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Shaw, Archibald Campbell   Younger son of John Grieg Shaw, of Belfast, and Mrs Shaw, of Lealholm, Inverleith Place, Edinburgh. Married (15.06.1917, All Saints, Newton Heath, Manchester, Prestwich district, Lancashire) Robina Whytock (1888-1972), daughter of James Whytock, of Bonnybridge, Stirling; one son (Lt. John Whytock Shaw, RN), one daughter (Frances Elizabeth Jean Muirhead Shaw (1919-2003) married Lt.Cdr. Robert Francis Gerard Elsworth, DSC, RN).	1889 - 29.10.1958 Hampshire	Sg.Lt. 06.08.1914 Sg.Lt.Cdr. 06.08.1920 Sg.Cdr. 06.08.1926 A/Sg.Capt. < 10.1940 Sg.Capt. 31.12.1940 (retd)	Education: University of Edinburgh (MB, ChB Edin, 14.07.1914). 1914 - 1917 Medical Officer, HMS Mersey (gunboat) ? - (01.1919) HMS Vivid (RN barracks, Devonport) 01.05.1923 - (08.)1923 Assistant Medical Officer, HMS Warspite (battleship) 16.09.1923 - (05.)1926 Assistant Medical Officer, HMS Valiant (battleship) (Mediterranean) & for specialist duties 01.07.1926 - (06.1928) RN Hospital, Chatham [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] & for specialist duties 28.05.1929 - (03.)1931 Medical Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 08.1931 - (01.)1932 RN Hospital, Haslar [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 01.01.1932 - (01.)1933 Medical Officer, HMS Valiant (battleship) (Home Fleet) & for specialist duties 09.01.1933 - 1933 Admiralty [HMS President] (for course) 11.03.1933 - (11.)1934 specialist in genito-urinary, RN Hospital, Haslar [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 18.11.1934 - (07.1937) Medical Officer-in-charge, RN Sick Quarters Wei-Hai-Wei [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)] (02.1938)     no appointment listed (06.1938)     no appointment listed (08.1938) - (10.1938) short course of instruction 10.12.1938 - (05.)1939 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for duty with Naval Air Stations) 24.05.1939 - (08.1939) Staff Medical Officer on staff of Rear-Admiral, Naval Air Stations [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] (10.1940)     no appointment listed (02.1941)     no appointment listed 08.11.1941 - 19.02.1943 Fleet Medical Officer, Mediterranean [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship), then HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)] 20.02.1943 - (12.1943) Medical Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Levant [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)] 21.03.1944 - (06.)1944 Medical Officer-in-charge, RN Sick Quarters, Lowestoft [HMS Europa (RNPS depot, Lowestoft)] & for duty on staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Yarmouth 01.08.1944 - (04.1946) Medical Officer-in-charge, RN Auxiliary Hospital, East Anglia [HMS Europa (RNPS depot, Lowestoft)] & for duty on staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Yarmouth
Shaw, David Alexander	29.01.1919 - 31.03.1973 Gosport district, Hampshire	Cadet 01.05.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 16.07.1939 Lt. 16.09.1940 Lt.Cdr. 16.09.1948 Cdr. 30.06.1954 (retd 1959/60?) DSC 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.42 [investiture 21.03.44] DSC 14.11.1944 German evacuation Le Havre [decoration posted] MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk 06.40 MID 29.09.1942 destruction U-boat Mediterranean 27.05.42 MID 14.09.1943 destruction U559 Mediterranean 30.10.42	01.09.1936 - 31.12.1936 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.01.1937 - (02.)1937 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 29.06.1937 - (10.1938) HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 02.01.1939 - (04.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth 31.07.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Wessex (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 08.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Fitzroy (frigate) 22.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) 02.06.1941 - 22.10.1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Hurworth (destroyer) ( ship mined east of Kalymnos) 24.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven): (05.1944) - (07.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 252 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 14th MTB Flotilla (1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 383 (motor torpedo boat) * 01.1946 - (04.1947) HMS Vanguard (battleship) 02.1948 - (07.)1948 HMS Ulster 03.11.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Hornet (05.1953)     no appointment listed 15.07.1953 - (07.1954) HMS Triumph (04.1955)     HMS Eagle ** 02.05.1955 - (01.1956) HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex)  (01.1957)     HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex) ** 18.03.1957 - (01.1959) Naval Equipment Division, Shipping Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * (07.1945) indexed, but not listed as such ** indexed, but not listed as such
Shaw, David Byam	(09?).1906 Kensington, London - 19.12.1941 (KIA) [age 35] [Plymouth Naval Memorial]	Lt. 16.05.1929 (retd 02.05.1930) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 16.05.1937 OBE 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 [investiture 03.09.40] MID 24.03.1942 sinking U131 & U434 17.12.41	... - ... ... 14.02.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Whitsed (destroyer) (04.1940)     no appointment listed (1940) HMS Transsylvania 10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Belmont (destroyer) 14.04.1941 - 19.12.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Stanley (destroyer)
Shaw, George Robert Only son of Dr. G.H. Shaw, and Mrs. Jane Liddell Forgie Shaw, of The Dell, St Lawrence, Isle of Wight. Married 1st ((06?).1949, Plympton district, Devonshire) Joan Margaret Archer (died 1964), second daughter of V.Adm. Sir Ernest Russell Archer and Lady Archer, of North Queensferry, Fife; two sons, two daughters. Married 2nd (05.04.1965) Olive Elizabeth Archer (23.07.1924 - 10.2004), daughter of Adm. Sir Ernest Russell Archer, KCB, CBE, and Lady Archer, of Winchester.	26.08.1921 - 13.11.2009 Ashmead, Niton, Isle of Wight	Cadet 01.05.1939 Midsh. 01.01.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1941 S.Lt. 1942, seniority 01.04.1941 Lt. 23.02.1943, seniority 16.12.1942 Lt.Cdr. 16.12.1950 (retd 28.06.1952; medically unfit) DSC 10.08.1943 destruction U-boat Northern Waters 04.07.43 [decoration posted] MID 04.10.1940 Norway	Education: Uppingham School. 01.05.1939 - (09.1939) special entry cadet, HMS Britannia & HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 31.01.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Nelson (battleship) (04.1940 Battle of Narvik) 01.09.1941 - (12.1941) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (08.1942)     no appointment listed 20.11.1942 - 28.04.1943 HMS P 315 (submarine), renamed: 29.04.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Truculent (submarine) 15.02.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee) (01.1945)     HMS Ambrose  (submarine base, Dundee) * 13.03.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Hesperus (destroyer) 14.09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Zambesi (destroyer) 02.1948 - (07.)1948 HMS Wrangler (destroyer) 15.11.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS Venus (destroyer) 21.06.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Vigo (destroyer) Captain, Merchant Navy. Sailing master at Gordonstoun School, after which Master of the Sail Training Association schooners, the Malcolm Miller, and Captain Scott. * indexed, but not listed as such
Shaw, John Whytock "Jack" Son of Sg.Capt. Archibald Campbell Shaw, RN (1889-1958), and Robina Whytock (1888-1972). Married (1941) Hazel Gow; two sons.	(03?).1918 Plymouth district, Devon - 1959	Cadet 01.01.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 01.01.1939 Lt. 02.1941, seniority 01.06.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1948 (retd 01.04.1956)	01.01.1936 - 31.12.1936 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1937 - (08.1938) HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 02.01.1939 - (05.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 31.07.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Emerald (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) 30.03.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Lowestoft (sloop) 24.07.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (and for duty with submarines) 07.1942 - (08.)1942 First Lieutenant, HMS H 28 (submarine) 24.08.1942 - (02.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS P 49 (submarine) (06.1943) - 11.1943 HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Halifax, NS) 15.11.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Port Bannatyne) (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Patroller * 11.02.1947 - (07.)1948 HMS Commonwealth 01.10.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS Tamar 26.10.1949 - (05.1951) HMS Sanderling (RN Air Station, Abbotsinch, Paisley, Scotland) 10.02.1953 - (05.1953) HMS Ranpura (07.1954)     HMS Ranpura * 08.07.1954 - (04.1955) HMS Jupiter (for Reserve Fleet, Rosyth) (01.1956)     HMS Jupiter * * indexed, but not listed as such
Shaw, Robert	? -	Cadet 01.09.1943 Midsh. 01.05.1944 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1946 S.Lt. 01.01.1947, seniority 01.11.1945 Lt. 16.05.1947 (resigned 14.08.1947)	(10.1943) - (12.1944) HMS Quadrant (destroyer) * 01.05.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Bermuda (cruiser) 08.07.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Malaya (battleship) 10.1944 - (07.1945) HMS King George V (battleship) (04.1946) HMAS Quickmatch (destroyer) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Shaw, Robert John Son (with three brothers [all killed in World War I] and five sisters) of Bishop Edward Domett Shaw (1860-1937), and Agnes Gilbey, of Christ Church, Oxford. Married (20.07.1934, Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, London) Sylvia Chiesman, daughter of Sidney Chiesman, and Mrs Stanley Dutton, of Cadogan Gardens, London SW.	10.02.1900 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire - 05.08.1995 Hindhead, Surrey	Midsh. 01.01.1916 A/S.Lt. 15.03.1918 S.Lt. 15.09.1918 Lt. 31.08.1920 Lt.Cdr. 31.08.1928 Cdr. 31.12.1932 Capt. 30.06.1939 (retd 10.07.1948) (dispersal date 03.09.1948)  (reverted to retd 15.11.1948) MBE 17.07.1919 for valuable services in HMS Royal Sovereign, 1st Battle Squadron MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42 MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43 MID 16.03.1943 Operation Torch (N Africa landings 11.42)	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne (01.01.1913-1914) & Dartmouth (01.1915-01.01.1916; Chief Cadet Captain in Term 4 [Sept 1915]). 01.01.1913     entered RN 01.01.1916 - 04.1918 HMS Hercules (Second-in-Command of a gun turret at Battle of Jutland) 04.1918 - 10.10.1919 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) 10.10.1919 - 20.03.1920 Admiralty [HMS President] (additional; for course at Cambridge University) 26.04.1920 - 14.06.1920 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (additional; for navigation course for rank of Lt.) 14.06.1920 - 01.11.1920 HMS Victoria and Albert (HM's yacht) 01.11.1920 - 21.12.1920 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (additional; for gunnery course for rank of Lt.) 21.12.1920 - 02.01.1921 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for Unemployed Time, not exceeding 6 months) 02.01.1921 - 22.01.1921 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (additional; for torpedo course in HMS Vernon for rank of Lt.) 22.01.1921 - 09.02.1921 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for Unemployed Time) 09.02.1921 - 04.10.1921 HMS Glorious (while boys are borne for training) [to 01.07.1921 at HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (additional)] 04.10.1921 - 15.10.1923 HMS Ganges (additional; for training establishment, Shotley) 15.10.1923 - 24.10.1923 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for Unemployed Time) 24.10.1923 - 20.03.1926 HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Mediterranean) 06.05.1926 - ? HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (additional; for special service) ? - 03.07.1926 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for ....) 03.07.1926 - 31.07.1928 staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 15.08.1928 - 10.01.1931 Executive Officer, HMS Bryony (sloop) (Mediterranean) (02.1931) - (03.1931) no appointment listed 01.05.1931 - 02.1933 HMS Kent (cruiser) (China) (05.1933) - (06.1933) no appointment listed 18.09.1933     tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional)] (01.1934)     no appointment listed 16.01.1934 - (11.1934) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 09.01.1935 - 05.01.1937 Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 22.02.1937 - 31.07.1939 Executive Officer, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) [initially at HMS Victory] 28.09.1939 - 06.10.1939 HMS Milford (sloop) (additional) 06.10.1939 - 20.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Milford (sloop) 27.08.1940 - 06.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Dragon (light cruiser) (despatches twice) (08.1942)     HMS Warspite (battleship) (additional; as Captain of Fleet to Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet) (temporarily) * 29.09.1942 - 01.11.1942 HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet) 01.11.1942 - 09.12.1942 HMS Excellent II (for HMS Evolution; for duty with Naval Commander ETF) 09.12.1942 - 27.08.1943 Captain (F), Algiers [HMS Excellent II, from 01.01.1943 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers/Taranto)] & from 16.05.1943 as Chief Staff Oficer to Commodore Algiers 28.08.1943 - (12.1943) Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer, Western Italy [HMS Hasdrubal (RN base, Bizerta)] (04.1944) - (01.1945) no appointment listed (sick) 12.03.1945 - 10.04.1945 HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) (additional; for special duty (temporarily)) 11.04.1945 - 01.05.1945 HMS Victory IV (accounting section, Petersfield) (additional; whilst unemployed) 02.05.1945 - (04.)1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Osprey & in charge of Anti-Submarine Establishment, Portland 06.05.1947 - 24.07.1947 HMS Vernon (additional; for senior officers technical course) 25.07.1947 - 24.08.1947 HMS Victory IV (additional; for HSL) 25.08.1947 - 19.05.1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Howe & Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer, Training Battleships 20.05.1948 - 05.07.1948 Commanding Officer, HMS King George V 06.07.1948 - 02.09.1948 HMS Victory II (additional; for HSL whilst unemployed) Played first-class cricket, 1926-1937. * indexed, but not listed as such
Shaw, Thomas Henry Brown "Harry"   Married Colleen (predeceased him); three sons, one daughter.	1909 ? - 07.02.1910 Charlton Abbotts [aged 101]	... ... Lt. 16.08.1931 Lr.Cdr. 16.08.1939 Cdr. 31.12.1944 (retd 01.10.1958) DSC 19.07.1940 Norwegian coast [investiture 18.07.41] MID 12.08.1941 Lofoten raid	... - ... ... 12.10.1938 - (04.)1940 Navigating Officer, HMS Somali (and for flotilla duties) (DSC, despatches) 05.09.1940 - (02.)1941 Navigating Officer, HMS Somali (and for flotilla duties) (DSC, despatches) 01.12.1941 - (08.)1942 Navigating Officer, HMS Liverpool 05.10.1942 - (08.)1943 Navigating Officer, HMS Cleopatra 08.1943 - (01.)1945 Staff Navigating Officer to Flag Officer Commanding Aircraft Carriers, British Pacific Fleet [HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier)] 30.04.1945 - (04.1946) a Naval Assistant, Navigation Division, Admiralty [HMS President] ... - ... ...
Shelford, William Ommanney	21.02.1909 Kensington, Greater London / London / Middlesex - (06?).1979 Kingston upon Thames district	Cadet 01.05.1926 Midsh. 01.01.1927 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1929 S.Lt. 01.11.1929 Lt. 01.06.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1939 Cdr. 31.12.1943 Capt. 31.12.1950 (retd 08.09.1953)	01.05.1926 - (02.)1927 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) 15.04.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (China) 02.05.1929 - 05.01.1930 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 06.01.1930 - (04.)1930 promotion course, Portsmouth (08.1930)     no appointment listed 27.12.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS X 1 (submarine) 10.04.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Otway (submarine) (1st Submarine Flotilla) (Mediterranean) [tender to HMS Oxley] 24.07.1932 - (06.)1933 First Lieutenant, HMS H 31 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 01.06.1933 - (08.)1934 First Lieutenant, HMS H 33 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 20.10.1934 - (07.)1935 HMS Mackay (flotilla leader, 2nd Submarine Flotilla) (Home Fleet) 30.09.1935 - (01.)1937 First Lieutenant, HMS Sealion (submarine) (1st Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Cyclops] (02.1937)     no appointment listed (07.1937)     no appointment listed 03.01.1938 - (02.)1938 submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 15.04.1938 - (08.)1938 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (6th Submarine Flotilla) (for submarines) 07.08.1938 - (04.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS L 27 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] 25.07.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Glasgow (cruiser) 12.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) 1940  - 1940  British Naval Liaison Officer, "Surcouf" (Franch submarine) 23.04.1941 - (06.)1944 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) (in charge of DSEA (Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus) Training) 09.1944 - (10.1944) Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.01.1945 - 24.03.1946 Superintendent of Diving in charge of Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit [HMS Vernon] (for duty at Vernon (D)) 25.03.1946 - 04.1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Deepwater 04.1948 - (07.)1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Reclaim 29.11.1948 - (05.)1949 Commanding Officer, HMS Howe (battleship) 11.1949 - (05.1950) Executive Officer, HMS Forth 11.02.1952 - (05.)1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Phoenix Published: Subsunk : the story of submarine escape (1960).
Shelley, Richard Changed his surname from Shelley to Benyon, by deed poll, 1964 Son of Lt.Col. Sir John Shelley, 9th Bt. (1848-1934), and Lady Shelley (Marion Emma Benyon) (died 1948). Married (1929) Eve Alice Gascoyne­Cecil (born 13.01.1900), daughter of late Lord William Cecil, Bishop of Exeter; four sons.	18.01.1892 St George Hanover Square district, Greater London - 12.06.1968 Beenham, Berkshire	Midsh. ? S.Lt. 15.08.1912 Lt. 15.08.1914 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1922 Cdr. 31.12.1927 Capt. 31.12.1934 R.Adm. 08.01.1944 (retd 21.01.1948) V.Adm. (retd) 21.01.1948 CB 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46 CBE 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41 [investiture 12.05.42] Mon - silver jubilee Prince of MonaCommanding Officer, 06.47	Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth; Imperial Defence College. 15.09.1904 joined RN 15.05.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 18.01.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Victoria and Albert (HM's yacht) (Portsmouth) 07.01.1929 - (08.1929) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 18.03.1930 - (09.)1932 Executive Officer, HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China) 01.11.1932 - (01.1934) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1935) no appointment listed 14.01.1936 - (02.1936) imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College 09.01.1937 - (07.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Pegasus (seaplane carrier) (Portsmouth) 14.01.1938 - (02.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Curacoa (cruiser; gunnery and torpedo school cruiser, Portsmouth) (04.1939) no appointment listed 24.07.1939 - (09.1939) Naval Attaché, Berlin (covering Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland) 02.1940 - (02.1941) Captain of the Fleet, Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta), later HMS Warspite (battleship)] 23.06.1942 - (10.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (12.1943) no appointment listed 11.01.1944 - (06.1944) Flag Officer East Africa & (from 01.02.1944) Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard Kilindini (East Indies) [HMS Tana] 08.03.1945 - (10.1947) Naval Attaché, Paris Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Buckinghamshire, 08.12.1952, High Sheriff of Bucks, 1958, Vice-Lieutenant, 1961-1965.
Sherbrooke, Robert St Vincent "Rupert" Son of late Capt. Henry Graham Sherbrooke, DSO, RN (1877-1940), and Flora Maude Francklin, of Oxton Hall, Newark, Notts. Married (1929) Rosemary Neville, daughter of late Lt­Col Percy Neville Buckley, CBE; two daughters.	08.01.1901 Oxton Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire - 13.06.1972 Oxton, Newark, Nottinghamshire [buried St Peter and St Paul Church, Oxton, Newark]	Midsh. 01.01.1917 A/Lt. ? Lt. 15.04.1921 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1929 Cdr. 31.12.1935 Capt. 30.06.1942 Cdre. 2nd cl. 29.11.1948 R.Adm. 07.07.1951 (retd 04.03.1954) VC 12.01.1943 defence of convoy JW518 31.12.42 [investiture 29.06.43] * CB 01.06.1953 coronation list 53 [investiture 30.06.53] DSO 28.06.1940 2nd Battle of Narvik [investiture 06.08.40] Hkn 15.04.1947 liberation of Norway * On 31 December 1942 off North Cape, Norway in the Barents Sea, Captain Sherbrooke in HMS Onslow was senior officer in command of destroyers escorting an important convoy for North Russia, when he made contact with a vastly superior enemy force. Four times the enemy tried to attack the convoy but was forced back each time. Early in the action Captain Sherbrooke was seriously wounded in the face and temporarily blinded. Nevertheless he continued to direct the ships under his command and even when the next senior officer had assumed control, he insisted on receiving all reports of the action until the convoy was out of danger.	Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth. 09.01.1917 joined the RN (HMS Canada) 12.05.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Capetown (light cruiser) 14.12.1924 - (05.)1926 HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Mediterranean) 03.12.1926 - (06.1928) HMS Erebus (monitor; training ship and turret drill ship, Devonport) (for duty with Special Entry Cadets) 01.08.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 26.07.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 27.07.1932 - (02.)1935 HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (07.1935)     no appointment listed 24.08.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS President IV (base defences, Mediterranean) 10.1936 - (07.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Vanoc (destroyer) (Gibraltar Local Defence Flotilla) (Mediterranean) 11.01.1938 - (10.1938) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 21.01.1939 - (04.)1939 course at Staff College, Minley Manor [HMS President] 31.07.1939 - (09.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Wakeful (destroyer) 31.12.1939 - 01.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Cossack (destroyer) 18.01.1940 - 04.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Afridi (destroyer) 04.1940 - 1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Cossack (destroyer) 11.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Matabele (destroyer) 31.07.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (for flotilla duties) 25.02.1942 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Philoctetes (destroyer depot ship) 28.11.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Onslow (destroyer) & Captain (D) 17th Destroyer Flotilla 06.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland) (04.1944) - (04.1946) no appointment listed 28.10.1946 - (07.)1948 Director of Craft and Amphibious Material Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 29.11.1948 - (05.1949) Commanding Officer, RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus] (05.1950)     no appointment listed 11.1951 - (05.1953) Flag Officer, Germany and Chief British Naval Representative on Allied Control Commission [HMS Royal Prince] High Sheriff of Notts, 1958; DL Notts, 1958; JP Notts, 1960; Vice­Lieutenant Notts, 1964. KStJ 1970. Lord Lieutenant, County of Nottingham, since 1968; JP; Registrar and Secretary of the Order of the Bath, 1964-1968. Literature: Kenneth Edwards, Seven sailors (1945).
Sherston, George Ponsonby Youngest son of three sons and two daughters of Maj. Charles Davies Sherston, and Edith Talbot, of Evercreech, Somerset. Married (wife died c. 1952).	31.08.1883 Kildare, Ireland - 24.06.1963 Kenya (murdered by intruders on his farm)	A/S.Lt. 15.09.1902 S.Lt. 26.10.1903, seniority 15.09.1902 Lt. 01.04.1905 Cdr. 30.06.1917 (retd 10.09.1927) Capt. (retd) 31.08.1928 (reverted to retd < 04.1946) NC 16.09.1919 ? CdeG 17.05.1918 ?	15.01.1898     entered RN WW I     Commanding Officer, HMS Snowdrop 31.10.1921 - (08.1923) Commanding Officer, HMS Laburnum (sloop) (01.1925)     no appointment listed (05.1926)     no appointment listed (07.1927)     no appointment listed 02.09.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Gloucester III (RN base, Aden) 31.01.1941 - (12.1941) Naval Officer-in-Charge & King's Harbour Master, Freetown [HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone)] 06.1942 - (07.1945) Captain Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Durban (South Africa) [HMS Kongoni (RN base, Durban)] Retired to a farm in the Ngong Hills in Kenya.
Sherwood, Martyn Butt	13.04.1901 Hendon, Greater London - (06?).1980 Tunbridge Wells district, Kent	Midsh. 15.09.1917 A/Lt. 25.05.1923 Lt. 15.06.1923 Lt.Cdr. * 15.06.1931 (retd 19.10.1934; own request) Cdr. (retd) 13.04.1941 (reverted to retd > 04.1946) DSO 16.08.1940 Norwegian coast [investiture 09.11.43] DSO 03.06.1941 Greek withdrawal ms Piraeus Harbour etc. [investiture 09.11.43] MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43 GrWC 11.08.1942 mine clearance Piraeus etc. 41 [decoration presented] Lloyd's Medal for Saving Life at Sea, silver (S.S. Ryujin Maru, 4th November 1931) * Lt.Cdr., RAN (Emergency List) 08.11.1938-07.02.1939	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne (1915) & Dartmouth. 20.09.1917 - (01.1919) HMS Benbow (battleship) (1919?) HMS Wolsey (torpedo-boat destroyer) (Baltic) HMS Benbow (battleship) 1921 HMS Cornflower (Red Sea) (05.1922) HMS President (for study at Cambridge) (08.1923) short course of instruction (09.1924)     HMS L 56 (submarine) 16.09.1924 - 18.11.1924 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (China) 19.11.1924 - (05.1926) First Lieutenant, HMS L 2 (submarine) (China) [tender to HMS Titania] (02.1927)     no appointment listed 22.02.1927 - (08.1927) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 02.1928 - 04.1928 HMS Vulcan (submarine depot ship) (Portland) 04.1928 - 04.1929 First Lieutenant, HMS L 71 (submarine) 29.04.1929 - (08.)1929 submarine commanding officer's course, Portsmouth [HMS Alecto] 08.1929 - 26.08.1929 First Lieutenant, HMS H 49 (submarine) [tender to HMS Vulcan] 26.08.1929 - 18.08.1930 Commanding Officer, HMS H 49 (submarine) [tender to HMS Vulcan] 30.09.1930 - 05.1933 HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (China) 05.1933 - 10.1934 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) (03.1940) - 21.05.1940 HMS Cape Passaro (anti-submarine warfare trawler) [sunk by German aircraft off Navik 21.05.1940] * 02.07.1940 - 23.04.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Peony (corvette) (08.1942) no appointment listed (10.)1942 - 11.1942 British Admiralty Delegation, Washington [HMS Saker II] 11.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, LCI(L) 6 [HMS Asbury] 04.04.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for LCI(L)'s) 07.1943 - (08.)1943 Executive Officer to R.Adm. Commanding LST Squadron Mediterranean [HMS Hamilcar] 01.10.1943 - 25.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Hart (sloop) 07.02.1945 - 20.04.1945 Commanding Offficer, HMS Highlander (destroyer) 06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for miscellaneous services) 18.12.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Highway (landing ship dock) Published: The voyage of the Tai-Mo-Shan (1935); Coston gun (1946; autobiography). * indexed, but not listed as such
Sherwood, Warwick Stanley Son of Stanley Victor Sherwood, and Elsie Tryphena Entwisle.	19.06.1923 Wandsworth district, Greater London / London / Surrey - 12.2004 still alive	A/S.Lt. 01.05.1944 Lt. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1952 (retd 12.11.1958)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (Upper Yardman scheme). (06.1944) - (10.1944)  no appointment listed 30.10.1944 - 29.01.1945 course, HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) 29.01.1945 - 01.02.1945 HMCS Stadacona (additional; for passage) 01.02.1945 - 11.10.1945 Third Officer, HMS Unruffled (submarine) 11.10.1945 - (04.)1947 Third Officer, HMS Seraph (submarine) 25.09.1947 - (10.)1947 HMS Montclare (submarine depot ship) (as spare officer for submarines) 27.10.1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Alderney (submarine) (temporarily) 12.12.1947 HMS Montclare (submarine depot ship) (for Reserve Group "L" of submarines) 08.05.1948 First Lieutenant, HMS Trump (submarine) 29.05.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Sea Eagle (joint anti-submarine school, Londonderry) (as spare First Lieutenant) 24.01.1949 - (05.)1949 First Lieutenant, HMS Token (submarine) 15.09.1949 - (05.)1950 First Lieutenant, HMS Alaric (submarine) 30.08.1950 First Lieutenant, HMS Astute (submarine) 04.12.1950 submarine Commanding Officer's qualifying course [HMS Scythian] 20.08.1951 HMS Montclare (submarine depot ship) 16.11.1951 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 12.01.1952 HMS Swiftsure (light cruiser) 03.1953 - (05.)1953 HMS St Bride's Bay (frigate) 03.05.1953 - (07.1954) HMS St Bride's Bay (frigate) (04.1955) - (01.)1956 HMS Stalker * 18.03.1956 - (01.1957) Commanding Officer Reserve Fleet, Lisshally [HMS Sea Eagle (joint anti-submarine school, Londonderry)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Shipley, Percy Thomas Son of Harry Shipley and Mary Holder. Married (at Cobham, UK).	04.04.1902 Maidstone, Malling district, Kent - 24.05.1962	Seaman ? [M28817] A/Mate (E) 01.07.1928 Mate (E) 16.10.1929, seniority 01.07.1928 Lt. (E) 01.01.1931 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.01.1939 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1942 (retd 04.04.1952) OBE 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41 [investiture 23.09.41] MID 11.06.1946 wind up Far East Atlantic Star; Pacific Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal	1917? began his training as an engineer in the Royal Navy at the age of 15 early 1920s came to Australia with the naval service entourage of the Duke of York (later King George VI) 27.09.1928 - (08.)1929 qualifying in engineering, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 13.08.1929 - (01.)1932 an Assistant Engineer Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (09.1932) no appointment listed (01.1934) no appointment listed 04.1935 - (07.1937) Engineer Officer, HMS Glowworm (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 26.01.1938 - (08.)1938 Engineer Officer, HMS Anthony (destroyer) (The Nore) 24.08.1938 - (02.)1941 Engineer Officer, HMS Kashmir (destroyer) [partly in charge while under construction; ship commissioned 26.10.1939] 04.09.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall) (for Artificers' Training Establishment) 12.03.1943 - (12.1943) Engineer Officer, HMS Grenville (destroyer) 01.1944 - (04.)1944 Engineer Officer, HMS Rotherham (destroyer) 04.1944 - (07.1945) Engineer Officer, HMS Resource (fleet repair ship) 02.1946 - (04.1946) an Assistant to Chief Engineer, HM Dockyard Hong Kong [HMS Tamar] 25.07.1946 - 1948 an Assistant to Chief Engineer, HM Dockyard Hong Kong [HMS Tamar] [probably in charge of the reconstruction of Hong Kong's power infrastructure] (07.1948) no appointment listed 10.01.1950 - (05.1950) Engineer Officer, HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) Retired to Melbourne, Australia in 1956, where he consulted for ICI Australia & NZ Ltd.
Shirley-Rollison, Waldemar William Powell Only son of Mr & Mrs George Henry Shirley-Rollison, of Bury Manor, Wick, Gloucestershire. Married (05.08.1931, Holy Rood Church, Stubbington, Hampshire) Irene Nina Tatham (12.02.1906 - 02.1997), daughter of Trevor John Tatham, of Beaconsfield, Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire (she remarried 1975 to Sir John Leslie Turing, Bt, MC); two sons.	24.06.1900 Worksop district, Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire / Yorkshire - West Riding - 08.02.1973 hospital, Midhurst district (lately of Mid Lavant, Chichester)	Midsh. 01.05.1917 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.09.1919 A/Lt. 15.09.1921 Lt. 1922?, seniority 15.02.1921 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1929 Cdr. 31.12.1933 A/Capt. < 02.1941 Capt. 31.12.1941 (retd 08.01.1951) MID 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche (Salerno landings 09.43)	Education: King Edward's School, Bath; RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (15.01.1914-05.1917). 07.05.1917     entered RN 05.1917? - 11.1918? HMS Repulse (battlescruiser) ? - (01.1919) HMS Princess Royal (battlecruiser) (04.1922)     short course of instruction 15.08.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Warspite (battleship) 22.09.1924 - 03.1926? HMS Frobisher (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 14.03.1926 - (05.)1926 observers' course [HMS Excellent] 22.11.1926 - (07.)1927 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) (as Acting Observer) 13.12.1927 - 06.1928 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) (for observer duties) 06.1928 - 01.1931 attached to RAF School of Naval Cooperation (Lee-on-Solent) [lent to RAF] 13.01.1931 - 12.1931 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.1931 - (01.)1934 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) (for observer duties) 03.04.1934 - 31.08.1936 Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.09.1936 - 28.07.1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Fame (destroyer) (Home Fleet) (08.1938) - (10.1938) no appointment listed 11.1938 - (04.)1940 attached officer in the Directorate of Operations (Naval Cooperation), Air Ministry 28.06.1940 - (02.)1941 lent to Air Ministry [HMS President] 01.10.1941 - (12.1941) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 18.03.1942 - 04.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Despatch (light cruiser) 04.1942 - 04.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Attacker (escort carrier) 05.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Urley (RN Air Station, Ronaldsway, Isle of Man) 15.03.1946 - (04.1946) Naval Officer-in-Charge, Aden & Commanding Officer, HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) (07.1948)     no appointment listed 22.09.1948 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Gamecock (RN Air Station, Bramcote, Nuneaton) 07.07.1950 - 08.01.1951 also: Naval ADC to the King Leamington Spa Branch, Royal Navy Association (Joint President, 1948-1950 & President, 1953-1956).
Short, Charles Rodney Father of Capt. Maurice Seymour Short, DSC, RN.	02.04.1875 Southampton, Hampshire - 06.12.1961 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Seaman ? [157395] Cd.Gnr. 03.01.1917 (retd 06.07.1920) Lt. (retd) 06.07.1920 (reactivated 13.11.1941?) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 27.10.1944 (reverted to retd < 04.1946)	23.01.1903     commissioned RN WW I served First Great War 13.11.1941 - (07.1945) HMS Beaver II (RN base, Immingham) (for duty at Hull) (for fitting out gunnery duties)
Short, Maurice Seymour Son of Lt.Cdr. Charles Rodney Short, RN, and ... Short.	16.01.1920 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 24.05.2001 Ivybridge, Devon	Seaman 1935? Leading Seaman 1937 Petty Officer 1938 Warrant Officer 1939 Gnr. 08.01.1942 A/Lt. 09.12.1945 Lt. 09.01.1947, seniority 21.08.1943 Lt.Cdr. 21.08.1951 (retd 1963?) A/Cdr. 01.12.1960? Cdr. (retd) ? Capt. (retd) c. 1975 ? DSC 04.04.1944 Aegean operations, bombarded & sunk 13.11.43 [decoration posted]	1935? joined RN (HMS St Vincent) (1937) served in Hong Kong 02.02.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Tetcott (destroyer) 07.1943 - 13.11.1943 HMS Dulverton (destroyer) (sunk by German aircaft in the Aegean) (12.1943)     no appointment listed 02.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Aldenham (destroyer) (07.1945) HMS Erebus (monitor) * 09.01.1946 - (04.)1946 HMS Black Prince (cruiser) 22.05.1946 - (07.)1948 HMS Contest (destroyer) 23.09.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 04.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Fierce (Algerine class minesweeper) 17.11.1952 - (05.)1953 HMS Widemouth Bay (frigate) 28.09.1953 - (04.)1955 CINO (Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance) Officer attached to Departments under Ministry of Supply [HMS President] 05.09.1955 - (01.1959) Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Birmingham [HMS President] 01.12.1960 - (02.1964) Naval Ordnance Inspecting Officer, Plymouth [HMS President] (02.1968) - (02.1969) Naval Ordnance Inspectorate, Northern Ireland after spending some time at Shoeburyness ranges in the early 70's he was promoted to Captain at Pendine, and thence to MOD at Charles House in Knightsbridge, where he retired in 1983
Shove, Herbert William Son of Herbert Samuel and Bertha Shove. Married 1st (1910) Guinevere Wren (died 1920), daughter of J.A.E. Wren; four daughters. Married 2nd (1920) Mary Myrtle Reilly, daughter of Col. J.A.H. Reilly; three sons. Residence: Ditchling Common, Sussex.	06.07.1886 Faversham, Kent - 05.12.1943 RN Hospital Durdham Down, Bristol (died of illness) [age 57] [Bristol (Arnos Vale) Cemetery, TTT.959]	A/S.Lt. 15.07.1905 S.Lt. 17.01.1907, seniority 15.07.1905 Lt. 10.07.1907, seniority 15.01.1906 Lt.Cdr. 15.01.1914 (retd 07.11.1919) Cdr. (retd) 06.07.1926 A/Capt. (retd) 25.07.1942? DSO 02.11.1917 in recognition of services in submarines in enemy waters OBE 11.07.1940 in recognition of distinguished services during the war [investiture 03.09.40] MID WW I ?	Lived as a child with his farming family on Queen Court Farm, in Ospringe. 15.01.1902     entered RN ? - (10.1913) HMS C 2 (submarine) [tender to HMS Thames (depot ship)] 1915 - 1916 Commanding Officer, HMS C 2 (submarine) 1916? - 1918? Commanding Officer, HMS E 29 (submarine) 1918? - 1919? Commanding Officer, HMS K 3 (submarine) Distributist, journalist, and Catholic Land Association Secretary, living at Hallett's Farm, Ditchling. 25.08.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) (for organizing the defenses of the Port of London) 03.01.1941 - (02.)1941 HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon) (for miscellaneous services) 14.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Helicon (RN base, Aultbea) 25.07.1942 - 09.09.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) 10.09.1942 - 05.12.1943 HMS Eland (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) Published: The fairy ring of commerce (1930); An outline of personalism.
Shuter, John Allen	30.07.1887 Dartford district, Kent - (06?).1974 RN Hospital, Haslar, Southe East Hampshire	Lt. 30.06.1909 Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1917 (retd) Cdr. (retd) 30.07.1927 (reactivated 1939/40?) (reverted to retd < 02.1943)	15.05.1902     entered RN (04.1940)     no appointment listed 26.09.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland) 24.11.1941 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Virginia (armed yacht)
Shuttleworth, John Ashton Elder son (with one brother) of Maj. Ashton Ashton Shuttleworth (1878-1956), and Dorothy Ann Leslie (1887-1967). Brother of Sq.Ldr. Richard Ashton Shuttleworth, RAF. Married (25.08.1940, Blandford) Margaret Eugenie "Jean" Blackwell (22.12.1920 - ), daughter of Philip William Blackwell, and Margaret A. Blackwell (from 1930 Mrs T.I. Scott Bell), of Southsea; six sons.	14.11.1918 Ecclesall Bierlow district, Yorkshire - 02.08.1983 Hathersage, Bakewell district, Derbyshire	Cadet 01.01.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 01.09.1938 A/Lt. 01.01.1940 Lt. 1942?, seniority 01.01.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1943, < 04.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1948 (retd 18.01.1964)	01.01.1936 - 31.12.1936 cadet training, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.01.1937 - (02.)1937 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.06.1937 - (10.1938) HMS Revenge (battleship) (Home Fleet) 02.01.1939 - (08.1939) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (09.1939)     no appointment listed (01.1940)     Fleet Air Arm 1940     qualified as naval observer 15.09.1940 - (10.)1940 observer, 828 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 06.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Nile II (air base, Alexandria, Egypt) (for observer duties) 01.11.1941 - (12.1941) observer, 700 Squadron FAA [HMS Liverpool (cruiser)] 25.02.1942 - (08.)1942 observer, 810 Squadron FAA [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] 24.08.1942 - (02.)1943 observer, 788 Squadron FAA [HMS Kipanga (RN Air Station, Kilindini, Kenya)] 17.05.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) 23.10.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Nightjar (RN Air Station, Inskip, Lancashire) (and for air signal duties) (10.1944)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 20.11.1944 - (04.1946) Flag Lieutenant-Commander to Flag Officer Naval Air Stations, Australia [later: Pacific] [HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW)] 1946     qualified in communications 01.06.1948 - (05.)1949 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) 15.08.1949 - (05.)1950 HMS Unicorn 08.1950 - (05.)1951 HMS Belfast 12.11.1951 - (05.)1953 Flag Lt.Cdr. to Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Jamaica] 20.08.1953 - (01.)1955 HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth) (04.1955)     HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth) * 02.05.1955 - (01.1957) Staff Officer (Communications) on staff of Naval Forces Northern Europe, NATO (Kolsaas, Oslo, Norway) 1958 - 1959 Commanding Officer, HMS Flowerdown (01.1959)     Signal Division, Admiralty [HMS President] * (01.1960)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 03.10.1960 - (02.)1963 Commanding Officer, HMS Forest Moor (RN W/T Station, Darley, nr Harrogate) County Councillor, Derbyshire, 1967. High Sheriff, Derbyshire, 1973. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Derbyshire.
Simeon, Sir Charles Edward Barrington Son of late E.A. Simeon, MRCS, LRCP. Married (1918) Gladys, daughter of late B. Arkle, Spital, Cheshire; two sons (and eldest son killed in Libya, 1942), three daughters.	24.12.1889 Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire - 16.11.1955 Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire	Lt. 1911 ... ... Cdr. 30.06.1924 Capt. 30.06.1930 R.Adm. 15.01.1941 V.Adm. 07.11.1943 (retd 08.11.1943) KBE 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 [investiture 27.07.45] CB 01.01.1943 New Year 43 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41 OON 19.03.1946 services to Dutch Navy [investiture 27.02.46]	Education: Forest School, Wanstead. 15.09.1906 entered RN 1915 qualified in gunnery 1916 in HMS Chester at Battle of Jutland ... - ... ... (04.1930) no appointment listed (02.1931) no appointment listed 06.04.1931 - 1933 Naval Member of Ordnance Committee 19.06.1933 - (07.)1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Colombo (cruiser) (East Indies) 13.01.1936 - (02.)1936 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth 23.03.1936 - 01.05.1939 Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 15.05.1939 - 01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Renown (battleship) (in action with German Fleet off Norway and Italian Fleet off Sardinia (despatches)) (02.1941) no appointment listed 01.04.1941 - 17.03.1946 Deputy Controller, Admiralty [HMS President] Director of Vickers­Armstrong Ltd, 1946-1954.
Simms, Arthur Neville Son of ... Simms, and ... Rock.	19.12.1917 Bath district, Avon / Somerset - 01.01.1995 Taunton Deane, Somerset	A/Gnr. (T) 12.07.1941 Gnr. (T) ?, seniority 12.06.1941 A/Lt. 17.12.1944 Lt. ?, seniority 17.12.1944 Lt. (L) ?, seniority 21.11.1942 Lt.Cdr. (L) 21.11.1950 (retd 19.12.1962) A/Cdr. (L) < 01.1960 MBE 01.01.1963 New Year 63	18.08.1941 - (12.1943) HMS Venomous (destroyer) (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed ? - (10.1944) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     HMCS Uganda (cruiser) * 07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Argonaut (cruiser)       transferred to Electrical Branch 10.05.1948 - (05.1950) instructional staff, HMS Collingwood (radar and electrical school, Fareham, Hampshire) 20.03.1951 - (05.1951) Divisional Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (05.1953)     no appointment listed 19.07.1954 - (01.1956) Staff Electrical Officer on staff of Commodore Harwich [HMS Mull of Galloway] 14.03.1956 - (01.1957) HMS Dainty (01.1959) - (01.1960) Admiralty [HMS President] 04.06.1961 - (07.1961) Staff Electrical Officer, HMS Urchin ? - (08.1962) HMS Orion * indexed, but not listed as such
Simons, Basil Tremayne Fourth son of Frederick Dyke Sydney Simons, solicitor, of Penybryn, Cefn Coed, Merthr Tydfil, Wales, and Nora Penelope Barratt. Married ((03?).1934, Weymouth district, Dorset) Ambrosine Mary Digby Oswald, second daughter of Lt.Col. W.D. Oswald, 5th Dragoon Guards, and Mrs Oswald, of St Winning, Weymouth; two sons, one daughter.	06.12.1908 Merthyr Tydfil district, Breconshire / Glamorgan / Mid Glamorgan - 10.11.1977 Somerset	Midsh. 01.01.1927 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1929 S.Lt. 01.01.1930 Lt. 01.10.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1939 (retd 06.12.1953) Cdr. (retd) 06.12.1953	01.05.1926 - (02.)1927 HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 15.04.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Danae (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 02.05.1929 - (08.1929) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 06.01.1930 - (04.)1930 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (08.1930)     no appointment listed 01.09.1930 - (10.)1930 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 29.12.1930 - (01.)1931 HMS Douglas (submarine flotilla leader) (for submarines) (Mediterranean) 31.01.1931 - (01.1932) HMS L 23 (submarine) [tender to HMS Lucia] 24.04.1932 - (11.1934) First Lieutenant, HMS H 50 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] 02.01.1935 - (02.)1935 HMS Torrid (destroyer) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) 01.05.1935 - (07.)1935 First Lieutenant, HMS H 43 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] (temporarily) 29.10.1935 - (02.)1937 First Lieutenant, HMS Thames (submarine) [tender to HMS Cyclops] (07.1937)     no appointment listed 11.12.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 28.03.1938 - 05.06.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS H 43 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] 03.07.1939 - (08.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS H 34 (submarine) (Portsmouth) 11.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) (10.1940)     no appointment listed 02.01.1941 - (08.)1943 HMS Ambrose (submarine depot ship) 11.10.1943 - (10.)1944 Staff, Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] (and for duty with submarines) 29.11.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Umbra (submarine) (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Cumberland (cruiser) * 03.1948 - (05.)1950 HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (for miscellaneous duties) 13.11.1950 - (05.)1951 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) 01.08.1951 - (05.1953) RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] * indexed, but not listed as such
Simpson, Cortlandt James Woore	see:	Cortlandt-Simpson, James Woore
Simpson, George Walter Gillow "Shrimp" 2nd son of late Rev. R.H.B. Simpson, of Guildford, Surrey. Lost a brother in World War I. Married (1945) Alison Mary, elder daughter of late Capt. L.J. Hall, CBE, RNR; two sons, one daughter.	06.06.1901 Guildford, Surrey - 02.03.1972 Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand	S.Lt. 15.05.1921 A/Lt. ? Lt. 03.10.1923, seniority 15.04.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1931 Cdr. 31.12.1935 Capt. 30.06.1941 Cdre. 2nd cl. 26.04.1943 R.Adm. 07.07.1950 (retd 30.03.1954) CB 08.06.1950 HM's birthday 50 (New Zealand  Navy) [investiture 28.02.51] CBE 19.05.1942 for leadership and resolute example in command of a Submarine Flotilla (air raids Malta 03-04.42) [investiture 22.06.43] BWM 14|20 - - VM - - 39|45 St - - Afr St - & clasp Def M - - WM 39|45 - - MID 12.01.1943 for services to the 8th Army in Egypt (attack of enemy supply bases Mediterranean) Cor M 37 - - Virt Mil 08.12.1942 good services to the Polish Navy	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth. 09.1917 - 1919 served in Grand Fleet 16.10.1921     joined submarine service, mainly serving on submarines for the rest of his career (08.1922)     spare crew (04.1923)     HMS Tonbridge (twin-screw minesweeper) 10.04.1923 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS L 15 (submarine) (China) (07.1925)     HMS L 7 (submarine) (05.1926)     no appointment listed 11.06.1926 - (07.1927) First Lieutenant, HMS L 18 (submarine) (Mediterranean) 14.12.1927 - 28.09.1928 Commanding Officer, HMS H 49 (submarine) [tender to HMS Vulcan] (01.1929)     Admiralty [HMS President] 02.03.1929 - (08.1929) for 6 months' study of Russian [HMS President] 25.11.1929 - (02.1931) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (01.1932)     no appointment listed 1932 - 1932 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 18.02.1932 - (06.1933) Executive Officer, HMS Thames (submarine) (01.1934)     no appointment listed 16.01.1934 - (11.1934) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] (01.1935) - (02.1935) short course of instruction 15.04.1935 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS L 27 (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla) (06.1936)     tactical course 17.08.1936 - (08.1938) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 21.09.1938 - 11.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Porpoise (submarine) [tender to HMS St Angelo, from 11.10.1939 to HMS Dolphin] 15.11.1939 - 26.05.1940 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship Harwich/Rothesay) (and for duty with submarines) 27.05.1940 - 17.09.1940 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (additional) 18.09.1940 - 01.1941 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship, Mediterranean [Alexandria]) (for submarines) 10.01.1941 - 22.01.1943 Commander (S), [from 30.06.1941 Captain (S)], 10th Submarine Flotilla [HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, Malta)] (02.1943)     no appointment listed 19.04.1943 - 25.04.1943 courses, HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) 26.04.1943 - 1945 Commodore (D) Western Approaches [HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry)] (07.1945)     no appointment listed 19.11.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Birmingham (cruiser) 1947 - 06.1950 First Naval Member and Chief of Naval Staff, Royal New Zealand Navy 1951     Flag Officer, Germany, and Chief British Naval Representative on Allied Control Commission 04.01.1952 - 12.02.1954 Flag Officer (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin] 13.02.1954 - 30.03.1954 HMS President (additional) 26.04.1954 - 05.1954 HMS President (additional; for 28 days) Published: Periscope view : a professional autobiography (1972)
Simpson, Richard Rowell Son of Robert Rowell Simpson and Audrey Margaret Simpson.	1916 ? Middelsborough district, Yorkshire ? - 19.06.1940 (MPK) [age 24] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 37, column 1]	Cadet 01.05.1933 Midsh. 01.01.1934 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1936 S.Lt. 01.09.1936 Lt. 16.12.1937	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 01.05.1933 - 15.01.1934 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 16.01.1934 - (02.)1936 HMS Orion (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 04.01.1937 - (07.)1937 promotion course, Portsmouth 30.08.1937 - 10.12.1937 submarine course, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 11.12.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (additional) (from 27.01.1938 as spare officer for submarines) 04.1938 - (08.)1939 HMS Grampus (submarine) (China) 11.08.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Grampus (submarine) [tender to HMS Medway] 1940 - 19.06.1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Odin (submarine) [tender to HMS Medway] [missing, presumed killed when ship was sunk by Italian destroyer in Gulf of Taranto, 13.06.1940]
Simpson, Thomas Harold Son of Sir Maurice George Simpson (1866-1954), and Emma Mina Connell. Married 1st (1920) Bridget Baily (died 1937). Married 2nd (11.10.1938) Kathleen Clare Raikes Newbery ((06?).1910-05.01.1952), daughter of Lionel Archibald McClintock Newbery, Clerk in Holy Orders; one son, one daughter.	07.07.1896 Elham district, Kent - 05.01.1952 (motoring accident) St Albans, Hertfordshire	... ... Lt. (E) ? 28.10.1920, seniority 15.09.1917 Lt.Cdr. (E) 15.09.1925 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1929 Capt. (E) 31.12.1940 R.Adm. (E) 02.04.1947 (retd 16.09.1948) MVO 21.11.1934 visit of HRH the Duke of Gloucester to Australia and New Zealand	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 15.05.1909     joined RN 19.09.1922 - (08.1923) Assistant Engineer Officer, HMS Southampton (light cruiser) 28.10.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS President (for miscellaneous services at Admiralty) 31.03.1925 - (07.)1927 an Engineer Inspector, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.12.1927 - (06.1928) Assistant Engineer Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 26.07.1929 - (02.)1931 professorial staff, Applied Mechanics Department, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 09.12.1931 - (06.)1933 an Engineer Inspector, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President] 17.12.1933 - 12.11.1935 Engineer Officer, HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean & Australia) 02.12.1935 - (07.1937) an Engineer Inspector, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President] 24.01.1938 - (02.)1939 Engineer Officer, HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (04.1939)     no appointment listed 18.05.1939 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, Admiralty Fuel Experimental Station [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 02.05.1941 - (12.1943) an Engineer Inspector, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President] 08.02.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services) 11.08.1944 - (10.)1944 an Engineer Inspector, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.1944 - (04.)1946 Fleet Engineer Officer, British Pacific Fleet [HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW), from 01.12.1945 HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)] 16.04.1947 - (07.)1948 Engineer Officer, Rosyth (on staff of Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland) [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)] Anglo­Iranian Oil Company, 1948-1952. The Rear Admiral Simpson Memorial Prize: A prize of books and/or instruments awarded to the officer who obtains the best results of the three terms of the Marine Engineering Specialist Course passing out each year from the RN Engineering College, Manadon. Prize instituted in 1954: relatives of the late Rear-Admiral (E) T.H. Simpson, MVO, gave a sum of money for this purpose to commemorate his memory.
Sims-Williams, Hugh Woodrow Sims Changed last name by deed poll of 03.12.1932 from Williams to Sims-Williams.	05.11.1906 Chelsea, Greater London - 09.1990 Basingstoke district, Hampshire	... ... Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1936 Cdr. 31.12.1942 Capt. 30.06.1950 (retd 07.07.1959) (General List) MID 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41	... - ... ... 12.03.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Galatea (cruiser) 29.08.1940 - (02.)1941 Staff Officer (Operations), 18th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Edinburgh (cruiser)] 08.07.1941 - (02.)1943 Gunnery Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) 09.05.1943 - (10.1944) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 25.05.1945 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, HMS Superb (cruiser) ... - ... ... 07.01.1959 - 07.07.1959 also: Naval ADC to the Queen
Singer, Michael Morgan Son (with two sisters) of Adm. Sir Morgan Singer, KCB, KCVO (1864-1938), and Emily Mary Desborough (1871-1952). Married (25.07.1941, St Mark's, Sydney, NSW, Australia) Sybil Emmeline Martha Watts, daughter of Mr & Mrs G. Watts, of Wardering, Western Australia (she later re-married Tweedie).	05.12.1909 Stoke, Devon - 20.11.1941 Indian Ocean [age 31] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 44, column 2]	Cadet 01.05.1927 Midsh. 01.01.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1930 S.Lt. 01.11.1930 Lt. 01.08.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1940 DSC 27.12.1940 destruction Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni 19.07.40 [decoration presented to next of kin] 39|45 St - - Afr St - - WM 39|45 - -	12.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 15.03.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Effingham (cruiser) (East Indies) (04.1930)     no appointment listed 01.05.1930 - (02.)1931 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.12.1931 - (09.)1932 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) 23.12.1932 - (06.)1933 HMS Tarantula (gunboat) (China) (temporary) 10.10.1933 - (07.)1935 HMS Achilles (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 26.09.1935 - (10.)1936 gunnery course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Excellent] 26.10.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 10.01.1938 - (02.)1938 Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 21.04.1938 - (10.)1938 Gunnery Officer, HMS Iron Duke (training ship, Portsmouth) 03.12.1938 - 16.01.1939 HMS President (additional; for passage to Australia) 17.01.1939 - 20.11.1941 Gunnery Officer [from 26.04.1940 Intelligence Officer], HMAS Sydney (light cruiser) [Exchange Officer on loan to RAN] (ship sunk by auxiliary cruiser "Kormoran") [notebable event sinking of Italian light cruiser "Bartelomeo Colleoni" 19.07.1940]
Sissmore, John Edmund	17.07.1896 Kingston district, Surrey - (09?).1975 Chichester district, West Sussex	... ... Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1925 Cdr. 31.12.1931 (retd 17.07.1946) A/Capt. ? OBE 01.01.1948 New Year 48 DSC 14.03.1916 Dardanelles	15.05.1909     entered RN ... - ... ... 12.07.1934 - (07.)1937 Executive Officer, HMS Ajax (cruiser) [from 12.09.1934-16.12.1934 in command] 01.12.1937 - (07.1945) Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty with Admiral Superintendent) ... - ... ... Personnel manager for 13 years at the Walker-on-Tyne shipyard, 1948-1961.

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