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Wickham, Anthony Maurice "Tony" Son of Reginald T. Wickham, and Mary O. Vassall. Married Liz ...; no children.	20.05.1919 Brentford district, Middlesex - 19.05.2004 Orchard Portman, nr Taunton	Cadet 01.09.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 01.03.1939 Lt. 16.12.1940 Lt.Cdr. 16.12.1948 (retd 20.05.1964) MID 13.04.1943 Operation Torch	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (Admiralty No. 1294; Blake term; ...-28.07.1936). 01.09.1936 - 31.12.1936 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1937 - (07.)1937 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 25.08.1937 - (10.)1938 HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (China) (12.1938)     no appointment listed 02.01.1939 - (04.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 15.06.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Velox (destroyer) 28.04.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Zetland (destroyer) (in command?) (08.1943)     no appointment listed 31.08.1943 - (10.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Onslaught (destroyer) 29.10.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HM LST 358 (landing ship, tank) * 07.06.1948 - (07.)1948 HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore) 17.07.1948 - (05.)1951 RN Barracks, Singapore [HMS Terror] 30.07.1951 - (05.)1953 HMS Battleaxe 30.10.1953 - (04.1955) RN ABCD School, Devonport [HMS Drake] (01.1956)     no appointment listed 23.01.1956 - (01.)1957 HMS Mull of Galloway 20.02.1957 - (01.1959) Naval Provost Marshal, Gibraltar [HMS Rooke] (01.1960) - (07.1961) HMS Phoenicia (08.1962)     no appointment listed (02.1963)     no appointment listed (02.1964)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Wickham, David Twysden Son of ... Wickham, and ... Warneford.	(12?).1916 Brentford district - 07.03.1944 [age 27] (KIA) [Bathford (St. Swithun) Churchyard]	Midsh. 01.09.1934 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1937 S.Lt. 01.05.1937 Lt. 16.01.1939, seniority 16.10.1938 Silver Medal of Concepcion (Chile) (Concepcion earthquake 24.01.39)	20.08.1934 - (02.)1936 HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Australia) 31.12.1936 - (02.)1937 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 05.04.1937 - (07.)1937 promotion course, Portsmouth 22.11.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for D/CMB target) 03.03.1938 - (04.)1940 HMS Exeter (cruiser) 23.04.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Harvester (destroyer) 08.01.1942 - (08.1942) Gunnery School, Portsmouth [HMS Excellent] 08.09.1942 - (12.1943) Gunnery Officer, HMS Mackay (destroyer) 1944 - 07.03.1944 Gunnery Officer, Captain Coastal Forces, Nore [killed in action aboard MTB 695]
Wilcocks, Arthur Frederick	29.03.1915 Croydon district, Greater London / Kent / Surrey - 05.07.1981 Torbay dsitrict	Ldg.Sea. ? [P/JX 134465] A/Gnr. 01.07.1941 Gnr. 1943, seniority 01.07.1941 A/Lt. 09.06.1945 Lt. 1946?, senioirty 17.05.1943 Lt.Cdr. 17.05.1951 (retd 29.03.1960) MID 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940 MID 06.01.1942 Home Fleet operations especially Norwegian waters MID 09.06.1949 HM's birthday 1949: minesweeping operations Mediterranean	(1940) - 1941 HMS Aurora (cruiser) 03.11.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Onslow (destroyer) * (06.1943) - (06.)1944 HMS Onslaught (destroyer) (for direction finding duties) ** 03.08.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) 1945 - (07.1945) promotion course, Portsmouth (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) *** 09.1946 - (04.)1947 HMS Providence (Algerine class minesweeper) (07.1948)     no appointment listed 15.11.1948 - (05.)1949 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (1949) HMS Plucky (Algerine class minesweeper) 03.11.1949 - (04.)1955 HMS Terror (for duty with Royal Malayan Navy) 10.08.1955 - (01.1957)  HMS Ranpura 10.02.1958 - (01.1959) Fleet Movements Officer, Far East Station & Malayan Area on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Far East Station [HMS Terror] * this appointment should possibly read HMS Onslaught, but it's actually listed under HMS Onslow ** in the Navy List (incorrectly) indexed as HMS Onslow, but not listed under either HMS Onslaught nor HMS Onslow *** indexed, but not listed as such
Wilde, James Olaf Stuart "Jimmy"   Married (10.03.1945) Liliana Scrimali, a Latin scholar and a Doctor of Languages from Sicily; one daughter, one son (twins).	15.12.1910 Sheppey district, Kent - 30.11.1990 Surrey South-Eastern district, Surrey	Midsh. 01.01.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1931 S.Lt. 22.08.1932, seniority 01.11.1931 Lt. 01.11.1933 (retd 05.02.1935; own request) A/Lt.Cdr. (retd) < 10.1943 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 03.09.1945 A/Cdr. (retd) < 07.1945 (reverted to retd 1946?) Indian Army: Lt. 01.03.1936, seniority 17.03.1934 DSC 27.03.1945 Operation Dragoon (invasion of the South of France, 08.1944) [investiture 30.10.1945] MID 05.08.1941 capturing & sinking U110, 09.05.1941 MID 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche (Salerno landings, 09.1943) MID 12.09.1944 Operation Gun (operation off West coast of Italy, 27.03.1944)	20.06.1929 - (04.1930) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 06.05.1930 - (02.1931) HMS York (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 30.04.1931 - (01.1932) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.01.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, Portsmouth 16.12.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Douglas (submarine flotilla leader) (for submarines) (Mediterranean) 01.03.1936 - 21.01.1937 served in the Indian Army 01.01.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Kent (cruiser) HMS Valiant (battleship) [?] ["snotty nurse" to Midshipman Prince Philip] (05.1941) HMS Broadway (destroyer) 03.1942 - (02.)1943 Executive Officer, HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Castle Toward, Dunoon, Argyll) 29.05.1943 - (09.)1943 Commanding Officer, LCT 136 [HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon)] (09.1943) Flotilla Officer LCT(R) (Salerno landings) (12.1943) - (06.1944) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) * 20.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for LCT duty): (08.1944) F Support Squadron (landings Southern France) 07.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Castle Toward, Dunoon, Argyll) Defence Attaché, Bonn. * indexed, but not listed as such
Wildish, Denis Bryan Harvey "Dick" Only son of Engr Rear­Adm. Sir Henry William Wildish, KBE, CB (1884-1973), and Elfrida Phyllis Bryant, of Formby House, Formby, Lancashire. Married (11.06.1941, St Hildeburgh's Church, Hoylake) Leslie Henrietta Jacob (died 12.01.2009, aged 88), second daughter of Capt. C.W. Jacob, and Mrs Jacob, of Merle Dene, Bidston; two daughters.	24.12.1914 Milton district, Kent - 02.04.2017	Cadet 01.05.1932 Midsh. (E) 01.01.1933 S.Lt. (E) 01.11.1935 Lt. (E) 01.08.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.08.1945 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1948 Capt. (E) 31.12.1957 R.Adm. 07.07.1966 V.Adm. 06.04.1970 (retd 14.09.1972) CB 08.06.1968 HM's birthday 1968 [investiture 26.11.1968] MID 01.01.1944 New Year 1944	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1928-1931); RN Engineering College, Keyham. 1932 - 1932 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 06.1932 - (01.)1933 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) 12.01.1933 - (08.)1936 transferred to Engineering Branch & study at RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 01.09.1936 - (06.)1938 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 24.06.1938 - (08.)1939 RN Mechanical Training Establishment [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 01.09.1939 - (05.)1940 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for Mechanical Training Establishment) 14.05.1940 - (12.)1941 Damage Control Officer, HMS Prince of Wales (battleship) (10.12.1941 wounded in action) 1941? - 1942? HMS Kedah (base, Singapore) 1942     Staff of Fleet Engineer Officer, Far East Fleet 02.1942 - 02.1944 Engineer Officer, HMS Isis (destroyer) 29.02.1944 - 09.1946 RN Engineering College, Keyham 11.09.1946 - 1948 Senior Engineer, HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) (07.1948)     no appointment listed 1948 - 1949 Planning Staff, Exercise Trident 05.08.1949 - 1951 Staff of Engineer Officers' Administrative Course, RN Engineering College, Manadon, Plymouth [HMS Thunderer] 15.10.1951 - 1954 Assistant Naval Attaché (Technical), British Embassy, Rome, Italy (to Italy, Czechoslovakia & Switzerland) 18.01.1954 - (01.)1956 Engineer Officer, HMS Eagle and Staff Engineer Officer to Flag Officer Heavy Squadron 1956 - 1958 Admiralty, Officer Planning Section, 2nd Sea Lord's Department 1958 - 1960 Admiralty Engineer Overseer, Southern District 19.04.1960 - 26.11.1962 Deputy Director, Fleet Maintenance (Organisation), Fleet Maintenance Division, Department of Dockyards and Maintenance, Admiralty [HMS President] 26.11.1962 - 1964 Director of Fleet Maintenance, Fleet Maintenance Division, Department of Dockyards and Maintenance, Admiralty [HMS President] 1964     senior officers' war course 1964 - 1966 Commodore, Naval Drafting 26.10.1966 - 1970 Admiral Superintendent HM Dockyard, Devonport 06.1970 - 1972 Director General of Personal Services and Training (Naval) and Deputy Second Sea Lord Rep. RN at cricket, also RN, Combined Services, Devon, and W of England at hockey.
Wildish, [Sir] Henry William Son of late J.G. Wildish, Naval Architect. Married (1911) Elfrida Phyllis, daughter of late H.G. Bryant, Milton Regis, Kent; one son [V.Adm. D.B.H. Wildish], one daughter.	25.06.1884 Hackney, London - 09.07.1973 [Hayling Island, Hants ?]	Eng.S.Lt. 01.07.1904 Eng.Lt. 01.05.1907 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1915 Eng.Cdr. 30.06.1921 Eng.Capt. 31.12.1930 Eng.R.Adm. 23.05.1937 (retd [< 07.] 1945) KBE 01.01.1946 New Year 1946 [investiture 26.03.1946] CB 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 1942 [investiture 28.07.1942] CBE 02.01.1939 New Year 1939	Education: King's School, Rochester; RN Engineering College, Devonport (1900-1904). 1905 - 1906 HMS Nile 1906 - 1907 HMS Hermes 1908 - 1912 Assistant to Engineer Captain, Nore Division 1912 - 1914 HMS Duncan 1914 - 1915 Senior Engineer, HMS Sutlej 1915 - 1916 Senior Engineer, HMS King Alfred 31.08.1916 - (01.)1919 Chief Engineer, HMS Springbok (destroyer) 1919 - 1923 Engineer Officer, Malta 29.01.1923 - (01.)1925 Engineer Officer, HMS Canterbury (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 1925 Engineer Officer, HMS Diligence (destroyer depot ship) 1925 - 1926 Engineer Officer, HMS Weymouth (cruiser) 20.04.1926 - 1928 Engineer Officer-in-Charge, Admiralty Fuel Experimental Station, Haslar [HMS Victory (for charge of gunboats and machinery at Haslar, &c.)] 20.08.1928 - (02.)1931 Engineer Officer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (01.1932) short course of instruction (09.1932) no appointment listed 03.10.1932 - (01.)1934 Chief Engineer, HM Dockyard, Gibraltar [HMS Cormorant] (and for duty with Rear Admiral-in-Charge, Gibraltar) 20.05.1934 - (02.)1936 Fleet Engineer Officer, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] 16.05.1936 - (02.)1937 Admiralty Engineer Overseer, North of England District, Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1937) short course of instruction 20.12.1937 - 1941 Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nore Command [HMS Pembroke] 17.02.1941 - (07.)1945 Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet]
Wiles, John Halsey Married ...; ... children (one son?).	27.09.1923 Brentford district, Buckinghamshire - 14.09.2016 Whitchurch, Shropshire	Cadet 01.09.1941 Midsh. 01.05.1942 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1944 S.Lt. 06.1944, seniority 01.04.1943 Lt. 01.08.1945, seniority 01.10.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1952 (retd 02.09.1963)	(10.1941) - (04.1942) no appointment listed 01.05.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Malaya (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) 09.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Towy (River class frigate) (02.1944) - (04.1944) HMS Towy (River class frigate) * (06.1944)     submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 11.09.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Unbending (U class submarine) (04.1945) - (07.1945) HMS Tactician (T class submarine) * 17.08.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Unswerving (U class submarine) 23.10.1945 - 01.1946 HMS Cyclops (depot ship for 7th Submarine Flotilla, Rothesay) (as spare submarine officer) 01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Spur (S class submarine) ... - ... further service at HMS Tantivity, then HMS Aeneas, then commanding HMS Tudor, then HMS Maidstone, then HMS President (for staff course), then commanding HMS Tireless & HMS Sea Devil, then HMS Forth, then commanding HMS Grampus, then HMS Narvik ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Wilkin, Henry Egbert Peter Son of R.Adm. Henry Douglas Wilkin, RN (1862-1931), and Elfrida Iveson. Married (26.10.1940) Florence Anne Chichester (10.04.1910 - 11.1999) [she remarried V.Adm. Sir Alastair Ewing, KBE, CB, DSC, RN], daughter of Capt. Cecil George Chichester, DSO, RN; two sons.	09.03.1914 St George Hanover Square district, London / Middlesex - 03.02.1983 Lambeth district, London	... ... Lt. 01.07.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1945 Cdr. 31.12.1949 (retd 24.03.1958) MID 01.01.1943 New Year 1943	12.05.1931 - (07.1932) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) ... - ... ... 01.06.1939 - 05.07.1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Whirlwind (destroyer) (torpedoed and sunk by U-34 in Western Approaches) (10.1940)     HMS Whirlwind * 08.01.1941 - (12.1941) Torpedo Officer, HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) 01.01.1942 - (10.1944) Torpedo Officer, HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (despatches) (01.1945)     HMS Vernon (training establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) * 04.1945 - (04.1946) Torpedo Officer, HMS London (cruiser) ... - ... ...
Wilkinson, Brian John Hamilton	18.02.1890 - 29.04.1963	... ... Eng.Capt. 31.12.1936 Eng.R.Adm. 11.11.1943 (retd 03.12.1947)	... - ... ... 26.06.1941 - 19.02.1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; as Fleet Engineer Officer on Technical and Administrative Staff of Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean) 01.08.1942 - 11.11.1943 also: Naval ADC to the King 20.02.1943 - 17.08.1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; as Fleet Engineer Officer on Technical and Administrative Staff of Commander-in-Chief Levant) ... - ... ...
Wilkinson, Charles Rupert Grant Son (with one brother and three half-sisters) of Col. Charles William Wilkinson, DSO, CMG (1868-1954), and Florence Mary Soldi (1876-1952). Married ((03?).1949, Chelsea, London) Third Officer Winifred Kate Fullerton, WRNS (17.08.1921 - 07.05.2012), daughter of Edward Fullerton (1873-1933), and Kate Brown (1890-1980); one daughter, one son.	23.05.1911 Battle district, Sussex - 10.02.1987 Weymouth district, Dorset (formerly of Litton Cheney, Dorchester, Dorset)	Cadet 01.09.1928 Midsh. 01.05.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1931 S.Lt. 16.01.1932 Lt. 16.04.1933 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1941 Cdr. 30.06.1947 (retd 20.06.1958) MID 26.07.1940 preventing war materials from falling into enemy hands	Education: Ashampstead Private School, Seaford, Sussex (1921-1924); RN College, Dartmouth (1925-1928; Ogilvy Medal, 1936 [having placed first in examinations for Lieutenant (T)]; Robert Roxburgh Memorial Prize). 1928 - 1931 sea-going service 1936     qualified as torpedo/electrical specialist 10.02.1937 - (09.)1938 Torpedo Officer, HMS Emerald (cruiser) 05.09.1938 - (12.1938) Torpedo Officer, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) 03.01.1939 - (12.1939) Assistant Torpedo Officer, HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) 01.01.1940 - (02.)1940 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties) (03.1940) - (04.1940) no appointment listed 16.04.1940 - 23.05.1940 Torpedo Officer, HMS Keith (B class destroyer) [wounded 23.05.1940] (08.1940)     HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) * 01.10.1940 - (04.)1941 Torpedo Officer, HMS Duke of York (King George V class battleship) 16.04.1941 - (06.)1942 Torpedo Officer, HMS Duke of York (King George V class battleship) & from 09.12.1941 as Squadron Torpedo Officer, 2nd Battle Squadron (08.1942) - (10.1942) HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) * 16.11.1942 - (12.1943) Torpedo Officer, HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) 02.02.1944 - (07.)1945 Torpedo Officer, HMS Formidable (Illustrious class aircraft carrier) 09.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Nabbington (Mobile Naval Air Base I, Nowra, NSW, Australia) 04.02.1946 - (10.1946) Torpedo Officer, HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) 1947     transferred to Electrical (Technical) Branch ... - ... ... AMIEE. * indexed, but not listed as such
Wilkinson, Frank	04.01.1893 Westmorland - 03.09.1971 Devon Central district, Devon	Instr.Lt. 21.09.1921 Instr.Lt.Cdr. 21.09.1927 Instr.Cdr. 21.09.1935 (retd 04.01.1943)	Education: MSc. 20.04.1922 - (01.)1925 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 02.03.1925 - (07.1927) RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 02.02.1928 - (04.)1930 HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China) 07.05.1930 - (09.)1932 RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 06.09.1932 - (11.1934) HMS Norfolk (cruiser) &and as Fleet Education Officer, America and West Indies Station (02.1935)     no appointment listed 15.04.1935 - (07.)1935 meteorological course, Air Ministry [HMS President] 19.08.1935 - (02.)1937 Port Education Officer, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base. Portsmouth)] 29.06.1937 - (09.)1939 HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 12.1939 - (07.1945) RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake]
Wilkinson, Gordon Cooper Son of Dr. John Cooper Wilkinson. Married (28.04.1917) Mary Dorothy Low, daughter of Sir Austin Low; one son, one daughter.	10.01.1887 West Ashford district, Kent - 07.06.1966	A/S.Lt. 15.12.1906 S.Lt. 01.08.1907, seniority 15.12.1906 Lt. 21.11.1908, seniority 15.12.1907 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1915 Cdr. 31.12.1919 (retd 25.07.1927; own request) Capt. (retd) 10.01.1932 (reverted to retd > 06. 1944, < 07.1945)	15.05.1902     entered RN 09.01.1918 - (01.1919) Torpedo Officer, HMS Curacoa (light cruiser) 21.04.1921 - (08.)1923 Mining and Anti-Mining Design Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school ship) 15.11.1923 - (01.1925) Executive Officer, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 29.12.1925 - 12.01.1926 Admiralty [HMS President] 12.01.1926 - (07.1927) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.03.1940 - (04.)1940 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 24.09.1940 - (02.)1941 Assistant Director of Unexploded Bombs, Admiralty [HMS President] 17.02.1941 - (06.1944) Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Wilkinson, Hartley Withers Son of John Withers Wilkinson, OBE (1885-), and Victoria Annabel Redhead (1887-). Married ((09?).1942, Hastings district, Sussex) Karen S. Narup (predeceased him); one daughter, two sons.	(09?).1918 Barrow in Furness district, Cumbria / Lancashire - 09.01.2008 Rowledge, Surrey	Cadet 01.01.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 01.11.1938 Lt. 01.03.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1948 (retd 02.05.1958)	01.01.1936 - 31.12.1936 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1937 - (10.1938) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean) 02.01.1939 - (05.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 31.07.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Eclipse (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) (04.1940)     no appointment listed (10.1940)     HMS Clyde (submarine) * 15.10.1940 - (02.)1941 Third Hand, HMS Severn (submarine) 01.04.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Severn (submarine) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 12.09.1942 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS P 614 (submarine) 15.02.1944 - (10.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Upshot (submarine) 03.12.1944 - 16.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Surf (submarine) 06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Bellona (cruiser) (04.1946)     no appointment listed 14.08.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Harrier (RN Aircraft Direction Centre, Kete, Pembrokeshire) 11.04.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Triumph 02.04.1951 - (05.1951) HMS Seahawk 13.08.1952 - (05.)1953 HMS Indomitable 01.09.1953 - (07.)1954 HMS Glory 16.08.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Dryad (01.1957)     no appointment listed Moved from Barrow to Hastings, then to Bournemouth, where he was a loss assessor.
Wilkinson, John Henry Son of William Wilkinson. Married (15.05.1933) Marjorie May Elizabeth Eley.	30.04.1904 Ware, Hertfordshire - 18.09.1977	Seaman ? [J98334] A/Mate ? Mate 01.12.1927 Lt. 01.08.1930 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1938 Cdr. 31.12.1942 (retd 30.04.1954)	14.05.1929 - (02.1931) HMS Godetia (fishery protection cruiser (sloop)) 04.1931 - (01.1932) HMS Brazen (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 25.04.1932 - (09.1932) observers' course [HMS Excellent] 20.12.1932 - (01.1934) observer, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 07.1934 - (07.1935) observer, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 03.09.1935 - (02.1938) HMS Galatea (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (06.1938) no appointment listed 23.06.1938 - (10.1938) observer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 29.12.1938 - (04.1939) observer, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) (08.1939) - (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm 10.10.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) 25.04.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad) 08.1942 - (02.)1943 Executive Officer, HMS Striker (escort carrier) 29.03.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Monck (HQ combined training, Largs) 14.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) 27.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Heron 05.04.1948 - (07.1948) Naval Air Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (05.1950) HMS President * 11.04.1951 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
Wilkinson, John Valentine Son of George Robert Wilkinson, vicar of Bamburgh, Northumberland, and Rosamund Fogg-Elliot. Married (23.07.1941) Third Officer Edith Felicity Walker, WRNS; one son, two daughters.	14.02.1914 Ingleton, Co. Durham - 13.09.1986 Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk	Cadet 01.05.1931 Midsh. 01.01.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1934 S.Lt. 01.11.1934 Lt. 01.02.1936 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1943 Cdr. 30.06.1946 Capt. 31.12.1952 (retd 31.05.1961) DSC 16.03.1943 Operation Torch (N African landings 08.11.1942) [investiture 09.07.1946] GM 11.07.1944 air attack Bari 02.12.1943 * [investiture 09.07.1946] * Though injured by flying debris and partly blinded by fumes, Lt.Cdr. Wilkinson, with great fortitude and determination, three times tried to take his ship alongside a burning merchant ship carrying high octane petrol in order to tow her clear. When this proved impossible, he towed another ship to safety.	25.04.1931 - (06.)1933 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.09.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Home Fleet) 02.05.1934 - 06.01.1935 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 07.01.1935 - (07.)1935 promotion course, Portsmouth 30.08.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) 18.11.1936 - (04.)1939 HMS Hasty (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 26.07.1939 - (04.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Selkirk (Hunt class minesweeper) 18.06.1940 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Eskimo (destroyer) 26.05.1942 - 08.02.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Zetland (escort destroyer) (06.1944) no appointment listed 25.09.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Carron (fleet destroyer) 16.06.1947 - (10.1947) Commanding Officer, HMS Cheviot (destroyer) (07.1948)     no appointment lsited 26.04.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Royal Albert (RN base, Hamburg, Germany) (05.1953)     no appointment listed (07.1954) - (04.1955) HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) (Home Fleet) * 20.07.1955 - (01.1957) Commanding Officer, HMS Protector (antarctic patrol vessel) ["Wilkinson Heights" named after him] (01.1959)     no appointment listed 1959 - 1961 Commanding Officer, HMS Belfast (cruiser) OStJ, 07.1981. * indexed, but not listed as such
Wilkinson, Philip Elder son of Walter John Wilkinson, brewer, and Mary Ethel Marsden. Married 1st (14.07.1934, Chesterfield, Derbyshire) Mary Elgin Galloway, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs H. Fox Galloway, of Miami, Florida, USA. Married 2nd.	05.09.1904 Chesterfield district, Derbyshire - 1980s?	Midsh. 15.09.1922 S.Lt. 30.07.1925 Lt. 30.04.1927 (retd 20.11.1934; own request, with a gratuity) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 30.04.1935 Cdr. (retd) 05.09.1944	15.05.1918     entered RN ... - ... ... 08.1941 - (07.1945) HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) (for miscellaneous services)
Willan, Richard Francis Son of Capt. Francis George Loveless Willan, RNR (1875-1957), and Gladys Gordon Bushe (1890-1982). Married ((09?).1949, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Patricia Ethel June Ricks ((06?).1925 - 11.04.2015); one son, one daughter.	05.07.1921 Christchurch district, Hampshire - 14.05.1989 Bournemouth district, Dorset (formerly of Burley, Ringwood, Hampshire)	Paym.Cadet 01.09.1939 Paym.Midsh. 01.05.1940 A/Paym.S.Lt. 01.05.1942 Paym.S.Lt. 02.03.1943, seniority 01.02.1942 Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 01.10.1943 A/Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.10.1951 Lt.Cdr. (S) 10.11.1953, seniority 01.10.1951 (retd 16.04.1963) MID 01.01.1945 New Year 1945	(12.1939)     no appointment listed 01.01.1940 - (05.)1940 HMS Royal Sovereign (Royal Sovereign class battleship) 29.05.1940 - (02.)1943 HMS Ramillies (Royal Sovereign class battleship) (04.1943)     no appointment listed 04.1943 - (10.1944) Captain's Secretary, HMS Nelson (Nelson class battleship) (01.1945) - (04.1945) no appointment listed 03.05.1945 - (07.)1945 Captain's Secretary, HMS Onslow (O class destroyer) 20.09.1945 - (10.1947) Captain's Secretary to Captain (D) 8th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Cossack (Tribal class destroyer)] 17.07.1948 - (05.1950) Admiral's Office, Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Duke of York, later HMS Implacable] 28.06.1950 - (05.1951) HMS Royal Arthur (05.1952)     HMS President * (05.1953)     no appointment listed 01.02.1954 - (04.)1955 HMS Theseus 15.10.1955 - (01.1957) Assistant Fleet Supply Officer, Far East Station [HMS Terror] 26.09.1958 - (01.1960) Base Administrative Officer, HMS Osprey (Naval Base and TAS School, Portland) (07.1961) - (02.1963) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * * indexed, but not listed as such His son gives appointments as: Dartmouth 9/39-5/40, HMS Ramillies 5/40-2/43, HMS Nelson 4/43-4/45, HMS Onslow 4/45-9/45, HMS Cossack 9/45-4/48, HMS Duke of York 8/48-8/50, HMS Campania 6/52-12/52, HMS Theseus 9/53-9/55, Far East Station 11/55-10/57, Portland 2/58-2/60, Abbotsinch, Lossiemouth 7/60-6/63, Yeovil 6/62-4/63.
William-Powlett, Newton James Wallop 1st son of Maj. Barton Newton Wallop William­Powlett (1871-1953), and Emily Charlotte Tyndall Reibey (died 1954). Brother of V.Adm. Sir Peveril B.R.W. William-Powlett, RN. Married (1929) Barbara Patience Greenwell (29.08.1906-10.1997), daughter of Bernard Eyre Greenwell; one son, two daughters.	26.06.1896 Christchurch, Hampshire - 10.11.1963 Honiton district	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 30.08.1916 A/Lt. ? Lt. 30.08.1917 ?, seniority 30.03.1917 Lt.Cdr. 30.03.1925 Cdr. 30.06.1931 Capt. 31.12.1938 (retd 08.01.1948) DSC 31.05.1916 * MID 1916 ? * Very strongly recommended. This officer showed wonderful coolness under most trying circumstances, and his pluck and cheerfulness after the ship sank were certainly the means of saving the lives of several who would otherwise have given in and succumbed. I cannot speak too highly of this young officer's conduct throughout.	15.05.1909     entered RN 15.03.1923 - (01.1925) Anti-Submarine School, Portland [HMS Osprey] 01.01.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship), later HMS Warspite (battleship) & as Fleet Anti-Submarine Officer, Mediterranean Fleet 15.02.1928 - (06.1928) Anti-Submarine School, Portland [HMS Osprey] 20.12.1928 - (08.)1929 Anti-Submarine School, Portland [HMS Osprey] 30.10.1929 - (02.1931) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (01.1932) no appointment listed 12.01.1932 - (09.1932) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 16.02.1933 - (07.1934) Anti-Submarine School, Portland [HMS Osprey] (07.1935) no appointment listed 11.1935 - (10.1938) Executive Officer, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) (02.1939) no appointment listed 13.04.1939 - (04.)1939 senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 31.07.1939 - (08.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Calypso (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 22.12.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) [as Captain Anti-Submarine & in charge of Anti-Submarine School] 28.11.1940 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, Anti-Submarine Experimental Establishment, Fairlie, Ayrshire [HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland)] 18.10.1942 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Dauntless (cruiser) 22.09.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMNZS Gambia (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMS President 08.07.1947 - 08.01.1948 also: Naval ADC to the King
William-Powlett, [Sir] Peveril Barton Reibey Wallop 2nd son of Maj. Barton Newton Wallop William­Powlett (1871-1953), and Emily Charlotte Tyndall Reibey (died 1954). Brother of Capt. Newton J.W. William-Powlett, RN. Married 1st (1923) Helen Constance (died 1965), daughter of James Forbes Crombie, Aberdeen; three daughters. Married 2nd (1966) Mrs Barbara Patience William­Powett (29.08.1906-10.1997), daughter of Sir Bernard Greenwell, 2nd Bt, MBE, and widow of his brother Capt. Newton J.W. William­Powlett, RN.	05.03.1898 Abergavenny, Herefordshire / Monmouthshire - 10.11.1985 Ottery St Mary, Devon	Midsh. 1914 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.07.1917 A/Lt. ? Lt. 15.10.1918 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1926 Cdr. 31.12.1931 Capt. 31.12.1938 R.Adm. 08.01.1948 V.Adm. 15.12.1950 (retd 1954) KCB 01.05.1953 Coronation List 1953 [investiture 06.07.1954] KCMG 13.06.1959 HM's birthday 1959 [investiture 13.11.1959] CB 09.06.1949 HM's birthday 1949 [investiture 12.07.1949] CBE 04.09.1945 services during European campaign [investiture 23.07.1946] DSO 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete [investiture 16.02.1943] PolRest 22.12.1942 services to Polish Navy	Education: Cordwalles School; RN Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth 01.1911      entered RN 1914 - 1915 HMS Vengeance 1915 - 1916 HMS Beagle 1916 - 1918 HMS Revenge (Gallipoli, Jutland) 1918 specialised in signals 1922 - 1923 Flag Lieutenant, HMS Benbow, on staff of Rear Admiral, 4 Battle Squadron, Mediterranean (08.1923) no appointment listed 01.01.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley, Harwich, Essex) 10.05.1927 - (07.)1927 HMS Victoria and Albert (HM's yacht) (Portsmouth) 14.11.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 21.01.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Victoria and Albert (HM's yacht) (Portsmouth) 1932 - 1935 service with New Zealand Division: 05.04.1932 - 15.03.1935 Executive Officer, HMNZS Dunedin (cruiser) 11.11.1935 - (07.1937) Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.01.1938 - 01.1939 HMS Erebus (monitor; turret drill ship, Portsmouth) 07.01.1939 - (04.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Frobisher (cruiser; cadet training cruiser, Portsmouth) 30.05.1939 - (04.1940) Deputy Director of Personal Services (Manning), Personal Services Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 16.12.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Fiji (cruiser) (Crete) 25.10.1941 - 1942 Chief Staff Officer, Force H (Gibraltar) [HMS Rodney (battleship)] 15.02.1942 - (04.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Newcastle (cruiser) (from 15.10.1943 Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer, 4th Cruiser Squadron) (06.1944) no appointment listed 10.07.1944 - (07.)1945 Captain of the Fleet, Home Fleet [HMS Rodney (battleship)] 08.01.1946 - 1948 Captain-in-Charge of RN College, Eaton, Chester & Commanding Officer, HMS Britannia 08.07.1947 - 08.01.1948 also: Naval ADC to the King 26.04.1948 - 1950 Naval Secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty [HMS President] (05.1950) no appointment listed 1950 - 1951 Flag Officer (Destroyers), Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Forth ?] 26.09.1952 - 1954 Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic [HMS Euryalus] Governor of Southern Rhodesia 26.11.1954-28.12.1959. Vice-Chairman, Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd, 1974 (Chairman 1962-74). High Sheriff, 1972. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Devon, 03.05.1973. KStJ, 30.12.1954.
Williams, Allan Malcolm	31.12.1892 Paddington, London - 14.03.1984 Eastbourne district, Sussex	Mate 13.10.1916 [J4836] Lt. 13.10.1918 Lt.Cdr. 13.10.1926 Cdr. 31.12.1930 (retd [31.12?].1942) Capt. (retd) 31.12.1942	16.08.1917 - (01.1919) HMS St Vincent (battleship) 22.05.1922 - (08.1923) First Lieutenant, HMS Fermoy (twin screw minesweeper) 07.10.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Leamington (twin screw minesweeper) 16.12.1926 - (07.1927) Fleet Photographic Officer, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Snapdragon (sloop)] 23.01.1929 - (04.1930) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 12.01.1931 - (02.)1931 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 30.11.1931 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Whitsed (destroyer) (China) 20.02.1935 - (02.1936) Executive Officer, HMS Iron Duke (training ship) 13.01.1937 - (04.1939) Executive Officer, HMS St Angelo (particular service vessel, Malta) (08.1939) no appointment listed 19.01.1940 - (12.1943) Commander [= Executive Officer], HMS St. George (training establishment, Isle of Man) 03.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Glendower (training establishment Pwllheli, North Wales)
Williams, Charles Bernard   Son of Charles Williams and Elizabeth Malherbe. Married (1946) Patricia Mary Thorp (died 08.05.2008), daughter of Henry Brownlow Thorp and Ellen Thorp; one son, one daughter.	19.02.1925 South Africa - Lee-on-Solent	Cadet (E) 01.09.1942 Midsh. (E) 01.05.1943 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.01.1945 S.Lt. (E) 01.02.1946 A/Lt. (E) < 04.1946 Lt. (E) ?, seniority 01.02.1946 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.02.1954 A/Cdr. (E) < 01.1957 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1960 Capt. (E) 30.06.1969 R.Adm. 07.07.1978 (retd 08.08.1980) CB 14.06.1980 HM's birthday 1980 OBE 10.06.1967 HM's birthday 1967	Education: Graeme College, Grahamstown, South Africa; Royal Naval Engineering College, Keyham. (02.1943) - (04.1944) no appointment listed 30.04.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Howe (battleship) 30.06.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Mauritius (cruiser) (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Cambrian (destroyer) * 08.1946 - (07.1948) HMS Nigeria (cruiser) (05.1949)     no appointment listed 08.07.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) 03.10.1951 - (05.)1953 HMS Triumph (aircraft carrier) 09.05.1953 - (04.1955) HMS Siskin (RN Air Station and School of Aircraft Handling, Gosport) (in charge of Flight Deck Trials Unit) (01.1956)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 1956 - (01.1957) Naval Wing, National Gas Turbine Establishment [HMS President] 1958 - (01.1959) Senior Engineer, HMS Cumberland (heavy cruiser) 1960     in charge Admiralty Fuel Experimental Station (07.1961)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 04.12.1961 - (02.)1964 Engineer Officer, HMS London (guided missile destroyer) 1964     Staff Engineer, Flag Officer Middle East 05.06.1967 - (02.)1969 Duty Commander, Naval Operations, Ministry of Defence (N) (shown under staff of Directorate of Naval Operations and Trade, Navy Department) 1969 - (08.1971) Deputy Manager, Portsmouth Dockyard [HMS Victory] 1972     Superintendent Clyde Submarine Base 1975     Commanding Officer, HMS Sultan (Marine Engineering training establishment and school of aircraft handling, Gosport) 1978 - 1980 Flag Officer Medway and Port Admiral Chatham MIMechE. * indexed, but not listed as such
Williams, David	14.08.1911 - 11.11.1992 Chichester district, Sussex	Prob. S.Lt. RNR 02.04.1934 S.Lt. RNR 1935?, seniority 02.04.1934 Lt. RNR 02.04.1936 Lt. 14.05.1938, seniority 14.08.1935 Lt.Cdr. 14.08.1943 (retd 14.08.1956; age) MID 26.09.1940 for determination and courage during recent operations * * For valuable services in spotting and reconnaissance, especially when he shadowed a French battle-cruiser until dark though short of petrol and without code books or instruments which had been lost when attacked by fighter aircraft previously. [Recommended by Flag Officer, Force H.]	14.05.1938     transferred from RNR to RN (06.1938) - (08.1938) no appointment listed 10.09.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS Vimy (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 11.10.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Liverpool (cruiser) (East Indies) (05.1939) - (06.1939) no appointment listed 19.06.1939 - (08.1939) observers' course [HMS Excellent] (09.)1939 - (02.)1940 Fleet Air Arm 23.02.1940 - 02.08.1940 acting observer, 820 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] [Lt. (A) G.R. Humphries, Lt. D. Williams and Ldg.Airm. C. Pendleton failed to return in their Swordfish P4127 after a bombing raid on Cagliari, Sardinia. Hit by anti-aircraft and force landed on an enemy airfield, Elmas, they were captured at Bacu Abis, Sardinia.] 02.08.1940 - 1945? POW in Italian and German captivity 12.07.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Harrier 02.03.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Belfast 15.01.1951 - (05.1951) HMS Victory (05.1953)     no appointment listed 07.05.1953 - (01.)1955 HMS Rooke (for miscellaneous duties) (04.1955)     HMS Rooke * (01.1956)     HMS Dryad * * indexed, but not listed as such
Williams, [Sir] David   Third son of A.E. Williams, Ashford, Kent. Married (1947) Philippa Beatrice "Pippa" Stevens, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs H.G. Stevens, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; two sons.	22.10.1921 - 16.07.2012	Cadet 01.01.1939 Midsh. 01.09.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1941 A/S.Lt. 16.06.1941 Lt. 16.03.1942 Lt.Cdr. 16.03.1950 Cdr. 31.12.1952 Capt. 31.12.1960 R.Adm. 07.07.1970 V.Adm. 05.09.1973 Adm. 08.09.1974 (retd 04.05.1979) GCB 11.06.1977 HM's birthday 1977 [investiture 25.10.1977] KCB 01.01.1975 New Year 1975 [investiture 04.02.1975]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.05.1935-20.12.1938; Hawke House; Admiralty No. 1550). 01.01.1939 - 03.08.1939 HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 04.08.1939 - (04.)1941 HMS Emerald (cruiser) 05.05.1941 - (08.)1941 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 04.10.1941 - 05.1944 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (06.1944)     HMS Renown (battlecruiser) * 07.1944 - 25.11.1944 HMS Paladin (destroyer) 26.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Quadrant (destroyer)       HMS Nizam (destroyer) (04.1946)     qualifying for gunnery duties 30.01.1948 - (07.1948) Gunnery Officer, HMS Pelican 26.03.1949 - (05.1950) Ministry of Supply Guided Weapons development [HMS President] 18.04.1951 - (05.1951) Gunnery Officer, HMS Diamond 26.01.1953 - (07.1954) Gunnery Officer, HMS Cumberland (01.1955)     HMS Cumberland * 21.03.1955 - (01.)1957 Commander (G), HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 25.02.1957 - (01.)1959 Executive Officer, HMS Sheffield  08.04.1959 - (01.1960) Commanding Officer, HMS Jewel & Senior Officer, Dartmouth Training Squadron  ? - (07.)1961 course, US Naval War College, Rhode Island [HMS Saker] 09.08.1961 - 05.01.1964 Naval Assistant to First Sea Lord 1964 - 1966 Commanding Officer, HMS Devonshire (cruiser) 01.1966 - 14.02.1968 Director of Naval Plans, Navy Department 24.04.1968 - 1970 Captain, Britannia RN College, Dartmouth 1970 - 1972 Flag Officer, Second in Command Far East Fleet 1972 - 1974 Director-General Naval Manpower and Training 1974 - 1977 Chief of Naval Personnel and Second Sea Lord 1977 - 01.03.1979 Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command, and Flag ADC to the Queen Governor & Commander-in-Chief, Gibraltar, 1982-1985. President, Ex Services Mental Welfare Society, 1979-1991; Chairman of Council, Missions to Seamen, 1989-1993. Member: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 1980-1989 (Vice Chairman, 1985-1989); Museums and Galleries Commission, 1987-1993. Hon. Liveryman, Fruiterers' Co.; KStJ 1982. DL Devon, 1981. * indexed, but not listed as such
Williams, David George Victor Son of Dr. George James and Joanna Williams. Married (30.01.1943, RN College Greenwich, Kent) Mary Andrea Greene (1915-), elder daughter of A.E. Green, MA, BSc, and Mrs Greene, of Blackheath, London SE3; two sons, one daughter.	16.01.1901 Fishguard, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire - 25.04.1989 Australia	Midsh. 11.10.1920 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1921 S.Lt. 17.03.1924, seniority 15.09.1921 Lt. 02.10.1924, seniority 15.04.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1931 (retd 18.01.1934; own request) Cdr. (retd) 16.01.1941 (reverted to retd > 10.1945, < 04.1946) MID 01.01.1942 New Year 1942	11.01.1919     entered RN ... - ... ... 25.08.1939 - 10.12.1941 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) [ship sunk by Japanese aircraft off east coast of Malaya] (despatches) 11.12.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) [base paid off 28.02.1942 at the fall of Singapore; evacuated to Australia; responsible for repatriation of survivors of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales at Flinders Naval Depot in Victoria, Australia] (10.1942) - (06.1943) RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] * 29.07.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 02.10.1944 - (10.1945) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Williams, Derek John Weddell Son of Maj. Leonard T.C. Williams, TD, and Eva Mary Weddell.	(09?).1920 Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey - 17.11.1943 [age 23] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 4, panel 3]	Cadet ? Midsh. ? A/S.Lt. (A) 14.04.1940 Lt. (A) 14.10.1942 A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 01.03.1943?	22.09.1941 - (12.1941) pilot, 775 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt)] 07.07.1942 - 01.03.1943 pilot, 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 01.03.1943 - 08.07.1943 Commanding Officer, 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath), then HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire)] 07.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) (additional; for full flying duties and training) ? - 17.11.1943 810 Squadron FAA [HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire)] (killed in an air crash)
Williams, Edward Hugh Desmond Married ((06?).1933, Plymouth district, Devon) Doris M. Farrar.	20.06.1909 Kendal district, Westmorland - 02.12.1994 Taunton Deane district, Somerset	... ... S.Lt. (E) 01.09.1930 Lt. (E) 01.12.1931 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.12.1939 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1943 (retd 12.10.1957) OBE 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944): HMS Odyssey [investiture 13.02.1945] MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky (HMS Hilary)	... - ... ... 22.09.1942 - (10.1944) Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services) (1943)     HMS Hilary (landing ship, headquarters) (despatches) (1944)     on staff of Eng.R.Adm. G. Morgan, Staff of Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force [HMS Odyssey] (OBE) ... - ... ...
Williams, Frank	22.01.1907 - 01.11.1978	Boatsw. 01.01.1936 A/Lt. 06.12.1942 A/Lt.Cdr. < 04.1946 Lt.Cdr. 16.11.1946 (retd 22.01.1952) MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	... - ... ... 06.11.1939 - (04.)1940 School of Physical and Recreational Training, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 21.05.1940 - (10.)1941 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (12.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed (04.1942)     HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) * (06.1942)     no appointment listed (08.1942) - (12.1942) promotion course, Portsmouth 01.01.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Easton (destroyer) (from about 06.1943 First Lieutenant) (12.1943)     HMS Easton (destroyer) * (02.1944)     no appointment listed 06.03.1944 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Rye (Bangor class minesweeper) (04.1946)     HMS Chameleon (Algerine class minesweeper) * ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Williams, Frank Reginald Parry Son of Rev. Henry Williams, Vicar of Brownhill, Batley, Yorks. Married (1926) Dorothy Ann Bird; one son, three daughters.	19.03.1897 Morley, Dewsbury district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 18.05.1965 Yelverton, Plymouth district, Devon	Sg.Lt. (D) 21.11.1921 Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) 21.11.1927 Sg.Cdr. (D) 31.12.1935 A/Sg.Capt. (D) < 10.1944 Sg.Capt. (D) 31.12.1947 Sg.R.Adm. (D) 01.10.1952 (retd 01.10.1954) CBE 01.01.1951 New Year 1951 [investiture 28.02.1951] OBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 1946	Education: University College, Cork (BDS); FDSRCS Eng., 1948; FDSRCS Edin., 1951       served European War, 1917-1918, with Royal Flying Corps ... - ... ... 24.04.1944 - (10.1944) on staff of Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] ... - ... ...       Deputy Director-General for Dental Services, Admiralty, 1950-1954. KHDS, 1950, QHDS, 1953
Williams, Geoffrey Anthony Corry	14.10.1899 - 14.02.1980 Colchester district, Essex	... ... Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1927 (retd) Cdr. (retd) ? OBE 01.01.1951 New Year 1951 [investiture 28.02.1951]	09.1912     entered RN (07.1945) Torpedo Factory Greenock (1951) RN Torpedo Factory Alexandria, Scotland
Williams, Grainger Patrick Carlisle Son (with two brothers) of Charles Edward Campbell Williams (1882-1960), and Ruby Towers (1887-). Married ((12?).1940, Bodmin district, Cornwall) Nina Margaret Marsh (15.10.1905 - 12.1987), daughter of Louis Victor Marsh, and Margaret Owen; one son.	17.06.1917 Poole district, Dorset - 12.12.1985 Brighton district, Sussex	Midsh. (A) 04.07.1938 A/S.Lt. (A) 17.06.1939 S.Lt. (A) 14.03.1940 Lt. (A) 17.12.1941 A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 01.10.1943 Lt.Cdr. 17.12.1949 (retd 21.03.1958) DSC 29.07.1941 Battle of Cape Matapan [investiture 07.07.1942] 39|45 St - - AirCrEur St - & clasp Atlantic Star Afr St - - Pac St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	Wireless watcher, General Post Office, 22.10.1936-1937. Police constable, Metropolitan Police, 26.07.1937-12.06.1938. 04.07.1938 - 10.1938 HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) 06.10.1938 - (08.1939) pilot's course, No. 10 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, Yatesbury (09.1939) - (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm [not specified] 24.04.1940 - 06.1940 pilot, 759 Squadron FAA [HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh)] 19.06.1940 - 30.09.1940 pilot, 829 Squadron FAA [HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex)] 01.10.1940 - 23.11.1940 pilot, 829 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 24.11.1940 - 05.1941 pilot, 829 Squadron FAA [HMS Formidable (Illustrious class aircraft carrier)] (DFC) 31.05.1941 - 02.1942 pilot, 830 Squadron FAA [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 18.02.1942 - 09.1943 HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) 01.10.1943 - 01.03.1944 Commanding Officer, 829 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent), from 12.02.1944 HMS Victorious (Illustrious class aircraft carrier)] ** (04.1944)     829 Squadron FAA * 20.04.1944 - 13.06.1945 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) 14.06.1945 - (10.1945) Lieutenant-Commander, Flying, HMS Arbiter (Archer class escort carrier) 22.01.1946 - (04.)1946 staff of Flag Officer, Naval Air Stations, Pacific (for disposal) [HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia)] 31.05.1946 - (07.)1946 Air Gunnery Officer, HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex) 28.10.1946 - (04.)1947 HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex) (for full flying duties and training) 07.07.1947 - (05.1949) on staff of Flag Officer (Air) (Home) [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] (05.1950) - (05.1953) HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) * (01.1954) - (04.1955) no appointment listed 18.07.1955 - (01.1957) HMS Goldcrest (RN Air Station, Brawdy, Pembrokeshire) * indexed, but not listed as such ** in Navy List (incorrectly) listed as in command of 828 Squadron FAA [while showing in name index under 829 Squadron FAA]
Williams, James Denis	26.01.1922 - 06.10.1951	Cadet 01.05.1939 Midsh. 01.09.1939 S.Lt. 01.04.1941 Lt. 01.08.1942 MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944	26.08.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 08.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Ramillies (battleship) 04.02.1943 - 04.1944 HMS Tumult (destroyer) 15.05.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (07.1945) signals course (RN College, Greenwich) 29.10.1945 - (04.1946) Signal Officer, HMS Fame (destroyer) 21.06.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Glory
Williams, John Charles Son (with two sisters and two brothers) of John Charles Williams (1863-1902), and Mary Ann Beavis Thompson (1865-1950). Married Lily Beatrice Hitchcock (14.10.1899 - 14.10.1981), daughter of Frank John Hitchcock (1872-1943), and Lavinia Lilly Ballard (1865-1951); three children.	11.08.1892 Teignmouth, Devon - 23.12.1971 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	A/Mate ? (retd 29.05.1920) Lt. (retd) 22.06.1921 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 13.07.1943, seniority 25.02.1942 (reverted to retd 11.10.1945)	... - ... ... 27.01.1941 - (07.)1945 HMS Fervent (RN base, Ramsgate)
Williams, John David Lewis Son of Mr & Mrs J. Williams, of Christchurch, Hampshire. Married 1st (07.02.1940, Kensington, London; divorced) Isabella Thompson, only daughter of the late Mrs M.B. Thompson, of Campden Hill, London W8. Married 2nd (1961?) Mary Olive Junee Cornell (1911-2002), Australian actress, daughter of actor Benjamin Arthur Cornell and actress Olive Dorothea Graeme Wilton.	30.08.1907 West Ham district, Essex / Greater London - 04.03.1996 Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	Prob. S.Lt. RNR 17.10.1930 S.Lt. RNR 16.02.1931, seniority 17.10.1930 Lt. RNR 06.08.1933 Lt. (Supplementary List) 30.03.1937, seniority 30.08.1931 Lt. 1938?, seniority 30.08.1931 Lt.Cdr. 30.08.1939 [Febr. 1943 List & back] 30.08.1940 [June 1943 List] 30.08.1941 [Aug. to Dec. 1943 Lists] 30.08.1940 [Apr. 1944 List & on] (retd 30.08.1952) A/Cdr. 26.12.1944 DSC 16.03.1943 Operation Torch, Senior Officer Minesweepers [investiture 29.06.1943] MID 14.01.1941 good services in minelayers	06.08.1932 - (09.1932) submarine course, Portsmouth 28.10.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Sturgeon (submarine) (3rd Submarine Flotilla) 10.03.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) (6th Submarine Flotilla) 01.04.1937 - (08.)1938 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Home Fleet) 03.08.1938 - (02.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Impulsive (destroyer) 28.08.1941 - 01.05.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Bude (Bangor class minesweeper) 01.05.1942 - 09.04.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Albacore (Algerine class minesweeper) 18.05.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Birmingham (cruiser) (04.1944) - (10.1944) HMS Tuscan (destroyer) * 26.12.1944 - 03.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Vindex (escort carrier) (07.1948) no appointment listed 18.12.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Terror (monitor) (for miscellaneous duties) * indexed, but not listed as such
Williams, Thomas John	01.11.1897 - 07.09.1972 Wrexham district, Denbighshire, Wales	Prob. Schoolm. (Warrant Rank) 17.02.1923 Schoolm. (Warrant Rank) 18.09.1923, seniority 01.09.1922 Sen. Master 25.03.1943 Instr.Lt. 17.09.1946, seniority 13.11.1938 (retd 15.01.1948; medically unfit)	Education: BSc. ... - ... ... 28.05.1929 - 20.07.1931 HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) ... - ... ... 11.07.1938 - 19.08.1941 HMS Defiance 20.08.1941 - 04.10.1942 HMS Indomitable 05.10.1942 - 19.10.1942 HMS Caballa (supernumerary) 20.10.1942 - 01.12.1942 HMS Mercury (additional) 02.12.1942 - 20.10.1943 HMS Shrapnel (additional; for [Brighton?] [...] Technical College) 21.10.1943 - 30.11.1943 HMS Shrapnel (additional; for [...] Technical College, [Portsmouth?]) 01.12.1943 - 07.12.1943 HMS Victory (additional; for [ADLA?] course at [...]) 08.12.1943 - 29.12.1943 HMS Drake (additional) 30.12.1943 - 31.12.1945 HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) (additional; for Rutherford College, Kent) ... - ... ...
Williamson, Kenneth	02.05.1906 - 24.02.1990 Honiton district, Devon	Midsh. 15.05.1924 A/S.Lt. 16.09.1926 S.Lt. 30.04.1927 Lt. 16.04.1929 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1937 Cdr. 31.12.1944 Capt. 31.12.1951 (retd 18.02.1961) DSO 20.12.1940 night attack Taranto 11.11.1940 [investiture 27.11.1945]	15.01.1920     entered RN ... - ... ... ? - (06.)1940 Air Ministry (07.1940)     short course of instruction 29.07.1940 - 11.11.1940 Commanding Officer, 815 Squadron FAA [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] (shot down on Taranto raid & captured) 11.1940 - 05.1945 POW in Italian & German captivity (c. 1942/43 Campo 5 at Gavi; senior naval officer there & member of the escape committee; finally at Marlag und Milag Nord) ... - ... ...
Willis, Sir Algernon Usborne Son of late Herbert Bourdillon Willis. Married (09.1916) Olive Christine, CBE, daughter of late Henry E. Millar, Hampstead; two daughters.	17.05.1889 Hampstead, London - 12.04.1976 [Petersfield, Hants. ?]	Midsh. 1905 A/S.Lt. 15.11.1908 S.Lt. 16.09.1909, seniority 15.11.1908 Lt. 07.10.1910, seniority 15.11.1909 Lt.Cdr. 15.11.1917 Cdr. 30.06.1922 Capt. 30.06.1929 Cdre. 1st cl. 02.02.1939 R.Adm. 05.01.1940 A/V.Adm. 08.08.1941 V.Adm. 03.04.1943 Adm. 16.10.1945 Adm. of the Fleet 20.03.1949 (half-pay 01.11.1950) GCB 12.06.1947 HM's birthday 1947 [investiture 20.05.1948] KCB 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 1943 [investiture 03.02.1944] CB 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940 [investiture 20.05.1941] KBE 18.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945 [investiture 26.02.1946] DSO 08.03.1920 * MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky MID 23.06.1944 Operation Avalanche GrWC 19.03.1946 services to Greek navy Phnx 15.04.1947 ? [award presented] * For distinguished services in preserving the efficiency of the Torpedo and Depth Charge Armaments of the First Destroyer Flotilla.	Education: Eastbourne College; HMS Britannia. 15.05.1904     entered Royal Navy 1914 - 1918 served European War, present at Battle of Jutland HMS Fearless 17.09.1918 - (01.1919) Torpedo Officer, HMS Saumarez (flotilla leader) 1919     took part in operations in Baltic, HMS Wallace (despatches, DSO) 1920     HMS Renown with Prince of Wales to Australia and New Zealand (08.1923)     no appointment listed 04.12.1923 - (01.)1925 Squadron Torpedo Officer, Destroyer Flotillas, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Coventry (cruiser)] 11.12.1925 - (07.)1927 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 20.10.1927 - (08.)1929 Commanding Officer, HMS Warwick (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 22.02.1930 - (01.)1932 staff, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 08.09.1932 - (09.1932) senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 20.01.1933 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Kent (cruiser) & Flag Captain, China Fleet 20.05.1934 - (07.)1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) & Flag Captain, Home Fleet 06.09.1935 - (02.)1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) 22.04.1938 - (02.)1939 Commanding Officer, (& Flag Captain) HMS Barham (battleship) (1st Battle Squadron, Mediterranean) 02.02.1939 - 05.02.1939 HMS Warspite (battleship) (additional) (as Cdre. 1st cl.) 06.02.1939 - 25.04.1941 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Warspite (battleship), from 01.11.1939 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta), from 04.05.1940 HMS Warspite (battleship)] (as Cdre. 1st cl.) 26.04.1941 - 06.05.1941 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty, for a period not exceeding 6 months) 07.05.1941 - 09.06.1941 HMS President (additional; for foreign service leave) 10.06.1941 - 07.08.1941 HMS President (additional; for special service inside Admiralty) 08.08.1941 - 26.02.1942 Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station (as A/V.Adm.) 26.02.1942 - 06.01.1943 Vice-Admiral Commanding 3rd Battle Squadron & Second-in-Command, Eastern Fleet [HMS Resolution] 06.02.1943 - 23.02.1943 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty, for a period not exceeding 1 month) 24.02.1943 - 13.10.1943 Flag Officer Commanding Force H, Mediterranean [HMS Nelson] (as A/V.Adm.) (despatches twice) 14.10.1943 - 12.1943 Commander-in-Chief, Levant Station (temporary) [HMS Nile] 09.02.1944 - 07.03.1944 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty) 08.03.1944 - 26.02.1946 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Naval Personnel (Second Sea Lord) [HMS President] 27.02.1946 - 22.04.1946 HMS President (additional) 23.04.1946 - 14.05.1948 Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS St Angelo] 15.05.1948 - 20.07.1948 HMS Victory (additional; for foreign service leave) 21.07.1948 - 10.09..1950 Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth Command [HMS Victory] 11.09.1940 - 03.10.1950 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed) 04.10.1950 - 31.10.1950 HMS President (additional; for terminal leave) KStJ 1948; Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Hampshire, 16.04.1952.
Willis, John Barnes Son of ... Willis, and ... Barnes. Married Albinia (née ...).	(09?).1914 Medway district, Kent - 19.01.1988	Cadet 01.09.1931 Midsh. 01.05.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1934 S.Lt. 16.05.1935 Lt. 16.10.1936 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1944 (General List 01.01.1957) (retd > 01.1957, < 07.1959)	Education: history degree at a University (1950s/60s) 1928 joined RN 05.09.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 09.06.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 05.04.1933 - (07.1934) HMS Leander (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 01.04.1935 - (07.)1935 promotion course, Portsmouth 06.09.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Valentine (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 30.12.1936 - (07.)1937 HMS Crusader (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 07.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Intrepid (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (06.1938) - (10.1938) no appointment listed 12.10.1938 - (04.)1939 qualifying for gunnery duties, HMS Excellent 24.07.1939 - (09.)1939 First Lieutenant, HMS Vivacious (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Rosyth) 31.10.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 02.08.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for gunnery duties with destroyer flotilla) 11.1941 - (10.)1943 Gunnery Officer, HMS Norfolk 15.11.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 05.1945 - (07.1945) Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Bermuda (cruiser) 10.09.1945 - (04.1946) Gunnery Officer, HMS Belfast (cruiser) & as Staff Officer (Operations) to Rear-Admiral Commanding 2nd Cruiser Sqadron 10.08.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (05.1949) no appointment listed 09.01.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Superb (light cruiser) ? - (05.1953) HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (04.1955) - (01.1957) HMNZS Wakefield (Navy Office, Wellington) Master at Wanganui Collegiate School.
Willis, William Alfred	18.05.1902 Pontypridd, South Glamorgan - 27.08.1990 Barnstaple district, Devon	Seaman ? [J92344] T/Wt. Master-at-Arms 18.12.1942	01.02.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Valkyrie (RDF training  establishment, Regent Camp, Douglas, Isle of Man)
Willmott, Herbert Nigel Clogstoun Changed last name by deed poll of 08.08.1965 to Clogstoun-Willmott. Son of H.M. Wilmott, of Trebovir Road, London SW5. Married Prudence Wright, daughter of Albert Leslie Wright (1862-1938).	12.07.1910 Simla - 26.06.1992 Paphos, Cyprus	Midsh. 01.09.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1932 S.Lt. 1932?, seniority 01.09.1931 Lt. 01.12.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1940 Cdr. 30.06.1944 Capt. 31.12.1951 (retd 07.01.1961) DSO 03.06.1941 withdrawal from Greek beaches [investiture 15.12.1942] DSC 16.03.1943 beach reconnaissance Operation Torch [investiture 11.05.1943] DSC 04.04.1944 Operation Bigot [award posted] MID 26.09.1940 Norwegian coast 04-06.1940 MID 15.02.1944 Operation KJF (reconnaissance enemy coast Channel 12.1943)	Edcuation: Marlborough College (09.1924-07.1928). 01.09.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 30.10.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies) 31.12.1931 - (01.)1932 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 22.08.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, Portsmouth 29.04.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) 30.04.1934 - (07.1935) HMS Basilisk (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (02.1936)     no appointment listed (02.1937) - (07.1937) no appointment listed 22.07.1937 - (08.1939) Navigating Officer, HMS Wellington (escort vessel) (New Zealand) 10.01.1940 - (04.1940) Navigating Officer, HMS Faulknor (lotilla leader, 8th Destroyer Flotilla) (Home Fleet) (and for flotilla duties) (02.1941)     HMS Glasgow (cruiser) * (1941) on loan to GHQ Middle East [HMS Nile] 11.1941 - (12.1941) Navigating Officer, HMS Glengyle (landing ship, infantry) 06.07.1942 - 02.1943 HMS Monck (Combined Training HQ, Largs) 02.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Quebec (Combined training centre, Inverary), later: HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) 1942 - 1944 in charge of the Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP), taking actively part as Officer Commanding COPP1, aboard LCP(L) 190 and as Naval Commander, Force J in preparation of the Normandy landings 08.09.1944 - (04.1946) Plans Division (Q), Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1948)     no appointment listed 22.11.1948 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Peacock 18.02.1952 - (05.1953) Admiralty [HMS President] 15.12.1953 - (01.1957) Overseas Planning Section, Ministry of Defence [HMS President] 11.11.1957 - (01.1959) Head of Fleet Work Study, Admiralty 07.07.1960 - 07.01.1961 also: Naval ADC to the Queen FIWSP, FBIM * indexed, but not listed as such
Willmott, Michael   Son of Ernest Willmott (1872-1916), and Mabel Johnson (1882-1965). Married (15.06.1940, Sturminster district, Dorset) Marjorie Eleanor Frances Roberts (06.12.1911 - 07.06.1984), of Sherborne, Dorsetshire.	(12?).1909 Chelsea, London - 18.09.1942 (KIA) [age 33] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 61, column 3]	Midsh. RNR 01.01.1926 A/S.Lt. RNR 11.08.1930 S.Lt. RNR 16.07.1932 Lt. RNR 09.11.1933 Lt. (Supplementary List) 13.03.1937, seniority 11.08.1933 Lt. 1938?, seniority 11.08.1933 Lt.Cdr. 11.08.1941 DSO 12.05.1942 5 war patrols Mediterranean 08-12.1941 [investiture 30.06.1942]	Education: Berkhamsted preparatory school; Nautical College, Pangbourne (1922-1925). 11.11.1935 - (02.1936) HMS Cyclops (depot ship) (for submarines) (Mediterranean) 19.04.1937 - (07.)1937 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 27.08.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Phoenix (submarine) (China) 02.1938 - (10.)1938 First Lieutenant, HMS Rover (submarine) (China) 01.10.1938 - (06.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Phoenix (P class submarine) 05.07.1940 - (08.)1940 submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 11.09.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 11.11.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS H 50 (H class submarine) 05.03.1941 - 18.09.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Talisman (T class submarine) (most probably lost on mines off Sicily)
Willoughby, Guy Son (with two sisters and three brothers) of Rev. Nesbit Edward Willoughby (1854-1919), Vicar of Bickington, Devon, and of Marjorie Helen Kaye (1882-). Married (10.07.1923, Wimbledon, Surrey) Mary Aldridge (25.07.1893 - 02.02.1990), daughter of J.G.W. Aldridge, AMICE, Wimbledon; one son, one daughter.	07.11.1902 Bickington, Devon - 19.11.1987 Woodchester, near Stroud, Gloucestershire	Midsh. 12.06.1920 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1922 S.Lt. 14.03.1924, seniority 15.06.1923 Lt. 15.05.1925 Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1933 Cdr. 30.06.1937 A/Capt. 28.12.1942 Capt. 31.12.1943 Cdre. 2nd cl. 1948? R.Adm. 08.01.1953 (retd 20.03.1956) CB 09.06.1955 HM's birthday 1955 [investiture 12.07.1955]	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth (15.06.1916-1920); Imperial Defence College (1947) 03.01.1923 - (08.1923) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich 18.08.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Revenge (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 1925 - 1936 qualified as a naval pilot, and thereafter flew as a pilot in Naval and RAF Squadrons, embarked in various Carriers: 15.03.1926 - (07.1927) pilot, No. 403 Flight, FAA [HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (China)] 01.10.1928 - 11.12.1939 for FAA, HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) [attached to RAF] 12.12.1929 - 14.04.1930 pilot, No. 401 Flight, FAA [HMS Argus (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) [attached to RAF] 15.04.1930 - 06.1930 HMS Furious 01.07.1930 - 01.09.1930 HMS Courageous 02.09.1930 - 31.08.1931 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.09.1931 - 16.12.1931 HMS Courageous 17.12.1931 - (09.1932) No. 407 Flight, FAA, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) [attached to RAF] 15.08.1933 - (01.1934) pilot, HMS York (cruiser) [attached to RAF] 07.01.1935 - (07.1935) Fighter Squadron 801, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] 19.02.1936 - (07.)1937 Staff Officer (Operations) to V.Adm. Aircraft Carriers [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) 28.12.1937 - (04.)1939 Senior Fleet Air Arm Officer, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] (08.1939) - (09.1939) Fleet Air Arm 19.02.1940 - 23.05.1940 Admiralty [HMS President] 23.05.1940 - (08.)1942 Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 15.09.1942 - 21.05.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Activity (escort carrier) 22.05.1944 - 16.06.1944 HMS Victory IV (accounting section, Petersfield, later Portsmouth) (additional; for leave) 17.06.1944 - (06.1944) Chief Staff Officer to R.Adm. Eastern Fleet, Aircraft Carriers [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] 01.01.1945 - (07.1945) Director, Naval Air Warfare and Flying Training Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.02.1946 - (04.)1946 Director, Naval Air Warfare Division [HMS President] (07.)1948 - (05.)1950 Fourth Naval Member of Australian Commonwealth Navy Board and Commodore (Air) 1951 - 1952 Commanding Officer, HMS Eagle (carrier) (05.1953)     no appointment listed 02.06.1953 - (01.)1956 Flag Officer, Flying Training [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)
Wilmot, Roderick Maclean "Freddie" Son (with two sisters and one brother) of Thomas James Townsend Wilmot (1882-1965), and Bessie Maclean (1892-?). Married ((12?).1956, Plymouth district, Devonshore) Barbara Sarah Sparrow (05.05.1921 -07.2010), daughter ( with one brother) of Arthur Guy Sparrow (1883-1947), and Brenda Grace Bolitho (1889-?); one daughter, two sons.	08.10.1922 Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottingham - 03.01.2011 South Brent, Devon	Midsh. 01.05.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1942 S.Lt. 06.1942, seniority 01.12.1941 Lt. 16.02.1943 Lt.Cdr. 16.02.1951 (retd 12.01.1957; own request) DSC 20.11.1945 war patrols Far East 03-08.1945 [decoration posted] 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - & clasp North Africa 1942-43 Bur St - - It St - - WM 39|45 - - MID 29.02.1944 supply ships sunk Eastern Mediterranean etc. 02-10.1943	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.05.1936-1940; Admiralty No. 1677; St Vincent House; Cadet Captain). 01.05.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Rodney (Nelson class battleship) 29.04.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Eskimo (Tribal class destroyer) 09.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Kenya (Fiji class cruiser) 05.01.1942 - (04.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (06.1942)     promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] * 15.07.1942 - (10.1945) First Lieutenant, HMS Torbay (T class submarine) (DSC, despatches) 22.11.1945 - (04.1946) First Lieutenant, HMS Tactician (T class submarine) ... - ... ...       gained civil aviator's certificate (No. 25351), taken on a Tiger Moth at Gosport on 24.11.1948 ... - ... ... 07.10.1955 - (04.1956) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse and 5th  Submarine Flotilla) A son writes: "He was in command of an unlucky submarine – HMS Talent. Talent had already had an accident at Chatham in 1955, when 4 dockyard workers died. In 1956, Talent was submerged, and struck by a ship, causing damage to the front of the conning tower. ]The nuclear HMS Talent suffered almost identical damage in 2015 – so far as I know, no-one has ever pointed out this remarkable coincidence.] My father was not happy with the court martial, chose to leave the Navy, married my mother, and I was born a year later. So I am the direct result of a submarine accident!"
Wilson, David Robert Son (with four brothers and two sisters) of the Very Rev. John Skinner Wilson (1849-1926), Dean of Edinburgh, and Eliza Mary Jane Clyne. Married (1946) Alison Mary Hopwood (16.06.1912 - 22.04.1998), daughter (with one brother [Brig. John Adam Hopwood, CBE, DSO (1910-1987)]) of Ernest Hopwood (sometime Managing Director of Wolseley Motor Co.) (1847-1929), and Constance Marion Adam (1872-1956); one son, one daughter.	06.07.1897 Edinburgh, Scotland - 26.11.1968 Edinburgh, Scotland	Midsh. 01.02.1916 S.Lt. 15.09.1917 A/Lt. 15.11.1918 Lt. 15.03.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1927 (retd 12.02.1934; own request) Cdr. (retd) 07.07.1937 (dispersal 17.09.1945) (reld 12.11.1945) (reverted to retd 13.11.1945) (granted War Service Rank of Capt.) A/Capt. (retd) 17.08.1944-16.09.1945 LoP 1944? Operation Overlord (Normandy 06.1944)	09.1915 - 01.02.1916 special entry cadet 01.02.1916 - 12.03.1918 HMS Bellerophon (battleship) 01.04.1918 - 04.1918 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for torpedo-boat destroyer gunnery course) 20.04.1918 - 02.08.1918 HMS Vehement (torpedo-boat destroyer) (ship lost) [tender to HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship)] 28.09.1918 - 15.04.1919 HMS Vanessa (torpedo-boat destroyer) [tender to HMS Blake (destroyer depot ship)] 15.04.1919 - 03.1920 HMS Orion (battleship) 01.04.1920 - 22.04.1920 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time) 23.04.1920 - 09.1920 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; for course of instruction at Cambridge University) 12.09.1920 - 12.1920 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (additional; for torpedo course for rank of Lt. in HMS Vernon (torpedo school ship, Portsmouth)) 27.12.1920 - 01.1921 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time, not exceeding 6 months) 11.01.1921 - 20.04.1921 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (additional) 21.04.1921 - 09.1922 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (for gunnery duties in lieu of 2nd Lt. (G)) 03.10.1922 - 11.1923 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (for gunnery duties in lieu of 2nd Lt. (G)) 20.11.1923 - 01.1924 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; for intelligence course at RN College Greenwich) 14.01.1924 - 12?.1926 HMS Cairo (cruiser) (additional & vice Giffard on re-commissioing 08.03.1924) (to be discharged to foreign service leave without relief) 03.01.1927 - 12.1928 HMS Ganges (for Shotley training establishment) 01.01.1929 - (03.)1931 HMS Cyclamen (sloop) (East Indies) 1931 - 1931 HMS Wallflower (sloop) (07.1931)     no appointment listed 09.07.1931 - 28.09.1933 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (01.1934)     no appointment listed 25.08.1939 - 25.11.1940 Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President (additional)] (12.1940) - (06.1941) no appointment listed 04.06.1941 - 15.06.1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; not to join) (as Lt.Cdr.) 16.06.1941 - 08.1942 Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President (additional)] (as Lt.Cdr.) 18.08.1942 - 04.1943 Assistant to Maintenance Captain on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Expeditionary Force [HMS President (additional)] 04.1943 - 10.1943 for duty on Staff X on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (additional)] 01.11.1943 - 14.08.1944 Staff Officer (A) on staff of Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force [HMS Odyssey (additional)] 15.08.1944 - 07.1945 Head of COTUG [= Tug Control] on staff of Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force [HMS Odyssey (additional)] 14.07.1945 - 16.09.1945 for duty with Fourth Sea Lord's Office [HMS President (additional)]
Wilson, George Geoffrey * * also shown in naval records with first names George Jeffrey Son (with one sister) of George Frederick Wilson (1878-1917), and Mildred Nash Jeffery (1882-1917). Married ((12?).1938, Plymouth district, Devon) Dora E. O'Brien; one daughter.	04.10.1907 Lambeth, London - 11.11.1994 Hillingdon, Greater London	Gnr. 01.01.1936 A/Lt. 16.03.1941 Lt. ?, seniority 15.02.1938 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1944 Cdr. 31.12.1947 Capt. 30.06.1952 (retd 21.12.1961) CBE 01.01.1962 New Year 1962 [investiture20.02.1962 ] MID 25.08.1942 rammed U-boat MID 01.01.1944 New Year 1944	... - ... ... 09.01.1939 - (05.)1940 HMS Cornwall (Kent class cruiser) (06.1940) - (03.1941) no appointment listed 31.03.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Sharpshooter (Halcyon class minesweeper) (despatches) (10.1941) - (06.1942) no appointment listed 02.07.1942 - (10.)1943 Gunnery Officer, HMS Despatch (D class cruiser) (despatches) 11.10.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 15.08.1944 - (05.1946) Gunnery Officer, HMS Sussex (London class cruiser) ... - ... ... (1961) - ... HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (CBE)
Wilson, Graham Francis Winstanley Son of the Rev. Francis Wilson (1846-1932), and Edith Matilda Clementine Hull (1862-1945). medals group	23.10.1886 Old Woking, Surrey - 08.09.1972	A/S.Lt. 30.08.1906 S.Lt. 22.04.1907, seniority 30.08.1906 Lt. 29.02.1908 Lt.Cdr. 29.02.1916 Cdr. 30.06.1920 (retd 21.11.1932; own request) Capt. (retd) 21.11.1932 (reactivated 01.11.1939) (dispersed 20.09.1945) (reverted to retd 16.11.1945) DSO 20.07.1917 attack on an enemy submarine 04.05.1917 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - 39|45 St - - Atl St - - WM 39|45 - - MID 23.10.1945 POW * * For good service, leadership and resource during captivity in Germany in organising escapes from the prison camp over a period of several years, by which means valuable information was received by the War Office.	Education: training ship Conway. 15.05.1903     entered RN (1914)     HMS Marlborough (battleship) 09.1915 - 09.1919 Commanding Officer, HMS Zinnia (sloop) 09.1919 - ? Commanding Officer, HMS Clematis (sloop) 16.06.1922 - (08.1923) Executive Officer, HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar) 25.04.1924  - 08.05.1924 London Depot RAN [lent to RAN] 09.05.1924 - 19.06.1924 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders naval depot) (additional; for passage to Australia) [lent to RAN] 20.06.1924 - 21.08.1924 Executive Officer, HMAS Melbourne (cruiser) [lent to RAN] 22.08.1924 - 07.10.1925 Executive Officer, HMAS Brisbane (cruiser) [lent to RAN] 08.10.1925 - 20.04.1926 HMAS Melbourne (cruiser) [lent to RAN] 21.04.1926 - 12.06.1926 London Depot RAN [lent to RAN] 1926? - 1927? Commanding Officer, HMS Marshal Soult (monitor) ? 01.04.1927 - (07.)1927 Executive Officer, HMS Castor (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) 16.12.1927 - (06.)1928 Executive Officer, HMS Calliope (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) 18.10.1928 - (10.1930) Commanding Officer, HMS Rosemary (fishery protection flotilla) 02.1931 - (01.1932) in charge, HMS Canterbury (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Chatham) (09.1932)     no appointment listed 10.11.1939 - 10.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Vandyck (armed boarding vessel) (sunk by enemy aircraft north off Harstad, off Norway) 10.06.1940 - 03.05.1945 prisoner of war in German captivity (Senior British Officer in the POW camps in Marlag and Milag)
Wilson, Henry Alfred	07.04.1893 Whitstable, Kent - 17.09.1957	Seaman ? [J3044] Gnr. (T) 12.12.1917 Cd.Gnr. (T) 12.12.1927 Lt. 07.09.1939 (retd 07.04.1943) (reverted to retd > 04.1946)	... - ... ... 12.05.1925 - (06.1928) HMS Bruce (flotilla leader) (China) (08.1929)     no appointment listed 14.02.1930 - 09.04.1930 HMS Venomous (destroyer) (temporarily) (in dockyard control at Sheerness) 10.04.1930 - (08.1930) HMS Versatile (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) ... - ... ... 24.07.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Malcolm (flotilla leader) (Reserve Fleet, Rosyth) 25.01.1940 - (04.1946) HM Dockyard Sheerness [HMS Wildfire]
Wilson, John Borthwick Son (with one sister and two brothers) of John Gilchrist Wilson (1871-1926), and Bine Ball (1867-1936). Married ((12?).1922, Thanet district, Kent) Agnes Blanche Newell (27.09.1899 - 22.03.1983); two sons (one of which died in infancy).	14.01.1901 Strood, Kent - 08.02.1973 Birchington, Thanet district, Kent	RAF:   P/O (prob) 1921? [15231] P/O 01.10.1922 F/O 01.10.1923 F/Lt. 01.04.1929 (reld 19.06.1939) RN:   Lt.Cdr. (A) 19.06.1939, seniority 01.01.1939 Cdr. (A) 31.12.1941 (retd 13.05.1953)	1921?     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) 01.04.1928 - 19.06.1939 Reserve of Air Force Officers (03.10.1931 from Class A to Class C; 22.04.1932 from Class C to Class A) 19.06.1939     transferred, Air Branch RN [short service commission] 10.07.1939 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, 765 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 12.08.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) 04.05.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn) (10.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 17.12.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn) (04.1944)     HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn) * (06.1944)     Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * 23.08.1944 - 31.10.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Flycatcher (RN Air Station, Ludham, Norfolk) & Senior Officer Mobile Naval Airfields Organisation (SOMNAO) 20.11.1944 - (07.1945) on staff of Flag Officer Naval Air Stations Australia [HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW)] 23.11.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Ringtail (RN Air Station Burscough, nr Ormskirk, Lancashire) 08.04.1947 - 17.05.1948 Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.05.1948 - (07.1948) Air Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (05.1949)     no appointment listed 03.10.1949 - (05.1950) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) (05.1953)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Wilson, John Macro Allot	18.07.1915 - 26.02.1998 Chichester, Sussex	Cadet 01.09.1932 Midsh. 01.05.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1935 S.Lt. 01.01.1936 Lt. 01.03.1937 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1945 Cdr. 30.06.1951 Capt. 30.06.1957 (retd 12.02.1958) MID 27.04.1943 convoy JW51B 12.1942 MID 07.11.1944 Operation Brassard (landings on Elba 1944)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 27.08.1932 - (06.)1933 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 29.11.1933 - (02.)1935 HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) 06.1935 - (07.)1935 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) 26.09.1935 - (02.)1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 18.11.1936 - (07.)1937 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 23.08.1937 - (04.)1939 First Lieutenant, HMS Boadicea (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 06.06.1939 - (04.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Versatile (destroyer) 20.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 26.08.1941 - (06.)1943 Gunnery Officer, HMS Onslow (destroyer) (08.1943) - (10.1944) HMS Excellent II (accounting base) * (1944)     on staff of Rear-Admiral (P) (Naval Party 860) 10.04.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) 07.1945 - (04.1946) Gunnery Officer, HMNZS Gambia (cruiser) (07.1948)     HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * (05.1949)     no appointment listed 08.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Liverpool 10.12.1951 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 22.02.1954 - (04.)1955 Commanding Officer, HMS Obdurate (destroyer) 22.08.1955 - (01.1956) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 19.03.1956 - (01.1957) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
Wilson, Maurice Fiennes FitzGerald	22.06.1886 - 16.02.1975	... ... Cdr. 30.06.1919 (retd) Capt. (retd) 22.06.1931 DSO ? ?	... - ... ... 25.08.1939 - (07.1945) Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
Wilson, Wilfred	06.04.1903 Stockton, Durham - 12.09.1982 Bideford, Devon	Boy 1st cl. 03.02.1921 [D/J 101420] ... ... Master-at-Arms 01.05.1937 A/T/Wt. Master-at-Arms 17.02.1943 (retd 15.11.1945) BEM 01.01.1942 New Year 1942 [investiture 24.03.1942] MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 1942	02.08.1939 - 16.02.1943? HMS Norfolk (Norfolk class cruiser) (BEM, despatches) (04.1943)     no appointment listed 15.04.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Bristol (training establishment, Mullars Orphanage, Bristol) 07.03.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry)
Wilson, William Black Noble Son of ... Wilson, and ... Noble.	(12?).1915 Leeds district, Yorkshire - West Riding - 02.04.1968	A/S.Lt. 01.09.1939 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.09.1939 Lt. 16.12.1940 (retd < 07.1945) - - ? mention in a Free French "Order of the Day" [French mention in despatches]	01.01.1940 - (04.)1940 promotion course, Portsmouth 23.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Ambrose (base for 9th Submarine Flotilla, Dundee) (for submarines) (02.1941) British Liaison Officer, French Ship Minerve (submarine) 21.10.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS H 50 (submarine) 12.05.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Ambrose (base for 9th Submarine Flotilla, Dundee) 24.03.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Varbel II (midget submarine base, Loch Striven) 16.11.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Nairana (escort carrier)
Wilson, William Eames Son of Walter Noel Wilson (1858-1924), and Edith Eames (1865-1910). Married (16.12.1924, Mottingham, London) Alice Elizabeth Mercer-Davies (1902-1969); four sons, two daughters.	26.01.1900 Rugby, Warwickshire - 30.03.1980 Chichester district, Sussex	A/S.Lt. 15.05.1921 S.Lt. 1922? Lt. 15.12.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1930 Cdr. 30.06.1937 (retd 01.09.1946)	(08.1923)     short course of instruction 15.08.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Revenge (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (05.1926)     no appointment listed 22.06.1926 - (04.)1928 HMS Conquest (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 04.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Douglas (flotilla leader; 1st Submarine Flotilla) (Mediteranean) 21.08.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Centurion (battleship; fleet target ship) 11.08.1931 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Cricket (gunboat) (China) (07.1934) - (09.1934) no appointment listed 17.09.1934 - (02.)1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Electra (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 30.04.1935 - (02.)1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Esk (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 10.05.1937 - (07.)1937 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for tactical school) 14.07.1937 - (04.)1939 Drafting Commander, RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] (08.1939)     no appointment listed 16.08.1939 - 31.10.1940  Commanding Officer, HMS Juno (destroyer) * 20.01.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Iron Duke (RN base, Scapa Flow) (08.1942)     no appointment listed (02.1943)     no appointment listed 27.04.1943 - (10.1944) Executive Officer, HMS Royalist (cruiser) 10.07.1945 - (04.)1946 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] * (04.1940) indexed, but not listed as such
Windle, Brian West Only son of Col. Charles Ernest Windle (1898-1976), Indian Army, and Ida Evelyn Hill (1899-1974).	09.01.1924 - 09.08.1949 flying accident near Oban [commemorated at National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire]	Midsh. 01.05.1941 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1943 S.Lt. 01.03.1943 Lt. 01.11.1944 DSC 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.1942 [decoration posted]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.09.1937-1941; Admiralty No. 1866; St Vincent House). (06.1941) - (10.1941) no appointment listed 10.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Ajax (cruiser) 23.02.1942 - 05.1942 HMS Dulverton (destroyer) (DSC) 22.05.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) 01.03.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (02.1944) - (04.1945) no appointment listed 17.06.1945 - (07.1945) pilot, 744 Squadron FAA [HMS Shrike (RN Air Station, Maydown, Northern Ireland)] (10.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Merganser (RN Air Station, Rattray) * 11.05.1948 - 09.08.1949 pilot, 766 Squadron FAA [HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth)] [Flying Fairey Firefly serial number MB 556 of 766 Squadron, RNAS Lossiemouth; the aircraft crashed in the Firth of Lorn, one mile north of Kerrara Island, 56º25’N 5º35’W, Lt Windle being the pilot, with his observer, Paul Clements, surviving the accident]
Windsor, HRH Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, Duke of (since 08.03.1937); Prince of Wales (06.05.1910-20.01.1936); King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland and other commonwealth realms and Emperor of India (as Edward VIII) (20.01.1936-10.12.1936) for his full titles click here	23.06.1894 White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey - 28.05.1972 Paris, France	Midsh. 01.08.1911 Lt. 17.03.1913 Capt. 08.07.1919 V.Adm. 01.09.1930 Adm. 01.01.1935 Adm. of the Fleet 21.01.1936 for his full list of decorations click here	(01.1919) no appointment listed 1939 temp. relinquished the ranks of Admiral of the Fleet, Field Marshal and Marshal of the Royal Air Force to assume that of Major-General on the staff 1939 - 1940 served in France with BEF (rcvd: 39/45 and France & Germany stars, Defence and War medals) 07.08.1940 - 1945 Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Bahamas
Wingfield, Mervyn Robert George Son of Col. Rev. William Edward Wingfield and Elizabeth Mary Trench. Married (1936) Sheila Mary Leschallas (died 06.04.2006, aged 96); one daughter, two sons.	16.01.1911 Ireland - 15.03.2005 West Surrey district, Surrey	Cadet 01.05.1928 Midsh. 01.01.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1931 S.Lt. 01.01.1932 Lt. 01.03.1934 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1942 Cdr. 31.12.1945 Capt. 30.06.1953 (retd 07.07.1962) DSO 17.11.1942 patrols since 11.1941 [investiture 08.12.1942] DSC 19.10.1943 patrols Eastern Mediterranean [investiture 12.12.1944] DSC 08.02.1944 war patrols Malacca Straits 11.1943 [investiture 12.12.1944] MID 25.07.1944 war patrols Far East 01-04.1944	Education: Rusmoor School; Nautical College, Pangbourne (1924); RN College, Dartmouth (01.1925-...).  01.05.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Benbow (battleship) (Atlantic) 28.03.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean & Atlantic Fleet)       HMS Valiant (battleship) 30.04.1931 - (01.1932) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.01.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, Portsmouth 24.04.1933 - (06.)1933 for duty with Group "Y" Submarines [HMS L 22 (submarine)] (in reserve at Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Pigmy] 18.12.1933 - (07.1935) Fourth Officer, HMS Odin (submarine) (Hong Kong, Mediterranean) (02.1936)     no appointment listed 22.05.1936 - (08.)1936 First Lieutenant, HMS H 44 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 05.09.1936 - (02.1937) First Lieutenant, HMS H 50 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Titania] (07.1937)     no appointment listed 09.1937 - (04.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Odin (submarine) 15.08.1940 - 01.01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS H 28 (submarine) 02.01.1941 - 27.01.1941 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship, Holy Loch)(for submarines) 28.01.1941 - 19.07.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Umpire (submarine) (sunk) (09?).1941 - 09.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Sturgeon (submarine) (Polyarnoe, North Russia & St Nazaire) 09.1942 - (09.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Taurus (submarine) (Mediterranean, Far East) 15.09.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Medway II (base, 1st Submarine Flotilla, Beirut & Malta) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 01.01.1945 - (01.)1945 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 25.09.1945 - (04.)1947 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.09.1947 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, from 23.01.1948 Executive Officer, HMS Euryalus (cruiser) 11.04.1949 - (05.1950) duties with British Naval Staff, Washington [HMS Saker]       ADC to the Deputy Supreme NATO Commander (Brussels)       staff appointment with the US Navy (Norfolk, Va.) 02.03.1953 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 07.01.1954 - (04.)1955 Commanding Officer, HMS Jupiter and as Resident Naval Officer Clyde and HMS Woolwich in command (01.1956)     no appointment listed  03.02.1956 - (01.1957) Naval Attaché, Athens & Tel Aviv [HMS President] 31.10.1958 - (01.1959) Director of Underwater Division, Weapons Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 28.02.1961 - (07.1961) Commanding Officer, HMS Sanderling (RN Air Station Abbotsinch, Paisley, Scotland) (and as Residential Naval Officer, Glasgow) Between time at Liphook Golf Club and the Royal Yacht Squadron, Wingfield was, for nine years, marine manager of United Dominions Trust, arranging mortgages for yacht owners and hosting Beaujolais, beef and Stilton lunches at the Earl's Court boat show. In the 1970s he obtained his master's certificate and made several voyages as Second Officer in a Fyffes banana boat, a small timber ship in the Baltic, and as a yacht deliverer.
Winning, William Alfred Son of William Winning, PT instructor in the Navy 1899-1919. Married ((09?).1934, Portsmouth, Hampshire) Lilian Emmeline Lewington (1912-2003); two daughters	04.07.1907 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 03.09.1972 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Seaman ? [J106778] A/Petty Officer ? A/Gnr. 01.10.1936 Gnr. 1937?, seniority 01.10.1936 A/Lt. 04.09.1943 Lt. 30.10.1944, seniority 02.10.1939 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1947 (retd 04.07.1952; age) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - Bur St - & clasp Pacific Def M - - WM 39|45 - - MID 11.06.1946 wind up Far East RVM* 18.02.1936 member of HMS Excellent's gun carriage crew for the funeral of HM King George V 25.01.1936 * In some sources incorrectly shown as MVO.	01.10.1936 - 08.03.1937 training, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 09.03.1937 - 26.08.1938 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 31.08.1938 - 23.09.1938 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (not to join) 25.09.1938 - 12.11.1938 HMS Garry (trawler) [tender to HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth)] 21.11.1938 - 06.06.1939 HMS Exmouth (flotilla leader, 7th Destroyer Flotilla) (for D/F duties) (Home Fleet) 01.08.1939 - 22.05.1940 HMS Kelly (destroyer) (for D/F duties in 5th Destroyer Flotilla) [accommodated in HMS Kimberley (destroyer)] 20.09.1940 - 16.06.1942 HMS Hermione (cruiser) 17.06.1942 - 22.10.1942 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) 06.11.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (06.)1943 - (08.)1943 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 20.09.1943 - 31.03.1944 HMS Caradoc (cruiser) 01.04.1944 - 23.04.1944 Arabian Bengal Ceylon Escort Force [HMS Tarantula] 27.04.1944 - 25.10.1944 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) [until 10.06.1944 "time only"] 04.11.1944 - 18.09.1945 on staff of Commodore (D) Eastern Fleet [HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship)] (in lieu of specialist Gunnery Officer) 01.11.1945 - 04.1946 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 30.04.1946 - 31.12.1946 staff officer for RC training, HMS Valkyrie (RDF training establishment, Regent Camp, Douglas, Isle of Man 01.01.1947 - 18.05.1948 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 19.05.1948 - 27.07.1949 HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) 28.07.1949 - 01.01.1954 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (as instructor officer (international long course), Officer-in-Charge Tipner Area & for book writing duties, and finally in charge of Book Writing Section)
Winstanley, John Davenport Younger childe of Archibald Winstanley, master mariner, and ... Howell.	17.12.1921 Southampton district, Hampshire - 13.12.1991 Taunton Dean district, Somerset	Midsh. RNR 01.05.1938 A/S.Lt. RNR 17.12.1941 S.Lt. RNR 17.12.1942 Lt. RNR 01.01.1944 Lt. 25.01.1945, seniority 01.01.1943 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1951 Cdr. 31.12.1958 Capt. 31.12.1967 (retd 17.12.1976) CBE 01.01.1977 New Year 1977	Joined Merchant Navy, 1938. 29.08.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Kingston (K class destroyer) 29.01.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Amber (Gem class trawler) 10.11.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Burwell (Town class destroyer) 20.09.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for miscellaneous duties) 25.10.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Bullen (Captain class frigate) (01.1945)     no appointment listed; 25.01.1945 transferred to RN 19.01.1945 - (07.1946) HMS Petard (P class destroyer) 07.04.1947 - (07.)1948 HMS Seagull (as Assistant Surveyor 3rd Class) 20.12.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Dalrymple (05.1950)     HMS Dalrymple * 09.06.1951 - (05.1953) HMS Scott (07.1954)     HMS Scott * 19.11.1954 - (01.)1956 HMS Cook 24.06.1956 - (01.1957) Commanding Officer, HMS Dalrymple & as Hydrographer-in-Charge 31.12.1958 - (01.1959) a Naval Assistant, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.07.1960 - (07.1961) Commanding Officer, HMS Dampier & as Hydrographer-in-Charge 29.03.1962 - (02.1964) a Naval Assistant, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.01.1968 - (02.1969) Assistant Director (Naval) to the Hydrographer of the Navy, Navy Department
Winter, Peter	03.09.1917 - 07.08.1996 Eastbourne district, Sussex	Midsh. (A) 01.05.1939 A/S.Lt. (A) 03.09.1939 S.Lt. (A) 14.03.1940 Lt. (A) 01.11.1941 A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 01.10.1943? Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1949 Cdr. 30.06.1956 (retd c. 1965) DSC 02.12.1941 attack Durazzo Bundin etc. [investiture 17.02.1942]	01.05.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (Devonport) (for training) (04.1940)   Fleet Air Arm 823 Squadron FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (02.1941) HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt) * ? - 16.06.1941 observer, 815 Squadron FAA  [HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)] [failed to return after an attack on the Vichy French Destroyer Chevaliere Paul; captured] 16.06.1941 - (1942?) POW in French, then Italian captivity (in Rhodes) 15.06.1942 - (08.)1942 observer, HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) 09.1942 - (06.)1943 Air Signals Officer, HMS Kipanga (RN Air Station, Killindini, Kenya) 16.06.1943 - (08.)1943 Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.09.1943 - (10.)1943 observer, HMS Ukussa (RN Air Station, Katukurunda, Ceylon) 01.10.1943 - (04.)1944 Air Signals Officer on staff of Rear Admiral Naval Air Stations Indian Ocean [HMS Bherunda] 05.1944 - (06.)1944 observer, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 06.1944 - (10.1944) on staff of Rear Admiral Naval Air Stations Indian Ocean [HMS Bherunda] 12.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier) 14.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn) 07.08.1946 - (07.1948) HMS Mercury II (Admiralty signal and radar establishment) 1948/49?     transferred to Seaman Branch 04.04.1949 - (05.1949) HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Londonderry) 07.02.1950 - (05.1950) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 06.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Theseus 18.01.1954 - (01.)1957 HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 15.07.1957 - (01.1959) Executive Officer, HMS Diligence ? - (07.)1961 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 23.10.1961 - (02.1964) HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore) (Command Work Study Officer and Commander in chage of FWS Team No. 16) * indexed, but not listed as such
Wippell, Arthur Cyril	21.05.1886 Exeter district, Devon - 16.10.1971	... ... Eng.Cdr. 30.06.1922 (retd 21.05.1936) Eng.Capt. (retd) 21.05.1936 (reverted to retd < 04.1946) LegH 12.12.1919 for distinguished services	09.08.1906     entered RN ... - ... ... 05.09.1922 - (01.1925) HMS Egmont (RN base, Malta) (for duty with ships and vessels under orders of Rear-Admiral Malta and for training of Malta RNR Stokers) 18.03.1926 - (06.)1928 staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS President] (and for charge of workshops &c) 07.1928 - (04.1930) HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) 19.01.1931 - (06.)1933 staff, Commander-in-Chief Plymouth [HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport)] 27.12.1933 - (02.)1936 HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 15.06.1939 - 01.1943 staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS President] 01.1943 - (07.1945) Base Engineer Officer, HMS Dartmouth (RN base, Dartmouth)
Wisden, John Patrick	14.10.1901 - 29.08.1940	... ... Lt. 15.09.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1931	... - ... ... 30.04.1940 - 29.08.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Bulldog (B class destroyer) [died of wounds after bombing of the ship]
Wise, Cyril Hubert Surtees Son of Horatio Peter Stanley Wise (1882-1953), and Dora Rice. Married ((09?).1948, St Marylebone district, London) Magaret Isobel Phelps Herbert (née McKenzie) (25.02.1917 - 28.02.1992); one son.	20.02.1913 Croydon district, Surrey - 14.05.1982 Hammersmith district, London	Cadet 01.05.1930 Midsh. 01.01.1931 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1933 S.Lt. 16.09.1933 Lt. 16.09.1935 Lt.Cdr. 16.09.1943 Lt.Cdr. (L) 14.10.1946, seniority 16.09.1943 Cdr. (L) 31.12.1947 Capt. (L) 31.12.1957 R.Adm. (L) 07.07.1965 (retd 27.09.1967) CB 10.06.1967 HM's birthday 1967 [investiture 11.07.1967] MBE 01.01.1943 New Year 1943 [investiture 06.04.1943] 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - Pac St - - WM 39|45 - -	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. CEng, FIEE, ... - ... ... 05.05.1938     specialist torpedo course [HMS Vernon] (02.1939) - (07.1939) no appointment listed 24.07.1939 - (08.)1939 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for Instructional Department) 24.08.1939 - 07.03.1940 Torpedo Officer, HMS Enterprise (E class cruiser) 14.03.1940 - (12.)1940 Torpedo Officer, HMS Aurora (Arethusa class cruiser) 10.01.1941 - 30.05.1941 Torpedo Officer, HMS Galatea (Arethusa class cruiser) & as Squadron Torpedo Officer 30.05.1941 - (12.)1941 Torpedo Officer, HMS Aurora (Arethusa class cruiser) (MBE) 12.1941 - (04.)1942 staff, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Portsmouth) (06.1942) - (04.1943) HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) * 04.05.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (for Electrical Department, later for miscellaneous duties) 01.04.1944 - (10.1946) Torpedo Officer, HMCS Ontario (Minotaur class cruiser) 14.10.1946     transferred to Electrical Branch (04.1947)     no appointment listed (10.1947)     HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) * ... - ... ...       Training Commander, HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) 1953     student, RN Staff College 1954     Electrical Officer, HMS Cumberland (Kent class cruiser) 1956     Admiralty [HMS President] 1958     student, Imperial Defence College 1959 - 1963 Assistant Director Weapons Department (Surface Division), Admiralty [HMS President] 1963 - 1965 Commanding Officer, HMS Collingwood (RN Electrical School, Fareham, Hampshire) 1965 - 1967 Inspector-General, Fleet Maintenance and Chief Staff Officer (Technical), Western Fleet (CB) Principal, Technical Training Institute of the Royal Saudi Air Force at Dhahran (1968-1970); General Manager, Airwork Services Ltd, at Dhahran (1970). Voluntary Services Organiser, St Stephen’s Hospital, Fulham (1976-1982).

 

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