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A.H. Baber   to   J. Byron
Baber, Angus Harvey Son of Frank Cecil Harvey Baber (1888-1956), and Christine Campbell McCullock (1898-1969). Married (19.12.1944, West Acton/Ealing Common, Brentford district, Middlesex) Joan Peggy Orriss (30.06.1921 - 31.12.2010); two daughters.	19.06.1922 - 06.10.2014 Withycombe, Exmouth, Devon	Prob. T/Midsh. 03.11.1940 T/Midsh. 1941?, seniority 03.11.1940 T/A/S.Lt. 19.06.1942 T/S.Lt. 19.06.1943 T/Lt. 01.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946) MID 01.01.1945 New Year 1945	03.11.1940 - (10.)1941 HMS King George V (battleship) 11.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Impulsive (destroyer) 27.01.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Onslow (destroyer) 16.08.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Vigilant (destroyer) (despatches) Captain, Merchant Navy. MCIT. Master, The Honourable Company of Master Mariners, 1981-1982.
Baker, Arthur Married; ... children. From Grimsby.	? - 24.09.1942  (KIA) [Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 8, column 1]	T/Skpr. 01.09.1941	Skipper on fishing trawlers. 23.10.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Almandine (minesweeping trawler) ? - 24.09.1942 HMS Canada (RN base, Halifax, NS, Canada) [torpedoed on his way to Canada to pick up a Lend Lease boat, after which he was to proceed to the Mediterranean]
Baker, Frederick Lawson	(09?).1905 Bristol, Avon - (12?).1956 St Albans district, Hertfordshire	Prob. T/Lt. 02.09.1940 T/Lt. 1941?, seniority 02.09.1940 A/T/Lt.Cdr. 1943/44? (reld < 07.1945)	Served in the Merchant Navy (First Mate's certificate, December 1928, No 24723). 06.11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Saltash (minesweeper) 20.09.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Agamemnon (minelayer) 12.10.1942 - (02.1943) First Lieutenant, HM LST 8 (landing ship, tank) [HMS Saker (Admiralty delegation, USA)] * 08.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM LST 364 (landing ship, tank) 07.03.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM LST 303 (landing ship, tank) * (06.1943) & (08.1943) still indexed as at LST 8, but no longer listed as such
Ball, Malcolm John	1922 ? - 18.08.1942 (KIA) [age 20] [Chatham Naval Memorial]	Prob. Midsh. 01.05.1938 A/S.Lt. 10.01.1942 DSC 16.08.1940 Dunkirk MID 20.10.1942 attack on convoy 17.08.1942	(1940) HMS Scimitar (destroyer) 26.10.1941 - (08.1942) First Lieutenant, MTB 218 - 18.08.1942 Commanding Officer, MTB ...
Banyard, Job	? -	T/Skpr. 12.12.1939 [WS 3156 & TS 275] T/A/Ch.Skpr. 21.02.1944 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 1941	06.03.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Controller (minesweeping trawler) (despatches) 07.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Craigcoilleach (minesweeping trawler) 26.01.1942 - 12.02.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Lady Estelle (minesweeping trawler) 26.03.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional; for various services)
Barber, Cecil Leonard	(12?).1908 Mutford district, Norfolk / Suffolk - 04.10.1944 [Lowestoft Naval Memorial]	T/Skpr. 01.06.1941 (reld < 07.1945) MID 20.10.1942 Operation Jubilee (Dieppe raid 19.08.1942)	(12.1941) - (10.1944) no appointment listed (served possibly at HMS Northney (training establishment for landing craft, Hayling Island)) (08.1942)     HM LCT 126 (landing craft, tank) (Dieppe raid)
Barclay, Joseph Johnstone Eadie	30.06.1894 Balloch Station, Alexandria, Ballock district, Dumbartonshire - 06.10.1958	Midsh. ? S.Lt. 19.05.1917 A/Lt. ? Lt. 19.05.1919 Lt.Cdr. 19.05.1927 Cdr. 31.12.1936 Capt. 31.12.1942 (demobilized 20.10.1945) (retd 30.06.1949) A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 15.05.1944 RD 30.09.1930 -	(12.1939) - (06.1940) no appointment listed 06.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Laomedon (boom carrier) 06.03.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow) 01.07.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) 11.08.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 10.08.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Appledore (Combined Operations base & training establishment, Appledore) 15.08.1943 - (04.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Canton (armed merchant cruiser) 15.05.1944 - 15.06.1945 completed 6 convoys as Commodore of Ocean Convoys, during which on ON295 a U-boat was detected & attacked, considered damaged and possibly sunk: 15.05.1944 - 15.06.1945 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for convoy duties) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 21.05.1949 - 30.06.1949 RNR ADC to the King
Barff, Arthur John Goodeve Son (with one sister and one brother) of John Alister Barff (1871-1941), and Mabel Caroline Goodeve (1874-1954). Married ((12?).1940, Huddersfield district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Betty Katherine Shires (06.03.1917 - 30.07.1977), daughter (with three siblings) of James Harold Shires (1885-1959), and Mildred Moore (1887-); four children.	30.05.1906 Quetta, India - 08.08.1988 Southampton, Hampshire	Prob. S.Lt. 25.09.1931 S.Lt. 28.04.1932, seniority 25.09.1931 Lt. 17.10.1934 Lt.Cdr. 17.10.1942 Cdr. 31.12.1950 (dispersed 01.10.1946) (reld 30.11.1946) (retd 30.05.1956; age) RD 15.10.1943 - RD 10.03.1956 1st clasp	Education: Pangbourne Nautical College (1920-1922). Served Merchant Navy (Second Mate 21.10.1925); First Mate; Master Mariner). Apprenticeship with Henderson Line, before joining Royal Mail Line Ltd. 16.01.1932 - 26.02.1932 HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (for 6 weeks' course) 27.02.1932 - 15.04.1932 HMS Broke (destroyer; flotilla leader) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) (to complete 3 months' training) 22.09.1934 - 19.10.1934 HMS Valentine (destroyer) (6th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet) (for 28 days' training) 23.05.1936 - 12.06.1936 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (qualified signals) 13.06.1936 - 26.06.1936 HMS Defiance (training establishment & base for minesweeping, anti-submarine & auxiliary patrol vessels, Devonport) (qualified torpedo) 27.06.1936 - 24.07.1936 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (qualified gunnery) 25.07.1936 - 30.10.1936 HMS Delhi (cruiser) (3rd Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean) (to complete 9 months' training) 31.10.1936 - 19.02.1937 HMS Achates (destroyer) (3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean) (to complete 9 months' training) 28.05.1939 - 10.06.1939 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (requalified gunnery) 11.06.1939 - 24.06.1939 HMS Defiance (training establishment & base for minesweeping, anti-submarine & auxiliary patrol vessels, Devonport) (requalified torpedo) 06.09.1939 - 13.06.1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Scotstoun (armed merchant cruiser) [tender to HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] [ship torpedoed by U-25 west of Barra Island, Outer Hebrides] 14.06.1940 - 05.07.1940 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (additional; not to join) 06.07.1940 - 15.02.1945 Commanding Officer, French Ship "La Cordelière" [tender to HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth, later to HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) [anti-submarine training etc.] 16.02.1945 - 04.03.1945 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; not to join) 05.03.1945 - 26.03.1945 HMS St Clement (Combined Operations base, Coal House Fort, Tilbury, Essex) (lent for LST (landing ship, tank) experience) 27.03.1945 - 28.03.1945 Anti-Submarine Officer, HM LST 3035 (landing ship, tank) [tender to HMS Victory III (accounting section, Wantage, Berkshire)] 29.03.1945 - 08.08.1946 Commanding Officer, HM LST 3035 (landing ship, tank) [tender to HMS Victory III (accounting section, Wantage, Berkshire), later to HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India), later to LST(Q), from 18.04.1946 to HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee)] 09.08.1946 - 01.01.1946 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for passage & from 28.08.1946 upon arrival in UK, not to join) On rejoining Royal Mail in 1946, he got his first command in 1952 and eventually was appointed Captain of the cruise line Andes in 1963. He remained in command of this fine vessel until his retirement in 1968. During this period, he was also appointed Commodore of the Line.
Barker, George Dean Son (with three brothers and two sisters) of Thomas Barker (1863-1924), and Charlotte Ann Cavanaugh (1862-1947). Married (03.07.1924, Hull, Yorkshire) Beatrice Hildred ((03?).1905 - (09?).1977), daughter of George Henry Hildred (1867-1955), and Ada Ansdell (1872-); one daughter.	26.07.1900 Hull, Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire - (09?).1981 Beverley district, East Riding of Yorkshire	T/Skpr. 11.09.1939 [WS 3113 & TS 232] T/A/Skpr.Lt. 06.01.1943 (reld 14.11.1945) DSC 01.01.1946 New Year 1946 [decoration posted] MID 01.01.1942 New Year 1942	(02.1940)     no appointment listed 06.02.1940 - 02.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Alexandrite (minesweeping trawler) (despatches) (04.1942) - (06.1942) no appointment listed 07.07.1942 - 09.05.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Lois (minesweeping trawler) 09.05.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) (for minesweeping and patrol duties) 24.10.1943 - 22.08.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1036 (motor minesweeper) (DSC)
Barker, Laurence Son (with three brothers and three sisters) of Thomas Barker (1863-1924), and Charlotte Ann Cavanaugh (1862-1947). Married (17.06.1922, Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire) Doris Warman (née Thundercliffe) (26.03.1903 - 27.05.1986), daughter (with four sisters and two brothers) of Albert Edward Thundercliffe (1870-1936), and Sarah Hubbard (1872-1957); four sons, four daughters.	24.12.1897 Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire - 18.12.1946 Manchester, Lancashire	T/Boom Skpr. 14.06.1940 T/A/Chief Boom Skpr. 10.07.1944 (dispersal 01.1946) (reld 04.03.1946)	28.06.1940 - (02.)1942 HMS Imperia (auxiliary boom defence vessel) 03.1942 - (06.)1942 HMS St Columba (boom defence depot, Greenock) 16.06.1942 - (02.)1944 HMS Gladys (auxiliary boom defence vessel) 02.1944 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Punnet (boom working vessel) (10.1944) - (10.1945) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Barker, Wallace Hamilton	28.05.1908 West Derby, Lancashire - 04.1994 Bath, Somerset	S.Lt. 24.06.1929 Lt. 24.06.1931 Lt.Cdr. 24.06.1939 (reld 1945/46) RD ? ?	18.08.1941 - (06.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Fritillary (corvette) (08.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 03.12.1943 - (06.1944) Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Cormorant (base, Gibraltar) (for coastal forces)
Barnes, Robert Douglas James Son (with one brother and four sisters) of Henry Edgar Barnes (1880-1933), and Isabel Florence Bartlett (1880-1973).	24.10.1916 Eye, Suffolk - 23.11.2004 Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand	Prob. Midsh. 01.05.1934 Midsh. ?, seniority 01.05.1934 A/S.Lt. 24.10.1937 S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 1941, seniority 25.10.1940 Lt.Cdr. 25.08.1948 (retd 24.10.1961) RD 08.08.1947 - RD 21.06.1960 1st clasp	Education: HMS Worcester (training ship) (1932-1934). Joined Pacific Steam Navigation Company, then Royal Mail. 31.08.1935 - 12.1935 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) (for 4 months' training) (12.1939)     no appointment listed 07.01.1940 - (02.)1940 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) 24.02.1940 - (06.)1940 HMS Cyclops (depot ship for 7th Submarine Flotilla, Rothesay) (for submarines) 1940 - 06.07.1940 HMS Shark (S class submarine) [captured when ship was damaged by German aircraft off Skudesnes and sunk by surface craft] (08.1940) - (06.1941) HMS Shark (S class submarine) * (08.1941) - (07.1945) no appointment listed: while being a POW (No. 1240) at Oflag O 4C E Compy, Saalhaus Colditz, Germany 12.10.1945 - (07.1946) First Lieutenant, HMS Fierce (minesweeper) After the war he gained a Mech E, and went to the New Zealand Railways. * indexed, but not listed as such
Barnes, Sidney George Son of Ernest John Barnes, and Lily Bonner. Married ...; ... children (one son?).	08.12.1912 Sherborne district, Dorset - (12?).1970 Folkestone district, Kent	Prob. T/S.Lt. 17.07.1940 T/S.Lt. 11.1940, seniority 17.07.1940 T/Lt. 04.1941, seniority 15.11.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld > 04.1946) Cmdn 08.10.1940 as Captain Merchant Navy, Master of SS Bawtry [ship was sunk by German bombing in Dunkirk docks 21.05.1940]	Education: aboard the Arethusia, Upnor on the Medway, Kent. (08.1940) - (09.1940) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland * 17.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Snapdragon (Flower class corvette) 11.02.1941 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Lady Hogarth (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler) 09.1943 - (04.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Thalassa (armed yacht) (06.1944) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Barnes, William Frank * Son (with one sister and two brothers) of Frank Barnes (1886-1981), and Elizabeth Catherine Kirkley Johnson (1888-1964). Married (16.06.1945, Gateshead, Co. Durham) Third Officer Margaret Frances Emmerson, WRNS (06.10.1918 - 11.1996); two sons, one daughter. * In Navy Lists also shown as: William Frederick Barnes.	14.03.1915 Gateshead, Co. Durham - 10.09.1979 Cagliari, Sardinia	T/S.Lt. (E) 20.11.1939 T/Lt. (E) 14.10.1943 (reld > 07.1946)	temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements: 20.11.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Derbyshire (armed merchant cruiser) 13.02.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Derbyshire (armed merchant cruiser) 28.04.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Minna (examination vessel) (10.1943)     no appointment listed 14.10.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Pretoria Castle (escort carrier) (10.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Empire Lance (landing ship infantry) * 09.05.1946 - (07.1946) HMS Persimmon (landing ship infantry) Chief Engineer on ships with with British Petroleum in 1960s and Bank Line in 1970s. * indexed, but not listed as such
Barnet, Avon Alexander Son of Peter Knox Barnet (1854-), and Mary Stephen (1871-1949). Married 1st. Married 2nd.	20.04.1904 St Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland - 26.01.1985 Aberdeen, Scotland	Prob. S.Lt. 17.05.1927 S.Lt. 13.01.1928, seniority 17.05.1927 Lt. 17.05.1929 Lt.Cdr. 17.05.1937 A/Cdr. > 02.1941, < 12.1941 Cdr. 30.06.1943 (retd 01.07.1950) DSC 25.01.1944 Operations Baytown & Ferdy (landings in Italy 09.1943) * [investiture 22.09.1944] RD 05.1942 - * For gallantry, leadership and undaunted devotion to duty under and continuous fire from the Enemy during landings on the Italian mainland.	04.04.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Atlantic) (to complete 12 months' training) 10.09.1932     HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (for course) 24.09.1932     HMS Defiance (for course) 07.03.1936     HMS Broke (flotilla leader) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 04.04.1936 - (02.)1938) HMS Bideford (patrol sloop) (Persian Gulf) 28.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Patroclus (armed merchant cruiser) 1940 - 25.09.1940 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 26.09.1940 - 06.05.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Camito (ocean boarding vessel) [ship sunk by U-boat] 01.08.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth) (for Naval Control Service, Methil) 05.01.1943 - (02.)1943 HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) (06.1943) - (07.1945) no appointment listed (09.1943)     Senior Naval Officer, Landings (L) (Italy) 15.11.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Spurn Point (repair ship)
Barry, Joseph William Philip Son of William and Elizabeth Mary Barry; husband of Beatrice Anne Barry, of Canterbury.	(09?).1902 West Ham, Essex - 05.11.1940 (KIA) [age 38] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 2, column 1]	T/Lt. (E) 15.09.1939	serving under T.124 agreement 15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Bartle, Arnold Herbert William Son of Arthur Herbert and Gertrude Mary Bartle; husband of Josephine Bartle, of Consett, Co. Durham.	(09?).1911 Croydon, Surrey - 05.11.1940 (KIA) [age 29] [Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 40, column 1]	A/S.Lt. 08.04.1933 S.Lt. 14.02.1936, seniority 06.02.1935 Lt. 27.03.1938 > 10.1938, antedated 26.11.1937	29.05.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (to complete 9 months' training) 06.09.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Bartley, John Frederick Castle	(06?).1904 Bromley, London - [07.1952 still alive]	Prob. S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 04.08.1927, seniority 14.04.1926 Lt. 12.08.1928 Lt.Cdr. 12.08.1936 A/Cdr. > 02.1941, < 08.1942 Cdr. 31.12.1942 (retd 1945/46) OBE 01.01.1943 New Year 1943 DSC 01.01.1940 New Year 1940 RD 02.05.1941 ? LM 28.06.1946 ?	(04.1940) HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) * 1940 HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) (02.1941) HMS Nasturtium  (corvette) * 01.10.1941 - (12.1943) HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) 05.02.1944 - (06.1944) Staff Officer (Operations) to Flag Officer-in-Charge, Falmouth [HMS Forte] (07.1945) no appointment listed
Baxter, Arthur Edwin Holmes Son (with one brother, one sister and one half-sister) of Arthur Oscar Holmes (1883-), and Martha Cook Baxter (1886-1960) [who later remarried Percy Kirby Englefield]. Brother of Skpr.Lt. Robert Baxter, RNR. Nephew of Skpr. Frank Baxter, RNR. Married ((09?).1921, Grimsby district, Humberside / Lincolnshire) Sarah Annie Gaiger; three daughters.	05.03.1902 North Somercotes, Louth district, Lincolnshire - (12?).1956 Louth district, Lincolnshire	Seaman ? [J51419] Prob. T/Skpr. 23.10.1940 T/Skpr. 1941, seniority 23.10.1940 [TS 796] (reld < 04.1946) 39|45 St - - It St - - Atl St - - WM 39|45 - -	WW 1     Boy 1st Class, HMS Ganges (home address at that time Grimsby) (02.1941)     HMS Louis Botha (minesweeping trawler) * 01.06.1941 - (12.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Strath Rannock (minesweeping trawler) 18.12.1941 - (02.)1943 [First Lieutenant?,] HMS Green Howard (minesweeping trawler) (06.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed 26.10.1943 - (12.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Pointer (minesweeping trawler) 30.12.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Nab Wyke (minesweeping trawler)
Baxter, [Sir] Arthur James	28.02.1890 Norwich, Norfolk - 27.12.1951 [Petersham, Surrey ?]	Capt. 30.06.1939 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 02.12.1940 (retd > 06.1944, < 07.1945) KBE 01.01.1945 New Year 1945 DSC 1918 ? MID 01.02.1944 3 years ocean convoys RD ? ?	Education: Great Yarmouth Grammar School 1904 cadet in Merchant Navy 1913 joined RNR 1914 - 1918 served in RN in command of Destroyers 1940 - 1945 Commodore of Ocean Convoys: 02.12.1940 - (08.1942) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] 26.03.1943 - (06.1944) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] 14.04.1944 - 28.02.1945 also: RNR ADC to the King (07.1945) no appointment listed 1948 - 1949 Commodore of Orient Line Fleet (retd)
Baxter, Frank Son of Frank C. Baxter (1865-1956), and Hannah C. Larder (1847-1914). Uncle of Skpr. Athur Edwin Holmes Baxter, RNR, and Skpr. Robert Baxter, RNR. Married (1908, Grimsby, Lincolnshire) Felicia Conte (1890 - 1946), daughter (with one sister and one brother) of Achille Conte, and Rosa di Nallo (1861-1931); three sons, two daughters. 2nd partner (not married) Cathrine Storrar Hood (19.01.1910 - 12.05.1984), daughter of David Maxwell Hood (1887-1929), and Jessie Lister Dalrymple Storrar (1887-1962); one son. Lived at Holton-le-Clay, Lincolnshire.	26.05.1888 North Somercotes, Lincolnshire - 22.09.1943 North Shields [Holton-le-Clay Cemetery, Lincolnshire, B.42]	Deckhand (1916) [ON 1990 DA] Skpr. 16.10.1918 T/Skpr. 20.08.1940 [TS 700] MID 11.05.1916 Eastern Mediterranean MID ? ? MID 1919 ? 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - 39|45 St - - Atl St - - WM 39|45 - - LSGCM 14.06.1924 -	served in World War I (received an expression of Their Lordships appreciation for services rendered on the occasion of the sinking of HMT Benton Castle, 30.11.1916; was HMS Ganges 1918; commanded HMT T.R. Ferens (based at HMS Attentive), Dover) 10.08.1940 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Glow (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) 20.06.1943 - 22.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Montano (minesweeping trawler)
Baxter, John	15.02.1905 * - 15.03.1970 * possibly: 15.03.1905	Skpr. 08.05.1934 [W.S. 2644] Ch.Skpr. 31.12.1942 A/Skpr.Lt. 04.06.1943 Skpr.Lt. 31.12.1949 (reld < 04.1946) (retd 18.07.1951) RD 13.02.1945 -	30.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Stora 09.08.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Southern Flower (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 31.12.1942 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Guava (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 04.06.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Mazurka (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
Baxter, Robert Son (with one brother, one sister and one half-sister) of Arthur Oscar Holmes (1883-), and Martha Cook Baxter (1886-1960) [who later remarried Percy Kirby Englefield]. Brother of Skpr. Arthur Edwin Holmes Baxter, RNR. Nephew of Skpr. Frank Baxter, RNR. Married ((03?).1929, Grimsby district, Humberside / Lincolnshire) Simonne Aline J. Goormachtig (02.03.1909 - (06?).1972).	11.08.1903 North Somercotes, Louth district, Lincolnshire - (09?).1972 Grimsby district, Lincolnshire	Prob. T/Skpr. 02.11.1939 T/Skpr. 1940, seniority 02.11.1939 [WS 3080 & TS 199] (reld < 04.1946) T/A/Ch.Skpr. 06.01.1944 T/A/Skpr.Lt. < 07.1945 DSC 01.01.1944 New Year 1944 [decoration posted] MID 01.01.1941 New Year 1941 39|45 St - - Atl St - - WM 39|45 - -	Trawler skipper. (04.1940)     no appointment listed 11.05.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Holly (minesweeping trawler) 10.03.1941 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Rudilais (minesweeping trawler) (06.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 07.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1064 (motor minesweeper)
Beale, Charles Edward Stewart Married ...; one daughter, two sons (one of which is Lt.Cdr. C.E.S. Beale, RN).	1892 ? - 19.07.1944 [Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery, F.449]	T/S.Lt. 04.09.1917 (reld 1919?) T/Lt. 25.04.1941	served in World War I 25.04.1941 - 19.07.1944 Naval Control Service, Durban [HMS Afrikander IV, later HMS Kongoni (RN base, Durban, South Africa)]
Beavers, Alfred Son of Henry Edward Beavers (1868-1945), and Rose Ann Wright (1868-1939). Married (01.01.1934, Tynemouth, Northumberland) Sarah Dunn Sterling (05.11.1911 - 12.1989); ... children.	30.09.1908 North Shields, Tynemouth district, Northumberland - 10.1979 North Tyneside district, Tyne and Wear	T/Skpr. 22.08.1943 [TS 1520] (reld 24.05.1946)	Trawler skipper. (12.1943)     no appointment listed 17.01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Welbeck (minesweeping trawler) 04.08.1944 - (04.)1945 HM MMS 1044 (motor minesweeper) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Beech, George England Son of ... Beech, and ... England.	15.10.1915 Chard district, Devon / Dorset / Somerset - (12?).1972 Fylde district, Lancashire	T/Skpr. 01.04.1941 [TS 991] (reld < 04.1946)	Trawler skipper, Fleetwood. 01.07.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Antrim (trawler base, Belfast) 22.04.1942 - (12.)1943 HM BYMS 22 (British yard minesweeper) 12.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Arnold Bennett (minesweeping trawler) (10.19144)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Beeson, Jack Son (with three brothers and six sisters) of William Thomas Beeson (1878-1959), and Caroline Eleanor Robson (1879-1938). Married (03.05.1931, St John's  Church, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) Marjorie "Madge" Green (21.02.1912 - 25.03.1995), daughter (with six sisters and six brothers) of John Green (1868-1930), and Elizabeth Jane Marshall (1873-1949; two sons, one daughter.	28.11.1905 Grimsby, Lincolnshire - 16.03.1971 Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire	T/Skpr. 12.09.1939 [WS 3032 & TS 151] T/A/Ch.Skpr. 06.01.1944 (dispersed 26.09.1945) (reld 21.11..1945)	08.11.1939 - 22.11.1939 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 22.11.1939 - 04.12.1939 HMS Romola (minesweeper base, Lowestoft) (for disposal) [tender to HMS Drake] 04.12.1939 - 01.04.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Formidable (armed drifter) [tender to HMS Pemboke X, HMS Wildfire II and HMS Fervent], vessel renamed: 01.04.1941 - 14.07.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Fidget (armed drifter) [tender to HMS Lynx] 14.07.1943 - 25.08.1943 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (for disposal) 25.08.1943 - 28.08.1943 HMS Morgan Jones (minesweeping trawler) (additional) [tender to HMS Calliope] 28.08.1943 - 01.08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Morgan Jones (minesweeping trawler) [tender to HMS Calliope] 01.08.1945 - 26.09.1945 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (for disposal)
Beeson, Peter Italo Frank	20.04.1927 - 23.01.2005	T/Midsh. 27.04.1944 ... ... Capt. RN ? (retd)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (10.1945) HMS Bermuda ... - ... ...
Bell, Charles Leigh de Hauteville From Coulsdon.	24.03.1903 Ormskirk, Lancashire - 01.06.1972 Croydon district, London	Prob. S.Lt. 31.07.1925 S.Lt. 18.12.1925, seniority 31.07.1925 Lt. 31.07.1927 Lt.Cdr. 31.07.1935 Cdr. 31.12.1940 (retd 24.03.1953) A/Capt. 16.02.1945? Capt. (retd) 24.03.1953 DSC 02.05.1944 convoy Murmansk S28, probable destruction U-boat RD ? ?	20.11.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (additional; for various services) 11.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Broadwater (destroyer) 07.06.1942 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Vanquisher (destroyer) 08.10.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Whitehall (destroyer) 04.12.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) 16.02.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Palomares (fighter direction ship) (04.1946) no appointment listed Captain, Merchant Navy ("Empress of England", 1957).
Bell, Hugh Ian Turner	30.06.1912 - 10.05.1955	T/S.Lt. (E) 18.09.1939 (reld 15.05.1946)	officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements 18.09.1939 - 08.04.1942 HMS California (armed merchant cruiser) 09.04.1942 - 10.05.1942 HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool) 11.05.1942 - 15.11.1943 HMS Hunter (escort carrier) 16.11.1943 - 28.01.1944 HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool) 29.01.1944 - 08.08.1945 HMS Trouncer (escort carrier) 09.08.1945 - 17.09.1945 HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool) 18.09.1945 - 13.11.1945 HMS Ranee (escort carrier) 14.11.1945 - 15.05.1946 HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool)
Bennet, Ian Wylie Married F. Anne Daly; two daughters.	1922 ? - 12.06.2014 Kilcreggan, Scotland	Midsh. 29.12.1938 A/S.Lt. 17.10.1940 S.Lt. 17.10.1941 Lt. 17.04.1943 (demobilized > 10.1945, < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 17.04.1951 Cdr. 30.06.1958 Capt. 31.12.1965 (retd 17.10.1980) RD 08.05.1951 - RD 08.10.1963 1st clasp	Served Merchant Navy (see bandcstaffregister.com). 29.12.1938 - (08.)1941 HMS Wolverine (modified W class destroyer) (10.1941)     no appointment listed 07.11.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Harvester (Havant class destroyer) 07.03.1942 - (07.)1942 HMS Escapade (E class destroyer) 31.07.1942 - (10.1942) HMS Queenborough (Q class destroyer) (12.1942)     HMS Queenborough (Q class destroyer) * (02.1943)     no appointment listed 17.03.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Glenroy (landing ship, infantry) 04.10.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Shah (Ruler class escort carrier) (04.1945) - (10.1945) HMS Shah (Ruler class escort carrier) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Bennett, Albert Victor Son of ... Bennett, and ... Keable.	10.06.1917 Wangford district, Suffolk - (03?).1973 Lothingland district, Suffolk	T/Skpr. 28.02.1940 [WS 3377 & TS 494] T/A/Ch.Skpr. 17.04.1944 (reld 29.09.1945)	(04.1940) - (08.1940) no appointment listed 24.08.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Jacketa (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) (02.1941) - (02.1942) HMS Jacketa (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) * (04.1942) - (07.1945) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Benson-Dare, Brian James Son (with one brother and one sister) of Walter Horace Benson-Dare (1889-1962), and Gladys Emily Jenny Passey (1891-1969). Married ((12?).1942, Hendon district, Middlesex) Beryl Margaret Hyde (01.10.1922 - 11.03.2017), daughter of George Truelove Hyde (1894-1977), and Millicent Beatrice Bacon (1895-1974); one son.	11.10.1921 Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire - 04.02.2014 Eastbourne, East Sussex	Prob. Midsh. 25.08.1939 Midsh. 26.08.1940, seniority 25.08.1939 A/S.Lt. 11.11.1941 S.Lt. 11.10.1942 Lt. 11.05.1944 (dispersal 21.02.1946) (reld 23.04.1946) (retd 01.07.1950) Ushakov Medal (2015; for Arctic convoys)	29.08.1939 - 21.09.1939 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 22.09.1939 - 27.11.1940 HMS Vivien (V class destroyer) [tender to HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 28.11.1940 - 11.01.1942 HMS Rodney (Nelson class battleship) 12.01.1942 - 05.02.1942 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 06.02.1942 - 27.06.1944 HMS Fury (F class destroyer) 28.06.1944 - 24.07.1944 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 25.07.1944 - 09.03.1945 HMS Vesper (V class destroyer) 10.03.1945 - 19.03.1945 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 20.03.1945 - 17.01.1946 HMS Ravager (Archer class escort carrier) 18.01.1946 - 21.02.1946 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
Berg, Dagfin[n] Anker	16.02.1892 Norway - 01.10.1943 [Aberdeen Crematorium]	T/S.Lt. (E) 03.10.1940 T/A/Lt. (E) 03.10.1941	03.10.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Helier II (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler) 09.02.1942 - 01.10.1943 HMS Sir John Hawkins (ferry)
Berger, Brynjulf	27.12.1906 Norway - ? [1992?, USA?]	T/S.Lt. 26.08.1940 T/Lt. 26.11.1940 (reld 01.04.1941?)	10.12.1940 - (02.1941?) HMS Mercury (paddle minesweeper?) [if it's indeed the minesweeper, then this ship was mined 24.12.1940 and foundered the following day] 01.04.1941 Rosyth avd.  (from RNR) 01.04.1941-07.07.1941 M/Sw "Alcmaria" 25.07.1941-16.08.1941 "Heimdal" 16.08.1941-03.09.1941 M/Sw "Syrian" 03.09.1941-15.09.1941 MSPE 15.09.1941-05.01.1942 M/Sw "Alcmaria" 10.01.1942-03.10.1942 M/Sw "Polar VI" 16.10.1942-29.11.1942 "Heimdal" (Hospitalized) 30.11.1942-01.12.1942 SOK 02.12.1942-28.02.1943 MSPE (released SOK 28.02.1943)
Berntzen *, Haakon * also written as: Berntsen, Haakon	27.09.1902 Norway - 15.08.1945 [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 100]	T/S.Lt. (E) 05.08.1940 T/Lt. (E) 05.08.1941	05.08.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Terje IV (minesweeping trawler?) 1941/42? transferred to RINR 01.12.1942 - (06.1944) HMIS Berar (minesweeping trawler) ? - 15.08.1945 HMIS Madura (minesweeping trawler) * * (07.1945) indexed, but not listed as such
Best, Julian William Son (with one sister) of Julian Best (1872-), and Ethel Rose Marshall (1879-1909). Married (03.07.1928, Birkenhead district, Cheshire) Saidee Olga Lawson; one daughter, one son.	09.09.1901 Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire - 08.05.1977 Malta	... ... Lt. 28.12.1929 (retd 10.05.1935) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 28.12.1937 (removed from retd list 01.03.1949) (reinstated on retd list 25.10.1951, with effect from 01.03.1949) A/Cdr. (retd) > 12.1942, < 02.1943 DSO 03.06.1941 withdrawal from Greece commanding landing craft [investiture 10.10.1944] MID 17.11.1942 operations in Middle East 07-10.1941 MID 08.06.1943 Inshore Squadron with 8th Army's advance RD ? - Hkn 04.03.1947 liberation of Norway	(12.1939)     no appointment listed 04.12.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) (08.1940)     HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) * 05.08.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Glenearn (landing ship, infantry (large)) (DSO) 10.06.1941 - (01.1945) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (for convoy duties): 10.06.1941 - (06.1944) additional; for various services: as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Mersa Matruh (despatches twice) (10.1944) - (01.1945) additional; for various services (04.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed (King Haakon VII Liberty Medal) * indexed, but not listed as such
Bett, Henry	26.12.1914 - 28.03.2007	T/Boom Skpr. 22.06.1940 A/T/Boom Skpr.Lt. 08.09.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	served in boom defence, Orkney Islands & Gold Coast, West Africa: 08.07.1940 - (02.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Sea Monarch (boom defence vessel) [eventually perhaps even Commanding Officer] 03.1943 - (06.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Barbrook (boom defence vessel) 05.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Bownet (boom defence vessel) 02.1946 - (04.1946) [Commanding Officer? *], HMS Barbette (boom defence vessel) * highest in rank, but not specifically indicated as "in command"
Beverley, Herbert James	? -	T/Lt. 13.03.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 07.1941? DSO 30.07.1942 destruction of U252 DSC 01.01.1941 New Year 1941 MID 13.03.1945 destruction of U-boat 25.05.1944	(1940) - (1941) HMT St. Kenan 07.1941 - (06.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Vetch (corvette) (08.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 01.03.1944 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Bideford (sloop) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Bidwell, Vivian Dickinson Hamlin "Dick" Son (with three sisters) of Guy Denison Francis Barry Bidwell (1872-1930), and Jean Minnie Hamlin (1874-1948). Married 1st (27.04.1929, All Saints Church, Tientsin, China) Berenice Frances Rhoda "Benny" Thomas (26.05.1906 - 05.11.1968), daughter (with two brothers) of Frederick Thomas (1875-1944), and Temperance Lorenzo Wade (1877-1968); one daughter. Married 2nd ((12?).1950, Kensington district, London) Florence M. Tatham.	28.01.1900 Tientsin, China - 04.01.1968 Chelsea district, London	T/Lt. 20.11.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 21.06.1943? DSC 31.08.1943 convoy PQ17 to Northern Russia [decoration posted] DSC 03.07.1945 destruction U-boat 27.02.1945 & probable destruction [decoration posted]	Served Merchant Navy (Wm. Forbes & Co.). 20.11.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Pyramus (minesweeper & anti-submarine base, Orkney) 06.11.1940 - (06.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Turquoise (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 03.07.1941 - 10.05.1943 Commanding Officer, French Ship "La Malouine" (corvette) (DSC) 21.06.1943 - 16.08.1943 in charge, HMS Odzani (frigate) [while under construction] 10.09.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for B.A.M. 100 Class) 06.02.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Labuan (frigate) (Bar to DSC)
Bigg, Dudley James Henry	(03?).1897 Islington - 05.11.1940 (KIA) [age 43] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 2, column 1]	T/Lt. (E) 15.09.1939	serving under T.124 agreement 15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Billet, Victor Louis [Guillaume] Son of Guillaume Jean Billet (1879-1948), and Sophronie Emily Thiry. Married (22.06.1927, Brunoy, France) Laure Nayaert (22.11.1903 - 05.01.1996); three sons, one daughter.	03.05.1902 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium - 19.08.1942 Dieppe, France (MIA) [age 40] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 70, column 3]	T/Lt. RNVR 19.10.1940 T/Lt. 09.10.1941, seniority 19.10.1940 39|45 St - - Atl St - - WM 39|45 - -	Served Belgian Merchant Navy with Steamer “Prinses Joséphine-Charlotte” (Ostend-Dover line), 1934-1940. 19.10.1940 - 1940 HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) 05.12.1940 - 04.1941 HMS Lochinvar (destroyer / minesweeper base, Port Edgar) 17.04.1941 - 07.1941 HMS Brilliant (B class destroyer) 17.07.1941 - 1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 31.12.1941 - 15.05.1942 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) 16.05.1942 - 19.08.1942 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for tank landing craft) 19.08.1942     Dieppe raid (operation Jubilee) attached to the 14 Calgary Regiment for liaison duties with the L.C.T. Flotilla in the first flight (embarked in LCT 159)
Billot, Godfrey Philip	(09?).1906 St Pancras, London - [1959 still alive]	S.Lt. 30.05.1930 Lt. 30.05.1932 Lt.Cdr. 30.05.1940 A/Cdr. 1945? (retd 1940/50s) DSO 18.05.1943 Oran Harbour 08.11.1942 RD ? ?	05.1941 - 08.11.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Hartland (escort) (sunk) 22.03.1943 - (06.1944) Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.12.1944 - (07.1945) Naval Control Service, Ramsgate [HMS Fervent] [ (04.1946) HMS Robertson ?]
Bingham, Austen Son of William Hopworth Bingham and Constance Preston Bingham, of Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa.	? - 02.11.1944 off Ostend (KIA) [Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 13, column 3]	T/Midsh. 31.01.1944	(06.1944) HMS Berwick (cruiser) * ? - 02.11.1944 HM Trawler Colsay (sunk by a German human torpedo off Ostend) * indexed, but not listed as such
Binks, Rial Dennis Married ((12?).1915, Sculcoates, Yorkshire) ... Stather.	21.05.1894 Manchester, Lancashire - 19.12.1953 Orkney, Scotland	Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1925 Cdr. 30.06.1937 Capt. 30.06.1942 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 28.07.1942 OBE 29.09.1942 rendering mines safe RD ? -	28.07.1942 - (06.1944) Commodore of Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (07.1945) no appointment listed [ (04.1946) HMS Guardian (net layer) ?]
Binsted, Peter Burford Son of George Edward Binsted, and Florence Blyth. Married (02.10.1944, Halifax, NS) Margaret Zoe Dunbar; ... children.	29.04.1920 Wandsworth district, Greater London / London / Surrey - 05.1993 Hillingdon district, Middlesex	Prob. Midsh. 01.09.1937 Midsh. 14.08.1939, seniority 01.09.1937 A/S.Lt. 29.04.1940 S.Lt. 29.04.1941 Lt. 29.10.1942 Lt.Cdr. 29.10.1950 (retd c. 1960) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - MID 20.12.1940 boarding a freighter off the coast of Oran while attacked by an Italian submarine NGSM - & minesweeping clasp RD ? -	Education: HMS Worcester Member of St Paul’s Cathedral Choir in London. Deck officer with P&O (Merchant Navy). 1937     training, HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 28.08.1939 - 09.1941 HMS Hotspur (destroyer) [05.1940-06.1940 at SS Isle of Guernsey (hospital carrier)] 09.1941 - 04.1943 served/based at HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth), HMS Petunia (corvette), HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham), HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan) & HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon)] (12.1941)     no appointment listed (08.1942)     no appointment listed 01.05.1943 - 09.03.1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Asphodel (corvette) (torpedoed & sunk by U-575 off Cape Finisterre) (04.1944) no appointment listed 04.06.1944 - 11.1944 HMS Courier (Algerine class minesweeper) [based at HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, Canada) (for miscellaneous services)] 06.1945 - 10.1945 First Lieutenant, HM LST 3504 (landing ship, tank) (07.1945) no appointment listed 10.1945 - 01.1946 HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay) 01.1946 - (04.)1946 LST Group, HMS Sultan (accounting base, Singapore) 1946 - 06.1946 HMS Minstrel (Algerine class minseweeper) 07.1946 - 05.1947 HMS Golden Fleece (Algerine class minesweeper) 05.1947 - 05.1947 HM BYMS 2142 (British yard minesweeper)
Birch, John Dudley	07.06.1904 Sculcoates, Yorkshire - 06.1985 Watford, Hertfordshire	Lt. 29.10.1928 Lt.Cdr. 29.10.1936 Cdr. 30.06.1942 (retd 1945/46) DSC 04.07.1944 sinking U536 19.11.1943 MID 14.11.1944 rammed by Skeena 12.08.1944 RD ? ?	(08.1942) no appointment listed 28.01.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Nene (frigate) (04.1944) HMCS Waskesiu (frigate) (08.1944) HMCS Qu'Appelle (destroyer) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Bird, Roy Lee	14.10.1917 Solihull Lodge, Warwickshire - 17.08.1992 New Zealand	Prob. A/S.Lt. 06.09.1938 A/S.Lt. 1939?, seniority 06.09.1938 S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 06.03.1941 (reld from active service < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 06.03.1949 (retd < 05.1950)	05.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Northern Sun (trawler) 16.10.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Thunderbolt (submarine) (06.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Searcher (escort carrier) * 11.03.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) (06.1944) no appointment listed 09.09.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Scott (minesweeper) 01.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Gulnare (surveying vessel)
Birnie, Harry Charles Elder son (with one brother) of Rev. Charles Birnie, MA (1853-1919), and Katherine Alexander (1855?-1920), of New Aberdour, Aberdeenshire.	01.10.1882 New Aberdour, Aberdeenshire - 09.03.1943 (MPK) [age 60] [Liverpool Naval Memorial]	Midsh. ? S.Lt. 23.06.1904 Lt. 12.12.1907 Lt.Cdr. 12.12.1915 A/Cdr. 31.12.1918 Cdr. 31.12.1920 Capt. 30.06.1926 (retd 13.01.1927; own request) A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 07.01.1941 DSO 22.02.1918 ramming UC-47 18.11.1917 MID 15.12.1942 for outstanding devotion to duty during two years' arduous service as Commodore of Convoy RD 13.09.1919 -	Education: New Aberdour Public School; privately. Junior Officer, Cunard Line, 1905. 1915     Commanding Officer, HM Torpedo Boat 82 1916 - 1917 Commanding Officer, HMS Fairy, North Sea 1917 - 1918 Commanding Officer, HMS P.57 (North Sea and Dover Patrol (DSO, despatches)) Commanded various steamships of the Cunard Line, 1919-1926. 07.01.1941 - 09.03.1943 Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] [in command of Convoy SC 121 from New York to Liverpool, sailing in the Norwegian merchant ship Bonneville. On 9 March 1943, the Bonneville was struck by a torpedo, apparently fired by the German submarine U-405] Elder Brother of Trinity House since 1926; Member of Committee of Management, Seamen's Hospital Society, since 1927; Member of Southampton Harbour Board, 1936.
Blackburne, Robert Gilbert Rodbard Ireland	20.11.1924 - 12.1997	... ... T/S.Lt. 20.11.1944 Lt. RN 07.05.1947 Lt.Cdr. RN 07.05.1955 (commission terminated on transfer to RAF (Marine Branch) 03.05.1956)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... (10.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Blackman, Michael John	? - ?	... ... T/S.Lt. 15.11.1944 Lt. RN ? (withdrawal from extended service commission & placed on Emgcy List 16.03.1950)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (10.1945) HMS Knaresborough Castle ... - ... ...
Blair, John Hamilton Also known as: Hamilton-Blair, John.	29.07.1889 Glasgow, Scotland - 03.07.1972 South Wing Hospital, Bedford, Bedfordshire	... ... Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1924 (retd 28.07.1934; own request) Cdr. (retd) 28.07.1934 A/Capt. (retd) 15.09.1944? DSC 11.1917 submarines RD 24.09.1929 -	... - ... ... (10.1940) - (04.1942) no appointment listed 05.05.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Mona's Isle (auxiliary anti-aircraft ship (coastal)) 15.10.1943 - (06.)1944 RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 15.09.1944 - (04.1946) Naval Officer-in-Charge, Vizagatapam [HMIS Circars]
Blake, Hugh Smith Son (with one brother and three sisters) of John McBryde Blake (1864-1921), and Jessie McQueen Smith (1872-1940). Married (1934, Greenock West district, Renfrewshire, Scotland) Janet Dunlop.	1898 Port Glasgow district, Scotland - 1957 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland	T/S.Lt. (E) 30.12.1939 T/Lt. (E) 15.01.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) > 02.1944, < 04.1944 (reld 11.05.1944; medically unfit)	30.12.1939 - (04.)1941 HMS Queen Empress (paddle steamer, auxiliary minesweeper) 28.05.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS Princess Elizabeth (paddle steamer, auxiliary minesweeper, from 06.1942 anti-aircraft ship) (08.1943)     no appointment listed 10.09.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Empire Ridley [renamed 1943 HMS Latimer] (auxiliary cable ship)
Blake, Walter Charles	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. 25.11.1939 (reld < 04.1946) CrsMer 08.05.1945 liaison duties merchant navy	25.11.1939 - (02.1941) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) (12.1941) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * (08.1942) - (12.1943) no appointment listed (04.1944)     HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay) * (10.1944)     no appointment listed 06.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for service with Sea Transport Officers) (1945)     liaison officer Polish Merchant Navy [Polish merchant ship Sobieski] * indexed, but not listed as such
Blois-Brooke, Michael Steuart Son (with one sister and two brothers) of Maj. Eardley Steuart Brooke (1869-1955), and Violet Mary Magdalene Sproat (1892-1945). Married (20.08.1949, All Saints Church, Crawley Down, Cuckfield district, Sussex) Mary "Charry" Mead, WRNS, daughter of Cecil Harvey Mead; two daughters, one son. Surname officially changed from Brooke to Blois-Brooke by deed poll of 24.03.1953.	13.08.1919 Cromer, Erpingham district, Norfolk - 13.11.1995 Sheringham, North Walsham district, Norfolk	Midsh. 01.10.1937 A/S.Lt. 03.07.1940 S.Lt. 15.09.1941 A/Lt. 03.01.1943 Lt. 31.07.1943 Lt.Cdr. 31.07.1951 (retd 12.11.1962) RD ? -	Education: HMS Conway. Served Merchant Navy. 22.08.1939 - 29.05.1941 HMS Imperial (destroyer) (damaged by German aircraft near Crete 28.05.1941 & sunk next day by RN) (08.1941)     no appointment listed 21.08.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Jeanie Deans (auxiliary paddle steam minesweeper) 20.10.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Queen Eagle (auxiliary anti-aircraft ship) 29.07.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Windsor (destroyer) 01.02.1944 - (02.)1944 HMS Nith (frigate) [appointment probably cancelled & replaced by posting to HMS Queen Emma] 27.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Queen Emma (troop ship) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 01.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Sefton (landing ship, infantry)
Blowers, Clair Ernest Son (with one brother) of Clare Blowers (1879-1959), and Emma Maud Turrell Dines (1884-1934). Married ((12?).1936, Cardiff district, Glamorganshire) Elizabeth A. O'Sullivan; two sons.	13.10.1908 Lowestoft, Mutford district, Suffolk - (03?).1974 Cardiff district, Glamorganshire, Wales	Skpr. 02.09.1939 [WS 2966] A/Ch.Skpr. 06.01.1944 A/Skpr.Lt. > 04.1945, < 07.1945	(12.1939)     no appointment listed 24.12.1939 - (10.)1941 HMS Paramount (minesweeping trawler) (12.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed 02.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Paramount (minesweeping trawler) (02.1944) - (10.1944) no appointment listed (01.1945)     HM MMS 257 (motor minesweeper) * (04.1945)     no appointment listed 06.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1087 (motor minesweeper) (10.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Bloye, Norman Herbert Barton	30.11.1904 Lewisham, Greater London - (12?).1981 Poole district, Dorset	Prob. S.Lt. 06.09.1928 S.Lt. 07.01.1931, seniority 06.09.1928 Lt. 07.01.1933 Lt.Cdr. 07.01.1941 (retd 30.11.1949) DSC 23.01.1945 minesweeping Adriatic Coast & Ancona [award posted] RD ? ?	(04.1940) no appointment listed (02.1941) HMS Derby (minesweeper) * 24.08.1941 - 08.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Fareham (minesweeper) 05.1943 - (06.)1943 Lieutenant-Commander (Minesweeping), Benghazi [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)] 01.07.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Hasdrubal (RN base, Bizerta) 01.01.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto) (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Blundell, Arthur Norman	14.05.1904 West Derby district, Lancashire - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973 ??, or 1980s (Northern Ireland?) ??	Prob. S.Lt. 23.12.1930 S.Lt. 11.05.1931, seniority 23.12.1930 Lt. 23.12.1932 Lt.Cdr. 23.12.1940 (reld < 04.1946) (retd 14.05.1949; age) RD 1940s? ?	01.10.1939 - 25.04.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Bradman (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (sunk by German aircraft off Norway) 16.10.1940 - 07.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Marguerite (corvette) 31.08.1943 - 08.12.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Parret (frigate) 07.02.1944 - 04.1944 HMS Grasshopper (Coastal Forces base, Weymouth) 03.09.1944 - (10.1944) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Bolland, Thomas William Fearne Married; one son.	28.01.1904 South Stoneham, Hampshire - 05.1984 New Forest, Hampshire	T/Lt. 25.09.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 08.1942, < 02.1943	(04.1940) no appointment listed (02.1941) no appointment listed 21.03.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Alcantara (armed merchant cruiser) (10.1943) no appointment listed 22.11.1943 - (12.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Fada (frigate) 01.12.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Dovey (frigate) 25.02.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Rushen Castle (corvette)
Booth, Bernard Ralph Brother of Lt.Cdr. John Marshall Booth, RNR.	26.03.1893 Birmingham, Warwickshire - 06.06.1954 Harrogate	Prob. T/Lt.Cdr. 11.03.1940 T/Lt.Cdr. 11.1941, seniority 11.03.1940 (reld < 04.1946) MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk	11.03.1940 - 29.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Crested Eagle (auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel (coastal)) (bombed by German aircraft & sunk, Dunkirk) 23.07.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Emperor of India (auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel (coastal)) 22.03.1941 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Kernot (auxiliary patrol vessel) (04.1944) no appointment listed (10.1944) no appointment lsited (07.1945) no appointment listed
Booth, John Marshall Brother of Lt.Cdr. Bernard Ralph Booth, RNR.	23.04.1891 Birmingham, Warwickshire - (12?).1956 Bebington, Wirral district, Cheshire	T/S.Lt. 20.05.1915, seniority 17.05.1915 T/A/Lt. 19.01.1916 T/Lt. 17.05.1917 (reld 10.11.1919) T/Lt.Cdr. 30.08.1939 T/A/Cdr. 1945 (reld 23.06.1946) MID 17.10.1919 minesweeping operations 07-12.1918	22.05.1915 - 08.06.1915 HMS Pembroke II (RN Air Station, Eastchurch, Sheppey) 09.06.1915 - 17.02.1916 HMS Jupiter II 18.02.1916 - 31.01.1917 Commanding Officer, HMS Balmoral (paddle steamer) 01.02.1917 - 24.02.1917 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) 25.02.1917 - 20.10.1917 HMS E 33 (submarine) 21.10.1917 - 11.02.1918 HMS Aiglon (paddle minesweeper) (for minesweeping instruction) [based at HMS Research] 12.02.1918 - 13.04.1918 HMS Banbury (minesweeper) (to assist on staff of Admiral Superintendent Clyde) 14.04.1918 - 17.09.1918 Commanding Officer, HMS Yarmouth Belle (auxiliary minesweeper) 17.09.1918 - 15.10.1918 Commanding Officer, HMS Aberdare (minesweeper) 16.10.1918 - 31.03.1919 HMS Caesar (depot ship) (Black Sea) 01.04.1919 - 30.06.1919 HMS St George (submarine depot ship) (Aegean) 01.07.1919 - 09.07.1919 HMS Europa (depot ship, Mudros, Greece) 10.07.1919 - 10.11.1919 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 30.08.1939 - 30.11.1939 Sea Transport Officer, Grade III [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 01.12.1939 - 01.09.1941 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth) 01.12.1939 - 08.12.1939 for training in "N" type minesweepers 09.12.1939 - 01.09.1941 Trials Officer, Minesweeping Department 02.09.1941 - 11.10.1942 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional as Lt.Cdr. Minesweeping 2nd-in-Command) 12.10.1942 - 18.11.1942 HMS Excellent II (accounting base, Bournemouth) (additional; lent to HMS Evolution for special service) 19.11.1942 - 03.04.1943 HMS Excellent II (accounting base, Bournemouth) (additional as Lt.Cdr.) 04.04.1943 - 25.09.1943 Principal Minesweeping Officer, HMS Cannae (RN base, Bone, Algeria) 26.09.1943 - 30.07.1944 Commander Minesweeping Tunisia on staff of Flag Officer Tunis [HMS Hasdrubal (RN base, Bizerta, Tunisia)] 31.07.1944 - 24.06.1945 HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto) (as Port Minsweeping Officer, Party 'Nan', and later as Lt.Cdr. Minesweeping Adriatic) 25.06.1945 - 1945 HMS Lochinvar (minesweepers base, Granton) (for minesweeping refresher course) 1945 - 23.06.1946 Commander Minesweeping Western Italy [HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples)] (as Acting Commander)
Bowles, Edward Thomas Married ...; ... children.	27.04.1887 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk - 02.01.1946 105 British General Hospital	Skpr. ? (WS 2403) Ch.Skpr. 07.11.1924 (retd 27.04.1937) Skpr.Lt. (retd) 27.04.1937 RD 30.04.1935 -	25.01.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Letitia (armed merchant cruiser) 10.04.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Laconia (armed merchant cruiser) (10.1941) - (02.1943) no appointment listed (04.1943)     Boom Defence Depot, Clyde [HMS Orlando] * 05.1943 - 05.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Barbridge (Bar class boom defence vessel) (06.1944)     HMS Barbridge (boom defence vessel) * 28.07.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Baron (Bar class boom defence vessel) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 10.01.1945 - (04.)1945 Boom Defence Depot, Portsmouth [HMS Victory III] 06.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Silanion (10.1945) - 02.01.1946 HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Boyd, Neil Kenneth	17.06.1911 Isle of Wight, Hampshire - 11.2000 New Forest, Hampshire	Lt. 12.12.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. 14.06.1943? (retd 1945/46) DSC 26.01.1943 escorting Russian convoy 07.1942 DSC 11.05.1943 Operation Torch & action with U-boat RD ? ?	06.12.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Curlew (cruiser) (to complete 12 months' training) 03.03.1942 - 05.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Poppy (corvette) 14.06.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Aire (frigate) 10.03.1945 - (07.1945) Training Establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall [HMS Raleigh]
Boys-Smith, Humphry Gilbert Son of late Rev. Edward Percy Boys-Smith, MA, Rural Dean of Lyndhurst, Hampshire, and Charlotte Cecilia, daughter of late Thomas Backhouse Sandwith, CB, HM Consular Service. Married (1935) Marjorie Helen Vicars-Miles (28.06.1905 - (12?).1981), daughter of Capt. Matthew John Miles Vicars-Miles, JP; no children.	20.12.1904 Lymington district, Hampshire - 24.06.1999 Salisbury, Wiltshire	Midsh. 01.09.1921 A/S.Lt. 20.12.1925 S.Lt. 05.03.1928 Lt. 17.11.1929 Lt.Cdr. 17.11.1937 (retd 29.06.1939); reactivated Cdr. 31.12.1941 A/Capt. 01.09.1943? (reld from active service < 04.1946) Capt. 31.12.1946 (retd 23.01.1952) DSO 16.08.1940 Dunkirk [investiture 08.04.1941] DSO 04.03.1941 sinking U-boat 06.01.1941 [investiture 08.04.1941] DSC 16.03.1943 Operation Torch, 700 troops delivered [investiture 09.11.1943] CitMS ? landing US troops transport Algiers MID 03.11.1942 attacks on U-boats 11 & 14.07.1942 RD 03.03.1941 -	Education: Pangborne Nautical College 1921 joined Royal Naval Reserve 13.02.1940 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Tourmaline (trawler) 06.1940 Skoot Twente (Dunkirk) 20.06.1940 - 25.02.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Anemone (corvette) (Western Approaches) 25.03.1942 - 30.08.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Spey (frigate) (Western Approaches) 01.09.1943 - (07.)1945 Office of Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty (mainly concerned with Officer Appointments in Western Approaches escort ships) [HMS President] 1950 - 1951 War Course, Royal Naval College, Greenwich Served in Merchant Navy, Commonwealth and Dominion Line (later renamed the Port Line), 1922-1929, Cunard 1929-1934, Extra Master's Certificate, 1930; Colonial Maritime Service, 1935-1940 (Palestine) and 1946-1950 (Marine Superintendent, Western Pacific High Commission, based in Fiji); Courtaulds Ltd, Central Staff Department, 1951-1968. Younger Brother of Trinity House (1944) and a member of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners (1946). Additional member, RNR Advisory Committee, 1949-1951. Associate, Institution of Naval Architects (1948).
Braa, Konrad Andreas Son (with five siblings) of Jon Andreassen Braa (1875-), and Alma Mathilde Andersen (1884-1963).	24.09.1905 Horten, Norway -	T/S.Lt. 26.08.1940 T/Lt. 15.10.1940 (commission terminated 12.04.1944) DSC - minesweeping Tobruk & air attacks MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42	15.08.1940     joined RNR (10.1940)     HMS Lochinvar (RN base, Port Edgar) * 07.10.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Skudd V (converted Norwegian minesweeping whaler) 06.06.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Svana (converted Norwegian minesweeping whaler) (DSC, despatches) 14.11.1941 - 01.07.1942 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (additional for various services) [obviously aboard HMS Svana for some time during this period] 01.07.1942 - (10.1943) HMS Prometheus (auxiliary patrol base, Alexandria) (12.1943)     no appointment listed 15.01.1944 - 12.04.1944 HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) * indexed, but not listed as such
Brabban, Alfred James Son (with two sisters) of ... and Isabella Brabban Married 1st ((03?).1922, Romford district, Essex) Kathleen Eileen Lucy (23.05.1902 - 23.08.1984); one daughter. Married 2nd ((12?).1959, Eastbourne district, Sussex) Ethel M. Simmons.	05.08.1897 West Ham district, Essex - (03?).1972 Eastbourne district, Sussex	T/Lt. (E) 27.10.1939 T/Lt.Cdr. (E) 15.05.1941 (commission terminated 08.05.1946)	temporary officer [1023751] serving under T.124X agreement: 27.10.1939 - (04.)1941 HMS Canton (armed merchant cruiser) 15.05.1941 - (02.)1941 HMS Ranchi (armed merchant cruiser) 16.03.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool) 26.06.1943 - 31.12.1943 HMS Battle Axe (dock landing ship), renamed: 01.01.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Eastway (dock landing ship) (10.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Bradford, Donald Gould Son (with one brother) of William Bradford (1883-), and Isabella Pickles (1880-). Married ((09?).1947, Brentford district, Middlesex) Prescilla Irvine "Scilla" Metz (1925 - 08.09.2013), daughter (with one brother and five sisters) of Frederick Alan Irving Muntz (1899-1985), and Mary l. Harnett (1900-1976); one son.	(06?).1912 [12.06.1912?] Bolton district, Greater Manchester, Lancashire - 26.06.1995 Aberlour, Banffshire, Scotland	T/S.Lt. 27.05.1940 T/Lt. 27.05.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1943? T/A/Cdr. 1944 (reld < 04.1946) DSO 10.10.1944 action with enemy 04.07.1944 [investiture 10.06.1947] DSC 01.06.1943 action E-boats 28.03.1943 [investiture 10.10.1944] DSC 21.12.1943 action 19.10.1943 [investiture 10.10.1944] DSC 29.08.1944 Operation Neptune, Normandy 06.1944 [investiture 10.10.1944] MID 07.03.1944 2 trawlers sunk & E-boats damaged 03.11.1943 MID 14.11.1944 actions 04.1944	Education: St Cyr (French military academy). Joined Merchant Navy (served in South America and Spain, fighting in the Spanish Civil War). 17.12.1940 - 19.07.1941 HMS Malvernian (armed boarding vessel) (ship attacked by aircraft and abandoned; picked up by a Spanish fishing vessel and interned, but later escaped) (12.1941)     no appointment listed (08.1942)     no appointment listed 08.10.1942 - (06.1943) HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (for motor launches): (03.1943)     Commanding Officer, HM MGB 333 (motor gun boat) 01.09.1943 - (07.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 617 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 31st MTB Flotilla (07.44)     Senior Officer, 55th MTB Flotilla [ty. aboard MTB 632] (08.1944)     Staff Officer, Coastal Forces, British Assault Area (Courseulles) 10.09.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (for motor launches, etc.) 04.06.1945 - (07.1945) Coastal Forces Mobile Unit 2 [HMS Fox (RN base, Lerwick, Shetlands), then Flensburg (Germany)] Marks & Spencer branch manager.
Bradley, Samuel Clive	see:	RNZNR section
Brammall, Cedric Victor Son of Robert Thomas and Kathleen Brammall. Married 1st ((06?).1938, Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey) Nora Hornby. Married 2nd ((09?).1949, Colchester district, Essex) Anne C. Grattan-Doyle.	09.10.1904 Upper Tooting, Wandsworth district, London - 04.1986 Reading and Wokingham, Berkshire	T/Lt. 22.02.1940 A/T/Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1943? (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) DSC 07.06.1940 Dunkirk [investiture 02.07.1940]	15.01.1940 - 29.07.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Gulzar (danlaying armed yacht) (bombed by German aircraft) 14.08.1940 - (08.)1941 HMS Ranpura (armed merchant cruiser) (10.1941)     no appointment listed 20.11.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Ulster Queen (auxiliary anti-aircraft ship, seagoing) 15.04.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for BYMSs) (02.1944)     no appointment listed 14.02.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Lizard (Combined Operations landing craft base, Shoreham, West Sussex) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 04.12.1944 - (04.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM LST 320 (landing ship, tank) 15.07.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) 25.07.1945 - (10.1945) RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake]
Brammall, Harry Whittaker Last residence: Preston, nr Uppingham, Rutland.	07.02.1906 Ashton under Lyne district, Cheshire / Lancashire - 10.02.1967 (died at sea off United Arab Emirates) [Christian cemetery, St Martins Church, Sharjah, United Emirates]	Prob. Midsh. 20.06.1924 A/S.Lt. 20.06.1927 S.Lt. 02.03.1929 Lt. 01.01.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1939 (demobilized < 04.1946) (retd 27.02.1951) A/Cdr. 20.12.1943? Cdr. (retd) 27.02.1951 DSO 29.09.1942 minesweeping operations 05-06.1942 [investiture 29.07.1947] DSC 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940 [investiture 06.08.1940] RD 09.1942 -	05.12.1931 - (01.1932) HMS H 50 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] (04.1940) HMS Mayalan (?) * (1940) HMS Kurd (minesweeping trawler) (10.1940)     no appointment listed (02.1941) HMS Beaver (RN base, Humber) * 19.02.1941 - (08.1942) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta) 11.01.1943 - 27.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Hydra (Algerine class minesweeper) (12.1943)     no appointment listed 20.12.1943 - (06.)1944 Executive Officer, HMS St Tudno (minesweeping depot, Sheerness) 31.07.1944 - (07.1945) Commander Minesweeping, HMS Colonsay (base for Minesweeping Force, Humber) Master Mariner. * indexed, but not listed as such
Brammall, Roy Temple Son (with three brothers, one sister, and one half-sister) of Robert Thomas Brammall Jr. (1870-1951), and Kathleen De Santy (1877-1951). Married ((03?).1940, Bournemouth district, Dorset) Mary Gabrielle Weeks ((06?).1917 - 10.10.2007); three sons.	26.05.1908 Maldon, Essex - 01.11.1985 Tavistock district, Devon	T/S.Lt. 12.02.1940 T/Lt. 13.05.1940 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	28.02.1940 - (05.)1940 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) 01.05.1940 - (08.)1940 HMS Vulcan (Coastal Forces depot ship) 03.09.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Philante (armed yacht) (02.1941) - (04.1941) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 06.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) 07.09.1942 - (06.)1943 an Assistant Salvage Officer, Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 28.06.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers, Algeria/Taranto, Italy) (additional; for miscellaneous duties) 10.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) (for duty at Naples) 15.08.1945 - (10.1945) an Assistant Salvage Officer, Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Bratlie, Thorvald Johansen	29.08.1882 Norway - 08.01.1941	T/Lt. (E) ?	? - 08.01.1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
Brett, Peter	? - ?	... ... Lt. 26.08.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 10.02.1945? Lt.Cdr. 26.08.1945 (retd 01.07.1950) DSC 14.08.1945 destruction U-boat 27.03.1945 & probably another one [decoration posted] RD ? ?	... - ... ... 26.05.1941 - (10.1942) First Lieutenant, HMS Banff (Banff class sloop) (02.1943) - 23.08.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Banff (Banff class sloop) 10.02.1945 - 06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Conn (Captain class frigate) (DSC) ... - ... ...
Brett, Robert Ernest From Wimbledon, London. BBC WW2 People's War	(03?).1907 St Giles, London, Middlesex - 1982 Melbourne, Australia	Lt. 18.01.1935 Lt.Cdr. 18.01.1942 A/Cdr. > 04.1944, < 06.1944 Cdr. 30.06.1946 Capt. 31.12.1953 (Supernumerary List 02.02.1954) DSO 21.12.1943 Operation Husky [investiture 07.03.1944] DSC 30.05.1944 Operation Antidote [award posted] MID 08.06.1943 inshore squadron in support of 8th Army advance MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) RD 03.1944 ?	(04.1940)     no appointment listed 16.04.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Goodwin (armed boarding vessel) 01.11.1941 - 16.01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Seaham (Bangor class minesweeper) & from early 1944 as 2nd Senior Officer, 14th Minesweeping Flotilla 12.11.1945 - (04.)1946 Executive Officer, HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich)
Brett, Stanley George Son of George Henry Brett (born 1890) and Marguerite Ethel Brett (née Clark) (born 1893), of Newmarket, Suffolk. Brother of S.Lt. (A)  Ian Brett, RNVR.	1920 - 04.06.1943 [age 24] [Kirkwall (St Olaf's) Cemetery, plot 33, joint grave 15]	T/S.Lt. 20.11.1939 T/Lt. 20.05.1942	20.11.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Derbyshire (armed merchant cruiser) (12.1941)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 08.05.1942 - (08.1942) FAA Pool, Simonstown [HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa)] (02.1943) - 04.06.1943 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Brice, John Edgar Leonard Married ((09?).1937, Hastings district, Sussex) Winifred I. Field; one son, one daughter.	01.02.1909 Cardiff district, Glamorgan - (09?).1971 Fulham district, London	T/S.Lt. 27.08.1940 T/Lt. 17.07.1941 (reld 09.07.1945; medically unfit) MBE 22.06.1943 service to Dutch ships 1942-1943 [investiture 10.07.1945] MID 09.06.1942 attacked by a Dornier 04.03.1942 MID 08.02.1944 salvage operations Halfreid, Gibraltar	temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements: 27.08.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Champion (rescue tug) 01.04.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Mentor (minesweeper base, Stornoway) 14.07.1941 - (06.)1942 HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) (1942)     HMS Superman (tug) (despatches) (08.1942) - (10.1942) no appointment listed 07.11.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for duty with rescue tugs): (1942) - (1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Prosperous (rescue tug) (MBE) 05.07.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (for rescue tugs): (1943)     Commanding Officer, HMS Prosperous (rescue tug) (despatches) 31.08.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for duty with rescue tugs)
Bridges, Eric Son of David McKay Bridges (1873-1938), and Margaret Gourley (1877-1931). Married Iris ... (1916 - 08.11.1998); two daughters, one son.	15.01.1918 Dennistoun, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 11.11.1998 Toronto, Ontario, Canada (as a result of a house fire)	T/Paym.S.Lt. 17.03.1941 T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 24.07.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements: 17.03.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Letitia (armed merchant cruiser) 01.09.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Archer (aircraft carrier) (04.1943)     no appointment listed 19.04.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Atheling (escort carrier) Joined Royal Canadian Naval Reserve.
Briggs, Thomas Graham	(06?).1921 - 04.01.2008	Midsh. 01.09.1938 A/S.Lt. 24.04.1941 S.Lt. 24.04.1942 Lt. 24.10.1943 Lt. RN 25.03.1947, seniority 24.10.1943 ... ... Capt. RN 31.12.1967 (retd 24.04.1976) MID 27.01.1942 sinking of U-boat 16.11.1941	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... 25.05.1941 - (02.1942) HMS Marigold (Flower class corvette) (despatches) ... - ... ... 07.01.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Anson (King George V class battleship) ... - ... ...
Brignall, Ronald	? -	T/Lt. 20.08.1940	officer holding a temporary commission under T.124 agreements 20.08.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Chantala (armed boarding vessel)
Broadhead, Percy Frederick Son of William Birch Broadhead (1872-1907), and Edith Moore (1877-). Married ((06?).1933, South Manchester district, Lancashire) Christina G. Rae.	(06?).1905 Manchester, Chorlton district, Lancashire -	T/Lt. 01.01.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1942, < 02.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 21.08.1945 3 U-boats destroyer Kola Inlet 04.1945 [decoration posted]	Served Merchant Navy (Second Mate's Certificate, 24.12.1924; First Mate's Certificate, 30.11.1926). Solicitor. 01.01.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 30.10.1940 - (02.)1942 HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) 14.03.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS St Nectan (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 05.11.1943 - 22.11.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Dumbarton Castle (corvette) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 06.03.1945 - 31.08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Shin (frigate) (DSC) Councillor of Romford (1955).
Broadhurst, Colin Lowe	(03?).1904 Hayfield district, Cheshire / Derbyshire -	Prob. S.Lt. 30.10.1929 S.Lt. 12.05.1930, seniority 30.10.1929 Lt. 24.03.1934 A/Lt.Cdr. 03.04.1940 Lt.Cdr. 24.03.1942 (demobilized < 04.1946) (retd 09.01.1949) (removed from retd 29.11.1954) DSC 01.08.1944 Operation Shingle (landing at Anzio 22.01.1944) [investiture 16.10.1945] MID 14.07.1942 minesweeping group commander 22.04.1942 RD 18.02.1944 -	23.12.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Unicorn II (RN base, Dundee) * (06.)1940 - 19.08.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Gadfly (minesweeping trawler) (1941?) - (04.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Equerry (minesweeping trawler) ** (08.1942) no appointment listed 01.01.1943 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM LST 39 (landing ship, tank) 06.1943 - 26.01.1944 Commanding Officer, HM LST 422 (landing ship, tank) (ship mined off Anzio) (04.1944) no appointment listed 17.05.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 22.12.1944 - (07.1945) for duty with Admiral Superintendent of Contract-built Ships, Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * (02.1941) stlil indexed, but no longer listed as such ** (12.1941) indexed, but not listed as such
Brook, James Kenneth	14.04.1889 Isle of Wight, Hampshire - 16.12.1976 [Seaview, Isle of Wight ?]	Lt. 14.01.1918 Lt.Cdr. 14.01.1926 Cdr. 31.12.1930 Capt. 30.06.1938 (retd 14.04.1944) (removed from retd 29.11.1954) A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 30.10.1940 CBE 11.06.1942 HM's birthday DSO 1918 ? MID 29.02.1944 3 years ocean convoys RD ? ?	Education: Isle of Wight College, Ryde; HMS Worcester (Training Ship) 1906 - 1911 served in square­rigged sailing ships Ladye Doris and Marian Woodside 1912 - 1914 served in Tramp steamers 1914 - 1919 served in Armed Merchant cruisers, in Grand Fleet (HMS Conqueror) and later in Q and Mystery ships (despatches, DSO for sinking U34 when in command of HMS Privet, Q19) after demobilising joined Andrew Weir & Co. as Chief Officer and 2 years later in command of various Company's Ships until retirement (Master in the Mercantile Marine) 30.10.1940 - (07.1945) Commodore of Convoys [HMS Eaglet] 24.08.1942 - 14.04.1944 also: RNR ADC to the King (04.1946) no appointment listed
Brooke-Smith, Francis Haffey Navy List: Smith, F.H.B.	21.09.1918 Hasketon, near Woodbridge, Suffolk - 03.12.1952 Woodbridge, Suffolk (road accident)	Prob. Midsh. 01.05.1936 S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 01.03.1942 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1950 GC 27.06.1941 mine disposal RD 08.02.1950 - 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - Bur St - - It St - -	Education: HMS Conway (1934-1936) 18.03.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (for 4 months training) 11.01.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Derbyshire (armed merchant cruiser) (02.1941) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 1941 - 18.10.1941 HMS Broadwater (destroyer) 27.11.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Lancaster (frigate) 11.1943 - (10.1944) Navigating Officer, HMS Stuart Prince (landing ship, fighter direction) 10.06.1945 - (04.1946) HM LST 324 (landing ship, tank) * indexed, but not listed as such
Brooks, Arthur George Married; .. children (one daughter?).	09.01.1906 New Forest district, Hampshire - 30.06.2004 Lower Hutt, New Zealand	Prob. S.Lt. 18.02.1931 S.Lt. 29.07.1931, seniority 18.02.1931 Lt. 18.02.1933 Lt.Cdr. 18.02.1941 (reld from active service < 04.1946) (retd 09.01.1951) DSC 17.11.1942 Tobruk [UPBatt &tc ?] 06.1942 MID 30.07.1942 SS Zealand; Tobruk air attack [ & fftg ?]  RD > 07.1945 < 04.1946 ?	29.06.1932 - (09.1932) HMS H 48 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) (Portsmouth) 14.01.1937 - (02.1938) HMS H 43 (submarine) (6th submarine Flotilla) 15.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Cathay (armed merchant cruiser) 07.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Widnes (minesweeper) (12.)1941 - 20.06.1942 Assistant Harbour Master, Tobruk [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)] (captured) 20.06.1942 - 05.1945? POW in German captivity (07.1945) no appointment listed After he was released as POW he returned to work for British India Steam Navigation Company and remained with them till he retired in 1970 as Chief Marine Superintendent at head office in London.
Broom, Charles Son (with nine siblings) of Albert Broom (1856-), and Mary Ann Higg (1858-). Brother of Lt.Cdr. Albert Broom, RN. Married (1917?, Ireland) Helena Underwood; two sons, two daughters.	18.08.1886 Bude, Cornwall - (03?).1958 Totnes district, Devon	T/S.Lt. 11.01.1915, seniority 07.01.1915 T/A/Lt. 09.07.1915 T/Lt. 29.01.1917, seniority 07.01.1917 (demobilised 16.06.1919) T/Lt. 05.02.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1942, < 08.1942 (reld > 07.1945, < 10.945)	Served Merchant Navy with Houlder Lines (2nd Mate, 25.02.1910, 1st Mate 02.01.1911, Master 20.06.1919). 13.01.1915 - 23.02.1915 HMS Vivid II (accounting base, Devonport) (waiting appointment) 24.02.1915 - 31.05.1915 in command of net drifter, HMS Valiant II (auxiliary patrol depot ship, Larne) 01.06.1915 - 31.12.1915 in command of net drifter, HMS Hermione (auxiliary patrol depot ship, Larne) 01.01.1916 - 28.03.1917 in command of net drifter, HMS Thetis (auxiliary patrol depot ship, Larne) 29.03.1917 - 19.11.1917 HMS Vivid I (RN Barracks, Devonport) 22.11.1917 - 01.04.1919 HMS Canning (depot ship, Orkney) 02.04.1919 - 16.06.1919 granted leave to sit for Board of Trade Certificate as Master 02.03.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Proserpine (RN base, Lyness, Scapa Flow) 16.05.1941 - (10.)1942 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) 11.11.1942 - 22.06.1943 Officer-in-Charge, Anti-Submarine Fixed Defences, HMS St Andrew (RN base, Oban) 23.06.1943 - (06.)1944 RN Station, Canty Bay [HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith)] 29.08.1944 - (04.)1945 Officer-in-Charge, Anti-Submarine Fixed Defences, Cumbrae [HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)] 30.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Curlew (Anti-Submarine Fixed Defence training establishment, Dunoon, Argyll) Retired rank of Captain Merchant Navy to spend final years living in Brixham, Devon.
Brothers, Walter Francis Son of John Brothers. Married (20.04.1914, Saint Stephen, Paddington, Westminster district, Middlesex) Ænid Hilda Jackson (28.11.1885-(06?).1981), daughter of British/Australian architect Edward Jeaffreson Jackson and Roberta "Bobby" Hadwen; one son (Lt.Cdr. John Valentine Brothers, RN), one daughter.	21.07.1886 Ashford, West Ashford district, Kent - 07.07.1975 Hythe, Shepway district, Kent	Prob. S.Lt. 01.07.1914 S.Lt. 12.01.1915, seniority 01.07.1914 Lt. 01.07.1916 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1924 (retd 21.07.1931) Cdr. (retd) 21.07.1931 (reverted to retd < 10.1943) MBE 03.06.1933 HM's birthday 1933: as British Consular Agent at Ismailia, Egypt. RD 28.08.1924 -	Education: Ashford Grammar School; Skinner's School, Tunbridge Wells (...-1902). 06.11.1914 - 08.1916 HMS King Orry (armed boarding steamer) 08.1916 - 04.1917 HMS Resolution (battleship) 04.1917 - 10.1917 HMS Duke of Cornwall (paddle steamer) 10.1917 - 1919 Commanding Officer, HM TB 114 (torpedo boat) 16.05.1919 - 1919 Commanding Officer, HMS Blackburn (Hunt class minesweeper) Became a Suez Canal pilot in 1920. 14.06.1930     Pangbourne Nautical College 06.02.1940 - 06.1943 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) (for examination service) [in his own words: "King's Harbour Master, Suez & Deputy Naval Officer-in-Charge, Suez"] 06.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; as Merchant Navy Liaison Officer)
Brown, Andrew Thorburn	23.11.1912 Musselburgh - 17.12.1973 Musselburgh	T/Skpr. 01.03.1945 [TS 1702] (reld < 04.1946)	(07.1945)     HM MFV 1056 (motor fishing vessel) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Browne, Joseph George Son of Capt. Joseph George Browne of the Moss Line, and Mary Elizabeth "Mimi" Tarring (1857-1948), of Liverpool. Married (09.07.1936, Meavy, Tavistock district, Devon) Nora Willcocks, of Holbeton, Devon.	20.05.1898 Liverpool, Lancashire - 31.03.1941 (MPK) [age 42] [Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 4, column 3]	T/Lt. 28.12.1939	(04.1940)     HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) * 04.07.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Royal Charter (auxiliary patrol base, Grimsby) 1941 - 31.03.1941 HMS Lord Selborne (auxiliary patrol trawler) (missing, presumed killed when ship was lost by an underwater explosion in the Humber estuary at 11.10 hrs) * indexed, but not listed as such
Browning, Douglas Charles Kenyon Son (with one brother and one sister) of John Cowan Browning (1885-1957), and Beatrice Kenyon (1889-1967). Married (21.05.1949, Blackburn district, Lancashire) Monica M. Finch; four sons, two daughters.	11.09.1921 Haslingden district, Lancashire - 28.02.1995 Blackburn district, Lancashire [buried Accrington, Lancashire]	T/Midsh. 04.05.1940 T/A/S.Lt. 11.09.1941 T/S.Lt. 11.09.1942 T/Lt. 01.01.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: HMS Conway (05.1937-04.1940). 04.05.1940 - (08.)1942 HMS Canton (armed merchant cruiser) 28.09.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Kale (frigate) (08.1943) - (04.1944) no appointment listed 15.05.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya) (for service at Diego Suarez) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Browning, Philip Derrick Son of Samuel Charles Browning (1881-1970), and Florence Emily Fothergill Derrick (1882-1969). Married ((03?).1935, Bristol district, Gloucestshire) Audrie Joan Greswell (19.06.1910 - 11.1997); one daughter, one son.	28.11.1907 Bath, Somerset - 11.1985 Weston super Mare district, Somerset	Prob. T/S.Lt. 29.04.1940 T/Lt. 29.07.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	29.04.1940 - (08.)1940 HMS Fervent (RN base, Ramsgate) 20.09.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for various services) (06.1941) - (06.1942) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) * 01.07.1942 - (10.1944) HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) (for miscellaneous services) (01.1945) - (04.1945) HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) * (07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Bruce, George Married ...; ... children.	? Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - 1952 lost at sea when MV Caledonia sank off the west coast of Scotland	Skpr. 01.06.1939 [W.S. 3501] Ch.Skpr. 27.07.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	09.08.1940 - (08.)1941 HMS Windermere (anti-submarine whaler) 09.08.1941 - (04.)1941 HMS Claverhouse II (minesweeper base, Granton) 06.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Stella Canopus (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler) 20.01.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Berkshire (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler) (02.1944) - (01.1945) HMS HDML 1020 (harbour defence motor launch) (04.1945) - (10.1945) HMS ASL 2 (air safety launch) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Bryce, Ian Kinloch   Son of Laurence Leslie Bryce, and Zilla Musitano. Married 1st ((06?).1949, Cardiff district, Glamorgan) Brenda F. Pearce (died 1961); one son, one daughter. Married 2nd ((09?).1964, Kingsbridge district, Devon) Susan E. "Sue" Balkwill; one son, one daughter.	09.06.1922 Darlington, Co. Durham - Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales (formerly St Albans)	Prob. Midsh. 01.09.1938 Midsh. ?, seniority 01.09.1938 A/S.Lt. 09.06.1942 S.Lt. 09.06.1943 Lt. 01.02.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1952 (retd 19.09.1956) DSC 16.08.1940 Dunkirk [investiture 09.08.1941] RD 17.02.1953 -	Education: HMS Worcester. Joined Merchant Navy, 1938. Part of the crew that took the Cutty sark from Falmouth to Greenwich in 1938. (1940) HMS Kittiwake (sloop) 24.02.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Fitzroy (frigate) (Dunkirk) 06.1940 - 06.1940 lent to HMS Hebe (minesweeper) [during Dunkirk evacuation] 09.06.1941 - (06.)1944 Navigating Officer, HMS Oribi (destroyer) (10.1944)     HMS Goathland (escort destroyer) * 04.11.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Southdown (destroyer) 1947     HMS Vanguard (battleship) (sailed to South Africa) Rejoined the Merchant Navy, with Canadian Pacitic Steamships and later Cunard till 1956. Took up positions in the oil industry before forming and running his own management training company, Kinloch Bryce Associates, which he continued to run until the age of 75. Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Hamilton as Lord High Commissioner, 05.1953, 05.1954 & 05.1955. Published: Shipmates and mistresses : bye and large (2005; memoirs) * indexed, but not listed as such
Buchan, Gilbert Married; three daughters.	25.05.1912 Inverallochy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - 30.01.1990 Inverallochy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland	Prob. Skpr. 03.02.1939 [WS 2820] Skpr. 1940?, seniority 03.02.1939 A/Skpr.Lt. 06.01.1943 (reld 11.04.1946) CBE ? for services to the Scottish fishing industry MID 26.12.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944)	24.11.1939 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Raglan Castle (minesweeping trawler) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 27.11.1942 - 27.07.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 225 (motor minesweeper) 25.09.1943 - 12.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1012 (motor minesweeper) 29.12.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1047 (motor minesweeper) Member of the Herring Industry Advisory council, 1966-1968. Chairman, Scottish Fishermen's Organisation.
Buchan, Thomas	? -	Skpr. 01.08.1940 [WS 3558] Ch.Skpr. 05.09.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	16.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Bouvet IV (minesweeping whaler) 08.1941 - (12.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Philippe (trawler) 16.12.1941 - (08.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS British Guiana (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (10.1943)     no appointment listed (12.1943)     no appointment listed 05.08.1944 - (01.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Woodbridge (auxiliary patrol vessel) (07.1945) HM MFV 1184 (motor fishing vessel) *
Buchan, Thomas	? -	T/A/Skpr. ? [TS 1169] T/Skpr. 01.03.1942 (reld < 04.1946) MID 04.02.1944 Russian convoy rescue from "Leda"  1942	09.04.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Northern Gem (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 16.05.1943 - (08.1943) HMS Irwell (trawler base, Birkenhead) (10.1943)     no appointment listed (12.1943)     no appointment listed (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Buckley, Donald Ellis "Don" Son of Frederick James Buckley (1888-?), and Ruby Elizabeth Layton Ellis (1891-1967). Brother of Lt. Ivor Frederick Buckley, RNVR. Married ((09?).1945, Newton Abbot district, Devon) Constance Muriel Benbow (09.08.1925 - 08.1990); ... children (three sons?).	03.06.1921 Lewisham district, London - 03.1988 Bournemouth district, Hampshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 08.02.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	(04.1943)     no appointment listed (06.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Derg (frigate) * (02.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 27.09.1944 - (10.1944) HM LST 214 (landing ship, tank) (01.1945)     HMS Scawfell (paddle minesweeper) * (04.1945)     no appointment listed 15.04.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Meon (frigate) (10.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Bull, John William Joseph Married ((03?).1922, Mutford district, Suffolk) Rhoda B. Algar (1893?-  (06?).1966); ... children.	12.06.1894 Lowestoft, Mutford district, Suffolk - (03?).1972 Lothingland district, Suffolk	T/A/Skpr. 01.04.1945 (reld 25.08.1945)	WW I     served as a rating RNR (07.1945)     no appointment listed His grandchild writes: "In WWI he was a deck hand and received a British War Medal and a Victory Medal. During WWI he was involved in the Battle of Jutland and was on duty at Scapa Flow in the north of Scotland and was one of the last people to see Lord Kitchener alive. He was discharged from the RN on 12.5.20 at “Pembroke”. Then in early WWII he was involved in the evacuation of Dunkirk before enlisting again... as he was a boat owner. Later in the war stationed in Brixham, Devon and was part of the mine-sweeping fleet in the English Channel."
Bunn, Denis Son of ... Bunn, and ... Hall. Married ((12?).1944, St Albans district, Hertfordshire) Betty Butler.	25.05.1917 St Albans district, Hertfordshire - 04.1997 Colchester district, Essex	Prob. A/S.Lt. 25.08.1939 S.Lt. 11.03.1940 Lt. 25.02.1942 (reld < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 25.02.1950 Cdr. 31.12.1956 (retd 25.05.1967) DSC 06.07.1943 Operation Torch (North Africa landings 11.1942): for good services in ferrying personnel and stores, frequently under air attack from the enemy [investiture 15.02.1944] RD 1940s -	Served Merchant Navy (BISN Co.). (04.1940)     no appointment listed (10.1940)     HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) * 04.01.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Princess Beatrix (Commando troop ship) (Lofoten raid 03.1941) 03.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Hamilcar (Combined Operations base, Djedjelli, Algeria) (DSC) 10.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous duties) 07.03.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Dido (cruiser) (07.1945)     no appointment listed After the war he returned to the MN and gained his Extra Master’s Certificate in 1947. * indexed, but not listed as such
Burman, Charles William	(09?).1891 ? Glanford Brigg district, Lincolnshire ? - (12?).1966 ? Fylde district, Lancashire ?	Skpr. 01.06.1940 [WS 3477] A/Skpr.Lt. 19.10.1944 Ch.Skpr. 30.06.1948 Lt. (Patrol Service) 22.11.1951, seniority 27.07.1947 Lt.Cdr. (PS) 29.08.1956, seniority 27.07.1955 (retd 04.01.1957) RD 08.02.1950 - MID 01.01.1944 New Year 1944 LSGCM 29.01.1945 -	10.07.1940 - (04.)1943 HMS Helier II (anti-submarine warfare whaler) 28.04.1943 - 01.11.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Bombardier (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (despatches) 14.11.1944 - 03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Brimness (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 04.04.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Rosalind (minesweeping trawler) * indexed, but not listed as such
Burrows, George	? -	T/A/Skpr. ? [TS 1524] T/Skpr. 01.10.1943 NavGSM - & clasp Palestine 1945-48	(12.1943) - (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946)     HM BYMS 2071 (British yard minesweeper) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Burton, Roger Philip Merceron Son (with seven brothers and three sisters) of Eugene Merceron Burton (1865-1950), and Beatrice Nicholson (1868-1961). Married 1st (18.12.1933) Elisabeth Hemstra (? - 07.12.1943), only daughter of Louis Hemstra, of Wassenaar, the Netherlands; one son. Married 2nd (25.08.1944, Surrey North Eastern district) Barbara Rae Coates (1915? - 15.07.1965), eldest daughter of Norman Coates, of Bath, Somerset; one son.	06.05.1900 Twickenham, Brentford district, Middlesex - 12.12.1974 Bath district, Somerset (formerly of Buckington, Devizes, Wiltshire)	Prob. T/S.Lt. 21.04.1941 T/Lt. 21.07.1941 (reld > 10.1946)	(06.1941)     HMS President (Admiralty) * (08.1941)     no appointment listed 11.08.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Philante (armed yacht) 04.06.1942 - 27.11.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS St Adrian (calibrating yacht) 28.11.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Vindictive (fleet repair ship) 10.04.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Pegasus (catapult ship) (02.1944)     HMS Pegasus (catapult ship) * 04.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Southern Prince (temporary HQ ship) 01.10.1944 - (11.)1944 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) (for duty at Newport) 18.11.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames) (for Divisional Sea Transport Office) (04.1946) - (10.1946) HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) * Publican. * indexed, but not listed as such
Butler, Edward Gavin Farr	16.12.1895 Southern Leith, Midlothian, Scotland - 1960	Lt. 15.03.1919 (retd 01.01.1922; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.03.1927 A/Cdr. (retd) 19.06.1941 MID 26.12.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) CdeG ? Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) RD ? -	Served Merchant Navy. (10.1940)     no appointment listed 31.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth) (for Naval Control Service, Methil) (03.1941)     Convoy Commodore aboard ss Tewkesbury when she was bombed off Aberdeen on 01.03.1941 19.06.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 01.04.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Cardiff) (EBC Convoys) (07.1945)     no appointment listed  (04.1946)     HM LST 315 (landing ship, tank) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Butler, Frederick John Livingstone	31.08.1891 Portsea Island, Hampshire - (12?).1977 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Lt.Cdr. 05.01.1925 Cdr. 30.06.1933 Capt. 30.06.1940 (reld 1945/46) Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd) 31.08.1946 RD ? ?	18.03.1942 - (10.1943) HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 25.10.1943 - (07.1945) Net Defence, New York [HMS Saker] 28.02.1945 - 30.08.1946 also: RNR ADC to the King
Butler, Henry Eric Son of Henry Butler, and Ethel Gilbert. Married (09.1939, Hove district, Sussex) Elizabeth Wallace Robertson McClure (1915 - 29.07.2008); two daughters, two sons.	11.04.1915 Pendleton, Salford district, Lancashire - 21.11.1985 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	T/S.Lt. RNVR 28.09.1939 T/Lt. RNVR 11.09.1940 T/Lt. 1941, seniority 11.09.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945 (reld 30.03.1946) Lt.Cdr. RCN 1951, seniority 11.09.1948 (retd 1960?) DSC 03.12.1940 successful attacks U-boats 21.06.40 [investiture 25.11.1941] MID 14.08.1945 relief of Greece	28.09.1939 - (12.1940) HMS Viva II (anti-submarine vessel) (02.1941)     HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) * 03.1941 - (07.)1941 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 66 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)] 29.07.1941 - (10.)1941 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 100 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)] 10.11.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 15 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)] 27.01.1942 - (12.1942) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 43 [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)] 23.01.1943 - (05.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 633 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)] 08.07.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt): 08.07.1943 - 10.1943 for service with Naval Officer-in-Charge Mersa Matruh 10.1943 - (07.1945) duty in Office of Commander-in-Chief Levant, later Flag Officer Eastern Mediterranean [sent to Greece, undercover, and for a while (09.1944?-11.1945?) he had command of a wooden Caique with a Greek crew; they tracked and reported mines laid by the Germans off the coast of Greece] 1951 - 1960? short service commission, Royal Canadian Navy: 1951 - 1953 with Naval Intelligence, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 30.11.1953 - (01.1956) on staff of Flag Officer, Pacific Coast [HMCS Naden (RN base, Esquimalt, B.C.)] (01.1957)     HMCS Naden (RN base, Esquimalt, B.C.) * District Commissioner, British Colonial Service, Palestine. Emigrated to Canada. * indexed, but not listed as such
Butler, Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Son of Horace A. Butler, and Dorothy F. Rourke. Married 1st ((12?).1943, Launceston district, Cornwall; marriage dissolved) Pamela M. Hipwell; two daughters. Married 2nd ((06?.1981, Chichester district, Sussex); one daughter.	28.06.1921 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 23.10.1996	Prob. Midsh. 01.05.1939 Midsh. ?, seniority 01.05.1939 A/S.Lt. 28.06.1941 S.Lt. 28.06.1942 Lt. 01.10.1943 Lt. RN 09.01.1947, seniority 01.10.1943 (emgcy 19.03.1951) Lt.Cdr. (emgcy) 01.10.1951 (retd 1967; removed from emgcy > 08.1973, < 08.1989) A/Cdr. (emgcy) > 05.1953, < 01.1956 DSC 23.01.1941 action against enemy raider 05.11.1940	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. 01.05.1939     joined RNR 25.10.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser) (ship sunk by German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer) (02.1941)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * ? - ? HMS Boadicea (destroyer) 17.11.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Ilfracombe (Bangor class minesweeper) ? - 03.1942 HMS Active (destroyer) 30.03.1942 - 27.09.1943 Gunnery Officer, HMS Intrepid (destroyer) 27.09.1943 - ? POW (escaped three times) 16.12.1943 - (04.1946) Gunnery Officer, HMS Apollo (minelayer) (Normandy, Pacific) 09.01.1947     transferred to RN 03.03.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Nonsuch (ex-German destroyer Z-38) (05.1949)     no appointment listed 16.09.1949 - (05.1950) Flag Lieutenant, HMS Tamar (Hong Kong) 01.02.1952 - (01.1957) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) ** ? - ? new entry training officer, Portsmouth ? - ? staff, Simonstown Dockyard, South Africa 17.11.1958 - 1967 CINO [= Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance] Officer attached to Departments under War Office Worked on oil rigs in Australia & the Pacific for Burmah Oil Company. * indexed, but not listed as such ** (01.1956) still indexed, but not longer listed as such
Byrne, Charles Leslie Son of ... Byrne, and ... Callow.	23.09.1920 Greenwich district, London - 09.2000 Kings Lynn district, Norfolk	Prob. Midsh. 21.06.1938 A/S.Lt. 23.09.1940 S.Lt. 23.09.1941 Lt. 01.12.1942 (retd 01.07.1950) MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945	? - 13.11.1939 HMS Blanche (destroyer) (ship mined & sunk in Thames estuary) [injured] (12.1939) - (02.1940) no appointment listed 17.02.1940 - (06.)1940 HMS Eskimo (destroyer) 16.07.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Dunnotar Castle (troop ship) (08.1941)     no appointment listed 23.09.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary) 25.08.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (06.1943) - (02.1944) HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Pt Bannatyne) * 01.03.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) 30.06.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Pt Bannatyne) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 30.10.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Vulpine (submarine) 20.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Sea Devil (submarine) (despatches) (04.1946)     U875 (surrendered U-boat) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Byron, John	1891 ? - 07.05.1944 (KIA) [age 53] (Portsmouth Naval Memorial)	Lt.Cdr. 07.11.1925 (retd) A/Cdr. (retd) 11.1943 DSC 07.04.1942 protection convoy Western Approaches DSC 22.02.1944 attack U-boat Western Approaches 22.09.1943 MID 06.04.1943 Operation Torch RD ? ?	21.04.1941 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Pentstemon (corvette) 26.04.1943 - (08.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Towy (frigate) (09.1943) - 11.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Keppel (destroyer) 11.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMCS Assiniboine (destroyer) [on loan to RCN] - 07.05.1944 aboard HMCS Valleyfield (frigate) [on loan to RCN]

 

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