Royal Navy (RN) Warrant Officer & Lower Deck Personnel 1939-1945

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Royal Navy Warrant Officers & Lower Deck Personnel 1939-1945

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Abbey,
H W
H.W. Abbey

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?
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Telegraphist RNVR

Education: Dulwich College (1936-1942).

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Clifford,
Graham Frank
G.F. Clifford (Photo courtesy of Fiona Clifford McAllister)

Married ((12?).1944, Leicester district, Leicestershire) Hazel E. Hewett; three daughters.

24.05.1922
Dunoon, Argyllshire, Scotland
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Ord.Sea.	? [FX 78914]
Petty Officer (Air)	15.04.1946
Lt. (A)	01.05.1947 (retd 1949/50?)

			served on the HMS Renown (battlecruiser); he was a gunner on the Walrus and a pilot on the Firefly
(07.1948)			no appointment listed
12.10.1948	-	(05.1949)	HMS Hornbill (RN Air Station, Culham, Berkshire) (for miscellaneous duties)

* indexed, but not listed as such

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Ettinger,
Beryl Margaret
(née Weatherall)
B.M. Ettinger

Daughter of Ernest Weatherall, Nottingham.

06.06.1921
Chilmark, Wiltshire
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WRNS:
Prob. Wren	25.08.1943 [70811]
Wren	09.09.1943

25.08.1943	-	08.09.1943	trainee, HMS Pembroke III (WRNS accounting base, London)
09.09.1943	-	02.01.1944	wireless telegraphy trainee, HMS Pembroke III (WRNS accounting base, London) [unpaid leave 13-29.12.1943]
03.01.1944	-	06.04.1944	wireless telegraphy trainee, HMS Victory III (RN accounting base, Wantage, Berkshire) (for Soberton Towers)
07.04.1944	-	09.05.1944	wireless telegraphy trainee (S.O.), HMS Pembroke III (WRNS accounting base, London)
10.05.1944	-	10.11.1944	wireless telegraphy (S.O.) duties, HMS Paragon (minsweeper base, Hartlepool) (for RN W/T Station, Scarborough)

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Fisher,
Joseph
J. Fisher

20.10.1913
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died between 08.1973 and 08.1977 ??

Ord.Sea.	19.01.1937
A/Gnr. (T)	15.09.1945
Gnr. (T)	1946?, seniority 15.09.1945
A/Lt.	05.01.1949
Lt.	09.05.1947
Lt.Cdr.	09.05.1955 (retd 23.10.1958)

19.01.1937			joined RN
06.02.1946	-	(04.1946)	HMS Vigilant
(07.1948)			no appointment listed
(05.1949)			no appointment listed
(05.1950)			no appointment listed
13.02.1953	-	(07.1954)	HMS Cleopatra (Reserve Fleet)
(04.1955)			HMS Cleopatra (Reserve Fleet) *
02.05.1955	-	(01.)1957	HMS Cochrane (Rosyth Maritime Headquarters) (for miscellaneous duties)
15.10.1957	-	24.09.1958	HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Fraser,
Andrew
"Andy"
A. Fraser (Photo courtesy of Mr Donald Fraser)

04.12.1925
-
04.06.2006

Ordinary Seaman	? [J/X 642099]
Able Seaman 3rd class	?

28.04.1944	-	06.06.1944	HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)
07.06.1944	-	28.06.1944	HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
29.06.1944	-	30.06.1944	13th MTB Flotilla
01.07.1944	-	18.09.1944	HM MTB 212 (motor torpedo boat)
19.09.1944	-	12.10.1944	HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
13.10.1944	-	02.11.1944	HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, nr Portsmouth)
03.11.1944	-	26.12.1944	HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria)
27.12.1944	-	01.03.1945	Air/Sea Rescue 55th Flotilla
02.03.1945	-	30.09.1945	HM ML 869 (motor launch) [attached to 3rd Commando Brigade, 14th Army, Burma]
01.10.1945	-	30.11.1945	HM ML 869 (motor launch)
12.1945	-	04.08.1946	HM ML 1479 (motor launch)

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Mellor,
Arthur D
"Bob"
C.A. Miles

Son of Arthur Bagshawe Mellor, and Ada Stirland.

03.04.1924
Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire
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Safety Bay, Western Australia, Australia

Stoker 2nd class	15.07.1942
Leading Motor Mechanic	?
Petty Officer Motor Mechanic	?
Acting Chief Motor Mechanic 4th class	? (reld 01.07.1946)

			HM MGB 53 (motor gun boat)
			HM MGB 55 (motor gun boat)
			HM MTB 604 (motor torpedo boat)
			HM MTB 751 (motor torpedo boat)

Miles,
Charles Alfred
C.A. Miles

15.11.1906
Bethnal Green, Poplar district, London
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Leading Stoker

? [Kx 76695]

(06.1935)			HMS Kellett (surveying vessel)
1940s			HMS Ajax (cruiser)

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Seally,
Reginald Henry
"Reg"
W.J. Seally

Son of Walter Henry Seally (1898-1926), an Ordinary, then Able Seaman RN 1914-1922, and Constance May Nelson.
Brother of Lt. Walter John Seally, RN.

16.09.1926
Twickenham, Brentford district, Middlesex
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10.2009 still alive

Ordinary Seaman	10.1944
Electrical Mechanic	?
Petty Officer Electrical	? (reld 07.1947?)

			HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton)
			HMS Simbang (RN Air Station, Sembawang, Singapore)

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Teague,
Douglas Frank
D.F. Teague (Photo courtesy of Leslie Teague)

Married ((03?).1937, West Bromwich district, Shropshire / Staffordshire / Warwickshire / Worcestershire) Phyllis A. Bates.

15.11.1902
Avonmouth, Bristol district, Gloucestershire
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1971
Gloucestershire

Stoker	? [K63426]
Chief Petty Officer	?

1924	-	1927	HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Atlantic)
1927	-	1930	HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China)
1931	-	1935	HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (Africa)
1935	-	1937	HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet)
1937	-	1941	HMS Falmouth (escort vessel) (China)
1941	-	1946	blank period in record (due to Navy Writers being seconded to more pressing duties i.e. the war effort)

Thelan,
...
... Thelan

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Stoker 2nd class

? [?]

10.1941	-	05.1946	naval service:
			HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness)
			HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
			HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland
			HM MGB 51 (motor gun boat)
			HM MGB 65 (motor gun boat)
12.1942	-	02.1943	HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
02.1943	-	08.1943	HMS ....
08.1943	-	09.1943	HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
09.1943	-	01.1946	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)

Tronson,
Robert du Coudré
R. du C. Tronson

Son of Cdr. Hillam Tronson, RNR, and Dilys G. Jones.

18.05.1924
Chilmark, Wiltshire
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27.11.2008

?	? [R.264389]

Medals

served Merchant Navy (& Royal Navy ?) in Atlantic convoys

Television director.

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Weller,
Robert Edwin
R.E. Weller (Photo courtesy of Mrs Liz Hollis)

Son of Herbert Edwin Weller, and Bertha Elizabeth Weller (née Gurney).
Married (05.09.1945, Surrey SE) Dylis M. Laker *; two daughters.

* She re-married, to Ivor K. Mott, 01.1993

13.07.1919
Godstone district, Surrey
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18.09.1988
Haywards Heath district, West Sussex

Petty Officer

? [P/MX 62473]

1940	-	22.05.1941	HMS Fiji (cruiser) (survived the sinking of the ship off Crete)
1942	-	1944	HMS Petard (destroyer) (was on board during the capture and sinking of the U-559 and the recovering of code books and enigma machine)
1945			HMS Blencathra (destroyer)

Williams,
Thomas Brynmor
J.A. Wilkinson

22.04.1925
Ynyswen, Treorchy, South Wales
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2009

Able Bodied Seaman

? [JX 564000]

21.04.1943	-	28.08.1946	served RN
			HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft)

Windle,
Gerald McNeil
G.M. Windle

Son of William Windle, and Ellen Mary G. McNeil.
Married (19.02.1945) Margaret Helen Walker.

03.04.1925
Balham, Wandsworth district, London
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12.03.1987
Spilsby, Spilsby district, Lincolnshire

Ordinary Seaman	18.03.1943 [P/JX 429803 & P/MX 636659]
Motor Mechanic	09.11.1943
Petty Officer Motor Mechanic	03.04.1945
Tempoary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (E) RNVR	29.12.1945
Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E) RNVR	29.06.1946 (for dispersal 01.01.1948) (reld 25.02.1948)

Tractor driver.

18.03.1943	-	25.04.1943	quarter deck trainee, HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire)
26.04.1943	-	07.05.1943	HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
08.05.1943	-	17.09.1943	RN Training Unit, Wimbledon
18.09.1943	-	05.11.1943	RN Training Unit, Fulham
06.11.1943	-	24.11.1943	HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
25.11.1943	-	09.01.1944	HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland)
10.01.1944	-	23.01.1944	HM MGB 56 (motor gun boat)
24.01.1944	-	29.02.1944	HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland)
01.03.1944	-	10.04.1944	HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
11.04.1944	-	12.06.1945	HM MTB 753 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Forte (Coastal Forces base, Falmouth), HMS Watchful & HMS Midge (Minesweeper & Coastal Forces bases, Great Yarmouth)]
13.06.1945	-	31.08.1945	HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
01.09.1945	-	01.09.1945	HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)
02.09.1945	-	21.10.1945	HMS Rosneath (Combined Operations base, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire)
22.10.1945	-	28.12.1945	HMS Rosneath (Combined Operations base, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire) (for ICE School)
29.12.1945	-	06.01.1946	HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; not to join)
07.01.1946	-	13.01.1946	HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for Engineer Officer's charge)
14.01.1946	-	28.01.1946	HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for divisional course)
29.01.1946	-	30.05.1946	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (additional; for landing craft duties)
31.05.1946	-	16.03.1947	HMS Gadfly (minesweeping trawler) [HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham)]
17.03.1947	-	20.04.1947	HMS Drake I (RN base, Devonport) (additional; not to join)
21.04.1947	-	01.01.1948	Engineer Officer, 52nd Training Flotilla [HMS Appledore (Combined Operations training establishment, Appledore)]

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