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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 1958?)	30.04.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Barham (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 01.09.1933 - (01.1934) HMS L 19 (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla) 02.01.1935 - (02.)1936 First Lieutenant, HMS L 23 (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla) 06.11.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China)  12.04.1937 - (10.1938) First Lieutenant, HMS Phoenix (submarine) (China) (02.1939) - (04.1939) no appointment listed 13.07.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (6th Subrmarine Flotilla) (for submarines) 02.1940 - (04.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS H 49 (submarine) 17.08.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Usk (submarine)  1941 - 1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Ursula (submarine) 08.08.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (Rothesay) (and for duty with submarines) 20.08.1942 - (08.)1943 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 09.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Vanoc (destroyer) 06.1945 - (07.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Attacker (escort carrier) 21.02.1946 - (04.1946) 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 - (05.1953) 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
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 KIA a/b HMS Hood [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) 27.04.1927 - (07.1927) 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) 14.11.1933 - (01.)1934 Navigating Officer, HMS Neptune (cruiser) (Portsmouth) 02.02.1934 - (02.)1937 Navigating Officer, HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 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) (and as Squadron Navigating Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron)
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 -