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Caddy, L.M.S. to
Currie, A.J.

  
Caddy, L.M.S.  to  Currie, A.J.
Caddy,
Lovell Mary [S] (née Scott)
 (Mrs.)
L.M.S. Caddy
Married ((09)).1927, Wirral, Cheshire) ... Caddy.
 (09?).1902
Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside
-
C/O
 		29.11.1942
       
Cameron,
Marian Louisa
 (Mrs)
M.L. Cameron		 ?
-
C/O
 		17.07.1939
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 ?
02.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Victory III (accounting section, Wantage, Berks)
Carpenter,
Joan
 (Miss)
J. Carpenter		 ?
-
Supt.
 		19.06.1939
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 02.06.1943
 HM's birthday 43
05.08.1944 - (07.1945) Deputy Director Welfare, WRNS HQ, Admiralty [HMS Pembroke III]
Catchpool,
Mary
(Miss)
M. Catchpool (Photo courtesy of Mr Michael Boxall)
Married (post-war) Reginald Charles Boxall (died 1967, aged 49); one son.
 01.11.1919
Carlisle, Cumbria
-
03.11.2001
Worthing, West Sussex
3/O
08.04.1944
2/O
 		15.10.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
23.05.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Prosperine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow) (for security duty)
Cecil,
Anne Mary Gascoyne 
(Miss)
M.I. Chatfield-Gilbert
Married (1945/46?) David Wilson, a Canadian naval officer.
 29.07.1918
-
Wren
 		?
3/O
 		22.04.1940
A/2/O
 		03.09.1941
2/O
26.10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
(02.1941)
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)
08.09.1943
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)
15.05.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Pembroke III (for WRNS training and drafting depots; duty at Princess Gardens)
Chatfield-Gilbert,
Marie Isobel
 (Mrs.)
M.I. Chatfield-Gilbert		 ?
-
C/O
 		01.01.1945
       
Cholmondeley,
the Marchioness of;
Sassoon, Sybil Rachel Betty Cecile
S.R.B.C. Sassoon, Marchioness of Cholmondeley
Daughter of Sir Edward Albert Sassoon (1856-1912), 2nd Bt, and Baroness Aline Caroline de Rothschild (1865-1909). Sister of Rt.Hon. Sir Philip Sassoon, PC, 3rd Bt, GBE, MP. Married (06.08.1913) George Horatio Charles Cholmondeley (19.05.1883-16.09.1968), since 1938 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley; two sons, one daughter.
 20.01.1894
London
-
26.12.1989
Houghton Hall, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Supt.
09.02.1945
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 1946
12.11.1939
 -
 		1946
 		Chief Staff Offcier to Director WRNS, WRNS HQ, Admiralty [HMS Pembroke III]
Literature: Peter Stansky. Sassoon : the worlds of Philip and Sybil (2003)
Cowie,
Margaret Elizabeth (née Lawrenson)
 (Mrs.)

M.I. Chatfield-Gilbert		 22.08.1918
-
03.2008 still alive
3/O
 		28.02.1942?
2/O
28.02.1944
1/O
 		01.01.1946
28.02.1942
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth)
03.07.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		in charge, WRNS, West Hartlepool [HMS Paragon (minesweepers base, Hartlepool)]
01.03.1946
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary)
Currie,
Agnes Jean
 (Miss)
A.J. Currie
Daughter of late John Currie, 31 Westbourne Gardens, Glasgow, W.
 30.05.1899
[Glasgow, Scotland ?]
-
17.10.1968
[Aldeburgh, Suffolk ?]
2/O
 		12.10.1939
1/O
 		1940?
C/O
 		27.07.1940
Supt.
21.02.1941 (reld 11.05.1946)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 14.06.1945
 HM's birthday 45 [investiture 19.11.46]
Education: Laurel Bank School, Glasgow; The Mount School, York; also Switzerland; WRNS Officers' Training Course, Greenwich
12.10.1939
 -
 		11.05.1946
 		WRNS service:
?
 -
 		(04.1940)
 		HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland)
?
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover)
21.02.1941
 -
 		03.10.1943
 		on Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)]
28.01.1944
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		Superintendent, WRNS Training [HMS Pembroke III]
25.08.1944
 -
 		(10.)1944
 		on Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)]
20.11.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		on Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory III]
(04.1946)

no appointment listed
 
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