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Tait, [Sir] Allan Gordon Son of Allan G. Tait and Ann Gordon, Timaru, NZ.  Married (1952) Philippa, daughter of Sir Bryan Todd; two sons, two daughters.	30.10.1921 Timaru, South Island, New Zealand - 29.05.2005 Auckland, New Zealand	Cadet 01.01.1940 Midsh. 01.09.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1942 Lt. 01.03.1943 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1951 Cdr. 30.06.1956 Capt. 30.06.1963 R.Adm. 07.07.1972 V.Adm. 1974 Adm. 14.03.1978 (retd 27.09.1979) KCB 30.12.1976 New Year 77 DSC 19.10.1943 submarine patrols MID 06.11.1945 war patrols Far East	Education: Timaru Boys' High School; RN College, Dartmouth (special entry cadet) 1939 - 1942 served Atlantic and N Russia Convoys: 01.09.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Nigeria (cruiser) 1941/42? HMS Matabele (destroyer) 01.05.1942 - (08.1942) promotion course, Portsmouth 1942 - 1945 served submarines, Mediterranean and Far East (DSC, despatches): 1942? HMS Talbot (submarine) 06.01.1943 - (12.1943) Gunnery Control Officer (& First Lieutenant?), HMS Taurus (submarine) 02.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) (for duty with submarines) 1944? First Lieutenant, HMS Tally Ho (submarine) 11.09.1944 - (01.1946) HMS Tudor (submarine) 1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Teredo (submarine) 27.01.1948 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, HMS Solent (submarine) 1949 - 1951 ADC to Governor-General of New Zealand (Lt-Gen. Lord Freyberg, VC) [HMS President] 1951 Commanding Officer, HMS Ambush (submarine) 08.1951 - (05.)1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Aurochs (submarine) 1955 Commanding Officer, HMS Tally Ho (submarine) 15.08.1955 - (01.)1956 Commanding Officer, HMS Sanguine (submarine) 1957 - 1959 Asst Naval Adviser, UK High Commissioner, Canada 19.09.1960 - 1962 Commanding Officer, HMS Caprice (destroyer) 1965 - 1966 Commanding Officer, HMS Ajax (frigate) & Captain (D), 2nd Destroyer Squadron (Far East) 05.08.1967 - (02.1968) Commanding Officer, HMS Maidstone & Captain S/M 3rd Submarine Squadron 1968 - 07.02.1969 Captain (S/M), 3rd Submarine Squadron [HMS Neptune] 1969 - 1970 Chief Staff Officer, Submarine Command [HMS Dolphin] 1970 - 1972 Commanding Officer, HMS Britannia (Royal Naval College) 07.01.1972 - 07.07.1972 Naval ADC to the Queen 1972 - 11.1974 Naval Secretary, Ministry of Defence  1975 - 1977 Flag Officer, Plymouth, Port Admiral, Devonport, NATO Comdr, Central Sub Area, Eastern Atlantic 1977 - 1979 Chief of Naval Personnel and Second Sea Lord Chairman, Lion Nathan Ltd (incorporating NZ Breweries Ltd, Lion Breweries Ltd and Lion Corporation), 1984-10.1997. Director: NZ Board, Westpac Banking Corporation, 1981-1993; Todd Bros Ltd, 1981-1987; Todd Corp., 1987- (Deputy Chairman); Todd Petroleum Mining, 1994- (Deputy Chairman); Owens Gp Ltd, 1984-1993; AGC (NZ) Ltd, 1987-1993. President, and Chairman of Trustees, NZ Sports Foundation, 1981-1986; Chairman: NZ Family Trust, 1983-; NZ International Yachting Trust, 1989-1994; Trustee, NZ National Maritime Museum, 1990-; Member, Spirit of Adventure Trust Board, 1982-1991.
Tait, Arthur Andre	(06?).1904 Birkenhead, Cheshire, Merseyside - 11.03.1943 (KIA) [age 38] [Chatham Naval Memorial, 67, 3]	Midsh. 15.01.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1924 S.Lt. ?, seniority 30.11.1924 Lt. 30.08.1926 Lt.Cdr. 30.08.1934 Cdr. 30.06.1942 DSO 16.06.1942 ramming & sinking U-93 15.01.42 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41 MID 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.42 MID 01.06.1943 loss of ship & ramming U-boat 11.03.43	15.05.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Ajax (battleship) 25.09.1924 - (01.1925) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 27.10.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Voyager (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 26.03.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Amazon (destroyer) (for anti-submarine duties) 05.06.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Woolston (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 02.01.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Vega (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (01.1932) no appointment listed 06.04.1932 - (01.)1934 HMAS Canberra (cruiser) 09.08.1934 - (02.)1936 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for training duties) 07.11.1936 - (09.1939) HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (Mediterranean, China, Portsmouth) 06.01.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Walker (destroyer) 02.1941 - (01.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Hesperus (destroyer) (03.)1942 - (05.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Achates (destroyer) 09.08.1942 - 11.03.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Harvester (destroyer) [ship torpedoed & sunk by U-432 in Western Atlantic]
Tait, John Norman	c. 1889 ? - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	A/S.Lt. 30.04.1908 S.Lt. 17.12.1908, seniority 30.04.1908 Lt. 10.01.1910, seniority 30.10.1909 Lt.Cdr. 30.10.1917 Cdr. 30.06.1923 (retd 14.11.1934; own request) Capt. (retd) 14.11.1934 (reverted to retd 1946?) CBE 01.01.1940 New Year 40 DSC 17.04.1918 Ostende 22.09.17 * * In recognition of his services as Navigating Officer of one of H.M. Ships during an attack on the Naval Works at Ostende on the 22nd September, 1917.	02.01.1922 - (08.1923) Executive & Navigating Officer, HMS Capteown (light cruiser) 25.02.1924 - 17.03.1924 Admiralty 17.03.1924 - (01.)1925 Trade Division, Admiralty 15.09.1925 - (05.)1926 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 23.07.1926 - (07.1927) Executive Officer, HMS Impregnable (training establishment of boys; flagship, Devonport) (08.1929) no appointment listed 17.09.1929 - (02.)1931 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 27.09.1931 - (01.)1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Malcolm (flotilla leader) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) 14.04.1932 - (01.1934) Deputy Supertintendent and King's Harbour Master, Sheerness Dockyard [HMS Pembroke] (1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Shepperton (auxiliary minelayer) (04.1940) HMS President * 06.01.1941 - 05.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Southern Isles (anti-submarine training ship), renamed: 05.1941 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Nemesis (anti-submarine training ship) 17.11.1942 - (04.1946) Deputy Supertintendent and King's Harbour Master, Sheerness Dockyard * indexed, but not lsited as such
Tait, Sir William Eric Campbell Son of late Deputy Surgeon­ General William Tait, MB, RN (retired), of Kirknewton, Alverstoke, Hants. Married (1919) Katie Cynthia, daughter of late Capt. H.H. Grenfell, RN; two daughters.	(09?).1886 Stoke Damerel, Devon - 17.07.1946	A/S.Lt. 15.08.1906 S.Lt. 06.04.1907, seniority 15.08.1906 Lt. 01.04.1909 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1917 Cdr. 31.08.1921 Capt. 31.12.1926 Cdre. 2nd cl. 11.08.1937 R.Adm. 10.08.1938 V.Adm. 01.10.1941 (retd 1944) Adm. (retd) 1945 KCB 01.01.1943 New Year 43 CB 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 MVO 14.08.1917 ? OON 27.02.1945 services to Dutch navy	1902 joined RN 1903 - 1905 HMS Grafton, Pacific 1905 - 1908 HMS Drake, Mediterranean 1908 - 1910 HMS Flora, China Station 1910 - 1912 HMS Hindustan and HMS Collingwood, Home Fleet 1914 - 1918 served European War 1919 - 1921 Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert 10.09.1922 - (08.)1923 Executive Officer, HMS Hawkins (light cruiser) (flagship China Station) (01.1925) no appointment listed 22.02.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for training duties) (07.1927) no appointment listed 1928 Commanding Officer, HMS Dragon (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 1928 RN College, Greenwich 05.07.1929 - (08.)1929 Commanding Officer, HMS Capetown (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 05.12.1929 - (02.)1931 Commanding Officer, HMS Delhi (cruiser) (America and West Indies) (01.1932) no appointment listed 15.04.1932 - 1933 Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence, Admiralty [HMS President] 24.11.1933 - (01.)1934 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, China [HMS Kent (cruiser)] 29.11.1934 - (07.)1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 11.01.1938 - 10.08.1938 Naval ADC to the King 11.08.1937 - (04.)1940 Commodore, RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.05.1940 - (02.)1941 Director of Personal Services, Admiralty [HMS President] 1941 Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station 26.02.1942 - 01.05.1944 Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station [HMS Afrikander] * (06.1944) no appointment listed Governor of Southern Rhodesia, 20.02.1945-02.06.1946. KStJ, 22.06.1945. * The ship's listing states: since 16.03.1942
Talbot, [Sir] Arthur Allison FitzRoy "Roy" Son of late Capt. Henry FitzRoy George Talbot, RN, and of Susan Blair Athol Allison. Married 1st (28.09.1940) Joyce Gertrude Linley (died 1981); two daughters Married 2nd (1983) Lady (Elizabeth) Durlacher (died 1995).	22.10.1909 Portsmouth - 16.06.1998 Somerset	Cadet 01.01.1927 Midsh. 01.09.1927 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1930 S.Lt. 16.09.1930 Lt. 01.10.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1940 Cdr. 31.12.1944 Capt. 31.12.1950 R.Adm. 07.01.1960 V.Adm. 14.08.1962 (retd 30.08.1967) KBE 01.01.1964 New Yar 64 CB 10.06.1961 HM's birthday 61 DSO 25.06.1940 Norwegian coast DSO 09.02.1943 intercepting convoy Channel 11.12.42	Education: RN College Dartmouth (1923-1926) 1923 joined Royal Navy 10.01.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 06.02.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China Station) 02.01.1930 - (04.)1930 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 11.08.1930 - (02.)1931 promotion course, Portsmouth 13.04.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Centaur (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 17.01.1932 - (09.1932) pilot's course, RAF Base, Leuchars 09.12.1933 - (07.)1935 First Lieutenant, HMS Bryony (sloop) (Mediterranean) 16.09.1935 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Stoke (twin-screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean) 01.12.1936 - 10.1939 First Lieutenant, HMS Imperial (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 10.1939 - 28.04.1940 Commanding Officer, 10th Anti-Submarine Striking Force, North Sea [HMS Cape Siretoko] * 05.1940 - 1941 Commanding Officer, MGB 46 & SO 3rd MGB Flotilla (Channel) 01.1941 - 30.04.1942 watch-keeper, later First Lieutenant, HMS Edinburgh (cruiser) 09.07.1942 - 14.07.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Whitshed (destroyer) (East Coast) 09.08.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Teazer (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 20.01.1945 - (07.1945) Chief Staff Officer, Commodore Western Isles 29.12.1945 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, HMS Vulture 14.06.1947 - (07.)1948 Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief British Pacific Fleet and Far East Station [HMS Tamar] 1949 Commanding Officer, HMS Alert (dispatch vessel) (05.1950) no appointment listed 26.10.1951 - (05.)1953 Naval Attaché, Moscow and Helsinki 1954 Imperial Defence College 04.04.1955 - 1957 Commanding Officer, HMS Saintes & Captain (D) 3rd Destroyer Squadron 1957 - 1959 Commodore RN Barracks Portsmouth 1960 - 1961 Flag Officer: Arabian Seas and Persian Gulf 23.08.1960 - 1962 Flag Officer, Middle East (Bahrein) [HMS Jufair] 21.02.1963 - 1965 Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and South America Station [HMS Afrikander (RN base, Wynberg, South Africa)] 1965 - 1967 Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth DL Somerset, 26.01.1973 * in the Navy List as: 11.12.1939 - (04.1940) HMS President (for special & miscellaneous services)
Talbot, Arthur George Son of George Ponsoby Talbot, and Blanche Douglas, Wentworth, Yorks. Married (07.12.1918) Doris, daughter of Charles Fremantle Branson; one daughter.	31.03.1892 district Royston - 15.10.1960 [Broadstone, Dorset ?]	Midsh. 1910 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 30.01.1913 Lt. 30.12.1914 Lt.Cdr. 30.12.1922 Cdr. 31.12.1927 Capt. 30.06.1934 R.Adm. 08.07.1943 (retd 04.01.1948) V.Adm. (retd) 04.01.1948 CB 18.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 DSO 23.12.1939 successful action against enemy submarines DSO 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune MID 25.08.1942 Operation Ironclad (capture of Diego Suarez) 05-07.05.1942 MID 01.01.1944 New Year 44 MID 23.06.1944 Operation Avalanche LM 17.07.1945 invasion of Normandy LegH ? invasion of Normandy CdeG ? invasion of Normandy Officer of Redeemer of Greece	Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth 1905 entered RN College, Osborne 1914 - 1918 served European War (01.1919) HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 26.09.1922 - (08.)1923 war staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich 07.08.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (05.1925) lent to Greek government 08.07.1926 - (07.1927) Torpedo Officer, HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) 21.05.1929 - (02.1931) Squadron Torpedo Officer, HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 13.04.1931 - (09.1932) Torpedo School, Portsmouth [HMS Vernon] (for Whitehead Department) (01.1934) no appointment listed 23.02.1935 - (02.1937) Directing Staff of RN War College [HMS President] 27.05.1937 - (09.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Inglefield (flotilla leader) & Captain (D), 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) 15.11.1939 - (04.)1940 Director of Anti­Submarine Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 14.12.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) 10.1941 - 08.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 23.08.1942 - 07.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier) 12.01.1943 - 08.07.1943 Naval ADC to the King (10.1943) - (06.1944) no appointment listed: 11.1943 - 06.1944 Naval Commander, Force S (Eastern Assault Force) at Invasion of Normandy 20.07.1944 - (07.1945) Rear-Admiral Commanding Force X, Pacific [HMS Lothian] 02.05.1946 - 1948 Head British Naval Mission (HBNM), Greece [also indicated as: Senior British Naval Officer (SBNO), Greece] [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) Pigbreeder.
Tancock, Edward Bernard	06.01.1902 - 02.1990 Petersfield, Hampshire	Midsh. 08.01.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1924 S.Lt. ?, seniority 15.01.1924 Lt. 15.05.1926 Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1934 (retd 06.01.1947) A/Cdr. 01.01.1946? Cdr. (retd) 06.01.1947 OBE 09.06.1955 HM's birthday 55 DSC 23.12.1939 successful action against enemy submarines DSC 28.06.1940 2nd Battle of Narvik MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45	25.03.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Iron Duke (battleship) 10.04.1924 - (01.)1925 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 13.07.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Versatile (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 25.10.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (China) 10.09.1928 - (04.)1930 First Lieutenant, HMS Cockchafer (gunboat) (China) 02.06.1930 - (02.1931) First Lieutenant, HMS Scarab (gunboat) (China) (01.1932) no appointment listed 03.08.1932 - (01.1934) First Lieutenant, HMS Dainty (destroyer) (Mediterranean) [ship commissioned 21.12.1932] 03.01.1935 - (07.)1935 HMS Effingham (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) (for emergency destroyers) 10.1935 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Saladin (destroyer) (Portsmouth) 26.10.1936 - (08.1938) Commanding Officer, HMS Thracian (destroyer) (China) (10.1938) no appointment listed 14.01.1939 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Forester (destroyer) (08.1942) - (06.1944) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * (1945) HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (07.1945)