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Saffin, Horace Ernest George Son of Ernest Sydney Saffin (1880-1935), and Florence Beatrice Drake (1884-1978). Married ((12?).1935, Cardiff district, Glamorgan) Maud Ellen Brown (31.05.1911 - 02.2002); one daughter, one son.	15.04.1908 Cardiff district, Glamorgan - 17.03.2002 Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire	T/Lt. (E) 19.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	30.11.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 15.02.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Vivacious (destroyer) 08.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Calpe (destroyer)
Salmond, Michael Paterson "Mick" / "Tich" Son of ... Salmond, and ... Paterson. Married ((12?).1942, Totnes district, Devonshire) Mildred C. "Peggy" Hocking.	(03?).1920 Wandsworth district, London - 1996	Prob. Midsh. 01.09.1937 A/S.Lt. 24.02.1940 S.Lt. 24.02.1941 Lt. 24.08.1942 (reld 30. 04.1946) (retd 01.07.1950) DSC 15.08.1944 special operations at sea * [investiture 24.10.1944] RD 08.02.1950 - * This officer's contribution to the work of the flotilla since his appointment in March 1942 includes 24 operations to France and Holland, principally as Navigating Officer of the expedition. He has also been in charge of surf-boat work. Lieutenant Salmond has also experienced in full measure the extreme discomfort of operations in the winter months when the ships of the 15th MGB Flotilla put to sea in weather which keeps normal Coastal Forces craft in harbour. Although a martyr to seasickness, this disability in no way detracts from Lieutenant Salmond's enthusiasm, determination and efficiency. He has on several occasions been in action with enemy forces during operations on the coast of Holland.	1937     training, HMS Worcester 24.09.1939 - (06.)1941 HMS Cathay (armed merchant cruiser) (08.1941) - (12.1941) no appointment listed 01.03.1942 - 16.05.1943 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 17.05.1943 - (10.)1943 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) (12.1943) - (07.1945) Admiralty [HMS President] (most probably attached Operations Division (Irregular)) *       15th MGB Flotilla (DSC) [specialist navigating officer aboard MGB 718 for operation Cygnus, a trip to Norway in 1944] 03.09.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Mount Stewart (mobile flotation unit base, Teignmouth) Emigrated to New Zealand. * indexed, but not listed as such
Sampson, George Searles Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Lewis George Sampson (1875-1918), and Annie Ethel Searles (1880-1962). Married ((12?).1934, Kessingland, Mutford district, Suffolk) Irene May Durrant (29.11.1907 - 15.01.1991); one son.	12.10.1907 Kessingland, Mutford district, Suffolk - 31.12.1983 Great Yarmouth district, Norfolk (formerly of Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk)	Prob. T/Skpr. 08.02.1940 [WS 3392 & TS 509] T/Skpr. 1941?, seniority 08.02.1940 A/T/Ch.Skpr. 31.05.1944, seniority 21.03.1944 (dispersal 09.02.1946) (reld 06.04.1946)	Fisherman, weekly article. 08.02.1940 - 10.04.1940 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for training) 11.04.1940 - 24.03..1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Golden Gift (auxiliary flare drifter; harbour service) [tender to HMS Beaver I (RN base, Grimsby), from c. 07.1941 to HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover), from c. 03.1942 to HMS Helicon (RN base, Aultbea, Ross-shire)] 25.03.1942 - 27.04.1942 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal) 28.04.1942 - 27.04.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Venture (auxiliary patrol trawler) (additional) [tender to HMS Cressy (RN base, Dundee), from 02.05.1942 to HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland)] 28.04.1943 - 09.09.1943 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for command of HM MFV 42 (motor fishing vessel) whilst on passage & additional; for passage to UK) 10.09.1943 - 18.10.1943 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal) 19.10.1943 - 22.10.1943 HMS Exponent (ex-French naval tug) (additional) [tender to HMS Pyramus (minesweeper & anti-submarine base, Orkney)] 23.10.1943 - 26.01.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Exponent (ex-French naval tug) (additional) [tender to HMS Pyramus (minesweeper & anti-submarine base, Orkney), from 15.07.1945 to HMS Proserpine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow), from later 1945 to HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen)] 27.01.1946 - 09.02.1946 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal)
Sapsworth, John Jamieson	1916 Govanhill district, Glasgow, Scotland - 1982 Peterculter district, Aberdeen, Scotland	T/Paym.S.Lt. 14.05.1940 T/Paym.Lt. 01.11.1941 (commission terminated 01.01.1943)	officer holding temporary commission under T.124X agreements: 14.05.1940 - 27.11.1940 HMS Port Napier (minelayer) 28.11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool) 01.11.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Ausonia (armed merchant cruiser)
Sargeant, John Gordon Son of Thomas Edwin Sargeant (1848?-1917), and Mary Maryon (1877-) ?	11.1908 ? Lewisham district, Kent ? - 07.1987 ? Lancing district, Sussex ?	T/Paym.S.Lt. 21.08.1940 (reld 05.11.1940; commission terminated, but later reinstated) T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 05.04.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements: 21.08.1940 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (auxiliary merchant cruiser) 10.02.1941 - (12.1942) HMS Chitral (armed merchant cruiser) (02.1943) - (04.1943) no appointment listed 17.04.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Laomedon (depot ship, Aden)
Sargent, John Henry Married ...; ... children (one son?).	1915 ? - (03?).1964 ? Leicester district, Leicestershire ?	A/Skpr. 01.07.1944 [WS 3827] Skpr. 1945?, seniority 01.07.1944 (demobilized < 04.1946) Ch.Skpr. 30.06.1954 (retd 18.01.1957)	(10.1944)     no appointment listed 07.10.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Welbeck (minesweeping trawler) (10.1945)     no appointment listed
Sargent, Paul	25.05.1905 Withernsea, York, Yorkshire - 02.1986 York district, Yorkshire	... ... Lt. 14.09.1930 Lt.Cdr. 14.09.1938 Cdr. 30.06.1943 Capt. 30.06.1950 (Supernumerary List 30.12.1955) (retd 25.05.1960) DSC 27.03.1945 Operation Dragoon [decoration posted] MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky RD ? -	... - ... ... 1943     staff of Senior Naval Officer Landing (J) for Operation Husky (despatches) 11.1943 - (01.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for LCI(L) [= landing craft infantry, large] duties) (DSC) (12.1944)     on staff of Flag Officer Taranto and Adriatic [HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)] ... - ... ...
Saul, William Hogan From Dublin.	? -	T/Eng.Lt. 23.04.1917, seniority 01.01.1915 T/Cdr. (E) 17.10.1939	officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements: 10.1939 - (02.)1943 HMS Queen of Bermuda (armed merchant cruiser) (South Atlantic Station)
Sayers, Louis Alan	? -	Lt. 28.04.1934 Lt.Cdr. 28.04.1942 (reld 1946) MID 18.05.1943 North Russian convoy RedStar 11.04.1944 services to USSR RD ? ?	28.04.1942 - (02.1943) HMS Rhododendron (corvette) (07.1945) no posting listed
Sayle, Arthur Reginald Willis Son of Boardman Bromhead Dalton Sayle, and Charlotte Mary Sayle. Married (11.11.1939, St Ethelburga's, Bishopsgate, Thanet district; following a previous civil ceremony) Gertrude Mary "Ghita" Barley (? - 06.12.1965), widow of Frank E. Barley.	08.08.1887 Stanstead Abbotts, Ware district, Hertfordshire - 19.07.1967 St Pancras district, London	Prob. S.Lt. 01.10.1913 S.Lt. 20.06.1914, seniority 01.10.1913 Lt. 01.10.1915 (reld 17.02.1920) (retd 18.08.1923) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 01.10.1923 A/Cdr. (retd) 15.02.1943 (dispersed 21.10.1945) (reverted to retd 16.12.1945) 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - MID 29.10.1918 ? 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Def M - - BWM - - 35 Jub M - - RD 22.05.1923 -	Education: Merchants Taylors School, London (1897-1901); HMS Worcester (ca. 1902). Served as an officer with the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O). Received Masters' certificate 05.07.1916. 02.05.1914 - 06.06.1914 HMS Bulwark (to complete 10 weeks' training) 06.06.1914 - 13.07.1914 gunnery & tropedo courses at HMS Excellent & HMS Vernon 13.07.1914 - 23.07.1914 HMS Isis (cruiser) 02.08.1914 - 01.08.1916 HMS Vindictive (light cruiser) [20.09.1914 seconded to HMS Cormorant for 6 days] 01.08.1916 - 21.09.1916 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) 21.09.1916 - 01.04.1918 HMS E 39 (submarine) [tender to HMS Lucia, from 17.07.1917-09.10.1917 tender to HMS Glory] 01.04.1918 - 24.06.1918 submarine course, HMS Dolphin 24.06.1918 - 15.11.1918 HMS E 39 (submarine) [tender to HMS Lucia 15.11.1918 - 28.02.1919 HMS R 3 (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin, then HMS Vulcan] 28.02.1919 - 17.02.1920 HMS J 4 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania, from 25.03.1919 to HMS Platypus] 11.09.1920 - 10.1920 one-month gunnery course [HMS Vivd], followed by a torpedo course [HMS Defiance] Administration Officer, South Nigeria, Colonial Office, 05.1921. Returned to UK, 09.07.1922. Admitted to Gray's Inn, 25.07.1922. Station manager at Ibadan, Southern Nigeria, 08.1925. Called to the bar, 01.1927. Political manager, Nigeria, 10.1928. Returned to UK, 08.08.1930. Crown Counsel, 1930. Arrived in UK from Africa, 02.05.1932. Acts as Solicitor-General in Nigeria, 1932-1935. Solicitor-General, Sierra Leone, 26.08.1936. Attorney-General, Sierra Leone, 05.1937-10.1937. 06.09.1939 - 04.12.1939 on staff of the Contraband Control Service in the Downs [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 04.12.1939 - 07.06.1940 Intelligence Officer on Contraband Control Service [HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth)] 07.06.1940 - 28.01.1943 HMS Ambrose (base 9th Submarine Flotilla, Dundee) (additional) 25.03.1941 - 08.04.1941 for duty Class I with submarines 10.05.1941 - 14.06.1941 for duty Class I with submarines 14.06.1941 - 26.06.1941 Staff Officer (Operations) (in lieu of specialist) 26.06.1941 - 28.01.1943 for duty Class I with submarines as Staff Officer (Operations) 28.01.1943 - 09.06.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Kihna (armed yacht; escort / target vessel) [tender to HMS Cyclops (depot ship, 7th Submarine Flotilla)] 09.06.1944 - 15.06.1944 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (additional) 23.07.1944 - 02.03.1945 Senior Submarines Officer, HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship, Trincomalee) (from 17.09.1944-02.12.1944 also Navigating Officer in lieu of specialist, and for duty with submarines) 02.03.1945 - 11.03.1945 admitted to HMS Vita (hospital ship) while suffering from debility 11.03.1945 - 19.04.1945 RN Hospital Colombo (found fit for limited sea service only) 19.04.1945 - 01.06.1945 on passage to UK before being appointed to HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 01.06.1945 - 20.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Shikari (destroyer) 20.06.1945 - 21.10.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Brilliant (destroyer) Joined the legal department of the Control Commission for Germany at Lübeck, 11.1945. Later with the legal branch of the Military Government for the Schleswig-Holstein region, based at Kiel. By 11.1948 a barrister with the Board of Trade prosecution department.
Scott, Frank	? - ?	T/Lt. 03.09.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 02.1943, < 04.1943 T/A/Cdr. > 04.1946, < 07.1946 (reld 26.06.1946)	(12.1939)     no appointment listed 09.01.1940 - (06.)1940 HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow) 23.06.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth) 21.10.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) 03.06.1941 - (12.)1941 HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow) 15.12.1941 - (01.)1942 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 15.01.1942 - (01.)1943 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 28.01.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for duties with Sea Transport Officers) 17.04.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Clio (RN base, Barrow in Furness) (for Sea Transport duties at Barrow) (10.1944) - (10.1945) HMS Clio (RN base, Barrow in Furness) * (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Scott, Henry Francis Morin Mwrried ((03?).1952, Kensington district, London) Irene V. Watts (22.08.1922 - ); one son.	02.06.1922 Glasgow - 14.08.2009 Paphos, Cyprus	T/Midsh. 23.10.1939 1941?, seniority 01.12.1940 T/A/S.Lt. 02.06.1942 T/S.Lt. 02.06.1943 T/Lt. 01.04.1944 (reld 14.06.1946) MBE 01.01.1986 New Year 1986: Commodore, Square Rigger Club, TS Royalist, Sea Cadet Corps	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (Admiralty No. 1626; 01.01.1936-07.1939; left after failing an eyesight test). Joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve, but registration papers got messed up.       officer holding temporary commission under T.124 Agreements: 23.10.1939 - (12.)1940 HMS Worcestershire (armed merchant cruiser) (Clyde & Northern Patrol) 01.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Worcestershire (armed merchant cruiser) (Northern Patrol) 31.01.1941 - 05.05.1942 HMS Auricula (Flower class corvette) (Tobermory, then Western Approaches, from 09.1941-02.1942 Freetown, Sierra Leone; ship mined in Courier Bay, Madagascar and foundered next day) 15.05.1942 - (12.)1942 HMS Duncan (D class destroyer) ** 28.12.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Moyola (River class frigate) (as as Torpedo Officer; ship joined Escort Group 40 based at Londonderry; 07.1943 detached to Freetown Escort Force; 11.1943 part of escort for convoy SL139/MKS30 to UK; More convoys between Gibraltar and the UK followed) 01.08.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Deveron (River class frigate) (passage through the Mediterranean and operated of the East African coast) 16.04.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Gombroon (RN base, Hombruz, Persian Gulf) (as First Lieutenant) (Burma Coast Escort Force, initially at Colombo, then Rangoon after the ejection of the Japanese then onto Singapore after VJ day, finally returning to Colombo on 30.12.1945) (04.1946)     HMS Freesia (corvette) * (organised own passage home in HMS Freesia, arriving mid 1946, then joined the 'Windfall Yachts' task force that sailed a number of sailing yachts from Germany to the UK after they had been declared 'prizes of war'. Scott captained See Taube back to the UK followed by Zeisig (renamed Sea Scamp).) On demobilisation he became a schoolmaster before joining a large company for a few years then starting his own company (Square Rigged Services Ltd.). Owned: 'Gerda' (Dragon). Cruised to Norway and back in 'Gerda' for Dragon Gold Cup Race, 1948. Various R.O.R.C. and Junior Offshore Group events, 1948-54. Master of brigantine 'Centurion' with Sea Cadet crew in Tall Ships Race. 1965 - winner in Class II. Offshore Sail Training Officer for Sea Cadet Corps. Commodore, Square Rigger Club, TS Royalist, Sea Cadet Corps. Senior member of the Royal Cruising Club and a member of the Society for Nautical Research. He was also a Fellow of the Nautical Institute. Well-known Gentleman race competitor of the 1950s, primarily in Maserati single-seaters. He also raced a fearsome 8-Litre Hispano Suiza with great success, a car he later toured Europe in. Published: Gerda's sea saga : cruising in a Dragon yacht from Scotland to Norway (1950); War is a funny business (1989) * indexed, but not listed as such ** According to his memoirs (not supported by Navy Lists) he was at HMS Duncan only briefly, then HMS Griffin. Latter ship was then involved in the establishment of a base in the Comoro Islands. Moved to Eastern Mediterranean for short while then returned to the UK via Cape Town, St Helena and New York . Was part of escort for US convoys of Operation Torch then returned to the UK late December 1942.
Scott, James	? -	Skpr. 06.04.1936 [WS 2687] A/Ch.Skpr. 24.08.1944 (reld < 04.1946) Ch.Skpr. 30.06.1946 (retd > 05.1950, < 05.1953) RD ? ?	03.10.1939 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS George Robb (auxiliary minsweeping trawler) 24.09.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Cape Nyemetski (auxiliary minsweeping trawler) 26.10.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Olivine (drifter; examination service vessel) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Seligman, Adrian Charles Cuthbert Son of the distinguished metallurgist Richard Seligman and Hilda McDowell, the sculptor and writer. Married 1st (1936) Jane Batterbury; four daughters. Married 2nd (1950) Rosemary Grimble; two sons.	26.11.1909 Leatherhead, Epsom district, Surrey - 06.08.2003 London	T/Lt. RNVR 28.11.1939 T/Lt. ?, seniority 11.09.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 T/A/Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 DSC 04.04.1944 Aegean operations 09-11.1943 [investiture 06.03.1945] MID 26.05.1942 [tkg rsn?] tanker Constantine Alexander MID 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 1943	Education: Harrow;  Cambridge University (failing his second-year examinations) 23.10.1939 - (04.1940) [Commanding Officer?], HMS Willow (minesweeping trawler) (02.1941)     HMS Duchess of Rothesay (paddle minesweeper) * (12.1941)     no appointment listed 07.1942 - 09.02.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Erica (corvette) (mined off Benghazi) 1943 - 1944 formed & commanded, Levant Schooner Flotilla (10.1944)     no appointment lsited 14.11.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Cottesmore (destroyer) (04.1946)     HMS President * Published: The voyage of the Cap Pilar : the tale of seventeen young men and a girl who went sailing to the South seas; of a baby who was born to spend the first year of her life in a ship; of twelve who sailed round the world; of the thirteen who joined them, and of how, after two years’ sea wandering, they brought their ship home to London during the stormy days of the third week in September, 1938 (1939); No stars to guide (1947); Thunder reef (1950); Thunder in the bay (1951); A mountain of gold (1952); The slope of the wind (1994); War in the islands : undercover operations in the Aegean 1942-4 (1996) * indexed, but not listed as such
Shackleton, Richard	? -	Second Radio Officer ?	Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy), serving under the T.124 agreement ? - 05.11.1940 Second Radio Officer, HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Sheehan, Thomas Trevor Son (with one brother) of John Daniel Sheehan (1879-1933), and Nellie Elvira Thomas (1885-). Married ((12?).1942, Cardiff, Glamorgan) Yvonne Betty Boyle (17.11.1917 - 12.1962), daughter of William Furey Boyle (1889-1977), and Edith Mary Powell (1890-1979); one daughter.	10.10.1910 Haverfordwest district, Pembrokeshire - (03?).1964 Southampton, Hampshire	A/Lt. 20.09.1938 Lt. 27.08.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. > 08.1942, < 02.1943 Lt.Cdr. 27.08.1948 Cdr. 30.06.1955 (retd 19.10.1960) MID 01.01.1945 New Year 1945 RD 19.11.1947 -	19.12.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Discovery II (surveying vessel) (12.1940)     HMS Discovery II (surveying vessel) * 30.12.1940 - 02.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Prince Albert (landing ship, infantry (small)) 01.03.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Prince Phillipe (landing ship, infantry (small)) (08.1941)     no appointment listed 08.08.1941 - (10.)1944 HMS Daffodil (landing ship carrier) (despatches) 16.12.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM LST 347 (landing ship, tank) (04.1946)     HM LST 371 (landing ship, tank) * Post-war ship's captain with Cunard Lines. * indexed, but not listed as such
Shepherd, Charles Timothy	? - died between 07.1959 and 08.1973 ??	Prob. S.Lt. 24.06.1930 S.Lt. 26.08.1931, seniority 24.06.1930 Lt. 02.10.1932 Lt.Cdr. 02.10.1940 (retd 1945/46) A/Cdr. < 07.1945 DSC 01.01.1941 New Year 1941 RD ? ?	05.12.1931 - (01.1932) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) (to complete 12 months' training) 23.04.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Velox (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 28.11.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) 15.01.1941 - (02.1941) HMS Cordela (trawler) (07.1945) no posting listed
Sherwood, Michael	? -	Prob. Midsh. 25.08.1939 Midsh. 1941, seniority 25.08.1939 A/S.Lt. < 08.1942 S.Lt. 17.02.1943 Lt. 17.08.1944 (reld < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 17.08.1952 (commission terminated 01.05.1961)	Cadet on the Port Line, Merchant Navy (Australia). 01.02.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Escapade (destroyer) 24.03.1943 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Wolfhound (destroyer) (07.1945) HMS St Bride's Bay (frigate) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Shields, John Son of Richard and Bethia Shields, of Musselburgh, Midlothian.	1903 ? - 23.11.1939 (KIA) [age 36] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 2, column 2]	T/Lt. (E) 28.09.1939	09.1939? - 23.11.1939 HMS Rawalpindi (armed merchant cruiser) (sunk southeast of Iceland)
Shirley, Sidney Donald	22.12.1911 Canterbury district, Kent - (12?).1973 Chichester district, Sussex	T/Lt. (E) 27.12.1940 (reld < 04.1946)	01.08.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) 21.07.1942 - 14.04.1943 HMS Cutty Sark (yacht; submarine escort vessel) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Shorter, Claude Burnaby Onslow Married; at least one son.	15.01.1907 Kingston, Surrey - 12.12.1979	Prob. S.Lt. 18.05.1932 S.Lt. 21.11.1932, seniority 18.05.1932 Lt. 18.05.1934 (retd 16.01.1937) A/Lt.Cdr. (retd) 31.03.1943 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 22.06.1945 (dispersal date 21.03.1946) (release date 28.07.1946) (reverted to retd 29.07.1946) RD 07.12.1945 ?	Joined Elder Dempster Lines Ltd as 4th officer 24.03.1927, promoted to 3rd officer 14.09.1927. Being not physically well for some time, he joined Elder Dempster's shore staff 14.11.1934, where he worked on the west coast of Africa until 1940. 30.07.1932 - 09.09.1932 HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (6 weeks' training) 10.09.1932 - 28.10.1932 HMS Warspite (battleship) (Home Fleet) (to complete 3 months' training) 25.02.1933 - 13.04.1933 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship) 14.04.1933 - 28.04.1933 HMS H 30 (submarine) 29.04.1933 - 25.11.1933 HMS L 21 (submarine) (to complete 9 months' training) 22.02.1940 on active service with RNR 22.02.1940 - 07.04.1940 HMS President (Admiralty) 08.04.1940 - 30.08.1940 HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon) 31.08.1940 - 26.01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Stalwart (rescue tug) [HMS Victory III (accounting section, Portsmouth)] 27.01.1941 - 12.11.1941 Commanding Officer, Examination Vessel 8 [HMS Skirmisher (RN base, Milford Haven)] 13.11.1941 - 08.12.1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 09.12.1941 - 07.07.1942 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional for various services) 08.07.1942 - 20.07.1942 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 21.07.1942 - 31.03.1943 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) 01.04.1943 - 15.08.1943 Commanding Officer, LST 73 [HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA)] 16.08.1943 - 13.10.1943 Commanding Officer, LST 237 [HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport)] 14.10.1943 - 31.03.1944 Commanding Officer, LST 80 [HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport)] 01.04.1944 - 13.04.1944 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 14.04.1944 - 27.01.1945 HMS President (Admiralty) 28.01.1945 - 28.01.1945 HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) 29.01.1945 - 18.02.1945 HMS Lochinvar (destroyer & minesweeper base, Granton) 19.02.1945 - 04.03.1945 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine training establishment, Dunoon) 05.03.1945 - 11.03.1945 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) 12.03.1945 - 18.03.1945 HMS President (Admiralty) 19.03.1945 - 03.04.1945 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 04.04.1945 - 02.05.1945 HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, NS) 03.05.1945 - 31.05.1945 Algerine Class minsweeper (in command on commissioning) [HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, NS)] 01.06.1945 - 07.09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Mariner (Algerine class minesweeper) 08.09.1945 - 21.10.1945 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 22.10.1945 - 28.07.1946 HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) Returned to Elder Dempster's in May 1946 when he became Beachmaster in West Africa, returning home due to health reasons in January 1948. Left Elder Dempster Ltd in February 1951. Had a stomach operation at around this time. Joined Watts Watts & Co. Ltd where he served as 1st Officer on m/v Wanstead, and resigned from the company in February 1952 to make application to become a North Sea Pilot, having taken his Masters Certificate in the mean time. Worked as a Trinity House Pilot until he retired at the age of 70. Was Ship's Pilot aboard USS Iowa (battleship) during NATO exercises (possibly Operation Mariner in 1953).
Simon, John Murray Son (with four siblings) of Cdr. Frederick Murray Simon, RN (1881-1969), and Louise Moran (1883-1982), of West Wickham, Kent. Brother of Lt. (A) Noel Murray Simon, RNVR. Married (01.1943, Londonderry) Third Officer (later Second Officer) Sheila Beatrice Blundell, WRNS; ... children (one son?).	(06?).1920 Camberwell district, London -	Prob. T/Midsh. 13.12.1940 T/A/S.Lt. 1941?, seniority 13.12.1940 T/S.Lt. 20.06.1941 T/Lt. 01.01.1943 (reld 16.06.1946) MID 17.10.1944 probable sinking of U-boat Western Approaches 21.11.1943	(02.1941) - (06.1941) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) * 01.06.1941 - (04.)1943 HMS Totland (escort) 14.04.1943 - (12.1943) Navigating Officer, HMS Crane (sloop) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) (despatches) 17.01.1944 - (10.1945) Navigating Officer, HMS Arbiter (escort carrier) (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Simonsen, Petter Haavik Son of Andreas and Anna Simonsen, of Haugesund, Norway. Husband of Gudrun Simonsen, of Haugesund.	13.02.1904 Norway - 06.05.1942 [age 38] [Greenwich Cemetery, E.360]	Prob. T/Lt. 16.06.1941 T/Lt. ?, seniority 16.06.1941	13.09.1941 - 06.05.1942 HMS Berkeley (escort destroyer)
Simpkin, Edmund Smethurst Son of Fred and Jane Oram Simpkin; husband of Maggie Isobel Simpkin, of Ramsey.	(03?).1884 Bury, Lancashire - 21.03.1941 [age 57] [Kirk Maughold (St. Maughold) Churchyard, north of church]	T/Lt. 30.12.1940	30.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth) 1941 - 21.03.1941 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)
Simpson, David William Leon Son of Leon O'Connell Spence Simpson and Mary Simpson. Husband of Susan Ella Simpson, of Hafod, Swansea.	(09?).1895 Haverfordwest, Dyfed, Pembrokeshire - 28.05.1940 [age 44] [Dover (St James's) Cemetery, row C, joint grave 9]	Deck Hand ? [ON 1397 DA] Skpr. 26.03.1926 [WS 2407] Ch. Skpr. 26.03.1936 DSC 01.01.1940 New Year 1940 [investiture 06.02.1940] DSM 01.01.1917 minesweeping operations	07.10.1939 07.10.1939 18.03.1940 - - - 28.05.1940 18.03.1940 28.05.1940 HMS Thuringia (trawler) [ship mined in the North Sea off Margate during the Dunkirk evacuation] First Lieutenant Commanding Officer
Sinclair, Donald William Married (1940, Blythswood district, Glasgow) Beatrice ... (1915 - 13.09.2010).	10.07.1909 - (09?).1981 Torbay district, Devonshire	T/Paym.Lt.Cdr. = T/Lt.Cdr. (S) 19.09.1939 (reld 23.04.1946)	19.09.1939 - 13.05.1941 HMS Salopian (armed merchant cruiser) (torpedoed & sunk by U-98) 17.07.1941 - 12.11.1942 HMS Karanja (landing ship infantry (large)) (bombed & sunk by German aircraft off Bougie) 27.02.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Trumpeter (escort carrier) Hotelier. Was model for the character of Basil Fawlty (played by John Cleese) in the comedy Fawlty Towers.
Sinclair, George Sutherland Married ...; ... children.	20.09.1918 Maybole - 09.02.2000 Largs, Ayrshire	Prob. Midsh. 01.09.1937 S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 11.07.1942 (reld from active service 05.03.1946) Lt.Cdr. 11.07.1950 (retd 15.12.1955) DSO 04.05.1943 special operations Mediterranean [investiture 09.11.1943] DSC 20.01.1942 attack submarine [from A Lighter ?] 10.1941 [investiture 09.11.1943] MID 11.11.1941 Greek withdrawal 04.1941 RD 08.02.1950 -	19.08.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Isis (destroyer) (02.1942) - (08.1942) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) * (1942?)     HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (10.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed 02.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary) (07.1943) - (07.1943) Combined Operations Pilotage Party (COPP) 4 (special operations, Mediterranean / Sicily) (02.1944)     no appointment listed 15.03.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Morpeth Castle (corvette) 05.1945 - 1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Arkaig (frigate) He obtained is Masters ticket after the war and in 1948 joined the Caledonian Steam Packet Co Ltd on the Clyde as Assistant Marine Superintendent and later became the Marine Superintendent. In 1972 the CSP was joined with David MacBrayne to form Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd where he became Technical Director. In 1975 he was appointed General Manager and retired in 1982. * indexed, but not listed as such
Skyrme, Walter Charles	? - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973 ?	Prob. S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 01.10.1926, seniority 01.09.1925 Lt. 02.10.1927 (retd) A/Lt.Cdr. (retd) > 02.1941, < 12.1941 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 30.12.1945 RD ? -	25.08.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional; for various services) 11.05.1942 - (07.1945) Trade Convoy Plotting Room, Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (routeing & convoy plans of defensively armed merchant ships) 29.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry)
Slater, Edward John	05.05.1915 - 23.12.1997	A/Skpr. 14.02.1940 [WS 3333] Skpr. 1941?, seniority 14.02.1940 A/Ch.Skpr. 13.03.1944 (warrant terminated 28.12.1944; medically unfit)	(04.1940) - (06.1940) no appointment listed 12.07.1940 - (12.)1940 HMS Athenian (minesweeping trawler) 15.12.1940 - (02.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Invertay (minesweeping trawler) (04.1944) - (10.1944) no appointment listed
Slater, Magnus John Brother of Skpr.Lt. Richard William Slater, RNR.	1908 ? -	Skpr. 07.06.1939 [WS 2924] T/A/Ch.Skpr. 29.08.1944 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946) (retd 18.07.1951) Skpr.Lt. (retd) 18.07.1951 (removed from retd 29.05.1958)	(12.1939) - (06.1940) no appointment listed 01.06.1940 - (04.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Philippe (trawler) (06.1941)     HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service Central Depot, Lowestoft) * 01.07.1941 - (06.)1942 HMS Loch Tulla (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (08.1942)     no appointment listed (10.1942)     HMS Iron Duke * 11.1942 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Sunnyside Girl (anti-submarine trawler) (07.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Slater, Richard William Brother of Skpr.Lt. Magnus John Slater, RNR.	1906 Portnockie, Moray, Scotland - 1960 Torry, Aberdeen, Scotland	Skpr. 11.01.1939 [WS 2797] A/Skpr.Lt. 16.01.1943 Skpr.Lt. 30.06.1955 (retd 30.09.1955) RD 10.08.1954 -	06.10.1939 - 10.03.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Lady Beryl (anti-submarine warfare whaler) (06.1940) - (07.1940) no appointment listed 07.08.1940 - 09.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Southern Star (anti-submarine warfare whaler) 09.1942 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Kerrera (minesweeping trawler) 16.07.1944 - (10.1944) Assistant Salvage Officer, Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (01.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed 07.01.1946 - (04.1946) Assistant Salvage Officer, Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Slater, Robert	? -	T/S.Lt. 13.11.1943 A/T/Lt. 17.01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	Temporary Officer serving under T.124T agreements 01.04.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Marshal Soult (trawler base, Portsmouth) (for rescue tugs) 28.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Marshal Soult (trawler base, Portsmouth) (for rescue tugs)
Slee, John Tristram Youngest son of John Edward Slee, and ... Cain, of Shoreham, Sussex, later of Worthing. Engaged (1946) Second Officer Barbara Mary Paul, WRNS, only daughter of Mr & Mrs W.G. Paul, of Weymouth. Married (17.11.1951, Lagos Cathedral) Margery Elizabeth Heard, daughter of Arthur Prynn Heard, and Mrs E.P. Heard, of Barnes, London SW13; ... children (one daughter?).	(12?).1915 Bucklow district, Cheshire -	Prob. A/S.Lt. ? A/S.Lt. 25.09.1937 S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 29.11.1940 (reld < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 29.11.1948 (retd 17.10.1950) MBE 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 1941 RD 09.11.1949 -	(09.1939) - (02.1940) no appointment listed (03.1940)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 13.03.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Atherstone (destroyer) 06.11.1940 - (10.)1941 HMS Blencathra (destroyer) (MBE) (12.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed 19.02.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Hurricane (destroyer) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) (02.1943)     no appointment listed 02.03.1943 - (06.)1944 Navigating Officer, HMS Biter (escort carrier) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 01.11.1944 - (07.1945) Navigating Officer, HMS Battler (escort carrier) Served Nigerian Marine.
Slimon, Alan Pearith Son of Charles George Slimon (1876-1955), and Ada Rowe (1876-). Married ((12?).1938, Hampstead district, London) Margaret Charman (1913-2001); one son.	06.11.1904 St Pancras district, London - 03.03.1984 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Isles, Spain	T/Paym.Lt. 30.04.1940 T/Paym.Lt.Cdr. = T/Lt.Cdr. (S) 05.02.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Temporary Officer serving under T.124X agreements 30.10.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Menestheus (minelayer) 28.02.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Atheling (escort carrier) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 11.11.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Premier (escort carrier)
Smith, Charles Donovan Married ((03?).1934, Cardiff district, Glamorgan) Alice Rhoda Watkins (10.11.1911 - (09?).1970); ... children.	28.09.1908 Cardiff district, Glamorgan - 21.10.1948 Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital, Taplow, Buckinghamshire (formerly of Cores End, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire)	Prob. S.Lt. 18.01.1933 Lt. 02.01.1936 Lt.Cdr. 02.01.1944 DSC 29.07.1941 Inshore Squadron with the Army in Egypt & Cyrenaica [investiture 23.09.1941] RD 01.1944 -	11.1939 - (12.)1939 HMS Dundalk (Hunt class minesweeper) 06.12.1939 - 29.04.1941 HMS Chakla (armed boarding vessel) (DSC) (10.1941)     no appointment listed 09.11.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Periwinkle (Flower class corvette) 06.01.1942 - 14.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Godetia (Flower class corvette) 29.03.1942 - 15.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Nasturtium (Flower class corvette) 01.10.1943 - 07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Fishguard (Lulworth class escort) 05.07.1945 - 09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Trent (River class frigate) 27.12.1945 - 18.06.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Snowflake (Flower class corvette) * indexed, but not listed as such
Smith, D	? -	T/Bm.Eng. 03.09.1939 T/Lt. (E) 01.01.1941	03.09.1939 - 31.12.1940 HMS Dunnet (boom working vessel) 01.01.1941 - (10.1944) HMS Leonian (boom carrier) 12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) * 04.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Barbrook II (depot & base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) * * in the (07.1945) Navy List indexed as HMS Barbrook II, but shown under both HMS Beehive & HMS Barbrook II
Smith, Edwin Thomas Walter	25.08.1885 -	T/Bm.Eng. 16.09.1939 (reld < 10.1940) MMWM 08.09.1919 - BWM 14|20 08.09.1919 -	Apprentice, HM Dockyard Portsmouth, 1901. 02.09.1915     Emergency S.Lt., serving on HMS Lady Moira (1916), HMS Oratava (1917) & HMS Doncaster (1917) 16.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Falconet (boom defence vessel) Chief Engineer, MS Inverader (sunk 20.02.1942).
Smith, Frank Montem Son of Edward Henry and Emily Smith. Husband of Mary Louise Smith, of Boscombe, Bournemouth, Hampshire; one son, one daughter.	(03?).1894 Warminster, Wiltshire - 21.06.1942 (KIA) [age 48] [Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya, 2.D.25]	Lt. 08.08.1918 Lt.Cdr. 08.08.1926 Cdr. 30.06.1934 Capt. 1941/42? CBE 30.06.1942 for outstanding services: salvage Cerion when bombarded 07.03.1942 [presented to next-of-kin] DSO 19.08.1941 bombing of Tobruk [presented to next-of-kin] RD > 06.1928 < 08.1929 - MID 17.11.1942 Middle East operations 07-10.1941 MID 15.06.1943 withdrawal from Tobruk 20.06.1942 [posthumously]	Served Merchant Navy. 1914 - 1918 served World War I (HM E 39 (submarine)) 07.12.1939 - 01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Arpha (armed merchant cruiser) 10.01.1941 - 21.06.1942 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Tobruk [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)]
Smith, George Henry Son (with one sister and one brother) of Albert Edward Smith (1879-1940), and Sarah Ann Blowman (1878-1915). Married ((12?).1933, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire) Edith Moulds ((09?).1911 - (06?).1956), daughter of John Moulds (1890-1947), and Edith Blackburn (1891-1984); four sons, two daughters.	1907 Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire - 04.01.1944 Belfast Hospital (formerly of Hull) [Belfast City Cemetery, Glenalina Extension, section D, grave 27]	T/A/Skpr. 01.06.1940 [WS 3450 & TS 531] T/Skpr. 1941?, seniority 01.06.1940 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 1941	Going to sea at the age of 15, he sailed for Ross, Hellyers and other fishing vessel owners. (07.1940)     no appointment listed 20.07.1940 - (08.)1941 HMS Stour (trawler) (despatches) 26.08.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Dunluce Castle (depot/accommodation ship, Scapa Flow) 02.1942 - (04.)1942 HMS Daniel Clowden (minesweeping trawler) 19.05.1942 - 04.01.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Commander Holbrook (minesweeping trawler) [died of hypothermia due to immersion in the water in Belfast Harbour]
Smith, George Wingfield	(09?).1908 Blything district, Suffolk -	T/Skpr. 07.09.1939 [WS 2999 & TS 118] T/A/Ch.Skpr. 06.01.1944 (reld < 04.1946) MID 11.02.1941 Dunkirk 06.1940 MID 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 1945	05.01.1940 - (06.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Three Kings (drifter) (02.1941)     no appointment listed 07.08.1941 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Internos (minesweeping trawler) 24.01.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding officer, HMS Delphinus (minesweeping trawler) (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Smith, John	? - [1959 still alive]	Lt. 31.12.1924 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1938 Capt. 30.06.1943 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 01.10.1943 (reld 1940/50s) RD ? ?	01.10.1943 - (06.1944) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (07.1945) no appointment listed 11.01.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Northmark (ex-German fast fleet attedendant oiler)
Smith, J	? -	T/Skpr. ?	01.1943 - (10.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Olivine (drifter; examination service vessel)
Smith, John MacDonald Son of John and Catherine Smith. Husband of Edith May Smith, of Streatham, London.	1906 ? - 04.08.1943 [age 37] [Chatham Naval Memorial, 73, 2]	T/Cdr. 03.09.1939 T/A/Capt. 01.01.1943?	03.09.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 13.10.1941 - (12.1941) Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services) 01.01.1943 - 04.08.1943 Divisional Sea Transport Officer, Algiers [HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers)] (killed during explosion at Algiers)
Smith, Percy Sidney	? -	T/Skpr. 13.09.1940 [TS 967] (warrant terminated 11.10.1943; medically unfit)	13.09.1940 - 11.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS George Adgell (minesweeping trawler) 11.1941 - (12.)1941 HMS George Adgell (minesweeping trawler) 26.12.1941 - (12.1942) HMS Skirmisher (RN base, Milford Haven) (02.1943) - (04.1943) no appointment listed (06.1943)     HMS Skirmisher (RN base, Milford Haven) * (08.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Smith, William Thomas	? -	T/Midsh. 19.01.1942 T/A/S.Lt. 18.10.1943 T/S.Lt. 18.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Pangbourne Nautical College. (02.1942) - (06.1942) no appointment listed 06.06.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Danae (cruiser) 28.08.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Howe (battleship) 02.01.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Caicos (frigate) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 31.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Tamar II (accounting base, Hong Kong)
Smith-Cross, Norman Barron Son of James and Anne Smith-Cross; husband of Gwendoline Smith-Cross, of Mossley Hill, Liverpool.	(06?).1898 district West Derby, Lancs. - 04.02.1941 (KIA) [age 42] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 2, column 2]	T/Lt. (E) 01.1941, seniority 24.10.1940	? - 04.02.1941 HMS Crispin (ocean boarding vessel) (sunk by U-107 north-northwest of Rockall)
Smyth, Frederick Arthur "Fred" Son of Arthur Ernest Smyth, and Alice Jane Symons, of Ilfracombe, Devon. Married (23.09.1932, Parish Church of Merton, Croydon district, Surrey) Dorothy Wilde; one son, one daughter.	20.10.1905 Barnstaple district, Devon - 20.03.1945 (KIA) [age 39] [Vlieland General Cemetery, the Netherlands, grave 79] [his body drifted ashore at Vlieland on 06.04.1945, being buried the next day]	T/Lt. 01.11.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 02.1943, < 06.1943 MID 19.06.1945 for courage, tenacity and devotion to duty in an attempt to save his ship after she had struck a mine, and in the rescue of survivors 19.03.1945 [posthumously]	Master mariner. 02.11.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Snaefell (auxiliary minesweeper; paddle steamer) 23.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Snaefell (auxiliary minesweeper; paddle steamer) 03.02.1941 - 12.06.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Princess Elizabeth (auxiliary minesweeper; paddle steamer) 17.01.1944 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM FDT 217 (fighter direction tender) 08.1944 - 20.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HM LST 80 (landing ship, tank) (operated in the shuttle service between London, Ostend and Antwerp; struck two mines while in convoy ATM97 and sank)) (despatches)
Snelgrove, Reginald George	see:	RNVR officers' section
Soanes, Harold Bertie Son of William Robert and Eliza Soanes. Married ((06?).1929, Haverfordwest district, Pembrokeshire) Charlotte Agnes Sanders (27.08.1907 - 19.08.1991); one daughter, three sons.	21.10.1907 Oulton, Mutford district, Suffolk - 11.06.1982 Great Yarmouth district, Norfolk (formerly of Lowestoft) (buried Lowestoft, Suffolk)	Skpr. 22.05.1939 [WS 2912] A/Skpr.Lt. > 08.1941, < 10.1941 [temporary rank] A/Skpr.Lt. 06.01.1943 [appointed rank] (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) Skpr.Lt. 31.12.1954 (retd 21.10.1957) 39|45 St - - Atl St - & clasp France & Germany WM 39|45 - - RD 31.03.1952 -	23.11.1939 - 04.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Cranefly (minesweeping trawler) (06.1941)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * (08.1941)     no appointment listed (10.1941)     HMS Mewslade (minesweeping trawler) * (12.1941) - (08.1942) no appointment listed (10.1942) - (12.1942) HMS Mewslade (minesweeping trawler) * 01.1943 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Mewslade (minesweeping trawler) (04.1945)     HMS Mewslade (minesweeping trawler) * (07.1945)     no appointment listed 30.07.1945 - (10.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Mount Keen (minesweeping trawler) A grandchild writes: "Harold Bertie Soanes was a career fisherman who went to sea as a boy, worked his way up to skipper. After a full career fishing harold worked in the Supply boats and after that in the Standby boats. During the Second World War he served in Harry Tate's Navy as Skipper onboard HMT Cranefly (1939-1941), HMT Newslade (1943-1945) and HMT Mount Keen (1945). This is a small part of Harold's story that comes from many sources, Not much from Harold though because he rarely spoke of the war. These memories include recollections from his Wife and Children, this is not one big story but rather a collection of snapshots. The strongest recollection has nothing to do with being at sea but occurred during a hit and run air raid on Lowestoft in 1942. Harold was walking home from Sparrows Nest to take his children to the cinema (something by Disney). when the bombs were dropped and like many people he helped to rescue those trapped in the rubble. When he arrived home his wife Lottie thinking he had been to the pub gave him hell for not being there to take the children out. Then she noticed the dust ands insufficient Regards tears on Harold's good coat and she could see how pale and shaken Harold was. He told her what had happened and how he was driven by the shouts and screams of the trapped people and how he was able move move "huge" chunks of rubble that he should not have been able to move. The only story Granddad ever told me was about the mine sweeping and how when they brought a mine to the surface it had to be induced to explode. They carried rifles onboard and they would (from a safe distance) shoot the mine but sometimes they just would not explode; if you shot them enough though they would sink and he hated that because he knew that they would be waiting for him when he went back to fishing. When Harold was around the UK his family travelled with him and remember being in Broughty Ferry (for Dundee) and Lowestoft. When the ship was at sea they had each other and families of other crewmembers. When the ship returned from patrol there would be a visit the ship if time allowed. For the boys this was heaven, Dad was home and they could go onboard where there was so much great stuff, machine gun, cannons but what stuck the most was when the crew were sharpening the boarding cutlasses. Even in such a modern war it was like being in the Sea Hawk. Harold was wounded during his service, he was shot in the leg, the details of this are far and few between. The main point that are common is that first it involved an attack by an aircraft, a Lewis gun and that it probably involved "friendly" fire as opposed to unfriendly fire." * indexed, but not listed as such
Sorensen, Sigurd Hesleberg * Son of Capt. Andreas Sorensen, and Eleanor (née ...). Married (1919, Halifax, NS, Canada) Gwndoline M. Rosser. * Navy List gives: Siguard Hesleburgh, CWGC gives: Sigurd Heselburg	1890 ? Brevik, Norway - 31.01.1945 [Hull Crematorium, panel 5]	Prob. T/Skpr. 27.11.1940 [TS 840] T/Skpr. 1941?, seniority 27.11.1940	(02.1941) HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service Central Depot, Lowestoft) * 09.02.1941 - 10.05.1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Hoverfly (minesweeping trawler) 11.05.1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS William Brady (minesweeping trawler) ? - 31.01.1945 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service Central Depot, Lowestoft) * indexed, but not listed as such
Sowden, Douglas William Son (with one brother) of James Alfred Sowden (1880-1951), and Mary Susannah Hudson (1880-). Married (19.10.1940, St PEter's Church, Upton Cross, West Ham district, Essex) Stella Marian Gayfer (10.09.1915 - 12.2002), daughter of Charles Frederick Gayfer (1879-1955), and Nellie Mary A. Spicer (1881-1965); one son.	25.04.1915 West Ham district, London - 04.1986 Chichester district, Sussex	Prob. A/S.Lt. 01.12.1936 A/S.Lt. 12.11.1937 S.Lt. 01.01.1940 A/Lt. 17.11.1940 Lt. ?, seniority 17.11.1940 (demobilized < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 17.11.1948 Cdr. 31.12.1954 Capt. 30.06.1962 (retd 30.06.1967) RD 01.03.1946 - RD 28.08.1964 1st clasp RD 22.04.1966 2nd clasp CdeG ? several dangerous minesweepings coast of France	Joined Union Castle Line as a Cadet in 1930 and obtained his Second Mate's Certificate of Competency in 1935, when he was appointed Fourth Officer in the Llanstephan Castle. In 1938 he was promoted to the rank of Third Officer. 13.08.1937 - 1937 HMS Revenge (battleship, Home Fleet) (for training) 07.01.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Iron Duke (depot ship) (02.1941) - (08.)1941 HMS Verity (destroyer) * (10.1941)     no appointment listed 02.10.1941 - (07.1945) [Executive or Commanding Officer?], HMS Tarana (minesweeping trawler) Returned to the Company's service as Chief Officer, and was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1952 when he took command of the Drakensberg Castle. Since 1957 he commanded several passenger vessels in the mail service, including Bloemfontein Castle, Warwick Castle.  He took Command of Edinburgh Castle in 1967, and S.A. Vaal in October 1970, and was promoted to Commodore of the Safmarine Fleet in January 1972. Master, Gordon Lodge No 1726 of the Freemasons, 1981-1982. * indexed, but not listed as such
Spencer, Roland	15.05.1889 - 13.09.1981	Lt.Cdr. 02.08.1923 Cdr. 31.12.1931 Capt. 31.12.1938 (retd > 08.1939, < 07.1944) RD ? ?	12.10.1942 - 15.04.1944 also: RNR ADC to the King
Spring, Geoffrey Newton Son of Aloysius Cyril Cooke Spring (1879-1962), and Clara Louisa Spring (1877-). Married ((12?).1939, Basford district, Nottinghamshire) Ethel M. Thornton.	31.08.1907 West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire - 02.2000 Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 04.12.1939 T/Lt. 04.03.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1943? MBE 01.01.1954 New Year 1954: Meals Organisation Officer, Ministry of Food MID 16.03.1943 Operation Torch (lifesaving when ship was sunk)	04.12.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties) 05.02.140 - (08.)1940 HMS Zaza (armed yacht) (10.1940) - (12.1940) HMS Zaza (armed yacht) * 02.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Manistee (ocean boarding vessel) (04.1941)     no appointment listed 05.05.1941 - 12.11.1942 HMS Hecla (destroyer depot ship, Clyde, from 06.1941 Iceland) (ship was sunk en route to Eastern Fleet) (despatches) (12.1942)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 01.01.1943 - (06.)1943 HM LST 41 (landing ship, tank) 06.1943 - (08.)1943 HM LST 425 (landing ship, tank) 01.08.1943 - 11.1944 Commanding Officer, HM LST 81 (landing ship, tank), renamed: 11.1944 - 21.05.1946 Commanding Officer, HM LSE 1 (landing craft repair ship) * indexed, but not listed as such
Spring, John	? -	T/S.Lt. (E) 09.09.1940 T/Lt. (E) 09.10.1941 (reld < 04.1946) MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 1942 MID 05.12.1944 shuttle service to France	09.09.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Fratton (barrage balloon vessel) (06.1944?) HM LST 364 (landing ship, tank) 09.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Porcupine (landing craft base, Stokes Bay, Portsmouth) 16.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS TF 29
Stanford, Charles Wilson	(06?).1901 district South Shields, Durham / Tyna and Wear - 08.1973 still alive	T/Lt. 21.04.1942 T/Lt.Cdr. 26.10.1945 Lt.Cdr. RN 15.11.1946 (emgcy 15.11.1951) DSC 30.01.1945 towing Mulberries to France & rescue 06.1944	(06.1944) HMS Griper (rescue tug) (Normandy) 05.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) * 01.06.1948 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, HMS Hengist (rescue tug) 07.11.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Mediator (rescue tug) * (04.1946) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Stannard, Richard Been Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of George Davis Stannard (1874-), and Elizabeth Jane Stannard (1878-). Married ((06?).1928, West Ham district, Essex) Phyllis May Tomkin (1903-), daughter (with one sister) of George Furner Tomkin (1869-), and Jeannie Buist (1867-); two daughters.	21.08.1902 Blyth, Northumberland, England - 22.07.1977 Balmoral, Mosman Municipality, NSW, Australia [Rookwood Crematorium, Sydney]	Prob. S.Lt. 05.03.1929 S.Lt. 11.11.1930, seniority 05.03.1929 Lt. 17.12.1932 A/Lt.Cdr. ? Lt.Cdr. 17.12.1940 A/Cdr. < 10.1945 Cdr. 30.06.1947 Capt. 30.06.1952 (retd 14.07.1954) VC 16.08.1940 Namsos * [report] DSO 18.05.1943 convoy SC118 Western Approaches 02.1943 MID 03.12.1940 SS Statira bombed MID 05.12.1944 passage convoy JW59 & RA59A RD 1942 ? NowWC 13.10.1942 Namsos wharf 28.04.1940 * When enemy bombing attacks had set on fire many tons of hand grenades on Namsos wharf, with no shore water supply available, Lieutenant Stannard ran Arab's bows against the wharf and held her there. Sending all but two of his crew aft, he then endeavoured for two hours to extinguish the fire with hoses from the forecastle. He persisted in this work till the attempt had to be given up as hopeless. After helping other ships against air attacks, he placed his own damaged vessel under shelter of a cliff, landed his crew and those of two other trawlers, and established an armed camp. Here those off duty could rest while he attacked enemy aircraft which approached by day, and kept anti-submarine watch during the night. When another trawler near-by was hit and set on fire by a bomb, he, with two others, boarded Arab and moved her 100 yards before the other vessel blew up. Finally, when leaving the fjord, he was attacked by a German bomber which ordered him to steer East or be sunk. He held on his course, reserved his fire till the enemy was within 800 yards, and then brought the aircraft down. Throughout a period of five days Arab was subjected to 31 bombing attacks and the camp and Lewis gun positions ashore were repeatedly machine- gunned and bombed; yet the defensive position was so well planned that only one man was wounded. Lieutenant Stannard ultimately brought his damaged ship back to an English port. His continuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy was magnificent, and his enterprise and resource not only caused losses to the Germans but saved his ship and many lives.	Education: Royal Merchant Navy School, Wokingham Cadet, C and D Line, 1918-1921. 2nd Officer, C and D Line, 1924-1928. Joined Orient Line, 1929 (2nd Officer 1937). 1929     entered RNR (12.1939) - (02.1940) no appointment listed 05.02.1940 - (12.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Arab (armed trawler) [tender to Seaborn II] 12.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Stanley (destroyer) 04.03.1941 - (10.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Ramsey (destroyer) (12.1942)     no appointment listed 01.12.1942 - 03.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Vimy (destroyer) 24.05.1943 - (12.)1943 Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 31.12.1943 - (02.)1944 Press Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 03.03.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Peacock (sloop) 09.1945 - (10.1945) on staff of Maintenance Captain, Colombo [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 08.02.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Prince Henry (armed merchant cruiser) Staff Commander, Orient Line, 1949-1955. Honorary Company Master Mariners; Marine Superintendent for P&O­Orient Lines, Sydney, 1955-1964.
Stanton, Ronald George Gladstone Married (02.01.1941) Mattie Moore Taylor (born 26.09.1909).	04.1909 West Derby district, Lancashire -	T/S.Lt. 29.06.1940 DSO 17.12.1946 last action of HMS Li Wo 14.02.1942 [decoration presented at Hong Kong 30.12.1947]	29.06.1940 - 14.02.1942 First Lieutenant, HMS Li Wo (auxiliary patrol vessel) [ship sunk; see entry for Lt. Thomas Wilkinson, RNR] 1942 - 1945 POW in Japanese captivity Literature: A.V. Sellwood, Stand by to die! (1961; based mainly on information provided by R.G.R. Stanton)
Steel, Ronald Sidney	30.10.1909 Axminster, Devon - 05.1988 Honiton, Devon	T/Lt. 24.03.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 31.08.1944? (reld < 04.1946)	31.08.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Ness (frigate)
Stephen, Robert Duthie Son of George Stephen (1877-1959), and Christian Ann Duthie (1881-1946). Married (03.12.1924, Peterhead) Annie Stephen (06.05.1909 - 09.12.1999), daughter (with two brothers) of William Stephen (1879-1951), and Ann Buchan (1882-1955); two children.	15.01.1909 Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - 15.01.1958 Inverallochy Aerodrome	Skpr. 01.10.1940 [WS 3593] A/Skpr.Lt. [acting rank] 16.10.1942 A/Skpr.Lt. [appointed rank] 08.01.1943 (dispersal 30.09.1946) (reld 18.12.1946) Ch.Skpr. 31.12.1948 Lt. (PS) 14.01.1952, seniority 21.04.1946 (retd 15.01.1954) RD 01.08.1952 -	16.12.1931     enrolled RNR as Second Hand 09.10.1939     mobilized 01.10.1940 - 25.11.1940 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (for disposal) 26.11.1940 - 20.06.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Resmilo (minesweeping trawler) [tender to HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen)] [ship sunk by German aircraft off Peterhead] 26.06.1941 - 23.09.1941 HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) (additional) 24.09.1941 - 16.10.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Strathderry (auxiliary patrol trawler) (temporary) [tender to HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen)] 17.10.1941 - 20.04.1942 HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) (additional) 21.04.1942 - 17.06.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Craftsman (minesweeping trawler) [tender to HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen)] 06.07.1942 - 28.08.1942 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for ... [officers' course?]) 29.08.1942 - 14.09.1942 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (for disposal) 15.09.1942 - 09.1942 HMS Canada (RN base, Halifax, Nova Scotia) (additional; for passage) 09.1942 - 15.10.1942 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 196 (motor minesweeper) [tender to HMS Canada (RN base, Halifax, Nova Scotia)] 16.10.1942 - 05.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 103 (motor minesweeper) [tender to HMS Canada (RN base, Halifax, Nova Scotia), from 30.11?.1942 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)] 05.1943 - 23.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 107 (motor minesweeper) [tender to HMS Euphrates (depot ship, Basra, Iraq) 24.09.1943 - 1943 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (additional; temporary, for duties with Commander Minesweeping Colombo) 1943 - 20.12.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Dusk (minesweeping trawler) [tender to HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya)] 22.12.1943 - 01.04.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Pladda (Isles class trawler) [tender to HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya)] 02.04.1945 - 06.05.1945 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for passage) 07.05.1945 - 05.10.1945 HMS [...] [tender to HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft)] 06.10.1945 - 08.10.1945 HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) (additional; for HM BYMS 2156 (British yard minesweeper)) 09.10.1945 - 18.04.1946 Commanding Officer, HM BYMS 2156 (British yard minesweeper) [tender to HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham)] 19.04.1946 - 01.05.1946 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (additional; not to join) 02.05.1946 - 09.05.1946 HMS Eskimo (destroyer accommodation ship, Chatham) (additional; as spare Commanding Officer) 10.05.1946 - 29.09.1946 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 297 (motor minesweeper) [tender to HMS Eskimo (destroyer accommodation ship, Chatham)]
Stephens, Robert John Cyril "Stevie" Married; one son.	07.1902 Pontypridd, Glamorgan - 25.12.1958 Berkeley, Gloucestershire	Prob. A/S.Lt. 30.06.1926 Prob. S.Lt. 30.06.1926? S.Lt. 23.12.1927, seniority 30.06.1926 Lt. 06.03.1929, seniority 30.12.1928 (retd 13.12.1934) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 30.12.1936 (reld 01.1946) OBE 07.01.1941 bombarded, strafed, damaged North Channel / Irish Sea 1940 * Atlantic Star, with France & Germany bar; Africa Star; Italy Star. * A bomb which struck the vessel started a fire among the shells and cordite. It was vital to put out the fire as soon as possible and the Chief Engineer and the Chief Officer distinguished themselves by the resolution and ready resource with which they rallied the crew and seconded the good leadership of the Captain.	Served Merchant Navy. Served (1940) as Chief Officer aboard MV Regent Lion (OBE). 16.11.1941 - 09.1942 HMS Queen of Bermuda (armed merchant cruiser) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) (Western Approaches convoys) 09.1942 - 1942 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 1942 - 12.1942 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 01.01.1943 - 12.1943 HMS Elissa (RN base, Philippeville, North Africa) 12.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Elissa (Combined Operations base, Messina) (for duty at Augusta) 07.1944 - 10.1944 HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) [King's Harbour Master at Bari?] 10.1944 - 02.1945 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 02.1945 - 05.1945 HMS Odyssey (naval party accounting base, Ilfracombe) 05.1945 - 01.1946 Naval Party 1730 [HMS Royal Albert (base for Naval Parties, London/Berlin] Involved in the salvage of sunk and damaged ships around North Europe after the war from 1946 to 1952 based in Hamburg.
Stephenson, Arthur Ernest Son of John Stephenson (1872-1961), and Mary Maude Hamilton (1873-1948). Married (06.06.1934, Darlington district, Durham) May Dorothy Stanley (1906-1948); ... children.	28.11.1901 Darlington, Durham - 10.12.1941 (MPK) [age 40] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 1, column 2]	T/Lt. 31.12.1940	Served Merchant Navy (Second Mate's Certificate, 04.07.1923). Member, Hugh de Pudsey Lodge of Freemasons, Darlington.       officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements: 31.12.1940 - 10.12.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Banka (auxiliary minesweeper) [ship recalled to Singapore 06.12.1941, last transmission 07.12, overdue 09.12; offically recorded as lost 10.12; wreck located 12n.m n.e. of Tioman Island, Malaysia; all officers missing, presumed killed]
Stephenson, John	? -	Prob. T/Lt. 07.04.1941 T/Lt. ?, seniority 07.04.1941 (reld < 04.1946) MID 01.08.1944 Operation Shingle 9landing at Anzio 22.01.1944)	23.06.1941 - (08.1942) First Lieutenant, HMS Sambur (auxiliary patrol trawler) 08.1943 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HM LST 214 (landing ship, tank) (Anzio & Normandy) (07.1945) HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Stewart, John	? -	T/Lt. (E) 02.09.1940 T/Lt.Cdr. (E) 17.12.1941 (reld < 02.1944)	05.10.1940 - (10.)1941 HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 17.12.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Fossbeck (boom depot ship) 27.03.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Kodumaa (10.1942)     no appointment listed 23.11.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland)
Stirling, Archibald	? -	Prob. T/Lt. 27.08.1941 T/Lt. 1942?, seniority 27.08.1941 (reld < 07.1945)	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 18.01.1942 - 01.10.1943 [Commanding Officer?], HMS Ronaldsay (Isles class trawler) 26.07.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Rodney (battleship)
Stocker, Charles Edward	? - [possibly: 28.04.1908 - 03.1987 Walsall, Staffordshire]	T/Lt. 16.09.1939 (commission terminated 21.02.1942) MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk 05/06.1940	09.01.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) 05.1940 - 06.1940 Sea Transport Officer, Folkestone (Dunkirk evacuation) (10.1940)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 02.11.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for flotilla duties) * indexed, but not listed as such
Stonehouse, Herbert Arthur	26.09.1909 West Derby district, Lancashire - 05.1984 North Walsham district, Norfolk	Prob. A/Lt. 03.02.1939 Lt. 11.01.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1943, < 04.1944 (reld < 04.1946) Cdr. 30.06.1954 (retd 26.09.1959) DSC 19.10.1943 defence of a convoy against U-boat attacks Western Approaches 05.05.1943 [investiture 07.03.1944] DSC 19.06.1945 Operation Hotbed (North Russian convoy 02.1945) [award posted] RD 08.02.1950 -	04.11.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Ausonia (heavy repair ship) 10.04.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Loosestrife (corvette) 20.07.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Alnwick Castle (corvette)
Stott, Anthony Walmsley	1916 ? - 05.11.1940 (KIA) [age 24] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 3, column 1]	T/Paym.Lt. 15.09.1939	15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Stott, Sydney Thorburn Son (with two brothers and one sister) of John Howard Stott (1862-1949), and Mary Williams (1861-1925?). Married ((06?).1922, Birkenhead district, Cheshire) Ivy G. Falla (1894 - (06?).1965), daughter (with one brother) of John Thomas Falla (1860-1915), and Emma Jane Hodder (1861-1937); ... children medals	27.08.1894 Seaforth, West Derby district, Lancashire - 08.1986 Birkenhead district, Cheshire	Prob. Eng.Lt. ? Eng.Lt. 10.05.1923 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 10.05.1931 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1938 (retd 27.08.1944) (reverted to retd > 10.1945, < 04.1946) Capt. (E) (retd) 08.05.1946 RD 07.09.1938 -	20.05.1931     HMS Hood (battlecruiser) 16.12.1933     HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 21.11.1939 - 23.03.1940 HMS Coventry (cruiser) 23.03.1940 - 11.01.1941 HMS Cardiff (cruiser) 11.01.1941 - 14.09.1942 HMS Coventry (cruiser) [ship sunk by German and Italian aircraft off Tobruk] * 12.11.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Bull (RN base, Massawa, Eritrea) (10.1943)     HMS Bull (RN base, Massawa, Eritrea) * 22.11.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Venerable (aircraft carrier) * indexed, but not listed as such
Stretton, Sydney Kingsley	? - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	Midsh. 31.12.1937 A/S.Lt. 07.03.1940 S.Lt. 07.03.1941 A/Lt. 07.09.1942 Lt. 01.09.1943, seniority 07.09.1942 (reld from active duty < 04.1946) (retd 01.07.1950)	17.01.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Queen of Bermuda (armed merchant cruiser) 05.1941 - (12.1942?) in French captivity * 12.04.1943 - 30.10.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Tasajera (landing ship, tank) 30.10.1944 - (07.1945) Third Officer, HMS Tasajera (landing ship, tank) * Part of the prize crew aboard ss Criton (captured from Vichy French by Cilicia on 11 May 1941 and escorted into Freetown) from 17 June 1941 until she was sunk by Vichy French warships on 21 June 1941 when a few miles south of Conakry. Following the sinking the crew were arrested and tried for piracy before a Vichy French court martial. They were then transported to Timbuctoo, and not released until December 1942. Stretton was separated from the others after they left Timbuctoo in August 1942; he was sent to a camp at Koulikoro, and the others to a camp at Kankan.
Stuart, Ronald Neil Victoria Cross Reference	26.08.1886 Liverpool - 08.02.1954 Charing, Kent [Charing Cemetery]	Lt. ? Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1924 Cdr. 30.06.1928 Capt. 30.06.1935 (retd > 08.1939) VC 20.07.1917 Atlantic Ocean 07.06.1917 * DSO 23.03.1917 ? RD 21.11.1929 ? MID 24.03.1919 ?   NC 16.09.1919 Navy Cross (USA) * On 7 June 1917 in the Atlantic, Lieutenant Stuart was serving in HMS Pargust (one of the 'Q' or 'mystery' ships) which was inviting an attack by U-boats. At about 8am a U-boat fired a torpedo at close range and damaged Pargust's engine room. The 'Panic party' went away and the U-boat surfaced, its captain thinking that a merchant vessel had been hit, but when the U-boat was only about 50 yards away, the commander of Pargust gave the order to fire. The submarine tried to get away, but had received a great number of direct hits and blew up and sank almost at once.	Education: Liverpool College 1901 Commenced career at sea in sailing vessel 1913 joined Allan Line 1913 Extra Master (square rig) 1914 - 1919 served in Royal Navy as Lieutenant, RNR (VC, DSO, despatches, United States Navy Cross);  in Command of Q boat and Destroyers (04.1940) - (02.1941) no appointment listed 22.05.1941 - 17.09.1941 also: RNR ADC to the King Retired from Canadian Pacific Steamships (General Superintendent Steamships 1936-1938, General Manager, UK, 1938-1951).
Stuart, Ronald Neil Married ...; two daughters.	(09?).1921 Toxteth Park district, Lancashire - 25.03.2013 Gravesend ?	T/S.Lt. 29.03.1943 DSC 01.01.1945 New Year 1945 [investiture 18.05.1945]	... - ... ... 08.09.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Foley (frigate) (DSC) (07.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Stubbs, Archie	? -	T/Lt. 19.10.1939 A/T/Lt.Cdr. 29.08.1940 A/T/Cdr. < 12.1941 (reld < 07.1945) DSC 13.04.1943 minesweeping operations Nore area 09.1942 MID 01.01.1942 New Year 1942	21.10.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Halcyon (minesweeper) 1940 - 01.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Brighton Queen (paddle minesweeper) [ship sunk] 02.07.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Glen Avon (paddle minesweeper) 14.05.1942 - 05.1944 Executive Officer, HMS Miranda (minesweeping base, Great Yarmouth)
Stubbs, Bertie	? -	T/Lt. (E) 27.02.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) < 10.1944	(12.1941) HMS Minona * HMRT Favourite (rescue tug) 03.04.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for rescue tugs) 02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) (for duty with rescue tugs) (04.1946) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) * indexed, but not listed as such
Sutherland, Alexander	? - ?	Skpr. 01.02.1944 [WS 3796] (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	10.05.1944 - (10.1945) HM HDML 1022 (harbour defence motor launch)
Sutherland *, Andrew * in seniority list shown as: Sunderland, Andrew	? - ?	T/Skpr. 01.09.1944 [TS 1671] (reld > 07.1946)	05.12.1944 - (07.1946) HM MMS 1009 (motor minesweeper)
Swan, Transvaal Son of William and Florence Swann. Married ((03?).1927, Mutford, Suffolk) Marian May Aldred (24.08.1903 - 04.03.1989), daughter of Charles Bertram Aldred (1878-1935), and Florence Mary Cook (1881-1908); ... children.	21.10.1900 Mutford, Suffolk - 07.11.1975 Lowestoft, Suffolk	Second Hand ? [LT/JX 177707] T/Skpr. 01.08.1942 [TS 1263] DSM 01.01.1942 New Year 1942	(1941)     HM Drifter Hosanna (DSM) 30.10.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Quercia (minesweeping trawler) 05.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Stroma (minesweeping trawler) (04.1945)     no appointment listed 04.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Doon (minesweeping trawler) Went to sea on drifters before the war and returned to fishing after.
Swinsco, Joseph	28.02.1906 Castle Ward, Northumberland - 07.06.1973	T/Lt. 08.11.1939 (reld 1945/.46) MID 04.10.1940 directing sea transport Dunkirk	01.01.1940 - HMS Victory (base Portsmouth, for training establishment) 02.07.1940 - HMS Spartiate (base Glasgow, sea transport duties) 01.01.1941 - HMS Orlando (base Greenock, Flotilla Gunnery duties) 12.03.1942 - (06.1944) HMS Stag (base Port Said, Canal Area sea transport duties) 31.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Spartiate (base Glasgow, sea transport duties)
Symons, Ernest Edward Married Lilian May ...; ... children.	(06?).1890 Cardiff district, Glamorgan - 19.08.1946 Saint Ives, Cornwall	T/Lt. 08.10.1942 (commission terminated 08.04.1944; medically unfit)	Served Merchant Navy (First Mate's Certificate, 28.10.1910; Master's Certificate, 24.09.1913). 09.11.1942 - 27.07.1943 HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow) 28.07.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (for sea transport duties) (04.1944)     no appointment listed
Symons, Gilbert Son of ... Symons, and ... Freeman. Married Helen ...; ... children (one son?).	04.04.1915 Cardiff district, Glamorgan - 19.04.1966 at sea (formerly of Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall)	T/S.Lt. 30.12.1940 T/Lt. 30.12.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1945, < 04.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	(02.1941)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 17.03.1941 - (04.)1941 HMS Hector (armed merchant cruiser) (06.1941)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * (08.1941)     no appointment listed 11.08.1941 - (12.1941) French Ship "Emile Baudot" 28.01.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS May (cable ship) 06.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Holdfast (cable ship) 01.09.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Ubiquity (cable ship depot, Trinity Road, Edinburgh) 22.11.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Castlerock (auxiliary cable ship) (10.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Ubiquity (cable ship depot, Trinity Road, Edinburgh) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Symons, James Francis Son of Capt. James John Symons, and Mary Ann Symons.	1883/84 ? - 21.04.1942 (died of illness) [age 58] [Norfolk (St Mary's) Cemetery, Vigrinia, USA, row 4, grave 41]	Prob. S.Lt. 01.01.1909 S.Lt. 15.10.1910, seniority 01.01.1909 Lt. 02.08.1915? (retd) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 02.08.1923 RD - -	Harbour Master, Montreal, Canada. (04.1940) - (12.1941) no appointment listed ? - 21.04.1942 Naval Command Staff (NCS) Office, Norfolk, Va.
Symons, Philip Son of Philip and Ada Frances Symons.	1880 ? - 13.07.1943 (died of illness) [age 63] [Halifax (Fort Massey) Cemetery, Canada, section E, grave 50]	T/Cdr. 21.12.1939 MID 07.12.1943 liaison duties Norway, France & North Africa [posthumously]	21.12.1939 - 13.07.1943 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) * 1939? - 1943? British Naval Liaison Officer, Polish MV Batory * according to Commonwealth War Graves Commission borne on the books of HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) at the time of his death; gravestone shows HMT Queen Elizabeth
Syrett, Edward	? - 28.12.1946 [Hull Northern Cemetery, compt. 227, grave 67]	T/Skpr. 20.08.1940 [TS 713] (reld > 04.1946) MID 01.01.1941 New Year 1941	1940 - 1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Kurd (minesweeping trawler) 11.12.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Sanson (minesweeping trawler) (12.1941)     no appointment listed (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed ? - 28.12.1946 HMS Europa (RNPS base, Lowestoft)

 

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