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Ward, Basil Chrystie Son of ... Ward, and ... Ward (née Underwood). Married; at least one son.	(09?).1915 Tendring district, Essex - 04.06.1972	Cadet 01.09.1932 Midsh. 01.05.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1935 S.Lt. 16.03.1936 Lt. 30.08.1938, seniority 16.02.1938 < 04.1940, seniority 01.02.1938 < 04.1944, seniority 01.08.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 26.05.1944? [acting rank] A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 [appointed rank] Lt.Cdr. 09.02.1946, seniority 01.08.1945 A/Cdr. ? Cdr. 30.06.1951 (General List 01.01.1957) (retd 28.07.1958) DSC 01.01.1940 New Year 40 [investiture 07.05.40] DSC 28.12.1943 services in Dover Command [award posted] MID 31.03.1942 attack battlecruiser Nore 12.02.42 MID 01.01.1945 New Year 45	27.08.1932 - 28.03.1935 HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (Home Fleet & Africa) 29.03.1935 - 25.09.1935 HMS Leander (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 26.09.1935 - 15.11.1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] & promotion course, Portsmouth 16.11.1936 - 22.12.1936 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) 23.12.1936 - 09.04.1937 third hand, HMS Stoke (minesweeper) (Mediterranean) 10.04.1937 - 08.09.1939 third hand, HMS Duncan (flotilla leader) (China) 09.09.1939 - 13.08.1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Woolston (destroyer) 14.08.1941 - 15.12.1942 HMS Mackay (destroyer) 16.12.1942 - 12.01.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 243 (motor torpedo boat) (24th MTB Flotilla) 13.01.1943 - 03.01.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 25 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)], also: (08.)1943 - (10.)1943 Senior Officer, 5th MTB Flotilla (10.)1943 - 03.01.1944 Senior Officer, HM MTBs Dover 04.01.1944 - 25.05.1944 HMS Bee (Coastal Forces base, Holeyhead) 26.05.1944 - 11.12.1944 HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) (for MTBs and MLs) 12.12.1944 - 28.10.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Croome (destroyer) 29.10.1945 - 28.11.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Belvoir (destroyer) (04.1946) no appointment listed 21.06.1946 - 22.05.1949 HMS Royal Albert (RN base, Berlin/Hamburg) 23.05.1949 - 12.01.1950 HMS President (Admiralty) 13.01.1950 - 10.01.1951 HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) 11.01.1951 - 01.04.1953? HMS President (Admiralty) 02.04.1953 - 30.01.1955? Commanding Officer, HMS St Austell Bay (frigate) 31.01.1955 - 17.03.1957? HMS President (Admiralty) (for miscellaneous services) 18.03.1957 - 28.07.1958? HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)
Ward, Peter Ronald	27.10.1910 [Alverstoke district, Hampshire ?] - 02.1997 Winchester, Hampshire	Cadet 01.05.1927 Midsh. 01.01.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1930 S.Lt. 01.01.1931 Lt. 01.08.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1940 A/Cdr. 06.1945? Cdr. 30.06.1947 (General List 01.01.1957) (retd 27.01.1960)	30.04.1927 - (07.)1927 HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) 12.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 15.03.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Effingham (cruiser) (East Indies) (04.1930) no appointment listed 01.05.1930 - (02.)1931 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 07.09.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (09.1932) no appointment listed 05.09.1932     joined submarine service 29.12.1932 - (06.)1933 for duty with "M" Group of submarines in reserve at Portsmouth [HMS L 14, L 17, L 25 & L 8] [tenders to HMS Pigmy] 01.09.1933 - (11.1934) HMS L 19 (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Mackay] 02.01.1935 - 06.11.1936 First Lieutenant, HMS L 23 (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Lucia, from 10.06.1936 HMS Titania] 06.11.1936 - 12.04.1937 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China)  (as spare First Lieutenant for submarines) 12.04.1937 - (10.1938) First Lieutenant, HMS Phoenix (submarine) (China) [tender to HMS Medway] (02.1939) - (04.1939) no appointment listed 24.04.1939 - 13.07.1939 submarine Commanding Officer's qualifying course [HMS Dolphin] 13.07.1939 - 09.1939 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (6th Submarine Flotilla) (spare Commanding Officer for submarines) 09.1939 - 26.01.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS H 31 (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 26.01.1940 - 16.04.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS H 49 (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 16.04.1940 - 09.05.1950 Commanding Officer, HMS Oberon (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 09.05.1940 - 17.08.1940 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (as spare Commanding Officer for submarines) 17.08.1940 - 07.03.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Usk (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin, from 12.12.1940 to HMS Medway] 07.03.1941 - 22.04.1941 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (as spare Commanding Officer for submarines)  1941 - 1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Ursula (submarine) 22.04.1941 - 08.08.1941 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) 08.08.1941 - 20.08.1942 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (Rothesay) (as Staff Officer (Operations) and for duty with submarines) 20.08.1942 - 09.1943 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 09.1943 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Vanoc (destroyer) 17.04.1945 - 06.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Forester (destroyer) 06.1945 - (10.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Attacker (escort carrier) 21.02.1946 - (04.1947) HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 12.01.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Vernon (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Portsmouth) (borne for duty in HMS Royalist) 05.02.1949 - (05.1949) Commanding Officer, HMS Tintagel Castle (corvette) (05.1950) no appointment listed 04.1952 - (07.)1954 Executive Officer, HMS Howard (RN depot, Ottawa, Ont., Canada) 08.11.1954 - (01.1956) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (01.1957) no appointment listed 04.02.1957 - (01.1959) Staff Officer (Logistics), Naval Forces Central Europe, NATO (Fontainebleau, France)
Wardle, Harry   Married (1944) Edna (née...); one son.	26.10.1918 - 01.09.2007	Boy 2nd cl. 12.02.1935 A/Gnr. (T) 15.11.1943 Gnr. (T) 1944?, seniority 15.11.1943 Lt. 1949, seniority 08.08.1946 Lt.Cdr. 08.08.1954 (retd 29.10.1958) Lt.Cdr. RNR 27.10.1959, seniority 26.03.1955 (reverted to RN retd 26.10.1968) RD 12.08.1966 -	Education: school, Liverpool (...-1932) Co-op errand boy until made redundant on his 16th birthday. 12.02.1935     HMS Ganges 1935 - 1936 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet Plymouth and Gibraltar) 1936 - 1937 HMS Leander (cruiser) (Spanish Patrol (Spanish Civil War) 1937 - 1937 HMS Witch (destroyer) (Irish Patrol, Southern Ireland) 1937 - 1939 HMS Adventure (minelayer) (China Station general service (in Shanghai during Japanese bombing of city)) 1939 - 1939 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (educational training; candidate for rating pilot in Fleet Air Arm) 1939 - 1939 HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) (training in torpedoes and electrical work; rating pilot scheme cancelled with war likely) 1939 - 1940 HMS Griffin (destroyer) (1st Flotilla; operated in North Sea, Norwegian campaign and evacuation from France; then from 1940 Mediterranean: Battles of Taranto, Matapan, Tobruk, Malta, Greece and Crete; then 1942 Eastern Fleet: General service in Indian Ocean; based at Trincomalee and later Mombasa; back in the Mediterranean for June 1942 convoy only) 1943 HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) (qualified as Torpedo Officer) (12.1943)     no appointment listed 03.02.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Inconstant (destroyer) (Russian convoy escort duties based at Gourock on the Clyde; then D-Day escorting invasion fleet; member of anti-submarine group escorting convoys or hunting U-boats in Channel waters; based at Gladstone Dock, Liverpool) 1945 - 1946 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) & HMS Deepwater (completion of diving training) (04.1946)     no appointment listed 25.10.1946 - 04.1948 Officer-in-Charge of the Plymouth Diving School [HMS Defiance (torpedo and electrical school, Devonport)] (1947 HMS Deepwater, RN diving school - time out to qualify in deep diving) 11.04.1948 - (05.)1950 HMS Reclaim, deep diving vessel (Senior Diving Officer under Cdr Bill Shelford (CO and Superintendent of Diving).; set new world deep diving record of 535 feet (PO Wilfred Bollard)) 1950 Navigating Officer, HMS Mediator (fleet tug) 1951 - 1951 HMS Reclaim (deep diving vessel) (First Lieutenant during search for sunken submarine HMS Affray, lost with all hands) 17.12.1951 - 1954 Senior Diving Officer of the principal RN Diving School [HMS Vernon (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Portsmouth)] (qualified in Clearance Diving) 18.01.1954 - (01.)1956 HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (Fleet Clearance Diving Officer for the Far East Station covering Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong) 1956 - 1958 HMS Vernon (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Portsmouth) (Deputy Superintendent of Diving)  27.10.1959 - 26.10.1968 Royal Naval Reserve (Unattached List (Solent Division)) Successful second career in civil engineering and commercial diving. Published: Forecastle to quarterdeck (1994); Dive navy (2002)
Waring, Alfred Noel Son of Alfred John and Katherine Waring. Husband of Edna Blanche Waring, of Ruddington, Nottinghamshire.	(12?).1902 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire - 17.07.1942 [age 39] [Hawarden Cemetery, 4G.16]	A/S.Lt. 15.05.1923 S.Lt. 18.12.1924, seniority 15.03.1924 Lt. 15.03.1926 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1934 (retd 13.08.1935; own request)	(08.1923)     no appointment listed 18.12.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Velox (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 20.03.1926 - (05.)1926 pilots' course, RAF Base, Leuchars 19.11.1926 - 06.1927 pilot, No. 444 Flight FAA [HMS Vindictive (cruiser)] (China) 06.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (China) 24.02.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Whitshed (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 24.06.1931 - (06.)1933 Commanding Officer, HMS Caterham (twin-screw minesweeper) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Dryad] 20.07.1933 - (07.1934) HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (07.1935)     no appointment listed 01.03.1939 - (08.1939) Executive Officer, HMS Saltburn (twin-screw minesweeper; signal and navigation schools' sloop) (04.1940)     no appointment listed 12.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn) 21.07.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkney) 20.02.1942 - 17.07.1942 HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) (air crash)
Warne, Robert Spencer Son of E.S. Warne, London. Married (1925) Dorothy Hadwen Wheelwright (died 1976); three sons.	26.06.1903 - 15.08.1990 Turners Hill, Crawley, West Sussex	... ... Cdr. 31.12.1936 Capt. 31.12.1941 R.Adm. 07.07.1951 (retd 15.04.1955) CB 01.01.1953 New Year 53 [investiture 10.02.53] CBE 01.01.1945 New Year 45 [investiture 29.07.47]	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth 1925 joined submarine Branch ... - ... ... (04.1940) HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) * 17.11.1940 - (12.1941) Staff Officer (Operations) to Admiral (S) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 10.01.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) 29.04.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) & as Captain (S) 3rd Submarine Flotilla (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed (07.1945) no appointment listed ... - ... ... 1951 - 1953 Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel, Admiralty 1953 - 1955 Flag Officer, Germany and Chief British Naval Representative in the Allied Control Commission * indexed, but not listed as such
Warner, Gerald Harman Son of Charles Edward Warner (1865-1937), and Ethel Constantina Catherine Cornfoot (c. 1868-?). Married 1st. Married 2nd.	15.01.1893 Tonbridge district - died between 08.1977 and 08.1983	Lt. 15.03.1916 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1924 Cdr. 30.06.1929 Capt. 31.12.1936 (retd 02.01.1946) DSC 17.07.1919 HMS Dublin Comdn 15.09.1916 Battle of Jutland	15.01.1906     entered RN 18.11.1918 - (01.1919) Flag Lieutenant to Sir Charles Madden [HMS Revenge (battleship)] (1919) HMS Dublin (destroyer) 15.05.1922 - (01.)1925 Flag Lieutenant / Lieutenant-Commander to Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean & Assistant Fleet (S) Officer [HMS Iron Duke (battleship), later HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] 23.06.1925 - (07.1927) staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 03.01.1928 - (06.1928) Executive Officer, HMS Colombo (cruiser) (America and West Indies) (08.1929) no appointment listed 05.12.1929 - (10.1930) Maintenance Commander, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (and for Physical and Recreational Training duties) 13.01.1931 - (01.)1932 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 03.04.1932 - (01.1934) Executive Officer, HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (East Indies) (07.1935) no appointment listed 13.09.1935 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) (02.1937) - (07.1937) no appointment listed 18.01.1938 - (10.1938) imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College 23.01.1939 - (02.)1939 tactical investigation, Tactical School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 27.02.1939 - 20.01.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Tartar (destroyer) (Home Fleet) (04.1940) no appointment listed 21.09.1940 - (02.)1941 Director of Operations (Foreign), Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 16.08.1941 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM Signal School, RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Mercury] 22.12.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Britannia & in charge of Royal Naval College, Eaton, Chester 1945? - 02.01.1946 Naval ADC to the King (04.1946) HMS President * * indexed, but not listed as such
Warrand, Selwyn John Power Married; one son, one daughter.	(03?).1904 Kensington, London - 24.05.1941 (MPK) [age 37] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]	Midsh. 15.01.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1924 S.Lt. 07.01.1926, seniority 30.11.1924 Lt. 30.06.1926 Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1934 A/Cdr. > 02.1941, < 04.1941	24.01.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Marlborough (battleship) 25.09.1924 - (01.1925) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 20.04.1926 - (05.1926) HMS Lowestoft (cruiser) (02.1927)     no appointmnet listed 27.04.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Vansittart (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 08.04.1929 - (08.)1929 long navigation course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 05.09.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) 26.07.1930 - (09.1932) Navigating Officer, HMS Veronica (sloop) (New Zealand) 03.05.1933 - (06.)1933 HMS Drayd (navigation school, Portsmouth) (temporary) 14.11.1933 - (01.)1934 Navigating Officer, HMS Neptune (cruiser) (Portsmouth) 02.02.1934 - (02.)1937 Navigating Officer, HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (07.1937)     no appointment listed 11.1937 - (02.)1938 Navigating Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) (06.1938) no appointment listed 28.07.1938 - (09.1939) Navigating Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) 13.03.1940 - 24.05.1941 Navigating Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) & as Squadron Navigating Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron [missing, presumed killed when HMS Hood was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic]
Warren, George Henry Son of Samuel and Jessica Warren, husband of Ruby Warren.	25.03.1891 Poplar, London - 29.06.1947 [age 56] [Portsdown (Christ Church) Churchyard, Hampshire, E.R.1]	Gnr. 07.06.1917 Cd.Gnr. 07.06.1927 Lt. 30.06.1931 Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1939 (retd 25.03.1941) MBE 02.01.1939 New Year 39	01.07.1918 - (01.1919) HMS Torpedo Boat No. 14 (small torpedo boat, old destroyer type) 01.01.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Calypso (light cruiser) (for DF & I duty) 08.1924 - (05.1926) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (for DF&I duties) 09.11.1926 - (08.1929) HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China) (for DF&I duties) [ship commissioned at 08.12.1927] 08.01.1930 - (04.)1930 HMS Kennet (fishery protection gunboat (trawler)) (10.1930) short course of instruction 14.10.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Valiant (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (for DF duties) (01.1932) no appointment listed 20.04.1932 - (09.1932) Commanding Officer, HMS Mist (drifter) (Home Fleet) 16.02.1933 - (05.)1933 First Lieutenant, HMS Dee (fishery protection gunboat (trawler)) 19.05.1933 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS St Martin (tug) (Portsmouth) (07.1935) no appointment listed 13.01.1936 - (02.)1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Moy (trawler) (Mediterranean) 24.05.1937 - 01.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS St Fagan (tug) (Portsmouth) [sunk at Dunkirk after bomber attack] 05.11.1940 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Tedworth (minesweeper; RN deep diving vessel) * 07.1943 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Tedworth (minesweeper; RN deep diving vessel) * ? - 29.06.1947 HMS Resource (repair ship) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) * (02.1943) - (06.1943) indexed, but not listed as such
Warren, John Russell de Meza Son of Amos Henry and Lily Vaughan Warren. Husband of Barbara Joan Warren (née Simmons), of Ashstead, Surrey.	(03?.)1907 Wycombe - 16.04.1941 (KIA} [age 34] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 2]	Midsh. (E) 15.09.1926 S.Lt. (E) 18.02.1929, seniority 01.11.1928 A/Lt. (E) 07.08.1930 Lt. (E) 30.01.1931, seniority 01.04.1930 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.04.1938 MID 05.08.1941 sank Italian convoy escorts 16.04.41	15.09.1926 - (04.)1930 course of instruction in engineering, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 12.08.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 24.09.1931 - (09.1932) advanced course of instruction in engineering, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 08.09.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China) 01.1934 - (07.)1935 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) 13.09.1935 - (07.)1937 staff, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 14.09.1937 - (09.1939) an Assistant Engineer Inspector, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President] (04.1940) no appointment listed (02.1941) no appointment listed 1941 - 16.04.1941 HMS Mohawk (destroyer) (torpedoed by Italian destroyer Tarigo & sunk by RN in central Mediterranean)
Washbourn, Richard Everley Son of H.E.A. Washbourn, Nelson, NZ. Married (1943) June, daughter of L.M. Herapath, Auckland, NZ; one son, one daughter.	14.02.1910 Nelson, New Zealand - 08.08.1988 [Golden Bay, Nelson, New Zealand ?]	Midsh. 01.01.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1931 S.Lt. 22.08.1932, seniority 01.01.1931 Lt. 19.06.1933, seniority 01.02.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1940 Cdr. 30.06.1944 Capt. 30.06.1950 R.Adm. 07.07.1959 (retd 15.11.1962) CB 31.12.1960 New Year 61 DSO 23.02.1940 Battle of the River Plate 13.12.39 OBE 02.01.1950 New Year 50 MID 15.12.1942 action U-boat 06.42	Education: Nelson College, New Zealand 1927 entered Royal Navy by Special Entry from New Zealand 1928 HMS Erebus (monitor; cadet training sgip & turret drill ship, Devonport) 05.02.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS London (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 30.04.1931 - (01.)1932 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 1932 promotion course, Portsmouth (09.1932) no appointment listed 1933 HMS Warspite (battleship) (Home Fleet) 03.08.1933 - (02.1936) HMNZS Diomede (cruiser) 04.01.1937 - (07.)1937 gunnery course, HMS Excellent 01.11.1937 - (10.1938) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 27.01.1939 - 1942 Gunnery Officer, HMNZS Achilles (cruiser) (06.1942) SS Waiwera 29.07.1942 - 02.1943 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 02.1943 - (06.)1943 Experimental Department, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 23.08.1943 - (04.)1944 Gunnery Officer, HMS Anson (battleship) (06.1944) HMNZS Gambia (cruiser) * 1944 - (04.1946) Scientific and Technical Staff at Admiralty Gunnery Establishment, Teddington [under Naval Ordnance Department] 01.10.1946 - (07.)1948 Executive Officer, HMNZS Bellona (cruiser) 1948 - 1950 Commander Superintendent HM Dockyard, Devonport (05.1950) no appointment listed 1950 - 1953 Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.1953 - (05.)1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Manxman 30.09.1953 - (04.)1955 Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer (Flotillas), Mediterranean [HMS Ranpura] (01.1956) no appointment listed 1956 - 1958 Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty 1959 HMS Tiger 09.02.1960 - 1962 Director­General Weapons, Admiralty [HMS President] 1963 - (03.)1965 First Naval Member & Chief of Naval Staff, RNZN * indexed, but not listed as such
Washington, Basil George	06.08.1877 - 25.08.1940 (MPK) [age 63] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 1, column 1]	A/S.Lt. 15.08.1898 S.Lt. 29.04.1899, seniority 15.08.1898 Lt. 31.12.1900 ... ... Capt. 30.06.1919 R.Adm. 06.04.1931 (retd 07.04.1931) V.Adm. (retd) 01.01.1936 Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 24.08.1939 CMG 1919 ? DSO 11.11.1919 for distinguished services in command of "Windsor Castle" in action off Fort Alexandrovsk on the 21st May, 1919 MID 1919? ?	15.01.1892     entered RN 10.05.1922 - (08.1923) Commanding Officer, HMS Durban (light cruiser) 01.09.1924 - (05.)1926 Assistant to Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President] 11.10.1926 - (02.)1927 senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich 25.03.1927 - (06.1928) Captain-in-Charge of Naval Establishments, Simonstown [HMS Flora (gunboat; depot ship at Simonstown) 01.07.1929 - (08.)1929 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth 03.08.1929 - (08.1930) Commanding Officer, HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) (10.1930)     no appointment listed (02.1931)     no appointment listed 17.02.1931 - 06.04.1931 also: Naval ADC to the King 24.08.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) (for convoy duties) 1940 - 25.08.1940 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for convoy duties) (missing, presumed killed while on passage steamship Harpalyce as Commodore of Convoy HX.65A, when the ship was torpedoed & sunk by U-124)
Waterhouse, John Valentine	14.02.1911 Bucklow, Cheshire / Lancashire - 03.1984 Plymouth, Devon	Lt. 01.02.1933 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1941 A/Cdr. < 08.1943 Cdr. 31.12.1944 Capt. 30.06.1952 (retd 10.06.1961) DSO 05.01.1943 ramming & sinking U-boat Western Approaches 14.10.42 [investiture 28.09.43] OBE 02.01.1950 New Year 50: Antarctic cruise MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41 MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 NorWC 29.12.1942 services with Norwegian corvette flotilla	... - ... ... 12.10.1937 - (04.1940) HMS Arethusa (cruiser) (02.1941) HMS Latona (minelayer) * 09.12.1941 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Viscount (destroyer) (08.1943) HMS Egret (sloop) * 07.10.1943 - (12.1943) Training Commander, HMS Canada (RN base, Halifax, NS) ? - (04.1944) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS) 15.05.1944 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Rochester (sloop) 09.02.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Katrine (frigate) 14.11.1945 - (04.1946) Japanese Movements Control, HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) 15.01.1948 - (05.)1949 Commanding Officer, HMS Sparrow (sloop) 14.07.1949 - (05.1950) RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus] ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Waters, Reginald Kitto	18.07.1904 Helston, Cornwall - 13.02.1972 Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey	... ... Paym.Lt. 12.10.1926 Paym.Lt.Cdr. = Lt.Cdr. (S) 12.10.1934 (retd 22.04.1937) (reverted to retd < 04.1946) OBE 01.01.1962 New Year 62	... - ... ... 08.1930 - (01.)1932 Secretary to Chief Staff Officer of the Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer flotillas of the Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Coventry (cruiser)] (Mediterranean) 20.07.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (for duty in Admiral's Office, Commander-in-Chief Plymouth) 05.09.1933 - (07.1935) RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] (and as Assistant Port Librarian) (02.1936) no appointment listed (02.1937) no appointment listed (02.1941) - (07.1945) no appointment listed Senior Chief Executive Officer, Foreign Office.
Watkins, Geoffrey Robert Sladen Son of Robert Arundel Watkins and Mary Etheldred Sladen. Married (1909) Phillis Mabel, daughter of Mortimer Rooke, The Ivy, Chippenham, Wilts; one son, three daughters.	31.07.1885 Chippenham district, Wiltshire - 30.07.1950 Brockenhurst, Hampshire	... ... Cdr. 31.12.1920 Capt. 31.12.1928 R.Adm. 06.01.1940 (retd 07.01.1940?) DSO 22.06.1917 ? DSO 19.12.1917 * MID WW I ? * when in command of HM S/M E45 by torpedoing German Submarine UC 62	Education: HMS Britannia; air pilotage certificate 15.01.1901     entered RN served for 19 years in the Submarine Service served in submarines during European War, for the greater part in submarine minelayers (despatches, DSO and bar) 1927 - 1929 attached to the Air Ministry 1930 - 1931 Commanding Officer, HMS Champion 1931 - 1933 Senior Officer, Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet, 1934 - 1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Centurion 1934 - 1936 Senior Officer, 2nd Submarine Flotilla, Home Fleet, 1936 - 1938 Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, the Nore 01.08.1939 - 06.01.1940 also Naval ADC to the King 06.05.1938 - 1940 Chief Staff Officer to Rear Admiral-in-Charge, Gibraltar [HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) 01.02.1940 - 1941 British Naval Liaison Officer to French Naval Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean [HMS President (for liaison duty with French Navy)] 1941? - 1942? commanded the base at Harwich [HMS Badger ?] 15.01.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Vindictive (fleet repair ship, Freetown, Sierra Leone) 01.03.1944 - (07.1945) Deputy Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer-in-Charge, Greenock [HMS Orlando] Younger Brother of Trinity House.
Watkins, Hubert James	09.01.1913 Chester, Cheshire - 16.12.2000 Chester and Ellesmere Port, Cheshire	Prob. S.Lt. 10.06.1939 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.03.1939 Lt. ?, seniority 09.01.1937 Lt.Cdr. 09.01.1945 (retd 09.01.1958)	10.06.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Eskimo (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 11.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Alresford (minesweeper) 16.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Whitshed (destroyer) 10.06.1941 - (08.1942) First Lieutenant, HMS Walpole (destroyer) 14.12.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Troubridge (destroyer) 03.1944 - 06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Tetcott (destroyer) 02.07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services) 23.09.1947 - (05.)1949 Commanding Officer, HMS Chameleon (minesweeper) 05.09.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Resource (repair ship) (for miscellaneous services) ? - (05.1953) Staff Officer, Ulster Division RNVR & Commanding Officer, HMS Kilmorey (ex-MMS 1034) 25.04.1955 - (01.1957) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (miscellaneous duties)
Watling, Kenneth Maxwell	(06?).1914 ?? West Derby district, Lancashire ?? - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	Prob. S.Lt. RNR 08.08.1938 S.Lt. RNR 16.06.1939, seniority 08.08.1938 Prob. S.Lt. 10.06.1939 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.03.1939 Lt. 01.01.1942, seniority 09.03.1938 Lt.Cdr. 29.05.1946, seniority 09.03.1946 (retd 09.04.1959)	(08.1939) - (09.1939) short course of instruction 20.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Glasgow (cruiser) 04.07.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Caradoc (cruiser) 03.05.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Skate (destroyer) (02.1943) - (06.)1943 no appointment listed 12.07.1943 - (12.1943) RN Air Station Katakarunda [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon] (for torpedo duties) (04.1944) HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon) * (06.1944) HMS Ukussa (RN Air Station, Katukurunda, Ceylon) * 15.03.1945 - (07.1945) Torpedo Officer, HMS Wolfe (destroyer depot ship) 25.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Birmingham (cruiser) (07.1948) no appointment listed 01.03.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Indefatigable (05.1953) HMS Ranpura * 20.07.1954 - (01.1956) Commanding Officer, HMS Annet Royal Nigerian Navy, (07.1961)-(02.1963). * indexed, but not listed as such
Watson, Arthur Oliver Son of the Rev. Arthur Herbert Watson, vicar of Long Preston, Leeds, and Louisa Caroline Yorke.	03.09.1902 Hexham, Northumberland - 03.1992 Sutton, Surrey	A/S.Lt. 15.09.1922 S.Lt. ? Lt. 30.08.1924 Lt.Cdr. 30.08.1932 (retd 03.09.1947) A/Cdr. < 04.1946 Cdr. (retd) 03.09.1947 RAF: (T) F/O 04.01.1927 OBE 07.07.1942 sinking of Dunedin 24.11.41	03.01.1923 - (08.1923) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 25.04.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Walker (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 09.01.1926 - (05.1926) HMS Frobisher (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 04.01.1927 - (07.1927) pilots' course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon [attached to RAF] 21.12.1927 - (08.1929) pilot, No. 440 Flight FAA [HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier)] (China) [attached to RAF] (04.1930) no appointment listed [attached to RAF] 08.06.1930 - (09.1932) pilot, No. 447 Flight FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] 08.03.1933 returned to naval duty 18.04.1933 - (01.)1934 First Lieutenant, HMS Westcott (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 04.09.1934 - (07.1935) First Lieutenant, HMS Fame (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 01.01.1936 - (07.)1937 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 17.08.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Home Fleet) 07.07.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (6th Submarine Flotilla) 09.01.1940 - 24.11.1941 HMS Dunedin (cruiser) (torpedoed & sunk, South Atlantic) 29.06.1942 - (02.)1943 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 10.03.1943 - (04.1946) Air Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Watson, Bertram Chalmers Son of Charles Watson, Slateford & Edinburgh. Married (1915) Isabel, daughter of John Buist, Broughty Ferry; one son, two daughters.	20.03.1887 [Edinburgh?] - 22.07.1976 [Hambledon, Portsmouth ?]	A/S.Lt. 15.08.1906 S.Lt. 06.04.1907, seniority 15.08.1906 Lt. 15.05.1908 Cdr. 30.06.1918 Capt. 31.12.1925 R.Adm. 23.07.1936 (retd 04.05.1940) V.Adm. (retd) 04.05.1940 Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 03.03.1942 (reverted to retd 1945/46) CB 09.06.1938 HM's birthday 38 DSO 04.06.1917 services in the prosecution of the war MID 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40	Education: Merchiston; Temple Grove 15.01.1902 joined RN 1904 Midshipman, HMS Caesar 1905 HMS Bulwark, Mediterreanean 1914 - 1918 in Harwich Force as Navigating Officer throughout European War 09.01.1918 - (01.1919) Navigating Officer, HMS Curacoa (light cruiser) 15.10.1921 - (08.)1923 Commanding Officer, HMS Hollyhock (sloop) 1923 instructor, HMS Thunderer 31.03.1924 - 14.04.1924 Admiralty [HMS President] 14.04.1924 - (01.1925) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (05.1926) no appointment listed 30.07.1926 - (07.1927) RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 31.05.1928 - 1930 Captain (D), 4th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Broke, accommodated in HMS Venomous] (Mediterranean) 21.04.1930 - (01.)1932 Executive Officer, Tactical School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 22.07.1932 - 1933 Commanding Officer, HMS Curlew (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 24.08.1933 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Valiant (battleship) (Home Fleet) 08.1934 - (02.)1936 Director, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] (02.1937) no appointment listed 13.04.1937 - (07.)1937 HMS President (for miscellaneous service at Admiralty) 13.09.1937 - (10.)1938 HMS President (for miscellaneous service at Admiralty) 15.12.1938 - 1940 Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin] 18.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) 01.04.1940 - 1942 Flag Officer, Greenock [HMS Orlando] 03.03.1942 - (02.)1943 Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (06.1943) - (08.1943) HMS President * 26.10.1943 - 1945 Flag Officer Commanding Iceland (C) [HMS Baldur] * indexed, but not listed as such
Watson, Fischer Burges Eldest son of late R.Adm. Burges Watson and Marie Thérèse Fischer, Sydney, NS Wales, Australia. Married 1st (29.12.1909, St George Hanover Square district, London) Sybil Mona Caroline (died 1926), only daughter of late Major Harry Holden of Bramcote Hills, Notts.; three daughters. Married 2nd (1931) Mabel Harford, 3rd daughter of late Captain P. C. Underwood, RN.	03.09.1884 Langport, Southampton, Hampshire - 14.08.1960 Chichester	Cadet 15.05.1899 Midsh. 15.10.1900 S.Lt. 15.12.1903 Lt. 31.12.1905 Lt.Cdr. 31.08.1913 Cdr. 31.12.1914 Capt. 31.12.1921 Cdre. 2nd cl. 17.04.1932 R.Adm. 30.09.1933 (retd 17.09.1935; own request) CBE 21.12.1943 Operation Husky DSO 04.06.1917 ? DSO 01.08.1944 Operation Shingle MID 23.07.1918 for distinguished services in the night of 22-23.04.18 at Zeebrugge/Ostend MID 17.11.1942 ocean convoys 39-42 MID 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche LoP 1944? Operation Neptune Letter on Vellum (30.06.1915; for the sinking of German torpedo boat destroyers, 17.10.1914)	Education: Private school (Ashdown House, Forest Row); HMS Britannia 15.05.1899     entered RN (10.1914) Commanding Officer, HMS Loyal 16.09.1918 - (01.1919) Commanding Officer, HMS Shakespeare (flotilla leader) (1919) - (1920) Commanding Officer, HMS Velox ? - ? sometime Assistant to Chief of Staff and Maintenance Captain, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 03.1923 - (08.1923) senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich 09.04.1924 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS Caledon (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) (05.1926) no appointment listed 05.11.1926 - (04.)1928 Chief Staff Officer to Rear Admiral-in-Charge Gibraltar [HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar)] (05.1928) - (06.1928) no appointment listed 18.06.1928 - (04.)1930 Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] 26.05.1930 - (02.1931) Commanding Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) & Flag Captain, Atlantic Fleet (01.1932) no appointment listed 17.04.1932 - 05.1935 Commodore/Rear-Admiral Commanding New Zealand Station [HMS Diomede (cruiser), from 26.02.1932 HMS Dunedin (cruiser)] & First Naval Member, New Zealand Navy Board (07.1935) no appointment listed 1939 - 1942 convoy service: (04.1940) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * (06.1940)     aboard HMS Beagle (destroyer) (in charge of a demolition party for French ports) 22.10.1940 - (08.1942) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] staff Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean (02.)1943 - (04.)1944 Senior Officer, Landing Ship Flotilla, Mediterranean ** (06.1944) no appointment listed 10.09.1944 - (07.1945) Flag Officer-in-Charge, Harwich [HMS Badger] * indexed, but not listed as such ** indexed as "Combined Operations HQ", but not listed as such
Watson, John Dudley Son of Leonard John and Norah Watson, of Sea View, Isle of Wight.	(06?).1909 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 08.06.1940 (KIA) [age 31] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 1, panel 2]	Midsh. 01.01.1927 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1929 S.Lt. 16.01.1930 Lt. 01.02.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1940	09.12.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.05.1929 - (08.1929) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 19.02.1930 - 11.08.1930 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 11.08.1930 - (02.)1931 promotion course, Portsmouth 01.03.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Bridgewater (sloop) China) (01.1934) no appointment listed 13.04.1935 - (07.1935) HMS Broke (flotilla leader) (Devonport) 01.1936 - (02.)1936 HMS Curlew (cruiser; gunnery and torpedo school cruiser, Portsmouth) 01.09.1936 - (02.1937) First Lieutenant, HMS Vidette (destroyer) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) 03.05.1937 - (07.1937) observers' course [HMS Excellent] 04.01.1938 - 08.06.1940 acting observer, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) * indexed, but not listed as such
Watts, William Harold	09.10.1914 - 01.1997 Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight	T/Instr.Lt. 28.04.1937 Instr.Lt.Cdr. 28.04.1943 A/Instr.Cdr. 02.12.1944? Instr.Cdr. 31.12.1948 Instr.Capt. 30.06.1958 (retd 06.11.1969) CBE 14.06.1969 HM's birthday 69 OBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46	Education: B.Eng. 28.04.1937 - (07.1937) insctructional entry course for Instructor Officers, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 08.01.1938 - (02.)1938 RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 02.05.1938 - (06.)1938 Instructor Lieutenant (Meteorological), HMS Rodney (battleship) 04.12.1938 - (09.)1939 Instructor Lieutenant (Meteorological), HMS Rodney (battleship) 02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) 26.04.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) [service on Crete and evacuated from Sphakia aboard HMS Napier, 05.1941] 27.10.1941 - (10.)1943 Royal Naval Air Station, Hatston, Orkney [HMS Sparrowhawk] 09.11.1943 - 12.1944 Fleet Meteorological Officer, Eastern Fleet [HMS Lanka] 02.12.1944 - 1945 Fleet Meteorological Officer, British Pacific Fleet [HMS Howe] (04.1946) no appointment listed 01.06.1946 - 1948 Fleet Education Officer and Fleet Meteorological Officer, HMS Sheffield, Flagship of V Adm Sir William George Tennant, Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station (07.1948) no appointment listed 1948 - 1949 HMS Dryad (05.1950) no appointment listed 07.01.1952 - (05.)1953 HMS Excellent 1955 RN College Greenwich 02.01.1956 - 1958 acting Instructor Captain, HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire) 1958 - 1960 Naval Education Service, Admiralty 02.05.1960 - (02.)1963 HMS Collingwood (Naval Electrical School, Fareham, Hampshire) 1963 - 1966 Instructor Officer and Port Librarian [HMS Victory, Portsmouth Command] 1966 Aide de Camp to HM Queen Elizabeth II 13.08.1966 - (02.)1969 Director of Studies and Dean of the College, RN College, Greenwich
Wauchope, Colin Son of Edward and Mary Alice Wauchope of Loughton. Husband of Elina Mary Lingen Wauchope, of Churt, Surrey.	10.11.1900 - 26.05.1945 [age 44] [Loughton (St John the Baptist) Churchyard, Eastern Part]	... ... Lt. 15.06.1921 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1929 Cdr. 31.12.1934 Capt. 31.12.1942 CBE 13.04.1943 supplies to 8th Army 10-42-01.43 [investiture 07.03.44] DSC 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete [investiture 07.03.44]	09.01.1917     entered RN ... - ... ... 15.08.1938 - (04.1940) Executive Officer, HMS Edinburgh (cruiser) (02.1941) Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization RM * 10.1941 - (06.)1943 Senior Naval Officer, Tripolitania [& Inshore Squadron] [HMS Nile] 07.1943 - (04.)1944 Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer-in-Charge, Tunisia [HMS Hasdrubal] (04.1944) no appointment listed 18.05.1944 - 26.05.1945 HMS Activity (escort carrier) (died of illness) * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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