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W.F. Skelton  to  E.O. Stallybrass

Skelton, William Falcon "Bill" Son of Eng.V.Adm. Sir Reginald William Skelton KCB, CBE, DSO (1872-1956), and Sybil I. Devenish-Meares, of Christchurch, New Zealand (died 1953). Married (14.05.1945) Beatrice Louisa Frances Noel (born 1915); two daughters, one son.	04.07.1914 Kingston district, Surrey - 04.01.1996 Berkshire	Cadet 01.09.1931 Midsh. 01.05.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1934 S.Lt. 11.11.1935, seniority 16.01.1935 Lt. 16.06.1936 Lt.Cdr. 08.11.1943, seniority 16.06.1943 Cdr. 31.12.1948 (retd 03.08.1959) A/Capt. 03.06.1957 MID 10.11.1942 Operation Pedestal (Gibraltar-Malta convoy 11-16.08.42)	05.09.1931 - (07.1934) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet & Home Fleet) 27.09.1934 - 31.03.1935 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.04.1935 - (07.)1935 promotion course, Portsmouth 02.11.1935 - (07.1937) HMS Delight (destroyer) (China) 10.01.1938 - (02.)1938 First Lieutenant, HMS Wolverine (destroyer) (Devonport) 04.04.1938 - (08.)1938 long navigation course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 03.10.1938 - (04.1940) Navigating Officer, HMS Auckland (sloop) (02.1941)     no appointment listed 31.07.1941 - (08.)1943 Navigating Officer, HMS Charybdis (cruiser) 08.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 07.1945 - (04.)1947 Navigating Officer, HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) 16.06.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (05.1949)     no appointment listed 26.08.1949 - (05.1950) directing staff, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 1952? - 1953? Commanding Officer, HMS Armada (destroyer) 18.02.1953 - (05.1953) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 1953/54? - 1954? Commanding Officer, HMS Barfleur (destroyer) 18.05.1954 - (07.)1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Cheviot (destroyer) 01.12.1954 - (01.1956) HMS President (for miscellaneous duties) [probably some time on the staff of  the Imperial Defence College] (01.1957)     HMS President * 03.06.1957 - (01.)1959 Commander of Dockyard and Queen's Harbour Master, Gibraltar [HMS Rooke] * indexed, but not listed as such
Skinner, Bernard Morland Son of Russell Morland Skinner.	? - 22.04.1949 Yangtze River (DOW)	Prob. Midsh. RNR 01.01.1933 Midsh. RNR ?, seniority 01.01.1933 A/S.Lt. RNR 20.04.1936 Prob. S.Lt.  (Supplementary List) 01.06.1937 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.06.1937 Lt. 27.03.1939, seniority 04.03.1938 > 08.1939, < 04,1940, seniority 19.02.1938 Lt.Cdr. 19.02.1946 MID 06.05.1949 Yangtze River 04.1949	(07.1937) - (02.1938) no appointment listed 05.04.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) 36.05.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Spearfish (submarine) 17.11.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Echo (destroyer) 19.06.1940 - (02.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Vansittart (destroyer) (08.1942) HMS Afrikander V * 16.12.1942 - (02.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS Duncan (destroyer) 18.02.1943 - (10.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS Crane (sloop) (12.1943) no appointment listed 17.01.1944 - 08.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Landguard (escort) 08.05.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Sennen (escort) 19.11.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Insh (frigate) ? - 04.1949 Commanding Officer, HMS Amethyst (sloop) * indexed, but not listed as such
Skinner, Osborne Wallace Married Beatrice Sybil Ashton; one daughter. Brother-in-law of Eng.R.Adm. James Ashton, RN.	11.03.1883 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 06.03.1962	Eng.Cadet ? Eng.S.Lt. 01.07.1904 Eng.Lt. 01.05.1907 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1915 Eng.Cdr. 31.12.1920 Eng.Capt. 30.06.1930 Eng.R.Adm. 14.09.1936 (retd 15.09.1936) (reactivated 05.1942?) (reverted to retd 08.04.1946)	04.07.1904     entered RN 06.03.1917 - (01.1919) Engineer Officer, HMS Tetrarch (destroyer) 01.08.1923 - (08.1923) Engineer Officer, HMS Dunedin (light cruiser) 23.09.1924 - (07.1927) Engineer Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (in charge while under construction) 12.1928 - (01.)1932 an Engineer Inspector, Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (09.1932) no appointment listed 11.03.1933 - (02.)1936 Engineer Overseer, Sheffield and Leeds Districts, under the Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (Admiralty Buildings, Sheffield) 11.05.1942 - (02.)1943 Engineer Overseer, North of England District, under the Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (Dene House, Newcastle-on-Tyne) 06.05.1943 - (07.1945) Engineer Overseer, London District, under the Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (St George's House, Waterloo, London)
Skinner, Robert Michael Phelps Second son and fourth child of Dr E.W. Skinner and Isobel Katharine Freeman of Mountsfield House, Rye. Married (1936, London) Catherine Edith Mary MacDonald; one son. biography (Dunedin Society)	15.11.1906 - 24.11.1941 [age 35] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 3]	Paym.Cadet 01.09.1924 Paym.Midsh. 01.09.1925 Paym.S.Lt. 01.09.1927 Paym.Lt. 01.09.1929 Paym.Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1937	Education: Hurst Court Preparatory School, St Helens, Ore, Sussex from where he gained an exhibition to Tonbridge School; RN College, Osborne (1922) 01.09.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS Thunderer (battleship) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 15.05.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Atlantic) 08.09.1926 - (06.1928) HMS Delhi (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 25.04.1929 - (04.1930) for duty in Admiral's Office (V.Adm. W.A.H. Kelly), then Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron & Second-in-Command Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Revenge (battleship)] (and in 1931 accompanied him to China) 09.01.1931 - (09.1932) Assistant Secretary to Chief of Staff, China Station (Cdre. G. Layton) [HMS Kent (cruiser)] 04.08.1933 - (07.)1934 staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 28.12.1934 - (07.)1935 Secretary to Commodore RN Barracks, Portsmouth (R.Adm. G. Layton) [HMS Victory] 22.11.1935 - (07.)1937 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 21.10.1937 - 26.10.1939 Assistant to Resident Naval Officer, Shanghai [HMS Scorpion (river gunboat, China)] 27.10.1939 - (04.)1940 Assistant to Resident Naval Officer, Shanghai [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)] 08.05.1940 - 24.11.1941 HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
Skipwith, Lionel Peyton	23.06.1902 Chester district, Cheshire / Flintshire - (09?).1978 Alton, Hampshire	Lt. 31.08.1924 Lt.Cdr. 31.08.1932 Cdr. 30.06.1937 (retd > 05.1950, < 05.1953) A/Capt. 15.03.1945? MID 12.08.1941 Lofoten raid MID 23.09.1941 sinking of Mashona 28.05.41	Education: RN Staff College (psc) (08.1929) no appointment listed 31.10.1929 - (02.1931) First Lieutenant, HMS Vanquisher (destroyer) 11.07.1932 - (09.1932) Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 26.07.1933 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Torrid (destroyer) 04.06.1935 - (07.1935) Commanding Officer, HMS Firedrake (destroyer) 06.01.1937 - (02.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Anthony (destroyer) 02.06.1937 - (07.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Imogen (destroyer) (Mediterranean( 11.01.1938 - (10.1938) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 23.01.1939 - (02.1939) tactical investigation, Tactical School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (04.1939) no appointment listed 22.05.1939 - (08.1939) Staff Officer (Operations), 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Barham (battleship)] (04.1940) no appointment listed 05.09.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Tartar (destroyer) 26.03.1942 - 07.1943 HMS Edinburgh Castle (depot ship) 07.1943 - (06.1944) Staff Officer (Operations), South Atlantic Fleet [HMS Afrikander] 15.03.1945 - (07.1945) Chief Staff Officer, Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas [HMS Vindictive] (04.1946) no appointment listed 23.03.1948 - (07.1948) Assistant to Captain of the Dockyard & Passive Defence Officer, HM Dockyard Chatham [HMS Pembroke]  [23.03.1948] - (05.1950) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services)
Skrine, Charles John * Eldest son of Walter Clarmont Skrine (1860-1930), and Agnes "Nesta" Shakespeare Higginson (died 1955), of Ballyrankin House, Ferns, Co. Wexford. Married 1st (18.04.1939, Cappoquin Church, Co. Waterford) Mary Theodora "Theo" Powney Thompson (25.10.1899-11.03.1959), younger daughter of Lt.Col. Powney Thompson, CBE, and Mrs Powney Thompson, MBE, of Carnagh, New Ross, Co. Wexford. Married 2nd (07.09.1960, All Saints' Church, Aghade) Gloria Anne Rosemary Barratt (22.07.1928-), only daughter of Maj. Stanley George Reeves Barratt (1900-1973) and Mary Katherine Gloria Elton (1904-1996), of Ballynoe, Ardattin, Carlow; one son, one daughter. * Naval records also show (erroneously) Charles James Skrine.	1902 - 12.11.1966 Ballyrankin, Ferns, Co. Wexford	Midsh. 01.05.1918 S/Lt. 15.05.1922 Lt. 15.10.1923 (retd 14.04.1931; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.10.1931 Cdr. (retd) 14.01.1942 (reverted to retd < 04.1946)	Education: RN College, Osborne (09.1915-...). (01.1919)     HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 28.12.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Sirdar (torpedo-boat destroyer) 02.09.1924 - (05.)1926 HMS Viceroy (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 28.12.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Sirdar (destroyer) (China) (04.1928) - (06.1928) no appointment listed 17.07.1928 - (04.)1930 First Lieutenant, HMS Scythe (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 14.08.1930 - (02.)1931 First Lieutenant, HMS Wolfhound (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 28.12.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Royal Scot (troopship) 03.06.1940 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Black Bear (armed yacht) 05.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) (for motor launch (ML) base) 06.09.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for landing craft, tank (LCTs))
Slade, Gerald Gordon Son of Henry Adolphus Warre Slade (1869-1936), and Beatrice Isobel Hilda Gordon (?-1940), of Etchingham, Sussex. Married (27.07.1932, St Paul's, Knightsbridge) Netta Kathleen Maunsell (22.02.1899-(03?).1980), only child of Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell (1868-1944), of Northbrooke, Ashford, Kent.	27.10.1899 Hong Kong, South China - 27.03.1986 Shepway district, Kent	S.Lt. 15.05.1918 Lt. 15.05.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1928 (retd 27.10.1944) Cdr. (retd) 27.10.1944	Education: Junior School, Westward Ho; RN College, Osborne (09.1912). ? - (01.1919) HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) 04.1922 - (08.1923) First Lieutenanrt, HMS L 33 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] 15.10.1924 - (01.)1925 Commanding Officer, HMS R 4 (submarine) (Portland) [tender to HMS Vulcan] 10.08.1925 - (02.)1927 Commanding Officer, HMS L 3 (submarine) (China) [tender to HMS Titania] (07.1927)     no appointment listed 07.11.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Atlantic) (08.1929)     no appointment listed 14.01.1930 - (02.1931) Commanding Officer, HMS L 18 (submarine) (Mediterranean) [tender to HMS Douglas] (01.1932)     no appointment listed 08.1932 - 23.08.1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Pandora (submarine) (China) (11.1934) - (02.1935) no appointment listed 14.05.1935 - (07.1935) HMS Winchelsea (destroyer) (5th Submarine Flotilla) 13.01.1936 - (02.)1936 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for course) 08.05.1936 - (02.)1938 Fleet Photographic Officer, Mediterranean [HMS Barham (battleship), later HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship), later HMS Warspite (battleship) [accommodated in HMS Protector]] (06.1938) - (08.1938) no appointment listed 03.09.1938 - (02.)1941 Fleet Photographic Officer, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship [accommodated in HMS Guardian, then in HMS Dunluce Castle])] 08.09.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for photographic school) (06.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * 06.03.1944 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Milford (sloop) (04.1946)     Commanding Officer, HMS Milford (sloop) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Sladen, Geoffrey Mainwaring Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Joseph Sladen (1866-1952), and Mary Diana Farquhar (?-1936). Married (15.04.1931, St Mary's, Amersham, Buckinghamshire) Anna Mary Rolt, daughter of Vivian Caswell Rolt; one son, one daughter. Address at one stage: The Old Rectory Cottage, Shafstbury, Dorset, England; last residence: Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.	03.08.1904 Reigate district, Surrey - 04.10.1985 Thornhill district, Dumfriesshire, Scotland	Midsh. 15.09.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1925 S.Lt. 15.10.1925 Lt. 15.07.1927 Lt.Cdr. 15.07.1935 Cdr. 30.06.1941 Capt. 30.06.1946 (retd 07.07.1955) DSO 27.01.1942 war patrols 08-11.41 [investiture 12.05.42] DSO 16.06.1942 attacks Prinz Eugen & Admiral Scheer 02-03.42 [investiture 11.05.43] DSC 03.12.1940 attacked U-boat 08.10.40 [investiture 18.02.41] MID 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 CdeG ? wind up Europe 45 [HMS Matchless]	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne (05.1918) & Dartmouth. 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, Protsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 14.02.1927 - (07.1927) HMS L 14 (submarine) (for duty with "M" submarines in reserve at Portland) 03.1928 - (06.1928) HMS L 4 (submarine) [tender to HMS Ambrose] (08.1929)     no appointment listed 10.08.1929 - (04.)1930 First Lieutenant, HMS H 27 (submarine) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Alecto] 15.04.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 08.09.1931 - (06.)1933 First Lieutenant, HMS L 54 (submarine) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 04.09.1933 - 1933 HMS Alecto (submarine depot ship) 01.12.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 01.05.1934 - (02.)1935 Commanding Officer, HMS H 50 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Titania] 23.03.1935 - (02.)1937 staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 09.07.1937 - 12.1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Shark (submarine) [tender to HMS Cyclops] 21.01.1939 - (08.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Thames (submarine) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Maidstone] 02.08.1939 - 02.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Oswald (submarine) 18.04.1940 - 20.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Trident (submarine) (DSO and Bar, DSC) 22.03.1942 - (06.)1942 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) (for submarines) [developed 'Sladen "Clammy Death" Suit' as diving suit for human charioteers] 12.06.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (despatches) 30.03.1943 - (12.1943) Executive Officer, HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 06.1944 - 04.08.1944 Executive Officer, HMS Sheffield (cruiser) 05.08.1944 - 11.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Sheffield (cruiser) 20.02.1945   08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Musketeer (destroyer) (1945?)     HMS Matchless (destroyer) (Croix de Guerre) 27.08.1945 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, 5th Submarine Flotilla [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot)] (for Fort Blockhouse) 28.10.1947 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) & Flag Captain to Flag Officer Destroyers, Mediterranean Fleet (05.1949)     no appointment listed 24.10.1949 - (05.1950) Deputy Director of Tactical and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 19.06.1951 - ? Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth (05.1953)     no appointment listed Played rugby for England (1929).
Slattery, [Sir] Matthew Sausse	12.05.1902 Bromley, Greater London - 16.03.1990 Warninglid, West Sussex	Lt. 30.09.1923 Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1931 Cdr. 31.12.1934 Capt. 31.12.1938 Cdre. 1st cl. 11.02.1943 A/R.Adm. > 06.1944, < 07.1945 (retd 1948) KBE 1960 Short Brothers Ltd. - Kt 01.01.1955 New Year 55, Short Brothers Ltd. CB 01.01.1946 New Year 46, Ministry of Aircraft Production LM 24.06.1947 Chief Naval Repres. 43-45 FRAes (1946); DSc(hc) Queen's Univ., Belfast, 1954	Education: Stonyhurst College; RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth 1916 joined RN 15.07.1929 - (02.1931) HMS Erebus (monitor) 08.08.1931 - (09.1932) Flight Commander, No. 450 Flight [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (attached to RAF) 08.10.1932 - (01.1934) Staff Officer (Operations) to Rear-Admiral Aircraft Carriers [HMS Courageous] 31.05.1935 - (07.1935) Commanding Officer, HMS Winchelsea (destroyer) 06.02.1936 - (02.1937) Commander, HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 22.11.1937 - 16.01.1939 Admiralty 16.01.1939 - 1941 Director of Air Matériel, Admiralty [HMS President] 13.01.1941 - (02.)1941 Director­General of Naval Aircraft Development and Production, Ministry of Aircraft Production [HMS President] 1941 - 1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Cleopatra (cruiser) 02.06.1942 - (08.1942) Chief Staff Officer to Commodore-in-Charge Naval Air Stations (Eastern Stations) [HMS Kipanga] 11.02.1943 - 1945 Chief Naval Representative, Ministry of Aircraft Production & Director-General of Naval Aircraft Development and Production [HMS President], renamed: (07.1945) - 1948 Vice­Controller (Air), Chief of Naval Air Equipment and Chief Naval Representative and Director-General of Naval Aircraft Development and Production [renamed: Chief Naval Representative on Supply Council, Ministry of Supply] [HMS President] Vice-Chairman, Air Requirements Board, 1960-74. Managing Director Short Brothers & Harland, Ltd, 1948-52, Chairman and Managing Director, 1952-60; Chairman: (SB Realisations) Ltd, 1952-60; Bristol Aircraft Ltd, 1957-60; Dir Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd, 1957-60. Special Adviser to Prime Minister on Transport of Middle East Oil, 1957-59; Dir National Bank Ltd, 1959-60, 1963-69; Chairman: BOAC, 1960-63; BOAC-Cunard Ltd, 1962-63; R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., 1966-73.
Slaughter, Jack Etheridge "Jackie"	21.05.1905 Reading, Berkshire - 22.06.1980 Winchester, Hampshire	Midsh. 15.05.1923 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1925 S.Lt. 30.05.1926 Lt. 30.12.1927 Lt.Cdr. 30.12.1935 Cdr. 30.06.1940 A/Capt. 27.04.1944 Capt. 31.12.1946 (retd 07.01.1956) DSO 09.05.1940 successful submarine operations against the enemy	15.05.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Ajax (battleship) 14.03.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Valiant (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.01.1926 - (05.1926) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 10.02.1927 - (07.)1927 HMS Tiger (battlecruiser; seagoing gunnery firing ship) (Portsmouth) (temporary) 21.11.1927 - (04.)1928 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 15.04.1928 - (06.1928) HMS L 22 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Ross] 05.06.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Otus (submarine) (3rd Submarine Flotilla) (China) [tender to HMS Medway] 09.1930 - (01.)1932 First Lieutenant, HMS Peterel (river gunboat) (China) (09.1932) no appointment listed 15.11.1932 - (07.1934) First Lieutenant, HMS L 27 (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Mackay] 12.08.1935 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Sturgeon (submarine) (3rd Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Titania] 02.12.1936 - (04.)1939 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) [ship commissioned 25.05.1937] (08.1939) no appointment listed 25.09.1939 - (06.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Sunfish (submarine) (02.1941) HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast) * 09.05.1941 - (12.1941) Executive Officer, HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) [till 10.01.1942 in charge while under construction] 16.03.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Cyclops (depot ship) (for submarines) 27.04.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Wolfe (destroyer depot ship) & as Captain (S/M) 2nd Submarine Flotilla (04.1946) HMS Cyclops (depot ship) * 20.05.1947 - (07.)1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Montclare (depot ship) 11.11.1948 - (05.1950) Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] (05.1953) - 08.10.1953 Second Naval Member, New Zealand Naval Board 02.1954 - (04.1955) Commanding Officer, HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) & as Captain (S/M) 1st Submarine Squadron 07.07.1955 - 07.01.1956 also: Naval ADC to the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such
Slayter, [Sir] William Rudolph Elder son of John Howard Slayter, MBE, MB, CM (1865-1926), and Alice Schlasser, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Dunsfold, Surrey. Married (1925), Helen Justine (died 1969), daughter of Major Russell Hale; one son.	13.02.1896 - 30.04.1971 London	S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.04.1917 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1925 Cdr. 31.12.1930 Capt. 31.12.1937 Cdre. 1st cl. 08.11.1943? R.Adm. 08.01.1947 V.Adm. 15.08.1950 Adm. 15.09.1953 (retd 16.12.1954) KCB 05.06.1952 HM's birthday 52 CB 04.09.1945 services during the war DSO 07.03.1944 sinking of Scharnhorst DSC 20.09.1918 Zeebrugge-Ostend raid MID 11.11.1919 Caspian Sea MID 01.09.1942 Operation Harpoon MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth. 15.01.1909 joined RN served World War I (despatches, DSC) 1913 - 1916 HMS Queen Mary (battlecruiser) (sunk at Battle of Jutland, 1916) 1916 - 1918 Coastal Motor Boats (Raid on Ostend, 1918) 03.01.1923 - (01.)1925 Gunnery Officer, HMS Constance (light cruiser) 22.09.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 23.07.1926 - (07.1927) Executive & Gunnery Officer, HMS Broke (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) (and for gunnery flotilla duties, 4th Destroyer Flotilla) 23.04.1928 - (10.1930) Gunnery Officer, HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) (02.1931) no appointment listed 01.06.1931 - (09.1932) Executive Officer, Gunery School, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (01.1934) no appointment listed 02.02.1934 - (02.1936) Executive Officer, HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 21.01.1937 - (07.1937) course at Staff College, Camberley [HMS President] (02.1938) no appointment listed 16.03.1938 - (06.)1938 HMS President (for miscellaneous service at Admiralty) 22.07.1938 - 01.03.1940 Assistant Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.03.1940 - 30.01.1941 Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 30.01.1941 - (02.)1941 Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 09.09.1941 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Liverpool (cruiser) 13.10.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Newfoundland (cruiser) 08.11.1943 - (01.)1945 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Duke of York (battleship), from 14.06.1944 HMS Furious, from 30.10.1944 HMS Rodney] (07.1945) no appointment listed 03.09.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 04.1947 - (10.1947) Chief of Staff, Staff of Naval Representative, United Nations [HMS Saker] 01.03.1948 - (07.1948) Washington, DC & Naval Representative of the UK on the United Nations Military Staff Committee [HMS Saker] 02.05.1949 - (05.)1950 Flag Officer Commanding, 2nd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Superb (cruiser)] 1950 - 1952 Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President] 20.08.1952 - 08.1954 Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Highflyer (cruiser)] Member of Committee of Management: Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Naval Vice-President, Combined Cadet Force Association.
Smallman, James Leslie	16.01.1911 St Pancras district, Greater London / London - 02.1988 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	A/Gnr. 04.08.1945 Gnr. = Cd.Gnr. 1946?, seniority 04.08.1945 (retd 04.08.1954)	? - ? ? 08.03.1946 - (04.)1946 HMS Trumpeter (escort carrier) 21.05.1946 - (10.1947) HMS Actaeon (sloop) (07.1948)     HMSE Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * 17.07.1948 - (05.1950) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (05.1953)     no appointment listed 16.06.1953 - (07.)1954 RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus]
Smardon, Thomas Guy Geoffrey	(09?).1907 Croydon district, Greater London - 20.10.1968	... ... Lt. (E) 01.12.1931 (retd 16.11.1939, but probably cancelled later on) Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.12.1939 (retd 06.08.1948)	... - ... ... 29.10.1937 - (08.1939) HMS Havock (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (04.1940)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 03.12.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Ashanti (destroyer) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 11.01.1943 - (02.1943) HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester) (for air engineering duties) 01.05.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Peewit (and for station duties at RN Air Station East Haven) 27.09.1943 - (06.1944) 2nd Assistant to Torpedo Engineer Officer, Torpedo Depot, Portsmouth 03.1945 - (04.1946) RN Depot, Simonstown [HMS Afrikander] ... - ... ... Company director, Basildon Garage, 1960s. * indexed, but not listed as such
Smeeton, Bryan John Son of ... Smeeton, and ... French.	(09?).1915 Richmond district, Surrey - 10.04.1940 [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 1, panel 2]	Midsh. 01.09.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1936 S.Lt. 01.05.1936 A/Lt. 16.05.1938 RAF: F/O 18.05.1937	04.11.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Norfolk (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 03.01.1935 - (07.1935) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.01.1936 - (02.)1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 31.08.1936 - (02.)1937 promotion course, Portsmouth 18.05.1937 - (02.)1938 pilot's course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Leuchars [attached to RAF] 25.04.1938 - (08.)1938 pilot, Fighter Squadron 801 FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] 16.08.1938 - (10.)1938 Training Squadron FAA, RAF Station, Gosport [HMS Victory] [attached to RAF] 21.11.1938 - (04.)1939 pilot, Fighter Squadron 803 FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] (08.1939) - (09.1939) Fleet Air Arm (probably serving on in 803 Squadron FAA) ? - 10.04.1940 803 Squadron FAA [HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkney)] (killed in action during the attack on the German ship Königsberg)
Smeeton, [Sir] Richard Michael Son of Edward Leaf Smeeton, and Charlotte Mildred Leighton, of Bedford. Married ((03?).1940, St Marylebone district, London) Maria Elizabeth Hawkins (died 02.09.2009, aged 92), younger daughter of the late Cecil Horlock Hawkins & Mrs Hawkins, of Ennismore Gardens, SW7; no children.	24.09.1912 Halifax district, West Riding of Yorkshire / West Yorkshire - 29.03.1992 Guildford, Surrey	Cadet 01.01.1930 Midsh. 01.09.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1933 S.Lt. 16.05.1933 Lt. 16.05.1935 A/Lt.Cdr. 10.06.1941? Lt.Cdr. 16.05.1943 Cdr. 31.12.1943 Capt. 30.06.1950 R.Adm. 07.07.1959 V.Adm. 26.05.1962 (retd 05.11.1965; at own request) RAF: F/O 20.01.1935 F/Lt. 01.07.1938 KCB 01.01.1964 New Year 64 [investiture 14.02.64] CB 31.12.1960 New Year 61 MBE 01.01.1943 New Year 43	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1926) 14.01.1930 - (04.)1930 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.12.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 07.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 05.01.1933 - 20.08.1933 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 21.08.1933 - (01.)1934 promotion course, Portsmouth 18.04.1934 - (11.1934) HMS Sturdy (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 20.01.1935 - (07.1935) pilot's course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Leuchars [attached to RAF] 30.01.1936 - 17.01.1937 pilot, Fighter Squadron 800 FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] 18.01.1937 - (04.)1939 pilot, TSR Squadron 813 FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] (China) [attached to RAF] (08.1939) - (09.1939) no appointment listed (11?).1939 - 15.06.1940 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkney), from 04.1940-09.05.1940 HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier), then HMS Furious (aircraft carrier), finally from 23.05.1940 HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkney)] (Norwegian campaign) 16.06.1940 - 05.1941 Commanding Officer, 800 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) 10.06.1941 - 01.03.1943 Assistant Naval Attaché (Air), Washington, DC [HMS President] 01.03.1943 - (06.)1944 naval air observer on the staff of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Commander-in-Chief Pacific [HMS Saker] (10.1944)     no appointment listed 12.1944 - (01.)1945 Staff Officer Air Plans to Flag Officer Commanding Aircraft Carriers, British Pacific Fleet [HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier)] 09.06.1945 - (07.1945) Staff Officer Air Plans to Flag Officer Commanding 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron, British Pacific Fleet [HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)] (04.1946) HMS President * 1946 served as Staff Flag Officer Air (Home) as Commander, Flying Training, and then as Commander (Air) aboard HMS Theseus for a cruise to Australia and New Zealand 11.1947 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, HMS Alert (05.1949) no appointment listed after a spell as Commander (Air) at Lee-on-Solent, he was Air Warfare (Material) deputy director at the Admiralty (05.1950) HMS President * 12.1952 - (07.)1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Hal Far, Malta) & Captain (Air) Mediterranean 1955     Imperial Defence College (04.1955) no appointment listed 26.06.1955 - (05.)1957 Commanding Officer, HMS Albion (light fleet carrier) (Suez) 06.12.1957 - (01.)1959 Director of Plans, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.01.1959 - 07.07.1959 also: Naval ADC to the Queen 01.03.1960 - 01.1962 Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers [HMS Hermes aircraft carrier)] & Commander (Carrier Striking Group Two), NATO 24.09.1962 - 02.1964 Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), NATO (Norfolk, Va., USA) 1964 - 1965 Flag Officer, Naval Air Command Director and Chief Executive, Society of British Aerospace Cos, 1966-79; Secretary, Defence Industries Council, 1970-79. Member Council, Institute of Directors. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Surrey, 26.10.1976. FRAes (1973). * indexed, but not listed as such
Smith, Anthony James Richard	? - 12.2004 still alive	Midsh. (E) 01.01.1944 S.Lt. (E) ?, seniority 01.02.1945 ... ... Cdr. (E) 31.12.1962 (retd) OBE ? ?	(07.1945) HMS Sussex (cruiser) * (04.1946) no appointment listed ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Smith, Basil Whitefoot Married Ruth Smith.	18.02.1914 - 07.1984 Worthing, West Sussex	Prob. A/S.Lt. RNR 01.12.1935 A/S.Lt. RNR 07.08.1937 S.Lt. RNR 13.03.1939, seniority 07.08.1938 Prob. S.Lt. 10.06.1939 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.03.1939 A/Lt. ? Lt. 21.10.1941, seniority 03.02.1938 Lt.Cdr. 03.02.1946 (retd 01.07.1958)	08.05.1937 - (07.1937) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (for 3 months' training) (Home Fleet) (08.1939) short course 20.01.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Suffolk (cruiser) 11.12.1941 - (08.1943) HMS Frobisher (cruiser) (10.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 27.03.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Striker (escort carrier) (04.1946) no appointment listed 31.08.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Glasgow 11.08.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Siskin 10.05.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Peregrine
Smith, Carl Dana Scott	? - 10.02.2010 at home	... ... Cdr. 31.12.1953 (retd) DSC ? ? MID ? ?	... - ... ...
Smith, Colin Edward Hugh Son of V.Adm. Humphrey Hugh Smith (1875-1940), and Blanche Mary Scott-Murray (1873-1937). Married 1st (07.10.1930) the Hon. Elizabeth Dulcie Hotham (1901 - 23.01.1969); two sons, one daughter. Married 2nd (27.09.1969) Aileen Coates (died 01.11.2009, aged 93), widow of Lt.Cdr. the Hon. John David Hotham, DSC, RN (1911-1962).	01.08.1897 Kensington district, Middlesex - (06?).1975 Wycombe district, Buckinghamshire	S.Lt. 15.09.1917 A/Lt. ? (retd) Lt. (retd) 15.03.1921, seniority 15.09.1919 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.09.1927 (reverted to retd < 04.1946)	(04.1940) - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Smith, [the Rev.] Francis Armand Second of six children (two brothers & three sisters) of the Ven. Godfrey Scott Smith (1878-1944), Archdeacon of Furness, and Katharine Isabella Powlett. Married 1st ((12?).1935, Ulverston district) Monica Ella M.A. Harden (16.04.1911-(03?).1975), only daughter of Rev. W.F. Harden, of Grange-over-Sands; two sons. Married 2nd Sonia Kirk Smith (died 1997).	13.10.1910 Ulverston district, Cumbria / Lancashire - 19.03.1997	Cadet 01.01.1928 Midsh. 01.09.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1931 S.Lt. 01.05.1931 Lt. 01.12.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1940 (retd 1946?)	Education: Aysgarth School; RN College, Dartmouth. 14.01.1928 - (08.1930) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) (02.1931)     no appointment listed 17.08.1931 - (01.)1932 promotion course, Portsmouth 12.04.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Viceroy (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 12.03.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Albury (twin screw minesweeper) (1st Minesweeping Flotilla) (for navigating duties in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) 16.04.1934 - (08.)1934 long navigation course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] (11.1934)     no appointment listed (02.1935)     no appointment listed 26.03.1935 - (07.)1935 Assistant Navigating Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 21.11.1935 - 07.09.1936 Navigating Officer, HMS Guardian (net layer) 08.09.1936 - 22.10.1936 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 23.10.1936 - (02.)1937 Assistant Navigating Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 07.07.1937 - (10.1938) HMS Adventure (large minelayer) (China) 23.01.1939 - (09.)1939 HMS Caledonia (boys' training ship, Rosyth) 05.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS St George (training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man) 20.06.1940 - (10.1940) Navigating & Gunnery Officer, HMS Hotspur (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (02.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941)     no appointment listed (08.1942) - (06.1943) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) * [set up the Upper Yardman officer’s training programme] (08.1943)     no appointment listed 25.08.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall) 20.03.1944 - (10.1944) staff, RN College, Eaton, Chester [HMS Britannia] (01.1945) RN College, Eaton, Chester [HMS Britannia] * (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed Business career designing and installing harbour navigation equipment in the Middle East and on the Indian sub-continent. Teaching appointments at Gordonstoun, Bryanston (c. 1954/55) and Milton Abbey Schools. Trained for the clergy in 1960, ordained in Salisbury Cathedral, and appointed Vicar of Upavon and Rushall, which he remained for 15 years. * indexed, but not listed as such
Smith, George William For his detailed pre-war career see: www.naval-history.net	26.11.1888 Lincoln - 06.1977 Westcliff-on- Sea, Essex	Chief Officer, Shore Signal Stations 18.06.1935 DSM 21.01.1920 ?	... 18.06.1935 - (02.1941) RN Shore Signal Station Southend RN Shore Signal Station Dunnet Head RN Shore Signal Station St Abbs Head 25.01.1944 - (04.1946) RN Shore Signal Station Flamborough Head RN Shore Signal Station Isle of Wight
Smith, Harry Stewart Murray	see:	Murray-Smith, Harry Stewart
Smith, Henry Rae	1917 - c. 2005 Canada	Prob. T/S.Lt. (E) RNVR 17.12.1939 T/Lt. (E) 04.02.1941 (reld 16.05.1946) T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) > 10.1944, < 07.1945 DSC 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.42 [decoration posted]	18.03.1940 - (03.)1942 HMS Carlisle (cruiser) [1941 transferred from RNVR to RN] (08.1942) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 01.01.1944 - (10.1944) on staff of Base Engineer Officer, HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Smith, Philip Roger Gilmer Son of ... Smith & ... Hunter.	(03?).1921 Portsmouth, Hampshire - died between 08.1989 and 12.1998	Cadet 01.05.1938 Midsh. 01.01.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1940 S.Lt. 1941, seniority 16.08.1940 Lt. 01.01.1942 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1950 Cdr. 30.06.1956 (retd 26.01.1971) A/Capt. < 02.1969 DSC 04.05.1943 special operations Mediterranean [HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship)] [investiture 23.05.44] MID 26.05.1942 action with Italian cruisers 12.12.41	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 01.05.1938 - 31.12.1938 cadet training, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Southampton (cruiser) (02.1941)     no appointment listed 03.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Sikh (destroyer) 12.05.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt) 19.03.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Khedive (escort carrier) ? - (07.1945) qualifying for navigation duties 19.03.1946 - (04.1946) Navigating Officer, HMS Fly (Algerine class minesweeper) 15.03.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS Wildfire (RPT School, Sheerness) 28.11.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Agincourt (flotilla leader) 17.04.1951 - (05.1953) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 28.04.1954 - (01.)1956 HMS Albion 13.08.1956 - (01.1957) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.09.1958 - (01.1959) Deputy to Asisstant Chief of Staff, Allied Forces Mediterranean (NATO) 13.06.1961 - (02.1963) HMS President (for duty with Commodore Superintendent of Contract-Built Ships) 06.01.1964 - (02.1964) Executive Officer, HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) 24.02.1966 - 12.09.1968 Assistant Queen's Harbour Master, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 13.09.1968 - (02.1969) Captain of the Dockyard & Queen's Harbour Master, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] * indexed, but not listed as such
Smith, Philip Sydney	25.02.1899 - 15.10.1973 Chatham district, Kent	Lt. 15.01.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.01.1928 Cdr. 31.12.1934 Capt. 30.06.1941 Cdre. 2nd cl. < 07.1948 R.Adm. 07.07.1950 (retd 25.09.1953) CB 05.06.1952 HM's birthday 52 [award posted] DSO 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 [investiture 20.07.48] MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky (invasion of Sicily 07.43)	08.1914     entered RN 07.06.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) (temporary) 24.04.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS Centurion (battleship) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 22.10.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Curlew (cruiser) (North America and West Indies) 17.01.1927 - (06.)1928 HMS Cairo (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 13.08.1928 - (04.)1930 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 15.04.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 08.06.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) (07.1934) no appointment listed 01.02.1935 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 14.09.1936 - (04.)1939 Executive Officer, HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (Mediterranean & China) 15.08.1939 - (04.1940) Executive Officer, RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (02.1941) no appointment listed 30.06.1941 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS St Tudno (minesweepers depot ship, Sheerness) (02.1943) - (10.)1943 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers) * [Force A (Sicily landings)] 01.10.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, Gunnery School, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 21.08.1945 - ? Commanding Officer, HMS Sirius (cruiser) (04.1946) no appointment listed (07.1948) no appointment listed 01.09.1948 - (05.1949) Commanding Officer, HMS Warrior (aircraft carrier) 28.06.1949 - (05.1950) Commodore RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] (1952) Head British Naval Mission to Greece (05.1953) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Smith, Robert Thomas	? - 25.05.2004	A/S.Lt. 23.08.1942 S.Lt. 01.09.1942 Lt. 16.09.1943 ?, seniority 16.01.1943 Lt.Cdr. 16.01.1951 (retd) MID 11.04.1944 patrol Norway action 02.44 MID 14.12.1945 war patrols Far East 07.45	(02.1943) no appointment listed 03.05.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 14.07.1943 - (04.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Stubborn (submarine) 01.06.1944 - (06.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Trusty (submarine) 11.07.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Montclare 03.01.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Ganges 02.10.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Newfoundland 12.1954 - (04.1955) [Commanding Officer?], HMS Tireless * indexed, but not listed as such
Smith, Valentine Charles Son of Frederick and Mary Anne Smith.	14.02.1887 Hull, Yorkshire - 12.09.1953 Inverness, Scotland	Boy 2nd cl. 09.11.1902 Boy 1st cl. 11.08.1903 Sign. 14.02.1905 Qual. Sign, 01.06.1905 Ldg.Sign. 01.03.1906 Qual. Sign. 07.02.1907 Ldg. Sign, 19.09.1907 Yeo.Sign. 10.09.1912 Mate 28.06.1917 A/Lt. ? Lt. 30.11.1921, seniority 23.11.1920 24.07.1922, seniority 23.09.1920 (retd 03.08.1922; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 23.09.1928	Labourer. 09.11.1902 - 28.01.1904 HMS Ganges (boys' training establishment, Shotley) 29.01.1904 - 20.06.1904 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 21.06.1904 - 07.05.1906 HMS Triumph (battleship) 08.05.1906 - 04.06.1906 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 05.06.1906 - 31.07.1906 HMS Argonaut (armoured cruiser) 01.08.1906 - 21.02.1907 HMS Clio (sloop) 22.02.1907 - 21.02.1908 HMS Monmouth (armoured cruiser) 22.02.1908 - 14.04.1908 HMS Amphitrite (armoured cruiser) 15.04.1908 - 03.09.1908 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 04.09.1908 - 17.10.1909 HMS Blenheim (armoured cruiser) 18.10.1909 - 10.12.1909 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 11.12.1909 - 13.02.1910 HMS Brilliant (light cruiser) 14.02.1910 - 26.12.1910 HMS Scylla (2nd class cruiser) 27.12.1910 - 19.04.1911 HMS Terror (base ship, Bermuda) 20.04.1911 - 24.05.1911 HMS Scylla (2nd class cruiser) 25.05.1911 - 21.07.1911 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 22.07.1911 - 20.11.1911 HMS Blenheim (armoured cruiser) 21.11.1911 - 09.04.1912 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 10.04.1912 - 13.11.1912 HMS Hearty (fishery protection vessel) 14.11.1912 - 17.02.1913 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 18.02.1913 - 30.11.1913 HMS Blenheim (armoured cruiser) 01.12.1913 - 04.05.1914 HMS Egmont (base ship, Malta) 05.05.1914 - 25.02.1915 HMS Blenheim (armoured cruiser) 26.02.1915 - 18.05.1915 HMS Amethyst (3rd class cruiser) (wounded in action [shot in the head] 18.05.1915) 19.05.1915 - 27.06.1917 HMS Blenheim (armoured cruiser) 06.04.1918 - (01.)1919 HMS Adventure 15.08.1919 - (1920) HMS Constance (light cruiser) 01.05.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Dunluce Castle (depot ship) 20.10.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Alice (armed yacht) (08.1942) - (10.)1943 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) * 11.1943 - (04.)1944 Executive Officer, HMS Phoenix (RN Aircraft Repair Yard, Fayid, Egypt) 04.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Elissa (Combined Operations base, Messina, Italy) (for duty at Augusta) (01.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Smith, William "Bill"	? - [1959 still alive]	Boatsw. 01.01.1926 Cd.Boatsw. 01.01.1936 Lt. 01.12.1938 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1947 (retd 1940/50s)	07.05.1929 - (02.1931) HMS Emperor of India (battleship) 01.03.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) 01.05.1933 - (01.1934) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] ? - (07.1935) short course 04.05.1936 - (02.1937) Dockyard Malta 12.04.1939 - (08.1939) Commanding Officer, HM Tug St. Martin 11.12.1941 - (06.1943) Dockyard Portsmouth 14.06.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers) (07.1945) HMS Beaver (RN base, Hull) * 23.07.1945 - (04.1946) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] * indexed, but not listed as such
Smithwick, Algernon Robert 4th son of late Canon Standish Poole Smithwick (1848-1909), of Monasterevan, and Chancellor of St Brigids Cathedral, Kildare, and Caroline Anne Grant Webb (died 1909). Married (1915) Nora Kathleen Wilson, daughter of late Sir David Wilson, KCMG; one son killed in action 1945 (S.Lt. John David Standish Smithwick), one daughter.	03.04.1887 Ireland - 05.11.1948 Shaftesbury, Dorset	... ... Capt. 31.12.1927 R.Adm. 10.01.1939 (retd 11.01.1939) (reverted to retd < 04.1946) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 1943? RAFVR:   P/O (prob) 23.11.1939 [77697] P/O 23.11.1940 (WS) F/O 23.11.1940 (reld 18.02.1941) DSO 1918 ?	Education: Skelsmergh House School, Margate; Northwood Park, Winchester. 15.01.1902     entered RN 1914 - 1918 served European War (despatches, DSO) 1929 - 1930 Commanding Officer, HMS Sandhurst 1931 - 1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Concord 1932 - 1935 Captain of the Dockyard, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 23.05.1935 - (02.)1937 Captain-in-Charge, Simonstown [HMS Afrikander] (07.1937)     no appointment listed 10.01.1938 - (02.)1938 senior officers' tactical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 12.03.1938 - (06.)1938 senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] (08.1938) - (10.1938) no appointment listed 10.08.1938 - 10.01.1939 also: Naval ADC to the King 11.05.1939 - 29.10.1939 commissioned, Flight Lieutenant - RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [honorary commission] 23.11.1939 - 18.02.1941 commissioned, RAF Volunteer Reserve (Administrative and special duties Branch) [emergency commission] 18.02.1941 - 01.11.1943 Captain of Dockyard, Devonport & King's Harbour Master, Devonport [HMS Drake] 01.11.1943 - (07.1945) Commodore of Convoys [HMS Eaglet] * indexed, but not listed as such
Smyth, John Herbert Son of Herbert Gladstone Walker Smyth and Ethel Maud Smyth; husband of Elizabeth Gwendoline Muriel Smyth, of Hove, Sussex.	1909 ? - 24.08.1940 (KIA) [age 31] [Chatham Naval Memorial, 34,1]	S.Lt. RNR 30.09.1932 Lt. RNR 30.09.1934 Lt. (Supplementary List) 14.05.1937, seniority 30.08.1932 Lt. 1938?, seniority 30.08.1932	14.05.1937 - (10.1938) HMS Rodney (battleship) 11.04.1939 - 24.08.1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Penzance (escort vessel)
Somerville, Sir James Fownes Son of late Arthur Fownes Somerville, Dinder House, Somerset, and Ellen Sharland; one brother, one sister. Married (1913) Mary Kerr (died 1945), daughter of late Colonel T. Ryder Main, CB, CMG; one son, one daughter.	17.07.1882 Weybridge, Surrey - 19.03.1949 Dinder House, Wells, Somerset	A/S.Lt. 15.12.1901 S.Lt. 02.05.1903, seniority 15.12.1901 Lt. 15.03.1904 Cdr. 31.12.1915 Capt. 31.12.1921 Cdre. 2nd cl. 14.10.1932 R.Adm. 12.10.1933 V.Adm. 11.09.1937 (retd 1939; invalided with TB) Adm. (retd) 06.04.1942 Adm. 10.08.1944, seniority 06.04.1942 Adm. of the Fleet 08.05.1945 (retd 1946) GCB 22.08.1944 C-in-C Eastern Fleet GBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 KCB 08.06.1939 HM's birthday 39 KBE 21.10.1941 Force H CB 01.01.1935 New Year 35 DSO 14.03.1916 has had duties of exceptional difficulty, which he has performed most efficiently MID 14.03.1916 ? MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk OON 07.08.1945 services to the Royal Neth. Navy LM 14.12.1945 ? idc	15.01.1897 entered Royal Navy qualifed as a torpedo specialist, but changed to wireless telegraphy 1915 - 1916 served European War (Dardanelles; Grand Fleet)     Fleet Wireless Telegraph Officer on the Staff of Vice-Admiral de Robeck commanding the Eastern Mediterranean Squadron 20.08.1922 - (08.1923) Flag Captain, HMS Benbow (battleship) (01.1925) no appointment listed 07.02.1925 - 1927 Director of the Signal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 26.05.1927 - 1929 Flag Captain, HMS Barham & Chief Staff Officer to Vice-Admiral John D. Kelly (commanding 1st Battle Squadron) (Mediterranean) 01.06.1929 - (02.)1931 Naval Instructor, Imperial Defence College [HMS President] 28.12.1931 - (09.)1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Norfolk (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 14.10.1932 - (01.)1934 Commodore of RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 22.01.1933 - 12.10.1933 also: Naval ADC to the King 11.05.1934 - (02.)1936 Director of Personal Services, Admiralty [HMS President] 21.03.1936 - (02.)1938 Vice-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Galatea (cruiser)] [assumed command 09.04.1936] 10.06.1938 - (04.)1939 Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Norfolk (cruiser)] [assumed command 24.07.1938] 1939 on special service at Admiralty (08.1939) no appointment listed (04.1940) HMS President * 28.06.1940 - 1942 Flag Officer Commanding Force H, Gibraltar [HMS Renown (battlecruiser)] 12.02.1942 - 08.1944 Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet [HMS Warspite, HMS Tana & HMS Lanka] [assumed command 26.03.1942] 27.10.1944 - 15.12.1945 Head of British Admiralty Delegation, Washington [HMS Saker] (04.1946) HMS President * * indexed, but not listed as such Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Somerset, 08.12.1944. Lord Lieutenant for the County of Somerset 06.09.1946. KStJ, 23.12.1946. Literature: Donald MacIntyre, Fighting Admiral : the life and battles of Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Somerville (1961)
Somerville, Philip	05.12.1906 - 04.04.1942 (KIA) [Imtarfa Military Cemetery, Malta]	Lt. 16.04.1929 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1937 Cdr. 1941 DSO 23.12.1939 successful actions against enemy submarines DSO 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.42 DSC 11.02.1941 sinking Torricelli 21.06.40 DSC 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete	1924 Naval Cadet, HMS Revenge 1929 1931 Lieutenant, RN and Pilot, Fleet Air Arm 1931 - 1933 Lieutenant HMS Keith (1932 Ierissos Earthquake (Officer of Order of the Phœnix of Greece)) 15.05.1934 - (02.)1936 First Lieutenant, HMS Grimsby (patrol sloop) (China) (02.1937) no appointment listed 25.03.1937 - (02.1938) Executive Officer, HMS Echo (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 26.04.1938 - (04.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Wren (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 22.07.1939 - 04.04.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Kingston (destroyer)
Southern, John Dunlop	05.11.1899 Friar Gate, Derby, Derbyshire - 07.02.1972 Seend Head House, Melksham, Wiltshire	Lt. 15.01.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.01.1931 (retd 1942/43) A/Cdr. < 08.1943 Cdr. (retd) ? (reverted to retd < 04.1946)	... - ... ... 23.02.1938 - (12.1941) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for training duties) 23.03.1942 - (12.1943) Executive Officer, HMS Attacker (escort carrier) 01.05.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Valkyrie (RDF training establishment, Camp Douglas, Isle of Man) 30.05.1945 - (07.1945) Naval Training Department, Admiralty [HMS President] Played First Class cricket for Derbyshire, 1919-1934.
Southwell, the Hon. Robert Arthur William Joseph; 6th Viscount Southwell, cr. 1776, succ. 1944; Baronet, cr. 1662; Baron Southwell, cr. 1717 Eldest son of 5th Visc. Southwell and Dorothy Katharine (died 1952), daughter of 1st Lord Waleran; succeeded father, 1944; married 1st, 1926, Violet Mary Weldon (who obtained a divorce, 1931; she married 2nd, 1932, Lt­Comdr Paul Freeman, RN), only child of Paymaster Captain Francis W. Walshe, MVO, OBE; one daughter; 2nd, 1943, Josephine, daughter of Denis Joseph de la Mole, and formerly, wife of Captain Henry Marryat Hardy.	05.09.1898 - 18.11.1960 [Croydon, Surrey ?]	Lt. 15.11.1926 Lt.Cdr. 15.11.1927 (retd 31.10.1933; own request) Cdr. (retd) 05.09.1938 (reverted to retd 1944)	Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth 08.1914     entered RN 05.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Assistance (repair ship) 29.09.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (01.1932) - (09.1932) no appointment listed 01.12.1939 - (02.1941) HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (08.1942) no appointment listed 17.11.1942 - (08.1943) Executive Officer, HMS Enterprise (cruiser) 30.08.1943 - 14.12.1944 Executive Officer, HMS Speaker (escort carrier)
Southwood, Horace Gerald Son of Horace George Southwood (1889-?), and Dorothy J. Courtney. Married ((06?).1936, Holborn district, Middlesex) Ruby Edith Hayes (09.06.1911-12.2005), daughter of ... Hayes and ... Ball; two sons, one daughter.	19.04.1912 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 13.03.1997 Riverside, Newton Ferrers, Plymouth district, Devon	A/S.Lt. (E) 01.07.1935 S.Lt. (E) 16.11.1936, seniority 01.07.1935 Lt. (E) 01.07.1938 1941, seniority 16.05.1938 1942, seniority 16.05.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.05.1945 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1948 Capt. (E) 31.12.1958 (retd 28.02.1967) CBE 01.01.1967 New Year 67 [investiture 14.02.67] DSC 30.09.1941 Campbell Kotor 22.04.41 [investiture 03.11.42] MID 05.05.1942 8 war patrols Mediterranean 10.40-08.41	Education: HMS Fisgard; RN College, Greenwich. 1927     joined RN 1932 - 1934 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 1934 - 1935 HMS Barham (battleship) (Home Fleet) 26.09.1935 - (08.)1936 engineering course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 25.08.1936 - (08.)1938 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 05.09.1938 - (10.)1938 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 29.12.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) (Home Fleet) 05.1939 - (08.)1941 HMS Regent (submarine) (China & Mediterranean) (DSC, despatches) 10.1941 - 1942 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) 09.02.1942 - (12.1943) on staff of Engineer Overseer, Barrow District (Barrow-in-Furness) (under Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty) [HMS President] 01.04.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Amphion (submarine) 05.02.1946 - 1948 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)  (for Fort Blockhouse) 27.05.1948 - 1949 HMS Vengeance (aircraft carrier) 21.01.1949 - 1951 HMS Glory (aircraft carrier) 1951 - 1952 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) 05.01.1953 - (07.1954) an Engineer Inspector, Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (Whitehall, London) 14.02.1955 - 1958 Deputy Manager Engineering Department (Production), HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 1958 - 1959 joint services staff course (01.1959)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 23.04.1959 - 1962 Chief Engineer, HM Dockyard, Singapore [HMS Terror] 1962 - 1962 senior officers' war course (02.1963)     RN College, Greenwich * 01.04.1963 - 1967 Manager, Engineering Department, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (CBE) 01.06.1967 - 1972 General Manager, HM Dockyard, Devonport [HMS Drake] CEng, FIMechE. Management consultant, Productivity and Management ServicesLtd., 1972-1974. Managing Director, Silley, Cox & Co. Ltd., Falmouth Docks, 1974-1978. Chairman, Falmouth Group of companies, 1976-1978. * indexed, but not listed as such
Sowdon, Ronald Montague Haigh Son of Henry Lucy Sowdon and Catherine Edith Sowdon. Husband of Edith Monica Sowdon, of Horsell, Woking, Surrey; one daughter. biography at: www.hmsdunedin.co.uk	22.05.1900 Warwick - 24.11.1941 (KIA) [age 41] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]	Midsh. 1916 A/S.Lt. 05.1918 A/Lt. ? Lt. 14.09.1921, seniority 15.04.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1928 MID 19.08.1941 boarding officer in charge of capturing the German ship Lothringen 06.41	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (1913-1916); junior officers' course, Cambridge University (1919/20) 15.07.1916     entered RN 1916 HMS Australia (Grand Fleet) 1918 HMS Snapdragon (sloop) 1920 - 1921 HMS Wessex (destroyer) 04.1921 specialized in submarines 01.01.1923 - (08.1923) HMS H 47 (submarine) 01.05.1924 - (01.1925) for duty with Group "M" Submarines (in reserve at Portsmouth): HMS L 14, L 17 & L 18 13.11.1925 - (05.1926) First Lieutenant, HMS L 11 (submarine) (Atlantic Fleet) 28.02.1927 - 1928 Commanding Officer, HMS H 32 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) (04.1928) - (05.1928) no appointment listed 25.05.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Constance (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 01.01.1929 - (10.1930) HMS Malaya (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (02.1931) no appointment listed 11.05.1931 - (05.)1933 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) [lent to RAN] (06.1933) no appointment listed (01.1934) no appointment listed 25.04.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 09.1936 09.1936 01.07.1938 19.10.1938 - - - - (04.)1939 01.07.1938 19.10.1938 (04.)1939 HMS Dauntless (cruiser)  (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) First Lieutenant Commanding Officer First Lieutenant 31.07.1939 - 24.11.1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Dunedin (cruiser) (torpedoed & sunk, South Atlantic)
Spalding, Meredith Stanton Son of Sydney Thomas Spalding (1858-1937), and Annie Caroline Allinson (died 1900). Married 1st (1922, Devonport) Anna Ward "Nancy" Evans (06.08.1902-17.03.1978) (divorced); one son. Married 2nd (22.09.1946, Chelsea) Gina Marjorie Craddock (15.08.1911-09.1981).	17.11.1895 South Darenth, Horton Kirby, Kent - 12.07.1976 Osborne House, Isle of Wight, Hampshire	Midsh. 1914? A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 1915? Lt. 15.11.1917 Lt.Cdr. 15.11.1925 (retd 09.03.1936; own request) Cdr. 09.03.1936 (reverted to retd < 01.1945) DSC 11.11.1919 Russia 19 * * For distinguished services in command of the Naval Brigade throughout the operations of the 10th August, 1919, and subsequent days.	Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth (09.1908-08.1912). 15.09.1908     entered RN (1914)     HMS Conqueror (Grand Fleet) 1915 HMS Dahlia (sloop) 11.1916     HMS Obdurate (torpedo-boat destroyer) 07.1917 First Lieutenant, HMS Milbrook (torpedo-boat destroyer) 1919     HMS Sherborne (minesweeping duties) 13.12.1922 - (08.1923) First Lieutenant, HMS Vivacious (torpedo-boat destroyer) 16.01.1924 - (01.)1925 First Lieutenant, HMS Vanquisher (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 21.03.1925 - (02.)1927 HMS Egmont (RN base, Malta) (for command of destroyers in reserve) ? - ? Commanding Officer, HMS Wolverine (destroyer) 23.05.1927 - (06.)1928 Commanding Officer, HMS Verity (destroyer (China) 06.12.1928 - 26.07.1930 Commanding Officer, HMS Westcott (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) (08.1930) - (10.1930) no appointment listed 17.11.1930 - 28.04.1931 Commanding Officer, HMS Brilliant (destroyer) (and for duty with Captain Superintendent of Contract Built Ships) (01.1932)     no appointment listed 19.03.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Concord (cruiser; signal school cruiser, Portsmouth) (05.1933)     no appointment listed 22.05.1933 - (08.)1934 Executive Officer, HMS Terror (monitor; base ship, Singapore) (11.1934)     no appointment listed (02.1935)     no appointment listed (07.1935)     no appointment listed (02.1936)     no appointment listed 03.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Tawe (auxiliary patrol base, Swansea) 17.07.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 14.12.1942 - 28.08.1943 French Ship "Paris" (independent base for small craft, Plymouth) 29.03.1943 - (06.)1944 French Ship "Paris" (independent base for small craft, Plymouth) (in charge of trawler maintenance duties) (10.1944)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Spencer, John	11.04.1907 - (03?).1981 Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire	Cadet 15.01.1924 Midsh. 15.05.1925 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1927 S.Lt. 16.03.1928 Lt. 16.08.1929 Lt.Cdr. 16.08.1937 Cdr. 30.06.1943 (retd 11.04.1957) OBE 01.01.1957 New Year 57 [investiture 19.03.57] MID 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.42	06.09.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) (07.1927) HMS Worcester (destroyer) (Mediterranean) * 29.09.1927 - 11.04.1928 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.04.1928 - (06.)1928 promotion course, Portsmouth 08.11.1928 - (04.)1930 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) 14.11.1930 - (09.1932) HMS Vortigern (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 04.05.1933 - (01.)1934 qualifying for torpedo duties [HMS Vernon] 30.06.1934 - (07.)1935 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 12.12.1935 - (02.)1938 Torpedo Officer, 8th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Duncan (flotilla leader)] 05.1938 - (08.)1938 Torpedo Officer, HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (Portsmouth) (10.1938)     no appointment listed 08.11.1938 - (08.)1939 HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) 31.11.1939 - 15.03.1942) Torpedo Officer, HMS Dido (cruiser) (08.1942)     HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Brighton) * 22.09.1942 - (02.)1943 Torpedo Officer, HMS Furious (aircraft carier) (06.1943) - (08.1943) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (10.1943) - (04.1944) Torpedo School, HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Halifax, NS) [on loan to RCN] (06.1944) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) * 08.1944 - (07.)1945 Executive Officer, HMS Faraway (training establishment carriers, Greenock) 07.1945 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, HMS Bellona (cruiser) 10.09.1947 - (05.1949) HMS President (Admiralty) (for miscellaneous services) 16.01.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Osprey 11.07.1951 - (01.)1957 Underwater Weapon Materials Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Spender, John Anthony	? - 12.2004 still alive	Midsh. 01.09.1938 S.Lt. 01.10.1939 Lt. 16.07.1941 Lt.Cdr. 16.07.1949 (retd 08.05.1969) DSC 19.06.1945 war patrols Far East 05.44-03.45 [award posted]	... - ... ... ? - (04.)1940 HMS Manchester (cruiser) 15.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Tribune (submarine) 01.08.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS H 44 (submarine) (08.1942) HMS P 217 (submarine) * ? - (02.)1943 submarine Commanding Officer's course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 22.03.1943 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS H 33 (submarine) 21.06.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Sirdar (submarine) 12.03.1946 - (04.1947) Commanding Officer, HMS Affray (submarine) * indexed, but not listed as such
Sperring, Harold Richard	05.09.1890 Exmouth, St Thomas district, Devon - (12?).1974 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	A/Mate 22.06.1918 [236316] A/Lt. ? Lt. 22.06.1921 Lt.Cdr. 22.06.1928 (retd 05.09.1935) Cdr. (retd) 05.09.1935 A/Capt. (retd) > 12.1943, < 04.1944 OBE 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41	12.10.1918 - (07.1919) HMS Fox (light cruiser) 18.11.1927 - (08.1929) Executive Officer, HMS Ross (minesweeper) 14.03.1930 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, Boom Defence Depot and Training School, Rosyth [HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship)] (07.1935) no appointment listed 22.05.1938 - 21.11.1939 Boom Defence Officer, Harwich, Medway & Dover [HMS Pembroke] 21.11.1939 - (04.1941) Boom Defence Officer, Dover [HMS Lynx] 01.1942 - (07.1945) Boom Defence Officer, Clyde & for charge of Lamlash, Campbeltown and Londonderry Boom Defences [HMS St Columba] & since 11.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS St Columba (boom defence depot, Greenock) [borne in HMS Orlando]
Spickernell, Derek Garland "Spike" Son of late Cdr. Sidney Garland Spickernell, RN, and Florence Elizabeth (née March). Married 1st (1946) Ursula Rosemary Sheila Money (died 1997); one son, one daughter (and one son deceased). Married 2nd Lyn.	01.06.1921 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 14.05.2009 [Compton, nr Winchester ?]	Cadet (E) 01.01.1939 Midsh. (E) 01.09.1939 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.08.1940 S.Lt. (E) 01.04.1942 A/Lt. (E) < 08.1942 Lt. (E) 1943?, seniority 01.03.1942 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.03.1950 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1953 Capt. (E) 30.06.1962 R.Adm. (E) 07.07.1971 (retd 1975) CB 15.06.1974 HM's birthday 74	Education: RN Engineering College, Keyham. 01.01.1939 - 25.09.1939 direct entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 26.09.1939 - (08.)1942 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham 30.12.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Aurora (cruiser) 09.02.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Abdiel (minelayer) 06.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Wayland (depot ship) (04.1944) - (06.)1944 submarine course, HMS Dolphin 24.08.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Wolfe (submarine depot ship) 08.02.1945 - (07.)1945 Engineer Officer, HMS Statesman (submarine) 12.12.1945 - (04.1946) Engineer Officer, HMS Telemachus (submarine) 19.09.1947 - (10.)1947 Engineer Officer, HMS Tudor (submarine) 05.12.1947 - (05.)1949 Engineer Officer, HMS Alcide (submarine) 30.06.1949 - 1951 Submarine Trials Officer [HMS Dolphin] 05.03.1951 - (05.)1953 Engineering Department, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.03.1954 - (04.)1955 Squadron Engineer Officer, Portsmouth Frigate Squadron [HMS Boxer] 05.12.1955 - (01.)1957 Squadron Engineer Officer, 2nd Submarine Squadron [HMS Maidstone] 1958 - 1959 Superintendent, ULE, Bournemouth 01.07.1959 - 1962 Deputy Captain Superintendent, HM Underwater Weapons Establishment, Portland [HMS Osprey] 30.06.1962 - (02.)1964 Deputy Manager, Engineering Department (Administration), HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 1965 - 1966 Commanding Officer, HMS Fisgard (naval artificers' training establishment, Torpoint) 03.03.1967 - 1970 Deputy Director, Naval Ship Production, Navy Department [HMS President] 14.09.1970 - (08.)1971 Deputy Chief Executive (Technical), Defence Quality Assurance Board [HMS President] 1972 - 1975 Director-General, Quality Assurance, Ministry of Defence (PE) CEng, FIMechE, FIEE, CIMgt, FIMarE. Chairman, Ritec Ltd, since 1987; Director General, British Standards Institution, 1981-1986 (Technical Director, 1976-1981). Director, James Martin Associates PLC, 1986-1990; Board Member, Southern Water, 1987-1989; Chairman, Jeniva Landfill, 1987-1992. Chairman, National Council for Quality and Reliability, 1973-1975; A Vice-President: Institute of Quality Assurance, 1974- (Hon. FIQA); Institute of Trading Standards Administration, 1986-; Vice-President, International Organisation for Standardisation, 1985-1987; Board Member for International Affairs, BSI, 1986-1987; Director, Turkish Standards Institute, 1987-1990; Member: International Academy of Quality Assurance, 1977-; Design Council, 1984-1987; Council, Cranfield Institute of Technology. FRSA. Published: papers on quality assurance.
Spill, John Howard Lysaght Son of ... Spill, and ... Brookman.	(06?).1922 Frome district, Somerset - 07.02.2007 Canberra, Australia's Capital Region [aged 84]	Cadet (E) 01.01.1940 Midsh. (E) 01.09.1940 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.05.1942 S.Lt. (E) 16.02.1943 A/Lt. (E) < 06.1943 Lt. (E) 16.03.1943 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.03.1951 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1956 (retd 05.03.1972)	01.01.1940 special entry cadet 11.09.1940 - (08.1942) engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] (06.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed [probably still engineering course] 04.01.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Nigeria (cruiser) 26.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) ... - ... ...
Spooner, Ernest John Son of Capt. James Douglas Spooner, and Mary Spooner. Married (1926) Megan Gwladys Foster (16.07.1898-08.1987), soprano, of Chiswick, Middlesex; one son.	22.08.1887 Winchester district, Hampshire - 15.04.1942 [age 55] [Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore, 27.B.4]	Midsh. 1906? Lt. 30.01.1909 Lt.Cdr. 30.01.1917 Cdr. 31.12.1922 Capt. 30.06.1930 R.Adm. 25.06.1940 V.Adm. 22.10.1943 * DSO 21.06.1919 for distinguished services as Navigating Officer of HM Ships Constance and Calliope * His service record shows him as "retired Vice-Admiral"; he will have been promoted because his actual fate was not definitvely established before 1945, so promotion was in fact posthumously.	Education: West Downs, Winchester, Hampshire (1898-1902); HMS Britannia (1902) 15.01.1903     entered RN 01.09.1905 - ? HMS Goliath ? - 1907 HMS Hibernia 07.01.1909     HMS Prince of Wales       specialized in navigation 04.08.1910 - 26.09.1910 HMS Agamemnon 27.09.1910     Assistant Navigating Officer, HMS Agamemnon (temporarily; additional)  01.01.1911     Navigating Officer, HMS Halcyon     Navigating Officer, HMS Sappho 12.1915 - ? Navigating Officer, HMS Bellona (light cruiser) ? - 06.1916 Navigating Officer, HMS Constance (light cruiser),  06.1916 - (01.)1919 Navigating Officer, HMS Calliope (light cruiser) 1919     Navigating Officer, HMS New Zealand (empire tour of Lord Jellicoe) 18.04.1923 - 25.03.1925 Navigating Officer, HMS Birmingham (cruiser) & as Fleet Navigating Officer, Africa Station 26.10.1925 - 26.10.1927 Commander of Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, Gibraltar [HMS Cormorant] (04.1928)   (06.1928) no appointment listed 01.1929 - 02.04.1929 Naval Assistant to the Director of Navigation, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 09.04.1929 - 14.08.1930 Navigating Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) & as Fleet Navigating Officer, Atlantic Fleet 02.10.1930 - 08.09.1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Dragon (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 05.12.1932 - 20.07.1934 Deputy Director of Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]  27.07.1934 - 17.08.1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Dryad & in command of Navigation School, Portsmouth 21.09.1936 - 1936 senior officers' tactical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 18.12.1936 - 09.1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 09.1937 - 17.12.1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 19.12.1938 - 18.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Royal visit to Canada, 1939) 16.07.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan) 10.06.1941 - 15.02.1942 Rear-Admiral, Malaya, and in charge of Naval Establishments at Singapore [HMS Sultan] 15.02.1942 - 15.04.1942 escaped Singapore in a motor launch, which was attacked by the Japanese, got stranded on the island of Chibia and died of exhaustion and malaria
Sprague, Denis Vaughan Son of Dr. Alfred Ernest and Ella Sprague, of Edinburgh, later of Cluny, Alverstoke. Married 1st (16.01.1928, Cupar district, Fife, Scotland; marriage dissolved) Betty Haig (21.08.1905 - 01.05.1987), only daughter of Lt.Col. Oliver Haig (1875-1959) and Esmé Armstrong Crabbe (?-1955), and sister of Maj. Oliver Peter Haig, TD. Married 2nd (24.08.1932, Shoreham, Steyning district, Sussex) Rosemary Corderoy Northcroft (07.03.1896 - 07.1987), of Alverstoke, Hampshire, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Henry Northcroft, of Westminster, London & Shoreham-by-Sea; one son.	05.11.1902 St George district, Edinburgh, Scotland - 04.07.1940 (DOW) [age 38] [Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery, sec. C, cons. grave 3716]	Midsh. 08.01.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1924 S.Lt. 14.07.1925, seniority 15.12.1923 Lt. 15.12.1925 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1933 Cdr. 30.06.1939	01.1921     special entry cadet, HMS Thunderer 1922 - 24.03.1922 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) 25.03.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Iron Duke (battleship) 10.04.1924 - (01.)1925 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 28.11.1925 - (02.)1927 navigator, HMS K 26 (submarine) (1st Submarine Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet) [tender to HMS Conquest] (for navigation duties in lieu of a specialist officer) 04.1927 - (04.)1928 First Lieutenant, HMS H 23 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Alecto] (05.1928) - (06.1928) no appointment listed 28.08.1928 - (11.1928) Commanding Officer, HMS Tormentor (destroyer) (in emergency reserve, Rosyth) (08.1929)     no appointment listed 23.09.1929 - 1929 HMS Vulcan (submarine depot ship, Portland) 09.12.1929 - (04.)1930 First Lieutenant, HMS L 69 (submarine) [tender to HMS Lucia] 01.04.1930 - 28.11.1930 First Lieutenant, HMS Phoenix (submarine) (while under construction & for duty with submarines & for duty with Captain Superintendent Contract-Built Ships) 29.11.1930 - (02.1931) First Lieutenant, HMS Phoenix (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] (01.1932)     no appointment listed 30.08.1932 - (06.)1933 Commanding Officer, HMS H 28 (submarine) (5thSubmarine Flotilla, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 16.09.1933 - 1933 HMS Ross (twin-screw minesweeper) (and for duty with submarines) 15.12.1933 - (02.)1935 HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) (07.1935)     no appointment listed 20.08.1935 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS L 71 (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Lucia] 01.05.1936 - (08.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS L 19 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 01.09.1936 - (04.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Rorqual (submarine) (China) (08.1939) - (09.1939) no appointment listed 27.12.1939 - 04.07.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Thames (submarine) [Died of wounds after a gunfight on the French submarine Surcouf when the British seized it and other French ships at Devonport in order to prevent them from returning to Vichy France.]
Spriggs, Harold Graham	(06?).1912 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 11.10..2007 [aged 95]	S/Lt. (E) ? Lt. (E) 01.02.1935 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.02.1943 Cdr. (E) ? (retd 1960) MID 26.09.1940 Norwegian coast 04-06.40 MID 05.10.1943 9 official sweeps [ScInCh&ArAks ?] MID 11.06.1946 wind up Far East	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1925-...) 1933 HMS Exeter (cruiser) (South America) 11.03.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 31.12.1940 - (06.)1943 HMS Loyal (08.1943)     no appointment listed 04.10.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Unicorn (supervised the built on the Clyde) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Commander AE, RNAS Anthorne HMS Daedalus RNAS Halfar (Malta) HMS Ocean ? - 1960 Admiralty [HMS President]
Stack, Charles Maurice Son of Edward Churchill Stack and Susan Masfen. Married Dorothy Bertha Doxford (born 29.09.1893, died 1992); three daughters.	17.03.1888 Pudsey, Yorkshire - 12.08.1972	A/S.Lt. 30.04.1908 S.Lt. 21.12.1908, seniority 30.04.1908 Lt. 31.12.1910 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1918 (retd 28.09.1929) Cdr. (retd) 28.09.1929 A/Capt. (retd) 30.01.1945? (reverted to retd 30.03.1946) OON 25.11.1947 services rendered to the Royal Netherlands Navy	15.09.1903     entered RN 14.02.1924 - (01.1925) Navigating Officer, HMS Durban (cruiser) (China) 12.07.1926 - (07.1927) Officer Instructor, Ulster Division RNVR [HMS Caroline] (Belfast) (08.1929) no appointment listed 07.07.1939 - 16.09.1939 Major & Administrative Officer, Royal Engineers - Territorial Army [personal number 94799] 16.09.1939 recalled for active service RN 18.04.1940 - 01.01.1945 Executive Officer, HMS Ambrose (base for 9th Submarine Flotilla, Dundee) (qualified for navigating duties) (and for duty with submarines) 30.01.1945 - (07.1945) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, East Indies [HMS Lanka (RN base, Ceylon)]
Stagg, Frank Noel	25.12.1884 Tonbridge, Kent - 25.10.1956	... ... Lt. 30.04.1906 (retd 01.01.1909) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 30.04.1914 Cdr. (retd) 11.11.1918 StOlav 17.10.1944 services to Norwegian Navy	15.01.1900     entered RN ... - ... ... (04.1940) no appointment listed
Stallybrass, Edward Oliver Originally: Sonnenschein, Edward Oliver (name change by deed poll of 11.12.1917). Son of Adolf Sonnenschein (died 1913). Married; ... children (one son?).	13.05.1894 Kings Norton district, Worcestershire - 1968	S.Lt. ? A/Lt. ? Lt. 15.11.1916 Lt. (E) ?, seniority 15.05.1916 Lt.Cdr. (E) 15.05.1924 (retd 13.05.1939) (reverted to retd > 12.1943, < 04.1944)	15.01.1907     entered RN ? - 05.09.1914 HMS Pathfinder (light cruiser) (sunk off St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire, Scotland, by a submarine torpedo) 12.02.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Centurion (battleship) 05.12.1923 - (01.1925) Engineer Officer, HMS Wild Swan (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 18.03.1926 - (05.)1928 Assistant Engineer Officer, HMS Benbow (battleship) (Atlantic) 12.05.1928 - (06.1928) Engineer Officer, HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (and on paying off) 08.08.1928 - (08.1929) Engineer Officer, HMS Wessex (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 26.11.1930 - (09.1932) Inspector of Oil Fuel, Abadan, under the Contract and Purchase Department, Admiralty [HMS Effingham II] (04.1933) - (06.1933) no appointment listed 14.09.1933 - (02.)1936 Engineer Officer, HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (Maintenance Reserve, Rosyth) 28.09.1936 - (02.)1937 Engineer Officer, HMS Verity (destroyer) (and for flotilla duties, Portsmouth Local Destroyer Flotilla) 20.04.1937 - 01.03.1939 in charge of HMS Venomous (destroyer) ([maintenance] reserve, Rosyth) 06.03.1939 - (04.1939) Engineer Officer, HMS Capetown (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Rosyth) 10.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS St Tudno (accommodation ship, Sheerness) 25.06.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) 01.11.1941 - 11.1942 Engineer Officer, HMS Astraea (RN base, Lagos, Nigeria) (02.1943) no appointment listed 24.05.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen)

 

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