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Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) Officers
1939-1945

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Aall, H.C.
to
Ayre, A.

H.C. Aall to A. Ayre

Aall,
Hans Cato

Son of Ludvig Christian Laritz Aall
and of Hilda Annette Aall (née
Linthoe), of Oslo, Norway.
Husband of Gudrun Hilditch Aall (née
Rygh), of Oslo. 02.06.1906
Norway
-
31.12.1942
[age 36]
[Plymouth Naval
Memorial, panel 75,
column 1]

T/Lt.
24.04.1941

DSC
01.01.1943
New Year 43

17.07.1941
-
(08.)1942
Navigating Officer, HMS Leda (minesweeper)

1942
-
31.12.1942
HMS Bramble (minesweeper)

Abbey,
Harold James
H.J. Abbey (03?).1883
Ware, Hertfordshire
-

T/Hon.Lt.
06.09.1939

06.09.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore)

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

Abbey,
Kenneth
K. Abbey
Son of Lionel Abbey, and Jessie Lavinia Bunn.
16.07.1918
Cleethorpes, Grimsby district, Lincolnshire
-

T/S.Lt. (E)
18.12.1944

Served Merchant Navy (R192484).

officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements

23.01.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Athene (aircraft transport)

Abbot,
Reginald George
R.G. Abbot (09?).1906
South Shields district, Durham / Tyne and Wear
-

T/Lt.
31.07.1940

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
< 07.1945

01.03.1941
-
(06.1943)
HMS St Andrew (RN base, Oban)

01.07.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Caledonia (RN base, Oban)

Abbott,
Arthur Cyril
A.C. Abbott ?
-

T/Lt.
22.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946)

03.01.1944
-
(06.1944)
HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)

(07.1945)

HMS Euphrates (depot ship, Basra, Iraq) *

27.11.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Abbott,
Charles Delphin
C.D. Abbott ?
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973 ?

Prob. A/Lt.
25.10.1938

A/Lt.
?, seniority 25.10.1938

Lt.
10.1940, seniority 11.06.1940

A/Lt.Cdr.
> 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

Lt.Cdr.
11.06.1948 (retd 24.05.1956)

DSC
14.09.1943
minesweeping Dover Straits 43 [decoration posted]

MID
06.01.1942
intercepting SS Nordney

RD
24.09.1947
-

11.06.1939
-
1939
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)

31.07.1939
-
(12.1941)
HMS Despatch (light cruiser)

(08.1942)
-
(06.1943)
HMS Adam (mineweeping trawler) *

07.1943
-
(06.)1944
HMS Canada (RN base, Halifax, NS, Canada) (for miscellaneous services)

(10.1944)

no appointment listed

19.10.1944
-
25.02.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Coquette (minesweeper)

03.1945
-
(10.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Circe (minesweeper)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Abbott,
Harold Amos
H.A. Abbott
Son of Amos Samuel Abbott, and Winifred Beatrice Blay.
13.08.1912
Mitcham, Croydon district, Surrey
-

T/S.Lt. (S)
31.08.1942

Served Merchant Navy (R199096).

officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements

03.12.1942
-
(07.1945)
HMS Pursuer (escort carrier)

Abbott,
John Alfred
J.A. Abbott ?
-

Paym.Lt.Cdr. = Lt.Cdr. (S)
23.08.1937

A/Cdr. (S)
< 07.1945

RD
?
?

25.08.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Lynx

?
-
(07.1945)
HMS Attack

Abel,
James Tough
J.T. Abel 1885 ?
-

Paym.Cdr. (Registrar Class)
31.12.1938

RD
?
?

(04.1940)

RNR Registrar, South Shields

Abernethy,
George Youngs
G.Y. Abernethy ?
-

Ch.Skpr.
03.08.1936 [W.S. 2457]

27.10.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Concertator

Ablett,
Arthur Glyn
A.G. Ablett
Son of George Frederick W. Ablett, and Charlotte Gertrude Parry. 06.11.1913
Birkenhead, Birkenhead district, Cheshire
-
08.1991
Truro, Cornwall

T/Lt. (S) 29.08.1943

Served Merchant Navy (R199366).

officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements

29.02.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Reaper (escort carrier)

Abraham,
Allan Hubert
A.H. Abraham 21.05.1909
Epping, Essex
-
10.1999
Worksop, Derbyshire

T/Lt. (E)
05.04.1943

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

Abram,
George
G. Abram ?
-

Prob. T/Skpr.
22.09.1939 [W.S. 2039]

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

Ackerley,
George Roger
G.R. Ackerley ?
-

Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S)
28.07.1938

A/Lt.Cdr. (S)
< 07.1945

25.08.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Prosperine

?
-
(07.1945)
HMS Sirius

Acon,
Neville
N. Acon 16.08.1913
-
10.1996
Sefton North, Merseyside

Prob. S.Lt.
26.08.1938

S.Lt.
30.03.1939, seniority 26.08.1938

Lt.
15.07.1940

Lt.Cdr.
15.07.1948 (retd 28.06.1953)

RD
24.01.1947
?

14.12.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Northern Isles (auxiliary anti-submarine whaler)

10.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Pyramus (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Orkney)

(08.1942)

no appointment listed

(02.1943)
-
(04.1944)

HMS St Adrian (armed yacht) *

18.05.1944
-
(06.1944)
HMS Prins Albert (landing ship infantry)

02.10.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Minos (RN base, Lowestoft)

(04.1946)

no appointment listed

(05.1950)

no appointment listed

(05.1953)

no appointment listed

* indexed, but not listed as such

Acum,
Harold
H. Acum (Photo courtesy of Mr Keith Acum)
Son (with four brothers) of Alfred Cheetham Blythe Acum (1875-1949), and Ada Carrick (1879-1952).
Brother of Skpr. Herbert Acum, RNR.
Married (02.04.1929, Sculcoates, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire) Cora Lilley Nightingale (12.11.1905-09.1988); two sons. 30.06.1904
Sculcoates, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
-
01.02.1978
Beverley district, East Riding of Yorkshire

Prob. T/Skpr. 26.01.1940 [WS 3269, TS 386]

T/Skpr. ?, seniority 26.01.1940 (reld < 04.1946)

DSC 01.01.1944 New Year 44 [investiture 09.05.44]

25.02.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Strath Derry (trawler) (based at Aberdeen; Norwegian campaign)

(10.1940) - (02.1941) HMS Strath Derry (trawler) *

(12.1941) no appointment listed

(08.1942) - (02.1943) HMS T.R. Ferrens (minesweeping trawler) *

(06.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed

01.11.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Wyoming

31.01.1944 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Firefly (auxiliary minesweeping trawler)

01.07.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Edward Walmsley (minesweeping trawler)

(01.1945) no appointment listed

15.04.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Red Sky (minesweeping drifter) (based at Grimsby; examination boat, Humber mouth)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Acum,
Herbert
H. Acum (Photo courtesy of Mr Keith Acum)
Son (with four brothers) of Alfred Cheetham Blythe Acum (1875-1949), and Ada Carrick (1879-1952).
Brother of Skpr. Harold Acum, DSC, RNR.
Married ((09?).1932, Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire) Ida Lilian Nightingale (10.12.1912-10.1994); one daughter, two sons. (03?).1908
Sculcoates, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
-
25.04.1964
Kingston upon Hull, Hull district, East Riding of Yorkshire

T/Skpr. 01.06.1941 [TS 1060] (reld < 04.1946)

18.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Kerrera (trawler)

(08.1942) - (06.1944) no appointment listed [may have served with Combined Operations, North Africa ?]

(10.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Sailor King (auxiliary drifter; boom defence vessel) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Adam,
James
J. Adam ?
-

Paym.Lt.Cdr. (Registrar Class)
01.08.1938

(04.1940)

RNR Registrar, Banff (Macduff)

Adam,
James
J. Adam ?
-

T/Skpr.
01.01.1943 [TS 1319]

?
-
(07.1945)
HMS Everton

Adam,
Mohammed bin H
M. bin H. Adam ?
-

T/Skpr.
02.12.1940

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

Adam,
Robert
R. Adam ?
-

T/Lt.
27.11.1939

01.01.1940
-
(04.1940)
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services)

Adams,
Charles Thomas Bruce
C.T.B. Adams ?
-

T/Skpr.
09.06.1943 [TS 1439]

DSM
?
?

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

Adams,
Francis
F. Adams ?
-

T/Boom Skpr.
22.07.1944

?
-
(07.1945)
HMS Barhill

Adams,
George Ernest
G.E. Adams ?
-

T/Skpr.
03.11.1941 [TS 1098]

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

Adams,
John
J. Adams ?
-

T/Skpr.
02.07.1941 [TS 1037]

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

Adams,
[Sir] Jameson Boyd
J.B. Adams
Son of George Norris Adams, MD. Married (1914) Phebe Carnac Thompson (died 1952), daughter of late Rt Rev. George Carnac Fisher, DD, Burgh House, Fleggburgh, Norfolk;
one son, one daughter.
(06?).1880
Rippinggale, Bourne, Lincolnshire
-
30.04.1962
Westminster district
[Golders Green Crematorium, London]

Lt.
01.02.1906

Lt.Cdr.
? (retd)

Cdr. (retd)
11.11.1918

A/Capt.
< 07.1945

KCVO
10.06.1948
HM's birthday 48

CVO
1938
?

CBE
1928
?

DSO
1918
?

RD
?
?

The Royal Scottish Geographical Society Silver Medal (1909)

1893

first went to sea in the merchant service

1895

joined RNR

1907
-
1909
Second-in-Command (from 02.1908 on), Antarctic Expedition (had a glacier named after him)

1909
-
1914
entered Civil Service (Divisional Officer, Labour Exchanges Department)

1914
-
1915?
served European War (despatches, DSO, Croix de Guerre): Flag Lieutenant to R.Adm. Hood (commanding Dover Patrol)

1915?
-
1916?

recalled from the Navy and seconded to Lloyd George’s newly formed Ministry of Munitions

1916?
-
1917
Commanding Officer, of the battery "Carnac" of the Royan Navy Siege Guns at Nieuport (Belgium)

1917
-
03.1918
Royan Navy Siege Guns (Belgium)

1939

reemployed

01.12.1939
-
(02.1941)
HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) *

05.1942
-
(12.1943)
HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional for various services) **

(06.1944)
-
(04.1946)
no appointment listed

* 04.1940 listed under HMS Gloucester II (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon), 02.1941 under Sheba, both with same starting date; can probably be explained by the fact that Sheba was the former Gloucester III, and that Adams was incorrectly listed under Gloucester II
** (04.1944) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Secretary of King George's Jubilee Trust, 1935-1948.

Adams,
John William Raymond
J.W.R. Adams ?
-

Midsh.
14.07.1938

21.11.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Forfar

Adams,
Percy Alec
P.A. Adams ?
-

T/Lt.
08.11.1939

(04.1940)

HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Adams,
Percy Walter
P.W. Adams ?
-

Paym.Lt.Cdr.
30.01.1933

RD
?
?

07.02.1940
-
(04.1940)
HMS Colombo

Adams,
Richard Willoughby
R.W. Adams ?
-

Prob. Midsh.
01.01.1939

29.11.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Laconia

Adams,
William John Henry
W.J.H. Adams ?
-

T/Lt.
26.09.1939

(04.1940)

HMS Forte *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Adamson,
Alexander
A. Adamson ?
-

Skpr.
16.10.1934 [W.S. 2652]

23.08.1939
-
(04.1940)
Boom Defence Depot Malaya [HMS Sultan]

Adamson,
Samuel
S. Adamson 24.12.1907
Kincardine
-

T/Lt. (E)
12.09.1939

Served Merchant Navy (R34970).

officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

Affleck,
Alexander
A. Affleck ?
-

Prob. T/Skpr.
01.02.1940 [W.S. 3280]

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

Affleck,
Hugh
H. Affleck (Photo courtesy of Mr Colin Affleck)
Married (12.1944, Chester, West Cheshire) Beryl Mildred Dodd (16.08.1923 - 21.04.2007), daughter of Thomas Dodd, and Ada Minshull; two daughters, five sons. 1923
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
-
1998
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Prob. T/Midsh. 01.09.1943

T/S.Lt. 01.06.1944

T/Lt. 1946? (reld 01.07.1946)

Education: HMS Conway (09.1939-09.1941).
Served Merchant Navy (tankers Daphnela and Cliona), 09.1941-mid 1943.

(10.1943) (12.1943) no appointment listed

18.02.1944 - 21.08.1944 HMS Orchis (corvette) (ship irreparably damaged by mine or torpedo off Normandy; beached as total loss)

(10.1944) no appointment listed

14.10.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Loch More (frigate)

(1945) HMS Philante (armed yacht)

Aikman,
Edmund Fleetwood
E.F. Aikman
Married ((03?).1939, Knaresborough district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Marcia S. Harvey.
(06?).1908
West Derby, Lancashire
-
1988
Cupar district, Fife, Scotland

A/S.Lt.
?

S.Lt.
12.01.1933, seniority 06.12.1930

Lt.
12.02.1933

Lt.Cdr.
12.02.1941 (reld < 04.1946) (retd 08.04.1953)

RD
19.02.1945
-

(04.1940)

HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) *

30.04.1940
-
(12.1941)
HMS Argus (aircraft carrier)

(08.1942)
-
(02.1943)
HMS Imperialist (anti-submarine warfare trawler) *

(06.1943)

HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) *

(08.1943)

HMS Violet (corvette) *

16.08.1943
-
(10.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Ballinderry (frigate)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Aisthorpe,
Horace Charles
H.C. Aisthorpe
Son of Horace Aisthorpe (1887-1949), and Ada Board (1889/80?-1967).
Married (31.08.1931, Grimsby district, Humberside / Lincolnshire) Iris Maisie Halman (29.04.1909 - 30.06.2005), daughter of William and Edith Halman; one daughter, two sons. 05.10.1909
Grimsby, Humberside
-
28.10.1971
St John's Anglican Church Cemetery, Halifax, NS, Canada

Skpr. 24.09.1938 [WS 2787]

A/Skpr.Lt. [acting rank] 01.07.1941?

A/Skpr.Lt. [appointed rank] 03.04.1944 (reld < 04.1946) (retd 01.07.1950)

DSC 27.04.1943 convoy JW51B 12.42 [investiture 19.10.43]

(04.1940) HMS Northern Pride (anti-submarine warfare trawler) *

29.04.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Pentland Firth (anti-submarine warfare trawler)

01.07.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Antrim (trawler base, Belfast)

12.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Northern Gem (anti-submarine warfare trawler)

(06.1943) no appointment listed

07.07.1943 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Leeds United (anti-submarine warfare trawler)

(10.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Leeds United (anti-submarine warfare trawler) *

19.12.1943 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Lady Beryl (anti-submarine warfare trawler)

(07.1945) no appointment listed

* indexed, but not listed as such

Aitchison,
Thomas Edmonston
T.E. Aitchison 09.06.1914
Clydebank
-

T/S.Lt. (E)
13.09.1939

Served Merchant Navy (R146791).

officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

Aitken,
Alexander
A. Aitken 15.02.1888
Leith
-

T/Lt. (E)
08.12.1939

Served Merchant Navy (522136).

officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements

08.12.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Sagitta

Aitken,
Clifford Robert
C.R. Aitken 17.05.1905
Cardiff district, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire
-

T/Lt.
01.10.1939

officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

Aitken,
D
D. Aitken ?
-

T/Lt.
18.09.1939

15.01.1940
-
(04.1940)
Minesweeping Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth)

Aitken,
James Hutt
J.H. Aitken (Photo courtesy of Mrs Isobel Allan (née Aitken))
Married Isabella Wood; three sons, two daughters (one of which died in infancy)). 1897
Abercrombie district, Fifeshire, Scotland
-
16.02.1945
(died of illness) [age 47]
[St Monans Cemetery, Fifeshire, sec. M, grave 36]

Skpr. 10.05.1937 [W.S. 2703]

23.08.1939 - (12.1941) Boom Defence Depot Malaya [HMS Sultan]

20.06.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Bishopsgate (barrage/gate vessel)

18.05.1943 - 16.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Sea Monarch (boom defence vessel)

Aitken,
John Gordon
J.G. Aitken
Son of Alexander and Edith Aitken.
1904 ?
-
21.09.1943
(MPK) [age 39]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 79, column 3]

Prob. T/Lt.
06.04.1940

T/Lt.
1941?, seniority 06.04.1940

MID
30.07.1942
firefighting after air attack Tobruk SS Zealand

05.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Rosaura (armed yacht)

07.10.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services)

(08.1942)

no appointment listed

08.01.1943
-
21.09.1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Polyanthus (corvette) [torpedoed by U-952 south of Iceland]

Akister,
John
J. Akister ?
-

Paym.Lt. (Registrar Class)
13.03.1935 (retd 29.12.1939)

(08.1939)

RNR Registrar, Aberystwyth

Albany,
D K
D.K. Albany ?
-

Paym.Lt.
19.07.1937

18.10.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Comorin

Aldan,
George William
G.W. Aldan ?
-

T/Skpr.
06.09.1939 [W.S. 3014]

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

Alder,
Ralph Herbert Laurence
R.H.L. Alder (03?).1883
Basingstoke, Berkshire
-

S.Lt. (retd)
23.09.1913

RD
?
-

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

Alderman,
Thomas Franklyn
T.F. Alderman ?
-

Prob. Midsh.
19.10.1931

A/S.Lt.
16.04.1934

S.Lt.
28.01.1938, seniority 15.11.1935

Lt.
11.10.1939

A/Lt.Cdr.
08.1945

Lt.Cdr.
11.10.1947 (retd 07.02.1958)

RD
< 10.1947
-

16.09.1933
-
1933
training, HMS Nelson (battleship)

19.03.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Ceres (cruiser)

(12.1941)

no appointment listed

24.07.1942
-
01.10.1943
HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for Tactical Table Unit)

02.10.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for duty with Sea Transport Officers)

10.01.1944
-
(04.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Campion (corvette)

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

08.1945
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HM LST 3022 (landing ship, tank)

Aldis,
Alfred Edward
A.E. Aldis ?
-

Prob. T/Lt.
29.01.1940

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

Aldis,
Thomas Jeffrey
T.J. Aldis ?
-

T/Lt.
01.01.1940

officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

Aldiss,
Harry John
H.J. Aldiss ?
-

Lt.
05.10.1935

07.09.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Queen of Bermuda

Aldred,
Samuel Melhuish
S.M. Aldred

Husband of Gladys E. Aldred, of Scarthoe, Grimsby.
25.06.1897
Grimsby
-
23.02.1940
(KIA) [age 42]
[Cleethorpes Cemetery, section E, grave C.20]

Skpr.
24.03.1926 [WS 2406]

Ch.Skpr.
24.03.1936

(1919)

HMS Tusarion (minesweeping trawler)

1939?
-
23.02.1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Benvolio (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) [ship mined off the Humber]

Aldridge,
Henry Cecil
H.C. Aldridge ?
-

T/Lt.
01.01.1940

01.01.1940
-
(04.1940)
HMS President (for sea transport duties)

Alexander,
James
J. Alexander ?
-

T/Lt.Cdr.
31.10.1939

31.10.1939
-
(04.1940)
Actaeon Net Defence Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth)

Alexander,
Richard Henry
R.H. Alexander ?
-

T/Skpr.
03.01.1940 [W.S. 3190]

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

Alexander,
William Robert Mansfield
W.R.M. Alexander ?
-

T/Lt.
16.11.1939

19.03.1940
-
(04.1940)
HMS Rochester (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer)

Alford,
Gerald Maurice
G.M. Alford ?
-

T/Lt.
31.01.1940

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

Alger,
Kenneth Ray
K.R. Alger ?
-

Lt.
01.12.1939

10.01.1940
-
(04.1940)
HMS Vandyck

Allan,
George
G. Allan ?
-

Lt.
13.12.1937

21.02.1940
-
(04.1940)
HMS Tigris

Allan,
Henry Samuel
H.S. Allan ?
-
[1959 still alive]

Lt.
31.12.1924

Lt.Cdr.
31.12.1932

Cdr.
31.12.1936

Capt.
30.06.1942

A/Cdre. 2nd cl.
21.07.1942 (reld 1940/50s)

MID
14.11.1944
Operation Neptune

RD
?
?

(04.1940)

HMS St George (training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man) *

21.07.1942
-
(08.1943)
Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]

25.09.1943
-
(06.1944)
Commanding Officer, French Ship "Largs"

(07.1945)
no appointment listed

08.1945
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Artifex (heavy repair ship)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Allan,
John
J. Allan ?
-

T/Lt.Cdr.
01.09.1939

01.09.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (for various services)

Allan,
James Campbell
J.C. Allan ?
-

T/S.Lt.
27.05.1940

T/Lt.
27.08.1940

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
< 12.1943

T/A/Cdr.
05.1945? (reld > 04.1946)

(10.1940)

HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) *

11.12.1940
-
(12.1941)
HMS Queen Emma (troopship)

(08.1942)

Miner I *

07.09.1942
-
(02.)1943
HMS Saker (RN base, USA) (for Landing Craft Infantry (Large))

10.06.1943
-
(08.)1943
HMS Ameer (escort carrier)

09.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for miscellaneous duties)

22.02.1944
-
05.1945
HMS Thane (escort carrier) [possibly Executive Officer, and lastly Commanding Officer, from 22.02.1945 when the ship was paid off to reserve]

05.1945
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Dungeness (landing craft repair ship)

(04.1946)

HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Allan,
Peter
P. Allan ?
-

T/Lt.
?

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
17.02.1940

01.1940
-
22.01.1941
Commanding Officer, HMS St Cyrus (tug) (mined off the Humber)

Allan,
W
W. Allan ?
-

T/Lt. (E)
04.12.1939

temporary commission under T.124 agreements

(04.1940)

HMS Tigris *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Alldridge,
Cecil John
W. Allan 03.01.1912
-
07.1998
St Germans district, Cornwall

T/S.Lt.
24.04.1940

T/Lt.
08.1941, seniority 24.04.1941

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
> 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

Lt. RN
22.01.1947, seniority 24.04.1941

Lt.Cdr. RN
24.04.1949 (emgcy 18.09.1952)

(10.1940)

HMS Greenfly (anti-submarine warfare trawler) *

10.12.1940
-
14.01.1941
HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen)

15.01.1941
-
(08.1942)
HMS Dahlia (corvette)

(02.1943)
-
(08.1943)
HMS Wear (frigate) *

(10.1943)
-
(12.1943)
HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) *

31.03.1944
-
(01.)1945
HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for miscellaneous duties)

27.06.1945
-
28.09.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Achray (frigate)

22.01.1947

transferred RN

* indexed, but not listed as such

Allen,
Frank Brown
F.B. Allen (03?).1905
Prestwich district, Lancashire
-

T/Lt.
06.11.1940

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
> 02.1943, < 06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

06.01.1941
-
(12.1941)
French Ship Quentin Roosevelt

(08.1942)
-
(02.1943)
HMS Turcoman (anti-submarine trawler) *

(06.1943)

no appointment listed

10.07.1943
-
(08.)1943
HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for duty with Sea Transport Officers)

10.09.1943
-
(10.)1943
HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, NJ, USA) (for miscellaneous services)

09.10.1943
-
05.1944
Commanding Officer, HMS Goodson (frigate)

(06.1944)

no appointment listed

(10.1944)

no appointment listed

(01.1945)

no appointment listed

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

Allen,
H C [see RN] ?
-

Capt.
05.09.1939

(04.1940)

HMS Eaglet II

Allen,
John Graham
J.G. Allen ?
-

Lt.
31.03.1933

(04.1940)

HMS Kylemore

Allen,
Robert Charles
R.C. Allen
Married ((09?).1945, Wirral district, Cheshire) Mona Mellor; one daughter, one son. 02.06.1908
Smallburgh district, Norfolk
-
11.1966
Albany, Western Australia

T/Skpr. 18.12.1939 [W.S. 3163 & T.S. 280]

T/A/Ch.Skpr. 08.02.1944

T/A/Skpr.Lt. > 07.1945, < 04.1946

DSC 03.09.1940 minesweeping Dutch, Belgian & French coasts [investiture 08.04.41]

(02.1940) - (03.1940) no appointment listed

30.03.1940 - (07.)1940 HMS Asama (minesweeping trawler)

(10.1940) - (04.1941) HMS Asama (minesweeping trawler) *

(06.1941) - (12.1941) HMS Kastoria (minesweeping trawler) *

(02.1942) no appointment listed

02.1942 - (06.)1942 HMS St Minver (minesweeping trawler)

(08.1942) HMS Eland (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) *

06.10.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Taurus (auxiliary minesweeper)

02.02.1943 - (02.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS General Birdwood (minesweeping trawler)

(04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed

06.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Soika (minesweeping whaler)

(01.1945) no appointment listed

(04.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MFV 1122 (motor fishing vessel)

(07.1945) no appointment listed

11.02.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 289 (motor minesweeper)

* indexed, but not lsited as such

Allingham,
Henry Peter
H.P. Allingham 11.11.1915
-
03.1994
Winchester, Hampshire

Prob. Midsh.
01.09.1933

Midsh.
?, seniority 01.09.1933

A/S.Lt.
05.07.1937

S.Lt.
21.05.1939

Lt.
26.05.1940

A/Lt.Cdr.
06.1943

A/Lt.Cdr. RN
01.11.1945

Lt.Cdr. RN
26.05.1947 (retd 01.03.1958)

MID
11.06.1946
wind up Far East

(04.1940)

HMS Lormont *

(02.1941)

HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) *

08.1941
-
(08.1942)
Pilot, 806 Squadron FAA, Trincomalee Pool [HMS Lanka]

15.09.1942
-
(02.1943)
HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton) (and for instructional duties)

06.1943
-
12.1943
Commanding Officer, 1831 Squadron FAA

17.01.1944
-
(06.1944)
HMS Speaker (escort carrier) (and as Lieutenant-Commander (Flying))

13.06.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Hunter (escort carrier) (and as Lieutenant-Commander (Flying))

05.12.1945
-
(04.1946)
Office of Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord (Air Section) [HMS President]

(05.1950)

RAN Navy Office, Melbourne *

08.12.1952
-
(05.1953)
HMS President (for miscellaneous services)

31.01.1955
-
(01.1956)
HMS President (for miscellaneous services)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Allon,
James Joseph
"Jim"
J.J. Allon (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Allon)
Son of J.J. and Clara Clark Allon, of South Shields, Co. Durham.
His brother William Arthur Allon was lost in the sinking of the British steam merchant Lackenby in January 1943.
Married ...; ... children (one son?).

01.05.1910
South Shields district, Durham / Tyne and Wear
-
04.2004
South Tyneside district, Tyne and Wear

Prob. S.Lt. 19.12.1940

T/Lt. 19.03.1941

T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld 01.04.1946)

(02.1941) HMS Nimrod (training establishment, Campbeltown) *

25.08.1941 - 05.07.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Sword Dance (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (ship sunk in a collision)

(08.1942) no appointment listed

15.08.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Dunluce Castle (depot ship)

(08.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed

11.10.1943 - 20.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Kenilworth Castle (corvette)

(07.1945) HM LST 3029 (landing ship, tank) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Allum,
Charles
C. Allum (Photo courtesy of Mr Robb Robinson)
From Hull.
?
-

Ch.Skpr.
? [260 WSA]

T/Skpr.
17.01.1940 [WS 3281] (reld < 12.1941)

MID
20.09.1918
for services in the Auxilary Patrol, minesweeping and Coastal Motor Boats 01-06.18

World War I

Commanding Officer, HMS Viola (armed trawler)

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

26.04.1940
-
(02.1941)
Commanding Officer, HMS Fintray (minesweeping trawler) (Port Edgar)

Amer,
Donald Wolfenden
"Don"
D.W. Amer (09?).1910
Woodbridge, Suffolk
-

Prob. T/S.Lt.
20.02.1940

T/Lt.
02.08.1940

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
early 1945 (reld < 04.1946)

DSC
07.12.1943
pilotage parties special reconnaissance Sicily [investiture 23.05.44]

MID
16.03.1943
Party Inhuman: Operation Torch (Northa Africa 42)

MID
14.11.1944
Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)

Merchant Navy officer.

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

(02.1941)
-
(12.1941)
HMS Aberdeen (sloop) *

(08.1942)

no appointment listed

06.01.1943
-
(10.1944)
HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inveraray), from late 1943 HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office)

(07.1943)
-
(06.1944)
Officer Commanding, Combined Operations Pilotage Party (COPP) 6 (Sicily, Normandy [LCN(A) 189])

(07.1945)

HMS Minna (target & mother ship for motor submersible canoes) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Anchor,
Herbert John
H.J. Anchor (06?).1895
Plymouth, Devon
-
25.10.1958

Cdr.
31.12.1934

Capt.
31.12.1941

A/Cdre. 2nd cl.
20.03.1942 (reld 1940/50s)

OBE
01.01.1942
New Year 42

MID
05.06.1945
3 years service 42-45

RD
?
?

(1941)

HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham)

20.03.1942
-
1945
Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]

17.07.1945
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Alaunia (heavy repair ship)

Andersen,
Erik
E. Andersen 04.08.1914
Norway
-
?

T/S.Lt.
29.07.1940

T/Lt.
29.07.1941 (reld 01.07.1945)

29.07.1940

joined RNR

?
-
(02.1941)
HMS Lorna Doone (auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel (coastal)) *

17.01.1942
-
(02.1943)
HMS Fairfax (auxiliary mine destructor)

20.02.1943
-
(10.1943)
HMS Asbury (RN accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey) (for BYMSs)

11.1943
-
(12.1943)
Commanding Officer, HM BYMS 55 (British yard minesweeper)

09.12.1943
-
(06.1944)
Commanding Officer, HM MMS 297 (motor minesweeper)

?
-
(07.1945)
HMS Yezo (minesweeping trawler) *

Served in the Royal Norwegian Navy as a U/Lt., 01.07.1945-01.02.1946.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Anderson,
Alan Hamilton Barnett
A.H.B. Anderson
?
-

Prob. A/S.Lt.
12.07.1938

S.Lt.
11.01.1940

Lt.
12.01.1941 (reld 29.04.1946)

Lt.Cdr.
12.01.1949

Cdr.
31.12.1955

Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
02.12.1966, seniority 312.12.1955 (retd 01.07.1973)

DSC
07.10.1941
submarine minelaying & sinking Italian submarine [investiture 10.02.42]

RD
19.04.1948
-

RD
01.06.1965
1st clasp

Education: HMS Conway (1933-34).

?
-
11.1939
HMS Rawalpindi (armed merchant cruiser) [survived sinking]

04.03.1940
-
(04.)1940
submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]

09.1940
-
(08.)1942
HMS Rorqual (submarine)

22.12.1942
-
(06.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS L 23 (submarine)

17.07.1943
-
(10.)1943
HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (for submarines)

13.11.1943
-
(04.)1944
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines)

01.05.1944
-
(06.)1944
HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee) (for submarines)

15.08.1944
-
(10.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Scotsman (submarine)

Anderson,
Arthur James
A.J. Anderson (Photo courtesy of Mr Stewart Anderson)
23.02.1891
Albany, Western Australia
-
08.08.1979
Aberdeen, Scotland

T/Lt.Cdr.
06.11.1939 (reld < 04.1946)

OBE
11.12.1945
wind up Europe 45

06.11.1939
-
(02.)1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Beauly (special service vessel)

15.04.1941
-
(08.)1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Jeanie Deans (auxiliary anti-aircraft ship)

14.10.1942
-
(10.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Queen Eagle (auxiliary anti-aircraft ship)

10.11.1943
-
(10.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Northway (landing ship dock)

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

Anderson,
William St George
"Singey"
W.St.G. Anderson
Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Col. William Anderson, CB, DSO, MC, TC, ADC (1886-1944), and Elizabeth Gladys "Betty Ridley" Robb (1888-1950).
Married 1st (21.02.1942, Westminster district, Middlesex; divorced 1951) Anne Hazel Margaret Patten-Thomas (03.04.1923 - 09.1975), daughter of William Frederic Patten-Thomas MC and Margaret Sybil McLeod; three sons.
Married 2nd (1956, New Zealand) Katherine Macfarlane; one son [mother & son were lost at sea near Solomon Islands 1957/58].
Married 3rd (1959, UK; divorced) Sarah Anne "Sally" Richards; one son.
Married 4th ((09?).1973, Harpenden, St Albans district, Hertfordshire; divorced) Doreen I. Cousins
Married 5th Lettie Pattison (died 2006).
Lived in in Oakwood House, Newcastle, Tanganyika, Solomons, NZ, UK, Mediterranean, Seychelles, RSA, Tenerife, UK.

29.04.1919 *
Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland / Tyne and Wear
-
02.1985
Godalming, Surrey

* death registration gives 30.04.1919

Prob. Midsh.
01.12.1936

A/S.Lt.
11.01.1940

S.Lt.
30.04.1940

Lt.
01.04.1942 (retd 01.07.1950)

A/Lt.Cdr.
> 01.1945, < 07.1945

DSC
30.09.1941
failed rescue of Mr. Ronald Campbell, British ambassador to Yugoslavia, from Kotor * [investiture 17.07.42]

DSC
24.07.1945
7 patrols East Indies & SW Pacific [decoration posted]

RD
24.06.1950
-

* For daring, enterprise and coolness in taking H.M. Submarine Regent into the port of Kotor to try to embark His Britannic Majesty's Envoy-Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary accredited to the Government of Yugoslavia, and in keeping her there for nine hours though surrounded by large forces of the Italian Army. "For his cool-headedness during the attack and the example set to younger members of the crew."

Education: Pangbourne College.
Served Merchant Navy.

06.05.1939
-
30.07.1939
HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (Home Fleet) (for 4 months' training)

31.07.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Eclipse (destroyer)

06.05.1940
-
21.05.1940
training, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)

22.05.1940
-
14.06.1940
HMS H 34 (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin]

15.06.1940
-
31.01.1940
HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (1st Submarine Flotilla, Alexandria, Egypt) (for submarines)

01.11.1940
-
16.04.1941
HMS Olympus (submarine) (Alexandria [tender to HMS Medway], from 12.1940 Gibraltar [tender to "Iskra" (Polish training ship)], from 01.1941 UK for refit)

17.04.1941
-
12.1941
HMS Regent (submarine) (Malta & Alexandria) (DSC)

12.1941
-
27.07.9142
First Lieutenant, HMS H 28 (training submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] (UK)

28.07.1942
-
(02.)1943
HMS P 312 (submarine) [later renamed as HMS Trespasser] (QF Convoy to Russia 11/12.11.1942)

15.03.1943
-
14.06.1943
submarine Commanding Officers' qualifying course [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)]

15.06.1943
-
24.10.1943
HMS P 555 (submarine)

25.10.1943
-
04.02.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Sturdy (submarine) (training at the coast off Norway, from 06.1944 Far East) (Bar to DSC)

05.02.1945
-
03.1945
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)

03.1945
-
06.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Trusty (submarine) (UK)

06.1945
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, U-1171 (surrendered German U-Boat) [HMS Ferret IV (base for surrendered U-Boats, Lishally)] *

(04.1946)

no appointment listed

Joined Colonial Service and served in Tanganyika, where had active part in setting up Serengeti National Park, and Solomon Islands as District Commissioner. Later ran a yacht chartering business.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Andrews,
Eugene Seymour
E.S. Andrews 1922
Girvan district, Ayrshire, Scotland
-
2006
Kilfinichen district, Argyllshire, Scotland

Midsh.
25.08.1939

A/S.Lt.
07.01.1942

S.Lt.
07.01.1943

Lt.
07.07.1944

Lt.Cdr.
07.07.1952 (retd)

22.10.1939
-
(10.)1940
HMS Sheen (torpedo recovery vessel)

04.10.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Woolston (destroyer)

19.11.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Ramillies (battleship)

05.05.1942
-
(10.)1943
HMS Valiant (battleship)

16.11.1943
-
(04.)1944
Deputy Navigator, HMS Lochy (frigate)

14.10.1944
-
(07.1945)
First Lieutenant, HMS Loch More (frigate)

(04.1946)

HMS Tulip (corvette) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Ardern,
Frank
F. Ardern
From Reysham, Lancashire.
?
Ireland ?
-
16.01.1985
Tenerife, Canary Islands

Prob. T/Lt.
31.07.1940

T/Lt.
02.1941, seniority 31.07.1940

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
> 08.1942, < 02.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

DSC
10.10.1944
destruction of U-390 07.44 * [decoration posted]

39|45 St
-
-

Atl St
-
& clasp France & Germany

WM 39|45
-
-

MID
01.01.1943
New Year 43

MID
01.01.1944
New Year 44

* As Commanding Officer H.M.S. Tavy for his prompt action in attacking the diving swirl of the U-boat; for the accurate attack made with hedgehog by his ship at 1457 which at least severely damaged the enemy; and for the subsequent attacks which, together with those of H.M.S. Wanderer encompassed the U-boat's final destruction. This action reflects credit on Lieutenant-Commander Ardern, R.N.R., both for the skill he displayed at the time and for the efficient state of performance of his Anti-Submarine armament.

14.08.1940
-
01.1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Paynter (anti-submarine warfare trawler)

27.01.1941
-
05.05.1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Abelia (corvette) (despatches twice)

01.06.1943
-
29.09.1944
Commanding Officer, HMS Tavy (frigate) (DSC)

(10.1944)

no appointment listed

(01.1945)

HMS Amzari (RN landing craft base, Vizagapatam, India) *

03.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Amzari (RN landing craft base, Vizagapatam, India)

Served for 33 years with London Midland Region of British Railways (Formerly Shipping Traffic Superintendent, North Wall, Dublin) until 1963.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Armitage,
Frank
F. Armitage ?
-

Ch.Skpr.
22.10.1936 [WS 2492] (retd 31.01.1940; medically unfit)

Skpr.Lt. (retd)
31.01.1940

?

?

Armstrong,
Cyril William
"Billy"
C.W. Armstrong

(09?).1908
West Derby district, Lancashire
-
28.02.1965
[age 57]

Prob. Lt.
05.07.1938

Lt.
02.1940, seniority 05.07.1938

A/Lt.Cdr.
> 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

Lt.Cdr.
05.07.1946

Cdr.
31.12.1952 (retd 31.05.1958)

MID
01.01.1940
New Year 40

MID
08.06.1944
HM's birthday 44

MID
28.11.1944
Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)

RD
24.01.1947
-

RD
30.05.1957
1st clasp

Served Merchant Navy (City Line, 04.1929; Union-Castle Line, 02.06.1937).

1939

received the Admiralty's expression of appreciation for his service in the German war prize vessel "Poseidon"

(1939)

HMS Scotstoun (armed merchant cruiser) (despatches)

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

24.06.1940
-
(10.1940)
HMS Menestheus (minelayer)

(02.1941)

HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *

(12.1941)

no appointment listed

15.12.1941
-
23.02.1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Worthing (Bangor class minesweeper)

02.03.1943
-
11.07.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Cockatrice (Algerine class minesweeper) (despatches twice)

09.1945
-
(10.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Fancy (Algerine class minesweeper)

Returned to Union-Castle Line (08.1946; Master, MV "Riebeeck Castle", 26.01.1956; one voyage as Master of the "Braemar Castle" otherwise he remained in the cargo fleet; died on active service as Master, MV "Kenilworth Castle" when on passage from Middlesbrough to Antwerp).
* indexed, but not listed as such

Armstrong,
James Davison
J.D. Armstrong (Photo courtesy of Mr Brian Armstrong)
Married; at least one son.

diary of period at HMS Queen of Bermuda
11.05.1904
Belfast, Co. Antrim
-
22.01.1977
Sheffield

S.Lt.
23.04.1930

Lt.
08.07.1933

Lt.Cdr.
08.07.1941 (retd < 04.1946)

DSC
04.05.1943
Operation Torch [investiture 23.11.43]

RD
?
?

07.09.1939
-
(02.)1941
HMS Queen of Bermuda (armed merchant cruiser) (South Atlantic)

(12.1941)

no appointment listed

19.01.1942
-
07.1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Royal Scotsman (landing ship, infantry (LSI)) (Mediterranean)

(12.1943)
-
(06.1944)
no appointment listed

harbourmaster at Gourock on the Clyde

(07.1945)

HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) *

Returned to Merchant Navy (Cunard Line), 1946; eventually was in command of, amongst others, the Mauretania. Also he was Staff Captain of the Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mary prior to this..

* indexed, but not listed as such

Arton,
Henry Hulme
H.H. Arton (Photo courtesy of Mr Tim Arton)
Son (with three sisters and one brother) of John Henry Arton (1877-1947), and Florence Isabella Sutherland (1883-1963).
Married (16.04.1941, Southport district, Lancashire) Dorothy Margaret Hobson (1910-2001); two daughters, two sons. 19.01.1910
Stretford, Greater Manchester, Lancashire
-
24.06.1960
at sea aboard "Australia Star" (formerly of Ings, near Kendal, Westmorland)

T/S.Lt. 07.10.1940

T/Lt. 16.04.1941

T/Lt.Cdr. 24.08.1943 (reld 14.07.1946)

Officer in the Merchant Navy with the Blue Star Line from about 1927 onwards (Master's Certificate No. 45140).

temporary officer serving under T.124T (rescue tugs) agreement:

07.10.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Salvonia (rescue tug)

01.05.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Skirmisher (RN base, Milford Haven)

(08.1941) - (02.1942) HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) *

21.04.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Saker II (accommodation barracks, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA)

01.10.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for rescue tugs)

(02.1943) - (02.1944) HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya) *

08.02.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for duty with rescue tugs)

12.05.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Badger (minesweeper base, Harwich) (for rescue tugs)

01.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Tamar II (accounting base, Hong Kong)

Post-war he worked in Gibraltar for M.H. Bland as Master of the Salvage Tug Hercules. He then rejoined the Blue Star Line as Master and passed away in June 1960, leaving Durban on the Australia Star.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Ashdown,
Thomas Aubrey
T.A. Ashdown 14.01.1910
London
-
06.1986
Shepway, Kent

Prob. T/S.Lt.
13.03.1940

T/Lt.
13.06.1940

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
27.12.1942? (reld 01.05.1946)

DSO
13.07.1943
minelaying & actions against E-boats [investiture 19.10.43]

Hkn
26.08.1947
services to Norway

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

?
-
(02.1941)
HM ML 126 (motor launch)

12.05.1941
-
(08.1942)
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services)

27.12.1942
-
(12.1943)
HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover):

27.12.1942
-
06.12.1943
Commanding Officer, HM ML 104 (motor launch) & Senior Officer, 50th ML Flotilla

(04.1944)

no appointment listed

04.05.1944
-
27.11.1944
First Lieutenant, HMS Atreus (minelayer)

02.12.1944
-
18.02.1946
Commanding Officer, LST 157 (landing ship, tank)

Atkinson,
Cyril
C. Atkinson ?
-

Lt.
01.12.1937 (removed from list 09.01.1940)

?

?

Atkinson,
John Knowles
J.K. Atkinson

16.06.1897
Birmingham, Aston district, Warwickshire
-

Boy Artificer 04.01.1913 [M5576]

Engine Room Artificer 5th class 01.01.1917

A/Engine Room Artificer 4th class 01.10.1917

Engine Room Artificer 4th class 01.10.1918

Engine Room Artificer 3rd class 01.10.1920 (rled 09.05.1921)

T/Lt. (E) 27.10.1939

T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) < 01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)

14|15 St - -

BWM 14|20 - -

VM - -

04.01.1913 - 03.01.1917 HMS Fisgard (boy artificers training establishment, Portsmouth)

04.01.1917 - 29.01.1917 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)

30.01.1917 - 31.03.1917 HMS Hindustan (battleship)

01.04.1917 - 14.05.1917 HMS Pembroke II (RN Air Station, Eastchurch, Sheppey)

15.05.1917 - 10.02.1918 HMS Hindustan (battleship)

11.02.1918 - 24.04.1918 HMS Pembroke II (RN Air Station, Eastchurch, Sheppey)

25.04.1918 - 31.12.1919 HMS Polyanthus (Q ship) [from 25.04.1918 tender to HMS Gibraltar (auxiliary patrol depot ship, Portland), from 12.02.1919 to HMS Research (auxiliary patrol depot ship, Portland)]

01.01.1920 - 30.04.1920 HMS Hermione (cruiser)

01.05.1920 - 08.05.1920 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)

09.05.1920 - 02.05.1921 HMS Assistance (repair ship)

03.05.1921 - 09.05.1921 HMS Victory II (RN depot, Chrystal Palace)

Served Merchant Navy (service number 1067537).

27.10.1939 officer holding a temporary commssion under T.124 agreements [service record]:

(04.1940) no appointment listed

20.10.1940 - (12.1943) HMS Alaunia (armed merchant cruiser / repair ship)

01.01.1944 - (10.1944) Assistant Engineer Officer, HMS Fencer (escort carrier)

(01.1945) HMS Nabob *

24.01.1945 - (07.1945) Engineer Officer, HMS Trumpeter (escort carrier)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Atkinson,
John Nigel
J.N. Atkinson ?
-

A/S.Lt.
31.01.1938 (removed from list 12.11.1939)

?

?

Atkinson,
Maurice Herbert
M.H. Atkinson 11.11.1914
Egglescliffe, Stockton district, Durham
-

T/Lt.
04.10.1939 (reld < 04.1946)

DSC
17.11.1942
attack on U-Boat 20.09.42 [investiture 11.05.43]

Served Merchant Navy (R129069).

officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements

04.10.1939
-
(10.1940)
HMS Patroclus (armed merchant cruiser)

(02.1941)

HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *

(12.1941)

HMS P 31 (submarine) *

05.1942
-
(09.)1942
HMS P 614 (submarine) (DSC)

30.10.1942
-
(02.)1943
HMS P 315 (submarine)

10.05.1943
-
(06.)1943
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines)

07.1943
-
03.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Osiris (submarine)

(07.1945)

HMS Ferret IV (base for surrendered U-Boats, Lishally) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Atkinson,
[Sir] Robert
R. Atkinson (Photo courtesy of Mr Sandy Chirstie)
Son of Nicholas and Margaret Atkinson.
Married 1st (1941) Joyce Forster (died 1973); one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd (1977) Margaret Hazel Walker. 07.03.1916
-
[11.2011 still alive at Itchen Abbas, Winchester, Hampshire]

Prob. A/S.Lt. 13.12.1937

A/S.Lt. 31.01.1938

S.Lt. 13.08.1939

Lt. 01.05.1940
?, seniority 01.05.1939

A/Lt.Cdr. 25.06.1945? (reld < 04.1946)

Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1947 (retd 08.08.1955)

Kt 1983 ?

DSC 04.03.1941 sinking of U-boat 21.11.40 [investiture 20.05.41]

DSC 19.10.1943 defence of convoy 05.05.43 [investiture 30.10.45]

DSC 11.09.1945 U-boat probably sunk 10.04.45 [investiture 30.10.45]

MID 1943 ?? (own statement)

RD 22.03.1949 -

Education: London University (BSc (Eng) Hons); FIMechE, CEng, FEng 1983.
Joined Merchant Navy, 1932.

14.09.1939 - (07.)1940 HMS Lorna (armed yacht)

26.08.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) (additional; for miscellaneous services)

(10.1940) HM ML 143 (motor launch) *

01.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Rhododendron (corvette)

02.1941 - (02.)1942 First Lieutenant, HMS Armeria (corvette)

25.02.1942 - 22.07.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Anemone (corvette)

20.10.1942 - 01.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Pink (corvette)

01.02.1944 - 09.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Tintagel Castle (corvette)

25.06.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Tay (frigate)

Managing Director: Wm Doxford, 1957-1961; Tube Investments (Eng), 1961-1967; Unicorn Industries, 1967-1972; Chm., Aurora Holdings, Sheffield, 1972-1984; Dir, Stag Furniture Hldgs, 1973-1992. Chm., British Standards (Engrg and Shipbuilding), 1984-1987. Gold Medal, 1961. Chairman, British Shipbuilders, 1980-1984
Published: technical books & papers
* indexed, but not listed as such

Atkinson,
William
W.G. Austrin ?
-

A/S.Lt.
21.02.1938

S.Lt.
11.01.1940

Lt.
27.10.1940

A/Lt.Cdr.
> 07.1945, < 04.1946

MBE
11.07.1940
HM's birthday 40 [investiture 03.09.40]

17.12.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Northern Duke (anti-submarine warfare trawler)

(10.1940)

HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *

(02.1941)

HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) *

05.06.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Sutton (Hunt class minesweeper)

03.1942
-
(10.1943)
Commanding Officer, HMS Manitoulin (minesweeping trawler)

(12.1943)

no appointment listed

(04.1944)

no appointment listed

(06.1944)

no appointment listed

(10.1944)

no appointment listed

(01.1945)

no appointment listed

13.01.1945
-
(04.)1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Loosestrife (corvette)

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

09.1945
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HM LST 3503 (landing ship, tank)

Attwood,
Sidney Thomas
S.T. Attwood
Married 1st (06?).1920, Hull district, East Yorkshire) Doris Codd (1896-); three daughters.
Married 2nd (18.01.1937) Edith Wardell Lewis (1895-).
Lived at Hull, East Yorkshire. 27.03.1896
Enfield, Edmonton district, Middlesex
-
31.01.1962
Hull

T/Boom Skpr. 01.06.1940

A/T/Ch. Boom Skpr. 21.11.1944

Trawler skipper sailing out of Hull.

01.06.1940 - (02.)1941 Boom Defence Depot, Harwich [HMS Beehive]

(12.1941) HMS James Barrie (auxiliary boom defence vessel) *

04.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Prosperine (minesweeper and anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow, Orkneys)

07.12.1942 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Collena (auxiliary boom defence vessel)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Austrin,
William George
W.G. Austrin 1902 / 1905 *
Tynemouth, Northumberland
-

* either:
(06?).1902, or
(09?).1905

Skpr.
21.09.1936 [W.S. 2693] (removed from list 17.02.1940)

?

?

Avery,
William Henry Gutierrez
"Bill"
W.H.G. Avery (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Taylor)
Son of William Henry Avery, and Eveline Gutierrez.
Married; one [?] son.
06.06.1899
Sutton, Surrey
-
05.05.1974
Portslade-by-Sea, Sussex

T/Midsh.
25.04.1916

T/S.Lt.
05.12.1939

T/Lt.
05.03.1940 (reld 1944)

BWM 14|20
?
?

VM
?
?

39|45 St
?
?

Atl St
?
?

BWM 39|45
?
?

Education: HMS Worcester

25.04.1916
-
05.1916
HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)

05.05.1916
-
11.10.1916
HMS Princess (armed merchant cruiser) (Africa)

07.02.1917
-
22.07.1917
HMS Otway (armed merchant cruiser) [ship torpedoed & sunk]

06.08.1917
-
10.1917
HMS Vivid I (RN base, Devonport)

29.10.1917
-
(12.1918)
HMS Roebuck (torpedo-boat destroyer) [based at HMS Vivid II (RN base, Devonport)]

27.03.1919

demobilized

Served Merchant Navy, 1919-1939

05.12.1939
-
11.1940
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services)

28.11.1940
-
12.1941
First Lieutenant, HMS Andelle (auxiliary mine destructor)

03.12.1941
-
02.1943
HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) *

03.02.1943
-
02.1943
HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for British Yard Minesweepers)

02.1943
-
11.1943
HMS Searcher (escort carrier) (US, Canada, then UK)

26.11.1943
-
(06?).1944
HMS Premier (escort carrier)

Returned to Merchant Navy, about June/August 1944, and retired mid-1950s.

* in the Aug 1942 Navy List still showing under HMS Andelle; so, possibly to be interpreted as "HMS Lucifer [base] for HMS Andelle [ship]"

Ayles,
Sydney
S. Ayles
Married ((12?).1946, Wycombe district, Buckinghamshire) ... Johnson.
31.10.1909
Ormskirk district, Lancashire
-
09.2002
Chiltern district, Buckinghamshire

Prob. Lt.
28.06.1938

Lt.
18.07.1939, seniority 28.06.1938

A/Lt.Cdr.
> 02.1943, < 06.1943

Lt.Cdr.
28.06.1946 (retd 31.10.1954)

MID
14.05.1946
depth charge attack 06.02.42

RD
02.11.1946
-

(04.1940)
-
(02.1941)
HMS Mooltan (armed merchant cruiser) *

18.09.1941
-
16.08.1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Tamarisk (corvette) (despatches)

01.09.1943
-
(10.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Harvey

03.11.1943
-
14.01.1944
Commanding Officer, HMS Lawford (frigate)

03.1944
-
(10.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Hotham (frigate)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Ayre,
Albert
A. Ayre
From Goole.
?
-
[08.1977 still alive]

Prob. S.Lt.
13.08.1928

S.Lt.
23.02.1929, seniority 13.08.1928

Lt.
13.08.1930 (retd 19.09.1935; own request)

Lt.Cdr. (retd)
13.08.1938

A/Cdr. (retd)
> 12.1943, < 04.1944 (reverted to retd < 04.1946)

DSO
19.10.1943
convoy HX237, 2 U-Boats sunk [investiture 24.10.44]

MID
01.01.1944
New Year 44

MID
20.06.1944
torpedoed Atlantic 20.09.43

RD
21.09.1944
-

(10.1940)

no appointment listed

12.02.1941
-
23.09.1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Primrose (corvette)

24.09.1942
-
(10.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Lagan (frigate) (DSO, despatches twice)

(12.1943)

no appointment listed

(04.1944)

HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) *

13.06.1944
-
(01.)1945
HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea)

29.05.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Beaver (RN base, Grimsby)

* indexed, but not listed as such

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