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Humphrey, William Alexander "Bill"	1919 ? - 27.08.2007 Rowans Hospice, Purbrook [aged 88]	... ... Lt. (E) 12.04.1941 ... ... Capt. ? (retd)	... - ... .... ? - (07.1945) HMS Implacable ... - ... ....
Humphreys, Reginald George "Reg" Married 1st ((06?).1934, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Frances A. Cullingford (marriage dissolved). Married 2nd Mary Therese Humphreys.	08.07.1908 Newport district, Monmouthshire - 28.06.1969 Cowes, Isle of Wight	A/Gnr. (T) 01.10.1938 A/Lt. 31.05.1942 Lt. ?, seniority 01.04.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1948 (retd 08.07.1953)	04.02.1939 - 24.02.1941 Torpedo Officer, HMS Dainty (destroyer) (sunk by German & Italian aircraft in Tobruk harbour; bad burn injuries) 01.09.1941 - (12.1941) Torpedo Officer, HMS Marne (destroyer) (08.1942) no appointment listed (02.1943) - (08.1943) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * (10.1943) HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) * 28.10.1943 - (04.)1946 Mining Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Brighton) (in lieu of Specialist Torpedo Officer) 14.10.1946 - (10.1947) Underwater Defence Section, HMS Vernon (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Portsmouth) 01.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Osprey (RN base, Portland) (for miscellaneous duties) 24.04.1950 - (05.1950) HMS President (Admiralty) (for miscellaneous services) (05.1953) HMS President (Admiralty) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Hunt, George Edward   From Moffat. Married Phoebe (née ...) (deceased); two children.	1916 Partick district, Glasgow City, Scotland - 08.2009 still alive in Queensland, Australia	Prob. Midsh. RNR 01.02.1935 A/S.Lt. RNR 04.07.1937 Prob. S.Lt. 28.02.1938 S.Lt. ?, seniority 28.02.1938 Lt. 01.06.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1946 Cdr. 30.06.1948 Capt. 31.12.1953 (retd 04.02.1963) Cdre. 2nd cl. 11.1956? DSO 05.09.1944 8 war patrols Mediterranean [investiture 07.11.44] DSO 05.12.1944 patrols Mediterranean [investiture 27.02.45] DSC 30.06.1942 6 war patrols Mediterranean 09.41-04.42 [investiture 28.07.42] DSC 08.02.1944 war patrols Mediterranean [investiture 07.11.44] MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41 MID 09.05.1944 Operation Shingle (landing at Anzio, 22.01.44)	Education: Glasgow Academy (1923-1925); HMS Conway (1930-1932). 1930 - 1937 served variously with the Royal Navy in cruisers and merchant shipping companies such as The Blue Funnel Line as a junior officer:  11.05.1935 HMS Renown (battlecruiser), 14.05.1935-(07.1935) HMS Achilles (cruiser) (Home Fleet) (for 4 months' training), 29.08.1937 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport), 10.10.1937 HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (06.1938) - (10.1938) no appointment listed 01.11.1938 - 01.01.1939 HMS Foxhound (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 02.01.1939 - (04.)1939 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 14.04.1939 - 29.04.1940 Third Officer & Navigating Officer, HMS Unity (submarine) (ship lost) (North Sea, Norway, etc.) 05.1940 - 25.08.1940 HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) (for submarines) (North Sea, Norway, etc.) 05.1940 - 25.08.1940 British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. O-10 (Dutch submarine) 26.08.1940 - 16.11.1940 First Lieutenant, HMS H 31 (submarine) 17.11.1940 - 16.04.1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) (North Sea, Norway, etc.) 11.1940 - 11.01.1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Urchin (submarine) (while under construction & for trials; transferred to Polish Navy as ORP Sokol) 11.01.1941 - early 1941 British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Sokol (Polish submarine)  17.04.1941 - (04.)1942 First Lieutenant, HMS Proteus (submarine) (1st Submarine Flotilla, Alexandria) 1942 - 07.1942 HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee) * 30.07.1942 - 28.12.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS H 33 (submarine) (02.1943) - 20.10.1944 HMS P 53, renamed HMS Ultor (submarine) (Mediterranean) * [was in command of the sub in the period 1943-1944, but not indicated as such in the Navy List, so no exact dates are known; in the Oct 1944 List shown as in command from 06.1944] 20.10.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Taku (submarine) (North Sea, etc.) (07.1945) no appointment listed 14.09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Triumph (aircraft carrier) 20.05.1947 - (10.)1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Ambush (submarine) 29.12.1947 - (05.1949) HMS Montclare (submarine depot ship) (05.1950) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) * [for about 3 years (1949?-1952?) in charge of the submarine Commanding Officer's qualifying course] senior officers' course 18.08.1952 - (05.1953) Executive Officer, HMS Theseus (aircraft carrier) 28.04.1954 - (01.)1956 Commanding Officer, HM Underwater Detection Establishment [HMS Osprey (anti-submarine training establishment, Portland) (for miscellaneous duties)] 09.04.1956 - (08?).1957 Commanding Officer, HMS Bigbury Bay (frigate) & as Captain (F) 7th Frigate Squadron [from 11(?).1956 also: Senior Naval Officer, West Indies] 26.11.1958 - (01.1959) Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer, Submarines [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 16.09.1960 - (07.1961) Director of Naval Equipment, Ship Department, Admiralty [HMS President] Settled in Queensland in 1963 joining the RANEM as a Captain. Since coming to Queensland he served with the Company of Master Mariners, and has been President of the United Services Institute. * indexed, but not listed as such
Hunt, John Lane Freer	(12?).1896 Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey - 16.02.1961 Fishbourne, Chichester, Sussex	... ... Lt. 15.02.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1927 (retd 01.04.1931; own request) Cdr. (retd) 16.11.1936 Hkn 24.06.1947 services to Norway	Film director in the 1930s. ... - ... ... 02.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services) 20.08.1940 - (12.1941) Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (08.1942) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 07.1944 - (07.1945) Naval Training Department, Admiralty [HMS President] Published: Warships at work (with Allan Baddeley; 1938)
Hunt, John Parnell "Jack" Son of William Henry and Lilian Hunt. Husband of Sheena Margaret Hunt, of Bournemouth, Hampshire.	(12?.)1904 Kingston, Surrey - 04.08.1943 [age 39] [Chatham Naval Memorial, 67, 3]	Midsh. 15.09.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1925 S.Lt. 1926? Lt. 28.02.1927 Lt.Cdr. 28.02.1935 Cdr. 30.06.1943	15.09.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Centurion (battleship) 03.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Mediterranean) 11.01.1926 - (05.)1926 promotion course, Portsmouth 10.08.1926 - (06.1928) HMS Valhalla (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 08.04.1929 - (08.)1929 long navigation course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 05.09.1929 - (04.)1930 Assistant Navigating Officer, HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 04.11.1930 - (09.1932) Navigating Officer, HMS Delphinium (sloop) (Africa) (05.1933) - (06.1933) no appointment listed 28.10.1933 - (07.)1934 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 17.12.1934 - (02.)1936 Navigating Officer, HMS Keppel (destroyer; flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) (and for flotilla duties, 1st Destroyer Flotilla) 15.12.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Exeter (cruiser) (America and West Indies) (02.1938) no appointment listed 05.05.1938 - (06.)1938 Navigating Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 08.08.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 07.11.1938 - (04.)1940 Navigating Officer, HMS Berwick (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 17.06.1940 - (02.)1941 Navigating Officer, HMS King George V (battleship) 01.07.1941 - (12.1941) Navigating Officer, HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (08.1942) - (02.1943) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) * 1943 - 05.1943 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) 24.05.1943 - 04.08.1943 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers) (additional; for miscellaneous duties) * indexed, but not listed as such
Hunt, Wilfrid Ward	26.07.1883 St George Hanover Square, London, Surrey - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	Cdr. 31.12.1916 (retd) Capt. (retd) 26.07.1928 DSO 23.05.1917 service in destroyer patrol flotillas, armed boarding steamers, etc.	1908 - 1910 Lieutenant, HMS Fox; employed blockading Warsangli coast, Somaliland, from 09.1908-02.1909, and afterwards in suppression of arms traffic in the Persian Gulf 1909-1910, during which time four dhows were captured; landed for the occupation of Bushire during April & May 1909, when 120 men were landed for the protection of life, the Residency and Custom-House being occupied; mentioned in despatches by the Resident, and officers and men received thanks of Foreign Office for services in connection with occupation of Bushire, and of Colonial Office for services in Somaliland 31.08.1917 - (1919) Commanding Officer, Torpedo Boat No. 92 12.1941 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Volcano (Bomb Disposal Training Establishment, Holmrook, Cumberland)
Hunter, Frank Lascelles Wilson Son of ... Hunter, and ... Wilson.	21.04.1921 Bristol district, Avon / Gloucestershire - 30.11.1988 Ringwood and Fordingbridge, Hampshire	Cadet 01.05.1939 Midsh. 01.01.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1941 S.Lt. ? Lt. 01.10.1942 Lt. (L) ?, seniority 01.10.1942 Lt.Cdr. (L) = Lt.Cdr. (EngL) 01.10.1950 (retd 22.04.1971)	01.05.1939 - (09.1939) special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Valiant 01.09.1941 - (12.1941) promotion course, Portsmouth 07.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS P 553 (06.1943) HMS Simoom * 07.1943 - (12.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS Venomous (destroyer) 13.12.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Asbury (accomodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey) (for miscellaneous duties) ? - (07.1945) torpedo course (04.1946) HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Brighton) * ? transferred to Electrical Engineering Branch 31.12.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Montclare 02.01.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Collingwood (for miscellaneous duties) 29.10.1951 - (05.1953) HMS Vanguard (04.1955) Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (01.1956) HMS President * 19.01.1959 - (07.1961) HMS Mercury (signal school, near Petersfield) ? - (02.1963) HMS Collingwood (naval electrical school, Fareham, Hampshire) * ? - (02.1969) HMS Collingwood (RN weapon and  electrical engineering school, Fareham, Hampshire) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Hunter, Jack Marcus Douglas	11.03.1899 Kington district, Herefordshire / Hereford and Worcester / Radnorshire - 16.04.1967 Shalford, nr Guildford, Surrey	Lt. 15.12.1919 (retd 31.03.1923; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.12.1927 A/Cdr. (retd) 22.12.1941?	08.1914     entered RN 01.04.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for training duties) 17.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Nigeria (cruiser) (12.1941)     HMS Nigeria  (cruiser) * 22.12.1941 - (10.)1943 HMS Blenheim (destroyer depot ship) (12.1943) - (10.1944) no appointment listed 20.02.1945 - (04.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship) ** * indexed, but not listed as such ** (07.1945) & (04.1946) still indexed as such, while the ship is no longer listed
Hunter, Thomas Herbert	31.12.1891 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 25.05.1988 Eastbourne, Sussex	... ... Eng.Lt. 01.02.1922 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1930 (retd 31.12.1936) Eng.Cdr. (retd) 31.12.1936 OBE 01.01.1943 New Year 43 MID 14.01.1941 salvage MV Bhima	... - ... ... 05.01.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Fisgard (depot for training of artificer apprentices) (for instructional and divisional duties with artificer apprentices) 13.08.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) (01.1934) no appointment listed 06.06.1934 - (02.)1936 in charge of HMS Serene (destroyer) while in maintenance reserve, Rosyth 14.09.1936 - 27.04.1937 in charge of HMS Venomous (destroyer) while in maintenance reserve 27.04.1937 - (07.1937) HMS Carlisle (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 28.02.1938 - 20.07.1939 HMS Curlew (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) 20.07.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Caledon (cruiser) (Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet) (08.1942) no appointment listed (02.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 04.01.1944 - (06.1944) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (to assist Eng. Rear-Admiral) (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) * 15.04.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Brighton) (for duties at Portsmouth) * indexed, but not listed as such
Huntington-Whiteley, Sir Herbert Maurice; 2nd Baronet (cr. 1918) Son of Sir Herbert James Huntington­Whiteley, 1st Bt and Florence Kate (died 1948), eldest daughter of W.B. Huntington, JP, DL. Succeeded father, 1936. Married (02.04.1919) Lady (Pamela) Margaret (16.09.1897-14.08.1976), 3rd daughter of 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC, FRS; two sons.	25.07.1896 - 18.05.1975 [Stourport-on- Severn, Worcestershire ?]	Lt. 15.06.1918 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1926 (retd 27.03.1933; own request) Cdr. (retd) 25.07.1936 A/Capt. (retd) 01.07.1945?	Education: Eton 09.06.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (additional; for miscellaneous duties) 27.12.1924 - (05.1926) Torpedo Officer, HMS Danae (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 23.07.1927 - (05.)1928 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 24.05.1928 - 04.02.1929 Torpedo Officer, HMS London (cruiser) (& in charge while under construction) 05.02.1929 - (02.)1931 Torpedo Officer, HMS London (cruiser) & as Squadron Torpedo Officer, 1st Cruiser Squadron (Mediterranean) 20.10.1931 - (09.1932) Torpedo Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (& in charge till [July ?] 1932 while in Dockyard Control at Devonport from 24.08.1931) 21.10.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 19.05.1941 - (12.1941) Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (08.1942) - (10.1943) HMS Despatch (cruiser) * (12.1943) no appointment listed 08.01.1944 - (06.1944) on staff of Commander-in-Chief Plymouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Protsmouth)] 01.07.1945 - (04.1946) on staff of Flag Officer Eastern Mediterranean [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)] CEng. MIEE. High Sheriff of County of Worcester, 1968. * indexed, but not listed as such
Hurt, Henry Albert le Fowne 3rd son of Albert Hurt, DL, Alderwasley, Derbyshire, and Castern Hall, Staffs. Married (1906) Mabel Alleyne (died 1964), eldest daughter of W. de B. Jessop, Overton Hall, Derbyshire; one son, three daughters.	05.09.1881 Belper, Derbyshire - 12.01.1969 [Ashbourne, Derbyshire ?]	Midsh. 1897 A/S.Lt. 15.07.1900? S.Lt. 07.03.1902, seniority 15.07.1900 Lt. 31.12.1902 (retd 1911) Cdr. (retd) 11.11.1918 A/Capt. (retd) < 02.1941 (reverted to retd < 07.1945) CMG 01.01.1919 war service	Education: Ludgrove, New Barnet; HMS Britannia (1900?) HMS Victorious (China) 07.1914 - 08.02.1919 war service: served in command of squadron minesweepers, North Sea, and later in same capacity in White Sea; and in command of all icebreakers, minesweepers, etc., in White Sea; was present at occupation of Archangel (CMG) 25.08.1939 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Unicorn II (RN base, Dundee) & Naval Officer-in-Charge, Dundee 03.08.1942 - (06.1944) HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC)
Husband, Richard Kennedy Married to Bertha Husband.	01.12.1914 India - 12.1994 North Walsham, Norfolk	Cadet 01.05.1932 Midsh. 01.01.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1935 S.Lt. 01.12.1935 Lt. 16.01.1938 Lt.Cdr. 16.01.1946 (retd 29.01.1958)	23.04.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.04.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.05.1935 - (07.1935) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 06.01.1936 - (02.1936) promotion course, Portsmouth 09.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Stork (escort vessel) (02.1938) RAN 14.04.1938 - 09.01.1940 HMAS Moresby (surveying ship) 02.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Ramillies (battleship) 01.11.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Challenger (survey ship) 15.04.1942 - (10.1943) HMS Caradoc (cruiser) (12.1943) - (04.1944) no appointment listed 19.05.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Scott (minesweeper) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) 05.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HDML 1001 01.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Scott (minesweeper) (05.1950) no appointment listed 03.04.1951 - (01.1956) HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
Hussey, William Frederick Eyre	(12?).1908 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - 11.05.1942 [age 33] (KIA) (Plymouth Naval Memorial)	Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1939 DSO 24.02.1942 Force K, action with enemy convoy Mediterranean 09.11.41 DSC 23.12.1939 succesful actions against enemy submarines MID 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 MID 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41 MID 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.42	31.07.1939 - (12.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Vesper (destroyer) - 11.05.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Lively (destroyer)
Hutchinson, Christopher Haynes 2nd son of late Rev. Canon Frederick  William Hutchinson. Married (1941) Nancy Marguerite Coppinger.	13.03.1906 Gainsborough district, Lincolnshire / Nottinghamshire - 24.12.1990 Avington, near Winchester, Hampshire	Midsh. 15.01.1924 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1926 S.Lt. 15.03.1927 Lt. 01.07.1929 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1937 A/Cdr. < 08.1942 Cdr. 31.12.1942 Capt. 30.06.1950 Cdre. 1st cl. 12.10.1956 R.Adm. 07.01.1959 (retd 27.01.1962) CB 31.12.1960 New Year 61 DSO 09.05.1940 sinking German cruiser Karlsruhe 09.04.40 OBE 11.06.1946 wind up Far East MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44	Education: Lydgate House Preparatory School, Hunstanton; Royal Naval Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth (09.1919-...) 15.01.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Capetown (cruiser) (Northa America and West Indies) 29.11.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 11.04.1927 - (07.1927) promotion course, Portsmouth 15.04.1929 - (08.)1929 HMS Vulcan (submarine depot ship) (additional for service in submarines) (Portland) 25.09.1929 - (10.)1930 HMS Olympus (submarine) 28.12.1930 - (02.1931) First Lieutenant, HMS H 50 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) 12.01.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Valiant (battleship) (Home Fleet) 11.11.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Douglas (submarine flotilla leader) (for submarines) (Mediterranean) 04.1934 - (07.)1935 First Lieutenant, HMS Regent (submarine) (China) 30.12.1935 - (02.)1936 submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 08.04.1936 - (02.)1937 Commanding Officer, HMS H 43 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) 11.05.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean & Portsmouth) 17.04.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) (Mediterranean), later: HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (additional, for submarines) 07.02.1940 - 05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Truant (submarine) 26.08.1940 - (02.1941) Staff Officer (Operations) (2) to Admiral (S) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 11.03.1942 - (08.)1942 naval staff, Operations Division, admiarlty [HMS President] 05.09.1942 - (06.)1944 Executive Officer, HMS Talbot (submarine base, Malta) 01.12.1944 - (07.1945) Staff Officer (Operations), British Pacific Fleet [HMS King George V (battleship)] (04.1946) no appointment listed 1946 qualified RN Staff College, Greenwich 28.06.1948 - (05.)1950 instructional staff, Joint Services Staff College 1950 - 1952 Commanding 3rd Submarine Flotilla 04.1952 - 1954 Senior Naval Adviser to UK High Commissioner, Australia [HMS Terror] 10.08.1954 - (01.)1956 Captain of the College, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.10.1956 - 1959 as Commodore, 1st Class, Chief of Staff Far East Station [HMS Terror] 23.07.1959 - (07.)1961 Director-General of Personal Services and Officer Appointments, Admiralty [HMS President]
Hutchison, Colin Alexander Gordon Married to Gwendolen Mary Leslie Hutchison (died 14.12.1981).	(03?).1889 Hampstead, London, Middlesex - 20.07.1981 Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire	A/S.Lt. 15.04.1908? S.Lt. 17.12.1908, seniority 15.04.1908 Lt. 15.04.1910 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1918 Cdr. 30.06.1924 (retd 14.09.1935; own request) Capt. (retd) 02.09.1935 DSO 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 DSO 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.42 OBE 22.01.1946 fire, board rescue of 2 ratings 31.08.45 MID 13.10.1942 Operation Brasso (reception of Malta convoy 06.42) MID 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy landings 06.44) Medal for Military Merit (Greece; 11.04.1919)	17.11.1924 - 01.12.1924 Admiralty [HMS President] 01.12.1924 - (07.1927) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 26.08.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Bee (gunboat) (China) (and as Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral and Senior Naval Officer, Yangtse) 07.04.1930 - (01.1932) Staff Officer (Operations and Intelligence) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] (09.1932) no appointment listed 16.02.1933 - (01.1934) Commander for RNR duties and for liaison duties with the mercantile marine, area St Abb's Head to North Foreland, London (07.1935) no appointment listed 11.03.1937 - (04.1940) Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 13.08.1940 - 25.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Breconshire (auxiliary supply ship) (sunk) 05.1942 - (08.1942) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) 09.10.1942 - (06.1943) Maintenance Captain on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 08.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Glenearn (landing ship infantry) 12.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Ausonia (heavy repair ship)
Hutton, Fitzroy Evelyn Patrick Son of William Coats Hutton and Ethel FitzRoy Merriman. Unmarried.	16.01.1894 Wirral, Cheshire - 15.08.1975 Talcotts, Colchester	S.Lt. ? Lt. 1915 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1923 Cdr. 31.12.1927 Capt. 31.12.1933 (retd 12.01.1943) Cdre. 2nd cl. 16.08.1940-(02?).1941 Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd) 28.08.1943 A/R.Adm. (retd) < 04.1946 R.Adm. (retd) 01.07.1946 CB 04.09.1945 port clearance etc. 44-45 MID 20.09.1918 Mediterranean LegH - Operation Dragoon CdeG - Operation Dragoon LM 09.10.1945 Senior British Officer Belgium 44-45 LeoII 12.03.1946 Commodore Belgium	Education: RN Colleges, Osbourne & Dartmouth 1907 joined RN 1917 qualified as Gunnery Officer 06.1923 - (08.1923) Gunnery Officer, HMS Durban (light cruiser) 04.1924 - (01.1925) Gunnery Officer, HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (China) 05.01.1927 - (07.1927) Gunnery Officer, HMS Revenge (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 27.02.1928 - (04.)1930 in charge of Experimental Department, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 23.04.1930 - (01.)1932 Fleet Gunnery Officer, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)] (09.1932) no appointment listed 22.02.1933 - (01.)1934 Executive Officer, HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China) 30.09.1934 - (02.)1936 member of Ordnance Committee [HMS President] 25.08.1936 - 08.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Penelope (cruiser) (Mediterranean Fleet) 23.08.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) 16.08.1940 - (02.)1941 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, China [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)] 22.03.1942 - 01.03.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 1942 - 12.01.1943 also: Naval ADC to the King 15.06.1943 - (08.)1943 Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral for special services [HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers)] 28.08.1943 - (04.)1944 Commodore, Algiers / Algeria [HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers)] (06.1944) no appointment listed 1944 - 1945 Commodore & Flag Officer, Belgium (07.1945) no appointment listed 1945 - 15.03.1946 Flag Officer, Western Germany [HMS Royal Albert] (04.1946) no appointment listed
Hutton, Peter Coats Son of William Coats Hutton and Ethel Fitzroy Hutton; husband of Mary Hamilton Hutton, of Bromham, Bedfordshire.	02.11.1902 Westward Ho, Devonshire - 27.04.1941 (MIA) [age 38] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 44, column 2] [commemorated at Colchester War Memorial]	A/S.Lt. 15.05.1923 S.Lt. 15.11.1923 Lt. 15.12.1924 (emgcy 05.01.1927) Lt.Cdr. (emgcy) 15.12.1932 DSC 03.06.1941 withdrawal from Greece, bombed Megara [posthumously; award presented to next-of-kin] Stanhope Gold Medal	(08.1923)     no appointment listed 01.01.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Revenge (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) Partner of Tor Down Quarry, 1934. 01.07.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser, Portsmouth) (04.1940)     HMS City of Durban (armed merchant cruiser) * (02.1941) no appointment listed ?  - 27.04.1941 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said) (missing in action after the loss of HM A.15 (landing craft, tank, called "A" lighter for security reasons)) * indexed, but not listed as such
Hutton, Reginald Maurice James Son of Reginald Hutton, Wootton Bridge, Isle of Wight; married 1930, Lois, daughter of M.P. Griffith­Jones, CBE; four sons.	28.09.1899 Hayfield, Cheshire - 18.01.1973 [Wootton Bridge, Isle of Wight ?]	S.Lt. 15.05.1918 Lt. 15.10.1919? Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1927 Cdr. 31.12.1932 Capt. 31.12.1940 Cdre. 1st cl. 19.07.1944 R.Adm. 07.01.1950 (retd 08.01.1953) CB 07.06.1951 HM's birthday 51 CBE 04.09.1945 services throughout European War DSO 19.11.1942 Operation Pedestal (Gibraltar - Malta convoy 11/16.08.42) DSO 05.10.1943 Operation Retribution (operations in the Mediterranean 28.04.43 & 08.05.43 DSO 21.12.1943 Operation Husky (invasion of Sicily 07.43) MID 20.01.1942 sinking of Ark Royal MID 13.04.1943 rescues from Strathallan MID 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche (Salerno landings 09.43) Hkn 26.08.1947 services to Norway	Education: RN Colleges, Osbourne & Dartmouth 1915 went to sea 26.11.1918 - (01.1919) HMS Trojan (destroyer) 1921 HMS Somme (torpedo boat destroyer) 17.09.1928 - (08.1929) Commanding Officer, HMS Wanderer (destroyer) 1930 RN Staff College 09.01.1931 - (09.1932) Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief, East Indies [HMS Effingham (cruiser), later (09.1932?): HMS Enterprise (cruiser)] 31.08.1933 - (07.1935) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.07.1935 - (07.1937) Executive Officer, HMS Despatch (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 10.12.1937 - (08.1939) staff, RN Staff College [HMS President] 24.08.1939 - (04.1940) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (02.1941) no appointment listed 10.03.1941 - 09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Laforey & Captain (D) 19th Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) 09.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) & Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Commanding Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas 19.07.1944 - (07.)1945 Commodore Commanding Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas [= Commodore (D), Home Fleet] [HMS Vindictive] 1945 - (04.)1946 Chief of Staff to Naval Commander-in-Chief, Germany [HMS Royal Albert] 1947 - 1948 Director, RN Staff College 1949 Commanding Officer, HMS Triumph (escort depot ship) 08.07.1949 - (01.1950?) Naval ADC to the King 1950 - 1952 Senior Naval Staff Member, Imperial Defence College [HMS President] Clerk to the Governors, Christ's Hospital, Sherburn, 1953-1964.

 

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