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Raban-Williams, J.
 to
Robson, W.G.A.
 Roche, S.O'G.
to
Ryman, C.R.


 
S.O'G. Roche   to   C.R. Ryman
Roche,
Sir Standish O'Grady;
4th Baronet (1838)
S.O'G. Roche
Son of Sir Standish Deane O'Grady Roche, 3rd Bt (1845-1914) and Sybil (1872-1950), only daughter of Col. Julius Dyson­Laurie, Gloucester Pl., W. Succeeded father, 09.12.1914.
Married (1946) Evelyn Laura, only daughter of Major W. Andon; two sons.
 13.03.1911
-
02.04.1977
[Sao Bras de Alportel, Portugal?]
Cadet
 		?
Midsh.
 		01.01.1929
A/S.Lt.
 		01.05.1931
S.Lt.
 		01.01.1932
Lt.
 		01.10.1933
Lt.Cdr.
 		01.10.1941 (retd 04.12.1952; own request)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 08.09.1942
 Malta convoy 22.03.42
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
 1945
 wind up, Europe 45
01.05.1928
 -
 		(02.1931)
 		HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean)
30.04.1931
 -
 		(01.1932)
 		promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
31.08.1932
 -
 		(09.1932)
 		HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Africa)
10.08.1933
 -
 		(01.1934)
 		HMS Delhi (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
(07.)1935
 -
 		(07.)1937
 		ADC to Governor-General of New Zealand
21.02.1938
 -
 		(06.1938)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Acheron (destroyer) (Portsmouth)
27.07.1938
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Fortune (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
10.08.1941
 -
 		(08.1943)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Beaufort (destroyer)
(10.1943)
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		no appointment listed
07.11.1944
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Matchless (destroyer)
12.1947
 -
 		(07.1948)
 		RN Camp, Stamshaw [HMS Victory]
(05.1950)

HMS Howe *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Rodgers,
John Malcolm
J.M. Rodgers
see also: www.hmsfiredrake.co.uk		 (06?).1901
Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973
A/Lt.
 		15.05.1923
Lt.
 		?, seniority 15.12.1922
Lt.Cdr.
 		15.12.1930 (retd 02.07.1946)
A/Cdr.
 		1940-(12.1941) &
20.02.1944?-(04.1946)
Cdr. (retd)
 		02.07.1946
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 08.06.1944
 HM's birthday 44
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.12.1939
 succesful actions against enemy submarines
Mention in Despatches MID
 26.09.1940
 Norway 04-06.40
(08.1923)

short course of instruction
29.04.1924
 -
 		(01.1925)
 		HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
(07.1927)

no appointment listed
08.12.1927
 -
 		(08.1929)
 		HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China)
02.01.1930
 -
 		(01.)1932
 		HMS Campbell (flotilla leader) (Atlantic Fleet)
17.05.1932
 -
 		(01.)1934
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Moth (gunboat) (China)
17.12.1934
 -
 		(02.1936)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Whitehall (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
05.01.1937
 -
 		(02.)1938
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Firedrake (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
12.04.1938
 -
 		(08.)1939
 		Executive Officer, HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier)
10.10.1939
 -
 		05.07.1940
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Whirlwind (destroyer) (sunk)
02.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Glendower (training establishment, Pwllheli, North Wales)
04.07.1942
 -
 		05.1943
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Watchman (destroyer)
28.05.1943
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Vesper (destroyer)
20.02.1944
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		staff, Flag Officer Flying Training [HMS Merlin (shore base Naval Air Stations)]
Rodier,
Mark Fleming
M.F. Rodier		 1917 ?
-
28.03.1942 [age 25]
(KIA)
[Plymouth Naval Memorial]
T/S.Lt.
 		29.11.1940
T/Lt.
 		?
Mention in Despatches MID
 10.11.1942
 attack St. Nazaire 28.03.42
(02.1941)

no appointment listed

-
 		28.03.1942
 		Commanding Officer, ML 177
Rodney,
Nigel Robert Harley
N.R.H. Rodney
Son of Mervyn Harley Rodney, and Dorothy Thompson.
Married (1946) Patricia Ann Merlyn Ashburner; two sons, two daughters.
 21.02.1917
-
12.1992
Honiton, Devon
...
 		...
S.Lt.
 		?
Lt.
 		01.06.1939
A/Lt.Cdr.
 		> 07.1945, < 04.1946
Lt.Cdr.
 		01.06.1947
Cdr.
 		30.06.1950 (retd)
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.01.1944
 New Year 44
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.05.1944
 Operation Avalanche
Mention in Despatches MID
 11.07.1944
 sinking U450 Mediterranean 10.03.44
Mention in Despatches MID
 14.08.1945
 relief of Greece
...
 -
 		...
 		...
16.11.1939
 -
 		(04.)1940
 		HMS Basilisk (destroyer)
01.08.1940
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		French Ship "Calais"
30.06.1942
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Queenborough (destroyer)
01.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Brecon (destroyer)
(04.1946)

no appointment listed
...
 -
 		...
 		...
Roe,
Arthur John Talbot
A.J.T. Roe		 ?
-
died between 08.1977 and 08.1983
...
 		...
Lt.
 		16.02.1934
Lt.Cdr.
 		16.02.1942
A/Cdr.
< 07.1945
Cdr.
 		?
Capt.
 		31.12.1951 (retd)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 ?
 ?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 ?
 ?
?
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		HMS Neptune
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Royalist 
Roe,
Albert William
A.W. Roe		 ?
-
died between 08.1989 and 12.1998
T/Gnr. (T) = T/Cd.Gnr. (T)
 		15.09.1941 (retd < 07.1959)
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		no appointment listed
Roe,
Donovan Connor
D.C. Roe (Photo courtesy of Mr Ian O'Neil Roe)
Only son of Richard George Tennant Roe, and Bertha Nugent (née Nixon), of Yelverton, Devon.
Unmarried; no children.

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04.10.1892
Northam, Devon
-
24.05.1941 
KIA a/b HMS Hood
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 3]
[memorial at St. Paul's Church
Yelverton]
Asst. Clerk
 		07.1910
Clerk (Accounting Officer)
 		15.07.1911
Asst. Paym.
 		15.10.1913
Paym.Lt.
 		15.10.1917
1919/20?, seniority 15.10.1915
Paym.Lt.Cdr.
 		15.10.1923
Paym.Cdr.
 		15.10.1931
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
 -
 -
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
 -
 -
Victory Medal VM
 -
 -
Naval General Service Medal NGSM
 -
 & clasp Palestine

1939-1945 Star

 39|45 St
 -
 -
Atlantic Star Atl St
 -
 -
Africa Star Afr St
 -
 -
Britis War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
 -
 -
Education: passed the Accountant Officers Technical Course
07.06.1910

passed the Civil Service Commissioners competitive examination for assistant clerkship in the Royal Navy
05.08.1910

HMS Mars (battleship)
?
 -
 		(10?.)1913
 		HMS Hyacinth (cruiser)
12.03.1913
 -
 		1918
 		served on the Africa Station on the staffs (as Clerk to the Secretary) of Admiral H.G. King-Hall and Admiral E.F.B. Charlton, Commanders-in-Chief [HMS Goliath (battleship)] and of Rear-Admiral M.R. Hill, Senior Naval Officer at Simonstown [HMS Afrikander]
19.12.1919
 -
 		(1920)
 		HMS Gibraltar (depot ship for auxiliary patrol, Portland)
01.01.1923
 -
 		(08.1923)
 		HMS Resolution (battleship)
01.07.1924
 -
 		(01.1925)
 		RN Barracks, Devonport (Division II) [HMS Vivid]
18.04.1926
 -
 		(06.1928)
 		Accountant Officer, HMS Herald (surveying ship) (Australia)
11.01.1929
 -
 		03.1932
 		Assistant Drafting Officer, RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivid]
09.03.1932
 -
 		22.05.1932
 		HMS President (to attend the victualling course part 2)
23.05.1932
 -
 		(09.)1932
 		for miscellaneous service at Admiralty [HMS President]
01.09.1932
 -
 		(11.1934)
 		Accountant Officer, HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China)
31.01.1935
 -
 		(02.)1937
 		Accountant Officer, HMS Cyclops (depot ship) (Mediterranean) & as Flotilla Accountant Officer, 1st Submarine Flotilla
30.04.1937
 -
 		1937
 		HMS Hawkins (cruiser)
(07.1937)

no appointment listed
01.10.1937
 -
 		(02.)1939
 		Accountant Officer, HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship) (Devonport)
25.03.1939
 -
 		24.05.1941
 		Accountant Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) & as Squadron Accountant Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron (killed in action when ship was sunk by German battleship Bismarck in North Atlantic)
Roe,
John Gordon
J.G. Roe		 ?
-
12.2002 still alive
Lt.
01.09.1942
Lt.Cdr.
 		01.09.1950 (retd)
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		? 
Roe,
Peter Frank Bassett
P.F.B. Roe		 ?
-
12.2002 still alive
Lt.
16.03.1944
Lt.Cdr.
 		16.03.1952 (retd)
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Saga
Roe,
Robert Charles Thornber
R.C.T. Roe		 01.02.1885
Hersham, Chertsey district, Surrey
-
04.03.1976
Lt.
 		14.10.1916
Lt.Cdr.
 		14.10.1924
Cdr. (retd)
01.02.1930
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		no appointment listed
Roe,
Richard Edward
R.E. Roe		 ?
-
12.2002 still alive
Lt.
01.07.1940
Lt.Cdr.
 		01.07.1948
Cdr.
 		?
Capt.
 		31.12.1960 (retd)

CBE

?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Carron
Roe,
Robert Gordon Brabazon O'Neil
R.G.B.O. Roe (Photo courtesy of Mr Ian O'Neil Roe)
Son of Lt.Col. Charles Douglas Roe, DSO, OBE (1882-1960), Indian Army, and Daisy Blanche Marion Mackenzie-Kennedy   (1883-1951).
Brother of Lt. (A) Richard John Owen O'Neill-Roe, RN.
Married (04.1934) Isabella Grace Farley; two sons.
 15.12.1911
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
-
30.10.1997
Butleigh Hospital, Somerset
Cadet
 		01.01.1929
Midsh.
 		01.09.1929
A/S.Lt.
 		01.01.1932
S.Lt.
 		01.05.1932
Lt.
 		07.12.1933, seniority 01.06.1933
Lt.Cdr.
01.06.1941
Cdr. (L)
 		30.06.1948 (retd 15.12.1961)
A/Capt.
 		27.10.1958?
Hon. Capt.
 		15.12.1961
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 10.06.1961
 HM's birthday 61
Abyssinia Medal Abys M
 -
 -

1939-1945 Star

 39|45 St
 -
 -
Atlantic Star Atl St
 -
 -
Pacific Star Pac St
 -
 -
Britis War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
 -
 -
UN Service Medal for Korean War UNSM
 -
 -
Education: Brittannia Royal Naval College (1925-1929)
05.01.1929
 -
 		(08.1929)
 		HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
04.01.1930
 -
 		(02.)1931
 		HMS Kent (cruiser) (5th Cruiser Squadron, China)
1931
 -
 		1931
 		HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (escorted Prince of Wales into exile in France)
31.12.1931
 -
 		21.08.1932
 		promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
22.08.1932
 -
 		(09.1932)
 		promotion course, Portsmouth (Robert Roxburgh Memorial Prize)
04.05.1933
 -
 		(07.)1934
 		HMS Versatile (destroyer) (5th Flotilla, Home Fleet)
1934
 -
 		1935
 		HMS Escort (destroyer)
17.06.1935
 -
 		(07.)1935
 		HMS Scotsman (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport)
23.08.1935
 -
 		(02.)1936
 		HMS Thruster (destroyer) (19th Flotilla, Mediterranean)
11.06.1936
 -
 		(02.)1937
 		HMS Wolfhound (destroyer (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla. Portland)
29.04.1937
 -
 		01.08.1937
 		qualifying for torpedo duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Vernon] (awarded  Ogilvy Medal for Excellence on Torpedo Officers' Course)
02.08.1937
 -
 		(06.)1938
 		qualifying for torpedo duties, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth)
1938
 -
 		1938
 		HMS Colombo (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet)
04.06.1938
 -
 		(08.)1939
 		Electrical Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) 
1939
 -
 		1939
 		HMS Fiji (cruiser)
13.12.1939
 -
 		08.1943
 		Electrical Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth, later Brighton) (St Malo rescue operation of troops & Jutland)
03.08.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Torpedo Officer, HMS Bermuda (cruiser) (shadowing Scharnhorst & Russian convoy duties & US 7th Fleet)
02.1946
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Brighton) (for miscellaneous duties)
1946
 -
 		1946
 		HMS  Glenearn
1946
 -
 		1947
 		HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire)
(10.)1947
 -
 		(07.1948)
 		Admiralty Gunnery Establishment, Teddington
?
 -
 		(05.1949)
 		HMS President
19.09.1949
 -
 		(05.1950)
 		HMS President (for service at the Naval Ordnance Department)
02.1952
 -
 		(05.1953)
 		HMS Glory (Korean war)
1955
 -
 		1962
 		Admiralty, Bath/Portland:
(04.1955)
 -
 		(01.1956)
 		HMS President *
09.04.1956
 -
 		(01.1957)
 		Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
27.10.1958
 -
 		(07.1961)
 		Assistant Director (L), Underwater Weapons Division, Weapons Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (worked on underwater weapons and Seacat and Seaslug missiles with which the Fleet was equipped)
Rejoined Admiralty in Bath and AUWE Portland as a Naval Civil Servant, 1962-1972. MIEE. 
Roe,
Thomas
T. Roe		 ?
-
Cd.Eng. (retd)
 		11.05.1941
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		FS (French Ship) Paris
Rogers,
Daniel William
D.W. Rogers
 

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Peter Tarrant wrote about his uncle: "He was quite a character. He left school at age 13 years, a bright lad but there weren't any scholarships in those days. His dad (my grandfather) was a foreman at St. Pancras Station the old LMS Line and he got Dan a job in the office drawing up timetables for the trains. This was boring so in his lunch hours he would talk to the Engineers and learned how to operate the big steam locomotives. He actually took one for a joyride one day and got himself and his dad in deep doodoo !!! They kept him on when he promised to toe the line.However after a couple of years in the office, he'd had enough. He talked to an old sea captain on the Thames and had him sign as his dad, so he could join the navy. He was a Boxer, Gunnery Instructor and while showing some recruits how to load, some overly keen type shut the breach too quickly and caught Dans thumb which was ripped it off. He was apparently on the Warspite at the battle of Scapa Flow and was decorated for some reason. He was on a ship that docked in Halifax Canada in 1917 and slipped off the icy gangplank fracturing both arms and legs. While in hospital with both arms and legs in plaster, the Halifax Explosion occurred and he lost an eye when the glass roof of the hospital was blown apart. He was listed as killed, although he somehow crawled from the wreckage and was taken to another hospital where he recovered and was sent to England on leave, he actually delivered his own "Killed in the Explosion" telegram when he took it from the telegram boy who rode up on his bicycle just as Dan arrived on foot at his parents house in Hackney. He used to sign his letters "Cyclops" and told us to remember the words of Lord Nelson when going to pee, which were "Men with short guns should stand nearer the target."


 

 30.01.1887 *
Hackney, Greater London
-
(12?).1950
Barnstaple, Okehampton district, Devonshire
* gave as date of birth 30.01.1886 when enlisting, being underaged
Seaman ? [220481]
A/Lt. 15.02.1918
Lt. 1919?, seniority 15.02.1918 (retd 22.05.1922; own request)
Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.02.1926 (reactivated 03.10.1939) (reverted to retd > 04.1946)
      served in the ranks
(11.1908)     HMS Hyacinth (Bombay, India) (as Petty Officer in charge of Physical Education Department)
      gunnery instructor, and served at HMS Warspite & HMS Lion
? - (01.1919) HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship)
(06.1934)     Antioquia (destroyer) (Panama)
03.08.1939 - 02.10.1939 HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)
03.10.1939
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		Boom Defence Depot, Aden [HMS Gloucester III, from 01.04.1940 HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden)]
(08.1942)
 -
 		(02.1943)
 		no appointment listed
10.03.1943
 -
 		(10.)1943
 		Boom Defence Depot, Lyness, Orkneys [HMS Pomona (boom defence depot, Crockness, Scapa Flow)]
01.10.1943
 -
 		(10.)1944
 		Officer-in-Charge, Crockness Camp [HMS Pomona (boom defence depot, Crockness, Scapa Flow)]
11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) (for miscellaneous services)
02.05.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Boom Defence Depot, Plymouth [HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport)]
One-time boxing champion for the RN in India.
Rogers,
Hugh Hext
H.H. Rogers Photo courtesy of The Harwich Historical Society (A. Farnell)
 27.10.1883
Carwinion, Falmouth
-
16.05.1955
[Mawnan Smith, Falmouth ?]
...
 		...
Lt.
 		1904
Cdr.
 		1916
Capt.
 		30.06.1924
R.Adm.
 		02.10.1935 (retd)
Cdre. RNR
 		1939 (reverted to retd 1944)
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th Class MVO
 1920
 ?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 1919
 ?
Humane Society bronze medal, 1913; Order of the White Lion of Czechoslovakia, 4th class (25.11.1947; services to Czech forces Harwich)
 		Education: The Old Ride, Bournemouth; HMS Britannia
1910
 -
 		1912
 		served Persian Gulf operations in Philomel (medal)
1914

HMS Vanguard
1917
 -
 		1919
 		HMS Birmingham
1919
 -
 		1921
 		HMS Renown (including tours of Prince of Wales to Canada and Australasia)
1921
 -
 		1923
 		Commander, Royal Naval College, Dartmouth



commanded HMS Weymouth, HMS Sandhurst, HMS London, HMS Frobisher, 4th Destroyer Flotilla, HMS Ganges
1939
 -
 		1942
 		served as Commodore RNR for convoy duty
14.02.1942
 -
 		01.03.1944
 		Flag Officer-in-Charge Harwich [HMS Badger]
JP (Cornwall), 1938
Rogers-Tillstone,
Benjamin John Legge Wilkinson
B.J.L.W. Rogers-Tillstone 		30.03.1900
Steyning, Sussex
-
11.01.1973
A/S.Lt.
 		?
S.Lt.
 		15.09.1918
Lt.
 		15.08.1920
Lt.Cdr.
 		15.08.1928 (retd 07.03.1932; own request) (mobilized 24.08.1939)
Cdr. (retd)
 		30.03.1940
A/Capt. (retd)
01.07.1945? (reverted to retd 1946?)
28.01.1916
  
 		 
 		entered RN
21.11.1922
 -
 		(08.1923)
 		HMS Emperor of India (battleship)
21.10.1924
 -
 		(01.1925)
 		Acting Observer, HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) [additional]
06.04.1926
 -
 		(05.)1926
 		photographic course, RAF School of Photography, Farnborough
08.1926
 -
 		(07.1927)
 		Observer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean)
12.06.1928
 -
 		(08.)1929
 		Observer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet)
(04.1928)
 -
 		(06.1928)
 		no appointment listed
12.12.1929
 -
 		(04.1930)
 		Observer, HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (China)
05.01.1931
 -
 		(02.1931)
 		tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(01.1932)

no appointment listed
24.08.1939
 -
 		(04.)1940
 		HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex)
31.08.1940
 -
 		(08.)1942
 		instructional staff, HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)
01.12.1942
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) [probably in charge of HMS Jackdaw II (RN Air Station, Dunino, Fife)]
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
01.07.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Nabsford (transportable aircraft maintenance yard (TAMY) No. 1) (Archerfield, Queensland, Australia)
Barrister & philatelist. Exhibited his Great Britain internationally, 1955-65. President Royal Philatelic Society London 1964-67 and largely responsible for Society’s Centenary History 1969. Contributed ‘Philatelic Appreciation’ to Philatelic Congess of Great Britiain (PCGB) Yearbook 1954. Co-author with LR Ray, of ‘Background to Philately’ [1953]. Chairman of Executive Committee PCGB 1956 and 1959. Congress Medal, 1967. Judge at London International Exhibition 1960. RDP 1970, and Chairman of Board of Election, 1957-60. President Brighton & Hove Philatelic Society of which he wrote a short history in 1956.
Romer,
Leslie Richard
L.R. Romer		 18.06.1898
Barnet, Greater London
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973 ??
Lt.
 		15.09.1917 (retd 20.02.1925)
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
 		15.09.1927 (emgcy < 04.1940)
A/Cdr. (emgcy)
 		> 04.1941, < 12.1941
Cdr. (emgcy)
 		1945/46? (reld < 04.1946)
08.1914
  
 		 
 		entered RN
(08.1923)

no appointment listed
(01.1925)

no appointment listed
31.10.1939
 -
 		(04.1940)
 		HMS Prosperine (RN base, Scapa)
(02.1941)

no appointment listed
20.05.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		Executive Officer, HMS Dunluce Castle (depot ship)
12.03.1942
 -
 		(06.)1943
 		Executive Officer, HMS Alcantara (armed merchant cruiser)
15.08.1943
 -
 		10.1943
 		in charge of ACV 41 (escort carrier) [HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey)], from 07.09.1943: HMS Nabob (escort carrier)
10.1943
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		Executive Officer, HMS Nabob (escort carrier)
28.03.1944
 -
 		(04.1944)
 		[Commanding Officer ?,] HMS Artifex (heavy repair ship)
05.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Executive Officer, HMS Deer Sound (aircraft component repair ship)
Roope,
Gerard Broadmead
G.B. Roope
 Victoria Cross Reference
 13.03.1905
Taunton, Somerset
-
08.04.1940
 (KIA) [age 35]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial]
Lt.
 		30.09.1927
Lt.Cdr.
 		30.09.1935

Victoria Cross

VC
 10.07.1945
 engagement Admiral Hipper Norway 08.04.40 *
Mention in Despatches MID
 06.01.1942
 Home Fleet operations, esp. Norwegian waters
* On 8th April, 1940, H.M.S. Glowworm was proceeding alone towards West Fjord, Norway, when she met and engaged two enemy destroyers, hitting at least one of them. The enemy broke off the action and headed north. Lieutenant-Commander Roope, though appreciating the intention of the enemy to lead him on to his supporting forces, gave chase. The German heavy cruiser, Admiral Hipper was sighted closing the Glowworm at high speed, and an enemy report was sent, which was received by H.M.S. Renown. Because of the heavy sea it was not possible for the Glowworm to shadow the enemy, and the Commanding Officer decided to attack. Ten torpedoes were fired without success; then the Glowworm, badly hit and her speed reduced, closed and rammed the Admiral Hipper. As she withdrew the Glowworm opened fire again, and scored one hit at 400 yards range. Badly stove in forward and riddled with enemy fire, the Glowworm heeled over, and the Commanding Officer gave the order to abandon her. Shortly afterwards she capsized and sank; only 31 out of her complement of 149 were saved. The Victoria Cross is bestowed upon Lieutenant Commander Roope in recognition of his great valour.
28.05.1928
 -
 		(08.1929)
 		HMS Marlborough (battleship)
07.07.1930
 -
 		(02.1931)
 		HMS Caradoc (cruiser)
(09.1932)

no appointment listed
18.10.1933
 -
 		(07.1935)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Boreas (destroyer)
15.12.1936
 -
 		(02.1937)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Vidette (destroyer)
22.07.1938
 		-
 		08.04.1940
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Glowworm (destroyer)
Rooper,
John Bonfoy
J.B. Rooper
Son of Edward Plumer Rooper, and Annie Elizabeth Coster-Edwards.
Married (08.1931) Ann Pitcairn-Campbell; one son.
 27.03.1903
Wrexham, Cheshire
-
died between 08.1973 and 08.1989
S.Lt.  (E)
 		?
Lt. (E)
 		15.12.1925
Lt.Cdr. (E)
 		15.12.1933
Cdr. (E)
 		31.12.1937 (retd 1950; invalided)

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

 OBE
 14.12.1943
 ship damaged by explosion Mediterranean 07.43
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.01.1944
 New Year 44
Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth
...
 -
 		...
 		...
07.11.1927
 -
 		(08.)1929
 		staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia]
01.11.1929
 -
 		(02.)1931
 		HMS Curlew (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
30.06.1931
 		-
 		(01.1932)
 		HMS Wolfhound (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet)
...
 		-
 		...
 		...
18.07.1938
 		-
 		(08.)1939
 		HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport)
02.11.1939
 		-
 		(12.1943)
 		HMS Cleopatra (cruiser)
(04.1944)
 		-
 		(06.1944)
 		no appointment listed
04.12.1944
 		-
 		(07.1945)
 		Plans Division (Q), Admiralty [HMS President]
...
 		-
 		...
 		...
Rooper,
Ralph Bonfoy
R.B. Rooper
Son of John Royden Rooper and Isobel Iris Rooper, of Shamley Green, Surrey.
 1919 ?
-
16.03.1944 (KIA) [age 25]
[Bergen General Cemetery, The Netherlands, 2.A.2]
A/S.Lt.
 		01.01.1939
Lt.
 		01.01.1940

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 28.12.1943
 action with convoy Dover 26.09.43
02.01.1939
 -
 		(08.1939)
 		course, Portsmouth
06.1941
 		-
 		(02.1943)
 		HMS Velox
(08.1943)
 		-
 		(12.1943)
 		HMS Wasp:
01.03.1944
 		-
 		16.03.1944
 		HMS Fervent (for Coastal Forces):
05.1943
 		-
 		16.03.1944
 		SO 9th MGB Flotilla (Ramsgate) [KIA aboard MTB 417]
Roper,
Edward Gregson
E.G. Roper
Son of late John Gregson Roper, OBE; married 1933, Sylvia, daughter of E.F.L. Hopkins; one daughter.
 		12.04.1910
Knaresborough, Yorkshire
-
13.02.1983
[Rock, Cornwall ?]
Midsh.
 		01.01.1929
A/S.Lt.
 		01.05.1931
Lt.
 		01.06.1932
Lt.Cdr.
 		01.06.1940
Cdr.
 		30.06.1943
Capt.
 		30.06.1950 (retd 1959)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 13.06.1959
 HM's birthday 59
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 01.12.1942
 North Russian convoys PQ18 & QP14
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 16.08.1940
 Dunkirk
Mention in Despatches MID
 25.06.1940
 capturing enemy ships
Education: Oundle
1928

joined RN
05.02.1929
 -
 		(02.1931)
 		HMS London (cruiser)
30.04.1931
 -
 		(01.1932)
 		promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
04.01.1932
 -
 		(09.1932)
 		promotion course, Portsmouth
(01.1934)

no appointment listed
17.12.1934
 -
 		(02.1936)
 		HMS Wishart (destroyer)
01.12.1936
 -
 		(06.1940)
 		HMS Icarus (destroyer)
28.10.1940
 -
 		1942
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Velox (destroyer)
05.05.1942
 -
 		(06.1943)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Impulsive (destroyer)
31.07.1943
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Vectis (RN base, Seaview, Isle of Wight)
07.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Farndale (destroyer) & Captain (D) 18th Destroyer Flotilla
01.1946
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Staff Officer (Intelligence) to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo]
20.05.1948
 -
 		(05.1950)
 		RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake]
(05.1953)

Plans Division, Admiralty *
04.04.1955
 -
 		1956
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Ocean
1956
 -
 		1959
 		RN College, Greenwich
* indexed, but not listed as such
Roper,
Frederick George
F.G. Roper		 30.05.1891
Kilkeel, Down
-
13.03.1968
Cd.Gnr.
 		28.09.1928
Lt.
 		02.01.1941 (retd 30.05.1941) (reverted to retd 1945/46)
20.09.1928
 -
 		(08.1929)
 		Naval Staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia]
09.12.1930
 -
 		(02.1931)
 		HMS Delphinium (sloop)
20.05.1931
 -
 		(09.1932)
 		HMS Fowey (sloop)
(01.1934)

no appointment listed
12.02.1934
 -
 		(02.1936)
 		RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake]
06.05.1936
 -
 		(07.1937)
 		HMS Royal Oak (battleship)
25.10.1937
 -
 		(10.1938)
 		HMS Broke (flotilla leader)
07.01.1939
 -
 		(04.1940)
 		HMS Rodney (battleship)
17.09.1940
 -
 		(02.1943)
 		HMS Duke of York (battleship)
17.03.1943
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) *
20.03.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Boscawen Naval Depot [HMS Boscawen]
* (04.1944)-(06.1944) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Roper,
James Gregson
J.G. Roper
 Son of John Gregson Roper and Marion Roper.
Husband of Margaret Roper, of Southsea, Hampshire, England.
 		(06?).1901
Leeds, Yorkshire
-
19.07.1945
(KIA) [age 44]
[Sydney War Cemetery, 2Z.B.7]
A/S.Lt.
 		15.09.1921
S.Lt.
 		17.03.1924, seniority 15.09.1921
Lt.
 		15.04.1923
Lt.Cdr.
 		15.04.1931
Cdr.
 		30.06.1935
Capt.
 		31.12.1940
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 08.03.1940
 explosion in ship [investiture 02.04.40]
Commander of the Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands) OON
 28.04.1942
 good service to Dutch submarines [investiture 03.11.42]
03.01.1923
 -
 		(08.1923)
 		promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
23.08.1924
 -
 		(01.)1925
 		HMS K 14 (submarine) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Conquest]
03.09.1925
 -
 		(02.)1927
 		First Lieutenant, HMS H 43 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Dolphin]
18.04.1927
 -
 		(04.)1928
 		HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
25.04.1928
 -
 		(08.)1929
 		First Lieutenant, HMS L 69 (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Adamant II]
30.12.1929
 -
 		(04.)1930
 		submarine Commandig Officer's course, Portsmouth [HMS Alecto]
21.04.1930
 -
 		(08.)1930
 		Commanding Officer, HMS H 32 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Vulcan]
16.10.1930
 -
 		(02.)1931
 		Commanding Officer, HMS H 32 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Titania]
24.10.1931
 -
 		(06.)1933
 		HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean)
03.10.1933
 -
 		(01.)1934
 		HMS Fermoy (twin-screw minesweeper) (Portland)
23.01.1934
 -
 		(08.)1934
 		Commanding Officer, HMS L 22 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla, Portsmouth)
05.10.1934
 -
 		(07.1935)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Shark (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin]
14.01.1936
 -
 		(02.1936)
 		staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
04.01.1937
 -
 		(07.1937)
 		Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
08.01.1938
 -
 		(10.)1938
 		HMS President (for miscellaneous service at Admiralty: Plans Division)
01.11.1938
 -
 		1940
 		Executive Officer, HMS Belfast (cruiser)
01.02.1940
 -
 		(04.)1940
 		HMS Forth (submarine depot ship)
18.04.1940
 -
 		21.01.1942
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee) & Commander (S/M) [later Captain (S/M)], 9th Submarine Flotilla
08.02.1942
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		Chief Staff Officer (Administration and Personnel) to Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] *
05.04.1944
 -
 		05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Newcastle (cruiser)
05.1945
 -
 		19.07.1945
 		Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral Commanding Force X, Pacific [HMS Lothian (HQ ship)]
* (04.1944) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Roper,
Leonard
L. Roper		 ?
-
Wt.Mech.
 		07.12.1940
Cd.Mech.
 		18.06.1945 (reld > 04.1946, < 05.1950)
(07.1945)

HMS Amethyst *
01.01.1946
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Roper,
Nigel Edward Godfrey
N.E.G. Roper		 c. 1911
-
23.02.1983
East Meon, Petersfield, Hampshire
Midsh.
 		01.01.1927
A/S.Lt.
 		01.05.1929
S/Lt.
 		01.11.1929
Lt.
 		01.08.1931
Lt.Cdr.
 		01.08.1939
Cdr.
 		31.12.1945
Capt.
 		30.06.1951 (retd > 07.1959, < 07.1961)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 30.07.1942
 4 Murmansk-Reykjavik convoys
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.01.1941
 New Year 41
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.01.1942
 New Year 42
Mention in Despatches MID
 14.06.1945
 HM's birthday 45
15.04.1927
 -
 		(07.1927)
 		HMS Danae (cruiser) (China)
02.05.1929
 -
 		(08.1929)
 		promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
01.08.1930
 -
 		(09.1932)
 		HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean)
31.08.1932
 -
 		(01.1934)
 		HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet)
(07.1935)

no appointment listed
10.09.1935
 -
 		(06.)1938)
 		HMS Grafton (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
(08.1938)

no appointment listed
05.09.1938
 -
 		(04.)1939
 		HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for training duties)
01.05.1939
 -
 		(1942)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Amazon (destroyer)
08.1942
 -
 		24.09.1944
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Redoubt (destroyer)
(07.1945)

HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *
12.03.1946
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Staff of Naval Representatives, United Nations [HMS Saker]
30.05.1949
 -
 		(05.1950)
 		HMS President
01.12.1952
 -
 		(05.1953)
 		Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer (Air) (Home) [HMS Daedalus]
(01.1956)

HMS Diadem *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Rose,
Richard Michael
R.M. Rose
Third son of Prof. Herbert Jennings Rose (1883-1961), MA, FBA, classic scholar, and Eliza Harriet "Elsie" Plimsoll (1889-1939), of St Andrews.
Married (11.09.1943, Little Kingshill Church) Third Officer Margaret "Peggy" Thomson, WRNS, daughter of the Rev. P.T. Thomson and Mrs Lily Thomson, of Holmer Green, Buckinghamshire; two daughters.
Residence: (1948) Holmer Green, Buckinghamshire; (1968) Box Grove, Chichester, West Sussex.
 14.10.1917
Headington district, Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire
-
23.05.1981
Chichester district, West Sussex
Cadet
 		01.01.1935
Midsh.
 		01.01.1936
A/S.Lt.
 		01.05.1938
S/Lt.
 		21.02.1939, seniority 01.01.1938
Lt.
01.09.1939
?, seniority 01.01.1939
A/Lt.Cdr.
 		01.11.1945
Lt.Cdr.
 		01.01.1947 (retd c. 1965)
Mention in Despatches MID
 08.09.1942
 Malta convoy 22.03.42
01.01.1935
 -
 		08.01.1936
 		special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
09.01.1936
 -
 		(02.)1936
 		HMS Repulse (battlecruiser)
27.06.1936
 -
 		(02.)1938
 		HMS Amphion (cruiser) (Africa)
02.05.1938
 -
 		(10.1938)
 		promotion course, Portsmouth
21.01.1939
 -
 		(10.)1940
 		HMS Imperial (destroyer)
04.12.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Jervis (flotilla leader)
17.10.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Kimberley (destroyer)
21.01.1942
 -
 		(08.1942)
 		on flotilla staff, 14th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Jervis (flotilla leader)]
(02.1943)
 -
 		(08.)1943
 		qualifying for gunnery duties [HMS Excellent]
10.09.1943
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
15.02.1944
 -
 		(10.)1944
 		HMS Duke of York (battleship) (for gunnery duties)
09.10.1944
 -
 		(01.)1945
 		HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school)
(07.1945)

HMS Vindictive (fleet repair ship) *
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) *
12.04.1948
 -
 		(05.1950)
 		HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
15.02.1953
 -
 		(05.)1953
 		HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
08.1953
 -
 		(07.1954)
 		Staff Gunnery Officer on staff of Flag Officer (Flotillas), Mediterranean [HMS Ranpura]
18.04.1955
 -
 		(01.1959)
 		HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for bookwriting duties)
17.10.1960
 -
 		(02.1964)
 		HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for Experiment Department)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Roskill,
Stephen Wentworth
S.W. Roskill
Son of John Henry Roskill, KC, a barrister, and Sybil
Mary Dilke, daughter of Ashton Wentworth Dilke, MP.
Married (1930) Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Van den Bergh; four sons,
three daughters.
 01.08.1903
St Marylebone, Greater London
-
04.11.1982
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Midsh.
 		15.09.1921
A/S.Lt.
 		15.01.1924
S.Lt.
 		?
Lt.
 		30.08.1925
Lt.Cdr.
 		30.08.1933
Cdr.
 		31.12.1938
A/Capt.
 		03.1944
Capt.
30.06.1944 (retd 08.05.1949; medically unfit)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 01.01.1971
 New Year 71
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 21.03.1944
 HMNZS Leander torpedoed by Japanese 07.43
Commander of the Legion of Merit (US) LM
 17.07.1946
 ?
Education: Mr Egerton's School, London; Horris Hill School, Newbury (1911-1916); RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (1917-1920)
01.11.1921
 -
 		1924
 		HMS Durban (light cruiser) (China)
[also acted as a research assistant to Lt.Cdr. Stephen King-Hall, who was writing a book on East Asia and Western civilization]
10.04.1924
 -
 		(01.1925)
 		promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
29.06.1925
 -
 		(05.1926)
 		HMS Wistaria (sloop) (North America and West Indies Station)
1926
 -
 		1927
 		HMS President (for study of foreign languages) [studying German at  Freiburg im Breisgau]
01.03.1927
 -
 		(07.1927)
 		HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet & Mediterranean)
05.01.1928
 -
 		1929
 		gunnery course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Excellent]
23.05.1929
 -
 		(04.)1930
 		instructional staff, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
15.09.1930
 -
 		(01.)1932
 		Gunnery Officer, HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean)
15.03.1932
 -
 		(09.)1932
 		HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school)
04.10.1932
 -
 		1935
 		Gunnery Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (China)
(07.1935)

no appointment listed
05.09.1935
 -
 		(02.)1936
 		instructional staff, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
17.11.1936
 -
 		(10.1938)
 		Gunnery Officer, HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean)
(02.1939)

no appointment listed
20.03.1939
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
02.12.1941
 -
 		(02.)1943
 		Commander [= Executive Officer], HMNZS Leander (cruiser)
(06.1943)
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		HMS Onslaught (destroyer) *
10.1943
 -
 		03.1944
 		Commanding Officer, HMNZS Leander (cruiser)
03.1944
 -
 		1945
 		Chief Staff Officer for administration and weapons, British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC [HMS Saker] **
1946

Senior Observer, Bikini Atomic Bomb Trials
08.03.1947
 -
 		(07.)1948
 		staff, Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
(05.1949)

no appointment listed
Cabinet Office, Official Naval Historian, 1949-1960. Lees Knowles Lecturer, Cambridge, 1961; Distinguished Visitor Lecturer, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1965; Richmond Lecturer, Cambridge, 1967; Leverhulme Res. Fellow, National Maritime Museum, 1974. Navy Records Society: Councillor, 1956-66, and 1968-70; Vice­Pres., 1966-68, 1970, Hon. Life Vice­Pres., 1976. Pres. Cambridge Br., RN Assoc., 1976. Hon. LittD Leeds, 1975; Hon. DLitt Oxon, 1980. Chesney Gold Medal, RUSI, 1975.

Published: The War at Sea (official history), Vol. I, 1954, Vol. II, 1957; HMS Warspite, 1957; The Secret Capture, 1959; The War at Sea, Vol. III, Part I, 1960; The Navy at War, 1960; The War at Sea, Vol. III, Part II, 1961; The Strategy of Sea Power, 1962; A Merchant Fleet in War, 1962; The Art of Leadership, 1964; Naval Policy between the Wars, Vol. I, 1968, Vol. II, 1976; Documents relating to the Naval Air Service 1908-1918, 1969; Hankey, Man of Secrets, Vol. 1, 1877-1918, 1970, Vol. 2, 1919-1931, 1972; Vol. 3, 1931-63, 1974; Churchill and the Admirals, 1977; Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty, 1980; numerous contributions to learned journals

* indexed, but not listed as such
** (07.1945) & (04.1946) indexed, but not listed as such
Rotherham,
Geoffrey Alexander
"Hank"
G.A. Rotheram
Married (1937) Debbie Stairs; four children

Naval & Military Museum
31.12.1906
Darenth, Kent
-
08.12.2002
[Toronto ?], Canada
...
 		...
Lt.
 		01.12.1928
Lr.Cdr.
 		01.12.1936
Cdr. 
 		31.12.1939 (retd 06.01.1949) (removed from retd list on entry into RCN(R) 30.04.1951)
A/Capt.
 		c. 11/12.1943
Hon. Capt.
 		?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 16.09.1941
 Bismarck sunk [investiture 15.11.41]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 11.03.1941
 liaison with Free French Forces [investiture 01.04.41]
Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1919)
...
 -
 		...
 		...
1928
 -
 		1930
 		HMS Durban
31.10.1932
 -
 		(06.)1933
 		observers' course [HMS Excellent]
01.08.1933
 -
 		05.1934
 		HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) (for observer duties)
05.1934
 -
 		01.1936
 		HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) (for observer duties)
07.01.1936
 -
 		(06.)1938
 		HMS Apollo (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) (for observer duties)
24.07.1938
 -
 		01.1939
 		HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) (for observer duties)
10.01.1939
 -
 		(04.)1939
 		staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich
(08.1939)
  
 		 
 		Fleet Air Arm
17.01.1940
 -
 		(04.)1940
 		Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
1940

HMS Devonshire (cruiser)
(02.1941)
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		Executive Officer, HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkney) *
15.10.1942
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Ukussa (RN Air Station, Katukurunda, Ceylon) (from c. 11/12.1943 Commanding Officer)
12.04.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Trouncer (escort carrier)
(04.1946)

no appointment listed
1946
 -
 		1951
 		Director of Naval Aviation in the Royal Canadian Navy
...
 -
 		...
 		...
Worked in real estate.
* (08.1942) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Rowe,
Barry Loraine Dudley
B.L.D. Rowe
Son of Lt.Cdr. Reginald Dudley Rowe, DSC, RN (1893-...), and Elaine Maud Petre (1894-...).
Married (16.09.1948) Margaret Lynch, daughter of Robert E. Lynch; one son, two daughters.
 02.09.1922
-
died between 08.1977 and 08.1983
...
 		...
S.Lt.
 		16.04.1942
Lt.
 		16.04.1943
Lt.Cdr.
 		16.04.1951
Cdr. 
 		31.12.1954 (retd)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 08.02.1944
 war patrols Mediterranean
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 05.09.1944
 8 war patrols Mediterranean
...
 -
 		...
 		...
24.11.1942
 -
 		(08.)1943
 		HMS Ultor (submarine)
(10.1943)
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		no appointment listed
26.06.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Superb (cruiser)
...
 -
 		...
 		...
Rowe,
Reginald Dudley
R.D. Rowe
Married (19.11.1921) Elaine Maud Petre (born 05.05.1894), daughter of F.L. Petre and M.E. Rawlinson; one son (Cdr. Barry Loraine Dudley Rowe, DSC, RN).
 (06?).1893
Chelsea, Greater London
-
30.04.1966
...
 		...
Lt.
 		08.09.1916
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
08.09.1924
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 WW I ?
 ?
...
 -
 		...
 		...
01.09.1939
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)
Roxburgh,
[Sir] John Charles Young

 
Son of Sir Thomas James Young Roxburgh, CIE (1892-1974), judge in the Calcutta High Court, and Mona Heymerdinguer. Married (1942) Philippa, 3rd daughter of late Major C.M. Hewlett, MC; one son, one daughter.
 29.06.1919
Mysore, India
-
13.04.2004
Hindhead, Surrey
Cadet
 		1933
Midsh.
 		01.01.1937
A/S.Lt.
 		01.01.1939
S.Lt.
 		16.09.1939
?, seniority 16.04.1939
Lt.
 		16.03.1941
A/Lt.Cdr.
 		< 04.1946
Lt.Cdr.
 		16.03.1949
Cdr.
 		31.12.1952
Capt.
 		31.12.1958
R.Adm.
 		07.07.1967
V.Adm.
 		15.07.1970 (retd 03.10.1972)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
 01.01.1972
 New Year 72
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 14.06.1969
 HM's birthday 69
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 01.01.1967
 New Year 67
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 12.10.1943
 10 war patrols Mediterranean & sinking of Remo
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 19.05.1942
 4 war patrols Mediterranean 10.41-02.42
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 19.06.1945
 destruction U-boat Norway
Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1933-1936)
1933

joined RN
01.01.1937
 -
 		(02.)1937
 		HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet)
22.04.1937
 -
 		(08.)1938
 		HMS Emerald (cruiser) (Nore)
30.08.1938
 -
 		(10.1938)
 		HMS Newcastle (cruiser) (Home Fleet)
02.01.1939
 -
 		(08.1939)
 		promotion course, Portsmouth
(09.1939)

no appointment listed
1940

joined Submarine Branch, RN
1940
 -
 		1942
 		served in operations off Norway, in Bay of Biscay and Mediterranean:
14.02.1940
 		-
 		(04.)1940
 		HMS Forth (submarine depot ship, Rosyth) (for submarines)
31.12.1940
 		-
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Tribune (submarine)
06.07.1941
 		-
 		(12.1941)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Thorn (submarine)
08.06.1942
 		-
 		07.1942
 		submarine commanding officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
1942
 		-
 		1945
 		operations in Mediterranean and off Norway:
1942
 		-
 		12.1942
 		Commanding Officer, HMS H 43 (submarine)
03.12.1942
 		-
 		(10.)1943
 		Commanding Officer, HMS P 44, renamed: HMS United (submarine)
28.11.1943
 		-
 		(06.1944)
 		taught a submarine captain's refresher course [HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship, Rothesay]
04.10.1944
 		-
 		(07.)1945
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Tapir (submarine)
(04.1946)

no appointment listed
17.06.1948
 		-
 		1950
 		HMS Vanguard
21.04.1950
 		-
 		(05.1950)
 		HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (miscellaneous duties)
1951
 		-
 		1953
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Turpin (submarine)
(05.1953)

no appointment listed



Staff Officer (Submarines), Naval Equipment Department (Bath)
03.01.1955
 		-
 		(04.1955)
 		HMS President (for joint services staff course)
1955

Commanding Officer, HMS Triumph
12.1955
 		-
 		(01.)1956
 		Executive Officer, HMS Ark Royal
1956
 		-
 		1958
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Contest
1958
 		-
 		1960
 		British Joint Services Mission, Washington
05.04.1960
 		-
 		(07.)1961
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Adamant & Captain (S/M) 3rd Submarine Squadron
1962

imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College
23.01.1963
 		-
 		1965
 		Deputy Director of Pans (J), Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President], later: Deputy Director of Defence Plans (Navy), Ministry of Defence
20.07.1965
 		-
 		04.05.1967
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (east of Suez)
25.07.1967
 		-
 		(02.)1969
 		Flag Officer Sea Training and in command, Portland Naval Base [HMS Osprey]
1969
 		-
 		1969
 		Flag Officer, Plymouth
10.11.1969
 		-
 		1972
 		Flag Officer, Submarines [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] & NATO Comdr Submarines, E Atlantic
Chairman, Grovebell Group Ltd, 1972-1975. Member Management Committee, The Freedom Association, 1978-1985. President, Royal Naval Benevolent Trust, 1978-1984. County Councillor, Surrey, 1977-1981.
Royle,
 Sir Guy Charles Cecil
G.C.C. Royle G.C.C. Royle
G.C.C. Royle G.C.C. Royle
G.C.C. Royle G.C.C. Royle
G.C.C. Royle 		17.08.1885
Esher
-
04.01.1954
Ferndown, Dorset
...
 		...
Capt.
 		30.06.1923
R.Adm.
 		20.07.1935
V.Adm.
 		12.01.1939
Adm.
 		29.10.1942 (retd 1946)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
 01.01.1941
 New Year 41
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 1936
 ?
Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George CMG
 1919
 ?
Commander of the Legion of Merit (US) LM
 28.05.1946
 ?
Grand Cross of the Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands) OON
 08.10.1946
 ?
1914
 -
 		1919
 		served European War (despatches, CMG); Gunnery Officer, HMS Marlborough, battle of Jutland 1916 ; on staff of Adm Sir Charles Edward Madden, Second in Command, Grand Fleet 1917-1920)
1920
 -
 		1922
 		Executive Officer, HMS Iron Duke, flagship Mediterranean Fleet
1923

Assistant to Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance
1924
 -
 		1927
 		Naval Attaché, British Embassy, Tokio
1927
 		-
 		1929
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Canterbury
1930
 		-
 		1932
 		HMS Excellent
1933
 		-
 		1934
 		HMS Glorious
1934
 		-
 		1937
 		Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty
1937
 		-
 		07.1939
 		Vice­Admiral, Aircraft Carriers
1939
 		-
 		1941
 		Naval Secretary to First Lord, Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Naval Air Services
21.04.1941
 		-
 		25.12.1945
 		lent to RAN (lastly Naval Liaison Officer):
18.07.1941
 		-
 		1945
 		First Naval Member, Commonwealth Naval Board
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod since 1946; Secretary to the Lord Great Chamberlain since 1948.
Ruck-Keene,
Philip
P. Ruck-Keene P. Ruck-Keene
Son of Rev. Edmund Ralph Ruck Keene (1857-1932), and Emma Corrie (1860-1935).
Married (20.12.1923, Brentford district, Middlesex) Margherita Evelyn Constance Agatha "Dick" Gyles (29.06.1901-12.1991), daughter of Rear-Admiral Herbert Arthur David John Gyles of Orchards, Whimple, Devon; one daughter.

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07.11.1897
Copford, Lexden district, Essex
-
28.05.1977
Tavistock Hospital, Devonshire
S.Lt. 15.09.1917
Lt. 15.02.1919
Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1927
Cdr. 31.12.1931
Capt. 31.12.1936
R.Adm. 05.07.1946 (retd 03.08.1949)
V.Adm. (retd) 03.08.1949
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 10.06.1948 HM's birthday 48
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42
Distinguished Service Order DSO 23.10.1945 air strikes Okinawa 03.-4.45
Mention in Despatches MID 12.01.1943 attacks enemy supply bases Mediterranean
Commander of the Legion of Merit (US) LM 28.05.1946 ?
Officer of the Order of George I 3rd class (Greece) Geo I 15.04.1947 ?
Education: Haileybury College.
09.1915     joined RN
01.02.1916     commissioned RN, serving mainly in submarines
? - (01.1919) HMS Titania (submarine depot ship)
04.1923 - (08.1923) First Lieutenant, HMS L19 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania]
20.08.1924 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS H34 (submarine) (3rd Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Maidstone]
06.03.1926 - (02.)1927 HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
12.05.1927 - (06.1928) Executive Officer, HMS X1 (submarine) (Mediterranean)
01.03.1929 - (02.)1931 Commanding Officer, HMS Oswald (submarine) (China) [tender to HMS Medway]
02.11.1931 - (01.)1932 Admiralty [HMS President] (for Naval Equipment Department) [specially thanked by their Lordships of the Admiralty for his services in charge of the salvage operations on the wreck of submarine M2]
1932 - 05.1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship)
17.05.1932 - (10.1932) temporary Commanding Officer, HMS Alecto (submarine depot ship) (5th Submarine Flotilla)
23.02.1933 - (06.1933) Admiralty [HMS President] (for Naval Equipment Department)
16.01.1934 - (11.1934) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
21.01.1935 - (07.1935) course, Staff College, Camberley [HMS President]
13.01.1936 - (02.)1937 Executive Officer, HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (China)
(07.1937)     no appointment listed
11.10.1937 - 03.01.1938 senior officers' course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President]
04.01.1938 - (04.)1939 Captain (S) 1st Submarine Flotilla [HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship)] (Mediterranean)
(08.1939)     HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) *
(09.1939)     no appointment listed
17.11.1939 - 08.1940 Senior Officer, 3rd Submarine Flotilla [HMS Cyclops at Harwich/Rosyth, from 05.1940 HMS Maidstone at Rosyth]
09.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast)
09.12.1940 - 11.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry)
31.05.1942 - 07.1943 Senior Officer, 1st Submarine Flotilla [HMS Medway at Alexandria, from 31.06.1942 after being sunk, ashore at Beirut]
07.1943 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier) & Flag Captain to V.Adm. Sir Philip Vian, 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron
1945 - 02?.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Indefatigable
1946     appointed as chairman of the submarine escape committee which was to investigate and report on the efficiency and deficiencies of the escape arrangements built into the submarines of the Royal Navy
1946     ADC to the King
1946 - 1947 Flag Officer in Charge, Ceylon
08.08.1947 - 07?.1949 Director of Naval Training, Admiralty [HMS President]
Rugman,
Walter Ardra *
W.A. Rugman
* birth & death registered under first names Ardra Walter
06.02.1903
Blackheath, Greenwich district, Greater London
-
(12?).1968
Weymouth district, Dorset
Seaman ? [SS10215]
A/Gnr. (T) 01.10.1935
Gnr. (T) 1936?, seniority 01.10.1935
A/Cd.Gnr. (T) 18.06.1945
Cd.Gnr. (T) 01.10.1945
Lt. 01.04.1950 (retd 06.02.1953; age)
Mention in Despatches MID 22.09.1942 Operation Harpoon (Gibraltar-Malta convoy 06.42)
19.11.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Windsor (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
02.07.1936 - (04.)1939 HMS Hotspur (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
24.07.1939 - (09.)1939 HMS Vivacious (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Rosyth)
22.11.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Highlander (destroyer)
14.11.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Partridge (destroyer) (despatches)
(02.1943)     no appointment listed
07.06.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire)
07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Leviathan (aircraft carrier) (under construction)
(07.1948)     no appointment listed
13.12.1948 - (05.1950) Administrative Staff, HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth)
Rump,
Robert Hugh
R.H. Rump
24.03.1901
Hoxne, Norfolk
-
04.1992
Bridport, Dorset
Midsh.
 		1920
Paym.S.Lt.
 		15.10.1921
Paym.Lt.
 		15.10.1923
Paym.Lt.Cdr.
 		15.10.1931
Paym.Cdr.
 		30.06.1939
Capt. (S)
 		30.06.1949 (retd 01.06.1955)
1919

entered RN as Paymaster Cadet
1919
 		-
 		1921
 		HMS Emperor of India (Mediterranean Fleet)
1923
 		-
 		1925
 		HMS Castor & HMS Calliope (Atlantic Fleet)
1925
 		-
 		1929
 		HMS Benbow & HMS Cardiff (Mediterranean Fleet)
1929
 		-
 		1931
 		Secretary to Captain of the Fleet, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Nelson]
1931
 		-
 		1933
 		HMS Ganges
1933

HMS Victory
1933
 		-
 		1935
 		Secretary to R Adm Everard John Hardman-Jones, Rosyth
1935
 		-
 		1936
 		HMS Royal Sovereign (Home Fleet)
1936
 		-
 		1939
 		HMS Herald (South China Fleet)
1939
 		-
 		1942
 		HMS President, HMS Daedalus & HMS Heron:
22.05.1939
 -
 		(08.1939)
 		Staff, Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President]
19.02.1940
 -
 		(04.1940)
 		HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)
(02.1941)

no appointment listed
?
 -
 		?
 		HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton)
(12.1941)

no appointment listed
02.06.1942
 -
 		(08.)1942
 		HMS Kipanga (RN Air Station, Killindini, Kenya)
01.09.1942
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		HMS Korongo (RN Aircraft Repair Yard, Nairboi, Kenya)
21.11.1944
 -
 		15.11.1945
 		HMS Nightjar (RN Air Station, Inskip, Lancashire)
15.11.1945
 -
 		1949
 		HMS Condor, HMS President & HMS Implacable
1950
 -
 		1952
 		Fleet Supply Officer to Commander-in-Chief, Far East Station
1952
 -
 		1954
 		Captain-in-Command, Base Supply Officer and Staff Supply Officer to Flag Officer Malta and Staff Supply Officer to Mediterranean Flotillas, HMS Phoenicia
1954
 -
 		1955
 		Senior Supply Officer, Royal Naval Base, Devonport, HMS Drake
Rushbrooke,
Edmund Gerard Noel
E.G.N. Rushbrooke
Son of Capt. William Henry Rushbrooke, JP, DL (Cosford, Thursley, Surrey, and Whitepoint, Queenstown,
Ireland), and of Mrs Margaret Mary Rushbrooke.
Married 1st (1926) Ada Stott Moncrieff; one daughter (deceased).
Married 2nd (1937) Marjorie Wentworth Forbes (died 1970), widow of late Lt.Col. Edward Bayntun Grove Foster.
 15.12.1892
Hambledon, Surrey
-
09.10.1972
Bath, Somerset
A/S.Lt.
 		?
S.Lt.
 		15.03.1914
Lt.
 		15.03.1916
Lt.Cdr.
 		15.03.1924
Cdr.
 		31.12.1928
Capt.
 		30.06.1936
A/R.Adm.
 		< 07.1945
R.Adm.
 		05.07.1945 (retd 1947)
V.Adm. (retd)
 		22.10.1948
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 01.09.1942
 Operations Salient (transfer of fighter aircraft to Malta 42) & Style (Gibraltar-Malta convoy 07-08.41)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 14.09.1917
 service in vessels of the Harwich Force
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.09.1942
 Operation Harpoon (Gibraltar-Malta convoy 11-15.06.42)
Commander of the Legion of Merit (US) LM
 15.10.1946
 ?
Special Cravat of the Order of the Cloud and Banner (China) C&B
 24.06.1947
 training Chinese seamen
Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth
1914
 		-
 		1918
 		served European War in Destroyers as Sub-Lt and Lieut (DSC, Croix de Guerre, Board of Trade Life Saving Medal)
24.09.1918
 		-
 		(01.1919)
 		Commanding Officer, Torpedo Boat No. 4
01.09.1921
 		-
 		(08.1923)
 		staff of RN College, Dartmouth
06.02.1924
 		-
 		(01.)1925
 		Executive OFficer, HMS Pegasus (aircraft carrier) (China)
02.11.1925
 		-
 		(05.)1926
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Vanoc (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth)
11.12.1926
 		-
 		14.01.1929
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
07.1929
 		-
 		(10.1930)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Versatile (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet)
13.01.1931
 		-
 		(01.)1932
 		staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
21.06.1932
 		-
 		(07.)1934
 		Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
08.09.1934
 		-
 		(02.)1936
 		Executive Officer, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
14.11.1936
 		-
 		(10.1938)
 		Captain on the Staff [Chief of Intelligence Staff], China Station [HMS Kent (cruiser), accommodated in HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)]
(02.1939)
 		-
 		(04.1939)
 		no appointment listed
26.07.1939
 -
 		(04.)1940
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Guardian (netlayer)
16.08.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Argus (aircraft carrier)
24.04.1941
 -
 		06.1942
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)
(08.1942)

no appointment listed
28.11.1942
 -
 		15.09.1946
 		Director of Naval Intelligence, Admiralty [HMS President]
Russell,
Alfred Spalding
A.S. Russell
Married; at least one daughter.
 07.07.1897
Kensington, Greater London, Middlesex
-
29.08.1945
[age 48]
[Portchester (St. Mary) Churchyard]
...
 		...
Lt.
 		15.02.1918
Lt.Cdr.
 		15.02.1926
Cdr.
 		30.06.1931
Capt.
30.06.1938
Cdre. 2nd cl.
12.01.1943?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 10.11.1942
 Operation Pedestal
Polonia Restituta, 3rd Class (Poland) PolRest
 22.12.1942
 services to Polish navy
Grand Cross of the Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands) OON
 ?
 ?
...
 -
 		...
 		...
02.01.1933
 -
 		(01.1934)
 		Staff Officer (Operations) & Squadron Gunnery Officer, 2nd Battle Squadron [HMS Malaya (battleship)] (Home Fleet)
16.03.1935
 -
 		(10.1938)
 		Executive Officer, HMS Apollo (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station & Devonport)
09.01.1939
 -
 		(02.)1939
 		senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
10.02.1939
 -
 		(08.1939)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Grimsby (escort vessel)
08.02.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Delhi (cruiser)
08.07.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport) (for duty in [= in charge of] Destroyer Office, Flagstaff Steps, Devonport)
26.03.1942
 -
 		(08.1942)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Kenya (cruiser)
12.01.1943
 -
 		(10.)1943
 		Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)]
15.12.1943
 -
 		01.05.1944
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Suffolk (cruiser)
(05.1944)
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		no appointment listed
?
 -
 		29.08.1945
 		HMS Victory IV (accounting section, Petersfield)
Russell,
Archibald Boyd
A.B. Russell
Married (c. 1932) Joanna Law-Smith (who later re-married twice: 6th Baron Tredegar, and 8th Baron Wharton); [at least?] one daughter.
 c. 1900
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973
S.Lt.
 		?
Lt.
 		15.12.1922
Lt.Cdr.
 		15.12.1930 (retd 09.06.1946)
A/Cdr.
 		06.05.1942?
Cdr. (retd)
 		09.06.1946
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 08.12.1942
 Russian convoy PQ18 09.42
Mention in Despatches MID
 16.08.1940
 Dunkirk 06.40
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.01.1941
 New Year 41
Mention in Despatches MID
 16.03.1943
 Operation Torch, assault Algiers
Mention in Despatches MID
 14.11.1944
 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)
09.12.1924
 -
 		(01.1925)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS PC 74 (patrol boat) (Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) (additional)
(05.1926)

no appointment listed
11.05.1926
 -
 		(07.)1927
 		HMS Calcutta (cruiser) (North America & West Indies)
14.12.1927
 -
 		(06.1928)
 		HMS Despatch (cruiser) (America and West Indies)
07.1929
 -
 		(02.)1931
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Versatile (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet)
09.07.1931
 -
 		(01.)1932
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Torrid (destroyer) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland)
(09.1932)

no appointment listed
04.01.1933
 -
 		(01.1934)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Westminster (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
05.01.1935
 -
 		(02.1936)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Duchess (destroyer) (China)
(02.1937)

no appointment listed
23.02.1937
 -
 		(09.)1937
 		HMS Glasgow (cruiser) (while under construction at Greenock & on commissiong 09.09.1937)
25.10.1937
 -
 		(04.)1939
 		HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (for reserve destoyers)
31.07.1939
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Whitehall (destroyer)
(12.1941)

no appointment listed
06.05.1942
 -
 		(11.1942)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Malcolm (destroyer)
14.01.1943
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Dorlin (Combined Operations base, Acharacle, Argyll)
(06.1944)

SS Thysville
10.11.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		staff, HMS Lanka (RN base, Ceylon)
(04.1946)

no appointment listed
Russell,
 the Hon. [Sir] Guy Herbrand Edward
G.H.E. Russell
2nd son of 2nd Baron Ampthill.
Married (1939) Hon. Elizabeth Blades, daughter of 1st Baron Ebbisham, GBE; two sons, one daughter.
 14.04.1898
St George Hanover Square, London
-
25.09.1977
Wisborough Green, Sussex
...
 		...
Lt.
 		15.10.1918
Lt.Cdr.
 		15.10.1926
Cdr.
 		30.06.1931
Capt.
30.06.1936
R.Adm.
05.07.1945
V.Adm.
 		22.10.1948
Adm. (GL)
 		10.04.1952 (retd 07.01.1958)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire GBE
 01.06.1953
 Coronation List 53
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
 01.01.1951
 New Year 51
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 01.01.1948
 New Year 48
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 09.02.1943
 duties at Malta 42
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 05.01.1944
 sinking of Scharnhorst 12.43
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.07.1941
 HM's birthday
Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (Norway) StOlav
 -
 state visit to Norway 06.55
Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth; Staff College, Camberley (1929); Imperial Defence College (1937)
1911

joined RN
1914
 		-
 		1918
 		served European War at Gallipoli and Jutland at HMS Implacable & HMS Royal Oak (despatches)
1920
 		-
 		1921
 		HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship)
15.03.1921
 		-
 		(08.1923)
 		HMS Spear (torpedo-boat destroyer)
?
 		-
 		1924
 		HMS Tumult (torpedo-boat destroyer)
15.02.1924
 		-
 		(01.)1925
 		on staff of RN College Dartmouth
05.01.1926
 		-
 		(06.1928)
 		HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies)
07.01.1929
 		-
 		(08.1929)
 		staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
10.02.1930
 		-
 		(01.)1932
 		Staff Officer (Operations), Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Warspite (battleship), later HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)]
09.03.1932
 		-
 		(09.1932) RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
07.02.1933
 		-
 		(02.)1936
 		Executive Officer, HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (flagship Mediterranean Fleet)
12.01.1937
 		-
 		(07.1937)
 		imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College (London)
01.02.1938
 		-
 		(04.)1939
 		an Assistant Director of Plans, Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
08.1939
 -
 		(08.1939)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Protector (netlayer)
02.1940
 -
 		(12.)1941
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (Home Fleet)
1941

Naval Liaison Officer accompanying Lord Gort to Gibraltar
12.05.1942
 -
 		(08.1942)
 		Chief of Staff to Field-Marshal Lord Gort, VC, Malta (CBE) [HMS St. Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
01.1943
 -
 		(12.)1943
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) & Flag Captain, Force H (despatches)
09.12.1943
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Duke of York (battleship) & Flag Captain, Home Fleet (DSO)
02.10.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty
(04.1946)

HMS President
1946
 -
 		1948
 		Naval Instructor, Imperial Defence College
21.01.1948
 -
 		(05.)1949
 		Flag Officer Commanding 2nd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Superb]
31.10.1949
 -
 		1951
 		Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President]
1951
 -
 		20.03.1953
 		Commander-in-Chief, Far East Station [HMS Terror]
1953
 -
 		1955
 		a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, Second Sea Lord, and Chief of Naval Personnel
1956
 -
 		1958
 		Commandant Imperial Defence College
First and Principal ADC to the Queen, 1954-1958. Chairman: Nat. Assoc. of Boys' Clubs, 1958-1963; Missions to Seamen, 1960-1965; Radley College Council, 1965-1969
Russell,
John Blakeley
J.B. Russell
Son of Maj. George Russell, military commandant of Netley, Hampsire, and Gladwys Miles. Married (1941) Mary Wendy "Bimmy" Chichester (actress Mary Seymour); three daughters, one son.

11.03.1917
Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, Hampshire
-
11.04.2005
Ilfracombe, Devon
Cadet
 		01.09.1934
Midsh.
 		01.09.1935
A/S.Lt.
 		01.01.1938
S.Lt.
 		20.10.1938, seniority 01.09.1937
A/Lt.
 		01.07.1939
?, seniority 16.02.1939
Lt.
26.02.1939 (retd > 07.1945, < 04.1946; disabled)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 24.03.1942
 sinking U131 17.12.41
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 15.08.1944
 Operation Shingle (landing at Anzio, 22.01.44)
Education: Taunton School; Pangbourne Naval College
01.09.1934
 -
 		(07.1935)
 		direct entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
30.10.1935
 -
 		(02.1936)
 		HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean)
27.06.1936
 -
 		(07.1937)
 		HMS Amphion (cruiser) (Africa)
03.01.1938
 -
 		(08.)1938
 		promotion course, Portsmouth
19.09.1938
 -
 		(10.)1938
 		qualifying for anti-submarine duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Osprey]
15.10.1938
 -
 		(02.)1939
 		HMS Fame (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
06.03.1939
 -
 		(08.1939)
 		pilots' course at No. 23 Flying Training School, Rochester
?
 -
 		(04.1940)
 		Fleet Air Arm (flew Walrus amphibian aircraft)
01.04.1940
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		HMS Bonaventure (cruiser)
11.03.1941
 -
 		(08.1942)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Exmoor (destroyer)
29.11.1942
 -
 		(02.1943)
 		HMS Malaya (battleship)
03.03.1943
 -
 		02.1944
 		HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary) (for landing craft duty):
09.1943
 -
 		02.1944
 		Principal Beach Master of N Commando (RN Commandos) (Anzio [Naval Party 867], Italy; lost his right leg)
02.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		no appointment listed (while recovering)
He became a horticulturalist and award-winning sailor. Kept a smallholding with pigs and vegetables near Battle, Sussex, and later managed a feed mill for North Devon Farmers. Commodore of the North Devon Yacht club, 1957-...
Rutherford,
Neil
N. Rutherford
Son of Richard Perry Rutherford, shipbuilder. Married (07.08.1948) to Joan Margery Colville-Hyde (born 05.05.1923) (marriage dissolved 23.05.1972); one daughter.
 		15.05.1922
-
24.09.1976
Penmaenmawr, Wales (self-induced)
Midsh.
 		01.01.1940
A/S.Lt.
 		01.09.1941
S.Lt.
 		01.11.1941
Lt.
01.06.1943
Lt.Cdr.
01.06.1951 (General List 01.01.1957) (retd 05.01.1959)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 10.07.1945
 6 war patrols (3 East Indies, 3 Southwest Pacific)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 29.06.1951
 Korea
Education: RN College (01.1936-12.1939)
01.01.1940
 -
 		01.1941
 		HMS Glasgow (cruiser)
01.1941
 -
 		05.1941
 		HMS Hero (destroyer)
05.1941
 -
 		07.1941
 		HMS Valiant (battleship)
07.1941?
 -
 		08.1941
 		passage home [SS Empress of Asia]
01.09.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		promotion course, Portsmouth
?
 -
 		03.1942
 		promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
03.1942
 -
 		05.1942
 		submarine training course
20.05.1942
 -
 		02.1943
 		HMS Tuna (submarine)
02.1943
 -
 		07.1943
 		HMS P 556 (submarine)
05.07.1943
 -
 		01.1946
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Spiteful (submarine)
08.02.1946
 -
 		08.1946
 		HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) (for submarines) (Submarine Reserve Group K)
08.1946
 -
 		09.1946
 		HMS Stygian (submarine)
10.1946
 -
 		11.1946
 		HMS Ranee (Woolworth carrier)
01.1947
 -
 		01.1948
 		specialist Torpedo & Anti-Submarine (TAS) course [HMS Vernon]
01.1948
 -
 		09.1949
 		HMS Defiance (training establishment, Devonport)
09.1949
 -
 		10.1949
 		passage to Far East [SS Devonshire]
10.1949
 -
 		04.1952?
 		HMS Black Swan (sloop) (3rd & 4th Frigate Flotillas and duties with C.T.G. 95.I., such as on the Staff, Commander Task Element (CTE) 95.1.4 (Korea; possibly POW))
30.04.1952
 -
 		(05.1953)
 		staff TAS, HMS Montclare (depot ship) (3rd Submarine Flotilla)
05.07.1954
 -
 		(01.1956)
 		staff, Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Cleopatra]
(1958)

Underwater Weapons Material Department (Bath), Admiralty [HMS President] *
* (01.1957) already indexed, but not listed as such
Ryan,
Richard John Hammersley
"Dick"
R.J.H. Ryan
George Cross Database
 23.07.1903
Kensington, Greater London
-
21.09.1940
(KIA) [age 37]
Dagenham, Essex
[Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery]
Midsh.
 		15.05.1921
A/S.Lt.
 		15.09.1923
S.Lt.
 		1925?
Lt.
 		15.08.1925
Lt.Cdr.
 		15.08.1933
George Cross GC
 20.12.1940
 mine disposal Dagenham, Essex 21.09.40
15.05.1921
 		-
 		(08.1923)
 		HMS Dunedin (light cruiser)
18.08.1924
 		-
 		(01.1925)
 		promotion course, Portsmouth
15.02.1926
 		-
 		(07.1927)
 		HMS Despatch (cruiser) (China)
05.01.1928
 		-
 		(06.1928)
 		qualifying for torpedo duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Vernon]
25.05.1929
 		-
 		(08.1929)
 		Torpedo School, Portsmouth [HMS Vernon]
28.07.1930
 		-
 		(06.1933)
 		Squadron Torpedo Officer, New Zealand Station [HMS Diomede]
(01.1934)

no appointment listed
02.01.1934
 		-
 		(07.1934)
 		HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth)
21.05.1935
 		-
 		(07.1937)
 		Torpedo Officer, HMS Arethusa (cruiser) & as Squadron Torpedo Officer, 3rd Cruiser Squadron (Mediterranean)
10.01.1938
 		-
 		(02.)1938
 		Electrical Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth)
24.02.1938
 		-
 		(08.)1939
 		Torpedo Officer, HMS Berwick (cruiser) & as Fleet Torpedo Officer, America and West Indies Station
23.11.1939
 -
 		(04.)1940
 		Department of the Rear Admiral (Minelaying), Admiralty [HMS President]
?
 -
 		21.09.1940
 		Department of Unexploded Bomb Disposal, Admiralty [HMS President]
Rycroft,
Henry Richard
H.R. Rycroft (Photo courtesy of Mr Shawn Dymond) H.R. Rycroft (Photo courtesy of www.hmstetcott.com)
Son of Sir Richard Nelson Rycroft, 5th Baronet, and his 2nd wife Emily Mary Lowry Corry (daughter of Col Hon. Henry Lowry Corry, Edwardstone Hall, Boxford).
Married (1941) Penelope Gwendoline (died 21.02.2006), daughter of Lt-Col Charles Spenser
Browne Evans-Lombe; one son, three daughters.
 		28.12.1911
Eaton Square, London (?)
-
26?.10.1985
Bosham, West Sussex
Cadet
 		01.05.1929
Midsh.
 		01.01.1930
A/S.Lt.
 		01.05.1932
S.Lt.
 		16.11.1932
Lt.
 		16.08.1934
Lt.Cdr.
 		16.08.1942
Cdr.
 		31.12.1947 (retd 28.12.1961)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 01.01.1960
 New Year 60
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 21.12.1943
 Operation Husky (incasion of Sicily 07.43)
Mention in Despatches MID
 20.10.1942
 sinking U-boat Mediterranean 04.08.42
27.04.1929
 		-
 		(04.)1930
 		HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean)
02.09.1930
 		-
 		(01.)1932
 		HMS Malaya (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
01.05.1932
 		-
 		01.1933
 		promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
09.01.1933
 		-
 		(06.)1933
 		promotion course, Portsmouth
26.09.1933
 		-
 		(02.)1936
 		HMS Boreas (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
23.12.1936
 		-
 		(02.)1937
 		HMS Fareham (twin-screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean)
03.1937
 		-
 		(06.)1938
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Sandpiper (river gunboat) (China)
14.07.1938
 		-
 		(04.)1939
 		HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (China)
(08.1939)
 		-
 		(09.1939)
 		no appointment listed
14.12.1939
 		-
 		(02.)1941
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Highlander (destroyer)
28.10.1941
 -
 		10.1943
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Tetcott (destroyer)
(04.1944)
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		HMS King Alfred (training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) *
28.08.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Zodiac (destroyer)
30.03.1946
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Gravelines (destroyer)
11.02.1948
 -
 		(07.1948)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Graemsay (minesweeping trawler)
03.11.1948
 -
 		(05.)1949
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Damsay (minesweeping trawler)
04.08.1949
 -
 		(05.1950)
 		Executive Officer, HMS Siskin (RN Air Station, Gosport, Hants.)
09.03.1953
 -
 		(05.1953)
 		HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
(04.1955)

no appointment listed
02.08.1955
 -
 		(07.1961)
 		Assistant to Captain of the Dockyard, HM Dockyard Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
* Starting date given (erroneously) as 15.02.1943; should perhaps be 15.02.1944.
Ryder,
Robert Edward Dudley
"Red"
R.E.D. Ryder
R.E.D. Ryder (Photos: http://www.tai-mo-shan.co.uk)
R.E.D. Ryder (Photos: http://www.tai-mo-shan.co.uk) R.E.D. Ryder (Photos: http://www.tai-mo-shan.co.uk)
R.E.D. Ryder (Photos: http://www.tai-mo-shan.co.uk)
Son of Col. Charles Henry Dudley Ryder, CB, CIE, DSO, and Ida Josephine Grigg. Married (1941) Constance Hilarie Myfanwy Green-Wilkinson (died 1982); one son, one daughter.

 Victoria Cross Reference

Private papers
 16.02.1908
 India
-
29.06.1986
yacht "Watchdog", off Guernsey
[Headington Crematorium, Oxford]
Midsh.
 		01.01.1927
A/S.Lt.
 		01.05.1929
S.Lt.
 		12.08.1930, seniority 01.03.1929
Lt.
 		01.06.1930
Lt.Cdr.
 		01.06.1938
A/Cdr.
 		< 04.1940
Cdr.
 		31.12.1940
Capt.
 		30.06.1948 (retd 23.02.1950)
Victoria Cross VC
 21.05.1942
 attack St. Nazaire 28.03.42 *
Mention in Despatches MID
 02.10.1942
 Operation Jubilee (Dieppe 08.42)
Mention in Despatches MID
 14.11.1944
 Operation Neptune (Normandy)
Mention in Despatches MID
 19.12.1944
 U-boats attacked convoy Dover Straits
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
 ?
 St. Nazaire raid
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (France) LegH
 ?
 St. Nazaire raid
* On 28 March 1942 in the attack on St. Nazaire, France, Commander Ryder, commanding the Naval force, led HMS Campbeltown in under intense fire. When the main objective of the expedition had been accomplished and Campbeltown had been beached, Commander Ryder remained on the spot evacuating men from Campbeltown and conducting operations while exposed to heavy fire, and did not withdraw until it was certain that his ship could be of no more use. His motor gun boat (MGB. 314), full of dead and wounded, survived by a miracle and managed to withdraw through an intense barrage of fire.
 Education: Hazelhurst School, Frant, and Cheltenham College
1926

entered Royal Navy
15.01.1927
 		-
 		1929
 		HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
02.05.1929
 		-
 		05.01.1930
 		promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
06.01.1930
 		-
 		(04.)1930
 		promotion course, Portsmouth
27.12.1930
 		-
 		(04.)1933
 		HMS Olympus (submarine) (China)
05.1933
 		-
 		05.1934
 		on half-pay: together with four other officers commissioned, financed and had privately built the yacht Tai Mo Shan & sailed it from Hong Kong to the UK (Dartmouth) for a year (05.1933-05.1934)
02.07.1934
 		-
 		(07.1937)
 		HMS President (for miscellaneous or special service):
1934
 		-
 		1937
 		a member of British Graham Land Expedition to the Antarctic: in command of the Research Yacht Penola (Polar Medal with Clasp)
30.08.1937
 -
 		(10.)1938
 		HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean)
23.10.1938
 -
 		(08.)1939
 		HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean)
08.12.1939
 -
 		(04.)1940
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Willamette Valley (decoy or Q-ship)
1940

Commander [= Executive Officer], HMS Fleetwood (frigate)
01.02.1941
 -
 		15.07.1941
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Prince Philippe (landing ship infantry (small)) (sunk)
19.08.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services):
1941
 		-
 		1942
 		Naval Liaison Officer on the staff of GOC Southern Command at Wilton House, near Salisbury
(08.1942)
 -
 		(02.1943)
 		Combined Operations HQ (Naval Administrative Planner):
28.03.1942

Naval Force Commander, St. Nazaire raid [10th Anti-Submarine Striking Force in MGB 314]
19.08.1942

took part in attack on Dieppe (Planning Staff)
01.05.1943
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		HMS Vectis (RN base, Seaview, Isle of Wight)
(06.1944)

Staff Captain, Group J2 (Normandy landings) [Deputy Senior Officer Assault Group in LCH 239]
14.08.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Opportune (destroyer)
11.10.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Staff, Tactical and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty
01.03.1948
 -
 		1950
 		Naval Attaché, Oslo (Norway)
1950-1955 MP (C) Merton and Morden
Published: The attack on St Nazaire (1947); Coverplan (1953)
Rylands,
James Wolferstan
C.R. Ryman 		19.05.1911
Thornbury district, Avon / Gloucestershire
-
10.1984
Gipping & Hartismere district, Suffolk
Midsh.
 		01.05.1929
A/S.Lt.
 		01.09.1931
S.Lt.
 		01.03.1932
Lt.
 		01.08.1933
Lt.Cdr.
01.08.1941
Cdr.
 		31.12.1947 (reld 20.05.1956; own request)
Mention in Despatches MID
 06.06.1941
 attack by enemy aircraft 03.04.41
Mention in Despatches MID
 21.07.1942
 sinking HMS Khartoum 23.06.40
Mention in Despatches MID
 24.04.1945
 bombing Gothic Line / Adriatic Sea 44
17.05.1929
 		-
 		(08.)1929
 		HMS Tiger (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
28.12.1929
 		-
 		(02.)1931
 		HMS Delhi (cruiser) (America and West Indies)
24.09.1931
 		-
 		03.04.1932
 		promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
04.04.1932
 		-
 		(09.1932)
 		promotion course, Portsmouth
05.01.1933
 		-
 		(06.1933)
 		HMS Cygnet (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
(01.1934)
 		 
 		 
 		no appointment listed
08.02.1934
 		-
 		(11.)1934
 		HMS Witch (destroyer) (China)
17.12.1934
 		-
 		(02.1936)
 		HMS Decoy (destroyer) (China)
(01.1937)
 		-
 		(02.1937)
 		no appointment listed
15.02.1937
 		-
 		(02.)1938
 		HMS Hazard (minesweeper) [23.11.1937 exchanging crew with HMS Skipjack (minesweeper)]
04.04.1938
 		-
 		(04.)1939
 		HMS Brilliant (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
29.05.1939
 -
 		23.06.1940
 		HMS Khartoum (destroyer) (beached off Perim Harbour after explosion during action with Italian submarine Torricelli
04.11.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Locust (gunboat)
25.08.1941
 -
 		(12.)1941
 		HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (for Lancing establishment)
11.12.1941
 -
 		12.06.1942
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Grove (destroyer) (torpedoed & sunk by U-77 in central Mediterranean)
(08.1942)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
30.08.1942
 -
 		10.03.1945
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Kimberley (destroyer)
01.06.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
12.07.1946
 -
 		(07.1948)
 		CONIS to Flag Officer Commanding British Naval Forces, Germany [HMS Royal Albert]
01.1949
 -
 		(05.1949)
 		British Joint Services Mission, Washington, DC [HMS Saker]
(05.1950)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(1951)

Commanding Officer, HMS Rinaldo (minesweeper)
03.1953
 -
 		(07.1954)
 		Naval Representative on Joint Planning Staff, Middle East [HMS Osiris]
03.01.1955
 -
 		(01.1956)
 		directing staff, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
Ryman,
Charles Reginald
C.R. Ryman 		?
?
-
...
 		...
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
 		13.02.1927
A/Cdr. (retd)
< 10.1944
... -
 		...
 		...
? -
 		(10.1944)
 		Boom Defence Depot Trincomalee
       
 
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Raban-Williams, J.
 to
Robson, W.G.A.
 Roche, S.O'G.
to
Ryman, C.R.

These websites may be worthwhile visiting:


general naval history, campaign summaries, etc.


U-boats and almost all the Allied ships they fought


Warships' photographs