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Kavanagh, Charles	06.09.1919 - 27.02.1991 Salisbury district, Wiltshire	A/S.Lt. 22.07.1940 Lt. 16.07.1941 Lt.Cdr. 16.07.1949 Cdr. 30.06.1958 (retd 06.09.1969) MID 25.08.1942 lMurmansk convoys 03-05.42	01.09.1940 - (10.1940) promotion course, Portsmouth (02.1941) promotion course, Portsmouth * 10.11.1941 - (12.)1941 long submarine course, HMS Elfin 09.12.1941 - 10.11.1942 HMS Martin (destroyer) (ship torpedoed & sunk by U-431 off Algeria) (despatches) 07.01.1943 - (02).1943 HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Castle Toward, Dunoon, Argyll) 24.03.1943 - 15.06.1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Blackwood (frigate) (torpedoed & sunk by U-764 off Portland) (10.1944) HMS Blackwood * 05.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Glendower (training establishment, Pwllheli, North Wales) 19.11.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Cockatrice (Algerine class minesweeper) ... - ... ... 06.02.1967 - (02.)1969 on staff of Commodore Naval Drafting [HMS Centurion (Lythe Hill House, Haslemere, Surrey)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Kay, David Glassford Son od Walter Glassford Kay, and Maud Harriett Attneave.	(12?).1922 Hendon district, Middlesex - 30.12.2006 [age 84]	Cadet 01.01.1940 Midsh. 01.05.1940 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 01.01.1942 Lt. 01.09.1943 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1951 (retd 05.01.1962) DSC 14.12.1943 U-boat destroyed Western Approaches 08.43 [investiture 12.12.44]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 01.01.1940 - 30.04.1940 Cadet, undergoing training at RN College, Dartmouth 01.05.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Nelson (battleship) 05.01.1942 - (01.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth 05.07.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Rotherham (destroyer) 24.10.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Duke of York (battleship) 29.04.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Stork (sloop) (04.1944) no appointment listed 1944 - 05.1944 navigation course 29.05.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting base) (for Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP)) Officer Commanding, COPP6(1) (left UK for Mediterranean & South East Asia Command 12.02.1945; was, however, too late to be operational; returned 30.10.1945) (04.1946) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 01.08.1948 - (08.1948) HMS Resource (repair ship, Senior Officer Reserve Fleet) 03.11.1948 - (05.1949) RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 04.01.1950 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Onslaught (destroyer) 06.10.1952 - (05.1953) Executive Officer, HMS Wrangler (destroyer( (04.1955) no appointment listed 12.01.1956 - (01.)1956 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch More (frigate) 02.03.1956 - (01.)1957 Commanding Officer, HMS Launceston Castle (crovette) 20.05.1957 - (01.1959) Commanding Officer, HMS Blackwood (07.1961) HMS Cochrane (RN Barracks, Donibristle) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Kealy, John David Farquharson Son of ... Kealy, and ... Matthews.	(09?).1920 Chertsey district, Surrey - died between 08.1989 and 12.1991	Cadet 01.01.1938 Midsh. 01.05.1938 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1940 S.Lt. 01.04.1940 Lt. 01.08.1942 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1950 (retd 07.09.1950)	01.05.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.01.1940 - (04.)1940 promotion course, Portsmouth 13.10.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Adventure (minelayer) 10.03.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Bideford (sloop) 12.10.1943 - (10.)1944 First Lieutenant, French Ship Mistral 29.10.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Queen (escort carrier) 01.03.1948 - (07.)1948 HMS Diadem (cruiser) 18.10.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Nuthatch (RN Air Station, Anthorn, Cumberland) Published: (with E.C. Russell) A history of Canadian naval aviation, 1918-1962 (1965)
Keble-White, Geoffrey Meredyth Keble Son of Revd. Arthur Keble White (1862-1926) of Chevington, Suffolk, and Helen Maude Nutter (1867-1950). Married (19.04.1922) Violet Gertrude Alice Preston (1894-1963), daughter of Francis William Preston; two daughters, one son. Changed name from G.M.K. White to G.M.K. Keble-White by deed poll of 05.01.1923.	07.04.1895 Great Saxham, Suffolk - 02.06.1961 Southampton district, Hampshire	S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.09.1916 ?, seniority 15.04.1916 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1924 Cdr. 31.12.1928 Capt. 30.06.1936 (retd 12.02.1946) PolRest 22.12.1942 services to Polish navy OON 25.11.1947 in recognition of services rendered to the Royal Netherlands Navy during the war	Education: RN Colleges Osborne (15.01.1908-01.1910) & Dartmouth (01.1910-01.1912) 15.01.1908     entered RN 01.1912 - 09.1912 HMS Cornwall (boys' training ship) 09.1912 - 08.1914 HMS Britannia (training establishment) 08.1914 - 04.1915 HMS Drake 04.1915 - 10.1915 HMS TB 34 (torpedo boat) 10.1915 - 11.1915 HMS Mystic 11.1915 - 04.1916 HMS Martin 04.1916 - 06.1916 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship) 06.1916 - 09.1916 HMS C 10 (submarine)  [HMS Bonaventure (submarine depot ship)] 09.1916 - 04.1918 HMS E 23 (submarine) [HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship), from 03.1917 HMS Vulcan (submarine depot ship), from 12.1917 HMS Ambrose (submarine depot ship)] 04.1918 - 07.1918 HMS G 11 (submarine) [HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship)] 07.1918 - 10.1918 HMS C 28 (submarine) [HMS Thames (submarine depot ship)] 11.10.1918 - 01.1919 HMS H 8 (submarine) [HMS Vulcan (submarine depot ship)] 01.1919 - 02.1919 UB 28 (captured German submarine) 02.1919 - 12.1920 HMS H 30 (submarine) [HMS Vulcan (submarine depot ship), from 09.1919 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship)] 12.1920 - 10.1921 HMS L 25 (submarine) [HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship)] 05.10.1921 - 08.1923 HMS Warspite (battleship) 08.1923 - 05.1924 HMS L 71 (submarine) [HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship)] 05.1924 - 09.1924 Group "E" Submarines in reserve at Portsmouth (HMS L 71, L 21, L 11) 08.09.1924 - 09.1925 Commanding Officer, HMS H 22 (submarine) (3rd Submarine Flotilla) [HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship)] 15.09.1925 - 08.1926 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 19.08.1926 - 07.1928 Staff Officer (Operations) to Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship, Gosport)] (and for duty with submarines) 01.07.1928 - 11.1929 Commanding Officer, HMS L 21 (submarine) [HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship), from 05.1929 HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship)] (Mediterreanean) 01.11.1929 - 08.1930 Commanding Officer, HMS Pigmy (special service vessel) & for command of Reserve Half Floitlla (and for duty with submarines) (Portsmouth) 05.08.1930 - 01.1933 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 22.01.1933 - 05.1933 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship) 04.05.1933 - 07.1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) (Home Fleet) 23.07.1935 - 02.1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) & Commander (S) 3rd Submarine Flotilla 08.02.1937 - 02.1939 Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship)] 24.02.1939 - 09.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) & Captain (S) 4th Submarine Flotilla (China) 09.1939 - 01.02.1940 Captain (S) 4th Submarine Flotilla [various HMS's] (Singapore) 01.02.1940 - 08.08.1940 Captain (S) 1st Submarine Flotilla [HMS Medway] (Malta & Alexandria) 20.11.1940 - 01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment) & in charge of A/S Training School (Dunoon) 01.1943 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship) [appointment cut short due to illness] (06.1943) - (11.1943) no appointment listed [illness] 11.1943 - 02.1944 Admiralty [HMS President] 18.02.1944 - 11.1945 Captain Radar Training & from ... [after 06.1944] Commanding Officer, HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hants)
Keir, John Charles MacKintosh	see:	RNR Officers' section
Kekewich, Piers Keane Son of Charles Granville Kekewich and Mary Marion Mackintosh. Married 1st (1916) Esmé Alexandra Benedicta Scott, daughter of the late Lt.Col. George John Scott, DSO (marriage dissolved 1939); one son, two daughters. Married 2nd (1940) Gertrude Lomax, daughter of Frederick George Lomax.	23.01.1889 Barnet, Greater London - 05.10.1967 London	A/S.Lt. 15.04.1908? S.Lt. 17.12.1908, seniority 15.04.1908 Lt. 11.02.1910, seniority 15.10.1909 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1917 Cdr. 31.12.1922 Capt. 31.12.1928 R.Adm. 06.01.1940 (retd 07.01.1940) (reverted to retd > 04.1946) Cdre. 2nd cl. 20.11.1943? CB 01.01.1946 New Year 46	Education: Cheame, Surrey 15.09.1903     entered RN served European War, 1914-1918, Battle Cruiser Fleet (HMS Galatea and Cardiff) 04.01.1923 - (08.1923) Navigating Officer, HMS Barham (battleship) 08.12.1924 - (05.1926) Executive Officer, HMS Ganges (Shotley training establishment) (07.1927) no appointment listed 01.08.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 23.08.1929 - (02.1931) Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral & SNO Yangtse, HMS Bee (gunboat) (China) (01.1932) no appointment listed 12.04.1932 - (01.)1934 Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral in Charge, Gibraltar [HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar)] 18.12.1934 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Frobisher (cruiser; cadet training cruiser) 19.12.1936 - (10.1938) Captain of the Dockyard and Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, Devonport, Berehaven and Pembroke [HMS Drake] 09.01.1939 - 11.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Cochrane (depot ship) & SO, Reserve Fleet & King's Harbour Master, Rosyth 01.08.1939 - 05.01.1940 Naval ADC to the King 18.11.1939 - (04.1940) Commodore, Northern Patrol [HMS Spartiate (base depot ship, Glasgow)] 31.10.1940 - 02.1943 Rear-Admiral, Coastal Forces [HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland)] (06.1943) - (08.1943) lent to Royal Canadian Navy 10.1943 20.11.1943 - - (10.1943) (07.1945) Naval Superintendent, HM Dockyard Malta (04.1946) no appointment listed Citizen and Merchant Taylor. EStJ (13.07.1916), KStJ (03.06.1924).
Kelly,  James William Son of ... Kelly, and ... Pinnock.	13.07.1921 Brentford district, Middlesex - 10.08.1998 South Dorset district, Dorset	Midsh. 01.05.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1941 S.Lt. 16.02.1941 Lt. 16.05.1942 A/Lt.Cdr. < 04.1946 Lt.Cdr. 16.05.1950 Cdr. 31.12.1957 Capt. 31.12.1966 (retd 07.01.1976) OBE 01.01.1965 New Year 65 [investiture 09.03.65] DSC 18.12.1945 war patrols Far East 12.44-08.45 [award posted]	(04.1940) HMS Rodney (battleship) * 06.01.1941 - (02.)1941 promotion course, Portsmouth 01.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS H 50 (submarine) 07.01.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Trident (submarine) 11.09.1942 - (06.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Taurus (submarine) (08.)1943 - (10.)1943 submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 04.10.1943 - (04.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS H 28 (submarine) 15.04.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Sea Scout (submarine) 02.03.1946 - (04.1947) HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) ... - ... ... (1964) HMS Heron ... - ... ... 07.07.1975 - 07.01.1976 also: Naval ADC to the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such
Kempson,  Nicholas Lawrence Turner Son of Eric William E. Kempson, and Beatrice Hamilton Ashwell. Married 2nd ((08?).1989, Chichester, Sussex) ... Stileman.	20.05.1914 Rugby, Leicestershire / Northamptonshire / Warwickshire - 23.06.1996 Kirdford, West Sussex	Cadet 01.09.1932 Midsh. 01.09.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1936 S.Lt. 1937?, seniority 01.01.1936 Lt. 16.02.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1945 Lt.Cdr. 12.02.1946 Cdr. 30.06.1951 Capt. 31.12.1956 (retd 09.05.1958)	01.09.1932 - 09.08.1933 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 10.08.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.01.1936 - (02.)1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 31.08.1936 - (02.)1937 promotion course, Portsmouth 10.04.1937 - (10.)1938 HMS Firedrake (destroyer) (Home fleet) 21.12.1938 - (04.1940) HMS Ashanti (destroyer) (02.1941)     HMS Vivacious (destroyer) * 08.08.1941 - (12.1941) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane] 19.01.1942 - (08.)1942 Signals Officer, HMS Pakenham (destroyer) (for signals and wireless telegraphy duties) 04.10.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional ;as Fleet Wireless Assistant) 17.04.1943 - (09?.)1943 Signals Officer, HMS Hurworth (destroyer) 01.09.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (for signals, wireless telegraphy & radio detection finding duties) (06.1944)     no appointment listed 01.07.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield) (07.1945) HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield) * (04.1946)     no appointment listed 27.05.1947 - 04.1949 Flag Lt.Cdr. to Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron and as Squadron Signal Communications Officer [HMAS Shropshire, from 16.06.1947 HMAS Australia, from 18.08.1947 HMAS Hobatt, from 12.12.1947 HMAS Australia] [lent to RAN] 12.04.1949 - 14.04.1949 HMAS Penguin (additional) [lent to RAN] (05.1949)     no appointment listed 08.08.1949 - (05.1950) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 30.06.1951 - (05.1953) RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 21.04.1954 - (07.1954) Commanding Officer, HMS Magpie 14.02.1955 - (01.1957) Chief Staff Officer to Commodore-in-Charge, Hong Kong and Commodore Superintendent, HM Dockyard Hong Kong [HMS Tamar] * indexed, but not listed as such
Kendall,  Bernard Edward Married (07.01.1927, Kensington, London) Margaret Hamilton Mortlock Culver (born 05.12.1900), daughter of William Robert Richard Culver and Edith Bruce Mortlock OBE.	1902 ? - 02.03.1969 Cobham, Chatham district, Kent [age 67]	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.09.1921 A/Lt. 15.04.1923 Lt. 15.06.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1931 (retd 02.09.1946) A/Cdr. 01.05.1942? Cdr. (retd) 02.09.1946	15.06.1923 - (08.)1923 HMS Caledon (light cruiser) 22.09.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Walpole (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 24.09.1925 - (05.)1926 qualifying as anti-submarine officer, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Osprey] 17.07.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) (for Anti-Submarine School) 31.08.1928 - (04.1930) HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China) 01.05.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) (for Anti-Submarine School) 27.07.1931 - (01.)1932 Executive Officer, HMS Thruster (destroyer) (Portland) & for flotilla duties, 1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla 02.01.1932 - (09.1932) Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Campbell (flotilla leader) (Home Fleet) 05.05.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) 25.10.1934 - (02.)1937 Anti-Submarine Officer, Flotilla Staff, 8th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Duncan (flotilla leader)] (China) (07.1937) no appointment listed 04.08.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for Anti-Submarine School) 08.06.1939 - (02.1941) HMS Terror II, later HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) (initially for anit-submarine duties, later for duty with Rear-Admiral, Malaya) 01.05.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for miscellaneous duties) (12.1943) - (06.1944) HMS Machlimar (RIN torpedo & anti-submarine school, Venduruthi/Bombay) * (07.1945) HMS Jasper (minesweeper) * 08.1945 - (04.1946) Superintendent, Anti-Gas School, Devonport [HMS Drake] * indexed, but not listed as such
Kennedy,  Edward Coverley "Bulldog" Son of Edward Briggs Kennedy (1842-1914) and Caroline Edith Jackson died 1935). Married (21.09.1918) Rosalind Margaret Innes Grant (1893-1977), daughter of Sir Ludovic James Grant, 11th Bt.; one son (Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy), two daughters.	31.08.1879 Ringwood, Hampshire - 23.11.1939 (KIA) [age 60] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 33, column 1] Remembered on a wooden panel in Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace & an altar rail at All Saints Church, Farringdon.	Lt. 09.11.1900 * Cdr. 31.12.1912 Capt. 31.12.1917 (retd 01.03.1923) MID 11.07.1940 loss of ship 23.11.39 LegH 15.09.1916 ? * Special promotion for services in China	15.01.1893     entered RN served China served World War I (despatches, Legion d'Honneur): 1913 HMS Antrim 1918 HMS Angora 1918 HMS Cassandra 1919 HMS Constance court-martialled and found guilty of conduct prejudicial to the good order of naval discipline 1921 and denied flag captaincy of HMS Courageous, but later reinstated 09.1939 - 23.11.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Rawalpindi (armed merchant cruiser) (sunk southeast of Iceland) (despatches)
Kennedy-Purvis,  Sir Charles Edward Married (1910) May, daughter of George Conquest, of Newport, Isle of Wight.	02.05.1884 Barton Regis district, Gloucestershire - 26.05.1946	A/S.Lt. 15.07.1903? S.Lt. 11.01.1905, seniority 15.07.1903 Lt. 01.07.1905, seniority 15.01.1904 Capt. 31.12.1921 R.Adm. 30.09.1933 V.Adm. 28.06.1937 Adm. 15.02.1942 GBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 KCB 08.06.1939 HM's birthday 39 CB 01.01.1935 New Year 35 LM 16.07.1946 services 02.42-10.45	Education: imperial defence course 15.01.1899     entered RN (08.1923) - (01.1925) Naval Member, Main Committee, Wireless Telegraphy Board & from 05.03.1920 Naval Member, Experimental Sub-Commitee, Wireless Telegraphy Board 22.02.1927 - (08.1929) Director of Signal Department, Admiralty 17.03.1930 - (04.1930) senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.01.1931 - (02.)1931 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 14.03.1931 - (10.1932) Commanding Officer, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 05.01.1933 - 30.09.1933 also: Naval ADC to the King (01.1934) no appointment listed 02.07.1934 - (02.)1936 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff 02.10.1936 - (08.)1938 Rear-Admiral / Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron [HMS Sussex (cruiser), later HMS London (cruiser)] (Mediterranean Fleet) 07.10.1938 - 1940 President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and Vice-Admiral Commanding RN War College 03.04.1940 - 1942 Commander-in-Chief, America and West-Indies Station [HMS Malabar] 29.07.1942 - 26.05.1946 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Deputy First Sea Lord
Kennell, Sidney Charles Married ((06?).1919, Sunderland district, Co. Durham / Tyne and Wear) Sarah Ellen F. Adamson (born 1891).	03.05.1884 * Sherborne, Dorset - (03?).1951 Samford district * Naval records have his year of birth as 1883	Gnr. 01.08.1914 Cd.Gnr. 01.08.1924 (retd 01.04.1937) Lt. (retd) 29.04.1938, seniority 01.04.1937 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 07.04.1944 (reverted to retd < 07.1945)	11.07.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Greenwich (destroyer repair ship) 17.11.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS Blenheim (cruiser; CRMS depot ship, Sheerness) (additional; for duty with Central Reserve Minesweepers) 03.07.1925 - (02.)1927 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) (temporarily) 01.06.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 03.01.1930 - (02.1931) HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) (01.1932)     HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) * 1932 - 1932 HMS Vindictive (cruiser) 08.03.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Effingham (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 20.02.1934 - (02.)1936 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (08.1936) - (02.1937) no appointment listed 02.03.1937 - 01.04.1937 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 01.12.1942 - (10.1944) Staff Officer (Operations), HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (01.1945)     no appointment listed
Kenny, Lionel Desmond Bryan Son of Sg.Capt. Edward Bryan Kenny, RN, and Lilian Jane Conyngham Denison, of Cadogan Gardens, London SW1. Married (1949) Hazel Rosemary Hethey, daughter of the late Mr B. Hethey, and Mrs Bristowe Tidd (stepdaughter of Capt. Bristowe Tidd, RN, British Embassy, Tokyo, Japan). Brother-in-law of Maj. Harold Frederick Louis Nockolds, RASC.	24.09.1911 Plymouth district, Devon - (12?).1977 Chelsea, London (died on the street of a heart attack at King's Road)	Cadet 01.01.1929 Midsh. 01.09.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1932 S.Lt. 01.09.1932 Lt. 01.09.1934 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1942 (retd 24.09.1956)	20.03.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Emperor of India (battleship) 23.04.1930 - (08.1930) HMS Tiger (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) (02.1931)     HMS Malaya (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) * 31.12.1931 - 21.08.1932 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 22.08.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 19.04.1933 - (08.)1934 HMS Crescent (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 23.10.1934 - (02.)1937 HMS Delhi (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 08.06.1937 - (07.)1937 First Lieutenant, HMS Wanderer (destroyer) (The Nore) 06.12.1937 - (02.)1938 First Lieutenant, HMS Scout (destroyer) (The Nore) 02.1938 - (02.)1941 HMS Thanet (destroyer) 27.11.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Sirius (cruiser) 01.1943 - (02.)1943 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional; for various services) (06.1943) - (08.1943) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) * 20.08.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) 17.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Stalker (escort carrier) 07.02.1946 - (10.1947) HMS Scotia (signal training establishment, Doonfoot, AYr, then Lowton St Mary's, Warrington) (07.1948)     no appointment listed 08.1948 - (05.1950) Executive Officer, HMS Birmingham (cruiser) 09.02.1953 - (01.)1956 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Kerans,  John Simon Married (1946) Stephanie Campbell Shires; two daughters.	30.06.1915 - 12.09.1985 Oxted, Surrey	Cadet 01.09.1932 Midsh. 01.05.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1935 S.Lt. 01.06.1936 Lt. 16.06.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 Lt.Cdr. 16.06.1946 Cdr. 31.12.1949 (retd 28.01.1958) DSO 05.08.1949 escape Yangtze River 30.07.49	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 27.08.1932 - 1933 Cadet and Midshipman, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 29.11.1933 - 1935 Midshipman, HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) 06.1935 - (07.1935) Midshipman, HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) 26.09.1935 - (02.)1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 23.12.1936 - (02.1937) HMS Aberdare (twin screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean) 04.04.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Lowestoft (escort vessel) (China Station) 1939 Staff, Chief of Intelligence Staff, Far East (Hong Kong and Singapore) (08.1939) - (04.1940) no appointment listed 01.05.1940 - 1942 HMS Naiad (cruiser) (Home and Mediterranean Stations) 12.03.1942 - 20.02.1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (for various services) 20.02.1943 - (06.)1943 Staff Officer (Intelligence), Staff Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean and Levant [HMS Nile] 17.10.1943 - 1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Icarus (destroyer) (N Atlantic) 1944 Staff, Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth (04.1944) no appointment listed (06.1944) anti-submarine course 06.08.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Blackmore (destroyer) 18.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Bermuda 1947 Security Intelligence, Hong Kong 1948 on loan to Malayan Police, Kuala Lumpur 06.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Sussex (cruiser) 1949 Assistant Naval Attaché, Nanking 1949 joined HMS Amethyst (frigate) after her attack by Communist forces (DSO) 1950 RN Staff Course, Greenwich (05.1950) HMS President * 1950 - 1952 Head Far East Section, Naval Intelligence Admiralty 16.01.1953 - 1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Rinaldo 1954 - (04.)1955 British Naval Attaché, Bangkok (& Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Saigon and Rangoon) (01.1956) no appointment listed 1957 Senior Officers' Technical Course Portsmouth MP (C) The Hartlepools, 1959-64; Civil Servant, Pensions Appeal Tribunals, 1969-80. * indexed, but not listed as such
Kerr, Ralph Only son of Lt.Col. Sir Russell James Kerr, Kt., DL, JP (1863-1952), and Lady Kerr (Miriam Matilda Pine-Coffin) (died 1931) of Newnham on Severn, Glos. Married Margaret Augusta Kerr; one son (Capt. Russell Kerr, RA; killed in action 24.03.1945), one daughter. Residence: St. John's Wood, London.	16.08.1891 Chelsea, London - 24.05.1941 a/b HMS Hood (KIA) [age 49] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1] Remembered at Newnham on Severn, Glos., and Hood Chapel, Church of St John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire.	Midsh. ? S.Lt. 30.03.1912 Lt. 28.02.1914 Lt.Cdr. 28.02.1922 Cdr. 30.06.1927 Capt. 30.06.1935 CBE 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 MID 14.10.1941 Bismarck action 05.41	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth 15.05.1904     entered RN 1914 - 1918 served European War: HMS Benbow (torpdedo boat destroyer) (Battle of Jutland) 30.04.1918 - (01.1919) Commanding Officer, HMS Cossack (torpedo-boat destroyer) 20.01.1922 - (08.1923) Commanding Officer, HMS Valkyrie (torpedo-boat destroyer) 09.10.1923 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS Vanity (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) (05.1926) no appointment listed (07.1927) no appointment listed 12.1928 - (08.1929) Commanding Officer, HMS Windsor (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) (04.1930) no appointment listed 16.04.1930 - (02.1931) Commanding Officer, HMS Thruster (destroyer) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) 30.06.1931 - (01.)1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) 02.09.1932 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Decoy (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 07.05.1935 - (07.1935) tactical course, Portsmouth 06.09.1935 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Campbell (flotilla leader) & Captain (D), 21st Destroyer Flotilla (Home Fleet) 20.07.1936 - (07.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Colombo (cruiser) & Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet 09.10.1937 - (02.)1938 senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 25.02.1938 - (07.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Hardy (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 2nd Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) 31.07.1939 - (09.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Broke (flotilla leader) (Reserve Fleet) (04.1940) no appointment listed 15.02.1941 - 24.05.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (sunk)
Kerr, Thomas "Tommy" From Kitale, Kenya.	23.11.1887 - 06.08.1975 Guildford, Surrey	A/S.Lt. 15.10.1907 S.Lt. 14.04.1908, seniority 15.10.1907 Lt. 30.06.1910 Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1918 (retd < 08.1923) Cdr. (retd) 23.11.1927 A/Capt. 01.03.1945? OBE 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 [investiture 07.11.44]	15.01.1903     entered RN served Great War: 09.10.1909 - 13.11.1912 First Lieutenant, HMS C 29 (submarine) (Dundee) 14.11.1912 - 08.03.1914 Commanding Officer, HMS A 9 (submarine) 04.08.1914 - 07.10.1915 Commanding Officer, HMS B 5 (submarine) [tender to HMS Forth] (10th Submarine Flotilla, Devonport) 13.11.1915 - 11.1916 Commanding Officer, HMS C 23 (submarine) 12.1916 - 01.1918 Commanding Officer, HMS E 8 (submarine) (Baltic) 03.1918 - 11.11.1918 Commanding Officer, HMS L 8 (submarine) (1919) Commanding Officer, HMS K 2 (submarine) 04.09.1939 - (10.)1940 Executive Officer, HMS Shoreham (sloop) 12.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) 29.07.1941 - 01.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) 01.03.1945 - (07.1945) Staff, Commander-in-Chief East-Indies Station [HMS Lanka] (04.1946) no appointment listed
Kershaw, Cecil Ashworth	03.02.1895 - 01.11.1972 Worthing	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.02.1917 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1925 Cdr. 31.12.1930 (retd 14.07.1933; own request) Capt. (retd) 03.02.1940 (reverted to retd < 04.1946) MID 12.08.1941 Lofoten raid 02.41 MID 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune 06.44	Education: W[...]dale School; RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth Played rugby for England, 1920-1923. 15.01.1908     entered RN 19.04.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Barham (battleship) & as Squadron Physical & Recreational Training Officer, 1st Battle Squadron (Atlantic Fleet) 28.07.1924 - (01.1925) RN College, Greenwich (for Physical & Recreational Training duties) [HMS President] 08.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) & as Squadron Physical & Recreational Training Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron (Atlantic Fleet) 30.04.1928 - (04.1930) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 21.01.1931 - (09.1932) Executive Officer, HMS Dragon (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 08.12.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) 02.1941 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Queen Emma (troop carrier) 01.10.1941 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Alaunia (armed merchant cruiser / repair ship) 1943 - (06.)1943 Royal Indian Navy 06.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay) 20.12.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Bulolo (armed merchant cruiser) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Kettle,  Randal von Tempsky Bernau Son of F. von Tempsky Kettle, and G.M. Bernau. Married ((12?).1952, Uckfield district, Sussex) June Elizabeth Eastwick (died), daughter of A.J. Eastwick; one son, two daughters.	? - 12.2004 still alive Estepona, Malaga, Spain	Cadet 01.01.1943 Midsh. 01.09.1943 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1945 S.Lt. 12.02.1946, seniority 01.10.1944 Lt. 16.10.1946, seniority 01.06.1946 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1954 Cdr. 31.12.1958 (retd 03.06.1967) MID 13.06.1957 Suez operations	Education: Wanganui Collegiate School (1939-1942; XI, 1941; XV, 1942; Senior Athletics Champion 1942). 01.01.1943     special entry cadet (under the Dominion Scheme) (10.1943) - (10.1944) no appointment listed (01.1945)     HMS Queenborough (destroyer) (07.1945)     HMS Avon (frigate) * 02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Belfast 16.06.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth) 31.03.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Triumph (05.1953)     HMS Peregrine * 16.03.1954 - (04.1955) Britannia RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Dartmouth] (01.1956)     HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth) * (01.1957)     804 Squadron FAA [HMS Bulwark] * 15.01.1959 - (01.1959) Commanding Officer, HMS St Bride's Bay 07.1960     courses 09.01.1961 - (07.1961) Commander (Air), HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) 14.11.1962 - (02.1964) Commander (Air), HMS Centaur Farmer, Somerset. * indexed, but not listed as such
Keyes, Lord Roger John Brownlow; 1st Baron of Zeebrugge and Dover, cr. 22.01.1943; Baronet, cr. 1919 Son of late Gen. Sir Charles Patton Keyes, GCB (1823-1896). Married (10.04.1906) Eva Mary Salvin Bowlby, Red Cross Order of Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, daughter of late Edward Salvin Bowlby, DL, of Gilston Park, Herts, and Knoydart, Inverness­ shire; two sons (eldest son Lt.Col. Geoffrey C.T. Keyes, VC, MC, killed 1941, leading commando raid; youngest son Lt. R.G.B. Keyes, RN), three daughters.	04.10.1872 Tundiani Fort, India - 26.12.1945 Buckingham [St James Cemetery, Dover]	Cdr. 09.11.1900 Capt. 30.06.1905 Cdre. 2nd cl. 1916? R.Adm. 10.04.1917 A/V.Adm. 1918? V.Adm. 16.05.1921 A/Adm. ? Adm. 01.03.1926 Adm. of the Fleet 08.05.1930 (retd 08.05.1935) (reinstated on Active List 04.03.1940) - Barony 22.01.1943 New Year 43 Baronet 1919 ? GCB 03.06.1930 HM's birthday 30 KCB 26.04.1918 ? KCVO 10.12.1918 ? CB 19.06.1911 HM's coronation CMG 01.01.1916 naval war operations CVO 30.03.1918 ? MVO 24.04.1906 Naval Attaché, Athens DSO 03.06.1916 for services rendered in the prosecution of the war MID 14.03.1916 Gallipoli LegH 05.04.1916 ? DSM 16.09.1919 ?  Leo 02.08.1921 ? Leo 23.07.1918 Zeebrugge / Ostend 04.18 CdeG 23.07.1918 Zeebrugge / Ostend 04.18 Second Class of the Order of the Iron Crown (Austria- Hungary) (24.02.1908; Naval Attaché, Vienna); Second Class of the Imperial Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh (Turkey) (04.06.1908; Naval Attaché, Constantinople); Commander of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus (Italy) (22.06.1908, Naval Attaché, Rome); Third Class of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece) (24.06.1909; Naval Attaché, Athens)	Education: HMS Britannia; DCL Oxford; LLD Cambridge, Aberdeen, St Andrews, and Bristol. 15.07.1885 entered RN 08.1887 - 1890 HMS Raleigh (cruiser) (Cape Town) 1890 - 1890? HMS Turquoise (corvette) (anti-slavery patrol, Witu) (medal, clasp) 1890? - 10.1892 various ships of the Channel fleet, including HMS Victoria and Albert (royal yacht) 10.1892 - 1896 HMS Beagle (South America) 1896 - 1898? served on a training chip for new recruits 1898 - 1899? Commanding Officer, HMS Opossum (torpedo-boat destroyer) 1899? - 1900? Commanding Officer, HMS Hart, then Commanding Officer, HMS Fame (China during the Boxer rising) (despatches, promoted to Commander, medal, two clasps) 1901 signals training 1901? - 1901? Commanding Officer, HMS Bat (destroyer) (Portsmouth) & Second-in-Command, Destroyer Flotilla Devonport (11.1902) Commanding Officer, HMS Sprightly 1903 - 1905 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty 1905 - 1907 Naval Attaché at Rome (for  Rome, Vienna, Athens, and Constantinople) 01.1908 - 1910 Commanding Officer, HMS Venus (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 1910 - 1912 Inspecting Captain of Submarines 1912 - 1914 Commodore-in-Charge of the Submarine Service 1914 - 1915 commanded submarines in the North Sea (Heligoland Bight) 15.09.1914 - ? Naval ADC to the King 1915 - 1916 Chief of the Staff Eastern Mediterranean Squadron (Dardanelles) (despatches, CMG, DSO, and Commander Legion of Honour) [prominent in planning naval operations and army landings; pressed unsuccessfully in Oct. 1915 for second naval attempt to force Narrows] 1916 - 06.1917 Commanding Officer, HMS Centurion (battleship) (Grand Fleet) 06.1917 - 10.1917 Second-in-Command, 4th Battle Squadron [HMS Colossus] 10.1917 - 01.01.1918 Director of Plans, Admiralty 01.01.1918 - 1919 Acting Vice-Admiral in command of Dover Patrol [HMS Arrogant (light cruiser) "or where convenient"] [in command of operations against Zeebrugge [successful] and Ostend [unsuccessful], 23.04.1918 (KCB, KCVO, Grand Cross Order of Leopold, Grand Officer Legion of Honour, Croix de Guerre, French and Belgian, American DSM)] 1919 1919 18.05.1920 - - - 1921 1920 31.03.1921 Rear-Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet: HMS Lion (battlecruiser) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (11.)1921 - (05.)1925 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty & Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [reached agreement with RAF on dual control of Naval Air Service] 15.05.1925 - 1928 Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Warspite (battleship)] 29.04.1929 - 09.06.1931 Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 10.05.1940 - 27.05.1940 Special Liaison Officer to King of Belgium 17.07.1940 - 27.10.1941 Director of Combined Operations  parliament (till 1943), tour of lectures in the US, Canada, Australia & New Zealand (summer 1944) & observer during the Leyte landings (10.1944) MP (Nat. C.) Portsmouth (North) division, 1934-1943. Honorary Colonel Commandant of Portsmouth Division Royal Marines, 31.03.1932-1943. Published: The naval memoirs of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes (1934); Adventures ashore & afloat, etc. (1939); Amphibious warfare and Combined Operations ... Lees Knowles Lectures, 1943 (1943); The Keyes papers : selections from the private and official correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge (ed. by Paul G. Halpern) (1972-1981, 3 vols.) Literature: C.F. Aspinall-Oglander, Roger Keyes : a biography of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Keyes of Zeebrugge and Dover, G.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.M.G., D.S.O. (1951)
Keyes, [Lord] Roger George Bowlby; 2nd Baron of Zeebrugge and Dover, cr. 1943; Baronet, cr. 1919 (since 1945) 2nd son of Admiral of the Fleet Baron Keyes, GCB, KCVO, CMG, DSO and Eva Mary Salvin Bowlby (died 1973), Red Cross Order of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, daughter of late Edward Salvin Bowlby, DL, of Gilston Park, Herts, and Knoydart, Inverness­shire. Brother of Lt.Col. Geoffrey C.T. Keyes, VC, MC. Succeeded father, 26.12.1945. Married (1947) Grizelda Mary (died 1993), 2nd daughter of late Lt.Col. William Packe, DSO; three sons, two daughters.	14.03.1919 Dover district, Kent - 04.03.2005 Kent district, Kent	Cadet 01.05.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 01.12.1939 ?, seniority 01.07.1939 Lt. 01.06.1941 (retd 23.07.1949)	Education: King's Mead School, Seaford; RN College, Dartmouth 01.09.1936 - 31.12.1936 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.01.1937 - (02.)1937 HMS Orion (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 07.04.1937 - (07.1937) HMS Southampton (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 01.01.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Ajax (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 02.01.1939 - (04.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth 31.07.1939 - 30.07.1939 HMS Witherington (destroyer) 31.07.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Vansittart (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Rosyth) 17.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Wivern (destroyer) 07.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services) 16.09.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Arethusa (cruiser) 01.01.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 60 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria)] * 24.02.1944 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 374 (motor torpedo boat) * (10.1944)     HM MTB 85 (motor torpedo boat) * (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) ** 15.05.1948 - (07.1948) First Lieutenant, HMS Loch Quoich (frigate) Worked, first, in advertising and later was on the board of a number of companies. Published: Outrageous fortune : the tragedy of Leopold III of the Belgians, 1901-1941 (1984) * also listed as: 26.09.1942-(10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 75 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 20th MTB Flotilla ** indexed, but not listed as such
Kiddell, John Bartram Elder son of Capt. Harry Morbhanj Bartram Kiddell and Blanche Mary Vialou Kiddell, of Alderton, Hartfield, Sussex.	1919 ? - 01.07.1943 (in captivity) [age 24] [Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery]	Midsh. (A) 19.04.1938 A/S.Lt. (A) 28.05.1939 S.Lt. (A) ? Lt. (A) 28.11.1941	19.04.1938 - (06.)1938 HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 27.06.1938 - (08.)1938 pilots' course, No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School, Sywell 10.09.1938 - (04.1939) pilots' course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon Fleet Air Arm (served at HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)) ? - 02.07.1940 shot down as pilot of a Swordfish of 825 Squadron, FAA [operating from HMS Kestrel, RN Air Station at Worthy Down], while attacking Schiphol airfield, near Amsterdam (The Netherlands)  02.07.1940 - 01.07.1943 prisoner of war (died from gunshot wound whilst attempting to escape from Stalag Luft 3)
Kiggell, Launcelot John Married Mollie (née ...), from Burley, Ringwood, Hampshire.	25.07.1916 Alnmouth, Northumberland - (03?).1980 Salisbury district, Wiltshire	RAF: (A) P/O (prob) 16.04.1935 P/O 16.04.1936 F/O 16.11.1937 RN: Lt. (A) 29.01.1939, seniority 16.11.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 06.1944 [acting rank] A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 01.05.1945 [appointed rank] Lt.Cdr. (A) 16.11.1945 Cdr. (A) 31.12.1948 (retd 18.11.1958) DSC 20.05.1941 attack on Taranto MID 04.05.1943 operations Eastern Mediterranean 11-12.41 MID 28.101952 Korea (4th list) LM 13.08.1954 Korea	16.04.1935 - 29.01.1939 short service commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 29.01.1939 joined RN (04.1939) short course of instruction (08.1939) Fleet Air Arm 24.11.1939 - 01.1941 pilot, 815 Squadron FAA [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] 20.01.1941 - (12.1941) pilot, 815 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, near Alexandria)] 01.07.1942 - (08.1942) pilot, 766 Squadron FAA [HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire)] 10.1942 - 12.1942 Commanding Officer, 841 Squadron FAA (02.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed 19.08.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn) (06.1944) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 10.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon) (04.1946) no apointment listed 14.04.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for RN Air Section, Boscombe Down) ? - (05.1949) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for miscellaneous duties) (05.1950) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 27.08.1950 - 05.01.1952 Commander (Air), HMAS Sydney & from 21.02.1951 also as Staff Officer (Air) to Flag Officer Commanding Australian Fleet [on loan to RAN] 06.01.1952 - 01.1953 HMAS Lonsdale (additional; for Navy Office) [on loan to RAN] 01.01953 - 02.1953 HMAS Penguin (additional; for passage to UK per SS Oronsay) [on loan to RAN] 02.1953 - 03.1953 HMAS Cerberus II (additional; for foreign shore leave) [on loan to RAN] 03.1953 - 06.10.1954 Staff Officer (Air), RAN Naval Liaison Officer London [HMAS Cerberus II] [on loan to RAN] 15.10.1954 - (01.1957) Fleet Air Officer, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Kilroy, Robert Alexander "Robin" Son of Sg.Capt. & Mrs Kilroy.	(09?).1904 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire - 01.02.1961 Salcombe, Kingsbridge district, Devonshire	Midsh. 15.05.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1924 S.Lt. 15.06.1925 Lt. 15.12.1927 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1935 Cdr. 30.06.1940 (retd 27.06.1954) RAF: (temporary commission) F/O 04.01.1927 F/Lt. 01.01.1934 Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1938 DSC 05.07.1940 France & Channel [investiture 21.10.41] ONM 02.12.1929 rescue crew of flying boat * * For helping to rescue four men including Major Ramon Franco, the son of General Franco, from their downed flying boat.	15.05.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) 01.01.1925 - (01.1925) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 15.04.1926 - (05.1926) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 04.01.1927 - (07.1927) [5th] pilot's course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon 11.1927 - 1928 [8th] pilot's course 25.01.1928 - (03.)1928 pilot, Headquarters Flight, FAA [HMS Courageous (cruiser)] (Mediterranean) (temporary) 19.03.1928 - (06.)1928 HMS President (for 2 months' study in France) 20.06.1928 - (02.1931) pilot, No. 402 Flight FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] (01.1932) no appointment listed [attached to RAF] 19.03.1932 - (06.)1933 pilot, HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) [attached to RAF] 01.11.1933 - (01.)1934 pilot, No. 443 Flight, FAA (Lee-on-Solent) [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] [attached to RAF] (07.1934) no appointment listed [attached to RAF] 08.10.1934 - 25.04.1936 Second-in-Command, S/R Squadron 824, FAA [HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier)] (China) [attached to RAF] 22.06.1936 - 26.08.1936 ...  [attached to RAF] 27.08.1936 - 24.05.1939 Second-in-Command, from 01.01.1938 Squadron Commander, TSR Squadron 823, FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] (08.1939) no appointment listed ? - (04.)1940 Fleet Air Arm 04.1940 - 08.1940 Commanding Officer, 815 Squadron FAA [RAF Coastal Command, then HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] (minelaying in English channel, support for Dunkirk operation) 24.11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 06.03.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) 03.1942 - 31.01.1943 Staff Officer (Air) on staff of Commodore-in-Charge Naval Air Stations, Ceylon [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 01.02.1943 - 30.09.1943 Staff Officer (Air) on staff of Rear-Admiral Naval Air Stations Indian Ocean [HMS Ukussa (RN Air Station, Katukurunda, Ceylon)] 01.10.1943 - (06.1944) Staff Officer (Air) on staff of Rear-Admiral Naval Air Stations Indian Ocean [HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon)] 04.1945 - (04.1946) Commander (Flying), HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier) 03.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore) (for miscellaneous duties) (05.1950) no appointment listed ? - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, Western Area, Sea Cadet Corps (Bath)
Kinahan, [Sir] Harold Richard George Son of Vice­Adm. R.G. Kinahan, Belfast. Married (1919) Mary Kathleen Downes (died 1970); two daughters.	04.06.1893 Belfast - 22.03.1980 [Almondsbury, Bristol]	Lt. 15.10.1914 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1922 Cdr. 30.06.1927 Capt. 30.06.1934 Cdre. 2nd cl. 1943 R.Adm. 08.07.1943 V.Adm. 10.09.1947 Adm. 01.12.1950 (retd 15.05.1952) KBE 01.01.1949 New Year 49 CBE 01.01.1942 New Year 42 CB 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth 15.01.1906 entered RN 1910 - 1913 Midshipman, HMS Hindustan and HMS Cochrane 1914 - 1918 Lieutenant, HMS Queen Elizabeth, in Eastern Mediterranean and with Grand Fleet (Dardanelles, 1915) 1918 - 1920 Gunnery School 1920 - 1922 Gunnery Officer, HMS Repulse (battleship) 06.07.1923 - (01.)1925 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 1925 - 1927 Gunnery Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 22.06.1927 - (08.)1929 Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 14.10.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 04.07.1931 - (01.)1934 Tactical School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.10.1934 - 09.03.1936 Assistant Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 09.03.1936 - (02.)1937 Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 29.06.1937 - 1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Orion (cruiser) 21.03.1940 - 1942 Captain of the Fleet, on staff of Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet [HMS Nelson] 10.02.1942 - (08.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Anson (battleship) & Flag Captain & Chief Staff Offcier, 2nd Battle Squadron 12.01.1943 - 08.07.1943 also: ADC to the King (10.1943) no appointment listed 10.12.1943 - (07.)1945 Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel and Director of Personal Services, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.1945 - (04.1946) Rear-Admiral Commanding 15th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Orion] 1946 - 25.06.1947 Flag Officer Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet 15.10.1947 - 1949 Senior Naval Member and Vice-President (Naval), Ordnance Board 1949 - 1950 President, Ordnance Board, Admiralty 03.03.1950 - 1952 President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich [HMS President]
King, Claude Beevor Married ((09?).1904, Devonport).	24.07.1881 Cambridge - 04.04.1949	Seaman ? [271554] Lt. 01.04.1917 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1925 (retd 24.07.1926) (reactivated 26.08.1939) (reverted to retd > 12.1941, < 08.1942)	02.05.1913     commissioned RN (08.1923)     no appointment listed 21.10.1023 - (01.)1925 HMS Wakeful (destroyer) (Devonport) 18.08.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Venturous (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 26.08.1939 - 07.02.1941 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 19.02.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Victory V (RN base, South Western Hotel, Southampton)
King, Edgar Husband of Cpl. Freda M. King, WAAF, of Docking, Norfolk.	30.11.1884 Downingtown Chester, Pennsylvania, USA - 09.02.1940 (KIA) [age 54] [Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 1, column 2]	Seaman ? [209461] Mate 14.12.1918, seniority 11.12.1917 A/Lt. ? Lt. 17.03.1921, seniority 11.03.1920 (retd 25.05.1922; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 11.03.1928	? - 09.02.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Fort Royal (minesweeping trawler) (sunk by German aircraft off Aberdeen, Scotland)
King, Edward Leigh Stuart Eldest son of Charles James Stuart King, of Hook, chard, later of Chardstock. Married (1917) Lilian Alice (died 26.09.1944), daughter of Edward Strickland, Clifton; no children.	22.02.1889 Chardstock - 08.05.1971 Helston, Cornwall	A/S.Lt. 15.03.1908 S.Lt. 21.12.1908, seniority 15.03.1908 Lt. 05.02.1910, seniority 15.09.1908 Cdr. 31.12.1919 Capt. 31.12.1926 Cdre. 1st cl. 12.04.1938 R.Adm. 10.08.1938 V.Adm. 30.05.1941 (retd 15.06.1944) Adm. (retd) 08.05.1945 (reverted to retd 1946) CB 01.01.1940 New Year 40 MVO 16.10.1925 Prince of Wales' African and S. American Tour MID 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete LegH ? ? LegH ? ? Geo I 03.06.1947 ? OON 25.11.1947 ? OCwn 01.02.1949 ?	Education: HMS Britannia; Imperial Defence College (idc). 15.09.1903     joined RN 1914     Gunnery Officer, HMS Southampton       Gunnery Officer, HMS Erin 15.08.1922 - (08.1923) War Staff Officer to Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] 27.12.1924 - (05.1926) Commander [= Executive Officer],  HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) during Prince of Wales' African and S. American Tour 17.01.1927 - (07.1927) Imperial Defence Course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President] 12.03.1928 - (04.)1928 Senior Officers' War Couse, RN War College, Greenwich 24.04.1928 - (04.)1930 Assistant Director of Plans, Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 06.08.1930 - (02.)1931 Flag Captain, HMS Coventry (cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Mediterranean Fleet (01.1932)     no appointment listed 08.08.1932 - (09.)1932 Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 08.12.1932 - 24.12.1933 Deputy Director of Plans, Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 24.12.1933 - (07.)1935 Director of Plans, Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.12.1935 - (02.)1936 Chief Staff Officer to Vice-Admiral-in-Charge Malta [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 20.04.1936 - (02.)1937 Flag Captain, HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) (07.1937)     no appointment listed 02.07.1937 - 20.12.1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Despatch (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 10.01.1938 - (02.)1938 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 11.01.1938 - 10.08.1938 also: Naval ADC to the King 12.04.1938 - (04.)1940 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship), from 01.01.1940 HMS Rodney (battleship)]] 18.07.1940 - (02.)1941 Rear-Admiral Commanding 15th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Naiad (cruiser)] (Mediterranean) 21.10.1941 - (08.)1942 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Trade) 20.01.1943 - (04.)1946 Principal British Naval Liaison Officer to Allied Navies (PNLO), Admiralty [HMS President] Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Cornwall, 24.07.1953.
King, Henry Alexander Son of Henry Thomas Firmstone King.	18.03.1901 Trowbridge, Wiltshire - 07.1986 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Lt. 15.08.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1931 Cdr. 30.06.1936 Capt. 30.06.1942 (retd 07.07.1951) CBE 01.01.1952 New Year 52 DSO 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete MID 23.12.1939 for succesful actions against enemy submarines	07.12.1936 - (08.1939) Head, Experimental Department, Gunnery School, Portsmouth [HMS Excellent] (1939) HMS Kashmir (destroyer) 23.03.1942 - (12.1943) Deputy Director, Gunnery Division (Gunnery), Admiralty 01.05.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Nigeria (cruiser) 01.04.1946 - (04.1946) Chief Staff Officer, Staff of Naval Representative, United Nations [HMS Saker] (1952) Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty
King, Hugh Valentine portrait unconfirmed Son of Stewart King and Millicent C. King. Husband of Brenda Grace King, of Cheltenham, Glos.	(06?).1901 Poole, Dorset - 17.01.1947 [age 45] [Chatham Naval Memorial, 82, 2]	A/Lt. 15.04.1923 Lt. 03.10.1923, seniority 15.04.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1931 Cdr. 31.12.1936 A/Capt. > 06.1944, < 07.1945 DSO 09.11.1943 U-boat sunk convoy OS51 Western Approaches 07.43 OBE 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40	15.04.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 01.01.1924 - (01.1925) First Lieutenant, HMS L 20 (submarine) (China) (05.1926)     no appointment listed (07.1927) short course of instruction 07.11.1927 - (06.1928) Commanding Officer, HMS H 23 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Alceto] 20.04.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 18.05.1931 - (09.1932) Staff Officer (Operations), IV submarine Flotilla [HMS Medway (submarine depot ship)] (China) 11.04.1933 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS L 54 (submarine) (Portsmouth) 24.04.1934 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS Odin (submarine) (China) 14.01.1937 - (02.)1937 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (07.1937) no appointment listed 15.09.1937 - (09.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Olympus (submarine) (China) 24.03.1940 - (12.1941) Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 21.01.1942 - 01.09.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Ambrose (base for 9th Submarine Flotilla, Dundee) 10.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Rochester (sloop) 23.04.1943 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Scarborough (sloop) 20.06.1943 - (04.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Rochester (sloop) 03.05.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Towy (frigate) (07.1945) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 24.09.1945 - 17.01.1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Beachy Head (escort maintenance ship) * indexed, but not listed as such Serving Brother of the Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
King, Roger [name of choice for service with the RN]	? -	T/Lt. 15.07.1940 DSC ? action Channel 03.42 MID 31.03.1942 attack on battle cruisers 12.02.42 LM 20.03.1945 Battle of the Seine 06.44	Frenchman, who joined the Royal Navy after the fall of France. HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William), later HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover): (03.1941) Commanding Officer, MGB 341 28.10.1941 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, MGB 41 & SO 3rd MGB Flotilla 31.05.1943 - (08.1943) Commanding Officer, MGB 117 01.09.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Grey Shark
King, Richard Matthew	02.11.1883 Bath district, Avon / Somerset - 15.12.1969 [Torquay, Devon ?]	A/S.Lt. 02.11.1902? S.Lt. 25.03.1904, seniority 02.11.1902 Lt. 02.11.1904 Cdr. 1916 Capt. 31.12.1922 R.Adm. 18.12.1934 (retd 1934) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 1942 (reverted to retd 08.1945) DSO 08.03.1918 for services in Destroyer and Torpedo Boat Flotillas 1917	Education: Stubbington House, Fareham; HMS Britannia 15.01.1898 entered RN 1914 - 1918 served European War in Grand Fleet Destroyer Flotillas (DSO) 1924 - 1926 Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral (D) Mediterranean Fleet 1928 - 1930 Assistant Director, Mobilization Department of Admiralty 1930 - 1932 Captain of Dockyard, Devonport, and Deputy Superintendent 1932 - 1933 Commanding Officer, HMS Iron Duke 1933 - 1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Cardiff & Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, the Nore 1934 ADC to the King 24.08.1939 - 22.10.1942 Flag Officer-in-Charge Belfast [HMS Caroline] 15.02.1943 - (07.)1945 Commodore of Convoys [HMS Eaglet] * * Navy List gives 15.02.1942
King, William Donald Aelian "Bill" Son of Lt.Col. William Albert de Courcy King. Married (01.01.1949) Anne ("Anita") Theodosia Mouira Leslie, writer, daughter of Sir John Randolph Shane Leslie, 3rd Bt.; one son, one daughter.	23.06.1910 Surrey - 08.2006 still alive  Oranmore Castle, Galway, Ireland	Midsh. 01.05.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1930 S.Lt. 01.03.1931 Lt. 01.12.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1940 Cdr. 30.06.1943 (retd < 07.1948) DSO 09.05.1940 successful submarine operations against the enemy [investiture 06.08.40] DSO 16.01.1945 destruction U-boat Far East 17.07.44 [investiture 30.10.45] DSC 06.09.1940 succesful submarine patrols [investiture 18.02.41] Blue water trophy; Sir Francis Chichester Award	Education: RN College (1923-1927) 31.12.1927 - (08.)1930 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 25.09.1930 - (02.1931) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] (01.1932) no appointment listed 15.06.1932 - (08.)1934 HMS Orpheus (submarine) (China) (11.1934)     no appointment listed 01.01.1935 - (02.)1935 HMS Mackay (flotilla leader, 2nd Submarine Flotilla) (Home Fleet) (for submarines) 12.04.1935 - (07.)1935 First Lieutenant, HMS Pigmy (special service vessel, for reserve group of submarines) (Portsmouth) 13.08.1935 - (02.)1936 First Lieutenant, HMS Starfish (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] 31.08.1936 - (08.)1938 First Lieutenant, HMS Narwhal (submarine) [tender to HMS Lucia] 05.09.1938 - (10.)1938 Submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 16.12.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 16.04.1939 - 23.12.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Snapper (submarine) (02.1941) no appointment listed 15.03.1941 - 08.04.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Trusty (submarine) (08.1942) no appointment listed 08.01.1943 - (06.)1943 Executive Officer, HMS Medway II (submarine base, Beirut) 21.07.1943 - 20.08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Telemachus (submarine) 01.09.1945 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) Published: The stick and the stars (1958; memoirs) [republished as: Dive and attack : a submariner's story (1983)]; Capsize (1969; yachting); Adventure in depth (1975; yachting voyage around the world); The wheeling stars : a guide for lone sailors (1989); Kamikaze : the wind of God (1997; fiction)
King-Church, John Bassett Second son of Maj. W. King-Church, and ... Robertson. Married ((06?).1937, St Marylebone district, London) Alice M. "Queenie" Sherry, of Beaconsfield.	(12?).1913 Torrington district, Devon - 15.12.1941 [age 28] (KIA) [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 44, column 3]	Cadet 01.01.1931 Midsh. 01.09.1931 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1934 S.Lt. 16.09.1934 Lt. 16.01.1937	10.01.1931 - (09.1932) HMS London (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (01.1934) no appointment listed 07.01.1935 - (07.1935) promotion course, Portsmouth 07.09.1935 - (02.1936) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 19.11.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Vulcan (trawler) (Portsmouth) (for 1st MTB Flotilla) 25.07.1938 - (04.1939) third hand, HMS Express (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 04.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Jervis (destroyer) 02.09.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 70 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 11th MTB Flotilla [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)] ? - 15.12.1941 HMS Galatea (cruiser)
King-Harman, Robert Douglas Second son of Sir Charles Anthony King-Harman, KCMG (1851-1939), and Constance Biddulph (died 1961), of Ouse Manor, Sharnbrook, Bedford- shire. Married, firstly (11.01.1916) Lilly Moffatt (marriage dissolved 1926; died 1966), daughter of Alexander Moffatt; one son. Married, secondly (22.04.1927) Elizabeth Lilian Davis (died 1974), daughter of William James Davis. Married, thirdly (1975) Eva Mary Palmer, daughter of Archdale Stuart Palmer.	18.08.1891 Barbados, BWI - 30.05.1978 [Great Gransden, Cambs. ?]	Midsh. ? S.Lt. 15.02.1912 Lt. 15.02.1914 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1922 (retd 02.09.1929) Cdr. (retd) 18.08.1931 A/Capt. (retd) 10.11.1942? DSO 14.01.1941 good service in minelayers DSC 10.05.1917 action between destroyers HMS Swift and HMS Broke and German destroyers DSC 22.01.1920 minesweeping after the Armistice of 1918	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 15.05.1904 entered RN 1914 - 1918 served in destroyers, Grand Fleet and Dover Patrol (Jutland) (despatches): (1917) HMS Swift (destroyer) 06.12.1918 - (1919) First Lieutenant / Navigating Office, HMS Totnes (Paddle minsweeper) 23.12.1924 - (01.1925) Navigating Officer, HMS Carlisle (cruiser) (China) (07.1927) no appointment listed (08.1929) no appointment listed 1929 - 09.1939 Singapore pilotage 09.1939 - 1946 reactivated RN: 28.09.1940 - (04.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Teviotbank (auxiliary minelayer) (08.1942) no appointment listed 10.11.1942 - (06.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Cheshire (armed merchant cruiser) 12.07.1943 - (12.1943) Naval Officer-in-Charge, Tees-Hartlepool [HMS Paragon] 25.02.1944 - 1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Lusitania (base, Terceira, Azores) (as such Senior British Naval Officer of the forces in the Azores) (07.1945) no appointment listed ? - 12.1945 HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi) 1946 - 1948 Singapore pilotage
Kingcome,  [Sir] John	20.04.1890 Calcutta, India - 15.07.1950 [Bath ?]	Eng.S.Lt. 01.08.1909 Eng.Lt. ? 22.08.1912, seniority 01.08.1910 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1918 Eng.Cdr. 30.06.1924 Eng.Capt. 30.06.1935 Eng.R.Adm. 04.03.1941 Eng.V.Adm. 25.01.1945 (retd 1947) KCB 01.01.1946 New Year 46 CB 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41	Education: Plymouth; RNE College, Keyham 1905 joined RNE College & RN College, Greenwich (1909) 1914 - 1918 served European War 24.07.1939 - 1940 Fleet Engineer Officer, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson] 14.01.1941 - 1947 Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President]: 09.03.1942 - 25.01.1945 Deputy Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet, Admiralty 25.01.1945 - 1947 Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet, Admiralty
Kingswell,  Albert Edgar Son of ... Kingswell, and ... Salter. Married 1st Gladys (née ...); three daughters. Married 2nd Barbara (née ...); three sons (one died as an infant), three daughters.	02.07.1914 Isle of Wight - 14.04.1992	S.Lt. (A) 01.01.1945 Lt. (A) 01.01.1946 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1954 (retd 02.07.1959)	28.02.1945 - (07.1945) observer, 828 Squadron FAA (04.1946) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 24.02.1948 - (05.)1949 observer, 719 Squadron FAA [HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Londonderry)] 12.12.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, nr Padstow, Cornwall) 19.11.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Siskin (RN Air Station, Gosport, Hampshire) (for miscellaneous services) 15.03.1954 - (04.)1955 Second-in-Command, 845 Squadron FAA 20.06.1955 - (01.1959) HMCS Shearwater (for miscellaneous duties) [lent to RCN] * indexed, but not listed as such
Kinloch,  David Charles Son of Rev. Canon Michael Ward Kinloch. Married 1st; three sons, one daughter. Married 2nd (28.04.1938) Barbara Constance Backhouse, daughter of Adm. Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse (marriage dissolved 1960); two sons.	28.05.1906 Chester district, Cheshire - 17.11.1969 Surrey Mid-Eastern district, Surrey	Midsh. 15.04.1924 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1926 S.Lt. 15.06.1927 Lt. 01.10.1929 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1937 Cdr. 31.12.1942 (retd 12.06.1946) DSO 16.03.1943 North Russian convoy coastal escort 31.12.42 [investiture 11.05.43] OBE 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 MID 01.09.1942 Operation Harpoon	15.05.1924 - (05.)1926 HMS Despatch (cruiser) (China) 30.12.1926 - (07.1927) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 14.02.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Cardif (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (04.1930)     no appointment listed 22.07.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Westcott (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 22.03.1932 - (07.1934) naval staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] (08.1934)     no appointment listed (11.1934)     no appointment listed (02.1935)     no appointment listed 11.03.1935 - (07.)1935 HMS Curacoa (cruiser; gunnery and torpedo school cruiser) (Portsmouth) 20.08.1935 - (02.)1938 Flag Lieutenant Commander to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)] 01.05.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS Victoria and Albert (HM's yacht) (Portsmouth) 28.11.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Home Fleet) 28.08.1939 - (04.)1940 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Kenya (cruiser) 12.11.1941 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Middleton (destroyer) 25.08.1942 - 04.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Obedient (destroyer) (06.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed 01.10.1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Dauntless (cruiser) 04.1945 - (07.1945) Staff Officer (Operations) on staff of Commodore (D) Eastern Fleet [HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship)] (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Kirkby,  Geoffrey John	26.08.1918 - 24.10.1998 Lewes, Sussex	A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. ? Lt. 01.10.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Capt. 31.12.1957 (retd 07.07.1967) CBE  01.01.1968 New Year 68 DSC 11.02.1941 sinking Torricelli 06.40 DSC 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.42 DSC 14.11.1944 German evacuation Le Havre MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune	02.01.1939 - (08.1939) promotion course, Portsmouth 18.09.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Kingston (destroyer) 06.1942 - 01.12.1942 HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt) 01.12.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) 13.07.1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Melbreak (destroyer) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed 07.07.1966 - 07.07.1967 Naval ADC to the Queen (1968) Commanding Officer, HMS Tiger
Kirkus,  Adrian Lyon   Son of Cuthbert Hayward Kirkus (born 1880), and Ethel Blanche Rose. Married (24.06.1939, Christchurch district) Monica M.V. Hemming (born (09?).1919, Hastings district, Sussex).	25.02.1914 Wirral district, Cheshire - 21.10.1962	Cadet 01.09.1932 Midsh. 01.09.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1936 S.Lt. 05.04.1937, seniority 01.11.1935 Lt. 01.12.1937 (retd 05.04.1940) RAF:   F/O 27.12.1944	01.09.1932 - 02.09.1933 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 09.09.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.01.1936 - 30.08.1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 31.08.1936 - (02.)1937 promotion course, Portsmouth 17.04.1937 - (07.1937) HMS Winchelsea (destroyer) (5th Submarine Flotilla) (02.1938)     no apponitment listed 14.02.1938 - (02.)1939 HMS Galatea (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (04.1939) no appointment listed 04.07.1939 - 04.1940 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) * 27.12.1944 commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Officers (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (Class CC) * (06.1941) still listed as such, but probably left upon retirement in Apr 1940
Kirkwood,  Henry "Harry"	09.08.1910 ? - (09?).1977 ? Scarborough district, North Yorkshire ?	Prob. Midsh. RNR 10.11.1928 A/S.Lt. RNR 29.10.1931 S.Lt. RNR 10.07.1934 Lt. RNR 24.08.1935 Prob. Lt. 29.08.1938 Lt. ?, backdated 09.08.1934 Lt.Cdr. 09.08.1942 Cdr. 31.12.1946 A/Capt. 1940s OBE 08.06.1950 HM's birthday 50 DSC 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 DSC 02.05.1944 destruction U593 Mediterranean 13.12.43 MID 24.02.1942 life saving torpedoed merchant ship 06.08.41 MID 04.05.1943 Operation Torch Polar Medal in Bronze (07.10.1941; RRS Discovery 33-38)	joined RNR 1933 - 1938 RRS Discovery II changed to RN 30.05.1939 - (08.)1939 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) 03.12.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Northern Chief (armed boarding vessel) 11.09.1940 - 07.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Puffin (sloop) 16.07.1942 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Penylan (destroyer) 09.1942 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Calpe (destroyer) 02.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Obedient (destroyer) (1950) Falkland Islands Dep Survey
Kitcat,  Charles Arthur de Winton Younger son of Capt. Percy de Winton Kitcat, RN (1872-?), and Edith Agnes Purdon, of Duns, Berwickshire. Married (16.08.1935, St George's Church, Cullercoats, Tynemouth district, Northumberland) Marjorie Joan Short, daughter of Mr & Mrs Oswald Short, of Cullercoats.	13.07.1904 Wandsworth, London, Surrey - 18.09.1980 Newcastle upon Tyne district, Tyne and Wear	Midsh. 15.05.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1924 S.Lt. 30.03.1925 Lt. 30.12.1926 Lt.Cdr. 30.12.1934 Cdr. 30.06.1941 (retd 01.08.1946) MBE 10.06.1967 HM's birthday 67 MID 19.07.1940 withdrawal of troops from Namsos MID 01.01.1944 New Year 44	17.01.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Emperor of India (battleship) 01.01.1925 - (01.1925) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 23.02.1926 - (05.1926) HMS Venetia (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 17.05.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Venturous (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 02.1928 - (08.1929) First Lieutenant, HMS Scarab (gunboat) (China) (04.1930) - (10.1930) no appointment listed 09.01.1931 - (02.)1931 HMS Mackay (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) 29.11.1931 - (01.)1934 First Lieutenant, HMS Whitsed (destroyer) (China) 17.11.1934 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Torrid (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 27.08.1936 - (06.)1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Glowworm (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (08.1938) no appointment listed 10.09.1938 - (10.1938) Commanding Officer, HMS Versatile (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) 03.01.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Imperial (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 26.11.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Breconshire (auxiliary supply ship) 17.08.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Eglinton (destroyer) 06.1942 - 27.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Intrepid (destroyer) (ship sunk by German aircraft in Leros harbour) (10.1943) no appointment listed (12.1943) HMS Asbury (accomodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) * 06.03.1944 - (07.1945) Tactical, Torpedo and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (04.1946) no appointment listed Commanding Officer of Wellesley Nautical School in Blyth. Inspector, H.M. Coastguard, North Eastern Division, Board of Trade. DL. * indexed, but not listed as such
Kitcat,  John Percy de Winton Married ((12?).1924, Newcastle-upon-Tyne district, Northumberland) Marjorie L. Adams; ... children (one son?).	? - died between 09.1954 and 02.1961	... ... S.Lt. 30.08.1922 Lt. 30.01.1924 Lt.Cdr. 30.01.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1938 (retd 14.11.1949; own request) A/Capt. (04.1946) DSO 21.08.1945 destruction 3 U-boats Kola Inlet 04.45 [investiture 29.07.47] LoP 1944? Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	... - ... ... 04.08.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) 15.08.1941 - 15.01.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Orion (light cruiser) 15.01.1942 - (06.)1943) Executive Officer, HMS Orion (light cruiser) (08.1943)     no appointment listed 04.08.1943 - (10.)1943 staff officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] (12.1943)     no appointment listed (04.1944)     no appointment listed 24.04.1944 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Queen of Thanet  (accomodation ship with Allied Naval Commander, Expeditionary Force) & as Senior Naval Officer, Selsey (operating as a control ship, despatching area Selsey for Mulberries) 22.09.1944 - (10).1944 Executive Officer, HMS Exe (frigate) 15.11.1944 - 01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Havelock (destroyer) 28.01.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Shin (frigate) & Senior Officer, 19th Escort Group (04.1946)     HMS Glengyle * (07.1948)     no appointment listed (05.1949)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Kitchin,  George Armand de Gavardie Son of ... Kitchin, and ... de Gavardie.	14.02.1921 Alnwick district, Northumberland - 23.06.1996 Winchester district, Hampshire	Cadet 01.05.1938 Midsh. 01.01.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1940 S.Lt. 16.10.1940 Lt. 16.01.1942 Lt.Cdr. 16.01.1950 T/Cdr. 10.1952-(07.1954) Cdr. 31.12.1956 Capt. 31.12.1963 (retd 1976?) Cdre. ? CBE 12.06.1976 HM's birthday 76 [investiture 03.11.76] MID 25.11.1947 [pal ptrl se 10.46 bdg FEDE ?]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 01.05.1938 - 31.12.1938 HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) 23.01.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Rodney (battleship) 08.01.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Gurkha (destroyer) (08.1942)     HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) * 20.01.1943 - (08.1943) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) 01.1942 - 10.1943 British Naval Liaison Officer, Greek destroyer "Kondouriotis" (10.1943)     no appointment listed 02.11.1943 - (04.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Bickerton (frigate) 04.1944 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Cotton (frigate) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 21.08.1945 - (10.1947)  HMS Childers (destroyer) (07.1948)     no appointment listed 03.09.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Bruce 01.03.1950 - (05.1950) [Commanding/Executive Officer?], HMS Zest 10.1952 - (07.1954) on staff of British Naval Mission to Greece [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 10.01.1955 - (01.1956) Executive Officer, HMS Daring (01.1957)     HMS Daring * 04.06.1958 - (01.1959) Staff Officer (Operations) on staff of Flag Officer (Flotillas) Mediterranean [HMS Phoenicia] 28.11.1960 - (07.1961) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.01.1963 - 05.12.1963 Executive Officer, HMS Vernon (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Portsmouth) (02.1964)     Naval Adviser to the British High Commissioner, Pakistan (Karachi) 12.12.1966 - (02.1968) Commanding Officer, HMS Ajax & as Captain (D) 2nd Destroyer Squadron 04.11.1968 - (02.1969) Deputy Director of Naval Plans, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.02.1971 - (08.1971) Commanding Officer, HMS Fife 07.07.1972 - 07.01.1973 Naval ADC to the Queen (1976) Commodore Superintendent Contract Built Ships * indexed, but not listed as such
Kitson,  Edward Wollaston "Ned" Son of late Maj. Edward Kitson, late Indian Army, and Henrietta Althea Kitson, of Paynsford, Newton Abbot, Devon. Brother of V.Adm. Sir Henry Karslake Kitson, RN. Husband of Evelyn Marjorie Kitson, of Lustleigh, Devon.	07.03.1888 Newton Abbot, Devon - 18.02.1944 (illness) [age 55] [Highweek (All Siants) Churchyard Extension, old part]	A/S.Lt. 15.12.1907 S.Lt. 17.09.1908, seniority 15.12.1907 Lt. 15.12.1909 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1917 Cdr. 31.12.1923 (retd 07.03.1934; own request) Capt. (retd) 07.03.1934 Czech Croix de Guerre (26.08.1921)	15.05.1903     entered RN 14.08.1922 - (08.1923) Navigating Officer, HMS Calcutta (light cruiser) & as Fleet Navigating Officer, North America and West Indies Station 07.11.1924 - (05.1926) Commander of HM Dockyard Cape of Good Hope, King's Harbour Master and for duty in Chart Depôt, Simonstown [HMS Flora] (07.1927)     no appointment listed 30.01.1928 - 25.06.1928 Navigating Officer, HMS Kent (cruiser) 25.06.1928 - (08.1929) Navigating Officer, HMS Kent (cruiser) & as Fleet Navigating Officer, China Station (04.1930)     no appointment listed 09.09.1930 - (02.1931) Executive Officer, HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) & in command of tender 25.01.1932 - (06.1933) HM Dockyard Devonport [HMS Drake] (01.1934)     no appointment listed (04.1940) - (12.1941) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * (01.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS California (armed merchant cruiser) 10.04.1942 - 18.02.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Carnarvon Castle (armed merchant cruiser) * indexed, but not listed as such
Kitson,  Sir Henry Karslake "Harry" Son of late Maj. Edward Kitson, late Indian Army, and Henrietta Althea Kitson, of Paynsford, Newton Abbot, Devon. Brother of Capt. Eward Wollaston Kitson, RN. Married (1926) Marjorie, daughter of late Sir Eliot Arthur de Pass, KBE; two sons (Gen. Sir Frank Edward Kitson & Cdr.  Thomas Eliot Rodney Kitson, RN).	22.06.1877 Newton Abbot, Devon - 19.02.1952 Farnham, Surrey	A/S.Lt. 15.03.1897? S.Lt. 29.04.1898, seniority 15.03.1897 Lt. ? Cdr. 1912 Capt. 30.06.1917 R.Adm. 07.04.1928 V.Adm. 31.12.1932 (retd 01.01.1933) (reactivated 07.1940) (reverted to retd 06.1942) KBE 03.06.1935 HM's birthday 35 CB 03.06.1929 HM's birthday 29 MID 14.03.1916 evacuation Gallipoli Peninsula 12.15-01.16 OON 25.11.1947 ? Commander, Order of the Crown of Roumania (06.07.1920); Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class (Japan) (08.03.1920)	Education: Newton College; HMS Britannia (1891) 15.07.1891     entered RN (03.1901) HMS Renown 1910 served Persian Gulf 1914 - 1919 served European War (despatches twice) 03.02.1923 - (08.1923) Flag Captain, HMS Calcutta (light cruiser) & Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station 01.11.1924 - (05.1926) Commanding Officer, HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 20.05.1927 - 21.04.1928 Commanding Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 12.02.1928 - 04.1928 also: Naval ADC to the King (05.1928) - (06.1928) no appointment listed 06.05.1929 - 06.05.1930 Rear Admiral Commanding 3rd Battle Squadron [HMS Emperor of India (battleship)] (10.1930) - (02.1931) no appointment listed 13.05.1931 - 13.09.1935 Admiral Superintendent HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 09.07.1940 - 09.06.1942 Flag Officer-in-Charge, Coast of Cornwall (Falmouth) [HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth)] Literature: Frank Kitson, When Britannia ruled the waves : the heyday of the Royal Navy : the life and paintings of Vice Admiral Sir Henry Kitson, KBE, CB (1877-1952) (2007) * indexed, but not listed as such
Knapton,  Edric Guy Philip Bromfield   Son of Capt. Augustus Lempriere Knapton Knapton, RN (1854-1922) [name change by his father in 1860 from Brine to Knapton], and Gwendolyn Maud Bayly-Jones (1870-1965). Married (11.12.1937, London) Beatrice "Betty" Armstrong (24.02.1916- 17.02.2008), daughter of Frederick Edmund John Armstrong (1889-1919) and Stella Morgan (died 1966); two sons, three daughters.	23.11.1910 Lymington district, Hampshire - 08.07.1999 Poole district, Dorset	Cadet 01.01.1928 Midsh. 01.09.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1931 S.Lt. 01.09.1931 Lt. 01.01.1934 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1942 Cdr. 30.06.1946 (retd 01.06.1959; own request) DSC 11.09.1945 sinking U-1024 Western Approaches 12.04.45 [decoration posted]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (04.1924-01.1928). 02.02.1928 - 01.1931 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (01?.)1931 - 16.08.1931 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 17.08.1931 - 04.1932 promotion course, Portsmouth 22.04.1932 - 10.1933 HMS Windsor (destroyer) (6th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet) 10.1933 - 01.1934 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (for short physical & recreational training course) 01.1934 -  02.1934 passage to Hong Kong per HMT Somersetshire 08.02.1934 - 06.1936 First Lieutenant, HMS Cicala (river gunboat) (China) 06.1936 - 08.1936 passage to UK via USA & foreign service leave 08.1936 - 12.1936 HMS Faulknor (flotilla leader, 6th Destroyer Flotilla) (Home Fleet) 31.12.1936 - 06.1937 qualifying for anti-submarine duties, HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) 03.06.1937 - 01.1938 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Walpole (destroyer) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portsland) & for flotilla duties 03.01.1938 - 01.1939 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Faulknor (flotilla leader, 6th Destroyer Flotilla) (Home Fleet) 04.01.1939 - 12.1939 staff, HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for anti-submarine school) 19.12.1939 - 30.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Buttermere (minesweeping trawler) (Norway) 05.1940 - 10.1940 Admiralty [HMS President] (London) 28.10.1940 - 09.1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 28.10..1940 - 09.1941 Commanding Officer, HM ML 130 (motor launch) & Senior Officer, 3rd Motor Launch Flotilla * 10.1941 - 06.1943 Squadron Anti-Submarine Officer, Force H (from 03.1942 Force K, then from 11.1942 again Force H) [HMS Rodney (battleship), from ... HMS Malaya (battleship), from ... HMS Ramillies (battleship), from 10.07.1942 HMS Nelson (battleship), 11.1942 temporarily HMS Duke of York (battleship)] 06.1943 - 30.06.1943 no appointment listed: for foreign service leave 01.07.1943 - 09.1944 Anti-U-Boat Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (London) 26.09.1944 - 15.12.1944 training in the latest sonar and radar equipment and A/S weapons, thus taking refresher courses at the A/S schools in Dunoon and Campbeltown, the experimental establishment at Fairleigh, and the A/S tactical school at Liverpool 26.09.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyll) (for miscellaneous duties) 16.12.1944 - 10.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Glendhu (anti-submarine frigate) 10.1946 - 01.1947 passage to UK in HMS Formidable & foreign service leave 15.01.1947 - 12.1949 Anti-Submarine Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (Bath, Somerset) (for miscellaneous services) 12.1949 - 11.1950 Executive Officer, HMS Nigeria (cruiser) 12.1950 - 09.1952 Training Commander, HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 23.09.1952 - 07.1955 Executive Officer (from 1954? Commanding Officer), HMS Defiance (TAS and Electrical School, Devonport) 07.1955 - 10.1955 on loan to Royal Danish Navy as NATO adviser on anti-submarine warfare 10.10.1955 - 01.06.1959 HMS Vernon (TAS School, Portsmouth) (Head of Publications and Drawings Department) Studied business administration, then worked for an import/export company for a year, until being employed by Electrical & Musical Industries Ltd in their Research & Development division, 1961, staying ther until retirement in 11.1975. * according to his own notes from Aug 1940
Knollys,  Courtenay Hugh Henry Son of ... Knollys, and ... Gibbons. Married (19.06.1943, Queen's Chapel, The Savoy) Cicely (Curly) Evelyn Warren (07.10.1918-(03?).1982); one son, one daughter.	14.02.1918 Chelsea district, Greater London / London / Middlesex - 22.04.2006 Bishop's Waltham, Southampton, Hampshire	Cadet 01.05.1935 Midsh. 01.01.1936 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1938 S.Lt. 16.09.1938 Lt. 01.11.1939 Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1947 (retd 10.03.1958) DSC 26.12.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) MID 18.09.1945 action with Japanese heavy forces 16.05.45	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1931-1935) 01.05.1935 - 01.01.1936 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1936 - (02.1936) HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) [joined 07.01.1936 in Gibraltar when Spanish Civil War started] 01.09.1936 - (01.)1937 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet) 07.01.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) [left for 3 months to train on destroyer HMS Diana] 1938? - 1938? HMS Witherington (destroyer) 02.05.1938 - (10.1938) promotion course, Portsmouth 14.02.1939 - (09.1942) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean, North Atlantic, Indian Ocean [liaison officer with the French, Madagascar, 05.1942]) (02.1943) no appointment listed 1943 - 1943 Gunnery Officer, HMS ... (armed merchant cruiser) (06.)1943 - (08.)1943 specialist navigation course 28.09.1943 - (06.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Harrier (minesweeper) (and for navigating duties) (Russian convoys, Normandy) 13.12.1944 - (10.1946) First Lieutenant, HMS Saumarez (destroyer) (Far East, Malta [injured in Corfu incident, 10.1946]) ? - ? HMS Troubridge (destroyer) 03.1947 - (04.)1947 Navigating Officer, HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) 20.11.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (05.1949) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) * (05.1950) no appointment listed late 1950 - 1951 HMS Vengeance (aircraft carrier) 12.1951 - 1952 HMS Superb (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 05.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Swiftsure (cruiser) 11.1953 - 1954 HMS Britannia (Royal yacht) 10.05.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 1956 interpreters' course, France; then seconded to Ministry of Defence [in PM's information room during Suez crisis] 1956? - (01)1957 in charge of Navigation Section, HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 1957 Flag Lieutenant Commander to Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] Joined Chichester Press as designer/salesman, 1958-1969. Then free-lance & dedicating himself to painting (sketched children's portraits at the beach for many years and depicted numerous naval subjects). * indexed, but not listed as such
Knowles,  George Herbert Son of G.H. Knowles, Gomersa. Married 1st, Winnefred Gladys (died 1937), daughter of E. Millar, Rossie Castle, Montrose; one daughter. Married 2nd, Mrs Olga Mills, daughter of Vincent Frisby.	20.11.1881 Gomersal - 01.04.1961	Capt. 31.12.1921 R.Adm. 10.10.1933 (retd 11.10.1933) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 1940? DSO 1918 ? MID WW I ?	02.12.1897     entered RN 1914 - 1918 served European War ... - ... ... 05.01.1933 - 10.10.1933 Naval ADC to the King 11.1939 - (04.)1942 convoy duties [HMS Eaglet] 05.07.1942 - 01.02.1945 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Lowestoft [HMS Minos]
Knox-Little,  Charles Hugo Married Olive Daphne Mary Frances Waymouth (19.03.1894-11.01.1979).	21.11.1887 Lichfield district, Staffordshire - 20.11.1963 Gosport district, Hampshire	A/S.Lt. 15.04.1907 S.Lt. 17.09.1908, seniority 15.04.1907 Lt. 16.11.1909, seniority 15.04.1908 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1916 Cdr. 30.06.1921 Capt. 30.06.1929 (retd 06.01.1940) R.Adm. (retd) 06.01.1940 (reverted to retd 21.07.1946?) Cdre. 2nd cl. 15.01.1944 MID 23.07.1918 Dover Patrol Zeebrugge / Ostend 22-23.04.18	15.09.1902     entered RN (01.1919)     HMS Tetrarch (torpedo-boat destroyer) 03.07.1923 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS Telemachus (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) & for instructional duties at Port Edgar Base 21.04.1926 - 27.04.1926 Admiralty [HMS President] 28.04.1926 - (06.1928) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (08.1929)      no appointment listed 01.04.1930 - (01.)1932 Assistant Director Manning Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.07.1932 - (07.)1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Danae (cruiser) (America and West Indies station) 30.12.1935 - (06.)1938 Director of Opeations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 22.07.1938 - 11.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Resolution (battleship) & from about mid-1939 Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer, 2nd Battle Squadron (Home Fleet) 05.01.1940 - 09..1940 Captain (D), Liverpool (administered 11th Destroyer Flotilla) [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 25.09.1940 - (10.)1943 Maintenance Captain, HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast) (12.1943)     no appointment listed 15.01.1944 - 21.071946 Commanding Officer, HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda) & as Commodore-in-Charge, Bermuda & as Commodore Superintendent HM Dockyard, Bermuda

 

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