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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 [decoration posted] 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) (10.1944)     no appointment listed Commander (Minesweeping), Belgium (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945) no appointment listed (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 [decoration posted] 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. Published: Survey by starlight (1949; under pseudonym Ralph Neville) * 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 Elder son of the Rev. John Stanning, and Sybil May Jolliffe, of Meonstoke Rectory, nr. Southampton. Married (11.04.1942, Wickham Church, Hampshire) Mary Elisabeth Kinnear, elder daughter of the late Dr. J.C.M. Kinnear and Mrs Kinnear, of Wickham, Hampshire.	11.04.1912 Droxford district, Hampshire - 09.10.1997 Swindon, Wiltshire	Paym.Cadet 01.01.1930 Paym.Midsh. 01.01.1931 Paym.S.Lt. 01.10.1932 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 (retd 15.10.1963) DSO 07.06.1940 1st Battle of Narvik 04.40 [investiture 02.07.40] LoP 1944? Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) MID 02.02.1951 Korea (since 09.07.50)	17.01.1930 - 03.09.1930 HMS Erebus (cadet training ship, Devonport) 04.09.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Norfolk (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 20.04.1932 - (06.1933) HMS Ceres (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 06.01.1934 - (07.)1935 HMS Barham (battleship) (Home Fleet) (for duty in office of Rear-Admiral 2nd Battle Squadron) 18.07.1935 - (08.)1936 HMS London (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (for duty in office of Rear-Admiral Commandng 1st Cruiser Squadron) 08.10.1936 - (02.)1937 Admiralty [HMS President] (for 6 months' study of German) 20.04.1937 - 1937 HMS Broke (flotilla leader) (Devonport) 15.07.1937 - (04.)1939 Assistant Secretary on staff of Vice-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Effingham (cruiser)] 24.07.1939 - 10.04.1940 Captain's Secretary, HMS Hardy (flotilla leader) (took over command of the ship when Capt. Warburton-Lee was killed; ship beached & abandoned, Narvik; seriously wounded in the foot) (10.1940)     no appointment listed (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] (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945) no appointment listed 12.12.1945 - (10.1947) HMS Bermuda (cruiser) (07.1948) - (05.1949) 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) 05.1955 - (1958) Third Naval Member, New Zealand Naval Board 27.10.1958 - (01.1959) Director of Officer Appointments (Supply and Secretariat Officers), Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1961) Admiralty [HMS President] * 12.02.1962 - (02.)1963 Director of Administrative Planning, Admiralty [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) ?
Startin, Harry James "Jimmy" Son of Mr & Mrs Hal Startin, of Comox, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, and grandson of Adm. Sir James Startin, KCB, AM (1855-1948). Married 1st ((06?).1949, Westminster district, Greater London) Gwendolyne Myrtle Lidgate, daughter of Mr & Mrs G. Lidgate, of Fenham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Married 2nd (05.04.1968 - Kensington, Greater London) Lavinia Rohays Lomer, younger daughter of Col. Robert Humphrey Lomer, and Lettice Mary Stafford-King-Harman, of Palace Gardens Terrace, W8 London.	21.07.1925 -	Cadet 01.01.1939 Midsh. 01.09.1942 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1944 S.Lt. 01.06.1944 Lt. 01.02.1946 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1954 Cdr. 31.12.1958 (retd 16.11.1968; own request)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (19.01.1939-01.09.1942; Eardley-Howard-Croclett Prize). 01.09.1942 - 30.12.1943 HMS Cumberland (cruiser) 31.12.1943 - 07.05.1944 HMS Bleasdale (destroyer) 08.05.1944 - 29.09.1944 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for courses) 30.09.1944 - 31.10.1944 HMS Loyal (destroyer) 01.11.1944 - 17.06.1946 Signal, Divisional and Watchkeeping Officer, HMS Orion (cruiser) [25.09.1945 Bridge Watchkeeping Certificate] 18.06.1946 - 13.10.1946 HMS Speaker (escort carrier) 14.10.1946 - 10.11.1946 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Torpedo Control Officer, Damage Control and Radar Courses) 11.11.1946 - 03.05.1949 Torpedo & Anti-Submarine (TAS) Officer), HMS Concord (destroyer)  04.05.1949 - 02.05.1950 HMS Victoy (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Instructor Officers' Divisional Course) 03.05.1950 - 18.02.1951 HMS Vernon (torpedo and anti-submarine establishment, Portsmouth) (for TAS Courses) 19.02.1951 - 14.09.1952 HMS Vernon (torpedo and anti-submarine establishment, Portsmouth) (for duty with TAS Staff) 15.09.1952 - 02.12.1952 First Lieutenant, HM MMS 1569 (motor minesweeper) [based at HMS Mars (Reserve force Harwich)] 03.12.1952 - 08.03.1954 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1728 (motor minesweeper) [based at HMS Mars (Reserve force Harwich)] 09.03.1954 - 25.04.1954 HMS Vernon (torpedo and anti-submarine establishment, Portsmouth) (for TAS Courses) 26.04.1954 - 26.03.1957 HMS Saker (Washington, USA) (for duty with British Joint Services Mission as RN Exchange Officer at Fleet Sonar School, Key West, Florida) 27.03.1957 - 28.03.1957 TAS Officer, HMS Kenya (cruiser) 29.03.1957 - 09.11.1958 Flotilla TAS Officer on staff of Flag Officer Flotillas Home Fleet [HMS Superb (cruiser), from 23.08.1957 HMS Sheffield (cruiser), from 12.12.1957 HMS Ceylon (cruiser), from 14.04.1958 HMS Kenya (cruiser), from 29.08.1958 HMS Birmingham (cruiser)] 10.11.1958 - 25.11.1958 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for course at AD&DC School) 26.11.1958 - 01.12.1958 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Divisional Course) 02.12.1958 - 04.12.1960 Commanding Officer, HMS Caprice (destroyer) (while under refit & on recommissioning 17.02.1959) [based at HMS Cochrane (Rosyth Maritime Headuqarters)] 15.12.1958 - 19.12.1958 lent HMS Dryad (training establishment, Portsmouth) (for courses) 05.12.1960 - 18.04.1963 Training Commander, HMS Vernon (torpedo and anti-submarine establishment, Portsmouth) 19.04.1963 - 30.05.1963 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; for passage & JTC (Senior) No. 1/63 Course at HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)) 13.05.1963 - 24.05.1963 lent HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for WS Course M28) 31.05.1963 - 28.06.1964 Commanding Officer, HMS Diana (frigate) (Far East Station) 29.06.1964 - 15.05.1955 Executive Officer & Second-in-Command, RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 16.05.1966 01.09.1968 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; for passage & for suty outside Admiralty on staff of CINCAFNORTH (Norway) as Staff Officer to Naval Deputy) 02.09.1968 - 16.11.1968 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; on return to UK)
Steel, Douglas Merson Son of Thomas and Mary Steel. Married Margaret Steel, of Soberton, Droxford, Hampshire.; ... children (one daughter?).	05.04.1897 Keighley district, Yorkshire - 24.05.1941 KIA a/b HMS Hood  [age 44] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 2]	T/Instr.Lt. 21.09.1921 Instr.Lt. 1924?, seniority 21.09.1921 Instr.Lt.Cdr. 21.09.1927 Instr.Cdr. 21.09.1935	Education: Boston Grammar School; Cambridge University (MA) 26.04.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Marlborough (battleship) 29.11.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS Caledon (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 07.05.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Thunderer (battleship) (Reserve Fleet) 20.01.1927 - (02.)1927 staff, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] (additional; temporarily) 03.05.1927 - (06.)1928 HMS Tiger (battlecruiser; seagoing gunnery firing ship) (Portsmouth) 03.09.1928 - (04.)1930 staff, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 16.09.1930 - (06.)1933 HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 07.09.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 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)
Steel, Hugh Patrick de Crecy "Pat" His parents owned a cocoa plantation in Bahia. Married (08.08.1931, Holy Trinity Church Brompton, Kensington district, London) Phyllis Evelyn May Houdret; ... children (one daughter?).	16.03.1903 Bahia, Brazil - 11.04.2000 Edinburgh, Scotland	Midsh. 15.09.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1925 S.Lt. 08.09.1926, seniority 15.01.1925 Lt. 15.10.1927 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1935 Cdr. 31.12.1941 (retd 19.09.1949)	17.01.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Emperor of India (battleship) 11.01.1926 - (05.)1926 promotion course, Portsmouth 31.07.1926 - (02.)1927 HMS Seawolf (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 21.11.1927 - (04.)1928 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 03.04.1928 - (06.)1928 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) (for submarines) 31.07.1928 - (08.1929) HMS L 26 (submarine) (1st Submarine Flotilla) (Mediterranean) [tender to HMS Lucia] 1929 - 1930? First Lieutenant, HMS H 52 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla, Portland) (04.1930) - (10.1930) no appointment listed 29.12.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Torrid (destroyer) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) 03.1932 - 07.1932 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) 25.07.1932 - (09.)1932 HMS Douglas (submarine flotilla leader) (1st Submarine Flotilla, Mediterranean) (for submarines) 11.09.1932 - (05.)1933 HMS Wolsey (destroyer) (1st Submarine Flotilla, Mediterranean) (for submarines) 16.05.1933 - (08.)1934 First Lieutenant, HMS Rover (submarine) [tender to HMS Douglas] 03.09.1934 - (11.1934) submarine Commanding Officers' qualifying course, Portsmouth [HMS Alecto] 14.01.1935 - (02.)1935 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 22.03.1935 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS H 50 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] 13.05.1936 - (06.)1938 HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China) 07.06.1938 - 24.11.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Triton (submarine) 18.12.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) [1941-1942 instructor on perisher course, Periscope School] 01.1942 - 30.06.1942 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) [ship torpedoed & sunk by U-372 off Port Said] (02.1943) - (04.1944) no appointment listed 27.04.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (for submarines & as Commander (S) 7th Submarine Flotilla) 11.1944 - (04.)1946 Executive Officer, HMS Sirius (cruiser) 07.1946 - (05.)1949 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) 1949 - 1949 HMS Duke of York (battleship)
Steemson, John Francis   Second son of Thomas Steemson, and Emily Lucy Newham, of Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. Married (13.12.1933, St Giles's Church, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire) Catherine Mary "Kitty" Clarke, only daughter of the late J.J. Clarke, of Bahia Blanca, and Mrs Clarke, of Buenos Aires, Argentina; three sons.	01.12.1898 Kneesall, Ollerton, nr Newark, Southwell district, Nottinghamshire - 03.11.1958 Otumoetai, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Boy 2nd class 01.08.1915 [C/J43334] Boy 1st class 06.09.1915 Ordinary Seaman 29.08.1916 Able Seaman 10.07.1917 Cadet 25.01.1918 Midsh. 15.06.1918 S.Lt. 1920 A/Lt. 15.06.1921 Lt. 27.10.1922, seniority 15.06.1921 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1929 (retd 03.04.1935; own request) Cdr. (retd) 01.12.1938 (reverted to retd 11.08.1946)	Education: training ship "Mercury" (with a sea training scholarship from the Nottinghamshire County Council) (1912-1914). 01.08.1915 - 29.08.1916 HMS Ganges (boys' training establishment, Shotley) 31.08.1916 - 11.09.1916 HMS Victory I (RN base, Portsmouth) 12.09.1916 - 24.01.1918 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 25.01.1918 - 06.1918 special entry cadet, RN College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 15.06.1918 - 06.09.1920 HMS Revenge (battleship) 07.09.1920 - 01.10.1921 HMS Wryneck (torpedo-boat destroyer) 07.10.1921 - 23.04.1922 Admiralty [HMS President] 24.04.1922 - 10.06.1922 short gunnery course, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 30.06.1922 - 07.08.1922 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (awaiting draft) 13.08.1922 - 24.04.1924 Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Ajax (battleship) 25.04.1924 - 11.06.1924 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (awaiting draft) 12.06.1924 - 24.09.1924 training, HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) [10.07.1924-21.08.1924 at HMS Rowena (training vessel) 25.09.1924 - 02.07.1925 qualifying for gunnery duties, RN College Greenwich [HMS Excellent] 04.07.1924 - 14.05.1926 qualifying for gunnery duties, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 17.05.1926 - 09.06.1927 HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (additional; for gunnery school, on junior staff) 10.06.1927 - 26.06.1928 Second Gunnery Officer, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 25.07.1928 - 04.08.1929 Gunnery Officer, HMS Adventure (minelayer) (Atlantic Fleet) 05.08.1929 - 04.06.1931 Gunnery Officer (Training), HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 05.06.1931 - 05.03.1934 Gunnery Officer, HMS Durban (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) (07.1934) - (02.1935) no appointment listed Executive Officer, Watts Naval School, Dr Barnado’s school for boys, North Elmham, Norfolk, 1935-1939. 23.08.1939 - 07.05.1942 member of the senior instructional staff and Lt.Cdr. (Personnel), HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 08.05.1942 - 22.02.1944 Lt. Commander (W) and Gunnery Officer, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 12.04.1944 - 30.11.1944 on staff of Inspector of Merchant Naval Gunnery, Admiralty [HMS President] (01.1945)     no appointment listed 12.01.1945 - 14.10.1945 Commanding Officer, RN Depot, Brisbane [HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia), from 01.04.1945 as independent command HMS Furneaux] 15.10.1945 - 30.11.1945 HMS Golden Hind (manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) 01.12.1945 - 18.04.1946 Staff of Senior Naval Representative, British Element, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Australia, for duty with Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel) to Vice-Admiral (Q), British Pacific Fleet [HMS Golden Hind II (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia)] 19.04.1946 - 11.08.1946 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet & Staff Personnel Officer (Releases) [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)]
Stephens, James	11.04.1900 Consett, Durham - 11.08.1991 Eastbourne district, East Sussex	Seaman ? [M14990] A/Wt.Eng. 01.07.1931 Wt.Eng. ?, seniority 01.07.1931 Cd.Eng. 01.04.1941 (retd > 04.1946, < 07.1948) Lt. (E) (retd) < 07.1952 DSC 17.06.1941 successful submarine patrol [investiture 11.05.43] MID 28.06.1940 submarine actions against enemy	(01.1932) short course of instruction 04.01.1932 - (06.)1933 HMS Warspite (battleship) (Home Fleet) 18.12.1933 - (02.)1936 HMS Resource (repair ship) (Mediterranean) (08.1936)     no appointment listed 28.12.1936 - (07.)1937 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (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 [investiture 29.06.43] CB 01.01.1930 New Year 30 CMG 01.01.1919 New Year 19: most valuable services rendered during the war 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 (work up base, 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 Married ((06?).1928, Wimborne district, Dorset) ... McGeagn.	09.01.1898 - 21.12.1971	Cdr. 30.06.1933 Capt. 31.12.1939  (retd 08.01.1949) Cdre. 1st cl. 03.1943 DSO 26.09.1940 Norway 04-06.40 [investiture 08.04.41] DSO 14.09.1943 destruction U559 Mediterranean 30.10.42 [investiture 20.05.47] DSC 23.12.1939 successful actions against enemy submarines [investiture 02.04.40] LegH ? capture of Narvik CdeG ? capture of Narvik	... - .. ... 14.07.1937 - 15.01.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Imogen (destroyer) 23.01.1940 - 20.09.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Havelock (destroyer) 20.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (in charge of flotilla duties) 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] (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Byrsa * 06.05.1945 - (07.1945) BADR(PC), Vancouver, BC [HMS Saker] ... - .. ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Stevens, John	? - died between 12.1991 and 12.1998 ? [perhaps: 10.12.1901 Bow, London - 01.1991 Havering district, Essex]	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) 28.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Matchless (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, [Sir] John Felgate Only surviving son of late Henry Marshall Stevens, Droveway Corner, Hove. Married (1928) Edith Mary Gilkes (died 09.04.2008, aged 105), only daughter of J. Harry Gilkes, JP, Wychcote, Patcham, Sussex; one son, two daughters.	01.06.1900 Brighton district, Sussex - 10.12.1989 Haslemere, Surrey	Midsh. 01.11.1918 S.Lt. 15.01.1921 Lt. 15.02.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1930 Cdr. 31.12.1933 Capt. 30.06.1940 R.Adm. 08.07.1949 V.Adm. 04.12.1952 (retd 29.02.1956) KBE 01.01.1955 New Year 55 [investiture 06.12.55] CB 07.06.1951 HM's birthday 51 [investiture 08.07.52] CBE 24.07.1945 Coastal Foces operations Mediterranean 43-45 [investiture 30.10.45] MID 14.12.1943 HMS Cleopatra damaged Mediterranean 16.07.43	1922     King's College, Cambridge 1924     specialised in Navigation 1930     Staff College .. - ... ... 25.05.1937 - (04.)1940 Executive Officer, HMS Malaya (battleship) 30.09.1940 - (10.)1940 Admiralty [HMS President] 14.10.1940 - 08.02.1941 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 08.02.1941 - 26.12.1941 Deputy Director, from ... Director of Operations (Home), Admiralty [HMS President] 26.12.1941 - 08.1942 Deputy Director of Operations Division (Home), Admiralty [HMS President] 08.1942 - 28.07.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Cleopatra (light cruiser) (10.1943) - (06.1944) HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) * 06.1944 - (01.)1945 Captain Commandng Coastal Forces, Mediterranean [HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta)] (07.1945)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 10.01.1946 - 1947 Director of Plans, Admiralty [HMS President] 1948 - 1949 Commanding Officer, HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) 1949 - 1950 Director of Naval Training, Admiralty [HMS President] 1950 - 1952 Chief of Staff to Head of British Joint Services Mission, Washington [HMS Saker] 1952 - 1953 Flag Officer, Home Fleet Training Squadron 1953 - 1955 Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station, and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
Stevens, John Samuel	1915/1917 ?? - died between 12.1991 and 12.1998	... ... Lt. 16.10.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1945 Cdr. 30.06.1952 Capt. 31.12.1957 (retd 02.05.1967) DSO 04.05.1943 2 supply ships sunk Eastern Mediterranean 09.42 &tc. [investiture 01.02.44] DSO 07.09.1943 8 war patrols Mediterranean [investiture 01.02.44] DSC 04.02.1941 sinking Italian submarine 15.12.40 [investiture 10.03.42]	... - ... ... 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 Married (14.09.1927) Betty Wayman-Dixon.	09.12.1898 Cirencester - (12?).1966 Bideford district	... ... 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 03.06.1931 HM's birthday 31 MID 23.01.1945 planning amphibious operations Sicily & Southern France	08.1914     entered RN ... - ... ... 03.01.1938 - 03.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Bittern (escort vessel) & Senior Officer, 1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla (Portland) 12.03.1940 - 05.1940 flotilla staff, 21st Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Duncan (flotilla leader)] 16.05.1940 - 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 - 11.1943 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)] (07.1945)     HMS Hannibal (RN bae, Taranto) * 25.06.1946 - 02.02.1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall) (07.1948)     no appointment listed 10.07.1948 - 08.01.1949 also: Naval ADC to the King * indexed, but not listed as such
Stewart, Alexander William	± 1915 * - died between 08.1989 and 12.1991 ? * perhaps: 1914 Partick district, Glasgow City, Scotland	Cadet 01.09.1933 Midsh. 01.09.1934 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1937 S.Lt. 16.11.1937, seniority 01.11.1936 A/Lt. 16.10.1938 Lt. 01.11.1943, seniority 01.08.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 11.10.1943 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 [quasi-permanent rank] Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1946 (retd 19.11.1946) RAF:   (T) F/O 02.01.1938 OBE 24.04.1940 * * For gallantry and resource in making a forced descent rather than abandon his aircraft, when his observer's parachute had fouled and so risking his life to save another, when he could easily have saved himself.	01.09.1933 - 18.08.1934 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 19.08.1934 - (02.)1936 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.05.1936 - (08.)1936 HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Australia) 31.12.1936 - 04.04.1937 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 05.04.1937 - (07.1937) promotion course, Portsmouth 02.01.1938 - (10.)1938 pliots' course, No. 1 Flying Training School (Leuchars) [attached to RAF] 30.11.1938  - 09.05.1940 pilot, TSR Squadron 810 FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] [arrached to RAF] [ditched his Swordfish after a bombing raid to Sildvik, but was rescued] 16.06.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) 30.09.1941 - (12.1941) pilot, 780 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] (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 (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 02.1945 - (07.1945) No. 13 Elementary Flying Training Station (St Eugene, Ontario) [HMS Seaborn] 22.10.1945 - (04.1946) Office of the Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Stewart, David Douglas Son of D.H. Stewart. Once of Havelock North.	? New Zealand - 1989	Cadet 1941 Midsh. 01.05.1942 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1944 S.Lt. 1944, seniority 01.07.1943 Lt. 01.03.1945 (retd < 05.1949) (removed from the Retired List on entry into the RNZN 11.12.1950) Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) RNZN 01.03.1953 (retd 1959)	Education: Wanganui Collegiate (1937-1940; prefect). 1941     special entry cadet (under the Dominion Scheme) 23.07.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Valiant (battleship) 12.09.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Raider (destroyer) (06.1944)     HMS Nelson (battleship) * 21.08.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Walpole (destroyer) 20.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) 09.1945 - (04.)1947 HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier) 11.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Wave 11.12.1950     transferred RNZN 29.03.1951 - (01.1957) HMNZS Philomel (01.1959)     HMNZS Wakefield * Australian Public Service. Principal Defence Officer Grade 1 (Department of Defence). * indexed, but not listed as such
Stewart, Walter Augustus   Married (02.02.1939, London) Mrs E.C. Wright.	15.09.1906 India - 07.02.1999 Winchester, Hampshire	Midsh. (E) 15.09.1924 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.01.1927 S.Lt. (E) 16.09.1927 Lt. (E) 16.11.1929 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.11.1937 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1941 Capt. (E) 30.06.1953 (retd 07.01.1961) CBE 31.12.1960 New Year 61 [investiture 21.02.61] OBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46	18.09.1924 - (06.)1928 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 03.09.1928 - (04.)1930 HMS Adventure (minelayer) (Atlantic Fleet) 06.05.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS York (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 14.12.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) & for duty with submarines (09.1932)     no appointment listed 24.09.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS L 54 (submarine) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 27.02.1934 - (02.)1935 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) & for duty with submarines 01.02.1935 - (07.1937) HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) & for duty with submarines (02.1938)     no appointment listed 15.02.1938 - (06.)1938 Executive Officer, Admiralty Engineering Laboratory, West Drayton, Middlesex (under Engineering-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President]) 23.07.1938 - (02.1941) a Second Assistant, Engineering Department, HM Dockyard Devonport [HMS Drake] 26.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services) 01.04.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC) (06.1943) no appointment listed 14.07.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Wolfe (destroyer depot ship) (04.1946) HM Dockyard Portsmouth [HMS Victory] * 03.06.1948 - (05.1950) a First Assistant to Manager Engineering Department, HM Dockyard Chatham [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 21.07.1952 - (05.)1953 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous duties) 15.07.1953 - (01.)1956 an Assistant Engineer-in-Chief, Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty, Bath [HMS President] 18.06.1956 - (01.1957) Staff Engineer Officer on staff of Flag Officer (Flotillas) Mediterranean [HMS Manxman] 30.09.1958 - 1961 Fleet Engineer Officer on staff of Flag Officer, Submarines [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] & for duty with 5th Submarine Squadron 07.07.1960 - 07.01.1961 also: Naval ADC to the Queen MIMarE, MIMechE, MRINA * indexed, but not listed as such
Stewart-Killick, Frank Stewart	see:	Müller, Frank Stewart
Stirling, John Buchanan Philip   Son of V.Adm. Anselm John Buchanan Stirling, CB (1875-1936), and Margaret Hamilton-Grierson (1882?-1965). Married 1st (05.12.1939) Cecil Margaret, only daughter of Lt.Col. Thomas Winter Sheppard Graham, of Rednock, Perthshire (divorced 1946). Married 2nd (16.02.1948) Mary Kathleen Poole, daughter of John H. Bevan, of Waverton, Sydney, NSW; one son.	18.07.1910 St George district, Edinburgh City, Scotland - died between 08.1977 and 08.1983 ??	Cadet 01.09.1927 Midsh. 01.05.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1930 S.Lt. 01.01.1931 Lt. 01.03.1933 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1941 (retd 18.07.1955)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 27.08.1927 - (06.)1928 HMS Benbow (battleship) (Atlantic) 25.06.1928 - (08.)1930 HMS Kent (cruiser) (China) 25.09.1930 - (02.)1931 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 17.11.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Sesame (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 05.03.1932 - (08.)1934 HMS Carlisle (cruiser) (Africa) (11.1934)     no appointment listed 25.01.1935 - (02.)1935 First Lieutenant, HMS Dart (fishery protection gunboat) [tender to HMS Harebell] 15.04.1935 - (07.)1935 long navigation course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 18.12.1935 - (08.)1938 HMS Scarborough (escort vessel) (America and West Indies Station) 12.09.1938 - (10.1938) first class ship course in navigation, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 18.02.1939 - (04.)1940 Navigating Officer, HMS Dunedin (cruiser) (10.1940)     HMS Edinburgh (cruiser) * 30.01.1941 - (02.)1941 Navigating Officer, HMS Manchester (cruiser) 12.10.1941 - (08.)1942 Navigating Officer, HMS Emerald (cruiser) 25.10.1942 - (06.)1944 Navigating Officer, HMS Bermuda (cruiser) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 03.11.1944 - (01.)1945 Navigating Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship) 03.1945 - (07.1945) Navigating Officer, HMS Nigeria (cruiser) 07.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 21.08.1947 - (05.1950) HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (for miscellaneous duties) 27.11.1952 - (05.)1955 Queen's Harbour Master & Deputy Superintendent, HM Dockyard Simonstown [HMS Afrikander] * indexed, but not listed as such
Stocker, Eric Alonzo   Son of Frederick and Bertha Stocker. Married 1st (11.04.1927, Totnes district, Devon) Joan Cicely Cholmondeley (24.06.1906-1974), daughter of George Vere Hugh Cholmondeley and Ida Sophia Gilliat. Married 2nd (10.05.1945, Poole, Dorset) Mary Lovell, widow of Cdr. A.E.F. Lovell, RN.	16.04.1900 St Austell district, Cornwall - (12?).1969 Truro district, Cornwall	S.Lt. 15.01.1921 A/Lt. 15.01.1923 Lt. ?, seniority 15.04.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1930 (retd 16.04.1945) A/Cdr. < 02.1943 Cdr. (retd) 16.04.1945 DSC 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 [investiture 06.08.40]	(08.1923)     short course of instruction 15.12.1924 - (05.)1926 HMS H 24 (submarine) [tender to HMS Maidstone] 05?.1926     HMS L 16 (submarine) [tender to HMS Conquest] 29.07.1926 - (02.)1927 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 24.05.1927 - (06.)1928 HMS K 26 (submarine) (Mediterranean) [tender to HMS Cyclops] 31.12.1928 - (08.)1929 Commanding Officer, HMS H 24 (submarine) [tender to HMS Vulcan] 29.12.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) 23.04.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Marlborough (battleship) 07?.1931     HMS Tribune (destroyer) (Portsmouth) 01.1932     HMS Ross (twin-screw minesweeper) (Portsmouth) 11.04.1932 - (05.)1933 Commanding Officer, HMS L 69 (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 03.05.1933 - (06.)1933 HMS Douglas (1s Submarine Flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) (for submarines) 11.1933 - (08.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Rover (submarine) (China) [tender to HMS Medway] (10.1936) - (02.1937) no appointment listed 15.03.1937 - (07.1937) Commandng Officer, HMS Seawolf (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 21.01.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) 07.10.1938 - (02.)1939 HMS Dwarf (particular service vessel) (in command of Reserve Group "B" of submarines) 14.02.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Colombo (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) (for destroyers in reserve) 12.02.1940 - 07.01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Vanessa (destroyer) 25.07.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Philoctetes (destroyer depot ship, Freetown) 13.05.1943 - (12.1943) Executive Officer, HMS Bonaventure (submarine depot ship, Loch Striven) 28.02.1944 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Cutty Sark (yacht; submarine escort vessel) 06.1944 - 28.08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Hastings (sloop)
Stocker, John Charles Alfred	03.11.1906 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 19.03.1977	Seaman ? [M37020] Wt.Eng. 01.10.1936 Cd.Eng. 01.10.1945 Lt. (E) 24.06.1953 (retd 03.11.1956)	... - ... ... 30.09.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Valiant (battleship) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 18.08.1942 - (01.)1945 Chief Engineer, HMS Puffin (sloop) (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Stocker, Thomas Wathen "Tom"   Younger son of Eng.R.Adm. Percy Stocker, OBE, and Phillis Wathen. Married (1955) Anne Field, younger daughter of the late Norman Field, of Warkworth, Northumberland; ... children (one son, one daughter?).	29.07.1920 Alverstoke, Hampshire - (03?).1979 North Dorset district	Midsh. 01.01.1938 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1940 S.Lt. 16.02.1940 Lt. 16.06.1941 Lt.Cdr. 16.09.1949 Cdr. 31.12.1955 Capt. 31.12.1961 (retd 07.01.1971) Cdre. 13.11.1968 MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42 MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44	01.01.1938 - (09.1939) HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) (04.1940)     no appointment listed 24.04.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Fernie (destroyer) 01.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Blackmore (destroyer) ? - 30.03.1944 HMS Laforey (destroyer) (torpedoed & sunk by U-223 off north coast of Sicily) 14.06.1944 - (01.)1945 RN College, Eaton, Chester [HMS Britannia] (for duty with special entry cadets) (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946) HMS Hesperus (destroyer) * 01.10.1947 - (07.)1948 HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) 23.08.1948 - 09.1949 Commanding Officer, HMNZS Kaniere (frigate) 01.1950 - 02.1951 Commanding Officer, HMNZS Hawea (frigate) (05.1953)     no appointment listed 13.06.1953 - (07.1954) Staff Officer (Operations) to Flag Officer, Malaya [HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore)] 07.04.1955 - (04.)1955 Commanding Officer, HMS Wrangler (anti-submarine frigate) 11.07.1955 - (01.)1956 HMS Birmingham (light cruiser) 12.10.1956     Commanding Officer, HMS Ariadne (minelayer) (01.1957)     no appointment listed 07.02.1958 - 15.05.1958 courses 16.05.1958 - 20.12.1958 Commanding Officer, HMS Jutland (destroyer) 21.12.1958 - (07.1961) Executive Officer, The Britannia RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Dartmouth] 01.05.1962 - (02.1964) RN Liaison Officer to Australia, British Defence, Liaison Staff, Department of Defence, Canberra ? - (02.)1968 Director of Naval Equipment, Ship Department, Navy Department 17.11.1968 - (02.1969) Commodore Amphibious Forces [HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Stoddart, Henry Norman	23.12.1890 - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	Paym.Lt. 21.11.1913? (retd 20.10.1920; own request) Paym.Lt.Cdr. (retd) 21.11.1921 A/Paym.Cdr. = A/Cdr. (S) > 02.1941, < 12.1941	15.07.1908 entered RN 25.07.1940 - (04.1946) Secretary to Naval Assistant (Foreign) to Second Sea Lord (NA(F)2SL), medio 1941/42 renamed: Principal British Naval Liaison Officer (PNLO), Admiralty [HMS President]
Stokes, Edward Henry Graham "Ted" Son of late Graham Stokes, and Esther Frances Bath (from 1925 Mrs Francis Arthur Magniac) (1880?-1959), The Glen, Buckland Brewer, Bideford. Brother of R.Adm. Graham Henry Stokes, RN. Engaged (1936) Bridget Bowerbank, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs E.J. Bowerbank, of Birkdale, Lancashire. Married 1st (25.06.1937, RAF Station Church, Gosport; divorced) Diana Carlyle Hammond, daughter of Mrs H.R. Hammond, of Victoria, B.C.; one son, one daughter. Married 2nd (25.09.1947, Guernsey) Dorothy Patricia Maxwell ((06?).1920-), eldest daughter (with one sister and two brothers) of Surg.Capt. Joseph Archibald Maxwell, CVO, OBE, FRCS (1890-1980), and Dorothy Anna Perkin (1891-1979),and widow of Lt. (E) John Gouldthorpe Boddy, AM, RN (1920?-1942); two sons, one daughter.	28.02.1911 Paddington district, London - 05.03.1985 Yeovil district, Somerset	Cadet 01.05.1928 Midsh. 01.01.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1931 S.Lt. 16.11.1931 Lt. 16.01.1934 Lt.Cdr. 16.01.1942 (retd 12.03.1946) A/Cdr. < 04.1946 RAF:   (T) F/O 14.05.1933 F/Lt. 01.01.1938	01.05.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Delhi (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 20.03.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) 04.01.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 30.04.1931 - 03.01.1932 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.01.1932 - (09.)1932 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 15.09.1932 - (05.)1933 HMS Wrestler (destroyer) (temporarily) 14.05.1933 - (01.)1934 pilot's course, RAF Base, Leuchars [attached to RAF] 05.1934 - (07.1935) pilot, Fighter Squadron 801 FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached RAF] (obtained aviator's certificate No. 11930, taken on a DH60 Gipsy 1 85/100 h.p. at Barnstaple & North Devon Flying School on 03.05.1934) 02.12.1935 - 06.01.1936 HMS Victory (for RAF Station, Gosport) [attached to RAF] 07.01.1936 - (08.1936) HMS Apollo (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) (for pilot duties) [attached to RAF] (01.1937) - 25.01.1937 no appointment listed [attached to RAF] 25.01.1937 - 05.03.1937 return to naval duty 05.03.1937 - 1937 HMS Victory (for RAF Station, Gosport) [re-attached to RAF] 06.1937 - 29.06.1937 HMS Victory (for RAF Station, Gosport) (for course) 30.06.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (for pilot duties) [attached to RAF] 21.07.1939 - ? HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down) (08.1939) - (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm 12.09.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn) (for pilot duties) 09.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) (for pilot duties) 11.1941 - (12.)1941 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) 28.12.1941 - (04.)1944 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 31.05.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (for pilot duties) 03.10.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Vengeance (aircraft carrier) (for pilot duties) (04.1946)     HMS Return * * indexed, but not listed as such Public relations officer at Air Service Training, Ltd. ...-1951. Ocean Mooring (Consultants) Ltd. Developed and marketed the Stokes Bower Anchor. Published: A sailor’s guide to ocean birds, Atlantic and Mediterranean (1963); Ship recognition. Warships. N.A.T.O. powers and other important ships (1965); Birds of the Atlantic Ocean (1968).
Stokes, Graham Henry "Gary" Son of late Graham Stokes, and Esther Frances Bath (from 1925 Mrs Francis Arthur Magniac) (1880?-1959), The Glen, Buckland Brewer, Bideford. Brother of Cdr. Edward Henry Graham Stokes, RN. Married (04.02.1941, St Mary's Church, Higham, Strood district, Kent) Wendy G.L. Brice ((09?).1921 -), youngest daughter of late William Brice, and Laura Georgina Moss, of Mockbeggar, Higham, Kent; one son, one daughter.	08.09.1902 Greenwich, Greater London - 22.08.1969 Buckland Brewer, Bideford, North Devon	A/S.Lt. 15.09.1922 S.Lt. 17.03.1924, seniority 30.05.1923 Lt. 30.05.1925 Lt.Cdr. 30.05.1933 Cdr. 30.06.1938 Capt. 30.06.1942 R.Adm. 08.01.1952 (retd 08.09.1954) CB 26.05.1942 action with Italian cruisers 12.12.41 [investiture 07.07.42] DSC 14.10.1941 sinking of the Bismarck [investiture 07.07.42] MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 1919     went to sea as Naval Cadet 03.01.1923 - (08.1923) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 30.08.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) 09.04.1926 - (05.)1926 HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) (additional; for duty in submarines) 08.12.1926 - (02.)1927 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (Devonport) (additional; for duty in submarines) 14.02.1927 - (06.1928) First Lieutenant, HMS L 56 (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla) 30.03.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Wolverine (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 17.01.1930 - (04.)1930 First Lieutenant, HMS L 27 (submarine) 30.05.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Wolsey (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 29.09.1931 - (06.)1933 HMS Keppel (flotilla leader) (China) 01.11.1933 - (02.)1935 Commanding Officer. HMS Tempest (destroyer) (Nore) 07.05.1935 - (07.1935) tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] (02.1936)     short course of instruction 27.03.1936 - (06.)1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Griffin (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (08.1938)     no appointment listed 12.09.1938 - (08.)1939 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 25.09.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Mackay (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 01.05.1940 - 10.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Matabele (destroyer) 25.10.1940 - 03.02.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Sikh (destroyer) (Mediterranean) [operations against German Battleship Bismarck (DSC) & also when leading a division of 4 destroyers in a night action resulting in destruction of Italian Cruisers Alberto di Guissano and AlberiCommanding Officer, Da Barbiano (CB)] 21.05.1942 - (08.)1942 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] * 16.09.1942 - (04.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) 16.06.1944 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Colossus (aircraft carrier) 26.07.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Colossus (aircraft carrier) 17.01.1947 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer & Flag Captain, HMS Merlin (RN Air Station Donibristle, Fife) & Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer, Flying Training (05.1949)     HMS Merlin (RN Air Station Donibristle, Fife) ** 10.12.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Devonshire (cruiser) 07.07.1951 - 08.01.1952 also: Naval ADC to the King 06.1952 - 1954 Senior British Naval Officer and Flag Officer (Liaison) Middle East [HMS Osiris] (07.1954)     no appointment listed * starting date given as 21.05.1940, which is obviously impossible, so it possibly is 21.05.1942 ** indexed, but not listed as such
Stopford, Frederick Victor "Fred" Younger son of late R.Adm. Hon. Walter George Stopford (1855-1918), and Florence Mary Baker (died 1950). Married (10.04.1924) Mary Guise, daughter of late Captain F.C.U. Vernon­ Wentworth; three sons, one daughter.	06.07.1900 Weymouth, Dorset - 19.01.1982 Yelverton, Devon	... ... Cdr. (E) 31.12.1932 Capt. (E) 30.06.1943 R.Adm. (E) 02.02.1950 (retd 18.08.1952) CBE 01.01.1952 New Year 52 [investiture 12.03.52]	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth   04.09.1916     entered RN 1916 - 1918 served European War ... - ... ... 09.01.1939 - (12.1941) Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 25.05.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) (12.1943) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 14.06.1944 - 02.01.1945 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) 03.01.1945 - (04.)1946 Staff Engineer Officer, Naval Air Stations [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 06.11.1946 - 05.11.1948 Captain-in-Charge, RN Engineering College, Manadon, Plymouth & Commanding Officer, HMS Thunderer 13.02.1950 - (05.1950) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 15.11.1948 - 07.01.1950 also: Naval ADC to the King
Storrs, Robert Francis Son of late Lt.Col. R. Storrs, RAMC, Lion House, Teddington. Married (1934) Olivia Hope White (died 27.02.2008, aged 97), daughter of Lt.Col. H.S. White, London; one son, two daughters.	14.07.1906 Beverley district, East Riding of Yorkshire - 23.08.1968 Halse, Taunton, Somerset	... ... Lt. (E) 01.07.1929 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.07.1937 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1941 Capt. (E) 31.12.1950 R.Adm. 07.01.1958 (General List) (retd 1960?) CB 01.01.1960 New Year 60	Education: Newton College, Devon; Royal Naval Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth. 1920 joined RN ... - ... ... 09.01.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (to assist Engineer Captain & for duty with submarines) 30.01.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Foxhound (destroyer) 23.02.1942 - (07.1945) in charge of Torpedo Tube Factory & Torpedo Tube Design Office, HM Dockyard Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 28.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) ... - ... ... 1958 - 1960 Chief Staff Officer (Technical) and Command Engineer Officer, Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
Stovin-Bradford, Frederick Son of ... Stovin-Bradford, and ... Phillips. From Battle, Sussex.	19.06.1919 Hendon district, Middlesex - 23.09.1974 Australia	Midsh. (A) 21.11.1938 A/S.Lt. (A) 19.06.1940? S.Lt. (A) 05.11.1940, seniority 19.06.1940 Lt. (A) 01.02.1942 A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 08.1944 Lt. < 07.1945, antedated 01.02.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1948 Cdr. 31.12.1950 Capt. 31.12.1955 (retd 30.07.1965) CBE 01.01.1966 New Year 66 [decoration presented] DSC 14.01.1941 torpedo attack El Gazala 23.08.40 [investiture 25.11.41] DSC 29.06.1951 Korea [investiture 14.11.51] MID 05.12.1944 passage convoys JW59 & RA59A	21.11.1938 - (02.)1939 HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (Devonport) (for training) 13.02.1939 - (04.)1939 observers' course [HMS Excellent] 15.05.1939 - (08.)1939 observers' course [HMS Excellent (training establishment, Portsmouth)] 21.10.1939 - (02.)1941 824 Squadron FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] 17.11.1941 - (12.1941) Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous duties) 05.07.1942 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, (?) 700 Squadron FAA [HMS King George V (battleship)] 14.09.1943 - (08.)1944 Lt.Cdr. Operations, HMS Vindex (escort carrier) 25.09.1944 - (10.1944) Fleet Air Arm Liaison Officer, Western Approaches Command [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] (01.1945)     no appointment listed 01.07.1945 - (09.1945?) Commanding Officer, 825 Squadron FAA 28.12.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, 735 Squadron FAA [HMS Ringtail] 05.02.1948 - (07.1948) 812 Squadron FAA 25.03.1949 - (05.1949) HMS Theseus 19.10.1949 - (05.)1950 HMS Theseus 29.09.1950 - 12.01.1951 Commanding Officer, 17th Carrier Air Group [HMS Theseus] 10.03.1952 - (05.1953) Executive Officer, HMS Seahawk (RN Air Station, Culdrose) 01.07.1954 - (07.1954) Staff Officer (Air), HMS Glory (04.1955)     HMS Albion * 30.07.1955 - (01.)1956 Staff of Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers [HMS Albion] 31.07.1956 - (01.1957) Commanding Officer, HMS Goldcrest (RN Air Station, Brawdy) 31.07.1958 - 25.09.1960 Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer-in-Charge, East Australia Area, Sydney [HMAS Kuttabul] [lent to RAN] (07.1961) HMS President * 18.06.1962 - (02.1964) Chief of Staff to Flag Officer Air (Home) [HMS Daedalus] * indexed, but not listed as such
Strawbridge, Harry Thomas From Bearsden, Scotland. Married May Marshall Strawbridge (divorced 1933).	18.01.1891 Chard, Somerset - 18.12.1981	Seaman ? [238180] A/Mate ? Mate 13.10.1916 A/Lt. ? Lt. 15.09.1920, seniority 13.09.1919 19.05.1922, seniority 13.10.1918 Lt.Cdr. 13.10.1926 (retd 18.05.1935; own request) Cdr. (retd) 18.05.1935 A/Capt. (retd) > 08.1943, < 10.1943 OBE 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44	20.06.1918 - (01.1919) Mate (G), HMS Lancaster (cruiser) 20.03.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Crocus (sloop) (East Indies) 05.04.1926 - (05.)1926 First Lieutenant, HMS Verbena (sloop) (Africa) 23.10.1926 - (06.1928) First Lieutenant, HMS Dahlia (sloop) (Mediterranean) (08.1929) no appointment listed 01.11.1929 - (02.1931) HMS Malaya (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (01.1932) no appointment listed 01.02.1932 - (06.1933) Commanding Officer, HMS Scarab (gunboat) (China) (01.1934)     no appointment listed (07.1934)     no appointment listed 01.08.1934 - (02.)1935 HMS Calcutta (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) (01.1934) no appointment listed 01.04.1935 - (08.1942) Recruiting Officer, Glasgow (under Director of Naval Recruiting) 29.01.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Adria (base ship, Persian Gulf) 01.1944 - (10.1944) Naval Officer-in-Charge, Hornung [HMS Gombroon (RN base, Hormuz, Persian Gulf)] (01.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed 01.01.1946 - (04.1946) Naval Officer-in-Charge Naples [HMS St Angelo]
Street, Mark Ralph	03.11.1885 Millbrook, Hampshire - 30.01.1962	Seaman ? [215062] Gnr. (T) 23.06.1916 Cd.Gnr. (T) 03.04.1926 (retd 03.11.1935) Lt. (retd) 03.11.1935 (reactivated 07.11.1939) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 10.11.1944 (reverted to retd < 04.1946)	01.08.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Ross (twin screw minesweeper) 18.08.1924 - (05.)1926 HMS Serapis (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 15.11.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) 09.01.1928 - (08.1930) HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies) 22.01.1931 - (01.)1934 HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) (Rosyth) (for maintenance reserve destroyers) 12.04.1934 - (11.)1934 HMS Effingham (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) (for destroyers in reserve) 06.11.1934 - (07.)1935 HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) (Rosyth) 07.11.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Lochinvar (RN base, Port Edgar) (08.1942) HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) * 14.08.1942 - (08.)1943 Torpedo Officer, HMS Flora II (Coastal Forces base, Invergordon) 21.09.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) * indexed, but not listed as such
Stroud, John Alan	? - died between 08.1989 and 12.1991 ??	Cadet 01.01.1944 Midsh. 01.09.1944 ... ... Lt. 01.11.1947 (retd 02.08.1955) Cdr. RNR ? (retd 01.04.1976) RD ? -	01.09.1944 - 19.12.1944 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) 20.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (04.1946) HMS Cambrian (destroyer) * ... - ... ... 1957 joined London Division RNR 1965 - 1969 Commanding Officer, HMS Wildfire * indexed, but not listed as such
Strutt, Hon. Arthur Charles 2nd son of 3rd Baron Rayleigh and Evelyn, daughter of J.M. Balfour of Whittingehame, and Blanche, daughter of 2nd Marquis of Salisbury. Married (1934) Hon. Mrs Cyril Ward.	02.10.1878 - 10.02.1973 London	Lt. 1900 Cdr. 13.06.1913 Capt. 30.06.1917 R.Adm. 28.02.1929 (retd 01.03.1929; own request) V.Adm. (retd) 30.09.1933 (reverted to retd < 04.1946) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 05.07.1940 CBE 04.06.1928 HM's birthday 28 LoP 1944? Operation Neptune	Education: HMS Britannia 15.07.1892     entered RN 1916 - 1918 served as Master of the Fleet in HMS Queen Elizabeth under the Flag of Earl Beatty (01.1919)     HMS Enchantress (Admiralty yacht) 03.1923 - (08.)1923 senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 15.11.1923 - 29.11.1923 Admiralty [HMS President] 30.11.1923 - (01.)1925 Director of Navigation, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.04.1926 - (05.)1926 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth 25.07.1926 - (07.1927) Commanding Officer, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) (04.1928) - (06.1928) no appointment listed 08.04.1928 - (06.1928) also: Naval ADC to the King 05.07.1940 - 01.02.1943 Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] 01.02.1943 - 1945 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Dartmouth [HMS Dartmouth] (07.1945) no appointment listed
Stuart, Charles McDonald Married; .. children (one son?).	17.01.1920 - 20.01.1983 Fulham district, London	Cadet 01.01.1939 Midsh. 01.09.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.12.1940? S.Lt. 1941, seniority 01.12.1940 Lt. 16.10.1942 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1950 (retd 17.01.1971) CdeG 20.07.1951 liaison services on French ships George Leygues & Montcalm 02-12.43 [decoration posted]	01.01.1939 - (09.1939) special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 22.09.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Durban (cruiser) 04.02.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Eland (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (10.1943) - (12.1943) French Ship Montcalm * (04.1944) no appointment listed (06.1944) - (10.1944) HMS Pelican (SAN base, Walvis Bay, Simonstown) * (01.1945)     HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay) * 27.04.1945 - (06.)1945 HMS Falmouth (sloop) 19.06.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Falmouth (sloop) 16.12.1946 - (10.1947) HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) 24.06.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Nepal (destroyer) (05.1950)     HMS Nepal (destroer) * (05.1953)     no appointment listed 04.07.1953 - (07.)1954 HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) (04.1955)     HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) * (01.1956) - (01.1957) Staff Officer, Tay Division RNVR [HMS Cressy (Dundee)] (01.1959)     HMS Diligence (Reserve Fleet & base, Hythe, nr Southampton) * (07.1961)     HMS Phoenicia (RN base, Manoel Island, Malta) * (02.1963) - (02.1964) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty * (02.1968) - (02.1969) HMS Warrior (RN Unit, Eastbury Park, Northwood) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Stuart, Geoffrey Claude Edwards "Geoff" Son of James Arthur Penrhyn Stuart and Norah Stuart, of Alverstoke, Hampshire. Married Isobel Newbold (died 14.04.1944).	1921 ? - 14.04.1944 (died at home whilst on leave) [age 23] [Speen (St. Mary) Church- yard, Berkshire, N.3.58]	Cadet 01.09.1938 Midsh. 01.09.1939 S.Lt. > 02.1941 Lt. 04.1942, seniority 01.01.1942	01.09.1938 - 31.08.1939 special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Birmingham (cruiser) 06.09.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Watchman (destroyer) 09.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Birmingham (cruiser) 29.11.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Parthian (submarine) 01.04.1943 - (06.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS P 555 (submarine) 21.06.1943 - (12.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS Storm (submarine) 28.01.1944 - 14.04.1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Taku (submarine)
Stuart-Menteth, Henry Alexander "Alex" Son of Walter Erskine Stuart-Menteth (1877-1956), and Violet Grace Lafone (?-1970). Married (1952) Penelope Giles, daughter of Digby Giles, of Toorak, South Australia; two sons, one daughter.	26.08.1912 Merstham, Surrey - 14.05.2000 Edinburgh, Scotland	Cadet 01.01.1930 Midsh. 01.09.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1933 S.Lt. 16.05.1933 Lt. 16.12.1934 Lt.Cdr. 16.12.1942 Cdr. 31.12.1948 (retd 01.09.1958) DSC 11.09.1945 destruction U-boat Western Approaches 30.04.45 & probable one [decoration posted] MID 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1926-1930). 07.01.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 15.04.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Dragon (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 05.01.1933 - 20.08.1933 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 21.08.1933 - (01.)1934 promotion course, Portsmouth 26.05.1934 - (02.)1935 HMS Whitehall (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 17.06.1935 - (07.)1935 HMS Elgin (twin screw minesweeper) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) 06.09.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Windsor (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 31.08.1936 - (02.)1939 HMS Defender (destroyer) (China) (04.1939)     no appointment listed (00.1939)     no appointment listed 28.08.1939 - 10.04.1940 HMS Hunter (destroyer) (sunk in collision at Narvik; wounded, POW in German hands, but liberated when the town of Narvik was retaken by Allied forces) 04.1940 - 12.1940 no appointment listed: recovery at hospitals in the UK 03.12.1940 - (06.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Somali (destroyer) (Lofoten Islands raid & capturing Enigma-related cryptographic material) 12.1941 - 03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Berkeley (destroyer) (Çhannel dah' of Scharnhorst & Gneisenau) 23.03.1942 - 07.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Aldenham (destroyer) (Mediterranean & Aegean) 21.12.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for minor landing craft) (training landing craft officers) 09.1944 - 15.11.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Havelock (destroyer) (British coastal waters) 15.11.1944 - (04.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Havelock (destroyer) 13.02.1946 - (04.)1946 Staff Officer (Operations), 10th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Birmingham (cruiser)] 04.09.1946 - (04.)1947 Staff Officer (Operations), 2nd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Superb (cruiser)] 15.10.1947 - (07.1948) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (05.1949)     no appointment listed 1949     lent to RAN (?) 14.12.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Terror (for miscellaneous duties) 27.05.1952 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS St James (destroyer) 1953? - 1954? Commanding Officer, HMS Obdurate (destroyer) 05.03.1954 - (01.)1956 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 30.07.1956 - (01.1957) Admiralty Liaison Officer for Merchant Navy, Glasgow [HMS President] Ran the Corps of Commissionaires for nearly 20 years.
Stubbs, Peter William Furneaux Son of Philip Stanley Fewston Stubbs (1881-1948), and Marjorie Furneaux. Brother of Cdr. (L) Richard Furneaux Stubbs, RN, Maj. Antony Furneaux Stubbs & Lt. James Furneaux Stubbs.	07.07.1910 Lymington district, Hampshire - 14.07.1965 New Forest district, Hampshire	Cadet 01.09.1927 Midsh. 01.05.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1930 S.Lt. 01.05.1931 Lt. 01.07.1933 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1941 (retd 01.03.1949; medically unfit) A/Cdr. 23.02.1943? till < 04.1944 DSC 16.03.1943 Operation Torch [decoration posted]	01.09.1927 - (04.)1930 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 25.09.1930 - (02.)1931 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 29.12.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Mackay (flotilla leader, 1st Destroyer Flotilla) (Mediterranean) 17.05.1933 - (07.)1934 Third Officer, later First Lieutenant, HMS Salmon [renamed HMS Sable] (destroyer) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) 03.07.1934 - (02.)1935 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) (07.1935)     no appointment listed (02.1936)     no appointment listed 17.06.1936 - (02.)1938 HMS Adventure (large minelayer) (China) (06.1938) -  (08.1938) no appointment listed 10.09.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS Walker (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 01.11.1938 - (04.1940) First Lieutenant, HMS Juno (destroyer) (02.1941)     no appointment listed 24.02.1941 - 14.05.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Vesper (destroyer) 10.07.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services) 23.02.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Quebec (Combined Operations training establishment, Inveraray) 04.1943 - 09.1943 Principal Beach Master, "N" RN Beach Commando 20.03.1944 - (06.)1944 on staff of Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 11.09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS King George V (battleship) 11.01.1946 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, HMS Goldcrest (RN Air Station, Dale, Pembrokeshire) 01.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Corsham, Wiltshire) Chairman, New Forest Rural District Council, 1965.
Stubbs, Richard Furneaux Son of Philip Stanley Fewston Stubbs (1881-1948), and Marjorie Furneaux. Brother of Cdr. Peter William Furneaux Stubbs, RN, Maj. Antony Furneaux Stubbs & Lt. James Furneaux Stubbs. Married Theodora E.P.B. Rutledge (born 1915); two daughters.	(06?).1912 Lymington district, Hampshire - died between 08.1983 and 08.1989 ?	Cadet 01.05.1929 Midsh. 01.01.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1932 S.Lt. 16.01.1933 Lt. 16.03.1935 Lt.Cdr. 16.03.1943 Lt.Cdr. (L) 25.09.1946, seniority 16.03.1943 Cdr. (L) 31.12.1948 (retd 22.09.1953)	27.04.1929 - (08.)1929 HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Atlantic) 17.12.1929 - (08.)1930 HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) 01.10.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Kent (cruiser) (China) (01.1932)     HMS Kent (cruiser) (China) * 01.05.1932 - 08.01.1933 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 09.01.1933 - (06.)1933 promotion course, Portsmouth 01.09.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Hastings (sloop) (Red Sea) 07.02.1936 - (02.)1938 First Lieutenant, HMS Robin (river gunboat) (China) 05.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 14.12.1938 - (04.)1939 First Lieutenant, HMS Woolston (destroyer) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) 01.06.1939 - (09.1939) First Lieutenant, HMS Vortigern (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) (04.1940)     no appointment listed 03.07.1940 - (12.1941) Torpedo Officer, HMS Glasgow (cruiser) 06.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Uganda (cruiser) 15.01.1943 - (12.1943) Torpedo Officer, HMS Spartan (cruiser) 25.02.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (for miscellaneous duties) (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed 25.09.1946     transferred to Electrical Branch 06.1947 - (07.1948) Fleet Electrical Officer, America and West Indies Station [HMS Sheffield (cruiser)] 21.02.1949 - (05.1950) on staff of Flag Officer (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 19.03.1951 - (05.)1953 HMS Collingwood (training establishment for radar and electrical ratings, Fareham, nr Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties)
Studholme, John Wyndham	? - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	Lt. 15.11.1925 Lt.Cdr. 15.11.1933 Cdr. 31.12.1940 (retd) DSC 28.06.1940 submarine actions against the enemy [investiture 03.09.40] MID 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45	... - ... ... 07.02.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Seawolf (submarine) 18.08.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Ambrose (submarine base for 9th Submarine Flotilla, Dundee) (for submarines) ... - ... ... (1945) - (1945) HMS Dido (cruiser) ... - ... ...
Sumner, Richard Clement Son of Richard Sumner, and ... Jackson, of Sunderland. Married; ... children.	(06?).1915 Sunderland district, Durham / Tyne and Wear - 1995 Brampton, Ont., Canada	Prob. T/S.Lt. (E) RNVR 19.11.1939 T/S.Lt. (E) 20.09.1940, seniority 19.11.1939 T/Lt. (E) 11.04.1941, seniority 20.09.1940 (reld 1946?) DSC 13.04.1943 air attack Bone 11.12.42 [decoration posted] 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - It St - - BWM 39|45 - -	Education: Sunderland Junior Technical College (BSc (Eng)) Employed in the Borough Engineers Office, Sunderland up till 1939. 1939 joined RNVR (04.1940) HMNZS Leander (cruiser) (lent to RNZN) * 20.09.1940 transferred to RN (09.1940?) HMS Resolution (battleship) 05.01.1941 - (02.1941) HMS Liverpool (cruiser) 25.11.1941 - 30.03.1944 HMS Laforey (destroyer) (sunk off Palermo, Italy) (04.1944) no appointment listed 05.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Blackmore (escort destroyer) 27.06.1945 - (07.1945) Engineer Overseers Staff, Scotland District (Glasgow) [Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President]] ** * indexed, but not listed as such ** (04.1946) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Surtees, Villiers Nicholas	(06?).1899 Fulham, Greater London - died between 05.1953 and 07.1959	A/Lt. ? Lt. 15.08.1921 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1929 Cdr. 30.06.1936 Capt. 30.06.1943 (retd 08.07.1952) DSO 07.06.1940 Dunkirk 40 [investiture 25.02.41] DSO 19.06.1945 Operation Hotbed (N Russian convoy 02.45) [investiture 24.03.48]	16.11.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Worcester (torpedo-boat destroyer) (01.1925) no appointment listed 10.1925 - (07.1927) HMS Emerald (cruiser) (East Indies / China) 26.09.1928 - (10.1930) First Lieutenant, HMS Petersfield (twin screw minesweeper) (China) (02.1931) no appointment listed 08.06.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 19.07.1933 - (07.)1935 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) 17.09.1935 - (02.)1936 Staff Officer (Operations), Base Defences, Mediterranean [HMS President IV] 17.09.1936 - (02.)1937 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 16.02.1937 - (02.)1939 Executive Officer, HMS Wildfire (training establishment, Sheerness) 21.03.1939 - (09.1939) Training Commander, HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 01.03.1940 - 04.06.1940 HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) (in command while under construction) 04.06.1940 - (08.)1942 Executive Officer, HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) 15.12.1942 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) 09.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) 07.1944 - 05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Nairana (escort carrier) 14.05.1945 - 01.07.1945 HMS Flycatcher (HQ for MONAB organisation, Ludham, Norfolk) (for MONABs) 01.07.1945 - 01.1946 ? Commanding Officer, HMS Nabcatcher (mobile naval air base (MONAB) VIII) (04.1946) HMS Return (RN base, Tokyo) * (07.1948) no appointment listed 06.01.1949 - (05.1950) Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Plymouth [HMS Drake] 21.09.1950 - (05.1953) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services) * indexed, but not listed as such
Sutherland, Leslie	? - 21.01.1940 (missing presumed killed) [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 37, column 1] [commemorated at Burgh and Parish of Nairn war memorial]	Paym.Cadet 01.01.1934 Paym.Midsh. 01.01.1935 A/Paym.S.Lt. 01.01.1937 Paym.S.Lt. 1937?, seniority 01.10.1936 Paym.Lt. 01.10.1938	01.09.1934 - (02.)1936 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 15.09.1936 - (04.)1939 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (Mediterranean & China) 28.07.1939 - 21.01.1940 Captain's Secretary, HMS Exmouth (destroyer) (ship was mined in the North Sea)
Suthers, Sydney Hal "Jim" Son of ... Suthers, and ... Brockhurst. Married (1948) Patricia Myrtle Heath (03.10.1923-07.2003); three daughters, one son.	18.12.1918 Medway district, Kent - 22.02.2007 Shropshire	Midsh. (A) 16.01.1939 A/S.Lt. (A) ? S.Lt. (A) 14.03.1940 Lt. (A) 01.03.1941 A/LT.Cdr. (A) 12.06.1944? Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1950 Cdr. 30.06.1954 (retd 18.12.1968) DSC 30.09.1941 sinking Italian destroyers Red Sea [investiture 25.05.43] DFC 04.05.1954 Malaya [investiture 20.07.54]	16.01.1939 - (04.)1939 HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (Devonport) (for training) (08.1939) - (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm 07.1940 gained his pilot's wings 01.09.1940 - (10.)1940 pilot, 767 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 06.10.1940 - 01.1941 HMS Nile II (RN Air Station, Alexandria, Egypt) 05.01.1941 - 09.1942 824 Squadron FAA [HMS Eagle (RN base, Liverpool)] (operations in Red Sea, Indian Ocean, South Atlantic and Mediterranean) (02.1943) - (06.1943) HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) * 23.06.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) 29.01.1944 - (04.)1944 pilot, 798 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus [RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 12.06.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC) (for miscellaneous services) (04.1946) no appointment listed ... - ... ... 29.11.1949 - 28.10.1952 Commanding Officer, 705 Squadron FAA (1954) 848 RN Air Squadron (Helos)
Sutton, Alan William Frank "Alfie"	21.05.1912 - 06.11.2008	... ... Lt. 01.10.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1943 A/Cdr. 30.12.1943? Cdr. 30.06.1948 Capt. 31.12.1955 (retd 01.02.1965) CBE 01.01.1965 New Year 65 [investiture 02.03.65] DSC 20.05.1941 attack Taranto 11.11.40 [investiture 17.02.42] DSC 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete [investiture 17.02.42] MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41 MID 14.01.1941 attack Calato 04.09.40	1930     special entry cadet HMS Erebus, HMS Renown, HMS Repulse, HMS Basilisk 1937     specializing as naval observer 823 Squadron FAA [HMS Glorious] & 825 Squadron FAA [HMS Illustriuos] 05.02.1940 - (02.1941) observer, 819 Squadron FAA [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] 11.1941 - (08.1942) instructional staff, HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) 01.1943 - (10.)1943 observer, HMS Ravager (escort carrier) (12.1943)     no appointment listed 30.12.1943 - (07.1945) Staff Officer (Air), HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) 01.1946 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, HMS Nabcatcher (Mobile Naval Air Base VIII, Hong Kong) ... - ... ... Literature: Richard Pike, Seven seas, nine lives : a Royal Navy officer's story of valour : Captain A.W.F. Sutton, CBE, DSC (2006)
Sutton, John Gilbert	13.01.1892 - 01.03.1982 Weymouth district	... ... Lt. 15.09.1914 Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1922 Cdr. 20.06.1928 (retd 1932/1933) DSC 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche [investiture 06.03.45)	15.09.1904     entered RN ... - ... ... 11.03.1940 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Mollusc (armed yacht) 06.09.1940 - 24.08.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Weston (sloop) 07.10.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM LST 10 (landing ship, tank) [HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA)] 04.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HM LST 319 (landing ship, tank) (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Swabey, [Sir] George Thomas Carlisle Parker Son of late Thomas Swabey, and Eliza Prickett, of Woodcote, Woburn Sand. Married (1920) Lois Mary Elsa. daughter of late Samuel Forde Ridley; one son (and one killed in action), one daughter.	22.01.1881 Woodcote, Woburn Sands - 09.02.1952 [Eartham, Chicester ?]	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.06.1900 Lt. 15.07.1901 Cdr. 1913 Capt. 30.06.1918 Cdre. 2nd cl. 18.06.1926? R.Adm. 06.10.1928 (retd 07.10.1929) V.Adm. (retd) 16.01.1935 Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 05.07.1940? (reverted to retd 1945) KBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46 [investiture 28.01.47] CB 03.06.1930 HM's birthday 30 DSO 14.03.1916 Gallipoli MID 12.07.1916 Gallipoli LoP 1944? Operation Neptune LM 28.05.1946 ?	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (five firsts; Ryder Memorial Prize) 15.01.1895 entered RN, specialized in Gunnery 03.1909 - 03.1911 staff Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet (for gunnery duties) 08.1911 - 07.1913 First and Gunnery Officer, HMS Zealandia 08.1913 Flag Commander to R.Adm. Commanding 3rd Battle Squadron 1915 - 1916 Naval Observation Officer (Dardanelles) (despatches, DSO, Legion of Honour) ? - (01.)1919 Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] ? - (07.1919) Commanding Officer, HMS Revenge (dreadnought) 25.05.1921 - (08.)1923 Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.10.1924 - (05.)1926 Captain of College, Royal Naval College, Greenwich & for Junior Officers' War Course [HMS President] 18.06.1926 - 09.1929 Commodore in Command of New Zealand Station [HMS Diomede (cruiser), later HMS Dunedin (cruiser)] & First Naval Member Royal New Zealand Naval Board 03.08.1929 - 06.10.1929 also: Naval ADC to the King 05.07.1940 - (02.)1941 Commodore of Convoys [HMS EagletII] 03.02.1942 - 03.10.1944 Flag Officer-in-Charge, Portland [HMS Boscawen] 10.01.1945 - (07.)1945 Naval Officer­in­Charge, Leith [HMS Claverhouse]
Swinley, Roland Frith Balfour	09.12.1895 - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	Cdr. 31.12.1930 (retd < 07.1948) A/Capt. 31.01.1944? Capt. (retd) ?	15.09.1908     entered RN (09.1931) Commanding Officer, HMS Shikari (10.1932) Commanding Officer, HMS Basilisk 11.07.1939 - (08.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) 02.02.1942 - (08.1942) staff, Rear-Admiral Coastal Forces [HMS Attack] 01.09.1942 - (08.1943) Training Commander, Coastal Forces [HMS Bee] (Weymouth) 09.1943 - (12.1943) Staff Officer Training & Operations, Naval Officer-in-Charge Inveraray [HMS Quebec] 31.01.1944 - (1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Mastodon
Syfret, Sir Edward Neville   Second of five children of Edward Ridge Syfret, a surgeon, and ... Jones, of Cape Town, SA. Married ((03?).1913, Westminster district, London) Hildegarde Warner (10.10.1885 - (03?).1976); one son (Lt. Edward Herbert Vyvyan Syfret, RNVR), one daughter.	20.06.1889 near Cape Town, South Africa - 10.12.1972 Highgate, London	A/S.Lt. 30.11.1908 S.Lt. 16.09.1909, seniority 30.11.1908 Lt. 18.10.1910, seniority 30.11.1909 Lt.Cdr. 30.11.1917 Cdr. 30.06.1922 Capt. 30.06.1929 R.Adm. 05.01.1940 A/V.Adm. 10.01.1942? V.Adm. 21.06.1943 Adm. 01.02.1946 (retd 1948?) GCB 01.01.1948 New Year 48 [investiture 02.1948] KCB 08.09.1942 Operation Pedestal [investiture 22.09.42] CB 25.11.1941 Operations Style & substance (Gibraltar-Malta convoy, 21.07-04.08.41) [investiture 14.07.42] KBE 18.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 [investiture 22.02.46] MID 25.08.1942 Operation Ironclad LM 07.09.1943 N African campaign CdeG 17.05.1918 ?	Education: Diocesan College, SA; HMS Britannia; RN College Dartmouth (Chief Cadet Capatain) 15.05.1904 entered RN; specialized in gunnery 1914 - 1918 gunnery officer, light cruisers HMS Aurora, HMS Centaur & HMS Curacoa 16.09.1924 - (01.1925) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 23.07.1926 - (07.1927) Fleet Gunnery Officer, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Warspite (battleship)] 19.08.1929 - (02.1931) Tactical Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.10.1931 - (01.1932) Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 19.07.1932 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Caradoc (cruiser) (China Station) 31.08.1934 - (07.1935) Commanding Officer, Naval Gunnery School, Devonport [HMS Drake] 31.12.1935 - (07.1937) Deputy Director of Plans, Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.01.1938 - (06.1938) Commanding Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet) 15.08.1938 - (08.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 23.11.1939 - (02.)1941 Naval Secretary to First Sea Lord 06.1941 - ? Flag Officer Commanding 18th Cruiser Squadron 10.01.1942 - (02.1943) Flag Officer Commanding Force H [HMS Malaya, later HMS Nelson] (commanded occupying force Madagascar 1942) 07.06.1943 - (07.)1945 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Vice-Chief of Naval Staff 24.11.1945 - 07.01.1948 Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson]
Sykes, Edward Walker Son of Alfred Edward Sykes, and Sarah Ellen Watkinson.	27.10.1913 Halifax, Yorkshire - West Riding / West Yorkshire - 07.07.1997	RAF:   (A) P/O (prob) 29.06.1936 P/O 04.05.1937 RN:   S.Lt. (A) 04.05.1937 Lt. (A) 04.01.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 04.11.1943 [acting rank] A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 01.11.1945 [appointed rank] Lt.Cdr. 04.01.1947 (retd 27.10.1958) DSC 23.10.1945 Operation Iceberg (air strikes on Sakishima Islands & capture of Okinawa 03-05.45) [decoration posted]	(1933)     aircraft apprentice [earned his aviators' certificate #11186 on 29.03.1933 at the Liverpool & District Aero Club] 29.06.1936 - 25.07.1938 commissioned, Royal Air Force (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 25.07.1938     commissioned, RN (Air Branch) (08.1938)     short course of instruction (10.1938)     short course of instruction 02.12.1938 - 26.01.1939 Training Squadron FAA, RAF Station, Gosport [HMS Victory] 27.01.1939 - (02.)1941 700 Squadron FAA [HMNZS Achilles (cruiser)] 10.09.1941 - (02.)1943 pilot, 778 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] (06.1943)     HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) * 05.07.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Dipper (RN Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset) 04.11.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 25.01.1944 - (07.)1945 Chief Deck Landing Control Officer (DCLO), HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) 15.12.1945 - (04.1946) Lieutenant-Commander (Flying), HMS Gannet 20.03.1947 - (05.)1949 on staff of Flag Officer (Air) (Home) [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 16.08.1949 - (05.1950) Commander (Flying), HMS Gamecock (RN Air Station, Bramcote, Nuneaton) 23.09.1952 - (05.)1953 HMS Albion 16.09.1953 - (01.1956) HMS President (for miscellaneous duties) (01.1957)     HMS Unicorn *
Sykes, John Humphrey Charlesworth	20.05.1919 Kensington, London - 01.11.2007	S.Lt. (A) 20.05.1940 Lt. (A) 14.09.1942 Lt.Cdr. 14.09.1950 (retd 29.07.1958)	07.1936 - 11.1940 flying training 08.07.1940 - 15.09.1940 64 Squadron RAF (Kenley) 11.1940 - 02.1943 operational flying duties, Mediterranean & India area 11.1940 - (02.)1941 pliot, HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt) 16.07.1941 - (08.1942) pilot, 806 Squadron FAA [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon] 02.1943 - 01.1944 no appointment listed: for passage to UK, FS leave & AGO's course 01.01.1944 - (07.)1945 passage to India & Station Air Gunnery Officer, HMS Garuda (RN Aircraft Repair Yard, Coimbatore, India) (02??).1945 - 10.1945 South Africa (gunnery & air gunnery officer duties) 10.1945 - 08.1946 FS leave, staff duties & in charge of 17th Air Gunnery Officers' course   HMS St Vincent HMS Frobisher HMS Collingwood HMS Centaur ... - ... ...
Symonds-Tayler, [Sir] Richard Victor Son of late Lt­Col Richard Herbert Tayler Symonds­ Tayler, Hereford. Married (1925) Letitia Mary, daughter of late E.J. Gunner, IW; one son, one daughter.	27.10.1897 Hereford - 18.02.1971 [Worplesdon, Surrey ?]	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.05.1917 A/Lt. ? Lt. 15.08.1918 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1926 Cdr. 30.06.1931 Capt. 31.12.1936 Cdre. 2nd cl. 01.02.1945 R.Adm. 02.01.1946 V.Adm. 20.03.1949 (retd 15.01.1952) Adm. (retd) 27.01.1953 KBE 01.01.1951 New Year 51 [investiture 14.11.51] CB 10.06.1948 HM's birthday 48 [investiture 01.03.49] DSC 16.08.1915 landing Gallipoli 25-26.04.15 Knight Commander of the Brazilian Order of Naval Merit (inauguration president of Brazil 51)	Education: Hereford Cathedral School; RN Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth; RN Staff College (1928);  Imperial Defence College (1938) 09.1910 joined RN as cadet 1914 - 1918 served European War 1914 - 1915 HMS Agamemnon 24.10.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 01.09.1925 - (07.1927) HMS Revenge (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 20.05.1929 - (02.)1931 British Naval Mission to Greece 24.08.1931 - (09.1932) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 08.09.1933 - (02.1936) Executive Officer, HMS Neptune (cruiser) (Home Fleet) [ship 24.02.1934 commissioned] 21.09.1936 - (02.1937) Staff Officer (Operations) to Vice-Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean [HMS Hood (battlecruiser)] (07.1937) no appointment listed 18.01.1938 - (10.1938) imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College (London) [HMS Presdient] 02.01.1939 - (08.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Centurion (target vessel) 18.09.1939 - (04.1940) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Sussex (cruiser) 02.12.1940 - (01.1941) HMS President (for miscellaneous services at Admiralty) 01.03.1941 - 14.07.1941 Admiralty [HMS President] 14.07.1941 - (08.)1942 Director of Training and Staff Duties, Admiralty [HMS President] 19.12.1942 - 10.12.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS London (cruiser) (East Indies) 01.02.1945 - 1946 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 12.03.1946 - 1947 Chief of Staff to Naval Representative of British Chiefs of Staff, Military Staff Committee, United Nations [HMS Saker] 1947 - 1948 Flag Officer commanding First Cruiser Squadron 1949 - 1951 Commander-in-Chief America and West Indies Station [HMS Superb] Iraq Petroleum Company Ltd, 1952-1958.
Syms, Dudley Lester	23.04.1922 Tientsin, Northern China - 25.04.1988 Droxford district, Hampshire	Midsh. 01.09.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1942 S.Lt. 10.10.1942, seniority 01.08.1941 A/Lt. ? Lt. 16.08.1943, seniority 16.03.1943 ?, seniority 16.09.1942 Lt.Cdr. 16.09.1950 Cdr. 31.12.1956 (retd 01.08.1970; own request) MID 07.11.1944 sinking U223 Mediterranean 30.03.44 MID 13.02.1945 Quarnarolo Channel 01.11.44 MID 29.06.1951 Korea	01.09.1940 - 12.06.1941 HMAS Australia 13.06.1941 - 25.06.1941 HMAS Penguin 01.05.1942 - (02.1943) promotion course, Portsmouth 16.02.1943 - 07.1944 HMS Tumult (destroyer) (11.1944) HMS Wheatland (destroyer) (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) signalling course (05.1950) HMS President * (1951) HMS Cardigan Bay (frigate) (Korea) (05.1953) HMS Dryad * 14.06.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Bulwark 27.03.1961 - (02.1963) Officer-in-Charge, RN Wireless Telegraphy Station and as Resident Naval Officer, Mauritius (Vacoas, Mauritius) [initially borne on HMS Afrikander, later from 19.03.1962 independent as HMS Mauritius] 09.10.1967 - (02.1969) Commanding Officer, HMS Rooke & as Staff Officer Strike & Reconnaissance (SORS), Gibraltar * indexed, but not listed as such
Syms, Henry Charles	20.03.1906 Weymouth district, Dorset - 09.2003 Ashtead district, Surrey	Wt.Electr. 25.11.1936 Cd.Electr. 01.10.1942 A/Electr.Lt. 09.06.1945? Electr.Lt. 01.05.1946, seniority 27.01.1940 Lt.Cdr. (L) 27.01.1948 (retd 20.03.1956)	1926 joined RN 01.01.1937 - (04.1939) HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (China) (08.1939) no appointment listed 12.1939 - (08.1942) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (02.1943) no appointment listed 01.03.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier) 09.06.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Marlborough (training establishment, Eastbourne) 14.02.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Liverpool (cruiser) (05.1950) no appointment listed (05.1953) no appointment listed (01.1956) no appointment listed President of the Dorking RN Association. AMIEE.
Syms, James Antony Son of ... Syms, and ... Barrett.	08.09.1921 Totnes district, Devon - 28.03.2001 Hadlow, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent	Cadet 01.01.1939 Midsh. 01.09.1939 S.Lt. 16.04.1941 Lt. 01.06.1942 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1950 Cdr. 30.06.1953 (retd 15.05.1965) DSC 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee [investiture 06.03.45] MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 01.01.1939 - 31.08.1939 cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 04.12.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Manchester (cruiser) 23.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Foresight (destroyer) 25.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Quorn (destroyer) 04.06.1942 - (08.)1942 French Ship Carentan (late Chasseur 5) 06.10.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Loyal (destroyer) 01.1944 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Whaddon (destroyer) 27.02.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 754 (motor torpedo boat) 08.10.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 5015 (motor torpedo boat) 11.1947 - (05.)1949 HMS Ben Lomond 12.07.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Chevron 24.04.1952 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 1029 (motor torpedo boat) 26.04.1954 - (01.1956) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) (01.1957)     HMS Saker (British Joint Services Mission, Washington) * 21.01.1957 - (01.1959) Assistant Operations Officer,Plans and Training, Shipping, Allied Command Atlantic Headquarters (Norfolk, Va., USA) 31.05.1961 - (02.)1963 Maintenance Commander, Central Staff, Mediterranean [HMS Phoenicia] 23.09.1963 - (02.1964) Trade and Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] Trust Company Executive. Published: Kent Country Churches (3 volumes; 1984-1989); East Sussex Country Churches (1994); Storm at Old Romney : a novel about Old Romney Church (1996)

 

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