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Baber, A.H.  to  Byron, J.
Baber, Angus Harvey Son of Frank Cecil Harvey Baber (1888-1956), and Christine Campbell McCullock (1898-1969). Married (19.12.1944, West Acton/Ealing Common) Joan Peggy Orriss (born 30.06.1921); two daughters.	19.06.1922 - 2007 still alive	Prob. T/Midsh. 03.11.1940 T/Midsh. 1941?, seniority 03.11.1940 T/A/S.Lt. 19.06.1942 T/S.Lt. 19.06.1943 T/Lt. 01.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946) MID 01.01.1945 New Year 45	(02.1941)     no appointment listed 11.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Impulsive (destroyer) 27.01.1942 - (06.)1942 HMS Onslow (destroyer) 16.08.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Vigilant (destroyer) Captain, Merchant Navy. MCIT. Master, The Honourable Company of Master Mariners, 1981-1982.
Baker, Arthur Married; ... children. From Grimsby.	? - 24.09.1942  (KIA) [Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 8, column 1]	T/Skpr. 01.09.1941	Skipper on fishing trawlers. 23.10.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Almandine (minesweeping trawler) ? - 24.09.1942 HMS Canada (RN base, Halifax, NS, Canada) [torpedoed on his way to Canada to pick up a Lend Lease boat, after which he was to proceed to the Mediterranean]
Baker, Frederick Lawson	(09?).1905 Bristol, Avon - 1955	Prob. T/Lt. 02.09.1940 T/Lt. 1941?, seniority 02.09.1940 A/T/Lt.Cdr. 1943/44? (reld < 07.1945)	Served in the Merchant Navy (First Mate's certificate, December 1928, No 24723). 06.11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Saltash (minesweeper) 20.09.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Agamemnon (minelayer) 12.10.1942 - (02.1943) First Lieutenant, HM LST 8 (landing ship, tank) [HMS Saker (Admiralty delegation, USA)] * 08.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM LST 364 (landing ship, tank) 07.03.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM LST 303 (landing ship, tank) * (06.1943) & (08.1943) still indexed as at LST 8, but no longer listed as such
Ball, Malcolm John	1922 ? - 18.08.1942 (KIA) [age 20] [Chatham Naval Memorial]	Prob. Midsh. 01.05.1938 A/S.Lt. 10.01.1942 DSC 16.08.1940 Dunkirk MID 20.10.1942 attack on convoy 17.08.42	(1940) HMS Scimitar (destroyer) 26.10.1941 - (08.1942) First Lieutenant, MTB 218 - 18.08.1942 Commanding Officer, MTB ...
Banyard, Job	? -	T/Skpr. 12.12.1939 [WS 3156 & TS 275] T/A/Ch.Skpr. 21.02.1944 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41	06.03.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Controller (minesweeping trawler) (despatches) 07.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Craigcoilleach (minesweeping trawler) 26.01.1942 - 12.02.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Lady Estelle (minesweeping trawler) 26.03.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional; for various services)
Barber, Cecil Leonard	(12?).1908 Mutford district, Norfolk / Suffolk -	T/Skpr. 01.06.1941 (reld < 07.1945) MID 20.10.1942 Operation Jubilee (Dieppe raid 19.08.42)	(12.1941) - (10.1944) no appointment listed (served possibly at HMS Northney (training establishment for landing craft, Hayling Island)) (08.1942)     HM LCT 126 (landing craft, tank) (Dieppe raid)
Barclay, Joseph Johnstone Eadie	? - 06.10.1958	Lt.Cdr. 19.05.1927 Cdr. 31.12.1936 Capt. 31.12.1942 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 15.05.1944 (reld 1945/46) RD ? ?	11.08.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 10.08.1942 - (06.1943) HMS Appledore (Combined Operations base & training establishment, Appledore) 15.08.1943 - (04.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Canton (armed merchant cruiser) 15.05.1944 - (06.1944) Commodore of Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (07.1945) no appointment listed
Barker, Wallace Hamilton	28.05.1908 West Derby, Lancashire - 04.1994 Bath, Somerset	S.Lt. 24.06.1929 Lt. 24.06.1931 Lt.Cdr. 24.06.1939 (reld 1945/46) RD ? ?	18.08.1941 - (06.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Fritillary (corvette) (08.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 03.12.1943 - (06.1944) Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Cormorant (base, Gibraltar) (for coastal forces)
Barnes, Robert Douglas James	? -	Prob. Midsh. 01.05.1934 Midsh. ?, seniority 01.05.1934 A/S.Lt. 24.10.1937 S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 1941, seniority 25.10.1940 Lt.Cdr. 25.08.1948 (retd 24.10.1961) RD 08.08.1947 - RD 21.06.1960 1st clasp	31.08.1935 - 12.1935 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) (for 4 months' training) (04.1940) no appointment listed (02.1941) HMS Shark (submarine) * (12.1941) - (07.1945) no appointment listed: probably while being a POW (at Colditz?) 12.10.1945 - (04.1946) First Lieutenant, HMS Fierce (minesweeper) * indexed, but not listed as such; HMS Shark had been sunk by German surface craft 06.07.1940
Barnes, Sidney George	08.12.1913 - 1969 ?	T/Lt. 15.11.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943	(06.1940) HMS Medway Queen (minesweeper) ? HMS Snapdragon (corvette) ? 11.02.1941 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Lady Hogarth (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler) (02.1943) - (09.1943) HMS Thalassa (armed yacht) * 09.1943 - (04.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Thalassa (armed yacht) (06.1944) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed as posted to the ship, but not listed under the ship itself
Barnet, Avon Alexander Son of Peter Knox Barnet (1854-), and Mary Stephen (1871-1949). Married 1st. Married 2nd.	20.04.1904 St Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland - 26.01.1985 Aberdeen, Scotland	Prob. S.Lt. 17.05.1927 S.Lt. 13.01.1928, seniority 17.05.1927 Lt. 17.05.1929 Lt.Cdr. 17.05.1937 A/Cdr. > 02.1941, < 12.1941 Cdr. 30.06.1943 (retd 01.07.1950) DSC 25.01.1944 Operations Baytown & Ferdy (landings in Italy 09.43) * [investiture 22.09.44] RD 05.1942 - * For gallantry, leadership and undaunted devotion to duty under and continuous fire from the Enemy during landings on the Italian mainland.	04.04.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Atlantic) (to complete 12 months' training) 10.09.1932     HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (for course) 24.09.1932     HMS Defiance (for course) 07.03.1936     HMS Broke (flotilla leader) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 04.04.1936 - (02.)1938) HMS Bideford (patrol sloop) (Persian Gulf) 28.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Patroclus (armed merchant cruiser) 1940 - 25.09.1940 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 26.09.1940 - 06.05.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Camito (ocean boarding vessel) [ship sunk by U-boat] 01.08.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth) (for Naval Control Service, Methil) 05.01.1943 - (02.)1943 HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) (06.1943) - (07.1945) no appointment listed (09.1943)     Senior Naval Officer, Landings (L) (Italy) 15.11.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Spurn Point (repair ship)
Barry, Joseph William Philip Son of William and Elizabeth Mary Barry; husband of Beatrice Anne Barry, of Canterbury.	(09?).1902 West Ham, Essex - 05.11.1940 (KIA) [age 38] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 2, column 1]	T/Lt. (E) 15.09.1939	serving under T.124 agreement 15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Bartle, Arnold Herbert William Son of Arthur Herbert and Gertrude Mary Bartle; husband of Josephine Bartle, of Consett, Co. Durham.	(09?).1911 Croydon, Surrey - 05.11.1940 (KIA) [age 29] [Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 40, column 1]	A/S.Lt. 08.04.1933 S.Lt. 14.02.1936, seniority 06.02.1935 Lt. 27.03.1938 > 10.1938, antedated 26.11.1937	29.05.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (to complete 9 months' training) 06.09.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Bartley, John Frederick Castle	(06?).1904 Bromley, London - [07.1952 still alive]	Prob. S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 04.08.1927, seniority 14.04.1926 Lt. 12.08.1928 Lt.Cdr. 12.08.1936 A/Cdr. > 02.1941, < 08.1942 Cdr. 31.12.1942 (retd 1945/46) OBE 01.01.1943 New Year 43 DSC 01.01.1940 New Year 40 RD 02.05.1941 ? LM 28.06.1946 ?	(04.1940) HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) * 1940 HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) (02.1941) HMS Nasturtium  (corvette) * 01.10.1941 - (12.1943) HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) 05.02.1944 - (06.1944) Staff Officer (Operations) to Flag Officer-in-Charge, Falmouth [HMS Forte] (07.1945) no appointment listed
Baxter, Arthur Edwin Holmes Son of Martha Baxter. Brother of Skpr.Lt. Robert Baxter, RNR. Nephew of Skpr. Frank Baxter, RNR. Married ((09?).1921, Grimsby district, Humberside / Lincolnshire) Sarah Annie Gaiger.	05.03.1902 North Somercotes, Louth district, Lincolnshire -	Seaman ? [J51419] Prob. T/Skpr. 23.10.1940 T/Skpr. 1941, seniority 23.10.1940 [TS 796] (reld < 04.1946) It St - - Atl St - -	WW 1 Boy 1st Class, HMS Ganges (home address at that time Grimsby) (02.1941) HMS Louis Botha (minesweeping trawler) * 01.06.1941 - (12.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Strath Rannock (minesweeping trawler) 18.12.1941 - (02.)1943 [First Lieutenant?,] HMS Green Howard (minesweeping trawler) (06.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed 26.10.1943 - (12.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Pointer (minesweeping trawler) 30.12.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Nab Wyke (minesweeping trawler)
Baxter, [Sir] Arthur James	28.02.1890 Norwich, Norfolk - 27.12.1951 [Petersham, Surrey ?]	Capt. 30.06.1939 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 02.12.1940 (retd > 06.1944, < 07.1945) KBE 01.01.1945 New Year 45 DSC 1918 ? MID 01.02.1944 3 years ocean convoys RD ? ?	Education: Great Yarmouth Grammar School 1904 cadet in Merchant Navy 1913 joined RNR 1914 - 1918 served in RN in command of Destroyers 1940 - 1945 Commodore of Ocean Convoys: 02.12.1940 - (08.1942) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] 26.03.1943 - (06.1944) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] 14.04.1944 - 1945 RNR ADC to the King (07.1945) no appointment listed 1948 - 1949 Commodore of Orient Line Fleet (retd)
Baxter, Frank Uncle of Skpr. Athur Edwin Holmes Baxter, RNR, and Skpr. Robert Baxter, RNR. Married Felicia Conte. Lived at Holton-le-Clay, Lincolnshire.	26.05.1888 North Somercotes, Lincolnshire - 22.09.1943 North Shields [Holton-le-Clay Cemetery, Lincolnshire, B.42]	Deckhand (1916) [ON 1990 DA] Skpr. 16.10.1918 T/Skpr. 20.08.1940 [TS 700] MID 11.05.1916 Eastern Mediterranean MID ? ? MID 1919 ? 14|15 St ? ? BWM 14|20 ? ? VM ? ?	served in World War I (received an expression of Their Lordships appreciation for services rendered on the occasion of the sinking of HMT Benton Castle, 30.11.1916; was HMS Ganges 1918; commanded HMT T.R. Ferens (based at HMS Attentive), Dover) 10.08.1940 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Glow (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) 20.06.1943 - 22.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Montano (minesweeping trawler)
Baxter, John	15.02.1905 * - 15.03.1970 * possibly: 15.03.1905	Skpr. 08.05.1934 [W.S. 2644] Ch.Skpr. 31.12.1942 A/Skpr.Lt. 04.06.1943 Skpr.Lt. 31.12.1949 (reld < 04.1946) (retd 18.07.1951) RD 13.02.1945 -	30.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Stora 09.08.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Southern Flower (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 31.12.1942 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Guava (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 04.06.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Mazurka (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
Baxter, Robert Son of Martha Baxter. Brother of Skpr. Arthur Edwin Holmes Baxter, RNR. Nephew of Skpr. Frank Baxter, RNR. Married ((03?).1929, Grimsby district, Humberside / Lincolnshire) Simonne A.J. Goormachtig.	11.08.1903 North Somercotes, Louth district, Lincolnshire -	Prob. T/Skpr. 02.11.1939 T/Skpr. 1940, seniority 02.11.1939 [WS 3080 & TS 199] (reld < 04.1946) T/A/Ch.Skpr. 06.01.1944 T/A/Skpr.Lt. < 07.1945 DSC 01.01.1944 New Year 44 [decoration posted] MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41	Trawler skipper. (04.1940)     no appointment listed 11.05.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Holly (minesweeping trawler) 10.03.1941 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Rudilais (minesweeping trawler) (06.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 07.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1064 (motor minesweeper)
Beale, Charles Edward Stewart Possibly related to Lt.Cdr. C.E.S. Beale, RN.	1892 ? - 19.07.1944 [Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery, F.449]	T/S.Lt. 04.09.1917 (reld 1919?) T/Lt. 25.04.1941	served in World War I 25.04.1941 - 19.07.1944 Naval Control Service, Durban [HMS Afrikander IV, later HMS Kongoni (RN base, Durban, South Africa)]
Beech, George England Son of ... Beech, and ... England.	15.10.1915 Chard district, Devon / Dorset / Somerset -	T/Skpr. 01.04.1941 [TS 991] (reld < 04.1946)	Trawler skipper, Fleetwood. 01.07.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Antrim (trawler base, Belfast) 22.04.1942 - (12.)1943 HM BYMS 22 (British yard minesweeper) 12.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Arnold Bennett (minesweeping trawler) (10.19144)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Beeson, Jack	? -	T/Skpr. 12.09.1939 [WS 3032 & TS 151] T/A/Ch.Skpr. 06.01.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	(04.1940)     no appointment listed 04.12.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Formidable (armed drifter) * 05.1941 - (06.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Fidget (armed drifter) (08.1943)     no appointment listed 25.08.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Morgan Jones (minesweeping trawler) * (02.1941) indexed, but not listed as such; HMS Formidable was renamed HMS Fidget
Bell, Charles Leigh de Hauteville From Coulsdon.	24.03.1903 Ormskirk, Lancashire - 01.06.1972 Croydon district, London	Prob. S.Lt. 31.07.1925 S.Lt. 18.12.1925, seniority 31.07.1925 Lt. 31.07.1927 Lt.Cdr. 31.07.1935 Cdr. 31.12.1940 (retd 24.03.1953) A/Capt. 16.02.1945? Capt. (retd) 24.03.1953 DSC 02.05.1944 convoy Murmansk S28, probable destruction U-boat RD ? ?	20.11.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (additional; for various services) 11.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Broadwater (destroyer) 07.06.1942 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Vanquisher (destroyer) 08.10.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Whitehall (destroyer) 04.12.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) 16.02.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Palomares (fighter direction ship) (04.1946) no appointment listed Captain, Merchant Navy ("Empress of England", 1957).
Bell, Hugh Ian Turner	30.06.1912 - 10.05.1955	T/S.Lt. (E) 18.09.1939 (reld 15.05.1946)	officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements 18.09.1939 - 08.04.1942 HMS California (armed merchant cruiser) 09.04.1942 - 10.05.1942 HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool) 11.05.1942 - 15.11.1943 HMS Hunter (escort carrier) 16.11.1943 - 28.01.1944 HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool) 29.01.1944 - 08.08.1945 HMS Trouncer (escort carrier) 09.08.1945 - 17.09.1945 HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool) 18.09.1945 - 13.11.1945 HMS Ranee (escort carrier) 14.11.1945 - 15.05.1946 HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool)
Berg, Dagfin[n] Anker	16.02.1892 Norway - 01.10.1943 [Aberdeen Crematorium]	T/S.Lt. (E) 03.10.1940 T/A/Lt. (E) 03.10.1941	03.10.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Helier II (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler) 09.02.1942 - 01.10.1943 HMS Sir John Hawkins (ferry)
Berger, Brynjulf	27.12.1906 Norway - ? [1992?, USA?]	T/S.Lt. 26.08.1940 T/Lt. 26.11.1940 (reld 01.04.1941?)	10.12.1940 - (02.1941?) HMS Mercury (paddle minesweeper?) [if it's indeed the minesweeper, then this ship was mined 24.12.1940 and foundered the following day] 01.04.1941 Rosyth avd.  (from RNR) 01.04.1941-07.07.1941 M/Sw "Alcmaria" 25.07.1941-16.08.1941 "Heimdal" 16.08.1941-03.09.1941 M/Sw "Syrian" 03.09.1941-15.09.1941 MSPE 15.09.1941-05.01.1942 M/Sw "Alcmaria" 10.01.1942-03.10.1942 M/Sw "Polar VI" 16.10.1942-29.11.1942 "Heimdal" (Hospitalized) 30.11.1942-01.12.1942 SOK 02.12.1942-28.02.1943 MSPE (released SOK 28.02.1943)
Berntzen *, Haakon * also written as: Berntsen, Haakon	27.09.1902 Norway - 15.08.1945 [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 100]	T/S.Lt. (E) 05.08.1940 T/Lt. (E) 05.08.1941	05.08.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Terje IV (minsweeping trawler?) 1941/42? transferred to RINR 01.12.1942 - (06.1944) HMIS Berar (minesweeping trawler) ? - 15.08.1945 HMIS Madura (minesweeping trawler) * * (07.1945) indexed, but not listed as such
Bett, Henry	26.12.1914 - 28.03.2007	T/Boom Skpr. 22.06.1940 A/T/Boom Skpr.Lt. 08.09.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	served in boom defence, Orkney Islands & Gold Coast, West Africa: 08.07.1940 - (02.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Sea Monarch (boom defence vessel) [eventually perhaps even Commanding Officer] 03.1943 - (06.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Barbrook (boom defence vessel) 05.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Bownet (boom defence vessel) 02.1946 - (04.1946) [Commanding Officer? *], HMS Barbette (boom defence vessel) * highest in rank, but not specifically indicated as "in command"
Beverley, Herbert James	? -	T/Lt. 13.03.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 07.1941? DSO 30.07.1942 destruction of U252 DSC 01.01.1941 New Year 41 MID 13.03.1945 destruction of U-boat 25.05.44	(1940) - (1941) HMT St. Kenan 07.1941 - (06.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Vetch (corvette) (08.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 01.03.1944 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Bideford (sloop) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Bigg, Dudley James Henry	(03?).1897 Islington - 05.11.1940 (KIA) [age 43] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 2, column 1]	T/Lt. (E) 15.09.1939	serving under T.124 agreement 15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Billot, Godfrey Philip	(09?).1906 St Pancras - [1959 still alive]	S.Lt. 30.05.1930 Lt. 30.05.1932 Lt.Cdr. 30.05.1940 A/Cdr. 1945? (retd 1940/50s) DSO 18.05.1943 Oran Harbour 08.11.42 RD ? ?	05.1941 - 08.11.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Hartland (escort) (sunk) 22.03.1943 - (06.1944) Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.12.1944 - (07.1945) Naval Control Service, Ramsgate [HMS Fervent] [ (04.1946) HMS Robertson ?]
Bingham, Austen Son of William Hopworth Bingham and Constance Preston Bingham, of Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa.	? - 02.11.1944 off Ostend (KIA) [Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 13, column 3]	T/Midsh. 31.01.1944	(06.1944) HMS Berwick (cruiser) * ? - 02.11.1944 HM Trawler Colsay (sunk by a German human torpedo off Ostend) * indexed, but not listed as such
Binks, Rial Dennis Married ((12?).1915, Sculcoates, Yorkshire) ... Stather.	1895 ? Lancashire -	Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1925 Cdr. 30.06.1937 Capt. 30.06.1942 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 28.07.1942 OBE 29.09.1942 rendering mines safe RD ? -	28.07.1942 - (06.1944) Commodore of Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (07.1945) no appointment listed [ (04.1946) HMS Guardian (net layer) ?]
Binsted, Peter Burford Son of George Edward Binsted, and Florence Blyth. Married (02.10.1944, Halifax, NS) Margaret Zoe Dunbar; ... children.	29.04.1920 Wandsworth district, Greater London / London / Surrey - 05.1993 Hillingdon district, Middlesex	Prob. Midsh. 01.09.1937 Midsh. 14.08.1939, seniority 01.09.1937 A/S.Lt. 29.04.1940 S.Lt. 29.04.1941 Lt. 29.10.1942 Lt.Cdr. 29.10.1950 (retd c. 1960) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - Def M - - BWM 39|45 - - MID 20.12.1940 boarding a freighter off the coast of Oran while attacked by an Italian submarine NGSM - & minesweeping clasp RD ? -	Education: HMS Worcester Member of St Paul’s Cathedral Choir in London. Deck officer with P&O (Merchant Navy). 1937     training, HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 28.08.1939 - 09.1941 HMS Hotspur (destroyer) [05.1940-06.1940 at SS Isle of Guernsey (hospital carrier)] 09.1941 - 04.1943 served/based at HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth), HMS Petunia (corvette), HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham), HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan) & HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon)] (12.1941)     no appointment listed (08.1942)     no appointment listed 01.05.1943 - 09.03.1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Asphodel (corvette) (torpedoed & sunk by U-575 off Cape Finisterre) (04.1944) no appointment listed 04.06.1944 - 11.1944 HMS Courier (Algerine class minesweeper) [based at HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, Canada) (for miscellaneous services)] 06.1945 - 10.1945 First Lieutenant, HM LST 3504 (landing ship, tank) (07.1945) no appointment listed 10.1945 - 01.1946 HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay) 01.1946 - (04.)1946 LST Group, HMS Sultan (accounting base, Singapore) 1946 - 06.1946 HMS Minstrel (Algerine class minseweeper) 07.1946 - 05.1947 HMS Golden Fleece (Algerine class minesweeper) 05.1947 - 05.1947 HM BYMS 2142 (British yard minesweeper)
Birch, John Dudley	07.06.1904 Sculcoates, Yorkshire - 06.1985 Watford, Hertfordshire	Lt. 29.10.1928 Lt.Cdr. 29.10.1936 Cdr. 30.06.1942 (retd 1945/46) DSC 04.07.1944 sinking U536 19.11.43 MID 14.11.1944 rammed by Skeena 12.08.44 RD ? ?	(08.1942) no appointment listed 28.01.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Nene (frigate) (04.1944) HMCS Waskesiu (frigate) (08.1944) HMCS Qu'Appelle (destroyer) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Bird, Roy Lee	? - 17.08.1992 New Zealand	Prob. A/S.Lt. 06.09.1938 A/S.Lt. 1939?, seniority 06.09.1938 S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 06.03.1941 (reld from active service < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 06.03.1949 (retd < 05.1950)	05.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Northern Sun (trawler) 16.10.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Thunderbolt (submarine) (06.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Searcher (escort carrier) * 11.03.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) (06.1944) no appointment listed 09.09.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Scott (minesweeper) 01.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Gulnare (surveying vessel)
Birnie, Harry Charles	01.10.1882 Aberdour, Aberdeenshire - 09.03.1943 (KIA) [age 60] [Liverpool Naval Memorial]	Capt. 30.06.1926 (retd < 08.1929) A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 07.01.1941 DSO 1918 ramming UC-47 18.11.17 MID 15.12.1942 services in convoys since 41 RD ? ?	Education: New Aberdour Public School; privately 1905 Junior Officer, Cunard Line 1915 Commanding Officer, HM Torpedo Boat 82 1916 - 1917 Commanding Officer, HMS Fairy, North Sea 1917 - 1918 Commanding Officer, HMS P.57 (North Sea and Dover Patrol (DSO, despatches)) 1919 - 1926 commanded various steamships of the Cunard Line 07.01.1941 - 09.03.1943 Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] Elder Brother of Trinity House since 1926; Member of Committee of Management, Seamen's Hospital Society, since 1927; Member of Southampton Harbour Board, 1936
Blair, John Hamilton Also known as: Hamilton-Blair, John.	29.07.1889 Glasgow, Scotland - 03.07.1972 South Wing Hospital, Bedford, Bedfordshire	... ... Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1924 (retd 28.07.1934; own request) Cdr. (retd) 28.07.1934 A/Capt. (retd) 15.09.1944? DSC 11.1917 submarines RD 24.09.1929 -	... - ... ... (10.1940) - (04.1942) no appointment listed 05.05.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Mona's Isle (auxiliary anti-aircraft ship (coastal)) 15.10.1943 - (06.)1944 RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 15.09.1944 - (04.1946) Naval Officer-in-Charge, Vizagatapam [HMIS Circars]
Blake, Walter Charles	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. 25.11.1939 (reld < 04.1946) CrsMer 08.05.1945 liaison duties merchant navy	25.11.1939 - (02.1941) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) (12.1941) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * (08.1942) - (12.1943) no appointment listed (04.1944)     HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay) * (10.1944)     no appointment listed 06.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for service with Sea Transport Officers) (1945)     liaison officer Polish Merchant Navy [Polish merchant ship Sobieski] * indexed, but not listed as such
Blois-Brooke, Michael Steuart Son (with one sister and two brothers) of Maj. Eardley Steuart Brooke (1869-1955), and Violet Mary Magdalene Sproat (1892-1945). Married (20.08.1949, All Saints Church, Crawley Down, Cuckfield district, Sussex) Mary "Charry" Mead, WRNS, daughter of Cecil Harvey Mead; two daughters, one son. Surname officially changed from Brooke to Blois-Brooke by deed poll of 24.03.1953.	13.08.1919 Cromer, Erpingham district, Norfolk - 13.11.1995 Sheringham, North Walsham district, Norfolk	Midsh. 01.10.1937 A/S.Lt. 03.07.1940 S.Lt. 15.09.1941 A/Lt. 03.01.1943 Lt. 31.07.1943 Lt.Cdr. 31.07.1951 (retd 12.11.1962) RD ? -	Education: HMS Conway. Served Merchant Navy. 22.08.1939 - 29.05.1941 HMS Imperial (destroyer) (damaged by German aircraft near Crete 28.05.1941 & sunk next day by RN) (08.1941)     no appointment listed 21.08.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Jeanie Deans (auxiliary paddle steam minesweeper) 20.10.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Queen Eagle (auxiliary anti-aircraft ship) 29.07.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Windsor (destroyer) 01.02.1944 - (02.)1944 HMS Nith (frigate) [appointment probably cancelled & replaced by posting to HMS Queen Emma] 27.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Queen Emma (troop ship) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 01.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Sefton (landing ship, infantry)
Bloye, Norman Herbert Barton	(03?).1905 Lewisham, Greater London - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	Prob. S.Lt. 06.09.1928 S.Lt. 07.01.1931, seniority 06.09.1928 Lt. 07.01.1933 Lt.Cdr. 07.01.1941 (retd 30.11.1949) DSC 23.01.1945 minesweeping Adriatic Coast & Ancona [award posted] RD ? ?	(04.1940) no appointment listed (02.1941) HMS Derby (minesweeper) * 24.08.1941 - 08.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Fareham (minesweeper) 05.1943 - (06.)1943 Lieutenant-Commander (Minesweeping), Benghazi [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)] 01.07.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Hasdrubal (RN base, Bizerta) 01.01.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto) (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Blundell, Arthur Norman	14.05.1904 West Derby district, Lancashire - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973 ??, or 1980s (Northern Ireland?) ??	Prob. S.Lt. 23.12.1930 S.Lt. 11.05.1931, seniority 23.12.1930 Lt. 23.12.1932 Lt.Cdr. 23.12.1940 (reld < 04.1946) (retd 14.05.1949; age) RD 1940s? ?	01.10.1939 - 25.04.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Bradman (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (sunk by German aircraft off Norway) 16.10.1940 - 07.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Marguerite (corvette) 31.08.1943 - 08.12.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Parret (frigate) 07.02.1944 - 04.1944 HMS Grasshopper (Coastal Forces base, Weymouth) 03.09.1944 - (10.1944) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Bolland, Thomas William Fearne Married; one son.	28.01.1904 South Stoneham, Hampshire - 05.1984 New Forest, Hampshire	T/Lt. 25.09.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 08.1942, < 02.1943	(04.1940) no appointment listed (02.1941) no appointment listed 21.03.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Alcantara (armed merchant cruiser) (10.1943) no appointment listed 22.11.1943 - (12.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Fada (frigate) 01.12.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Dovey (frigate) 25.02.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Rushen Castle (corvette)
Booth, Bernard Ralph Brother of Lt.Cdr. John Marshall Booth, RNR.	(06?).1893 Birmingham, Warwickshire -	Prob. T/Lt.Cdr. 11.03.1940 T/Lt.Cdr. 11.1941, seniority 11.03.1940 (reld < 04.1946) MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk	11.03.1940 - 29.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Crested Eagle (auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel (coastal)) (bombed by German aircraft & sunk, Dunkirk) 23.07.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Emperor of India (auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel (coastal)) 22.03.1941 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Kernot (auxiliary patrol vessel) (04.1944) no appointment listed (10.1944) no appointment lsited (07.1945) no appointment listed
Booth, John Marshall Brother of Lt.Cdr. Bernard Ralph Booth, RNR.	23.04.1891 Birmingham, Warwickshire - (12?).1956 Bebington, Wirral district, Cheshire	T/S.Lt. 20.05.1915, seniority 17.05.1915 T/A/Lt. 19.01.1916 T/Lt. 17.05.1917 (reld 10.11.1919) T/Lt.Cdr. 30.08.1939 T/A/Cdr. 1945 (reld 23.06.1946) MID 17.10.1919 minesweeping operations 07-12.18	22.05.1915 - 08.06.1915 HMS Pembroke II (RN Air Station, Eastchurch, Sheppey) 09.06.1915 - 17.02.1916 HMS Jupiter II 18.02.1916 - 31.01.1917 Commanding Officer, HMS Balmoral (paddle steamer) 01.02.1917 - 24.02.1917 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) 25.02.1917 - 20.10.1917 HMS E 33 (submarine) 21.10.1917 - 11.02.1918 HMS Aiglon (paddle minsweeper) (for minesweeping instruction) [based at HMS Research] 12.02.1918 - 13.04.1918 HMS Banbury (minesweeper) (to assist on staff of Admiral Superintendent Clyde) 14.04.1918 - 17.09.1918 Commanding Officer, HMS Yarmouth Belle (auxiliary minesweeper) 17.09.1918 - 15.10.1918 Commanding Officer, HMS Aberdare (minesweeper) 16.10.1918 - 31.03.1919 HMS Caesar (depot ship) (Black Sea) 01.04.1919 - 30.06.1919 HMS St George (submarine depot ship) (Aegean) 01.07.1919 - 09.07.1919 HMS Europa (depot ship, Mudros, Greece) 10.07.1919 - 10.11.1919 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 30.08.1939 - 30.11.1939 Sea Transport Officer, Grade III [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 01.12.1939 - 01.09.1941 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth) 01.12.1939 - 08.12.1939 for training in "N" type minesweepers 09.12.1939 - 01.09.1941 Trials Officer, Minesweeping Department 02.09.1941 - 11.10.1942 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional as Lt.Cdr. Minesweeping 2nd-in-Command) 12.10.1942 - 18.11.1942 HMS Excellent II (accounting base, Bournemouth) (additional; lent to HMS Evolution for special service) 19.11.1942 - 03.04.1943 HMS Excellent II (accounting base, Bournemouth) (additional as Lt.Cdr.) 04.04.1943 - 25.09.1943 Principal Minesweeping Officer, HMS Cannae (RN base, Bone, Algeria) 26.09.1943 - 30.07.1944 Commander Minesweeping Tunisia on staff of Flag Officer Tunis [HMS Hasdrubal (RN base, Bizerta, Tunisia)] 31.07.1944 - 24.06.1945 HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto) (as Port Minsweeping Officer, Party 'Nan', and later as Lt.Cdr. Minesweeping Adriatic) 25.06.1945 - 1945 HMS Lochinvar (minesweepers base, Granton) (for minesweeping refresher course) 1945 - 23.06.1946 Commander Minesweeping Western Italy [HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples)] (as Acting Commander)
Boyd, Neil Kenneth	17.06.1911 Isle of Wight, Hampshire - 11.2000 New Forest, Hampshire	Lt. 12.12.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. 14.06.1943? (retd 1945/46) DSC 26.01.1943 escorting Russian convoy 07.42 DSC 11.05.1943 Operation Torch & action with U-boat RD ? ?	06.12.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Curlew (cruiser) (to complete 12 months' training) 03.03.1942 - 05.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Poppy (corvette) 14.06.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Aire (frigate) 10.03.1945 - (07.1945) Training Establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall [HMS Raleigh]
Boys-Smith, Humphry Gilbert Son of late Rev. Edward Percy Boys-Smith, MA, Rural Dean of Lyndhurst, Hampshire, and Charlotte Cecilia, daughter of late Thomas Backhouse Sandwith, CB, HM Consular Service. Married (1935) Marjorie Helen Vicars-Miles (28.06.1905 - (12?).1981), daughter of Capt. Matthew John Miles Vicars-Miles, JP; no children.	20.12.1904 Lymington district, Hampshire - 24.06.1999 Salisbury, Wiltshire	Midsh. 01.09.1921 A/S.Lt. 20.12.1925 S.Lt. 05.03.1928 Lt. 17.11.1929 Lt.Cdr. 17.11.1937 (retd 29.06.1939); reactivated Cdr. 31.12.1941 A/Capt. 01.09.1943? (reld from active service < 04.1946) Capt. 31.12.1946 (retd 23.01.1952) DSO 16.08.1940 Dunkirk [investiture 08.04.41] DSO 04.03.1941 sinking U-boat 06.01.41 [investiture 08.04.41] DSC 16.03.1943 Operation Torch, 700 troops delivered [investiture 09.11.43] CitMS ? landing US troops transport Algiers MID 03.11.1942 attacks on U-boats 11 & 14.07.42 RD 03.03.1941 -	Education: Pangborne Nautical College 1921 joined Royal Naval Reserve 13.02.1940 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Tourmaline (trawler) 06.1940 Skoot Twente (Dunkirk) 20.06.1940 - 25.02.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Anemone (corvette) (Western Approaches) 25.03.1942 - 30.08.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Spey (frigate) (Western Approaches) 01.09.1943 - (07.)1945 Office of Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty (mainly concerned with Officer Appointments in Western Approaches escort ships) [HMS President] 1950 - 1951 War Course, Royal Naval College, Greenwich Served in Merchant Navy, Commonwealth and Dominion Line (later renamed the Port Line), 1922-1929, Cunard 1929-1934, Extra Master's Certificate, 1930; Colonial Maritime Service, 1935-1940 (Palestine) and 1946-1950 (Marine Superintendent, Western Pacific High Commission, based in Fiji); Courtaulds Ltd, Central Staff Department, 1951-1968. Younger Brother of Trinity House (1944) and a member of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners (1946). Additional member, RNR Advisory Committee, 1949-1951. Associate, Institution of Naval Architects (1948).
Braa, Konrad Andreas	24.09.1905 Norway -	T/S.Lt. 26.08.1940 T/Lt. 15.10.1940 (commission terminated 12.04.1944) DSC - minesweeping Tobruk & air attacks [HMS Svana] MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42 [HMS Svana]	15.08.1940 joined RNR 07.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Skudd V (converted Norwegian whaler) 14.11.1941 - 01.07.1942 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (additional for various services) [obviously aboard HMS Svana for some time during this period] 01.07.1942 - (10.1943) HMS Prometheus (auxiliary patrol base, Alexandria) (12.1943) no appointment listed 15.01.1944 - 12.04.1944 HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover)
Bradford, Donald Gould	(06?).1912 Bolton district, Greater Manchester, Lancashire - 1995	T/S.Lt. 27.05.1940 T/Lt. 27.05.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1943? T/A/Cdr. 1944 (reld < 04.1946) DSO 10.10.1944 action with enemy 04.07.44 [investiture 10.06.47] DSC 01.06.1943 action E-boats 28.03.43 [investiture 10.10.44] DSC 21.12.1943 action 19.10.43 [investiture 10.10.44] DSC 29.08.1944 Operation Neptune, Normandy 06.44 [investiture 10.10.44] MID 07.03.1944 2 trawlers sunk & E-boats damaged 03.11.43 MID 14.11.1944 actions 04.44	Education: St Cyr (French military academy). Joined Merchant Navy (served in South America and Spain, fighting in the Spanish Civil War). 17.12.1940 - 19.07.1941 HMS Malvernian (armed boarding vessel) (ship attacked by aircraft and abandoned; picked up by a Spanish fishing vessel and interned, but later escaped) (12.1941)     no appointment listed (08.1942)     no appointment listed 08.10.1942 - (06.1943) HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (for motor launches): (03.1943)     Commanding Officer, HM MGB 333 (motor gun boat) 01.09.1943 - (07.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 617 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 31st MTB Flotilla (07.44)     Senior Officer, 55th MTB Fllotilla [ty. aboard MTB 632] (08.1944)     Staff Officer, Coastal Forces, British Assault Area (Courseulles) 10.09.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (for motor launches, etc.) 04.06.1945 - (07.1945) Coastal Forces Mobile Unit 2 [HMS Fox (RN bae, Lerwick, Shetlands), then Flensburg (Germany)] Marks & Spencer branch manager.
Bradley, Samuel Clive	see:	RNZNR section
Brammall, Cedric Victor	09.10.1904 Wandsworth, London - 04.1986 Reading and Wokingham, Berkshire	T/Lt. 22.02.1940 A/T/Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1943? (reld 1945/46) DSC 07.06.1940 Dunkirk	? - 29.07.1940 HMS Gulzar (danlaying armed yacht) (bombed by German airdraft) 20.11.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Ulster Queen (auxiliary anti-aircraft ship, seagoing) 15.04.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for BYMSs) 15.07.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar)
Brammall, Harry Whittaker Last residence: Preston, nr Uppingham, Rutland.	07.02.1906 Ashton under Lyne district, Cheshire / Lancashire - 10.02.1967 (died at sea off United Arab Emirates) [Christian cemetery, St Martins Church, Sharjah, United Emirates]	Prob. Midsh. 20.06.1924 A/S.Lt. 20.06.1927 S.Lt. 02.03.1929 Lt. 01.01.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1939 (demobilized < 04.1946) (retd 27.02.1951) A/Cdr. 20.12.1943? Cdr. (retd) 27.02.1951 DSO 29.09.1942 minesweeping operations 05-06.42 [investiture 29.07.47] DSC 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 [investiture 06.08.40] RD 09.1942 -	05.12.1931 - (01.1932) HMS H 50 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] (04.1940) HMS Mayalan (?) * (1940) HMS Kurd (minesweeping trawler) (10.1940)     no appointment listed (02.1941) HMS Beaver (RN base, Humber) * 19.02.1941 - (08.1942) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta) 11.01.1943 - 27.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Hydra (Algerine class minesweeper) (12.1943)     no appointment listed 20.12.1943 - (06.)1944 Executive Officer, HMS St Tudno (minesweeping depot, Sheerness) 31.07.1944 - (07.1945) Commander Minesweeping, HMS Colonsay (base for Minesweeping Force, Humber) Master Mariner. * indexed, but not listed as such
Bratlie, Thorvald Johansen	29.08.1882 Norway - 08.01.1941	T/Lt. (E) ?	? - 08.01.1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
Brett, Robert Ernest From Wimbledon, London. BBC WW2 People's War	(03?).1907 St Giles, London, Middlesex - 1982 Melbourne, Australia	Lt. 18.01.1935 Lt.Cdr. 18.01.1942 A/Cdr. > 04.1944, < 06.1944 Cdr. 30.06.1946 Capt. 31.12.1953 (Supernumerary List 02.02.1954) DSO 21.12.1943 Operation Husky [investiture 07.03.44] DSC 30.05.1944 Operation Antidote [award posted] MID 08.06.1943 inshore squadron in support of 8th Army advance MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) RD 03.1944 ?	(04.1940)     no appointment listed 16.04.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Goodwin (armed boarding vessel) 01.11.1941 - 16.01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Seaham (Bangor class minesweeper) & from early 1944 as 2nd Senior Officer, 14th Minesweeping Flotilla 12.11.1945 - (04.)1946 Executive Officer, HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich)
Brett, Stanley George Son of George Henry Brett (born 1890) and Marguerite Ethel Brett (née Clark) (born 1893), of Newmarket, Suffolk. Brother of S.Lt. (A)  Ian Brett, RNVR.	1920 - 04.06.1943 [age 24] [Kirkwall (St Olaf's) Cemetery, plot 33, joint grave 15]	T/S.Lt. 20.11.1939 T/Lt. 20.05.1942	20.11.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Derbyshire (armed merchant cruiser) (12.1941)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 08.05.1942 - (08.1942) FAA Pool, Simonstown [HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa)] (02.1943) - 04.06.1943 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Bridges, Eric	? -	T/Paym.S.Lt. 17.03.1941 T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 24.07.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements 01.09.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Archer (aircraft carrier) 19.04.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Atheling (escort carrier)
Brignall, Ronald	? -	T/Lt. 20.08.1940	officer holding a temporary commission under T.124 agreements 20.08.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Chantala (armed boarding vessel)
Broadhead, Percy Frederick Son of William Birch Broadhead (1872-1907), and Edith Moore (1877-). Married ((06?).1933, South Manchester district, Lancashire) Christina G. Rae.	(06?).1905 Manchester, Chorlton district, Lancashire -	T/Lt. 01.01.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1942, < 02.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 21.08.1945 3 U-boats destroyer Kola Inlet 04.45 [decoration posted]	Served Merchant Navy (Second Mate's Certificate, 24.12.1924; First Mate's Certificate, 30.11.1926). Solicitor. 01.01.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 30.10.1940 - (02.)1942 HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) 14.03.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS St Nectan (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 05.11.1943 - 22.11.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Dumbarton Castle (corvette) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 06.03.1945 - 31.08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Shin (frigate) (DSC) Councillor of Romford (1955).
Broadhurst, Colin Lowe	(03?).1904 Hayfield district, Cheshire / Derbyshire -	Prob. S.Lt. 30.10.1929 S.Lt. 12.05.1930, seniority 30.10.1929 Lt. 24.03.1934 A/Lt.Cdr. 03.04.1940 Lt.Cdr. 24.03.1942 (demobilized < 04.1946) (retd 09.01.1949) (removed from retd 29.11.1954) DSC 01.08.1944 Operation Shingle (landing at Anzio 22.01.44) [investiture 16.10.45] MID 14.07.1942 minesweeping group commander 22.04.42 RD 18.02.1944 -	23.12.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Unicorn II (RN base, Dundee) * (06.)1940 - 19.08.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Gadfly (minesweeping trawler) (1941?) - (04.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Equerry (minesweeping trawler) ** (08.1942) no appointment listed 01.01.1943 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM LST 39 (landing ship, tank) 06.1943 - 26.01.1944 Commanding Officer, HM LST 422 (landing ship, tank) (ship mined off Anzio) (04.1944) no appointment listed 17.05.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 22.12.1944 - (07.1945) for duty with Admiral Superintendent of Contract-built Ships, Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * (02.1941) stlil indexed, but no longer listed as such ** (12.1941) indexed, but not listed as such
Brook, James Kenneth	(06?).1889 Isle of Wight, Hampshire - 16.12.1976 [Seaview, Isle of Wight ?]	Lt. 14.01.1918 Lt.Cdr. 14.01.1926 Cdr. 31.12.1930 Capt. 30.06.1938 (retd 14.04.1944) (removed from retd 29.11.1954) A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 30.10.1940 CBE 11.06.1942 HM's birthday DSO 1918 ? MID 29.02.1944 3 years ocean convoys RD ? ?	Education: Isle of Wight College, Ryde; HMS Worcester (Training Ship) 1906 - 1911 served in square­rigged sailing ships Ladye Doris and Marian Woodside 1912 - 1914 served in Tramp steamers 1914 - 1919 served in Armed Merchant cruisers, in Grand Fleet (HMS Conqueror) and later in Q and Mystery ships (despatches, DSO for sinking U34 when in command of HMS Privet, Q19) after demobilising joined Andrew Weir & Co. as Chief Officer and 2 years later in command of various Company's Ships until retirement (Master in the Mercantile Marine) 30.10.1940 - (07.1945) Commodore of Convoys [HMS Eaglet] 24.08.1942 - 04.1944 also: RNR ADC to the King (04.1946) no appointment listed
Brooke-Smith, Francis Haffey Navy List: Smith, F.H.B.	21.09.1918 Hasketon, near Woodbridge, Suffolk - 03.12.1952 Woodbridge, Suffolk (road accident)	Prob. Midsh. 01.05.1936 S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 01.03.1942 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1950 GC 27.06.1941 mine disposal RD 08.02.1950 - 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - Bur St - - It St - -	Education: HMS Conway (1934-1936) 18.03.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (for 4 months training) 11.01.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Derbyshire (armed merchant cruiser) (02.1941) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 1941 - 18.10.1941 HMS Broadwater (destroyer) 27.11.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Lancaster (frigate) 11.1943 - (10.1944) Navigating Officer, HMS Stuart Prince (landing ship, fighter direction) 10.06.1945 - (04.1946) HM LST 324 (landing ship, tank) * indexed, but not listed as such
Brooks, Arthur George Married; .. children (one daughter?).	09.01.1906 New Forest district, Hampshire - 30.06.2004 Lower Hutt, New Zealand	Prob. S.Lt. 18.02.1931 S.Lt. 29.07.1931, seniority 18.02.1931 Lt. 18.02.1933 Lt.Cdr. 18.02.1941 (reld from active service < 04.1946) (retd 09.01.1951) DSC 17.11.1942 Tobruk [UPBatt &tc ?] 06.42 MID 30.07.1942 SS Zealand; Tobruk air attack [ & fftg ?]  RD > 07.1945 < 04.1946 ?	29.06.1932 - (09.1932) HMS H 48 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) (Portsmouth) 14.01.1937 - (02.1938) HMS H 43 (submarine) (6th submarine Flotilla) 15.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Cathay (armed merchant cruiser) 07.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Widnes (minesweeper) (12.)1941 - 20.06.1942 Assistant Harbour Master, Tobruk [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)] (captured) 20.06.1942 - 05.1945? POW in German captivity (07.1945) no appointment listed After he was released as POW he returned to work for British India Steam Navigation Company and remained with them till he retired in 1970 as Chief Marine Superintendent at head office in London.
Broom, Charles Son (with nine siblings) of Albert Broom (1856-), and Mary Ann Higg (1858-). Brother of Lt.Cdr. Albert Broom, RN. Married (1917?, Ireland) Helena Underwood; two sons, two daughters.	18.08.1886 Bude, Cornwall - (03?).1958 Totnes district, Devon	T/S.Lt. 11.01.1915, seniority 07.01.1915 T/A/Lt. 09.07.1915 T/Lt. 29.01.1917, seniority 07.01.1917 (demobilised 16.06.1919) T/Lt. 05.02.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1942, < 08.1942 (reld > 07.1945, < 10.945)	Served Merchant Navy with Houlder Lines (2nd Mate, 25.02.1910, 1st Mate 02.01.1911, Master 20.06.1919). 13.01.1915 - 23.02.1915 HMS Vivid II (accounting base, Devonpot) (waiting appointment) 24.02.1915 - 31.05.1915 in command of net drifter, HMS Valiant II (auxiliary patrol depot ship, Larne) 01.06.1915 - 31.12.1915 in command of net drifter, HMS Hermione (auxiliary patrol depot ship, Larne) 01.01.1916 - 28.03.1917 in command of net drifter, HMS Thetis (auxiliary patrol depot ship, Larne) 29.03.1917 - 19.11.1917 HMS Vivid I (RN Barracks, Devonport) 22.11.1917 - 01.04.1919 HMS Canning (depot ship, Orkney) 02.04.1919 - 16.06.1919 granted leave to sit for Board of Trade Certificate as Master 02.03.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Prosperine (RN base, Lyness, Scapa Flow) 16.05.1941 - (10.)1942 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) 11.11.1942 - 22.06.1943 Officer-in-Charge, Anti-Submarine Fixed Defences, HMS St Andrew (RN base, Oban) 23.06.1943 - (06.)1944 RN Station, Canty Bay [HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith)] 29.08.1944 - (04.)1945 Officer-in-Charge, Anti-Submarine Fixed Defences, Cumbrae [HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)] 30.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Curlew (Anti-Submarine Fixed Defence training establishment, Dunoon, Argyll) Retired rank of Captain Merchant Navy to spend final years living in Brixham, Devon.
Brothers, Walter Francis Son of John Brothers. Married (20.04.1914, Saint Stephen, Paddington, Westminster district, Middlesex) Ænid Hilda Jackson (28.11.1885-(06?).1981), daughter of British/Australian architect Edward Jeaffreson Jackson and Roberta "Bobby" Hadwen; one son (Lt.Cdr. John Valentine Brothers, RN), one daughter.	21.07.1886 Ashford, West Ashford district, Kent - 07.07.1975 Hythe, Shepway district, Kent	Prob. S.Lt. 01.07.1914 S.Lt. 12.01.1915, seniority 01.07.1914 Lt. 01.07.1916 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1924 (retd 21.07.1931) Cdr. (retd) 21.07.1931 (reverted to retd < 10.1943) MBE 03.06.1933 HM's birthday 33: as British Consular Agent at Ismailia, Egypt. RD 28.08.1924 -	Education: Ashford Grammar School; Skinner's School, Tunbridge Wells (...-1902). 06.11.1914 - 08.1916 HMS King Orry (armed boarding steamer) 08.1916 - 04.1917 HMS Resolution (battleship) 04.1917 - 10.1917 HMS Duke of Cornwall (paddle steamer) 10.1917 - 1919 Commanding Officer, HM TB 114 (torpedo boat) 16.05.1919 - 1919 Commanding Officer, HMS Blackburn (Hunt class minesweeper) Became a Suez Canal pilot in 1920. 14.06.1930     Pangbourne Nautical College 06.02.1940 - 06.1943 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) (for examination service) [in his own words: "King's Harbour Master, Suez & Deputy Naval Officer-in-Charge, Suez"] 06.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; as Merchant Navy Liaison Officer)
Brown, Andrew Thorburn	1912 - 1973	T/Skpr. 01.03.1945 [TS 1702] (reld < 04.1946)	(07.1945)     HM MFV 1056 (motor fishing vessel) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Browne, Joseph George Son of Capt. Joseph George Browne of the Moss Line, and Mary Elizabeth "Mimi" Tarring (1857-1948), of Liverpool. Married (09.07.1936, Meavy, Tavistock district, Devon) Nora Willcocks, of Holbeton, Devon.	20.05.1898 Liverpool, Lancashire - 31.03.1941 (MPK) [age 42] [Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 4, column 3]	T/Lt. 28.12.1939	(04.1940)     HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) * 04.07.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Royal Charter (auxiliary patrol base, Grimsby) 1941 - 31.03.1941 HMS Lord Selborne (auxiliary patrol trawler) (missing, presumed killed when ship was lost by an underwater explosion in the Humber estuary at 11.10 hrs) * indexed, but not listed as such
Bryce, Ian Kinloch   Son of Laurence Leslie Bryce, and Zilla Musitano. Married 1st ((06?).1949, Cardiff district, Glamorgan) Brenda F. Pearce (died 1961); one son, one daughter. Married 2nd ((09?).1964, Kingsbridge district, Devon) Susan E. "Sue" Balkwill; one son, one daughter.	09.06.1922 Darlington, Co. Durham - Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales (formerly St Albans)	Prob. Midsh. 01.09.1938 Midsh. ?, seniority 01.09.1938 A/S.Lt. 09.06.1942 S.Lt. 09.06.1943 Lt. 01.02.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1952 (retd 19.09.1956) DSC 16.08.1940 Dunkirk [investiture 09.08.1941] RD 17.02.1953 -	Education: HMS Worcester. Joined Merchant Navy, 1938. Part of the crew that took the Cutty sark from Falmouth to Greenwich in 1938. (1940) HMS Kittiwake (sloop) 24.02.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Fitzroy (frigate) (Dunkirk) 06.1940 - 06.1940 lent to HMS Hebe (minesweeper) [during Dunkirk evacuation] 09.06.1941 - (06.)1944 Navigating Officer, HMS Oribi (destroyer) (10.1944)     HMS Goathland (escort destroyer) * 04.11.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Southdown (destroyer) 1947     HMS Vanguard (battleship) (sailed to South Africa) Rejoined the Merchant Navy, with Canadian Pacitic Steamships and later Cunard till 1956. Took up positions in the oil industry before forming and running his own management training company, Kinloch Bryce Associates, which he continued to run until the age of 75. Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Hamilton as Lord High Commissioner, 05.1953, 05.1954 & 05.1955. Published: Shipmates and mistresses : bye and large (2005; memoirs) * indexed, but not listed as such
Buchan, Gilbert Married; three daughters.	25.05.1912 Inverallochy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - 30.01.1990 Inverallochy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland	Prob. Skpr. 03.02.1939 [WS 2820] Skpr. 1940?, seniority 03.02.1939 A/Skpr.Lt. 06.01.1943 (reld 11.04.1946) CBE ? for services to the Scottish fishing industry MID 26.12.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	24.11.1939 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Raglan Castle (minesweeping trawler) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 27.11.1942 - 27.07.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 225 (motor minesweeper) 25.09.1943 - 12.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1012 (motor minesweeper) 29.12.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1047 (motor minesweeper) Member of the Herring Industry Advisory council, 1966-1968. Chairman, Scottish Fishermen's Organisation.
Buchan, Thomas	? -	Skpr. 01.08.1940 [WS 3558] Ch.Skpr. 05.09.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	16.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Bouvet IV (minsweeping whaler) 08.1941 - (12.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Philippe (trawler) 16.12.1941 - (08.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS British Guiana (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (10.1943)     no appointment listed (12.1943)     no appointment listed 05.08.1944 - (01.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Woodbridge (auxiliary patrol vessel) (07.1945) HM MFV 1184 (motor fishing vessel) *
Buchan, Thomas	? -	T/A/Skpr. ? [TS 1169] T/Skpr. 01.03.1942 (reld < 04.1946) MID 04.02.1944 Russian convoy rescue from "Leda"  42	09.04.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Northern Gem (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 16.05.1943 - (08.1943) HMS Irwell (trawler base, Birkenhead) (10.1943)     no appointment listed (12.1943)     no appointment listed (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Bunn, Denis Son of ... Bunn, and ... Hall. Married ((12?).1944, St Albans district, Hertfordshire) Betty Butler.	(09?).1917 St Albans district, Hertfordshire - 1997 Essex	Prob. A/S.Lt. 25.08.1939 S.Lt. 11.03.1940 Lt. 25.02.1942 (reld < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 25.02.1950 Cdr. 31.12.1956 (retd 25.05.1967) DSC 06.07.1943 Operation Torch (North Africa landings 11.42): for good services in ferrying personnel and stores, frequently under air attack from the enemy [investiture 15.02.44] RD 1940s -	Served Merchant Navy (BISN Co.). (04.1940)     no appointment listed (10.1940)     HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) * 04.01.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Princess Beatrix (Commando troop ship) (Lofoten raid 03.1941) 03.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Hamilcar (Combined Operations base, Djedjelli, Algeria) (DSC) 10.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous duties) 07.03.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Dido (cruiser) (07.1945)     no appointment listed After the war he returned to the MN and gained his Extra Master’s Certificate in 1947. * indexed, but not listed as such
Burman, Charles William	(09?).1891 ? Glanford Brigg district, Lincolnshire ? - (12?).1966 ? Fylde district, Lancashire ?	Skpr. 01.06.1940 [WS 3477] A/Skpr.Lt. 19.10.1944 Ch.Skpr. 30.06.1948 Lt. (Patrol Service) 22.11.1951, seniority 27.07.1947 Lt.Cdr. (PS) 29.08.1956, seniority 27.07.1955 (retd 04.01.1957) RD 08.02.1950 - MID 01.01.1944 New Year 44 LSGCM 29.01.1945 -	10.07.1940 - (04.)1943 HMS Helier II (anti-submarine warfare whaler) 28.04.1943 - 01.11.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Bombardier (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (despatches) 14.11.1944 - 03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Brimness (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 04.04.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Rosalind (minesweeping trawler) * indexed, but not listed as such
Burrows, George	? -	T/A/Skpr. ? [TS 1524] T/Skpr. 01.10.1943 NavGSM - & clasp Palestine 45-48	(12.1943) - (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946)     HM BYMS 2071 (British yard minesweeper) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Butler, Edward Gavin Farr	16.12.1895 Southern Leith, Midlothian, Scotland - 1960	Lt. 15.03.1919 (retd 01.01.1922; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.03.1927 A/Cdr. (retd) 19.06.1941 MID 26.12.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 0644.) CdeG ? Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) RD ? -	Served Merchant Navy. (10.1940)     no appointment listed 31.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth) (for Naval Control Service, Methil) (03.1941)     Convoy Commodore aboard ss Tewkesbury when she was bombed off Aberdeen on 01.03.1941 19.06.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 01.04.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Cardiff) (EBC Convoys) (07.1945)     no appointment listed  (04.1946)     HM LST 315 (landing ship, tank) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Butler, Frederick John Livingstone	(12?).1891 Portsea Island, Hampshire -	Lt.Cdr. 05.01.1925 Cdr. 30.06.1933 Capt. 30.06.1940 (reld 1945/46) Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd) 31.08.1946 RD ? ?	18.03.1942 - (10.1943) HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 25.10.1943 - (07.1945) Net Defence, New York [HMS Saker] 28.02.1945 - (04.1946) also: RNR ADC to the King
Butler, Henry Eric Son of Henry Butler, and Ethel Gilbert. Married (09.1939, Hove district, Sussex) Elizabeth Wallace Robertson McClure (1915 - 29.07.2008); two daughters, two sons.	11.04.1915 Pendleton, Salford district, Lancashire - 21.11.1985 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	T/S.Lt. RNVR 28.09.1939 T/Lt. RNVR 11.09.1940 T/Lt. 1941, seniority 11.09.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945 (reld 30.03.1946) Lt.Cdr. RCN 1951, seniority 11.09.1948 (retd 1960?) DSC 03.12.1940 successful attacks U-boats 21.06.40 [investiture 25.11.41] MID 14.08.1945 relief of Greece	28.09.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Viva II (anti-submarine vessel) (02.1941)     HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) * 10.11.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 15 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)] 27.01.1942 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 43 [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)] 23.01.1943 - (05.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 633 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)] 08.07.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt): 08.07.1943 - 10.1943 for service with Naval Officer-in-Charge Mersa Matruh 10.1943 - (07.1945) duty in Office of Commander-in-Chief Levant, later Flag Officer Eastern Mediterranean [sent to Greece, undercover, and for a while (09.1944?-11.1945?) he had command of a wooden Caique with a Greek crew; they tracked and reported mines laid by the Germans off the coast of Greece] 1951 - 1960? short service commission, Royal Canadian Navy: 1951 - 1953 with Naval Intelligence, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 30.11.1953 - (01.1956) on staff of Flag Officer, Pacific Coast [HMCS Naden (RN base, Esquimalt, B.C.)] (01.1957)     HMCS Naden (RN base, Esquimalt, B.C.) * District Commissioner, British Colonial Service, Palestine. Emigrated to Canada. * indexed, but not listed as such
Butler, Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Son of Horace A. Butler, and Dorothy F. Rourke. Married 1st ((12?).1943, Launceston district, Cornwall; marriage dissolved) Pamela M. Hipwell; two daughters. Married 2nd ((06?.1981, Chichester district, Sussex); one daughter.	28.06.1921 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 23.10.1996	Prob. Midsh. 01.05.1939 Midsh. ?, seniority 01.05.1939 A/S.Lt. 28.06.1941 S.Lt. 28.06.1942 Lt. 01.10.1943 Lt. RN 09.01.1947, seniority 01.10.1943 (emgcy 19.03.1951) Lt.Cdr. (emgcy) 01.10.1951 (retd 1967; removed from emgcy > 08.1973, < 08.1989) A/Cdr. (emgcy) > 05.1953, < 01.1956 DSC 23.01.1941 action against enemy raider 05.11.40	Education: Pangbourne Nautical College. 01.05.1939     joined RNR 25.10.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser) (ship sunk by German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer) (02.1941)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * ? - ? HMS Boadicea (destroyer) 17.11.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Ilfracombe (Bangor class minesweeper) ? - 03.1942 HMS Active (destroyer) 30.03.1942 - 27.09.1943 Gunnery Officer, HMS Intrepid (destroyer) 27.09.1943 - ? POW (escaped three times) 16.12.1943 - (04.1946) Gunnery Officer, HMS Apollo (minelayer) (Normandy, Pacific) 09.01.1947     transferred to RN 03.03.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Nonsuch (ex-German destroyer Z-38) (05.1949)     no appointment listed 16.09.1949 - (05.1950) Flag Lieutenant, HMS Tamar (Hong Kong) 01.02.1952 - (01.1957) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) ** ? - ? new entry training officer, Portsmouth ? - ? staff, Simonstown Dockyard, South Africa 17.11.1958 - 1967 CINO [= Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance] Officer attached to Departments under War Office Worked on oil rigs in Australia & the Pacific for Burmah Oil Company. * indexed, but not listed as such ** (01.1956) still indexed, but not longer listed as such
Byron, John	1891 ? - 07.05.1944 (KIA) [age 53] (Portsmouth Naval Memorial)	Lt.Cdr. 07.11.1925 (retd) A/Cdr. (retd) 11.1943 DSC 07.04.1942 protection convoy Western Approaches DSC 22.02.1944 attack U-boat Western Approaches 22.09.43 MID 06.04.1943 Operation Torch RD ? ?	21.04.1941 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Pentstemon (corvette) 26.04.1943 - (08.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Towy (frigate) (09.1943) - 11.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Keppel (destroyer) 11.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMCS Assiniboine (destroyer) [on loan to RCN] - 07.05.1944 aboard HMCS Valleyfield (frigate) [on loan to RCN]

 

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