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Place, Basil Charles Godfrey Son of late Major C.G.M. Place, DSO, MC, and Anna Margaret Place, daughter of W.A. Stuart-William, PWD, India. Married (1943) Althea Annington, daughter of late Harry Tickler, Grimsby; one son, two daughters.	19.07.1921 Little Malvern, Worcestershire - 27.12.1994 Holborn, Central London [Corton Denham Cemetery]	Cadet 01.09.1938 Midsh. 01.05.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1941 S.Lt. 16.12.1940 Lt. 16.01.1942 Lt.Cdr. 16.01.1950 Cdr. 30.06.1952 Capt. 31.12.1958 R.Adm. 07.01.1968 (retd 30.06.1970) VC 22.02.1944 Operation Source * CB 01.01.1970 New Year 70 CVO 1991 ? DSC 04.05.1943 large ship sunk Eastern Mediterranean 03.42 Aviz - state visit President of Portugal 10.55 KW 10.02.1942 liaison officer ORP Sokol * Lieutenant Place, commanding the Midget Submarine X7, along with Lieutenant Cameron, commanding Midget Submarine X6, on the 22nd September, 1943, at Kaafjord, Norway, carried out a most a daring and successful attack on the German Battleship Tirpitz. Lieutenant Place found a gap in the outer net at 4am on the 22nd September. He waited for a minesweeper to come out before taking the X7 through the opening. Unfortunately the X7 ran into a torpedo net. After going full astern and flooding and blowing the tanks, they got through. At 6:40am, he sighted the Tirpitz, approximately 1700 yards away. X7 got stuck in another net and on freeing itself they broke surface, 30 yards from the Tirpitz. They submerged and made contact with the Battleship, approximately 20 ft below its B Turret. They edged below, and under the keel, lined up, fore and aft, with the enemy ship. The X7, then dropped her starboard charge, after which, she went astern for 150 yards or more before dropping her second charge.	Education: The Grange, Folkestone; RN College, Dartmouth 01.09.1938 - 30.04.1939 Cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Newcastle (cruiser) 06.01.1941 - (02.1941) promotion course, Portsmouth 1941 - 1943 10th and 12th Submarine Flotillas: 01.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Talbot (submarine) 28.01.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Una (submarine) (1942) British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Sokol (Polish submarine) (02.1943) - (04.1946) no appointment listed: (09.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS X7 (midget submarine) 01.02.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Cardigan Bay (05.1949) no appointment listed 16.01.1950 - (05.1950) staff of Flag Officer (Air) (Home) [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 1952 - 1953 HMS Glory (801 Sqn) 11.05.1953 - (04.1955) on staff of Flag Officer Flying Training [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) (10.1955) Senior Officer, Channel Escort 1955 - 1956 Commanding Officer, HMS Tumult 13.01.1956 - (01.)1957 Executive Officer, HMS Theseus 1957 - 1958 HMS Corunna 15.11.1958 - 1960 Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers [HMS Eagle] 27.04.1960 - 1962 Deputy Director of Air Warfare (B), Naval Air Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 25.04.1962 - (02.)1963 Commanding Officer, HMS Rothesay and Captain (D), 25th Escort Squadron 16.12.1963 - 1965 Commanding Officer, HMS Ganges (juniors' training establishment, Shotley) 1966 - 1967 Commanding Officer, HMS Albion (light fleet carrier) 02.1968 - 1970 Admiral Commanding Reserves & Director-General of Naval Recruiting Chairman, VC and GC Association, 1971-94; Lay Observer, Royal Courts of Justice, 1975-78.
Pleydell-Bouverie, Hon. Edward	10.09.1899 Warminster, Wiltshire - 07.05.1951	Lt. 15.12.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1927 Cdr. 31.12.1933 Capt. 31.12.1939 (retd > 07.1945, < 04.1946) MVO pre-WW II ? MID 13.10.1942 services Mediterranean from 04.41 LoP 1944 ? Operation Neptune	05.1912     entered RN ... - ... ... 08.02.1938 - (08.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Victoria and Albert (HM's yacht) (1941) HMS Abdiel (minelayer) British Liaison Officer to the French fleet at Toulon (08.1942) no appointment listed (02.1943) HMS Hannibal 12.02.1943 - 29.04.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Bee & initially also Naval Officer-in-Charge Weymouth [Training Commander, Coastal Forces] (Weymouth, later Holyhead) 30.09.1944 - (06.1944) Chief Staff Officer (Operations), Flag Officer-in-Charge Portland [HMS Boscawen] 15.08.1944 - 02.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Hornet ? Naval Attaché in Paris
Plugge, Roland Frank Of New Zealand origin. Married 1st (divorced). Married 2nd Anne (Third Officer, WRNS). Five children from 2 marriages.	27.04.1919 New Zealand - 06.06.1988 Surrey Mid-Eastern district, Surrey	Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 16.03.1939 Lt. 01.03.1941 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1949 Cdr. 31.12.1953 Capt. 30.06.1961 (retd 07.07.1970) DSC 01.01.1945 New Year 45	Education: Hamilton High School, New Zealand; RN College, Dartmouth (1933-1936) 01.01.1937 - (02.1938) HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) 07.02.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.01.1939 - (04.1939) promotion course, Portsmouth 31.07.1939 - (02.1941) HMS Durban (cruiser) (Far East) 31.03.1942 - (10.1943) First Lieutenant & Navigating Officer, HMS Vanessa (destroyer) (Atlantic) (12.1943) no appointment listed 24.01.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) (for MTB's) (1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 25 & SO 5th MTB Flotilla (12.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 354 & SO 5th MTB Flotilla 14.03.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 501 & SO 36th MTB Flotilla 08.08.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 498 & SO 38th MTB Flotilla 28.09.1946 - (07.1948) HMS Virago (destroyer) 11.07.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, MTB 5516 (05.1953) HMS President * 01.06.1954 - (01.1956) on staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] (07.1961) no appointment listed 14.09.1961 - (02.1963) Deputy Director of the Trade and Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (1964) Commanding Officer, HMS Galatea (destroyer) Commanding Officer, HMS Barossa (destroyer) 21.10.1968 - (02.1969) Commanding Officer, HMS Blake (command helicopter cruiser) 1969? - 1970 Commanding Officer, HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore) * indexed, but not listed as such Keen rugby player.
Plumer, John Henry	27.04.1899 Dartford district, Kent - 14.08.1977 Ashford district	... ... Lt. 15.07.1921 Lt.Cdr. 15.07.1929 (retd 27.04.1944) A/Cdr. 19.10.1942? Cdr. (retd) 27.04.1944	... - ... ... 06.06.1929 - (02.)1931 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 07.08.1931 - (09.1932) Commanding Officer, HMS Shamrock (destroyer) (Gibraltar) 08.05.1933 - (06.1933) tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 20.07.1933 - (07.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Vortigern (destroyer) (Home Fleet) (07.1935) no appointment listed 09.01.1936 - (02.)1936 Tactical School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 16.05.1936 - (02.)1937 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 16.05.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for training duties) 31.07.1939 - (08.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Vanessa (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Rosyth) (04.1940) HMS Fiji (cruiser) * 01.07.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) 01.07.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) 19.10.1942 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Dundonald (Combined Operations base, Auchengate) (07.1945) no appointment listed 13.12.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Bulolo * indexed, but not listed as such
Plunkett-Ernle-Erle- Drax, Hon. Sir Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly [04.10.1916 addition of Ernle-Erle-Drax to the name] 2nd son of 17th Baron Dunsany and Ernle Elizabeth Louisa Maria Grosvenor, only child of Col. Francis Augustus Plunkett Burton, Coldstream Guards. Married (15.04.1916) Kathleen Meda Irene (died 1980), only daughter of Quintin Chalmers, MD; one son, four daughters.	28.08.1880 St Marylebone, Greater London - 16.10.1967 Poole, Dorset	Cadet 15.07.1896? Midsh. 15.07.1896 S.Lt. 14.01.1900 Lt. 15.01.1901 Cdr. 30.06.1912 Capt. 30.06.1916 R.Adm. 16.01.1928 V.Adm. 24.09.1932 Adm. 02.01.1936 (retd 01.10.1941) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 01.04.1943 KCB 01.01.1934 New Year 34 CB 02.01.1928 New Year 28 DSO 17.05.1918 as Commanding Officer, HMS Blanche Russian Order of St Stanislas (2nd cl.) with swords (1916); Grand Cross, Order of Orange Nassau (The Netherlands) (19.01.1943)	Education: Cheam School; RM College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 15.07.1894     entered RN 1896 went to sea 10.04.1912 War Staff Course 24.02.1913 War Staff duties, First Battle Cruiser Squadron 1914 - 1919 served afloat in the Grand Fleet; present, on board HMS Lion, at the Heligoland Action, Dogger Bank, and Jutland (despatches, promoted to Captain) 1919 - 1922 Director of Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich 15.01.1923 1924 - - (08.)1923 1924 President of Naval Inter-Allied Commission of Control (Berlin) [HMS President] (01.1925) no appointment listed 10.04.1926 - (02.)1927 Commanding Officer, HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Atlantic) (07.1927) no appointment listed 1927 - 1928 Naval ADC to the King (04.1928) - (06.1928) no appointment listed 12.04.1929 - (04.)1930 Rear-Admiral, 1st [later: 2nd] Battle Squadron [HMS Royal Oak (battleship) 06.05.1929-18.05.1929, then HMS Barham (battleship)] (Atlantic Fleet) [assumed command 06.05.1929] (08.1930) - (10.1930) no appointment listed 18.12.1930 - (01.)1932 Director of Manning Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 02.04.1932 - 11.10.1934 Commander-in-Chief America and West Indies Station [HMS Delhi, later HMS Norfolk] [assumed command 11.05.1932] (02.1935)     no appointment listed 11.06.1935 - 30.09.1938 Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth Station [HMS Drake] (10.)1938 - (08.)1939 no appointment listed 01.12.1939 - 02.04.1941 Commander-in-Chief, The Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 01.04.1939 - 01.10.1941 also: First and Principal Naval ADC to the King 1941 - 1943 Home Guard 01.04.1943 - (07.)1945 Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] Justice of the Peace (JP). Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Dorset, 28.10.1941. Published: The modern officer of the watch (1918); England's last chance (1938); Mission to Moscow (1939); The art of war, 20th Century version (1943); World War III, some pros and cons (1954); History of Charborough, 1056-1956 (1956); Solar heated swimming pools (1962); A handbook of solar heating (1965); A few notes on health, happiness and wisdom (1965); Quotes and notes (1966); The uncertain future (1967)
Pochon, David Arthur	24.01.1908 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 04.1986 Bodmin district, Cornwall	Boatsw. 01.07.1937 A/Lt. ? Lt. 02.1941, seniority 16.11.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 Lt.Cdr. 16.11.1946 (retd 24.01.1953) MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	... - ... ... 21.03.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier) 16.11.1940 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Kellett (Hunt class minesweeper) (08.1942) HMS Kellett (Hunt class minesweeper) * 15.01.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (04.1944) - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Poole (Bangor class minesweeper) ** ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such ** (04.1946) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Poe, Arthur Geoffrey From Cosham.	02.03.1907 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 04.1984 Worthing district, West Sussex	Cadet 15.09.1920 Midsh. 15.01.1925 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1927 S.Lt. ? Lt. 01.05.1929 Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1937 Cdr. 31.12.1942 Capt. 31.12.1949 (retd 07.01.1959) DSC 04.05.1943 Operation Torch (sunk French chasseur)	09.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Carysfort (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 28.08.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 28.04.1927 - (07.1927) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.05.1929 - (04.)1930 pilot's course, RAF Base, Leuchars [attached to RAF] 26.05.1930 - (01.)1932 pilot, No. 405 Flight FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] 13.08.1932 - (09.)1932 pilot, No. 444 Flight FAA [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] [attached to RAF] 15.11.1932 - (01.1934) staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 05.01.1935 - (07.1937) Executive Officer, HMS Falmouth (escort vessel) (China) 17.01.1938 - (04.1939) Flag Lt.Cdr. to Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 24.07.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Glasgow (cruiser) 11.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Georgetown (destroyer) 23.09.1941 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Brilliant (destroyer) 05.04.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Dipper (RN Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset) 02.1944 - (07.1945) Commander Flying, HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire) (04.1946) no appointment listed 23.03.1948 - (05.1949) staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] (05.1950) no appointment listed 05.1953 - (04.1955) Captain-in-Charge, RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire [HMS Daedalus] (01.1956) no appointment listed 01.12.1956 - 03.07.1958 Commanding Officer, HMS Vanguard & as Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth 07.07.1958 - 07.01.1959 also: Naval ADC to the Queen
Pointer, Douglas Arthur	see:	Poynter, Douglas Arthur
Poland, [Sir] Albert Lawrence	18.06.1895 Lewisham, Greater London / Kent - 20.03.1967 [St Merryn, Nr Padstow, Cornwall ?]	Lt. 30.04.1917 Lt.Cdr. 30.04.1925 Cdr. 31.12.1931 Capt. 30.06.1939 Cdre. 2nd cl. 01.04.1944? R.Adm. 10.07.1948 V.Adm. 15.08.1951 (retd 16.12.1954) KBE 01.06.1953 Coronation List 53 CB 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.42 DSO 25.06.1940 Norwegian coast DSO 23.09.1941 demolition Benghazi dern? service Tobruk DSC 1918 ? MID 17.11.1942 operations in Middle East 07-10.41 MID 31.10.1944 Operation Crimson Geo I 15.04.1947 ?	Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth 1914 - 1918 served European War 22.07.1939 - (08.1939) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (04.1940) HMS Black Swan (sloop) (07.1941) - (10.1941) Senior Naval Officer, Inshore Squadron (Middle East) 02.1942 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Jervis (destroyer) 17.02.1943 - 15.02.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS St. George (training establishment, Isle of Man) (1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Relentless (destroyer) 01.04.1944 - 28.02.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) & Commodore (D) Eastern Fleet 1946 - 1948 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, The Nore 1948 - 1950 Senior British Naval Officer and Flag Officer Liaison, Middle East 1950 - 1954 Admiral Superintendent HM Dockyard, Chatham
Poland, Allan Son of William Poland, Blackheath. Married (1912) Phyllis (died 1968), daughter of Dr Robert Ambrose Weston, LRCP, Portsmouth; one daughter [who married Capt. Charles Thorburn Addis, DSO, RN], and one son (Lt. William Anthony Weston Poland, RN, lost in HMS Thetis, 01.06.1939). Residence: (1947) Berins Hill, Ipsden, Oxfordshire.	07.12.1888 Blackheath ? - 06.02.1984 Surrey South-Western district, Surrey	A/S.Lt. 15.03.1908? S.Lt. 21.12.1908, seniority 15.03.1908 Lt. 16.03.1910, seniority 15.03.1909 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1917 Cdr. 31.12.1921 Capt. 31.12.1928 Cdre. 1st cl. 27.04.1938? Cdre. 2nd cl. 31.07.1939? till 1942 R.Adm. 06.01.1940 (retd 07.01.1940?) A/V.Adm. (retd) (08.1942) CBE 21.12.1943 Operation Husky (Sicily 07.43)