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Jack, Charles Vincent	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) 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	(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	? - 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	(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" 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) 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	? - 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 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	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) CBE 02.02.1951 Korea 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" 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) GCB 01.01.1944 New Year 44 KCB 01.01.1936 New Year 36 CB 12.02.1919 ? 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"	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) 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" 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) KCB 01.01.1969 New Year 69 CB 12.06.1965 HM's birthday 65 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