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Haddon, Henry Rogers	25.07.1898 Hunslet, Leeds district, Yorkshire - 01.08.1955 Thanet district, Kent	Seaman ? [M7085] A/Wt.Eng. 01.01.1927 Wt.Eng. ?, seniority 01.01.1927 Cd.Eng. 01.01.1937 (retd) Lt. (E) (retd) 09.04.1943 (reverted to retd 1943?) DSC 07.04.1942 protection of convoy Western Approaches [decoration posted]	(07.1927)     short course 01.07.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Benbow (battleship) (Atlantic) 16.08.1929 - (02.1931) HMS Despatch (cruiser) (America and West Indies) (01.1932)     no appointment listed 28.03.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Malcolm (flotilla leader) (for minesweepers in reserve) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) (05.1933) - (06.1933) no appointment listed (01.1934)     no appointment listed 21.02.1934 - (02.)1935 HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (East Indies) (and as Assistant to Fleet Engineer Officer) 03.1935 - (06.)1935 HMS Emerald (cruiser) (East Indies) 04.06.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Norfolk (cruiser) (East Indies) 05.06.1936 - (02.)1938 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet) 05.05.1938 - (08.)1939 HMS Fitzroy (surveying ship) (in charge while reduced to Winter complement at Chatham, 07.12.1938) 23.10.1939 - (08.1942) Engineer Officer, HMS Stork (sloop) (02.1943)     no appointment listed
Haddow, Charles Campbell Son of ... Haddow, and ... Shaw.	29.06.1921 Leeds district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 16.08.2000 North Yorkshire	Cadet 01.09.1938 Midsh. 01.09.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1941 S.Lt. ? A/Lt. 01.03.1942 Lt. 1943?, seniority 01.03.1942 (retd 20.06.1946)	01.09.1938 - 01.09.1939 special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Birmingham (cruiser) 06.09.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Venomous (destroyer) 09.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Birmingham (cruiser) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 07.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS P 512 (submarine) 15.03.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Ambrose II (submarine base, Lerwick) (for submarines) 24.08.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Diomede (cruiser) 17.04.1944 - (04.1944) HMS Cicala (Coastal Forces base, Dartmouth) (for MTB duties) 14.04.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 742 (motor torpedo boat) 15.01.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 5015 (motor torpedo boat) 12.11.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Bellona (cruiser)
Haddow, John Renwick Haig   Eldest son of John Haig Haddow and Agnes Alison Haddow, of Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire. Married (08.12.1945, St Mary's Church, Oatlands, Surrey NW district) Beryl Peggy Aileen Hammond ((09?).1919 -  07.06.2008), daughter of Percy S. Hammond, and Emily M. Calver, of Uplawmoor. Beryl Haddow remarried (1962) Dr Kenneth Vassall Calder.	1919 Pollokshields district, Glasgow, Scotland - 28.03.1946 [age 26] [Mearns Cemetery, section F, grave 108]	Midsh. 01.01.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1940 S.Lt. 1941?, seniority 01.04.1940 Lt. 16.11.1941 DSC 22.12.1942 war patrols Mediterranean 08.42 [investiture 09.11.43]	Education: Glasgow Academy (1927-1933). ... - ... ... 15.09.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Juno (destroyer) 01.09.1940 - (10.)1940 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (12.1940) - (04.1941) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] * 12.05.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 23.06.1941 - (12.)1941 HMS H 44 (submarine) 19.12.1941 - (04.)1943 HMS P 42, renamed HMS Unbroken (submarine) (DSC) (06.)1943 - (08.)1943 submarine Commanding Officer's course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 30.08.1943 - 12.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS P 556 (submarine) 15.01.1944 - 02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Visigoth (submarine) (04.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Al Rawdah (submarine accommodation ship, 3rd Submarine Flotilla) * 28.03.1946     on the books of HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield) when he died on active war service, being killed during flying exercises * indexed, but not listed as such
Hadow, Philip Henry	(03?).1903 Paddington, London - 25.11.1942 (KIA) (Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 62, column 3]	Midsh. 15.05.1921 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1923 S.Lt. 19.03.1925, seniority 15.07.1924 Lt. 15.11.1926 Lt.Cdr. 15.11.1934 Cdr. 31.12.1939 MID 23.12.1939 succesful actions against enemy submarines MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk 06.40	28.12.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Malaya (battleship) 18.08.1924 - (01.)1925 promotion course, Portsmouth 10.04.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Sesame (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 05.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Viscount (destroyer) (Mediterranan) 01.01.1930 - (02.1931) First Lieutenant, HMS Tetrarch (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 13.04.1931 - (09.1932) First Lieutenant, HMS Wolfhound (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 31.05.1933 - (07.1935) First Lieutenant, HMS Scarborough (sloop) (America and West Indies Station) 31.01.1936 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS Stronghold (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 30.12.1936 - (02.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Crusader (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 10.05.1937 - (07.1937) tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 07.12.1937 - (08.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Foxhound (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 30.01.1940 - 01.09.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Ivanhoe (destroyer) (sunk) 08.10.1940 - (02.1941) Staff Officer (Operations) to Flag Officer-in-Charge, Glasgow [HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow)] (12.1941)     HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) * 27.02.1942 - 25.11.1942 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) * indexed, but not listed as such
Haggard, Hugh Alfred Vernon Only son (with three sisters) of Adm. Sir Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard, KCB, CMG, JP, DL (1874-1960), and Dorothy Ellis. Grand-nephew of novelist H. Rider Haggard. Married (04.1957, Kensington district, London)  Lydia C. Watson.	21.06.1908 Stock, Chelmsford district, Essex - 17.11.1991 Towcester district, Northamptonshire	Cadet 15.09.1925 Midsh. 15.05.1926 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1928 S.Lt. 16.07.1929 Lt. 02.12.1931 23.03.1932, seniority 01.12.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1939 Cdr. 31.12.1942 (retd 19.11.1953) DSO 17.03.1942 sunk 2 ships, damaged 2 & landing operations [investiture 09.02.43] DSC 12.08.1941 sunk 3 supply ships, damaged 1 [investiture 09.02.43] MID 14.01.1941 interception "Tropic Sea" MID 14.10.1941 sunk tanker & barque	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 29.08.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 03.12.1926 - (06.)1928 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 26.09.1928 - 11.08.1929 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.08.1929 - (04.)1930 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 05.05.1930 - (08.1930) HMS Victoria and Albert (HM's yacht) 22.01.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Africa) 08.05.1933 - (06.)1933 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 19.08.1933     HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 09.11.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Seahorse (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 17.05.1934 - (07.)1935 HMS Severn (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] (and for navigating duties in lieu of a specialist) 11?.1935     HMS Cyclops 02.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Osiris (submarine) (China) [tender to HMS Medway] 27.05.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Rover (submarine) (China) [tender to HMS Medway] (06.1938) - (08.1938) no appointment listed 04.08.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Narwhal (submarine) [tender to HMS Lucia] 24.04.1939     HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for course) 24.07.1939 - 01.08.1939 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) 02.08.1939 - 11.03.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS H 44 (submarine) 03.1940 - 04.1940 spare officer, Rosyth 28.04.1940 - 19.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Truant (submarine) (DSO, DSC, despatches twice) 24.04.1942 - 22.03.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Truant (submarine) 04.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Elfin (base 6th Submarine Flotilla, Blyth) 01.08.1944 - 20.09.1944 Executive Officer, HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, 10th Submarine Flotilla) 21.09.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Medway II (submarine base, Malta) & as Commander (S/M) 1st Submarine Flotilla 20.09.1945 - (04.1946) Commander (S/M) 4th Submarine Flotilla [HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship)] 16.03.1947 - (07.1948) Executive Officer, HMS Devonshire (cruiser) 17.01.1949 - (05.1950) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) 23.04.1951 - (05.1953) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) Senior warden, the Clothworkers' Company, 1963.
Hague, Charles William	11.03.1896 Selby, Yorkshire - (12?).1960 Plympton district, Devonshire	Seaman ? [J22171] A/Gnr. 01.04.1930 Gnr. 1931, seniority 01.04.1930 Cd.Gnr. 01.04.1940 Lt. 26.02.1946 (retd 1946?) MID 11.07.1944 fire on board 12.03.44	1920s?     seaman service at HMS M 1 (submarine) (08.1930) - (10.1930) short course of instruction 01.01.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Delhi (cruiser) (America and West Indies) (for direction finding duties) 01.08.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Leander (cruiser) (building at Devonport) (for direction finding duties) (01.1933)     no appointment listed 18.01.1933 - (06.)1933 HMS Iron Duke (battleship; training ship) (temporarily) 26.06.1933 - (07.)1935 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) 23.08.1935 - (02.)1937 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Home Fleet) (for direction finding duties) (07.1937)     no appointment listed 25.08.1937 - (09.1939) HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (China) (for direction finding duties) (04.1940)     no appointment listed 08.06.1940 - (02.)!941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) 11.10.1941 - 10.12.1941 HMS Prince of Wales (battleship) (sunk by Japanese aircraft off east coast of Malaya) 29.07.1942 - (10.1944) HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) (despatches) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 20.04.1945 - (07.1945) French Ship "Paris" (04.1946)     HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Haines, Reginald Gregory Charman Son of ... Haines, and ... Baker.	19.05.1913 Guildford district, Surrey - 12.12.1981 Weobley district	Cadet 01.09.1930 Midsh. 01.05.1931 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1933 S.Lt. 01.01.1934 Lt. 01.06.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1943 (retd 13.09.1948; medically unfit) A/Cdr. ?	01.09.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) (01.1932) no appointment listed (09.1932) no appointment listed 28.09.1933 - (01.)1934 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 29.11.1934 - (02.)1937 HMS Escapade (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 02.04.1937 - (02.)1939 First Lieutenant, HMS Gnat (river gunboat) (China) (04.1939) - (07.)1939 no appointment listed 24.07.1939 - (08.1939) First Lieutenant, HMS Wivern (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Rosyth) 17.01.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Vansittart (destroyer) (02.1941) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) * ? - 08.1942 HMS Walker (destroyer) 06.08.1942 - (06.)1943 Anti-Submarine Warfare Division, Admiralty 07.1943 - (12.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS Hurricane (destroyer) (and for anti-submarine duties) (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed (07.1945) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) * 19.11.1945 - (04.1946) British Admiralty Delegation, Washington [HMS Saker II] * indexed, but not listed as such
Halfhide, Arthur Robert	(03?).1891 Kingston - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. ? Lt. 30.07.1911? Lt.Cdr. 30.07.1919 Cdr. 30.06.1925 Capt. 30.06.1933 (retd 01.08.1942?) Cdre. 2nd cl. 1942? (reverted to retd 1945) CBE 01.01.1940 New Year 40 [investiture 06.02.40]	01.11.1921 - (08.1923) Executive Officer, HMS Pegasus (aircraft carrier) 19.01.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 09.1925 - (07.1927) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship) (for Fort Blockhouse) 21.01.1929 - (10.1930) Training Commander, HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional) 26.01.1931 - (01.1932) Executive Officer, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) (09.1932) no appointment listed 16.10.1933 - (01.)1934 Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 14.09.1934 - (02.1936) Senior Officer, West River & Commanding Officer, HMS Tarantula (river gunboat) (China) 03.02.1937 - (07.)1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Diomede (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) 09.10.1937 - (02.)1938 Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 09.05.1938 - (06.)1938 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 14.07.1938 - (04.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (China) 31.07.1939 - (09.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Adventure (large minelayer) 02.01.1940 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Vindictive (fleet repair ship) 10.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Resolution (battleship) 06.02.1942 - 01.08.1942 Naval ADC to the King (08.1942) no appointment listed 19.09.1942 - 16.05.1944 lent to Royal Australian Navy (London Depot) (06.1944) no appointment listed 01.09.1944 - 28.08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Valkyrie (shore base) & Naval Officer-in-Charge, Isle of Man
Hall, Sir Arthur Edward     Only son of Charles Edward Hall, JP, and Emma Jane Hall, of Swindon, Wiltshire. Married (17.04.1920, St Luke's Church, Kew Gardens) Constance Martha Gibbens, elder daughter of George Gibbens, of Richmond, Surrey, later of Bickley, Kent; one son, one daughter.	01.02.1885 Highworth district, Wiltshire - 21.11.1959 10 Liskeard Gardens, London SE3	T/Instr.Lt. 01.09.1915 Instr.Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1921 Instr.Cdr. 14.03.1928 Instr.Capt. 01.08.1932 Instr.R.Adm. 19.01.1941 (retd 1945) KBE 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 CB 08.06.1939 HM's birthday 39 CBE 03.06.1935 HM's birthday & jubilee 35 OBE 1925 ?	Education: The College, Swindon; Royal College of Science, London. Lecturer, Sir John Cass Institute, 1907-1909; Physics Department Imperial College of Science, 1909-1915. 1915     entered RN 1916 - 1918 HMS Inflexible (Jutland) 1918 - 1921 RN College, Dartmouth 1921 - 1922 HMS Thunderer (battleship) 02.05.1922 - (05.)1926 RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 01.09.1926 - (07.)1927 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 21.10.1927 - 01.01.1931 Fleet Education Officer, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship), accommodated in HMS Repulse] 01.01.1931 - 07.05.1932 Fleet Education Officer, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] 18.07.1932 - 17.10.1936 Deputy Inspector of Naval Schools, Education Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.10.1936 - 01.02.1945 Director, Education Department, Admiralty [HMS President] CStJ, 1947; ARCS; Fellow Imperial College; Fellow Institute of Navigation. Director of Studies and Dean of RN College, Greenwich, 1946-1950; President, Royal College of Science Association, 1936-1938; Chairman, Jun. US Club, 1942-1945; Lord Hankey's Government Cttee on Further Education and Training, 1943-1945; Adm. Harwood's Cttee on RN College, Greenwich, 1945-1946; Master, Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers, 1947-1948. Council, Soc. Nautical Research, 1947-1951; President: West Kent Science Society, 1949-1951 and 1957 (centenary); Greenwich and Lewisham Antiquarian Society, 1952-1954; The Anchorites, 1950; Chm. British Society for International Understanding, 1949-1959. English Association (Treasurer, 1939-1943 and 1950-1951, Vice-Chairman, 1944-1946, Chairmam, 1947-1949 and since 1951); Chairman Royal School for Naval and Marine Officers' daughters since 1943; Governor, Imperial College of Science and Technology; Honorary Vice-President, Institute of Naval Architects, Treasurer since 1945; Treasurer, Navy Records Society, since 1949; Glass Advisory Committee, Sheffield University; Chairman RN Scholarship Fund since 1950; RN Benevolent Social Committee. Published: edited various service educational publications.
Hall, Geoffrey Penrose Dickinson Elder son of late Major A.K.D. Hall and late Mrs Phyllis Mary Hall. Married (1945) Mary Ogilvie Carlisle (WRNS officer); two sons, one daughter.	19.07.1916 - 18.01.2005 Manby, Louth, Lincolnshire	Cadet 01.09.1934 Midsh. 01.09.1935 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1938 S.Lt. 20.10.1938, seniority 01.09.1937 Lt. 01.12.1938 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1946 Cdr. 30.06.1953 Capt. 31.12.1961 R.Adm. 07.01.1971 (retd 15.11.1975) CB 01.01.1973 New Year 73 [investiture 13.03.73] DSC 01.02.1944 reconnaissance party enemy coast Far East 10.43 [investiture 18.05.45] MID 23.01.1945 canoe to enemy beach Southern Mediterranean 08.44	Education: Haileybury 01.09.1934 - 31.08.1935 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.09.1935 - (02.)1937 HMS Dragon (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 08.06.1937 - (07.1937) HMS Southampton (cruiser) (served on Nyon Patrol during Spanish Civil War) 03.01.1938 - (08.)1938 promotion course, Portsmouth 17.09.1938 - (02.)1939 HMS Franklin (surveying ship) (Indian Ocean) 14.03.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Scarborough (escort vessel) (minesweeping in Far East) 03.01.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Challenger (surveying vessel) (hydrographic duties, home waters, Iceland, W Africa) 04.04.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Fraserburgh (Bangor class minesweeper) (on staff of a minesweeping squadron, in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) (navigational and minesweeping duties, Icelandic waters) 1943 - 1944 Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP), SE Asia: 31.01.1943 - 15.08.1943 HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inveraray, Scotland) 16.08.1943 - 31.03.1944 HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay, India) 01.04.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (Naval Party 735 08.1943) 04.1945 - 04.01.1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Bigbury Bay (frigate) (British Pacific Fleet) 1947 - 1975 hydrographic work: 26.06.1947 - (05.)1949 Assistant Surveyor 2nd class and in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer, HMS Seagull 09.1949 - 1951 Executive Officer, HMNZS Lachlan [lent to RNZN] 1951 - 1957 subsequently five commands in charge of surveys at home and abroad (HMS Franklin, HMS Scott, HMS Owen) 09.02.1953 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS Scott 28.12.1953 - (04.1955) Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 09.07.1956 - (11.1957) Commanding Officer, HMS Owen & as Hydrographer-in-Charge (served in Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctic waters (Cuthbert Peek Grant, RGS, for work in furtherance of oceanographical exploration)) 08.09.1958 - (01.)1959 Naval Assistant, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 16.05.1959 - (05.)1962 Commanding Officer, HMS Owen & as Hydrographer-in-Charge (02.1963) RN College * 04.03.1963 - (02.)1964 Assistant Hydrographer of the Navy, Admiralty [HMS President] 1965 - 1967 HMS Hecla (surveyed between South Africa and Iceland) 12.02.1968 - (02.1969) Assistant Hydrographer of the Navy, Navy Department [HMS President] 07.01.1970 - 07.07.1970 also: Naval ADC to the Queen 1970 Assistant Director (Naval), Hydrographic Department, Taunton 02.1971 - 1975 Hydrographer of the Navy, Admiralty [HMS President] President, Hydrographic Society, 1975. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Lincolnshire, 1982. Published: Sailor's luck (1999; autobiography); contributions to Nature, Deep Sea Research, International Hydrographic Review, Navy International. * indexed, but not listed as such
Hall, Ivan Married Jackie ... (predeceased him); two step-sons.	1917 - 14.02.2008 Salisbury [age 90]	A/S.Lt. 01.09.1938 S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 01.01.1939 Lt. 16.12.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. < 04.1946 Lt.Cdr. 16.12.1947 Cdr. 31.12.1955 (retd 29.03.1958) DSC 13.02.1945 Quarnarola Channel 01.11.44 [decoration posted]	... - ... ... 29.09.1938 - (08.)1939 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 11.12.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Havant (destroyer) 03.08.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Kenya (cruiser) (08.1942) - (12.1943) HMS Erne (sloop) * 20.03.1944 - 03.08.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Quorn (destroyer) 07.09.1944 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Avonvale (destroyer) 02.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Appledore (Combined Operations base & training establishment, Fremingham Camp, Appledore) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Hall, John Wellington Son of Harry Whitworth Hall, and Edith Hall. Married (16.06.1932, Malta) Joan Marion Creagh-Barry, daughter of James William Creagh-Barry and Mignon Glazebrook, of Bennington, Hertfordshire.	(06?).1903 Barnet district, Greater London / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - 24.05.1940 (MPK) [age 37] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]	Midsh. 15.05.1921 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1923 S.Lt. 30.05.1924 Lt. 30.09.1926 (retd 06.10.1933; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 30.09.1934	15.05.1921 - (08.1923) HMS Resolution (battleship) 18.08.1924 - (01.)1925 promotion course, Portsmouth 01.03.1925 - (02.)1927 First Lieutenant, HMS Woodcock (shallow draught steamer for river service) (China) (07.1927)     no appointment listed 24.08.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) 29.04.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 02.05.1931 - (09.1932) First Lieutenant, HMS Wryneck (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 18.04.1933 - (06.)1933 First Lieutenant, HMS Valentine (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 25.08.1939 - 24.05.1940 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) [missing, presumed killed when ship was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic]
Hall, Sidney James	10.09.1917 - 30.12.1971 Dartford district	Prob. S.Lt. 15.05.1939 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.03.1939 Lt. 15.02.1941 A/Lt.Cdr. 07.07.1943? Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1949 (General List 01.01.1957) (retd < 07.1959) DSO 03.10.1952 Korea (4th list) [investiture 17.02.53] DSC 30.05.1944 attack on Tirpitz 03.04.44 [investiture 27.02.45] MID 18.07.1944 Operation Potluck (air operations Norway 12-16.05.44)	(08.1939) - (09.1939) no appointment listed 20.01.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Berwick (cruiser) (02.1941) HMS Vortigern (destroyer) * ? - (12.1941) Fleet Air Arm course 04.1942 - (08.1942) pilot, 806 Squadron [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] (02.1943) no appointment listed 07.07.1943 - 09.1944 Commanding Officer, 800 Squadron FAA [HMS Emperor (escort carrier)] (Wing Leader 3rd Naval Fighter Wing, 10.1943-03.1944) 26.11.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, 718 Squadron [HMS Dipper (RN Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset)] (04.1946) HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglington, County Londonderry) * 11.06.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Heron (RN Air Sation, Yeovilton, Somerset) (1951) 14th Carrier Air Group Commander [HMS Glory (aircraft carrier)] (1952) Executive Officer, HMS Wave (destroyer) 23.03.1953 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 07.02.1955 - (01.1956) HMS Heron (RN Air Sation, Yeovilton, Somerset) (01.1957) Office of Admiral Commanding Reserves * * indexed, but not listed as such
Hall, William Alan Edward "Tim" Married Hilary ...; one son, one daughter.	1922 ? - 19.12.2008 hospital (of Cropthorne, Worcestershire) [age 86]	Lt. 16.02.1943 ... ... Cdr. ? (retd)	... - ... ... (07.1945)     navigation course 08.10.1945 - (04.1946) Navigating Officer, HMS Lioness (Algerine class minesweeper) ... - ... ... Ex-Kenya Navy.
Hall-Thompson, Derrick Henry Elder son of Adm. Percival Henry Hall-Thompson (1874-1950), and Helen Sidney Deacon (1873-1959), of Tynwald, Hythe. Married (23.07.1938, St Leonard's, Hythe, Elham district, Kent) Ursula Wakefield Street (17.03.1914 - 04.2002), younger daughter of Col. Harold Street, DSO (1880-), of Castlemeade, Hythe; ... children (one son?).	02.02.1902 - 22.03.1991 Shepway district, Kent	Midsh. 01.05.1918 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.05.1922 Lt. 15.04.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1931 Cdr. 31.12.1935 Capt. 31.12.1942 (retd 08.01.1952) (recalled to active list 01.04.1952) (reverted to retd < 01.1956) Cdre. 2nd cl. 01.12.1945 A/R.Adm. 01.04.1952 Dan ? state visit Danish King & Queen 51	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (09.1915-1918). 1918 - (01.1919) HMS Resolution (battleship) 22.01.1923 - (01.)1925 HMS Wistaria (sloop) (North America and West Indies) 24.09.1925 - (07.1927) qualifying for torpedo duties, HMS Vernon 20.02.1928 - (06.)1928 Torpedo Officer, HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (Chatham) 03.09.1928 - 15.10.1928 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (for short course) 16.10.1928 - (04.)1930 Torpedo Officer, HMS Keppel (flotilla leader, 3rd Destroyer Flotilla) (Mediterranean) (08.1930) - (10.1930) no appointment listed 06.10.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 16.03.1932 - (07.1935) Torpedo Officer, HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) (02.1936)     HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) * 05.05.1936 - 15.11.1937 Head of Instructional Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) 11.01.1938 - (10.1938) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 03.01.1939 - 31.12.1939 Fleet Torpedo Officer, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson(battleship)] 01.01.1940 - (04.)1940 Fleet Torpedo Officer, Home Fleet [HMS Rodney (battleship)] (10.1940)     no appointment listed 15.10.1940 - (12.1941) Executive Officer, HMS Hawkins (cruiser) 15.01.1942 - (08.1942) Executive Officer, HMS London (cruiser) (02.1943)     no appointment listed 20.02.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Colombo (light cruiser) 01.1944 - 05.04.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) & as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Campbeltown (07.1945)     HMS Beaconsfield (base, Port Melbourne, Australia) * 01.12.1945 - (04.)1946 Chief Staff Officer to Vice-Admiral (Q), British Pacific Fleet [HMS Golden Hind II] 26.08.1946 - 01.12.1946 Deputy Director of Plans Division (Q), Admiralty [HMS President] 02.12.1946 - (07.1948) Director of Plans Division (Q), Admiralty [HMS President] (05.1949)     no appointment listed 05.01.1950     Senior Officers' Technical Course 03.04.1950     Captain's Air Course (05.1950)     no appointment listed 15.08.1950 - 21.12.1951 Commanding Officer, HMS Vanguard (battleship) 01.04.1952 - (04.1955) Assistant Chief of Supplies and Transport [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Hall-Wright, * Denis Guy Douglas * initially: Hallwright, D.G.D. Son of Dr. Francis Hallwright.	? - 12.2004 still alive	Cadet 01.01.1930 Midsh. 01.09.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1933 S.Lt. 16.09.1933 Lt. 16.06.1936 Lt.Cdr. 16.06.1944 Cdr. 31.12.1948 (retd 10.10.1962) MID 23.12.1939 attacked by enemy aircraft 10.39 MID 29.07.1941 sunk 20.02.41 MID 03.11.1942 Operation Harpoon 06.42	11.01.1930 - (09.1932) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 21.08.1933 - (01.)1934 promotion course, Portsmouth 10.04.1934 - (07.1935) HMS Shoreham (sloop) (East Indies) (02.1936) no appointment listed 21.03.1936 - (02.)1938 HMS Encounter (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 25.04.1938 - (06.)1938 HMS Whitehall (destroyer) 08.1938 - (04.)1940 HMS Mohawk (destroyer) [ship commissioned 09.09.1938] 06.12.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Dainty (destroyer) 27.11.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Matchless (destroyer) 11.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Versatile (destroyer) 16.02.1943 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Wallace (destroyer) (08.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) * 10.04.1944 - (07)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Duncan (destroyer) 15.12.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Virago (destroyer) 09.1947 - 01.06.1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Widemouth Bay 29.08.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Tyne 20.07.1952 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS Snipe 09.02.1954 - (01.1956) Executive Officer, RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (07.1961) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Hallett, Alan Ritson Married Elisabeth Roberts (died 17.03.2008, aged 94); two daughters, one son.	15.03.1915 Cardiff district, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire - 09.1989 Chichester district, West Sussex	... ... S.Lt. 14.03.1938 Lt. 28.11.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944 Lt.Cdr. 28.11.1946 Cdr. 31.12.1953 (retd 29.04.1965) Capt. (Hon.) 29.04.1965 DSC 06.10.1942 shadowing enemy submarine Mediterranean (Swordfish) [investiture 09.02.43]	... - ... ... 16.03.1939 - (08.)1939 HMS Arethusa (cruiser) 14.12.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Arethusa (cruiser) 05.06.1940 - (10.1940) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (02.1941) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 28.10.1941 - (08.1942) observer, 815 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt)] 11.01.1943 - (06.)1944 observer, HMS Tern (RN Air Station, Twatt, Orkney) 06.1944 - (01.)1945 Staff Officer (Air), HMS Patroller (escort carrier) 24.01.1945 - (07.1945) observer, HMS Hunter (escort carrier) 01.02.1946 - (04.1946) observer, HMS Merganser (RN Air Station, Rattray) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Hallett, John Ignatius   Married ((09?).1909, Henley district, Buckinghamshire / Berkshire / Oxfordshire) Nelly Schick.	24.06.1886 Islington district, London - (03?).1969 Poole district, Dorset	A/S.Lt. 30.12.1905? S.Lt. 06.04.1907, seniority 30.12.1905 Lt. 10.04.1908, seniority 30.12.1907 Lt.Cdr. 30.12.1915 Cdr. 30.06.1920 (retd 24.06.1932) Capt. (retd) 24.06.1932 (reactivated 14.09.1939) (reverted to retd > 04.1946) CBE 09.11.1943 for zealous and valuable service as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Chittagong (Burma) [investiture 11.05.45] DSO 29.08.1917 for services in action with enemy submarines MID 01.12.1942 for bravery in Burma 12.41-05.42	15.05.1901     entered RN (1907)     Torpedo Boat No. 2 [court-martialled, but acquitted of the charge of drunkenness 15.05.1907] 09.06.1909     Commanding Officer, HMS TB 057 (torpedo boat) [tender to HMS Victory] 05.08.1911     Commanding Officer, HMS TB 051 (torpedo boat) [tender to HMS Victory] WW I commanding small craft Commanding Officer, HMS Talisman (torpedo-boat destroyer) Commanding Officer, HMS Auricula (sloop) 1918     HMS Implacable (additional; for duty in the Northern Patrol Force) ? - (01.1919) HMS Ice Whale (whaler) 01.05.1923 - (11.1923) Commanding Officer, HMS Valorous (torpedo-boat destroyer) 28.08.1924 - 07.1925 HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) (commanding of group of destroyers in reserve) 21.07.1925 - 22.03.1927 Commanding Officer, HMS Leamington (twin screw minesweeper) & Senior Officer, 1st Minesweeping Flotilla 22.03.1927 - 25.07.1927 Commanding Officer, HMS Pangbourne (twin screw minesweeper) & Senior Officer, 1st Minesweeping Flotilla 26.07.1927 - 01.08.1927 Admiralty [HMS President] 02.08.1927 - (06.1928) Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 17.07.1929 - 10.10.1930 Drafting Commander, RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivid (additional)] 16.12.1930 - 23.12.1931 Commanding Officer, HMS Enchantress (Admiralty yacht) (01.1932)     no appointment listed 14.09.1939 - 06.04.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Comorin (armed merchant cruiser) [ship caught fire in heavy weather in the North Atlantic and had to be abandoned] 01.09.1941 - 02.1942 HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) (additional; for various services) 08.04.1942 - (06.)1943 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Chittagong [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] (08.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 01.03.1944 - (04.)1944 Captain, Landing Craft Bases, North [HMS Monster (Combined Operations base, Fortrose, nr Inverness)] (06.1944)     no appointment listed 20.07.1944 - (01.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Baldur III (RN base, Hvitanes, Iceland) (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Hallett, Nigel George	14.03.1913 Chertsey district, Surrey - 31.12.1993 Southampton district, Hampshire	... .... Lt. 16.10.1936 ?, seniority 09.04.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 12.05.1943? [acting rank] A/Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1945 [appointed rank] A/Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 Lt.Cdr. 09.04.1947 Cdr. ? Capt. 31.12.1957 (retd 07.01.1967) DSC 10.11.1942 Operation Pedestal [investiture 01.12.42] DSC 11.09.1945 attacks on targets in Japan [decoration posted]	... - ... ... early 1937     dismissed the Service at a Portsmouth court-martial; he pleaded guilty to disobeying the command of Capt. F. A Buckley, of the battleship Malaya       upon the outbreak of war reactivated as officer on the emergency list, from late 1943/early 1944 reinstated on the active list: 15.09.1940 - (02.)1941 pilot, 807 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)] 28.09.1941 - 01.11.1941 Commanding Officer, 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 01.11.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, 884 Squadron FAA [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle) 07.02.1942 - (08.)1942 pilot, 884 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] (08.1942)     HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) 21.11.1942 - (02.)1943 pilot, 884 Squadron FAA [HMS Tern (RN Air Station, Twatt, Orkney)] 12.05.1943 - (12.)1943 Commanding Officer, 759 Squadron FAA & as Chief Instructor in Fighter School [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] 31.12.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Dipper (RN Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset) (06.1944)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 05.08.1944 - (10.)1944 Lieutenant-Commander (Flying), HMS Khedive 29.10.1944 - (01.)1945 Naval Air Warfare and Flying Training Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier) (04.1946)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Halliday, Arthur Connuch * Only son of Mr & Mrs H.H. Halliday, of Windsor. Married (26.07.1941, Parish Church, Eltham, Woolwich distirct, London) Joan Eley, only daughter of Col. E.H. Eley, CMG, CBE, DSO, and Mrs Eley, of Eltham; ... children (one son?). * Also found as: Arthur Connuck	12.12.1912 - 17.07.1991 Warminster district, Wiltshire	A/S.Lt. RNR 12.12.1933 S.Lt. RNR 25.12.1935 Lt. 12.12.1936 Lt.Cdr. 12.12.1944 (retd 12.12.1957) MID 06.05.1941 sinking of 2 Italian supply ships	... - ... ... 03.02.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Parthian (submarine) 05.1940 - (02.1941) Third Hand, HMS Pandora (submarine) (despatches) 15.08.1941 - 11.12.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS H 43 (submarine) 12.12.1941 - (02.)1943 Commandng Officer, HMS P 43 (submarine) 24.02.1943 - 15.03.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS P 556 (submarine) 14.05.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Pt Bannatyne) 28.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Sandhurst (destroyer depot ship) 17.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) ... - ... ...
Hallifax, Ronald Hamilton Curzon 2nd son of late R.Adm. John Salwey Hallifax (1846-1904), and Charlotte Annie Hamilton (1859-1943), Old Alresford, Hants. Married (1923) Joanne Mary, 3rd daughter of R.H. Hughes, Yelverton, Devon; one son (Adm. Sir David John Hallifax), two daughters (Diana & Elizabeth Ann). Lived at Red House, Shedfield, nr Bodley, Hants.	24.07.1885 Stonerham, Hants. - 05.11.1943 (died in an air crash at Sollum, returning to the UK) [Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, coll. grave 5.A.1-8]	Cadet 01.1901 Midsh. 30.05.1902 A/S.Lt. 30.07.1905? S.Lt. 13.06.1906, seniority 30.07.1905 Lt. 31.12.1907 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1915 Cdr. 30.06.1919 Capt. 30.06.1927 R.Adm. 10.08.1938 V.Adm. 15.02.1942 CB 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 [investiture 06.08.40] CBE 31.12.1943 Operation Husky (invasion of Sicily 07.43) [presented to next-of-kin]	Education: Stubbington House; HMS Britannia (01.1901-05.1902) 15.01.1901     entered RN 09.04.1923 - (08.1923) senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 10.10.1923 - (01.1925) Executive Officer, HMS Chatham (cruiser) (East Indies) 06.01.1926 - 20.01.1926 Admiralty 20.01.1926 - (07.1927) Plans Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President] 16.08.1929 - (02.)1931 Captain (D) 5th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Wallace (flotilla leader)] (Atlantic Fleet) 05.10.1931 - (01.)1932 course at Senior Officers' School, Sheerness [HMS President] 19.01.1932 - (09.1932) imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President] 01.07.1933 - 1936 Naval Attaché, South America (Buenos Ayres) (02.1936) no appointment listed 25.07.1936 - (08.)1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 11.01.1938 - 10.08.1938 Naval ADC to the King (10.1938) no appointment listed 03.03.1939 - (04.)1939 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 19.05.1939 - (02.)1941 Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas [HMS Aurora, then HMS Woolwich, then HMS Maidstone] 01.04.1941 - 06.11.1943 Flag Officer Commanding Red Sea and Canal Area [HMS Stag] (Aden, since 18.05.1942 Port Tewfik, Suez)
Halsey, [Sir] Thomas Edgar; 3rd Baronet, cr. 1920 (since 1950) Elder son of Sir Walter Johnston Halsey, 2nd Bt, OBE, and late Agnes Marion, daughter of William Macalpine Leny. Succeeded father, 1950. Married (1926) Jean Margaret Palmer, eldest daughter of Captain Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke (Tuan Muda of Sarawak); one son, one daughter. Residence: (1948) Hemel Hempstead.	28.11.1898 South Mimms, Hertfordshire - 30.08.1970 Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.	S.Lt. 1916?? Lt. 15.02.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1928 Cdr. 31.12.1933 Capt. 30.06.1939 (retd 1946) Cdre. 2nd cl. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 DSO 07.06.1940 Dunkirk 06.40 [investiture 22.09.42] MID 27.08.1940 Dutch, Belgian & French coasts 05.40 39-45, Atlantic, and Europe stars, Defence & War medals	Education: Eton; RN College, Dartmouth. 03.02.1917 joined Royal Navy 1916 - 1919 served European War 15.02.1923 - (08.1923) staff, RN College, Dartmouth (01.1925) no appointment listed 30.04.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (China) 31.01.1927 - (07.1927) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.02.1929 - (02.1931) HMS Effingham (cruiser) (East Indies) 20.01.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Victoria and Albert (HM's yacht) 03.08.1934 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Boadicea (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 12.10.1936 - (02.)1937 Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 08.03.1937 - (04.)1939 an Assistant to Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord [HMS President] 31.07.1939 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Malcolm (flotilla leader) & Captain (D), 16th Destroyer Flotilla 23.10.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) 04.02.1942 - 15.02.1943 Naval Officer-in-Charge Isle of Man & Commanding Officer, HMS St George (training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man) 15.02.1943 - 10.04.1945 Flag Captain, HMS King George V (battleship) (07.1945) no appointment listed 1945 - (03.1946?) Commodore RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus] Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Hertfordshire, 27.05.1948; Justice of the Peace (JP), 1950; County Councillor, 1953; Vice-Lieutenant Hertfordshire, 1957-1970.
Haly, John McGregor	02.08.1918 - 20.01.1983	Cadet 01.01.1936 Midsh. 01.09.1936 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1938 S.Lt. 16.03.1939 Lt. 16.07.1940 Lt.Cdr. 16.07.1948 (retd 30.06.1958) DSC 14.01.1941 attack on enemy submarine (U-31) 02.11.40 [investiture 15.03.41]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1932-1935) 01.01.1936 - 31.08.1936 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.09.1936 - (07.)1937 HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China) 08.09.1937 - (08.)1938 HMS Glasgow (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 05.09.1938 - (04.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth (08.1939) no appointment listed 15.08.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Kelly (destroyer) 16.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Antelope (destroyer) 23.10.1941 - (10.)1943 HMS Resolution (battleship) 12.10.1943 - 1945 HMS Ulysses (destroyer) * 26.07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Duke of York (battleship) 26.04.1948 - (05.)1949 RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus] 19.09.1949 - (05.1950) Executive Officer, HMS Simbang (05.1953) no appointment listed ? - 03.1955 HMS Mull of Kintyre 07.03.1955 - (01.1957) HMS Cochrane (Rosyth Maritime HQ) (for miscellaneous duties) * (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Hambly, Alexander	(06?).1907 St Germans, Cornwall - died between 07.1952 and 07.1959	A/S.Lt. RNR 16.05.1928 S.Lt. RNR 14.06.1930 Lt. RNR 16.05.1931 Lt. (Supplementary List) 29.06.1937, seniority 16.05.1931 Lt. 1938?, seniority 16.05.1931 Lt.Cdr. 16.05.1939 (retd > 05.1950, < 07.1952)	01.09.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (to complete 12 months' training) 11.12.1935 - (02.1936) HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 15.11.1937 - (02.1939) HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (Devonport) 13.03.1939 - (02.1941) HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (in lieu of specialist torpedo officer) 12.08.1942 - (04.1944) Executive Officer, HMS Kirriemoor (boom carrier) (06.1944) no appointment listed 12.1944 - (07.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Bulolo (landing ship headquarters) (04.1946) HMS Wuchang (accommodation ship, Trincomalee) * 09.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Tagarin (boom defence depot & naval base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) * indexed, but not listed as such
Hamer, John Anthony Hodnet Son of Lt.Col. Frederick Alexander Hamer, RM (1886-1972), and Gladys Pansy Jane [Hewitt] Hack (1888-1974). Brother of Lt. Richard J.A. Hamer, The South Wales Borderers. Married; one son, one daughter.	19.02.1916 Eton district, Buckinghamshire - 11.1977 Lambeth district, London	Cadet 01.05.1933 Midsh. 01.01.1934 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1936 S.Lt. 16.11.1936 Lt. 30.08.1938, seniority 16.07.1938 1939/40?, seniority 01.06.1938 1944, seniority 01.06.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 28.02.1944-14.08.1944, 11.10.1944-31.10.1944 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 [quasi-permanent rank] Lt.Cdr. 18.06.1946, seniority 01.06.1945 Cdr. 30.06.1948 (retd 03.08.1959) CVO 06.07.1956 state visit to Sweden 06.56 [investiture 10.06.56] OBE 14.11.1944 for distinguished service during Operation Neptune (Normandy landings 06.44) [+ quasi-permanent Lt.Cdr.'s rank] DSC 10.11.1953 Korea (7th List): for distinguished service in operations in Korean waters [investiture 06.07.54] MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43: for general good service MID 08.02.1944 for courage and leadership in successful action with enemy E-boats while in command of HM Light Coastal Craft 24.10.43 MID 14.03.1944 for outstanding skill and resource in bringing in to port ship damaged by mines East Coast  23.12.43 [+ seniority adjustment] MID 10.07.1945 for courage, tenacity and devotion to duty in operations Arakan coast 11.44-03.45, frequently performed under rapidly changing conditions and with difficult lines of communication OSw 08.10.1956 state visit to Sweden 06.56	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.09.1929-04.05.1933); RN Staff College (12.1946, psc); Joint Services Staff College (07.1947, jssc) 05.05.1933 - 31.12.1933 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1934 - 30.10.1934 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 31.10.1934 - 18.11.1935 HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China) 19.11.1935 - 28.04.1936 HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (China) 29.04.1936 - 03.01.1937 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.01.1937 - 13.06.1937 promotion course, Portsmouth [03.04.1937-01.05.1937 for observation in RN Hospital Haslar with abdominal complaints] 14.06.1937 - 19.09.1937 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for torpedo course with "G" Group & for divisioal and signal course with 'H' Group) 20.09.1937 - 03.10.1937 HMS Penelope (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (additional) 04.10.1937 - 09.02.1938 HMS Penelope (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 10.02.1938 - 09.05.1939 HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) * 10.05.1939 - 20.08.1939 HMS Norfolk (cruiser) 21.08.1939 - 24.09.1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Lydd (minesweeper) 27.09.1940 - 07.10.1940 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chartham) (for unemployed time) 08.10.1940 - 22.04.1942 HMS Westminster (destroyer) [20.01.1941-31.01.1941 sick at Dunfermline with influenza, 20.03.1941-01.04.1941sick at Gleneagles with abdominal complaints] 23.04.1942 - 01.05.1942 Commanding Oficer, HMS Westminster (destroyer) (temporarily) 02.05.1942 - 12.1942 Commandng Officer, HMS Westminster (destroyer) 04.01.1943 - 17.01.1943 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (additional; for anti-submarine course) 18.01.1943 - 31.01.1943 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for tactical course) 01.02.1943 - 11.02.1943 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; for damage control course) 12.02.1943 - 13.02.1943 HMS Worcester (destroyer) (additional) 14.02.1943 - 02.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Worcester (destroyer) 21.02.1944 - 27.02.1944 HMS Monck (Combined Training Centre, Largs) (additional; for Combined Operations short staff course No. 12) 28.02.1944 - 13.08.1944 HMS Odyssee (naval parties accounting base) (additional; for duty on staff of Naval Force Commander Force "G" (Normandy) ** [secret appointment, so not listed in Navy List] 14.08.1944 - 21.08.1944 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for radar course) 22.08.1944 - 23.08.1944 HMS Wanderer (destroyer) (additional) 24.08.1944 - 10.10.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Wanderer (destroyer) 11.10.1944 - 31.10.1945 HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi, Ceylon) (additional; for passage to Delhi & for staff of Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia for duty in HQ Operations Division) 01.11.1945 - 21.04.1946 HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi, Ceylon), from 01.12.1945 HMS Sultan (accounting base, Singapore) (additional; on staff of Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet for duty with Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia) 22.04.1946 - 12.1946 naval staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President (additional)] 20.01.1947 - 19.06.1947 joint services staff course, Chesham, Buckinghamshire [HMS President (additional)] 20.06.1947 - 19.07.1947 granted 28 days "end of war" leave 06.08.1947 - 08.08.1948 HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 09.08.1948 - 02.01.1951 Staff Officer (Plans) 2 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (additional)] 03.01.1951 - 04?.1952 HMS Minerva (additional; for duty with Senior Officer Reserve Fleet Sheerness) & from 05.01.1951 as Execeutive Officer, HMS Berry Head (repair ship) 04?.1952 - 19.06.1952 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional; for unemployed time) 20.06.1952 - 25.07.1952 HMS Morecambe Bay (anti-aircraft frigate) (additional; for passage) 26.07.1952 - 22.01.1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Morecambe Bay (anti-aircraft frigate) 23.01.1954 - 31.05.1954 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional; for unemployed time) 01.06.1954 - 15.06.1954 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Director of Naval Intelligence (additional) for briefing) 01.07.1954 - 23.07.1954 HMS President (additional; for passage to Stockholm) 24.07.1954 - 12.04.1957 Naval Attaché, Stockholm [HMS President (additional)] *** 18.04.1957 - 29.04.1957 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional; for foreign service leave) 30.04.1957 - 03.05.1957 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Director of Naval Intelligence (additional) for debriefing) 27.05.1957 - 29.05.1957 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Office of Admiral Commanding Reserves and Inspector of Recruiting (London) for briefing) 01.07.1957 - 03.08.1959 Office of Admiral Commanding Reserves and Inspector of Recruiting (London) (for Combined Cadet Force (Naval Member Joint Cadet Executive)) * an appointment dated 05.1938 to HMS Vulcan (trawler; motor torpedo boat tender) (for MTB's) was cancelled; in Navy Lists of Febr & Apr 1939 appointment to HMS Devonshire no longer listed ** intended posting at HMS President (additional) for course at Balliol College, Oxford was cancelled *** 10.04.1957 letter of appreciation from Swedish Chief of Naval Staff
Hamer, Richard Lloyd Eldest surviving son of late John Parry Hamer, JP, Glanyrafon, Llany- blodwel, Shropshire, and Sarah Margaret Hamer. Married (1914) Beena, daughter of late Admiral Sir Richard Peirse, KCB, KBE, MVO; one son, one daughter.	13.01.1884 Oswestry - 16.12.1951 [Llanrhaiadr Mochnant, Montgomeryshire ?]	A/S.Lt. 15.07.1903? S.Lt. 12.07.1904, seniority 15.07.1903 Lt. 31.12.1905 Cdr. 30.06.1918 (retd 02.02.1923) Capt. (retd) 13.01.1929 (reverted to retd 1945/46) DSO 03.12.1940 successful attack on U-boats 21.06.40 [investiture 22.09.44]	Education: Stubbington House; HMS Britannia 15.09.1898     entered RN 13.09.1916 - (01.1919) Commanding Officer, HMS Rowena (destroyer) 1925 staff, Royal National Life Boat Institution (RNLBI) 1930 deputy chief inspector, RNLBI 09.09.1939 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Viva II 10.1940 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Bulolo (Landing Ship Headquarters (L), mercantile conversion) 07.03.1944 - (07.1945) Naval Officer-in-Charge Thurso [HMS Prosperine]
Hamilton, Alexander	07.06.1893 Glasgow, Lanarkshire -	Seaman ? [M13506] T/Eng.S.Lt. ? T/Eng.Lt. 07.06.1917 Eng.Lt.Cdr. ? A/Eng.Cdr. 29.10.1941?	21.06.1915     commissioned RN served throughout the First World War, including a stint on HMS Benbow under Admiral Beatty Special Reserve 29.10.1941 - (12.1941) an Engineer Inspector under the Chief Inspector of Gun Mountings, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (08.1942) Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty * 09.1942 - (07.1945) an Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Hamilton, Hugh Dundas Eldest son (with one brother) of His Honour Judge Hugh Montgomerie Hamilton (1854-1930), and Adelaide E.M. Nortcott, of Sydney, New South Wales. Brother of Lt.Col. James Kenneth Montgomerie Hamilton, The Royal Scots. Uncle of Lt.Cdr. Kenneth Innes Hamilton, RN. Married (24.06.1916) Marion Edith Cloete, widow of Alexander fletcher & daughter of Lt.Gen. Josias Gordon Cloete, Indian Army, Guernsey; one daughter.	16.08.1882 - 29.11.1963 Haddenham, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire	Midsh. 05.10.1899 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 21.05.1903 Lt. 15.04.1904 Cdr. 30.06.1915 Capt. 31.12.1920 R.Adm. 04.01.1933 (retd 05.01.1933) (reverted to retd > 06.1944, < 10.1944)	Education: Saundersons, Cheltenham; HMS Britannia. 15.05.1897 joined RN 1901     HMS Blenheim 22.05.1903     HMS Onyx (for navigating duties) [based at HMS Mersey] (04.1904)     HMS Mars (temporarily) 1904 - 1905 HMS Kent (1st Cruiser Squadron, Channel Fleet) 1906     HMS Ocean (Channel Fleet) 27.04.1907     Junior Staff, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 02.12.1908     Gunnery Officer, HMS Magnificent 1912     Gunnery Officer, then Commander, HMS Bellerophon (battleship) served in European War, 1914-1918 1918 - 1920 Flag Commander to Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke] ? - ? Squadron Gunnery Officer with Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet 10.01.1922 - 1924 Chief Staff Officer to Commodore New Zealand Station [HMNZS Chatham (light cruiser)] & from 04.1922-02.1924 Second Naval Member, New Zealand Naval Board 20.08.1924 - 25.07.1926 Commanding Officer, HMS Caradoc (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 27.09.1926 - 01.10.1926 Admiralty [HMS President] 01.10.1926 - 1928 Assistant Director of Naval Equipment, Admiralty [HMS President] 23.03.1928 - 08.05.1929 Commanding Officer, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) & as Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral 1st Battle Squadron (08.1929)     no appointment listed (04.1930)     no appointment listed 15.07.1930 - 15.07.1932 Captain Superintendent HM Dockyard Sheerness [HMS Pembroke] (09.1932)     no appointment listed 16.10.1932 - 04.01.1933 also: Naval ADC to the King 1939 - 1940 Commodore of Convoy [HMS Eaglet ?] 09.10.1940 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Trelawney (RN base, Loch Alsh [secret base for minelaying operations]) (12.1943) - (06.1944) no appointment listed Justice of the Peace (JP), 1946, Deputy Lieutenant (DL) 08.12.1952, Buckinghamshire.
Hamilton, James "Wally" Son of Robert Hamilton, Strathaven, Lanarkshire. Married (1941) Helen Johnston Allan, Mauchline, Ayrshire; one daughter.	29.10.1899 - 07.01.1964 Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland	RFC:   F/O ? RN:   Sg.Lt. 06.11.1923 Sg.Lt.Cdr. 06.11.1929 Sg.Cdr. 06.11.1935 Sg.Capt. 31.12.1944 Sg.R.Adm. 31.03.1952 (retd 30.06.1955) CB 01.01.1955 New Year 55 [investiture 15.02.55] CBE 09.06.1949 HM's birthday 49 [investiture 12.07.49]	Education: Kilmarnock Academy; Glasgow University (MB, BCh Glasgow, 1923). 1917 - 1919 Royal Flying Corps 1923     entered RN 25.01.1924 - (05.)1926 HMS Colombo (cruiser) (East Indies) 01.12.1926 - (02.)1927 HMS Tiger (battlecruiser; seagoing gunnery firing ship) (Portsmouth) 14.04.1927 - (07.1927) RM Infirmary, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 02.05.1928 - (06.)1928 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 25.06.1928 - (02.)1931 HMS Kent (cruiser) (China) 26.08.1931 - (09.1932) RN Cadets' Sick Quarters, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 04.04.1933 - (06.)1933 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivd] 01.06.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 07.04.1934 - (02.)1936 HMS Tamar (receiving ship, Hong Kong) (and for duty at Wei-hai-Wei) 07.1936 - (08.)1936 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship, 4th Submarine Flotilla) (China) 10.1936 - (01.)1937 HMS Tamar (receiving ship, Hong Kong) (and for duty at Wei-hai-Wei) (02.1937) - (07.1937) no appointment listed 15.10.1937 - 1942 RN Hospital, Haslar [HMS Victory] 04.06.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS King George V (battleship) (06.1944)     no appointment listed 17.07.1944 - (01.)1945 RN Hospital, Haslar [HMS Victory] 07.02.1945 - (07.)1945 RN Auxiliary Hospital, Kingseat [HMS Bacchanta] 12.10.1945 - (04.)1946 RN Auxiliary Hospital, Sydney, Australia [HMS Golden Hind] 22.08.1946 - 1951 Assistant to Medical Director-General [HMS President] 1951 - 1952 Deputy Medical Director-General [HMS President] 30.10.1952 - (04.)1955 Medical Officer-in-Charge RN Hospital, Haslar & for duty on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] QHS, 1952-1955. OStJ 1951. Director of Postgraduate Medical Studies, Oxford, 1955-1960, retd.
Hamilton, James Kenneth	27.10.1916 - 28.07.1999 East Retford, Nottinghamshire	Cadet 01.09.1933 Midsh. 01.09.1934 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1937 S.Lt. 01.08.1937 Lt. 01.02.1939 ?, seniority 16.10.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1946 Cdr. 31.12.1950 Capt. 30.06.1957 (retd 29.01.1960) MID 08.07.1941 HMS Exmoor sunk 25.02.41 MID 02.02.1951 Korea	01.09.1934 - (07.1935) HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 25.10.1935 - (02.1936) HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) 31.12.1936 - (02.1937) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 05.04.1937 - (07.1937) promotion course, Portsmouth 27.11.1937 - (08.1939) HMS Isis (destroyer) (Mediterranean) ? - 25.02.1941 HMS Exmoor (destroyer) (sunk) (08.1942) no appointment listed 29.01.1943 - (04.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Cleveland (destroyer) (06.1944) - (07.1945) no appointment listed 07.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Kenya (cruiser) 15.08.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Unicorn (Korea) 30.08.1951 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 17.10.1955 - (01.1956) HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
Hamilton, John Colley Colclough Only child of Sq.Ldr. [John] Eric Vivian Colclough Hamilton (1896-1964), and Norah Fitzmaurice Burkitt. Married (10.02.1942) Efa Joan Bonnor-Maurice, daughter of R. Bonnor-Maurice, of Padstow, Cornwall; one son.	31.08.1919 Peighington, Lincolnshire - 14.11.2000 Cellan, Lampeter, Ceredigion	Cadet 01.01.1937 Midsh. 01.01.1938 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1940 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.06.1939 Lt. 16.04.1941 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1949 (retd late 1950s) MID 09.03.1943 Folbot raid Italy & Operation Torch	Education: Pangbourne Nautical College HMS Effingham (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) HME Erebus (monitor; turret drill ship) (Portsmouth) 01.01.1937 - (07.)1937 Direct Entry Cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 1937 - 31.12.1937 Cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1938 - (09.1939) HMS Birmingham (cruiser) (China) (04.1940) no appointment listed (1939/40?) HMS Diana (destroyer) (1940?) HMS Dainty (destroyer) (1940?) HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (10.1940) HMS L 27 (submarine) 30.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Pigmy (submarine base, Gibraltar) 04.1941 - 07.1941 HMS Urge (submarine) 17.07.1941 - (11.1942) HMS Ursula (submarine) (02.1943) submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 06.04.1943 - (09.)1943 HMS Quebec (RN base, Inveraray) (09.1943) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) [landing officer at the Salerno landings] [possibly also borne on HMS Hamilcar (Combined Operations base, Djedelli, Algeria)] (12.1943) French Ship "La Fantasque" * (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 14.09.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HMS Domett (frigate) 03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 11.05.1948 - (07.)1948 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for PT & W School)) 23.10.1948 - (05.1949) on staff of Flag Officer Training Squadrons [HMS Anson] 21.03.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties) 19.04.1951 - 10.07.1951 HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) 15.07.1952 - (05.1953) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 04.01.1955 - (01.1956) HMS Gambia (cruiser) (01.1957) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * HMS Vanguard (battlecruiser) (Gibraltar, Genoa & Villafranche) period unknown HMS Armadillo (Combined Operations training camp (Ardentinny, Scotland) * indexed, but not listed as such
Hamilton, [Sir] John Graham     Son of late Col. Ernest Graham Hamilton, CMG, DSO, MC (1883-1950), and Ethel Marie (née Frith) (1884-1945). Married (1938) Dorothy Nina Turner (died 22.02.2009, aged 91), 2nd daughter of late Col. J.E. Turner, CMG, DSO; no children.	12.07.1910 Gateshead district ? - 27.10.1994 Abbotsbury, Weymouth, Dorset	Cadet 01.09.1927 Midsh. 01.05.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1930 S.Lt. 01.03.1931 Lt. 01.08.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1940 Cdr. 31.12.1943 Capt. 30.06.1949 R.Adm. 07.07.1958 V.Adm. 12.04.1961 Adm. 11.08.1965 (retd 09.08.1967) GBE 11.06.1966 HM's birthday [investiture 06.07.66] KBE 01.01.1963 New Year 63 [investiture 12.02.63] CB 11.06.1960 HM's birthdat 60 [investiture 05.07.60] CBE 01.01.1958 New Year 58 [investiture 04.03.58] MID 18.01.1944 dissolution Force H 11.43 MID 13.06.1957 Suez operations	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1924). 08.09.1927 - (04.)1930 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 25.09.1930 - (02.)1931 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.12.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 24.09.1932 - (07.)1935 HMS Ardent (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 26.09.1935 - (08.)1936 qualifying for Gunnery duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Excellent] 26.10.1936 - (07.)1937 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 22.11.1937 - (08.)1938 Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 02.08.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 01.11.1938 - (08.1939) Gunnery Officer, HMS Grenville (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) (04.1940)     no appointment listed 08.05.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 19.01.1942 - (08.1942) Fleet Anti-Aircraft Officer, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)] 19.01.1943 - (12.1943) Gunnery Officer, HMS Warspite (battleship) (despatches) 10.01.1944 - (01.)1945 Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS Preisdent] (07.1945)     no appointment listed 1945     SE Asia (04.1946)     HMS Glenearn (landing ship infantry) * 1946     British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Japan 14.12.1946 - 06.1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Alacrity (sloop) (Far East) 13.10.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 22.12.1949 - 1951 Deputy Director, Radio Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.041952 - (05.)1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Solebay (destroyer depot ship) & Captain (D), 5th Destroyer Squadron 22.03.1954 - (01.)1956 Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 05.07.1956 - 1958 Commanding Officer, HMS Newfoundland (light cruiser) (Far East) 22.04.1958 - 1960 Naval Secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty [HMS President] 24.10.1960 - 1962 Flag Officer Flotillas, Home Fleet [HMS Bermuda (cruiser)] 20.10.1962 - (02.)1964 Flag Officer Air (Home) [HMS Daedalus (RN base, Lee-on-Solent)] 1964 - 1967 Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean, and Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces, Mediterranean Director-General, 1968-72, National President, 1972-75, Institute of Marketing. Patron, Dorset Expeditionary Society, 1987-. * indexed, but not listed as such
Hamilton, Kenneth Innes   Son of Lt.Col. James Kenneth Montgomerie Hamilton (1885-1964), and Julia Ruth Polkinghorne. Nephew of R.Adm. Hugh Dundas Hamilton, RN. Married (15.10.1942) Igraine Mary Livingston, only child of William Livingston; two sons.	20.07.1916 - 29.01.2003 Surrey	Cadet 01.09.1933 Midsh. 01.05.1934 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1936 S.Lt. 04.10.1937, seniority 01.03.1937 Lt. 30.08.1938, seniority 01.04.1938 1940?, seniority 01.03.1938 1943?, seniority 01.03.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1945 (retd 1946; invalided) DSC 12.05.1942 aircraft attack harbour Malta 12.02.42 [investiture 03.11.42] DSC 06.10.1942 Operation MG1 [investiture 03.11.42]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1929?-1933). 01.09.1933 - 02.05.1934 HMS Frobisher (cadet trainng cruiser) 03.05.1934 - (08.)1934 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.09.1934 - (07.)1935 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 25.07.1935 - (08.)1936 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Home Fleet) 24.09.1936 - 03.01.1937 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.01.1937 - (07.)1937 promotion course, Portsmouth 25.08.1937 - (08.)1938 HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (10.1938)     no appointment listed 11.1938 - 12.02.1942 First Lieutenant, HMS Maori (destroyer) (sunk by German aircraft at Dockyard Creek, Malta) 1942 - 1942 HMS Penelope (cruiser) (08.1942)     HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) * 23.11.1942 - 22.01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Newport (destroyer) 23.01.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Montgomery (destroyer) 31.01.1944 - 01.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Dacres (frigate) & as Senior Officer of an Escort Group 19.09.1944 - (01.)1945 RN College, Eaton, Chester (07.1945)     no appointment listed Investment consultant. * indexed, but not listed as such
Hamilton, Sir Louis Henry Keppel Eldest son of late Adm. Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton, GCVO, KCB, and Maria Walpole, daughter of Adm. of the Fleet Hon. Sir Henry Keppel, GCB. Unmarried.	31.12.1890 St George Hanover Square, London, Surrey - 27.06.1957	Midsh. 15.05.1908 S.Lt. 30.06.1911 Lt. 30.06.1913 Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1921 Cdr. 31.12.1926 Capt. 31.12.1932 R.Adm. 15.01.1941 V.Adm. 31.12.1943 A/Adm. 01.06.1945? Adm. 16.05.1947 (retd 26.09.1948) KCB 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 [investiture 09.05.45] CB 01.01.1943 New Year 43 [investiture 11.05.43] DSO 24.09.1915 * DSO 26.09.1940 Narvik 04-06.40 [investiture 22.02.41] MID 06.01.1942 Home Fleet operations Norwegian waters MID 01.01.1944 New Year 44 NwWC 13.10.1942 Ofotfjord Norwegian campaign [investiture 19.10.42] Order of St. Stanislas, 3rd Class (with Swords) (Russia) (05.06.1917; for Battle of Jutland) * For his services in the operations in the Cameroons. Lieutenant Hamilton was in charge of a river flotilla which drove the Germans out of Dehane at the end of December, 1914. He was later in command of the detachment which transported a naval gun 160 miles up the lower reaches of the Niger river, thence 480 miles up the Benue river and 60 miles by land, and thus contributed in large measure to the success of the operations which culminated in the surrender of Garua on the 10th June, 1915.	Education: RN College, Osborne; Imperial Defence College. 15.09.1903     entered RN 15.05.1908     on passing out of HMS Cumberland gained 2,5 months' time & King's Medal 1908 - 1910 HMS Albemarle & HMS Prince of Wales (Mediterranean) 1910 - 1911 HMS Vanguard (English Channel) 1911     HMS Venus (Coronation Durbar, India) 02.1913 - 10.1913 S/Lt/ & Lt. HMS Victoria and Albert 1914 - 1915 HMS Cumberland (Cameroons, West Africa) (despatches, DSO) 1915 1915 1917 - - - 1918 1916 1918 commanding destroyers, Harwich Force: Commanding Officer, HMS Moorsum (torpedo boat destroyer) Commanding Officer, HMS Taurus (torpedo boat destroyer) 1921 - 1922 HMS Streneous (Home Waters) 15.08.1922 - 1924 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Home Waters) (01.1925)     no appointment listed 27.01.1925 - (05.1926) HM Yacht Victoria and Albert 06.01.1927 - 03.1927 Commanding Officer, HMS Wanderer (destroyer) 03.1927 - (06.)1928 Commanding Officer, HMS Wild Swan (destroyer) (China) 12.09.1928 - (08.1929) Commanding Officer, HMS Ambuscade (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 14.01.1930 - (08.1930) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] (02.1931)     no appointment listed 01.09.1931 - (01.)1933 Assistant to Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] (05.1933) - (06.1933) no appointment listed (01.1934)     no appointment listed 16.01.1934 - (11.1934) imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President] 22.01.1935 - (02.)1937 Flag Captain, HMS Norfolk (cruiser) & Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, East Indies (07.1937)     no appointment listed 06.09.1937 - (08.)1939 Captain of College, Royal Naval College, Greenwich [HMS President] 22.01.1940 - 01.09.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Aurora (cruiser) (10.1940)     HMS Prince of Wales * (02.1941)     no appointment listed 28.02.1941 - (12.1941) Rear-Admiral Commanding Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas [= Rear-Admiral (D), Home Fleet] [HMS Tyne] 02.1942 - (08.)1943 Rear-Admiral Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron [HMS Norfolk, from 24.02.1943 HMS Kent] 01.10.1943 - 01.04.1945 Flag Officer-in-Charge, Malta [HMS St. Angelo] 01.06.1945 - 16.06.1948 First Naval Member and Chief of Naval Staff of Commonwealth Naval Board (Australia, London Depot) * indexed, but not listed as such
Hammer, Charles Henry	? ? - died between 08.1973 and 08.1977	Lt. 16.07.1942 Lt.Cdr. 16.07.1950 Cdr. 30.06.1954 Capt. 30.06.1963 (retd) MBE 01.01.1951 New Year 51 [investiture 28.02.51] MID 20.07.1943 7 war patrols from Malta	... - ... ... (1943) HMS Unrivalled 02.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Visigoth ... - ... ... 04.12.1954 - (01.1956) Staff Officer (Plans & Intelligence) on staff of Flag Officer (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] ... - ... ...

 

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