Edward Owen
"Ted"
Son of Guy Harold Unwin, and Sage Peregrine Hallowes.
Married (17.04.1934) Vivian Mary Unwin (née Stock), of Petersfield, Hampshire; one daughter, one step-daughter.
biography (Dunedin Society)
London
-
27.11.1941
[age 36]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]
| Midsh. |
15.01.1923 |
| A/S.Lt. |
15.05.1925 |
| S.Lt. |
15.11.1925 |
| Lt. |
15.04.1927 |
| Lt.Cdr. |
15.04.1935 |
| Cdr. |
31.12.1939 |
Spanish Order of Naval Merit; Jackson Everett Prize for Signals and W/T
| 15.01.1923 |
- |
(01.)1925 |
HMS Emperor
of India (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
| 12.04.1926 |
- |
(05.1926) |
promotion
course, Portsmouth |
| 15.04.1927 |
- |
(07.)1927 |
HMS Ceres
(cruiser) (Mediterranean) |
| 17.10.1927 |
- |
(06.)1928 |
observers'
course [HMS Excellent] |
| 07.1928 |
- |
1929 |
Observer,
HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| 08.04.1929 |
- |
(02.)1931 |
Observer,
HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) |
| 1931 |
- |
1931 |
Observer,
HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) |
| 07.12.1931 |
- |
(09.)1932 |
qualifying
for signal duties, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
| 20.12.1932 |
- |
(01.)1934 |
Observer,
HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) (and for Signal Duties) |
| 02.05.1934 |
- |
02.1936 |
HMS
Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Signal School) |
| 17.02.1936 |
- |
1936 |
Flag
Lieutenant-Commander, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (and for Signals & W/T Duties) |
| 1936 |
- |
07.1937 |
Flag
Lieutenant-Commander, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (and as Squadron Signals & W/T
Officer, Aircraft Carriers) (Home Fleet) |
| 28.07.1937 |
- |
(10.1938) |
Squadron
W/T Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron [HMS Hood (battlecruiser)]
(Mediterranean) |
| 1938? |
- |
1939? |
Admiralty
[HMS President] |
| (02.1939) |
- |
(04.1939) |
no
appointment listed |
| 24.05.1939 |
- |
16.01.1940 |
Flag Lieutenant-Commander to Rear-Admiral
R.B. Davies (R.Adm. Naval Air Stations) [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station,
Lee-on-Solent)] |
| (04.1940) |
Signal
Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * |
||
| (02.1941) |
no
appointment listed |
||
| 28.03.1941 |
- |
24.11.1941 |
Executive
Officer, HMS Dunedin (cruiser)
[torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South
Atlantic] |
Harold
Married Mary Chambres; three daughters.
Lived in Wales.
Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire
-
09.05.1971
Talsarnau, Wales
| S.Lt. RNR |
30.09.1932 |
| Lt. RNR |
30.04.1934 |
| Lt. |
1938?, seniority
27.03.1932 |
| Lt.Cdr. |
27.03.1940 |
| Cdr. |
30.06.1945 (retd
01.11.1952) |
|
DSC |
07.06.1940 |
Dunkirk
[investiture 06.08.40] |
|
|
DSC |
21.04.1942 |
action
with E-boats, Nore 19.02.42 [investiture 03.11.42] |
| 1938? |
transferred
from RNR to RN |
||
| 08.03.1938 |
- |
(08.1939) |
First
Lieutenant, HMS Niger (minesweeper) |
| 07.03.1940 |
- |
(04.)1940 |
[Commanding
Officer ?], HMS Leda (minesweeper) |
| 26.09.1940 |
- |
(02.)1943 |
Commanding
Officer, HMS Pytchley (destroyer) |
| 04.1943 |
- |
(06.1944) |
Commanding
Officer, HMS Obedient (destroyer) |
| 04.1945 |
- |
(04.1946) |
Commanding
Officer, HMS Lagos (destroyer) |
| 30.04.1948 |
- |
05.1949 |
Commanding
Officer, HMS Bermuda (cruiser) |
| 14.12.1948 |
- |
05.1949 |
also:
Commanding Officer, HMS Cumberland (trials cruiser) |
| 24.05.1949 |
- |
(05.1950) |
[Executive
Officer ?], HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) |
Robert Ronald Harry
"Robin"
Son of Ronald James Usher and Alice Margaret Usher.
Husband of Jane Usher, of Ryton-on-Tyne, Co. Durham.
-
29.04.1947
(died of illness) [age 23]
[Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, naval reservation, grave 1709]
| Midsh. |
01.09.1941 |
| A/S.Lt. |
01.05.1943 |
| S.Lt. |
01.06.1943 |
| Lt. |
16.01.1945 |
|
MID |
24.07.1945 |
war
patrols Far Eat 07.44-04.45 |
| 01.09.1941 |
- |
(08.)1942 |
HMS Diomede
(cruiser) |
| 12.1942 |
- |
(10.)1943 |
HMS Norfolk
(cruiser) |
| (12.1943) |
HMS Norfolk
(cruiser) * |
||
| 20.02.1944 |
- |
(07.1945) |
HMS
Telemachus (submarine) |
| (04.1946) |
|
|
HMS
Cyclops (submarine depot ship) * |
| ? |
- |
29.04.1947 |
HMS
Sentinel (submarine) |
