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D.C. Kinloch   to   V. Kyrke
Kinloch,  David Charles Son of Rev. Canon Michael Ward Kinloch. Married 1st; three sons, one daughter. Married 2nd (28.04.1938) Barbara Constance Backhouse, daughter of Adm. Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse (marriage dissolved 1960); two sons.	28.05.1906 Chester district, Cheshire - 17.11.1969 Surrey Mid-Eastern district, Surrey	Midsh. 15.04.1924 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1926 S.Lt. 15.06.1927 Lt. 01.10.1929 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1937 Cdr. 31.12.1942 (retd 12.06.1946) DSO 16.03.1943 North Russian convoy coastal escort 31.12.42 [investiture 11.05.43] OBE 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 MID 01.09.1942 Operation Harpoon	15.05.1924 - (05.)1926 HMS Despatch (cruiser) (China) 30.12.1926 - (07.1927) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 14.02.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (04.1930)     no appointment listed 22.07.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Westcott (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 22.03.1932 - (07.1934) naval staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] (08.1934)     no appointment listed (11.1934)     no appointment listed (02.1935)     no appointment listed 11.03.1935 - (07.)1935 HMS Curacoa (cruiser; gunnery and torpedo school cruiser) (Portsmouth) 20.08.1935 - (02.)1938 Flag Lieutenant Commander to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)] 01.05.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS Victoria and Albert (HM's yacht) (Portsmouth) 28.11.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Home Fleet) 28.08.1939 - (04.)1940 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Kenya (cruiser) 12.11.1941 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Middleton (destroyer) 25.08.1942 - 04.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Obedient (destroyer) (06.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed 01.10.1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Dauntless (cruiser) 04.1945 - (07.1945) Staff Officer (Operations) on staff of Commodore (D) Eastern Fleet [HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship)] (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Kirby,  Edward James Herbert Son (with two sisters) of Edward A. Kirby (1875-), and Mary Herbert. Married ((09?).1926, Elham district, Kent) Winifred F. Adams; ... children.	31.12.1901 Dover, Kent - 25.07.1979 Shepway district, Kent	Engine Room Artificer 1916 [M24957] Mate (E) 01.07.1927 Lt. (E) 01.07.1929 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.07.1937 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1941 A/Capt. (E) > 01.1945, < 07.1945 Capt. 31.12.1949 (retd 31.12.1956) CBE  01.01.1957 New Year 57 [investiture 26.02.57] DSC 14.03.1944 Operation Stonewall (operations in Western Channel 12.43-01.44)  [decoration posted]	1916     joined RN ... - ... ... 28.03.1939 - (06.)1942 an Engineer Inspector under Chief Inspector of Gun Mountings, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 03.07.1942 - (02.)1944 HMS Glasgow (cruiser) 08.03.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Proserpine (RN base, Lyness, Scapa Flow) (for fleet gunmounting duties) (10.1945)     no appointment listed 12.11.1945 - (04.1946) an Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] ... - ... ...
Kirkby,  Geoffrey John	26.08.1918 - 24.10.1998 Lewes, Sussex	A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. ? Lt. 01.10.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Capt. 31.12.1957 (retd 07.07.1967) CBE  01.01.1968 New Year 68 DSC 11.02.1941 sinking Torricelli 06.40 DSC 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.42 DSC 14.11.1944 German evacuation Le Havre MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune	02.01.1939 - (08.1939) promotion course, Portsmouth 18.09.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Kingston (destroyer) 06.1942 - 01.12.1942 HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt) 01.12.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) 13.07.1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Melbreak (destroyer) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed 07.07.1966 - 07.07.1967 Naval ADC to the Queen (1968) Commanding Officer, HMS Tiger
Kirkpatrick, Henry Leonard Ivers	06.11.1890 - 27.10.1974	... ... Cdr. 31.12.1926 (retd) Capt. (retd) 01.01.1938 OBE ? ?	... - ... ... (07.1945)     HM Dockyard, Malta [HMS St Angelo] * * indexed, but not listed as such
Kirkus,  Adrian Lyon   Son of Cuthbert Hayward Kirkus (born 1880), and Ethel Blanche Rose. Married (24.06.1939, Christchurch district) Monica M.V. Hemming (born (09?).1919, Hastings district, Sussex).	25.02.1914 Wirral district, Cheshire - 21.10.1962	Cadet 01.09.1932 Midsh. 01.09.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1936 S.Lt. 05.04.1937, seniority 01.11.1935 Lt. 01.12.1937 (retd 05.04.1940) RAF:   F/O 27.12.1944	01.09.1932 - 02.09.1933 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 09.09.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.01.1936 - 30.08.1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 31.08.1936 - (02.)1937 promotion course, Portsmouth 17.04.1937 - (07.1937) HMS Winchelsea (destroyer) (5th Submarine Flotilla) (02.1938)     no appointment listed 14.02.1938 - (02.)1939 HMS Galatea (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (04.1939) no appointment listed 04.07.1939 - 04.1940 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) * 27.12.1944 commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Officers (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (Class CC) * (06.1941) still listed as such, but probably left upon retirement in Apr 1940
Kirkwood,  Henry "Harry"	09.08.1910 - 25.09.1977 Scarborough district, North Yorkshire	Prob. Midsh. RNR 10.11.1928 A/S.Lt. RNR 29.10.1931 S.Lt. RNR 10.07.1934 Lt. RNR 24.08.1935 Prob. Lt. 29.08.1938 Lt. ?, backdated 09.08.1934 Lt.Cdr. 09.08.1942 Cdr. 31.12.1946 A/Capt. 1940s OBE 08.06.1950 HM's birthday 50 DSC 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 DSC 02.05.1944 destruction U593 Mediterranean 13.12.43 MID 24.02.1942 life saving torpedoed merchant ship 06.08.41 MID 04.05.1943 Operation Torch Polar Medal in Bronze (07.10.1941; RRS Discovery 33-38)	joined RNR 1933 - 1938 RRS Discovery II changed to RN 30.05.1939 - (08.)1939 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) 03.12.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Northern Chief (armed boarding vessel) 11.09.1940 - 07.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Puffin (sloop) 16.07.1942 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Penylan (destroyer) 09.1942 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Calpe (destroyer) 02.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Obedient (destroyer) (1950) Falkland Islands Dep Survey
Kitcat,  Charles Arthur de Winton Younger son (with one brother and two sisters) of Capt. Percy de Winton Kitcat (1872-1944), and Edith Agnes Purdon (1876-1927), later of Duns, Berwickshire. Brother of Cdr. John Percy de Winton Kitcat, DSO, RN. Married (16.08.1935, St George's Church, Cullercoats, Tynemouth district, Northumberland) Marjorie Joan Short (05.10.1912 - 08.06.1986), daughter of Mr & Mrs Oswald Short, of Cullercoats.	13.07.1904 Wandsworth, London, Surrey - 18.09.1980 Newcastle upon Tyne district, Tyne and Wear	Midsh. 15.05.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1924 S.Lt. 30.03.1925 Lt. 30.12.1926 Lt.Cdr. 30.12.1934 Cdr. 30.06.1941 (retd 01.08.1946) MBE 10.06.1967 HM's birthday 1967: as Inspector, HM Coastguard MID 19.07.1940 withdrawal of troops from Namsos MID 01.01.1944 New Year 1944	15.05.1922 - 17.01.1923 HMS King George V (battleship) 17.01.1923 - 10.1924 HMS Emperor of India (battleship) 10.11.1924 - 05.02.1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 23.02.1926 - (05.1926) HMS Venetia (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 17.05.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Venturous (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 02.1928 - (08.1929) First Lieutenant, HMS Scarab (gunboat) (China) (04.1930) - (10.1930) no appointment listed 09.01.1931 - (02.)1931 HMS Mackay (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) 29.11.1931 - (01.)1934 First Lieutenant, HMS Whitshed (destroyer) (China) 17.11.1934 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Torrid (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 27.08.1936 - (06.)1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Glowworm (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (08.1938)     no appointment listed 10.09.1938 - (10.1938) Commanding Officer, HMS Versatile (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) 03.01.1939 - 25.11.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Imperial (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (despatches) 26.11.1940 - 19.12.1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Breconshire (auxiliary supply ship) 20.12.1940 - 29.05.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Imperial (I class destroyer) (08.1941)     no appointment listed 17.08.1941 - 16.05.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Eglinton (Hunt class destroyer) 26.05.1942 - (06.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Inglefield (I class destroyer) 06.1942 - 27.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Intrepid (I class destroyer) [ship sunk by German aircraft in Leros harbour] (despatches) (10.1943)     no appointment listed (12.1943) - (02.1944) HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) * 06.03.1944 - (10.)1945 Tactical, Torpedo and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.12.1945 - (07.1946) HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) Commanding Officer of Wellesley Nautical School in Blyth. Inspector, HM Coastguard, North Eastern Division, Board of Trade (MBE (Civ.)). DL. * indexed, but not listed as such
Kitcat,  John Percy de Winton Elder son (with one brother and two sisters) of Capt. Percy de Winton Kitcat (1872-1944), and Edith Agnes Purdon (1876-1927), later of Duns, Berwickshire. Brother of Cdr. Charles Arthur de Winton Kitcat, MBE, RN, Married ((12?).1924, Newcastle-upon-Tyne district, Northumberland) Marjorie Lilianco Adams (03.05.1902 - 05.1989), daughter of Sidney Guy Adams (1873-), and Lilianco Izabel Newbiggins (1878-); two sons.	31.07.1902 Leap, Skibbereen district, Co. Cork, Ireland - 20.07.1959 Cranshaws House, Dunbartonshire, Scotland	Midsh. 15.09.1919 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1922 S.Lt. 30.08.1922 Lt. 30.01.1924 Lt.Cdr. 30.01.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1938 (retd 14.11.1949; own request) A/Capt. (04.1946) DSO 21.08.1945 destruction 3 U-boats Kola Inlet 04.45 [investiture 29.07.47] LoP 1944? Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	15.01.1916     entered RN ... - ... ... 04.08.1939 - (06.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) (08.1941)     no appointment listed 15.08.1941 - 15.01.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Orion (light cruiser) 15.01.1942 - (06.)1943) Executive Officer, HMS Orion (light cruiser) (08.1943)     no appointment listed 04.08.1943 - (10.)1943 staff officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] (12.1943) - (04.1944) no appointment listed 24.04.1944 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Queen of Thanet  (accommodation ship with Allied Naval Commander, Expeditionary Force) & as Senior Naval Officer, Selsey (operating as a control ship, despatching area Selsey for Mulberries) 22.09.1944 - (10).1944 Executive Officer, HMS Exe (frigate) 15.11.1944 - 01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Havelock (destroyer) 28.01.1945 - (07.)1946 Senior Officer, 19th Escort Group [HMS Loch Shin (frigate)] 02.09.1946 - (04.)1947 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1948) - (05.1949) no appointment listed
Kitchin,  George Armand de Gavardie Son of ... Kitchin, and ... de Gavardie.	14.02.1921 Alnwick district, Northumberland - 23.06.1996 Winchester district, Hampshire	Cadet 01.05.1938 Midsh. 01.01.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1940 S.Lt. 16.10.1940 Lt. 16.01.1942 Lt.Cdr. 16.01.1950 T/Cdr. 10.1952-(07.1954) Cdr. 31.12.1956 Capt. 31.12.1963 (retd 1976?) Cdre. ? CBE 12.06.1976 HM's birthday 76 [investiture 03.11.76] MID 25.11.1947 [pal ptrl se 10.46 bdg FEDE ?]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 01.05.1938 - 31.12.1938 HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) 23.01.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Rodney (battleship) 08.01.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Gurkha (destroyer) (08.1942)     HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) * 20.01.1943 - (08.1943) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) 01.1942 - 10.1943 British Naval Liaison Officer, Greek destroyer "Kondouriotis" (10.1943)     no appointment listed 02.11.1943 - (04.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Bickerton (frigate) 04.1944 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Cotton (frigate) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 21.08.1945 - (10.1947)  HMS Childers (destroyer) (07.1948)     no appointment listed 03.09.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Bruce 01.03.1950 - (05.1950) [Commanding/Executive Officer?], HMS Zest 10.1952 - (07.1954) on staff of British Naval Mission to Greece [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 10.01.1955 - (01.1956) Executive Officer, HMS Daring (01.1957)     HMS Daring * 04.06.1958 - (01.1959) Staff Officer (Operations) on staff of Flag Officer (Flotillas) Mediterranean [HMS Phoenicia] 28.11.1960 - (07.1961) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.01.1963 - 05.12.1963 Executive Officer, HMS Vernon (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Portsmouth) (02.1964)     Naval Adviser to the British High Commissioner, Pakistan (Karachi) 12.12.1966 - (02.1968) Commanding Officer, HMS Ajax & as Captain (D) 2nd Destroyer Squadron 04.11.1968 - (02.1969) Deputy Director of Naval Plans, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.02.1971 - (08.1971) Commanding Officer, HMS Fife 07.07.1972 - 07.01.1973 Naval ADC to the Queen (1976) Commodore Superintendent Contract Built Ships * indexed, but not listed as such
Kitson, Edward Humphrey Son of Rev. John Baller Kitson (1853-1938), and Agnes Ellen Carus Wilson (1858-1944). Married (21.07.1923, Holy Trinity, Kensington, London) Joan Clara Thesiger Inglis (28.05.1901 - 01.11.1967), eldest daughter of Rev. Rupert Inglis; two sons, one daughter.	10.07.1898 Plymouth, Devon - 25.04.1965 Lord Mayor Treloar Orthopaedic Hospital, Alton, Hampshire (formerly of Easton, nr Winchester)	Midsh. 15.09.1914 ?, seniority 02.08.1914 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1917 S.Lt. 15.09.1917 A/Lt. 15.09.1919 Lt. 1920?, seniority 15.09.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1927 (retd 10.07.1943; age) A/Cdr. 04.09.1942 Cdr. (retd) 10.07.1943 (reverted to retd 26.03.1948) Hkn 26.08.1947 service to Norwegians	... - ... ... 06.10.1938 - (08.)1940 Flag Lieutenant-Commander to Flag Officer Commanding, North Atlantic and Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar Dockyard [HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar)] (and as Port Signal Officer) (10.1940) - (02.1941) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) * (04.1941) - (06.1941) no appointment listed 28.07.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley Gate, Ipswich, Suffolk) (for Higham Court Camp) 06.01.1942 - (02.)1944 HMS Scotia (signals training establishment, Doonfoot, Ayr) 18.03.1944 - 27.03.1944 HMS Mercury (signal school, near Petersfield) (additional; not to join) 27.03.1944 - 25.02.1946 HMS Mercury (signal school, near Petersfield) (King Haakon VII Liberty Medal) 07.03.1946 - 22.01.1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Flowerdown (radio station, Flowerdown, nr Winchester) * indexed, but not listed as such
Kitson,  Edward Wollaston "Ned" Son of late Maj. Edward Kitson, late Indian Army, and Henrietta Althea Kitson, of Paynsford, Newton Abbot, Devon. Brother of V.Adm. Sir Henry Karslake Kitson, RN. Husband of Evelyn Marjorie Kitson, of Lustleigh, Devon.	07.03.1888 Newton Abbot, Devon - 18.02.1944 (illness) [age 55] [Highweek (All Saints) Churchyard Extension, old part]	A/S.Lt. 15.12.1907 S.Lt. 17.09.1908, seniority 15.12.1907 Lt. 15.12.1909 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1917 Cdr. 31.12.1923 (retd 07.03.1934; own request) Capt. (retd) 07.03.1934 Czech Croix de Guerre (26.08.1921)	15.05.1903     entered RN 14.08.1922 - (08.1923) Navigating Officer, HMS Calcutta (light cruiser) & as Fleet Navigating Officer, North America and West Indies Station 07.11.1924 - (05.1926) Commander of HM Dockyard Cape of Good Hope, King's Harbour Master and for duty in Chart Depôt, Simonstown [HMS Flora] (07.1927)     no appointment listed 30.01.1928 - 25.06.1928 Navigating Officer, HMS Kent (cruiser) 25.06.1928 - (08.1929) Navigating Officer, HMS Kent (cruiser) & as Fleet Navigating Officer, China Station (04.1930)     no appointment listed 09.09.1930 - (02.1931) Executive Officer, HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) & in command of tender 25.01.1932 - (06.1933) HM Dockyard Devonport [HMS Drake] (01.1934)     no appointment listed (04.1940) - (12.1941) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * (01.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS California (armed merchant cruiser) 10.04.1942 - 18.02.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Carnarvon Castle (armed merchant cruiser) * indexed, but not listed as such
Kitson, Geoffrey Harold Lewis	1917 ? - 07.1997 Bermuda	... ... Paym.Lt. 01.05.1938 A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 A/Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.05.1946 (retd 13.10.1947) OBE 11.06.1977 HM's birthday 77: for public and community services in Bermuda MID 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45	... - ... ... 08.03.1944 - (01.1945) Secretary to Flag Officer Taranto and Adriatic [HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)] (despatches) ... - ... ...
Kitson,  Sir Henry Karslake "Harry" Son of late Maj. Edward Kitson, late Indian Army, and Henrietta Althea Kitson, of Paynsford, Newton Abbot, Devon. Brother of Capt. Eward Wollaston Kitson, RN. Married (1926) Marjorie, daughter of late Sir Eliot Arthur de Pass, KBE; two sons (Gen. Sir Frank Edward Kitson & Cdr.  Thomas Eliot Rodney Kitson, RN).	22.06.1877 Newton Abbot, Devon - 19.02.1952 Farnham, Surrey	A/S.Lt. 15.03.1897? S.Lt. 29.04.1898, seniority 15.03.1897 Lt. ? Cdr. 1912 Capt. 30.06.1917 R.Adm. 07.04.1928 V.Adm. 31.12.1932 (retd 01.01.1933) (reactivated 07.1940) (reverted to retd 06.1942) KBE 03.06.1935 HM's birthday 35 CB 03.06.1929 HM's birthday 29 MID 14.03.1916 evacuation Gallipoli Peninsula 12.15-01.16 OON 25.11.1947 ? Commander, Order of the Crown of Rumania (06.07.1920); Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class (Japan) (08.03.1920)	Education: Newton College; HMS Britannia (1891) 15.07.1891     entered RN (03.1901) HMS Renown 1910 served Persian Gulf 1914 - 1919 served European War (despatches twice) 03.02.1923 - (08.1923) Flag Captain, HMS Calcutta (light cruiser) & Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station 01.11.1924 - (05.1926) Commanding Officer, HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 20.05.1927 - 21.04.1928 Commanding Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 12.02.1928 - 04.1928 also: Naval ADC to the King (05.1928) - (06.1928) no appointment listed 06.05.1929 - 06.05.1930 Rear Admiral Commanding 3rd Battle Squadron [HMS Emperor of India (battleship)] (10.1930) - (02.1931) no appointment listed 13.05.1931 - 13.09.1935 Admiral Superintendent HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 09.07.1940 - 09.06.1942 Flag Officer-in-Charge, Coast of Cornwall (Falmouth) [HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth)] Literature: Frank Kitson, When Britannia ruled the waves : the heyday of the Royal Navy : the life and paintings of Vice Admiral Sir Henry Kitson, KBE, CB (1877-1952) (2007) * indexed, but not listed as such
Knapp,  Arthur Macdonnell Son (with one sister) of Sir Arthur Rowland Knapp, KCIE, CSI, CBE (1870-1954), Indian Civil Service, and Florence Annie Moore (1873-1964). Married (06.08.1932, St Andrew Parish Church, Farnham, Surrey) Valentine Clara Stringfellow (14.02.1908 - 01.2005), daughter (with one brother and two sisters) of Henry Parker Stringfellow (1862-1937), banker, and Emily Dorothy Heaven (1868-1963); two sons, one daughter.	29.07.1900 Madras, India - 23.12.1980 Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot, North East Hampshire (lived at Park Cottage, Hillside Road, Frensham, Farnham, Surrey)	Midsh. 01.05.1917 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1919 S.Lt. 15.05.1920 Lt. 15.06.1921 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1929 Cdr. 31.12.1935 Capt. 30.06.1942 (retd 07.07.1951)	Ecudation: RN College, Osborne (15.05.1914-). ... - ... ... 14.04.1936 - (06.)1938 Signal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 15.08.1938 - 08.01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Lowestoft (sloop) 05.02.1941 - (08.)1942 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 01.09.1942 - (12.)1943 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) 17.12.1943 - (01.)1945 a Deputy Director of Radio Equipment, Radio Equipment Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (04.1945)     no appointment listed 19.04.1945 - 24.07.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Diadem (cruiser) 26.08.1946 - (07.1948) Director of Radio Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (05.1949)     no appointment listed 16.05.1949 - (05.)1951 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)]
Knapton,  Edric Guy Philip Bromfield   Son of Capt. Augustus Lempriere Knapton Knapton, RN (1854-1922) [name change by his father in 1860 from Brine to Knapton], and Gwendolyn Maud Bayly-Jones (1870-1965). Married (11.12.1937, London) Beatrice "Betty" Armstrong (24.02.1916- 17.02.2008), daughter of Frederick Edmund John Armstrong (1889-1919) and Stella Morgan (died 1966); two sons, three daughters.	23.11.1910 Lymington district, Hampshire - 08.07.1999 Poole district, Dorset	Cadet 01.01.1928 Midsh. 01.09.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1931 S.Lt. 01.09.1931 Lt. 01.01.1934 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1942 Cdr. 30.06.1946 (retd 01.06.1959; own request) DSC 11.09.1945 sinking U-1024 Western Approaches 12.04.45 [decoration posted]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (04.1924-01.1928). 02.02.1928 - 01.1931 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (01?.)1931 - 16.08.1931 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 17.08.1931 - 04.1932 promotion course, Portsmouth 22.04.1932 - 10.1933 HMS Windsor (destroyer) (6th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet) 10.1933 - 01.1934 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (for short physical & recreational training course) 01.1934 -  02.1934 passage to Hong Kong per HMT Somersetshire 08.02.1934 - 06.1936 First Lieutenant, HMS Cicala (river gunboat) (China) 06.1936 - 08.1936 passage to UK via USA & foreign service leave 08.1936 - 12.1936 HMS Faulknor (flotilla leader, 6th Destroyer Flotilla) (Home Fleet) 31.12.1936 - 06.1937 qualifying for anti-submarine duties, HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) 03.06.1937 - 01.1938 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Walpole (destroyer) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) & for flotilla duties 03.01.1938 - 01.1939 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Faulknor (flotilla leader, 6th Destroyer Flotilla) (Home Fleet) 04.01.1939 - 12.1939 staff, HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for anti-submarine school) 19.12.1939 - 30.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Buttermere (minesweeping trawler) (Norway) 05.1940 - 10.1940 Admiralty [HMS President] (London) 28.10.1940 - 09.1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 28.10..1940 - 09.1941 Commanding Officer, HM ML 130 (motor launch) & Senior Officer, 3rd Motor Launch Flotilla * 10.1941 - 06.1943 Squadron Anti-Submarine Officer, Force H (from 03.1942 Force K, then from 11.1942 again Force H) [HMS Rodney (battleship), from ... HMS Malaya (battleship), from ... HMS Ramillies (battleship), from 10.07.1942 HMS Nelson (battleship), 11.1942 temporarily HMS Duke of York (battleship)] 06.1943 - 30.06.1943 no appointment listed: for foreign service leave 01.07.1943 - 09.1944 Anti-U-Boat Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (London) 26.09.1944 - 15.12.1944 training in the latest sonar and radar equipment and A/S weapons, thus taking refresher courses at the A/S schools in Dunoon and Campbeltown, the experimental establishment at Fairleigh, and the A/S tactical school at Liverpool 26.09.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyll) (for miscellaneous duties) 16.12.1944 - 10.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Glendhu (anti-submarine frigate) 10.1946 - 01.1947 passage to UK in HMS Formidable & foreign service leave 15.01.1947 - 12.1949 Anti-Submarine Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (Bath, Somerset) (for miscellaneous services) 12.1949 - 11.1950 Executive Officer, HMS Nigeria (cruiser) 12.1950 - 09.1952 Training Commander, HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 23.09.1952 - 07.1955 Executive Officer (from 1954? Commanding Officer), HMS Defiance (TAS and Electrical School, Devonport) 07.1955 - 10.1955 on loan to Royal Danish Navy as NATO adviser on anti-submarine warfare 10.10.1955 - 01.06.1959 HMS Vernon (TAS School, Portsmouth) (Head of Publications and Drawings Department) Studied business administration, then worked for an import/export company for a year, until being employed by Electrical & Musical Industries Ltd in their Research & Development division, 1961, staying ther until retirement in 11.1975. * according to his own notes from Aug 1940
Knocker, William Robert	10.07.1913 - 17.10.1995	... ... Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.12.1944 Cdr. (E) ? (retd)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... (07.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Knollys,  Courtenay Hugh Henry Son of ... Knollys, and ... Gibbons. Married (19.06.1943, Queen's Chapel, The Savoy) Cicely (Curly) Evelyn Warren (07.10.1918-(03?).1982); one son, one daughter.	14.02.1918 Chelsea district, Greater London / London / Middlesex - 22.04.2006 Bishop's Waltham, Southampton, Hampshire	Cadet 01.05.1935 Midsh. 01.01.1936 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1938 S.Lt. 16.09.1938 Lt. 01.11.1939 Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1947 (retd 10.03.1958) DSC 26.12.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) MID 18.09.1945 action with Japanese heavy forces 16.05.45	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1931-1935) 01.05.1935 - 01.01.1936 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1936 - (02.1936) HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) [joined 07.01.1936 in Gibraltar when Spanish Civil War started] 01.09.1936 - (01.)1937 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet) 07.01.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) [left for 3 months to train on destroyer HMS Diana] 1938? - 1938? HMS Witherington (destroyer) 02.05.1938 - (10.1938) promotion course, Portsmouth 14.02.1939 - (09.1942) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean, North Atlantic, Indian Ocean [liaison officer with the French, Madagascar, 05.1942]) (02.1943) no appointment listed 1943 - 1943 Gunnery Officer, HMS ... (armed merchant cruiser) (06.)1943 - (08.)1943 specialist navigation course 28.09.1943 - (06.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Harrier (minesweeper) (and for navigating duties) (Russian convoys, Normandy) 13.12.1944 - (10.1946) First Lieutenant, HMS Saumarez (destroyer) (Far East, Malta [injured in Corfu incident, 10.1946]) ? - ? HMS Troubridge (destroyer) 03.1947 - (04.)1947 Navigating Officer, HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) 20.11.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (05.1949) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) * (05.1950) no appointment listed late 1950 - 1951 HMS Vengeance (aircraft carrier) 12.1951 - 1952 HMS Superb (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 05.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Swiftsure (cruiser) 11.1953 - 1954 HMS Britannia (Royal yacht) 10.05.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 1956 interpreters' course, France; then seconded to Ministry of Defence [in PM's information room during Suez crisis] 1956? - (01)1957 in charge of Navigation Section, HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 1957 Flag Lieutenant Commander to Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] Joined Chichester Press as designer/salesman, 1958-1969. Then free-lance & dedicating himself to painting (sketched children's portraits at the beach for many years and depicted numerous naval subjects). * indexed, but not listed as such
Knott, John Anthony Caithness	(06?).1913 - 30.05.1958	... ... Lt.Cdr. 21.03.1945 (retd 21.03.1958)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Smiter ... - ... ...
Knowles,  George Herbert Son of G.H. Knowles, Gomersa. Married 1st, Winnefred Gladys (died 1937), daughter of E. Millar, Rossie Castle, Montrose; one daughter. Married 2nd, Mrs Olga Mills, daughter of Vincent Frisby.	20.11.1881 Gomersal - 01.04.1961	Capt. 31.12.1921 R.Adm. 10.10.1933 (retd 11.10.1933) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 1940? DSO 1918 ? MID WW I ?	02.12.1897     entered RN 1914 - 1918 served European War ... - ... ... 05.01.1933 - 10.10.1933 Naval ADC to the King 11.1939 - (04.)1942 convoy duties [HMS Eaglet] 05.07.1942 - 01.02.1945 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Lowestoft [HMS Minos]
Knox-Little,  Charles Hugo Married (17.03.1913) Olive Daphne Mary Frances Waymouth (19.03.1894-11.01.1979); one son, one daughter.	21.11.1887 Lichfield district, Staffordshire - 20.11.1963 Gosport district, Hampshire	A/S.Lt. 15.04.1907 S.Lt. 17.09.1908, seniority 15.04.1907 Lt. 16.11.1909, seniority 15.04.1908 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1916 Cdr. 30.06.1921 Capt. 30.06.1929 R.Adm. 05.01.1940 (retd 06.01.1940) (reverted to retd 07.12.1943) (reverted to retd 22.07.1946) Cdre. 2nd cl. 15.01.1944 MID 23.07.1918 Dover Patrol Zeebrugge / Ostend 22-23.04.18	15.09.1902     entered RN (01.1919)     HMS Tetrarch (torpedo-boat destroyer) 03.07.1923 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS Telemachus (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) & for instructional duties at Port Edgar Base 21.04.1926 - 27.04.1926 Admiralty [HMS President] 28.04.1926 - (06.1928) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (08.1929)      no appointment listed 01.04.1930 - (01.)1932 Assistant Director Manning Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.07.1932 - (07.)1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Danae (cruiser) (America and West Indies station) 30.12.1935 - (06.)1938 Director of Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 22.07.1938 - 11.11.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Resolution (battleship) & from 18.07.1939 Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer, 2nd Battle Squadron (Home Fleet) 12.11.1939 - 12.12.1939 HMS Victory (additional; whilst unemployed) 13.12.1939 - 20.09.1940 Captain (D), Liverpool (administered 11th Destroyer Flotilla) [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] (as Capt.) 25.09.1940 - 15.11.1943 Maintenance Captain, Belfast [HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast)] (as Capt.) 16.11.1943 - 07.12.1943 HMS President (additional; for disposal) 15.01.1944 - 21.07.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda) & as Commodore-in-Charge, Bermuda & as Commodore Superintendent HM Dockyard, Bermuda (as Cdre. 2nd cl.)
Kyrke, Vernon	19.03.1889 - 18.02.1970	... ... Chapl. 26.08.1918 (retd)	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Skirmisher ... - ... ...

 

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