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J.C. Tovey  to  R.Y. Tyrwhitt

Tovey, Sir, since 1946 Lord John Cronyn "Jack"; 1st Baron Tovey of Langton Matravers, cr. 1946 Son of late Lt.Col. Hamilton Tovey, RE. Married (1916) Aida (1894?- 05.06.1970), daughter of John Rowe. Obituary	07.03.1885 London - 12.01.1971 Madeira	Midsh. 1901 A/S.Lt. 15.07.1904 S.Lt. 20.10.1905, seniority 15.07.1904 Lt. 15.07.1906 Lt.Cdr. 15.07.1914 Cdr. 30.06.1916 Capt. 31.12.1923 Cdre. 2nd cl. 30.01.1935 R.Adm. 27.08.1935 V.Adm. 03.05.1939 Adm. 30.10.1942 Adm. of the Fleet 22.10.1943 (left active service 1946?) - Barony 01.01.1946 New Year 46 GCB 13.04.1943 ? KCB 01.01.1941 New Year 41 KBE 14.10.1941 Bismarck action CB 01.02.1937 ? DSO 10.07.1919 for distinguished services in command of HMS Onslow MID 1919? ? CdeG 02.11.1917 ? LM 28.05.1946 ? Suv 29.02.1944 securing passage convoys N Russia since 42 Phnx 15.04.1947 ?	Education: Durnford's Preparatory School, Dorset; HMS Britannia (1899?); Imperial Defence College 1901 went to sea as a Midshipman HMS Amphion (cruiser) 1914 - 1919 served European War; destroyer commander (Skaggerak battle aboard HMS Onslow, 1916) other commands include: Faulknor, Britannia, Majestic, Amphion, Rodney 01.08.1922 - (08.1923) Commanding Officer, HMS Seawolf (torpedo-boat destroyer) 31.12.1924 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS Bruce (flotilla leader) & Captain (D), 8th Destroyer Flotilla 19.04.1926 - (05.1926) Commanding Officer, HMS Campbell (flotilla leader) & Captain (D), 6th Destroyer Flotilla 17.01.1927 - (07.1927) imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President] 10.04.1928 - (06.)1928 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth 09.06.1928 - (04.)1930 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) [Assistant Director of Tactical Scohol, 1928-1929] 28.04.1930 - (01.)1932 Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.04.1932 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 09.05.1935 - 27.08.1935 also: Naval ADC to the King 30.01.1935 - (02.)1937 Commodore RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (07.1937) no appointment listed 04.12.1937 - (02.)1938 senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 05.03.1938 - 12.03.1940 Rear-Admiral / Vice-Admiral (D), Commanding Destroyer Flotillas, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Galatea] 06.1940 Vice-Admiral Commanding 7th Cruiser Squadron (Mediterranean) 07.1940 - 1940 Vice-Admiral Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet 09.1940 - 12.1940 Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron & designated Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet 02.12.1940 - 08.05.1943 Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Duke of York] 07.07.1943 - 1946 Commander-in-Chief, the Nore [HMS Pembroke] (04.1946) no appointment listed First and Principal Naval ADC to the King, 16.01.1945-27.04.1946. Third Church Estates Commissioner, 1948-1952. Hon. DCL, Oxford (1946). Freeman of Gillingham, Kent. Published: God and the War: A Steadfast Belief in Prayer (World's Evangelical Alliance, London, 1944); Why Do I Believe in God? (World's Evangelical Alliance, London, 1949)
Tower, Ion Beauchamp Butler Son of Francis Fitzpatrick Tower and Laura Tower. Husband of Sophie Maude Tower, of Banbury, Oxfordshire. Brother of V.Adm. Sir Francis Thomas Butler Tower.	(06?).1889 Kensington, London - 14.10.1940 [age 51] [Kensal Green (All Souls') Cemetery, square 102 (R.S.), grave 18340]	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 30.11.1908 Lt. 30.11.1909 Lt.Cdr. 30.11.1917 Cdr. 31.12.1922 Capt. 31.12.1929 R.Adm. 1940 DSC 07.08.1915 Belgium 28.04.15 * Order of St Stanislas, 3rd class with swords (Russia) (05.06.1917; Battle of Jutland) * For conspicuous coolness and bravery in charge of a naval gun on shore in Belgium, when subjected to heavy and accurate fire from hostile artillery on the 28th April, 1915.	Education: RN Staff College (psc) (08.1923) no appointment listed (01.1925) Air Ministry 17.12.1926 - (07.1927) Executive Officer, HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.08.1928 - (08.1929) Executive Officer, HMS Excellent  (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (04.1930) no appointment listed 03.08.1930 - (02.)1931 Commanding Officer, HMS Wolsey (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 19.10.1931 - (01.)1932 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth (09.1932) no appointment listed (01.1934) no appointment listed 20.05.1934 - (02.1936) Flag Captain, HMS Kent (cruiser) (China) 14.01.1937 - (02.)1937 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 26.03.1937 - (10.)1938 Commanding Officer, Tactical School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 16.12.1938 - 20.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Malaya (battleship) 05.01.1940 - (04.1940) also: Naval ADC to the King
Townsend, David Franks	05.04.1912 - 02.2001 Chelmsford, Essex	Cadet 01.09.1929 Midsh. 01.05.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1932 S.Lt. 20.12.1933, seniority 01.01.1933 Lt. 01.02.1934 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1942 Cdr. 30.06.1947 (retd 25.04.1960) OBE 11.06.1960 HM's birthday 60 MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42 MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43 MID 07.11.1944 sinking U453 21.05.44	09.08.1929 - (04.1930) HMS Barham (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 12.08.1930 - (01.1932) HMS Danae (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 28.06.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Home Fleet) 05.05.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Antelope (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (07.1935) short course of instruction 04.07.1935 - (07.1937) HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 01.09.1937 - (02.1941) HMS Devonshire (cruiser) 23.04.1942 - (08.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Newark (destroyer) 05.09.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Tenacious (destroyer) 21.03.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Tenacious (destroyer) 24.09.1945 - (04.1946) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.07.1948 - (05.1950) Naval Attaché, Bangkok [HMS President] (05.1953) HMS President * 23.05.1955 - (01.1956) Commanding Officer, HMNZS Tamaki (training establishment, Auckland, NZ) (1960) Resident Naval Officer, Chatham Dockyard [HMS Pembroke] * indexed, but not listed as such
Townsend, Michael Southcote Son of Col. Edward Coplestone Townsend and Gladys Hatt­Cook.  Married (1932) Joan Pendrill Charles; one son, two daughters.	18.06.1908 district Northwich, Cheshire - 23.03.1984 Great Malvern, Worcs.	Cadet 15.09.1925 Midsh. 15.05.1926 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1928 S.Lt. 16.06.1929 Lt. 01.12.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1939 Cdr. 31.12.1941 Capt. 30.06.1947 R.Adm. 07.07.1956 (retd 07.07.1961) CB 01.01.1959 New Year 59 DSO 04.05.1943 sinking 11 enemy ships Eastern Mediterranean 01.43 OBE 24.04.1940 life saving bombed SS Domala DSC 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 DSC 11.03.1941 attack U-boat 02.12.40 Polish Military Cross (21.10.1941; withdrawal Polish forces from France 40) * indexed, but not listed as such ** based on info provided by ex-Tel.(S) A.W. Carter, who wrote the booklet "Barfleur - a Pacific Commission"	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 29.08.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Atlatnic Fleet) 11.09.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 04.1929 - (08.1929) promotion course, Portsmouth 14.02.1930 - (04.1930) HMS Sutton (twin-screw minesweeper) (1st Minesweeping Flotilla) 20.09.1930 - (01.1932) HMS Regent (submarine) 16.06.1932 - (09.1932) First Lieutenant, HMS H 48 (submarine) (Portsmouth) 05.05.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Antelope (destroyer) (Portsmouth Local Destroyer Flotilla) 22.09.1935 - (06.1938) First Lieutenant, HMS Grenade (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (08.1938) no appointment listed 26.09.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Erebus (monitor; cadet training ship & turret drill ship) (Portsmouth) 07.01.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Frobisher (cruiser) 24.08.1939 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Viscount (destroyer) 24.04.1942 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Kelvin (destroyer) (06.1943) - (04.1944) no appointment listed (06.1944) HMS Warspite (battleship) * 01.08.1944 - 01.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Barfleur (destroyer) ** 23.02.1946 - (04.1946) Office of Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord [HMS President] 11.1947 - (07.1948) Chief of Staff to Head of British Naval Mission to Greece & Officer-in-Charge of British Naval Personnel in Greece [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 04.1950 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Chequers (05.1953) no appointment listed (04.1955) Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord [HMS President] (01.1956) no appointment listed 1956 - 1958 Flag Officer, Admiralty Interview Boards and President, First Admiralty Interview Board 1958 - 1961 Commander Allied Naval Forces, Northern Area, Central Europe Admiralty Officer, Wales, 1962-68.
Townson, John Strover	c. 1919 ? - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973 ??	Cadet 01.01.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 ?, seniority 01.11.1938 S.Lt. ? Lt. 01.01.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1948 Cdr. 30.06.1952 (retd 23.05.1960) OBE 11.06.1960 HM's birthday 60 DSC 14.08.1945 Aegean operations relief of Greece [award posted] MID 05.12.1944 Adriatic & Aegean coastal operations	01.01.1936 - 31.12.1936 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1937 - (02.)1937 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 06.1937 - (10.1938) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.01.1939 - (04.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth 31.07.1939 - (08.1942) HMS Caledon (cruiser) ? - (02.)1943 long navigation course [HMS Dryad] 04.05.1943 - 31.05.1943 HMS James Cook (Combined Operations training establishment, Glen Caladh, nr Tignabruich) 01.06.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Quebec (Combined training centre, Inveraray), from late 1943 HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP)) 1943 - 1944? Officer Commanding, COPP 10 05.1945 - (04.1946) Navigating Officer, HMS Rinaldo (Algerine class minesweeper) 24.03.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 13.12.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Diadem 17.01.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Swiftsure 04.1953 - (04.1955) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (additional for miscellaneous duties) 11.01.1956 - (01.1959) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
Treacher, [Sir] John Devereux Son of late Frank Charles Treacher, Bentley, Suffolk. Married 1st (1953), Patcie Jane (marriage dissolved 1968), daughter of late Dr F.L. McGrath, Evanston, Ill; one son, one daughter. Married 2nd (1969) Kirsteen Forbes, daughter of late D.F. Landale; one son, one daughter.	23.09.1924 Chile - London	Midsh. 01.05.1943 S.Lt. 01.04.1944 ... ... Adm. 15.12.1975 (retd 31.03.1977) KCB 1975 ?	Education: St Paul's School war service in HM Ships Nelson, Glasgow, Keppel and Mermaid in Mediterranean, Russian convoys: 01.05.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Nelson (06.1944) - (10.1944) HMS Glasgow * 14.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Mermaid qualified Fleet Air Arm pilot, 1947; Commanding Officer: 778 Sqdn 1951, 849 Sqdn 1952-1953; Commanding Officer, HMS Lowestoft, 1964-1966; Commanding Officer, HMS Eagle, 1968-1970; Flag Officer Carriers and Amphibious Ships and Comdr Carrier Striking Gp 2, 1970-1972; Flag Officer, Naval Air Command, 1972-1973; Vice-Chief of Naval Staff, 1973-1975; Commander-in-Chief Fleet, and Allied Commander-in-Chief Channel and Eastern Atlantic, 1975-1977 Chief Executive, 1977-1981, and Director, 1977-1985, National Car Parks; Chairman, Westland Inc., 1983-1989; Deputy Chairman, Westland Gp, 1986-1989 (Dir. 1978-1989); Director, Meggitt PLC, 1989-1995. Chairman, Interoute Telecommunications plc, since 1996. Non­press Mem., Press Council, 1978-1981; Dir, SBAC, 1983-1989. FRAeS 1973. Published: Life at full throttle : the memoirs of Admiral Sir John Treacher (2005) * indexed, but not listed as such
Trepess, Francis Arthur "Frank" Son of Francis Pickard Trepess (1853-1939), architect of Warwick, and Eleanor Trepess (née Burton). Married Beatrice Frendo; one son (Capt. Gordon Hugh Francis Trepess, REME).	18.09.1884 district Warwick, Warwickshire - 06.01.1948	Midsh. RNR 1907? A/S.Lt. RNR 06.11.1908 S.Lt. RNR 07.04.1910 Lt. RNR 07.04.1912 Lt. (Supplementary List) 01.04.1913 Lt.Cdr. (Supplementary List) 01.04.1921 (retd 15.09.1929; own request) Cdr. (retd) 15.09.1929 (reverted to retd 1946?) 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45	Trained for seamanship at HMS Conway at the Mersey (01.1900-12.1901), after which he joined the Sailing Ship "Hilston" owned by Messrs. J. Herron & Co. Obtained his Master's Certificate (23.05.1910). 06.11.1908 - 04.1909? short gunnery course at HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) & short torpedo course at HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 09.04.1909 - 1909? HMS Commonwealth (battleship) (to complete 12 months' training) [ship re-commissioned 15.05.1909] 13.08.1912 - 08.1913? HMS Cornwallis (battleship) (for one year's service) 07.12.1917 - (01.1919) Commanding Officer, HMS Lily (sloop) 15.11.1922 - 11.11.1924 Commanding Officer, HMS Tara (torpedo-boat destroyer; tender to HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth)) (01.1925) no appointment listed (05.1926) no appointment listed 27.10.1926 - (07.1927) Commanding Officer, HMS Vanoc (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) (08.1929) no appointment listed 14.10.1941 - (04.1946) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (for various services)
Trewby, [Sir] George Francis Allan Son of late V.Adm. George Trewby, CMG, DSO (1874-1953), and Dorothea Trewby (née Allan). Married (1942) Sandra Coleridge Stedham; two sons.	08.07.1917 Simonstown, South Africa - 23.07.2001 Henley-on- Thames, Berks.	Cadet 1934 Midsh. 01.05.1935 A/S.Lt. (E) ? S.Lt. (E) 01.01.1938 Lt. (E) 23.11.1939, seniority 01.05.1939 ?, seniority 01.01.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.01.1947 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1950 Capt. (E) 31.12.1959 R.Adm. (E) 07.07.1968 V.Adm. 21.08.1971 (retd 1974?) KCB 01.01.1974 New Year 74 MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1931-1934; 1934 King's Dirk); RN Engineering College, Keyham; RN College, Greenwich 1934 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1935 - (07.1935) HMS Barham (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.09.1935 - (04.)1939 transferred to engineering branch & study at RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 26.04.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Nelson (battleship) 29.08.1940 - (02.)1941 course of instruction in engineering, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.08.1941 - (06?.1943) HMS Duke of York (battleship) 12.06.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Dido (cruiser) (07.1945) - (04.1946) RN Engineering College, Keyham/Devonport * 26.06.1945 - (07.1948) instructor applied mechanics, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 29.07.1949 - (05.1950) Engineer Officer, HMS Cadiz 15.03.1951 - 1954 Officer-in-Charge, Gas Turbine Section, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet, Admiralty [HMS President] 08.03.1955 - (01.)1956 Engineer Officer, HMS Albion 1956 - 1959 Director of Engineering, Royal Naval Engineering College, Plymouth 19.10.1959 - 1963 an Assistant Director of Marine Engineering, Ship Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 29.01.1963 - 1964 Commanding Officer, HMS Sultan (marine propulsion machinery school, Gosport, Hants) 1965 Imperial Defence College 07.01.1966 - (03.)1968 Captain of HM Naval Base, Portland & Chief Staff Officer (T) to Flag Officer Sea Training [HMS Osprey] 16.08.1968 - 1971 Assistant Controller (Polaris), Ministry of Defence 07.1971 - 1974 Chief of Fleet Support & Member of Board of Admiralty Naval ADC to HM the Queen, 07.01.1968-25.07.1968. FEng (1978), FIMechE; FIMarE; CBIM. Akroyd Stuart Award of InstMarE for 1954-1955. * indexed, but not listed as such
Troubridge, [Sir] Thomas Hope "Tom" Son of Adm. Sir Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge, KCMG, CB, MVO  (1862- 1926), and Edith Mary, daughter of Wm. Duffus, Halifax, NS. Cousin and heir­presumptive to Sir St V. Troubridge, 5th Bt. Married (05.08.1925) Lilly, daughter of Herman Greverus Kleinwort; three sons, one daughter.	01.02.1895 Portsmouth - 29.09.1949 [Middle Oakshott, Hawkley, Hants ?]	Lt. 15.09.1916 Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1924 Cdr. 31.12.1929 Capt. 31.12.1934 Cdre. 1st cl. ? R.Adm. 12.01.1943 V.Adm. 31.01.1947 KCB 18.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 CB 27.03.1945 Operation Dragoon DSO 10.11.1942 Operation Pedestal DSO 20.04.1943 Operation Torch MID 06.01.1942 Home Fleet operations espionage Norwegian waters MID 25.08.1942 Operation Ironclad MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky MID 01.08.1944 Operation Shingle