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Jack, C.V.
to
Jungius, J.G.

 
C.V. Jack  to  J.G. Jungius
Jack,
Charles Vincent
C.V. Jack
c. 1893
Surrey
-
16.09.1972
Midsh.
1910?
A/S.Lt.
1912?
S.Lt.
1913?
Lt.
15.04.1915
Lt.Cdr.
15.04.1923 (retd 1931)
Cdr. (retd)
02.12.1932 (reverted to retd > 04.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
14.06.1945
HM's birthday 45 [investiture 11.12.45]
06.1910
-
02.1911
HMS Agamemnon (battleship)
05.1911
-
07.1911
HMS New Zealand (battlecruiser)
09.1911
-
10.1911
HMS Saracen (destroyer)
11.1911
-
02.1912
HMS Defence (cruiser)
02.1912
-
09.1912
HMS Indomitable (battlecruiser)
1914
-
1915
5th Destroyer Flotilla (Dardanelles)
(1923)
 
  
HMS Cyclamen (sloop) ?
(08.1923)
 
 
no appointment listed
11.09.1923
-
(01.)1925
HMS Heather (sloop) (Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland)
06.11.1925
-
(04.)1928
HMS Triad (special service vessel) (East Indies)
(05.1928)
-
(06.1928)
no appointment listed
31.12.1928
-
(10.1930)
HMS Cleopatra (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Nore)
(02.1931)
 
 
no appointment listed
Service with the International Council for Non-Intervention during the Spanish Civil War, 1937-1938. Whaling inspection in South Georgia, 1938-1939.
15.10.1939
-
(08.1940)
Commanding Officer, HMS Orchy (Q-ship) (Western Approaches & Irish Sea)
07.01.1941
-
26.01.1941
HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth)
27.01.1941
-
(08.)1942
HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for various services)
15.08.1942
-
(06.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Irwell (trawler base, Birkenhead)
15.06.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (for miscellaneous duties)
28.03.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto)
(04.1946)
 
 
no appointment listed
Jackson,
Humphrey Hoskins
H.H. Jackson
(03?).1915
Burton-upon-Trent district, Derbyshire / Staffordshire 
-
2003
Sussex
RAF:
 
(A) P/O (prob)
03.05.1937
P/O
01.03.1938
RN:
 
S.Lt. (A)
01.03.1938
Lt. (A)
?, seniority 01.11.1939 (retd 05.10.1946)
03.05.1937


commissioned, Royal Air Force (General Duties Branch) [short service commission]
?
-
(02.)1939
short course of instruction
27.02.1939
-
(04.)1939
TSR Squadron FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet)
(08.1939)
-
(04.1940)
Fleet Air Arm
?
-
24.09.1940
814 Squadron FAA [HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier)]
[aircraft shot down after a bombing raid on warships in Dakar harbour]
24.09.1940
-
(10.1943?)
POW in French captivity
01.11.1943
-
(06.)1944
No. 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ont. [HMS Canada]
31.08.1944
-
(04.)1946
No. 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ont. [HMS Seaborn]
Jackson,
Michael Rae
M.R. Jackson
?
-
19.11.1940
(KIA)
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 39, column 1]
Cadet
01.05.1937
Midsh.
01.09.1937
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1939
Education: RN College, Dartmouth
01.05.1937
-
31.08.1937
Cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
01.09.1937
-
(08.1939)
HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean)
08.01.1940
-
(04.)1940
HMS Impulsive (destroyer)
?
-
19.11.1940
British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. O 22 (Dutch submarine) [ship lost at Eigersundsbank]
Jackson,
Thomas Sturges
T.S. Jackson

(09?).1903
Cardiff, Glamorgan
-
died between 08.1977 and 08.1983
...
....
Lt.
15.05.1926 (retd 08.02.1934)
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
15.05.1934
A/Cdr. (retd)
?
Cdr. (retd)
08.06.1943 (reverted to retd < 04.1946)
...
-
...
...
22.01.1940
-
(04.)1940
HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, near Winchester)
11.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, near Alexandria, Egypt)
(12.1941)


no appointment listed
(08.1942)
-
(02.)1943
no appointment listed
02.1943
-
(06.)1943
HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)
06.1943
-
(10.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus)
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
01.09.1945
-
12.10.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Nabhurst (mobile naval air base (MONAB) X, Middle Wallop)
James,
Christopher Alexander
"Kit"
C.A. James
Son of William Milbourne James (died 1973), and Dorothy Alexandra Duff (1890-1971).
Married (06.04.1938) Cynthia Swire (died 09.04.1971); three sons.
24.11.1916
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973
[1969?]
Midsh.
01.09.1934
A/S.Lt.
01.01.1937
S.Lt.
16.10.1937
Lt.
?, seniority 16.05.1939
A/Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1944
Lt.Cdr.
16.05.1947
Cdr.
31.12.1949
Capt.
31.12.1955 (retd late 1950s)
Mention in Despatches MID
01.07.1941
HM's birthday 41
01.09.1934
-
(07.1935)
HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet)
27.01.1936
-
(02.)1936
HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies)
31.12.1936
-
(02.)1937
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
05.04.1937
-
(07.1937)
promotion course, Portsmouth
(02.1938)


no appointment listed
04.1938
-
(04.)1939
HMS Gossamer (minesweeper)
07.07.1939
-
(09.)1939
HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for MTBs)
12.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
09.1940
-
(07.)1941
Commanding Officer, MTB 29 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
01.07.1941
-
(12.1941)
Commanding Officer, MTB 30 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 4th Motor Torpedo Flotilla [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
(08.1942)


no appointment listed
05.01.1943
-
(10.)1943
Signal Officer, HMS Milne (destroyer)
10.1943
-
(06.1944)
Signal Officer, HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)
(07.1945)


HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) *
04.1946
-
(04.1946)
HMS Mercury (HM Signal School, nr. Petersfield)
...
-
...
...
* indexed, but not listed as such
James,
Colin Friend
C.F. James
?
-
1995
Gloucestershire
Midsh.
01.09.1942
A/S.Lt.
01.05.1944
S.Lt.
01.09.1944
Lt.
01.12.1946
Lt.Cdr.
01.12.1954 (retd)
12.1942
-
(08.)1943
HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser, Portsmouth)
(10.1943)

(12.1943)
HMAS Napier *
(04.1944)

 
HMS Suffolk (cruiser) *
(06.1944)
-
(10.1944)
HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) *
10.10.1944
-
(04.)1946
HMS Urchin (destroyer)
10.07.1946
-
(10.1947)
HMS Actaeon (sloop)
...
-
...
...
* indexed, but not listed as such
James,
John Randolph
J.R. James
Married; at least one daughter.
26.02.1898 *
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
20.04.1978
Rustington, West Sussex

* or 27.02.1898
Midsh.
?
A/S.Lt.
?
S.Lt.
15.09.1917
A/Lt.
?
Lt.
15.10.1919 (retd 31.05.1922; own request)
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
15.10.1927
A/Cdr. (retd)
27.09.1939?
Cdr. (retd)
03.09.1945 (reverted to retd < 04.1946)
Education: Portsmouth Grammar School
 
 
 
went into the Navy by means of a special program
WW I


HMS Superb (battleship)
WW I


HMS Restless (destroyer)
15.09.1918
-
(01.1919)
HMS Azalea (fleet sweeping sloop)
27.09.1939
-
(12.1941)
Commanding Officer, HMS Letitia (armed merchant cruiser)
11.03.1942
-
(02.)1943
HMS Saker (British Admiralty delegation, Washington, USA)
(06.1943)


no appointment listed
21.07.1943
-
(08.)1943
Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
01.09.1943
-
(07.1945)
Executive Officer, HMS Ringtail  (RN Air Station, Burscough, nr Ormskirk, Lancashire)
James,
Ughtred Henry Ramsden
U.H.R. James
02.06.1902
Watford, Hertfordshire
-
11.1989
Bristol, Gloucestershire
A/S.Lt.
15.01.1922
S.Lt.
30.07.1922
Lt.
30.08.1923
Lt.Cdr.
30.08.1931
Cdr.
31.12.1938
A/Capt.
28.07.1943-11.1943 &
12.1943-...
Capt.
30.06.1946 (retd 07.07.1955)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
02.02.1951
Korea
Mention in Despatches MID
11.06.1946
wind up Far East
(08.1923)


short course of instruction
01.04.1924
-
(01.1925)
HMS Colombo (cruiser) (East Indies)
12.01.1926
-
(05.)1926
HMS President (for study abroad; for 4 months' study in France)
25.10.1926
-
(07.1927) HMS Danae (cruiser) (China)
24.07.1929
-
(02.1931)
First Lieutenant, HMS Westminster (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet)
12.01.1932
-
(09.1932)
staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
09.01.1933
-
(01.1934)
Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief, East Indies [HMS Hawkins (cruiser)]
(07.1935)


no appointment listed
09.02.1936
-
(07.)1937
HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean & Portsmouth)
26.07.1937
-
(10.1938)
HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet)
12.01.1939
-
23.05.1939
HMS President (for Plans Division, Admiralty)
23.05.1939
-
(04.1940)
Local Defence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
15.01.1941
-
(02.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Falmouth (sloop)
(06.1943)


no appointment listed
28.07.1943
-
(10.1943)
Commanding Officer, HMS Carthage (armed merchant cruiser)
11.1943
-
12.1943
Executive Officer, HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier)
12.1943
-
(04.)1946
Commanding Officer, HMS Speaker (escort carrier)
25.11.1946
-
(07.1948)
Deputy Director of Plans Division (Q), Admiralty [HMS President]
(05.1949)


no appointment liasted
19.07.1949
-
(1951)
Chief of Staff & Captain of the Fleet to the  Second-in-Command Far Eastern Station [HMS Belfast]
(05.1953)


HMS President *
07.01.1955
-
07.07.1955
also: Naval ADC to the Queen
* indexed, but not listed as such
James,
Sir William Milbourne "Bubbles"
W.M. James
W.M. James
W.M. James W.M. James
Son of Major W.C. James, 16th Lancers, only son of Lord Justice Sir W.M. James and Effie, daughter of Sir J.E. Millais, 1st Bt, PRA.
Married (18.01.1915) Dorothy Alexandra (1890-1971), OBE 1943, youngest daughter of late Adm. Sir Alexander Ludovic Duff, GCB, GBE; one son deceased, one daughter deceased.
22.12.1881
Hartley Wintney, Hampshire
-
17.08.1973
[Elie, Fife ?]
A/S.Lt.
15.04.1901
S.Lt.
07.10.1902, seniority 15.04.1901
Lt.
15.04.1902
Cdr.
1913
Capt.
18.10.1917
R.Adm.
01.03.1929
V.Adm.
30.09.1933
Adm.
21.01.1938 (retd > 02.1941, < 08.1942) (reverted to retd 1944)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
01.01.1944
New Year 44
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
01.01.1936
New Year 36
Companion of the Order of the Bath (Civil Division) CB
12.02.1919
?
Officier de la Legion d'Honneur (France) LegH
27.05.1919
?
Education: Trinity College, Glenalmond; HMS Britannia
1913


Executive Officer, HMS Queen Mary (battlecruiser)
1916
-
1917
Flag Officer to V.Adm. Sir Doveton Sturdee, commanding 4th Battle Squadron [HMS Benbow]
1918


Assistant Director of Intelligence Division, Admiralty
1919


Deputy Director of Intelligence Division, Admiralty
1919
-
1921
Commanding Officer, HMS Curlew (light cruiser) (China Station)
1921
-
1922
Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to V.Adm. Alexander Duff, China Station
11.06.1923
-
(01.)1925
Deputy Director, Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich
1925
-
1926
Director, Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich
(05.1926)


no appointment listed
01.11.1926
-
(07.)1927
Flag Captain, HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral 1st Battle Squadron (Mediterranean)
1927
-
1929
Naval Assistant to First Sea Lord, Admiralty
09.04.1928
-
01.03.1929
also: Naval ADC to the King
17.04.1929
-
(04.)1930
Chief of Staff, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)]
27.05.1930
-
(02.)1931
Chief of Staff, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)]
(01.1932)


no appointment listed
18.08.1932
-
08.1934
Flag Officer Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron [HMS Hood (battlecruiser)] (Home Fleet)
18.03.1935
-
(07.)1935
HMS President (for miscellaneous service at Admiralty)
29.10.1935
-
(11.)1938
a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
(02.1939)
-
(04.1939)
no appointment listed
30.06.1939
-
01.10.1942
Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
23.02.1943
-
(06.)1944
Chief of Naval Information, Admiralty [HMS President]
Member of Parliament (MP) (Unionist) for North Portsmouth, 18.02.1943-1945. DL Surrey, 30.06.1953-1965. President Union Jack Services Clubs, 1955-1964
Published: New battleship organisations and notes for Executive Officers (1916); Songs of the sailor men (1916); The British Navy in adversity : a study of the American War of Independence (1926); Blue water and green fields (1939); Admiral Sir William Fisher (1943); The Portsmouth letters (1946); The British Navies in the Second World War (1946); The order of release : the story of John Ruskin, Effie Gray and John Everett Millais told for the first time in their unpublished letters (1947; ed.); The durable monument : Horation Nelson (1948); The influence of sea power on the history of the British people (1948);Old oak : the life of Sir John Jervis, Earl of Vincent  (1950); The sky was always blue (1951); The eyes of the navy : a biographical study of Admiral Sir Reginald Hall (1955); A great seaman : the life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Oliver (1956)
Janion,
Terence Leslie
"Terry"
T.L. Janion
17.05.1917
Plymouth
-
12.2000
Mid Devon
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1938
S.Lt.
1940?.
Lt.
01.03.1940
Lt.Cdr.
01.03.1948 (retd 17.05.1962)
Mention in Despatches MID
15.09.1942
rescue of 38 men from Independance Hall
...
-
...
...
29.09.1938
-
(08.1939)
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
03.01.1940
-
(02.)1943
First Lieutenant, HMS Witch (destroyer)
(06.1943)
-
(08.1943)
no appointment listed
08.1943
-
(06.1944)
First Lieutenant, HMS Blankney (destroyer)
27.01.1945
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Haitan (base ship, Calcutta)
10.1945
-
(04.1946)
First Lieutenant, HMS Queen Emma (toorp ship)
...
-
...
...
From Crediton Courier Newspaper: "A man of great courage and fortitude Lt Cdr Terry Janion lived and died a man of great courage and fortitude. Born in Plymouth in 1917, he lived to the grand age of 83 years after a full, active and very happy life. It was in 1933 that Terry fulfilled his boyhood dream and joined the Royal Navy as "Boy 2nd Class". After training at HMS Ganges at Shotley, Ipswich, his first posting was to HMS Hood, based at Portsmouth. Terry wanted to be based at Devonport and with Admiralty agreement, was allowed to swop with Jock Wilson, and was posted to HMS Rodney. This was a fateful day for both men, for shortly afterwards, HMS Hood was lost with all men. After HMS Rodney, Terry served on a succession of ships and at training establishments. In 1940, just after the outbreak of war, he was promoted to Sub Lieutenant and drafted to the destroyer, HMS Witch. Whilst serving on the Witch, in 1942, Terry was Mentioned In Despatches for an action which occurred off Sable Island, off the coast of Newfoundland. An American ship, the USS Independence Hall, had foundered on a reef in gale force winds and had broken in half. Many men were lost but 37 survivors remained on the forward section of the ship. HMS Witch responded and positioned herself downwind of the Independence Hall and as close as she dared. Terry and another Sub Lt by the name of Fothergill each skippered a whaler and attempted to pull across to the stricken ship. The seas were mountainous and the whalers were frequently stood on their ends by the huge waves. Together with another rescue boat from a Canadian ship, and after several extremely dangerous approaches, they managed to rescue all 37 survivors but in doing so Terry's whaler was capsized. All the crew were thrown into the sea. One crew member, Petty Officer Trick rapidly drifted away from the overturned hull of the whaler and Terry desperately swam after him. He was unable to save him and PO Trick was the only casualty of the rescue. After the Witch came service in a long list of ships and he ended his sea-going career as Commander of the minesweeper, HMS Truelove. After active service, he completed his Naval service as Assistant Captain of Devonport Dockyard before retiring in 1962. In 30 years he had served on battleships, cruisers, frigates, destroyers, minesweepers and troopships. He had seen action in most of the major Naval theatres of war, which included Atlantic convoys, Russian convoys, D-Day landings, Salerno landings and The Burma campaign. At the surrender of the Japanese Navy he was presented with the Ceremonial sword of a Japanese Naval Officer by Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Commander, SEAC. Medals Terry received included the Atlantic Star (with France and Germany clasp), 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, Italy Star and War Medal (with Oak Leaf, denoting "Mentioned in Despatches". After a brief spell in business, Terry returned to Navy affairs as a civilian employee of the MOD in the drawing office at Devonport Dockyard and remained there until his second retirement in 1982. Just before the outbreak of the last war, Terry met Patricia and they were married in September 1941. They had two children, Diane and Paul, and four grandchildren, Neil, Nicholas, Joanna and James. Terry and Pat enjoyed a full and happy retirement, eventually moving to the outskirts of Exeter to live near their family. In 1998, at the age of 80, Terry became critically ill with kidney failure. As a result he became a regular at Sid Ward, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, where he underwent a punishing routine of treatment three times a week. He also had underlying heart problems and it was in the early hours of Boxing Day that he died as a result of cardiac arrest. His funeral service, conducted by the Rev Anthony Geering, was held at Crediton Parish Church on Thursday, January 11. Donations, if desired, may be sent to A White and Sons, funeral directors, of Peoples Park Road, Crediton, for either the Kidney Unit Trust Fund (RD and E Hospital), Chiddenbrook Surgery League of Friends or Crediton Church Organ Appeal Fund."
Janvrin,
[Sir] Hugh Richard Benest
"Dick"
H.R.B. Janvrin


Son of late Rev. Canon C.W. Janvrin, Fairford, Glos.
Married (1938) Nancy Fielding; two sons.
09.05.1915
-

15.01.1993
Chalford Hill, near Stroud, Glos
Cadet
01.09.1932
Midsh.
01.05.1933
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1935
S.Lt.
23.11.1936, seniority 01.03.1936
Lt.
01.10.1937
A/Lt.Cdr.
< 08.1943 [acting rank]
A/Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1944 [appointed rank]
Lt.Cdr.
04.03.1946, seniority 01.10.1945
Cdr.
31.12.1948
A/Capt.
?
Capt.
30.06.1954
R.Adm.
07.01.1964
V.Adm.
27.11.1967 (retd 15.01.1971)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
01.01.1969
New Year 69
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
12.06.1965
HM's birthday 65
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
20.05.1941
attack on Taranto 11.11.40
Cavalier, Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy (state visit president of Italy 05.58)
Education: RN College Dartmouth (1929-1932)
27.08.1932
-
(01.)1934
HMS Valiant (battleship) (Home Fleet)
03.01.1934
-
(07.)1935
HMS York (cruiser) (America and West Indies)
26.09.1935
-
(02.)1936
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
17.12.1936
-
(07.)1937
HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
19.08.1937
-
(02.)1938
First Lieutenant, HMS Colne (fishery protection trawler)
25.04.1938
-
(10.)1938
observers' course [HMS Excellent]
28.12.1938
-
(04.1939)
acting observer, HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet)
(08.1939)
-
(09.1939)
Fleet Air Arm
23.02.1940
-
(12.1941)
observer, 815 Squadron FAA [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] (took part in Taranto attack, 1940)
18.07.1942
-
(06.1943)
instructional staff, HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)
12.07.1943
-
(10.)1943
Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
(12.1943)
-
(04.1944)
Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] *
02.05.1944
-
(06.)1944
Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
22.08.1944
-
(04.)1946
Plans Division (Q), Admiralty [HMS President]
(07.1948)


no appointment listed
27.04.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMS Sea Eagle
11.12.1951
-
(05.)1953
Commanding Officer, HMS Broadsword
(04.1955)


Naval Air Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
05.09.1955
-
(01.1956)
Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers [HMS Albion]
(01.1957)


no appointment listed
1957