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Sabine, Charles Wheatstone	10.06.1901 - 07.1985 Reading and Wokingham, Berkshire	Lt. 15.02.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1931 Cdr. 31.12.1939 (retd 10.06.1951) OBE 01.01.1940 New Year 40 Hkn 26.08.1947 services to Norway	08.1938 - (1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Franklin (surveying ship) 02.1941 - (10.1943) Staff Officer (Operations) and Surveying Officer, Flag Officer Commanding Dover [HMS Lynx] 16.11.1943 - (12.1943) Hydrographic Department, Admiralty 31.12.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS White Bear 02.12.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Challenger (surveying ship) (1947) ML's Dover
St. Aubyn, Erskine Knollys Heveningham Son of Edward  St. Aubyn (1827-1914), and Ada Mary Thomson (died 1948).	25.09.1898 Chelsea, Greater London, Middlesex - 02.03.1942 [age 43] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 62, column 3]	... ... Lt. 15.12.1918 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1926 A/Cdr. 08.1940? DSC 14.03.1916 Gallipoli MID 14.03.1916 Gallipoli MID 15.12.1942 fall of Singapore 02.42	... - ... ... 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)] ? - 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) Brother of Lt.Cdr. D. St. Clair-Ford.	29.02.1904 district Upton upon Severn, Worcs. - 08.04.1991 Sandle Copse, Fordingbridge, Hants	Lt. 15.09.1926 Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1934 Cdr. 31.12.1939 Capt. 31.12.1945 (retd 07.01.1955) DSO 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete DSO 26.05.1942 sinking submarine Mediterranean 28.12.41 MID 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.42 MID 17.11.1942 Operation MG2 loss Cyrenaica 05.42 MID 02.02.1951 Korea (since 09.07.50) MID 03.10.1952 Korea (4th list) LM 13.08.1954 Korea	Education: Stubbington House; RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth 26.07.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Windsor (destroyer) 14.08.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Rodney (battleship) 07.1932 - (09.1932) Commanding Officer, HMS Walker (destroyer) 03.02.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Keppel (destroyer, flotilla leader) 17.12.1934 - (07.1935) HMS Duncan (destroyer, flotilla leader) 20.08.1936 - (02.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Sardonyx (destroyer) (Portsmouth) 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 - (06.1944) 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) 1950 - 1953 HMS Belfast (served Korean War)
St. Clair-Ford, Drummond Brother of Capt. A. St. Clair-Ford.	16.12.1907 - 12.12.1942 * (KIA) [Portsmouth Naval Memorial] * possibly already 04.12.42	S.Lt. 01.01.1929 Lt. 01.01.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1939	01.09.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Oberon (submarine) - (09.1932) HMS H 30 (submarine) 01.09.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) 27.03.1934 - (07.1935) First Lieutenant, HMS Orpheus (submarine) 12.12.1936 - (02.1937) HMS H 33 (submarine) 16.12.1938 - (08.1939) Staff Officer (Operations), HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) 09.1941 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Parthian (submarine) 26.11.1941 - 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	? - 18.08.1952 [buried in Kalkara Naval Cemetery, Malta]	A/S.Lt. 01.05.1939 Lt. 01.10.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1948 Cdr. 30.06.1952 MBE 24.04.1940 bombing of SS Domala	01.05.1939 - (08.1939) course, Portsmouth (1940) HMS Viscount (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) 19.12.1949 - (05.1950_ HMS Bughead Bay (1952) Commanding Officer, HMS Daring (destroyer)
Salt, George Stevenson Son of Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas Anderdon Salt, Bt., D.S.O., and Lady Salt, of Beaminster, Dorsetshire; husband of Lilian Bridget Salt, of Beaminster.	(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) (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 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, Jocelyn Stuart Cambridge 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) CB 01.01.1954 New Year 54 DSO 30.07.1942 4 Murmansk-Reykjavik convoys DSO 02.02.1951 Korea OBE 01.01.1942 New Year 42 BSM 29.06.1951 Korea 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) HMS Mackay (destroyer) * 1944 - 1945 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	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) DSC 25.03.1943 North Russian convoy JW51B 31.12.42 [award posted] DSC 04.04.1944 Aegean operations damaged air attack 09.10.43 [award 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
Sarel, Ian Ross "Wings" Son of an Indian Army officer.	03.08.1909 Muree, India - 02.1970 Oxford ? [All Saint's Churchyard, Oxford ?]	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 DSC 01.01.1941 New Year 41 [investiture 14.07.1942] MID 21.10.1941 Operation EF (air strikes on Kirkenes and Petsamo 30.07.41)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1922-...) 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 - (01.1934) pilot, Fighter Squadron 802 FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [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 - (06.1944) Commander Flying, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) (07.1945) no appointment listed 01.08.1945 - (04.1946) Airfields and Carrier Requitements Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 25.07.1947 - (07.1948) Executive Officer, RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire [HMS Daedalus] (05.1950) no appointment listed 18.03.1953 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS Myngs (destroyer) 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	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) DSO 23.12.1939 succesful actions against enemy submarines MID 21.12.1943 Op. 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 08.1944 - (04.1946) Gunnery & Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division, Admiralty 1949 - 1951  Naval Attaché, Moscow and Helsinki 1952 student Imperial Defence College 1954 Defence Research Policy Staff
Saumarez, Philip Lionel	18.09.1904 district Alverstoke, Hampshire - 02.1994 Barnstaple, Devon	A/S.Lt. ? 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) DSC 23.12.1939 succesful actions against enemy submarines DSC 11.09.1940 courage on recent engagement MID 14.07.1941 attack E-boats Mediterranean, 2 sunk, 04.09.40	01.01.1938 - (09.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Ilex (destroyer) 25.03.1941 - (02.1943) Plans Division, Admiralty 14.06.1943 - (12.1943) Staff Officer (Plans), Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet [HMS Duke of York] 02.1944 - (06.1944) Commander HMS Scylla (cruiser) 09.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Queenborough (destroyer) 07.07.1956 - 07.01.1957 Naval ADC to the Queen
Saunders, Charles William Thomas 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) 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