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M.B. Laing  to  R.C. Lewis
Laing, Michael Bryan Son of Bryan Laing (1875-1941), iron shipbuilder, and Eleanor Leather (c. 1870-c. 1946). Residence (1947): Therfield, Royston, Hertfordshire.	(12?).1901 Sunderland, Durham - 03.01.1978 Therfield, Royston, Hertfordshire	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.09.1921 A/Lt. 15.04.1923 Lt. 03.10.1923, seniority 15.04.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1931 Cdr. 30.06.1936 Capt. 30.06.1943 (retd 08.07.1952) CBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 OBE 01.01.1942 New Year 42 MID 23.01.1945 planning amphibious operations Sicily & Southern France LegH ? landings south coast of France 08.44	1917 - 1919 served European War 15.04.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Wolfhound (torpedo-boat destroyer) 15.04.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Whitshed (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (05.1926) no appointment listed 30.12.1926 - (07.1927) qualifying for gunnery duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Excellent] 05.07.1929 - (04.)1930 Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.08.1930 - (01.)1932 Flotilla Gunnery Officer, 2nd Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Stuart (flotilla leader)] (Mediterranean) 01.07.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 24.07.1934 - (02.1936) Gunnery Officer, HMS Norfolk (cruiser) & as Fleet Gunnery Officer, East Indies 21.01.1937 - (08.)1938 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (10.1938) no appointment listed 10.01.1939 - 17.07.1939 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 18.07.1939 - (09.)1939 Staff Officer (Operations) to Vice-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Effingham (cruiser)] (Portsmouth) 18.09.1939 - (04.)1940 on staff of Vice-Admiral Commanding Northern Patrol [HMS Pyramus (RN base, Kirkwall)] 17.07.1940 - (02.1941) Executive Officer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) 01.04.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Saker (British Naval Mission to Washington, DC): RN Liasion Officer aboard the US carrier Yorktown (Battle of Midway) (10.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 31.12.1943 - (06.)1944 Deputy Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Hannibal] 01.08.1944 - (07.1945) Deputy Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Byrsa] (04.1946) no appointment listed (07.1948) no appointment listed 13.09.1948 - (05.1949) Commanding Officer, HMS Unicorn (aircraft maintenance ship) (05.1950) no appointment listed
Lake, Sir Atwell Henry 9th Baronet, cr. 1711, succ. 1924 One of three sons oflate Admiral Atwell Peregrine Macleod Lake (1842-1915), and Constance Mary Lake (née Turner). Succeeded cousin, 1924. Married (1922) Kathleen Marion, daughter of late Alfred Morrison Turner, Broughton, West Derby, Liverpool; three sons.	13.02.1891 Greenwich district, Greater London / London / Kent - 27.11.1972 Rudgwick, Sussex	Midsh. ? S.Lt. 30.12.1911 Lt. 30.12.1913 Lt.Cdr. 30.12.1921 Cdr. 30.06.1927 Capt. 31.05.1932 Cdre. 2nd cl. > 08.1939, < 08.1942 (retd < 07.1944) CB 01.01.1945 New Year 45 [investiture 26.03.46] OBE 16.09.1919 for valuable services in HMS Lion, Battle Cruiser Force LM 19.03.1946 CNS NZ 05.42-04.45	15.01.1904     entered RN 1914 - 1918 served European War [HMS Lion, Battle of Jutland) 22.08.1921 - (08.1923) HMS Ganges (Shotley training establishment) (in lieu of Gunnery Lieutenant) 04.01.1924 - (02.)1927 HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) (07.1927)     no appointment listed 05.04.1928 - (04.)1930 HMS Victory (for training duties) 25.07.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (09.1932) no appointment listed 13.03.1933 - (06.1933) senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] (01.1934) no appointment listed 07.05.1934 - (08.1934) course at Senior Officers' School, Sheerness [HMS President] (11.1934) - (02.1935) no appointment listed 05.1935 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Milford (sloop) (Africa) 15.10.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 23.04.1937 - (02.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Caledonia (boys' training ship, Rosyth) 20.03.1939 - (04.)1939 senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 18.05.1939 - 1942 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 05.1942 - 10.04.1945 Chief of Naval Staff, New Zealand, and First Member of Naval Board Formerly ADC to King George VI.
Lakin, Richard Barklie Son of ... Lakin, and ... McCalmont. From Bampton, Oxfordshire. Married; at least one son.	08.10.1914 Warwick district, Warwickshire - 08.2007 still alive	Cadet 01.01.1932 Midsh. 01.09.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1935 S.Lt.  01.09.1935 Lt. 01.11.1937 ?, seniority 01.11.1936 A/Lt.Cdr. 09.04.1944? Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 (retd 13.11.1946) DSO 09.03.1943 [FolbtsMsn?] & Operation Torch DSC 09.07.1941 patrols torpedoed 4 transports 02-03.41 DSC 12.10.1943 4 war patrols Mediterranean MID 01.01.1940 New Year 40 LM 24.10.1944 attack on Sicily	21.01.1932 - (01.1934) HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 03.01.1935 - (07.)1935 promotion course, RN College, Greewnich [HMS President] 02.09.1935 - (02.)1936 promotion course, Portsmouth 28.09.1936 - (02.)1938 HMS Narwhal (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla) 23.05.1938 - (08.)1939 HMS Ursula (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) 09.1939 - (04.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS H 32 (submarine) HMS Unrest (submarine) 07.11.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Utmost (submarine) 11.08.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) 06.03.1942 - (02.)1943 Navigating Officer [later CO?], HMS Ursula (submarine) 27.04.1943 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Safari (submarine) 11.11.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Wolfe (submarine depot ship) (Clyde) 09.04.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Saker (RN base, Washington, DC, USA) 01.1946 - (04.)1946 Assistant Naval Liaison Officer in the US Pacific Fleet [HMS Golden Hind (RN base, Sydney)]
Lamb, Charles Bentall Son of Arthur Lamb and Violet Aubrey Bentall. Married (20.09.1939) Josephine Frances Elgar; two sons.	11.04.1914 Bolton, Lancashire - 28.05.1981 Salisbury, Wiltshire	RNR:   Prob. Midsh. 31.03.1933 Midsh. ?, seniority 31.03.1933 (reld 23.12.1935) RAF:   Act. P/O (prob.) 23.12.1935 (reld 23.05.1938) RN:   S.Lt. (A) 13.06.1938, seniority 28.10.1936 Lt. (A) 28.10.1938 ?, seniority 28.06.1938 ?, seniority 28.06.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 06.02.1944? Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1945, seniority 28.06.1944 Cdr. 31.12.1949 (retd 29.07.1958) DSO 20.01.1942 for operations from Malta DSC 02.12.1941 attacks on Albania MID 20.05.1941 attack on Taranto 11.11.40	Apprentice sailor, Clan Line Steamers, 1930-1934. 31.03.1933 joined RNR 09.12.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet /  West Indies) (for 4 months' training) 23.12.1935 commissioned, Royal Air Force [short service commission] 23.05.1938 transferred to the Air Branch of the Royal Navy (08.1938) - (10.1938) short course of instruction (02.1939) short course of instruction 27.02.1939 - (04.)1939 TSR Squadron 822 [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet)] (08.1939) - (09.1939) Fleet Air Arm 24.11.1939 - (02.)1941 pilot, 815 Squadron FAA [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] (took part in Taranto attack, 11.1940) 1941 - 17.09.1941 pilot, 830 Squadron FAA [RN Air Station, Hal Far [HMS St Angelo]] [on a secret mission to drop a secret agent in Tunisia, the aircraft nosed up in a dry salt lake & crew was captured] 17.09.1941 - 1943? POW in French capitvity 03.1943 - 04.1943 [CO?] 842 Squadron FAA 24.04.1943 - (12.1943) pilot, 781 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 06.02.1944 - (04.)1944 Lieutenant-Commander (Flying), HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) 13.05.1944 - (10.1944) Lieutenant-Commander (Flying), HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier) 08.01.1945 - (07.1945) Lieutenant-Commander (Flying), HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) 01.08.1945 transferred to the Executive Branch, RN (04.1946) no appointment listed 15.03.1948 - (07.)1948 staff, Flag Officer (Air) (Home) [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 15.11.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) 25.01.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth) 07.03.1952 - (05.)1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Welcome (fishery protection vessel) 23.10.1953 - (04.)1955 Commander (General Training) and Staff Officer (Flying) to Flag Officer Ground Training [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 26.09.1955 - (01.)1956 HMS President (miscellaneous duties) 22.05.1956 - (01.1957) HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) Assistant Commandant, Joint School of Warfare (Old Sarum),1956-1958. Lecturer in finance, RN College, 1958-1973. Founded & managed the White Ensign Association, 1958-1973. Published: War in a stringbag (1977; wartime memoirs)
Lambe, [Sir] Charles Edward Only son of late Henry Edward Lambe and late Lady Lambe of Grove House, Semley, Shaftesbury, Dorset. Married (1940) Lesbia Rachel, daughter of late Sir Walter Corbet, Bt, formerly wife of Victor I.H. Mylius, RN; one son, one daughter.	20.12.1900 Camberwell, London - 29.08.1960 [Newport, Fife / London ?]	Cadet 1914 Midsh. 17.08.1917 A/Lt. 15.01.1923 Lt. ?, seniority 15.02.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1930 Cdr. 30.06.1933 Capt. 31.12.1937 A/R.Adm. 29.08.1945? R.Adm. 08.07.1947 V.Adm. 01.12.1950 Adm. 30.03.1954 Adm. of the Fleet 10.05.1960 GCB 13.06.1957 HM's birthday 57 KCB 01.01.1953 New Year 53 CB 01.01.1944 New Year 44 CVO 28.09.1938 ? MID 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 MID 01.05.1945 Operation Meridian (air strikes on Palembang, 24/29.01.45) MID 23.10.1945 Operation Iceberg (air strikes on Sakishima Islands & capture of Okinawa, 03-05.45) LM 23.07.1946 services to US government Dann - state visit Denmark 05.57	Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth 1917 - 1919 Midshipman, HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (08.1923) short course of instruction 07.08.1923 - (01.)1925 HMS Benbow (battleship) (Mediterranean) 24.09.1925 - (05.1926) qualifying for torpedo duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Vernon] 10.10.1927 - (08.1929) Torpedo Officer, HMS Stuart (destroyer, flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) 14.01.1930 - (04.1930) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] (02.1931) no appointment listed 16.03.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 15.07.1932 - (06.)1933 Torpedo Officer, HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (East Indies) 01.12.1933 - (07.)1935 Squadron Torpedo Officer, Destroyer Flotillas Mediterranean [HMS Coventry (cruiser)] 19.08.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 01.09.1936 - (10.1938) HMS President (for miscellaneous or special service) 01.09.1936 - 1938 also: Equerry to the King (Edward VIII & George VI) 02.01.1939 - 04.09.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Dunedin (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet) 02.10.1940 - (02.)1941 Assistant Director of Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (12.1941) no appointment listed 12.03.1942 - (10.)1943 Director of Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (12.1943) no appointment listed 31.05.1944 - (07.1945) Flag Captain, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 1945 Flag Officer Commanding Carriers British Pacific Fleet [HMS Illustrious) 29.08.1945 - (04.)1946 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Air) [HMS President] 17.09.1947 - 1948 Flag Officer Flying Training [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)] 05.12.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 08.09.1949 - 1951 Flag Officer Commanding 3rd Aircraft Carrier Squadron [HMS Vengeance (aircraft carrier)] 1951 - 1953 Flag Officer, Air (Home) [Flag Officer Royal Yacht for TRH Visit to Australia and New Zealand, 1952] 20.03.1953 - 1954 Commander-in-Chief, Far East Station [HMS Terror] (04.1955) no appointment listed 11.10.1955 - (01.)1957 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Naval Personnel (Second Sea Lord) 1957 - 1959 Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, and NATO Comdr­in­Chief, Allied Forces, Mediterranean 1959 - 1960 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff Extra Equerry to the Queen 1952-1960 (to King George VI, 02.01.1939-1952).
Lambton, Hedworth From Dunstable. Son of Hon. Claud Lambton (1865-1945), and Lettice Wormald (1875?-1945). Married 1st (14.02.1935), Iris Wynnfred Violet Halpin, daughter of William Law Halpin (divorced in 1963); one daughter. Married 2nd (1963), Olivia Monckton.	20.03.1904 St George Hanover Square district, London / Middlesex - (09?).1983 Blyth district	Midsh. 15.01.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1924 S.Lt. 15.01.1925 Lt. 15.10.1926 (retd 22.09.1934; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.10.1934 Cdr. (retd) 20.03.1944 DSC 19.06.1945 Operation Hotbed (North Russian convoy 02.45) [investiture 16.10.45] MID 01.01.1945 New Year 45	02.06.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Despatch (light cruiser) 25.09.1924 - (01.)1925 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 07.12.1925 - (05.)1926 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 21.11.1926 - (07.)1927 HMS K 26 (submarine) (Mediterranean) (04.1928) short course of instruction 05.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) [ship commissioned 24.07.1928] 01.02.1930 - (04.)1930 HMS Verity (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 19.09.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Marlborough (battleship) 12.04.1931 - (01.)1932 First Lieutenant, HMS Tetrarch (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 12.09.1932 - (06.1933) First Lieutenant, HMS Acheron (destroyer) (Home Fleet) (01.1934) - (07.1934) no appointment listed 31.07.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Danae (cruiser) 02.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Scout (destroyer) (08.1942) no appointment listed (02.1943) HMS Reading (destroyer) * 03.03.1943 - 05.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Valorous (destroyer) 05.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Westcott (destroyer) ? - 17.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Lark (sloop) (torpedoed by U-boat & beached at Murmansk) (07.1945) no appointment listed 10.09.1945 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, HMS Fieldfare (RN Air Station, Evanton, Ross-shire) * indexed, but not listed as such
Lancaster, Owen Felton Son of Hugh Felton Lancaster and Gertrude Molly Lancaster; husband of Violet Marion Lancaster, of Sidcup, Kent.	(03?).1909 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 17.10.1943 (KIA) [age 33] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 73, column 1]	Wt.Eng. 01.10.1936 Lt. (E) 01.07.1938 DSC 23.12.1939 destruction U-boat etc.	29.12.1936 - (02.1938) HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 25.04.1938 - (06.1938) submarine course, Portsmouth 06.08.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) (for submarines) 02.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Salmon (submarine) 30.09.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) (for submarines) 04.1941 - 17.10.1943 HMS Trooper (submarine)
Landon, John Palmer Son of Charles Palmer Landon, and Caroline Manders.	06.08.1883 Calcutta, India - died between 07.1952 and 07.1959	A/S.Lt. 15.09.1903? S.Lt. 26.01.1905, seniority 15.09.1903 Lt. 01.04.1906 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1914 Cdr. 30.06.1918 (retd 31.08.1922; own request) Capt. (retd) 06.08.1928 (reactivated 1940) (reverted to retd < 04.1946)	15.09.1898     entered RN 13.11.1940 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Corfu (armed merchant cruiser) 12.1942 - 05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Nemo (auxiliary patrol base, Brightlingsea) & as Naval Officer-in-Charge Brightlingsea & Resident Naval Officer Frinton & (from 11.1943) Captain M/L Brightlingsea (07.1945) no appointment listed
Langford-Holt, [Sir] John Anthony * Son of late Ernest Langford­Holt. Married 1st (1944) Elisabeth Charlotte Marie (marriage dissolved 1950), daughter of late Ernst Neustadtl, Vienna. Married 2nd (1953), Flora Evelyn Innes (marriage dissolved 1969), daughter of late Ian St Clair Stuart; one son, one daughter. Married 3rd (1971) Betty Ann (marriage dissolved 1981), daughter of H. Maxworthy. Married 4th (04.1984) Irene Attwooll, daughter of late David Alexander Kerr. * initially known in the Navy as: Holt, John Langford	30.06.1916 - 23.07.1993 Wandsworth, London	Army: 2nd Lt. 22.07.1936 RN: A/S.Lt. (A) 01.07.1939 S.Lt. (A) 14.03.1940 Lt. (A) 01.01.1942 Lt.Cdr. (A) 1945 ? Kt 01.101.1962 New Year 62: for political and public service Grand Decoration of Honour, in Silver with Star (Austria), 1980.	Education: Shrewsbury School late Cadet Serjeant, Shrewsbury School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps 22.07.1936 - 07.1939 commissioned, 7th Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers - Territorial Army 24.08.1939 mobilized TA 1939 joined RN and Air Branch (FAA) (08.1939) - (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm 14.01.1941 - (02.1941) pilot, 754 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 25.05.1941 - (12.1941) pilot, 700 Squadron FAA [HMS Berwick (cruiser)] (08.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed 06.05.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Landrail * Member of Parliament (MP) (C) Shrewsbury, 1945-83. Secretary of Conservative Parly Labour Committee, 1945-50; Member: CPA, 1945-83; IPU, 1945-83, and other International Bodies; Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, 1945-83; Estimates Committee, 1964-68; Expenditure Committee, 1977-79; Chairman, Select Committee on Defence, 1979-81. Chancellor, Primrose League, 1989-92. Chairman, Anglo­Austrian Society, 1960-63, 1971-82. Freeman and Liveryman of City of London. * indexed, but not listed as such
Langley, Gerald Maxwell Bradshaw Son of Admiral Gerald Charles Langley, and Juanita Maxwell.	14.12.1895 - 17.04.1971 Midhurst district	Cadet (Special Entry) 01.09.1914 Midsh. 01.01.1915 S.Lt. 15.03.1917 Lt. 15.10.1918 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1926 Cdr. 31.12.1931 Capt. 31.12.1936 Cdre. 1st cl. 27.09.1943? R.Adm. 02.01.1946 (retd 22.06.1949) V.Adm. (retd) 22.06.1949 CB 10.06.1948 HM's birthday 48 OBE 12.12.1919 for valuable services during the war * MID 01.01.1940 New Year 40 * In fact for the invention of the Langley Inclinometer, a visual fire control instrument which helped to give the inclination of the surface targets.	Education: Wellington College 01.09.1914 - 15.12.1914 Special Entry Cadet (2nd Entry) RN College Keyham 1915 - 1919 served European War: 01.01.1915 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Dardanelles (or Gallipoli) campaign) 07.03.1917 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 1923 - 1939 Fleet Air Arm (Observer): 22.02.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) (and for observer duties) 21.04.1927 - (07.1927) observer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) 21.10.1928 - (08.1929) Staff Officer (Operations), 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Barham (battleship)] (Mediterranean) 06.01.1930 - (04.1930) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (temporary) 01.10.1930 - (02.1931) Naval Air Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.07.1931 - (01.1932) observer, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 03.04.1932 - (09.1932) Naval Air Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President] 20.12.1932 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Diana (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 30.12.1934 - 01.01.1937 Naval Air Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.01.1937 - 18.02.1938 Assistant Director Naval Air Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.02.1938 - (08.1939) Deputy Director Naval Air Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President] 21.11.1939 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Carlisle (cruiser) (02.1941) no appointment listed 11.07.1941 - (09.)1943 Director Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President] 27.09.1943 - (06.)1944 Chief Naval Staff Officer, Supreme Allied Command, South-East Asia [HMS Braganza] 11.01.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Devonshire (cruiser) 28.02.1946 - 1949 Ministry of Defence [HMS President]
Lansdown, Charles Savage Ewbank	12.10.1904 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - 11.1992 Basingstoke, Hampshire	Midsh. 15.09.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1925 S.Lt. 08.09.1926, seniority 15.10.1925 Lt. 15.10.1927 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1935 (retd 12.10.1949) Cdr. (retd) 12.10.1949 OBE 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 DSC 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	15.09.1922 - (08.1823) HMS Ajax (battleship) 03.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Mediterranean) 11.01.1926 - (05.)1926 promotion course, Portsmouth 23.08.1926 - (06.1928) HMS Endeavour (surveying vessel) 18.05.1929 - (08.)1929 HMS Rosemary (Fishery Protection Flotilla) 16.12.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Fitzroy (surveying vessel) 09.04.1930 - (10.)1930 HMS Flinders (surveying vessel) 01.12.1930 - (06.1933) HMS Herald (surveying vessel) (China) (01.1934) no appointment listed 19.03.1934 - (07.)1935 Navigating Officer, HMS Kellett (surveying vessel) (in lieu of a specialist) 02.12.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (additional) (for Mining Department) 09.09.1936 - (02.1939) HMS Stork (escort vessel) (surveying service) (for navigating duties in lieu of a specialist) (04.1939) no appointment listed 22.05.1939 - (08.1939) Executive Officer, HMS Gleaner (minesweeper) (for surveying service) 01.02.1940 - (06.1943) Executive Officer & Navigating Officer, HMS Atreus (controlled minelaying base ship) (08.1943) - (07.1945) no appointment listed: (06.1944) HMS Royal Anne (Naval Party 1500, Arromanches (Mulberry B)) [surveying operation in order to position Phoenix caissons off the coast of Arromanches, led from HMS Fernmoor in conjunction with HDML 1001 to do the actual soundings] 15.05.1945 - (07.1948) Naval Assistant, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Langton, Charles Arthur	? - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	Midsh. 01.05.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1934 S.Lt. 16.03.1935 Lt. 16.05.1937 Lt.Cdr. 16.05.1945 (retd 1940/50s) MID 01.01.1940 New Year 40 MID 08.12.1942 Russian convoy PQ18 09.42 OPW1 11.04.1944 services to USSR	09.06.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Renown (battle cruiser) 05.04.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Leander (cruiser) 01.04.1935 - (07.1935) promotion course, Portsmouth 29.06.1936 - (02.1937) HMS Grenville (destroyer, flotilla leader) 05.09.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Firedrake (destroyer) 25.07.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Western Isles (work-up base, Tobermory) (anti-submarine duties) 12.08.1942 - (08.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS Malcolm (destroyer) 31.08.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for instructional duties) 15.10.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Caesar (destroyer) (anti-submarine duties)
Lanyon, Norman	09.03.1908 - 01.01.1982 Winchester district	S.Lt. 16.01.1929 Lt. 16.05.1931 Lt.Cdr. 16.05.1939 Cdr. 31.12.1944 (retd 1940/50s) DSC 27.06.1944 services Adriatic 10.43 DSC 07.11.1944 sinking U223 Mediterranean MID 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche Phnx 15.12.1942 escorting Greek king to UK	27.07.1929 - (02.1931) HMS Effingham (cruiser) 20.05.1932 - (01.1934) HMS Delhi (cruiser) 03.01.1935 - (07.1935) HMS Nelson (battleship) 13.01.1937 - (02.1937) First Lieutenant, HMS Viscount (destroyer) 03.01.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Ganges (naval base, Harwich) (1941?) Commanding Officer, HMS Volunteer (destroyer) 17.02.1942 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Echo (destroyer) 23.02.1943 - 12.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Tumult (destroyer) (07.1945) Combined Operations HQ 14.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Surprise
Larking, Dennis Augustus Hugo Son of late Col. Cuthbert Larking, JP, and late Lady Adela Hare, daughter of 2nd Earl of Listowel. Married 1st (1902) Muriel Campbell, daughter of the late William Macbean Rankine, of Dudhope, Forfarshire; at least one daughter. Married 2nd (1925) Nina Bianca, daughter of late Charles Allatini, of Salonica, Italy.	20.01.1876 East Grinstead, Surrey / Sussex - 20.04.1970 Juan les Pins, France	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.12.1895 Lt. 30.06.1898 (retd 03.10.1906) Cdr. (retd) 20.01.1916 A/Capt. (retd) 1917? Capt. (retd) 11.11.1918 * CMG 03.06.1916 valuable services rendered in connection with the war LegH ? ? StOlav 04.03.1947 for services as British Naval Liaison Officer with the Royal Norwegian Navy during the war Order of White Eagle, 4th class with swords (Serbia; 02.11.1917); Commander, Order of SS Maurice and Lazarus (Italy; 10.07.1919); Commander, Order of the Crown of Italy (Italy; 07.06.1918); War Cross (Italy; 17.03.1919) * in recognition of services rendered during the war	Education: Stubbington House, Fareham; HMS Britannia 15.01.1890 entered RN served in Mediterannean, West Indian, and China Stations 08.11.1915 - 1919 Naval Attaché, Rome 1939 - (01.)1941 Naval Attaché, Budapest (Balkans) [HMS President] 08.09.1941 - (12.1941) Liaison Officer, Royal Norwegian Navy Headquarters, London [HMS President] 11.06.1942 - (07.)1945 on staff of Principal Naval Liaison Officer to Allied Navies, Admiralty [HMS President] Member of Lloyd's.
Launders, James Stuart "Jimmy"	1919 - 1988	Cadet 01.01.1938 Midsh. 01.01.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1940 S.Lt. ? Lt. 01.04.1941 A/Lt.Cdr. < 04.1946 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1949 Cdr. 30.06.1957 Capt. 30.06.1966 (retd 29.11.1974; medically unfit) DSO 30.01.1945 2 patrols & support operations, Northern waters [investiture 27.07.45] DSO 24.04.1945 patrols Norwegian waters since 02.45 [investiture 27.07.45] DSC 22.12.1942 gallantry on war patrols in the Mediterranean [investiture 13.07.43] DSC 18.07.1944 Norwegian patrols, 2 supply ships sunk [investiture 27.07.45]	01.01.1938 - 31.12.1938 special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1939 - (02.)1939 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 21.03.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) 30.12.1940 - (02.)1941 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 01.09.1941 - (12.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS H 28 (submarine) 07.12.1941 - (08.1942) First Lieutenant, HMS P 35 (submarine) ? - (02.)1943 submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 18.05.1943 - (03.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Venturer (submarine) (04.1946) no appointment listed 01.1947? HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) ? 01.07.1947 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, HMS Meteorite (submarine) 28.03.1949 - (05.1949) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 04.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Dolphin (submarine dpot, Gosport) (for miscellaneous duties) 05.07.1951 - (05.)1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Alcide (submarine) 1953     HMS President (Admiralty) 22.03.1954 - (04.)1955 HMS Wakeful (anti-submarine frigate) 02.06.1955 - (01.1957) on staff of Flag Officer, Malaya [HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore)] 19.05.1958 - (01.1959) on staff of Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Vanguard (Reserve Fleet HQ, Portsmouth)] 12.1960 - (07.1961) Staff Officer (Operations), Naval Forces Northern Europe (NATO) (02.1963) no appointment listed (02.1964) HMS President (Admiralty) ** (02.1968) HM Dockyard, Rosyth ** 18.11.1968 - (08?).1970 Commanding Officer, HMS Forth (submarine depot ship, Singapore) & as Captain (S/M) 7th Submarine Squadron (08.1971) Weapons Department (Naval) ** 07.07.1974 - 01.01.1975 also: Naval ADC to the Queen * (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such ** indexed, but not listed as such
Laurence, Sir Noel Frank Son of Frederic Laurence, of Maidstone. Married (1917) Esme Joan Coghlan White; two sons, one daughter.	27.12.1882 Maidstone - 26.01.1970 Surrey Northern district, Surrey	A/S.Lt. 15.01.1903? S.Lt. 13.06.1904, seniority 15.01.1903 Lt. 03.12.1904, seniority 15.01.1904 Capt. 31.12.1919 Cdre. 2nd cl. 01.01.1930 R.Adm. 23.09.1932 V.Adm. 12.07.1936 Adm. 01.08.1940 (retd > 12.1941, < 08.1942) (reverted to retd < 02.1943) KCB 09.06.1938 HM's birthday 38 CB 04.06.1934 HM's birthday 34 DSO 24.02.1916 for his services in charge of British submarines operating in the Baltic Sea DSO 01.01.1917 in recognition of the skill and determination which he showed in making a successful submarine attack on an enemy Battle Squadron on the 5th November, 1916 Russian Order of St George, 4th cl.; Chevalier Légion d'Honneur (France) (15.04.1916); Russian Order of St Vladimir, 4th cl.; Spanish Order of Naval Merit, 3rd cl. (06.11.1929)	15.09.1899 entered RN Commanding Officer, HMS E 1 (submarine) (torpedoed 2 German battleships Jutland, 1915 (despatches, DSO, bar)); Senior Officer British Submarines, Baltic 01.10.1921 - (08.)1923 RN War College, Greenwich 03.10.1923 - (01.1925) Flag Captain, HMS Chatham (cruiser) & as Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief East Indies 12.04.1926 - (05.)1926 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth 01.07.1926 - 01.07.1927 Assistant Director of Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.07.1927 - (04.)1928 Director of Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.04.1928 - (06.)1928 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth 01.06.1928 - (08.)1929 Commanding Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 01.01.1930 - 15.01.1932 Commodore of the RN Barracks Devonport [HMS Vivid] 12.02.1932 - 1932 also: Naval ADC to the King 19.01.1932 - (09.)1932 imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College 10.12.1932 - (07.)1934 Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 14.01.1935 - (02.)1935 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 07.05.1935 - (07.1935) tactical course, Portsmouth 16.02.1936 - (07.)1937 Vice-Admiral Aircraft Carriers [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (02.1938) - (10.1938) no appointment listed 21.11.1938 - 01.1941 Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President I] 13.01.1941 - (01?.)1943 Chief Naval Representative at Ministry of Aircraft Production [HMS President]
Lavers, Harold Charles	12.09.1894 Plymouth, Devon - 06.04.1972	Seaman ? [M2455] Lt. (E) 14.11.1937 Lt.Cdr. (E) 14.11.1945 (retd)	01.10.1923     commissioned RN ... - ... ... 28.06.1937 - (12.1939) HMS Hebe (minesweeper) 26.03.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Whaddon (destroyer) (12.1941) no appointment listed (08.1942) no appointment listed 16.09.1942 - (04.)1944 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 14.06.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (for flotilla duties) 10.05.1945 - (07.1945) French Ship Paris (for trawler maintenance duties) ... - ... ...
Law, [Sir] Horace Rochfort   Son of Horace Samuel Law (1873-1940), MD, FRCSI, and Sybil Mary Clay (1878-1952). Brother of Lt. Ronald Pakenham Law, RNVR. Cousin ot S.Lt. Thomas Pakenham Law, RNVR (their fathers were brothers). Married (13.12.1941) Heather Valerie Coryton (16.03.1917 - 10.1996); two sons, two daughters.	23.06.1911 Dublin, Ireland - 30.01.2005 Petersfield, Hampshire	Midsh. 01.09.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1933 S.Lt. 1934, seniority 01.09.1932 Lt. 01.10.1933 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1941 Cdr. 30.06.1946 Capt. 30.06.1952 R.Adm. 07.07.1961 V.Adm. 05.06.1965 Adm. 17.09.1968 (retd 01.08.1972) GCB 01.01.1972 New Year 72 KCB 01.01.1967 New Year 67 CB 08.06.1963 HM's birthday 63 OBE 01.01.1951 New Year 51 DSC 11.11.1941 Greek withdrawal 04.41 MID 23.01.1941 courageous action Norwegian waters 05.40 Grand Cross, Order of the Crown (Netherlands), 1972.	Education: Sherborne School 1929 entered RN 06.09.1930 - (10.)1930 HMS Barham (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 02.12.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Valiant (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 30.05.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Effingham (cruiser) (East Indies) 05.01.1933 - (06).1933 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 21.08.1933 - (01.)1934 promotion course, Portsmouth 08.05.1934 - (07.)1935 HMS Wolfhound (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 01.07.1935 - (02.1936) HMS Despatch (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 04.01.1937 - (07.)1937 qualifying for gunnery duties, HMS Excellent 01.11.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 20.04.1938 - (08.)1938 Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 08.09.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 05.01.1939 - (08.)1939 advanced gunnery course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 24.08.1939 - (04.)1940 Gunnery Officer, HMS Cairo (anti-aircraft ship) 27.06.1940 - (02.)1941 Gunnery Officer, HMS Coventry (anti-aircraft ship) 06.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 22.11.1942 - (06.)1944 Gunnery Officer, HMS Nigeria (cruiser) 09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 21.01.1946 - (04.)1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Modeste 25.07.1946 - (07.1948) Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Divisiob, Admiralty [HMS President] (05.1949) no appointment listed 06.1949 - (05.1950) on staff of Flag Officer Commanding 5th Cruiser Squadron & Second-in-Command Far Eastern Station [HMS Belfast] 01.09.1952 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS Duchess 23.04.1954 - (01.)1956 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 29.08.1956 - (01.1957) Director, RN Tactical School (Woolwich) [HMS President] 1958 Commanding Officer, HMS Centaur 26.08.1960 - (07.)1961 Commanding Officer, Britannia RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Dartmouth] 06.12.1961 - (02.)1963 Flag Officer Sea Training & in command Portland Naval Base [HMS Osprey] 28.05.1963 - 1965 Flag Officer, Submarines [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] & COMSUBEASTLANT (NATO) 30.07.1965 - 1970 Controller of the Navy 28.02.1970 - 28.02.1972 Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command, and Flag Officer, Portsmouth Area [HMS Victory] 21.04.1970 - 1972 also: First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen Chairman, R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co., 1973-1981. Member, Security Commission, 1973-1982. President: RINA, 1975-1977; Officers' Christian Union, 1976-1986; Chairman, Church Army Board, 1980-1987.
Laws, Arthur Ernest Leonard Son of ... Laws, and ... Winzar.	25.05.1913 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 01.1996 Wantage, Berkshire	A/Gnr. 10.02.1945 Cd.Gnr. ?, seniority 10.02.1945 Sen.Cd.Gnr. 01.10.1952 Lt. (Special Duties List) (G) 01.01.1957 (retd 07.09.1958)	(07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed 13.06.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Cygnet 30.04.1951 - (05.1953) HMS Collingwood 18.07.1955 - (01.1956) HMS Excellent
Lawson, Cecil Graham Son of Captain Bennet Lawson and Minnie Elizabeth Lawson; husband of Edith Mary Connor Lawson, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.	(12?).1907 Greenwich - 10.12.1941 (KIA) [age 34] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 44, column 2]	Prob. S.Lt. RNR 20.07.1931 S.Lt. RNR 08.10.1935, seniority 20.07.1931 Lt. RNR 19.10.1935 Prob. Lt. (Supplementary List) ?, seniority 25.11.1931 A/Lt. ? Lt. 18.05.1938, seniority 25.11.1931 Lt.Cdr. 25.11.1939	21.09.1935 - (02.1936) HMS Neptune (cruiser) (07.1937) no appointment listed 16.12.1937 - (02.1938) HMS Revenge (battleship) 04.04.1938 - (08.1938) First Lieutenant, HMS Hazard (minesweeper) 12.09.1938 - (08.1939) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 06.09.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Suffolk (cruiser) 15.01.1941 - 10.12.1941 HMS Prince of Wales (battleship)
Layard, Arthur Frank Capel	28.11.1899 Steyning, Sussex - 11.1999 Chichester, Sussex	Lt. 15.02.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1928 A/Cdr. 08.1943? A/Cdr. ? ? Cdr. 28.11.1944 (retd 1940/50s) DSO 16.03.1943 Operation Torch, assault Algiers DSC 03.07.1945 probable destruction of U-boat North Sea 06.02.45 MID 27.02.1945 saved ship damaged in air attack 20.07.44	09.1912     entered RN specialized in Gunnery (10.1932) Commanding Officer, HMS Vivacious (destroyer) 17.08.1937 - (08.1939) Experimental Department, Gunnery School, Portsmouth [HMS Excellent] [12.01.1939 - 17.08.1939 Commanding Officer, HMCS Gaspe (minesweeper) ?] - 31.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Firedrake (destroyer) (probably never actually assumed command) 04.1942 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Broke (destroyer) 29.12.1942 - (06.1943) HMS President: (02.1943) Department of Miscellaneous Weapon Development, Admiralty (06.1943) for duty with Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons), Admiralty 08.1943 - (04.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Salisbury (destroyer) 06.04.1944 - 02.07.1945 lent to RCN: 06.04.1944 - 26.07.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Matane (frigate) 30.07.1944 - 04.11.1944 Commanding Officer, HCMS Swansea (frigate) (02.1945) - 22.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS St. John (frigate) 23.02.1945 - Commanding Officer, HMCS Loch Alvie (frigate) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Layman, Herbert Francis Hope Son of Maj. F.H. Layman, 11th Hussars. Married ([12?}.1934, Portsmouth), Elizabeth, only daughter of Rear-Admiral A.P. Hughes; one son, one daughter. Last residence: Blewbury, Didcot, Oxfordshire.	23.03.1899 - 21.12.1989 Wallingford, Berkshire	A/Lt. ? Lt. 15.07.1921 Lt.Cdr. 15.07.1929 Cdr. 30.06.1936 A/Capt. < 02.1943 Capt. 31.12.1943 (retd 08.01.1953) DSO 07.06.1940 1st Battle of Narvik DSO 03.12.1940 sinking of Italian submarines Durbo & Lafole 10.40	Education: Haileybury 1918 Grand Fleet 24.11.1922 - (01.1925) HMS Curlew (cruiser) (North America & West Indies) 05.10.1925 - (05.)1926 qualifying for signal duties, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 23.10.1926 - (07.1927) Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship)] (Mediterranean) 20.12.1928 - (04.)1930 Signal Officer, HMS Keppel (flotilla leader) & for Signal and W/T duties in 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) 16.06.1930 - (01.)1932 Signal Officer, HMS Ganges (RN base, Harwich, Essex & training establishment, Shotley) 18.07.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Signal School) 14.09.1933 - (02.)1936 Fleet Signal Officer, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)] 05.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Signal School (Experimental)) 11.01.1938 - (10.1938) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 03.01.1939 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Hotspur (destroyer) 25.05.1942 - (08.)1942 Signal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.09.1942 - (12.1943) HMS President (for service with Signal Department, Admiralty) 15.02.1944 - (07.)1945 Deputy Director Signal Division (Y), Admiralty, and for duty with Director of Naval Intelligence [HMS President] 20.11.1945 - 03.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Rajah (escort carrier) 24.03.1946 - (07.)1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Hornbill (RN Air Station, Culham, Berkshire) 10.01.1949 - 1951 Director of Radio Equipment, Admiralty [HMS President] 1951 - 1953 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, The Nore Vice­President, Tennis and Rackets Association. Published: articles on rackets. * indexed, but not listed as such
Layton, Sir Geoffrey	20.04.1884 West Derby, Lancashire - 04.09.1964 Portsmouth, Hampshire	S.Lt. 1903 Lt. 1905 Cdr. 1916 Capt. 31.12.1922 R.Adm. 24.01.1935 V.Adm. 22.10.1938 Adm. 15.09.1942 (retd 1947) GBE 01.01.1947 New Year 47 KCB  11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 CB 1936 ? KCMG 01.01.1945 New Year 45 CMG ? ? DSO 1918 ? DSO ? ? OON 19.01.1943 services to Dutch navy LegH ? ?	Education: Eastman's, Winchester; HMS Britannia; Imperial Defence College 15.05.1899 joined the Royal Navy 1905 - mid 1920s submarine service 1931 - 1933 Chief of Staff, China Station 1933 - 1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 1934 - 1936 Commodore of Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth 1936 - 1938 Director of Personal Services, Admiralty 08.1938 - 08.1939 Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron [HMS Hood] 10.01.1939 - 1940 Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron and [already since 19.09.1938] Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Barham] 09.1940 - 1941 Commander-in-Chief, China Station 1941 - 1942 Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet 01.01.1942 - 05.03.1942 HMS Lanka 05.03.1942 - 1945 Commander-in-Chief, East Indies (Ceylon) [HMS Lanka] 01.03.1945 - 1947 Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
Leach, [Sir] Henry Conyers 3rd son of Captain John Catterall Leach, MVO, DSO, RN and Evelyn Burrell Leach (née Lee), Yarner, Bovey Tracey, Devon. Married (1958) Mary Jean (died 28.06.1991), younger daughter of Adm. Sir Henry McCall, KCVO, KBE, CB, DSO; two daughters.	18.11.1923 -	Midsh. 01.01.1941 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1942 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.10.1942 Lt. 01.02.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1952 Cdr. 30.06.1955 Capt. 31.12.1961 R.Adm. 07.07.1971 V.Adm. 06.07.1974 Adm. 30.03.1977 Adm. of the Fleet 01.12.1982 (remained on the active list, but actually retd [02.12?.]1982) GCB 03.06.1978 HM's birthday 78 KCB 1977 ?	Education: St Peter's Court, Broadstairs; RN College Dartmouth (1937-...).; psc 1952; jssc 1961 (02.1941) HMS Edinburgh (cruiser) * 1941 - 1942 HMS Mauritius (cruiser) (S Atlantic and Indian Ocean) [originally appointed to the HMS Prince of Wales, but as his father became Commanding Officer, there, he shifted to HMS Mauritius] 24.08.1942 - (08.1942) promotion course, Portsmouth 01.02.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Duke of York (battleship) (incl. Scharnhorst action) 22.11.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Javelin (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 1947 specialized in Gunnery, RN College, Greenwich 19.12.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 1948 - 1951 various gunnery appointments: (05.1950) no appointment listed 06.10.1952 - (05.)1953 HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 1953 - 1955 Gunnery Officer, Newcastle (cruiser) (Far East) 1955 - 1959 staff appointments: 26.09.1955 - (01.1956) HMS Mercury II 1959 - 1961 Commanding Officer, HMS Dunkirk (destroyer) 14.06.1962 - (02.1963) Chief Staff Officer (Plans and Operations) to Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Far East Fleet [HMS Terror] 1965 - 1967 Commanding Officer, HMS Galatea (frigate) & Captain (D) 27th Squadron and Mediterranean 15.02.1968 - 1970 Director of Naval Plans, Navy Department [HMS President] 1970 Commanding Officer, HMS Albion (commando ship) 04.1971 - 1973 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Policy) 1974 - 1975 Flag Officer First Flotilla 1976 - 1977 Vice-Chief of Defence Staff 1977 - 1979 Commander-in-Chief, Fleet, and Allied Commander-in-Chief, Channel and Eastern Atlantic 1979 - 1982 Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord 06.07.1979 - 01.12.1982 also: First and Principal Naval ADC to the Queen Chairman, St Dunstan's, since 1983. President: RN Benevolent Society, 1983-1995; Sea Cadet Association, 1984-1993; Royal Bath and West of England Society, 1993 (Vice-Pres., 1994-); Patron: Meridian Trust Association., 1993-; Hampshire RBL, 1994-. Chairman Council, King Edward VII Hospital, 1987-. Governor, Cranleigh School, 1983-1993. Freeman: City of London; Shipwrights' Co.; Honorary Freeman, Merchant Taylors' Co. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Hampshire, 23.06.1992. * indexed, but not lsited as such
Leach, John Catterall Son of Charles Rothwell Leach. Married (1916) Evelyn Burrell, only daughter of R.H. Lee; three sons (one of which is Adm. Sir Henry C. Leach, RN).	01.09.1894 - 10.12.1941 (KIA) [age 47] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 44, column 2]	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 30.12.1914 Lt. 15.12.1915 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1923 Cdr. 31.12.1928 Capt. 31.12.1933 DSO 14.10.1941 Bismarck action MVO 27.06.1927 visit of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of York to New Zealand and Australia	15.05.1907     entered RN 1914 - 1918 served European war 14.03.1923 - (08.)1923 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 28.09.1923 - (01.)1925 Gunnery Officer, HMS Calcutta (cruiser) & Fleet Gunnery Officer, North America and West Indies Station 15.09.1925 - (05.)1926 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 13.07.1926 - (06.1928) Gunnery Officer, HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (during the Duke and Duchess of York's tour in Australia and New Zealand (MVO)) 21.01.1929 - (08.1929) course at Staff College, Camberley 14.04.1930 - (01.)1932 staff, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 08.05.1932 - (01.)1934 Executive Officer, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 07.03.1934 - (02.)1936 a Deputy Director, Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.05.1936 - (10.1938) Commanding Officer, HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China) (02.1939) - (04.1939) no appointment listed 01.05.1939 - (04.1940) Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] (02.1941) no appointment listed 15.02.1941 - 10.12.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Prince of Wales (battleship) & as Chief Staff Officer, 2nd Battle Squadron [ship sunk by Japanese aircraft off the East coast of Malaya]
Leatham, Sir Ralph Youngest son of Samuel Gurney Leatham and Annie Gertrude La Trobe-Bateman; five brothers, six sisters. Married (19.12.1910) Enid May, daughter of H.W. Birks; one son, one daughter.	03.03.1886 Wakefield, Yorkshire - 10.03.1954 [Lymington, Hampshire ?]	A/S.Lt. 30.03.1905 S.Lt. 23.08.1906, seniority 30.03.1905 Lt. 28.02.1907, seniority 30.06.1906 Cdr. 31.12.1917 Capt. 31.12.1924 R.Adm. 05.01.1936 V.Adm. 01.08.1939 Adm. 09.12.1943 (retd (< 04.)1946) KCB 01.01.1942 New Year 42 CB 1938 ? LM 28.05.1946 ? LegH ? ? CdeG ? ?	Education: HMS Britannia (1900); Imperial Defence College 15.09.1900     entered RN 06.1923 - (01.)1925 Commander [= Executive Officer], HMS Curacoa (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 10.01.1925 - (05.1926) Naval Air Section, Admiralty [HMS President] 17.01.1927 - (07.1927) Imperial Defence Course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President] 10.01.1928 - (06.)1928 Commanding Officer, HMS Yarmouth (cruiser) 26.11.1928 - (04.1930) Commanding Officer, HMS Durban (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 05.01.1931 - (02.)1931 tactical course [HMS Victory] 04.08.1931 - (06.1933) staff, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] (01.1934) no appointment listed 01.05.1934 - (07.1935) Commanding Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) Commanding Officer, HMS Valiant (battleship) 12.01.1936 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS President IV (Base Defences, Mediterranean) (02.1937) - (07.)1937 no appointment listed 06.09.1937 - (02.)1938 Chief of Staff & Maintenance Captain, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base. Portsmouth)] 16.05.1938 - (06.)1938 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 14.06.1938 - 1939 Rear-Admiral 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Barham (cruiser)] (Home Fleet) (02.1939) no appointment listed 12.04.1939 - 04.1941 Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Gloucester (08.1939), later HMS Gloucester II (04.1940), later HMS Lanka (02.1941)] (12.1941)     no appointment listed 01.01.1942 - 01.12.1942 Flag Officer in Charge, Malta [HMS St. Angelo] (02.1943) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 1943 Deputy Governor, Malta 1943 Commander-in-Chief, Levant (temporary) 24.08.1943 - (07.)1945 Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake] Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bermudas or Somers Islands, 07.02.1946-1949. KStJ, 24.06.1946.
Lee, Herbert Jack Son of Hubert S. Lee, and Eleanor Tapping.	05.01.1918 Eastry district, Kent - 22.05.1971 Headcorn, Canterbury district, Kent	Cadet 01.01.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 1939/40?, seniority 01.11.1938 Lt. 01.04.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1948 Cdr. 30.06.1951 Capt. 31.12.1955 (retd 20.09.1965) Cdre. 22.03.1963 CBE 12.06.1965 HM's birthday 65 [investiture 21.10.65] DSC 01.01.1943 New Year 43 [investiture 27.07.43] DSC 18.05.1943 North Russian convoy [investiture 27.07.43] DSC 02.02.1951 Korea (since 09.07.50) [investiture 14.11.51]	01.01.1936 - 31.12.1936 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1937 - (02.)1937 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 06.1937 - (10.1938) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.01.1939 - (04.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth 31.07.1939 - 12.06.1940 HMS Calypso  (cruiser) (sunk by Italian submarine Bagnolini in Mediterranean) (02.1941) - (12.1941) no appointment listed (1942?) HMS Avon Vale (destroyer) (08.1942) - (02.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS Orwell (destroyer) * 08.05.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) 22.02.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Mackay (destroyer) 03.1945 - 09.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS St Austell Bay (frigate) 01.04.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 28.03.1949 - (05.)1949 Commanding Officer, HMS Comet 04.07.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Cockade 24.03.1952 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 01.05.1954 - (01.)1956 Executive Officer, HMS Gambia 23.10.1956 - (01.1957) Liaison with Commander-in-Chief Southern Pacific under Allied Forces Mediterranean, NATO 25.11.1958 - (01.1959) Commanding Officer, HMS Solebay & as Captain (D) 1st Destroyer Squadron 03.10.1960 - (07.1961) HMS President (for duty with the Ministry of Defence)  (02.1963)     HMS President * 22.03.1963 - (02.1964) Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean & Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Mediterranean [HMS Phoenicia, later HMS St Angelo] * indexed, but not listed as such
Lees, Dennis Marescaux	28.01.1900 Chesterton, Cambridgeshire - 04.08.1973 [Southsea, Hants ?]	Lt. 15.04.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1928 Cdr. 31.12.1933 Capt. 31.12.1939 Cdre. 1st cl. ? R.Adm. 08.01.1949 (retd 1953) CB  01.01.1951 New Year 51 DSO 19.07.1940 action off Norway GrWC 11.08.1942 services blgrnt Greece LM 17.07.1945 Operation Neptune MID 11.11.1941 Greek withdrawal 04.41 MID 11.07.1944 action Plymouth aere 25.04.44 MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune CdeG 1948 South of France LegH 1948 South of France	Education: Ludgrove Preparatory School; RN Colleges Osborne and Dartmouth 01.01.1916     entered RN 1934 - 1936 Fleet Gunnery Officer, Mediterranean Fleet 05.04.1937 - (08.1939) HMS Birmingham (cruiser) 1940 - 1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Calcutta 15.07.1941 - 16.07.1943 Deputy Director of Operations Division (Coastal Force), Admiralty 08.1943 - 1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Black Prince 06.1945 - 15.01.1946 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Renown & HMS Nelson] 12.02.1946 - 1949 Director of Naval Ordnance 1949 - 1951 Chief of Staff, Portsmouth 1951 - 1953 Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel (personal services)
Leggatt, William Ronald Christopher	27.09.1900 Thanet district, Kent - 10.1985 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	... ... Cdr. 31.12.1935 Capt. 30.06.1941 (retd 07.07.1950) DSO 29.08.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [investiture 02.02.45] MID 05.03.1942 service with the army	07.05.1917     entered RN ... - ... ... 19.12.1938 - (04.)1940 Executive Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship) 09.09.1940 - (02.)1941 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Warspite (battleship)] (12.1941)     HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) * (1942)     Trade Convoy Plotting Room, Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (routeing & convoy plans of defensively armed merchant ships) 23.06.1942 - 04.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Despatch (cruiser) (06.1944)     Naval Officer-in-Charge, Sword Beach 31.08.1944 - (04.1946) Naval Assistant to Third Sea Lord and Controller [HMS President] 06.05.1948 - 21.11.1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier) ... - ... ...
Leigh, Samuel Henry	27.12.1904 Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - 16.02.1967	Seaman ? [J96923 & M37194] A/Wt. Supply Offr. 31.07.1939 Wt. Supply Offr. = Wt. Stores Offr. 1940?, seniority 31.07.1939 A/Cd. Stores Offr. 18.06.1945 Cd. Stores Offr. 01.10.1946 Lt. (S) 22.03.1949 (retd 27.12.1954) MBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46	(09.1939)     no appointment listed 07.10.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) 23.06.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield, Hampshire) 29.03.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya) 13.02.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 04.02.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Hornbill (RN Air Station, Culham, Berkshire) 08.01.1951 - (07.1954) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
Leir, Ernest William	26.02.1883 Wincanton, Somerset - 02.08.1971 Wells district	Lt. 1903 Cdr. 1914 Capt. 30.06.1919 (retd) R.Adm. (retd) 08.10.1931 Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 10.11.1939 DSO 1916 ? LegH 1917 ? MID 17.11.1942 ocean convoys 39-42	Education: King's School, Bruton 15.09.1897 entered RN 1899 - 1902 served as midshipman on China Station (took part in the relief of the Legations in Pekin, 1900) attached to the Submarine Service; Commanding Officer, HMS C.13 (1908) 1914 specially promoted to Commander, for services in the Bight of Heligoland action, August 1914 (DSO for services rendered in overseas submarine work, despatches) 1923 - 1924 Captain of the Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour-Master at Chatham 1924 - 1926 Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf 1926 - 1927 Captain, Reserve Flotilla, Portsmouth 23.04.1929 - (02.)1931 Captain-in-Charge and King's Harbour-Master, Portland [HMS Victory XI] 1931 Naval ADC to the King 10.11.1939 - (07.1945) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]
Leslie, George Cunningham Fourth son of Col A.S. Leslie, CMG, WS, Kininvie, and Mrs M.I. Leslie (née Horne). Married (1953), Margaret Rose Leslie; one son, three daughters.	27.10.1920 - 14.11.1988 Oxford, Oxfordshire	A/S.Lt. 01.09.1940 Lt. 01.05.1941 ?, seniority 01.11.1940 ... ... R.Adm. 07.01.1968 (retd 17.11.1970) CB 01.01.1970 New Year 70 [investiture 10.02.70] OBE 03.07.1945 Operation Acumen; damage control OON 1950? visit of the Queen of the Netherlands to London 11.50 StOlav 1962? state visit of the King of Norway to Edinburgh 10.62	Education: Uppingham; MA 1938     entered RN 10.07.1939 - (10.1940) HMS York (cruiser) (02.1941) - (12.1941) HMS Harvester (destroyer) * (08.1942)     no appointment listed 08.09.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Volunteer (destroyer) 01.03.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Cassandra (destroyer) 12.06.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Cassandra (destroyer) 20.03.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Chevron (destroyer) 1950 - 1951 Commanding Officer, HMS Wrangler 1951 Commanding Officer, HMS Wilton 1954 - 1955 Commanding Officer, HMS Surprise 1960 - 1962 Captain, Fishery Protection Squadron 1964 - 1965 Commodore RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 1966 - 1967 Commanding Officer, HMS Devonshire 1967 - 1968 Flag Officer, Admiralty Interview Board 1968 - 1970 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Headquarters, Brussels Domestic Bursar and Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford 1970-1988. FBIM.
Lethbridge, Ernest Edward	03.06.1906 Bristol, Gloucestershire - 31.10.1973 Chichester, West Sussex	Boy 2nd class 07.10.1921 [P/J 104458] Boy 1st class 04.06.1922 Ordinary Seaman 02.12.1923 Able Bodied Seaman 11.07.1925 Acting Leading Seaman 06.04.1932 Leading Seaman 06.04.1933 Acting Petty Officer 17.01.1935 Petty Officer 17.01.1936 Chief Petty Officer 07.10.1940 T/A/Gnr. (T) 15.02.1943 T/Gnr. (T) 04.08.1946 (reld 04.08.1946) MID 23.12.1939 attacked by enemy aircraft MID 05.08.1941 sinking Italian convoy & escorts 16.04.41 39|45 St - - Atl St - & France and Germany clasp Afr St - - BWM 39|45 - - LSGCM 25.06.1939 - Arct Emb - -	07.10.1921 - 24.09.1922 HMS Ganges (boys' training establishment, Shotley) 25.09.1922 - 06.10.1922 HMS Courageous (cruiser) 07.10.1922 - 19.01.1923 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 20.01.1923 - 05.05.1923 HMS Courageous (cruiser) 06.05.1923 - 31.08.1924 HMS Conquest (cruiser) 01.09.1924 - 02.09.1924 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 03.09.1924 - 02.12.1924 HMS Yarmouth (cruiser) 03.12.1924 - 04.12.1924 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 05.12.1924 - 16.01.1925 HMS Centurion (battleship) (Reserve Fleet) 17.01.1925 - 02.11.1925 HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) 03.11.1925 - 20.04.1926 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 21.04.1926 - 24.01.1927 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth) 25.01.1927 - 10.06.1929 HMS Vendetta (destroyer) [based at HMS Egmont (RN base, Malta), from 01.04.1929 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 11.06.1929 - 04.10.1929 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 05.10.1929 - 25.11.1929 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth) 26.11.1929 - 16.05.1930 HMS Concord (cruiser; signal school cruiser, Portsmouth) 17.05.1930 - 20.10.1930 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth) 21.10.1930 - 11.07.1932 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) 12.07.1932 - 11.01.1934 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth)  12.01.1934 - 25.04.1935 HMS Cairo (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 26.04.1935 - 03.01.1936 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth)   04.01.1936 - 17.05.1936 HMS Ambuscade (destoyer) [tender to HMS Winchester (destroyer)] (Portsmouth) 18.05.1936 - 13.02.1938 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth) 14.02.1938 14.02.1938 01.10.1938 01.09.1939 01.11.1939 01.06.1940 - - - - - - 16.04.1941 30.09.1938 31.08.1939 31.10.1939 31.05.1940 16.04.1941 HMS Mohawk (destroyer), based at: HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) HMS Maidstone II (accounting base, Alexandria) HMS Cochrane II (accounting base tenders, Rosyth) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)] 17.04.1941 - 18.08.1941 HMS Canopus (RN base/training establishment, Ras El Tin School, Alexandria, Egypt) 19.08.1941 - 06.12.1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 07.12.1941 - 14.02.1943 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) 21.03.1943 - 23.03.1945 HMS Belfast (cruiser) (Scharnhorst & Tirpitz actions) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 23.07.1945 - 04.08.1946 Instructional Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth)
Lewin, Edgar Duncan Goodenough Son of Captain George Edgar Lewin, RN, and ... Clarke. Married (1943) Nancy Emily Hallett, Tintinhull, Somerset; one son, one daughter.	09.08.1912 Farnham district, Hampshire / Surrey / Sussex - 24.11.1983 [Harpenden, Herts. ?]	Midsh. 01.09.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1933 S.Lt. 01.09.1933 Lt. 01.09.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1943 A/Cdr. < 12.1943 Cdr. 30.06.1945 Capt. 30.06.1949 (retd 1957) CB 01.01.1958 New Year 58 CBE 10.11.1953 Korea DSO 25.11.1941 Operations Style & Substance 25.11.41 DSC 23.02.1940 Battle of the River Plate DSC 23.10.1945 capture of Okinawa - Silver Medal Concp ? earthquake Concepcion, Chile 24.01.39	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 07.1931 - (09.1932) Midshipman, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) (01.1934) HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) * 20.01.1935 - (07.1935) pilot's course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Leuchars 01.02.1936 - (07.1937) pilot, TSR Squadron 823, FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] 28.01.1938 - (12.1939) pilot HMS Ajax (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) (Battle of the River Plate) (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm 20.01.1941 - (02.1941) pilot, 880 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 05.1941 - 11.1941 Commanding Officer, 808 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] 01.12.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton) [from 12.1941-02.1942 Commanding Officer, 885 Squadron FAA] (02.1943) no appointment listed 07.06.1943 - (08.1943) HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) ** 22.11.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Monck (carrier training & administration, Port Glasgow) 15.12.1943 - (06.1944) SNO [Senior Naval Officer?] to Rear-Admiral Escort Carriers [R.Adm. A.W. La T. Bisset] [HMS Royalist] (Mediterranean) 09.06.1945 - (07.1945) Squadron Fighter Direction Officer, First Aircraft Carrier Squadron, British Pacific Fleet [HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)] 01.11.1945 - 04.02.1946 Admiralty [HMS President] 04.02.1946 - (04.1946) Naval Air Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 29.10.1949 - (05.1950) Deputy Director of Navigation and Direction Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 14.12.1952 - (05.)1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Glory (Korea) 1953 - 1954 Director of Air Warfare, Admiralty [HMS President] 1955 - 01.1956 Commanding Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) 16.01.1956 - 1957 Director of Plans, Admiralty [HMS President] Joined Board of Blackburn's, 1957; Sales Director, Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd, 1968-71; Managing Director, Hawker Siddeley Dynamics, 1971-77, Chairman, 1977. Deputy Chairman, British Aerospace Dynamics Group, 1977-78. * indexed, but not listed as such ** (10.1943) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Lewin, Terence Thornton; Baron created 1982 (Life Peer), of Greenwich in Greater London Son of ... Lewin, and ... Falconer. Married 1944, Jane Branch­Evans; two sons, one daughter. From North Harrow, Middlesex.	19.11.1920 Dover, Kent - 23.01.1999 Woodbridge	Cadet 01.01.1939 Midsh. 01.09.1939 Lt. 01.07.1941 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1949 Cdr. 31.12.1952 Capt. 30.06.1958 R.Adm. 07.01.1968 V.Adm. 07.10.1970 Adm. 01.12.1973 Adm. of the Fleet 06.07.1979 (retd 04.12.1982) KG 26.04.1983 - - Life Peerage 19.11.1982 Operation Corporate GCB 12.06.1976 HM's birthday 76 KCB 01.01.1973 New Year 73 MVO 01.01.1959 New Year 59 DSC 01.12.1942 Operation EV (Nort Russian convoy PQ18 / QP14 09.42) * MID 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.42 MID 29.08.1944 action with minesweepers Plymouth area 14.06.44 MID 14.11.1944 action Plymouth area 05.08.44 * For gallantry, skill and resolution . . .[when involved in] escorting an important convoy to North Russia in face of relentless attacks by enemy aircraft and submarines.	Education: The Judd School, Tonbridge 01.01.1939 joined RN war service in Home and Mediterranean Fleets in Malta Convoys, N Russian Convoys, invasion N Africa and Channel (despatches): 1939 HMS Belfast (cruiser) 24.11.1939 - (02.1941) HMS Valiant (battleship) 14.01.1942 - (06.1944) HMS Ashanti (destroyer) (First Lieutenant since mid-1943) (07.1945) gunnery course (04.1946) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * 18.07.1949 - (05.1950) Executive Officer, HMS Chequers (05.1953) HMS President * 29.10.1955 - (01.)1956 Commanding Officer, HMS Corunna 1957