Royal Navy (RN) Officers
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Beattie, John Humphrey Son of Maj. Walter Albert Beattie, MC, South Lancashire Regiment (1893-1950), and Doreen Margaret Hester Bayley (1904-1977).	1928 -	Cadet (Special Entry) 01.09.1945 Midsh 01.09.1946 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1948 S.Lt. 21.10.1949, seniority 01.01.1948 A/Lt. 01.11.1949 Lt. 12.06.1950, seniority 01.11.1949 (retd 17.05.1957)	01.09.1945 special entry cadet (07.1948) no appointment listed (05.1950) HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) * 18.03.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Rattlesnake (Algerine class minesweeper) (01.1956) HMS Vernon (training establishment, Portsmouth) * * indexed, but not listed as such Worked for Decca Radar. Published technical papers & articles on radar, navigation, etc.

 

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Dannreuther, Hubert Edward Youngest son of late Prof. Edward George Dannreuther (1844-1905) [pianist, conductor, writer and lecturer on music], and Chariclea Anthea Euterpe (Ionides) Dannreuther (1844-1923). Married (26.09.1916; London) Jane Hay (1890-1984), youngest daughter of late John Hay Thorburn; three sons: Hubert Harold [Capt., RN];  Ion Alexander [Capt., RA]; Raymond Portal [Capt., RN]	12.12.1880 London - 12.08.1977 Hastings, East Sussex	Midsh ? A/S.Lt. 15.10.1900 S.Lt. 08.01.1902, seniority 15.10.1900 Lt. 15.10.1902 Cdr. 31.12.1914 Capt. 30.06.1920 Cdre. 2nd cl. 02.11.1931 R.Adm. 15.10.1932 (retd 16.10.1932) DSO 15.09.1916 loss of HMS Invincible * MID 03.03.1915 Battle of Falkland Islands Order of St Anne, 3rd Class, with Swords; French Croix de Guerre with palms, 02.11.1917 * The senior of the two surviving officers of the "Invincible". Up till the moment when the ship blew up Commander Dannreuther controlled the fire of "Invincible" in a manner which produced visible and overwhelming results on the enemy.	Education: Privately; HMS Britannia 1895 joined HMS Britannia 1896 chief cadet Captain 1911 - 1912 Gunnery Lieutenant of HMS Exmouth, Flagship of Mediterranean Fleet (commanded Guard of Honour on official landing of the King at Malta, 01.1912) (08.1914) - 31.05.1916 First and Gunnery Lieutenant of HMS Invincible (battlecruiser) (in action of Heligoland Bight 28.08.1914; also when Flagship of Vice-Adm. Sturdee at Battle of Falkland Islands, 08.12.1914 (despatches, promoted to Commander); senior of six survivors when ship was sunk, 31.05.1916 (despatches, DSO)) 1916 - 1919 Commander [= Executive Officer], HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 1919 - 1920 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 1920 - 1923 Vice-President, Chemical Warfare Committee 14.10.1924 - 1926 CO HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 08.03.1927 - 11.03.1929 Captain Superintendent of Training and in command of the Flinders Naval Depôt, Australia [HMAS Cerberus] (08.1929) na appointment listed 18.10.1929 - (02.)1931 CO HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 02.11.1931 - (09.)1932 Commodore of RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 1939? Assistant Director General, Control Division, Ministry of Information

 

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Finigan, Thomas Alphonsus	11.07.1921 - 13.03.1988 Walsall, Staffordshire	A/S.Lt. (S) 15.05.1947 S.Lt. (S) 19.01.1948, seniority 15.05.1947 Lt. (S) 15.11.1948 A/Lt.Cdr. (S) 11.04.1953 Lt.Cdr. (S) 23.02.1954, seniority 11.04.1953 (retd 14.08.1958)	01.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Triumph (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 02.1949 - (05.1950) for duty in Admiral's Office, Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 09.04.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Warrington, Lancashire) 06.01.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier) ? - (01.1957) HMS Mercury (signal school, near Petersfield)

 

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Garnett, Sir Ian David Graham Son of late Capt. Ian Graham Hartt Garnett, DSC, RN and Barbara Anne Langrishe (née Hackett). Married (1973) Charlotte Mary Anderson; one son (James), two daughters (Philippa & Georgina).	27.09.1944 Surrey -	Cadet 01.09.1962 Lt. 01.03.1967 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1975 Cdr. 1978 Capt. 31.12.1983 R.Adm. 1993 V.Adm. 08.1995 Adm. 09.2001 (retd 12.2004) KCB ? ?	Education: Canford School; BRN College Dartmouth 1962 entered RN HMS London HMS Beachampton HM Yacht Britannia 1968 - 1969 flying training (qualified as an anti-submarine warfare helicopter pilot) 1969 - 1970 HMS Hermes, 814 Squadron 1971 - 1972 Loan Service, RAN (HMAS Melbourne) 1973 - 1974 HMS Tiger, 826 Squadron 1974 - 1976 Warfare Officer (HMS Blake; Operations Officer, HMS Naiad) 1977 - 1978 Senior Pilot, 820 Squadron 1978 - 1980 Deputy Director, Joint Maritime Ooperations Training School 1981 - 1982 CO HMS Amazon (frigate) (Home Waters, Far East, South Atlantic) 1983 RN staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich 1983 - 1986 Assistant Director (Ships), Operational Requirements Division, Admiralty 1986 - 1988 Captain Fourth Frigate Squadron (HMS Active) 1988 - 1989 CO RN Presentation Team 1989 - 1989 Captain Naval Operational Command Systems 1989 - 1992 Director, Operational Requirements (Sea Systems), Admiralty 1993 - 1995 Flag Officer Naval Aviation 08.1995 - 1999 Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic 02.1999 - 2001 Chief of Joint Operations at the Permanent Joint Headquarters (United Kingdom) 09.2001 - 2004 SACEUR’s Chief of Staff, SHAPE Member, Fleet Air Arm Officers Association, 1992-. Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies, 05.01.2005-.
Gretton, Michael Peter Son of V.Adm. Sir Peter Gretton, KCB, DSO, OBE, DSC, MA and of Dorothy N.G. ("Judy") Gretton (née Du Vivier). Married (1973) Stephanie O'Neill; one son, three daughters.	14.03.1946 -	Cadet 09.1963 Midsh. 09.1964 S.Lt. 01.09.1965 A/Lt. 01.05.1968 Lt. 13.07.1970, seniority 01.12.1967 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1975 A/Cdr. 11.1977 Cdr. 31.12.1977 Capt. 30.06.1984 Cdre. 04.1990 R.Adm. 30.04.1993 V.Adm. 10.12.1994 (retd 04.1998) CVO 31.12.2004 New Year 05 CB 31.12.1997 New Year 98	Education: Ampleforth College; Britannia RN College Dartmouth; Trinity College, Oxford (BA PPE; MA) 09.1963 - 08.1964 Cadet, Britannia RN College Dartmouth and HMS Torquay 09.1964 - 08.1965 Midshipman, HMS Tiger 09.1965 - 07.1968 Trinity College, Oxford 09.1968 - 10.1969 training at Britannia RN College Dartmouth & Sub-Lieutenant's course 11.1969 - 07.1970 HMS Rothesay 08.1970 - 12.1971 HMS Ark Royal 04.1972 - 12.1973 CO HMS Bossington 01.1974 - 09.1974 HMS Dryad (for Principal Warfare Officer course) 09.1974 - 12.1976 HMS Bacchante (as Warfare Officer and First Lieutenant) 01.1977 - 10.1977 RN College Greenwich (for Staff Course) 11.1977 - 02.1980 CO HMS Ambuscade 03.1980 - 05.1982 Directorate of Naval Plans, Naval Staff, Ministry of Defence 05.1982 - 11.1984 Staff Officer (Operations) to Flag Officer 3rd Flotilla [HMS Nelson] 01.1985 - 12.1986 Deputy Director of Naval Recruiting (Officers), Naval Staff, Ministry of Defence 01.1987 - 12.1987 Royal College of Defence Studies 08.1988 - 03.1990 CO HMS Invincible 04.1990 - 03.1991 in command of NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic 04.1991 - 07.1993 Director of Naval Staff Duties, Naval Staff, Ministry of Defence 09.1993 - 12.1994 Commander UK Task Group and NATO's Anti­Submarine Warfare Striking Force 12.1994 - 01.1998 Representative of the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in Europe (NATO HQ, Brussels) Governor: St Edward's School, Oxford, 1985-; Farleigh School, Red Rice, 1992-2004; St Mary's School, Shaftesbury, 1999-.... President, RN RFU, 1993-1995. FNI 1994. Director of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme, 1998-2005. Current employment is with World Challenge Expeditions. President of the HMS Whimbrel Battle of the Atlantic Memorial (1942-1949).

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Hallifax, Sir David John Son of V.Adm. Ronald Hamilton Curzon Hallifax and Joanne Mary Hallifax (née Hughes). Married (08.12.1962) Anne Blakiston Houston (b. 08.01.1934); two sons (Thomas Ronald, b. 1965; Matthew William Hughes, b. 1967, d. 1989), one daughter (Louisa Kate, b. 1964)	03.09.1927 - 23.08.1992 (died of Motor Neurone Disease)	Cadet (Special Entry) 01.09.1945 Midsh. 01.09.1946 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1948 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.01.1948 Lt. 01.05.1950 Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1958 Cdr. 31.12.1963 Capt. 31.12.1969 A/R.Adm. ? R.Adm. 07.01.1979 V.Adm. 01.04.1982 Adm. 06.01.1986 (retd 1987) KCB 11.06.1983 HM's birthday 83 KCVO 30.04.1992 ? KBE 11.10.1982 operations South Atlantic	Education: Winchester College 01.09.1945 special entry cadet (07.1948) no appointment listed 07.10.1949 - 1951 HMS Chameleon (minesweeping, Gulf of Salonika) 25.08.1952 - (05.1953) CO MTB 5008 1954 Long TAS Course 10.10.1955 - (02.1956) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (miscellaneous duties) 1956 HMS Salerno (Suez crisis) HMS Whirlwind (West Indies) 1959 Staff College, Camberley 01.01.1960 - (07.1961) First Lieutenant, HMS Ulster 05.02.1962 - (02.1963) Squadron TAS Officer, 2nd Frigate Squadron [HMS Undaunted] 1964 - 1965 CO HMS Agincourt (02.1969) HMS Hampshire * (07.1971) Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Policy) * 1972 Royal College of Defence Studies 1973 - 1975 CO HMS Fife Director of Naval Operational Requirements, Ministry of Defence 1978 - 1980 Flag Officer, First Flotilla 1980 - 1982 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Fleet (Northwood HQ) 1982 - 1984 Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (11.1985) no appointment listed 1986 - 1987 Commandant, Royal College of Defence Studies Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle, 1988-92. * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Martin, James Son of William Martin and Bridget Martin (née McSheffrey) of Derry City, N. Ireland. Married 1st Jayne Campbell (widowed). Married 2nd May Boyle; one son.	1897 Derry City, Northern Ireland - 04.1991 Coleraine, Northern Ireland	Schoolmaster * 04.09.1920 Schoolmaster ** 21.02.1935 (retd 06.04.1938; own request) * Warrant Rank ** Commissioned Officer from Warrant Rank	Education: St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin; St Columb's College, Derry 04.04.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Cambrian (light cruiser) 01.01.1925 - (01.)1925 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 01.10.1925 - (07.1927) HMNZS Diomede (cruiser) [lent to Royal New Zealand Navy] 01.10.1928 - (04.)1930 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton, Hampshire) 14.07.1930 - (10.)1930 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 03.10.1930 - (09.1932) HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (China) 01.11.1933 - (07.)1937 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 27.08.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Neptune (cruiser) (Africa) Principal of Boleran elementary School, Garvah, County Derry, N. Ireland 1938-1970.
McKinlay, Alfred White Married ((12?).1909, district of Camberwell).	(09?).1877 Portsmouth, Hampshire - died between 07.1959 and 07.1962	Midsh ? A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. ? Eng.Lt. ? Eng.Lt.Cdr. ? Eng.Cdr. 01.12.1916 Eng.Capt. 31.12.1923 Eng.R.Adm. 28.01.1929 (retd 24.04.1933; own request) OBE 11.06.1919 for valuable services as Engineer Officer of destroyers, and in charge of repairs to machinery of Grand Fleet destroyers	01.10.1924 - (01.1925) Fleet Engineer Officer, China Station [HMS Hawkins (cruiser)] 28.04.1927 - (07.1927) Senior Engineer Officers Course, RN College, Greenwich (08.1929) no appointment listed (04.1930) short course of instruction 23.04.1930 - (09.1932) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport)]

 

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Welby-Everard, Roger Earle Son of Capt. Philip Herbert Earle Welby-Everard, OBE, DSC, RN, and ....	? - Caythorpe, Grantham, Lincolnshire	Cadet 01.09.1960 Midsh ? A/S.Lt. 01.09.1962 S.Lt. 02.04.1965, seniority 01.09.1962 Lt. 01.06.1965 (retd 06.03.1971; own request)	1961 - 1963 Midshipman, HMS Cavalier (02.1963) The Britannia RN College, Dartmouth * (02.1968) - (02.1969) HMS Resolution * * indexed, but not listed as such Assistant Editor (On-line), The Naval Review.

 

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