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Mabbatt, Francis George	27.08.1903 Devonport, Devon - 08.1984 Barrow-in- Furness, Cumberland	Wt.Shipwr. 27.03.1937	... - ... ... 05.05.1937 - (04.1949) HMS Maidstone ? - (07.1945) HMS Achilles
Macdonald, Frank Leslie Son of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Macdonald, of North End, Portsmouth.	03.03.1908 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 20.11.1941 Indian Ocean [age 33] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 3]	A/Gnr. 01.10.1932 Gnr. 1933?, seniority 01.10.1932 MID 17.12.1940 destruction Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni 19.07.40	(05.1933) - (06.1933) short course of instruction 03.07.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 06.03.1934 - (07.1934) HMS Durban (cruiser) (for DF duties) (Mediterranean) * 15.03.1935 - (02.)1937 HMNZS Dunedin (cruiser) (07.1937) no appointment listed 28.08.1937 - 10.09.1937 London Depot RAN [on loan to RAN] 11.09.1937 - 20.10.1937 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage from UK per 'Orion') [on loan to RAN] 21.10.1937 - 20.11.1941 HMAS Sydney (light cruiser) [on loan to RAN] * (02.1935) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Macdonald, Ronald Alistair	? - died between 08.1973 and 08.1989	Lt. ? 02.02.1922, seniority 15.06.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1927 (retd 19.05.1943; remained on active duty) Cdr. (retd) 19.05.1943 (reverted to retd > 07.1945, < 04.1946)	01.06.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Vernon (torpedo school ship, Portsmouth) (01.1925) HMS Thunderer (battleship) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) * [ 04.1926? - 05.1926 possibly first Commanding Officer, HMNZS Wakakura (trawler) ?] (05.1926) lent to New Zealand Government 05.1926 - (07.1927) Squadron Torpedo Officer, New Zealand Squadron [HMNZS Dunedin (cruiser)] [lent to New Zealand Government] 15.02.1929 - (08.)1929 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (temporary) (for explosive research work) 12.09.1929 - (09.1932) Torpedo Officer, HMS Norfolk (cruiser) (Home Fleet) [ship commissioned 14.05.1930] (01.1934) no appointment listed 01.11.1934 - (07.1945) Mining Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) * indexed, but not listed as such [perhaps mistaken for Cdr. A.R.A. Macdonald]
Machin, John Lee	(12?).1902 Worksop - 24.05.1941 KIA a/b HMS Hood [age 39] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial]	Lt. 15.06.1925 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1933	01.04.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Velox (destroyer), Atlantic Fleet 31.10.1929 - (02.1931) First Lieutenant, HMS Walpole (destroyer), Atlantic Fleet 19.01.1932 - (01.1934) First Lieutenant, HMS Cygnet (destroyer), Home Fleet 08.10.1934 - (07.1935) Commanding Officer, HMS Rowena (destroyer), Portland 27.08.1936 - (02.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Diana (destroyer), China 06.02.1939 - (08.1939) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] ? - 24.05.1941 HMS Hood (battle cruiser)
MacIntyre, Donald George Frederick Wyville Married (11.11.1941, London) Monica Strickland.	1904 - 1981	Midsh. 15.01.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1924 S.Lt. 15.02.1925 Lt. 15.11.1926 Lt.Cdr. 15.11.1934 Cdr. 31.12.1940 Capt. 31.12.1945 (retd 07.07.1955) RAF: (T) F/O 15.11.1927 DSO 06.05.1941 sinking U100, U 99 & probably U29 DSO 09.03.1943 destruction U-boat Western Approaches 26.12.42 DSO 07.09.1943 destruction U-boat Western Approaches & 2 probables 05.43 DSC 19.09.1944 sinking U765 Western Approaches 06.05.44 MID 12.09.1944 sinking U92 Plymouth Area 25.06.44 LM 15.10.1946 ?	Education: Glyngarth Preparatory School, Cheltenham, Gloucester 1920s entered the Royal Navy 02.06.1922 (08.1923) HMS Despatch (light cruiser) 25.09.1924 - (01.1925) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 24.02.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Vanquisher (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 15.11.1927 - 15.08.1933 attached to RAF: 19.10.1928 - (04.)1930 pilot, No. 403 Flight FAA [HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier)] (China Station) (10.1930) no appointment listed 04.11.1930 - (02.1931) pilot, HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Fleet Air Arm) 30.03.1931 - (01.1932) pilot, No. 401 Flight FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Home waters) (09.1932) - (09.1932) pilot, No. 402 Flight FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Home waters) 04.09.1933 - (01.1934) HMS President (for study of foreign languages; for 4 months' study in Italy) 20.01.1934 - 27.11.1934 re-attached to RAF 14.02.1935 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS Kingfisher (coastal sloop) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla) 23.12.1936 - (02.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Widnes (twin-screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean) 03.1937 - (10.1938) Commanding Officer, HMS Defender (destroyer) (China) 31.07.1939 - 08.01.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer) 01.1940 - 03.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Hesperus (destroyer) 03.1941 06.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Walker (destroyer) & SO 5th Escort Group 07.1942 * - 03.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Hesperus (destroyer) & SO Unit [= Escort Group] B2 * later indicated as 02.04.1943 without SO Unit B2 03.1944 - 08.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Bickerton (frigate) & SO 5th Escort Group 01.10.1944 - (07.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) 06.10.1945 - 20.05.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Blackcap (07.1948) no appointment listed (05.1950) no appointment listed (05.1953) no appointment listed 04.12.1953 - (04.1955) Commanding Officer, HMS Neptune & Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Chatham [and as such also Commanding Officer, HMS Diadem] 07.01.1955 - 07.07.1955 also: Naval ADC to the King Published: U-boat killer (1956); Jutland (1957); The Kola run : a record of Arctic convoys, 1941-1945 (1958; with Ian Campbell); Narvik (1959); The thunder of the guns : a century of battleships (1959); The battle of the Atlantic 1939-1945 (1961); Fighting admiral : the life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Somerville (1961); Admiral Rodney (1962); Fighting ships and seamen (1963); Wings of Neptune : the story of naval aviation (1963); The battle for the Mediterranean (1964); Fighting under the sea (1965); The battle for the Pacific (1966); Aircraft carrier : the majestic weapon (1968); Trafalgar : Nelson's great victory (1968); Leyte Gulf : armada in the Pacific (1969); Man-of-war : a history of the combat vessel (1969; with Basil W. Bathe); Adventure of sail 1520-1914 (1970; with others); The naval war against Hitler (1971); Sea power in the Pacific : a history from the sixteenth century to the present day (1972); Famous sea battles (1974); Famous fighting ships (1975); The privateers (1975)
Macintyre, Ian Agnew Patterson	24.08.1893 - 17.08.1967 [Old Portsmouth, Hants. ?]	Capt. 31.12.1937 Cdre. 2nd cl. 05.11.1943? (retd 1947) CB 18.12.1945 wind up (Europe 1945) CBE 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 DSO 01.12.1942 N Russia convoy PQ18 LegH 1946 ?	Education: Littlejohns, Greenwich; RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth 1907 joined RN as Cadet 1911 - 1913 Midshipman, HMS Bellerophon 1914 - 1918 served in destroyers and submarines 1919 - 1939 served n the Fleet and submarines 20.02.193X [1939?] - 1942) Chief Staff Officer to Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin] 27.03.1942 - (10.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Scylla (cruiser) 05.11.1943 - (07.1945) Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet] 01.11.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier) 1947 - 1948 Control Commission Germany 1948 - 1962 Admiralty Regional Officer, North West
Mack, Edward	? - died between 08.1983 and 09.1989	... ... Lt. 01.12.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1939 Cdr. 30.06.1943 (retd 01.06.1957) DSO 23.06.1942 convoy escort action with enemy 29.03.42  [investiture 03.11.42] DSC 01.01.1942 New Year 42 [investiture 03.11.42] MID 12.10.1943 destruction Italian submarine Ascianghi MID 04.04.1944 Aegean operations 09-11.43	.. - ... ... 22.08.1939 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Valorous (destroyer) 25.01.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Valorous (destroyer) 10.01.1942 - 24.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Eclipse (destroyer) (12.1943) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 04.10.1944 - (04.)1946 Executive Officer, HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) 09.10.1946 - (10.1947) Executive Officer, HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) ... - ... ...
Mack, Philip John Son of Major Paston Mack, 12th Lancers, of Paston Hall, Norwich. Married (1930) Elizabeth, daughter of Cecil Percy Dawson, Shanghai, China. Lived at Paston Hall, Norwich.	06.10.1892 Paston Hall, Norwich - 29.04.1943 [Paston (St. Margaret) Churchyard]	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.06.1913 Lt. 19.09.1914 Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1922 Cdr. 30.06.1927 Capt. 31.12.1934 R.Adm. 12.01.1943 DSO 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 [investiture 14.04.42] DSO 05.08.1941 sinking Italian convoy escorts 16.04.41 [investiture 14.04.42] MID 03.02.1942 Battle of Cape Matapan	Education: RN College, Osborne & Dartmouth 1905 joined RN 1914 - 1919 served European War: 01.1917 - 04.1917 Commanding Officer, HMS Result 06.1923 - (08.)1923 Commanding Officer, HMS Tumult (torpedo-boat destroyer) 15.10.1923 - (01.)1925 Commanding Officer, HMS Wishart (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 04.12.1925 - (07.1927) HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (China) 09.04.1928 - (04.)1930 Commanding Officer, HMS Wryneck (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 07.07.1930 - (01.)1932 staff, Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.1932 - (07.1934) Executive Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) (02.1935) no appointment listed 18.03.1935 - (07.)1935 Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 28.12.1935 - 1939 Naval Attaché South America (Bueons Aires) [HMS President] (02.1939) no appointment listed 20.03.1939 - 13.07.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Jervis (destroyer) & Captain (D) 7th Destroyer Flotilla 14.07.1940 - 19.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Jervis (destroyer) & Captain (D) 14th Destroyer Flotilla 06.05.1942 - 15.02.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS King George V (battleship)
Mackay, Denis Handcock	? - 10.04.2001	... ... S.Lt. 01.11.1937 Lt. 01.03.1939 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1947 (retd 01.05.1957) Hon. Cdr. ? DSC 10.07.1945 operations Arakan coast 11.44-03.45 [award posted] MID 31.03.1942 minefield clearance Nore 12.41-01.42	Education: Wanganui Collegiate School (1931-1934) ... - ... ... 14.04.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Gleaner (minesweeper; for surveying service) (04.1940)     no appointment listed 06.01.1941 - (02.)1941 long navigation course [HMS Dryad] 28.09.1941 - (01.)1942 Navigating Officer, HMS Sidmouth 18.07.1942 - (08.1943)  HMNZS Achilles 19.09.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Quebec (Combined training centre, Inveraray), from late 1943 HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP)) (11.1944) - (04.1945) Officer Commanding, COPP 4 (Naval Party 755) 09.1945 - (04.1946) Navigating Officer, HMS Bellona ... - ... ...
Mackay, Robert Henry Ramsay Son of Henry Ramsay Mackay. Married (21.04.1906) Beatrice Caroline Arbuthnot (05.02.1883 - 08.07.1953), daughter of Adm. Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot and Emily Caroline Schomberg; four daughters.	(09?).1877 Tonbridge, Sussex - 18.08.1954 Petham, Canterbury, Kent	Midsh. 1894? A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.12.1897 Lt. 1899? Cdr. 1913? A/Capt. 1916? Capt. 30.06.1919 (retd) (reactivated 03.02.1942) (reverted to retd 1944/45?) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 03.02.1942 OBE 01.01.1919 New Year 19: in recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the War MID 20.09.1918 Mediterranean 01-06.18 Italian War Cross (22.01.1920)	02.1894 - 10.1897 HMS Orlando (cruiser) (Australia) (includes courses in HMS Royalist,  Flora, and Marten) 10.1897 - 11.1898 HMS Victorious (battleship) 11.1898 - 12.1899 HMS Brisk (torpedo cruiser) (joined at Chatham) (06.1900) HMS Peacock (gunboat) (China) 10.1901 - 04.1903 HMS Canopus (battleship) (Mediterranean) 05.1903 - 09.1903 HMS Northampton (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 06.1904 - 03.1906 HMS Triumph (battleship) (Home Fleet) 05.1906 - 04.1908 HMS Pathfinder (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 04.1908 - 02.1910 HMS Lancaster (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 02.1910 - 12.1913 HMS Liverpool (cruiser) (Home Fleet) (building & on commissioning) 12.1913 - 11.1914 HMS Lowestoft (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 11.1914 - 01.1916 HMS Europa (cruiser) (Home Fleet & Mediterranean) 01.1916 - 06.1917 HMS Euryalus (cruiser) (East Indies) 10.1917 - 07.1919 Commanding Officer, HMS Coreopsis (sloop) (Persian Gulf) 03.02.1942 - (04.)1944 Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]: 02.1942 ON.67 SS Eaglet (to Halifax) 03.1942 HX.179 SS Eaglet (from Halifax) 04.1942 OS.25 SS Mary Kingsley (to Freetown) 05.1942 SL.109 SS Thomas Holt (from Freetown) 06.1942 ONS.108 SS Empire Bunting (to St Johns) 08.1942 SC.95 SS Recorder (from Halifax) 09.1942 ON.131 SS Abraham Lincoln (to St Johns) 10.1942 SC.107 SS Geisha (from New York) 12.1942 ONS.156 SS Boltrova (to New York) 02.1943 HX.225 SS Empire Faith (from New York) 1943 AMF.11 ? (to North Africa) 1943 MKF.11 ? (from North Africa) 05.1943 ON.184 MS Samuel Bakke (to New York) 06.1943 HX.246 SS Topdalsfjord (from New York) 11.1943 KMS.32 SS Havildar (to Mediterranean) 1943/44 MKS.34 ? (from Mediterranean) 02.1944 OS.68 SS Port Freemantle (to Freetown) 03.1944 SL.152 MV Macgregor Laird (from Freetown) (06.1944) no appointment listed Justice of the Peace (JP).
MacKendrick, Douglas William	(06?).1903 Bucklow, Cheshire - 22.12.1941 (KIA) [age 38] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial]	... ... Lt. 15.03.1926 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1934 Cdr. 31.12.1937 MID 10.03.1942 convoy H676 attacked by torpedo bombers	09.09.1927 - (08.1929) Commanding Officer, No. 441 Flight [HMS Argus (aircraft carrier)] (attached RAF) 01.09.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Coventry (cruiser) 01.01.1932 - (01.1934) HMS Valiant (battleship) (attached RAF) 09.1934 - (07.1935) S/R Squadron 821 [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (attached RAF) 27.01.1936 - (02.1937) Flight Commander, 705 Flight [HMS Repulse (battlecruiser)] (attached RAF) (08.1939) Air Ministry 10.05.1941 - 22.12.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS [Empire] Audacity (escort aircraft carrier)
Mackenzie, Alexander James Son of Allan James Mackenzie and Emma Catherine Mackenzie; husband of Elizabeth Rees Mackenzie.	19.06.1910 - 21.12.1942 (KIA) [age 32] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 61, column 3]	Prob. S.Lt. RNR 06.11.1933 S.Lt. RNR 17.03.1934, seniority 06.11.1933 Lt. RNR 06.11.1935 Lt. (Supplementary List) 09.04.1937, seniority 19.06.1934 Lt. 1938?, seniority 19.06.1934 Lt.Cdr. 19.06.1942	24.05.1937 - (07.1937) HMS Spearfish (submarine) 07.1937 - (08.1939) HMS Severn (submarine) 10.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Severn (submarine) 13.10.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Ursula (submarine) (08.1942) -