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Fanshawe, T.E.
to
Fuller, W.J.C.

  
T.E. Fanshawe   to   W.J.C. Fuller
Fanshawe,
Thomas Evelyn
T.E. Fanshawe
29.09.1918
-
05.2000
Petersfield, Hampshire
Prob. A/S.Lt.
22.03.1939
Lt.
1942?
Lt. RN
[backdated?] 22.09.1940
Cdr. RN
1955
Capt. RN
1961
Cdre. RN
1966 (retd 1971)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
12.06.1971
HM's birthday 1971

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
01.01.1944
New Year 1944
Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1945
New Year 1945

FRHS
* changed from RNR to RN at the end of the war [c. 1945]

Education: Dover College; Nautical College, Pangbourne.
01.1942
-
(10.1943)
HMS Rother (frigate)
15.10.1943
-
(06.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Clover (corvette)
05.06.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier)
1946?
-
1951
HMS Constance & HMS Phoenix
1951
-
1954
Commanding Officer, HMS Zest & Commanding Officer, HMS Obedient
1955
-
1957
Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Insh
1957
-
1959
Commanding Officer, HMS Temeraire
1959
-
1961
Commanding Officer, HMS Tyne
1961
-
1964
NATO Defence College & Liaison Officer with Commander-in-Chief Southern Europe
08.1964
-
1966
Commanding Officer, HMS Plymouth & Captain (D) 29th Escort Squadron
1966
-
1968
Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf and Commander Naval Forces Gulf (Cdre)
1969
-
1971
Senior British Naval Officer & Naval Attaché, South Africa (Cdre)
1970
-
1971
ADC to the Queen
1972-1981 Captain, Sea Cadet Corps
Farrow,
George William
G.W. Farrow
12.03.1915
-
26.01.2007
Prob. S.Lt.
17.02.1939
S.Lt.
?, seniority 17.02.1939
Lt.
15.08.1940
Lt.Cdr.
15.08.1948 (mobilized 1939) (demobilized 11.10.1946) (retd 12.03.1960)
Mention in Despatches MID
02.07.1946
wind up Far East
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
> 05.1950
< 05.1953
?
18.12.1939
18.12.1939
30.05.1940
04.1943
-
-
-
-
(08.)1943
29.05.1940
04.1943
(08.)1943
HMS Buttermere (minesweeping trawler)
Third Officer
Commanding Officer
First Lieutenant
30.03.1944


transferred to Royal Indian Naval Reserve
01.06.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMIS Feroze (RIN Officers' Demobilisation Centre, Bombay) *
08.07.1944
-
(04.1946)
HMIS Orissa (minesweeper) *
16.01.1956
-
05.02.1956
HMAS Sydney (for 21 days training) 
06.02.1956
-
18.02.1956
HMAS Watson (for 13 days basic "D" instruction)
19.02.1956
-
05.03.1956
HMAS Sydney (for 16 days training)
Received Merchant Navy Master’s ticket, 06.11.1946. Spent his working life from 1951 
with Stanvac (Mobil).

* rather conflicting dates of appointment; perhaps only stayed a month on the books of HMIS Feroze, after which he was posted to HMIS Orissa
Fasting,
Alexander Bennock
A.B. Fasting
(09?).1897
Toxteth Park, Lancashire
-

07.1962 still alive

Lt.
31.12.1924
Lt.Cdr.
31.12.1932
Cdr.
31.12.1938
Capt.
31.12.1943 (reld 1945/46)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
?
?
20.03.1943
-
(06.1943)
HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for LCTs)
06.07.1943
-
(07.1945)
Admiralty Berthing Officer [HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)]
Ferris,
Clarence Rodney
C.R. Ferris
30.04.1901
Armach, Northern Ireland
-
T/Lt.Cdr. (E) 05.07.1940
T/Cdr. (E) 28.09.1945 (reld 08.07.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 04.05.1943 Operation Torch (North Africa landings) [investiture 13.02.1945]
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - -
Africa Star Afr St - & clasp North Africa 1942-43
Burma Star Bur St - -
Italy Star It St - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Education: BSc (Eng), MOT 1st cl cert; AMIMechE.
      temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements
05.07.1940 - 28.08.1940 Engineer Officer, HMS Dunvegan Castle (armed merchant cruiser) (ship torpedoed & sunk by U-46 west of Arun Island)
02.12.1940 - (07.1945) Engineer Officer, HMS Prinses Beatrix (landing ship infantry) *
Partner, William Slessor & Co.
Published
: Steam propulsion developments : 1938 : with sections on naval architectural features (1938).
* (04.1946) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Fenwick,
James Edward
J.E. Fenwick
Married ((06?).1914, Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire) Ethel May Renardson ((09?).1893 - ); two sons, one daughter.
1889
Aldbrough, Skirlaugh district, East Yorkshire
-
21.03.1963
Hornsea, East Yorkshire
T/Lt.Cdr. 03.09.1939
T/A/Cdr. 01.02.1941?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 11.11.1941 HMS Miwarri [investiture 07.12.1943]
Commendation Cmdn 29.07.1941 HMS Miwarri, extinguishing ship's fire Tobruk 08.02.1941
Letter of Praise LoP 1944? Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944)
Kruis van Verdienste (Cross of Merit) (The Netherlands) KV 26.05.1942 HMS Miwarri, fire "Adindan" Tobruk 08.02.1941
Education: Hull Trinity House Navigation School.
Served as officer & master in Ellerman's Wilson Line steamers. Partner in the firm of Messrs. W. Cockrill and Son, marine and cargo surveyors, Hull.
03.09.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea)
01.02.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said) (OBE, commendation, Dutch Cross of Merit)
(06.)1943 - (08.)1943 Divisional Sea Transport Officer, Haifa
18.02.1944 - (01.1945) HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames) (for Divisional Sea Transport Office) (letter of praise)
Ferguson,
Lewis John
L.J. Ferguson
Son (with two sisters and three brothers) of Robert Edward Ferguson (1857-1928), and Merina Patten (1860-1928).
Married ((12?).1945, Westminster, London) Elizabeth P. Harrison, only daughter of Stanley Clifford Probyn, and Nest Morgan, of Odiham, Hampshire; one daughter.
02.11.1891
West Ham, London
-
23.02.1968
St Pancras district, London WC1
T/Lt.Cdr. (E) 27.10.1939 (commission terminated 27.04.1944)
      temporary officer serving under T.124X Agreements:
27.10.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Canton (armed merchant cruiser)
18.11.1940 - (08.)1942 HMS Canton (armed merchant cruiser)
01.10.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Tracker (escort carrier)
01.1944 - (02.)1944 HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool)
22.03.1944 - 27.04.1944 HMS Canton (armed merchant cruiser)
Finch,
Robert James
J.A. Fisher
Married Mary Josephine ...; ... children (one son?).
1905 ?
-
25.04.1959
Quantock Sanatorium, Over Stowey, Bridgwater, Somerset (formerly of Taunton, Somerset)
T/Lt. 07.08.1940
08.03.1941?, seniority 15.09.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 08.1942, < 02.1943 (reld < 06.1946)
Served Merchant Navy (Royal Mail Lines).
      initially (up to 08.03.1941) temporary officer serving under T.124 Agreements:
07.08.1940 - 08.03.1941 HMS Asturias (armed merchant cruiser)
08.03.1941 - (02.)1944 HMS Asturias (armed merchant cruiser) (for navigating duties)
(04.1944)     no appointment listed
(06.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *
03.1945 - (10.1945) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy)]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Fisher,
James Archibald
J.A. Fisher
?
-
T/S.Lt. 30.10.1941
T/Lt. 01.05.1945 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)
      temporary officer serving under T.124T (Rescue Tugs) Agreements:
30.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine establishment, Campbeltown) (for duty with rescue tugs)
(06.1943)     HMS Tana *
27.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) (for duty with rescue tugs)
Fitzgerald,
William Thomas
W.T. Fitzgerald
?
-

07.1962 still alive

Lt.
31.12.1924
Lt.Cdr.
31.12.1932
Cdr.
31.12.1938
Capt.
31.12.1943 (reld 1940/50s)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? ?
01.10.1941
-
(12.1943)
Commanding Officer, HMS Engadine (aircraft transport)
02.1944
-
(06.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Engadine (aircraft transport)
16.07.1945
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Moray Firth (maintenance ship)
Flaaten *,
Ansgar
A. Flaaten A. Flaaten

* Officially Flaatten
Son of Kristan Abrhamsen Flaatten (1884-1966), and Martina Flaatnes (1882-1976).
Married Jean Fraser Pennycook (21.01.1923 - 25.12.1988), daughter of William Pennycook, and Helen Fraser; one daughter, one son.
04.10.1906
Nøtterøy, Vestfold, Norway
-
30.07.1988
Cape Town, South Africa
T/Lt. 05.07.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld 20.09.1945)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 1941 [investiture 29.07.1941]
Mention in Despatches MID 09.06.1942 4th MS Flotilla (recommended by Admiral Commanding Orkney & Shetlands) [not gazetted]
Served on a whaler in the Antarctic, and as he was unable to reach Norway in time before the surrender, he joined British naval forces.
      HMS Lochinvar (RN base, Port Edgar) *
18.12.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Daniel Clowden (auxiliary minesweeping trawler)
07.1941 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Cape Nyemetski (auxiliary minesweeping trawler)
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
(07.1945)     HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) *
Returned to the whaling trade as an elite harpooner in the two Norwegian shipping companies, Salvesens Rederi and William Barents Rederi.
* indexed as such in (02.1941), so probably previous appointment, or the home base for HMS Daniel Clowden
** indexed, but not listed as such
Flanagan,
Arthur
A. Flanagan
Married ((12?).1930, Richmond district, South Surrey) Florence May Harrison (03.12.1905 - 16.03.1999); ... children (two daughters?).
24.01.1903
Gateshead on Tyne, Durham
-
22.06.1949
Florence, Italy (formerly of Stanmore, Middlesex)
T/Lt. 29.04.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1941, < 12.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
Served Merchant Navy (Mate 03.12.1923; First Mate, 07.12.1926; Master late 1920s?).
Sales manager automobiles.
(06.1940)     no appointment listed
(08.1940) - (12.1940) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) *
14.01.1941 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS May (cable looplayer)
05.02.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Lasso (cable ship)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Flåtten *,
Olaf Johan
O.J. Flåtten
Son of Olav and Hanna Flåtten, of Sandefiord, Norway; husband of Mary Flåtten, of Sandefiord.

* also written as:
Flaatten
24.05.1908
Norway
-
18.10.1942
[Tehran War Cemetery, Iran, 2.C.13]
T/S.Lt. (E)
19.08.1940
T/Lt. (E)
19.08.1941
(02.1941)


HMS Southern Gem (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) *
?
-
18.10.1942
HMS Billow (auxiliary minesweeping trawler)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Flint,
George James
G.J. Flint (© Imperial War Museum (A 27003)) G.J. Flint (© Imperial War Museum (A 27004))

02.01.1905
Stamford, Lincolnshire
-
12.12.1966
Sevenoaks, Tonbridge district, Kent
... ...
Paym.Lt.Cdr. = Lt.Cdr. (S) 04.04.1947
A/Cdr. (S) < 01.1945
Cdr. (S) 31.12.1946
Capt. (S) 31.12.1954 (retd 02.01.1958)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? -
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? 1st clasp
... - ... ...
01.01.1944 - (01.1945) on staff of Flag Officer Taranto and Adriatic [HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)]
... - ... ...
Ford,
Arnold
A. Ford
Son of John Ford (1875-), and Emily Aldridge Skinner (1879-1920).
Married ((09?).1925, Grimsby district, Lincolnshire) May Overan (27.05.1901 - 17.10.1974), daughter of John David William Overan (1879-1942), and Lily Flintham (1879-1958); three daughters, one son.
12.11.1903
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
-
08.05.1962
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
T/Skpr. 04.12.1939 [WS 3141] (reld 31.03.1944; medically unfit)
Mention in Despatches MID 03.09.1940 minesweeping coasts of Holland, Belgium & France
(02.1940) - (03.1940) no appointment listed
30.03.1940 - 15.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS St Melante (minesweeping trawler) (despatches)
[wounded during an air attack while dealing with magnetic mines off Hook of Holland, the Netherlands; hospitalized at The Hague, the Netherlands; captured]
05.1940 - 12.1943 POW in German captivity (in five prison camps and hospitals)
[probably due to his medical condition repatriated in a POW exchange]
Ford,
Charles Musgrave
C.M. Ford
11.06.1887
Chorlton, Lancashire
-
19.12.1974
[Bournemouth ?]
Lt.Cdr.
02.08.1923
Cdr.
30.06.1930
Capt.
31.12.1936
A/Cdre. 2nd cl.
1940? (retd > 08.1939, < 07.1944)
Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd)
?
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (civilian) CBE
13.06.1946
HM's birthday 1946
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
?
?
Order of St Anne, 3rd Class, 1915 (Russian); Commander Legion of Merit, 1949 (USA)
1912


joined Cunard Co. Ltd
1914
-
1918
served European War
1940
-
1942
Commodore of Ocean Convoys
19.02.1942
-
24.08.1942
also: RNR ADC to the King



commanded several Cunard vessels, including SS Queen Mary and SS Queen Elizabeth; Commodore of Cunard White Star Fleet, retired
Forrest,
Geoffrey Cornish
G.C. Forrest G.C. Forrest
Son (with two brothers) of William Forrest (1863-1951), an Examiner of Masters and Mates, and Annie Frances Quicke (1862-1951).
Married ((12?).1941, Newton Abbot district, Devonshire) Monica Clemens ((12?).1889 - 1973).

14.10.1898
South Shields, Co. Durham
-
21.04.1966
T/Midsh. 26.09.1916
Lt. 30.09.1925
Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1933
Cdr. 30.06.1939 (reld 08.10.1945) (retd 14.10.1948)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD 11.03.1940 -
Education: South Shields Grammar Technical College; Thames Nautical Training College (the Worcester).
25.11.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) (for Naval Control Service, Thames)
11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services)
17.02.1941 - (06.)1941 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Eagle (RN base, Liverpool)]
(08.1941)     no appointment listed
02.09.1941 - 21.05.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Princess Astrid (landing ship, infantry)
(08.1942)     no appointment listed
27.08.1942 - (07.1945) HMS President III (accounting base for personnel serving on Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships)
Master of P & O vessel Arcadia from her completion in Jan. 1954 until Oct. 1956; Commodore P & O Fleet, 1955-1956.
Forster,
William Hay
"Bill"
W.H. Forster
19.09.1899
Gateshead district, Durham
-
27.11.1988
Seaview, Isle of Wight (formerly of Hamble, Hampshire)
T/Lt. (E) 19.10.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) > 10.1945, < 04.1946 (reld 23.06.1946)
WW I     Temporary 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Air Force
(12.1942)     no appointment listed
17.01.1943 - (06.)1944 Engineer Officer, HMS Vansittart (modified W class destroyer)
26.06.1944 - (10.1945) Engineer Officer, HMS Lauderdale (destroyer)
16.03.1946 - (04.)1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Ascension (frigate)
Forster,
William Redvers
W.R. Forster, 1943 (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
Portrait, 1944 (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
Portrait, 1919 (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
Portrait, 1944 (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
Portrait, 1944 (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
Son (with two sisters and one brother) of William Forster (1877-1937), and Harriet Ann Elliss (1878-1970).
Married (15.02.1932, Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland) Sarah Louise Heaney (21.06.1901 - 12.1983); three sons.

03.04.1900
Gateshead, Durham
-
15.11.1975

Exmouth, Devon
RAF:  
2nd Lt. 18.10.1918 (unemployed list 17.06.1919)
RNR:  
T/Lt. (E) 04.10.1943 (dispersal 21.05.1946) (reld 16.07.1946)
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20 - -
Victory Medal VM - -
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
27.04.1918     enlisted RAF
31.05.1918 - 16.08.1918 training, No 7 (Observer) School of Aeronautics (Bath)
16.08.1918 - 17.10.1918 training, School for Anti-submarine Inshore Patrol Observers (Aldeburgh)
17.10.1918 - 06.01.1919 posted as Observer Gunner to Houton Bay (part of 28 Group) (Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands) [flew Short 184 seaplanes on anti-submarine patrols]
06.01.1919 - 17.06.1919 staff member of No. 1 Marine Observers' School (Aldeburgh)
      returned to Wallsend Shipyard and Engineering Co. to complete an apprenticeship as a fitter
14.08.1921     joined the Eagle Oil Transport Co. as 6th Engineer on the oil tanker, San Fraterno
1921 - 21.03.1939 remained in the Merchant Navy (from 1933 onwards as Chief Engineer)
[Engineer "Skytteren" (whaling factory ship), 1930]
1942 - 1943 tested Merlin aircraft engines for Rolls Royce at Crewe
04.10.1943 - 24.10.1943 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for divisional course)
25.10.1943 - 05.12.1943 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional; for internal combustion engine course)
06.12.1943 - 15.03.1944 HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) (temporarily; to assist Engineer Officer Falmouth)
16.03.1944 - 09.01.1945 Engineer Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer)
(acting as Fleet Air Arm target vessel for air launched torpedos)
[Operation Apostle, 05.1945 (accepted surrender of German forces in Kristiansand, Norway)]
07.07.1945 - 13.07.1945 HMS Atmah (armed yacht)  (temporarily)
13.07.1945 - 23.07.1945 on leave at Cullercoats near Whitley Bay
23.07.1945 - 09.01.1946 in charge of HMS Venomous before being paid off for disposal
10.01.1946 - 13.01.1946 HMS Kent (cruiser) (for disposal by Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet)
14.01.1946 - 21.05.1946 HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) (to assist Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Sheerness, for duty with KILS)
Returned to sea as marine engineer until retirement due to ill health in 1961, after which he retired to Exmouth, Devon.
Forsyth,
Hugh Caldwell Codrington
H.C.C. Forsyth
(03?).1892
Lambeth, Greater London, Surrey
-

07.1962 still alive
Lt.Cdr.
02.04.1926
Cdr.
30.06.1934
Capt.
31.12.1941
A/Cdre. 2nd cl.
1945? (retd)
Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd)
01.01.1947
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
?
?
17.08.1942
-
(06.1944)
Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]
(07.1945)
-
(04.1946)
Naval Assistant to Admiral Commanding Reserves
Fortin,
Gordon Chalmers
G.C. Fortin
Son (with one sister) of Herbert William Fortin (1879-1939), and Sarah Chalmers (1882-1960).
Married 1st (22.08.1939, Teddington, Middlesex) Nancy Avant Chivers (07.09.1916 - 12.04.1969), daughter (with one sister) of Cyril Elliott Chivers (1886-1938), and Gladys Annie Boxall (1893-1978); one son, three daughters.
Married 2nd (11.06.1971, Chelsea, London) Alison Patricia Hawkins (05.08.1924 - 09.02.2014), daughter of Brigadier Victor Francis Staples Hawkins, and Violet Beryl Ware.

14.06.1914
Merton Park, Surrey
-

22.05.1995
Lavenham, Sudbury, Suffolk
Prob. Paym.S.Lt. 01.04.1937
Paym.S.Lt. 15.10.1937, seniority 01.04.1937
Paym.Lt. 01.04.1939
A/Paym. Lt.Cdr. = A/Lt.Cdr. (S) 16.08.1943
A/Cdr. (S) > 10.1945, < 04.1946 (reld 01.01.1947)
Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.04.1947 (retd 14.06.1959)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD 10.04.1946 -
Education: Kingston Grammar School.
Joined Bank of England 1932 (1953 staff manager, printing works; 1955 principal, casher's department (HO); 1959 works manager, printing works; 1963 deputy general manager, printing works; 1964 general manager, printing works; 1972 retired).
19.08.1939     mobilized RNR
19.08.1939 - (02.)1942 HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) [evacuated to Australia]
03.1942 - 03.1942 HMAS Lonsdale (RAN depot, Melbourne) (additional) [lent to RAN]
14.03.1942 - 31.03.1942 HMAS Huon (RAN base, Hobart, Tasmania) (as Assistant Staff Officer (Operations and Intelligence) & for CDH duties) [lent to RAN]
01.04.1942 - 21.12.1942 HMAS Huon (RAN base, Hobart, Tasmania) (as Staff Officer (Intelligence) & for CDH Liaison duties) [lent to RAN]
22.12.1942 - 15.08.1943 HMAS Cerberus (RAN base (Flinders Naval Depot), Williamstown, Victoria) (additional; for Navy Office (Intelligence)) [lent to RAN]
16.08.1943 - 08.1944 HMAS Magnetic (RAN base, Townsville, Queensland) (additional; for BS Thursday Island) [lent to RAN]
08.1944 - 30.08.1944 HMAS Cerberus (RAN base (Flinders Naval Depot), Williamstown, Victoria) (additional; for reversion to RN) [lent to RAN]
31.08.1944     reversion to service in RN
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
02.12.1944 - (10.1945) for intelligence duties on staff of Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet [HMS Howe (King George V class battleship), later HMS Duke of York (King George V class battleship)]
(04.1946)     HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Fortune,
Thomas [Ian Moodie]
T. Fortune
19.04.1916
Fife, Scotland
-

T/S.Lt.
12.09.1939
T/Lt.
23.01.1942
T/Lt. SANFV
1944/45?, seniority 23.01.1942
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
06.06.1941
action against armed merchant raider 05.12.1940 [investiture 03.02.1942]
12.09.1939
-
(02.)1941
HMS Carnarvon Castle (armed merchant cruiser)
(12.1941)


no appointment listed
01.09.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Emperor (escort carrier)
1944/45?


transferred to South African Naval Forces (Temporary Forces)
(1945?)
-
(1946?)
HMS Dauntless (cruiser)
(04.1946)


HMA Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Francis,
Roy Wallace
R.W. Francis R.W. Francis
Son of Col. Aubrey Nathaniel Francis (1890-1976), The Berkshire Regiment, and Hilda Martha Knight (1890-1982).
Married ((06?).1943, Epping district, Essex) Marie E. Bartlett; one son, one daughter.

02.07.1922
Chingford, Essex
-
26.01.2015
Prob. T/Midsh. 17.01.1941
T/A/S.Lt. 02.07.1942
T/S.Lt. 01.07.1943
T/A/Lt. 1945?
T/Lt. 08.1945, seniority 02.01.1945
Lt. 1946/47?, seniority 02.01.1945 (Emgcy List 26.11.1951)
Lt.Cdr. (Emgcy) 02.01.1953 (reld 1956)
(04.1941)     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) *
29.04.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Manchester (Southampton class cruiser)
25.09.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Duke of York (King George V class battleship)
(04.)1942 - 05.1942 HMS Edinburgh (improved Southampton class cruiser)
[torpedoed by U-456 and destroyers Z-24 and Z-25 in Barentz Sea, sunk by RN two days later 02.05.1942]
(06.1942) - (08.1942) no appointment listed
01.09.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Waveney (River class frigate)
(12.)1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) *
15.03.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Papua (Colony class frigate)
1946/47?     transferred to RN
... - ... ...
* indexed, but not listed as such
Fraser,
Charles Robertson
"Bob" / "Crash"
C.R. Fraser (Photo courtesy of Mr Nick Harvey) C.R. Fraser (Photo courtesy of Mrs Susan Elliott)
Residence: (war years) Middleton-on-Sea.
25.07.1910
-
14.01.1984

Wantage, Berkshire
T/Lt.
17.11.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
30.11.1942?
T/A/Cdr.
19.04.1945? (reld > 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
07.12.1943
Operation Antidote (minesweeping Galita to Sousse, Tunisia, 05.1943)
Distinguished Service Cross
DSC
27.03.1945
operation Dragoon (invasion of South of France, 08.1944)
Education: Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
1925
-
1927
Cadet, HMS Worcester (destroyer)
1927
-
1939
joined as a Cadet and served P & O S.N.Co.Ltd
17.11.1939
-
(02.1941)
First Lieutenant, HMS Hazard (Halcyon class minesweeper)
25.10.1941?
-
?
HMS Acute (Algerine class minesweeper)
?
-
?
HMS Polruan (Bangor class minesweeper)
30.11.1942
-
(10.1943)
Commanding Officer, HMS Stornoway (Bangor class minesweeper)
11.1943
-
(06.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Espiégle (Algerine class minesweeper)
(08.44)


Commanding Officer, HMS Aries (Algerine class minesweeper)
19.04.1945
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Grecian (Catherine class minesweeper)
Fraser,
Ian Edward
I.E. Fraser

18.12.1920
Ealing, London
-

Wallasey, Merseyside
Lt.
01.03.1943
Lt.Cdr.
1951 (retd 1965)
Victoria Cross VC
13.11.1945
Operation Struggle *

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
06.04.1943
sinking U-boat & several supply ships
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
1948?
?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
1948
?
Officer of the Legion of Merit (US) LM
02.12.1946
Operation Struggle *
* On 31st July, 1945 in the Johore Strait, Singapore, Lieutenant FRASER, in command of HM Midget Submarine XE3, went up to attack the Japanese cruiser Takao, which was located after a long and hazardous journey. Lieutenant Fraser slid the submarine under the target which lay over a depression in the sea bed, and his diver * went out to fix the limpet mines to the bottom of the ship. The two side charges then had to be released, but the starboard charge stuck and the diver climbed out again and after a nerve-racking five minutes released the charge. XE3 then made for home.
Education: Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe (09.1933-12.1935); HMS Conway
1937
-
1939
merchant navy
1939
-
1947
Royal Navy:
(1943)


HMS Sahib
07.11.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Bonaventure (Commanding Officer, HMS XE3)
16.01.1946
-
(04.1946)
for submarines, HMS Dolphin
Managing Director, Universal Divers Ltd, 1947-1965 and since 1983 (former Chairman); 
Younger Brother of Trinity House, 1980; JP Wallasey, 1957; Hon. Freeman, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, 1993
Published: Frogman VC (1957)
Fraser,
John Henderson
J.H. Fraser (Photo courtesy of Trudie Fraser)

Married ((09?).1939, Runcorn, Cheshire) Gertrude May Cuthbertson (13.03.1919 - 28.03.2018); one son, three daughters.
10.02.1911
-
27.07.1975
Barry, South Glamorgan
T/Lt. (E) 05.07.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
Chemical plant draughtsman.
(10.1943) - (04.1944) no appointment listed
05.04.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Frolic (Catherine class minesweeper)
1950s     Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
A grandchild writes: "He was a merchant seaman Chief Engineer before WW2 with Prince Lines serving on SS Malayan Prince, he travelled extensively. He travelled to Seattle in USA to collect the new lease loan HMS Frolic from the Americans and check it mechanically and for seaworthiness. They brought it to UK through the Panama Canal, stopping off at Bermuda, they encountered a U-boat when passing through the Caribbean into the Atlantic, apparently it fired a torpedo at them but they managed to take avoiding action, they pursued it and fired depth charges at the submarine (I have photographs of the encounter and the depth charges being fired and exploding near the submarine - My grandfather shouldn't have taken these photos but he did) but the U-boat escaped as HMS Frolic only had a few depth charges for training and a small quantity of live rounds for the canon for the trip to England."
Fraser,
William
"Willie"
W. Fraser (Photo courtesy of Mr Alan Cairnie)
07.1878
Dunfermline, Scotland
-
?
T/Lt. (E) 14.06.1940 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
14.06.1940 - (07.)1945 HMS Lady Sharazad (armed yacht)
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
Fraser,
William John
W.J. Fraser (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter J. Fraser)

Son of William Fraser, and Claudia Margaret Brown.
Married ((06?).1936, Poplar district, London) Ethel Mabel Lane (15.04.1914 - 10.1995); three sons.
05.04.1910
Poplar, London
-
18.10.1993
Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea district, Essex
T/Lt. (E) 19.10.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) > 07.1945, < 04.1946

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945: for personally diving to release a mine that was attached to his ship's hull [decoration posted]
30.11.1942 - (02.)1944 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA)
11.02.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Strenuous (Catherine class minesweeper)
(06.1944) - (10.1944) HMS Strenuous (Catherine class minesweeper) *
18.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Tattoo (Catherine class minesweeper) (DSC)
(04.1946)     HMS Catherine (Catherine class minesweeper) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Freaker,
Ronald Clifford
"Ron"
R.C. Freaker

Married Beatrice ...; two daughters.
25.06.1903
Wandsworth, London, Surrey
-
19.12.1991
New Forest, Hampshire
Prob. S.Lt.
?
S.Lt.
26.10.1927, seniority 11.04.1927
Lt.
15.05.1930
Lt.Cdr.
15.05.1938 (retd 25.06.1948)
Cdr. (retd)
< 07.1952
Distinguished Service Order DSO
09.09.1941
destruction 2 U-boats 25 & 27.06.1941
Distinguished Service Order DSO
19.10.1943
convoy destruction 2 U-boats
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
01.02.1944
U-boat hunt & aircraft action 27.08.1943
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
15.05.1945
action against U-boats 02.1945
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
08.04.1942
?
Bronze Polar Medal (07.10.1941)



apprenticed at 16 Blue Star Line, served on 'Andora
 Star'
20.07.1929
-
(08.1929)
HMS Caledon (cruiser)
1934
-
1938
RRS William Scoresby (Chief Officer, later Master)
11.12.1939
-
(02.1941)
Navigation Officer, HMS Albatross (seaplane
 carrier)
(06.1941)


HMS Nasturtium (corvette)
08.09.1942
- 11.04.1944
Commanding Officer, HMS Jed (frigate)
(02.1945)
-
(07.1945)
HMS Loch Eck (frigate) *
(04.1946)


no posting listed
Post-war a pilot, then the Senior Pilot with the Suez Canal Pilotage Service and left in 1956 to become a Board of Trade examiner of Masters and Mates at Southampton. After retirement coached candidates for their Yacht Master's Certificate.
* (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Freeman,
Cecil
C. Freeman
?
-
23.01.1942
[Stanley Military Cemetery, Hong Kong, 1.A.95]
Cd.Eng.Skpr.
01.01.1918 (retd)
Eng.Lt. (retd)
07.12.1928
03.09.1939
-
(04.)1940
Boom Defence Depot, Colombo, Ceylon [HMS Gloucester II (RN base, Colombo)]
05.1940
-
23.01.1942
Boom Defence Depot, Kowloon, Hong Kong [HMS Robin (boom defence depot ship, Hong Kong)] [died as POW after being wounded during the defence of Hong Kong]
Freeman,
James Robert
J.R. Freeman (Photo courtesy of Mr John Greenway)

Married (22.10.1934, South Shields, Gateshead district, Co. Durham) Gladys Watson; one daughter, two sons.
16.04.1908
South Shields, Gateshead district, Co. Durham
-
21.06.1987
Dewsbury, Yorkshire
Prob. Lt. 16.02.1938
Lt. 17.06.1938, seniority 16.02.1938
?, seniority 14.11.1937
A/Lt.Cdr. 05.11.1943?
Lt.Cdr. 14.11.1945 (reld from active service 30.04.1946) (retd 01.07.1950; own request)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD 01.03.1946 -
24.06.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)
04.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Fitzroy (minesweeper)
(06.1941)     HMS Nimrod (training establishment, Campbeltown) *
06.06.1941 - (08.)1942 First Lieutenant, HMS Malines (auxiliary escort)
(10.1942)     no appointment listed
10.1942 - 07.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Verbena (corvette)
(08.1943) - (10.1943) HMS Assegai (training establishment, nr Durban, South Africa) *
05.11.1943 - 09.10.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Knaresborough Castle (corvette)
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
05.04.1945 - (04.)1945 Executive Officer, HMS Caledon (cruiser)
15.06.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, NS, Canada) (for miscellaneous duties)
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Fritzen,
Hans [Anton Fredrik]
H. Fritzen
04.02.1913
Norway
-
?
T/Lt.
23.07.1943 (reld 25.07.1946)
 
20.12.1941


joined RNR
23.07.1943


re-entered RNR as Temp. Lieut.
?
-
(07.1945)
HMS Bardsey (minesweeping trawler) *
?
-
(04.1946)
HMS President (Admiralty) *
Served in Royal Norwegian Navy after the war from 7.3.1953 to 22.8.1953 as U/Lt. (equal to T/Lt.).

* indexed, but not listed as such
Fryer,
Leonard George
L.G. Fryer (Photo courtesy of Mr Howard Fryer)

Son of ... Fryer, and ... Soutghgate.
Married; two sons.
09.05.1924
West Ham district, London
-
20.12.2007
Broomfield Hospital
T/Paym.S.Lt. = T/S.Lt. (S) 24.07.1944 (reld 22.02.1945; medically unfit)
Clerk at the British Steamship Company.
      temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements
22.08.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Bulolo (amphibious headquarters ship) *
24.07.1944 - (01.1945) HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool)*
* (10.1944) & (01.1945) double appointments showing in Navy List; the index of (10.1944) shows HMS Bulolo, that of (01.1945) HMS Mersey
Fuller,
William John Cottam
W.J.C. Fuller (Photo courtesy of Mr David Gould) W.J.C. Fuller (Photo courtesy of Mr David Gould)
Married ((06?).1919, Thanet district, Kent) Dorothy M. Setterfield.
Residence: (1945) Romford.
20.10.1896
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
13.01.1974
Havering district, London
T/Lt. RNVR 21.09.1939
T/Lt. 02.01.1941, seniority 21.09.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1942, < 12.1942
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 01.01.1945 New Year 1945 [investiture 18.05.1945]
19.12.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Brighton Belle (paddle minesweeper)
13.06.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Medway Queen (paddle minesweeper)
02.01.1941     transferred from RNVR to RNR
29.05.1941 - (09.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Glen Usk (paddle minesweeper)
25.09.1941 - (04.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Duchess of Fife (paddle minesweeper)
09.06.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Bunting (auxiliary patrol base, Harwich)
(06.1943)     no appointment listed
09.06.1943 - 30.08.1943 HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for B.A.M. 100 Class)
31.08.1943 - 06.03.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Celerity, from ... 1943 HMS Pique (Catherine class minesweeper) (Pacific, Panama Canal, home waters, Normandy) (DSC)
13.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) (staff appointment in connection with minesweeping operations)
       
 
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