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Raban-Williams, Jocelyn	? - 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	1922 - 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 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" 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) DSO 16.06.1942 destruction U-boat / succesful patrols in HMS Seawolf	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 Father of Lt. (later V.Adm.) I.G. Raikes Brother of Maj.Gen. Sir Geoffrey T. Raikes.	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) KCB 01.01.1941 New Year 41 CB 1937 ? CVO 1935 ? DSO 1916 ? Hkn 26.08.1947 services to Norway	Education: Radley 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	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) GCVO 1938 ? KCVO 1932 ? KCB 1937 ? CB 1934 ? DSO 14.03.1916 Gallipoli	Education: HMS Britannia; RN College Dartmouth 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" 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.	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 KCB 07.06.1940 Dunkirk [investiture 26.06.40] KBE 21.12.1943 Operation Husky [investiture 03.02.44] CB 23.06.1936 ? MVO 17.02.1918 ? 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 LM 17.07.1945 Normandy invasion 06.44 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 1 2	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) OBE 31.05.1956 HM's birthday 56 DSC 20.06.1944 [gldr bm ht ?] West Coast Italy 01.44 * 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 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.	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 KCB 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40