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A.H.E. Hood   to   F.A. Hull
Hood, Alexander Hugo Evelyn Only son (with two sisters) of Lt.Gen. Sir Alexander Hood, GBE, KCB, KCVO (1888-1980), from 1949-1955 Governor & Commander-in-Chief, Bermuda, and Evelyn Dulcia Ellwood, CStJ (1887-1971). Married (18.12.1954, St Michael's, Chester Square, Westminster district, London) Angela Mary Warwick (1930-), only daughter of Mr & Mrs Cyril Warwick, of Northwood, Middlesex; two daughters, two sons.	12.10.1919 Wandsworth district, Greater London / London / Surrey - 02.09.2007 London Clinic [aged 87]	Cadet 01.01.1937 Midsh. 01.05.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1939 S.Lt. 01.07.1939 Lt. 16.05.1941 Lt.Cdr. 16.05.1949 (retd 08.09.1958)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (?-22.12.1936; Hawke Term; Admiralty No. 1310). 01.01.1937 - 01.05.1937 HMS Forbisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1937 - 09.1937 HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 09.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 01.05.1939 - (08.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 11.09.1939 - (10.)1942 HMS Woolston (destroyer) 08.11.1942 - (02.)1944 HMS Totland (escort) (04.1944)     HMS Totland (escort) * (06.1944) - (10.1944) qualifying for navigation duties 10.10.1944 - 12.1944 HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier) (for navigation duties) 15.12.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) (for navigation duties) 05.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Rotherham (destroyer) 29.01.1946 - (07.1946) HMS Caesar (destroyer) 09.03.1947 - 13.12.1947 HMAS Hobart (from 18.08.1947 also as Squadron Navigating Officer) 14.12.1947 - 08.07.1948 HMAS Cerberus (for navigating or directing duties) 09.07.1948 - 06.1949 HMAS Warramunga & and as Flotilla Navigating Officer 06.1949 - 22.07.1949 HMAS Penguin (additional; for passage home, 23.07.1949) 14.11.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Londonderry) (05.1951)     no appointment listed 01.1953 - (05.1953) HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier) 08.02.1954 - (04.)1955 HMS Dryad (navigation and direction school, Portsmouth) 02.09.1955 - (01.1957) HMS Cochrane (Rosyth Maritime HQ, Pitreavie, Dunfermline, Fife) * indexed, but not listed as such
Hood, Basil Frederick Second son of the Rev. John Fulton Hood, BA, and Maria Christina du Plat Hood (née Richardson Griffiths), of Craigweil-on-Sea, Bognor Regis, Sussex. Brother of Chaplain to the Forces the Rev. Canon John Charles Fulton Hood.	20.09.1886 Stockport - 10.01.1941 [age 55] [Haslar RN Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, H.18.3]	Clerk ? Assistant Paym. 20.09.1907 A/Paym. 1911 Paym.Lt.Cdr. 1917, seniority 27.08.1915 * Paym.Cdr. 27.08.1923 T/Paym.Capt. 15.08.1922? Paym.Capt. 30.06.1934 CBE 11.05.1937 HM's coronation 37 DSO 14.03.1916 evacuation Gallipoli ** MID 16.08.1915 Gallipoli MID 1915/16? Gallipoli * Special promotion. ** "Has carried out very heavy duties under arduous conditions."	Education: St John's School, Leatherhead, Surrey (till 1904). 15.07.1904 entered RN 1912 - 1914 Secretary to Admiral of Patrols 1915 - 1916 Secretary to Vice-Admiral Commanding Eastern Mediterranean Squadron (V.Adm. De Robeck) (served at Gallipoli) 15.08.1922 - (08.1923) Secretary, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] 14.10.1924 - (01.1925) Admiral's Secretary, Rear-Admiral 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Barham (battleship)] (Mediterranean) 09.02.1926 - (05.1926) secretaries' course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.04.1927 - (04.)1930 Secretary to Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President] 19.09.1930 - (01.)1932 Admiral's Secretary, Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron  & Second-in-Command, Mediterranean [HMS Revenge (battleship)] (09.1932) no appointment listed 12.10.1932 - (02.)1936 Admiral's Secretary, Commander-in-Chief,  Mediterranean [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] 13.07.1936 - (07.)1937 Admiral's Secretary, Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 20.07.1937 - (06.)1938 for supply duties, RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 01.06.1938 - 10.01.1941 Port Accountant Officer & Port Librarian, HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
Hooker, John Joseph Symonds Only son of the late Lt.Col. J.S. Hooker, and Mrs Hooker, of Pendock, Worcestershire. Married (16.09.1941, Sandbanks) Pamela Bowring Toms, WAAF, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs E. Bowring Toms; ... children (one son, one daughter ?).	24.03.1915 - 08.1993 Bullingdon district, Oxfordshire	Cadet 01.05.1932 Midsh. 01.01.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1935 S.Lt. 01.09.1935 Lt. 01.02.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1945 (retd 1946?) MID 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.42 MID 14.11.1944 3 vessels destroyed Plymouth area 12.08.44	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 23.04.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (05.1933) - (06.1933) no appointment listed 23.11.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 03.05.1934 - (08.)1934 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.09.1934 - 01.05.1935 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.05.1935 - 05.01.1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 06.01.1936 - (08.)1936 promotion course, Portsmouth 31.08.1936 - (02.)1939 HMS Duchess (destroyer) (China) (04.1939)     no appointment listed 13.07.1939 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Foxhound (destroyer) 11.11.1941 - (08.)1942 First Lieutenant, HMS Martin (destroyer) (despatches) 06.10.1942 - (08.)1943 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for suty outside Admiralty) 20.09.1943 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Albrighton (destroyer) (despatches) 27.09.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Falmouth (sloop)
Hope, Frank Stanley Son of George Hope (1886-1940), and Alice Dowling (1883-1972). Married (02.10.1947, Isle of Wight) Hazel Guy (28.11.1920 - 09.2000), daughter of Clifford James Guy (1885-1964), and Sarah Florence Love (1888-1970), of Newport, Isle of Wight; one daughter.	08.10.1921 Ilford, Romford district, Essex - 31.03.2008 Chichester, West Sussex	Cadet 01.01.1939 Midsh. 01.09.1939 S.Lt. 01.08.1940 Lt. 16.02.1942 Lt.Cdr. 16.02.1950 Cdr. 31.12.1956 Capt. 30.06.1963 (retd 22.03.1976; own request) MID 03.07.1945 Operation Acumen (anti-U-boat operation, Norway 12.44) (damage control)	02.05.1939 - (08.1939) special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 05.05.1941 - (06.)1941 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (08.1941) - (10.1941) no appointment listed 10.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) 16.02.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) 28.08.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Byrsa (RN base, Bougie [Algeria] & Castellamare / Naples [Italy]) (04.1944)     HMS Cassandra (destroyer) * 08.05.1944 - (01.)1945 First Lieutenant, HMS Cassandra (destroyer) (despatches) (04.)1945 - (07.1945) specialist navigation course [HMS Dryad] 19.03.1946 - (04.)1947 Navigating Officer, HMS Welfare (Algerine class minesweeper) 01.09.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services) 24.03.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Harrier (RN School of Aircraft Direction, Kete, Pembrokeshire) 24.11.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Harrier (RN School of Aircraft Direction, Kete, Pembrokeshire)       HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) 11.01.1954 - (04.1955) HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (01.1956) - (01.1957) HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) * 18.03.1957 - (01.1959) Commander (ND), HMS Mercury II (Admiralty Signal and Radar Establishment, Portsdown)       HMS Saker (British Joint Services Mission, Washington, DC, USA)       HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS, Canada) (07.1961)     no appointment listed 03.09.1962 - (02.1963) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.07.1963     Admiralty [HMS President] (for language study) (02.1964)     Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.07.1966 - (02.1968) Deputy Director, Naval Plans, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.01.1969 - (02.1969) Imperial Defence College [HMS President] 23.01.1970 - (08.1971) Director of Naval Manpower Structure Planning, Ministry of Defence [HMS President] 17.07.1972 - ? Director General of Naval Personal Services, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.01.1972 - 07.07.1972 also: Naval ADC to the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such
Hope, John David Son of Dr and the Hon. Mrs Richard Hope, of East Harting, Petersfield, Hampshire. Married (22.12.1956, Talland Church, nr Looe, Cornwall) Margaret Daphne Boutwood, daughter of R.Adm. & Mrs Laurence Boutwood, of Trewinny, Polperro, Cornwall.	? - 2007 still alive	Cadet 01.01.1942 Midsh. 01.09.1942 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1944 S.Lt. 20.11.1944, seniority 01.08.1943 Lt. 1945?, seniority 01.10.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1952 Cdr. 30.06.1957 Capt. 31.12.1964 (retd 30.04.1971)	01.01.1942     special entry cadet 01.09.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) 11.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (06.1944) - (10.1944) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * (01.1945)     HMS Wolfhound (destroyer) * 17.03.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Tuscan (destroyer) ... - ... ... ARICS. * indexed, but not listed as such
Hopkins, Jack Gethin Youngest son (with two brothers and one sister) of Francis Gethin Hopkins (1865-1916), and Marian Josephine ... (1874-). Married 1st ((09?).1933, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Kathleen Mary Grimshaw, youngest daughter of R.J. Grimshaw, of Alverstoke, Hampshire. Married 2nd ((09?).1943, Westminster district, London) Florence Edwards.	08.10.1908 Westbury on Trym, Bristol district, Gloucestershire - 20.06.1967 King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst, Sussex	Cadet 15.01.1926 Midsh. 15.09.1926 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1929 S.Lt. 16.10.1929 Lt. 01.02.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1940 (retd 08.10.1953) A/Cdr. 11.03.1945-27.02.1946, late 1947-mid 1948	15.05.1922     entered RN 15.01.1926 - 10.1926 HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Atlantic) 01.11.1926 - 11.10.1927 HMS Effingham (cruiser) (East Indies) 12.10.1927 - 18.12.1928 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 21.03.1928 - 06.05.1928 possibly: HMS Witu [?? = HMS Witch (destroyer) ?] 07.05.1928 - 13.12.1928 possibly: HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 03.01.1929 - 11.08.1929 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.08.1929 - 28.03.1930 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 29.03.1930 - 04.05.1930 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time only) 05.05.1930 - 21.09.1930 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 22.09.1930 - 12.09.1932 HMS Regent (submarine) [tender to HMS Cyclops] [Watchkeeper certificate 24.01.1931] 21.09.1932 - 15.10.1932 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time only) 18.10.1932 - 14.09.1933 First Lieutenant, HMS H 30 (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 16.09.1933 - 19.09.1933 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time only) 09.10.1933 - 14.09.1934 First Lieutenant, HMS Wrestler (destroyer) 15.09.1934 - 28.08.1935 First Lieutenant, HMS L 56 (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 29.08.1935 - 06.10.1935 spare crew, HMS Mackay (flotilla leader, 2nd Submarine flotilla) (Home Fleet) 11.11.1935 - 12.1936 First Lieutenant, HMS Shark (submarine) [tender to HMS Cyclops] (01.1937) - (02.1937) no appointment listed 26.04.1937 - 17.08.1937 submarine Commandng Officer's course [HMS Dolphin] 18.08.1937 - 07.08.1938 Commanding Officer, HMS L 27 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] 12.09.1938 - 09.05.1940 HMS Rodney (battleship) (as Divisional Officer & Officer of Quarters of a 16” Turret) 10.05.1940 - 06.1940 submarine Commandng Officer's refresher course [HMS Dolphin] 14.06.1940 - 19.08.1940 spare submarine CO, HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee) 20.08.1940 - 21.08.1940 HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) 22.08.1940 - 24.09.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Porpoise (submarine) [tender to HMS Elfin, then HMS Forth, then from 19.04.1941 HMS Titania] 25.09.1941 - 07.12.1941 spare submarine CO, HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) 08.12.1941 - 11.10.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Taku (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin, then from 03.1942 HMS Medway, then Medway II] 27.10.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) 28.01.1943     passage to UK 22.03.1943 - 17.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Truant (submarine) [tender to HMS Forth, then from 08.1943 HMS Dolphin] 17.10.1943 - 24.11.1943 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (additional; for time only) 25.11.1943 - 01.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Thorough (submarine) (initially while under construction) [from 16.02.1944 tender to HMS Forth] 01.02.1945 - 02.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Rover (submarine) 11.03.1945 - 27.02.1946 Executive Officer, from 20.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Slinger (escort carrier) 03.04.1946 - 04.12.1950 First Lieutenant, HMS Siskin (RN Air Station, Gosport, from 12.1948 Recognition School, Gosport) 04.12.1950 - 30.07.1954 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) [12.1950-12.1952 Gunnery & Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division]
Hopper, Robert Sydney	20.12.1908 West Derby, Lancashire - 23.03.1972	Prob. S.Lt. RNR 03.03.1933 S.Lt. RNR 14.10.1933, seniority 03.03.1933 Lt. RNR 03.03.1936 07.12.1937, seniority 19.02.1936 Lt. 1938, seniority 20.12.1932 Lt.Cdr. 20.12.1940 (retd 20.12.1953) DSC 26.05.1942 minelaying 02.42 MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday	early 1938 transferred from RNR to RN 11.04.1938 - (06.)1938 First Lieutenant, HMS Anthony (destroyer) (The Nore) 28.07.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 01.11.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 23.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Atreus (minelayer) 10.09.1940 - (02.)1943 HMS Manxman (minelayer) (lastly as Executive Officer) (06.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed 28.09.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Gardiner (frigate) 20.01.1944 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Wallace (destroyer) 24.04.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Oribi (destroyer) 01.11.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Romola (destroyer) 29.09.1947 - (07.1948) for duty on staff of Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard Rosyth [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)] (05.1950) HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) * 14.04.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Jamaica (light cruiser) * indexed, but not lsited as such
Hordern, Michael Married Elizabeth (née ...); at least two daughters, one son. Residence: (1949) Southsea, Hampshire.	15.09.1919 Maidstone, Kent - 02.2006 still alive	Cadet 01.01.1937 Midsh. 01.05.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1939 S.Lt. 16.06.1939 Lt. 16.04.1941 A/Lt.Cdr. 08.12.1943? Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1949 (General List 01.01.1957) (retd)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (joined 05.1933). 01.01.1937 - (02.)1937 cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 27.04.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet) 09.05.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Southampton (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 01.05.1939 - (08.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth 09.1939 - 09.1941 under training: 23.09.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Foxglove (sloop) (02.1941) HMS Walpole (destroyer) * 03.11.1941 - (12.1941) pilot, HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, near Alexandria, Egypt) pilot, 803 Squadron FAA ? ** - (08.)1942 pilot, 806 Squadron FAA [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 13.08.1942 - (12.)1943 pilot, 888 Squadron FAA (12.1943?) pilot, 893 Squadron FAA 08.12.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, 1832 Squadron FAA 01.08.1944 - 01.12.1945 Commanding Officer, 1850 Squadron FAA *** 01.1946? - 02.1946? 762 Squadron FAA 02.1946 - 07.1946 Twin & SNAW Course 07.1946? - 09.1946? 736 Squadron FAA 09.1946 - 03.1947 OFS (Senior Instructor), 741 Squadron FAA [HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn)] 18.04.1947 - 12.1947 Commanding Officer, 802 Squadron FAA [HMS Vengeance & at Malta] 02.1948 - 03.1948 Commanding Officer, 800 Squadron FAA [HMS Triumph] (temporary) 01.1949 course, School of Land/Air Warfare 02.1949 course, School of Combined Operations 19.03.1949 - (05.)1949 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for miscellaneous duties) 07.06.1949 - 15.12.1951 on loan to RAN: 21.06.1949 - 20.07.1949 HMAS Cerberus II (additional; for passage per SS Orcades from Tilbury (21.06.1949) to Sydney (20.07.1949)) 21.07.1949 - 13.09.1951 HMAS Penguin (RAN base, Sydney, NSW) (additional; for School of Land/Air Warfare, RAAF Williamstown) & HMAS Albatross (RAN Air Station, Nowra) 14.09.1951 - 15.12.1951 HMAS Cerberus II (additional; for passage to UK per SS Strathaird; disembarked 20.10.1951, followed by 56 days foreign shore leave) 16.12.1951 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional) 10.01.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (04.1954) HMS President * (01.1956) no appointment listed (01.1957) HMS Droxford * * indexed, but not listed as such ** starting date given as 03.11.1941, which conflicts with earlier appointment *** (04.1946) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Hordern, Philip	22.10.1885 Rangoon, Burma - (06?).1950 Isle of Wight, Hampshire	A/S.Lt. 15.03.1905 S.Lt. 28.09.1906, seniority 15.03.1905 Lt. 30.04.1907, seniority 15.06.1906 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1914 Cdr. 30.06.1919 (retd 02.11.1931) Capt. (retd) 02.11.1931	15.09.1900     entered RN 04.1918 - (01.1919) Gunnery Officer, HMS Inflexible (battlecruiser) 01.09.1924 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS Veronica (sloop) (New Zealand) (07.1927) no appointment listed 01.02.1929 - (02.1931) Commanding Officer, HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) (04.1940) - (02.1941) no appointment listed 29.06.1942 - (08.1942) Naval Officer-in-Charge, Weymouth [HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland)] 01.09.1942 - (02.1943) Naval Officer-in-Charge, Weymouth & Commanding Officer, HMS Bee (Coastal Forces base, Weymouth) 22.02.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Lizard (Combined Operations landing craft base, Shoreham)
Horne, John Bremner Richards	(03?).1918 Barnsley district, West Riding of Yorkshire  - died between 08.1973 and 08.1989	S.Lt. 01.02.1939 Lt. 01.04.1940, backdated 01.10.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1947 Cdr. 30.06.1951 (retd 21.01.1968) DSC 05.05.1942 action against E-boats Nore 15.03.42 MID 05.07.1940 loss French TBD Bison	21.01.1939 - (1940) HMS Grenade (destroyer) (03.1942)  Commanding Officer, MGB 88 & Senior Officer, 7th MGB Flotilla (08.1942) HMS St. Christopher (02.1943) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 07.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Troubridge (destroyer) (07.1945) no appointment listed 11.1945 - (04.1946) Staff Communications Officer, HMS Sultan
Hornell, Denis Arthur Hawker Son of V.Adm. Robert Arthur Hornell, RN, and May Augusta Emmerson Sheean. Marired (24.08.1940) Heather Veronica Hornell (née Kincaid Lennox), of Campsie Glen, Stirlingshire; one son.	(06?).1907 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 23.05.1941 (KIA) [age 34] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]	RN: Cadet 15.01.1924 Midsh. 15.05.1925 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 01.04.1928 Lt. 01.11.1929 Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1937 RAF: (T) F/O 08.09.1929 MVO 29.01.1936 ? MID 20.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete	09.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Mediterranean) 18.03.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Lowestoft (cruiser) (Africa) 06.12.1928 - (08.)1929 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 08.09.1929 - (04.)1930 pliot's course, RAF Base, Leuchars [attached to RAF] 11.09.1930 - (02.)1931 pilot, No. 404 Flight FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) [attached to RAF] 03.06.1931 - (09.1932) pilot, HMS Kent (cruiser) (China) [attached to RAF] ? - 28.09.1933 ... [attached to RAF] 28.09.1933 - (01.)1934 qualifying for gunnery duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Excellent] 03.12.1934 - (07.)1935 Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 12.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 28.05.1936 - (02.)1938 Flotilla Gunnery Officer, 8th Destroyer Floitlla [HMS Duncan (flotilla leader)] (China) (06.1938) no appointment listed 08.07.1938 - (08.)1939 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 21.08.1939 - (04.)1940 Gunnery Officer, HMS Fiji (cruiser) 11.1940 - 23.05.1941 Gunnery Officer, HMS Fiji (cruiser) (destroyed by enemy aircraft off Crete [killed in action])
Hornell, Sir Robert Arthur Eldest son of late Robert Hornell, barrister­at­law, and Elizabeth Brooking Cornish. Married (1902) May Augusta Emmerson Sheean (c. 1880-...); one son (Lt.Cdr. Denis Arthur Hawker Hornell, RN), one daughter.	23.10.1877 Larkhall Rise, Clapham, SW - 04.05.1949 Lower Bourne, Farnham, Surrey	A/S.Lt. 15.10.1897 S.Lt. 19.07.1898, seniority 15.10.1897 Lt. 30.06.1900 Cdr. 30.06.1912 Capt. 31.12.1917 R.Adm. 19.05.1929 (retd 20.05.1929) V.Adm. (retd) 11.02.1934 (reactivated 11.1939) (reverted to retd 1944) KBE 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41 [investiture 08.07.41] DSO 08.03.1918 for services in destroyer and torpedo boat flotillas 17 CdeG 1918? ? MID 23.05.1917 for service in destroyer patrol flotillas, armed boarding steamers, &c	Education: Cheam School; HMS Britannia. 15.01.1892 entered RN 1894 - 1928 served continuously at sea: 1907/08 HMS Arrogant (?) (1917?) Commanding Officer, HMS Patrol (light cruiser) 1918 - 1919 Commanding Officer, HMS Orion 06.03.1923 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS Princess Margaret (minelaying vessel) (Atlantic Fleet) 21.04.1925 - (02.)1927 Chief of Staff and Maintenance Captain on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Impregnable (training establishment for boys, Devonport)] (07.1927) no appointment listed 10.03.1928 - (06.1928) senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich 28.02.1929 - 19.05.1929 also: Naval ADC to the King 11.1939 - 02.06.1942 Commodore of Convoys [HMS Eaglet II] (as Commodore 2nd class RNR) 23.07.1940 - 07.08.1940 HX 60 (Halifax - Liverpool) [in Manchester Citizen] 23.09.1940 - 25.09.1940 Commodore-in-Charge of 12 merchant ships in Operation Menace (attack on Dakar) [in Ocean Coast] 23.02.1941 - 27.02.1941 OB 290 (Liverpool - Halifax) [in Samuel Bakke] [convoy dispersed] 27.03.1941 - 15.04.1941 HX 117 (Halifax - Liverpool) [in Sicilian Prince] 02.06.1942 - (04.)1944 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Avonmouth [HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea)] (06.1944) - (10.1944) no appointment listed Vice-Chairman NB Apostleship of the sea.
Hornsby, Frederick William	19.05.1901 Devonport, Devon - 06.1994 Petersfield, Hampshire	Seaman ? [M24891] ... ... Lt. (E) 01.07.1927 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.07.1935 (retd 19.05.1945) A/Cdr. (E) < 12.1941 Cdr. (E) (retd) 19.05.1945	... - ... ... (04.1930) no appointment listed 22.07.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Concord (cruiser; signal school cruiser, Portsmouth) 11.1931 - (01.1932) HMS Westminster (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) ... - ... ... 09.01.1939 - (04.1940) an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Birmingham Area, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty 04.01.1941 - (06.1944) Deputy Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Birmingham Area, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty (07.1945) - (04.1946) Inspecting Torpedo Officer, Weymouth Area, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty AMICE, FIMechE, FRSA.
Hornyold-Strickland, Thomas Henry; 7th Count della Catena Son of Henry Albert Hornyold (1890-1975), and Hon. Mary Constance Elizabeth Christina Strickland (1896-1970). Succeeded to title 1940. Married (20.01.1951) Angela Mary Engleheart (born 31.05.1928); four sons, two daughters.	26.04.1921 Chelsea district, Greater London - 07.04.1983 [Kendal, Cumbria ?]	Cadet 01.05.1938 Midsh. 01.05.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1941 S.Lt. 1941, seniority 01.04.1940 Lt. 16.07.1941 Lt.Cdr. 16.07.1949 (retd 31.07.1963) DSC 11.06.1946 wind up Far East [award posted] Recommended for an MBE, but due to early retirement (for family reasons) the recommendation was withdrawn.	01.05.1938 - 30.04.1939 special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 17.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Forester (destroyer) 02.07.1940 - 1940 HMS Ajax (cruiser) 03.09.1940 - 1940 HMS Manchester (cruiser) ? - ? served in the period 1939/41 also at HMS Erebus (monitor) & HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 06.01.1941 - (02.)1941 promotion course, Portsmouth 17.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Lamerton (destroyer) 23.06.1942 - (12.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS Wolsey (destroyer) 02.1944 - 1944 short course of instruction (04.)1944 - (10.)1944 signals course [HMS Mercury (signal school, nr. Petersfield)] 20.12.1944 - (04.)1946 Communications Officer, 24th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Troubridge (flotilla leader)] ? - ? served in the period 1942/46 also at HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) & HMS Vernon (anti-submarine establishment, Roedan School, Brighton) 12.07.1946 - (07.)1948 HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halfar, Malta) * 16.08.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Montclare (submarine depot ship) 27.03.1950 - (05.1950) Signals Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 03.1952 - 1953 HMS Euryalus (cruiser) 24.03.1953 - (05.1953) HMS Bermuda (cruiser) 03.05.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Dryad (navigation and direction school, Portsmouth) ? - (01.1957) HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) (01.1959) - (02.1963) Weapons Department, Admiralty [HMS President] ? - ? served in the period 1946/63 also at HMS Condor, HMS Boscawen, HMS Woodbridgehaven, HMS Newcastle, HMS Superb & HMS Ceylon Deputy Lieutenant (DL), County of Westmorland, 04.05.1964. High Sheriff of Westmorland for 1973 (29.03. 1973; was nominated 1971 & 1972). * indexed, but not listed as such
Horrigan, John Frederick Son of ... Horrigan, and ... Keogan.	(06?).1921 West Derby district, Lancashire - died between 08.1989 and 12.1998	Ch.Mech. 2nd cl. ? [D/K 87465] T/Wt.Mech. 18.06.1940 A/T/Cd.Mech. = A/Lt. (E) 18.06.1945 (retd 1940/50s) MID 05.07.1940 for good service when one of HM's ships was sunk by a mine	? - (08.1942) Boom Defence Depot Aden [HMS Sheba] * (02.1943) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 07.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Barrhead (boom defence vessel) (04.1944) - (06.1944) HMS Baldur III (RN base, Hvitanes, Iceland) * 15.06.1945 - (07.1945) Boom Defence Depot Clyde [HMS Orlando] 01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Moorpout (mooring vessel) * indexed, but not listed as such
Horswell, Claude Henry Married Lilian; ... children (one daughter?).	26.03.1886 Devonport, Devon - 10.12.1966 Newton Abbot district, Devon	Seaman ? [M1150] Wt.Eng. 15.07.1925 Cd.Eng. 15.07.1935 (retd 26.03.1936) Lt. (E) (retd) 20.10.1941 (reverted to retd 28.08.1945)	29.09.1925 - (02.1927) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) 14.02.1928 - (08.1930) HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) [ship 19.03.1929 commissioned] 12.01.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) (09.1932)     no appointment listed 01.05.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Snapdragon (sloop) (Home Fleet) 03.05.1934 - (07.)1934 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for mechanical training establishment) 10.07.1934 - (07.1935) HMS Dunoon (twin screw minesweeper) (02.1936)     no appointment listed 03.07.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Speedwell (minesweeper) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) 21.03.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Beaver (RN base, Humber) (02.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941)     no appointment listed 14.01.1942 - (10.1944) HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich)
Horton, Sir Max Kennedy Second son (of four children) of Robert Joseph Angel Horton, a member of the London Stock Exchange, and Esther Maud Goldsmid, of Minster, Thanet.	29.11.1883 Maelog Lake Hotel, Rosneigr (Insel Anglesey, Wales) - 30.07.1951 London	Naval Cadet 15.09.1898 Midsh. 15.02.1900 S.Lt. 15.02.1903 Lt. 15.02.1905 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1913 Cdr. 31.12.1914 Capt. 30.06.1920 R.Adm. 17.10.1932 V.Adm. 19.08.1936 Adm. 09.01.1941 (retd 16.10.1945; own request, to facilitate the promotion of younger officers) GCB 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 [investiture 27.06.45] KCB 02.01.1939 New Year 39 CB 04.06.1934 HM's birthday 34 DSO 21.10.1914 highly successful attacks on German men-of-war DSO 02.11.1917 for long and arduous services in command of overseas submarines DSO 08.03.1920 distinguished service in command of the Baltic submarine flotilla MID 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 Russian Order of St George, 4th Class (LG 15.11.1915); silver medal for saving life on occasion of loss of the Delhi off Cape Spartel, 1911; Grand Officer Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre (with Palmes) (?); 4th Class Order of St Vladimir with swords; 2nd Class St Anne with swords and diamonds; 2nd Class St Stanislaus of Greece; Grand Cross of Orange Nassau (12.05.1942; investiture 03.11.1942); Chief Commander of Legion of Merit (28.05.1946) (USA); Grand Cross of the Order of St Olaf (Norway) (13.01.1948; services to Norway)	15.09.1898 - 14.01.1900 HMS Britannia 15.01.1900 - 31.01.1900 HMS Duke of Wellington 01.02.1900 - 01.01.1901 HMS Majestic 02.01.1901 - 11.03.1901 HMS Blenheim 12.03.1901 - 30.06.1901 HMS Hermione 01.07.1901 - 14.02.1903 HMS Eclipse 15.02.1903 - 27.02.1903 HMS Goliath 28.02.1903 - 30.04.1903 HMS Duke of Wellington 01.05.1903 - 21.02.1904 HMS Excellent 22.02.1904 - 27.05.1904 HMS Cambridge 28.04.1904 - 30.09.1904 HMS Vivid 01.10.1904 - 14.02.1905 HMS Thames (for submarine training) 15.02.1905 - 15.06.1907 HMS Thames (for submarine boats & HMS Mercury) 16.06.1907 - 17.01.1910 HMS Bonaventure and HMS Mercury (for HMS A 1 (submarine) & HMS C 8 (submarine)) 18.01.1910 - 07.01.1912 HMS Duke of Edinburgh 08.01.1912 - 14.10.1912 HMS Arrogant & HMS Bonaventure (for submarines: HMS D 6) 15.10.1912 - 15.03.1914 HMS Maidstone (for submarines: HMS D6) 16.03.1914 - 30.06.1914 HMS Dolphin (for submarines: HMS E 9) 1914 - 1918 served European War, 1914-1918 ; when in command of Submarine E9 torpedoed light cruiser Hela at Heligoland, September 1914, and German cruiser Prinz Adalbert in Baltic, July 1915; also sunk 3 German destroyers besides 2 transports and several merchant ships 01.07.1914 - 30.12.1914 HMS Maidstone (for HMS E 9) 31.12.1914 - 24.01.1916 HMS Maidstone 25.01.1916 - 15.08.1916 HMS Dolphin (for HMS J 6) 16.08.1916 - 03.12.1917 HMS Titania (for HMS J 6) 04.12.1917 - 15.09.1918 HMS Dolphin (for HMS K 18, then HMS M 1) 16.09.1918 - 17.10.1918 HMS Titania (for HMS M 1) 18.10.1918 - 13.08.1919 HMS Vulcan 14.08.1919 - 30.07.1920 HMS Maidstone 31.07.1920 - 21.07.1921 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines and as assistant to Rear-Admiral (Submarines)) 22.07.1921 - 13.03.1922 Chief Staff Officer, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 14.03.1922 - 14.04.1924 Commanding Officer, HMS Conquest (light cruiser) & as Captain (S) 1st Submarine Flotilla 15.04.1924 - 03.08.1925 Captain (Submarines), HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) [for Fort Blockhouse] & in command of Submarine Flotilla 04.08.1925 - 07.08.1925 HMS Victory (additional; for leave) 17.08.1925 - 16.10.1925 HMS Victory (additional; for course) 17.10.1925 - 26.02.1926 HMS President (additional; for war course) 27.02.1926 - 14.03.1926 HMS Victory (additional; for leave) 26.03.1926 - 04.04.1926 HMS President (for duty insde Admiralty) 05.04.1926 - 03.04.1928 Assistant Director of Mobilisation, Admiralty [HMS President] 20.04.1928 - 18.04.1930 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, and Maintenance Captain [HMS Victory] 05.05.1930 - 04.07.1930 tactical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 30.11.1930 - 25.10.1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Resolution (battleship) 12.12.1933 - 17.07.1935 Rear-Admiral 2nd Battle Squadron [HMS Malaya, from 17.03.1934 HMS Barham] 18.07.1935 - 01.11.1936 Vice-Admiral Commanding First Cruiser Squadron [HMS London (cruiser)] (01.1937) - (07.1937) no appointment listed 26.07.1937 - 17.09.1939 Vice-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Hawkins (cruiser), from 24.06.1938 HMS Effingham (cruiser)] 18.09.1939 - 19.12.1939 Vice-Admiral Commanding Northern Patrol [HMS Pyramus (RN base, Kirkwall, Orkney)] 29.12.1939 - 03.01.1940 Admiralty [HMS President] (unemployed) 04.01.1940 - 09.11.1942 Flag Officer Submarines [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 19.11.1942 - 15.08.1945 Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 15.08.1945 - 15.10.1945 Admiralty [HMS President] (additional) 1945 Bath King of Arms; 1946 Hon. Freeman of City of Liverpool; 1947 Hon. LLD of Queen's University, Belfast. Literature: W.S. Chalmers, Max Horton and the Western Approaches (1954).
Hotham, the Hon. John David Married Aileen Coates (died 01.11.2009, aged 93); one son. She remarried Lt.Cdr. Colin Edward Hugh Smith, RN (1897-1975).	(06?).1911 Teesdale district, Co. Durham / Yorkshire - 24.03.1962 Chester district, Cheshire	... ... Lt. 16.04.1935 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1943 (retd 19.04.1956) DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [investiture 02.02.45]	... - ... ... 20.08.1937 - (04.)1940 HMS Neptune (cruiser) 17.07.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Gloucester (cruiser) (02.1941) - (12.1941) HMS Icarus (destroyer) * 15.04.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Hawkins (cruiser) 01.05.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Vectis (RN base, Seaview, Isle of Wight) 02.06.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Dinosaur (combined training establishment, Troon) (06.1944)     Senior Officer, 1st Support Squadron Force J (Normandy) 20.11.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Sussex (cruiser) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Howard, Alan Frederic William   Son of late William Howard. Married (1921) Kathleen Jocelyn, daughter of Charles Campbell Riley; two sons.	11.04.1883 Colchester, Essex - 19.11.1971 Hazelgrove, Slindon, nr Arundel, Sussex	A/S.Lt. 15.06.1902 S.Lt. 25.06.1903, seniority 15.06.1902 Lt. 31.12.1904 Cdr. 30.06.1916 (retd 19.05.1929) Capt. (retd) 19.05.1929 (reverted to retd < 04.1946) DSO 04.10.1940 for good services in directing Sea Transport MID 22.06.1917 ? MID 08.03.1918 ? CdeG 17.05.1918 ?	Education: Late Mr C. Luton, Farnborough Park, Hants; HMS Britannia. 15.09.1897     entered RN (01.1919)     HMS Stork (torpedo-boat destroyer) 06.11.1919 - 02.12.1919 London Depot RAN [lent to RAN] 03.12.1919 - 30.01.1920 HMAS Cerberus [lent to RAN] 31.01.1920 - 26.04.1920 Commander (D), HMAS Swan (torpedo-boat destroyer) [tender to HMAS Australia, from 01.04.1920 to HMS Anzac] [lent to RAN] 27.04.1920 - 12.03.1922 Commanding Officer, HMAS Anzac (flotilla leader) [lent to RAN] 13.03.1922 - 23.11.1922 Commanding Officer, HMAS Tingira (boys' training ship) [lent to RAN] 24.11.1922 - 15.12.1922 HMAS Penguin (RAN depot, Sydney) (additional; awaiting passge to UK) [lent to RAN] 16.12.1922 - 13.05.1923 London Depot RAN [lent to RAN] (08.1923)     no appointment listed (01.1925)     no appointment listed (05.1926) - (07.1927) Commander for RNR and Merchant Marine duties, Liverpool Area [HMS President] 10.04.1928 - (06.1928) senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth 01.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 16.09.194   (07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Fervent (RN base, Ramsgate) & Naval Officer-in-Charge, Ramsgate
Howard, Francis "Frank" Married 1st Violet ... Married 2nd ((06?).1922, Kensington district, London) Grace Flora Wilson (1889? - (06?).1938); one daughter (Eve Lilian Howard, who married Lt.Cdr. George Hugo Digby Legard, MBE, RN, and later Lt. (S) Guy Alexander Hughes, RNVR). Married 3rd ((06?).1947, Uckfield district, Sussex) Corona Elsie Standley(Mrs Hugh De Laine Standley)  (née Crawford) (20.06.1902 - 03.1994); one son.	31.12.1889 London - 23.08.1966 Tonbridge district, Kent	... ... Lt. 01.04.1912 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1920 Cdr. 31.12.1925 (retd 10.04.1935; own request) Capt. (retd) 10.04.1935 (reverted to retd > 01.1945, < 04.1945) DSC 17.04.1918 ?	? - (01.1919) HMS Restless (torpedo-boat destroyer) 20.04.1921 - (04.1922) Commanding Officer, HMS Walrus (torpedo-boat destroyer) 02.07.1923 - (01.1925) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (05.1926)     no appointment listed 26.07.1926 - (07.)1928 Commanding Officer, HMS Amazon (destroyer) 05.11.1928 - (01.)1931 Commanding Officer, HMS Sandwich (sloop) (China) (02.1931)     no appointment listed 19.10.1931 - (01.)1932 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS President] 27.02.1932 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Winchester (destroyer) (Portsmouth) & in command of "Vernon" Flotilla (03.1934) - (05.1934) no appointment listed 28.07.1934 - 09.04.1935 Assistant to Captain of the Dockyard and Assistant King's Harbour Master, HM Dockyard, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 22.08.1939 - 08.08.1940 Chief of Staff to Flag Officer-in-Charge, Liverpool [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 22.08.1940 - (04.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Hector (armed merchant cruiser) 03.04.1942 - (10.)1943 Captain Superintendent Colombo [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 22.11.1943 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Abatos (training establishment & Senior Naval Officer, PLUTO [Pipeline under the Ocean], Norfolk House, Woolston) Raised the Ward of the then Lady Harlech in Wales.
Howard, Henry Edmund Son of Cdr. Henry Mowbray Howard (1873-1953), and Norah Florence Annie Dunlop-Watson (died 1974). Married (06.01.1945, Glasgow) Sheila Brown (died 14.08.2007), daughter of Colin McNab Brown and Gladys Elsey Reynolds; one son, one daughter.	03.03.1923 Kensington district, London - 11.06.1999 Basingstoke district, Hampshire	Midsh. 01.09.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1942 S.Lt. 01.09.1942 Lt. 01.03.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1952 Cdr. 30.06.1959 Capt. 31.12.1967 (retd 07.01.1977) DSC 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche [investiture 21.09.44]	01.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Valiant (battleship) (12.1941)     HMS Valiant (battleship) * 01.05.1942 - (08.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth 03.10.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Loyal (destroyer) (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 10.06.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for minor landing craft) 19.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Trumpeter (escort carrier) (04.1946)     no appointment listed ... - ... ... 07.07.1976 - 07.01.1977 also: Naval ADC to the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such
Howard, Sydney Michael Married Elizabeth (née ...) (pedeceased him); three daughters, one son.	1920 ? - 17.12.2008 Slimbridge, Gloucestershire [age 88]	... ... Lt. 16.10.1941 A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 Lt.Cdr. ? Cdr. 31.12.1953 (retd)	... - ... ... 19.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Smiter (escort carrier) ... - ... ...
Howard-Johnston, Clarence Dinsmore "Johnny" Son of John Howard Johnston (1850-1913), an American engineer & miner, and Dorothy Florence Baird (1881-?), remarried as Comtesse Pierre Marie Jules Moreau du Breuil, de St Germain. Married 1st (28.06.1928, St John's, Southwick Crescent, Paddington district, London; marriage dissolved 1940) Esmé Muriel Fitz-Gibbon (31.05.1904 - 11.1994), youngest daughter of Philip John Fitz-Gibbon (1859-1928), and Ruth Mary Hearn, late of Crohana, County Cork; one son deceased. She remarried (15.02.1943) then Lt., later Cdr. Michael Gustavus Fowke, RN (1919-1977). Married 2nd (10.06.1941, St Saviour's, Walton Street, Chelsea district, London SW; marriage dissolved 1954) Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (09.03.1907 - 15.08.1997), daughter of 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928), and Hon. Dorothy Maud Vivian (1879-1939); two sons, one daughter. She remarried (04.10.1954) Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper (1914-2003). Married 3rd (03.06.1955, Paris, France) Paulette Helleu (08.1904 - 12.06.2009), daughter of Paul César Helleu (1859-1927), and Alice Louis-Guerin (1870-1933).	13.10.1903 St George Hanover Square district, London - 26.01.1996 France	Midsh. 1921 S.Lt. 30.09.1924 Lt. 30.12.1925 Lt.Cdr. 30.12.1933 Cdr. 30.06.1937 Capt. 30.06.1943 R.Adm. 08.01.1953 (retd 01.07.1955) CB 01.01.1955 New Year 55 [investiture 12.07.55] DSO 06.01.1942 sinking U-651 Western Approaches [investiture 03.11.42] DSC 16.08.1940 Romsdal Fjords [investiture 25.11.41] MID 26.07.1940 preventing of war material falling into enemy hands MID 07.10.1941 action against enemy submarines Order of Phœnix (Greece), 1940; Officer, Legion of Merit (USA), 28.05.1946.	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth. ... - ... ... 1938 - 02.1940 Director of Studies, Greek Naval War College, Athens (Order of the Phoenix) (04.1940)     no appointment listed 05.05.1940 - (10.)1940 Anti-Submarine Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 1940 - 1940 detached to set up anti-submarine training, Quiberon (France) 1940 - 1940 in charge of operations for destruction port facilities St Malo, evacuation British troops St Malo and Jersey (despatches) 1940 - 1940 anti-submarine operations, Norwegian fjords, evacuation troops and wounded, Molde and Andalsnes (DSC) 28.12.1940 - 23.06.1942 in command Anti-Submarine Escort Group, North Atlantic [HMS Malcolm (destroyer), from 15.02.1942 HMS Hurricane (destroyer)] (escorted 1,229 ships (DSO for sinking U-651)) 23.06.1942 - 23.02.1943 Staff Officer (A/S), Western Approaches Command [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 24.02.1943 - (06.)1943 Administrative Staff, Western Approaches Command [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] (08.1943)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 27.10.1943 - (07.)1945 Director, Anti-U-boat Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (anti-submarine specialist, PM's Cabinet U­boat meetings) 10.12.1945 - 1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Bermuda (cruiser) (British Pacific Fleet and occupation of Japan forces) 1947 - 1950 Naval Attaché, Paris 1952     Naval ADC to the Queen 1953 - 1955 Chief of Staff to Flag Officer, Central Europe Inventor of simple hydraulic mechanisms; commended by Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for invention and development of anti­submarine training devices including Johnston Mobile A/S target, 1937. Participated in and prepared maritime historical programmes on French TV, 1967-1981.
Howes, Peter Norris	01.07.1916 St Marylebone district, London - 09.09.1983 Heytesbury, Wiltshire	Lt. 01.11.1938, seniority 16.08.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1945 Lt,Cdr, 16.05.1946 Cdr. 31.12.1949 Capt. 30.06.1955 R.Adm. 07.07.1964 (retd 11.12.1966) CB 11.06.1966 HM's birthday 66 DSC 19.08.1941 action with E-boats Apr & June 41 MID 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee Aviz - funeral president of Portugal 51	Education: St. Peter's Court, Broadstairs; RN College, Dartmouth.       served in HM Ships Hood, Furious, Fortune, Albury, Westminster, Newcastle, Liverpool; Chaplet; Mercury; Dartmouth Training Sqdn; HMS Devonshire 08.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Aberdeen (escort vessel) 12.1940 - 08.1941 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 61 (motor gun boat) & Senior Officer, 6th MGB Flotilla 1942     specialised as Communications Officer 12.04.1942 - (08.)1942 Signals Officer, HMS Dundonald II 12.10.1942 - (06.)1944 Signals Officer, HMS Vectis 18.07.1944 - (04.1946) Signals Officer, HMS Admant (submarine depot ship) 1947     Senior Aide-de-Camp to Viceroy of India 1955 - 1958 Naval Assistant to First Sea Lord 1962 - 1964 Commanding Officer, HMS Devonshire 1964 - 1966 Flag Officer, Middle East Station 1968 - 1972 Private Secretary to Lord Mayor of London Published:The Viceregal Establishments in India (1948).
Howlett, Ronald Stanley Son of Horace John Howlett (1881-1973), and Edith Maria Hughes (1881-1952). Husband of Catherine Jean Howlett, of Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.	09.05.1907 Ashley, Bristol, Avon - 15.03.1942 (KIA) [age 34] [Lowestoft (Beccles Road) Cemetery, section 25, grave 511]	Prob. S.Lt. RNR 23.05.1930 Lt. RNR 30.01.1935 Lt. 30.03.1937, seniority 09.05.1931 Lt.Cdr. 09.05.1939 DSC 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 [decoration presented to next-of-kin]	26.11.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Codrington (destroyer; flotilla leader 3rd Destroyer Flotilla) (Mediterranean) 25.03.1937 - (10.)1938 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean & Portsmouth) 25.11.1938 - (09.1939) Executive Officer, HMS Douglas (destroyer; flotilla leader 1st Submarine Flotilla) (Mediteranean) 02.01.1940 - 15.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Vortigern (destroyer) [killed in action when ship was torpedoed and sunk off Cromer by the German motor torpedo boat (E-boat) S-104)]
Howson, John Montagu Son of Edmund Whytehead Howson and Agnes Isobel, daughter of Dr H.M. Butler. Married (1922) Betty Frances Clare Luard; one son, two daughters (Jennifer Luard Howson married Capt. Trevor Arthur Anthony Whitaker, The Rifle Brigade).	01.06.1893 Hendon district, Middlesex - 19.03.1959 Lyme Regis, Dorset	... ... Lt. 15.12.1915 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1923 Cdr. 31.12.1928 Capt. 31.12.1936 (retd 1946) Cdre. 2nd cl. 01.01.1944 CBE 01.01.1944 New Year 44 [investiture 09.07.46] MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk 06.40 MID 25.08.1942 Operation Ironclad (assault and capture of Diego Suarez 05-07.05.42) MID 18.01.1944 dissolution Force H	Education: Stonehouse, Broadstairs; St Aubyns, Rottingdean; Royal Naval Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth; Imperial Defence College (1938). 15.05.1906     entered RN 1914 Grand Fleet 1914 - 1917 Harwich Striking Force 1918 - 1920 Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee 01.05.1923 - (08.1923) Squadron Wireless Telegraphy Officer, 1st Battle Squadron, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Barham (battleship)] 15.08.1924 - (05.)1926 Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.08.1926 - (07.)1927 HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 08.08.1927 - (04.)1928 Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 09.04.1928 - (06.1928) Squadron Wireless Telegraphy Officer, 1st Battle Squadron, Mediterranean [HMS Warspite (battleship)] 03.06.1929 - (02.1931) Signal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.01.1932 - (09.1932) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 03.05.1933 - (07.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Witch (destroyer) (China) (02.1935)     no appointment listed (07.1935)     no appointment listed 23.09.1935 - 19.01.1937 Staff Officer (Operations) and (Intelligence) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] (02.1937)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 17.06.1937 - (07.1937) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 18.01.1938 - (10.1938) imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President] 23.01.1939 - (02.)1939 tactical investigation, Tactical School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 17.04.1939 - 18.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Effingham (cruiser) & Chief of Staff, Reserve Fleet 10.06.1940 - 16.02.1941 on staff of Commander-in-Chief Western Approaches [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 17.02.1941 - 1942 Deputy Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 15.02.1942 - (12.)1943 Chief Staff Officer to Admiral Commanding Force "H" (Madagascar, N. Africa and Italian Campaigns) [HMS Malaya (battleship), from 27.08.1942 HMS Nelson (battleship)] 01.01.1944 - (06.)1944 Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf [HMS Euphrates (depot ship, Basra, Iraq] 09.1944 - (07.)1945 Senior Officer, East Indies Fleet at Delhi [HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi)] (04.1946)     no appointment listed [Naval ADC to the King ?]
Hubback, [Sir] Arthur Gordon Voules Son of late Brig.Gen. A.B. Hubback, CMG, DSO and of late Mrs M. Hubback, daughter of late Sir Gordon Voules. Married 1st (1930) Elizabeth Pearson Rogers (died 1949); one son. Married 2nd (1949) Sheila Mary Roberton (died 07.04.2008).	11.09.1902 - 25.08.1970 [Burley, Ringwood, Hampshire ?]	... ... Cdr. 31.12.1936 Capt. 30.06.1942 R.Adm. 07.07.1951 V.Adm. 16.12.1954 (General List) (retd 03.11.1958) KBE 13.06.1957 HM's birthday 57 [investiture 16.07.57] CB 01.06.1953 Coronation List 53 [investiture 30.06.53] CBE 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [investiture 18.05.45] MID 26.09.1940 Norway 04-06.40 CdeG 1940 capture of Narvik	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth. ... - ... ... 21.11.1938 - (04.)1940 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.1940 - 06.1940 co-ordinated Norway operations in conjunction with French staff (Croix de Guerre, despatches) 29.06.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) 02.01.1941 - (02.1941) Executive Officer, HMS Galatea (cruiser) 04.04.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services) 07.01.1943 - (02.)1943 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Matla) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta) 05.03.1943 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) & as Captain Commanding Coastal Forces Mediterranean 07.1943 - (10.)1943 Captain Coastal Forces Eastern Theatre on staff of Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (12.1943)     HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) * 1944 - (06.)1944 Chief Staff Officer to Naval Commander, Force J (Normandy) 24.07.1944 - (07.)1945 Assistant Director of Plans (SPS), Admiralty [HMS President] (also indicated as: Joint Planning Staff, Cabinet Offices) 22.11.1945 - 1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Glasgow (cruiser) 1947 - 1950 Commodore Superintendent, Malta 1950 - 1951 Commodore RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus] 1951 - 1954 Admiral Superintendent HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 1954 - 1957 Director of Dockyards, Admiralty 1958 - 1958 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Fourth Sea Lord, Admiralty 1958 - 1959 Managing Director, Dockyard, Malta OStJ 1949.
Hudson, Roland Keith	04.11.1909 Penzance district, Cornwall - 04.01.1998 Kensington and Chelsea district, London	.. ... Lt. 01.12.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1939 (retd 04.11.1954) DSO 08.03.1940 exp work with enemy mines [investiture 27.02.40] DSC 22.01.1946 ship lost Sourabaya 01.03.42 [decoration posted]	... - ... ... 28.11.1939 - 27.01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Borde (minesweeper) 01.02.1941 - 01.03.1942 Navigating Officer, HMS Exeter (cruiser) (sunk by Japanese forces in the Battle of the Java Sea; captured) 1942 - 1945 POW in Japanese captivity
Hughes, Albert William "Bill"   Husband of Alice Hughes, of Glan Conway, Denbighshire; one son, one daughter.	13.09.1902 Liskard, Wallasey - 27.11.1941 [age 39] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 2]	Prob. T/S.Lt. (E) RNVR 23.10.1939 T/Lt. (E) 02.05.1940 A/T/Lt.Cdr. (E) < 11.1941 DSC 25.06.1940 capturing enemy ships MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42	Apprenticeship at Cammell Lairds shipyard and sailed as Engineer with the Bibby Line until enlisting in the RNVR in 1939, after which he transferred to RN. 23.10.1939 - 22.11.1939 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 23.11.1939 - 24.11.1941 HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
Hughes, Arnold Rowland Son of Oswald Hughes and Florence Hughes (née Wagstaff), of Kiveton Park, Yorkshire.	(12?).1912 Sheffield district, South Yorkshire / Yorkshire - West Riding - 26.11.1941 [age 29] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 46, column 1]	Schoolm. Candidate 24.04.1938 Schoolm. 1938?, seniority 24.04.1938	Education: BSc. (06.1938) no appointment listed (08.1938) short course of instruction 05.08.1938 - (04.)1940 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 15.11.1940 - 24.11.1941 HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
Hughes, Edward Glyn de Styrap Jukes-	see:	Jukes-Hughes, Edward Glyn de Styrap
Hughes-Hallett, John Son (with two brothers, two half-brothers and one half-sister) of Col. Wyndham Hughes­Hallett (1843-1905), and Clementina Mary Loch (1853-1948). Unmarried.	01.12.1901 - 05.04.1972 Slindon, Arundel, Sussex	... ... S.Lt. 15.05.1922 Lt. 15.04.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1931 Cdr. 31.12.1934 Capt. 30.06.1940 Cdre. 1st cl. 08.05.1943? V.Adm. 02.02.1953 (retd 09.1954) CB 04.09.1945 Operation Overlord DSO 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee (Dieppe) MID 11.03.1941 goods services since the outbreak of war MID 06.01.1944 sinking of the Scharnhorst LoP 1944 Operation Neptune	Education: Bedford School; RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. 05.1918 midshipman, HMS Lion ... - ... ... 08.9.1933 - (02.)1935 Torpedo Officer, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) & as Squadron Torpedo Officer on staff of Rear-Admiral Aircraft Carriers 01.05.1935 - 29.10.1935 HMS President (for Plans Division, Admiralty) 30.10.1935 - (07.)1937 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 30.09.1937 - (04.)1940 Executive Officer, HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Norwegian campaign) 20.05.1940 - 22.09.1940 Admiralty [HMS President] 23.09.1940 - (12.)1941 Deputy Director of Local Defence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]  15.12.1941 - (08.)1942 Naval Adviser on Combined Operations, Combined Operations Headquarters, Admiralty 08.1942     Naval Force Commander at Dieppe Raid 12.10.1942 - (04.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Vectis (RN base, Seaview, Isle of Wight) 08.05.1943 - (08.)1943 on staff of Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 16.08.1943 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Vectis (RN base, Seaview, Isle of Wight) & Senior Officer, Force "J" [Commodore Commanding Channel Assault Force and Naval Chief of Staff (X)] 07.12.1943 - 01.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Jamaica (cruiser) 01.1946 - 1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Vernon (Torpedo School, Brighton) 1948 - 1949 Commanding Officer, HMS Illustrious 1950 - 1952 Vice-Controller of the Navy 1952 - 1953 Flag Officer, Heavy Squadron, Home Fleet Conservative candidate. MP (C) East Croydon, 1954-1955, North­East (constituency altered), 1955-1964; British Representative at the Council of Europe, 1958-1960; Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport for Shipping and Shipbuilding, 1961-1964. Governor Westminster Hospital, 1957-1960. Consultant Director, British Shippers' Council, 1964-1969. W. Sussex CC, 1969-1970.
Hugonin, Rowland Etienne Sinclair Married ((06?).1923, St Maylebone distriict, Greater London / London) ... Carter.	14.11.1900 - 05.10.1963	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.05.1920 Lt. 15.06.1922 (emgcy 27.11.1929) Lt.Cdr. (emgcy) 15.06.1930 A/Cdr. (emgcy) 19.10.1943 (reverted to emgcy 1944/45) Cdr. (emgcy) ? DSC 13.10.1942 protection convoy SL109 Western Approaches 05.42 DSC 23.11.1943 sinking 2 U-boats Western Approaches 07.43 MID 14.09.1943 destruction U202 Western Approaches 02.06.43	07.05.1917     entered RN qualified in submarine duties 01.01.1923 - (08.1923) HMS K 6 (submarine) 05.01.1924 - (01.)1925 First Lieutenant, HMS H 44 (submarine) (Portland) 01.10.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Atlantic) 21.11.1926 - (07.1927) First Lieutenant, HMS M 2 (submarine) (Reserve, Portsmouth) (08.1929) no appointment listed 25.08.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Glasgow (cruiser) (02.1941) no appointment listed 02.1942 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Landguard (escort) * 11.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Woodpecker (sloop) 19.10.1943 - (06.1944) Commander [= Executive Officer], HMS Western Isles (work up base, Tobermory) * (12.1941) already indexed, but not listed as such
Hull, Francis Albert	? -	Lt. 01.08.1917 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1925 (retd 28.06.1927?) Cdr. (retd) 28.06.1927 Capt. RNZNVR ?, seniority 01.07.1936	06.04.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) 15.08.1924 - (05.1926) First Lieutenant, HMS Laburnum (sloop) (New Zealand) (02.1941) HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental department, Portsmouth) * 19.03.1941 - (06.1944) Assistant Director, Wreck Dispersal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1945) - (04.1946) Wreck Dispersal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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