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Stammwitz, Spencer Shelly	15.09.1908 Brentford, Middlesex - died between 08.1983 and 08.1989 ??	Prob. Lt. RNR 01.12.1936 Lt. RNR 09.09.1937, seniority 01.12.1936 Lt. 01.07.1938, seniority 15.09.1932 Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1940 Cdr. 31.12.1943 (retd 15.09.1958) DSC 01.01.1943 New Year 43 Dnbg 03.06.1947 services to Denmark - Crwn 10.02.1948 Officer, Order of the Crown (Belgium): services to Belgium CdeG 10.02.1948 services to Belgium	01.12.1936 - 01.07.1938 served RNR 04.07.1938 - (02.)1941 HMS Manchester (cruiser) 10.08.1941 - 04.01.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Britomart (minesweeper) 15.04.1944 - (06.1944) Training Commander, HMS Lochinvar (RN base, Port Edgar) Commander (Minesweeping), Belgium (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed (07.1948) HMS Loch Quoich (frigate) * 15.11.1948 - (05.1949) Commanding Officer, HMS Gambia (cruiser) 30.01.1950 - (05.1950) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) (05.1953) no appointment listed 29.06.1953 - (01.1957) Boom Defence Officer, Portsmouth, Portland & Southampton [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Stanbury, Ralph Neville	14.09.1917 - 09.05.1998 Langston Green, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent	Cadet 01.01.1935 Midsh. 01.01.1936 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1938 S.Lt. 1939, seniority 01.03.1938 Lt. 06.1940, seniority 01.06.1939 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1947 (retd 01.04.1957) Lt.Cdr. RNN 01.05.1950 DSC 07.12.1943 special reconnaissance Sicily & Italy 05.43 Letter of Appreciation from the US Government (for beach piloting, Italy landings while at HMS Maidstone)	01.01.1935 - 01.01.1936 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 09.01.1936 - (02.)1936 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) 27.06.1936 - (02.)1938 HMS Amphion (cruiser) (Africa) 02.05.1938 - (10.1938) promotion course, Portsmouth 23.01.1939 - (02.)1939 qualifying for anti-submarine duties [HMS Osprey] 28.03.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Mashona (destroyer) 06.01.1941 - (02.)1941 long navigation course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 07.04.1941 - (08.1942) Navigating Officer, HMS Diomede (cruiser) 11.01.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary) (1943) - (1943) Commanding Officer, Combined Operations Pilotage Party (COPP) 5 (Sicily, Italy, Salerno) 07.02.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (06.1944) no appointment listed (10.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Sirius (cruiser) * (04.1946) no appointment listed 08.09.1948 - (07.)1948 Navigating Officer, HMS Diadem 01.11.1948 - (05.1949) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) (05.1950) no appointment listed 18.02.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Montclare (04.1955) no appointment listed 14.05.1955 - (01.1956) on staff of Flag Officer (Air), Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] (01.1957) HMS Dryad (navigation and direction school, Portsmouth) * late 1950s joined, Royal Nigerian Navy (07.1961) - (02.1963) Commanding Officer, HMNS Penelope Ran a beauty salon at Langston Green, 1970/80s. * indexed, but not listed as such
Stannard, Edward Rolfe	(09?).1910 St Pancras district, Greater London, London - 05.11.1940 (KIA) [age 30] [Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 34, column 2]	A/Gnr. 01.01.1938 Gnr. ?, seniority 01.01.1938	(02.1938) - (08.1938) short course of instruction 30.08.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Buccaneer (tug) 23.11.1938 - (08.1939) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 06.09.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (auxiliary merchant cruiser)
Stanning, Geoffrey Heaton Son of ... Stanning, and ... Jolliffe.	11.04.1912 Droxford district, Hampshire - 10.1997 Swindon, Wiltshire	... ... Paym.Lt. 01.10.1934 Paym.Lt.Cdr. = Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.10.1942 A/Cdr. (S) < 07.1945 Cdr. (S) 31.12.1947 A/Capt. (S) < 05.1953 Capt. (S) 31.12.1956 DSO 07.06.1940 1st Battle of Narvik 04.40 LoP 1944? Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) MID 02.02.1951 Korea	... - ... ... 24.07.1939 - 10.04.1940 Captain's Secretary, HMS Hardy (flotilla leader) (ship beached & abandoned, Narvik) (02.1941) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 13.11.1941 - (06.)1943 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (08.)1943 - (06.1944) no appointment listed [obviously borne on HMS Odyssey] (07.1945) no appointment listed 12.12.1945 - (10.1947) HMS Bermuda (cruiser) ? - (07.1948) Secretary to Chief of Combined Operations Staff, Combined Operations HQ 17.01.(1950 - (05.1950) Secretary to Flag Officer Commanding 5th Cruiser Squadron & Second-in-Command Far Eastern Fleet [HMS Belfast] 09.05.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Saker (British Joint Services Mission, Washington, DC) 17.05.1954 - (04.1955) HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier) (01.1956) - (1958) Third Naval Member, New Zealand Naval Board (07.1961) HMS President * * indexed, but not listed as such
Starkie, Henry Martin	06.04.1913 - 04.1992 Exeter district, Devon	T/Schoolm. Candidate 12.07.1943 Prob. T/Schoolm. (10/11/12?).1943, seniority 12.07.1943 T/Schoolm. 1944, seniority 12.07.1943 Instr.Lt. 30.08.1946, seniority 12.07.1944 Instr.Lt.Cdr. 12.07.1952 (retd 06.04.1961)	Education: BA 1941 - 1941 joined RNVR [HMS Ganges (new entry training, Shotley)] 1941 - 1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 1941 - 1942 HMS Pelican (corvette) 1942 - 1943 HMS President III (accounting base for DEMS service, Bristol) (08.1943) no appointment listed 23.09.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Westcliff (Combined Operations base, Southend) 04.08.1944 - 27.03.1946 RN Auxiliary Hospital, Seaforth [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 28.03.1946 - 1947 RN Auxiliary Hospital, Seaforth (and for duty at RN Auxiliary Hospital, Southport) [HMS Drake] 23.09.1947 - (05.)1949 HMS Highflyer 26.01.1950 - 1952 Naval Hospital, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 04.03.1953 - 1954 HMS Perseus 19.07.1954 - (01.)1956 for duty at Pay and Records Office, Royal Marines [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 1956 - (01.)1957 RN Rhine Squadron [HMS Royal Prince (RN base, Germany)] 1957 - (01.)1959 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Gosport, Hampshire) 1959 - 1960 HMS Neptune 1960 - 1961 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) ?
Steel, Douglas Merson Son of Thomas and Mary Steel. Husband of Margaret Steel, of Soberton, Droxford, Hants.; at least one daughter.	05.04.1897 district Keighley, Yorks. - 24.05.1941 KIA a/b HMS Hood  [age 44] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 2]	Instr.Lt. 21.09.1921 Instr.Lt.Cdr. 21.09.1927 Instr.Cdr. 21.09.1935	Education: Boston Grammar School; Cambridge University (MA) 29.11.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Caledon (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 03.05.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Tiger (battlecruiser; seagoing gunnery firing ship) (Portsmouth) 03.09.1928 - (04.1930) staff, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 16.09.1930 - (09.1932) HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) 07.09.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Resolution (battleship) 06.01.1936 - (02.1936) meteorological course, Air Ministry [HMS President] 28.03.1936 - (04.1939) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) (08.1939) short course of instruction 06.08.1939 - 24.05.1941 HMS Hood (battlecruiser)
Stephens, James	? - died between 08.1989 and 12.1998 ?	A/Wt.Eng. 01.07.1931 Wt.Eng. ?, seniority 01.07.1931 Cd.Eng. 01.04.1941 (retd > 04.1946, < 05.1950) Lt. (E) (retd) < 07.1952 DSC 17.06.1941 successful submarine patrol MID 28.06.1940 submarine actions against enemy	(01.1932) short course of instruction 04.01.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Warspite (battleship) 18.12.1933 - (02.1936) HMS Resource (repair ship) 28.12.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship) (for Fort Blockhouse) 22.07.1937 - (08.1939) HMS Spearfish (submarine) 19.09.1939 - (02.1941) HMS Tetrach (submarine) 1941 - (12.1941) HMS X 2 (submarine) 30.01.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) (1943?) HMS Taku (submarine) 18.03.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) (for Fort Blockhouse) 25.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Cyclops
Stephenson, Sir Gilbert Owen "Monkey Brand" Son of R.M. Stephenson. Married (1903) Helen Chesney (died 1954), daughter of late Col. Robert Frederic Williamson, CB; two sons, one daughter.	13.02.1878 Kensington, London - 27.05.1972 Saffron W district	A/Capt. ? Capt. 31.12.1917 Cdre. 2nd cl. 10.07.1926 R.Adm. 20.05.1929 (retd 21.05.1929) V.Adm. (retd.) 11.02.1934 Cdre. 2nd cl. 12.07.1940? KBE 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 CB 1930 ? CMG 1919 ? MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk WWI: Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus, of Crown of Italy, Commander of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece; 17.04.1918), Distinguished Service Medal (USA; 16.09.1919), Valore Militare (silver), Italy post-war: Commander, with Star, of the Royal Order of St Olav (Norway), 13.01.1948; Officer, Légion d'Honneur (Fr.), 1948	15.07.1892     entered RN 1914 - 1919 served European War, commanded Otranto Mobile Barrage Force 31.07.1924 - (01.1925) Chief of Staff & Maintenance Captain, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 10.07.1926 - 1928 Commodore, RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.03.1929 - 20.05.1929 Naval ADC to the King 1932 - 1935 General Secretary of the Navy League 09.1939 returned to Active Service 12.07.1940 - late 1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Western Isles, Tobermory 1949 - 1958 Honorary Commodore Sea Cadet Corps Literature: Richard Baker, The terror of Tobermory : Vice Admiral Sir Gilbert Stephenson KBE, CB, CMG  (1972)
Stevens, Eric Barry Kenvyn	09.01.1898 - 21.12.1971	Cdr. 30.06.1933 Capt. 31.12.1939  (retd 1940/50s) Cdre. 1st cl. 03.1943 DSO 26.09.1940 Norway 04-06.40 DSO 14.09.1943 destruction U559 Mediterranean 30.10.42 DSC 23.12.1939 succesful actions against enemy submarines LegH ? capture of Narvik CdeG ? capture of Narvik	14.07.1937 - (08.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Imogen (destroyer) (06.1940) HMS Havelock (destroyer) 04.12.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Pakenham (destroyer) 03.1943 - (12.1943) Additional Chief of Staff, Commander-in-Chief Levant [HMS Nile] 28.12.1943 - (06.1944) Additional Chief of Staff, Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean [HMS Hannibal] 06.05.1945 - (07.1945) BADR(PC), Vancouver, BC [HMS Saker]
Stevens, John	? - died between 12.1991 and 12.1998	A/Gnr. (T) 01.11.1937 Gnr. (T) ?, seniority 01.11.1937 A/Lt. 18.04.1943 Lt. > 06.1944, seniority 17.04.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. 27.09.1945 Lt.Cdr. 17.04.1948 (retd 20.01.1954) MID 14.01.1941 good service in minelayers	(02.1938) short course of instruction 14.02.1938 - (02.1941) HMS Intrepid (destroyer) 13.07.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Redoubt (destroyer) (02.1943) course, Portsmouth 17.05.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Musketeer (destroyer) 15.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Queen (escort carrier) 27.09.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Magicienne (minesweeper) 02.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Resource (for ships in the Reserve Fleet at Portsmouth) 06.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Rooke (RN base, Gibraltar)
Stevens, John Samuel	± 1915 ? - died between 12.1991 and 12.1998	... ... Lt. 16.10.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1945 Cdr. ? Capt. 31.12.1957 (retd) DSO 04.05.1943 2 supply ships sunk Eastern Mediterranean 09.42 &tc. DSO 07.09.1943 8 war patrols Mediterranean DSC 04.02.1941 sinking Italian submarine 15.12.40	... - ... ... 17.12.1938 - (04.)1940 HMS Triumph (submarine) 08.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Thunderbolt (submarine) 05.11.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 27.02.1942 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS P 46 (submarine), 1943 renamed: HMS Unruffled (submarine) 11.01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS King Alfred (training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 11.09.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Turpin (submarine) ... - ... ...
Stevens-Guille, George Frederick	09.12.1898 Cirencester - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	... ... Cdr. 31.12.1931 Capt. 31.12.1939 (retd 08.01.1949) DSO 01.01.1940 New Year 40 [investiture 05.03.40] DSO 07.06.1940 Dunkirk [investiture 06.08.40] OBE ? ? MID 23.01.1945 planning amphibious operations Sicily & Southern France	08.1914     entered RN ... - ... ... 03.01.1938 - (09.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Bittern (escort vessel) & Senior Officer, 1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla (Portland) 12.03.1940 - (04.)1940 flotilla staff, 21st Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Duncan (flotilla leader)] (06.1940) - 27.07.1940 HMS Codrington (destroyer) (Dunkirk) [sunk at Dover by German aircraft] 02.08.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for command of Destroyer Flotilla) 02.02.1942 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Cardiff (cruiser) 25.09.1942 - (08.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Durban (cruiser) 14.12.1943 - 05.1945 Captain of the Fleet, Mediterranean [HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers & Taranto), from 01.08.1944 HMS Byrsa (RN base, Bougie, Algeria)] 25.06.1946 - (1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall) 10.07.1948 - 08.01.1949 also: Naval ADC to the King
Stewart, Alexander William	? - died between 08.1989 and 12.1991	A/Lt. 16.10.1938, backdated 01.08.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 11.10.1943 [acting rank] A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 [appointed rank] Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1946 (retd 1940/50s) OBE ? ?	Fleet Air Arm (pilot) 09.05.1940 ditched his Swordfish after a bombing raid to Sildvik, but was rescued (08.1942) no appointment listed 18.01.1943 - 10.1943 HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) 11.10.1943 - (04.1944) Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (06.1944) no appointment listed 02.1945 - (07.1945) No. 13 Elementary Flying Training Station (St Eugene, Ontario) [HMS Seaborn] 22.10.1945 - (04.1946) Of