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Royal Marine (RM) Officers
1939-1945

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Abbott, E.
to
Aylwin, C.D.L.

E. Abbott to C.D.L. Aylwin

Abbott,
Edward
E. Abbott

?
-

A/Sgt.Maj.	09.02.1940
T/Lt.	01.05.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
A/T/Capt.	05.06.1943

(04.1940)			Plymouth Division RM
(08.1942)	-	(02.1943)	104th RM Brigade
(06.1944)	-	(07.1945)	RM Training Group Devon

Abbott,
Peter Edward
P.E. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... Adams.

04.10.1923
Lambeth district, Greater London / London / Surrey
-

T/2nd Lt.	07.08.1942
T/Lt.	07.02.1943
A/T/Capt.	27.08.1945
Lt.	24.05.1947, seniority 04.04.1946 [378565]
T/Capt.	02.06.1948-03.10.1950
Capt.	04.10.1950
Maj.	04.10.1957 (retd 28.05.1961)

Education: psc

07.08.1942			commissioned RM [temporary commission]
(02.1943)	-	?	RM Divisional Artillery
24.05.1947			transferred to the Royal Regiment of Artillery

Abbott,
Wilfred Eric
W.E. Abbott

Mother Harriett ...

10.07.1907
Coventry district, Warwickshire
-
08.1994
South Cheshire district, Cheshire

T/2nd Lt.	13.11.1942
T/Lt.	13.05.1943 (reld 08.05.1946)
A/T/Capt.	27.09.1944

13.11.1942			commissioned RM [temporary commission]
(02.1943)	-	(08.1943)	102nd RM Brigade
(10.1943)			Commando Group RM
(12.1943)	-	(07.1945)	43 RM Commando

Abbs,
Keith Allen
K.A. Abbs

Son of ... Abbs, and ... Allen.

12.09.1915
Lewisham district, Greater London / Kent / London
-
07.2000
Ross district, Gloucestershire / Herefordshire

T/2nd Lt.	17.03.1941
T/Lt.	17.09.1941 (reld 06.05.1945 *)

* commission terminated; permitted to retain the rank of T/Lt.

(08.1942)	-	(06.1943)	RM Division
(08.1943)			44 RM Commando
(10.1943)			Divisional Holding Unit
(12.1943)			Chatham Division, RM
07.02.1944	-	(04.1944)	HMS Northney (training establishment for landing craft, Hayling Island)
(06.1944)	-	(10.1944)	HMS Hopetoun (landing craft and minesweeping base, Port Edgar) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Abell,
John Dare
J.D. Abell

?
-

T/Lt.

08.10.1940 (reld 19.05.1946)

(08.1942)	-	(02.1943)	MNBDO(1)
?	-	(10.1944)	5th RM Anti-Aircraft Brigade
(07.1945)			HMS Copra

Abercrombie,
Henry
H. Abercrombie

?
-

T/Lt.

30.05.1944

			Royal Marine Engineers
?	-	(10.1944)	RM Engineers

Ablett,
Frank
F. Ablett

?
-

T/Lt.

07.12.1943

			Royal Marine Engineers
?	-	(10.1944)	RM Engineers

Abraham,
Gerald Heguerty Furtado

Son of John Furtado Abraham, and Jane Lucy Dreyfus.

09.09.1884
St George Hanover Square, London, Surrey
-
(03?).1964
Aylesbury district

2nd Lt.	01.01.1903
Lt.	01.01.1904
Capt.	01.01.1914
Brev. Maj.	23.07.1917 *
T/Maj.	01.04.1918-30.12.1918
Maj.	01.01.1919 (retd 01.08.1920; own request) (reverted to retd 13.08.1945)

* for distinguished service

(1914)			served Royal Marine Light Infantry
08.1914	-	09.1914	served in France & Belgium
14.01.1916	-	01.06.1916	General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), ...
30.01.1917	-	?	seconded (special appointment)
01.08.1920			Reserve of Officers, RM
Served at Ministry of Information (1939).
28.09.1940	-	(01.)1945	Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]

Abrams,
Jack Hamilton
J.H. Abrams

?
-

T/Capt.

27.10.1943

			Royal Marine Engineers
?	-	(10.1944)	HMS Pyramus

Absalom,
Christopher Thomas
C.T. Absalom

Son of ... Absalom, and ... Jones.

(09?).1922
Haverfordwest district, Wales
-

T/Lt.

26.09.1943

(10.1944)

HMS Copra

A'Court,
Kenneth James
K.J. A'Court

Son of ... A'Court, and ... Keap.

(06?).1923
Edmonton district, Hertfordshire / Oxfordshire / Buckinghamshire / Middlesex
-

T/Lt.

15.09.1944

(10.1944)

HMS Copra

Acton,
John
J. Acton

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	07.04.1944
T/A/Lt.	14.08.1944

(10.1944)

HMS Copra

Acton,
Richard Granleese
R.G. Acton

Son of ... Acton, and ... Granleese.

(12?).1921
Lewisham district, Greater London / Kent / London
-

T/ Lt.	17.09.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
A/T/Capt.	06.12.1944

		(08.1942)	RM Division
?	-	(10.1944)	3rd Special Service Brigade
(04.1946)			Portsmouth Division RM

Acton,
William John Gray
W.J.G. Acton

Son of ... Acton, and ... Granleese.

25.03.1920
Lewisham district, Greater London / Kent / London
-
12.2004 still alive

2nd Lt.	01.09.1938
Lt.	14.04.1940
A/Capt.	05.05.1944
Capt.	14.04.1948
Maj.	31.12.1955 (retd 25.03.1965)

		(08.1939)	RM course Portsmouth
		(08.1942)	HMS Revenge
(10.1944)	-	(04.1946)	HMS Lanka
?	-	(05.1950)	HMS Vengeance
?	-	(07.1961)	Plymouth Division RM
?	-	(02.1963)	RM Barracks Eastney

Adair,
Charles Walter
C.W. Adair

Son of Adm. Charles Henry Adair (1851-1920), and Annette C. Wilson.
Married (28.07.1926) Olive Joan Arbuthnot (02.04.1905 - 27.05.1979); one daughter, two sons.

09.04.1894
West Derby, Lancashire
-
07.1988
Salisbury, Wiltshire

2nd Lt.	01.01.1912
Lt.	06.09.1914
Capt.	06.03.1917
Maj.	15.08.1929
Lt.Col.	30.11.1936 (retd > 04.1946, < 07.1948)

JubM 35

1935

Education: Royal Military Acdemy

01.10.1934	-	(02.1935)	Senior Marine Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake]
30.07.1936	-	?	Barrack-Master
(08.1939)	-	(04.1946)	RM Depot, Deal

Adam,
Ian William
I.W. Adam

25.05.1925
-
14.01.1945

T/Lt.

05.05.1944

(10.1944)

RM Commando

Adam,
Lawrence Henderson
L.H. Adam

?
-

T/Capt.	25.11.1941
A/T/Maj.	11.02.1943
T/Maj.	11.05.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

			Royal Marine Engineers
(08.1939)	-	(08.1942)	RM Engineer Battalion
?	-	(10.1944)	RM Engineers

Adams,
Henry William
H.W. Adams

?
-

T/Lt.

16.09.1944

(10.1944)

Chatham Division RM

Adams,
Roy Bateman
R.B. Adams

Son of ... Adams, and ... White.

24.12.1924
Headington district, Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire
-
08.1990
Ploughley, Oxfordshire

T/2nd Lt.	03.09.1943
T/Lt.	03.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

03.09.1943	-	(10.)1943	Chatham Division RM
14.11.1943	-	(04.1946)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)

Adams,
Tristram Douglas Spencer
T.D.S. Adams

1915 ?
-

T/2nd Lt.	28.10.1939
T/Lt.	28.04.1940
A/Capt.	?
T/Capt.	31.10.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

?	-	(04.1940)	Portsmouth Division RM
?	-	(08.1942)	MNBDO(1)
(07.1945)			RM Training Group Devon

Addison,
Joseph Gerald
J.G. Addison

Son of Gerald Lacy Addison (1875-?), and Marjorie Ann MacDonald.

(06?).1910
Watford, Hertforshire
-
15.04.1953
Fingest, Buckinghamshire

T/2nd Lt.	10.01.1941
T/Lt.	10.07.1941
T/Capt.	23.10.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
A/T/Maj.	23.07.1943 till > 01.1945, < 07.1945

(02.1941)	-	(04.)1944	Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization 1 (MNBDO(1)) [12.1941 showing at 11th RM Battalion (Land Defence Force)]
(06.1944)	-	(10.1944)	no appointment listed
?	-	(01.)1945	29th RM Battalion
1945	-	(07.1945)	Plymouth Division, RM

Licensed victualler.

Adlington,
Ronald Claude
R.C. Adlington

Son of .. Adlington, and ... Varty.

(03?).1918
Tenterden district, Kent
-

T/2nd Lt.	10.01.1941
T/Lt.	10.07.1941 (reld < 04.1946)

(07.1945)

RM Engineer Battalion

Agar,
Martin
M. Agar

?
-

T/Lt.	04.12.1941
T/Capt.	19.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

(07.1945)			3rd Battalion RM Engineers
(04.1946)			Portsmouth Division RM

Agnew,
James
J. Agnew

22.03.1921
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973

2nd Lt.	01.09.1939
Lt.	16.02.1941
A/Capt.	?
Capt.	16.02.1949 (retd 05.04.1957)

01.09.1939			commissioned into the Royal Marines
(07.1945)			Portsmouth Division, RM

Aitken,
Herbert
H. Aitken

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	?
T/Lt.	22.08.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
A/T/Capt.	04.11.1943

MID

04.09.1945

services with 21st Army Group

(07.1945)

5th RM AA Brigade

Aitken,
Samuel Victor William
S.V.W. Aitken

22.09.1908
-
10.1985
Kidderminster, Worcestershire

T/RM Gnr.

01.03.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

(07.1945)

HMS Braganza

Akam,
John Haddon
J.H. Akam

Son of ... Akam, and ... Haddon.

23.07.1917
Cockermouth district, Cumbria / Cumberland
-
24.11.1997
Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire

2nd Lt.	01.09.1936
Lt.	01.10.1938
A/Capt.	06.05.1940-22.11.1942, 03.06.1943-31.03.1945
A/Maj.	01.04.1945
Capt.	01.02.1946 (retd 20.04.1958)

01.09.1936			commissioned, Royal Marines
(07.1945)			32nd RM Battalion

School teacher.

Akhurst,
Eric William
E.W. Akhurst

Son of George Thomas Akhurst (1870-?), and Amy Hannah Letley (1874-?).

(03?).1907
Gillingham, Medway district, Kent
-
(03?).1964
Chatham district, Kent

QMS	? [Ch.23755]
T/Lt.	16.09.1944 (reld 14.03.1946)

?	-	(10.)1944	Chatham Division RM
12.11.1944	-	(07.1945)	Transport Officer with HT Section, HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland)

Alcock,
Alan Bennis Fennell
A.B.F. Alcock

Son of William Henry Alcock, and Edith Mary Alcock (née ...).
Married "May" Tisdall; two sons.

09.12.1896
Ranclagh, Dublin, Ireland
-
15.10.1956
Blyth district, Suffolk

Prob. 2nd Lt.	29.08.1914
T/Lt.	?
Lt.	28.08.1917, seniority 27.03.1915
Capt.	? 20.03.1933, seniority 21.08.1919 (retd 10.03.1935; on account of non-service)
A/Maj. (retd)	?

DSC

13.09.1915

(07.1945)

Chatham Division, RM

Alder-Smith,
Brian Dudley
B.D. Alder-Smith

03.10.1920
-
29.03.2001
East Devon

Prob. Lt.	16.02.1941
Lt.	17.11.1941, seniority 16.02.1941
A/Capt.	23.03.1945-31.07.1947
Capt.	16.02.1949 (retd 01.10.1960; own request)

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

Aldridge,
Dennis Leolin Samuel St Maur
D.L.S.St.M. Aldridge

04.05.1919
-
07.1995
Colchester, Essex

2nd Lt.	01.09.1937
A/Lt.	27.08.1939-30.09.1939
Lt.	01.10.1939
A/Capt.	27.04.1943
Capt.	01.10.1947
Maj.	31.12.1952 (retd 05.08.1958)
local Lt.Col.	< 04.1955

MBE	01.01.1949	army in Palestine
MC	18.05.1951	Korea 11.50
MC	13.06.1957	Suez operations
SSM	13.08.1954	Korea

Education: Victoria College, Jersey

01.09.1937			commissioned, Royal Marines
(02.1938)	-	(08.)1938	RM course, Portsmouth
(10.)1938	-	(02.)1939	RM course, Chatham
?	-	(04.)1939	RM course, Deal
?	-	(08.)1939	RM course, Portsmouth
27.08.1939	-	(02.1941)	HMS Repulse (battlescruiser)
?	-	(08.)1942	Royal Marine Military School
24.08.1942	-	(02.)1943	HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
27.04.1943	-	(04.)1944	HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
(06.1944)			no appointment listed
01.05.1945	-	(07.1945)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(04.1946)			HMS Sultan (accounting base for personnel at Keppel harbour)
(07.1948)	-	(05.1949)	40 RM Commando
(05.1950)			Plymouth Group, RM
(1950)			41 Independent RM Commando
(05.1953)			RM Barracks, Eastney
?	-	(04.1955)	Amphibious Warfare HQ [HMS President]
(01.1956)			HMS President *
06.02.1956	-	(01.1957)	Second-in-Command, 42 Commando, RM

* indexed, but not listed as such

Aldridge,
Fred James Redvers
F.J.R. Aldridge

08.07.1911
-
08.1996
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

T/Lt.	04.09.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
A/T/Capt.	04.02.1944

(07.1945)

(04.1946)

HMS Golden Hind

Aldworth,
M M
M.M. Aldworth

will be added at a later date

?
-

Alexander,
David Crichton
D.C. Alexander

Son of James Alexander and Margaret (née Craig).
Married 1st (1957) Diana Joyce (Jane) (née Fisher)
(died 1995); one son, two daughters and one step son.
Married 2nd (1996) Elizabeth Patricia (née Herrington).

28.11.1926
-
12.2004 still alive

Prob. 2nd Lt.	01.09.1944
...	...
Maj.Gen.	09.02.1975 (retd 11.04.1977)

1976

Education: Edinburgh Academy

01.09.1944			commissioned, Royal Marines
(07.1945)	-	(04.1946)	RM Course, Portsmouth

East Indies Fleet; 45 Commando, Malaya, Malta, Canal Zone, 1951-1954; Parade Adjt, Lympstone, 1954-1957; Equerry and Acting Treasurer to Duke of Edinburgh, 1957-1960; psc 1960; Directing Staff, Staff Coll., Camberley, 1962-1965; 45 Commando (2IC), Aden, 1965-1966; Staff of Chief of Defence Staff, incl. service with Sec. of State, 1966-1969; Commanding Officer, 40 Commando, Singapore, 1969-1970; Col GS to CGRM, 1970-1973; ADC to the Queen, 1973-1975; RCDS 1974; Comdr, Training Gp RM, 1975-1977. Dir-Gen., EnglishSpeaking Union, 1977-1979. Commandant, Scottish Police College, 1979-1987. Governor, Corps of Commissionaires, 1978-1997 (Pres., 1994-1997); Member: Civil Service Final Selection Bd, 1978-1988; MoD Police Review Cttee, 1985; Transport Users' Consultative Cttee for Scotland, 1989-1993. Dir, Edinburgh Acad., 1980-1989 (Chm., 1985-1989). Pres., SSAFA, Fife, 1990-1994. Freeman, City of London; Liveryman, Painter Stainers' Co., 1978.

Alexander,
Herbert
H. Alexander

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	15.01.1940
T/Lt.	15.07.1940
T/Capt.	01.11.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
A/T/Maj.	01.08.1943

(04.1940)			Portsmouth Division, RM
(02.1941)	-	(08.1943)	RM Group Mobilie Naval Base Defence Organization (MNBDO) (1)
(02.1941)	-	(12.1941)	"Kent" Battery, Coast Artillery Regiment (1)
(10.1943)	-	(04.1944)	3rd MNB (Mobile Naval Base?) Brigade
?	-	(06.1944)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounts & drafting office)
(07.1945)			no appointment listed

Alker,
Harry
H. Alker

?
-

T/Lt.

01.03.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

(07.1945)

HMS Copra

Allan,
George
G. Allan

?
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973

Capt.	09.07.1921 (supernumerary; 29.11.1921; on account of age) (retd 01.08.1922; own request)
A/Maj. (retd)	?

MID

15.09.1916

01.08.1922			RM Reserve of Officers
(07.1945)			Plymouth Division, RM

Allan,
James Horwood Basil
J.H.B. Allan

Son of ... Allan, and ... Horwood.

19.04.1917
Devonport district, Devon
-
04.1988
Norwich, Norfolk

2nd Lt.	01.01.1939
Lt.	11.08.1940
A/Capt.	16.01.1942-13.05.1943, 10.07.1943-14.06.1945
Capt.	11.08.1948 (retd 07.07.1953)

			served in the ranks for 2 years 121 days
01.01.1939			commissioned into the Royal Marines
(07.1945)			Plymouth Division, RM

Allbut,
Peter Henry
P.H. Allbut

will be added at a later date

1923
-
2007/08?

T/Lt.

1943

...	-	...	...
1944	-	1945	48 RM Commando
...	-	...	...

Allcroft,
William Miller Ord
W.M.O. Allcroft

Son of John Allcroft, and Marietta Allcroft (née ...).

(06?).1905
Romsey, Hampshire
-

T/Lt.	11.09.1941
A/T/Capt.	18.07.1941
T/Capt.	05.02.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
A/T/Maj.	05.11.1944

Research Officer at the Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 25.09.1939-...

?	-	(04.)1944	RM Training Group Dalditch
(06.)1944	-	(10.)1944	RM Depot, Deal
01.11.1944	-	(01.)1945	HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)
29.01.1945	-	(07.1945)	HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for Camp A)

Allen,
Athole Jack
A.J. Allen

Married; ... children.

(09?).1923
Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex
-
04.2009 still alive at Darlington, Co. Durham

T/2nd Lt.	07.08.1942
T/Lt.	07.02.1943 (reld > 04.1946)

12.02.1946

for gallant and distinguished services in NW Europe

Education: Christ's College, University of Cambridge (1941)

(02.1943)	-	(12.1943)	RM Group Mobilie Naval Base Defence Organization (MNBDO) (2)
(04.1944)	-	(06.)1944	Commando Group RM
(10.)1944	-	(07.1945)	46 RM Commando
(04.1946)			Commando Holding Unit

Allen,
Frederick Walter
F.W. Allen

?
-

T/Lt.

15.04.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

(07.1945)

Portsmouth Division, RM

Allen,
James Atkinson
J.A. Allen

21.01.1915
-
08.1989
Deben, Suffolk

T/2nd Lt.	21.08.1942
T/Lt.	21.02.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
A/T/Capt.	24.04.1944

(07.1945)

3rd Commando Brigade

Allen,
Peter Sharp
P.S. Allen

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	03.09.1943
T/Lt.	03.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

(07.1945)

(04.1946)

HMS Copra

Allen,
William Herbert Henry
W.H.H. Allen

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	12.07.1943
T/Lt.	12.02.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

(07.1945)

Chatham Division, RM

Allenby,
Ernest Augustus
E.A. Allenby

Son of ... Allenby, and ... Heap.

25.07.1916
Medway district, Kent
-

2nd Lt.	01.01.1935
Lt.	21.05.1937
A/Capt.	01.04.1940-06.02.1941, 10.03.1941-19.12.1941
Capt.	20.12.1941
A/Maj.	28.03.1944-(01.1946)
Lt.Col.	?
Col.	31.12.1961 (retd 25.07.1965)

OBE

02.01.1956

New Year 56

(07.1945)			RM Office
22.02.1965	-	25.07.1965	RM ADC to the Queen

Allenby,
Percy
P. Allenby

?
-

T/Lt.

16.10.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

(07.1945)

HMS Westcliff

Ambrose,
Ernest Arthur
"Tony"
E.A. Ambrose

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	08.04.1941
T/Lt.	08.10.1941
A/T/Capt.	03.09.1943
T/Capt.	08.12.1944
A/T/Maj.	13.08.1944-... & 08.09.1944

(06.)1941	-	(08.)1941	RM Officer Cadet Training Unit
(10.)1941	-	(10.)1941	L & M Group, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (2) (MNBDO(2))
(12.)1941	-	(02.)1942	Landing Company, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (1) (MNBDO(1))
(04.)1942	-	(06.)1944	Transport Company, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (1) (MNBDO(1))
(10.1944)	-	(04.1946)	no appointment listed

Angus,
David Charles
D.C. Angus

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	17.03.1941
T/Lt.	17.09.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
T/A/Capt.	< 04.1946

03.04.1945

attack on Garande 10.44

(1944)			40 RM Commando
(07.1945)			?

Archdall,
Mervyn
M. Archdall

Eldest son of Rev. Eyre William Preston Archdall and Edith Gladys Jeanette de Ros Rose.
Married (24.11.1934) Doris Maude Vale.

23.04.1906
Limerick, Ireland
-
31.10.1987
East Meon, Hants
[St Andrew's Church Cemetery, Meonstoke]

2nd Lt.	01.09.1924
Lt.	01.09.1927
Capt.	01.04.1936
A/Maj.	03.06.1940-13.03.1942
Bt.Maj.	31.12.1943 *
Maj.	03.01.1946
A/Lt.Col.	14.03.1942
Lt.Col.	31.12.1948
Col.	31.12.1951 (retd 20.08.1955)

CBE

31.12.1954

New Year 55

* promotion for meritious service

Education: Warr Staff Course, Haifa (1942)

01.09.1924			commissioned, RM
09.1927	-	?	HMS Iron Duke (Atlantic Fleet)
?	-	1928/29	HMS Benbow (Atlantic Fleet)
05.1929	-	12.1930	HMS Cornwall (China Station)
(02.1931)	-	(09.1932)	Portsmouth Division, RM
06.1933	-	03.1936	lent to RNZN:
03.08.1933	-	(02.1936)	HMNZS Diomede (cruiser)
11.1936	-	(09.1939)	Adjutant, Chatham Division, RM
(04.1940)			Portsmouth Division, RM
(1940)			RM Fortress Unit (Norway)
03.06.1940	-	13.03.1942	Commander, Landing Company, Landing and Maintenance Group of the Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) 1 (Middle East)
14.03.1942	-	(06.1944)	General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation, 1 (Middle East)
1944?			Commanding Officer, 32 RM Battalion (NW Europe)
			Commanding Officer, 33 RM Battalion
(07.1945)			HQ Staff, RM (London) *
01.1946	-	09.1946	Assistant Atjutant-General, HQ Staff, RM Engineers
11.1948	-	05.1952	Combined Operations HQ [HMS President]
01.07.1952	-	09.1954	Chief of Amphibious Warfare's representative in Washington, USA [HMS Saker]
03.1954	-		RM ADC to the Queen
09.1954	-	20.08.1955	Director of Pay and Records, Royal Marines

In March 1956 he volunteered his services in a purely honorary and unpaid capacity to establish a Royal Marines Museum.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Armstrong,
Alfred
"Bob"
A. Armstrong

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	14.05.1943
T/Lt.	14.11.1943
A/T/Capt,	10.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

?	-	(06.)1943	RM Training Group Dalditch
(08.)1943	-	(04.1946)	45th RM Commando

Arnold,
William Arthur
W.A. Arnold

?
-

Sgt.	? [Ply/10498]
Sub-Divisional Inspector	30.07.1936 (reld < 02.1941)

DSM

26.04.1918

operations on the Belgian coast

(1918)			Sergeant, RM Light Infantry
?	-	(04.1940)	RM Police

Aston,
William George Southcote
W.G.S. Aston

Married 1st Bella (née ...) (died 30.10.1942 in a Liberator crash at Gibraltar); one son.
Married 2nd (26.04.1945) Eleanor Margaret Dyson (24.05.1912 - 03.01.1974); two sons.

14.03.1916
-
(12?).1981
Chiltern & Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire

Prob. 2nd Lt.	01.01.1934
A/Lt.	08.09.1936-31.12.1936
Lt.	01.01.1937
Capt.	12.10.1939
A/Maj.	17.05.1943-02.11.1944
T/Maj.	03.11.1944-(04.1946)
Maj.	30.06.1948 (retd ± 1957/58)
RAF:
F/O	02.01.1938

MID

01.01.1946

New Year 46

01.01.1934	-	(07.1934)	Portsmouth Division, RM
(07.1935)	-	(02.)1936	RM Depot, Deal
08.09.1936	-	(02.)1937	HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean)
1937	-	(07.1937)	Portsmouth Division, RM
02.01.1938	-	25.07.1939	specially employed [attached to RAF]:
02.01.1938	-	13.08.1938	pilots' course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Leuchars [attached to RAF]
14.08.1938	-	(10.1938)	pilot, Training Squadron FAA, RAF Station Gosport [HMS Victory] [attached to RAF]
08.01.1939	-	07.03.1939	pilot, Training Squadron FAA, RAF Station Gosport [HMS Victory] [attached to RAF]
08.03.1939	-	25.07.1939	pilot, TSR Squadron 825 FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] [attached to RAF]
26.07.1939	-	10.07.1940	pilot, 825 Squadron FAA
11.07.1940	-	(02.1941)	pilot, 825 Squadron FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] *
05.02.1942	-	(08.1942)	[Commanding Officer?, or Second-in-Command?], 833 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)]
14.01.1943	-	16.05.1943	Commanding Officer, 833 Squadron FAA [HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire)]
17.05.1943	-	(06.)1944	Lieutenant-Commander Flying, HMS Activity (escort carrier)
03.11.1944	-	(07.1945)	HMS Ameer (escort carrier)
28.01.1946	-	(04.1946)	HMS Dipper (RN Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset)
(07.1948)	-	(05.1949)	42 Commando RM
?	-	(05.1950)	Plymouth Division, RM
?	-	(05.1953)	Plymouth Division, RM
(04.1955)	-	(01.1957)	RM Depot, Deal

* (12.1941) still indexed, but no longer listed as such

Aykroyd,
Charles Arthur
W.A. Arnold

Son of ... Aykroyd, and ... Goodall.

22.06.1916
Prestwich district, Lancashire
-
(12?).1979
North Tyneside district, Tyne and Wear

T/2nd Lt.	22.03.1941
T/Lt.	22.09.1941 (reld 28.03.1946)

Aylwin,
Claude Derek Lawrence
C.D.L. Aylwin (Photo courtesy of Mr John Aylwin)

Middle son (with two brothers) of Claude Beresford Graham Aylwin (1879-1962), and Evelyn Brockelbank (1884-1971), of Treyford House, Knutsford, Cheshire.
Brother of Capt. Charles Kenneth Seymour Aylwin, RN, and of Lt.Cdr. Peter Aylwin, RN.
Married (05.07.1946, St John's Church, Hook, Aldershot district, Hampshire) F/O Margaret Diamond "Peter" Masterman, WAAF (06.02.1916 - 06.1993 Bristol), youngest daughter (with one brother and two sisters) of A/Cdre. Edward Alexander Dimsdale Masterman, RAF (1880-1957), and Heather Frances Gregg (1881-1963), of The Firs, Hook, Basingstoke; one son.

09.02.1915
St Thomas district, Devonshire
-
03.03.1988
West Super Mare district, Somerset

Prob. 2nd Lt.	01.09.1933
A/Lt.	02.06.1936-31.08.1936
Prob. Lt.	01.09.1936
Lt.	10.12.1936, seniority 01.09.1936
Capt.	12.10.1939
Maj.	31.12.1947 (retd 28.04.1954; medically unfit)

MID

04.06.1946

POW Far East

?	-	(01.)1934	Chatham Division RM
(03.)1934	-	(02.)1935	Portsmouth Division RM
(07.)1935	-	(02.)1936	RM Depôt, Deal
02.06.1936	-	(07.1937)	HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet)
?	-	(02.)1938	Portsmouth Division RM
(06.)1938	-	(08.)1939	RN School of Music (RM Depôt, Deal) *
17.08.1939	-	(04.)1940	HMS Penelope (cruiser)
1940	-	(10.1940)	Portsmouth Division RM
?	-	(01.)1941	RM Reserve Depôt, Exton
10.01.1941	-	10.12.1941	Squadron RM Officer, 2nd Battle Squadron [HMS Prince of Wales (battleship)] (survived sinking of ship by Japanese aircraft off east coast of Malaya)
10.12.1941	-	15.02.1942	commanded a rifle company made up by survivors of HMS Prince of Wales, which eventually merged with the remnants of the 2nd Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; captured at the fall of Singapore
15.02.1942	-	1945	POW in Japanese captivity (Changi 17.02.42 to Ban Pong 22.06.1942 [arriving 26.02.1942] to Chungkai 12.10.1942. To Bangkow 18.01.1943, Chungkai 29.03.1943-06.06.44; Kinsayok 29.06.1944, K'buri 02.1945; Tamarkan 05.02.1945 Nakorn Nayok 06.07.1945)
(04.1946)			MT RM Deal *
?	-	(07.1948)	Plymouth Division RM
(05.1949)	-	(05.1951)	Infantry Training Centre, RM
13.08.1952	-	(05.1953)	HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)

Worked as a Probation Officer in Bristol until he retired on 22.10.1975. Seconded to Horfield Prison as Senior Welfare Officer for a short time from the probation service (from 01.10.1967 onwards).
* indexed, but not listed as such

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