, but not listed as such
Hearn, Frank Wright Son of John Henry Hearn, Civil Servant, and Elsie Gertrude Hearn. Married 1st (1947) Ann Cynthia Keeble (died 1964); two daughters. Married 2nd (1965) Ann Christina June St Clair Miller.	01.10.1919 - 13.02.1993 Emsworth, Hampshire	... ... Lt. (S) 01.05.1941 ... ... Cdr. (S) 31.12.1954 ... ... R.Adm. 07.01.1974 (retd) CB 1977 ?	Education: Abbotsholme School, Derbyshire. 1937 entered RN 1937 - 1939 HMS Hood ... - ... ... 12.1943 - (07.1945) Secretary to Naval Officer-in-Charge, Aden [HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden)] ... - ... ... 09.02.1954 - 12.12.1955 Secretary to Flag Officer Submarines [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] ... - ... ... Served War of 1939-45 in various HM Ships in Atlantic, Mediterranean and East Indies; Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, 1951-53; Sec. to Flag Officer, Submarines, 1954-56; after service in USA became Sec. to Director of Naval Intelligence., 1958-60, when joined HMS Tiger as Supply Officer; Fleet Supply Officer, Western Fleet, 1962-64; subsequently service in Plans Division, MoD (Navy) and Chief Staff Officer (Administration) to Flag Officer, Submarines; IDC 1969; commanded HMS Centurion in rank of Cdre, 1970-73; Chairman, Review of Officer Structure Committee, 1973-74 Assistant Chief of Personnel and Logistics, Ministry of Defence, 1974-77.
Hearn, Hugh Noel Crawford Son (with three brothers) of Hugh Shuckburgh Hearn (1875-1941), and Frances Lutton Trotter (1882-1942). Married (11.05.1940, Keymer, Cuckfield district, Sussex) Jessie Margaret Carter (30.03.1918 - 15.09.1997); two sons, one daughter.	24.12.1915 Dublin South, Ireland - 22.12.2004 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	A/S.Lt. (A) 19.04.1938 S.Lt. (A) 22.04.1939 Lt. (A) 19.10.1940 Lt.Cdr. (A) 19.10.1948 (retd 23.04.1949; medically unfit)	19.04.1938 - (06.)1938 HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 27.06.1938 - (08.)1938 pilots' course, No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School, Sywell 10.09.1938 - (05.)1939 pilots' course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon (08.1939) - (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm 23.04.1940 - 23.09.1940 pilot, 825 Squadron FAA [HMS Furious] [S.Lt. (A) H.N.C. Hearn, S.Lt. H.A. Cheetham, TAG Naval Airman C.D. Jago failed to return in their Swordfish L7656 "5C" during operational attack on Trondheim. The aircraft ran out of fuel, so force-landed on Leka island, N of Namsos. All captured and interned in Sweden.]  09.1940 - 1945 POW in Sweden, later Stalag Luft 3 07.01.1946 - (10.1947) HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn) 09.06.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Seahawk (RN Air Station, Culdrose, nr Helston)
Hearson, Glynn Son of Hugh Reginald Hearson (1862-1927), and (Ernard) Marion Anna Krull (1865-1958).	31.10.1902 Shanghai, China - 27.11.1973 Highfield Manor Nursing Home, Northam, Bideford district, Devon	Midsh. 26.05.1920 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1922 S.Lt. 17.05.1924, seniority 15.03.1923 A/Lt. ? Lt. 18.09.1925, seniority 15.09.1924 Lt. (E) 1925?, seniority 15.09.1924 Lt.Cdr. (E) 15.09.1932 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1936 Capt. (E) 31.12.1946 (retd 08.03.1954) OBE 01.01.1947 New Year 47 GrkWC 11.08.1942 for services to the Allied cause [decoration presented]	15.05.1916     entered RN ... - ... ... 26.05.1920 - 31.08.1921 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) ... - ... ... 22.09.1937 - (09.)1939 Assistant Naval Attaché, Europe (Berlin) & for duty as Assistant to Naval Attachés, Paris & Rome (involved in the Venlo Incident) [included on the Sonderfahndungsliste Großbritannien of the Gestapo] 12.10.1939 - 21.10.1939 HMS Exeter (cruiser) 21.10.1939 - (04.)1942 HMS Ajax (Leander class cruiser) 11.05.1942 - (06.)1943 a First Assistant to the Manager Engineering Department, HM Dockyard Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 07.1943 - (07.)1945 a First Assistant to the Engineer Manager, HM Dockyard Malta [HMS St Angelo] 11.10.1945 - (10.1946) Chief Engineer, HM Dockyard Singapore [HMS Terror] (OBE) ... - ... ... 28.09.1953 - 08.03.1954 also Naval ADC to HM the Queen
Heath, John Benjamin   Son of John Benjamin Heath (1853-), and Alice ... (1861-). Married Sylvia Mary Diana Turner (1904 - 1992).	06.04.1902 Hersham, Chertsey district, Surrey - 25.08.1987 Hardington Mandeville, Yeovil district, Somerset	... ... Lt. 15.09.1924 Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1936 (retd 20.07.1948; medically unfit) A/Capt. 12.07.1940? Capt. (retd) 20.07.1948 OBE 04.03.1947 New Year 47 OON 19.01.1943 services to Dutch Navy	... - ... ... 27.04.1937 - 17.02.1938 Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.02.1938 - 07.1940 Air Matériel Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.07.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Vindictive (fleet repair ship) 02.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) (additional; for various services: Liaison Officer to Dutch Navy at Batavia) (04.1942) - (06.1942) no appointment listed 16.07.1942 - (12.1942) Assistant Director of Air Matériel, Admiralty [HMS President] (02.1943) - (04.1943) no appointment listed 15.05.1943 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Nightjar (RN Air Station, Inskip, Lancashire) 16.08.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) ... - ... ...
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)
Heathcote, Ralph	01.03.1901 Chorlton district, Lancashire - 20.06.1990 Hornby, Lancaster district, Lancashire	S.Lt. 15.09.1921 Lt. 15.12.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1930 Cdr. 31.12.1936 Capt. 30.06.1943 (retd 08.07.1952) DSO 05.01.1943 sinking U-boat Western Approaches 16.10.42 [investiture 11.05.43] MID 09.03.1943 defence convoy HX217 Western Approaches 12.42 Hkn 26.08.1947 services to Norway as Senior Officer Escort Group B6	11.04.1919     entered RN ... - ... ... 26.11.1940 - 01.03.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Reading (destroyer) 21.06.1941 - 25.05.1942 Executive Officer, HMS Ajax (cruiser) 26.05.1942 - 02.07.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Ajax (cruiser) 08.1942 - 14.07.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Fame (destroyer) 07.1943 - 12.1943 Commanding Officer, RN Depot, Simonstown [HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa)] 12.1943 - (01.)1945 Chief of Staff to Naval Officer-in-Charge, Aden [HMS Sheba] 25.06.1945 - late 1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Orion (cruiser) & for some period Flag Captain, 15th Cruiser Squadron ... - ... ...
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) * Justice of the Peace (JP). * (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Heaton, Hugh Edward	07.07.1892 St Asaph district, Denbighshire - 14.11.1964 St Asaph district, Denbighshire	... ... Lt.Cdr. 15.07.1923 (retd) Cdr. (retd) 10.02.1941	15.05.1905     commissioned, RN ... - ... ... 08.01.1940 - (07.1945) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (as Assistant to Maintenance Officer)
Helbert, Reginald Robert Younger on (with two brothers and one sister) of Col. Geoffery Gladstone Helbert (1867-1934), and Mabel Sophia Helbert (1872-1949). Married 1st ((12?).1926, St Marylebone district, London) Kathleen Jane Mallinson (13.08.1902 - 06.1981), daughter of Sir Dyson and Lady Mallinson, of Birkdale, Lancashire; one son. Married 2nd ((12?).1936, Gosport district, Hampshire) Annie Vera Stigant (née Hunt) (06.12.1899 - 23.10.1974), who previously married to Clifford Stigant; no children. photos funeral	12.05.1898 Maitland, New South Wales, Australia - 19.04.1945 (KIA, air accident) [age 46] [Perth War Cemetery & Annex, Australia, S.C.10]	Midsh. 15.03.1917 S.Lt. 15.05.1918 A/Lt. 15.05.1920 Lt. 14.02.1921, seniority 15.05.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1928 (retd 12.05.1943; age) A/Cdr. 01.09.1942 Cdr. (retd) 12.05.1943	Education: St Paul's School; RN College, Keyham (09.1916-03.1917). 31.03.1917     entered RN 31.03.1917 - (11?).1918 HMS Revenge (battleship) (12.1918) - (01.1919) short course of instruction 12.01.1919 - (04.)1920 HMS Warwick [tender to HMS Columbine] 23.04.1920 - (09.)1920 for course of instruction at Cambridge University [HMS President] (10.1920) - (01.1921) short course of instruction 01.1921     entered submarine service 19.08.1921 - (04.1922) HMS H 30 (submarine) [tender to HMS Maidstone] 19.04.1923 - (08.1923) First Lieutenant, HMS H 52 (submarine) [tender to HMS Maidstone] 04.02.1924 - (03.)1925 First Lieutenant, HMS L 25 (submarine) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 26.05.1925 - (05.)1926 First Lieutenant, HMS L 27 (submarine) 18.11.1926 - 14.12.1927 Commanding Officer, HMS H 44 (submarine) [tender to HMS Vulcan] 03.01.1928 - (06.)1929 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 03.06.1929 - (08.)1929 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 15.11.1929 - (04.)1930 Commanding Officer, HMS L 25 (submarine) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Ross] 15.05.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (for submarines) (03.1931)     no appointment listed 14.06.1931 - (01.)1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Oswald (submarine) (China) [tender to HMS Medway] (05.1932) - (07.1932) no appointment listed 22.07.1932 - (09.)1932 HMS Fermoy (twin-screw minesweeper) (Portland) 11.1932 - (06.)1933 Commanding Officer, HMS H 27 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] 01.06.1933 - (07.)1933 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 03.07.1933 - (05.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Starfish (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 03.05.1934 - (11.1934) in charge of HMS Sealion (submarine) (and for duty with Commander Superintendent of Contract-built Ships) 16.01.1935 - (03.)1935 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) (temporarily) 24.05.1935 - (08.)1936 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) 13.08.1936 - 25.01.1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Spearfish (submarine, 5th Submarine Flotilla) (and for duty with submarines) (02.1937)     no appointment listed 22.02.1937 - 11.1939 in charge of Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus (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)] 11.1939 - 12.1939 HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) (for submarines as spare submarine Commanding Officer) 12.1939 - 22.05.1940 Staff Officer (Operations), 4th Submarine Flotilla [HMS Medway (submarine depot ship, Hong Kong)] (06.1940) - (10.1940) no appointment listed: spine injury; returned to UK (22.05.1940 submitted medical station, late 05.1940 2/5 General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt; RN Hospital Haslar 10.07?.1940-09.09.1940; 14 days sick leave 10.09.1940-23.09.1940) 24.09.1940 - 06.10.1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; whilst unemployed) 07.10.1940 - 27.10.1940 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (additional; temporarily; for duty Class I with submarines) 28.10.1940 - 31.12.1941 Staff Officer (Operations), 6th Submarine Flotilla [HMS Titania (submarine depot ship, Holy Loch) (and for duty Class I with submarines) 01.01.1942 - (08.1943) Staff Officer (Operations), 3rd Submarine Flotilla [HMS Forth (submarine depot ship, Holy Loch) (and for duty Class I with submarines) & from 01.09.1942 as Staff Officer for Liaison Duties with [midget?] 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.	24.01.1915 Plymouth district, Devon - 14.10.2007 Haslemere district, Surrey	... ... 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) (06.1944)     on staff of Assault Group S3 (Normandy) 01.08.1944 - (07.)1945 Gunnery Officer, HMS Berwick 10.07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) HMS Mauritius HMS Chivalrous ... - ... ...
Hemelryk, Anthony Youngest son of Col. Paul Henry Hemelryk (1876-1955) [who was a brother of Lt.Col. George Edward Hemelryk], and Dorothy Counsellor (1882-1963), of Newmarket, Flintshire, later of West Mount, Chester. Brother of Capt. Gerard Edmund Hemelryk, Royal Signals, and Lt.Col. Richard Astley Hemelryk, RA.	10.07.1921 Prescot district, Lancashire - 21.12.1942 (MPK) [age 21] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 62, column 1]	Cadet 01.09.1938 Midsh. 01.05.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1941 S.Lt. 01.03.1941 Lt. 16.06.1942	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (Admiralty No. 1490; Grenville House; 01.01.1935-02.08.1938; science price for Division II). 01.09.1938 - 30.04.1939 HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1939 - (09.)1939 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Home Fleet) 23.09.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) 25.06.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Barham (battleship) 06.01.1941 - (04.)1941 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 1941 - (06.)1941 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 30.06.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Cyclops (for submarines) 10.08.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS H 43 (submarine) 12.11.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Oberon (submarine) (06.)1942 - 21.12.1942 First Lieutenant, HMS P222 (submarine) (sunk by Italian surface craft off Naples)
Hemsley, Henry Neville "Harry" Only son of Mr & Mrs Neville Hemsley, of Jersey.   Married (26.02.1949, St Paul's, Knightsbridge, London) Margaret Ruth Borthwick (1926-), younger daughter of the Hon. William Borthwick (1879-1956), and Ruth Margery Rigby (?-1971), of Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk; two daughters, two sons.	27.11.1922 - 24.08.2009	Prob. T/Midsh. (E) RNVR 19.10.1942 Prob. T/A/S.Lt. (E) RNVR 27.11.1942 Prob. T/S.Lt. (E) RNVR 27.05.1943 T/S.Lt. (E) 07.1944, seniority 27.05.1943 T/Lt. (E) 27.05.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	(12.1942) - (08.1943) Admiralty [HMS President] * 03.09.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Bellona (improved Dido class cruiser) 1940s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve Justice of the Peace (JP). Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Leicestershire, 19.07.1984. * indexed, but not listed as such
Henderson, Harold Pitcairn Elder son of Mr & Mrs David Henderson, of Vachery, Cranleigh, Surrey. Engaged (11.1931) Catherine Dulcie Martin, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Geoffrey Martin, of Treverven, Teignmouth, South Devon. Married (11.10.1932, St Martin-in-the-Fields) Elizabeth Mary Pelham Warner (17.05.1905 - 11.1996), daughter of Mr & Mrs P.F. Warner, of London; one son.	05.04.1901 Partick district, Glasgow City, Scotland - 25.10.1972 Hambledon, Hampshire	Midsh. 15.09.1917 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.05.1921 A/Lt. 15.05.1923 Lt. 03.10.1923, 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 [decoration presented] DSO 11.06.1946 wind up Far East [investiture 19.11.46] MID 16..08.1940 Dunkirk MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 CdeG 1940? Dunkirk LegH 1940? Dunkirk	? - (01.1919) HMS Malaya (battleship) 15.05.1923 - (08.)1923 HMS Sesame (torpedo-boat destroyer) (09?).1923 - ? HMS Dwarf (gunboat) 12.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS Carysfort (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 08.09.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Comus (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 10.08.1926 - 17.09.1928 Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral in Charge Gibraltar (R.Adm. A.G.H.W. Stapleton-Cotton, from 12.03.1927 R.Adm. C.S. Townsend) [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 - (11.1934) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 31.01.1935 - (08.)1936 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) (10.1936)     no appointment listed 25.11.1936 - (01.)1937 HMS Warspite (battleship) [in Dockyard Control at Portsmouth] 19.01.1937 - (07.1937) Executive Officer, HMS Aurora (cruiser) [building at Portsmouth Dockyard] 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 - (10.)1940 HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services) (06.1940)     British Naval Liaison Officer, Dunkirk (despatches, Croix de Guerre, Légion d'Honneur) 23.12.1940 - 03.07.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer) 04.07.1941 - 02.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Boadicea (destroyer) & as Senior Officer, 3rd Escort Group (despatches) 15.03.1942 - 09.08.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Harvester (destroyer) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 01.09.1942 - 30.11.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Philoctetes (destroyer depot ship) & as Captain (D), 18th Destroyer Flotilla 01.12.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Philoctetes (destroyer depot ship) & as Captain (D), Freetown Escort Force 16.11.1943 - 25.01.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Jervis (destroyer) & as Captain (D), 14th Destroyer Flotilla 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 (DSO) 14.01.1948 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, HMS Resource (fleet repair ship) & as Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth (05.1949)     no appointment listed 07.07.1949 - 22.10.1955 Naval Attaché, Cairo (accredited to Egypt, Syria, The Lebanon, Jordan and Ethiopia) (CBE) OStJ (09.1959); CStJ (14.01.1964).
Henderson, [Sir] Nigel Stuart Son of late Lt.Col. Selby Herriott Henderson,  IMS. Married (05.09.1939) Catherine Mary Maitland, daughter of Lt.Col. C.A.S. Maitland of Dundrennan; one son, two daughters.	01.08.1909 - 02.08.1993	... ... Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1940 Cdr. 31.12.1942 Capt. 1948 R.Adm. 1957 V.Adm. 1960 Adm. 14.08.1963 (retd 1971) GBE 1968 (OBE 1944); KCB 1962 (CB 1959); DL.	Education: Cheltenham College. 1927     entered RN ... - ... ... 02.10.1939 - (02.)1941 Gunnery Officer, HMS Bonaventure (cruiser) 06.10.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 01.01.1943 - (06.)1944 Fleet Gunnery Officer, Mediterranean [HMS Hannibal] 10.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier) ... - ... ... Naval Attaché, Rome, 1949-51; in command HMS Protector, 1951; in command RN Air Station, Bramcote, 1952; Imperial Defence Coll., 1954; in command HMS Kenya, 1955; Vice-Naval Deputy and Naval Deputy to Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 1957-December 1959; Director-General of Training, Admiralty, 1960-62;  Commander-in-Chief Plymouth, 1962-65; Head of British Defence Staffs, Washington, British Member, Standing Group and UK Representative, Military Committee, NATO, 1965-68; Chairman, Military Committee, NATO, 1968-71; Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom, 1973-76; Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom, and Lieutenant of the Admiralty, 1976-79. Pres., Royal British Legion, Scotland, 1974-80. DL Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, 1973.
Hendy, George	25.08.1892 Bristol, Gloucestershire - 04.08.1963 hospital, Bath, Somerset (as a result of injuries received in a car accident; his stationary vehicle was run into by another car)	Boy Artificer 07.08.1908 [M501] Engine Room Artificer 5th class 01.07.1912 A/Engine Room Artificer 4th class 12.06.1913 Engine Room Artificer 4th class 18.06.1914 Engine Room Artificer 3rd class 11.06.1916 Engine Room Artificer 2nd class 10.06.1920 Engine Room Artificer 1st class 12.06.1925 A/Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd class 06.10.1925 A/Wt.Eng. 01.04.1926 Wt.Eng. 1927?, seniority 01.04.1926 Cd.Eng. 01.04.1936 (retd 25.08.1942) Lt. (E) (retd) 25.08.1942 MBE 01.01.1943 New Year 43 [investiture 09.03.43] 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - LSGCM 1925 -	Engine fitter. 07.08.1908 - 15.07.1910 HMS Tenedos (boy artificers' training establishment, Chatham) 16.07.1910 - 04.07.1912 HMS Indus (mechanics' training establishment, Devonport) 05.07.1912 - 19.08.1912 HMS Vivid II (RN base, Devonport) 20.08.1912 - 12.02.1920 HMS Lion (battlecruiser) 13.02.1920 - 31.03.1921 HMS Vivid I (RN base, Devonport) 01.04.1921 - 04.01.1925 HMS Carysfort (light cruiser) 05.01.1925 - 03.11.1925 HMS Vivid II (RN base, Devonport) 04.11.1925 - 31.03.1926 HMS Saumarez (flotilla leader; RN Engineering College, Keyham, Devonport) [tender to HMS Vivid II, from 01.12.1925 to HMS Impregnable] (05.1926)     short course of instruction 10.07.1926 - (06.1928) HMS Colombo (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 07.05.1929 - (01.)1932 HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (commissioned 24.09.1929) (Mediterranean) 04.04.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Erebus (monitor; cadet training ship & turret drill ship) (01.1933)     no appointment listed (05.1933)     short course of instruction 04.05.1933 - (06.)1933 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for mechanical training establishment) 03.08.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Orion (cruiser) (commissioned 16.01.1934) (Home Fleet) 23.01.1936 - (08.)1936 HMS Dunoon (twin-screw minesweeper) (1st Minesweeping Flotilla) [accounts carried out in HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland)] 27.10.1936 - (10.1940) HMS Sheldrake (patrol vessel) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla) 03.01.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Chiddingfold (escort destroyer) (MBE) 15.01.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Daedalus II (RN aircraft training establishment, Newcastle under Lyme)
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 Proserpine (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
Henley, Philip Ernest Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Walter Francis Prentice Henley (1895-1933), and Mabel Lucy Drake (1897-1968). Married ((09?).1942, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Joan May Bishop (06.05.1923 - 07.2002), daughter of Edward Bishop, and Mabel Roberts; one son, one daughter.	23.04.1921 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 28.04.2004 Willowcourt, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire	S.Lt. 01.06.1942 Lt. 01.03.1943 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1951 (retd 23.04.1971) A/Cdr. 1960s?	01.06.1942 - 18.02.1944 HMS Penelope (cruiser) (torpedoed & sunk by U-410 off Anzio) (04.1944)     no appointment listed 09.05.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Mentor (RN base, Stornoway) (01.1945) - (07.1945) HMS Atheling (escort carrier) * 03.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) ... - ... ... AMBIM. * indexed, but not listed as such
Henley, Robert Stephen Son (with three sisters and two brothers) of Capt. Charles Beauclerk Henley, RIN (1869-1945), and Nellie Barbara Stranack (1884-1961), of Littlehampton. Married (31.07.1940, Lyminster Church, Arundel) Cecile Noreen Sheila Hudson (05.02.1922 - 05.2003), only daughter of Eric Hudson, and Kathleen M. Hudson, of Bournemouth & Buenos Aires; four sons.	04.07.1917 Haddon, Kodaikanal, Madras, India - 13.11.1991 Portsmouth, Hampshire	Cadet 01.01.1935 Midsh. 01.01.1936 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1938 S.Lt. 1939, seniority 01.03.1938 Lt. 01.07.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 20.11.1944? Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1947 Cdr. 20.06.1955 (retd 07.07.1969) OBE 01.01.1969 New Year 69: Naval Attaché Madrid [investiture 08.07.69] DSC 02.12.1941 Operation Tiger [investiture 21.11.44]	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. 01.01.1935 - 12.1935 direct entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1936 - (05.)1936 HMS Exeter (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 10.08.1936 - (07.)1937 HMS Norfolk (cruiser) (Devonport) 08.09.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Glasgow (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 02.05.1938 - (12.1938) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (02.1939)     no appointment listed 11.02.1939 - (05.)1939 HMS Doon (fishery protection trawler) [accounts carried out in HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland)] 26.06.1939 - 08.1939 pilot's course, No. 23 Flying Training School (RAF Rochester) [HMS Pembroke] 09.1939 - 12.1939 Flying Training Course (RAF Netheravon) 03.1940     flight deck landing training [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)] 04.1940     fighter conversion course [HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh, Southampton)] 23.05.1940 - 06.1941 pilot, 806 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester), from 06.1940 HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier), from 01.1941 RN Air Station, Hal Far, Malta [HMS St Angelo], from 03.1941 HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)] (DSC) [08.1940-09.1940 in hospital with eye injury. 19.01.1941 shot down in flames close to shore off Kalafrana, Malta.  Swam for 30 minutes; rescued with his observer Naval Airman A S Rush by HSL 137 (Flight log: "Shot down 1 x Ju 88 in flames; 1 x Ju 87 probable; damaged 1 x Ju 88 and 1 x Ju87")] 01.06.1941 - 02.1943 pilot, 806 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt) [06.1941-09.1941 3 months in hospital with eye injury] 02.1943 - 08.1944 Assistant Senior Naval Officer, No. 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario [HMS Canada] 25.09.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for flying refresher course) 20.11.1944 - 10.1945 Lieutenant Commander (Air), HMS Stalker (escort carrier) (Gibraltar, from 02.1945 East Indies Fleet (04.1946)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 26.04.1946 - (07.)1948 Naval Air Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 1948     799 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] 01.1949 - 09.1949 Lieutenant Commander (Flying), HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 20.09.1949 - 12.1950 Lieutenant Commander (Flying), HMS Glory (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 15.01.1951 - 10.1951 RAF Staff College, Bracknell [HMS President] 09.10.1951 - 10.1953 Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty with Director of Air Equipment) 03.11.1953 - (04.)1955 Lieutenant Commander (Flying), HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth) [IF course, Rochester, 01.1954; helicopter conversion course, 01.1954-11.1954] 24.09.1955 - 06.1958 on loan to Indian Navy as Director of Air Staff Division (Air Organisation and Training), Naval Headquarters, New Delhi [HMS Redjacket] 24.06.1958   (01.)1959 Commander (Air), HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Co. Londonderry) 26.01.1959 - (01.)1960 Officer-in-Charge, RN Helicopter Station, Portland [HMS Osprey] 28.03.1960 - (08.)1962 Manpower Planning and Complementing Division, Manpower Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 05.10.1962 - (02.1964) Command Security Officer on staff of Flag Officer (Air) (Home) [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 13.01.1966 - (02.)1969 Naval Attaché, British Embassy, Madrid (Spain) (OBE) * indexed, but not listed as such
Hennessey, Sydney John Son of Patrick and Edith Hennessey. Married ((09?).1929, Hammersmith district, London) Winifred Irene Palmer (23.03.1906 - (09?).1969); one son.	21.09.1903 Hammersmith, Fulham district, London - 01.05.1994 Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex	Boy 2nd class 1920 Able Seaman 1922 A/Mate 01.12.1925 Mate 1927, seniority 01.12.1925 Lt. 01.08.1928 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1936 Cdr. 30.06.1943 A/Capt. < 05.1951 (retd 21.09.1953) OBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 MID 21.08.1945 surveys North Africa, Sicily, Italy, NW Europe	Education: "Warspite" (Marine Society's training ship), 1919. 1920     HMS Impregnable       torpedoman training, HMS Warrior 01.01.1926 - (02.)1927 Mates course for rank of Lieutenant 31.03.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.1928 - (06.)1928 HMS Endeavour (surveying vessel) 28.10.1928 - (02.)1931 HMS Beaufort (surveying vessel) 02.11.1931 - (06.1933) HMS Ormonde (surveying vessel) 01.01.1934 - (07.)1935 HMS Beaufort (surveying vessel) 09.1935 - 1935 HMS Flinders (surveying vessel) 10.12.1935 - (07.1937) HMS Herald (surveying ship) (China) (for navigating duties in lieu of a specialist) (02.1938)     no appointment listed 21.05.1938 - (08.)1938 Executive Officer, HMS Fitzroy (surveying ship) 22.08.1938 - (04.)1939 Executive Officer, HMS Scott (surveying ship) 20.06.1939 - 04.07.1939 Admiralty [HMS President] (for course) 05.07.1939 - 08.1939 Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 08.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional; for various services) 24.04.1940 - (08.)1940 Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 14.08.1940 - (06.)1942 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) 16.07.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (02.1944)     no appointment listed 25.02.1944 - 06.08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Scott (Halcyon class minesweeper & survey ship) (10.1945)     no appointment listed 20.03.1946 - (10.1947) Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 16.03.1948 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, HMS Seagull & as Hydrographer in Charge 19.01.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Dampier (05.1951)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 09.02.1953 - 15.11.1955 on staff of Chief of Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy [HMS Bluejacket], from ...1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Bluejacket & as Surveyor-in-Charge, Marine Survey of India Superintendent of Sailing Directions at the Admiralty. * indexed, but not listed as such
Hennessy, Robert Angus Martin Son of ... Hennessy, and Ethel Frederica Selmes.	26.09.1914 Rye district, Kent / Sussex - 01.07.1996 Droxford, 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 [investiture 13.07.54] DSC 23.05.1952 Korea [investiture 17.02.53] 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 - (06.)1933 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) 28.08.1933 - (11.1934) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 03.01.1935 - 05.01.1936 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, HM MTB 07 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)] 02.09.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 69 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)] 16.08.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 59 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)] (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, HM MTB 77 (motor torpedo boat) 12.06.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces Base, Malta) 22.04.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Corinthian (armed merchant cruiser) 26.02.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Lamerton (destroyer) 16.03.1946 - (10.)1947 RN Barracks, Plymouth [HMS Drake] 14.10.1947 - (07.)1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Nonsuch 27.10.1948 - (05.)1949 Commanding Officer, HMS Contest 11.1949 - 1952 Commanding Officer, HMS Comus 16.08.1952 - (07.)1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Surprise (frigate) 30.08.1954 - (01.1956) Commanding Officer, HMS Siskin (RN Air Station, Gosport) 02.07.1956 - (01.1957) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.07.1958 - (01.1959) Logistics Division, Allied Forces Southern Europe, NATO (Naples) 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 (12.06.1913, Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, London) 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 Sydney, NSW, Australia - 09.01.1965	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 Son of Augustus Henrywood (1886?-1943), and Ida Legrice (1884-1982), of Cuckfield, Sussex.	07.10.1910 Seaford, Eastbourne district, Sussex - 22.10.1983 St Austell district, Cornwall	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 - (12.1942) HMS Vivacious (destroyer) (02.1943) - (04.1943) 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) (10.1944) - (04.1945) no appointment listed 01.04.1945 - (10.1945) HMS London (cruiser) (04.1946)     no appointment listed 25.03.1948 - (05.)1949 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 07.1949 - (05.)1951 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] * indexed, but not listed as such
Heppel, George Robert Elder son of Eng.R.Adm. Walter George Heppel (1877-1939), and Margaret Ritchie Fraser (1882-1974), of London SW5. Married (07.03.1952, Holy Trinity Church, Glencraig, Craigavad, Co. Down) Nancy Green (? - 24.02.2009), only daughter of Mr & Mrs Alexander Green, of Seamount, Craigavad, Co. Down, Northern Ireland; two sons, one daughter.	21.04.1912 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 29.12.1987 Camborne-Redruth district, Cornwall	Cadet 01.09.1929 Midsh. 01.05.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1932 S.Lt. 16.01.1933 Lt. 16.10.1934 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1942 (retd 1958?) A/Cdr. 24.03.1952-(05.1953) DSO 07.06.1940 1st Battle of Narvik [investiture 02.07.40] MID 20.01.1942 sinking of HMS Ark Royal	... - ... ... 27.07.1939 - 10.04.1940 Torpedo Officer, HMS Hardy (destroyer) (and for flotilla duties) [ship beached & abandoned at Narvik] (DSO) (05.1940) - (06.1940) no appointment listed 27.06.1940 - (06.)1942 Torpedo Officer, HMS Hermione (cruiser) (despatches) 07.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for duty at Mauritius) 08.1942 - (12.1942) Torpedo Officer, HMS Haitan (base ship, Calcutta) (02.1943) - (02.1944) no appointment listed 21.02.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (for Whitehead Department) 11.09.1945 - (04.)1946 Torpedo Officer, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 12.1946 - (07.)1948 Squadron Torpedo Officer, HMS Superb & as Staff Torpedo Officer, 2nd Cruiser Squadron 01.09.1948 - (05.1951) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) 24.03.1952 - (05.)1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Gorregan 10.08.1953 - (01.1957) Torpedo Section, Sea Trials and Development, Torpedo and Anti-Submarine School, Portsmouth [HMS Vernon]
Herapath, John Brockman	06.10.1905 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 DSC 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.42 [investiture 03.11.42]	29.04.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 08.04.1926 - 15.01.1927 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 16.01.1927 - (07.)1927 promotion course, Portsmouth 15.08.1927 - (04.)1928 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 17.04.1928 - (06.)1928 HMS Selkirk (twin screw minesweeper) 19.09.1928 - (04.)1930 HMS Wild Swan (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 26.07.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Tiger (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.08.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 30.06.1932 - (09.)1932 physical and recreational training course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.10.1932 - (11.1934) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (and for physical and recreational training duties in Mechanical Training Establishment) 31.01.1935 - (07.)1935 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) 10.11.1935 - (02.1936) HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) (02.1937)     no appointment listed 16.02.1937 - (10.)1938 HMS Wildfire (training establishment, Sheerness) (for physical and recreational training duties) 21.10.1938 - (09.1939) HMS Berwick (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) (for physical training duties & as Fleet Physical & Recreational Training Officer) 10.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Despatch (cruiser) (02.1941)     no appointment listed 19.03.1941 - 15.05.1942 HMS Trinidad (cruiser) (damaged by German aircraft in Barentz Sea and sunk by RN) 09.06.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Sussex (cruiser) 10.1943 - (10.1944) Executive Officer, HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) (07.1945) HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) * (04.1946) no appointment listed 27.01.1948 - (05.)1950 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (for physical and recreational training duties) 09.10.1950 - 02.04.1955 Lieutenant [414554], Army Cadet Force - Hertford - Territorial Army Published: To hold or not to hold : a guide to Cadet Unit Officers on the organisation of club evenings (1954).
Heraud, Stanley Francis Son of Frederick William Heraud, and Elisabeth Priscilla Joseph.	30.11.1891 Bristol, Bedminster district, Somerset - 25.03.1964 Rochester, Kent	Seaman ? [272419] Mate (E) ? Eng.Lt. 07.05.1919 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 07.05.1927 Eng.Cdr. 31.12.1931 (retd 30.11.1941) OBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 MBE 17.07.1919 for valuable services in HMS Iron Duke, 1st Battle Squadron	(1919) HMS Iron Duke 28.06.1923 - (01.)1925 a Gun Mounting Overseer at Messrs. Vickers, Ltd., Burrow-in-Furness [HMS President] 29.05.1925 - (07.1927) Assistant to Engineer Manager for Gun Mountings, HM Dockyard, Malta 01.03.1928 - (02.1931) HMS Amazon (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (01.1932) no appointment listed 14.03.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Wallace (flotilla leader) (and for flotilla duties, 5th Destroyer Flotilla) (Mediterranean) 01.11.1934 - (07.)1937 HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 12.10.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Curlew (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) 28.02.1938 - (04.1946) Assistant for Gun Mounting Work, HM Dockyard, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
Herbert, Sidney Jasper Son of Patrick Coghlan Herbert Herbert, India Office, and Beatrice Eugenie Selwyn. Brother of author Sir Alan Patrick Herbert.	21.10.1891 Ashtead, Epsom district, Surrey - 24.05.1941 (MPK) [age 49] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 2]	... ... Cdr. (E) 30.06.1926 Capt. (E) 31.12.1937	15.09.1904     entered RN ... - ... ... 14.03.1935 - (01.)1937 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for charge of Engineer Officers' courses) 03.02.1937 - (07.1937) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) (02.1938)     no appointment listed 13.05.1938 - (08.)1939 Engineer Overseer, Manchester and Liverpool Districts (under the Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty) [HMS President] 22.11.1939 - 24.05.1941 Squadron Engineer Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron, aboard: HMS Hood 01.06.1939 - 11.03.1940 HMS Renown 11.03.1940 - 13.04.1940 HMS Warspite 13.04.1940 - ??.04.1940 HMS Renown ??.04.1940 - 10.08.1940 HMS Hood 10.08.1940 - 24.05.1941 (2nd Battle of Narvik) [missing, presumed killed when HMS Hood was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic]
Herbert-Smith, Ronald William	27.11.1924 - 20.12.2005 Hammersmith and Fulham, London	Midsh. 01.09.1942 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1944 S.Lt. 23.10.1944, seniority 01.10.1943 Lt. 01.04.1945 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1953 (retd 28.04.1959)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne (1938-1941). 01.09.1942 - 10.12.1943 HMS Belfast (improved Southampton class cruiser) 09.01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMCS Haida (Tribal class destroyer) (10.1944)     HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * 18.10.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Vidette (V class destroyer) 11.06.1945 - (10.1946) HMS Cossack (Tribal class destroyer) ... - ... ... Proprietor of Wild Thyme restaurant in Putney, west London. * indexed, but not listed as such
Hermon-Hodge, the Hon. Claude Preston Married (11.1918) Gwendoline R. Davis; one son, two daughters.	20.01.1888 - 25.03.1952	... ... Lt. 15.07.1909 Cdr. 31.12.1922 Capt. 30.06.1930 R.Adm. 25.06.1940 (retd 26.06.1940) (reverted to retd > 10.1945, < 04.1946) DSC ? ?	15.09.1902     entered service ... - ... ... 09.01.1939 - 03.09.1939 HMS Drake (additional; as chief of Staff and Maintenance Captain to Commander-in-Chief Plymouth) 04.09.1939 - 17.11.1939 HMS Drake (additional; on staff of Commander-in-Chief Western Approaches for minesweeping duties) 18.11.1939 - 19.11.1939 HMS Victory (additional; whilst unemployed) 20.11.1939 - 28.05.1940 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty (IDC), for period not exceeding 6 months) 29.05.1940 - 04.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS President 05.06.1940 - 25.06.1940 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty as [DTJC?]) 26.06.1940 - 06.05.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS President (as Capt.) 07.05.1941 - 13.07.1941 HMS President (additional; for full pay service leave) 14.07.1941 - (10.1945) HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty on Committee for Co-ordinating Supplies for Allies) (as Capt.)
Herrick, Laurence Edward "Larry" One of six sons & two daughters * of Edward Jasper Herrick, and Ethne Rose Herrick. Brother of: F/O B.H. Herrick, RAF P/O D.T. Herrick, RNZAF Sq.Ldr. M.J. Herrick, RAF  Capt. T.D. Herrick, RN Cousin of: P/O P.G. Herrick, RAFVR * one of which married Gen. Sir Nigel Poett Married (1951) Ursula Tuckman, daughter of R. Tuckman; one daughter, one son.	1918 Hastings, New Zealand - 17.05.2010 Dorset County Hospital	Cadet 01.01.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 18.11.1939, seniority 01.11.1938 Lt. 08.1940, seniority 16.04.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. < 04.1946 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1948 Cdr. 31.12.1950 (retd 19.06.1959) DSC 10.11.1942 8 Mediterranean patrols, sank [Am?] Milo [decoration posted] MID 20.12.1940 sinking American submarine & trawler MID 18.09.1951 Korea	Education: Wanganui Collegiate School (1932-1934). 01.01.1936 - 31.12.1936 special entry cadet (under the Dominion Scheme), HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1937 - (10.1938) HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) 02.01.1939 - (08.1939) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 15.02.1940 - (04.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Tigris (submarine) 12.06.1941 - (08.)1942 First Lieutenant, HMS P 34 (submarine) 22.09.1942 - 1942 Commanding Officer, HMS P 556 (submarine) 01.12.1942 - 06.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS P 31, 02.1943 renamed: HMS Ullswater, 04.1943 renamed: HMS Uproar (submarine) 10.06.1944 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Trusty (submarine) 14.10.1944 - 10.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Trespasser (submarine) 06.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 22.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier) 09.1947 - (07.)1948 HMS Mauritius 16.08.1948 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMNZS Pukaki (Korea) 01.10.1952 - (07.1954) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President (for miscellaneous services)] 13.01.1955 - (01.1957) Executive Officer, HMS Lochinvar (minesweeping trials & experimental establishment, Port Edgar) Orchardist.
Herrick, Terence Desmond "Terry" One of six sons & two daughters * of Edward Jasper Herrick, and Ethne Rose Herrick. Brother of: F/O B.H. Herrick, RAF  P/O D.T. Herrick, RNZAF Sq.Ldr. M.J. Herrick, RAF Cdr. L.E. Herrick, RN Cousin of: P/O P.G. Herrick, RAFVR Married (1938) Janet Aylmer Orbell; two sons, one daughter. * one of whom married Gen. Sir Nigel Poett	12.11.1911 Napier, New Zealand - 15.04.2009 Masterton, New Zealand [buried in Carterton]	Cadet 01.05.1929 Midsh. 01.01.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1932 S.Lt. 16.01.1933 Lt. 16.10.1934 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1942 Cdr. 30.06.1948 Capt. 30.06.1954 (retd 08.09.1963) DSC 03.06.1941 withdrawal from Greece [investiture 22.09.42] DSC 26.05.1942 sinking submarine U-79 Mediterranean 23.12.41 [investiture 22.09.42]	Education: Hurworth, Wanganui; RN College, Dartmouth (1925). 27.04.1929 - (08.)1930 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 30.08.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 01.05.1932 - 09.01.1933 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 09.01.1933 - (06.)1933 promotion course, Portsmouth 02.09.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Colne (fishery protection gunboat (trawler)) (temporary) 23.02.1934 - (08.)1934 HMS Laburnum (sloop) (New Zealand) 10.1934 - (02.)1935 HMNZS Dunedin (cruiser) 15.03.1935 - (02.)1937 HMNZS Dunedin (cruiser) 29.06.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 03.1938 - (08.)1938 HMS Gipsy (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 29.08.1938 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Decoy (destroyer) 06.1941 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Hotspur (destroyer) 16.11.1942 - 01.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Brecon (destroyer) (04.1944) no appointment listed 08.05.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 27.02.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Cockade (destroyer) 02.09.1947 - (07.)1948 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 26.08.1948 - (05.1949) Commanding Officer, HMS Corunna (05.1950) no appointment listed 15.04.1952 - (05.1953) Executive Officer, RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] (07.1954)     no appointment listed 11.1954 - 03.10.1955 Commanding Officer, HMNZS Philomel 04.10.1955 - (01.)1957 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Auckland District [HMNZS Philomel] 08.07.1957 - (01.1959) Deputy Director of Manning Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1961) HM Dockyard, Gibraltar [HMS Rooke] * 03.08.1961 - (02.1963) Captain of the Fleet, Far East Fleet [HMS Terror] 07.01.1963 - 07.07.1963 also: Naval ADC to the Queen 1964 - 1966 Assistant Chief of NZ Naval Staff Organisation Membership Regional Committee of Civil Defence, Central Region 1965-... Published: Into the blue : a New Zealander in the Royal Navy (1997; memoirs). * indexed, but not listed as such
Hervey, Richard George Son of Francis Arthur Hervey (1849-1905), and Louisa Maude Clayton (1852-1923). Unmarried.	17.07.1879 St George Hanover Square, London, Surrey - 18.11.1964	A/S.Lt. 15.10.1899 S.Lt. 07.11.1900, seniority 15.10.1899 Lt. 31.12.1901 Cdr. 31.12.1913 (retd 09.11.1925) Capt. (retd) 09.11.1925 (reverted to retd > 07.1945, < 04.1946) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 01.03.1940 OBE 10.07.1919 * ? ? 30.06.1922 Order of the White Eagle, Fifth Class (with Swords) (Yugoslavia) ? ? ? Order of St Stanislaus (Russia) * For valuable services as Executive Officer and second in command at Hawkcraig Experimental Station, also in connection with the establishment of shore hydrophone stations.	15.01.1894     joined RN (01.1925) no appointment listed 01.03.1940 - (10.1943) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] 18.10.1943 - (06.1944) Maintenance Captain, HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Hewett, George Andrews Married Third Officer Audrey Clarke, WRNS (died 09.2009).	17.08.1915 - 10.10.1990 Surrey North Western district, Surrey	... ... Lt. (E) 16.05.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.05.1945 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.06.1946 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1949 Capt. (E) 30.06.1959 CBE 01.01.1968 New Year 68 [investiture 27.02.68] DSC 01.01.1945 New Year 45 [decoration posted]	... - ... ... 07.03.1940 - (02.)1941 Torpedo Depot, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 03.11.1941 - (06.)1944 HMS Orion (cruiser) 29.06.1944 - (04.1946) a First Assistant to the Engineer Manager, HM Dockyard Malta [HMS St Angelo] ... - ... ...
Hewett, George Osborne "Toby" Son of Edward E. Hewett, and Catherine Hewett. Married; no children.	20.01.1884 Canada - 25.11.1964 Aberdeen, Scotland	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.02.1903 Lt. 05.10.1905 Cdr. 31.12.1918 (retd) Capt. (retd) 20.01.1929 DSO ? ? MID 23.05.1917 ?	15.09.1898     joined RN 23.05.1939 - 29.10.1939 Honorary commission as Flight Lieutenant, RAFVR 24.11.1939 - (04.)1940 on staff of V.Adm. R.H.T. Raikes [HMS Pyramus (RN base, Kirkwall)] 07.06.1940 - (02.)1943 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Peterhead Naval Base [HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen)] 05.02.1943 - (06.)1943 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Lagos, Nigeria [HMS Astraea (RN base, Lagos)] (08.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 15.12.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, Landing Craft Base Cromarty [HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon)] (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed Lived in Banchory after the war.
Hewett, Gilbert George Pearse	10.03.1880 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - 28.07.1966 Dover district, Kent	... ... Capt. 31.12.1919 (retd 17.08.1922) CBE 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41 [investiture 03.02.42]	15.07.1894     commissioned, RN ... - ... ... 15.11.1939 - (10.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Laconia (armed merchant cruiser) (CBE) 03.11.1941 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) & Maintenance Captain, Liverpool
Hewitt, Frank Joseph George Son (with one sister) of Frank Edward Hewitt (Hewett) (1880-1916), and Mary Jane Brittain (1879-1971). Married ...; ... children (one son?).	07.06.1908 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 18.09.1997 Blackpool and Fylde, Lancashire	Prob. S.Lt. RNR 03.08.1933 S.Lt. RNR 11.10.1935, seniority 03.08.1933 Lt. RNR 02.04.1936 Lt. (Supplementary List) 14.04.1937, seniority 07.06.1932 Lt. 1938?, seniority 07.06.1932 Lt.Cdr. 07.12.1939 A/Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 Cdr. 31.12.1946 (retd 07.06.1958) DSC 01.01.1942 New Year 42 [investiture 10.03.42] DSC 15.06.1943 minesweeping northern waters [investiture 09.11.43]	02.11.1935 - (02.1936) HMS Seahorse (submarine) 27.10.1936 - (02.1937) HMS Witch (destroyer) 14.04.1937 - (02.1938) First Lieutenant, HMS Wren (destroyer) 24.03.1938 - (10.1938) First Lieutenant, HMS Wishart (destroyer) 14.03.1939 - 23.08.1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Bulldog (B class destroyer) 24.08.1940 - 03.01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Bulldog (B class destroyer) (02.1941)     no appointment listed 03.02.1941 - 19.08.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Arkwright (minesweeping trawler) 29.08.1941 - 31.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Bridport (Bangor class minesweeper) 10.04.1942 - 29.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Gleaner (minesweeper) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945) - (07.1945) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 08.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for minesweeping staff duties) 16.11.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Sanderling (RN Air Station, Abbotsinch, Paisley, Scotland) (05.1953)     no appointment listed (01.1956)     HMS President * * indexed, but not listed as such Published: Sailing a small boat (1962)
Hewitt, John Graham Son (with two sisters) of John George Lewes Hewitt (1872-1958), and Ellen Hewitt (1873-1955). Married (02.08.1924, Bideford district, Devon; marriage dissolved 1943?) Esther Graham Stokes (08.05.1901 - 17.01.1991), daughter of Graham Stokes (1858-1921), and Esther Frances Bath (1880-1959); ... children (one son?).	13.10.1902 Dunedin, New Zealand - 01.02.1991 Kew Gardens, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey	A/S.Lt. 15.09.1922 S.Lt. 15.03.1923 Lt. 15.06.1924 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1936 A/Capt. 01.05.1941 Capt. 31.12.1942 (retd 08.01.1952) DSO 25.06.1940 Norwegian coast [decoration presented] MID 11.11.1941 Greek withdrawal 04.1941 MID 23.02.1943 Operation Streamline Jane (Operations at Majunga & Tanarive, Madagascar 09.1942) NorWC 13.10.1942 withdrawal from Aandalsnes [investiture 19.10.1942]	15.05.1916     entered RN ... - ... ... 07.12.1937 - (09.)1939 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (12.1939)     no appointment listed 20.01.1940 - 25.05.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Auckland (Pelican class sloop) (DSO, despatches, Norwegian War Cross) 31.07.1941 - 17.10.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Dauntless (D class cruiser) (despatches) 01.11.1942 - 23.10.1943 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (additional; as Chief Staff Officer to Flag Liaison Officer, Delhi) 24.10.1943 - 31.12.1943 HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (additional; as Chief Staff Officer to Deputy Naval Commander South East Asia Command) (02.1944)     HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) * 01.04.1944 - 13.04.1944 HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi, India & Kandy, Ceylon) (additional; as Chief Staff Officer to Deputy Naval Commander South East Asia Command) 14.04.1944 - 27.06.1944 HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi, India & Kandy, Ceylon) (additional; as SOEF Kandy) 28.06.1944 - 12.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Royalist (improved Dido class cruiser) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 16.03.1945 - (07.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Frobisher (Hawkins class cruiser) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Hewlett, Henry Reynardson	see:	RNVR officers' section
Hext, George William Buller   Son (with one sister and one half-brother) of George Kendall Hext (1864-1919), and Caroline Alexandra Buller (1862-1919). Married (19.08.1930, Little Missenden, Buckinghmashire) Margaret Amy Hilda Ronald (30.06.1905 – 04.2002); three sons, one daughter.	10.10.1898 Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire - 15.12.1993 Taunton Deane district, Somerset	Midsh. 01.10.1914 Midsh. ?, seniority 02.08.1914 A/S.Lt. 15.03.1917 S.Lt. 15.11.1917 A/Lt. 15.11.1919 Lt. 15.12.1918 Lt. (E) 11.1925, seniority 15.12.1918 Lt.Cdr. (E) 15.12.1926 (retd 09.01.1928) A/Cdr. (E) (retd) < 10.1944 Cdr. (E) (retd) 03.09.1945 ( reverted to retd > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	09.1911     entered RN ... - ... ... 05.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Daedalus II (RN aircraft training establishment, Newcastle under Lyme) 26.01.1942 - (10.1945) Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (latterly an Assistant Director of Aircraft Maintenance and Repair)
Hey, Henry Reginald	20.10.1901 Camberwell, London - 09.12.1967 Gosport district, Hampshire	Seaman ? [J71421] Gnr. 24.10.1928 Cd.Gnr. (T) 24.10.1938 A/Lt. 09.1942? Lt. 17.04.1944 (retd 20.10.1951) A/Lt.Cdr. ? DSC 26.05.1942 action with cruisers Mediterranean 12.12.41 MID 26.05.1942 sinking submarines Mediterranean 28.12.41 MID 08.09.1942 Operation MG1(Italian attack on Malta convoy 22.03.42)	24.10.1928     commissioned RN ... - ... ... 31.10.1938 - (08.1939) Instructional Department, Torpedo School and Experimental Establishment, Portsmouth [HMS Vernon] (12.1941) - (03.1942) HMS Legion (destroyer) 25.06.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Boscawen (parent ship, Portland) 01.09.1942 - (06.1944) HMS Bee (Coastal Forces base, Holyhead), in lieu of Specialist Torpedo Officer 16.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Drury (frigate) 12.04.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Roberts (monitor) ... - ... ...
Hezlet, [Sir] Arthur Richard Son of Maj.Gen. Robert Knox Hezlet, CB, CBE, DSO (1879-1963), and Josepha Dorothy Arter (1880-?). Married (1948) Anne Joan Patricia, eldest daughter of late G.W.N. Clark, of Carnabane, Upperlands, Co. Derry; two adopted daughters.	07.04.1914 Pretoria, South Africa - 07.11.2007 Aghadowey, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland	Cadet 01.09.1931 Midsh. 01.05.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1934 S.Lt. 01.03.1935 Lt. 01.04.1936 Lt.Cdr. 1944?, seniority 01.10.1942 Cdr. 31.12.1944 Capt. 30.06.1950 R.Adm. 07.07.1959 V.Adm. 17.07.1962 (retd 31.07.1964) KBE 01.01.1964 New Year 64 [investiture 18.02.64] CB 10.06.1961 HM's birthday 61 [investiture 05.07.61] DSO 02.01.1945 sunk U-boat N Penang 23.09.44 [investiture 26.02.46] DSO 17.07.1945 sinking of Japanese ship Ashigara 16.04.45 [investiture 26.02.46] DSC 25.11.1941 services in Mediterranean HMS Unique [investiture 10.02.42] MID 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.42 MID 11.01.1944 Operation Source (midget submarine attack on Tirpitz 22.09.43) LM 17.07.1945 sinking of Japanese ship Ashigara 16.04.45 StOlav - state visit of the King of Norway to Edinburgh 10.62	Education: Junior School, Imperial Service College, Windsor (05.1924-12.1926); RN College, Dartmouth (01.1928-...) 19.09.1931 - (01.)1934 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 23.03.1934 - (07.)1934 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 27.09.1934 - 31.03.1935 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.04.1935 - (07.1935) promotion course, Portsmouth 30.12.1935 - (02.)1936 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 1936 - 1936 HMS Daring (destroyer) 08.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Regulus (submarine) (China Station) 18.01.1938 - (04.)1939 First Lieutenant, HMS H 43 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Titania] 06.06.1939 - (08.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Trident (submarine) (ship commissioned 06.09.1939) 28.08.1940 - (10.)1940 submarine Commanding Officers' course [HMS Dolphin] 11.11.1940 - (12.)1940 HMS Ambrose (base for 9th Submarine Flotilla, Dundee) (for submarines) 1940 - 1942 relief Commanding Officer, 10th Submarine Flotilla (Malta): temporary commands included probably HMS Upholder 21.12.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS H 44 (submarine) 1941 - 1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Unique (submarine) (Mediterranean) 10.03.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta) (08.1941)     HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) * 06.09.1941 - (02.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Ursula (submarine) (Mediterranean) 21.03.1942 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Trident (submarine) (Arctic) 11.09.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Port Bannatyne) 03.03.1943 - 10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Thrasher (submarine) 15.10.1943 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Trenchant (submarine) 10.09.1945 - (04.)1946 Torpedo, Anti-Submarine and Mine Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1946) - (10.1946) no appointment listed 13.11.1946 - (04.1947) Torpedo, Anti-Submarine and Mine Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President]       member of the Naval Staff, Admiralty & British Observer at the Bikini atom bomb trials (07.1948)     no appointment listed 15.04.1949 - (05.)1950 Commanding Officer, HMS Scorpion (destroyer) 04.01.1951 - 1954 Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 13.04.1955 - (01.)1956 Commanding Officer, HMS Battleaxe (flotilla leader) & Captain (D), 6th Destroyer Squadron 03.08.1956 - (01.)1957 Director, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.01.1958 - (01.)1959 Commanding Officer, HMS Newfoundland 24.11.1959 - (07.)1961 Flag Officer, Submarines [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 14.09.1961 - (02.)1964 Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland & Commander Northern Sub-Area, Atlantic (COMNORLANT) & Commander Nore Sub-Area, Channel (COMNORECHAN) [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)] Member of the council of the Navy Records Society. Member, Military History Society of Ireland. Member, Institute of Strategic Studies. Honorary lecturer in modern war at the New University of Ulster. Published: The submarine and sea power (1967); The aircraft and sea power (1970); The ‘B’ Specials (1972); The electron and sea power (1975). * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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