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Edwards, David Malcolm	? - 1986 ? Dyfed ?	Prob. T/S.Lt. 28.02.1940 T/S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 28.02.1940 T/Lt. 19.03.1941 (reld 1945) DSC 06.09.1940 Molde Fjord, aircraft attacks	(04.1940)     no appointment listed 01.10.1940 - (08.1942) First Lieutenant, HMS Clarkia (corvette) 25.03.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for anti-submarine vessels) 04.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Vetch (corvette) Joined diplomatic service, 1945.
Edwards, Lance Franklyn Son of Frank Edwards, and Gladys E. Downs.	(06?).1919 Clutton district, Somerset - 04.01.1942 (DOI) [age 22] [Midsomer Norton (St John the Baptist) Church Cemetery, Somerset, 3.22.10]	Midsh. 01.08.1937 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1939 S.Lt. 25.03.1940 Lt. 15.11.1941	02.02.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Worcestershire (armed merchant cruiser) (12.1941)     no appointment listed ? - 04.01.1942 759 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] (died of injuries as result of an air crash)
Eldridge, Robert Arthur	1906 ? - 1980 ?	Prob. T/S.Lt. 28.10.1940 T/Lt. 07.1941, seniority 28.01.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1943, < 04.1944	(01.1941)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 28.01.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Derbyshire (armed merchant cruiser) 01.04.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Helvig (seaward defence ship) (initially in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer, from c. 10/11.1943 First Lieutenant, from late 1943/early 1944 Commanding Officer) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 21.10.1944 - 18.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HM LST 280 (landing ship, tank) (07.1945)     HM LST 280 (landing ship, tank) *
Elliott, Clive Scaife * Younger son (with one brother) of John Robert Maddison Elliott (1869-1941), and Gertrude Scaife (1866-1958). Married 1st ((03?).1936, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland; divorced) Gladys Renwick; one son. Married 2nd ((12?).1943, Westminster district, London) Mrs Mary Hill (née Tolson). * Also used as: Scaife-Elliott, Clive.	07.10.1904 South Norwood, Croydon district, Surrey - 05.06.1973 Windermere, Westmorland	Prob. T/Lt. 13.03.1940 T/Lt. 22.08.1940, seniority 13.03.1940 (reld 11.06.1942; medically unfit)	13.03.1940 - (06.)1940 HMS Crested Eagle (anti-aircraft paddle steamer) 09.06.1940 - (10.)1941 HMS Skirmisher (RN base, Milford Haven) (12.1941) - (06.1942) no appointment listed His son writes: "1st lieutenant (navigator). After the sinking of HMS Crested Eagle, Clive was very sick with oil poisoning and was repatriated to a naval hospital in London. He then did a trip on a destroyer which was employed as an escort on a secret convoy to Russia. He was then transferred to HMS Skirmisher at Milford Haven. The commanding officer of HMS Skirmisher Lt/commander Palmer broke protocol going to the assistance of HMS Mercury which had struck one of one of our own mines while clearing a field off Ireland. An official enquiry found that the officers on HMS Skirmisher had disobeyed an order as HMS Almond had been ordered to do the job. They were all reprimanded. He pushed on although still very ill. June 1942 he was discharged from the navy as he was consistently sick due to the oil poisoning from the Dunkirk battle. Later when he received his medals, the same day the bill arrived for the liquor on HMS Crested Eagle and as the sole surviving officer, the captain of HMS Crested Eagle Commander Booth had died during the war, naval tradition meant he was responsible for the payment. As the ship was supplied with plenty of liquor, to cheer up the expected troops you can imagine it was quite large. He was not pleased, but lived on a very sick man till his death."
Elliott, Jeffery Son of Frank and Edith Mary Elliott. Married ((03?).1929, Bromley district, London) Phyllis May Plumbly ((09?).1899 - ); one daughter.	07.10.1892 Auckland district, Co. Durham - 21.04.1943 (KIA) [age 50] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 1, column 1]	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 01.10.1915 Lt. 01.10.1917 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1925 Cdr. 31.12.1933 Capt. 31.12.1940 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 26.08.1941 DSO 16.08.1940 Dunkirk 06.40 [investiture 11.03.41] MID 04.05.1943 Operation Torch (N Africa landings 08.11.42) RD 26.02.1926 -	05.09.1939 - (06.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS King Orry (armed boarding vessel) 12.08.1940 - (10.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Camito (ocean boarding vessel) (02.1941)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 26.08.1941 - 21.04.1943 Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] 05.10.1941 - 22.10.1941 Convoy SC 48, Sydney, BC - Liverpool (in "Castalia") 30.08.1942 - 11.09.1942 Convoy HX 205, Halifax, NS - Liverpool (in "Pacific Grove") 05.04.1943 - 21.04.1943 Convoy ONS 3, Liverpool - Halifax, NS (in "Ashantian") [missing, presumed killed ] Younger Brother of Trinity House. * indexed, but not lsited as such
Elliott, Roy Charlton Son of Christopher Charlton Elliott (1881-), and Margaret Ridley.	(03?).1923 Tynemouth district, Northumberland - 15.03.1944 [age 21] [Rome (Testaccio) Protestant Cemetery, Italy, D.3.11]	Midsh. 25.08.1939 A/S.Lt. 14.01.1943	23.11.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Derbyshire (armed merchant cruiser) 02.04.1942 - 28.05.1943 HMS Venomous (destroyer) 29.05.1943 - 14.08.1943 HMS Saracen (submarine) [ship sunk by Italian corvettes Minerva and Euterpe off Bastia, Corsica; captured] 14.08.1943 - 15.03.1944 POW in Italian captivity [Had broken away (09.1943?) from a prison-camp party being marched through the back streets of Rome, and was brought to the Vatican by a befriended doctor, where he was interned. Here he lived with some companions in relative freedom. The trauma sustained during the loss of his submarine caused him having nightmares, and in one of these he rushed from his bed in a panic, crashed through the window, and fell three storeys to his death on the flagstones below.]
Ellis, Robert Wilson Son (with two brothers and three sisters) of Henry Ellis (1865-1912), and Mary Akitt (1875-1943). Married ((09?).1934, Manchester South district, Lancashire) Doreen Golds Nicholson Eastwood (18.08.1907 - 2000), daughter of Wray Eastwood (1878-1960), and May Meredith Nicholson (1885-1960); one daughter, one son.	01.11.1902 Hoole, Chester district, Cheshire - 18.07.1998 Liverpool district, Lancashire	T/Lt. 21.04.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 T/A/Cdr. > 01.1945, < 04.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) DSC 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 [decoration posted] DSC 01.01.1946 New Year 46 [decoration posted] MID 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.42 MID 26.12.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	Second Mate's certificate, 10.10.1923. First Mate's certificate, 06.05.1925. (06.1941)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 17.07.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Malines (auxiliary escort) 13.08.1941 - (04.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Hazard (minesweeper) (DSC, despatches) (06.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed 16.08.1943 - 13.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Seagull (minesweeper) (despatches) 05.03.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Lyme Regis (minesweeper) & as 2nd Senior Officer 15th Minesweeper Flotilla (Bar to DSC) * indexed, but not lsited as such
Esson, Alan Flockhart Son of Lt. George Forbes Esson, RNR, and Margaret Stephen, later of Banchory, Kincardineshire.	1920 Aberdeen, Scotland - 1982 London	Midsh. 09.12.1938 A/S.Lt. 28.08.1940 S.Lt. 28.08.1941 Lt. 28.02.1943 (retd 28.05.1949) MID 27.08.1940 Dutch, Belgian & French coasts 05.40 MID 19.06.1945 war patrols Aegean 05-10.44	31.07.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Venomous (destroyer) (despatches) 18.08.1941 - (12.)1941 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 25.12.1941 - (08.)1943 HMS Trusty (submarine) 27.09.1943 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Vox (submarine) (despatches) (01.1945)     HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) * 11.06.1945 - 04.09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Ultimatum (submarine) (04.1946)     HMS Honesty * * indexed, but not lsited as such
Evans, Jesse William Reginald Married ((06?).1926, West Ham district, Greater London) Doris Jessie Stock (06.10.1901-05.1990).	(03?).1899 Lambeth district, London - (09?).1966 Epping district, Essex	T/Lt. 08.06.1942 (commission terminated 27.05.1944; medically unfit)	08.06.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Lucifer (communal base, Swansea) (for service at Newport) 14.03.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said) (additional; for various services) 26.02.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers/Taranto) (for Sea Transport duties, Algiers)
Evanson, Austin Eric Son of Charles Evelyn Evanson (1888-1938), and Mary Josephine Williams (1880-). Married ((12?).1935, Birkenhead district, Cheshire) Elizabeth May Halman (27.05.1914 - 10.03.1996), daughter of Frederick Halman (1888-1950), and Edith Brownbill (1878-1974); one son.	09.01.1912 Birkenhead district, Cheshire - 01.05.1994 Benton, Oregon, USA	T/Lt. (E) 07.09.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) 07.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(10.1942)     no appointment listed 19.10.1942 - 04.1943 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for Landing Ship Tank (LST)) 01.04.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Roseneath (Combined Operations base, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire) 07.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay, India) 07.02.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for miscellaneous services)
Evenson *, Haakon * also found as: Evensen	15.04.1908 Norway - 1978	T/Lt. 24.06.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 01.01.1942 New Year 42 [not gazetted]	28.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Blackthorn (minesweeping trawler) 03.11.1941 - (08.1942) HMS St Sunniva (accommodation ship) 29.04.1943 - (10.1943) Commanding Officer, HM BYMS 172 (British yard minesweeper) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed

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