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Yale, William Desmond	? -	Prob. T/Midsh. (E) 12.02.1945	(07.1945) no appointment listed
Yallop, Edward Alfred Lacey Son of ... Yallop, and ... Lacey. Married ((06?).1958, Thurrock district, Essex) ... Atkins.	31.08.1921 Rochford district, Essex - 04.1987 Thurrock district, Essex	T/S.Lt. (A) 26.05.1944	05.1945 - (07.1945) observer, 756 Squadron FAA [HMS Ukussa]
Yandle, Christopher Owen Son of ... Yandle, and ... Dennis. Married ((06?).1946, Bromley district, Kent) ... Finnie.	19.04.1916 Dulverton district, Devon / Dorset / Somerset - 09.1990 Bromley district, Kent	T/Lt. 14.08.1942	(07.1945) no appointment listed
Yardley, David William	? -	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 09.06.1942	(07.1945) no appointment listed
Yardley, Dennis John	? -	T/S.Lt. 22.08.1943	(07.1945) no appointment listed
Yardley, Donald Gordon Son of Clarence Yardley (1872-1952), and Florence Chase (1879-1954). Married (07.1944, Wellington district, Shropshire / Somerset) Gertrude F.M. Smith.	11.07.1916 Brentford, Middlesex - 01.2004 Surrey Northern district, Surrey	T/S.Lt. 26.03.1942 T/Lt. 26.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(08.1942)     no appointment listed 27.05.1943 - (07.1945) on staff of Vice-Admiral Malta and Flag Officer Central Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] (04.1946)     HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Yarker, George Herbert Son of ... Yarker, and ... Bray.	23.08.1913 West Derby district, Lancashire - 01.1994 Liverpool district, Lancashire	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 28.08.1942	(07.1945) no appointment listed
Yarker, Patrick Maurice Son of ... Yarker, and ... Bospidnick.	05.07.1915 Hendon district, Middlesex - 24.01.1981 Southend on Sea district, Essex	A/T/Lt. 20.07.1943	? - (07.1945) HMIS Talwar * * indexed, but not listed as such
Yarnold, Cyril George Peter Married 1st Phyllis Louisa Brown (1912-1989); two sons. Married 2nd Joyce Corrie Brooks (1914-1980); one daughter. Married 3rd Alice Brierley (1912-1994).	22.07.1912 Tidworth, Pewsey district, Wiltshire - 22.03.2003 Warrington district, Cheshire / Lancashire	T/Lt. (A) 06.11.1942 T/A/Cdr. (A) < 07.1945	19.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Flycather (for MONABs)
Yarranton, Donald Son of Edward John Yarranton (1883-1954), and Clara Ann Malkin (1887-1921).	20.03.1912 St Marylebone district, Greater London - 11.12.1989 Hampstead, Camden district, London	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 24.01.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 24.01.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	04.02.1941 - (12.1943) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (02.1944)     no appointment listed 01.02.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Sea Serpent (in lieu of specialist Gunnery Officer) (10.1945)     no appointment listed Actor (under the name Howard Lang). Well-known for his role as captain William Baines in the BBC series The Onedin Line.
Yarwood, Alan Slater Son of ... Yarwood, and ... Mellor. Married ((12?).1939, Nelson district, Lancashire) ... Duerden.	(06?).1915 Northwich district, Cheshire -	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 20.11.1939	09.08.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Campania
Yates, Alan	? -	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 31.10.1942 MID 10.07.1945 rescue Daffodil 17.03.45	(1943) First Lieutenant, [HM MTB ... (motor torpedo boat)] 21.12.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 333 (motor gun boat)
Yates, Albert Leonard Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Albert Yates, and Rosina French, of Upper Holloway, London.	(06?).1923 Islington district, London - 04.01.1945 (KIA) [age 22] [Colombo (Liveramentu) Cemetery, Ceylon, 8.F.4]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 25.04.1943 T/S.Lt. (A) 25.10.1943	31.05.1943 - (08.)1943 observer, 827 Squadron FAA 01.09.1943 - 04.01.1945 observer, 851 Squadron FAA [from 15.01.1944 HMS Shah (Ruler class escort carrier)] (killed in an air crash)
Yates, James William Son (with one sister) of James Yates (1886-), and Roberta Mary Long (1892-1969). Married ((09?).1945, West Ham district, Essex) Jennie Isabel Griffiths (21.12.1917 - 03.1990); one son, two daughters.	28.11.1917 Fylde, Lancashire - 11.2004 Blackpool, Lancashire	Ordinary Seaman ? T/S.Lt. 28.08.1941 T/Lt. 28.11.1942 (reld 07.05.1946)	HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (10.1941)     no appointment listed 17.11.1941 - (10.)1942 HMS Muskeeta (armed yacht) (12.1942)     HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) * 29.01.1943 - (04.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 16 (motor gun boat) 28.05.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (for educational duties) 08.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Montclare (submarine depot ship) (for E.V.T. duties) * indexed, but not listed as such
Yendell, Roy White Son of Charles and Lily Beatrice Yendell. Married ((06?).1940, Devon Central district, Devonshire) Sarah K. Pollard; ... children (one son?).	27.11.1909 Exeter district, Devon - 05.1991 Exeter district, Devon	Prob. T/S.Lt. 02.02.1940 T/Lt. 11.03.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 14.08.1944?	(03.1940)     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) * (04.1940) - (06.1941) no appointment listed 25.06.1941 - (08.)1942 Gunnery Officer, HMS Danae (cruiser) 01.09.1942 - (04.)1943 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] (for gunnery duties) 09.04.1943 - 07.1944 Gunnery Officer, HMS Scylla (cruiser) 14.08.1944 - 11.1945 HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) (for Radar School; for gunnery duties) 1940s - 1950s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached Severn Division RNVR) * indexed, but not listed as such
Yockney, Richard Son of William Archibald Yockney, and Emily Livia Fussell. Married ...; ... children (one son?).	06.04.1898 Lacock, Wiltshire - 04.1984 Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia	A/S.Lt. RNR 05.09.1918 S.Lt. RNR 06.04.1919 T/Lt. 06.10.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1940, < 02.1941	06.10.1939 - 01.1940 HMS Pyramus (minesweeper & anti-submarine base, Orkney) 31.01.1940 - (08.)1940 HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon) 12.09.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan) (08.1941)     HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan) * (10.1941)     no appointment listed 16.10.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) 20.05.1942 - (08.)1942 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 11.08.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Appledore (Combined Operations base and training establishment, Fremingham Camp, Appledore) 05.10.1942 - (06.)1943 Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.06.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) 08.09.1944 - (10.)1945 HMS Tern (RN Air Station, Twatt, Orkney) 08.12.1945 - (07.1946) HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Co. Londonderry) Emigrated to Rhodesia, c. 1946. * indexed, but not listed as such
York, Augustus Shaw "Gus" Son of ... York, and ... Shaw. Married (18.05.1937, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Edith F.J. Saunders ((09?).1910 - ); one son, one daughter.	12.08.1911 Corwen, Merionethshire - 14.11.1991 Solihull South district, West Midlands	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.05.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 12.08.1941 (reld < 04.1946) Lt. (Sp.Br.) 08.09.1957, seniority 07.08.1953 Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 07.08.1961 (reld 12.08.1966) * Special Branch officer employed on staff, etc., duties ashore, who has not received any training of an executive nature	Education: University of Birmingham (BSc, 1932). (1941)     HMS Whitshed (destroyer) (06.1941) - (08.1941) Unexploded Bomb Disposal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * 27.08.1941 - (02.)1943 Unexploded Bomb Disposal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 21.02.1943 - (06.)1944 instructor, HMS Volcano (bomb disposal training establishment, Holmrook, Cumberland) 16.09.1944 - (10.)1944 Unexploded Bomb Disposal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 30.10.1944 - (07.1945) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 08.09.1957 - 12.08.1966 Permanent RNVR (from late 1950s RNR) Returned to teaching. * indexed, but not listed as such
Yorke, Jack Paley Son of ... Yorke, and ... Robinson. Married ((03?).1944, Northumberland Central district) Pawlyn Austin; four daughters, two sons.	05.12.1920 Gateshead district, Co. Durham / Tyne and Wear - 06.08.2007 Thames Hospital, Thames, New Zealand	T/Sg.Lt. (D) 04.12.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: LDS Dunelm 28.01.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Duke (RN training establishment, Great Malvern, Worcestershire) (for miscellaneous service) 30.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Mayina (transit & holding camp, Colombo, Ceylon) (for destroyers) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Youle, Cecil Henry Tross Married (17.07.1952, Bix Church, Henley on Thames, Henley district, Oxfordshire) Helen Elizabeth Wyvill Hancock (16.11.1922 - 24.04.1998); two daughters, one son.	06.08.1909 - 23.04.1988 Reading and Wokingham district, Berkshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 21.06.1940 T/Lt. 21.09.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld 09.07.1946)	21.06.1940 - (07.)1945 HMS Tower (auxiliary patrol base, London) 09.1945 - (04.)1946 HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames) 1940s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached London Division RNVR) Secretary to the RNVR Club in the 50s and early 60s.
Young, Andrew Bernard [Mario] Son (with two brothers) of ... Young, and ... Williams.	10.11.1923 Wandsworth district, London - 26.08.2003 North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 01.09.1943 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.03.1944 (reld > 10.1945) MBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45: bomb disposal parties Holland * Special Branch officer who is qualified for, and is undertaking general duties of an executive nature on shore	(12.1943) - (02.1944) no appointment listed 14.02.1944 - (10.1945) Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Torpedo and Mining Department, Admiralty (for duty outside Admiralty) [HMS President]
Young, Edward Johnston Son of ... Young, and ... Wood.	13.02.1921 South Stoneham district, Hampshire / Berkshire -	Prob. T/Midsh. 02.02.1940 T/A/S.Lt. 13.02.1941 T/S.Lt. 13.02.1942 T/Lt. 01.05.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(02.1940?) - (04.)1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 29.06.1940 - (02.)1941 HM MASB 13 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) 01.09.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HM MASB 22 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)] (02.1942?)     HM MTB 224 (motor torpedo boat) ? 04.07.1942 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 86 (motor torpedo boat) [initially at HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)] 29.07.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Young, Edward Preston "Teddy" Son of William Young, a general trader, of 46 Eversleigh Road, Finchley. Married 1st (1945) Diana Lilian Graves (marriage dissolved); two daughters. Married 2nd (1956) Mary Reoch Cressall (née Strang) (died 1991). From Enfield.	17.11.1913 Trinidad - 28.01.2003 Littlehampton, West Sussex	T/S.Lt. 12.04.1940 T/Lt. 12.04.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? T/A/Cdr. ? (reld late 1945) DSO  12.09.1944 4 war patrols Eastern Fleet [investiture 27.09.45] DSC 23.03.1943 sinking Italian submarine 09.11.42 [investiture 27.09.45] DSC 05.06.1945 4 war patrols Far East 06.44-01.45 [investiture 27.09.45] MID 13.10.1942 sinking U-boat 03.08.42	Education: Highgate School, London (04.1926-12.1930). Writer & book designer. Started working in the publishing trade with Bodley Head, Allen Lane and the Reprint Society. 04.1940     joined RNVR 08.1940     entered submarine service 23.03.1941 - 19.07.1941 Third Officer, HMS Umpire (submarine) (ship sunk) (UK) (1941)     Torpedo Officer, HMS Sealion (submarine) (Soviet northern waters)       Submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth (08.1942) - (11.1942) First Lieutenant, P 247 (submarine) [later: HMS Saracen] (Atlantic & Mediterranean) (06.1943)     HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) * 18.06.1943 - (01.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Storm (submarine) (Far East) 15.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Forth       HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) Re-joined Allen Lane, then joined Hart-Davis (till 1955). 1970-1973 Managing Director, Rainbird Publishing Gp Ltd. Finally Managing Director, Sphere Books, before retiring to Domme in the Dordogne. Published: One of Our Submarines, 1952; Look at Lighthouses, 1961; The Fifth Passenger, 1962; Look at Submarines, 1964; The Shell guide to France, 1979. * indexed, but not listed as such
Young, Edward Ronald Birch Son of George Frederick Young (1875-), and Hilda Mary Birch. Married ((09?).1933, Bromley district, Kent) ... Smith.	19.08.1907 Wandsworth district, London - 07.2003 Eastbourne district, Sussex	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 28.06.1943 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 28.12.1943 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 1944?, seniority 28.09.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) * Special Branch officer employed on staff, etc., duties ashore, but has not received any training of an executive nature	Education: Clayesmore School, Winchester; Dulwich College (01.1920-07.1924; Orchard House). Dominions Producers Agency, Ltd., London & India. 10.08.1943 - (04.1944) HMS Watchful (RN base, Yarmouth) (for watchkeeping duties) (06.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Watchful (RN base, Yarmouth) * (10.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Young, John Quintin Son of John Graham Young. Married ((09?).1939, Hove district, Sussex) Daphne Margaret Shallow (30.04.1915 - 01.1990); two sons.	11.11.1910 - 08.1990 Tunbridge Wells district, Kent	Able Seaman ? T/S.Lt. 07.05.1942 T/Lt. 07.08.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	Education: Dulwich College (1925.1-1927; Marlow House). Temporary postman-messenger, 12.1937.       HMS Malaya (battleship) 1942     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 05.07.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Training Centre, Troon) (for Landing Craft Tank) [Fetched his boat from the USA in 1942, which was built in Boston, and "sailed" it across the Atlantic. Participated in the Dieppe raid to which he embarked from Newhaven. Later served in Malta and was involved in North African and Italian operations.]
Young, Kenneth James Married ...; ... children (one son?).	21.10.1920 - 07.1995 Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex	T/S.Lt. (E) 21.10.1941 T/Lt. (E) 21.04.1944 (reld 09.06.1946)	(12.1941)     HMS Tormentor (Combined Operations base, Hamble, Southampton) * 01.1942 - 04.1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) 18.04.1944 - 05.1945 Combined Operations Material Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 31.05.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Tormentor (Combined Operations base, Hamble, Southampton) (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Young, Roland	? -	T/S.Lt. (E) 30.11.1942 T/Lt. (E) 30.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	14.12.1942 - (06.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) 01.06.1945 - (08.)1945 HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for LCBM [= Landing Craft Base Maintenance ??] duties) 22.08.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Landlock (Mobile Landing Craft Advanced Base 2 (MOLCAB 2), Cochin/Singapore)
Young, Stanley Harris	1888 or 1897 ?? -	T/Lt. 05.08.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 02.1941, < 12.1941 OBE  01.01.1919 ? MID 05.10.1918 Auxiliary Patrol and/or minesweeping 01-06.18	05.08.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Minos (RN base, Lowestoft)
Young, Stanley Hawkins Son of Thomas Young, and Nellie Standley.	26.01.1925 Lambeth district, Greater London - 02.2000 Birmingham district, Warwickshire	T/S.Lt. 26.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	(07.1945) no appointment listed 11.1945 - (04.1946) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta)
Young, Stuart Astley Son of ... Young, and ... Lanham. Married (1945, Cape Town, South Africa) ...; ... children (one daughter?).	05.09.1922 Wandsworth district, London - 21.05.2020 Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 20.02.1943 T/S.Lt. (A) 20.08.1943 T/A/Lt. (A) > 01.1945, < 04.1945 T/Lt. (A) 20.08.1945 (reld 03.05.1946)	Education: Royal College of Science, London University; Oxford University. (06.1943)     no appointment listed 07.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Cormorant II (RN Air Station, Gibraltar) (for observer duties) 22.09.1943 - (12.1943) observer, 841 Squadron FAA (02.1944) - (10.1944) HMS Dipper (RN Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset) * (01.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1945) - (10.1945) 898 Squadron FAA (Wingfield, nr Cape Town) ** (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such; shown under establishment HMS Cormorant II (RN Air Station, Gibraltar) (for observer duties) from 07.1943 ** indexed, but not listed as such B.A., M.A., D.Phil., F.Inst.P. 1951-1953 Scientific  Assistant to Paymaster General, H.M. Treasury, London. 1955-1957 Senior Scientific Officer, U.K. Atomic Energy Authority, Harwell. 1957-1968 Senior Research Officer in Archaeological Research Laboratory, Oxford University. Chief Scientist Atomic Power Constructions Ltd. Went to South Africa 1968. Technical Manager, Nuclear Fuels Corp. of South Africa (Pty.) Ltd.
Young, William "Bill"	24.06.1908 - 03.2008 still alive	T/Lt. 21.12.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 04.1944, < 06.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	12.10.1940 - (12.1941) Unexploded Bombs Department, Admiralty (for duty outside Admiralty) [HMS President] 31.01.1942 - 07.1945 HMS Volcano (bomb disposal training establishment, Holmbrook, Cumberland) (04.1946)     no appointment listed AMICE
Yuill, Denis Walter Son of James Frederick Yuill, and Edith Anne Wells. Married; ... children (one daughter?).	(12?).1921 Brentford district, Middlesex - 10.2008 still alive	T/S.Lt. 04.09.1942 T/Lt. 04.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945) HMS Northney II (landing craft base, Hayling Island) * (04.1946)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * * indexed, but not listed as such

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