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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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