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Sayer, G.B.
Scarlett, C.C.F.
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Sharman, F.I.
Shaw, A.C.
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Singer, M.M.

Skelton, W.F.
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Stallybrass, E.O.
Stammwitz, S.S.
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Syms,
J.A.

 
C.W. Sabine  to  G.B. Sayer
Sabine,
Charles Wheatstone
C.W. Sabine (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Sabine)
Elder son of Charles Wheatstone Sabine (1876-1943), and Amy Dove Johnson (1874-1957), of Downend House, Chilbolton, Hampshire.
Brother of W/Cdr. John Sydenham Sabine, DFC, RAF (killed in action 24.08.1943).
Married (14.10.1933, St Mary Abbot's Church, Kensington, London) Beryl Evely M. Hone ((03?).1906 - ), daughter of the late George Henry Hone, and Georgina Annie Cooper (1879?-1963) (remarried 1923: Mrs Gerald William Hippisley), of Wells. Somerset; ... children (two sons, one daughter?).

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10.06.1901
-
29.06.1985
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Berkshire
Midsh. 15.09.1917
A/S.Lt. ?
S.Lt. ?
Lt. 15.02.1923
Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1931
Cdr. 31.12.1939 (retd 10.06.1951)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 01.01.1940 New Year 40: in support of minelaying operations 1939/40 Dover Strait, Faeroes [investiture 06.02.40]
King Haakon VII's Liberty Cross (Norway) Hkn 26.08.1947 services to Norway
Education: HMS Conway (1913-1915); RN College, Dartmouth (1915-1917).
15.09.1916     entered RN
? - (01.1919) HMS Benbow (battleship)
26.01.1923 - (01.)1925 HMS Fitzroy (surveying vessel)
22.04.1925 - (07.1927) HMS Iroquois (surveying vessel) (China)
(04.1928) - (06.1928) no appointment listed
16.01.1929 - (08.)1929 HMS Flinders (surveying vessel) (for navigating duties in lieu of a specialist Navigating Officer)
28.10.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Endeavour (surveying vessel)
02.11.1931 - (03.)1934 Executive Officer, HMS Flinders (surveying vessel)
20.03.1934 - (02.)1936 Executive Officer, HMS Challenger (surveying vessel)
04.1936 - (01.)1937 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services: for West Coast of Scotland survey)
(02.1937)     no appointment listed
05.04.1937 - (07.)1937 Executive Officer, HMS Flinders (surveying ship)
06.12.1937 - (08.)1938 Executive Officer, HMS Jason (minesweeper, for surveying service) & as Assistant Surveyor 1st class
08.1938 - 02.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Franklin (surveying ship, from 1939 Halcyon class minesweeper) (Home Waters, from about 06.1939-11.1939 off Labrador and Newfoundland)
02.1941 - (10.)1943 Staff Officer (Operations) and Surveying Officer, Flag Officer Commanding Dover [HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover)]
16.11.1943 - (12.)1943 Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
31.12.1943 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS White Bear (auxiliary surveying vessel)
02.12.1944 - (04.)1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Challenger (surveying ship)
01.12.1946 - (05.1950) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services: 1951 showing as Superintendent of Air Information Branch)
Continued as a reviser of SD's until 1975.
St. Aubyn,
Erskine Knollys Heveningham
E.K.H. St. Aubyn

Son of Col. Edward  St. Aubyn (1827-1914), and Ada Mary Thomson (died 1948).

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25.09.1898
Chelsea, Greater London, Middlesex
-
02.03.1942
(KIA) [age 43]
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 62, column 3]
...
...
S.Lt.
15.11.1917
Lt.
15.12.1918
Lt.Cdr.
15.12.1926
A/Cdr.
08.1940?
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
14.03.1916
Gallipoli
Mention in Despatches MID
14.03.1916
Gallipoli
Mention in Despatches MID
15.12.1942
fall of Singapore 02.42
08.1914
 
 
entered RN
...
-
...
...
03.09.1933
-
(07.)1937
Staff Officer, South African Naval Service [HMS Amphion (cruiser)]
31.12.1937
-
(02.)1938
HMS Cairo (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport)
12.02.1938
-
(10.1938)
HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (and as Staff Officer (Intelligence) to Rear-Admiral in Charge, Gibraltar)
(02.1939)


no appointment listed
16.03.1939
-
(04.)1940
Staff Officer (Operations), Wellington [HMNZS Philomel (additional; for duty at Navy Office, Wellington)]
21.08.1940
-
(02.)1942
Staff Officer (Intelligence) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, China [HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore)]
1942
-
02.03.1942
HMS Stronghold (destroyer) [sunk by Japanese surface force south of Java]
St. Clair-Ford,
[Sir] Aubrey
6th Baronet of Ember Court, Surrey (cr. 1793, succ. 28.02.1948)
A. St Clair-Ford
Eldest son of late Anson St. Clair St. Clair-Ford (1864-1940) (grand-son of 2nd Bt), and Isabel Maria Frances "Elsie" Adams.
Brother of Lt.Cdr. Drummond St. Clair-Ford and Cdr. Vernon John St. Clair-Ford.
Married (1945) Anne, only daughter of Harold Christopherson, Penerley Lodge, Beaulieu, Hampshire; one son, one daughter.
29.02.1904
Upton upon Severn district, Worcestershire
-
08.04.1991
Sandle Copse, Fordingbridge, Hampshire
Midsh.
15.01.1922
A/S.Lt.
15.05.1924
Lt.
15.09.1926
Lt.Cdr.
15.09.1934
Cdr.
31.12.1939
Capt.
31.12.1945 (retd 07.01.1955)
Cdre. 2nd cl.
?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
08.01.1942
withdrawal from Crete [investiture 28.07.42]
Distinguished Service Order DSO
26.05.1942
sinking submarine Mediterranean 28.12.41 [investiture 28.07.42]
Mention in Despatches MID
08.09.1942
Malta convoy 22.03.42
Mention in Despatches MID
17.11.1942
Operation MG2 loss Cyrenaica 05.42
Mention in Despatches MID
02.02.1951
Korea (since 09.07.50)
Mention in Despatches MID
03.10.1952
Korea (4th list)
Officer of the Legion of Merit (US) LM
13.08.1954
Korea
Education: Stubbington House; RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth
24.01.1922
-
(08.1923)
HMS Marlborough (battleship)
25.09.1924
-
(01.)1925
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
27.10.1925
-
(07.1927)
HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (China)
(04.1928)
-
(06.1928)
no appointment listed
26.07.1928
-
(04.)1930
HMS Windsor (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet)
14.08.1930
-
(02.)1931
HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
01.09.1931
-
(01.)1932
HMS Vesper (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet)
07.1932
-
(09.1932)
Commanding Officer, HMS Walker (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
03.02.1933
-
(11.)1934
HMS Keppel (destroyer, flotilla leader) (China)
17.12.1934
-
(07.1935)
HMS Duncan (destroyer, flotilla leader) (China)
(02.1936)
 
 
no appointment listed
(08.1936)
 
 
no appointment listed
20.08.1936
-
(07.1937)
Commanding Officer, HMS Sardonyx (destroyer) (Portsmouth)
10.01.1938
-
(02.)1938
tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
04.04.1938
-
(08.)1939
Commanding Officer, HMS Encounter (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
22.12.1939
-
11.05.1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Kipling (destroyer) (sunk)
(08.1942)


course, Staff College, Minley Manor
(02.1943)
-
(12.1943)
Naval Operational Planner, Combined Operations HQ
04.1944
-
(04.)1944
HMS President (for special and miscellaneous service)
10.04.1944
-
(01.)1945
British Army Delegation, Washington [HMS Saker]
12.04.1945
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Hogue (destroyer)
01.1946
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Rame Head (maintenance ship)
03.12.1947
-
(05.1949)
Commanding Officer, HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Londonderry)
03.1950
-
1952
HMS Belfast (served Korean War)
24.04.1952
-
(05.1953)
Commodore-in-Charge RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus]
(07.1954)
 
 
no appointment listed
St. Clair-Ford,
Drummond
D. St Clair-Ford

Third son of Anson St. Clair St. Clair-Ford (1864-1940) (grand-son of 2nd Bt), and Isabel Maria Frances "Elsie" Adams.
Brother of Capt. Aubrey St. Clair-Ford, and Cdr. Vernon John St. Clair-Ford.
Married (26.08.1933, St Paul's, Knightsbridge, London) Norah Elizabeth Astley Maberly (28.02.1911 - 12.1999), only daughter of Capt. Charles James Astley Maberly (1881-1955), and Lilian Edith Millican (1879-1932); two sons, one daughter. She remarried (1945) Lt.Cdr. Peter Noel Buckley, RN.
16.12.1907
-
12.12.1942 *

(KIA)
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial]

* possibly already 04.12.42

Midsh. 15.01.1926
A/S.Lt. 01.05.1928
S.Lt. 01.01.1929
Lt. 01.01.1931
Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1939
15.01.1927 - (04.)1928 HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Atlantic)
26.04.1928 - (06.1928) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
(08.1929)     no appointment listed
09.12.1929 - (08.)1930 for duty with Group "D" submarines (HMS L 11 & HMS L 12) (in reserve, Portsmouth) [tenders to HMS Pigmy]
01.09.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Oberon (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla] [tender to HMS Ross]
19.09.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS H 30 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla] [tender to HMS Alecto]
(09.1932)     HMS H 30 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla] [tender to HMS Alecto] *
26.09.1932 - (06.)1933 First Lieutenant, HMS Skate (destroyer) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Winchester]
01.09.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China)
27.03.1934 - (02.)1936 First Lieutenant, HMS Orpheus (submarine) (4th Submarine Flotilla, China) [tender to HMS Medway]
(08.1936)     no appointment listed
31.08.1936 - (10.)1936 submarine Commanding Officer's course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
12.12.1936 - (07.1937) HMS H 33 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Dolphin]
11.01.1938 - (08.)1938 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
16.12.1938 - (08.)1939 Staff Officer (Operations), HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship)
15.11.1939 - (04.)1940 Staff Officer (Operations) to Captain (S) 3rd Submarine Flotilla [HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship)]
09.1940 - 10.1940 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship)
10.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Sturgeon (submarine)
09.1941 - 25.11.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Parthian (submarine)
26.11.1942 - 12.12.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Traveller (submarine) *
* probably mined on or about 4.12.1942 off the coast of Taranto; paid off 12.12.1942
St. Clair-Ford,
Vernon John
V.J. St Clair-Ford
Son of late Anson St. Clair St. Clair-Ford (1864-1940)  (grand-son of 2nd Bt), and Isabel Maria Frances "Elsie" Adams.
Brother of Capt. Aubrey St. Clair-Ford, and Lt.Cdr. Drummond St. Clair-Ford.
(09?).1918
Eastry district, Kent
-

18.08.1952

[buried in Kalkara Naval Cemetery, Malta]
Cadet
01.09.1936
Mifdsh.
01.05.1937
A/S.Lt.
01.05.1939
Lt.
01.10.1940
Lt.Cdr.
01.10.1948
Cdr.
30.06.1952
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
24.04.1940
bombing of SS Domala [investiture 25.02.41]
01.09.1936
-
(02.)1937
special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
29.06.1937
-
(04.)1939
HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
01.05.1939
-
(08.)1939
promotion course, Portsmouth
24.08.1939
-
(10.)1940
HMS Viscount (destroyer)
01.10.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Viscount (destroyer)
02.06.1941
-
(12.1941)
First Lieutenant, HMS Badsworth (destroyer)
03.03.1942
-
(02.)1943
HMS Wolverine (destroyer)
(06.1943)
-
(12.1943)
no appointment listed
04.04.1944
-
(04.1946)
[CO?, First Lieutenant?], HMS Barfleur (destroyer)
01.12.1947
-
(05.)1949
Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services)
19.12.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMS Bughead Bay
08.03.1952
-
18.08.1952
Commanding Officer, HMS Daring (destroyer)
St John,
Michael Beauchamp
M.B. St John
Son of Maj. Beauchamp Tudor St John (1880-1965), and Madeleine Ethel Goodbody (died 1982).
Married (07.10.1944) Pamela Patience Guinness, daughter of Sir Arthur Rundell Guinness and Frances PAtience Wright; one son, one daughter.
From Aboyne, Aberdeenshire.

13.05.1915
Kensington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
23.01.2009
Bepton, Midhurst, Sussex
...
...
Lt.
01.04.1937
Lt.Cdr.
01.04.1945
Cdr.
30.06.1952 (retd 14.05.1955)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
07.09.1943
operations eastern Mediterranean 07.42 "Oman"
...
-
...
...
08.1937
-
(04.)1939
HMS Pandora (submarine) (China)
05.1939
-
(08.1939)
HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China)



HMS Olympus (submarine)
02.1940
-
(04.1940)
HMS L 26 (submarine)
1940?
-
1941?
HMS Upholder (submarine)
12.01.1941
-
(02.)1941
submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
1941
-
1941
Commanding Officer, HMS L 26 (submarine)
03.11.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Tuna (submarine)
21.04.1942
-
26.11.1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Traveller (submarine)
03.12.1942
-
15.06.1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Parthian (submarine)
15.06.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Medway II (1st Submarine Flotilla base, Beirut)
23.03.1944
-
(06.)1944
Commanding Officer, HMS Otway (submarine)
23.08.1944
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Totem (submarine)
...
-
...
...
Salmon,
George Gordon Dustan
G.G.D. Salmon
Married ((12?).1921, Dartford district, Kent) Florence E. Adams.

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23.05.1889
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-

11.02.1958
A/S.Lt.
15.02.1910
S.Lt.
25.01.1911, seniority 15.02.1910
Lt.
01.10.1912 (retd)
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
01.10.1920 (reverted to retd < 01.1945)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
08.03.1918
ramming U-84 Irish Sea 01.18
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
-
-
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
-
-
Victory Medal VM
-
-
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
-
-
Africa Star Afr St
-
-
Defence Medal Def M
-
-
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
-
-
15.09.1904
 
 
entered RN
(1908)
 
 
HMS Black Prince



Commanding Officer, HMS P 62 (Q ship)
(1919?)


HMS Dauntless
[court martial 1919/20 for improperly forsaking station]
10.07.1940
-
(02.)1941
RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake]
(12.1941)


no appointment listed
(08.1942)


HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) *
01.09.1942
-
(06.)1944
HMS Moreta (RN base, Haifa)
(10.1944)
 
 
no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Salt,
George Stevenson
G.S. Salt (Photos: http://www.tai-mo-shan.co.uk) G.S. Salt (Photos: http://www.tai-mo-shan.co.uk)
G.S. Salt (Photos: http://www.tai-mo-shan.co.uk) G.S. Salt (Photos: http://www.tai-mo-shan.co.uk)
Second son of Lt.Col. Sir Thomas Anderdon Salt, Bt., DSO, and Lady Salt, of Beaminster, Dorsetshire.
Married (1935) Lilian Bridget Francis, of Beaminster, daughter of F.S. Francis; one daughter, one son.
(03?).1908
Kings Norton
-
20.10.1940
[age 32]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 3]
Cadet
15.09.1925
Midsh.
15.05.1926
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1928
S.Lt.
16.05.1929
Lt.
16.09.1931
Lt.Cdr.
16.09.1939
15.09.1925
-
(06.1928)
HMS Valiant (battleship) (Mediterranean & Portsmouth)
04.1929
-
(08.1929)
promotion course, Portsmouth
06.01.1930
-
(04.)1930
submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
09.1930
-
(04.)1933
HMS Oswald (submarine) (China)
05.1933
-
(07.)1934
no appointment listed (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
-
(02.)1935
First Lieutenant, HMS Sable (destroyer) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) [tender to HMS Woolston]
(07.1935)


no appointment listed
12.02.1936
-
(02.1936)
First Lieutenant, HMS Porpoise (submarine) (Portsmouth)
04.01.1937
-
(02.)1937
submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
06.06.1937
-
(02.)1938
Commanding Officer, HMS Starfish (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla)
20.04.1938
-
(09.1939)
HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet)
(04.1940)


no appointment listed
15.08.1940
-
20.10.1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Triad (submarine) [sunk during a close quarters exchange of gunfire and torpedoes with the Italian submarine Enrico Toti in the Gulf of Taranto]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Salter,
Douglas Collier
D.C. Salter
Son of John William Salter (1897-?), and ... Collier.
Married (17.11.1939, South Kensington) Irene Phyllis Brodie (25.07.1916 - 12.12.1974); one daughter, one son.
06.04.1918
Radcliffe, Lancashire
-
04.10.1974
Rasmalho, Portugal
Cadet
01.09.1935
Midsh.
01.09.1936
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1938
S.Lt.
1939, seniority 01.07.1938
Lt.
16.11.1939
A/Lt.Cdr.
< 04.1946
Lt.Cdr.
16.11.1947 (retd 13.04.1959)

Mention in Despatches

MID
04.10.1940
Norway
Education: HMS Conway
01.09.1935
-
31.08.1936
special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
01.09.1936
-
(08.)1938
HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
05.09.1938
-
(04.)1939
promotion course, Portsmouth
02.06.1939
-
05?.1941
HMS Hood (battlecruiser) *
(12.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
(08.1942)
 
 
no appointment listed
29.11.1942
-
(12.1943)
First Lieutenant, HMS Amazon (destroyer)
18.01.1944
-
(01.)1945
HMS Myngs (destroyer)
07.1945
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Wave (Algerine class minesweeper)
...
-
...
...
* (06.1940) still listed, but obviously escaped or survived the loss of the ship on 21.05.1941
 
Salter,
Jocelyn Stuart Cambridge
J.S.C. Salter

Son of late Henry Stuart Salter, of Messrs Lee, Bolton & Lee (Solicitors).
Married (1935) Joan (died 1971), daughter of late Rev. C.E.C. de Coetlogon, of the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment; one son, one daughter.
24.11.1901
Brentford, Middlesex
-
27.05.1989
Worthing, West Sussex
Midsh.
1917
Lt.
15.02.1923
Lt.Cdr.
15.02.1931
Cdr.
31.12.1937
Capt.
30.06.1942
R.Adm.
08.01.1952
V.Adm.
16.12.1954 (retd 03.12.1957)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
01.01.1954
New Year 54 [investiture 03.05.54]
Distinguished Service Order DSO
30.07.1942
4 Murmansk-Reykjavik convoys [investiture 22.09.42]
Distinguished Service Order DSO
02.02.1951
Korea [investiture 07.11.51]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
01.01.1942
New Year 42 [investiture 03.02.42]
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
29.06.1951
Korea
King Haakon VII's Liberty Cross (Norway) Hkn
26.08.1947
services to Norway
Order of the Star of Ethiopia, 3rd class (state visit emperor of Ethiopia 10.54)
Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth
1915


joined Royal Navy
1917
-
1919
HMS Ramillies, Grand Fleet
...
-
...
...
15.10.1935
-
(02.)1938
Navigating Officer, HMS Galatea (cruiser) & as Squadron Navigating Officer, Destroyer Flotillas of the Mediterranean Fleet
(06.1938)
-
(08.1938)
no appointment listed
18.08.1938
-
(08.1939)
Executive Officer, HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (and in command of tender)
(04.1940)


HMS Prosperine (RN base, Scapa) *
14.01.1941
-
1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Foresight (destroyer) (Force H & Home Fleet)
21.08.1942
-
(04.)1944
a Deputy Director of Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
(06.1944)
-
(10.1944)
HMS Mackay (destroyer) *
11.1944
-
(01.)1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Eglington (destroyer) & Captain (D), 16th Destroyer Flotilla
23.07.1945
-
15.12.1945
HMS Flycatcher (HQ of MONAB organisation) (for command of MONAB IX, HMS Nabrock)
15.12.1945
-
01.10.1947
Commanding Officer, HMS Simbang (RN Air Station, Sembawang, Singapore)
03.1948
-
(07.1948)
Captain of HM Dockyard Rosyth and Assistant King's Harbour Master [HMS Cochrane]
03.1950
-
1951
Commanding Officer, HMS Jamaica (served with UN Fleet in Korean waters)
1951


served on staff of SHAPE
1951


also: Naval ADC to the King
24.09.1952
-
1954
Flag Officer, Malta & Admiral Superintendent HM Dockyard, Malta [HMS St Angelo]
05.10.1954
-
1957
Admiral Superintendent HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
Member, Court of Assistants, Haberdashers' Company, Warden, 1958, 1963, 1968, Master, 1970.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Samways,
Harold Bernard
H.B. Samways
19.07.1906
Ireland Islands, Bermudas
-
07.08.1974
Curdridge, Southampton, Hampshire
...
...
Lt. (E)
15.09.1928
Lt.Cdr. (E)
15.09.1936
Cdr. (E)
31.12.1942 (retd 19.07.1956; age)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
25.03.1943
North Russian convoy JW51B 31.12.42 [decoration posted]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
04.04.1944
Aegean operations damaged air attack 09.10.43 [decoration posted]
...
-
...
...
22.11.1930
-
(01.)1932
Engineer Officer, HMS Osiris (submarine) (China)
(09.1932)
 
 
no appointment listed
02.01.1933
-
(06.)1933
Engineer Officer, HMS Velox (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
28.12.1933
-
(02.)1936
Engineer Officer, HMS Escort (destroyer) (Home Fleet) [ship commissioned 06.11.1934]
25.11.1936
-
(02.)1939
HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (China)
(04.1939)
 
 
no appointment listed
08.06.1939
-
(08.)1939
Engineer Officer, HMS Keppel (flotilla leader) (and for flotilla duties, 17th Destroyer Flotilla)
01.12.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional; for flotilla duties)
18.11.1940
-
(02.)1943
Engineer Officer, HMS Onslow (destroyer)
01.05.1943
-
(04.)1944
Engineer Officer, HMS Carlisle (cruiser)
(06.1944)
 
 
no appointment listed
09.09.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (for engineer duties)
(04.1946)
 
 
no appointment listed
12.1947
-
(07.)1948
HMS Royal Albert
13.11.1948
-
(05.1950)
HMS King George V (battleship)
09.02.1951
-
(05.1953)
RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)]
05.04.1954
-
(01.1956)
HMS President (Admiralty) (for miscellaneous duties)
FIMechE
* indexed, but not listed as such
Sandars,
[Sir] Reginald Thomas
R.T. Sandars (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Sandars) R.T. Sandars (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Sandars)
Third son (with four brothers) of Canon George Russell Sandars (1865-1950), and Henrietta Mary Lambert Wyld (1871-1956), of Cedar Court, Farnham, Surrey.
Married (16.02.1935, St Wilfred's, Davenham, Northwich district, Cheshire) Elizabeth Audrey Crewdson (16.12.1910 - 11.2001), only daughter of Robert Russell Crewdson (1871-1952), of Delamere, Cheshire; three sons.
20.09.1904
Northwich district, Cheshire
-
26.05.1975
in hospital (formerly of Wrecclesham, near Farnham, Surrey)
Midsh. (E) 15.09.1922
S.Lt. (E) 30.09.1925
Lt. (E) 30.11.1927
Lt.Cdr. (E) 30.11.1935
Cdr. (E) 30.06.1940
Capt. (E) 30.06.1949
R.Adm. 12.11.1956
V.Adm. 29.01.1960 (retd 26.05.1962)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE 01.01.1962 New Year 62 [investiture 13.02.62]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 01.01.1959 New Year 59 [investiture 10.02.59]
Education: RN Colleges Osborne and Dartmouth.
1918     entered RN
15.09.1922 - (05.)1926 course of instruction in engineering, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid]
01.09.1926 - (06.)1928 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean)
23.10.1928 - ? HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)
04.05.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (and for duty with submarines)
06.05.1930 - (08.)1930 HMS M 3 (submarine) (in reserve, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Ross]
04.10.1930 - ? HMS Alecto (submarine depot ship)
29.01.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Curacoa (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
03.1932 - (03.)1934 HMS Porpoise (submarine) (under construction at Barrow-in-Furness) (and for duty with submarines; and on commissioning) [borne in HMS Dolphin]
04.03.1934 - (08.)1936 HMS Thames (submarine) [tender to HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship)] (Mediterranean)
(10.1936)     no appointment listed
(01.1937)     no appointment listed
06.01.1937 - (12.1938) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (to assist Engineer Captain)
10.01.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (Home Fleet)
(04.1940)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *
06.1940 - (02.)1943 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services)
12.03.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, Malta)
04.1944 - 21.09.1944 HMS Medway II (base for 1st Submarine Flotilla, Malta) (and for flotilla duties with 1st Submarine Flotilla)
(01.1945)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
1946/47?     supervising the de-commissioning of German U-Boats [HMS Royal Albert?]
26.02.1948 - (05.1949) Executive Officer & Second-in-Command, RN Engineering College, Manadon, Plymouth [HMS Thunderer]
26.03.1950 - (05.1951) Squadron Engineer Officer on staff of Flag Officer Destroyers, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Tyne]
16.06.1952 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS Fisgard (training establishment, Torpoint, Cornwall)
22.04.1954 - 1954 senior officers' technical course [HMS Vernon]
(07.1954)     no appointment listed
13.09.1954 - (04.1955) Fleet Engineer Officer on staff of Flag Officer, Submarines [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)]
(01.1956)     HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) *
12.11.1956 - (01.)1957 Deputy Engineer-in-Chief (Engineer Assistant Personnel), Admiralty [HMS President]
1957 - 1958 Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel and Director of Naval Training, Admiralty [HMS President]
15.09.1958 - 19.10.1959 Director of Fleet Maintenance, Admiralty [HMS President]
12.1959 - 19.05.1962 Director­General of Dockyards and Maintenance, Admiralty [HMS President]
15.10.1960 - 26.05.1962 also: Chief Naval Engineer Officer, Admiralty [HMS President]
MIMechE.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Sangster,
Anthony d'Evelyn Trevor
"Tony"
A.d'E.T. Sangster (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster) A.d'E.T. Sangster (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
Son of Mrs C.R.T. Sangster, of High Gables, Cobham.
Married (15.04.1946, Singapore) Ellen Mawdsley "Lell" Paterson, widow of F/O Ralph Kenyon Crompton, and daughter of Mr & Mrs J.C. Paterson, of Oaklands, Tarporley; ... children (one son?).

19.01.1921
Kandy, Ceylon
-
03.1992
Chester & Ellesmere Port district, Cheshire
Cadet 01.05.1938
Midsh. 01.01.1939
A/S.Lt. 01.09.1940
S.Lt. 1941, seniority 01.09.1940
Lt. 16.04.1942
Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1950 (retd 01.06.1956)
Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.09.1934-05.04.1938; Admiralty No. 1458; St Vincent House; Cadet Captain).
01.05.1938 - 12.1938 HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser)
01.01.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Warspite (battleship)
01.09.1940 - (10.1940) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(02.1941)     promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] *
04.1941 - 08.1941 under training
16.09.1941 - 01.1942 HMS Montrose (destroyer) (S/Lt. Naval Signals)
21.03.1942 - 08.1943 HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Correspondence Lt., CB's & SB's 2nd Lt. Signals)
(08.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed
01.11.1943 - 09.1944 1st Lieutenant, HMS Loring (frigate)
11.1944 - 08.1945 1st Lieutenant, HMS Blackmore (destroyer)
10.1945 - 03.1946 1st Lieutenant, HMS Nith (frigate)
03.1946 - 08.1946 Drafting Officer, FOMAS staff (Singapore)
08.1946 - 11.1946 Resident Naval Officer, Palembang
05.04.1947 - 07.1948 1st Lieutenant, HMS Loch Veyatie
12.07.1948 - 17.08.1948 HMAS Cerberus II [lent to RAN] (passage to Australia per ss Stratheden)
18.08.1948 - 09.08.1949 HMAS Leeuwin [lent to RAN]
10.08.1949 - 28.09.1950 HMAS Shoalhaven [lent to RAN]
29.09.1950 - 05.12.1950 HMAS Penguin [lent to RAN] (passage to UK per ss Strathmore)
29.01.1951 - (05.1951) HMS Royal Arthur
31.03.1952 - ? Commanding Officer, HMS Woodbridge Haven (Coastal Forces depot ship)
31.03.1953 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS Woodbridge Haven
01.02.1954 - (07.1954) Commanding Officer, HMS Maenad
(01.1955)     HMS Maenad *
04.1955 - (01.)1956 HMS Wakeful
Sarel,
Colin Alfred Molyneux
I.R. Sarel

Son of late Lt.Gen. Henry Andrew Sarel and Phyllis, daughter of late Rev. More Molyneux of Compton, Guildford.
Uncle of Capt. I.R. Sarel, DSC, RN.
Married (1907) Mabel, daughter of late Howard Rumney, solicitor, London; one daughter (and one daughter deceased).

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10.08.1880
Rollesby Hall, Great Yarmouth

-
07.06.1954
Cooden Beach, Bexhill
S.Lt.
1900
Lt.
1902
Cdr.
1914
Capt.
31.12.1920
R.Adm.
01.11.1932 (retd) (reactivated 1939) (reverted to retd 1945; invalided)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
?
?
Haakon VII Liberty Medal (Norway) Hkn
26.08.1947
services to Norway
Education: Stubbington, Fareham
15.07.1894
 
 
entered RN
1904
-
1906
HMS Britannia, Dartmouth



Midshipman in Magnificent, Renown (Flag of Sir John Fisher), Pelican, and Cruiser; Greenwich and Portsmouth Colleges, Fairy, Decoy; Retribution, Gibraltar, Vernon, Ramillies, Africa; Actaeon, Berwick, Queen; Cornwallis in Dardanelles (wounded and invalided); Naval Mission in Greece, 1916; minelaying at Scapa Flow, Dover, and coasts of England and Scotland, 1917-1918; in command of Espiegle in Persian Gulf, 1919-1920; Capt. 1920, Assistance, 1922-1924; Calypso, 1925-1926; Captain-in-Charge, Bermuda Dockyard, 1926-1928; Argus, Aircraft Carrier, 1929-1930; Flag­Captain and Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet, Constance and Frobisher, 1930-1932; Second Naval Member of Australian Naval Board and Captain Supt of Training and in command of Flinders Naval Depot, 1932-1934; stations served on Channel, Mediterranean, North America and West Indies, East Indies, Australia
...
-
...
...
11.1939
-
(04.)1940
Commodore of Convoys [HMS Eaglet II]
26.06.1942
-
10.01.1945
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Leith [HMS Claverhouse]
Sarel,
Ian Ross
"Wings"
I.R. Sarel
Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Col. George Benedict Molyneux Sarel, CSI (died 1953), Indian Army, and Nan I. Ross.
Nephew of R.Adm. C.A.M. Sarel, OBE, RN.
Married (31.01.1938) Sybil 'Sue' Neville; two daughters, one son.
03.08.1909
Muree, India
-
26.02.1970
Harwell, Oxfordshire
[All Saints Churchyard, Chilton, Oxfordshire]

Cadet
01.01.1927
Midsh.
01.09.1927
A/S.Lt.
01.01.1930
S.Lt.
01.09.1930
Lt.
16.10.1932
15.12.1932, seniority 01.10.1932
Lt.Cdr.
01.10.1940
Cdr.
30.06.1943
Capt.
30.06.1949 (retd 07.07.1958)
RAF:

F/O
20.09.1931
F/Lt.
01.01.1937
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
01.01.1941
New Year 41 [investiture 14.07.1942]
Mention in Despatches MID
21.10.1941
Operation EF (air strikes on Kirkenes and Petsamo 30.07.41)
Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1922-1926)
10.01.1927
-
(07.)1927
HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean)
08.11.1927
-
(08.1929)
HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean)
02.01.1930
-
10.08.1930
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
11.08.1930
-
(02.)1931
promotion course, Portsmouth
20.09.1931
-
(09.)1932
pilot's course, RAF Base, Leuchars [attached to RAF]
03.11.1932
-
(08.)1934
pilot, Fighter Squadron 802 FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean), later HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet)] [attached to RAF]
08.10.1934
-
(07.1935)
pilot, S/R Squadron 824 FAA [HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier)] (China) [attached to RAF]
01.1936
-
(02.)1936
pilot, Fighter Squadron 803 FAA [HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier)] (China) [attached to RAF]
04.05.1936
-
(02.)1937
HMS Terror II (RN base, Singapore) [attached to RAF]
(07.1937)


no appointment listed [attached to RAF]
11.10.1937
-
10.1938
715 Squadron FAA [HMS Birmingham (cruiser)] (China) [attached to RAF]
01.02.1939
-
(04.)1939
Commanding Officer, 715 Flight FAA [HMS Kent (cruiser)] (China) [attached to RAF]
(08.1939)
-
(04.1940)
Fleet Air Arm
05.1940
-
(1940)
801 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)]
(02.1941)


HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, near Winchester) *
11.07.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)
04.05.1942
-
(08.)1942
HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services)
27.08.1942
-
(08.)1943
on staff of Flag Officer, Naval Air Stations [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
26.09.1943
-
(01.)1945
Commander Flying, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
01.08.1945
-
(04.)1947
Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
25.07.1947
-
(05.1949)
Executive Officer, RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire [HMS Daedalus]
(05.1950)


no appointment listed
1950
-
01.07.1952
Commanding Officer, HMS Seahawk (RN Air Station, Culdrose, nr Helston)
1952
-
(05.1953)
Commanding Officer, HMS Zephyr (destroyer), from 18.03.1953 HMS Myngs (destroyer) & as Captain (D), Portland
12.04.1954
-
(04.)1955
Commanding Officer, HMS Siskin (RN Air Station and School of Aircraft Handling, Gosport, Hampshire)
21.11.1955
-
(01.1957)
Director of Air Equipment and Naval Photography Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Sarell,
Richard Iwan Alexander
R.I.A. Sarell
22.02.1909
-
31.10.2001

Kensington and Chelsea, London
Lt.Cdr.
01.12.1938
Cdr.
30.06.1943
Capt.
30.06.1948 (retd 04.11.1957)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
23.12.1939
successful actions against enemy submarines [investiture 05.03.40]
Mention in Despatches MID
21.12.1943
Operation Husky
1934


specialised in gunnery
31.07.1939
-
1939
Gunnery Officer, HMS Broke (destroyer)
15.11.1939

(07.)1943
Gunnery Officer, HMS Mauritius (cruiser)
09.09.1943
-
(06.)1944
Gunnery & Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
08.1944
-
(04.1946)
Gunnery & Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
1949
-
1951
 Naval Attaché, Moscow and Helsinki
1952


student Imperial Defence College
1954


Defence Research Policy Staff
Sartain,
Michael John [Joseph]
M.J.J. Sartain

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18.03.1879
Plymouth, Devon
-
1961
Hampshire
Seaman ? [189374]
Gnr. 30.06.1910
Cd.Gnr. 30.06.1920
Lt. 31.12.1925 (retd 18.03.1929)
Lt.Cdr. (retd) 31.12.1933
? - (01.1919) HM TB 97 (torpedo boat)
21.08.1921 - (08.1923) HMS Curacoa (light cruiser)
09?.1924     HMS P 50 (submarine) (temporarily)
18.12.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (and for tenders)
28.01.1926 - (05.)1926 First Lieutenant, HMS Boyne (fishery protection gunboat (trawler))
10.07.1926 - (06.1928) Commanding Officer, HMS Ouse (trawler) (Mediterranean)
26.08.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services)
01.11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS President III (accounting base for personnel allocated for service in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships)
13.05.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS President III (accounting base for personnel allocated for service in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships)
04.05.1943 - 05.10.1944 Executive Officer, HMS Helder (Combined Operations base, Brightlingsea) [satellite of HMS Nemo (auxiliary patrol base, Brightlingsea)]
17.10.1944 - 05.1945 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
Satterford,
[the Rev.] Douglas Leigh
D.L. Satterford

Son of ... Satterford, and ... Leigh.
(09?).1918
Devonport district, Devon
-
19.04.2009
hospital, Maidstone, Kent [aged 90]
...
...
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1939
S.Lt.
1940?, seniority 01.09.1939
Lt.
01.11.1940
Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1948 (retd 26.07.1959)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
08.09.1942
Malta convoy 22.03.42 [investiture 02.02.43]
Mention in Despatches MID
11.11.1941
Greek withdrawal 04.41
...
-
...
...
01.01.1940
-
(04.)1940
promotion course, Portsmouth
24.10.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Gallant (destroyer)
02.1941
-
15.06.1942
First Lieutenant, HMS Hasty (destroyer)
12.1942
-
(12.1943)
First Lieutenant, HMS Forester (destroyer)
30.03.1944
-
(01.)1945
First Lieutenant, HMS Brilliant (destroyer)
19.06.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Peacock (sloop)
...
-
...
...
Saumarez,
Philip Lionel
P.L. Saumarez (Photo courtesy of Mr James Saumarez) 
Son of Lt.Col. Richard James Saumarez, CMG, RM (1864-1943), and Elliot Mabel Ogston (?-1936), and great-great-grandnephew of Admiral Sir James Saumarez (1757-1836).
Married (14.03.1933, Kensington district, London) Elizabeth Patricia Agnes O'Connor (09.10.1909 - 1989), daughter of Capt. Thomas Reginald Gill O'Connor, RN (1881-1946), and Gladys Agnes Molesworth Ollard (1884-1947); one daughter, two sons.

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18.09.1904
Alverstoke district, Hampshire
-
02.
1994
Barnstaple district, Devon
Midsh. 15.09.1922
A/S.Lt. 15.01.1925
S.Lt. 03.08.1926, seniority 15.07.1925
Lt. 15.10.1926
Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1934
Cdr. 31.12.1940
A/Capt. 1945?
Capt. 31.12.1947 (retd 05.11.1956)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 23.12.1939 successful actions against enemy submarines [investiture 26.02.40]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 11.09.1940 courage on recent engagement [investiture 25.11.41]
Mention in Despatches MID 14.07.1941 attack E-boats Mediterranean, 2 sunk, 04.09.40
15.05.1918     entered RN
15.09.1922 - (01.1925) HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (China)
11.01.1926 - (05.)1926 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
11.10.1926 - (02.)1927 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
11.02.1927 - (04.)1928 HMS L 16 (submarine) (Mediterranean) [tender to HMS Conquest]
11.06.1928 - (08.)1929 HMS H 32 (submarine) [tender to HMS Vulcan]
05.11.1929 - (08.1930) HMS Calypso (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
03.01.1931 - (01.)1933 HMS Oberon (submarine) (Mediterranean)
01.05.1933 - (06.)1933 submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Alecto]
18.10.1933 - (02.)1936 Executive Officer, HMS Boadicea (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
20.05.1936 - (02.)1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Wolfhound (destroyer) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland)
10.05.1937 - (07.1937) tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
01.01.1938 - (10.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Ilex (destroyer)
(02.1941)     no appointment listed
25.03.1941 - (02.)1943 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
14.06.1943 - (12.1943) Staff Officer (Plans), Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet [HMS Duke of York]
02.1944 - (06.)1944 Executive Officer, HMS Scylla (cruiser)
09.1944 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Queenborough (destroyer)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
24.01.1948 - (05.1949) on staff of Flag Officer Commanding British Naval Forces, Germany [HMS Royal Albert]
03.04.1950 - (05.1951) Commanding Officer, HMS Crispin & as Captain (D) 3rd TF
17.01.1952 - (05.1953) Deputy Director of Plans (J), Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
22.03.1954 - (01.)1956 Director of RN Tactical School, Woolwich [HMS President]
07.07.1956 - 07.01.1957 also: Naval ADC to the Queen
Saunders,
Charles William Thomas
C.W.T. Saunders
Married (divorced 1967); one son.
09.02.1914
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
mid 1970
Newport Hospital, Isle of Wight
A/S.Lt. (E)
01.07.1937
S.Lt. (E)
1938?, seniority 01.07.1937
Lt. (E)
16.05.1939
Lt.Cdr. (E)
16.05.1947
Cdr. (E)
31.12.1950 (retd 25.10.1958)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
29.06.1943
minelaying & passages Malta &tc. [investiture 18.04.44]
30.09.1937
-
(08.)1938
course of instruction in engineering, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
05.08.1938
-
(08.)1939
HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
01.11.1939
-
(02.)1941
HMS Shropshire (cruiser)
(12.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
14.01.1942
-
26.08.1943
HMS Rorqual (minelaying submarine) *
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
13.03.1946
-
(04.1946)
HMS Alaric (submarine)
26.07.1947
-
(07.1948)
HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship)
10.02.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties)
21.03.1953
-
(05.1953)
HMS Montclare (submarine depot ship)
(04.1955)
 
 
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) **
23.01.1956
-
(01.1957)
an Engineer Inspector, Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (probably at the Admiralty establishment at Bath, Somerset)
MIMarE
* (10.1943) - (10.1944) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
** indexed, but not listed as such
Saunders,
Frederick
F. Saunders
?
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973 ?
A/T/Gnr. (T)
13.06.1940
T/Gnr. (T) =
T/Sen.Cd.Gr. (T)
1941, seniority 13.06.1940
T/A/Cd.Gnr. (T)
18.06.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
24.07.1940
-
(08.)1943
French Ship L'Incomprise (escort destroyer)
(10.1943)
-
(12.1943)
no appointment listed
(04.1944)


HMS Brilliant (destroyer) *
(06.1944)
-
(07.1945)
no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such

Saunders,
Leslie Swain
L.S. Saunders
Son of James Swain Saunders, and Chrestina R. Saunders, of Cramond Bridge, West Lothian, Scotland.
Married (11.03.1933) Elizabeth Culme-Seymour (born 1904), daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 4th Bt. and Hon. Florence Agnes Louisa
Nugent; three sons, one daughter.

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27.06.1896
St Andrew district, Edinburgh City, Midlothian, Scotland
-
12.1988
Corby district, Northamptonshire
Lt.
15.04.1918
Lt.Cdr.
15.04.1926
Cdr.
30.06.1932
Capt.
31.12.1937 (retd 08.01.1947)
Cdre. 2nd cl.
06.1943
Distinguished Service Order DSO
30.07.1942
4 Murmansk-Reykjavik convoys [investiture 22.09.42]
Officier de la Légion d'Honneur (France) LegH
?
?
09.1914


joined RN
01.05.1923
-
(08.1923)
Assistant W/T Officer, HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)
18.12.1924
-
(05.1926)
Flag Lieutenant-Commander & Signal Officer to Rear-Admiral Commanding 3rd Cruiser Squadron & as Squadron Signal and W/T Officer [HMS Cardiff (cruiser)] (Mediterranean)
(02.1927)
 
 
no appointment listed
28.03.1927
-
(07.)1927
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for signal school)
06.08.1927
-
(06.)1928
Flag Lieutenant & Signal Officer, HMS Coventry (cruiser) & as Squadron Siganl and W/T Officer, Destroyer Flotillas of the Mediteranean Fleet
22.10.1928
-
(04.)1930
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for signal school)
27.05.1930
-
(01.)1932
Fleet Signal Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)]
10.08.1932
-
(09.1932)
HMS President (for Signal Department, Admiralty)
23.02.1933
-
(07.)1934
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services)
27.07.1934
-
(08.)1934
Commanding Officer, HMS Walker (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
03.09.1934
-
(02.)1936
Commanding Officer, HMS Escapada (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
27.07.1936
-
(07.1937)
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; as Executive Officer, Signal School)
(02.1938)
 
 
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *
(06.1938)
 
 
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *
03.06.1938
-
(09.1939)
Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral and Senior Officer, Yangtse [HMS Scorpion (river gunboat)] (China)
(04.1940)
 
 
no appointment listed
06.07.1940
-
(02.)1941
Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
15.05.1941
-
15.05.1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Trinidad (light cruiser)
03.07.1942
-
(06.)1943
Captain (D), Greenock [HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)] (for flotilla duties)
06.1943
-
(10.1944)
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Trincomalee [HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee)]
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
04.07.1945
-
(04.)1946
Commanding Officer, HMS Liverpool (cruiser)
Published: A spaniel for the gun : training notes and other advice for beginners (privately published under pen-name "Looker-on")
* indexed, but not listed as such
Saunderson,
Lawrence Rostard
L.R. Saunderson
29.05.1910
Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire
-
02.1985
Doncaster, Nottinghamshire
Gnr.
01.07.1937
A/Lt.
31.05.1942
Lt.
?, seniority 31.05.1942
A/Lt.Cdr.
09.1945?
Lt.Cdr.
17.08.1947 (retd 29.05.1955)
20.04.1937
-
(08.1939)
HMS Duncan (destroyer, flotilla leader) (torpedo duties)
(08.1942)


no appointment listed
09.1942
-
(08.1943)
HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)
08.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers)
11.03.1944
-
(06.1944)
HMS Kent (cruiser)
01.02.1945
-
(07.1945)
First Lieutenant, HMS Malcolm (destroyer, flotilla leader)
09.1945
-
(04.1946)
First Lieutenant, HMS Mullion Cove (repair ship)
...
-
...
...
Savage,
Edward Graham
L.R. Saunderson
c. 1913 ?
-
12.2004 still alive
...
...
Lt.
16.12.1934
Lt.Cdr.
16.09.1942
A/Cdr.
31.01.1946?
Cdr.
30.06.1946 (retd 28.01.1958)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
10.11.1942
Operation Pedestal [investiture 01.12.42]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
01.01.1941
New Year 41 [investiture 01.12.42]
Mention in Despatches MID
11.06.1946
wind up Far East
...
-
...
...
(08.1939)
-
(04.1940)
Fleet Air Arm
(1940)


801 Squadron FAA
(02.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
16.10.1941
-
(08.1942)
Comanding Officer, 809 Squadron FAA [HMS Victorious]
05.09.1942
-
31.01.1943
Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
01.02.1943
-
(10.1944)
Naval Air Warfare and Flying Training Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
09.06.1945
-
(07.1945)
Staff Officer, Air Tactics on staff of Flag Officer Commanding 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron, British Pacific Fleet [HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)]
31.01.1946
-
(04.1946)
Staff Officer (Air) on staff of Rear Admiral (Aircraft Carriers) [HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier)]
01.11.1947
-
(07.1948)
HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, nr Padstow, Cornwall)
(05.1949)
 
 
no appointment listed
26.04.1950
-
(05.1950)
Commanding Officer, HMS Perseus (aircraft carrier)
16.02.1951
-
(05.)1953
HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
08.07.1953
-
10.05.1954
Commanding Officer, Mobile Naval Air Base (MNOAB) 10 (RN Air Station Henstridge, Dorset)
13.07.1954
-
(04.1955)
Junior Naval Liaison Officer, UK Services Liaison Staff, Canada [HMS Howard]
...
-
...
...
Sawyer,
John Frederick Hubert
L.R. Saunderson

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10.11.1900
-
27.01.1979
Yelverton, Devon
... ...
Lt. 15.05.1923
Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1931
Cdr. 30.06.1937 (retd 24.03.1949)
A/Capt. 08.09.1942?
25.10.1918     entered RN
... - ... ...
07.06.1935 - (07.1935) HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet)
09.01.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Meditteranean)
(02.1938)     no appointment listed
03.06.1938 - (05.)1939 HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean)
(08.1939)     no appointment listed
? - (04.1940) Kite Section [Signal Department, Admiralty?] *
19.06.1940 - (02.)1941 Executive Officer, HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)
25.11.1941 - (12.1941) Executive Officer, HMS Gambia (cruiser)
(08.1942)     no appointment listed
08.09.1942 - (12.1943) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
03.1944 - 07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Reaper (escort carrier)
21.07.1945 - 21.08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Nabswick (mobile naval air base (MONAB) V) (Jervis Bay)
22.08.1945 - 15.11.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Nabthorpe (mobile naval air base (MONAB) III) (Schofields, NSW)
18.11.1945 - 18.03.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Nabswick (mobile naval air base (MONAB) V) (Nowra)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
(07.1948)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Sayer,
[Sir] Guy Bourchier
G.B. Sayer

Third son of William Feetham Sayer (1850-1910), and late Edith Alexandra Bell (1863-1941), of East Finchley, London.
Married (24.10.1925, Church of Emmanuel, Compton Gifford, Plymouth) Sylvia Rosalind Pleadwell Munday (06.03.1904 - 01.2000), younger daughter (with one brother and one sister) of Maj.Gen. Richard Cleveland Munday, CB, MRCS, LRCP, RAF (1867-1952), and Olive Louise Burnard (1873-1960), of Hartley, Plymouth, Devon; twin sons.
02.01.1903
Barnet, Greater London
-
15.10.1985
Cator, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon
Cadet 1916
Midsh. 1920
S.Lt. 15.11.1923
Lt. 15.02.1925
Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1933
Cdr. 31.12.1937
A/Capt. 25.03.1943?
Capt. 30.06.1944
R.Adm. 08.07.1953
V.Adm. 10.01.1957 (retd 28.02.1959)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE 01.01.1959 New Year 59 [investiture 10.02.59]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 02.01.1956 New Year 56 [investiture 06.03.56]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 [investiture 27.07.43]
... - ... ...
15.11.1935 - (02.)1938 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for Motor Torpedo Boats, in command) , from 1937 Commanding Officer, HM MTB No. 1 & Senior Officer, 1st MTB Flotilla [HMS Vulcan (trawler; parent ship of 1st MTB Flotilla)]
(06.1938)     no appointment listed
02.08.1938 - (09.1939) Mining Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth)
14.02.1940 - (04.)1940 Executive Officer, HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
25.05.1940 - (10.)1940 Staff Officer (Motor Torpedo Boats) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Prembroke (RN base, Chatham)]
11.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Ludlow (destroyer)
10.10.1941 - 29.01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Cleveland (destroyer)
25.03.1943 - (01.)1945 Deputy Director Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
03.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Cossack (destroyer)
... - ... ...
1953 - 1956 Vice­Controller of the Navy and Director of Naval Equipment, Admiralty
1956 - 1957 Flag Officer, Home Fleet Training Squadron
1958 - 1959 Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet
Published: HMS Vernon : a history (1930)

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