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J.F. Bailey   to   J.G. Burton
Bailey,
James Francis
J.F. Bailey
Son of ... Bailey, and ... Ellis.
Married ...; ... children.		 22.03.1914
St Marylebone district, London
-
?
T/2nd Lt. 13.11.1942
T/Lt. 13.05.1943
A/T/Capt. 14.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
11.1942? - (12.1942) P Company, RM Engineers, Supply Unit, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) 2
(02.1943) - (04.1944) Section Officer, P & R Platoon, Landing Company, Landing & Maintenance Unit, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) 2
(06.1944) - (10.1945) 46 RM Commando
? - (04.1946) 3rd Commando Brigade (Light) (waiting disposal)
Bamber,
Alexander Thomson
J.B. Blacklaws
Son of William Henry Bamber, and
Jessie Ann H. Thomson.
Married (27.03.1943, Cathedral
Church of All Saints, Cairo) Third
Officer Elizabeth Reid Halliday,
WRNS.		 14.08.1919
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
(09?).1971
Gosport district, Hampshire
T/2nd Lt. 28.12.1941
T/Lt. 28.06.1942 (reld 04.05.1946)
A/T/Capt. 22.09.1943-(06.1944),
15.03.1945-(07.1945)
(08.1942) - (06.)1944 Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (1)
1944 - (10.1944) attached Group 3, Holding Company, RM Training Group (Devon)
? - (07.1945) Adjutant, 26th RM Battalion
Barbour,
Allan [Gerrie]
A. Barbour (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter A. Barbour)
Married ((03?).1940, St Pancras district, London) Joan Ann Newby Grant (03.1918 - (12?).1982); two sons, five daughters.		 31.12.1907
Scotland
-
01.1974
North Cotswold district, Gloucestershire
T/2nd Lt. 17.05.1941
T/Lt. 17.11.1941
A/T/Capt. 01.11.1941-(02.1944),
15.04.1944-17.03.1945
T/Capt. 18.03.1945
A/T/Maj. 18.11.1944-(07.1946)
1941 - (08.)1941 L&M Group, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (2)
(10.)1941 - (08.)1942 Transport Company, L&M Group, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (2)
(10.)1942 - (02.)1944 Officer Commanding, Transport Platoon, RM Group Supply Unit, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (2)
(04.1944) - (10.1944) RM Training Group Wales (Gibraltar Camp, Llanegryn, Towyn) (waiting disposal)
18.12.1944 - (10.)1945 HMS Hopetoun (landing craft and minesweeper base, Port Edgar)
03.12.1945 - (07.1946) Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty with Director Combined Operations Division)
Barclay,
David Lovat
"Dave"
D.L. Barclay
Youngest son (with three brothers and six sisters) of Clifford Barclay, and Rosamund Veal, of Park House, East Horsley, Surrey.
Married ((03?).1944, Chelsea district, London) Daphne Joan Lawson, of East Croydon, Surrey, only daughter of Mr & Mrs C.A. Lawson, of Wandsworth Common, London SW18.		 18.05.1920
Hampstead, Surrey
-
06.06.1944
(KIA) [age 24]
[Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 79, column 1]
2nd Lt. 01.09.1938
Lt. 14.04.1940
A/Capt. 20.08.1942
A/Maj. 06.01.1944
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - & clasp France & Germany
It St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Education: St Bee's School, Cumbria.
01.09.1938     commissioned RM
(10.)1938 - (02.)1939 RM course Plymouth
(03.)1939 - (05.)1940 RM course Portsmouth
1940 - (06.)1940 Chatham Division RM
24.06.1940 - 02.1942 HMS Norfolk (Norfolk class cruiser)
(04.1942) - (06.1942) no appointment listed
(08.).1942 - 13.12.1943 40 RM Commando (from 20.08.1942 Adjutant) (obtained parachute wings at Ringway 03.1943)
13.12.1943 - 06.06.1944 41 RM Commando (from 06.01.1944 Second-in-Command) (killed in action by a shell at Hermanville-sur-Mer upon landing at Sword Beach; his body was never recovered)
Bartlett,
Harry Royston
"Roy"
H.R. Bartlett (Photo courtesy of Dr Jonathan Bartlett) H.R. Bartlett (Photo courtesy of Dr Jonathan Bartlett)
Son of Brig. Harry Bartlett, CBE, and Hilda Mary Hodder.
Brother of Capt. William James Osborne Bartlett, MC and Bar, Royal Tank Regiment.
Married (15.04.1944, Church of St Mary, Hayling South, Havant, Gosport district, Hampshire) Joan Cook[e], of Budleigh Salterton.		 20.02.1924
Andover district, Hampshire / Wiltshire
-
01.11.1944
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
(died of illness) [age 20]
[Budleigh Salterton Church Cemetery, H.5.2]
T/2nd Lt. 21.08.1942
T/Lt. 10.05.1943
Education: Imperial Service College, Windsor (09.1937-07.1940; "C", or, Lawrence House).
(08.1942?) - (02.)1943 No. 1 (Mobile) Company, 18th (Mobile) Battalion RM
1943 - (04.)1943 23rd (Training) Battalion, RM Training Group Dalditch
(06.)1943 - (12.1943) 41 RM Commando 
[received a massive wound from a German machine gun in the back after running up and placing a pole charge against a pill-box around Vietri near Salerno in early September 1943 during Operation Avalanche]
12.03.1944 - 01.11.1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) [died of illness from his wounds received at Salerno]
Bassett,
Samuel John [Woodroffe]
"Sam"
S.J. Bassett S.J. Bassett
Son of Samuel John Bassett (1863-1942). and Eleanor Woodroffe (1864-1937).
Married 1st (09.04.1919, St John's Church, Upper Holloway, Islington district, London) Dora Mildred Amy Fiudge (1894? - (12.)1920).
Married 2nd (03.08.1921) Zoya Melataevna Gadzinsky.
12.06.1890 *
Peckham, South London
-
09.12.1974
Woking, Surrey

* In service records shown as 12.04.1889
Mne. 15.03.1907
Cpl. 18.06.1913
L/Sgt. 29.04.1914
Cpl. 15.08.1914
A/RM Gnr. 24.04.1915
Prob. 2nd Lt. 25.08.1915
T/Lt. 15.12.1915
Lt. ?, seniority 15.12.1915
T/Capt. 24.05.1920-04.12.1920
Capt. RMLI 06.01.1921
Capt. 22.06.1923
Bt. Maj. 31.12.1931 (for meritious service)
Maj. 31.12.1932 (for meritious service)
Maj. (Paym.) 01.02.1939-11.04.1944
Lt.Col. (Paym.) 02.10.1939 (retd 12.04.1944; age) (recalled for service with same date) (reverted to retd 03.07.1960)
T/Col. (Paym.) 03.10.1940
A/Col. (retd) 12.04.1944
Col. (retd) 03.09.1945
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 1946 [investiture 28.10.1947)]
15.03.1907 - 24.08.1915 served in the ranks for 8 years, 40 days
... - ... ...
24.05.1920 - 21.12.1920 seconded with Army as Staff Captain, Black Sea
... - ... ...
02.05.1936 - 27.05.1940 Chatham Division RM [from 17.06.1936-31.01.1939 Brigade Major]
28.05.1940 - 31.08.1946 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) & as Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence (Topographical) from 25.01.1943
[set up and led the Inter-Services Topographical Department (ISTD)]
01.09.1946 - 31.10.1947 HMS President (for special duty inside Admiralty with Director of Naval Intelligence)
01.11.1947 - 1960? HMS President (for duty outside Admiralty with Director of Naval Intelligence)
Published: Royal Marine : the autobiography of Colonel Sam Bassett, CBE, RM (1962).
Bateman,
Kenneth Bernard
K.B. Bateman
Son of Albert Joseph Bateman (1872-1963, and Lizzie Coucher (1876-1964).
Married (18.02.1940, Ealing) Janet Mary Taylor (11.12.1914 - 10.07.2009); two children.		 29.11.1910
Lewisham district, London
-
19.12.2008
Southampton, Hampshire
T/2nd Lt. 15.05.1942
T/Lt. 15.11.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
25.05.1942 - 27.06.1942 Platoon Weapons Course, RM Division
(08.)1942 - (08.)1944 RM Divisional Artillery *
07.09.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
(06.)1944 - (10.)1944 RM Training Group Wales (Gibraltar Camp, Llanegryn, Towyn) (waiting disposal)
29.11.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Bateman,
Reginald Eustace
R.E. Bateman (© Imperial War Museum (A 23694)) 		11.08.1902
-
(06?).1980
North Walsham district, Norfolk
T/Lt. 07.02.1943
A/T/Capt. 31.10.1943
... - ... ...
01.09.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(06.1944)     Force "S" (Normandy)
... - ... ...
Beadle,
Ian Nigel Neville
I.N.N. Beadle
Son of Ivanhoe Alban Neville Beadle (1894-1985), and Sarah Monica Rouse (1883-1969).
Married (02.10.1943, Westminster district, London; marriage dissolved) Helen J.M. Thomas ((06?).1922 - ), daughter of ... Thomas, and ... Evans. She remarried (1973) George P. Owen.
Married 2nd ((03.).1973, Dover district, Kent) Una D. Pullen (1928? - ).		 06.11.1918
Maidstone district, Kent
-
28.06.1981
Ringwould, Deal, Dover district, Kent
L/Cpl. ?
T/2nd Lt. 15.01.1940
A/T/Lt. 15.06.1940-14.07.1940
T/Lt. 15.07.1940
A/T/Capt. 23.01.1942-07.09.1944
T/Capt. 08.09.1944 (reld 16.03.1946)
A/T/Maj. 28.01.1945-(07.1945)
Capt. 01.05.1947, seniority 06.11.1945 [384086]
A/Maj. 01.03.1948
Maj. 06.11.1952, seniority 01.03.1948
Military Cross MC 20.02.1945 counter-attack Merville 08.06.1944 [recommendation available upon request]
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD ? -
Education: St Olave's Preparatory School, Ripon.
15.01.1940 - (03.)1940 Depot RM, Deal
(04.)1940 - (04.)1941 1st Battalion RM, 1st (later101st) RM Brigade
(06.)1941 - (08.)1941 Brigade HQ, 101st RM Brigade
(10.)1941 - (06.)1943 5th Battalion RM, 101st RM Brigade
(08.)1943 - (10.1945) 45 RM Commando (MC):
(06.1944?) - (04.1945?) Officer Commanding, E Troop
22.03.1945 - late 04.1945 Third-in-Command
30.06.1945 - 23.09.1945 Second-in-Command
07.1945 - (10?.1945) Camp Commandant for training of 45 RM Imperial duty troops destined for Hong Kong
01.05.1947 - 31.12.1953 The Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps - Territorial Army
01.01.1954 - 29.06.1959 transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
30.06.1959 - 13.01.1960 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
14.01.1960 - 14.05.1961 Army Emergency Reserve of Officers
15.05.1961 - ? Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Class I)
Managing director, Williamstown Shipping Company, 1960.
Beal,
Noel Arthur Gilbert Henry
N.A.G.H. Beal (Photo courtesy of Mr Lee Lidbury)
Son of Stuart Edward Beal.
Married (21.02.1942) Katherine Mary Bovenschen, daughter of Sir Frederick Carl Bovenschen, and Mabel Alice Acland; children (one daughter?).		 29.12.1917
-
21.12.1991
Hythe, Shepway district, Kent
2nd Lt. 01.01.1937
Lt. 01.02.1939
A/Capt. 20.11.1941-01.04.1944
Capt. 01.02.1946 (retd 06.01.1949)
A/Maj. 02.04.1944-(01.1946)
... - ... ...
03.06.1943 - 23.09.1943 training course, Staff College, Camberley
... - ... ...
02.04.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Dipper (RN Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset)
Beazley,
Gerald Wills
J.B. Blacklaws
Son of Richard and Edith Beazley, of Wallington, Surrey.
Married (26.03.1921) Lucretia McClure; ... children.
22.12.1898
Croydon district, Surrey
-
03.02.1976
Surrey South Western district, Surrey
2nd Lt. 01.09.1916
Lt. 26.09.1917
Capt. 01.09.1927
Maj. 20.09.1936 (retd 08.09.1945; medical unfitness)
... - ... ...
29.08.1938 - 28.08.1939 Portsmouth Division RM
29.08.1939 - 23.11.1939 Plymouth Division RM
24.11.1939 - 14.02.1940 Portsmouth Division RM
15.02.1940 - (06.)1940 Officer Commanding, 21st RM Light Battery - RM Group MNBDO (Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation)
(08.1940)     no appointment listed
11.08.1940 - 27.06.1943 Inspector of Gunnery and from 21.02.1942 Superintendent of Naval Gunnery RM, Plymouth Division RM
28.06.1943 - 08.09.1945 Paymaster, Chatham Division RM
Beeman,
Philip
P. Beeman
Son of Robert Beeman, and Margaret Kate Madden.
 21.11.1916
Wandsworth district, London
-
05.2002
South Hams district, Devon
2nd Lt.
 		01.09.1935
Prob. Lt.
 		01.10.1937
Lt.
 		18.04.1938, seniority 01.10.1937
A/Capt.
 		15.11.1941-03.06.1942
Capt.
 		04.06.1942
A/Maj.
29.11.1944-18.03.1946
Maj.
 		30.06.1950
local Lt.Col.
 		17.10.1956-12.03.1957
A/Lt.Col.
 		13.03.1957-16.06.1958
local Lt.Col.
 		17.06.1958-29.06.1958
Lt.Col.
 		30.06.1958
Col.
 		30.06.1962 (retd 21.11.1965)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 08.01.1942
 withdrawal from Crete [investiture 09.02.43]
?
 -
 		(02.1936)
 		Chatham Division RM
(01.1937)
 -
 		(02.)1937
 		Portsmouth Division RM
1937
 -
 		(07.)1937
 		RM Depot, Deal
18.10.1937
 -
 		(02.)1938
 		HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet)
18.02.1938
 -
 		(10.1938)
 		HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Home Fleet)
02.01.1939
 -
 		(04.)1939
 		gunnery course, HMS Excellent
1939
 -
 		(08.)1939
 		Chatham Division RM
27.08.1939
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Calcutta (cruiser)
15.11.1941
 -
 		(10.)1943
 		HMS Charybdis (cruiser)
1943
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		RM Siege Regiment
?
 -
 		(04.)1944
 		RM Armoured Support Group
(06.)1944
 -
 		(10.)1944
 		Instructor of Gunnery, RM Amphibious Training Centre (Burma Camp, Llwynwril) [under RM Training Group Wales]
29.11.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Turtle (Combined Operations training establishment, Poole)
?
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Portsmouth Division RM
?
 -
 		(07.1948)
 		Gunnery School RM
(05.1949)
 -
 		(05.1950)
 		Pay and Records Office RM
(05.1953)
 -
 		(07.1954)
 		RM Office (London)
(04.1955)
 -
 		(01.)1956
 		RM Barracks, Eastney
17.10.1956
 -
 		(01.1957)
 		Material Staff, Amphibious Warfare HQ (London)
30.06.1958
 -
 		(01.1959)
 		Assistant Adjutant General, "A" Staff, Royal Marine Office (London)
(07.1961)
 -
 		(02.1964)
 		RM Barracks, Eastney
01.07.1965
 -
 		21.11.1965
 		RM ADC to the Queen
Belbin,
George Craven
 G.C.Belbin (Imperial War Museum © IWM (A 21370)) G.C.Belbin (Photo courtesy of Mr David Hilton)
Only son of Edward George Craven Belbin (1879-), and Sigrid Mathilda Velander (1891-), of Hong Kong.
Married 1st (05.05.1941, Fenwick, East Ayrshire, Scotland) June Bissell Crickmay Abbott (13.06.1918 - 10.2003), elder daughter of the late Mr William John Crickmay Pope (1894-1972), and Winifred May Thomas (Mrs J.S. Abbott) (1893-1972), of Craufurdland Castle, Kilmarnock; two daughters.
Married 2nd ((06?).1955, Westminster district, London; divorced 1965) Emma Paula Maria Spiller (née Kafkova Czernin) (03.02.1921 - ); one child.
Married 3rd ((06?).1983, Kensington and Chelsea district, London) Emma P.A. Cesarei		 16.02.1920
Hong Kong ?
-
25.01.2008
Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.01.1938
A/Lt. 05.12.1939
Prob. Lt. 01.02.1940
Lt. 05.06.1940, seniority 01.02.1940 (retd 31.07.1946; medical unfitness)
A/Capt. 30.06.1941-12.08.1945
Education: Marlborough College (01.1934-12.1937; C2 (Fleur de Lyse) House; House Prefect; XV 1937).
(02.)1938 - (03.)1938 RM course Plymouth
(06.)1938 - (12.1938) RM course Portsmouth
(02.1939) - (06.)1939 RM course Plymouth
(07.)1939 - (08.)1939 RM course Portsmouth
(09.)1939 - (12.)1939 RM course Deal
05.12.1939 - (03.)1940 HMS Coventry (Ceres class cruiser)
(04.1940) - (05.1940) HMS Coventry (Ceres class cruiser) *
(06.1940)     RM Brigade *
(08.)1940 - (08.)1941 2nd Battalion RM, 102nd RM Brigade
(10.)1941 - (08.)1942 Adjutant, 2nd Battalion RM, 102nd RM Brigade
(10.)1942 - (06.)1943 2nd Battalion RM, 102nd RM Brigade
1943 - (08.)1943 Plymouth Division RM
13.09.1943 - (10.1944) Officer Commanding RM Detachment, HMS Belfast (improved Southampton class cruiser)
? - (01.)1945 RM Commando (Training) Unit, RM Training Group Wales
(04.)1945 - (07.)1945 40 RM Commando (Italy; wounded by a mine the day after he crossed the Menate Canal)
1945 - (10.1945) HOC (Lt) [?]
? - (04.1946) Plymouth Division RM
Chartered surveyor. ARICS 1949.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Bell,
Arnold
A. Bell (Photo courtesy of Mr Ed Bell)
Son (with three sisters and two brothers) of John Thomas Bell (1878-1941), and Alice Hall (1880-1969).
Husband of Muriel Hannah Bell, of Chatham; one son.

His son writes: "My father Capt. Arnold Bell RM was stationed at HMS Nile between May and November 1944. In October he took a detachment of Royal Marines to the Greek port of Piraeus to keep law and order in the interim period between the German's withdrawal and the establishment of civil law. The following is a quote from an ex-Marine who lived in New Zealand and was a member of the detachment. "This party had the exciting designation of 'Haddock' and consisted of two sergeants, four corporals and 46 marines who gathered at Sphinx. Training was commmennced on commando principle with emphasis on -riots and street fighting etc." The detachment landed on Greek soil on October 12 and remained until the beginning of November when they were ordered to board HMS Easton and harrass the Germans remaining on the island of Milos. An attack on a radar unit sited on Mount Topakas, on the South West corner of Milos was planned and executed on the night of November 13/14 during which my father and three Royal Marines were killed. The Radar unit ceased to operate from that date, two German prisoners were taken and a number of Greek teenagers who wished to fight for the Allies were taken on board Easton."
09.01.1908
-
14.11.1944
Milos, Greece
(KIA)
[Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece, collective grave 23.B.2-5]
T/A/Sgt.Maj.
 		07.10.1940
Lt.
 		01.01.1944
A/Capt.
 		15.07.1944
Mentioned in Despatches MID
 08.06.1944
 HM's birthday 44
Mentioned in Despatches MID
 11.12.1945
 wind up Europe 45 [posthumously]
(02.1941)
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		Sergeant-Major, 7th Battalion, 103rd RM Brigade
(08.1942)
 -
 		(02.)1943
 		101st RM Brigade
(06.)1943
 -
 		(08.)1943
 		Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation 2
(10.)1943
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		RM Military School
?
 -
 		(04.)1944
 		RM Training Group Wales (Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation 2)
1944
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		RM Training Group Devon (Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation 2)
15.07.1944
 -
 		14.11.1944
 		HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)
Bell,
Kenneth Sydney
K.S. Bell 		?
-
?
... ...
T/Maj. 13.03.1941
      Royal Marine Engineers
... - ... ...
Benjamin,
Herbert Louis
H.L. Benjamin (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton) H.L. Benjamin (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton)
 03.03.1918
-
10.1995
Kensington and Chelsea district, London
T/2nd Lt. ?
T/Capt. 03.09.1943
T/A/Lt.Col. 16.04.1945
... - ... ...
(07.1945)     Commanding Officer, Commando Group Signals RM
... - ... ...
Bird,
Francis Doyne Godfrey
F.D.G. Bird (© Imperial War Museum (A 14214)) 		26.02.1913
Alverstoke district, Hampshire
-
05.08.1991
Winchester, Hampshire
2nd Lt. 01.01.1932
Lt. 01.01.1935
Capt. 23.05.1939
A/Maj. 15.04.1943
... ...
Lt.Col. 30.06.1954
Col. 31.12.1958 (retd 26.02.1962)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 01.01.1958 New Year 1958 [investiture 25.02.1958]
Mentioned in Despatches MID 01.02.1944 Operations Husky & Avalanche
... - ... ...
01.08.1941 - 12.10.1941 Commanding Officer, 759 Squadron FAA
01.11.1941 - 21.10.1943 Commanding Officer, 888 Squadron FAA
20.12.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, 759 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)]
12.06.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services: as Commander, Flying)
... - ... ...
 
Blacklaws,
John Berry
J.B. Blacklaws
Married Wendy Patricia Ware-Austin; two sons.
 1925
Blackford district, Scotland
-
06.10.1965
Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa
Mne.
 		01.06.1943 [114295]
T/2nd Lt.
 		12.08.1944
T/Lt.
12.02.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
01.06.1943

enlisted RM
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		RM Commandos
?
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Plymouth Division RM
Went home to Kenya post-war (farmer/game warden/safari leader).
Blake,
Albert Barnes
G.M. Blake
Son of ... Blake, and ... Edington.
Married ...; ... children (one son?).		 01.10.1924
Lambeth, London
-
T/2nd Lt. 06.11.1943
A/T/Lt. 26.03.1944
T/Lt. 06.05.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
(12.1943)     RM Depot, Deal
05.12.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
30.07.1945 - (10.1945) Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services)
1940s - 1950s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
1950s - 1980s Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, from 1958 Royal Naval Reserve (Lt.Cdr.; Reserve Decoration)
Blake,
George Michael
G.M. Blake
15.08.1918
-
22.01.2007
2nd Lt.
 		01.01.1937
A/Lt.
 		30.01.1939-31.01.1939
Lt.
 		01.02.1939
A/Capt.
 		28.10.1940-17.08.1943,
04.10.1943-31.03.1946
Capt.
 		01.04.1946
Maj.
 		31.12.1953
...
 -
 		...
 		...
?
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		102nd RM Brigade
(08.1943)
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		RM Depot, Deal
29.09.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMNZS Gambia
...
 -
 		...
 		...
Blake,
John Philip
J.P. Blake J.P. Blake
 17.11.1917
-
03.06.1944
[age 26]
[Belgrade War Cemetery, Serbia, 9.E.7]
T/2nd Lt. ?
T/Lt. 01.06.1940
A/T/Capt. 28.10.1941
Military Cross MC 27.06.1944 services in Italy
... - ... ...
(02.1943) - (06.)1943 3rd Battalion RM (101st RM Brigade)
(08.)1943 - 03.06.1944 43 RM Commando
Blandford,
Henry Charles Geoffrey
 H.C.G. Blandford (Photo courtesy of Mr Greg Colgan)
05.09.1900
Burma
-
21.05.1947
Ceylon
Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.01.1919
Prob. Lt. 01.01.1922
Lt. ?, seniority 01.01.1922
Capt. 01.01.1930
Maj. 27.08.1939
A/Lt.Col. 20.11.1941-15.07.1942
A/Col. 08.04.1944
... - ... ...
26.01.1927 - 11.01.1928 12th RM Battalion
... - ... ...
03.12.1938 - 28.10.1939 HMS Iron Duke (RN base, Scapa Flow)
29.10.1939 - 02.11.1939 Portsmouth Division RM
03.11.1939 - 07.01.1940 Chatham Division RM
08.01.1940 - 20.02.1940 Depot RM, Deal
21.02.1940 - 19.11.1941 RM Brigade
20.11.1941 - 08.06.1942 Officer Commanding 2nd RM Battalion (RM Brigade)
09.06.1942 - 14.07.1942 Second-in-Command, 21st RM Battalion (RM Brigade)
15.07.1942 - 30.10.1942 Plymouth Division RM
01.11.1942 - 31.12.1942 HMS Excellent II (accounting base for naval staff of MNBDO I)
01.01.1943 - 08.05.1943 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers, Algeria/Taranto, Italy)
09.05.1943 - 05.01.1944 Naval Provost Marshal, Taranto, Italy [HMS Hasdrubal (RN base Bizerta & Ferryville and Port Parties from Sousse and Sfax)]
06.01.1944 - 02.02.1944 Chatham Division RM
03.02.1944 - 07.04.1944 HMS Odyssey (accounting base for Naval Parties)
08.04.1944 - 31.07.1944 staff of Commodore Landing Craft Bases [HMS Porcupine (landing craft base, Stokes Bay, Portsmouth)]
01.08.1944 - 17.08.1944 Chatham Division RM
18.08.1944 - ? Naval Provost Marshal, Ceylon [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
Blow,
Leslie
L. Blow (Photo courtesy of Mrs Janet Martin) L. Blow (Photo courtesy of Mrs Janet Martin)
?
-
Col.Sgt.
 		? [PO/215863]
T/Sgt.Maj.
 		26.06.1942
T/Lt. (QM)
 		15.01.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
British Empire Medal BEM
 01.07.1941
 HM's birthday 41 [investiture 04.11.41]
26.06.1942
 -
 		(08.1942)
 		HMS Watchful (RN base, Yarmouth)
(02.1943)
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) 2
(04.1944)
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		Administrative Officer, 1st RM Armoured Support Regiment (RM Armoured Support Group)
(03.1945)

Naval Party 2402 (Rhine crossing)
(07.1945)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
Bolingbroke,
Jonathan
J.W.E. Bradley
 Only son of Mr & Mrs Alfred Bolingbroke, of The Yews, Farnham, Surrey.
Married 1st (12.09.1942, Exeter district, Devon; divorced) Joan Margaret D. "Ginty" Cranmer; ... children (one son?). She remarried (1958) Harold A. Lance.
Married 2nd ((06?).1949, Kensington district, London) Ruth Madeline Taylor (28.11.1917 - 08.2003), youngest daughter of W.R. Taylor.		 09.09.1921
Barnet district, Oxfordshire
-
08.02.2012
Greater London
T/2nd Lt. 18.02.1941
T/Lt. 18.08.1941
A/T/Capt. 24.03.1943-24.02.1947
T/Capt. 09.06.1944-(10.1944)
A/T/Maj. 09.03.1944-(10.1944)
Lt. 1946?, seniority 18.12.1941
Capt. 18.12.1949 (retd 27.11.1966)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 23.07.1946 Burma
Education: Cranleigh School.
(04.1941) - (06.1941) RM Officer Cadet Training Unit *
(08.1941) - (12.1941) RM Signal School *
(02.1942) - (06.)1942 Assistant Brigade Signal Officer, HQ 103rd RM Brigade
1942 - (08.)1942 HQ RM Division
(10.)1942 - (02.)1943 Second-in-Command, "D" Section, RM Divisional Signals
24.03.1943 - (10.)1943 Officer Commanding, "K" Section, RM Divisional Signals
(12.1943)     HQ 3rd Special Service Brigade *
(02.1944)     RM Support Craft Regiment *
(04.1944)     RM Armoured Support Group *
(06.1944) - (10.1944) Officer Commanding Signals, HQ RM Armoured Support Group
? - (01.)1945 RM Signal Holding Company
(04.)1945 - (10.1946) HQ Squadron, 34th Amphibian Assault Regiment RM (despatches)
... - ... ...
* indexed, but not listed as such
Bontein,
Anthony James
A.J. Bontein
 		 19.01.1923
Eastbourne, Hampshire
-
06.07.1943
Southampton, Hampshire (formerly of Eastbourne, Hampshire)
(accident) [age 20]
[Eastbourne (Ocklynge) Cemetery, sec. EL, cons. 114/115]
T/2nd Lt. 15.05.1942
T/Lt. 15.11.1942
25.05.1942 - 27.06.1942 Platoon Weapons Course, RM Division
1942 - (08.)1942 2nd Battalion, 102nd RM Brigade
... - ... ...
? - 06.07.1943 9th Battalion, 102nd RM Brigade
Boothby,
Christopher Evelyn
C.E. Boothby (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton) 		 15.09.1912
-
01.02.1991
Farnham, Surrey
2nd Lt. 01.01.1931
Lt. 01.01.1934
Capt. 06.09.1938
A/Maj. 12.03.1945-(01.1946)
Maj. 30.06.1947 (retd 15.09.1957)
... - ... ...
12.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth class battleship)
... - ... ...
Borland,
David Morton
D.M. Borland 		17.01.1911
-
03.1996
Bristol, Avon
... ...
T/Maj. 22.10.1943
A/T/Lt.Col. 22.07.1943
... - ... ...
Bosworth,
James Frederick
J.F. Bosworth 		?
-
?
T/2nd Lt. 22.10.1941
T/Lt. 22.04.1942
A/T/Capt. 16.11.1942-29.01.1945
T/Capt. 30.01.1945
A/T/Maj. 30.10.1944-04.05.1945,
21.06.1945-...
(12.)1941 - (02.)1942 RM Officer Cadet Training Unit
1942 - (04.)1942 Portsmouth division RM
1942 - (06.)1942 20th (Training) Battalion RM, 104th (Training) RM Brigade
(08.1942)     RM Divisional Artillery *
(10.)1942 - (08.)1943 Second-in-Command, 2 RM Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, RM Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RM Divisional Artillery
03.09.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
24.04.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Westcliff (Combined Operations base, Southend)
06.11.1944 - 19.03.1945 General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2) (Staff Duties), "G" Branch, Headquarters Staff RM (RM Office)
(04.)1945 - (04.)1946 Portsmouth Division RM
* indexed, but not listed as such
Bourne,
 Sir Alan George Barwys
A.G.B. Bourne (© Imperial War Museum (HU 114126)) A.G.B. Bourne
A.G.B. Bourne A.G.B. Bourne (© National Portrait Gallery, London NPG x165385)

Married (1911) Lilian Mary Poole Gabbett; one daughter (Eizabeth Meriel Barwys Ord (née Bourne) (27.09.1917 - 26.07.2011), who married secondly Lt.Col. (later Brig.) Norman Charles Ries, CBE, RM).

25.07.1882
-
24.06.1967
2nd Lt. 01.09.1899
... ...
Maj.Gen. 01.10.1938
Lt.Gen. 31.07.1939
Gen. 26.01.1942 (retd 09.02.1943)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 1941 [investiture 15.07.1941]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 1937 ?
Distinguished Service Order

DSO

 1918 ?
Member of the Royal Victorian Order MVO 1909 ?
... - ... ...
02.10.1939 - 20.07.1940 Adjutant-General RM, HQ Staff RM (RM Office)
21.07.1940 - 13.11.1940 Deputy Director of Combined Operations [HMS President]
14.11.1940 - 20.11.1940 HQ Staff RM (RM Office)
21.11.1940 - 25.01.1943 Adjutant-General RM, HQ Staff RM (RM Office)
Bowman,
Edward Stuart Simken
M. Morgan 		28.07.1899
-
12.03.1966
... ...
T/Lt.Col. 29.04.1943

OBE
      RM Engineers
... - ... ...
Bradley,
John William Evance
J.W.E. Bradley
Son of ... Bradley, and ... Burt.
Lived in Swanage in the 1990s.
 04.08.1920
Wareham district, Dorset
-
05.1994
Poole district, Dorset
T/Lt.
 		18.08.1941
A/T/Capt.
 		01.10.1942
Military Cross MC
 08.02.1944
 capture of Termoli (Italy)
?
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		15th (S) Battalion, 101st RM Brigade
?
 -
 		(08.1942)
 		no appointment listed
?
 -
 		(02.1943)
 		Commando Group HQ
(06.1943)
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		40 RM Commando
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Assistant to Officer-in-Charge Cadets, Cadet Wing, RM Military School
?
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Plymouth Division, RM
Brind-Sheridan,
Paddy Kendall
P.K. Brind-Sheridan P.K. Brind-Sheridan
P.K. Brind-Sheridan P.K. Brind-Sheridan
P.K. Brind-Sheridan
Son (with one brother and one sister) of Norman Sheridan (1874-), and Winifrede Kendall (who, after her divorce, changed her surname to Brind-Sheridan).
Married (09.11.1935, Christ Church, Cockfosters, Edmonton district, Essex) Wendela Millear "Wendy" Pickford (27.05.1912 - 20.03.1990), daughter (with one sister) of John Percival Pickford (1872-1940), and Helen Mary Grover (1869-1957); two sons (of which one died in infancy), one daughter (who died aged 8). Wendy Brind-Sheridan remarried (1945) Lt.Col. Maxwell Hardy Spicer, RM, later Augustus Leopold Ridgway.		 17.03.1913
Natal, South Africa
-
01.11.1944
Westkapelle, the Netherlands
[Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery, the Netherlands, 5.C.12]
Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.09.1931
Lt. 01.09.1934
Capt. 16.02.1939
A/Maj. 01.05.1944
Education: preparatory school, Natal; Bedford Grammar School (rowing).
01.09.1931 - 31.12.1931 Portsmouth Division RM
01.01.1932 - (08.)1932 course for Probationary 2nd Lieutenant RM [at RN College, Greenwich [HMS President])
(09.)1932 - (05.)1933 RM Depot, Deal
(06.)1933 - 09.09.1934 Portsmouth Division RM
10.09.1934 - 19.06.1936 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet)
20.06.1936 - 18.01.1937 Portsmouth Division RM (as Instructor, RM Small Arms School)
19.01.1937 - 04.03.1937 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean)
05.03.1937 - 24.05.1937 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Home Fleet)
25.05.1937 - 08.10.1937 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean)
09.10.1937 - 29.03.1938 Portsmouth Division RM
30.03.1938 - (08.)1939 Assistant Instructor of Small Arms, Chatham Division RM
26.08.1939 - (06.)1942 Officer Commanding, RM Detachment, HMS Ajax (Leander class cruiser)
1942 - 11.09.1942 Chatham Division RM
12.09.1942 - 02.1944 Officer Commanding, RM Detachment, HMS Victorious (Illustrious class aircraft carrier)
02.1944 - 08.1944 RM Holding Commando
08.1944 - 01.11.1944 Officer Commanding, X Troop, 41 RM Commando
[wounded, together with his batman, during the advance from Westkapelle to Domburg when they met stiff resistance from a wired-in position on a high dune; when relieving troops reached the position next morning they found the Marine alive, but Maj. Brind-Sheridan had died of his wounds.]
Literature: Tony Sheridan [son], Mrefu : growing up tall : a memoir (2014).
Brockbank,
Maurice Chester
M.C. Brockbank
Son of Clarence Jesse Brockbank (1884-1970), and Caroline Brockbank.
Married ((09?).1938, Surrey Mid Eastern district) Marjorie Winifred "Madge" Adams (1916? - 30.11.2006), of Ewell, Surrey; one son. Madge Brockbank remarried (1952) Donald Burton Baker.		 30.08.1910
Lancashire ?
-
12.04.1945
(KIA) [age 35]
[Becklingen War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany, 8.D.13]
T/2nd Lt. 05.02.1943
T/A/Lt. 13.06.1943
T/Lt. 05.08.1943
T/A/Capt. 14.12.1944
Mentioned in Despatches MID 23.01.1945 operations with Army in Italy 01-04.44
(04.)1943 - (06.)1944 40 RM Commando
(10.)1944 - (01.)1945 RM Holding Commando
1945 - 12.04.1945 "C" Troop, 45 RM Commando (killed at the crossing of the Aller River)
Brockman,
Ernest St John
E.St.J. Brockman

16.10.1897
-
16.01.1977
Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.09.1915
... ...
Lt.Col. 03.10.1943
A/Col. 29.12.1943-16.07.1945
Col. 30.06.1946 (retd 07.03.1949)
A/Col. Comdt. 17.07.1945
T/Brig. 17.07.1945
... - ... ...
14.04.1939 - 04.09.1941 Brigade Major, Plymouth Division
24.11.1941 - 22.09.1943 Assistant Quartermaster General (AQMG), General Staff
23.09.1943 - 12.10.1943 for duty with Commandant Combined Operations (Combined Operations HQ)
13.10.1943 - 05.12.1943 staff of [..]COR, Washington (training duties)
06.12.1943 - 28.12.1943 British Combined Operations Representative (Pacific)
29.12.1943 - 12.11.1944 staff of Joint Services Mission Washington (as British Combined Operations Representative (Pacific))
13.11.1944 - 14.12.1944 staff of Commanding General RM
27.12.1944 - 10.09.1946 staff of Vice Admiral (Q) as Staff Officer RM Australia
11.09.1946 - 30.11.1946 Second-in-Command, Plymouth Division RM
01.12.1946 - 26.12.1948 Commanding Officer, Plymouth Division RM
Broderick,
Stanley Reeves
S.R. Broderick 		18.03.1902
-
23.11.1975
 Cobham, Surrey
... ...
T/Maj. 05.11.1943
      RM Engineers
... - ... ...
Brooks,
 [Sir] Reginald Alexander Dallas
R.A.D. Brooks R.A.D. Brooks
R.A.D. Brooks R.A.D. Brooks
R.A.D. Brooks R.A.D. Brooks
R.A.D. Brooks (© Imperial War Museum (A 31419)) R.A.D. Brooks (© Imperial War Museum (A 31418))
 Only son of Rev. Dallas George Brooks.
Married (03.12.1924, St George Hanover Square district, London) Muriel Violet Turner Laing, CStJ, daughter of Mrs Turner Laing, of Crathie Cottage, Cooden Beach, Sussex; one daughter.
22.08.1896
Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire
-
22.03.1966
Melbourne, Australia
Prob. 2nd Lt. 22.08.1914
Lt. 27.03.1915
A/Capt. 25.02.1918-06.05.1918
Capt. 07.05.1918
Maj. 01.10.1932
Lt.Col. 08.08.1939
T/Col. 25.09.1939-08.07.1940
A/Col.Cdt. (T/Brig.) 09.07.1940-13.12.1942
A/Maj.Gen. 14.12.1942-01.10.1945
Col. 2nd Cdt. (A/Maj.Gen.) 01.06.1944
A/Col.Cdt. (T/Brig.) 01.10.1945-02.01.1946
Col.Cdt. (T/Brig.) 03.01.1946
Maj.Gen. 01.04.1946
Lt..Gen. 30.04.1946
Gen. 08.01.1948 (dispersal 17.06.1949) (retd 16.07.1949)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St George and St Michael GCMG 02.04.1963 Governor of the State of Victoria
Knight Commander of the Order of St George and St Michael KCMG 30.05.1952 HM's birthday 1952
Companion of the Order of St George and St Michael CMG 28.05.1943 HM's birthday 1943
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 01.01.1948 New Year 1948 [investiture 10.02.1948]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 01.01.1946 New Year 1946 [investiture 26.03.1946]
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order KCVO 08.03.1954 Governor of the State of Victoria
Distinguished Service Order

DSO

 22.07.1918 ?
... - ... ...
11.05.1936 - 05.1938 RM Depot, Deal
05.1938 - 24.01.1939 Military Instructor for Officers' School, RM Depot, Deal
25.01.1939 - 19.10.1939 Admiralty [HMS President] (for Naval Intelligence Division)
20.10.1939 - 31.12.1944 seconded for special service to Foreign Office as Deputy Director-General (Military), Political Warfare Executive
01.01.1945 - 30.09.1945 Major-General, General Staff, HQ Staff RM (RM Office)
01.10.1945 - 31.03.1946 Commandant, Chatham Division RM
01.04.1946 - 22.04.1946 Chatham Division RM (additional; for leave)
23.04.1946 - 30.04.1946 HQ Staff RM (RM Office) (additional)
01.05.1946 - 19.05.1949 Commandant General, RM, HQ Staff (RM Office)
20.05.1949 - 17.06.1949 Chatham Division RM (not to join; for dispersal & release)
Governor of Victoria, Australia, 1949-02.1961 & 08.1961-03.1963 (Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia, 02.1961-08.1961). Hon LL.D., Melbourne, 1960. KStJ, 24.06.1949. Croix de Guerre 1918.
Brown,
Frank Weyer
F.W. Brown F.W. Brown		 18.07.1910
Gorleston, Norfolk
-
08.1986
Dalkey, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Prob. 2nd Lt.
 		01.01.1929
Lt.
 		01.01.1932
Capt.
 		09.05.1938
T/Maj.
 		< 08.1942 (retd, reld or died > 06.1944)
RAF:
F/O
 		16.09.1934
F/Lt.
 		01.07.1938
03.01.1929
 -
 		(08.1929)
 		course for Probationary Second Lieutenants, RM at RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
?
 -
 		(04.1930)
 		RM Depot, Deal
?
 -
 		(02.1931)
 		Portsmouth Division. RM
?
 -
 		(01.)1932
 		Plymouth Division, RM
22.01.1932
 -
 		(09.1932)
 		HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean)
06.01.1933
 -
 		(01.)1934
 		HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean)
16.09.1934
 -
 		25.11.1937
 		employed under the Air Ministry:
16.09.1934
 -
 		(07.)1935
 		pilots' course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Leuchars [attached to RAF]
21.08.1935
 -
 		(02.1937)
 		S/R Squadron 823 FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF]
(07.1937)

HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] *
03.01.1938
 -
 		(01.1940)
 		specially employed [attached to RAF]: 
(02.1938)
 -
 		(08.1938)
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) [attached to RAF] *
15.08.1938
 -
 		(04.1939)
 		TSR Squadron 810 FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet)  [attached to RAF]
(08.1939)
 -
 		(04.1940)
 		Fleet Air Arm
06.12.1940
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		Commanding Officer, 786 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crial, Fife)]
11.08.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		Second-in-Command, 824 Squadron FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)]
?
 -
 		(08.)1942
 		Commanding Officer, 824 Squadron FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)]
09.1942
 -
 		(02.1943)
 		HMS Activity (escort carrier) **
20.04.1944
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		HMS President (for duty with 5th Sea Lord)
* indexed, but not listed as such
** (06.1943) - (04.1944) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Brown,
Martin Christopher
M.C. Brown (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton) 		 16.11.1920
Birmingham district, Warwickshire
-
22.05.1941
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 59, column 1]
2nd Lt. 01.09.1939
Lt. 16.02.1941
... - ... ...
18.03.1941 - 22.05.1941 HMS Gloucester (Southampton class cruiser) [missing, presumed killed when ship was bombed and sunk by German aircraft off Crete]
Browning,
Edward William
E.W. Browning 		?
-
?
... ...
T/Maj. 19.08.1943
      RM Engineers
... - ... ...
Buckley,
Arthur Henry Rede
A.H.R. Buckley A.H.R. Buckley (Photo courtesy of Mr Greg Colgan)
Son (with two brothers) of Henry Rede Buckley (1856-1953), secretary, and Gertrude Duncannon Pender Gibb (1866-1954).
Married 1st (01.09.1934, Eastry district, Kent) Joan Mary Searle Phillips (04.09.1905 - 13.07.1945), daughter (with two brothers and one sister) of Albert Markham Hood Phillips (1876-1914), and Feodora Couchman Andrews (1878-1926).
Married 2nd (23.08.1946) Daphne Dorothea Rashleigh (10.06.1916 - 04.1996), daughter (with three brothers and four sisters) of William Stuart Rashleigh (1882-1957), and Dorothy Frances Howell (1887-1973); three sons.
06.02.1903
Pimlico, St George Hanover Square, London, Middlesex
-
04.12.1967
Holbrook, Samford district, Suffolk
[Shotley Royal Naval Cemetery]
Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.09.1921
2nd Lt. 1922?, seniority 01.09.1921
Prob. Lt. 01.10.1924
Lt. 1925?, seniority 01.10.1924
Capt. 28.03.1934
Bt. Maj. 31.12.1940
Maj. 01.02.1944 [accelerated; for meritious service] (retd 25.02.1949)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 [investiture 12.12.44]
Education: King's School, Bruton.
01.09.1921     commissioned, Royal Marine Artillery
01.09.1921 - 28.09.1921 RM Artillery Division, Eastney
29.09.1921 - 29.03.1922 RN College, Greenwich
30.03.1922 - 12.05.1922 RM Artillery Division, Eastney
13.05.1922 - 29.01.1923 Depot RM, Deal (for [military?] class)
30.01.1923 - 21.06.1923 RM Artillery Division, Eastney
22.06.1923 - 30.09.1923 Plymouth Division RM (for duty at Portsmouth)
01.10.1923 - 04.01.1924 Plymouth Division RM
05.01.1924 - 09.06.1924 Plymouth Division RM (for duty at Portsmouth)
10.06.1924 - 01.08.1924 Plymouth Division RM
02.08.1924 - 17.09.1924 Plymouth Division RM (for duty at Portsmouth)
18.09.1924 - 31.10.1924 HMS Tiger (battlecruiser; seagoing gunnery firing ship) (seamanship and chart work)
01.11.1924 - 28.12.1924 Plymouth Division RM
29.12.1924 - 22.11.1926 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
23.11.1926 - 25.01.1927 Plymouth Division RM
26.01.1927 - 11.01.1928 Officer Commanding, 11 Platoon, ‘C’ Company, 12th RM Battalion (China)
12.01.1928 - 21.02.1928 Plymouth Division RM
22.02.1928 - 10.04.1928 Plymouth Division RM (for duty at Depot RM, Deal)
11.04.1928 - 10.10.1928 Plymouth Division, RM
11.10.1928 - 31.12.1930 Plymouth Division RM (for duty at Portsmouth) (11.10.1928-17.12.1930 Landing Officer, Squadron [LA?])
01.01.1931 - 04.08.1931 HMS President (for RN College, Greenwich) (in charge probationary officers)
05.08.1931 - 28.10.1931 Plymouth Division RM (for duty at Depot RM, Deal)
29.10.1931 - 10.12.1931 Plymouth Division RM (for duty at Chatham)
11.12.1931 - 10.03.1932 Plymouth Division RM
11.03.1932 - 31.08.1932 Plymouth Division RM (for duty at Depot RM, Deal)
01.09.1932 - 06.03.1933 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet)
07.03.1933 - 20.10.1933 Plymouth Division RM
21.10.1933 - 28.10.1934 Plymouth Division RM (for duty at Depot RM, Deal)
29.10.1934 - 28.11.1924 Plymouth Division RM (for duty at Chatham)
29.11.1934 - 18.12.1935 HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
19.12.1935 - 04.08.1936 Chatham Division RM
05.08.1936 - 03.09.1937 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse)
04.09.1937 - 10.10.1937 Chatham Division RM
11.10.1937 - 28.11.1937 Plymouth Division RM
29.11.1937 - 16.03.1939 HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (Devonport)
17.03.1939 - 22.11.1939 Plymouth Division RM
23.11.1939 - 14.01.1945 Adjutant, Plymouth Division RM (Stonehouse Barracks):
24.07.1943 - 19.09.1943 Officer Commanding RM Detachment & Administrative Officer, Operation Quadrant (1st conference at Quebec, Canada)
10.11.1943 - 22.12.1943 Officer Commanding RM Detachment & Administrative Officer, Operation Sextant (conference at Cairo, Egypt) & Exercise Eureka (at Tehran, Persia)
31.08.1944 - 25.09.1944 Officer Commanding RM Detachment & Administrative Officer, Operation Octagon (2nd conference at Quebec, Canada)
14.01.1945 - 07.03.1945 Officer Commanding RM Detachment & Administrative Officer, Party Argonaut (comprising Operations Cricket (conference at Malta) & Magneto (conference at Yalta))
08.03.1945 - 31.05.1945 Plymouth Division RM
01.06.1945 - 09.09.1945 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (additional; temporarily)
10.09.1945 - 14.11.1946 Plymouth Division RM
15.11.1946 - 28.12.1948 Royal Naval School of Music
29.12.1948 - 25.02.1949 RM Barracks Chatham
Headed Seamanship Instructor Department of the naval boarding school Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, Suffolk, early 1950s (1960 still).
Burch,
Arthur Richard
A.R. Burch (© Imperial War Museum A 21610) 		23.02.1910
-
11.02.1964
York, Yorkshire
2nd Lt. 01.09.1928
Lt. 01.09.1931
Capt. 24.05.1937
T/Maj. 06.02.1941
Maj. 04.01.1946 (retd 18.04.1955)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 25.06.1940 Fleet Air Arm Norwegian Coast [investiture 01.04.1941]
... - ... ...
(1940)     HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (DSC)
... - ... ...
09.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Battler (Archer class escort carrier)
... - ... ...
Burge,
Desmond Featherstonhaugh
 D.F. Burge
Son (with four brothers and one sister) of Henry Ormsby Burge (1864-1950), and Emma Lottie Hiller (1879-1952).
Brother of Capt. (E) Charles Ralph Ormsby Burge, DSO, RN, and S/Lt. (E) Brian Ormsby Burge, RNVR.
Married ((12.)1951, Westminster district, London) Doreen Margaret Appleton (09.02.1930 - 08.05.2012); no children.		 01.09.1911
Hampstead district, London
-
13.07.1981
Wilsden, Bradford district, West Yorkshire
T/2nd Lt. 25.02.1941
T/Lt. 25.08.1941
T/A/Capt. 26.08.1941
T/Capt. 01.09.1942
T/A/Maj. 01.06.1942
Employed with Emu Wools Ltd.
(08.)1941 - (02.)1942 RM Division Beach Engineers
(04.)1942 - (10.)1942 RM Division Beach Battalion
(12.)1942 - (04.)1943 Second-in-Command, No. 2 RM Beach Group, RM [Division] Beach Unit
1943 - (06.)1943 Holding Battalion (Beach), RM Beach Group (waiting disposal)
(08.1943)     no appointment listed
01.09.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
1945 - (04.)1945 Reinforcement Holding Unit RM
1945 - (07.)1945 Chatham Division RM
(10.1945)     Combined Training Centre, Inverary [HMS Quebec] *
(04.1946)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
1946 - (07.1946) Training Staff, Combined Operations Headquarters
* indexed, but not listed as such
Burge,
Humphrey Edward Kelsey
H.E.K. Burge (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton)
Son (with two brothers and one sister) of George Henry Kelsey Burge (1890-1957), and Evelyn Alice Stiles (1884-1977).
Married 1st ((12?).1944, Hampstead district, London) Beatrix Hope Campbell "Bo" Robertson (09.08.1907 - 30.03.1998) [she married before (1934) Harry Oxford Paton Evans (1907-1936), and later (1970) Alfred Robert Llewellin-Taylour (1877-1972)], daughter (with one brother) of Archibald Campbell Robertson (1861-1946), and Marjorie Urqhuart (1881-1959); three sons.
Married 2nd ((03?).1961, West Cheshire district, Cheshire) Beatrice M. Sherwood.		 17.01.1917
-
06.10.1978
Castleludlow, Leominster district, Salop
2nd Lt. 01.09.1939
Prob. Lt. 16.02.1941
Lt. 02.12.1941, seniority 16.02.1941
A/Capt. 18.10.1943-12.08.1945,
28.11.1945-...
A/Maj. 13.08.1945-28.11.1945
Capt. 16.02.1949 (retd 29.08.1955)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 03.10.1952 Korea (4th list) [investiture 03.03.53]
Silver Star Medal (US) SSM 30.10.1953 enemy action Moggumpo 30.08.51 [decoration presented]
      served in the ranks for 2 years, 344 days
01.09.1939     commissioned RM
? - (04.1940) RM course, Portsmouth
? - (02.)1941 RM Reserve Depot, Exton
18.03.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS Glasgow (cruiser)
(08.)1943 - (10.)1943 Plymouth Division RM
18.10.1943 - (07.1945) General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3) (Air), HQ Special Service Group [from 12.1944 Commando Group]
? - (04.1946) 3rd Commando Brigade (Light)
(07.1948) - (05.1949) Pay and Records Office, RM
01.03.1950 - (08.1951) HMS Ceylon (cruiser)
? - (05.1953) RM Forces Volunteer Reserve Merseyside
07.12.1953 - (07.1954) HMS Royal Prince (parent ship, Germany) (for service at Krefeld)
? - (04.1955) Pay and Records Office, RM
Burgess,
Roland Sheridan
R.S. Burgess

21.05.1896
-
02.08.1969
... ...
Maj. 31.07.1932
A/Lt.Col. 11.10.1944 (retd 15.01.1946; own request; granted War Service rank of Lt.Col.)
27.08.1939 - 14.01.1946 Chatham Division RM (borne supernumerary; from 01.09.1942-20.12.1942 as Drafting Officer, from 11.10.1944 as FOGD)
Burnford,
Alfred Myer
"John"
A.M. Burnford A.M. Burnford
Son of Alfred Myer and Katharine Burnford, of New Zealand.
Married (08.10.1946, Maidstone, Kent) Beryl Marjorie Roddam.
25.09.1920
-
08.07.2018
Barley, Hertfordshire
T/2nd Lt.
 		10.01.1941
T/Lt.
 		10.07.1941
T/A/Capt.
 		15.09.1944
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 14.03.1944 escape as POW while on a train to Verona
Education: MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond 17.05.1951; MB, BS Lond 1952; DCH Eng 1954; DObst RCOG 1954.
(02.1941)     Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (1) *
(12.1941) - (08.1942) 11th RM Battalion (Land Defence Force), Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (1)
(02.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed: POW (escaped)
? - 04.1944 Plymouth Division RM
04.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(04.1946)     HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) *
General practitioner, Stoklinch, Ilminster, Somerset, later Lynchetts Barley, Royston, Hertfordshire.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Burnford,
John Michael
J.M. Burnford
Son of ... Burnford, and ... Wreyford.		 18.01.1921
St Marylebone district, Greater London
-
10.02.1981
Pulborough, Worthing district
T/2nd Lt. 22.11.1940
T/Lt. 22.05.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
(02.1941) - (08.1942) 11th RM Battalion (Land Defence Force), Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (1)
(02.1943) - (07.1945) no appointment listed: POW
Burton,
Harold Rex
H.R. Burton
Son of ... Burton, and ... Armstrong.		 26.07.1913
Chorlton district, Lancashire
-
18.10.1982
Westminster, London
T/2nd Lt. 16.09.1940
T/Lt. 16.03.1941
A/T/Capt. 06.05.1941-27.02.1944
T/Capt. 28.05.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
A/T/Maj. 28.02.1944-(10.1945)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 13.03.1945 Normandy 06.1944
(12.1940)     Chatham Division RM
(02.1941) - (08.)1941 7th Battalion RM (103rd RM Brigade)
(10.)1941 - 21.05.1943 9th Battalion RM (103rd RM Brigade, later 102nd RM Brigade)
22.05.1943 - 25.08.1944 Officer Commanding, "A" Troop, 46 RM Commando
26.08.1944 - 04.1945 Second-in-Command, 46 RM Commando
04.1945 - 06.1945 HQ 3rd Commando Brigade (waiting disposal)
06.1945 - (10.1945) Second-in-Command, 44 RM Commando (Far East)
Burton,
John George
J.G. Burton

20.04.1921
-
18.11.1978
Andover, Winchester district, Hampshire
2nd Lt. ?
T/Lt. 17.09.1941 (commission terminated 29.12.1944)
A/T/Capt. 10.07.1943-26.10.1943,
07.06.1944-09.08.1944
Military Cross MC 29.08.1944 Italy
(08.1942)     102nd RM Brigade
(02.1943) - (06.1944) Intelligence Officer, 41 RM Commando (Sicily, Salerno, Normandy)
 
       
 
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