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Yates, A.V.S.
to
Yunge-Bateman, J.E.J.

 
A.V.S. Yates  to  J.E.J. Yunge-Bateman
Yates,
Andrew Vavasour Scott

 Son of Oswald Vavasour & Margaret Jane Yates.
 27.10.1900
Bradford Abbas, Sherborne, Dorset
-
06.1991
Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire
Lt.
 		15.08.1920
Lt.Cdr.
 		15.08.1928 (retd)
Cdr. (retd)
 		27.10.1940
A/Capt.
 		? (reverted to retd < 04.1946)
Member of the Royal Victorian Order MVO
 ?
 ?
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Mercury
Extra Gentleman Usher to the Queen.
FIEE.
Yates,
Colin Peel
C.P. Yates 		?
-
Lt.
 		01.10.1935
Lt.Cdr.
 		01.10.1943
?
 -
 		(07.)1945
 		HMS Nile
07.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Navigating Officer, HMS Formidable
Yates,
Francis Bertrand
F.B. Yates 		1888 ?
-
Lt.
 		?
El.Lt.Cdr. (Spec. Res.)
 		28.05.1918
El.Cdr. (Spec.Res.)
 		?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 ?
 ?
(07.1945)
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Nile *
Yates,
Gerald Douglas
G.D. Yates 		22.07.1893
Macket
-
died between 07.1952 and 07.1959
Lt.
 		15.03.1916
Lt.Cdr.
 		15.03.1924
Cdr.
 		31.12.1929
Capt.
 		31.12.1936 (retd 21.11.1945)
King Haakon VII's Liberty Medal (Norway) Hkn
 26.08.1947
 services to Norway
24.07.1918
 -
 		(01.1919)
 		Gunnery Officer, HMS Abdiel (flotilla leader)
01.02.1923
 -
 		(01.1925)
 		HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for training and divisional duties with New Entries Boys and Probationary RNR (Men))
15.04.1925
 -
 		(05.1926)
 		HMS Effingham (cruiser) (East Indies)
01.03.1927
 -
 		(07.)1927
 		RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
15.09.1927
 -
 		(08.1929)
 		HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
(04.1930)

no appointment listed
01.07.1930
 -
 		(01.)1932
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Fowey (sloop) (East Indies Station)
08.09.1932
 -
 		(01.1934)
 		Operations Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President]
12.02.1935
 -
 		(02.1936)
 		RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake]
(02.1937)

no appointment listed
22.03.1937
 -
 		(04.)1939
 		Deputy Director of Personal Services (Manning), Personal Services Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
(08.1939)

no appointment listed
08.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Penelope (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
16.10.1940
 -
 		09.05.1943
 		lent to RAN (London Depot)
17.12.1940
 -
 		(08.1942)
 		Commanding Officer, HMAS Cerberus & as Captain Superintendent of Training
05.1943
 -
 		06.1944
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Ameer (escort carrier)
? -
 		21.11.1945
 		also: Naval ADC to the King
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
Yates,
Harry
H. Yates 		?
-
Cd.Gnr.
 		07.03.1927
Lt. (retd)
 		01.04.1937
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
 		01.05.1944
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
Yates,
Richard Scott
R.S. Yates 		?
-
Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D)
 		05.12.1943 (emgcy 05.04.1944)
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Eaton College
Yates,
Sidney Roland
S.R. Yates 		(12?).1906
Devonport, Devon
-
1991
Devon
T/Wt. Writer
 		02.06.1944
16.07.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Merganser
Yates,
Terence Birley
T.B. Yates 		(06?).1910
Ipswich, Suffolk
-
Cdr. (E)
 		31.12.1943
04.11.1944
 		-
 		(04.1946) an Engineer Inspector, Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Yates,
William John
W.J. Yates 		?
-
Gnr.
 		?
Lt.
 		01.10.1941
Mention in Despatches MID
 22.09.1942
 Operation Harpoon
Mention in Despatches MID
 19.11.1945
 Operation Cleaver
(1942)

HMS Blankney
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Grecian
04.02.1946
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Chance
Yates-Christie,
David Lindsay
D.L. Yates-Christie (Photo courtesy of Melissa Parnell) 		16.07.1898
Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
-
26.02.1964
Worthing, West Sussex
Lt.
 		15.09.1919 (retd 14.06.1922)
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
15.09.1927
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
 ?
 ?
Victory Medal VM
 ?
 ?
Special Constabulary Long Services Medal SC LSM
 ?
 ?
25.08.1939
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS President (Admiralty) (for special and miscellaneous services)
22.07.1941
 -
 		12.1941
 		HMS Paragon (RN base, Hartlepool)
12.1941
 -
 		(10.1943)
 		HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) *
(04.1944)
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		no appointment listed
(10.1944)

HMS Skirmisher (RN base, Milford Haven) **
(07.1945)
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		no appointment listed
* (12.1943) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
** indexed, but not listed as such
Yaxley,
Bertram Ronald
B.R. Yaxley 		07.04.1892
Hackney, London
-
T/Wt. Wardmaster
 		26.07.1943 [M7122] (reld < 04.1946)
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Naval Hospital Sherborne
Yeates,
Frank Edward
F.E. Yeates 		13.03.1891
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
?
 		? [272253]
Eng.Cdr.
 		30.06.1933 (retd)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
 01.01.1949
 New Year 49
23.07.1940
 -
 		(04.1946) HMS Drake (to assist Engineer Rear-Admiral)
Yeates,
V A
V.A. Yeates 		?
-
T/Schoolm.
 		04.03.1940
09.03.1944
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport)
Yeatman,
Morgan John
M.J. Yeatman		 12.1895
UK
-
09.05.1968
Fernhurst, Sussex
Lt.
 		15.07.1917
Lt.Cdr.
 		15.07.1925
Cdr.
 		30.06.1931 (retd 18.12.1945)
A/Capt.
 		13.12.1941
Capt. (retd)
 		18.12.1945
1908

joined RN
1914
 -
 		1918
 		served in destroyers
24.10.1915
 -
 		(01.1919)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Minion (destroyer)
21.05.1923
 -
 		(08.1923)
 		Haslar CMB Base [HMS Vernon] (for command of CMB's)
20.11.1924
 -
 		(01.1925)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Clematis (sloop) (Mediterranean)
20.11.1924
 -
 		(10.1926)
 		Executive Officer, HMS Clematis (sloop) (Mediterranean)
13.07.1927
 -
 		(08.1929)
 		HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
06.01.1930
 -
 		(02.)1931
 		RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
22.11.1931
 -
 		(09.1932)
 		Commander, HMS Vindictive (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet)
16.01.1933
 -
 		(01.1934)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Chrysanthemum (sloop) (Mediterranean)
22.05.1935
 -
 		(02.)1937
 		Maintenance Commander and for P & RT duties, HMS Pembroke (Chatham)
14.07.1937
 -
 		(04.)1939
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Impregnable (boys' training establishment, St Budeaux)
30.05.1939
 -
 		(09.1939)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) (East Indies)
11.1939
 -
 		(01.)1941
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Sandwich (sloop)
04.01.1941
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS President (for special and miscellaneous duties)
13.12.1941
 -
 		01.1945
 		Chief Staff Officer, Royal New Zealand Navy & Second Naval Member of the NZ Naval Board
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
Yendell,
William John
W.J. Yendell
Eldest son of late Charles Yendell.
Married (1937) Monica Duncan; one daughter.
 		29.12.1903
Exeter, Devon
 -
10.07.1988
[Newtonmore, Inverness­shire ?]
Midsh.
 		15.01.1922
A/S.Lt.
 		15.05.1924
S.Lt.
 		31.10.1925, seniority 30.11.1924
Lt.
 		30.08.1926
Lt.Cdr.
 		30.08.1934
Cdr.
 		31.12.1937
Capt.
30.06.1945
R.Adm.
 		07.07.1954 (retd 1957)

Companion of the Order of the Bath

 CB
 01.01.1957
 New Year 57 [investiture 26.02.57]

-

 -
 11.08.1942
 Medal of Military Merit 1st class (Greece): services to Greece & Alexandria as Greek Naval Liaison Officer Alexandria
- -
 -
 Commander of the Order of Brazilian Naval Merit: inauguration of the Brazilian president 50
Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth
15.05.1923
 -
 		(08.1923)
 		HMS Warspite (battleship)
25.09.1924
 -
 		(01.)1925
 		promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
17.10.1925
 -
 		(05.)1926
 		HMS Delhi (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
11.05.1926
 -
 		(07.1927)
 		HMAS Adelaide (cruiser) [lent to RAN]
27.01.1928
 -
 		(08.)1929
 		HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
29.09.1929
 -
 		(04.)1930
 		qualifying for gunnery duties [HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)]
15.10.1930
 -
 		(02.)1931
 		HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
01.10.1931
 -
 		(09.1932)
 		Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean)
09.05.1933
 -
 		(07.1935)
 		Gunnery Officer, HMS Colombo (cruiser) (East Indies)
17.02.1936
 -
 		(02.)1938
 		Experimental Department, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
03.1938
 -
 		(10.1938)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Bittern (escort vessel) (Portland)
10.01.1939
 -
 		(08.)1939
 		staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
24.08.1939
 -
 		(04.)1940
 		HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services)
15.05.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		lent to Government of Greece [Head of Naval Mission to Greece]
30.07.1941

(02.1943)
 -


 		(02.)1943


 		staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)]
Staff Officer (Operations)
20.02.1943
 -
 		(08.)1943
 		staff Commander-in-Chief, Levant [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)]
10.1943
 -
 		(07.)1945
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Shah (escort carrier)
09.01.1946
 -
 		(10.1947)
 		Naval Adviser to the Director of Armament Development, Ministry of Aircraft Production, later Ministry of Supply [HMS President]
(07.1948)

no appointment listed
04.1950
 -
 		(05.)1950
 		Flag Captain, HMS Glasgow (cruiser) (America and West Indies)
1950

Commanding Officer, HMS Superb (cruiser)
18.06.1951
 -
 		1954
 		Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President]
07.01.1954
 -
 		07.07.1954
 		also: Naval ADC to the Queen
10.1954
 -
 		(01.)1957
 		Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Warfare), Admiralty [HMS President]
Yendoll,
Leonard Godfrey
L.G. Yendoll 		?
-
Sg.Lt.Cdr.
 		?
Sg.Cdr.
 		31.05.1944
Mention in Despatches MID
 08.01.1942
 withdrawal from Crete
Mention in Despatches MID
 05.03.1942
 service to the Army
Education: LMSSA
(1941)
  
 		 
 		7th Destroyer Flotilla
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)
?
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS President
Yeo,
David Andrew
D.A. Yeo 		?
-
Lt. (S)
 		01.09.1940
A/Lt.Cdr. (S)
 		< 04.1946
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Cumberland
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
Yeo,
Frederick Henry
F.H. Yeo
Son of Francis Frederick Yeo.
 05.09.1883
Plymouth, Devon
-
06.09.1952
Gnr.
 		01.08.1914
Cd.Gnr.
 		01.08.1924 (retd 01.04.1937)
Lt. (retd)
 		01.04.1937
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
05.09.1941



served in the ranks (service number 203178)
06.03.1923
 -
 		(08.1923)
 		HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
05.05.1924
 -
 		(05.1926)
 		HMS Revenge (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (for DF & I duties)
08.03.1927
 -
 		(06.1928)
 		RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
14.02.1929
 -
 		(01.)1932
 		HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (for DF & I duties)
14.04.1932
 -
 		28.01.1935
 		HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
29.01.1935
 -
 		(02.)1936
 		HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland)
15.12.1936
 -
 		24.09.1938
 		HMS Caledonia (boys' training ship, Rosyth)
25.09.1938
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Boom Defence Depot Portsmouth [HMS Victory III]
Yeoman,
Archie Jarvis
A.J. Yeoman 		08.05.1904
Kingsbridge, Devon
-
Chief Petty Officer
 		? [D/J 97889]
T/Boatsw.
 		15.04.1944
Mention in Despatches MID
 08.09.1942
 Japanese air attack 05.04.42
(04.1942)
  
 		 
 		HMS Dorsetshire
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Gosling
?
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Braganza
Yeoman,
Thomas
T. Yeoman 		?
-
Lt.
 		15.10.1918
Cdr. (retd)
 		18.04.1937
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
 01.01.1946
 New Year 46
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
Yeomans,
Alfred
A. Yeomans 		21.03.1905
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
-
Chief Petty Officer
 		? [D/J 98462]
T/Boatsw.
 		18.09.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Medal

 DSM
 04.05.1943
 minelaying Mediterranean [award posted]
(1943)
  
 		 
 		HMS Abdiel
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Saunders
Yonge,
Philip Evelyn
P.E. Yonge 		?
-
Lt.Cdr.
 		01.04.1943
Cdr.
 		?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
 01.01.1962
 New Year 62 [investiture 13.03.62]

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 14.11.1944
 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [award posted]
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Kenya
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(1961)
  
 		 
 		HMS Drake
Yonge,
Reginald Anstey
R.A. Yonge 		?
-
Lt.
 		01.04.1907
Cdr. (retd)
 		14.01.1927
(07.1945) -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS President (Admiralty)
Yonge,
William Humphry Nigel
W.H.N. Yonge 		?
-
Lt.
 		01.04.1908
Cdr. (retd)
 		07.05.1927
(07.1945) -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
Yorath,
John Humphrey
J.H. Yorath 		?
-
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
 		15.04.1928 (reld < 04.1946)
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Lucifer
Yorke,
Charles Anthony
C.A. Yorke 		?
-
Lt.Cdr. (E)
 		01.03.1942
A/Cdr. (E)
 		< 07.1945
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Nightjar
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
Yorke,
George Cockburn
G.C. Yorke 		?
-
Lt.
 		16.11.1942
Mention in Despatches MID

05.09.1944

 Operation Lombard
(1944)
  
 		 
 		HMS Furious
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		no appointment listed
?
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Golden Hind
Yorke,
George Courtenay
G.C. Yorke 		?
-
Lt.
 		01.10.1944
23.05.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS London
?
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)
Yorke,
George Lefroy
G.L. Yorke 		?
-
Lt. (E)
 		16.10.1940
Mention in Despatches MID
 07.03.1944
 sinking of Scharnhorst
(1944)
  
 		 
 		HMS Duke of York
(07.1945) -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Chaplet
Yorke,
James John Simon
J.J.S. Yorke
Son of James Hamilton Langdon Yorke and Violet Mary (Vincent) Yorke. Married (29.07.1938, Constant, Nervern, Newport) Bridget Essex, daughter of Adm. Sir Alban T.B. Curteis; two sons, one daughter.
Lived at: Langton Dwrbach, Fishguard (c. 1959).
 		01.09.1912
-
30.04.1963
Midsh.
 		01.09.1930
A/S.Lt.
 		01.01.1933
S.Lt.
 		16.03.1934, seniority 01.07.1933
Lt.
 		01.07.1935
Lt.Cdr.
01.07.1943
Cdr.
 		31.12.1949
Capt.
 		30.06.1955 (General List 01.01.1957) (retd 28.02.1958)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 02.10.1942
 Operation Jubilee (raid on Dieppe, 19.08.42) [investiture 17.11.42]

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 14.11.1944
 Operation Neptune (Normandy landings 06.44) [award posted]
07.01.1930
 -
 		(02.)1931
 		HMS Tiger (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
24.04.1931
 -
 		(09.1932)
 		HMS Emerald (cruiser) (East Indies)
21.08.1933
 -
 		(01.)1934