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Lilley, Reginald Horace	06.11.1891 Hendon district, Middlesex - died between 07.1952 and 07.1959	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.11.1913 Lt. 15.09.1915 Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1923 (retd 30.11.1935) Cdr. (retd) 30.11.1935 DSC 1915 ?	15.09.1904     entered RN (01.1919)     HMS Lion (battlecruiser) 01.11.1938 - (04.)1940 Passive Defence Officer, HM Dockyard Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 27.10.1940 - (02.)1941 Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer-in-Charge, Invergordon [HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon)] 28.07.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland) 18.06.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven) 29.09.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven)
Lillicrap, Herbert Richard Son of Richard J. Lillicrap, and Amertio L. Lillicrap. Married ((12?).1906, Devonport district, Devon).	21.09.1880 Chatham, Medway district, Kent - 14.12.1962	Seaman ? [344796] Cd.Shipwr. 13.09.1918 Shipwr.Lt. 13.03.1928 (retd 21.09.1930) Shipwr.Lt.Cdr. (retd) 13.03.1936 (reactivated 1939/40?) (reverted to retd < 04.1946) MBE ? ?	19.09.1908 commissioned RN (01.1919)     HM Dockyard, Devonport  12.07.1922 - (01.)1925 Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.06.1925 - (06.1928) HMS Rodney (battleship) (while being built & Atlantic Fleet) 02.07.1929 - (08.).1929 HMS Dragon (cruiser) (paid off into dockyard control, Chatham) 02.12.1929 - (08.)1930 HMS Ceres (cruiser) (paid off into dockyard control, Chatham) 15.01.1940 - (04.1940) HMS St Tudno (accommodation ship) 11.02.1941 - (07.1945) HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)
Lindsell, James Anthony Son of Captain Arthur Salusbury Lindsell, RN, and Barbara Chalk.	19.09.1920 Uckfield district, Sussex - 08.05.1942 (MPK) [age 21] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 62, column 1]	Cadet 01.01.1938 Midsh. 01.05.1938 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1940 S.Lt. 01.03.1940 Lt. 01.01.1942	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.05.1934-21.12.1937; Blake House; Admiralty No. 1420). 05.1934     entered RN ... - ... ... 01.01.1940 - (04.)1940 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 29.07.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Elfin (for submarines) (02.1941)     HMS L 23 (submarine) * 01.04.1941 - (12.1941) Fifth Hand, HMS Pandora (submarine) ? - 08.05.1942 HMS Olympus (submarine) (ship sunk off Malta) * indexed, but not listed as such
Linnell, Jack	? Australia - died between 07.1954 and 04.1955 ??	A/S.Lt. (E) 01.07.1939 S.Lt. (E) ? Lt. (E) 01.10.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. (E) > 10.1944, < 07.1945 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.10.1948 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1951 DSC 27.06.1941 action with Italian destroyers 12.10.40 [investiture 12.05.42]	(08.1939)     no appointment listed 14.09.1939 - (04.)1940 engineering course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.10.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Ajax (cruiser) 19.05.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Howe (battleship) 28.01.1944 - (10.1947) HMS Euryalus (cruiser) (07.1948)     no appointment listed (05.1949)     no appointment listed (05.1950)     no appointment listed (05.1953)     HMS Mauritius (cruiser) * 21.01.1954 - (07.1954) HMS Bellerophon (Rserve Fleet, Portsmouth) * indexed, but not listed as such
Linton, John Wallace "Tubby" Son of Edward Maples Linton and Margaret Gertrude Linton. Husband of Nancy Kate Linton; ... children (son S.Lt. William Lonton was lost in HMS Affray in 1951).	15.10.1905 Malpas, near Newport, Monmouthshire - 23.03.1943 Maddalina Harbour, Italy (KIA) [age 37] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 72, column 3]	Midsh. 15.09.1923 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1926 S.Lt. 15.07.1926 Lt. 01.07.1928 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1936 Cdr. 31.12.1941 VC 25.05.1943 sinking enemy supply ships Mediterranean 42 * [presented to next-of-kin] DSO 15.09.1942 4 Mediterranean war patrols [presented to next-of-kin] DSC 06.05.1941 sinking 2 Italian supply ships [investiture 21.10.41] * Commander John Wallace Linton DSO, DSC, RN who, from the outbreak of war in 1939 to 23rd March 1943 was in command of HM Submarines. During this time his ship, HM Submarine Turbulent, inflicted great losses on the enemy. He sank one Cruiser, one U-boat and 28 supply ships, making a total of 100,000 tons in all. He also destroyed three trains by gunfire. He spent 254 days at sea, spending half of that time submerged. His ship had been hunted 13 times having 250 depth charges dropped around her.	15.09.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 08.04.1926 - 15.01.1927 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 16.01.1927 - (07.)1927 promotion course, Portsmouth 25.07.1927 - 20.11.1927 training & service, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 21.11.1927 - (04.)1928 HMS L 22 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Ross (twin screw minesweeper)] 15.04.1928 - 08.1929 HMS Oberon (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 12.08.1929 - 11.1930 HMS H 43 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Ross (twin screw mineseeper] [accounts carried out in HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 11.1930? - 01.1932 HMS Ross [tender to HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 16.01.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Oswald (submarine) (3rd Submarine Flotilla, later 4th Submarine Flotilla, China) [tender to HMS Medway (submarine depot ship)] (07.1934) - (11.1934) no appointment listed 31.12.1934 - (02.)1935 submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 03.05.1935 - 15.08.1935 Commanding Officer, HMS L 21 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 15.08.1935 - 04.1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Snapper (submarine) (3rd Submarine Flotilla) (Malta?) [tender to HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 11.05.1936 - (02.)1938 HMS Iron Duke (training ship) (Portsmouth) 25.04.1938 - (08.)1938 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship, 4th Submarine Flotilla) (China) (for submarines) (10.1938) - (04.1940) no appointment listed 05.1940 - 05.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Pandora (submarine) (China, Mediterranean) 08.1941 - 23.03.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Turbulent (submarine) (Mediterranean)
Linzee, Robert Gordon Hood	26.01.1900 Steyning, Sussex - 03.11.1973	S.Lt. 15.09.1918 Cdr. 30.06.1933 (retd) A/Capt. (retd) 08.1939?, at least < 08.1942 Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd) ? Capt. (retd) ? CB 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune CBE 01.01.1944 New Year 44 OBE 16.08.1940 Dunkirk	Education: West Downs, Winchester; RN Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth 20.01.1916 entered RN (01.1919)     HMS Castor (light cruiser) 25.08.1939 - (04.1946) staff, Nore Command [HMS Pembroke]: (02.1941) - (08.1942) Staff Officer (Convoys), Nore Command (02.1943) - (10.1943) Deputy Chief of Staff, Nore Command 15.10.1943 - (04.1946) Chief of Staff, Nore Command
Lissimore, Cecil Joseph Son of Thomas and Hannah Mary Lissimore. Married ((12?).1918, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Rosabel Banyard (born c. 1899).	18.09.1894 Wellingborough, Northamptonshire - 16.07.1983 Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire	Seaman ? [J10386] A/Gnr. (T) 12.11.1922 Gnr. (T) 1923?, seniority 12.11.1922 Cd.Gnr. (T) 12.11.1932 Lt. 27.01.1941 (retd 18.09.1944) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 22.10.1955	12.11.1922 commissioned RN 22.06.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) 01.11.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS P 59 (patrol boat) (reserve, Portsmouth) 28.09.1925 - (02.)1927 HMS Valentine (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (07.1927)     HMS Valentine (destroyer) * 08.11.1927 - (08.)1929 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.11.1929 - (02.1931) HMS Winchelsea (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (01.1932)     no appointment listed 11.02.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Stronghold (destroyer) 06.03.1934 - (02.)1936 HMS Durban (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 30.12.1936 - (01.)1937 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) (02.1937)     no appointment listed 04.06.1937 - (04.)1939 Instructional Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) 17.04.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Aurora (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 01.08.1940 - (07.1945) Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 15.01.1946 - (04.)1947 Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty with Admiral Superintendent of Contract-built Ships) 02.04.1951 - (04.1955) Torpedo Section, Sea Trials and Development, HMS Vernon (TAS School)
Lithgow, Michael John "Mike" Son of ... Lithgow, and ... Balfour. Married (1946); two sons, one daughter. Last residence: Abinger Hammer, Surrey.	30.08.1920 Tetbury, Gloucestershire - 22.10.1963	Midsh. (A) 13.03.1939 A/S.Lt. (A) 13.07.1940 S.Lt. (A) 30.08.1941 Lt. (A) 13.01.1943 A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 01.05.1945 ? (reld 11.1945) OBE 10.06.1954 HM's birthday 54: Chief test pilot	Education: Cheltenham College 13.03.1939 - (04.)1939 HMS Frobisher (cruiser; cadet training ship, Portsmouth) (08.1939) - (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm 09.1940 - (02.)1941 pilot, 820 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carier)] 26.09.1941 - (12.1941) pilot, 820 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)] 01.02.1942 - (08.)1942 pilot, 820 Squadron FAA [HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)]  10.10.1942 - 10.1943 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services; pilot) 10.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC) (04.1944) - (10.1944) no appointment listed 01.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC) (for miscellaneous services; pilot) Joined Vickers-Armstrong Ltd., 11.1945, becoming Deputy Chief Test Pilot. Holder of the world air speed record (737.3 m.p.h.), September-December 1953. Died in a test-flight crash, with six other top British flyers and engineers, of the prototype BAG One-Eleven, the free world's first short-haul jetliner; near Chicklade, Wiltshire. Published: Mach One, 1955; (Editor) Vapour Trails, 1956
Little, Sir Charles James Colebrooke Son of Louis Stromeyer Little, FRCS, BA, FRAS. Married 1st (1908) Rothes Beatrix (died 1939), daughter of Colonel Sir Charles Leslie, 7th Bt; one daughter. Married 2nd (1940) cousin Mary Elizabeth (Bessy), JP Sussex, daughter of late Ernest Muirhead Little, FRCS.	14.06.1882 Shanghai - 20.06.1973 [Ashurst, nr Steyning, Sussex ?]	Capt. 30.06.1917 R.Adm. 27.02.1929 V.Adm. 01.09.1933 Adm. 25.06.1937 (retd 15.04.1945) GCB 27.02.1945 on hauling down flag KCB 1935 ? CB 1918 ? CB 1919 ? GBE 11.06.1942 HM's birthday LM 28.05.1946 ? OON 13.01.1948 ? StOlav 13.01.1948 ? LegH ? Operation Overlord RHSBr ? ?	Education: HMS Britannia; RN College Dartmouth (1897) 15.01.1897     entered RN 1903 specialised in Submarine Branch commanded: H4, A7, B7, C5, C10, D1 1907 Hibernia 1910 St. Vincent 1916 - 1918 HMS Fearless and Grand Fleet Submarine Flotilla 1919 in command of HMS Cleopatra in the Baltic 1920 - 1922 Director of Trade Div. Naval Staff 1921 Member of British Delegation to the Washington Naval Conference 1922 - 1924 Captain of the Fleet, Mediterranean Station 1924 - 1926 SSO, RN War College 1926 - 1927 Commanding Officer, HMS Iron Duke 1927 - 1930 Director Royal Naval Staff College 1930 - 1931 Rear­Admiral Second Battle Squadron 02.09.1931 - (09.)1932 Rear­Admiral Submarines [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship)] 09.01.1933 - (07.)1935 a Lord Commissioner of Admiralty and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff 08.11.1935 - 1938 Commander­in­Chief, China Station [HMS Kent (cruiser), later: HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (02.1938) - (08.1938) no appointment listed 30.09.1938 - (02.)1941 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Naval Personnel (Second Sea Lord) 01.04.1942 - (08.)1942 Head of British Joint Staff Mission in Washington [HMS Saker II] 01.10.1942 - 27.02.1945 Commander­in­Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] Ex-Trustee of the National Maritime Museum; Ex-President, British Legion S. Area; Vice-President, Royal United Service Institution; Vice-President, Navy Records Society.
Llewellyn, Llewellyn Evan Hugh Eldest son of late Walter J. Llewellyn, Southwood, Tiverton, Devon. Married (1907) Aileen (died 1969), youngest daughter of late Admiral Sir Digby Morant, KCB; one son, one daughter.	14.12.1879 Exeter, Devon - 04.02.1970 [Glenwood, Ravenglass, Cumberland ?]	Midsh. 1896? A/S.Lt. 15.02.1899 S.Lt. 08.03.1900, seniority 15.02.1899 Lt. 15.08.1900 (retd 20.03.1908) Lt.Cdr. (retd) ?, seniority 15.08.1908 A/Cdr. (retd) WW I Cdr. (retd) 14.12.1919 Capt. (retd) 01.11.1927  (reverted to retd 1929?) (reverted to retd 1944) CB 02.01.1928 New Year 28 OBE 11.06.1919 acting Inspector of Steel	Education: privately 15.07.1893 entered RN (served E. Africa, 1896; W. Africa, 1895-1897; Benin Expedition, 1897 (medal and clasp); China, 1900 (medal)) 1900 specially promoted to Lieutenant, for meritorious examinations ? - 20.03.1908 gunnery officer, being invalided out of the service due to a gunnery accident 05.08.1909 - ? Admiralty WW I acting Inspector of Steel, Admiralty 09.04.1919 - (07.)1927 Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 11.05.1940 - (06.)1944 Director of Unexploded Bombs [later: Bomb Disposal], Admiralty [HMS President] DL, Cumberland, 11.03.1959.
Lloyd, Hardress Llewellyn "Harpy" Son of ... Lloyd, and ... Craig.	10.10.1917 St Marylebone district, Greater London / London - 01.2001 Yeovil, Somerset	Cadet 01.01.1935 Midsh. 01.09.1935 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1938 S.Lt. 16.07.1938 Lt. 01.09.1939 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1947 Cdr. 30.06.1951 Capt. 30.06.1956 (retd 29.08.1966) Cdre. ? CBE 01.01.1967 New Year 67 DSC 11.08.1942 action T & E Boats North Sea MID 21.04.1942 attack on convoy S Dover 03.03.42	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 01.01.1935 - 31.08.1935 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.09.1935 - (02.)1937 HMS Delhi (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 01.05.1937 - (07.1937) HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 03.01.1938 - (08.)1938 promotion course, Portsmouth 19.09.1938 - (10.)1938 qualifying for anti-submarine duties [HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland)] 15.10.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Encounter (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 08.07.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, MTB No. 6 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Vulcan (Coastal Forces depot ship, Malta / Felixstowe)] 14.08.1940 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, MTB 34 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] (08.1942) Commanding Officer, MTB 30 (motor torpedo boat) (02.1943) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 02.08.1943 - (12.1943) Assistant Torpedo Officer, HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) 23.02.1944 - (04.)1946 Torpedo Officer, HMS Colossus (aircraft carrier) 14.10.1946 - (07.1948) Torpedo Officer, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (05.1949) no appointment listed 19.04.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Myngs 01.10.1951 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous duties) 24.11.1954 - (01.1956) Commanding Officer, HMS Barrosa (01.1957) no appointment listed 02.01.1961 - (02.)1963 Commanding Officer, HMS Vernon (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Portsmouth) 24.04.1963 - 19.03.1965 Commanding Officer, HMS Tiger (cruiser) 07.07.1965 - 07.07.1966 also: Naval ADC to the Queen ? - 1966 Commodore Amphibious Forces FEF
Loasby, Peter George Youngest of two sons and two daughters of Harry Clement Loasby (1873-1957), and Brenda Olive Yorke (1887-1972). Married (26.07.1949, St Peter's, Brampton, Suffolk) Rosemary Margaret Randall Gardiner; one daughter.	25.07.1919 Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, India - 25.04.1986 Redbridge, Essex	Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 16.05.1939 Lt. 16.10.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1948 Cdr. 31.12.1953 A/Capt. < 07.1961 Capt. 31.12.1961 (retd 07.01.1971) DSC 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41 [investiture 10.03.42]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 01.01.1937 - (10.1938) HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 02.01.1939 - (04.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth 31.07.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Vanessa (destroyer) 1940 - (11.)1940 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) 03.12.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) (1941?) HM ML 113 (motor launch) 28.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) 02.1942 - (08.1942) First Lieutenant, HMS Bridgewater (sloop) (02.1943) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 26.06.1943 - (10.)1943 Signals Officer, HMS Eskimo (destroyer) 10.1943 - (12.1943) flotilla staff (for signal duties), HMS Jervis (destroyer) 28.01.1944 - (10.)1944 flotilla staff (for signal duties), HMS Grenville (destroyer) 14.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto) (for communication duties) (04.1946) HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) * 18.01.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Mercury (HM Signal School, nr Petersfield) (05.1950)     HMS President * (05.1953)     no appointment listed 10.05.1954 - (07.)1954 Joint Services Staff Course [HMS President] 21.10.1954 - 19.11.1956 Staff Communications Officer, British Joint Services Mission, Washington, DC [HMS Saker] ** 15.09.1958 - (01.1959) Staff Communications Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 17.07.1961 - (02.1963) on Staff of Commander-in-Chief Middle East as Chairman JCC (ME) Aden and SO(C) [HMS Sheba] (02.1964)     HMS Cassandra * 02.01.1967 - (02.1968) Director, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] (02.1969)     HMS President * 07.07.1970 - 07.01.1971 also: Naval ADC to the Queen MBIM * indexed, but not listed as such ** (01.1957) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Lockyer, Edmund Lawrence Braithwaite Only son of Col. Walter N. Lockyer, late Royal Artillery, Married (01.12.1909, St Bartholomew's Church, Hyde, Winchester district, Hampshire) Kathleen Mary Hamilton, only daughter of the late Maj. P.F.P. Hamilton, Royal Artillery, and Mrs Hamilton, of Brendon, Winchester; ... children (daughter Mary married Cdr. Vernon Francis Smyth, RN and daughter Janet married W/Cdr. Alan Meyrick Kerr Phillips, RAF).	26.04.1879 East Indies / Madras - 05.02.1948 West Down House, Bradworthy, North Devon	Lt. 30.06.1901 (retd 08/09.1913?) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 1915?, seniority 30.06.1909 A/Cdr. (retd) (10.1918) Cdr. (retd) 26.04.1919 Capt. (retd) 26.04.1924 Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 15.08.1940-(08.1942) DSO 01.01.1915 sinking German armed merchant cruiser Cap Trafalgar, S America, 14.09.14 DSO 23.03.1917 Commanding Officer, Q-ship	15.07.1893     entered RN 27.06.1912 - (03.1913) Gunnery Officer, HMS Dublin (light cruiser) 04.08.1914 - (10.1914) First & Gunnery Lieutenant, HMS Carmania (armed merchant cruiser) ? - 14.05.1916 Commanding Officer, HMS M 30 (monitor) (destroyed by artillery fire) (02.1917)     RN Barracks, Chatham (10.1918) - (12.)1918 Department of the Director of Naval Equipment, Admiralty [HMS President] 11.12.1918 - (02.1920) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous or special service: Ministry of Labour) 15.08.1940 - (08.1942) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]       Naval Officer-in-Charge, Fleetwood 25.08.1942 - (06.1944) Naval Officer-in-Charge, Aultbea, Scotland [HMS Helicon]
Lockyer, William Gordon Son (with two brothers) of William Robert Lockyer (1889-1952), and Eliza Gibbs (1892-1977). Married (04.1945, St Michael's, Beer, Honiton district, Devon) Sheila M. Medlycott ((03?).1922 - ); one daughter, one son.	17.10.1919 Axminster district, Devonshire - 15.01.1998 Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset	Cadet 01.05.1938 Midsh. (E) 01.05.1939 S.Lt. (E) 01.06.1940 A/Lt. (E) < 08.1942 Lt. (E) ?, seniority 16.01.1942 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.01.1950 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1954 (retd 17.10.1972) OBE 08.06.1968 HM's birthday 68	01.05.1939 - (08.1942) engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham (02.1943)     no appointment listed 18.04.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS London (cruiser) (04.1945)     no appointment listed 07.05.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Liverpool (cruiser) 02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Aurora (cruiser) ... - ... ... MIMechE.
Lombard Hobson, Samuel Richard Le Hunte "Sam" Son of ... Hobson, and ... Daubeney.	24.02.1913 Freebridge Lynn district, Norfolk - 14.12.1999 Salisbury, Wiltshire	A/S.Lt. 01.05.1933 S.Lt. 16.01.1934 Lt. 16.07.1936 Lt.Cdr. 16.07.1944 Cdr. 30.06.1949 Capt. 31.12.1953 (retd 28.11.1963) CVO 30.05.1961 Queen's state visite to Rome [investiture 04.05.61] OBE 01.06.1953 Korea [investiture 27.10.53] MID 27.08.1940 Dutch, Belgian & French coast 05.40 MID 14.07.1942 escort duty action E-boats, Nore MID 04.04.1944 Aegean operations, towing Carlisle	04.05.1933 - 07.01.1934 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 08.01.1934 - (07.1934) promotion course, Portsmouth 14.04.1935 - (02.)1937 HMS Kent (cruiser) (China) 13.05.1937 - (07.1937) HMS Isis (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 12.1937 - (09.1939) ADC to the Governor-General of New Zealand (04.1940) - (05.1940) First Lieutenant, HMS Whitshed (destroyer) 25.08.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Southdown (destroyer) 11.07.1941 - 25.07.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Guillemot (corvette) (North Atlantic) 11.08.1942 - (04.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Rockwood (destroyer) 02.05.1944 - (06.1944) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 11.06.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) 03.03.1947 - (05.1949) Commanding Officer, HMS Jutland 02.01.1950 - (05.1950) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 31.08.1951 - (05.1953) Executive Officer, HMS Newcastle 02.10.1954 - (01.1956) Deputy Director (Organization), Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (01.1957) no appointment listed 10.11.1959 - (07.1961) Naval Attaché, Rome 26.02.1962 - (02.1963) HMS President (for duty on Inter-Service Exercise Planning Staff) 07.01.1963 - 07.01.1964 also: Naval ADC to the Queen Published: A sailor's war (1983; memoirs)
Long, Dennis John Son of John J. Long, and Edith Elsie Drostle.	25.06.1916 Hackney district, London - 28.10.1999 Yeovil, Somerset	... ... S.Lt. 01.01.1938 Lt. 16.04.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 Cdr. 31.12.1951 (retd 25.06.1966) OBE 11.06.1966 HM's birthday 66 [investiture 08.11.66] MID 31.03.1942 attack on battlecruisers 12.02.42 MID 01.01.1944 New Year 44	... - ... ... 13.06.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Winchelsea (destroyer) 20.01.1941 - (02.)1941 torpdeo qualifying course, HMS Vernon 08.08.1941 - (12.1941) Torpedo Officer, HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (02.1942)     [Commanding Officer, HM MTB 32 (motor torpedo boat) ?], HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) 14.04.1942 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, MTB 87 [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)] 01.12.1942 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, MTB 83 & Senior Officer, 22nd MTB Flotilla [HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft)] 1943? - 1943? Commanding Officer, HM MTB 205 (motor torpedo boat) 07.1943 - (10.1944) Torpedo Officer, Captain Coastal Forces (Channel), Commander-in-Chief Plymouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 01.1945 - (04.1946) Torpedo Officer, HMS King George V (battleship) ... - ... ... (1966)     HMS St. Angelo (RN base, Malta)
Long, Eustace Ruffel Drake Youngest son of Rev. David Long (1832-1910), and Clara Elisabeth Poole (1842-1923). Married 1st (14.05.1912, Church of the Holy Ghost, Genoa, Italy; divorced 1918) Ethel Ida "Oma" Brown, daughter of Frederick Yeates Brown, and Ida von Pustau; one son, one daughter, one of which was Capt. Michael Long, MBE, MC. Married 2nd (10.09.1925, private chapel, Sherwood Lodge, Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire) Sylvia Augusta Starkey (21.06.1901-04.1995), daughter of Sir John Ralph Starkey and Emily Seely, of Southwell, Nottinghamshire; one son, one daughter. Sylvia Long remarried (22.11.1951, St Saviour's, Walton Street, London) Reginald Evelyn Anderson-Pelham (1883-1965).	03.08.1883 Buckinghamshire - 30.06.1941 St Maylebone district, London	A/S.Lt. 15.07.1903 S.Lt. 13.12.1904, seniority 15.07.1903 Lt. 15.07.1905 Cdr. 31.12.1917 (retd 05.02.1923) Capt. (retd) 02.08.1934 CBE 11.05.1937 HM's coronation MID 22.06.1917 ? Bronze Medal for Military Valour (Italy), 16.03.1918.	15.01.1899     entered RN 05.1900     HMS Ocean 15.12.1904     HMS Shark [based at HMS Halcyon] 01.04.1905     HMS Vigilant [based at HMS Sapphire] 12.09.1905     HMS Queen 01.10.1908     RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivid] 17.05.1910     Gunnery Officer, HMS Donegal WW I     Gunnery Officer, HMS Achilles (Grand Fleet) (01.1919)     HMS President (as Assistant in the Ordnance Supply Department) 1920 - 1923? Deputy Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 02.08.1934 - 01.03.1936 Member, Ordnance Committee (Royal Arsenal, Woolwich) 01.03.1936 - 16.06.1941 Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Longbottom, Brian Cochrane Son of John E. Longbottom, and Mabel F. Cochrane. Married ((09?).1948, Buckrose district, East Riding of Yorkshire) Inez Vivian Carlton; ... children (one son?).	17.09.1918 Halifax district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 14.08.1996 Buckinghamshire	Cadet 01.01.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 06.11.1939, seniority 01.09.1938 Lt. 01.01.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1948 Cdr. 31.12.1956 (retd 17.09.1968) MID 31.03.1942 attack on battlecruisers 12.02.42	01.01.1936 - 12.1936 special entry cadet, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 11.01.1937 - (12.1938) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean) 02.01.1939 - (05.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 31.07.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Sturdy (destroyer) 07.12.1940 - (02.)1942 HMS Whitshed (destroyer) (despatches) 03.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Worcester (destroyer) 13.10.1942 - (10.1944) HMS Relentless (destroyer) 06.01.1945 - (01.)1945 HMS Corinthian (ocean boarding vessel) 22.05.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Whitesand Bay (frigate) 03.12.1947 - (05.1949) HMS Ganges 23.02.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Boxer 21.03.1951 - (05.1951) Commanding Officer, HMS Woodbridge Haven (05.1953)     no appointment listed 05.1953 - (04.1955) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (01.1956)     HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) * (01.1957)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 09.09.1957 - (01.1959) Manning Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (01.1960)     no appointment listed 08.02.1960 - (07.1961) HMS Saker & Assistant Staff Officer (Plans), Western Atlantic Command, NATO (Norfolk, Va., USA) (08.1962)     Joint Services Staff College * 03.12.1962 - (02.1964) Tactical Weapons and Policy Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 26.09.1965 - (08.1968) Staff Officer (Operations and Training), Eastern Mediterranean, NATO
Lonsdale, Richard Walter "Dickie" Son of ... Lonsdale, and ... Robson.	(03?).1924 Greenwich district, London - 01.11.2012 Epsom General Hospital	Midsh. 01.01.1942 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1944 S.Lt. 1944?, seniority 01.12.1943 Lt. 01.02.1945 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1953 (retd 24.02.1974) MBE 12.06.1971 HM's birthday 71	15.01.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS King George V (battleship) (06.1944)     HMCS Haida * (10.1944) - (01.1945) no appointment listed 18.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Eggesford (destroyer) 01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Chieftain ... - ... ...
Lonsdale, Rupert Philip Married 1st ... (died 1938); one son. Married 2nd Ethné Irwin.	05.05.1905 Dublin, Ireland - 25.04.1999 Bournemouth	Midsh. 15.05.1923 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 30.05.1926 Lt. 30.05.1928 Lt.Cdr. 30.05.1936 (retd 12.06.1947) Cdr. (retd) 12.06.1947 MID 09.05.1940 successful submarine operations against enemy MID 04.06.1946 services as POW	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 1919 joined RN HMS ... (cruiser) 16.09.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Ramillies (battleship) 09.02.1927 - (06.1927) submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 20.06.1927 - (08.1929) First Lieutenant, HMS L 3 (submarine) (China) 01.04.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Tiger (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.07.1931 - (09.1932) HMS L 14 (submarine) (for duty with Group "M" submarines in reserve at Portsmouth) (01.1934) no appointment listed 01.05.1934 - (07.1935) Commanding Officer, HMS H 44 (submarine) 05.10.1935 - (02.1936) First Lieutenant, HMS Huntley (twin-screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean) 07.1936 - (02.1937) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) (07.1937) no appointment listed 20.08.1937 - (08.1938) Commanding Officer, HMS Swordfish (submarine) 07.08.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) (Home Fleet) 01.11.1938 - 05.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Seal (submarine) (ship commissioned 28.01.1939) (mined & surrendered ship) [acquitted with honour after a court-martial in 04.1946] 05.1940 - 1945 POW ? - 1947 Commanding Officer of a minesweeper Began a second career in the clergy. After studying at Ridley Hall theological college in Cambridge, he became a priest in the Church of England in 1949. After a curacy at Rowner in Hampshire, he became vicar of Morden-with-Almer in Dorset in 1951. Two years later he went to Kenya and was chaplain of the Uasin-Gishu district until 1958. He returned to England as rector of Bentworth- cum-Shalden in the Winchester diocese, but went back to Kenya for a further four years in 1961, becoming a canon of Maseno in 1964. From 1965 until his retirement in 1970 he was vicar of Thomham with Titchwell in Norfolk; he then spent three years as chaplain of Puerto de la Cruz in Tenerife.
Lord, Cuthbert Edward "Ted"	06.02.1917 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa -	Prob. S.Lt. 09.03.1939 S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 09.03.1939 Lt. 09.03.1940 Lt.Cdr. 09.03.1948 (retd 03.03.1958)	09.03.1939 - (04.)1939 HMS Matabele (destroyer) (Home Fleet) (08.1939)     no appointment listed (04.1940)     no appointment listed 09.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) 10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (for Hove establishment) (08.1942) - (08.1943) no appointment listed 13.09.1943 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Fishguard (sloop) * 26.03.1946 - (07.)1948 HMS Battleaxe (destroyer) 13.12.1948 - (05.)1949 Commanding Officer, HMS Onslaught (destroyer) 06.10.1949 - (05.)1950 Commanding Officer, HMS Tenacious (destroyer) 09.1950 - (05.1953) HMS Royal Prince (naval base, Germany) 15.05.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Tyne (depot ship) (01.1957)     Office of the Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President] ** * (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such ** indexed, but not listed as such
Lough, Denis Gordon Son of Gordon Lough (1885-1959), and Mary Ellen Kenworthy (1879-1954). Married (12.10.1943, Alexandria, Egypt) Third Officer Joy May Becquet, WRNS (1918-2009), daughter of Wilfred Charles Becquet and Lillian Mary Pallot; two sons.	22.12.1914 Plymouth, Devon - 05.11.1991 St Helier, Jersey [bured at St Martins, Jersey]	RAF:   (A) P/O (prob) 03.05.1937 P/O 01.03.1938 (reld 17.10.1938) RN:   S.Lt. (A) 25.10.1938, seniority 01.03.1938 Lt. (A) 01.11.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. (A) > 10.1944, < 07.1945 Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1947 (retd 29.10.1958)	03.05.1937 - 17.10.1938 short service commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 03.05.1937 - ? No. 8 Flying Training School, Montrose 25.10.1938     transferred to RN (Air Branch) 06.01.1939 - (02.)1939 pilot, TSR Squadron 822 FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) 21.02.1939 - (04.)1939 Training Squadron FAA, RAF Station Gosport [HMS Victory] (08.1939) - (04.1940)  Fleet Air Arm 07.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Nile II (RN base (air station), Alexandria, Egypt) (as pilot and for armament duties) 17.06.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS Phoenix (RN Aircraft Repair Yard, Fayid, Egypt) (as pilot and for armament duties) 06.1943 - (06.)1944 Air Gunnery Officer, HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt) 09.1944 - (07.1945) Air Gunnery Officer, HMS Merganser (RN Air Station, Rattray, Aberdeenshire) (04.1946)     HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) * 14.10.1947 - (05.)1949 HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halfar, Malta) 08.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Glory (05.1953)     no appointment listed 14.11.1953 - (04.1955) Officer-in-Charge, School of Aircraft Handling [HMS Siskin (RN Air Station, Gosport, Hampshire)] 09.01.1956 - (01.1957) on staff of Commodore-in-Charge, Hong Kong [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Lovatt, Richard Stratford Son of Henry and Edith Lovatt. Husband of Sheila Elizabeth Lovatt; two daughters.	31.07.1898 Leicester - 24.11.1941 (KIA) [age 43] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.09.1917 Lt. 15.09.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1927 Cdr. 30.06.1932 Capt. 30.06.1940 OBE 19.08.1941 capture Lothringen; "for enterprise, coolness and skill"	02.08.1914     entered RN (01.1919)     HMS President 02.08.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Valiant (battleship) 30.06.1924 - (01.1925) staff, RN College, Dartmouth 06.04.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.01.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for training duties) 07.01.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 10.04.1931 - (01.)1932 Executive Officer, HMS Carlisle (cruiser) (Africa) (09.1932) no appointment listed 17.01.1933 - (06.1933) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] (01.1934) no appointment listed 17.12.1934 - (07.)1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Dainty (destroyer) (China) 09.1935 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Dainty (destroyer) (China) 07.09.1936 - (08.)1938 lent to the Government of Greece 05.09.1938 - (04.)1940 Executive Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 04.09.1940 - 24.11.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
Loveband, John Gerald Yerburgh	27.02.1895 Horsham, Sussex - died between 08.1973 and 08.1977 ??	Lt. 15.05.1916 ?, seniority 15.12.1915 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1923 Cdr. 30.06.1929 Capt. 30.06.1937 (retd < 05.1950) MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune MID 17.04.1945 minelaying & attack enemy convoy Norway 01.45 StOlav - taking the King to Norway 07.06.45	15.01.1908     entered RN (01.1925) no appointment listed 01.07.1925 - (07.1927) HMS Dryad (HM Navigation School, Portsmouth) 01.08.1927 - (08.1929) Navigating Officer, HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (and as Squadron Navigating Officer, 3rd Cruiser Squadron) (Mediterranean) 11.11.1929 - (04.1930) Commanding Officer, HMS Windsor (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) (02.1931) no appointment listed 12.04.1931 - (09.1932) Navigating Officer, HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (and as Fleet Navigating Officer, Africa Station) 27.11.1933 - (01.1934) a Naval Assistant to the Director of Navigation, Navigation Branch, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 25.02.1935 - (07.1935) Navigating Officer, HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (and as Master of the Fleet) (Mediterranean) 12.10.1935 - (02.1936) Navigating Officer, HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (and as Master of the Fleet) (Mediterranean) (02.1937) HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) * (07.1937) no appointment listed 10.01.1938 - (02.1938) Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 12.03.1938 - (10.1938) Commanding Officer, HMS Dunedin (cruiser; boys' seagoing training ship and T/B target ship) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 13.01.1939 - (04.1940) Captain of Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, Singapore [HMS Terror II] (02.1941) no appointment listed 08.1941 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Roberts (monitor) (06.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed (10.1943) - (12.1943) HMS President * (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed: (06.1944) HMS Odyssey 01.09.1944 - (06.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Norfolk (cruiser) & Flag Captain 1st Cruiser Squadron (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Lovett-Cameron, Archibald Anthony Son of Phillip Howard Lovett-Cameron, and Charlotte Elizabeth Durnsford Irwin. Married (1916) Maria Dewar.	06.06.1883 Canada - 03.11.1958	Cdr. 30.06.1916 (retd) Capt. (retd) 06.06.1929	15.01.1897     entered RN (01.1919)     HMS President (for Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty) 25.08.1939 - 27.02.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven) & Naval Officer-in-Charge, Newhaven 19.03.1942 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Mentor (RN base, Stornoway) & Naval Officer-in-Charge, Stornoway (10.1943) no appointment listed 01.11.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Triphibian (training establishment, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire) 28.02.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Elissa (Combined Operations base, Messina) & as Senior Naval Officer, Eastern Sicily
Lowey, Harold Son (with three brothers and one sister) of Frederick Lowey (1853-1897), and Annie Edge (née Piers) (1856-1909). Married (09.01.1935, Holeyhead, Anglesey) Maude Ada Angela Gordon; one son.	27.09.1897 Birkenhead, Cheshire - 24.11.1941 [age 44] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 3]	Seaman ? [J22461] A/Gnr. 01.07.1928 Gnr. 1929?, seniority 01.07.1928 Cd.Gnr. 01.07.1938	22.10.1928 - (06.)1929 Assistent Torpedo Officer, HMS Benbow (battleship) (Atlantic) 01.06.1929 - (05.)1932 Torpedo Officer, HMS Sterling (destroyer) (China) (07.1932)     no appointment listed 26.07.1932 - (11.1934) Torpedo Officer, HMS Westminster (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 28.01.1935 - (10.)1935 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 04.11.1935 - (06.)1938 Torpedo Officer, HMS Gallant (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (08.1938) - (10.1938) no appointment listed 03.01.1939 - 24.11.1941 Torpedo Officer, HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
Lowis, Geoffrey Lyttelton	08.09.1896 Scarborough, Yorks. - 11.1985 Surrey SE	RAF: Prob. F/S.Lt. ? F/S.Lt. 04.05.1917 Lt. 01.04.1918 Hon. Capt. 01.04.1918 Capt. ? (retd 21.04.1919) RN: Lt. 15.03.1918 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.03.1926 (reverted to retd < 04.1946) A/Cdr. (retd) 02.09.1939? Cdr. (retd) 03.09.1945 AFC ? ?	15.05.1909     entered RN served Royal Naval Air Service (Dirigable Officer, RAF) 02.09.1939 - (02.1941) Executive Officer, HMS California (armed merchant cruiser) 10.04.1942 (12.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Saker (RN accounting base for the US) DNE (CO) (W) [= Director of Naval Equipment (Combined Operations) (Washington) ??] at The British Admiralty Supply Representative, Washington, DC 30.09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Defender (ocean escort base, Liverpool) Published: Fabulous admirals and some naval fragments : being a brief account of some of the froth on those characters who enlivened the Royal Navy a generation or two ago, compiled from many sources (1957)
Luard, Herbert Alexander Ingles "Alec" Son of Cdr. Herbert Ducane Luard, RN (1870-1919), and Bessie Ingles (1870-1950). Married (10.05.1947) Sheila Veronica Keble-White, daughter of Capt. G.M.K. Keble-White, RN; three daughters.	15.11.1911 Tor Point, Cornwall - 02.11.1965	Midsh. 01.09.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1932 S.Lt. 31.03.1933, seniority 01.05.1932 Lt. 10.02.1934, seniority 01.08.1933 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1941 Cdr. 31.12.1947 (General List 01.01.1957?) (retd 15.11.1961) A/Capt. < 01.1956 Hon. Capt. 15.11.1961 DSC 23.05.1952 Korea (up to 09.07.51) PKB 1961? on loan to Royal Malaysian Navy	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1925-1928) 05.01.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 31.12.1931 - (01.)1932 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 22.08.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, Portsmouth 12.04.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Keppel (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) (02.1936) no appointment listed 1936 - 1936 long observers' course 01.01.1937 - (02.)1937 Acting Observer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 07.06.1937 - 06.1938 Observer, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 25.06.1938 - (04.1939) Observer, HMS Arethusa (cruiser) (and for squadron duties, 3rd Cruiser Squadron) (Mediterranean) (08.1939) - (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm (02.1941) HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) * 1941 - 1942 Flying Officer, HMNZS Leander (cruiser) 09.04.1942 - (08.1942) HMNZS Philomel II (RNZN Navy Offices, Wellington, New Zealand) 1942? - 1943? USS Hornet 12.01.1943 - 01.02.1943 Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.02.1943 - (06.1944) Naval Air Organisation Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed [due to illness on sick leave] 1946 - 1947 RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus] 03.06.1947 - (10.1947) HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 01.1948 - (07.1948) directing staff, RN Tactical School (Woolwich) (05.1950) no appointment listed 1950 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]  (1951) HMS Alacrity 1952 - 10.03.1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Meon (05.1953) no appointment listed 13.05.1953 - (04.1955) Standing Group, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) (Pentagon, Washington, DC) (01.1956) HMS President * 07.1959 - 09.1961 on loan to Royal Malayan Navy * indexed, but not listed as such
Luard, William Blaine "Bill" Eldest son of late Major William Du Cane Luard, RE, and late Maud, daughter of Sir Robert Blaine. Married (1929) May Gladys Hayes.	02.01.1897 Falmouth, Cornwall - 29.06.1979 Helford Passage, near Falmouth, Cornwall	S.Lt. 15.11.1916 (retd 11.07.1917) Lt. (retd) 11.03.1921, seniority 15.11.1919 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 07.02.1946, seniority 10.05.1942 Cdr. (retd) 12.08.1946, seniority 08.05.1946 OBE 27.03.1945 special operations 06-08.44: for gallantry and great devotion to duty in hazardous operations CdeG ? ?	Education: Mowden School, Brighton; RN Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth 15.09.1909     entered RN 1917 invalided as a Sub-Lieutenant contributor to numerous publications; co-inventor, Addison-Luard Course and Distance Calculator; Sestral-Luard Navigator, and other navigational devices 1940 - 1946 special duties, mainly as Naval Operations Liaison Officer to Coastal Command at RAF St. Eval (OBE, Croix de Guerre and palm); co­inventor four devices in production during the war 06.01.1941 - (02.1941) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] * (08.1943) - (06.1944) no appointment listed (06.1944) - (08.1944) served under Deputy Director of Operations Division (I), Admiralty [HMS President] (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945) HMS President ** (04.1946) HMS Appledore (Combined Operations base & training establishment, Fremingham Camp, Appledore) ** Naval Officer, author and inventor. FRIN. President Little Ship Club, 1944-1954; Chairman, Cornwall Sea Fisheries Committee, 1947-1967. Special Study of French and English Fisheries. Published: A Celtic Hurly­Burly, 1931; All Hands, 1933; Yachtsman's Modern Navigation and Practical Pilotage, 1933; Conquering Seas, 1935; Wild Goose Chase, 1936; ABC of Blue Water Navigation, 1936; Northern Deeps, 1937; Changing Horizons, 1946; Where the Tides Meet, 1948; The Little Ship Navigator, 1950; contrib. to numerous anthologies on the sea, inc. Secret Navies, 1978. * (08.1942) - (06.1943)  still indexed, but no longer listed as such ** indexed, but not listed as such
Luby, Maurice Married; ... children (one son?).	? - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973 ??	Cadet 01.05.1930 Midsh. (E) 01.01.1931 A/S.Lt. (E) ? S.Lt. (E) 01.09.1933 A/Lt. (E) ? Lt. (E) 14.05.1935, seniority 01.12.1934 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.12.1942 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1945 (retd 06.07.1948; own request) A/Capt. (E) > 12.1943, < 04.1944 LM 24.06.1947 Director of Engine Development 41-46	Education: BSc; MIMechE; FRAeS 26.04.1930 - (08.1930) HMS Barham (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 15.01.1931 - (11.1934) engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 03.01.1935 - (08.)1936 HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 09.12.1936 - (08.)1938 HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) (10.1938)     no appointment listed 06.12.1938 - (10.1940) Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty at Ministry of Aircraft Production) 13.01.1941 - 07.1952 Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty at Ministry of Aircraft Production, later Ministry of Supply) [as Director of Engine Research and Development & Chairman of the Gas Turbine Collaboration Committee; remained in position after July 1948 in civilian capacity] Vice-chairman and general manager of Rotax Ltd., 1952-1961. Research director, High Duty Alloys Ltd., 1961-... * indexed, but not listed as such
Lucas, Walter Colin Son of Herbert Thomas Lucas (1859-1895), and Clara Kearsley (1860-).	11.03.1883 Leamington, Warwick district, Warwickshire - 19.10.1947 Les Cigales, Alpes Maritimes, France	Midsh. (1900) A/S.Lt. 15.05.1902 S.Lt. 25.06.1903, seniority 15.05.1902 Lt. 30.09.1904 Lt.Cdr. seniority 30.09.1912 Cdr. 31.12.1916 (retd 06.06.1922; own request) A/Capt. (retd) < 04.1940 Capt. (retd) 12.08.1946, seniority 08.05.1946 - Ntce 17.10.1919 brought to notice	15.09.1897     entered RN 01.06.1899     HMS Resolution 19.04.1900     HMS Argonaut 03.10.1905     HMS Glory 14.03.1906     HMS Bulwark 05.03.1907     HMS King Edward VII 02.02.1909     HMS Andromeda 02.07.1910     Commanding Officer, HMS Robin 24.09.1915     First Lieutenant & Gunnery Officer, HMS Highflyer ... - ... ... (04.1940)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 18.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for special service) 06.1941 - 01.07.1942 HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) 01.07.1942 - 04.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Bull (RN base, Massawa, Eritrea) & as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Massawa (06.1944)     HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) * (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945) HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto) * (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Luce, Alfred Cecil   Son of late Adm. John Luce, CB, and Mary Dorothea, daughter of late A.H. Tucker. Brother of Adm. John David Luce. Married (14.05.1930, Malmesbury, Wiltshire) Mary Constance Morrice, daughter of Lewis Edward Morrice, and Eleanor Contance Murray; two daughters.	(12?).1903 St Pancras district, Greater London - 20.10.1941 (died of injuries received in a fire fighting exercise) [age 37] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 44, column 2]	Midsh. 15.09.1921 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1924 Lt. 28.02.1926 Lt.Cdr. 28.02.1934 Cdr. 30.06.1938 MID 14.10.1941 sinking of the "Bismarck"	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth 15.11.1921 - (08.1923) HMS Iron Duke (battleship) 10.04.1924 - (01.)1925 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 06.07.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 08.1926 - (06.1928) HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 03.01.1929 - (04.)1930 qualifying for gunnery duties, HMS Excellent 09.05.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) 01.08.1931 - (01.)1932 2nd Gunnery Officer, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 09.05.1932 - (09.)1932 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 12.11.1932 - (08.)1934 Gunnery Officer, HMS Despatch (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (11.1934)     no appointment listed 15.01.1935 - (07.1935) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 20.01.1936 - (02.)1936 Gunnery Officer, HMS Effingham (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) & for Squadron gunnery duties 10.1936 - (06.)1938 Gunnery Officer, HMS York (cruiser) & as Fleet Gunnery Officer, America and West Indies Station (08.)1938 - (10.)1938 no appointment listed 26.10.1938 - (04.)1939 RN Staff College [HMS President] 31.07.1939 - (08.1939) on staff of Vice-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth [HMS Effingham (cruiser)] (04.1940)     no appointment listed 17.05.1940 - 20.10.1941 Executive Officer, HMS Norfolk (cruiser)
Luce, [Sir] John David Son of late Adm. John Luce, CB, and Mary Dorothea, daughter of late A.H. Tucker. Brother of Cdr. Alfred Cecil Luce. Married (1935) Mary Adelaide Norah Whitham; two sons.	23.01.1906 Halcombe St Mary, Malmesbury, Wiltshire - 06.01.1971 Lansdown Nursing Home, Bath	Midsh. 15.01.1924 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1926 Lt. 16.10.1928 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1936 Cdr. 31.12.1940 A/Capt. 14.10.1942? Capt. 30.06.1945 R.Adm. 07.01.1955 V.Adm. 31.01.1958 Adm. 22.08.1960 (retd 15.03.1966) GCB 08.06.1963 HM's birthday 63 [investiture 16.07.63] KCB 01.01.1960 New Year 60 [investiture 01.03.60] CB 01.01.1957 New Year 57 [investiture 16.07.57] DSO 12.11.1940 good services in recent patrols [investiture 25.02.41] DSO 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [investiture 10.06.47] OBE 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee (raid on Dieppe 08.42) [investiture 27.10.42] MID 19.05.1953 Korea Aviz - state visit president of Portugal 10.55 Third Class of the Order of Al-Rafidhain (Iraq) [state visit King of Iraq 56]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 15.09.1919     entered RN 15.01.1924 - (05.)1926 HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Mediterranean) 23.09.1926 - 10.04.1927 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 11.04.1927 - (07.1927) promotion course, Portsmouth 1927 joined submarines 03.04.1928 - (08.)1929 HMS L 23 (submarine) (Mediterranean) 04.10.1929 - (10.)1930 First Lieutenant, HMS H 49 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) 29.12.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 05.07.1932 - (06.)1933 for duty with Group "Y" submarines in reserve at Portsmouth [HMS L 6, L 22 & L 52] 21.09.1933 - (11.1934) First Lieutenant, HMS Osiris (submarine) (China) (02.1935)     no appointment listed 29.04.1935 - (07.)1935 submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Alecto] 10.08.1935 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS H 44 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) 12.01.1937 - (07.1937) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.01.1938 - (10.)1938 Staff Officer (Operations), 4th Submarine Flotilla [HMS Medway (submarine depot ship)] (China) (and for duty with submarines) 12.1938 - (02.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Regulus (submarine) (China) 22.03.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Rainbow (submarine) (China) 14.06.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Cachalot (submarine) 10.03.1941 - (12.1941) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] ? - (08.)1942 Naval Raid Planner (1) on the staff of the Naval Adviser on Combined Operations, Combined Operations Headquarters 14.10.1942 14.10.1942 ? (08.1943) 17.08.1943 (12.1943) - - - - - - (06.1944) (02.1943) (06.1943) 17.08.1943 (10.1943) (06.1944) HMS Vectis (RN base, Seaview, Isle of Wight) Chief Staff Officer Executive Officer [?] Senior Officer, Force "J" (temporary) Chief Staff Officer, Force "J" Executive Officer [?] (06.1944) Chief Staff Officer to Naval Commander Eastern Task Force [under Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief, Expeditionary Force] (Normandy) 27.08.1944 - (07.)1945 Executive Officer, HMS Swiftsure (cruiser) 01.12.1945 - (04.)1946 Chief of Staff (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)] 26.09.1946 - 1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford) (07.1948) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 08.12.1948 - 1951 Deputy Director, Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 1951 - 1952 Commanding Officer, HMS Liverpool 1952 - 1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Birmingham (Korea) 10.03.1953 - (07.)1954 Director of Royal Naval Staff College [HMS President] 23.08.1954 - (01.)1956 Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty [HMS President] 30.08.1956 - 1958 Flag Officer (Flotillas), Home Fleet [HMS Kenya] 28.07.1958 - (01.)1959 Flag Officer, Scotland [HMS Cochrane (RN Barracks, Donibristle)] 28.04.1960 - 06.11.1962 Commander-in-Chief, Far East Station [HMS Terror] 11.1962 - (02.)1963 First Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in the Far East & UK Military Adviser to SEATO [HMS Terror] 06.08.1963 - 1966 Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord President, Royal Naval Association. * indexed, but not listed as such
Luke, Samuel Paul Son of Samuel Paul Luke, and Anna Allen. Brother of Lt. (A) James Allen Luke, RNVR. Married ((12?).1950, Hampstead district, London) Doris L. Gislingham (née Gaisford).	17.10.1917 - 07.1996 Bodmin district, Cornwall	Midsh. (A) 16.01.1939 A/S.Lt. (A) 17.10.1939 S.Lt. (A) 14.03.1940 Lt. (A) 17.04.1942 ?, seniority 17.10.1941 ?, seniority 17.10.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 07.05.1943? Lt.Cdr. 17.10.1948 (retd 18.09.1952)	20.01.1939 - 12.03.1939 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 13.03.1939 - 30.04.1939 HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) (for training) 01.05.1939   (05.)1939 pilots' course, No. 20 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School (Gravesend) [HMS President] 03.07.1939 - (08.)1939 pilots' course, No. 7 Flying Training School (Peterborough) [HMS Pembroke] (09.)1939 - (04.)1940 Fleet Air Arm 01.06.1940 - (02.)1941 pilot, 814 Squadron FAA [HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier)] (12.1941)     no appointment listed 10.04.1942 - (08.)1942 pilot, 814 Squadron FAA [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) 25.11.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) (for Aerodrome Conttrol duties) 07.05.1943 - 05.01.1944 Commanding Officer, 769 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath), from 07.11.1943 HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus), deck landing training at HMS Ravager (escort carrier) 10.1943 & 12.1943/01.1944] 26.01.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, 826 Squadron FAA (07.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Lunberg, Ronald Bruce Son of ... Lunberg, and ... Darbyshire. Married Isabelle (née ...), Ardmore, Co. Down; one son, two daughters.	05.12.1915 Liverpool, West Derby district,  Lancashire - 10.1997 South East Hampshire district, Hampshire	S.Lt. (A) 01.05.1941 Lt. (A) 01.11.1942 A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 07.1945 A/Lt.Cdr. 25.04.1950 Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1950 (retd 12.1960) LM 13.08.1954 Korea	28.09.1936 joined RN (12.1941) no appointment listed 05.01.1942 - (10.)1943 pilot, 810 Squadron FAA [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] 08.11.1943 - (06.1944) pilot, 785 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)] 14.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for ferry pool) 18.03.1946 - (04.)1946 pilot, 758 (A) Squadron FAA [HMS Godwit (RN Air Station, Hinstock, Salop)] 12.1946 - (07.1948) pilot, 727 Squadron FAA [HMS Siskin (RN Air Station, Gosport, Hampshire)] (05.1949) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 25.04.1950 - 14.07.1952 Commanding Officer, 817 Squadron FAA [HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn), from 29.08.1950 HMAS Sydney, from 07.12.1950 HMAS Albatross, from 24.04.1951 HMAS Sydney, from 18.05.1951 HMAS Albatross, from 08.1951 HMAS Sydney, from 03.03.1952 HMAS Albatross] [on loan to RAN] 04.08.1952 - 09.09.1952 HMAS Penguin (additional; for passage to UK per SS Orontes) 10.09.1952 - 26.10.1952 HMAS Cerberus II (additional; for foreign shore leave prior to reversion to RN) (05.1953) no appointment listed 01.09.1953 - (04.)1955 HMS Gamecock (RN Air Station, Bramcote, Nuneaton) (for duty at RAF Station, Syerston) 25.07.1955 - (01.1956) HMS President (for miscellaneous duties) (01.1957) Naval Air Organisation and Training Division, Admiralty * * indexed, but not listed as such
Luther, Gordon John Married Aileen Audrey ....	1909 ? - 02.10.1952 Tiverton, Devon	... ... S.Lt. 16.09.1930 Lt. 01.10.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1940 (retd 20.06.1949) MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	... - ... ... 03.12.1942 - 03.02.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Volunteer (destroyer) (despatches) 08.04.1944 - (10.)1944 Staff Officer Anti-Submarine, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 16.12.1944 - (01.)1945 HSM Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyll) (for miscellaneous duties) 25.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Vernon (torpedo school &experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (for miscellaneous duties) ... - ... ...
Luxmoore, Thomas Gordon Putt	? - 24.05.1941 (MPK) [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 3]	... ... Paym.Lt. 01.12.1934	... - ... ... 20.07.1932 - (02.)1935 HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 25.04.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) 10.10.1936 - (10.1938) for duty in Admiral's Office, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship), later HMS Warspite (battleship)] (02.1939) - (04.1939) no appointment listed 01.06.1939 - 24.05.1941 Secretary to the Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral/Vice­Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron, aboard: HMS Hood 01.06.1939 - 11.03.1940 HMS Renown 11.03.1940 - 13.04.1940 HMS Warspite 13.04.1940 - ??.04.1940 HMS Renown ??.04.1940 - 10.08.1940 HMS Hood 10.08.1940 - 24.05.1941 [missing, presumed killed when HMS Hood was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic]
Lyle, Kenneth Sidebottom	see:	Burma RNVR officers' section
Lyne, Lionel Geoffrey Son of ... Lyne, and ... Cook. Married Kathleen Elizabeth Lyne (née ...); at least one son (Andrew Geoffrey Lyne, Professor of Radio Astronomy). From Portsmouth.	04.05.1916 Westbury on Severn district, Gloucestershire - 12.02.1982 Kings Lynn district	Prob. A/S.Lt. RNR 01.06.1937 A/S.Lt. RNR 02.10.1937 Prob. S.Lt. 04.07.1938 S.Lt. 1939?, seniority 04.07.1938 Lt. 1940, seniority 04.09.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 Lt.Cdr. 04.09.1947 (retd 1959/60?) A/Cdr. ? OBE 13.06.1957 Suez operations (HMS Forth) [award presented] DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [award posted] MID 13.11.1945 mine clearance Elbe & Weser rivers 03-06.45	(08.1938) - (04.)1939 short course of instruction 13.05.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 10.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Campbell (destroyer) 09.09.1940 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Chesterfield (destroyer) (08.1942)     no appointment listed (02.1943)     HMS Fraserburgh (Bangor class minesweeper) * 04.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Quebec (Combined Operations training centre, Inveraray), from late 1943 HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP)) 1943 - 1944 Officer Commanding , COPP 9 [aboard HM X.23 (midget submarine) at Normandy] 07.12.1944 - (07.)1945 Navigating Officer, HMS Courier (and for flotilla duties) 15.10.1945 - (04.1946) Navigating Officer, HMS Berwick (cruiser) 11.1947 - (05.1949) Commander of RN Yard Trincomalee, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master [HMS Highflyer] (05.1950)     no appointment listed (05.1953)     HMS Superb * (04.1955)     no appointment listed 30.08.1955 - (01.1956) Commanding Officer, HMS Ben Lomond 1956 - (01.1957) Queen's Harbour Master, Port Said [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] * (01.1959)     Dockyard Malta [HMS St Angelo] * indexed, but not listed as such
Lyon, Sir George Hamilton D'Oyly Son of late George Kenneth Lyon, Bengal Civil Service, and Mrs F.G. Swayne, 3rd daughter of late Sir Warren Hastings D'Oyly, Bart. Married (1912) Helenora Mary, daughter of late J.C.H. Pierson and Mary Pierson; two sons (and one killed in action near Dunkirk, May 1940).	03.10.1883 Bankipore, India - 20.08.1947 Eastshaw, Midhurst, Sussex	Cdr. 30.06.1916 Capt. 31.12.1922 R.Adm. 25.11.1934 V.Adm. 17.06.1938 Adm. 15.06.1942 (retd 1943) KCB 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 CB 01.01.1936 New Year 36 Commander Order of the Redeemer of Greece; Greek Medal of Military Merit 1st Class; Grand Cross Order of Aviz of Portugal	Education: King's School, Bruton; HMS Britannia 15.06.1899     entered RN 1914 - (01.)1919 served in HMS Monarch (battleship), Grand Fleet (Battle of Jutland 1916) 01.04.1923 - 29.08.1923 Admiralty 29.08.1923 - (01.1925) Assistant Director of Plans, Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 05.1927 - (07.1927) Director of Physical Training and Sports, Admiralty [HMS President] 20.05.1929 - (02.)1931 Head of British Naval Mission to Greece 10.10.1931 - (01.1932) Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 25.07.1932 - (01.)1934 Commodore (D) Commanding Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas [HMS Cairo (cruiser)] (Home Fleet) 15.03.1935 - (02.)1937 Rear-Admiral Commanding 3rd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Delhi (cruiser), later: HMS Arethusa (cruiser)] (Mediterranean) (07.1937) no appointment listed 31.01.1938 - (04.)1940 Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station [HMS Neptune (cruiser), later: HMS Afrikander V (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone)] [assumed command 08.03.1938] (02.1941) no appointment listed 02.04.1941 - 07.07.1943 Commander-in-Chief, The Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] (08.1943) no appointment listed Rugby football; played full back for England, 1908, cricket, Hampshire and Royal Navy, golf, tennis.
Lyster, Sir Arthur Lumley St George Eldest son of Arthur Edward Lyster, JP, MD, of Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex. Married (1916) Daisy Agnes, 2nd daughter of late Tankerville Chamberlayne of Cranbury Park, nr Winchester; three daughters.	27.04.1888 Warwickshire - 04.08.1957 [Charminster, Dorset ?]	A/S.Lt. 15.03.1908 S.Lt. 21.12.1908, seniority 15.03.1908 Lt. 15.03.1909 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1917 Cdr. 30.06.1921 Capt. 30.06.1928 R.Adm. 01.08.1939 V.Adm. 29.10.1942 (retd 27.07.1945) KCB 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 CB 01.01.1941 New Year 41 CVO 29.01.1936 ? CBE 08.09.1942 Operation Pedestal DSO 27.06.1919 for distinguished services as Gunnery Officer of HMS Cassandra, 6th Light Cruiser Squadron MID 26.09.1940 Norway 04-06.40 ItCrwn 12.05.1917 ?	Education: Berkhamsted School; HMS Britannia 15.09.1902     entered RN 1914 - 1918 European War (North America, Gallipoli, Suez Canal, Italy & with 6th Light Cruiser Squadron and Grand Fleet (DSO, Crown of Italy)) 1919 HMS Renown (during Prince of Wales' tour to Canada and Australasia) 28.12.1922  - (08.1923) Squadron Gunnery Officer, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Barham (battleship)] (Atlantic Fleet) 08.12.1924 - 29.12.1924 Admiralty 29.12.1924 - (05.)1926 an Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 22.11.1926 - (06.1928) Executive Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) (and for duty with Captain Superintendent of Contract-Built Ships) 08.01.1929 - (04.)1930 Naval Member of the Ordnance Committee (10.1930) no appointment listed 08.01.1931 - (02.)1931 tactical course, HM Dockyard Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 05.10.1931 - (01.)1932 course at Senior Officers' School, Sheerness [HMS President] 1932 - 1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Danae (cruiser) (America and West Indies) (09.1932) no appointment listed 11.01.1933 - 1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Wallace (flotilla leader) & Captain (D), 5th Destroyer Flotilla (Home Fleet) 01.05.1935 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, RN Gunnery School, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] [in charge of the Gun Carriage at King George V's funeral, London, 1936] 11.05.1936 - (07.)1937 Director of Training and Staff Duties, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.12.1937 - (04.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 10.01.1939 - 01.08.1939 also: Naval ADC to the King (08.1939) - (09.1939) no appointment listed 20.12.1939 - (04.)1940 Rear-Admiral, Scapa and in charge of HM Dockyard Scapa Flow [HMS Iron Duke] 1940 Norway 19.08.1940 - (02.)1941 Rear-Admiral, Mediterranean Aircraft Carriers [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] (attack on Taranto, 11th November 1940 (CB)) 1941 - 1942 Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Services 11.07.1942 - (02.)1943 Rear-Admiral / Vice-Admiral Home Fleet Aircraft Carriers [HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier)] 27.04.1943 - 1945 Flag Officer Carrier Training and Administration [HMS Monck] (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Lyver, Guy Desmond D'Esterre Son of Frederick William and Evelyn Gladys D'Esterre Lyver. Husband of Margery Judith Lyver, of Bedford.	(06?).1911 Wantage district, Berkshire / Oxfordshire - 09.06.1940 [age 29] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 1, panel 2]	S.Lt. RNR 01.08.1934 Lt. RNR 01.08.1937 Lt. 25.06.1939, seniority 19.05.1935	16.10.1938 - (04.1939) HMS Sussex (cruiser) (to complete training) (Mediterranean) 26.06.1939 - (08.1939) pilots' course at No. 20 Elementrary and Reserve Flying Training School, Gravesend (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm ? - 09.06.1940 HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)

 

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