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Raban-Williams, J.
to
Robson, W.G.A.
Roche, S.O'G.
to
Ryder, R.E.D.


J. Raban-Williams  to  W.G.A. Robson
Raban-Williams,
Jocelyn
J. Raban-Williams
Son of Frederick Raban Williams, and Mabel Ione Foxwell.
Married ((06?).1942, Hendon district, Middlesex) ... Pall-Dainty.
(12?).1916
Hartley Wintney district, Hampshire
-
12.2004 still alive
Prob. S.Lt.
02.05.1938
S.Lt.
?, seniority 02.05.1938
A/Lt.
02.02.1940
Lt.
?, seniority 08.02.1940
A/Lt.Cdr.
17.02.1946?
Lt.Cdr.
08.02.1948 (retd 06.09.1948)
(06.1938)
-
(08.)1939
no appointment listed
23.12.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (for submarines)
06.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Osiris (submarine)
29.07.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Malaya (battleship)
16.06.1942
-
(02.)1943
French Ship (FS) La Capricieuse
06.1943
-
(06.1944)
HMS Campbell (destroyer)
04.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Venerable (aircraft carrier)
17.02.1946
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Loch More (frigate)
(07.1948)


no appointment listed
Raban-Williams,
Robin
R. Raban-Williams
Son of Frederick Raban Williams, and Mabel Ione Foxwell.
Married ((06?).1951, Staincliffe district, West Riding of Yorkshire) ... Ozanne.
(12?).1922
Warwick district, Warwickshire
-

12.2004 still alive
Midsh.
01.05.1940
S.Lt.
16.04.1942
Lt.
29.11.1943, seniority 16.08.1943
(retd 13.03.1949)
01.05.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Revenge (battleship)
05.01.1942
-
(01.)1942
promotion course, Portsmouth
15.07.1942
-
(08.)1942
HMS Cyclops (depot ship)
11.1942
-
(02.)1943
HMS P 225 (submarine)
23.03.1943
-
(06.)1943
HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee) (for submarines)
14.06.1943
-
(04.)1944
HMS Tantivy (submarine)
05.1944
-
(06.1944)
HMS Sheba (naval shore base, Aden)
04.06.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Trouncer (escort carrier)
(04.1946)


HMS Victory
Radcliffe,
Donald William
D.W. Radcliffe (Photo courtesy of Mr M.J. Alston)
Son of ... Radcliffe, and ... Batson.
20.06.1923
Amersham district, Buckinghamshire
-
12.1990

Portsmouth, Hampshire
Cadet
01.01.1941
Midsh.
01.09.1941
A/S.Lt.
01.05.1943
S.Lt.
1943?, seniority 01.10.1942
Lt.
16.04.1944
Lt.Cdr.
16.04.1952 (retd 30.09.1962)
01.01.1941


special entry cadet
01.09.1941
-
(08.1942)
HMS Norfolk (cruiser)
01.1943
-
(10.)1943
HMS Middleton (destroyer)
10.1943
-
(06.)1944
HMS Rodney (battleship)
22.08.1944
-
(10.1944)
HMS Whitehall (destroyer)
10.07.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Ranee (escort carrier)
(04.1946)
 
 
no appointment listed
16.01.1948
-
(05.1949)
HMS Harrier
(05.1950)
 
 
no appointment listed
22.09.1952
-
(05.1953)
HMS Newfoundland
18.04.1955
-
(01.1957)
HMS Harrier (RN school of aircraft direction and meteorology, Kete, Pembrokeshire)
(01.1959)
 
 
HMS Bulwark *
(07.1961)
 
 
HMS Dryad (navigation and direction school, Portsmouth) *
* indexed, but not lsited as such
Raikes,
Richard Prendergast
"Dick"
R.P. Raikes
Married (1938) Joan Margaret Edgington (predeceased him); three daughters.

21.01.1912
India ?
-
24.05.2005

Salisbury dstrict, Wiltshire
Cadet
01.05.1929
Midsh.
01.01.1930
A/S/Lt.
01.05.1932
S.Lt.
04.09.1933, seniority 16.01.1933
Lt.
16.03.1935
Lt.Cdr.
16.03.1943 (retd > 04.1946, < 07.1948)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
16.06.1942
destruction U-boat / successful patrols in HMS Seawolf [investiture 02.02.43]
27.04.1929
-
(08.1929)
HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean)
(04.1930)


no appointment listed
02.06.1930
-
(01.1932)
HMS Warspite (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
01.05.1932
-
(09.1932)
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
16.12.1933
-
(01.1934)
Third Officer, HMS L 22 (submarine) (Portsmouth)
09.02.1935
-
(02.1936)
Third Officer, HMS Clyde (submarine)
(02.1937)


no appointment listed
06.03.1937
-
(07.1937)
First Lieutenant, HMS H 31 (submarine) (Portland)
12.01.1938
-
(08.1939)
First Lieutenant, HMS Severn (submarine) (Mediterranean)
(04.1940)


no appointment listed
(02.1941)


HMS L 26 (submarine) *
09.10.1941
-
(08.)1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Seawolf (submarine)
24.08.1942
-
(02.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Tuna (submarine)
10.05.1943
-
(06.)1943
HMS King Alfred (training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
07.06.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) (for submarines)
(04.1946)


HMS Pegasus (catapult trials & maintenance ship) *
* indexed but not listed as such
Raikes,
Sir Robert Henry Taunton
R.H.T. Raikes

Father of Lt. (later V.Adm.) I.G. Raikes
Brother of Maj.Gen. Sir Geoffrey T. Raikes.

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23.08.1885
Bromley, Greater London
-
24.05.1953
[Mantley, Newent, Glos. ?]
...
...
Cdr.
1917
Capt.
30.06.1923
Cdre. 1st cl.
20.06.1934?
R.Adm.
22.07.1935
V.Adm.
14.01.1939
Adm.
29.10.1942 (retd [>08.]1942) (reverted to retd 1944/45)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
01.01.1941
New Year 41 [decoration presented]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
1937
?
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO
1935
?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
1916
?
King Haakon VII's Liberty Medal (Norway) Hkn
26.08.1947
services to Norway
Education: Radley
15.09.1900


entered RN
1908


submarine service
1914
-
1917
served European War: HMS Defence (1913-1915) (despatches, DSO and Bar, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour)
26.03.1929
-
(08.1929)
Commanding Officer, HMS Sussex (cruiser)
03.05.1930
-
(02.1931)
Commanding Officer, Boys' Training Establishment, Forton [HMS St. Vincent]
25.04.1932
-
(01.)1934
Director of RN Staff College, Greenwich
20.06.1934
-
(07.)1935
Commodore and Chief of Staff, Mediterranean [HMS Queen Elizabeth]
1935


Naval ADC to the King
1936


Admiral-in-Charge Alexandria (temp.)
10.12.1936
-
1938
Rear­Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin]
20.07.1939
-
(08.1939)
Vice-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet Destroyer Flotillas [HMS Cardiff]
1940


Vice­Admiral Commanding Northern Patrol
1940
-
1941
Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station
10.04.1942
-
(06.)1944
Flag-Officer-in-Charge, Aberdeen HMS Bacchante]
Ramsay,
Hon. Sir Alexander Robert Maule
A.R.M. Ramsay

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29.05.1881
-
08.10.1972
[Windlesham, Surrey ?]
...
...
Capt.
30.06.1919
Cdre. 2nd cl.
01.11.1929
R.Adm.
09.10.1931
V.Adm.
02.01.1936
Adm.
15.12.1939 (retd 1942)
Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO
1938
?
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order KCVO
1932
?
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
1937
?
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
1934
?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
14.03.1916
Gallipoli
Education: HMS Britannia; RN College Dartmouth
15.07.1894


entered RN
1896


Midshipman, HMS Majestic
10.1911
-
1913
Naval ADC to Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, Governor General of Canada
1913
-
1915
Gunnery Officer, HMS Indefatigable (battle cruiser) (served Dardanelles, 1914-1915  (DSO, promoted Captain))
1915
-
1916
Commander on staff of Adm. J.M. de Robeck [HMS Inflexible & HMS Lord Nelson]
1916
-
1919
Flag Commander, 2nd Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet
1919
-
1922
Naval Attaché in Paris
1922
-
1924
Commanding Officer, HMS Dunedin (cruiser)
1924
-
1926
Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, North American Station
23.04.1928
-
(08.1929)
Commanding Officer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)
01.11.1929
-
(02.)1931
Commodore of Royal Naval Barracks at Portsmouth
1931


Naval ADC to the King
(09.192)


no appointment listed
15.09.1933
-
1936
Rear-Admiral Aircraft Carriers [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)]
15.05.1936
-
1938
Commander-in-Chief East Indies [HMS Norfolk]
19.07.1938
-
(08.)1939
a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Naval Air Services (Fifth Sea Lord)
Ramsay,
Sir Bertram Home
"Bertie"
B.H. Ramsay






Youngest (third) son of late Capt. William Alexander Ramsay, and Susan, daughter of William Minchiner, of Clontarf, co. Dublin.
Married (02.1929) Helen Margaret, only daughter of late Col Charles T. Menzies; two sons.
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20.01.1883
Hampton Court Palace, London
-
02.01.1945
Toussus- le-Noble, France (airplane crash)
Cadet
15.01.1898
Midsh.
15.09.1899
S.Lt.
15.09.1902
Lt.
15.12.1904
Lt.Cdr.
15.12.1912
Cdr.
30.06.1916
Capt.
30.06.1923
R.Adm.
09.05.1935 (retd 10.10.1938)
V.Adm. (retd)
12.01.1939 (reactivated 24.08.1939) (reinstated on active list 26.07.1944)
A/Adm.
18.06.1942
Adm.
27.04.1944
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
07.06.1940
Dunkirk [investiture 26.06.40]
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
21.12.1943
Operation Husky [investiture 03.02.44]
Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) CB
23.06.1936
?
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th Class MVO
17.02.1918
?
Mention in Despatches MID
20.04.1943
Operation Torch
- Ntce
20.12.1940
name brought to notice: operations in the field 03-06.40
? Ush
07.11.1944
Normandy landings 06.44
Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit (US) LM
17.07.1945
Normandy invasion 06.44
Grand Officier de la Legion d'Honneur (France) LegH
?
Normandy invasion 06.44 [presented to next-of-kin]
15.01.1898
-
14.05.1899
HMS Britannia (RN College, Dartmouth)
15.05.1899
-
07.12.1902
HMS Crescent (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station)
08.12.1902
-
20.07.1903
HMS Revenge (battleship)
21.07.1903
-
04.10.1903
HMS Greyhound (destroyer)
05.10.1903
 -
13.04.1905
HMS Hyacinth (light cruiser) (East Indies Station)
14.04.1905
-
06.09.1905
HMS Good Hope (armoured cruiser)
07.09.1905
-
27.07.1906
HMS Terrible (armoured cruiser)
28.07.1906
-
11.09.1906
HMS Renown (battleship)
12.09.1906
-
05.02.1909
HMS Dreadnought (battleship)
06.02.1909
-
14.06.1909
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (to qualify in signals)
15.06.1909
-
27.08.1909
HMS Edgar (large cruiser)
28.08.1909
-
25.09.1910
Flag Lieutenant, HMS Albemarle (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
26.09.1910
-
31.05.1912
Flag Lieutenant, HMS Bacchante (armoured cruiser) (Mediterranean Fleet)
01.06.1912
-
01.07.1912
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for signals school)
02.07.1912
-
21.02.1913
lent as Flag Lieutenant, HMS Illustrious (battleship) (for manoeuvres)
22.02.1913
-
09.07.1913
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for war staff course; psc)
10.07.1913
-
12.01.1914
HMS Euryalus (S) (armoured cruiser) (for manoeuvres)
13.01.1914
-
30.06.1914
HMS Orion (battleship) (for war staff duties)
01.07.1914
-
18.12.1914
Flag Lieutenant, Signals Officer and War Staff Officer, HMS Dreadnought (battleship)
19.12.1914
-
06.02.1915
Flag Lieutenant, Signals Officer and War Staff Officer, HMS Benbow (battleship)
07.02.1915
-
08.1915
HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; for Signal Section, Admiralty War Staff)
08.1915
-
24.10.1917
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for command of M 25 (monitor)) (Dover Patrol)
25.10.1917
-
14.01.1919
Commanding Officer, HMS Broke (destroyer) (Dover Patrol)
15.01.1919
-
10.02.1919
HMS President (additional; for special service)
11.02.1919
-
29.08.1920
HMS New Zealand (battlecruiser) (additional; as Flag Commander and for War Staff Duties): accompanied Lord Jellicoe on his mission to India and the Dominions, 1919-1920
30.08.1920
-
19.11.1920
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time)
20.11.1920
-
04.1921
HMS Emperor of India (battleship)
04.1921
-
12.05.1923
HMS Benbow (battleship)
13.05.1923
-
06.01.1924
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time)
07.01.1924
-
07.03.1924
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for technical course)
08.03.1924
-
19.10.1924
HMS President (for senior officers' war course)
20.10.1924
-
07.03.1925
Commanding Officer, HMS Weymouth (light cruiser)
08.03.1925
-
22.05.1927
Commanding Officer, HMS Danae (cruiser)
23.05.1927
-
26.07.1929
staff, War College, Greenwich [HMS President]
27.07.1929
-
20.07.1931
Commanding Officer, HMS Kent (cruiser) & as Flag Captain & Chief of Staff, China Station
21.07.1931
-
24.11.1933
HMS President (for duty on Instructional Staff of Imperial Defence College)
25.11.1933
-
15.08.1935
Commanding Officer, HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship)
16.08.1935
-
10.01.1937
HMS Nelson (battleship) (additional; as Chief of Staff, Home Fleet)
11.01.1937
-
09.01.1938
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for technical course)
10.01.1938
-
24.09.1938
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for tactical course)
25.09.1938
-
23.08.1939
HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional; as Staff of Commander-in-Chief [the] Nore)
24.08.1939
-
22.04.1942
Flag Officer commanding Dover [HMS Pembroke (additional)]
23.04.1942
-
17.06.1942
Flag Officer Expeditionary Force
18.06.1942
-
31.10.1942
Naval Commander-in-Chief Expeditionary Force
01.11.1942
-
19.07.1943
Deputy Naval Commander-in-Chief Expeditionary Force
1943


Naval Commander, Eastern Task Force, Mediterranean
20.07.1943
-
02.01.1945
Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief, Expeditionary Force
Ramsay,
David Allan Robert Malcolm
D.A.R.M. Ramsay
David Ramsay went to school at Pangbourne and after three years there, left to join the Merchant Navy aiming to get a second mate's certificate with a view to going into the Royal Indian Navy. In 1932 he found no vacancies and then went out to China where he obtained an appointment with the Chinese Government Preventitive Service engaged mainly in smuggling and anti piracy patrols. He had his first command at 24. During the Sino-Japanese war, he was blockaded in Pagoda Anchorage so long that he applied for leave, returned to England and gained a commission as a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy. In 1939 he was appointed to H.M.S. Revenge on Atlantic convoys and later in 1940 was serving on H.M.S.Wessex when she was sunk by a German Stuka dive bombers off Calais on May 24th 1940. He survived the sinking and his next ship, a destroyer H.M.S. Impulsive was involved in mine laying off enemy coasts. From 1941 to 1943 he served on the cruiser H.M.S. Enterprise in the Far East, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, escorting the last convoy into Singapore. He also took part in the invasion of Madagascar in May 1942, and assisted other ships in picking up survivors of H.M.S. Cornwall and H.M.S. Dorsetshire which had been sunk by Japanese carrier based aircraft. His next ship was another cruiser, H.M.S. Spartan, and when he was on her when she was bombarding the beaches at Anzio in support of infantry landing craft. She was struck by an aerial torpedo and Spartan sank about an hour later. He was in hospital for about 12 months as he lost his left leg.
He recovered and whilst convalescing he persuaded a friend in command of a destroyer H.M.S. Duncan to let him go to sea. Having proved he was fit enough to stand a watch at sea and backed up by his friend he was given command of H.M.S. Sharpshooter, and from then on, mainly working in destroyers and minesweepers off the North Sea and off Southern Ireland. He was awarded an MID for Minesweeping duties and served another 13 years before being placed on the retired list in 1957. He was an active sailor and competed at Cowes as well as taking command of the Benjamin Bowring which was involved in an expedition to make the circumnavigation of the world longitudinally and also did scientific studies in the Polar regions, a trip which lasted 15 months.
1913
[Hong Kong ?]
-
10.01.1982
Prob. S.Lt.
25.11.1938
S.Lt.
?, seniority 25.11.1938
Lt.
1940/41?, seniority 16.11.1936
Lt.Cdr.
16.11.1944 (retd 1957)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
31.05.1956
HM's birthday 56 [investiture 30.10.56]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
20.06.1944
[gldr bm ht ?] West Coast Italy 01.44 [decoration handed at Admiralty] *
Mention in Despatches MID
12.06.1947
HM's birthday 47: minesweeping operations
1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star with Burma Bar; Italy Star; War Medal; Naval General Service 1915-62, one bar, Minesweeping 1945-51

* For courage, coolness and devotion to duty when HM Ships Inglefield and Spartan were lost.
(02.1939)
-
(08.1939)
short course of instruction
?
-
?
HMS Revenge (battleship)
15.02.1940
-
24.05.1940
HMS Wessex (destroyer) (sunk by German bombers off Calais)
1940?
-
1941?
HMS Impulsive (destroyer)
20.01.1941
-
(02.)1941
qualifying for gunnery duties, HMS Excellent
05.1941
-
(02.)1943
HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (in lieu of specialist Gunnery Officer)
22.06.1943
-
29.01.1944
HMS Spartan (cruiser) (sank at Anzio; wounded)
29.01.1944
-
(07.1945)
sick leave (about 12 months in hospital; lost left leg)
?
-
?
Commanding Officer, HMS Sharpshooter (minesweeper)
?
-
(1946)
HMS Cockatrice (minesweeper) *
10.11.1947
-
(05.1949)
HMS Forth (submarine depot ship)
(05.1950)


no appointment listed
06.03.1953
-
(04.1955)
HMS Royal Prince (RN parent ship Germany)
01.10.1955
-
(01.1956)
HMS Royal Albert (RN base, Cuxhaven, Germany) (for miscellaneous duties)
(01.1957)


HMS Neptune (Reserve Fleet, Chatham) **
* (04.1946) indexed, but not listed as such
** indexed, but not listed as such
Ramsey,
Sir Charles Gordon
C.G. Ramsey
Married 1st (13.06.1912) Luleen Clare (died 1939), daughter of William Handcock; one daughter.
Married 2nd (1945) Helen, widow of George M‘Murtrie Godley of Long House, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.

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04.12.1882
Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
19.12.1966
Martin, Florida, USA 
Cadet
15.01.1897
Midsh.
15.10.1898
S.Lt.
15.04.1902
Lt.
30.06.1904
Lt.Cdr.
30.06.1912
Cdr.
31.12.1915
Capt.
30.06.1922
R.Adm.
01.03.1944
V.Adm.
15.01.1938
Adm.
06.04.1942 (retd [>08.]1942)
Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR
15.10.1942
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
11.07.1940
HM's birthday 40 [investiture 06.08.40]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
1935
?
15.01.1897


entered RN
1914
-
1919
served European war: HMS Acheron (despatches, Jutland)
17.10.1917
-
?
Commanding Officer, HMAS Vendetta
09.04.1923
-
(08.1923)
Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(01.1925)
 
 
no appointment listed
22.05.1925
-
(05.1926)
Captain (D), 3rd Flotilla [HMS Keppel (flotilla leader)] (Mediterranean)
30.06.1927
-
(06.1928)
Commanding Officer, HMS Impregnable (training establishment for boys, Devonport)
01.07.1929
-
(08.)1929
Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
12.08.1929
-
(02.)1931
Assistant to Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President]
04.12.1931
-
(01.)1934
Commanding Officer, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean)
30.09.1933
-
(01.)1934
also: Naval ADC to the King
(07.1934)
 
 
no appointment listed
29.04.1935
-
(07.)1935
Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
18.07.1935
-
(07.)1937
Rear-Admiral, 2nd Battle Squadron [HMS Royal Oak (battleship)] (Home Fleet)
(02.1938)
-
(09.)1939
no appointment lsited
03.08.1939
-
15.04.1942
Commanding Officer, Coast of Scotland, renamed: Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth
(08.1942)


no appointment listed
15.10.1942
-
(07.1945)
Commodore of convoys [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)]
(04.1946)


HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Ravenhill,
Richard William
R.W. Ravenhill
(12.)1901
East Retford, Nottinghamshire
-
died between 08.1977 and 08.1983
Cdr.
30.06.1936
Capt.
30.06.1941 (retd 1940/50s)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
08.06.1944
HM's birthday 44 [investiture 24.10.44]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
05.08.1941
sinking convoy escorts Mediterranean 16.04.41 [investiture 10.03.42]
Mention in Despatches MID
01.07.1941
HM's birthday 41
Mention in Despatches MID
11.06.1946
wind up (Far East 46)
(1925)


Lieutenant, HMS Wishart
31.10.1938
-
(04.1941)
Commanding Officer, HMS Nubian (destroyer)
10.02.1942
-
(12.1943)
Deputy Chief of Staff & Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet]
12.1943
-
1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Newfoundland (cruiser)
(07.1945)
-
(04.1946)
no appointment listed
Raw,
[Sir] Sydney Moffatt *
S.M. Raw
S.M. Raw
Eldest son of late Lt.Col. Dr Nathan Raw, CMG (1866-1940), and Annie Louisa Strong (died 1940).
Married (1927) Grace Léonie, daughter of
F. Gibson Ward, Rosemont, Bermuda; two daughters.

* second Christian name also found as Moffat

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19.08.1898
West Derby district, Lancashire
-
04.02.1967
Farnham, Surrey South-Western district, Surrey
Midsh.
1914?
A/S.Lt.
?
S.Lt.
15.09.1917
Lt.
15.04.1919
Lt.Cdr.
15.04.1927
Cdr.
30.06.1933
Capt.
30.06.1940
Cdre. 2nd cl.
01.1947-28.06.1949
R.Adm.
08.07.1949
V.Adm.
15.08.1952 (retd 26.08.1954)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
10.06.1954
HM's birthday 54 [investiture 06.07.54]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
07.06.1951
HM's birthday 51 [investiture 31.10.51]
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
01.01.1942
New Year 42 [investiture 28.07.42]
Mention in Despatches MID
10.07.1945
Burma (operations Arakan coast 11.44-03.45)
Mention in Despatches MID
11.06.1946
Burma (wind up Far East)
Commander of the Order of the Yugoslav Crown (3rd class) Crwn
13.10.1942
assistance to Yugoslav Navy (Mediterranean)
Education: privately (Mr Churton, West Kirby); RN Colleges Osborne (05.1911-...) and Dartmouth (...-1914); Trinity College, Cambridge; Naval Staff College (1929); Staff College, Camberley (1934; psc).
08.1914
 
 
entered RN
08?.1914
-
08?.1914
HMS Good Hope (armoured cruiser)
08?.1914
-
10.1914
HMS Nottingham (light cruiser) (Heligoland Bight)
10.1914
-
1917
HMS Tiger (battlecruiser) (Dogger Bank, Jutland)
1917
-
1918
HMS Geranium (Mediterranean)
08.07.1918
 
 
joined Submarines (then almost continuously in Submarines in Baltic, China, Home Waters, and Mediterranean)
01.10.1918
-
(01.1919)
HMS Fearless (for submarines)
04.1923
-
(08.1923)
First Lieutenant, HMS L 7 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania]
15.02.1924
-
(01.)1925
Commanding Officer, HMS H 52 (submarine) (3rd Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Maidstone]
14.06.1925
(02.)1927
HMS Calcutta (light cruiser) (North America and West Indies)
(07.1927)
 
 
no appointment listed
09.02.1928
-
31.12.1928
Commanding Officer, HMS H 33 (submarine) [tender to HMS Vulcan]
07.01.1929
(08.1929)
staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
14.01.1930
-
19.12..1930
Staff Officer (Operations), 1st Submarine Flotilla [HMS Douglas (submarine flotilla leader)] (Mediterranean)
07.01.1931
-
(02.1931)
Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)]
(01.1932)
 
 
no appointment listed
07.01.1932
-
04.11.1932
Commanding Officer, HMS L 56 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Dolphin]
05.11.1932
-
11.1933
Commanding Officer, HMS Rover (submarine) (Mediterranean) [tender to HMS Douglas]
(01.1934)
 
 
no appointment listed
21.01.1934
-
(11.1934)
staff course, Staff College, Camberley [HMS President]
03.01.1935
-
31.05.1937
Tactical Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President]
19.06.1937
-
18.06.1939
Commanding Officer, HMS Douglas (flotilla leader) (1st Submarine Flotilla, Mediterranean) (and for duty with submarines)
19.06.1939
-
1939
Commander of Submarine Flotilla [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
(08.1939)
-
(09.1939)
no appointment listed
29.08.1939
-
10.1939
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) [raising of submarine HMS Thetis that was sunk 01.06.1939]
10.1939
-
25.04.1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) & as Captain (S/M) Colombo [8th Submarine Flotilla]
1940
-
1940
Captain (S/M) Malta
09.07.1940
-
07.08.1940
HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) 
08.08.1940
-
03/04?.1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) & Captain (S/M) Mediterranean [1st Submarine Flotilla]
25.06.1942
-
12.1943
Chief Staff Officer (Operations) to Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)]
(04.1944)
 
 
no appointment listed
24.06.1944
-
(10.)1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Phoebe (light cruiser) (despatches twice for operations on Burma coast)
(04.1946)
 
 
no appointment listed
1946


served on an Admiralty Committee appointed to recommend on the organization and entry of RN Constructors
1946


Imperial Defence College
01.1947
-
28.06.1949
Commodore, RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake]
08.01.1949
-
08.07.1949
also: Naval ADC to the King
20.01.1950
-
01.1952
Flag Officer (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)]
02.1952
 
 
HMS Victory IV (accounting section)
02.1952
-
03.1954
a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport [HMS President]
08.04.1954
 
 
Admiralty [HMS President]
(07.1954)
 
 
no appointment listed
President, Submarine Old Comrades' Association. Joined Federation of British Industires, 1955.
Rawle,
Percival Harry
P.H. Rawle

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04.12.1903
Devonport, Devon
-
died between 08.1977 and 08.1983
Seaman
? [J95407]
Boatsw.
01.04.1934
Lt.
1940?, seniority 01.01.1937
Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1945 (retd 04.12.1948)
Mention in Despatches MID
28.11.1944
Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)
...
-
...
...
(04.1940)
 
 
no appointment listed
05.12.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth)
06.1941
-
(02.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Barrymore (boom defence vessel)
(06.1943)
-
(08.1943)
no appointment listed
(10.1943)
 
 
HMS Kellett (Hunt class minesweeper) *
23.11.1943
-
(10.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Dornoch (Bangor class minesweeper)
16.05.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services)
...
-
...
...
* indexed, but not listed as such
Rawlings,
Geoffrey Noel
G.N. Rawlings
25.11.1899
Salisbury, Wiltshire
-
29.12.1983

Salisbury, Wiltshire
...
...
Lt.
15.02.1923
Lt.Cdr.
15.02.1931 (retd 1944?)
A/Cdr.
< 12.1941
Cdr.
(1944?)
A/Capt.
(1945?)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
01.09.1942
minesweeping operations Channel 06.42 [investiture 17.11.42]
Distinguished Service Order DSO
02.05.1944
minesweeping [GGaeta?] supporting 5th Army [investiture 11.12.45]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
12.06.1945
minesweeping Naples leghorn 44 [investiture 11.12.45]
Mention in Despatches MID
06.06.1941
minesweeping operations area 9ZX 314
Mention in Despatches MID
14.08.1945
relief of Greece
...
-
...
...
07.06.1939
-
(08.1939)
Instructional Officer, HMS Hastings (escort vessel)
05.02.1940
-
(02.1941)
Commander, Minesweeping Forces, Portsmouth [HMS Vernon II] *



12th Minesweeping Flotilla
01.01.1943
-
(06.)1943
HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers)
26.07.1943
-
(10.)1943
Commander Minesweeping, Tunisia [HMS Hasdrubal]
10.1943
-
10.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Fly (Algerine class minesweeper)
15.01.1946
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) & as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Harwich 
* (12.1941) & (08.1942) still indexed, but not listed as such
Rawlings,
Sir Henry Bernard [Hughes]
H.B. Rawlings H.B. Rawlings H.B. Rawlings H.B. Rawlings
H.B. Rawlings H.B. Rawlings
H.B. Rawlings H.B. Rawlings
H.B. Rawlings 
Son of William John Rawlings, accountant, and Marion Florence Hughes.
Married ((03?).1922, Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey) Eva Loveday Beaumont, daughter of William Hastings Beaumont, Esher; two sons, one daughter.
21.05.1889
Downes, St Erth, Cornwall
-
30.09.1962
Clerkenwater, Helland, Bodmin, Cornwall
Midsh.
05.1905
A/S.Lt.
15.07.1908
S.Lt.
03.04.1909, seniority 15.07.1908
Lt.
15.01.1910
Lt.Cdr.
15.01.1918
Cdr.
30.06.1923
Capt.
31.12.1930
A/R.Adm.
24.10.1940
R.Adm.
15.01.1941
A/V.Adm.
20.03.1943?
V.Adm.
07.11.1943 (retd 23.08.1946)
Adm. (retd)
15.09.1946
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire GBE
13.06.1946
HM's birthday 46 [investiture 09.07.46]
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
04.09.1945
surrender of Japan: for good services rendered whilst in command of the British Task Force operating in Japanese waters
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
08.06.1944
HM's birthday 44 [investiture 22.11.44]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
08.01.1942
withdrawal from Crete [investiture 28.07.42]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
1920
British Military Mission in Poland
Mention in Despatches MID
04.10.1940
air operations in Mediterranean
Mention in Despatches MID
11.06.1942
HM's birthday 42
War Cross, 3rd Class (Greece) GrkWC
11.08.1942
services belligerent Greece [decoration presented]
Commander of the Legion of Merit (US) LM
15.10.1946
for services to the USA during the war
Grand Officer of the Order of George I with Swords (Greece) Geo I
15.04.1947

for valuable services to the Royal Hellenic Navy during the war in Europe [decoration presented]

Education: Stanmore Park; HMS Britannia (01.1904-05.1905); Imperial Defence College (1935)
01.1904


entered RN
05.1905
 
 
HMS Goliath
01.01.1910
 
 
HMS Kennet [tender to HMS Blake]
1914
-
1918
served European War:
10.1914
 
 
Commanding Officer, Torpedo Boat No. 11 (Nore Flotilla)
02.1915


specialized in torpedoes, HMS Vernon
1915?
-
?
Torpedo Officer, HMS Antrim
?
-
?
Torpedo Officer, HMS Undaunted
?
-
1918
Torpedo Officer, HMS Coventry
1918
-
03.1919
with Foreign Office
03.1919
-
1921
Naval Liaison Officer with British Military Mission in Poland (OBE)
1921?
 
 
Torpedo Officer, HMS Diomede (cruiser)
(08.1923)
 
 
no appointment listed
01.04.1924
-
(05.1926)
HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (for instructional duties)
28.09.1926
-
(07.)1927
staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
09.08.1927
-
21.10.1927
Fleet Torpedo Officer, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Revenge (battleship)]
21.10.1927
-
(06.1928)
Fleet Torpedo Officer, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)]
01.05.1929
-
(02.1931)
Executive Officer [from 12.1930? Commanding Officer], HMS Emperor of India (battleship)
04.05.1931
-
1931
Senior Officers' Tactical Course, Portsmouth
03.08.1931
- (01.)1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Active (destroyer) (Mediterranean) [as Divisional Leader in the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla]
12.03.1932
-
(09.)1932
Commanding Officer, HMS Curacoa (cruiser) [Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer, 3rd Cruiser Squadron] (Mediterranean)
01.12.1932
-
10.1934
Commanding Officer, HMS Delhi (cruiser) [Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer, 3rd Cruiser Squadron] (Mediterranean)
(11.1934)
 
 
no appointment listed
15.01.1935
-
(07.1935)
Imperial Defence Course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President]
03.01.1936
-
31.12.1938
Naval Attaché, Tokyo & Peking [HMS President]
(02.1939)
-
(04.1939)
no appointment listed
15.05.1939
-
(08.)1939
HMS President (for miscellaneous service at Admiralty)
26.08.1939
-
(10.)1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Valiant (battleship) (despatches)
[intended in 07.1939 to take command of HMS Norfolk (cruiser) on recommissioning, but got HMS Valiant in stead]
1940


also: Naval ADC to the King
24.10.1940
-
(02.1941)
Rear-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Malaya (battleship)]
12.05.1941
-
(12.1941)
Rear-Admiral Commanding 7th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Ajax (cruiser)]
08.04.1942
-
22.02.1943
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, Foreign [HMS President]
20.03.1943
-
(10.)1943
Flag Officer Commanding, West Africa [HMS Edinburgh Castle] (Freetown)
(12.1943)


no appointment listed
28.12.1943
-
30.10.1944
Flag Officer Eastern Mediterranean [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)]
12.1944
-
(07.)1945
Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron & Second-in-Command, British Pacific Fleet & Commanding British Task Forces [from 06.1945 HMS King George V]
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
High Sheriff of Cornwall, 21.02.1950; Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Cornwall, 18.09.1951.
Rawlings,
Henry Clive
H.C. Rawlings
Son of Edward Rawlings, Padstow, Cornwall.
Married (11.1909, Holy Trinity Church, London) Georgina Helen Watson; one son, one daughter.

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20.03.1883
Henton, Somerset
-
29.12.1965

[Yealmpton, S. Devon ?]

Midsh.
15.09.1899
A/S.Lt.
15.09.1902
S.Lt.
15.10.1902
Lt.
01.04.1905
Lt.Cdr.
01.04.1913
Cdr.
30.06.1917
Capt.
30.06.1925
R.Adm.
19.06.1936 (retd 20.06.1936) (dispersed 02.07.1946) (reld 24.09.1946) (reverted to retd 25.09.1946)
Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR
15.07.1942-(04?).1943
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
04.05.1943
for distinguished services in the operations which led to landings in North Africa (Operation Torch) [investiture 13.02.45]
Distinguished Service Order DSO
08.03.1920
for distinguished services as Senior Officer of advanced patrols in the Baltic
Mention in Despatches MID
15.09.1916
Battle of Jutland 31.05.16
China Medal 1900; 1914-15 Star; War Medal; Victory Medal with MID emblem; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star with North Africa bar; Defence Medal; War Medal; Jubilee Medal Geo. V
Education: St Andrew's School, Eastbourne; HMS Britannia, Dartmouth
15.01.1898
 
 
entered RN
27.03.1900
-
15.09.1902
HMS Goliath (battleship) (China)
1914
-
1919
served European War (Battle of Jutland and Baltic (DSO, despatches))
20.01.1923
-
(01.1925)
Commanding Officer, HMS Pegasus (aircraft carrier) (China)
(05.1926)
-
(07.1927)
Air Ministry
19.03.1929
-
(02.)1931
Commanding Officer, HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
12.10.1931
-
(01.)1932
senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President]
29.03.1932
-
(01.)1934
Director, Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
01.05.1935
-
(02.)1936
Commanding Officer, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean)
01.01.1936
-
(02.1936)
also: Naval ADC to the King
09.1939
-
05.1940
Commodore of Ocean Convoys
(04.1940)


HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) *
08.05.1940
-
1942
Rear-Admiral on Staff of Commander-in-Chief Nore [HMS Prembroke (RN base, Chatham)]
15.07.1942
-
(02.)1943
Commodore of the Slow Assault Convoy [HMS Eaglet]
30.04.1943
-
1945
Rear-Admiral Naval Air Stations, Indian Ocean [HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon)]
(07.)1945
-
1946
Head of Admiralty Technical Mission, Canada [HMS President]
High Sheriff of Cornwall.

* indexed, but not lsited as such
Ray,
William Henry
"Bill"
W.H. Ray

From Alton.
06.03.1909
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
23.02.1983
Alton district
ERA 2
? [D/M 38397]
A/Wt.Eng.
01.04.1943
Wt.Eng.
?, seniority 01.04.1943
Lt. (E)
01.08.1945, seniority 01.01.1944
Lt.Cdr. (E)
01.01.1952 (retd 06.03.1954)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
05.06.1945
4 war patrols Far East 07.44-01.45 [decoration posted]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
04.05.1943
4 war patrols eastern Mediterranean 08-11.42 [decoration posted]
Mention in Despatches MID
06.05.1941
sinking 2 Italian supply ships
Mention in Despatches MID
12.09.1944
4 war patrols Eastern Fleet
(1941?)


HMS Pandora
(08.1942)
-
(11.1942)
HMS P 46 (submarine)
15.04.1943
-
(06.1943)
HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (for submarines)
07.06.1943
-
(07.1945)
Engineering Officer, HMS Storm (submarine)
29.11.1945
-
(04.1946)
Engineering Officer, HMS Tradewind (submarine)
01.11.1947
-
(07.1948)
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) (for submarines)
25.03.1949
-
(05.1950)
Engineering Officer, HMS Acheron (submarine)
13.04.1952
-
(05.1953)
Engineering Officer, HMS Totem (submarine)
Raynsford,
Anthony Edward Montagu
A.E.M. Raynsford
22.09.1914
-
11.1993
Northampton district, Northamptonshire
Midsh.
01.09.1932
A/S.Lt.
01.01.1935
S.Lt.
01.05.1935
Lt.
01.10.1936
Lt.Cdr.
27.09.1944
Cdr.
31.12.1949
Capt.
30.06.1956 (retd 22.10.1958)
Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1940
New Year 40
16.01.1932
-
(09.1932)
HMS Valiant (battleship)
03.02.1933
-
(01.1934)
HMS Despatch (cruiser)
03.01.1935
-
(07.1935)
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
01.02.1936
-
(07.1937)
HMS Berwick (cruiser)
04.01.1938
-
(08.1938)
anti-submarine course, HMS Osprey [HMS Vernon]
19.08.1938
-
(10.1938)
HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for Anti-Submarine School)
03.01.1939
-
(1940)
Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Faulknor (flotilla leader) (Home Fleet) *
12.11.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for miscellaneous duties)
01.06.1942
-
(10.1943)
First Lieutenant, HMS Venture
01.11.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for miscellaneous duties)
27.12.1943
-
(06.1944)
First Lieutenant, HMS Helmsdale (frigate)
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
01.01.1946
-
(04.1946)
HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)
02.03.1950
-
(05.1950)
HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
02.1953
-
(05.1953)
HMS Euryalus
(01.1956)


HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) **
Deputy Lieutenant
* (04.1940) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
* indexed, but not listed as such
Read,
Arthur Duncan
A.D. Read
Son of the late Edward R. Read, of Dublin.
Married (1922) 
Hon. Rosamond Vere Monckton (1892-1976), daughter of late William Henry Monckton; three daughters.

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23.04.1889
Ireland
-
29.10.1976
Shorne Ridgeway, nr Gravesend, Kent
A/S.Lt.
30.04.1909
S.Lt.
02.12.1909, seniority 30.04.1909
Lt.
19.01.1911, seniority 30.10.1910
Lt.Cdr.
30.10.1918
Cdr.
30.06.1924
Capt.
30.06.1932
R.Adm.
06.02.1942 (retd 01.06.1945)
V.Adm. (retd)
01.06.1945
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
08.06.1944
HM's birthday [investiture 18.05.45]
Mention in Despatches MID
30.05.1944
Operations Thwart & Covered (operations in Indian Ocean 03.44)
Mention in Despatches MID
31.10.1944
Operation Crimson (air strike & bombardment of Sabang 25.07.44)
15.09.1904


joined RN
1914
-
1918
served in European War
07.12.1922
-
(08.1923)
HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school)
05.08.1924
-
18.08.1924
Admiralty [HMS President]
19.08.1924
-
(05.)1926
an Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President]
17.12.1926
-
(06.1928)
HMS Curacoa (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
09.01.1929
-
(08.1929)
Admiralty [HMS President] (for Director of Training and Staff Duties Division's Department)
08.01.1930
-
(01.)1932
Executive Officer, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
(09.1932)
 
 
no appointment listed
06.03.1933
-
(01.)1934
Commanding Officer, HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) (Reserve Fleet, Nore)
15.05.1934
-
(02.)1935
Commanding Officer, HMS Folkestone (sloop) (China)
(07.1935)
 
 
no appointment listed
13.01.1936
-
(02.)1936
senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth
04.05.1936
-
(07.1937)
in charge of Gunnery School, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
(02.1938)


HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *
05.05.1938
-
27.10.1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Liverpool (cruiser) (till comimssioning 02.11.1938 also for duty with Admiral-Superintendent Contract-Built Ships while being built at Govan, UK, then East Indies)
27.11.1940
-
23.09.1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship)
(12.1941)
 
 
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) *
14.05.1942
-
(08.)1943
Flag Officer, Ceylon [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
15.10.1943
-
1945
Rear-Admiral Commanding 4th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Sussex (cruiser), later (12.1943?) HMS Newcastle (cruiser), later (06.1944?) HMS Kenya (cruiser), later HMS Nigeria (cruiser)]
04.07.1945
-
(07.1945)
Flag Officer-in-Charge, Cardiff [HMS Lucifer (RN base, Cardiff)]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Reeder,
Herbert John
H.J. Reeder
(12?).1906
Wandsworth, London
-
23.05.1941
(KIA) [age 34]
[Chatham Naval Memorial]

Paym.Lt.
01.11.1928
Paym.Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1936
Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1942
New Year 42
22.04.1929
-
(08.1929)
for duty in Admiral's Office, Commander-in-Chief America and West Indies Station [HMS Despatch]
02.01.1931
-
(09.1932)
Secretary to Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Frobisher, later HMS Vindictive]
08.05.1933
-
(01.1934)
Secretary to Captain (D), 1st Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Duncan]
17.12.1934
-
(07.1935)
Secretary to Captain (D), 1st Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Keppel]
22.04.1936
-
(02.1937)
for duty in Admiral's Office, Commander-in-Chief Nore [HMS Pembroke]
10.07.1939
-
23.05.1941
Secretary to Captain (D), 5th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Kelly]
Reeves,
Frank Edmund
F.E. Reeves

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11.07.1896
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
died after 08.1989 ??
Seaman
? [M33059]
Chief ERA
(1936)
T/A/Wt.Eng.
22.06.1943
T/Wt.Eng.
1944?, seniority 22.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
(08.1943)
 
 
no appointment listed
09.09.1943
-
(07.1945)
(Assistant) Engineer Officer, HMS Lochy (frigate)
Reid,
[Sir] John Peter Lorne
J.P.L. Reid
2nd son of Sir James Reid, 1st Baronet of Ellon, and of Susan, daughter of 1st Baron Revelstoke.
Married (19.04.1933) Jean (26.07.1909-07.12.1971), only daughter of Sir Henry Dundas, 3rd Bt of Arniston, and of Beatrix, daughter of 12th Earl of Home; one son, one daughter.
10.01.1903
St George Hanover Square district, London / Middlesex
-
26.09.1973
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
A/S.Lt.
15.05.1923
S.Lt.
?
Lt.
15.12.1924
Lt.Cdr.
15.12.1932
Cdr.
31.12.1935
A/Capt.
10.1940
Capt.
31.12.1941
R.Adm.
08.01.1951
V.Adm.
08.09.1954
Adm.
07.01.1958 (retd 1961)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
10.06.1961
HM's birthday 61 [investiture 05.07.61]
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
01.01.1957
New Year 57 [investiture 12.02.57]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
11.06.1946
wind up Far East [investiture 28.01.47]
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO
16.07.1953
Coronation Naval Review 53 [investiture 27.10.53]
Mention in Despatches MID
03.02.1942
Battle of Cape Matapan
Mention in Despatches MID
02.02.1943
good service in SW Pacific
Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth
1916


joined RN
...
-
...
...
1935
-
1936
Fleet Wireless Officer, Abyssinian War
15.04.1939
-
(12.)1941
HMS Valiant (operations off Norway 1940 ; operations off Oran, Algeria 1940 ; battle of Cape Matapan 1941)
1941
-
1942
Chief Signal Officer to Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Java, during defence of East Indies
1942
-
?
Captain on staff of Sir James Fownes Somerville, Commander-in-Chief East Indies
(08.1942)
 
 
no appointment listed
(02.1943)
 
 
no appointment listed
03.03.1943
-
(10.)1944
Deputy Director (V/S and W/T), Signal Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
01.12.1944
-
(07.1945)
Chief Staff Officer to Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron [HMS King George V (battleship)]
1947


Commanding Officer, HMS Dido
1948
-
1949
Commanding Officer, HMS Cleopatra
1951
-
1953
Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth
1953


Rear­Adm. (Review) on Staff of Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth
1954
-
1955
Flag Officer (Air) Mediterranean, and Flag Officer Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet
10.1956
-
1961
a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty (Third Sea Lord) and Controller of the Navy
Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom and of the Admiralty, 12.10.1962-11.03.1966. Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and of the Admiralty, 11.03.1966-11.01.1973. President, Royal British Legion, Scotland. DL, East Lothian, 1962; Vice-Convener, E. Lothian CC, 1969-. Vice-Lieutenant, East Lothian, 1964 and since 1967; 
Renouf,
Edward de Faye
E. de F. Renouf
E. de F. Renouf
Son of late Edward Binet Renouf (1862-1929), and Lilian Mary De Faye, Jersey, Channel Islands.
Unmarried.

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28.07.1888
St. Helier, Jersey
-
15.09.1972
Manleys, St Peters, Jersey
Cadet
1903
S.Lt.
?
Lt.
08.11.1909, seniority 28.02.1909
Lt.Cdr.
28.02.1917
Cdr.
31.12.1921
Capt.
31.12.1928
R.Adm.
05.01.1940
V.Adm.
03.04.1943 (retd 1943)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
08.06.1944
HM's birthday 44 [investiture 06.03.45]
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO
03.06.1931
HM's birthday 31
Silver Medal of the Royal Humane Society RHSSi
12.1914
for gallantry in rescuing a signal boy from drowning in the North Sea 14.10.14
15.05.1903


Cadet, HMS Britannia
1914
-
1919
served European War
(1914)


Torpedo Officer, HMS Conqueror (battleship)
07.06.1918
-
(01.1919)
HMS Vernon (torpedo school) (for torpedo duties)
?
-
(03.1921)
Commanding Officer, HMS Thames (on voyage from UK to Capte Twon, South Africa)
26.07.1922
-
(08.1923)
Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
16.09.1924
-
(01.)1925
staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
26.08.1925
-
(07.)1927
Fleet Torpedo Officer, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Revenge (battleship)]
01.11.1927
-
(06.1928)
Executive Officer, HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies)
05.1929
-
(04.)1930
Commanding Officer, HMS Vampire (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
15.08.1930
-
(06.)1933
Naval Attaché, Buenos Aires (Argentina) [HMS President]
16.01.1934
-
25.03.1936
Commanding Officer, HMS Orion (cruiser) & from 1934/35 Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer, 2nd Cruiser Squadron (Home Fleet)
25.07.1936
-
08.1938
staff, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President]
09.08.1938
-
1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (Home Fleet)
01.08.1939
-
01.1940?
also: Naval ADC to the King
(04.1940)


HMS President *
18.07.1940
-
(02.)1941
Rear-Admiral Commanding 3rd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Gloucester (cruiser)]
28.05.1941
-
(12.1941)
Naval Staff Officer to Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces [HMS President]
06.04.1942
-
(10.1944)
HMS President (for duty with Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (W))
?
-
(07.1945)
Naval Assistant to Deputy First Sea Lord [HMS President]
In command of Jersey Sea Cadet Corps.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Renshaw,
Maurice Frank
M.F. Renshaw
24.06.1918
-
10.1987
Bournemouth district, Hampshire
Cadet
01.01.1936
Midsh.
01.01.1937
A/S.Lt.
01.01.1939
S.Lt.
1940?, seniority 01.11.1938
Lt.
01.01.1940
A/Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1945
Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1948
Cdr.
31.12.1951 (retd 1960?)
Commander of the Military Order of Aviz (Portugal) Aviz
?
state visit Portugal 02.57
01.01.1936


special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
01.01.1937
-
(06.)1938
HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet)
22.07.1938
-
(10.1938)
HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet)
02.01.1939
-
(03.)1939
promotion course, Portsmouth
31.07.1939
-
(02.1941)
HMS Colombo (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport)
12.01.1942
-
(08.1942)
qualifying for gunnery duties [HMS Excellent]
01.09.1942
-
(02.1943)
Gunnery School, Devonport [HMS Drake]
30.04.1943
-
(06.1944)
Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) (Scapa Flow, then Portsmouth)
28.11.1944
-
(04.1946)
Gunnery Officer, HMS Jamaica
15.01.1948
-
(07.1948)
Radio Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
(05.1949)


no appointment listed
10.1949
-
(05.1950)
on staff of Flag Officer Destroyers, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Forth]
10.04.1952
-
(05.1953)
HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
(04.1955)


no appointment listed
27.07.1955
-
(01.1957)
Commanding Officer, HMS Chaplet
* indexed, but not listed as such
Renwick,
George Fisher
G.F. Renwick
(03?).1901
Cardiff, Glamorgan
-
31.03.1968
...
...
Cdr.
30.06.1936
Capt.
31.12.1942 (retd)
...
-
...
...
20.06.1939
-
(09.1940)
Commanding Officer, HMS Rochester (sloop)
(02.1941)


no appointment listed
15.04.1941
-
09.03.1943
Deputy Director of Air Matériel, Admiralty [HMS President]
10.03.1943
-
(06.)1944
Director of Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
13.11.1944
-
01.1946
Commanding Officer, HMS Attacker (escort carrier)
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
...
-
...
...
Reyne,
Sir Cecil Nugent
C.N. Reyne
2nd son of late Col. J.F. Reyne, Hampshire Regiment.
Married (1917) Gladys Mary, daughter of Capt. H.C. Savory, Seaforth Highlanders, of Edinburgh; one son, three daughters.

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23.12.1881
Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire
-
19.02.1958
Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire
A/S.Lt.
23.12.1900?
S.Lt.
29.03.1902, seniority 23.12.1900
Lt.
23.03.1903
Cdr.
30.06.1916
Capt.
30.06.1922
R.Adm.
01.06.1934 (retd 02.06.1934)
Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR
12.09.1939-(07.1945)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
01.01.1944
New Year 44 [investiture 23.05.44]
Mention in Despatches MID
17.11.1942
ocean convoys 39-42
Education: HMS Britannia
15.07.1895
 
 
entered RN



Gunnery specialist
1899
-
1902
served in South Africa
1914
-
1918
Gunnery and Executive Officer, HMS Dreadnought
18.12.1918
-
1920
Commander, HMS Royal Oak (battleship)



[Staff/Squadron?] Gunnery Officer (SGO) to late Admiral Sir R.F. Phillimore, commanding Reserve Fleet
15.05.1923
-
(01.)1925
Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer 2nd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Curacoa (light cruiser)]
1925


Commanding Officer, HMS Effingham (cruiser)
08.03.1926
-
(05.)1926
senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President]
07.1926
-
(07.)1927
Chief Staff Officer to Commodore in Command of New Zealand Station [HMS Diomede (cruiser)] (at Navy Office, Wellington)
09.1926
-
03.1929
also: 2nd Naval Member, New Zealand Naval Board
(08.1929)


no appointment listed
29.12.1929
-
(02.)1931
Commanding Officer, HMS Cleopatra (cruiser) & as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Nore
21.08.1931
-
(01.)1932
Commanding Officer, HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China)
02.07.1932
-
(09.1932)
Commanding Officer, HMS Caledon (cruiser) & as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport
(10.1932)
-
?
Commanding Officer, HMS Comus (cruiser)) & as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport
08.12.1933
-
(01.1934)
Commanding Officer, HMS Caledon (cruiser) & as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport
11.10.1933
-
01.06.1934
also: Naval ADC to the King
12.09.1939
-
(07.1945)
Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]
10.1942
-
11.1942
Convoy SL 125 (Suez - Manchester) [SS Nagpore] (ship torpedoed & sunk 28.10.1942)
14.07.1943
-
30.07.1943
Convoy ... (Liverpool - New York) [SS Pacific Shipper]
20.08.1943
-
04.09.1943
Convoy HX 253 (New York - Liverpool) [SS Ruahine]
25.07.1944
-
08.08.1944
Convoy HX 301 (New York - Liverpool) [SS Reinholt]
Rhodes,
Philip Montague
P.M. Rhodes
Son of Montague John Rhodes, and Amy Clemson.
(06.)1914
Lymington district, Hampshire
-
07.02.2008
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Cadet
01.09.1931
Midsh.
01.05.1932
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1934
S.Lt.
01.05.1935
Lt.
01.07.1937
A/Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1944
Lt.Cdr.
07.02.1946, seniority 01.07.1945 (reld 07.05.1946; medically unfit)
05.09.1931
-
(01.)1932
HMS Warspite (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
29.08.1932
-
(08.)1934
HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
27.09.1934
-
(02.)1935
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
01.04.1935
-
(07.)1935
promotion course, Portsmouth
09.11.1935
-
(08.1936)
HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet)
04.01.1937
-
(02.)1937
submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
13.05.1937
-
28.06.1937
HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) (for submarines)
29.06.1937
-
(08.1939)
HMS Salmon (submarine) (Mediterranean) [tender to HMS Maidstone]
05.01.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines)
04.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Nettle (for submarines)
20.04.1942
-
(08.)1942
HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for miscellaneous duties)
23.08.1942
-
(01.)1945
on staff of Rear-Admiral (S) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] & for anti-submarine duties
04.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) (for duty with submarines)
Antiques dealer.
Rich,
Lawrence St George
L.St.G. Rich
10.05.1908
Kensington, Greater London
-
05.1990
Towcester, Northants.
Midsh.
15.05.1926
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1928
S.Lt.
16.05.1929
Lt.
16.09.1931
Lt.Cdr.
16.09.1939 (retd 20.12.1949)
A/Cdr.
< 07.1948
Cdr. (retd)
20.12.1949

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
04.05.1943
sinking U205 E Mediterranean 17.02.43 [investiture 22.06.43]

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
27.07.1943
action with 2 Italian destroyers E Mediterranean 15.04.43 [investiture 28.09.43]
Mention in Despatches MID
24.03.1942
sinking U131 17.12.41
Mention in Despatches MID
14.04.1942
convoy escort destruction U-boat 01-02.42
09.12.1926
-
(07.1927)
HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship)
04.1929
-
(08.1929)
Lieutenant's course, Portsmouth
06.01.1930
-
(04.1930)
submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
10.11.1930
-
(01.1932)
HMS Pandora (submarine) (China)
(09.1932)


no appointment listed
27.03.1933
-
(01.1934)
First Lieutenant, HMS Torrid (destroyer) (Portland)
23.10.1934
-
(02.1936)
First Lieutenant, HMS Sturgeon (submarine)
04.01.1937
-
(02.1937)
submarine commanding officer's course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
17.04.1937
-
(07.1937)
Commanding Officer, HMS H 50 (submarine)
14.10.1937
-
(02.1938)
Commanding Officer, HMS H 44 (submarine)
16.04.1938
-
(06.1938)
HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet)
22.07.1938
-
(08.1939)
HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet)
02.1940
-
(04.1940)
Commanding Officer, HMS H 43 (submarine)
26.09.1940
-
(02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Proteus (submarine)
06.1941
-
(08.1942)
Commanding Officer, HMS Exmoor (destroyer)
04.01.1943
-
(06.1943)
HMS Paladin (destroyer)
30.07.1943
-
(10.1943)
Training Establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex [HMS King Alfred]
04.11.1943
-
(06.1944)
Officer-in-Charge, Landing Craft Maintenance Base, Port Glasgow [HMS Monck]
16.10.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Carysfort (destroyer)
(04.1946)


HMS President *
(07.1948)


Admiral Commanding Reserves' Office *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Richards,
George Dick Kendall "Dicky"
G.D.K. Richards
Son of George Westley Richards and Nora Ellen Mitchelson, of Weeke, Hampshire.
Husband of Sylvia Elizabeth Mary Richards.
(09?).1918
Reading district, Berkshire
-

29.05.1943 (KIA) [age 25]
[Chatham Naval Memorial, 67, 3]
Midsh.
01.09.1936
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1938
S.Lt.
01.01.1939
Lt.
01.01.1940

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
13.07.1943
action trawlers Belgian coast 04.04.43 [presented to next-of-kin]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
25.08.1942
action Channel 14.06.42 [investiture 01.12.42]
Mention in Despatches MID
03.03.1942
action enemy ship Boulogne 16.11.41
Mention in Despatches MID
13.10.1942
action R-boats Channel 16.08.42
Mention in Despatches MID
19.02.1944
action trawlers Dunkirk 28.05.43
01.09.1936
-
(08.1938)
HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China)
05.09.1938
-
(04.1939)
promotion course, Portsmouth
12.06.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Ivanhoe (destroyer)
(02.1941)


HMS Drake IV *
15.09.1941
-
(08.1942)
HMS Wasp:
(1941)


Commanding Officer, MGB 60
(11.1941)


Commanding Officer, MGB 68
(06.1942)


Commanding Officer, MGB 113
(08.1942)


Commanding Officer, MGB 10 & SO 2nd MGB Flotilla
(08.1942)
-
29.05.1943
Commanding Officer, MGB 110 & SO 9th MGB Flotilla [& SO MGBs]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Richardson,
Donald George
D.G. Richardson
?
?
-

died between 08.1973 and 08.1977 ??
Midsh. (A)
16.01.1939
A/S.Lt. (A)
20.06.1940
Lt. (A)
20.12.1942 (Emgcy List 03.061946)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
31.07.1945
Operation Iceberg [decoration presented]
16.01.1939
-
(04.)1939
HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (Devonport) (for training)
15.05.1939
-
(08.1939)
observers' course [HMS Excellent]
(04.1940)


Fleet Air Arm
?
-
24.09.1940
observer, 810 Squadron FAA
[failed to return when shot down by Curtiss H.75C-1 in bombing attacks on ships in Dakar harbour; captured]
24.09.1940
-
1943?
POW in French captivity
28.06.1943
-
(12.1943)
observer, 823 Squadron FAA
17.01.1944
-
(06.)1944
HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh, Southampton) (for instructional duties)
04.09.1944
-
(07.1945)
observer, 848 Squadron FAA
Richardson,
Herbert John Carbray
H.J.C. Richardson
Son of ... Richardson, and ... Carbray.
(03?).1915
Plymouth, Devon
-

16.05.1941 (KIA) [age 26]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 2, panel 1]
Cadet
01.05.1932
Midsh. (E)
01.01.1933
A/S.Lt. (E)
?
S.Lt. (E)
16.01.1936
Lt. (E)
16.05.1938
23.04.1932
-
(09.1932)
HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean)
12.01.1933
-
(02.)1936
course of instruction in engineering, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake]
01.09.1936
-
(04.)1939
HMS York (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station)
(08.1939)
-
(04.)1940
Fleet Air Arm
06.10.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Nile II (FAA air station, Alexandria, Egypt)
?
-
16.05.1941
805 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, near Alexandria, Egypt)]
Richardson,
Hugh Nicholas Aubyn
H.N.A. Richardson

23.08.1903
Gorey, Jersey, Channel Islands
-

30.10.1978
St Martin, Jersey, Channel Islands
...
...
S.Lt.
15.10.1924
Lt.
15.04.1927
Lt.Cdr.
15.04.1935 (retd 23.08.1948)
A/Cdr.
12.09.1944?
Cdr. (retd)
23.08.1948

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
01.09.1942
Operation Harpoon (Gibraltar-Malta convoy 06.42) [investiture 09.07.46]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
16.08.1940
Dunkirk 06.40 [investiture 09.07.46]
Mention in Despatches MID
09.02.1943
German ship "Ulm" sunk 08.92
...
-
...
...
(10.1938)
 
 
no appointment listed
(02.1939)
-
(04.1939)
no appointment listed
29.05.1939
-
(09.)1939
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for training duties)
27.11.1939
-
25.09.1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Shikari (destroyer) (DSC)
(12.)1941
-
(02.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Marne (destroyer) * (DSO, despatches)
(06.1943)
 
 
no appointment listed
06.07.1943
-
(06.)1944
RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
12.09.1944
-
(07.)1945
Executive Officer, HMS Valluru (RN Air Station, Tambaran, Madras)
16.12.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Garuda (RN Aircraft Repair Yard, Coimbatore, India)
(07.1948)
 
 
no appointment listed
Richardson,
John Sherbrooke Morris
J.S.M. Richardson
13.05.1907
Sevenoaks district, Kent
-

12.1986
Canterbury district, Kent
...
...
Lt.Cdr.
16.02.1938
Cdr.
30.06.1941
Capt.
30.06.1949 (retd 07.07.1958)

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
11.02.1941
sinking [F?] Nullo 21.10.40 [investiture 07.07.42]
Mention in Despatches MID
27.01.1942
Operation Demon
Mention in Despatches MID
09.05.1944
Operation FW
Mention in Despatches MID
14.11.1944
Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)
...
-
...
...
14.03.1939
-
(04.)1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Bulldog (destroyer)
01.05.1940
-
(12.1941)
Commanding Officer, HMS Kimberley (destroyer)
23.06.1942
-
(06.)1943
Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
19.07.1943
-
15.10.1944
Commanding Officer, HMS Venus (destroyer)
(10.1944)
 
 
no appointment listed
12.1944
-
(04.1946)
Staff Officer (Q) on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
...
-
...
...
Richardson,
Richard Brakell
R.B. Richardson
Son of ... Richardson, and ... Brakell.
(09?).1919
West Derby district, Lancashire
-
30.10.1981

Lt.
01.11.1939
Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1947 (retd)
...
-
...
...
?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Hannibal
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
...
-
...
...
09.02.1954
-
(04.1955)
Flag Lieutenant-Commander & Staff Communications Officer to Flag Officer (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin]
Riches,
Gordon William John
G.W.J. Riches
Second son of William John Riches, and Margaret Tolfrey (née Rayfield).
Married 1st (14.09.1935, Medway district, Kent) Margaret Amy Fielder (after adoption named Course); one daughter, one son.
Married 2nd (23.10.1982, Maidstone district, Kent) Gladys Vera Tyler.
03.01.1911
Hollingbourne, Kent
-
14.09.2001

Plymouth distirct, Devon
A/Wt.Shipwr. 15.09.1939
Wt.Shipwr. 1940?, seniority 15.09.1939
A/Cd.Shipwr. 18.06.1945
Sen.Cd.Shipwr. 01.10.1946
Shipwr.Lt.Cdr. 05.04.1956 (retd 03.01.1961)
Chatham Dockyard Apprentice, 04.08.1926-04.08.1931.
04.08.1931     joined RN
04.1932 - 11.1934 HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
? - ? HMS Medway (submarine depot ship)
15.09.1939 - 13.02.1940 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
02.1940 - (06.)1943 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) *
(08.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed
06.12.1943 - 14.02.1945 HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) [at a RN Unit in a Government Training Centre in Slough as technical Officer responsible for the training of Shipwrights for Combined Operations]
03.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Ajax (cruiser)
28.04.1947 - 11.05.1948 HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) (Harwich)
25.05.1948 - (05.)1950 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services)
20.07.1950 - 06.02.1952 HMS Cleopatra (cruiser) (mainly Mediterranean)
07.1952 - 11.1952 HMS Neptune (Reserve Fleet, Chatham)
11.11.1952 - (07.1954) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for RN Barracks)
14.02.1955 - (01.1956) HMS Bulwark (light fleet carrier)
04.07.1956 - 06.09.1957 HMS Jupiter (Reserve Fleet, Gareloch)
06.09.1957 - 10.01.1958 Reserve Fleet, Rosyth
? - (01.1959) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
22.06.1959 - 31.03.1961 Barrackmaster, RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
* His 'flimsies' indicate until 23.10.1943.
Richmond,
[Sir] Maxwell
M. Richmond (1942).
Eldest son of Robert Richardson Richmond, and Bernadette Farrel).
Married (1929) Jessie Messervy Craig (died 1985); one son, three daughters (and one son deceased).
19.10.1900
Wellington, New Zealand
-
15.05.1986
McLeod Bay, Whangarei Heads, New Zealand
A/S.Lt.
15.05.1921
S.Lt.
15.08.1923, seniority 15.05.1921
Lt.
?, seniority 15.12.1922
Lt.Cdr.
15.12.1930
Cdr.
30.06.1936
Capt.
31.12.1942
R.Adm.
08.01.1952
V.Adm.
16.12.1954 (retd 1957)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
13.06.1957
Suez operations
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
01.01.1954
New Year 54 [investiture 16.02.54]

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
30.07.1942
4 Murmansk-Reykjavik convoys [investiture 27.07.43]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
01.01.1940
New Year 40 [investiture 06.02.40]
Mention in Despatches MID
25.10.1940
Operation Dynamo (Dunkirk evacuation 06.40)
Mention in Despatches MID
07.08.1945
Senio Officer allied destroyers bombarding France
Order of the Red Banner (Soviet Union) RB
17.11.1942
Russian convoys 41-42 [award presented]
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
1945
wind up Europe
Education: New Zealand State Schools; Westminster
1918


Cadet Royal Navy (under the Dominion scheme), specialised navigation
(08.1923)


short course of instruction
03.1924
-
(01.1925)
HMS Witch (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
16.01.1926
-
(05.)1926
Navigating Officer, HMS Alecto (submarine depot ship) (3rd Submarine Flotilla)
18.11.1926
-
(06.1928)
Navigating Officer, HMS Laburnum (sloop) (New Zealand)
(08.1929)


no appointment listed
24.02.1930
-
(04.)1930
Navigating Officer, HMS Harebell (fishery protection cruiser (sloop))
20.06.1930
-
24.03.1931
Navigating Officer, HMS Codrington (flotilla leader) (and for Navigation duties in flotilla) (Mediterranean)
24.03.1931
-
18.10.1932
Navigating Officer, HMS Codrington (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean)
24.10.1932
-
(06.)1933
HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad]
28.12.1933
-
21.12.1935
Navigating Officer, HMS Cairo (cruiser) & as Squadron Navigation Officer, Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas (temporary)
22.12.1935
-
(08.)1936
HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad]
10.1936
-
23.08.1938
Commanding Officer, HMS Hostile (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
(10.1938)


no appointment listed
10.01.1939
-
(04.)1939
staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
29.07.1939
-
01.06.1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Basilisk (destroyer) (Dover Patrol, Norway and Dunkirk) [sunk]
23.10.1940
-
(12.)1941
Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
28.01.1942
-
18.12.1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Bulldog (destroyer) & Senior Officer, Escort Group (Atlantic and Russian Convoys)
12.1942
-
09.03.1944
Chief Staff Officer to Commodore, Londonderry [HMS Ferret]
12.04.1944
-
08.12.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Milne (destroyer) & Captain (D) 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (Home Fleet, Russian Convoys and Flank Force, Mediterranean)
(04.)1946

  no appointment listed
01.06.1946
-
1948
Assistent Chief of Supplies, Admiralty [HMS President]
17.06.1948
-
(05.)1950
Naval Liaison Officer, Wellington, NZ [HMS Terror]
1951


Senior Naval Officer, Northern Ireland
07.1952
-
1955
Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel (Training) [HMS President]
(04.1955)


no appointment listed
18.08.1955
-
24.10.1956
Flag Officer (Air), Mediterranean, and Flag Officer Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS St Angelo]
(01.1957)


no appointment listed
Riley,
Gerard Brook
G.B. Riley G.B. Riley (almost completely hidden behind the face of HM King Geoge VI)
Son (with one brother and three sisters) of Maj. Alfred James Riley, Somerset Light Infantry, and Edith Mary Knight
Married ((06?).1914, Hardingstone district) Margery Ethel Polwhele ((09?).1890 - 1965), of Musbury, Devon, daughter of the Rev. Arthur Baskerville Polwhele (1858-1926), and Mary Robinson Porter (1861-1953); two sons (Capt. John Francis Riley, RA & Capt. Paul Brook Riley, RAMC), two daughters.
Lived at Ituna, Ashtead, Surrey, England, prior to retirement.

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05.04.1881
Kensington, Greater London
-
01.09.1943
Hartgrove, M
usbury, Axminster, Devon
Midsh. ?
A/S.Lt. 15.07.1900?
S.Lt. 28.11.1901, seniority 15.07.1900
Lt. 23.05.1902
?, seniority 15.07.1901 (retd 15.05.1911)
Lt.Cdr. 1913?, seniority 15.07.1909
A/Cdr. (retd) < 01.1919
Cdr. (retd) 05.04.1921
Capt. (retd) 22.07.1936
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 01.01.1919 New Year 19
15.01.1895     entered RN
01.06.1899     HMS Mars
15.03.1900     HMS Dolphin [based at HMS Boscawen]
01.11.1901     HMS Electra [based at HMS Victory]
11.02.1902     HMS Teazer [based at HMS Victory]
04.1902     HMS Syren [based at HMS Victory]
25.04.1902     HMS Barham
12.01.1903     HMS Empress of India
01.09.1903     HMS Vernon (additional; to qualify in torpedo duties)
01.09.1904     HMS Vernon (for torpedo duties)
(1905)     HMS Prince George
07.04.1908     Torpedo Officer, HMS Natal
... - ... ...
10.12.1919 - 02.10.1939 Head of Torpedo Inspection and Deputy Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance (Torpedoes), Admiralty [HMS President]
Rimington,
Michael Gordon
M.G. Rimington
21.05.1904
-

01.1985
Newton Abbot district, Devon
Midsh.
15.09.1923
A/S.Lt.
15.01.1926
Lt.
15.08.1927
Lt.Cdr.
15.08.1935
Cdr.
31.12.1940 (retd 21.05.1954; age)

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
11.09.1940
sinking Italian submarine [investiture 10.03.42]

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
07.10.1941
7 patrols Mediterranean & sank French submarine Le Souffleur 25.06.41 [investiture 10.03.42]
Mention in Despatches MID
24.04.1945
war patrols Far East 02-12.44
15.09.1923
-
(01.1925)
HMS Valiant (battleship) (Mediterranean)
08.04.1926
-
15.01.1927
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
16.01.1927
-
(07.1927)
promotion course, Portsmouth
03.1928
-
(06.)1928
HMS L 1 (submarine) [tender to HMS Ambrose]
24.09.1928
-
(08.)1929
HMS M 3 (submarine) (Reserve, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Ross]
09.12.1929
-
(08.)1930
First Lieutenant, HMS H 48 (submarine) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Alecto] [earned his aviators' certificate [#8967] 1930 at Hampshire Aero Club]
01.09.1930
-
(02.)1931
HMS Centaur (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
16.10.1931
-
(06.1933)
First Lieutenant, HMS Phoenix (submarine) (China) [tender to HMS Medway]
(01.1934)
 
 
no appointment listed
30.04.1934
-
(08.)1934
submarine commanding officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Alecto]
27.08.1934
-
(07.)1935
Commanding Officer, HMS H 32 (submarine) (Portland) [tender to HMS Titania]
30.08.1935
-
(07.)1937
HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet)
23.08.1937
-
(02.)1938
HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (for submarines)
05.1938
-
09.1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Parthian (submarine)
(12.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
01.01.1942
-
23.05.1943
Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
24.05.1943
-
(12.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Tantivity (submarine)
(07.1945)
-
(04.1946)
HMS Dolphin *
01.1947
-
(07.)1948
Commanding Officer, HMS Jamaica
14.12.1948
-
(05.)1949
Commanding Officer, HMS Glory
25.08.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
1950/51?
-
(05.1953)
on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)]
Ritchie,
George Lee
G.L. Ritchie
Married (1914, Poplar, London); at least two sons (one of whom is Lt.Col. George Lee Ritchie, OBE, MB, DPH, RAMC).

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12.11.1889
Aberdeen, Scotland
-
29.07.1973

Aberdeen, Scotland
T/Sg. [later: T/Sg.Lt.]
12.01.1915
Sg.Lt.
04.05.1920, seniority 08.01.1915
Sg.Lt.Cdr.
08.01.1921
Sg.Cdr.
08.01.1927 (retd 12.11.1944)
Sg.Capt. (retd)
12.11.1944
Military Cross (1917) MC
26.01.1917
attached to RND *
Mention in Despatches MID
09.08.1940

for untiring devotion to duty in attending to casualties after having himself been rescued

* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He displayed great courage and determination in collecting and attending to the wounded under very heavy fire.
Education: MB, ChB
02.03.1923
-
(08.1923)
Medical Officers' course, Naval Medical School, Greenwich [HMS President]
29.09.1923
-
(01.1925)
HMS Impregnable (training establishment for boys, flagship, Devonport)
28.01.1926
-
(05.)1926
HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (Devonport)
23.11.1926
-
(07.1927)
HMS Lowestoft (cruiser) (Africa)
(08.1929)


no appointment listed
04.12.1929
-
(02.)1931
HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) (and as Naval Health Officer & Medical Transport Officer) (Rosyth)
08.12.1931
-
(09.1932)
HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)
30.12.1933
-
(01.)1934
RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (temporary)
08.02.1934
-
(02.1936)
HM Dockyard, Hong Kong [HMS Tamar]
14.10.1936
-
(02.1938)
HMS Iron Duke (training ship) (Portsmouth)
18.05.1938
-
(06.1938)
RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
25.07.1938
-
(08.1938)
RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
01.09.1938
-
14.10.1939
HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (sunk at Scapa Flow)
04.12.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)
26.07.1940
-
(08.1942)
RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
21.11.1942
-
(07.1945)
HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon)
09.10.1945
-
(04.1946)
HM Dockyard, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane]
Ritchie,
James Stuart McLaren
J.S.M. Ritchie
Son of late J.M. Ritchie, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Married (04.04.1929, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London) Joan Karslake, daughter of late Lt.Col. John Preston Karslake; one son, two daughters.

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12.03.1884
Dunedin, New Zealand
-
17.05.1955

Headley, Newbury, Berkshire
... ...
S.Lt. ?
Lt. 15.05.1905
Cdr. 31.12.1916
Capt. 31.12.1923
R.Adm. 31.08.1935 (retd 01.09.1935)
Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 1939
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 01.01.1945 New Year 45 [investiture 16.03.45]
Commander of the Order of St. Olav (Norway) StOlav 06.11.1945 services to Norway
Education: Wanganui Collegiate School, Wanganui, NZ (1896-1899); HMS Britannia (1899-1900)
15.05.1899     joined RN
(06.1901)     HMS Royal Arthur
09.11.1905     HMS Leander
17.08.1907     specializing in gunnery, HMS Excellent
      HMS Dunedin
1914 - 1917 Gunnery Officer, HMS St Vincent (battleship) (1st Battle Squadron, Portland)
1917     Gunnery Officer, HMS Iron Duke (battleship)
1917 - 1918 Anti-Submarine Division, Admiralty
01.10.1921 - (08.1923) Gunnery Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
25.08.1924     senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth
13.12.1924 - 09.03.1925 Member, Ordnance Committee
      war course, RN War College, Greenwich
      senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth
01.10.1925 - 1927 Commanding Officer, HMS Diomede (cruiser) (New Zealand Division)
25.01.1927 - (07.1927) Commanding Officer, HMS Dunedin (cruiser) (New Zealand)
07.03.1928 - (02.)1931 Naval Attaché, Washington, USA [HMS President]
10.08.1931 - 19.06.1933 Director of Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
19.06.1933 - 30.08.1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet)
19.07.1935 - 01.09.1935 also: Naval ADC to the King
19.08.1939 - 02.1940 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional; for various services [convoys])
02.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Eaglet II (RN base, Birkenhead) (additional; for various services [convoys])
12.03.1940 - 21.03.1940 Vice Commodore, Convoy HG 22 (Gibraltar - Liverpool) (aboard "Calchas")
28.08.1940 - 12.09.1940 Commodore, Convoy HX 69 (Halifax - Liverpool) (aboard "Ulysses")
14.12.1940 - (10.)1944 Flag Officer-in-Charge, Liverpool [HMS Eaglet]
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
05.1945 - 1945? Flag Officer, Norway
Ritchie,
John Duff
"Jock"
J.D. Ritchie
1918 ?
-
died between 08.1989 and 12.1991 ?
Lt.
01.01.1939
?, seniority 01.10.1938
A/Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1944
Lt.Cdr.
01.10.1946 (retd 16.10.1948)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
08.09.1942
attack R-boats Boulogne [investiture 17.11.42]
Mention in Despatches MID
25.08.1942
action Cap Barfleur 18.06.42
Mention in Despatches MID
11.12.1945
wind up Europe 45
10.05.1939
-
(08.1939)
MA/SB No. 3 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS Osprey]
(06.1942)


Commanding Officer, HM SGB 4 (steam gun boat)
16.01.1942
-
(08.1942)
HMS Spartiate
16.11.1942
-
(02.1943)
HMS Attack
04.02.1943
-
(08.1943)
HMS Bee
09.1943
-
(12.1943)
Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Mackay (destroyer)
28.04.1944
-
(06.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Lancaster (destroyer)
01.1945
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Catterick (destroyer)
Rivaz,
Percy Montgomery
P.M. Rivaz
Son of Hon. Sir Charles Montgomery Rivaz (1845-1926), and Emily Mcgarel Agnew (1853-1941).
Married (06.1930) Teresa Evelyn Clanchy; one daughter.
1879 *
Punjab, India
-
03.09.1950
Blackheath, Greater London

* baptized 11.11.1879
Sg.
29.11.1904
Sg.Lt.Cdr.
21.11.1912
Sg.Cdr.
01.10.1917 (retd 11.11.1929)
Sg.Capt. (retd)
11.11.1929
Education: MD, BS, DPH
14.05.1923
-
(01.)1925
HMS Curacoa (cruiser) & as Squadron Medical Officer, 2nd Cruiser Squadron (Atlantic Fleet)
11.05.1925
-
(07.)1927
Naval Health Officer, Mediterranean [HMS Egmont (RN base, Malta)]
01.12.1927
-
(04.)1928
HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean)
14.04.1928
-
(08.)1929
Naval Health Officer, Portsmouth Command [HMS Victory]
31.08.1939
-
(07.1945)
Medical Officer, HM Dockyard Chatham & as Certifying Factory Surgeon [HMS Pembroke]
(04.1946)
 
 
no appointment listed
Rivers-Smith,
Stanley Gordon
S.G. Rivers-Smith
Only son of Stanley Gordon Rivers-Smith, CBE, and Marguerite Rivers-Smith,  West Byfleet, Surrey.
Married (30.07.1938, Effingham) Sheila Dorothy Hay Robertson, of Happisburgh, Norfolk (she remarried 1947? William Lothian Wilson); one daughter.
(06?).1910
Kings Norton district, Staffs. / Warcs. / Worcs.
-
13.04.1946
Norfolk
(illness, contracted on active service) [age 35]
[Norwich and Norfolk Crematorium]
Midsh.
01.05.1928
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1930
S.Lt.
16.05.1931
Lt.
16.05.1933
Lt.Cdr.
16.05.1941 (retd 05.04.1944)
Mention in Despatches MID
21.12.1943
Operation Husky
20.03.1929
-
(08.1929)
HMS Malaya (battleship)
25.09.1930
-
(02.1931)
Lieutenant's course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
01.12.1931
-
(09.1932)
HMS Valiant (battleship)
17.08.1933
-
(07.1935)
HMS Frobisher (cruiser)
(1937)


ADC to Governor-General of Canada
02.11.1938
-
(08.1939)
First Lieutenant, HMS Jackal (destroyer)
26.01.1941
-
02.10.1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Aberdeen (sloop)
(02.1943)
-
(04.1944)
no appointment listed:
(06.1943)


HMS Hilary (additional?)
(1945)


Commanding Officer, Prince of Wales Sea Training School, Stalham, nr Norfolk
Rivett-Carnac,
James William
J.W. Rivett-Carnac
2nd son of late Rev. Sir Clennel George Rivett­Carnac, 6th Bart (1850-1932), and Emily Louisa Crabbe (1854-1894). Brother and heir­ presumptive of Sir Henry George Crabbe Rivett­ Carnac, 7th Bt. (1889-1972). Married (1922) Isla Nesta, 2nd daughter of late Major Harry Blackwood, JP, Kincurdy, Ross­shire; two sons, one daughter.

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12.02.1891
Windsor dsitrict
-
09.10.1970
[Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk ?]
A/S.Lt.
?
S.Lt.
19.12.1910, seniority 15.05.1910
Lt.
01.10.1912
Lt.Cdr.
01.10.1920
Cdr.
30.06.1926
Capt.
30.06.1934
Cdre. 2nd cl.
> 10.1939, < 04.1939
R.Adm.
08.07.1943 (retd 1947)
A/V.Adm.
06.1945
V.Adm. (retd)
03.05.1947
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
18.12.1945
wind up Europe 45 [investiture 28.01.47]
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
28.11.1944
Operation Neptune [investiture 16.03.45]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
08.03.1920

for distinguished services as First and Gunnery lieutenant of HMS Cleopatra

Mention in Despatches MID
04.05.1943
Operation Torch
Mention in Despatches MID
18.01.1944
dissolution Force H 11.43
Officier de la Legion d'Honneur (France) LegH
?
liberation of France
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
?
liberation of France
Education: RN College, Dartmouth
15.09.1905


entered RN
1914
-
1919
served European War
(1919)


First Lieutenant & Gunnery Officer, HMS Cleopatra (Baltic)
15.03.1923
-
(01.1925)
HMS Carysfort (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
08.11.1926
-
15.11.1926
Admiralty
15.11.1926
-
(07.1927)
Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
19.07.1929
-
(02.1931)
HMS Kent (cruiser) (China)
24.06.1931
-
(09.1932)
Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord [HMS President]
29.09.1933
-
(01.1934)
HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) (borne as additional)
29.04.1935
-
(07.1935)
Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
15.10.1935
-
(02.1936)
Commanding Officer, HMS Coventry (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth)
14.11.1936
-
(08.)1939
Commanding Officer, HMNZS Leander & Commodore Commanding New Zealand Squadron
26.03.1940
-
02.04.1940
Admiralty
02.04.1940
-
(02.1941)
Director of Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
07.1941
-
07.1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship)
09.1943


Rear-Admiral, Force H (Salerno)
1944


Chief Naval Administrative Officer (CNAO) to Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Forces (ANCXF) & Flag Officer British Assault Area (FOBAA) (designate) [HMS Odyssey] (Normandy landings)
03.1945
-
1947
Rear-Admiral / Vice-Admiral (Q) British Pacific Fleet [HMS Beaconsfield, since 01.12.1945 HMS Golden Hind II]
Chairman, Thingoe RDC, 1958-1961. DL Suffolk, 1958.
Robb,
James Moffat
J.M. Robb
28.08.1907
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
-
died between 08.1977 and 08.1983
Prob. S.Lt. RNR
13.12.1932
S.Lt. RNR
15.05.1933, seniority 13.12.1932
Lt. RNR
13.12.1934
Lt. (Supplementary List)
14.11.1937, seniority 28.08.1931
Lt.
1938?, seniority 28.08.1931
Lt.Cdr.
28.08.1939
A/Cdr.
11.10.1943
Cdr.
31.12.1944 (retd 02.09.1956)
Cdr. RAN (Emergency List)
05.08.1959, seniority 31.12.1944 (retd 28.08.1967)
Mention in Despatches MID
11.11.1941
Greek withdrawal 04.41
Mention in Despatches MID
13.07.1943
defensive work air raids Benghazi
25.11.1933
-
(01.1934)
HMS Delight (destroyer) (to complete 9 months' training)
14.04.1937
-
(08.1939)
HMS Penelope (cruiser)
21.08.1939
-
(08.1942)
HMS Coventry (cruiser)
(02.1943)


HMS Moreta (RN base, Haifa) *
01.03.1943
-
(08.1943)
HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (for various services)
11.10.1943
-
(06.1944)
Executive Officer, HMS Campania (escort carrier)
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
(04.1946)


HMS Gosling (training establishment, Risley, nr Warrington, Lancs) *
03.11.1948
-
(05.1950)
HMS President
28.10.1951
-
(05.1953)
Commanding Officer, HMS Highflyer
* indexed, but not listed as such
Roberts,
Peter Scawen Watkinson
P.S.W. Roberts
Victoria Cross Reference
28.07.1917
Chesham Bois, Bucks.
-
08.12.1979
Newton Ferrers
[Holy Cross Churchyard, Newton Ferrers
(Efford Crematorium, Plymouth)]
Midsh.
01.09.1936
S.Lt.
01.07.1938
Lt.
16.11.1939
Lt.Cdr.
16.11.1947 (retd 28.07.1962)
Victoria Cross VC
09.06.1942
removing unexploded bombs Mediterranean 16.02.1942 [investiture 30.06.42] *
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
30.06.1942
8 war patrols Mediterranean 06.41-03.42 [investiture 23.05.44]

* On 16th February 1942, HM Submarine Thrasher attacked and sank, in daylight, a supply ship under heavy escort. She was immediately attacked by aircraft and bombs and depth charges from the escorts. On surfacing, after dark, the submarine began to roll and it was discovered that two unexploded bombs were in the gun casing. Lieutenant Roberts and Petty Officer Gould * immediately volunteered to remove them. They were of an unknown type. The removed the first bomb, wrapped it in sacking and manhandled it to the bows, where they dropped it overboard. To reach the second bomb they had to go through the casing, it being so low that they had to lie flat, at full length, in order to move inside it. In complete darkness, they pushed and pulled the bomb for around 20 feet or so before it could be lowered over the side. This act of courage was made more difficult, because HM Submarine Thrasher's whereabouts were known to the enemy. Had the submarine been attacked, it would have dived and the two men would have been drowned.

Education: King's School, Canterbury
1935


entered RN
01.09.1936
-
1938
HMS Shropshire (cruiser)
06.06.1939
-
(08.1939)
HMS Saltburn (minesweeper)
09.1939


submarine service
02.1940
-
(04.1940)
third hand, HMS H 32 (submarine)
1940


HMS Tribune (submarine)
01.01.1941
-
(03.)1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Trasher (submarine)
16.08.1942
-
(02.)1943
HMS Beagle (destroyer)
18.05.1943
-
(06.1943)
HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for LCTs)
(08.)1943
-
07.1945
HMS Vernon (training establishment, Portsmouth):
(08.1943)
-
(12.1943)
torpedo course
09.01.1944
-
(06.1944)
instructional department
15.06.1945
-
07.1945
for miscellaneous duties
07.1945
-
(04.)1946
HMS Black Prince (cruiser)
1946
-
1948
HMS Defiance
1948


HMS Eagle
1950


HMS Gorregan
1952


HMS Apollo
1953


HMS Cardigan Bay
1955


HMS Dingley
1956
-
1957
HMS Vernon, 1956 (HM Underwater Counter- measures and Weapons Estabt, 1957)
1959


HMS Drake
Robertson,
Charles Patrick
C.P. Robertson
08.02.1902
Elham district, Kent
-
10.1989
Chichester district, Sussex
A/S.Lt.
?
S.Lt.
?
Lt.
15.08.1923
Lt.Cdr.
15.08.1931 (retd 14.09.1934)
Cdr. (retd)
08.02.1942
Capt. (retd)
?
08.05.1924
-
(01.1925)
First Lieutenant, HMS H 33 (submarine) (Portland)
04.1927
-
(07.1927)
First Lieutenant, HMS L 26 (submarine) (Mediterranean)
22.02.1929
-
(08.1929)
Commanding Officer, HMS H 23 (submarine) (Portsmouth)
(04.1930)


no appointment listed
14.05.1930
-
(01.1932)
HMS Norfolk (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
17.05.1932
-
(09.1932)
HMS Alecto (submarine depot ship)
01.05.1933
-
(01.1934)
Commanding Officer, HMS L 69 (submarine) (Portsmouth)
20.12.1938
-
(08.1939)
Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty
03.01.1940
-
(04.1946)
Assistant to the Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty
* indexed, but not listed as such
Robertson,
Ewart Gladstone
E.G. Robertson
Son of James Forrest Robertson (1860-1940), and Elizabeth Freeborn (1861-1939).
20.05.1898
Ontario, Canada
-
died between 07.1952 and 07.1959
A/S.Lt.
?
S.Lt.
14.12.1917
A/Lt.
? (retd 05.07.1920)
Lt. (retd)
15.03.1921, seniority 14.12.1919
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
14.12.1927
A/Cdr. (retd)
< 07.1945
Cdr. (retd)
08.05.1946
(04.1940)


HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *
(02.1941)


no appointment listed
(08.1942)


no appointment listed
11.09.1942
-
(02.1943)
Executive Officer, HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Pt Bannatyne)
06.04.1943
-
(06.1944)
HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for LCTs)
01.1945
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Catle Toward, Dunoon, Argyll)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Robertson,
Ian Greig
I.G. Robertson I.G. Robertson
Married Elizabeth Aitken Robertson.
09.04.1907
Eastbourne, Sussex
-
07.07.1987
...
...
Lt.
01.06.1930
Lt.Cdr.
01.06.1938
A/Cdr.
< 02.1943
Cdr.
30.06.1944
Capt.
31.12.1950 (retd 07.01.1960)

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
01.11.1949
Yangtze River 20.04.49 [investiture 17.11.49]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
11.11.1941
Greek withdrawal [investiture 14.04.42]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
08.01.1942
withdrawal from Crete [investiture 14.04.42]
Mention in Despatches MID
26.09.1940
Norway 04-05.40
...
-
...
...
28.04.1939
-
(08.)1939
Signals Officer, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Barham (battleship)] (Mediterranean)
09.12.1939
-
(04.)1940
First Lieutenant, HMS Curlew
04.07.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services)
(12.1941)


no appointment listed
12.12.1941
-
(08.)1942
Signals Officer, HMS Quebec (RN base, Inveraray) *
01.04.1942
-
(06.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Dundonald II (Combined Operations training establishment, Auchengate) *
(08.1943)
-
(06.1944)
Combined Operations HQ *
?
-
(07.1945)
Chief Signal Officer Combined Operations & Chairman Combined Operations Communications Committee, Combined Operations HQ
...
-
...
...
05.1948
-
(05.1949)
Commanding Officer, HMS Consort
...
-
...
...
* either starting date for HMS Dundonald II is incorrect, or the appointment at HMS Quebec is incorrectly carried on too long
**  indexed, but not listed as such
Robertson,
James Ian
J.I. Robertson (Photo courtesy of Mr Tony Drury)

From Tiverton, Devon.
08.02.1902
Elham district, Kent
-
31.05.1976
South East Hampshire district, Hampshire
A/S.Lt.
?
S.Lt.
15.05.1922
Lt.
15.12.1923
Lt.Cdr.
15.12.1931
Cdr.
31.12.1937
A/Capt.
> 08.1942, < 02.1943
Capt.
31.12.1943 (retd 08.01.1953)
RAF:

F/O
16.06.1924
F/Lt.
01.07.1931
Sq.Ldr.
01.04.1935
W/Cdr.
01.09.1938
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
11.12.1945
wind up Europe 45 [investiture 10.06.47]
Mention in Despatches MID
01.07.1941
HM's birthday 41
Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1944
New Year 44



served in World War I
22.01.1923
-
(08.1923)
HMS Valerian (sloop)
16.06.1924
-
(01.1925)
pilot's course (for Fleet Air Arm) at No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon, Wilts.
12.01.1926
-
(05.)1926)
HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar) (for Fleet Air Arm)
01.05.1926
-
(02.)1927
pilot, No. 421 Flight, FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet)
25.03.1927
-
(04.)1928
pilot, No. 421B Flight, FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF]
05.1928
-
(06.)1928
pilot, No. 421 Flight, FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) [attached to RAF]
16.10.1928
-
(08.)1929
HMS Broke (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean)
27.12.1929
-
(04.)1930
Second-in-Command, No. 449 Flight, FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) [attached to RAF]
01.07.1930
-
(02.)1931
Second-in-Command, No. 449 Flight, FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) [attached to RAF]
17.12.1931
-
20.09.1932
Flight Commander, No. 449 Flight, FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] [attached to RAF]
20.09.1932
-
11.12.1933
naval duty:
12.12.1932
-
(06.)1933
First Lieutenant, HMS Sutton (twin-screw minesweeper)
11.12.1933
-
17.01.1934
attached to RAF:
17.01.1934
-
(07.)1935
Second-in-Command, S/R Squadron 820, FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) (07.1937 temporarily detached) [attached to RAF]
01.09.1935
-
04.02.1938
Squadron Commander, TSR Squadron 825, FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF]
04.02.1938


returned to naval duty
23.03.1938
-
(08.)1938
Executive Officer, HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (Portsmouth)
30.08.1938
-
(02.)1939
Air Personnel Department, Admiralty
15.02.1939
-
(04.)1939
Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty with Admiral Superintendent of Contract-Built Ships)
31.08.1939
-
(02.)1941
Commander Flying, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)
10.1941
-
(02.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Archer (escort carrier)
(06.1943)


no appointment listed
26.07.1943
-
(10.)1943
Training Captain, HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)
10.1943
-
(10.1944)
Training Superintendent, HMS Monck (RN carrier training & administration base)
(07.1945)


HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)
27.09.1945
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Patroller (escort carrier)
08.09.1947
-
(07.1948)
Captain-in-Charge, RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus]
12.1949
-
(05.1950)
Commanding Officer, HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halifax, Malta) & as Captain (Air), Mediterranean
* (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Robertson,
Wilfrid James Cameron
W.J.C. Robertson
1903 ?
-
15.07.1961

Westminster district
[age 58]
A/S.Lt.
15.01.1922
S.Lt.
1923?, seniority 15.09.1922
Lt.
15.06.1924
Lt.Cdr.
15.06.1932
Cdr.
30.06.1936
Capt.
30.06.1942 (retd 31.03.1951)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
14.10.1941
Bismarck action [investiture 22.09.42]
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20

-

-
Victory Medal VM
-
-
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
-
-
Atlantic Star Atl St
-
-
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
-
-
Mention in Despatches MID
11.07.1940
HM's birthday 40
Medals at the National Maritime Museum
...
-
...
...
24.08.1939
-
06.01.1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Walker (destroyer) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland)
14.01.1940
-
(12.1941)
Staff Officer
(Operations) to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS King George V (battleship)]
(08.1942)


HMS King George V (battleship) *
31.08.1942
-
(12.1943)
Deputy Director of Operations Division (Home), Admiralty [HMS President]
02.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire)
12.04.1946
-
10.1947
Commanding Officer, HMS Nigeria (cruiser) (later also Flag Captain)
...
-
...
...
*  indexed, but not listed as such
Robin,
Alastair Douglas
A.D. Robin
Son of ... Robin, and ... Arnold.
07.01.1912
Honiton district, Devon
-
07.1999
West Surrey district, Surrey
Cadet
01.05.1929
Midsh.
01.01.1930
A/S.Lt.
01.05.1932
S.Lt.
01.11.1932
Lt.
01.12.1933
Lt.Cdr.
01.12.1941
A/Cdr.
22.11.1944?
Cdr.
31.12.1945
Capt.
31.12.1951 (retd)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
08.01.1942
withdrawal from Crete [investiture 11.05.43]
Mention in Despatches MID
09.08.1940
attack enemy light forces 05.40

 

07.08.1929
-
(02.1931)
Midshipman, HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean)
01.05.1932
-
(09.1932)
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich
17.08.1933
-
(01.1934)
HMS Carlisle (cruiser) (Africa)
17.12.1934
-
(07.1935)
HMS Witch (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
24.09.1936
-
(02.1937)
gunnery course [HMS Excellent]
12.06.1939
-
23.05.1941
Gunnery Officer, HMS Kelly (destroyer) (and for flotilla duties)
15.08.1941
-
(08.1943)
Gunnery Officer, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)
09.1943
-
(01.1944)
staff, Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet [HMS Lanka]
27.01.1944
-
(06.1944)
staff officer, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Renown]
22.11.1944
-
(07.1945)
Gunnery Officer, staff, Commander-in-Chief East Indies Station [HMS Lanka]
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
Robinson,
Cecil Edmund Charles
C.E.C. Robinson (Photo courtesy of Mrs Patrice Gorse)

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11.09.1898
Portsea Island, Hampshire
-
29.05.1940
(KIA) [age 41]
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 1]
Lt.
15.04.1919
Lt.Cdr.
15.04.1927
Cdr.
31.12.1932
08.1914
 
 
entered RN
02.07.1923
-
(08.1923)
Gunnery Officer, HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar) (and for duty with 6th Destroyer Flotilla)
15.08.1924
-
(01.1925)
Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean)
29.01.1926
-
(07.)1927
Gunnery Officer, HMS Despatch (cruiser) (China)
13.12.1927
-
(08.)1929
HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley)
21.10.1929
-
(10.1930)
Gunnery Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean)
(02.1931)


no appointment listed
03.04.1931
-
(01.)1932
Gunnery Officer, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean)
30.07.1932
-
(09.1932)
Gunnery Officer, HMS Vindictive (cruiser) (and for gunnery duties in Reserve Fleet)
(05.1933)


no appointment listed
02.05.1933
-
(06.)1933
Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
28.07.1933
-
(07.1935)
Squadron Gunnery Officer, Destroyer Flotillas of the Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Coventry (cruiser)]
(02.1936)


no appointment listed
12.01.1937
-
(10.1938)
Commanding Officer, HMS Electra (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
03.01.1939
-
(09.1939)
an Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President]
18.01.1940
-
29.05.1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Grafton (destroyer) (damaged off Dunkirk by U-62 and sunk by RN [killed in action])
Robinson,
Edward Cordeux
E.C. Robinson
Son of R.Adm. Eric Gascoigne Robinson, VC, OBE, and Edith Gladys Robinson (née Cordeux), of Liss, Hampshire.
(06?).1922
Liss, Petersfield district, Hampshire
-

19.12.1941 (KIA) [age 19]
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]
Paym. Cadet
01.09.1939
Paym. Midsh.
01.05.1940
01.01.1940
-
15.05.1940
HMS Malaya (battleship)
16.05.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Warspite (battleship) (for duty in Admiral's office of the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station)
11.09.1941
-
19.12.1941
HMS Neptune (cruiser) (sunk off Libyan coast by a mine)
Robinson,
Eric Gascoigne
"Kipper"
E.G. Robinson
Son of Rev. John Lovell Robinson, MA, RN (1849-1939), and Louisa Aveline Gascoigne (1846-1934).
Married (1913) Edith Gladys Cordeux (1891-1938); two sons (both killed in War of 1939-1945: Midsh. (S) Edward Cordeux Robinson, RN & P/O Patrick John Noble Robinson, RAFVR), one daughter.

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16.05.1882
Greenwich
-
20.08.1965
Royal Hospital, Haslar
[buried at St John’s Church, Langrish, Hampshire]
Midsh.
?
A/S.Lt.
15.11.1901
S.Lt.
27.03.1903, seniority 15.11.1901
Lt.
15.08.1903 *
Cdr.
20.04.1915 **
Capt.
31.12.1920
R.Adm.
03.01.1933 (retd 04.01.1933)
Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR
24.08.1939
Victoria Cross VC
16.08.1915
***
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
11.11.1919

for valuable services in command of the Coastal Motor Boats in the Caspian Sea

Mention in Despatches MID
09.1900
China
King Haakon VII Liberty Cross Hkn
26.08.1947
in recognition of services rendered to Norway during the war
China War Medal & Clasp "Relief of Pekin" (1900). 1914-1915 Star. British War Medal 1914-1920. Victory Medal. 1939-19145 Star. Atlantic Star. Defence Medal. British War Medal 1939-1945. King George VI Coronation Medal (1937). Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (1953). Fourth Class Order of the Nile (Egypt) (04.12.1916). Knight, Order of St Anne (Russia). Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japan).Knight, Legion of Honour (France). Croix de Guerre (France).

* Special promotion.
** Special promotion: in recognition of the distinguished service rendered by him on the night of the 18th April, 1915, as Commanding Officer of the force which torpedoed and rendered useless Submarine E.15, thus preventing that vessel from falling into the enemy's hands in a serviceable condition.
*** Lieutenant-Commander Robinson on the 26th February advanced alone, under heavy fire, into an enemy's gun position, which might well have been occupied, and destroying a four-inch gun, returned to his party for another charge with which the second gun was destroyed. Lieutenant-Commander Robinson would not allow members of his demolition party to accompany him, as their white uniforms rendered them very conspicuous. Lieutenant-Commander Robinson took part in four attacks on the mine fields - always under heavy fire.
Education: St John's, Leatherhead; The Limes, Greenwich; HMS Britannia (1897)
15.01.1897
 
 
joined RN (HMS Victory)
 
 
 
HMS Majestic (battleship)
(1900)
 
 
Midshipman, HMS Endymion (light cruiser) (served with the International Expedition under the command of Sir E.H. Seymour for the relief of the Pekin Legations & in subsequent operations at Tientsin; wounded in action at the taking of Pei-Yang Arsenal)
(1907)
 
 
qualified for torpedo duties [HMS Vernon]
19.12.1922
-
(08.)1923
HMS Shakespeare (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 6th Destroyer Flotilla
01.11.1923
-
(01.1925)
Commanding Officer, HMS Spenser (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 2nd Destroyer Flotilla (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth)
(05.1926)
 
 
no appointment listed
18.07.1926
-
(06.)1928
Commanding Officer, HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport)
10.08.1928
-
(08.1929)
Commanding Officer, HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China)
(04.1930)
 
 
no appointment listed
22.09.1930
-
(10.1930)
tactical course [HMS Victory]
19.01.1931
-
(02.)1931
course at Senior Officers' School, Sheerness [HMS President]
04.05.1931
-
(01.)1932
Commanding Officer, HMS Fisgard (depot for training of Artificer Apprentices) & as Inspecting Captain of Mechanical Training Establishments
11.04.1932
-
(09.1932)
Captain of the Dockyard, Devonport & Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, Devonport, Berehaven and Pembroke [HMS Vivid]
14.10.1932
-
03.01.1933
also: Naval ADC to the King
11.1939
-
(02.1941)
HMS Eaglet II (RN base, Liverpool) (addtional; for various services) *
07.06.1942
-
(06.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Cressy (RN base, Dundee) & Naval Officer-in-Charge, Dundee
* (12.1941) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Robinson,
Terence Corin
T.C. Robinson
One of two children of George Edward James Antoine Robinson (born 1869), WWI artillery officer, and Alice Maud Fox.
No children.
14.06.1903
Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire
-
03.1987

Portsmouth district, Hampshire
Midsh.
15.05.1921
A/S.Lt.
15.09.1923
S.Lt.
15.06.1924
Lt.
15.10.1926
Lt.Cdr.
15.10.1934
Cdr.
31.12.1941 (retd 14.06.1953)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
24.04.1945
bombardment Gothic Line Adriatic 09.44 [decoration posted] 
Mention in Despatches MID
01.07.1941
HM's birthday 41
Mention in Despatches MID
11.06.1946
wind up Far East
04.12.1922
-
(08.1923)
HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)
18.08.1924
-
(01.)1925
promotion course, Portsmouth
13.03.1925
-
(05.1926)
HMS Lowestoft (cruiser)
19.05.1927
-
(07.)1927
HMS Wakeful (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
31.08.1927
-
(08.1929)
HMS Viceroy (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
06.01.1930
-
(10.)1930
HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
12.12.1930
-
(09.1932)
HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley)
11.01.1933
-
(01.)1934
First Lieutenant, HMS Watchman (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
09.05.1934
-
30.11.1934
in charge of HMS Eclipse (destroyer) while under construction & for duty with Commander Superintendent of Contract-Built Ships
01.12.1934
-
(02.)1935
First Lieutenant, HMS Eclipse (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
01.05.1935
-
(02.)1936
Commanding Officer, HMS Restless (destroyer) (Portsmouth)
23.12.1936
-
(02.)1937
Commanding Officer, HMS Harrow (twin screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean)
11.04.1937
-
(02.)1939
Commanding Officer, HMS Diamond (destroyer) (China)
(04.1939)
 
 
no appointment listed
06.07.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet)
06.07.1940
-
13.01.1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Fury (destroyer) (deployed off the Libyan coast to bombard positions to the rear of Sollum)
14.01.1942
-
(02.1943)
Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
(06.1943)
-
(08.1943)
Combined Operations HQ *
11.10.1943
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Undine (destroyer)
21.03.1946
-
(10.1947)
Executive Officer, HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex)
20.06.1948
-
(05.)1949
Manning Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
14.06.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMS Osiris
(05.1953)
 
 
no appointment listed
Robson,
[Sir] William Geoffrey Arthur
W.G.A. Robson
Son of Maj. John Robson (1872-1936), and Jennie Mories Clark (1875-1927).
Married 1st (1925) Sylvia Margaret Forrester (died 1968); one son.
Married 2nd (1969) Elizabeth Kathleen, widow of Lt.Col. V.H. Holt.
10.03.1902
Ceylon
-
25.12.1989
Midsh.
1918
Cdr.
31.12.1935
Capt.
31.12.1941
V.Adm.
26.08.1954 (retd 1958)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
31.05.1956
HM's birthday 56 [decoration posted]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
01.01.1953
New Year 53 [investiture 24.07.53]
Distinguished Service Order DSO
11.02.1941
sinking Torricelli 12.06.40 [investiture 12.05.42]
Distinguished Service Order DSO
08.01.1942
withdrawal from Crete [investiture 12.05.42]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
11.11.1941
Greek withdrawal 04.41 [investiture 12.05.42]
Mention in Despatches MID
22.11.1940
capture Galilei 19.06.40
Mention in Despatches MID
09.05.1944
Operation FW
Mention in Despatches MID
23.05.1944
Operation Avalanche
Commander of the Order of St. Olav (Norway) StOlav
19.02.1957
rescue Dovrefjell 03.02.56 [decoration presented]
Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth.
1918


Midshipman, HMS Malaya
1922
-
1937
served in destroyers
1934


Commanding Officer, HMS Rowena
1935
-
1936
Commanding Officer, HMS Wren
1937


RN Staff Course
1938


RAF Staff Course
08.05.1939
-
(08.1939)
Tactical Course, Portsmouth
1939
-
1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Kandahar (destroyer)
02.1942
-
(08.1942)
HMS Monck
1942
-
(02.)1943
Captain Combined Training and Staff, Combined Operations HQ
01.05.1943
-
(07.1943)
Commanding Officer, HMS Hamilcar
25.07.1943
-
(10.1943)
Chief Staff Officer, Commodore Force "N" (Mediterranean) [HMS Hannibal]
10.12.1943
-
(12.1943)
Commanding Officer, HMS Hardy (destroyer)
31.01.1944
-
(04.1944)
Captain (D) 26th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Tyne]
(06.1944)


no appointment listed
1945
-
06.1945
Captain Coastal Forces, Nore (Chatham)
06.1945
-
1947
Commanding Officer, HMS Superb
1948
-
1950
Commanding Officer, HMS Ganges
1950
-
1951
President of Admiralty Interview Board
1951
-
1953
Flag Officer (Flotillas), Home Fleet
1953
-
1956
Flag Officer, Scotland
1956
-
1958
Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic
1958
-
1964
Lieutenant­Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Guernsey
 
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