Royal Marine (RM) officers 1939-1945 -- F

Royal Marine (RM) Officers
1939-1945

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Farrier,
Willis
W. Farrier

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T/Maj.	01.09.1943
A/T/Lt.Col.	12.05.1945

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Farrington,
George Baillie Olaus
G.B.O. Farrington

Only son of Maj. George Olaus Farrington (1882-1956), and Antoinette Masin (1881-1964), of Cerne Abbas, Dorset.
Married 1st (22.08.1935) Margaret Dulcinea "Quita" Wake Boswell (28.02.1916 - 14.09.1990), daughter of R.H. Wake Boswell, DSO, and Mrs. Wake Boswell, of Lydford, Devon.
Married 2nd ((06?).1946, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Betty Diana Harper (1912? - (12?).1966), younger daughter of J.R. Harper, of Southsea.

21.11.1903
Aldershot, Farnham district, Hampshire
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14.11.1966
Liss, Petersfield district, Hampshire

Prob. 2nd Lt.	01.09.1921
Lt.	01.09.1924
Capt.	01.09.1933 (retd 19.03.1948; granted War Service Rank of Maj.)
A/Maj.	12.07.1941-19.03.1948

Education: Haileybury (1917.3-1921.2; VIII 1921).

01.09.1921			commissioned, Royal Marine Artillery
?			transferred, Royal Marines
(08.1923)			no appointment listed
15.12.1924	-	(05.1926)	HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Mediterranean)
?	-	(02.)1927	Chatham Division RM
05.02.1927	-	05.03.1929	HMS Ceres (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
06.03.1929	-	(08.1929)	HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean)
(04.1930)	-	(08.)1930	Chatham Division RM
08.09.1930	-	(01.)1932	HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
(09.)1932	-	(01.)1933	Chatham Division RM
10.04.1933	-	(03.)1934	HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet)
(07.)1934	-	(02.)1936	Plymouth Division RM
18.04.1936	-	(02.)1937	HMS Neptune (cruiser) (Home Fleet)
1937	-	(07.)1937	Plymouth Division RM
19.07.1937	-	17.07.1939	HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet)
18.07.1939	-	09.12.1939	HMS Royal Sovereign (Royal Sovereign class battleship)
10.12.1939	-	24.04.1940	Plymouth Division RM
25.04.1940	-	12.12.1941	Officer Commanding RM Detachment, HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (and as Instructor of Small Arms, Hong Kong) (captured at the fall of Hong Kong)
12.12.1941	-	09.1945	POW in Japanese captivity
31.01.1946	-	22.04.1946	Depot RM, Deal
23.04.1946	-	14.01.1948	Plymouth Division RM
15.01.1948	-	19.03.1948	RM Barracks Chatham

Farrow,
Edwyn
E. Farrow

(06?).1903
Sale, Bucklow district, Cheshire
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16.07.1964
Bucklow district, Cheshire

T/2nd Lt.	15.05.1942
T/Lt.	15.11.1942
A/T/Capt.	13.03.1944

25.05.1942	-	27.06.1942	Platoon Weapons Course, RM Division
1942	-	(08.)1942	10th Battalion, 102nd RM Brigade
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?	-	(07.1945)	30th RM Battalion

Farthing,
Benjamin Clifford

see:

RINVR section

Fleet,
Arthur Laurence
A.L. Fleet

Son of Charles Arthur Fleet (1886-1919), and Dora Carter (1881-1972).
Married ((09?).1940, Bromley district, Kent) Norah Mary Thorpe (04.02.1911 - 23.12.1988).

21.04.1916
Hendon district, London
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18.03.1989
Oxford, Oxfordshire

T/2nd Lt.	01.12.1939
T/Lt.	01.06.1940
A/T/Capt.	30.12.1940 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)

Ecucation: Abingdon School; Pembroke College, Oxford University (10.1934-1939; took Classical Honour Moderations in Hilary Term 1936 (BA); obtained 2nd class Honours in Philosophy, Politics & Economics in Trinity Term 1938 (MA); Diploma in Public and Social Administration in Trinity Term 1939; Captain of Boats 1936-1937).

01.12.1939	-	(04.)1940	Portsmouth Division RM
(05.1940)	-	(10.)1940	Coast Artillery Brigade, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO)
(12.)1940	-	29.12.1940	"X" Battery, Coast Artillery Brigade, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO)
30.12.1940	-	(06.)1941	Battery Commander, "X" Battery, Coast Artillery Brigade, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (1) [captured at the evacuation of Crete]
1941	-	1945	POW (No. 3350) in German captivity (Oflag VII-B, Eichstätt, Bayern)
1945	-	(10.1945)	Plymouth Division RM

Held appointments in the Ministry of Education & Bristol University Registry before moving to London as Deputy Secretary to the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals. Returned to Oxford in Jan. 1963 as Deputy Registrar until retirement in 1982. Supernumerary fellow of Pembroke College.

Fletcher,
Sir Edward Lionel;
cr. 1915
E.L. Fletcher

Eldest surviving son of Alfred Fletcher, DL of Allerton, and Edith Littledale
Married 1st (1903) Mary Bates (died 1935), only child of Gilbert Thompson Bates; two daughters.
Married 2nd (1936) Lubov Schaposchnikoff, only child of Basil Schaposchnikoff, of Moscow, and widow of Capt. William Hicks, MC, The King's Regiment (Liverpool).

24.05.1876
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20.06.1968

T/Lt.Col.

02.01.1942 (reld 25.08.1945)

	Kt	1915	?
	CBE	1921	?

Education: Cheam; Eton.

02.01.1942	-	(12.1943)	"G" Branch, Headquarters Staff RM (RM Office) (for special duty)
(02.1944)	-	(04.1944)	Special Service Group *
(06.)1944	-	(04.)1945	RM Training Group Wales (waiting disposal)
1945	-	(07.1945)	Portsmouth Division RM

Cdr. RNR (Hon.); Captain (retd.) 6th (Rifle) Battalion The King's Regiment (Liverpool); Major Home Guard, 1941.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Forster,
Alfred Leonard
A.L. Forster

27.04.1886
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05.07.1963

2nd Lt. RMA	01.09.1903
...	...
Col. Comdt. (T/Brig.)	01.04.1937
Maj.Gen.	01.12.1939 (retd 12.02.1941; own request)

	CB	11.07.1940	HM's birthday 1940 [investiture 01.04.1941]
	DSO	1915	?

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01.04.1937	-	17.12.1939	Colonel Commandant, Chatham Division RM
03.04.1939	-	01.12.1939	also: Marine ADC to the King
18.12.1939	-	31.12.1939	HMS President (for duty outside Admiralty)
01.01.1940	-	04.02.1940	HMS President (for duty inside Admiralty as Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence)
05.02.1940	-	20.05.1940	Chatham Division RM (additional; for full pay service leave)
21.05.1940			half-pay list

Foster,
Leslie La Trobe

16.01.1892
Eccles, Barton district, Lancashire
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09.09.1952
Folkestone district, Kent

T/2nd Lt.	?
T/Maj.	01.04.1943
A/T/Lt.Col.	01.01.1943

Education: King's School, Canterbury; Trinity College, Oxford (BA).

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(12.1943)	-	(09.1944)	Commanding Officer, RM Siege Regiment

Foulkes,
William Henry
W.H. Foulkes

?
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?

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T/Maj.	12.07.1943

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Fowler,
Frederick Charles
F.C. Fowler (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton)

07.05.1893
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QM Sgt. Instr.	?
T/Lt.	07.03.1941
T/A/Capt.	13.12.1944

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?	-	(07.1945)	Quarter-Master, HQ RM Engineers
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Fuller,
John Massey
"Crash"
J.M. Fuller

Son of William James Fuller, and Valerie Thompson.

22.01.1900
Christchurch, Hampshire
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24.08.1966

2nd Lt.	01.09.1917
Lt.	20.12.1918
Capt.	01.09.1928
Maj.	01.04.1937
Bt. Lt.Col.	30.06.1940
A/Lt.Col.	01.01.1942-03.04.1942, 26.07.1944-30.04.1945
Lt.Col.	04.01.1946 (retd 11.05.1948; medically unfit)
A/Col.	04.04.1942-14.05.1942, 15.05.1942-09.09.1943, 10.09.1943-25.07.1944, 01.05.1945-09.06.1947
RAF:
(T) F/O	16.06.1924-12.10.1929

1914/18 and 1939/45 General Service War medals

10.10.1922	-	01.10.1923	Shipping Officer (Class FF) (temporary) [lent to the Army]
16.06.1924	-	11.10.1929	employed under the Air Ministry (awarded his wings 07.1925)
16.06.1924	-	08.01.1925	No. 1 Flying Training School, RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire
09.01.1925	-	?	Flying Training School, RAF Leuchars
23.09.1925	-	24.10.1925	pilot, FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) *
25.10.1925	-	(05.)1926	pilot, FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) *
23.09.1926	-	12.12.1926	HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
13.12.1926	-	(07.1927)	pilot, HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Fleet Air Arm) (miscellaneous Flights, lent RAF)
21.02.1928	-	(06.1928)	pilot, 464 Flight FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean)
(08.1929)			no appointment listed
(04.1930)	-	(10.)1930	Plymouth division RM
1930	-	(07.)1934	Portsmouth Division RM (Adjutant 1930-1933)
?	-	(02.)1935	Plymouth Division RM
1935			Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG), RM
19.06.1935	-	22.05.1939	Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
23.05.1939	-	14.05.1942	Local Defence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
15.05.1942	-	23.06.1942	Plymouth Division RM
24.06.1942	-	24.08.1942	104th Training Brigade RM
25.08.1942	-	22.07.1943	Commanding Officer, RM Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RM Divisional Artillery
23.07.1943	-	09.09.1943	Officer Commanding RM Unit, Combined Operations [HMS Victory II]
10.09.1943	-	25.07.1944	Senior Officer, Mobile Naval Airfield Organization (SOMNAO) [HMS President (Admiralty) (for duty with Director of Airfield and Carrier Requirements)]
26.07.1944	-	13.09.1944	Plymouth Division RM
14.09.1944	-	07.01.1945	Commanding Officer, 28th RM Battalion (RM Training Group Devon)
08.01.1945	-	10.01.1945	28th RM Battalion (additional)
11.01.1945	-	28.01.1945	Plymouth Division RM
29.01.1945	-	30.04.1945	on staff of Commandant General RM (London)
01.05.1945	-	10.11.1946	Assistant Adjutant-General on staff of Commandant General RM (London)
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* Possibly 421 Flight FAA; changed Flights while at HMS Furious
** Indexed, but not listed as such

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