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Haagensen, R.S.
to
Hynes, H.W.

   
R.S. Haagensen  to  H.W. Hynes
Haagensen,
Ronald Stanley
R.S. Haagensen (Photo courtesy of Erik Haagensen) R.S. Haagensen (Photo courtesy of Erik Haagensen)
R.S. Haagensen (Photo courtesy of Erik Haagensen)
Son (third of five siblings) of Hans Cristian Haagensen (1880?-1957), a Norwegian sea captain, and Mary Hendrie "Mae" Weights (1890-1976).
Married (06.04.1946, Chapel at St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York, NY, USA) Gwendoline Marsh (04.03.1922 - 22.10.1975), daughter of John Marsh (1897-), and Mary Elizabeth Long (1899-); three sons, one daughter.
18.08.1918
Liverpool, Lancashire
-
11.02.1996
Fairview Park, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
T/A/S.Lt. (E) 07.06.1941
T/S.Lt. (E) 21.09.1942
T/Lt. (E) 03.03.1945 (reld 22.08.1946)
      temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements:
07.06.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Carthage (auxiliary armed merchant cruiser)
(10.1942)     no appointment listed
03.11.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Ravager (escort carrier)
(06.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Stalker (escort carrier) *
(04.1945)     no appointment listed
09.04.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Smiter (escort carrier)
* indexed, but not listed as such
A son writes: "My father grew up in Whitley Bay. He was apprenticed to the Royal Navy at an early age, somewhere between 12 and 14, I think. He was demobbed at the end of World War II, moving to the U.S. [naturalized US citizen 09.02.1968] to marry my mother and take his dream job, as a marine engineer for Lloyd’s Register of Shipping. He eventually became the head surveyor for all shipping on the Great Lakes for Lloyd’s. After mandated retirement due to his age in 1988, he worked as a consultant, including on the cleanup of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, in 1989."
Hack,
Harold Roy
"Bob"
H.R. Hack 
Married (08.08.1945, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia) ...; three sons.
04.04.1921
Mount Selinda Mission Station, Rhodesia
-
15.09.1994
Amanzimtoti, Natal, South Africa
Midsh. 03.12.1938
A/S.Lt. 04.04.1941
S.Lt. 04.04.1942
Lt. 04.10.1943 (reld 1948/49?)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Divison) MBE 01.01.1963 New Year 1963: Senior Planning Officer, Federal Department of Conservation and Extension, Rhodesia and Nyasaland

 

Trained at the "General Botha" in Simonstown, South Africa.
05.10.1939 - (04.)1942 HMS Aurania (armed merchant cruiser)
(06.1942)     HMS Whaddon (destroyer) *
(08.1942) - (02.1943) HMS Western Isles (work up base, Tobermory) *
22.02.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Lewes (destroyer)
(04.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Hackman,
Leslie
L. Hackman
Son (with one brother and two sisters) of John Harry Hackman (1865-1954), and Janet Kate Smith (1868-1934).
Married ((03?).1928, Brighton district, Sussex) Elsie M. Hughes; ... children (one son?).
14.10.1899
Brighton, Steyning district, Sussex
-
(03?).1975
Rhuddlan district, Clwyd, Wales
T/Lt.
14.02.1940

Mercantile Marine Medal & British Medal (ribbons issued 21.10.1919, medals issued 23.12.1924).

Served Merchant Navy (Second Mate (08.06.1920), First Mate (14.02.1922), Master (13.08.1925)).
?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Stag
Haddow,
Reginald Andrew
R.A. Haddow
Son of William Haddow (1882-1911), and Elsie Cozens (1880-1972).
Married ((09?).1936, Southampton district, Hampshire) Mary Jane Napier  (17.12.1912 - 01.1988), daughter of William Tregonwell Peach Napier (1886-1961), and Ethel Keipper (1884-1970); one son.
12.10.1909
South Stoneham district, Hampshire
-
26.07.1991
Woolston, Southampton district, Hampshire
T/Lt. (E)
30.10.1943
?
-
(10.1944)
no appointment listed 
Haddow,
William
W. Haddow
?
-
T/Lt.
15.04.1940
?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Braganza
Hadfield,
Frank Louis
F.L. Hadfield
(03?).1906 ??
Grimsby district, Humberside / Lincolnshire ??
-
T/Skpr.
27.11.1941 [TS 1166]
?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Erith
Hadgraft,
James Henry Ernest
J.H.E. Hadgraft
03.08.1907
Boston district, Lincolnshire
-
21.01.1995
Blackpool and Fylde district, Lancashire
T/A/Skpr.
01.02.1943 [TS 1355]
?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Reighton Wyke
Hagan,
William Samuel
W.S. Hagan
(03?).1896 ?
Lisburn district, Ireland ?
-
09.04.1958 ?
Northern Ireland ?
T/Cdr. (E) 09.10.1939 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)
Served Merchant Navy (Union Castle Line).
      temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements
09.10.1939 - (07.1945) HMS Pretoria Castle (armed merchant cruiser, then aircraft carrier)
Haggard,
Dudley
D. Haggard
?
-
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
28.01.1927
?
-
(10.1944)
no appointment listed 
Hague,
Arthur
A. Hague
06.11.1912
-
03.2002
Teignbridge district, Devon
Prob. S.Lt. 01.11.1935
S.Lt. 02.03.1936, seniority 01.11.1935
Lt. 01.11.1938
A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943
Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1946 (retd 06.11.1957)
Mention in Despatches MID 25.10.1940 loss of HMS Borealis by enemy aircraft 08.08.1940
(11.1939)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
20.11.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (additional; for various services)
29.07.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Victory III (accounting section, Wantage, Berkshire)
(02.1941) - (04.1941) HMS Abelia (Flower class corvette) *
(06.1941) - 25.06.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Polyanthus (Flower class corvette) *
30.07.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Cardiff (Ceres class cruiser)
01.07.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Canada (RN base, Halifax, NS) (for miscellaneous duties)
30.08.1943 - 21.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Willowherb (modified Flower class corvette)
21.09.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Wellington (Grimsby class sloop) & as Senior Officer, 55th Escort Group
09.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) (for Peterhead Naval Base)
(04.1946)     HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Hague,
John
J. Hague
?
-

Ch.Skpr.
15.12.1935
Skpr.Lt. (retd)
?

RD

?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Beaulne Verneuil
Hague,
John Joseph
J.J. Hague
?
-
T/S.Lt. (E)
18.11.1942



temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements
?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Prinses Beatrix
Haigh,
Alfred Fenwick
A.F. Haigh
Married ((09?).1937, Fylde district, Lancashire) Ethel Helena Brogden (born 1915); three sons.
13.01.1910
Hull, Yorkshire
-
Skpr. 01.07.1940 [WS 3497]
Ch.Skpr. 11.07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
28.08.1940 - (10.)1942 HMS Southern Spray (anti-submarine warfare whaler)
(12.1942) - (08.1943) no appointment listed
21.11.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM HDML 1013 (harbour defence motor launch)
Haigh,
Henry
H. Haigh
?
-
T/Lt.
02.03.1941
?
-
(10.1944)
no appointment listed 
Haigh,
John Edward
J.E. Haigh
?
-
T/Midsh.
17.09.1943
?
-
(10.1944)
no appointment listed 
Haigh,
Laurie
L. Haigh
Married ((09?).1920, Grimsby district, Lincolnshire) Beatrice M. Richardson; ... children (three daughters, three sons?).
(03?).1897
Bradford district, Yorkshire
-
(06?).1968
Grimsby district, Lincolnshire
T/Skpr. 19.01.1940 [WS 3241 & TS 358]
T/A/Ch.Skpr. 14.02.1944 (reld 06.10.1945)
(02.1940) - (06.1940) no appointment listed
03.07.1940 - 02.07.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Drummer Boy (minesweeping trawler)
(08.1942) - (10.1942) no appointment listed
15.10.1942 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Carency (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
16.01.1944 - (04.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Sarah Hide (minesweeping trawler)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Hailstone,
William Blaxland Ernest
W.B.E. Hailstone (Photo courtesy of Mrs Elizabeth Martin-Fisher)
Son of Cdr. Walter Hailstone, RN (1848-1913), and Mary Beatrice Blaxland (1858-1953).
Married (31.08.1934, St Stephen's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) Nimet Eve "Diana" Darnelle (04.03.1907-26.07.1972), only daughter of Bernard John Darnelle (French Consular Service) and Mrs Darnelle, of Melbourne, Australia; one daughter.
19.07.1894
Southsea, Hampshire
-
20.11.1965
Devon Central district, Devonshire
T/Midsh. ?
T/S.Lt. 19.07.1916
T/A/Lt. 1917?
T/Lt. 19.07.1918
T/Lt. 09.09.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1941, < 08.1942
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 17.11.1942 for bravery in action and under fire at Tobruk [investiture 07.11.1944]
1914 Star 14|15 St - -
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20 - -
Victory Medal VM - -
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Africa Star Afr St - -
Italy Star It St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Education: Glyngarth School Cheltenham; HMS Conway (1908-1911).
Apprentice barque "Edinburgh",1911-1915.
1916 - 1918

served various ships belonging to the Cameroons Expeditionary Force (HMS Hussar, HMS Astroea, HMS Amethyst)

Served Merchant Navy (Master’s Certificate 1919). Joined Blue Funnel 1920.  2nd Mate 1924. Chief 1930. Left 1938.
01.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services)
03.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast)
27.05.1941 - 15.09.1941 Sea Transport Officer, Tobruk
01.02.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt)
01.02.1942 - 30.04.1942 Sea Transport Officer, Tobruk (on 07.03.1942 he assisted Capt. F.M. Smith CBE DSO RNR (NOIC Tobruk) to save the burning petrol tanker Cerion)
09.1943 - 20.10.1943 Sea Transport Officer, Aegean (Porto Largo, Leros)
21.02.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames) (for Divisional Sea Transport Office)
04.10.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover)
Halbert,
William Eric
W.E. Halbert
Son of Marion Halbert.
Married (18.03.1939, New Forest district, Hampshire) Ursula Baddeley (29.07.1911-16.09.2003), daughter of Stewart Baddeley (1869-1942) and Ethel Mary Bell (1873-1954); two daughters.
23.11.1907
Liverpool, Toxteth Park district, Lancashire
-
08.09.1947
Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Uxbridge district, Middlesex (formerly of Esher, Surrey)
Prob. Lt. 01.11.1937
Lt. ?, seniority 01.11.1937
A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944
Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 (reld 06.05.1946) (commission terminated 06.04.1947; medically unfit)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 09.05.1944 minesweeping Western Desert Sweep [decoration posted]
Mention in Despatches MID 03.09.1940 minesweeping
Mention in Despatches MID 31.03.1942 minefield clearance 12.1941-01.1942
Mention in Despatches MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944)
11?.1938     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
25.06.1939 - (09.)1939 HMS Sutton (twin-screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean) (to complete 9 months' training)
(12.1939) - (04.1940) HMS Sutton (Hunt class minesweeper) *
(05.1940) - (06.1940) no appointment listed
(08.)1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Sutton (Hunt class minesweeper) (despatches)
[date of appointment shown as 01.11.1937, which is in fact his seniority date as Lt.]
(04.1941)     HMS Sutton (Hunt class minesweeper) *
21.04.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Romney (Bangor class minesweeper)
13.06.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Cromer (Bangor class minesweeper)
28.09.1941 - (02.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Romney (Bangor class minesweeper) (DSC, despatches)
03.1944 - 27.07.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Whitehaven (Bangor class minesweeper) (desptaches)
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
01.12.1944 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Postillion (Algerine class minesweeper)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Halcrow,
James Alexander Smith
J.A.S. Halcrow
Son of Capt. Adam Halcrow (1872-1940), and Jane Smith.
1907 ?
-
09.12.1942
(KIA) [age 35]
[Chatham Naval Memorial]
Midsh. 01.05.1926
A/S.Lt. 04.11.1929
S.Lt. 07.05.1932
Lt. 19.11.1935
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD 10.1942 -
25.04.1936 - 15.05.1936 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
16.05.1936 - 29.05.1936 HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport)
30.05.1936 - 1936 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
27.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Laconia (armed merchant cruiser)
1940 - 03.01.1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
04.01.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Sandwich (sloop)
25.04.1942 - 09.12.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Marigold (corvette)
Hales,
Alfred
A. Hales (Photo courtesy of Mr William Riggall) A. Hales (Photo courtesy of Mr William Riggall)
?
-
T/Skpr. 09.10.1939 [TS 182]
T/A/Ch.Skpr. 29.07.1944
T/A/Skpr.Lt. > 01.1945, < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 1945
16.02.1940 - 15.011941 HMS Cordela (minesweeping trawler)
01.04.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Peken (minesweeping trawler)
13.03.1944 - 14.12.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Sir Galahad (minesweeping trawler) (despatches)

 

Hall,
Harry John
H.J. Hall (Painting by William Dennis Dring. From The National Maritime Museum collection.)

Son (with one sister and one brother) of Ernest Edgar Hall (1881-1970), and Kitty Rose (1879-1974).
Married (22.04.1939, Lindi, Tanganyika) Kathleen Gwladys Pepler (21.02.1901 - 08.05.1994), daughter (with two brothers and one sister) of William Herbert Pepler, MD (1863-1924), and Kathleen Christiana Maria Chadwick (1870-1957); one son.
10.10.1909
Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire
-
24.05.1994
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Prob. S.Lt. 28.05.1931
S.Lt. 12.07.1933, seniority 28.05.1931
Lt. 06.11.1934
A/Lt.Cdr. 05.09.1939?
Lt.Cdr. 06.11.1942
Cdr. 31.12.1944 (retd 01.07.1950)

Distinguished Service Order

DSO  11.05.1943 Operation Torch & U-boat attacks [investiture 16.03.1945]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 13.10.1942 convoy PQ17 [investiture 16.03.1945]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 21.11.1944 sinking of U671 04.08.1944 [investiture 16.03.1945]
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD 03.1943 -
Education: HMS Worcester (1925).
27.04.1935 - (07.1935) HMS Wishart (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (to complete 9 months' training)
05.09.1939 - (08.)1941 HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden)
(10.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed
03.03.1942 - (04.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Lotus (corvette) *
01.05.1942 - 07.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Lotus (corvette) *
15.09.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for miscellaneous duties)
30.12.1943 - 02.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Stayner (frigate)
20.09.1944 - (10.1945) Office of Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President]
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
(10.1948) - (05.1950) no appointment listed
* also shown in Navy List under HMS Phlox; this ship was renamed HMS Lotus in 04.1942
Hall,
Robert Lindsey
R.L. Hall

Son of Henry James and Mercy Lorraine Hall, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
09.10.1914
Wooloowin, Enoggera, Queensland, Australia
-
05.11.1940
(KIA) [age 26]
[Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 2, column 2]
T/S.Lt. (E) 15.09.1939

COORPAROO MAN AMONG MISSING OF JERVIS BAY (1940, november 17). Sunday Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1926 - 1954), p. 7.
Sole Queenslander on board the gallant Jervis Bay, which fought a losing fight with a raider on November 5, was Engineer Sub-Lieutenant Robert Lindsey Hall. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hall, of Welwyn Crescent, Coorparoo, were notified by the Admiralty yesterday that their only son was missing on war service. Twice in a little more than a year chance has altered his plans. Just as war broke out Sub-Lieutenant Hall joined the Jervis Bay to come to Australia to see his relatives. He had been attending a marine school in London, where he gained his second en-gineer's certificate. Before the Jervis Bay could complete its trip to Australia, the ship was commandeered by the Admiralty and converted into an armed merchant cruiser. Sub-Lieutenant Hall had signed on for 12 months, and his term of service with the Jervis Bay should have ended a month ago. Last Wednesday, just as the first news of the Jervis Bay's heroic fight reached Brisbane, Mr. and Mrs. Hall received an air mail letter from their son, written a month ago, and posted in Canada. 'I haven't decided,' he said, 'whether to sign on again. It will mean for the duration of the war, and I am anxious to go to London to sit for my chief engineer's certificate.' Evidently he decided to remain with the shin. Sub-Lieutenant Hall was educated at the Coorparoo State School, where he passed the scholarship examination, and then at the State High School. He was apprenticed to the Queensland Meat Industry Board on leaving school, and then joined the Port Line as a junior engineer. He served in the Port Sydney and the Port Brisbane. He celebrated his 26th birthday at sea on October 9.

Education: Coorparoo State School; State High School.
Apprenticed to the Queensland Meat Industry Board. Later served with Port Line as a junior engineer in their steamers Port Sydney and Port Brisbane.
      serving under the T.124 agreement
15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)

 

Hall,
William Samuel
W.S. Hall
(06?).1904
Mutford district, Suffolk
-
25.12.1947
Lothingland district, Suffolk
Skpr. 26.01.1938 [WS 2769]
Ch.Skpr. 06.01.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
A/Skpr.Lt. > 08.1942, < 10.1942
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1941 New Year 1941
16.10.1939 - 14.11.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Achroite (minesweeping trawler) (despatches)
(02.1941)     HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) *
18.02.1941 - 16.04.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Siesta (minesweeping trawler)
(06.1942) - (08.1942) no appointment listed
(09.1942)     HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) *
09.1942 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM BYMS 185 (British yard minesweeper)
(08.1943)     HM MMS 169 (motor minesweeper) *
14.08.1943 - (04.).1944 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 308 (motor minesweeper)
22.04.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 247 (motor minesweeper)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Hamilton,
Benjamin Charles
B.C. Hamilton
Son (with three brothers) of Claude Hamilton (1880-1932), and Kathleen Sophia Mack (1882-1964).
Married ((06?).1937, Wycombe district, Buckinghamshire) Ruth Seymour Perry (20.06.1908 - 03.1991), daughter (with one sister) of Edgar Seymour Perry (1878-1915), and Sarah Bird (1882-1954); one son.
13.12.1910
Partridge Green, Horsham district, West Sussex
-
06.02.2010
Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
T/S.Lt. 27.05.1940
T/Lt. 13.12.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 08.11.1943? (transferred to reserve 16.06.1945)
Lt.Cdr. RCN seniority 16.02.1949 (retd 06.03.1961)
Housemaster in HM Prison.
(06.1940)     no appointment listed
(08.1940) - (12.1940) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) *
06.01.1941 - (06.)1942 HMS Princess Beatrix (landing ship infantry (medium))
(07.1942)     no appointment listed
29.07.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Coreopsis (Flower class corvette) (First Lieutenant, from ca. 03.1943 Commanding Officer)
(10.1943)     HMS Coreopsis (Flower class corvette) *
08.11.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for miscellaneous duties)
28.12.1943 - 25.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Stockham (Captain class frigate)
1949? - 06.03.1961 transferred to RCNR, then short service commission RCN, then permanent commission RCN
* indexed, but not listed as such
Hammond,
Walter James
W.J. Hammond

Son of William James Hammond and Alice Hammond.
Husband of Margaret Hammond, of West End.
(09?).1895
Pancras district, London / Middlesex
-
31.03.1947
[age 51]
[Marden Cemetery, sec. 2, grave 557]]
T/Lt.
06.12.1939
T/Lt.Cdr.
?
24.12.1939
-
08.11.1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Marauder (rescue tug)
02.05.1943
-
31.03.1947
HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for duty with rescue tugs) (died on active service)
Hand,
Charles Dennis
C.D. Hand
Son of Frank Henry Hand (1880-), and Hannah Jones.
Married ((06?).1948, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Margaret Irene Browning ((10?).1918 - 1999); one son.
13.02.1922
Festiniog district, Merionethshire
-
13.12.1978
T/Midsh. 28.12.1940
T/A/S.Lt. 13.02.1942
T/S.Lt. 13.02.1943
T/Lt. 13.08.1944 (reld 15.06.1946)
28.12.1940 - (02.)1943 HMS Ranchi (armed merchant cruiser)
13.03.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Totland (Lulworth class escort)
05.05.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Witch (Thornycroft modified W class destroyer)
01.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Fleetwood (Aberdeen class sloop) (in lieu of specialist navigation officer)
Hand,
Reginald Hector Edwin

R.H.E. Hand (Photo courtesy of Mr Tim Hutchinson)
Married ((06?).1925, Wellinborough district) ... Clayson.
22.03.1902
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
-
(06?).1982
Lewes district, East Sussex
T/Lt.
22.09.1939
TA/Lt.Cdr.
15.04.1943? (reld < 04.1946)
22.09.1939
-
(02.)1943
HMS Ranchi (armed merchant cruiser)
15.04.1943
-
08.1943
Commanding Officer, HM LST 75 (landing ship, tank)
08.1943
-
11.1944
Commanding Officer, HM LST 214 (landing ship, tank) (Anzio & Normandy)
28.11.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon)
Hannah,
George Henry
"Harry"
G.H. Hannah (Photo courtesy of Mr Phil Hannah)
Son of Skpr. Robert Henry Hannah (swept mines in WWI and lost at sea 01.1920 on steam trawler 'Amber'), and ... Wrigglesworth.
Married; ... children (one son?).
01.01.1912
Hessle, Humberside, Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire
-
1990 ?
Seaman
21.02.1941 [Lt/JX242624]
T/Skpr.
01.05.1944 [TS 1619] (reld 21.03.1947)
21.02.1941


entered RNR as seaman for 2nd Hand
02.1941
-
05.1943
HMS Our Bairns (auxiliary minesweeping trawler)
05.1943
-
02.1944
HMS Oaklea (trawler?)
02.1944
-
01.05.1944
HMS Sir E.P. Wills (examination service vessel)
01.05.1944
-
12.08.1944
HMS Europa (RNPS Central Depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (for course)
12.08.1944
-
14.08.1945
Second Skipper, HMS Chiltern (auxiliary patrol trawler)
14.08.1945
-
21.10.1945
HMS Europa (RNPS Central Depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft)
21.10.1945
-
08.12.1945
Second Skipper, HMS Ben Meidie (auxiliary minesweeping trawler)
08.12.1945
-
27.01.1946
HMS Europa (RNPS Central Depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft)
27.01.1946
-
10.1946
First Lieutenant, HM MMS 233 (motor minesweeper) [HMS Martello (auxiliary patrol base, Lowestoft)]
10.1946
-
21.03.1947
HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness)
Hansen,
Peder
P. Hansen
Son of Hans Rasmus Syventsen and Hilma Elisabeht (née Johannessen).
Husband of Martha Hansen, of Haukerod, Norway.
18.07.1899
Norway
-
09.03.1942
[age 42]
[Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 8, column 1]
A/T/Lt. (E)
05.08.1941
05.08.1940
-
09.03.1942
HMS Shera (minesweeping trawler)
Hansen,
Philip Randolph
P.R. Hansen
Son of Louis and Elizabeth Ann Hansen.
Married (29.09.1944, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Muriel Constance Turner (14.09.1909 - 10.11.1995); two daughters, one son.
12.12.1907
Old Charlton, Woolwich district, Kent
-
25.10.1986
Swanage, Poole district, Dorset
T/Lt. 21.04.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld 20.01.1946)
Served Merchant Navy.
(06.1941)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
17.07.1941 - (01.)1945 HMS Keren (landing ship, infantry)
(04.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Hansen,
Thorbjørn
T. Hansen
10.12.1914
Norway
-
T/S.Lt.
26.08.1940 (commission terminated 28.08.1942?)
14.10.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Skudd III (converted Norwegian whaler)
Hamilton-Hill,
Edward Alfred
E.A. Hamilton-Hill
?
-
Lt.
18.03.1933 (retd)
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
11.07.1941
A/Cdr. (retd)
< 07.1945 (reverted to retd 23.02.1946)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
?
?
King Christian X's Liberty Medal (07.09.1948; mission to Denmark)
(09.1940)


Commanding Officer, HM MTB 14 (motor torpedo boat)
(1944?)


Staff of SHAEF
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
Harkness,
Archibald Ferguson
A.F. Harkness (Photo courtesy of Mrs Philippa Stafford)
Married; two sons, one daughter.
14.05.1911
-
(12?).1961
Lothingland district
A/S.Lt.
22.04.1933
S.Lt.
14.07.1934
Lt.
22.04.1936
17.10.1939, seniority 24.03.1936
A/Lt.Cdr.
early 1942 &
> 02.1943, < 06.1943 till 23.03.1944
Lt.Cdr.
24.03.1944 (reld 27.05.1946) (retd 01.07.1950)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
09.06.1942
passage Black Sea - Alexandria 11.1941-02.1942
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
01.01.1941
New Year 1941
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
12.1943
?
Mention in Despatches MID
08.01.1942
withdrawal from Crete
Mention in Despatches MID
24.02.1942
taking Mikoyan [1stblFmgst?] (for skill and good seamanship)
Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1944
New Year 1944
Mention in Despatches MID
24.04.1945
bombarding Gothic Line from Adriatic Sea 1944
Education: Ayr Academy, Scotland
Joined Merchant Navy, 1927, serving aboard the ships of A Holt & Co, Liverpool, and becoming a Master Mariner.
23.04.1939
-
(09.1939)
HMS Hyperion (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (to complete 9 months' training)
(04.1940)


HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth) *
(1940)


HMS Euclase (armed trawler)
07.11.1940
-
(02.)1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Skudd III (minesweeping trawler)
18.03.1941
-
(12.1941)
Commanding Officer, HMS Wolborough (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
(1942)


HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)
(1942)


Tuapse (Soviet ship)
05.04.1942
-
09.09.1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Gloxinia (corvette)
10.1943
-
03.1944
Commanding Officer, HMS Tetcott (destroyer)
28.06.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Urchin (destroyer)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Harris,
Dane Eric
D.E. Harris
Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Herbert Gurney Harris (1881-1949), and Millicent Abraham (1889-1981).
Married ((12?).1948, Chatham district, Kent) Mary Hawkes.
12.09.1922
Fulham district, London
-
29.12.1967
Gravesend, Kent
Prob. T/A/S.Lt. 06.10.1942
T/S.Lt. 01.07.1943
T/Lt. 16.06.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
(12.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed
19.03.1943 - (04.)1945 HMS Sunflower (Flower class corvette)
(07.1945) - (04.1946) HM LSE 52 (landing ship, emergency repair) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Harrison,
Lancelot Robert
see: RNVR officers' section  
Hart,
William Percival
W.P. Hart
(09?).1901 ?
Ormskirk, Lancashire ?
-

Prob. T/S.Lt.
29.01.1940
T/S.Lt.
?, seniority 29.01.1940
T/Lt.
29.10.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
< 07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
23.10.1940
-
(02.1941)
First Lieutenant, HMS Arabis (corvette)
19.08.1944
-
?
Commanding Officer, HMS Pennywort (corvette)
(07.1945)


HMS Pevensey Castle (corvette) *
01.12.1945
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Fada (frigate)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Hartnell,
George Arthur
G.A. Hartnell (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Brannan)
(03?).1908 ?
St George Hanover Square, London ?
-

Prob. T/Lt.
23.09.1940
T/Lt.
1941, seniority 23.09.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
06.12.1945? (reld > 04.1946)
18.12.1940
-
(02.1941)
First Lieutenant, HMS Tiercel (armed yacht; at times used as armed boarding vessel, accommodation ship & target ship)
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
06.12.1945
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Carisbrooke Castle (corvette)
Harvey,
Louis Martin
L.M. Harvey (Photo courtesy of Lois Saunders)
Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Horace George Harvey (1866-1942), and Eve Edith Grey (1870-1940).
Married ((09?).1925, Hull district, East Riding of Yorkshire) Esther Penny (12.09.1901 - 10.2004), of Anlaby; three daughters.
03.01.1902
Yarmouth, Norfolk
-
03.02.1941
[age 39]
[Haltemprice (Anlaby Tranby Lane) Cemetery, Yorkshire, grave 211]
Prob. T/Skpr. 26.09.1940 [TS 727]
23.10.1940 - 03.02.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Arctic Trapper (trawler) (ship sunk by aircraft)
Hatton,
Thomas
T. Hatton
Of Chipperfield, Hertfordshire.
?
-
died before 09.1956
A/S.Lt. 08.01.1910
S.Lt. ?
Lt. 09.04.1915 (retd)
Lt.Cdr. (retd) 09.04.1923 (removed from retd 29.11.1954)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? ?
07.08.1941 - (10.)1943 HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) (for miscellaneous services)
01.10.1943 - (10.1944) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)
01.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (for staff duties on staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Greenock)
(04.1946)     HMS Tay (frigate) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Hay,
William
W. Hay
1921 ?
-

07.08.1942
(KIA) (age 21)
[Pulborough (st. Mary) Churchyard]
Prob. Midsh.
01.05.1938
A/S.Lt.
?
S.Lt.
?
Mention in Despatches MID
20.01.1942
action with enemy Dover 27.11.1941
(11.1941)


HM MTB 219 (motor torpedo boat)
31.12.1941
-
07.08.1942
First Lieutenant, HM MTB 45 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)]
Hayes,
Walter
W. Hayes (Photo courtesy of Dominique Henrard)
?
-
?
T/Skpr. 05.09.1939 [WS 2986 & TS 105]
T/A/Ch.Skpr. 06.01.1944
T/A/Skpr.Lt. > 12.1943, < 02.1944
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 01.01.1940 New Year 1940 [investiture 06.02.1940]
(12.1939)     Commanding Officer, HMS Ray of Hope (drifter) (DSC) *
(12.1939) - (02.1940) no appointment listed
19.02.1940 - 22.02.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Achievable (trawler) (3rd Mine Recovery Flotilla)
(04.1942) - (10.1943) no appointment listed
09.11.1943 - 14.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 289 (motor minesweeper)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
08.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HM BYMS 2069 (British Yard minesweeper)
* "But all this (the work of the boffins) took time to evolve, and in the meantime, the drifters of the Mine Recovery Flotilla, or "Vernon's Private navy" as they were quickly called, carried on with their hazardous fishing for mines. In December they were working from Ramsgate when two vessels were called for to tackle a specially dangerous job. Skipper White of Silver Dawn and Skipper Walter Hayes of Ray of Hope volunteered, and went out to shoot their trawls some five miles east of the swept war channel used by the convoys, The two drifters took it in turns to sweep, the other standing by, in waters where parachute mines had been seen to drop. All went well until Ray Of Hope got her sweep fast on the bottom. Skipper Hayes heaved on the winch, drawing his ship back, but in reversing he passed over a magnetic mine, which was promptly triggered off by the metal of her engine and fittings. Ray of Hope went up immediately in a terrific explosion, blowing Skipper Hayes from his bridge. The skipper and his second hand, John Bird, were the only survivors, and were picked up by Silver Dawn along with two or three bodies of dead crew, Though a southbound convoy was passing at the time, no help was forthcoming from its escorts, who would not venture into the dangerous waters. The remainder of the flotilla steamed from Ramsgate to help search for the lost men, but their efforts were fruitless."
Hayward,
John Rossiter
J.R. Hayward (Photo courtesy of Mr Derek Hayward)
Son of John Sydney Hayward (1862--1932), and Mary Waymouth (1865-1958).
Married (1924, Totnes, Devon) Lilian Ruth Spry (01.10.1900 - 03.08.1972); three children.
09.10.1894
Torquay, Newton Abbot district, Devon
-
06.02.1976
Southsea, Portsmouth district, Hampshire
T/Lt. 01.05.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 03.1943?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 01.01.1955 New Year 1955: as Captain RFA Sea Salvor [investiture 19.07.1955]
15.12.1939 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Dunnet (boom working vessel)
(02.1942) - (02.1943) HMS Barbridge (boom defence vessel) *
03.1943 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Barbridge (boom defence vessel)
(08.1943)     HMS Rooke (Boom Defence Central Depot, Rosyth) *
09.08.1943 - (10.)1943 Assistant Boom Officer, Boom Defence Depot, Grimsby [HMS Beaver I (RN base, Grimsby)]
12.11.1943 - (12.)1943 Boom Defence Depot, Rosyth, Fife [HMS Rooke (Boom Defence Central Depot, Rosyth)]
12.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee)
09.03.1944 - (07.)1945 Boom Defence Depot, Trincomalee [HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee)]
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
06.11.1945 - (04.1946) Boom Defence Depot, Lyness [HMS Pomona]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Hayward,
Reginald Jack
R.J. Hayward R.J. Hayward
R.J. Hayward R.J. Hayward
Son (with two brothers and one sister) of William Dunning Hayward (1852-1922), and Mary Louisa Blackwell Hansell (1855-1939), of Broadstairs, Kent.
Married 1st (25.06.1941, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland) Dr Eleanor Jane Maxwell Anderson (27.12.1904 - 25.09.1970), daughter of James Malcolm Anderson (1868-1956), and Elizabeth Maxwell (1875-1948); one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd (11.09.1971, London) Dorothy Rattenbury (15.02.1916 - 18.03.2013), daughter of Grahame Rattenbury (1886-1934), and Dorothy Knowles Penberthy (1886-1971).

08.01.1893
Croydon, Surrey
-
28.10.1985
Eastbourne, Sussex
T/Asst.Paym. 26.10.1914
T/Paym.Lt. 26.10.1918
Paym.Lt. 08.02.1919
Paym.Lt.Cdr. 08.02.1927
Paym.Cdr. = Cdr. (S) 31.12.1937 (retd 08.01.1943) (reverted to retd 26.07.1945)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) CBE 01.01.1959 New Year 1959: Member of the Court of Common Council, City of London
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD 24.11.1932 -
(12.1939)     no appointment listed
04.12.1939 - 01.08.1940 HMS Curacoa (Ceres class cruiser)
22.08.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Penelope (Arethusa class cruiser)
05.05.1941 - 24.09.1941 Economic Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
24.09.1941 - 17.08.1942 HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall)
19.09.1942 - (04.)1945 Accountant Officer [renamed Supply Officer], Naval Reserves in the Office of Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President I]
FCA, and Chairman of Unidental Holdings Ltd.
Hegg,
Ottmar
O. Hegg
Married Hanna Marie ... (22.01.1911 - 06.03.1995).
29.06.1911
Sem, Norway
-
28.02.1992
T/A/Lt. (E) 12.12.1941
T/Lt. (E) 27.03.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
(10.1942) - (12.1942) no appointment listed
16.01.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Soika (minesweeping whaler)
(12.1943)     HMS Soika (minesweeping whaler) *
(02.1944) - (06.1944) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) *
06.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Algerian (cable ship)
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
Emigrated to Australia, 1956.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Henderson,
Albert John
A.J. Henderson
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
13.11.1906
London
-
30.03.1971
Greenwich district, Greater London
T/S.Lt. 01.09.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
      temporary officer serving under T.124T (Rescue Tugs) Agreement:
01.09.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) (for rescue tugs)
01.03.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS President III (HQ for personnel serving at defensively equipped merchant ships) (for duty with rescue tugs)
01.04.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Marshal Soult (trawler base, Portsmouth) (for rescue tugs)
23.01.1945 - (04.1946) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for duty with rescue tugs)
Henderson,
James
J. Henderson
?
-
T/Lt. (E)
28.09.1942
Mention in Despatches MID
24.04.1945
firefighting & damage control 31.01.1945
15.03.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Berry (frigate)
(04.1946)
 
 
HMS Bayfield (Bangor class minesweeper) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Henderson,
John Roderick
J.R. Henderson
1885
-
01.1953
T/Lt. RNVR
10.04.1915
T/Lt.Cdr.
27.08.1939
T/A/Cdr.
28.08.1939?
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
02.08.1940
withdrawal of troops from Le Havre [investiture 22.02.1941]
28.08.1939
-
(02.)1941
HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven)
08.04.1941
-
(12.1941)
staff of Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)]
(06.1944)
(07.1945)
(04.1946)
-


(04.1946)


HM's Dockyard, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane] 
and for salvage duties
Assistant to Captain of the Dockyard (and for salvage duties)
Hewitt,
Eric
E. Hewitt
Residence: (1970/71) Ty Gwyn, Penman1, Beaumaris, Wales.
18.07.1904
Stoke upon Trent
-
02.1996
Knowlsey, Merseyside
[memorial service 11.05.1996]
Midsh. 01.05.1921
A/S.Lt. 18.07.1925
Lt. 12.06.1928
Lt.Cdr. 12.06.1936
Cdr. 31.12.1941
A/Capt. 15.09.1945?
Capt. 30.06.1947 (retd > 07.1959, < 07.1962)
Mention in Despatches MID 23.11.1943 defence of convoy Eastern Mediterranean air attack 08.1943
Letter of Appreciation LoA - bringing ship [SS Mnie de Larrinage] to be sunk as a block ship
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD 08.1940 ?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD > 05.1953
< 01.1956
?
Education: HMS Conway (1919-1921).
13.06.1927 - (07.1927) submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
28.08.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Alaunia (repair ship)
(02.1941)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *
26.02.1941 - 12.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Aster (corvette)
12.1941 - 31.08.1942 Executive Officer, HMS Shoreham (sloop)
31.08.1942 - 12.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Shoreham (sloop)
20.04.1944 - 23.11.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Whimbrel (sloop) **
12.12.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Pevensey Castle (corvette) & as Senior Officer, 30th Escort Group
15.09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Sultan (base, Singapore) (for sea transport duties)
11.02.1952     RNR representative at funeral of HM King George VI
14.06.1956 - 1960? RNR ADC to the Queen
Captain Superintendent HMS Conway (school ship since 1953 ashore], Mercantile Marine Services Association), 09.1949-07.1968. Sheriff, High Court of Justice for Anglesy, Wales, 1970-(1971).

* indexed, but not listed as such
** appointment & hence exact dates not confirmed by Navy List, but he was undoubtedly in command for operation Neptune; dates taken from ending & starting dates of predecessor & successor
Heywood,
Peter Walter Kenneth
P.W.K. Heywood
Son of ... Heywood, and ... Manners.
Residence: Laburnam Farm
Waste Lane, Berkswell, Warwickkshire.
(06?).1920
Stockport district, Cheshire / Lancashire
-

Cadet
?
Prob. Midsh.
31.12.1936
Midsh.
?, seniority 31.12.1936
A/S.Lt.
23.03.1940
S.Lt.
23.03.1941
Lt.
23.09.1942
A/Lt.Cdr.
< 04.1946
Lt. RN
09.01.1947, seniority 23.09.1942
Lt.Cdr. RN
23.09.1950 (emgcy 09.12.1951)
Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
?, seniority 23.09.1950 (retd 31.12.1971)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
08.10.1956
?
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star with France and Germany clasp; Burma Star; 1939-45 War Medal; Silver Jubilee Medal 1910-1935; Russian Convoy medal
06.09.1939
-
04.1940
HMS Patroclus (armed merchant cruiser)
05.1940
-
06.1940
HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
06.1940
-
01.1941
HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship, Rothesay)
02.1941
-
07.1942
HMS Rockingham (destroyer)
29.07.1942
-
03.1944
HMS Obdurate (destroyer)
13.04.1944
-
11.1944
HMS Despatch (cruiser)
18.11.1944
-
(07.1945)
HM LST 410 (landing ship, tank)
02.1946
-
01.1947
Commanding Officer, HM LST 3026 (landing ship, tank)
09.01.1947


transferred from RNR to RN
02.1947
-
06.1947
Commanding Officer, HMS Ringdove (coastal minelayer)
06.1947
-
08.1947
course, HMS Safeguard (boom defence depot, Rosyth)
08.1947
-
08.1949
HMS Barneath (boom defence vessel)
10.08.1949
-
08.1951
HMS Cleopatra (cruiser)
(05.1953)


HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *
Hill,
Harold
H. Hill
?
-
[1959 still alive]
S.Lt.
13.08.1928
Lt.
13.08.1930
Lt.Cdr.
13.08.1938 (retd 1945/46)
Cdr. (retd)
?
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
05.01.1943
successful submarine patrol Western Approaches 07.1942
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
?
?
02.02.1929
-
(08.1929)
Third Officer, HMS H 31 (submarine)
04.12.1940
-
02.1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Gardenia (corvette)
23.02.1942
-
(02.1943)
Commanding Officer, HMS Sandwich (sloop)
21.12.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HM LST 358 (landing ship, tank)
Hill,
Hugh Alfred
H.A. Hill
(09?).1901
Bangor, Anglesey
-

died between 07.1962 and 08.1973
Prob. S.Lt.
?
S.Lt.
29.09.1926, seniority 17.05.1926
Lt.
10.07.1928, seniority 17.05.1928 (retd 11.02.1935; own request)
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
17.05.1936
A/Cdr. (retd)
< 07.1945
Cdr. (retd)
13.08.1946, seniority 08.05.1946
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
01.01.1946
New Year 1946
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
05.11.1946
?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
10.01.1946
-
22.04.1942
-
(02.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Wakakura (trawler)
15.07.1943
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Venture (shore establishment, Suva, Fiji) & Naval Liaison Officer, Fiji
Hill,
Leslie Frederick Lewis
L.F.L. Hill
07.01.1910
Chorlton district, Lancashire
-
10.1994
Claro district, North Yorkshire
Prob. S.Lt.
01.03.1935
S.Lt.
05.10.1936, seniority 01.03.1935
Lt.
26.08.1937, seniority 08.11.1936
A/Lt.Cdr.
< 10.1944
Lt.Cdr.
08.11.1944
Cdr.
31.12.1950 (retd 07.01.1960)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
07.12.1945
-
28.08.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Seawolf (submarine)
12.1940
-
(02.)1941
Commanding Officer, HMS L 23 (submarine)
21.07.1941
-
(12.1941)
First Lieutenant, HMS Una (submarine)
15.02.1944
-
15.11.1944
Commanding Officer, HMS Tuna (submarine)
11.1944
-
19.06.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Sardonyx (destroyer)
06.1945
-
(10.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Morpeth Castle (corvette)
(04.1946)
 
 
no appointment listed
Hill,
Walter
W. Hill
Son of Benjamin Rowland Hill (1865-), and Sarah Ann Smith.
Husband of Martha Hill, of Isleworth, Middlesex.
1890 ?
-
05.11.1940
(MPK) [age 50]
[Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 1, column 2]
T/Lt. 15.09.1939
      serving under the T.124 agreements:
15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser) (missing, presumed killed when ship was sunk in the Atlantic by German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer)
Hilldrith,
William
W. Hilldrith
(06?).1901
Hull, Yorkshire
-
T/Skpr.
08.06.1940
Mention in Despatches MID
12.11.1940
attack by enemy aircraft, 2 brought down
(04.1940)


no appointment listed
?
-
23.10.1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Arctic Trapper (minesweeping trawler)
Hire,
Carlton Arthur
C.A. Hire
(12?).1909
Cardiff, Glamorgan
-
T/S.Lt. 30.09.1940
T/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
      holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements
(02.1941)     no appointment listed
(12.1941)     HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) *
01.09.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine establishment, Campbeltown) (for duty with rescue tugs)
01.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Badger (minesweeping base, Harwich) (for rescue tugs)
[HMS Jaunty (rescue tug)]
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Was arrested as a Singapore-based shipbroker by the Dutch authorities for selling arms and vessels to the Indonesian rebels. Along with 3 US men he was sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment in Jan. 1949, but was released on 12 Nov. 1949 after an application for clemency, pointing out that the US citizens had been released two months previously.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Hitchcock,
Ernest Albert
E.A. Hitchcock
?
-
T/S.Lt.
13.10.1939
T/Lt.
22.11.1940 (reld < 04.1946)
(04.1940)


no appointment listed
02.10.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS King Sol (anti-submarine trawler)
10.12.1943
-
(06.1944)
HMS Pennywort (corvette)
24.09.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Borage (corvette)
Hjelle,
Mathias [Johannes Hansson]
M. Hjelle
Son (with three brothers and one sister) of Hans Zakarias Knutsson Hjelle (1853-1947), and Randine Birgitte Pedersdotter (1860-1950).
Married Ragnhild Erika Andrea Hansdotter Brune (23.07.1891 - 04.04.1997); one daughter, one son.
22.07.1895
-
21.01.1974
T/Skpr. 20.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
      holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements
(10.1943) - (10.1944) HMS Thorvard *
10.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Thorvard (minesweeping whaler)
07.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Atwood (rescue tug)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
A grandchild writes: "He was on board the whale catcher Ornen III, on the way home to Norway after whale catching near the Antarctica when Norway was invaded 9th April 1940. They went to Trinidad where he spend more then 5 years in the Royal Navy. I don't have the exact dates for his service, but he was First lieutenant and Commanding officer on HMS Ornen III and HMS Thorvard. In 1944-1945(?) I think he was Commanding officer on an American vessel for a period."
* indexed, but not listed as such
Hodson,
Frank
F. Hodson
?
-
Skpr.
15.11.1937 [WS 2726]
10.10.1939
-
(04.1940)
Commanding Officer, HMS Brecon Moor

Hodson,
Frederick William
F. Hodson or F.W. Hodson (Drawing courtesy of Mr Nick Clark) ?
?
-
07.1962 still alive
Skpr.
19.07.1937 [WS 2708]
A/Chief Skpr.
14.08.1944 (retd)
05.12.1939
-
(04.1940)
Commanding Officer, HMS Stella Rigel (minesweeping trawler) *
14.12.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)
* under HMS Stella Rigel is given F. Hodson, but as that person commanded HMS Brecon Moor, it is assumed that it should be F.W. Hodson, who is without appointment in the index of the Navy List
Hodson,
Marmaduke Storr
M.S. Hodson
14.04.1909
Leeds district, Yorkshire
-
09.1997
Thanet district, Kent
Midsh.
01.09.1926
A/S.Lt.
14.04.1930
S.Lt.
26.10.1931
Lt.
18.09.1934
Lt.Cdr.
18.09.1942 (reld from active service < 04.1946)
Cdr.
30.06.1949
Capt.
31.12.1955 (retd 02.06.1964)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
07.12.1945
-
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
11.12.1962
-
08.02.1940
-
01.08.1940
Second Hand, HMS Oswald (submarine) [ship rammed and sunk by Italian destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi in Ionian Sea] [background story]
08.1940
-
1945?
prisoner of war in Italian/German captivity
29.04.1962
-
28.04.1963
RNR ADC to the Queen
Area Marine Superintendent, U.K. south at Southampton, Union Castle Line.
Hollinshead,
John Geoffrey

J.G. Hollinshead

Son of Alfred and Lily Hollinshead, of Bray, Co. Wicklow, Republic of Ireland.
1918 ?
-
24.11.1941
[age 23]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60, column 1]
Prob. S.Lt.
09.02.1940
S.Lt. 
1940?, seniority 09.02.1940
(04.1940)


no appointment listed
08.11.1940
-
24.11.1941
HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
Holmes,
Herbert
H. Holmes
From Birkenhead.
?
-
died between 07.1952 and 07.1959
S.Lt.
17.05.1926
Lt.
17.05.1928 (retd 24.07.1935)
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
17.05.1936 (reverted to retd 04.06.1946)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
WW II
?
04.12.1926
-
(07.1927)
HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) (to complete 12 months' training)
25.11.1939
-
06.02.1940
HMS Resource (repair ship, Mediterranean)
06.02.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said)
25.02.1945
-
(07.1945)
Naval Control Service (NCS) duties with Resident Naval Officer (RNO), Cypriot Ports [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)]
Holmes,
William Douglas
W.D. Holmes (Photo courtesy of Douglas R. Holmes)
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
19.03.1898 ?
-
?

?
Prob. Paym.S.Lt. 01.03.1937
Paym.S.Lt. 29.12.1937, seniority 01.03.1937
Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 01.03.1939
A/Lt.Cdr. (S) > 06.1944, < 10.1944
Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.03.1947 (demobilized 05.11.1946) (retd 08.12.1954; own request)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD 10.04.1946 -
(12.1939)     no appointment listed
01.12.1939 - (06.)1942 HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden)
06.07.1942 - (06.)1943 Economic Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President (additional)]
19.07.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Bellona (improved Dido class cruiser)
(02.1944)     HMS Bellona (improved Dido class cruiser) *
16.02.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Malaya (battleship)
08.06.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Glenearn (armed troop carrier)
(10.1945)     HMS Furneaux (RN depot, Brisbane) *
(04.1946)     HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) *
02.07.1946 -  (07.1946) HMS Queensferry (Reserve Fleet Forth Area parent ship, Rosyth)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Hoodless,
Colin Arthur
C.A. Hoodless
(03?).1906
Steyning district, Sussex
-
11.03.1964
Plymouth
T/Lt.
20.11.1939
1940?, seniority 23.10.1940
A/T/Lt.Cdr.
07.1943? (reld < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
14.05.1946
attack 03.07.1942 [award posted]
20.11.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Derbyshire (armed merchant cruiser)
06.11.1940
-
(06.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Le Tiger (auxiliary anti-submarine warfare trawler)
07.1943
-
(10.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Jasmine (corvette)
09.06.1945
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Tintagel Castle (corvette)
Master Mariner. Captain of the Research Vessels "Sabella" & "Sarsia" of the Marine Biological Association, 1950/60s.
Hooper,
Cecil Herbert
"Peter"
C.H. Hooper
Son (with three brothers) of William Ernest Hooper (1871-1944), and Agnes Kathleen Girvan (1879-1910).
Married ((12?).1941, Tynemouth district, Northumberland) Rosalind Mary Mundahl (16.01.1916 - 19.05.2009), daughter (with one sister) of Henry Smethurst Mundahl (1865-1938), and Ethel Brown (1900-1967); three sons.
09.03.1906
Wellington, Tamil Nadu, India
-
02.2000
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Prob. S.Lt. 13.12.1932 (reld 13.12.1936)
T/Lt. 01.11.1939 (reld > 10.1946)
01.11.1939 - (03.)1940 HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (additional; for miscellaneous services)
(04.1940) - (10.1941) HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) *
15.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)
28.01.1942 - (04.)1942 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)
(06.1942) - (08.1942) no appointment listed
31.08.1942 - (10.1945) HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)
(04.1946)     HMS Chinkara (landing craft base, Cochin) *
07.1946 - (10.1946) an Assistant to the King's Harbour Master, Ceylon (as Swinging Officer) [HMS Highflyer]
A son writes: "He trained at Greenwich as a Navigator. He was later captain of HMS Gnat, Insect class RN river gunboat, inshore squadron, in Shanghai, Basra before moving to the Eastern Med based in Alexandra. In the Med., off Tobruk, the ship came under German land gunfire and he was injured and rescued. I believe the ship was later sunk by a German submarine."
* indexed, but not listed as such
Houchen,
George William
G.W. Houchen

(12?).1906
Wayland, Norfolk
-
16.03.1966
Falmouth, Cornwall
Midsh.
01.09.1923
A/S.Lt.
02.04.1928
S.Lt.
28.02.1931
Lt.
06.02.1932
Lt.Cdr.
06.02.1940
A/Cdr.
> 07.1945, < 04.1946
Cdr.
31.12.1947
Capt.
31.12.1955 (retd 13.10.1961)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
11.07.1940
HM's birthday 1940 [investiture 03.09.1940]
Mention in Despatches MID
03.03.1942
torpedoing of HMS Cossack 23.10.1941
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
06.08.1942
?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
1954/55?
1st clasp
20.05.1931
-
(01.1932)
HMS H 31 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla, Portsmouth)
05.09.1939
-
(04.)1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Northern Foam (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
18.12.1940
-
(08.)1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Carnation (corvette)
27.08.1942
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Kale (frigate)
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
Master Mariner.
Hough,
John Stafford
J.S. Hough (Photo: Prince of Wales Sea Training School Society)
Son of ... Hough, and ... Carr.
05.01.1916
Plymouth district, Devon
-
11.1987

Dover, Kent
Lt.
05.01.1941 (retd 1945/46)
Cdr. (retd?)
?
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
14.06.1945
HM's birthday 1945
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
?
?
10.1942
-
(06.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Kittiwake (sloop)
01.07.1945
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Charlock (corvette)
1956
-
1964
Commanding Officer, Prince of Wales Sea Training School
1964
-

Deputy General Secretary, British Shipping Society
Houghton,
Harry Kimberley
H.K. Houghton H.K. Houghton
H.K. Houghton
Son of James and Ellen Houghton.
Married ((03?).1949, Liverpool district, Lancashire)
15.02.1900
West Derby district, Lancashire
-

10.2000
Birkenhead district, Cheshire
T/Lt. 25.09.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1942, < 02.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
Served Merchant Navy (Second Mate's Certificate, 16.01.1922).
25.09.1939 - (06.)1941 HMS Salopian (armed merchant cruiser)
14.07.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Wolfe (destroyer depot ship)
01.01.1942 - (01.)1945 Navigating Officer, HMS Resource (fleet repair ship) [initially in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer]
(04.1945)     no appointment listed
26.04.1945 - 06.1945 Navigating Officer, HMS Adventure (minelayer)
26.06.1945 - (04.1946) Moorings Officer, HM Dockyard Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
Howe,
Benjamin Clarence
B.C. Howe (Photo courtesy of Mr Brian Smith) B.C. Howe (Photo courtesy of Mr Brian Smith)
B.C. Howe (Photo courtesy of Mr Brian Smith)
(03?).1888
Caistor district, Lincolnshire
-
T/Lt. (E) 23.04.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) 05.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
Served on the passenger vessel "Caledonia" when she was requisitioned for war in Dec 1939, and finally became HMS Goatfell.
23.04.1941 - (01.)1945 Chief Engineer, HMS Goatfell (paddle minesweeper, then anti-aircraft ship) [19.06.1945 HMS Pembroke (additional, not to join) on paying off [date to be reported]]
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Howe,
John Samuel
J.S. Howe
(03?).1891 ??
Mutford district, Norfolk / Suffolk ??
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973
Wt. Offr.
?
Skpr.
01.07.1924 [WS 2329] (retd 1940?)
A/Ch. Skpr. (retd)
31.12.1943
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
1939
?
1914-1915 Star; British War Medal 1914-1920; Victory Medal
(04.1940)
-
(12.1941)
HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) *
(10.1944)


no appointment listed
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Howes,
Walter George Robert
W.G.R. Howes
(03?).1898
Lowestoft?, Mutford district, Suffolk
-

(12?).1964
Yarmouth district, Norfolk
T/Skpr.
09.11.1939
T/A/Ch.Skpr.
03.01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
09.02.1940
-
13.10.1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Summer Rose (auxiliary patrol drifter)
(02.1941)


HMS Europa (RN base, Lowestoft) *
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Howson,
John
J. Howson
22.11.1871
Whitehaven, Cumberland
-

09.05.1948
Lt.
?
Lt.Cdr.
>
Cdr.
30.06.1918 (retd)
Capt. (retd)
30.06.1923
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
1919
?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
?
?
1887


entered Mercantile Marine, doing service in sailing vessels until 1895
1895


Extra Master's Certificate, joined the Pacific Steam Navigation Co.
1896


obtained commission in the Royal Naval Reserve
1900
-
1902
served in a chartered Naval Transport during S. African War (medal and clasp)
1902
-
1903
served Royal Navy
1906


transferred to Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, commanding several of their vessels, 1910-1914
1914
-
1918
served in Royal Navy (1914-1917 RN Harwich force, North Sea & 1918-1919 Flag Lieutenant to Commander-in-Chief, Nore Command)
1919


commanded Hospital Ship attached to Black Sea Naval Squadron
1919
-
1921
commanded Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's vessels
1939
-
1940
served in Atlantic convoys (1939-40), Norway (1940), and Dunkirk (1940)
1940
-
1941
Staff Officer, HQ Western Approaches
1941
-
1943
served in Mediterranean (1941-42), and Madagascar (1942), and took part in Malta convoys (1942), and the landings in North Africa (1942), Sicily (1943), and Italy (1943)
1944


Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf
1946


[Senior Naval Officer], Delhi
Hubbard,
Robert Lancelot Fortescue

R.L.F. Hubbard
16.03.1887
Lewisham district, Greater London / Kent / London
-
(06?).1972

Honiton district, Devonshire
Cdr.
31.12.1925
Capt.
31.12.1934 (retd)
A/Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd)
04.01.1943
Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd)
15.09.1945
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
?
?
Royan Naval Reserve Decoration RD
?
?
04.01.1943
-
(08.1943)
Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
Hudson,
Huberht Taylor
"Buddha"
no typing error: Huberht
H.T. Hudson

17.09.1886
Islington, London
-
15.06.1942
(KIA) [age 55]
[Liverpool Naval Memorial]
Cdr.
30.06.1927
Capt.
30.06.1935 (retd > 08.1939, < 08.1942)
A/Cdre. 2nd cl.
26.12.1940
Royan Naval Reserve Decoration RD
?
-
1914 - 1916 member (navigator) of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
07.05.1939 - (08.1939) tactical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(10.1940)     no appointment listed
26.12.1940 - 15.06.1942 Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (convoy HG84 etc.)
07.02.1940 - 26.08.1941 also: RNR ADC to the King
Hughes,
Alexander [Ian]
"Alex"
A. Hughes A. Hughes
A. Hughes (Photo courtesy of Mrs Anne Etherton) A. Hughes
A. Hughes A. Hughes

From Pittenweem, Fife.

1911 ?
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1967 ?
Prob. S.Lt. 29.03.1939
S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 29.03.1939
Lt. 05.05.1940
Lt.Cdr. 05.05.1948 (retd > 01.1959)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 10.07.1945 Operations Arakan coast 1944-1945 [decoration posted]
Mention in Despatches MID 10.07.1945 Operation Baboon (operations on the Arakan coast 03.1945)
Mention in Despatches MID 23.10.1945 beach reconnaissance Far East 09.06.1945
Royan Naval Reserve Decoration RD 08.02.1950 -
? - ? HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton)
01.11.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Montclare (armed merchant cruiser)
06.07.1940 - (07.)1940 French Ship La Melpomène
23.09.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Seaborn (accounting base for 3rd Battle Squadron, Halifax, NS)
06.10.1940 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Buxton (destroyer)
(02.1942)     no appointment listed
25.02.1942 - (04.)1943 Navigating Officer, HMS Havelock (destroyer)
(06.1943)     HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth ) *
05.1943 - 05.03.1944 Navigating Officer, HMS Slinger (escort carrier)
06.03.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP):
 1944 - 1945 COPP 3 (1) (Recommission) (Naval Party 775 & HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon))
01.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Appledore (Combined Operations base & training establishment, Fremingham Camp, Appledore)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Hughes,
Charles Henry

C.H. Hughes  
?
-
?
T/Lt. 01.04.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1942, < 08.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
(08.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed
01.03.1943 - (04.)1945 HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) (for miscellaneous services)
04.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) (for miscellaneous services)
Hughes,
Edward Peter

E.P. Hughes
07.09.1926
-
22.08.1976?
... ...
T/Midsh. 27.04.1944
T/S.Lt. ?
S.Lt. RN 01.1947, seniority 07.09.1946
Lt. RN 07.09.1948 (emgcy 28.11.1951)
Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne.
... - ... ...
? - (10.1945) HMS Loch Gorm
... - ... ...
Hughes,
James Henry de Courcy

J.H. de C. Hughes
27.10.1921
-
17.10.1998
... ...
A/Lt. 27.04.1944
... ...
Lt.Cdr. RN 22.10.1952 (retd 27.10.1966; age)
Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne (1936-1939).
... - ... ...
? - (10.1945) HMS Oribi
... - ... ...
Hughes,
Richard Vivian de Courcy

R.V. de C. Hughes
27.10.1921
-
12.1998
... ...
Lt. 27.04.1944
... ...
Lt.Cdr. RN 02.11.1952 (retd 27.10.1971)
Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne (1936-1939).
... - ... ...
? - (10.1945) HMS Loch Irish
... - ... ...
Hughes,
Richard [Gladstone]
R. Hughes
From Anglesey, North Wales.
?
-
01.1952
Cochin, India (drowned)
[buried at St Andrews, Cochin 26.01.1952]
T/Lt.
03.12.1941 (reld 11.06.1947)
09.01.1942
-
1942
HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea)
1942
-
1945?
HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said)
21.02.1945
-
12.1945
HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)
12.1945
-
(04.)1946
HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India)
1946
-
(06?).1947
HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) (possibly as Sea Transport Officer)
Captain of the new Scidia Steam's 'Jalapadma' after the war and was drowned in Cochin in 1952 during a transfer from ship to shore.
Hughes,
William John
W.J. Hughes (Photo courtesy of Emyr Davies)
From Moelfre, Anglesey, North Wales.
Married; three sons, two daughters.

26.07.1913
-
10.1988
Ynys Mon, Gwynedd, Wales
T/Lt. 04.05.1941 (reld 02.11.1945)
Served on the ships Yewbank, Brereton, Wild Rose, Barrhead, Wildfire, Laomedon, Rooke, Elsie Thomas, Primrose, Guelder Rose, Yewhill and Yewmount Jim, and as master of the ships Hubbastone, Monkstone, and the M. V. Richmond Queen and the M. V. Kestor, his first command, in 1937.
(08.1941)     no appointment listed
09.1941 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Barrhead (boom defence vessel)
(10.1942)     no appointment listed
26.10.1942 - (12.1943) Boom Defence Depot, Thames [HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness)]
07.01.1944 - (07.1945) Navigating Officer, HMS Laomedon (boom carrier)
      HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth)
Hulse,
John Norman
J.N. Hulse
13.08.1907
-
24.12.1998
Seaford, Eastbourne district, East Sussex
Prob. S.Lt.
12.02.1930
S.Lt.
26.08.1930, seniority 12.02.1930
Lt.
12.02.1932
Lt.Cdr.
12.02.1940
Cdr.
31.12.1943 (retd 01.12.1944) (re-instated on Active List ?) (reverted to retd 01.07.1950) (re-instated on Acticve List 25.10.1951) (reverted to retd 13.08.1957)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
01.01.1944
New Year 1944 [decoration posted]
Mention in Despatches MID
11.07.1940
HM's birthday 1940
Royan Naval Reserve Decoration RD
07.1943
-
04.12.1939
-
(02.)1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Northern Princess (armed boarding vessel)
06.06.1941
-
07.1944
Commanding Officer, HMS Antwerp (armed merchant cruiser)
(10.1944)
 
 
no appointment listed
Suez Canal  pilot. Master Mariner.
Hummel,
Guy Horton
G.H. Hummel
Son of Robert Horton Hummel, and Ethel Mary Hummel (née ...) (died 1943).
Married ((09?).1937, Isle of Wight) ... Saunders; ... children (one son?).
30.10.1901
Bromley district, Greater London / Kent
-
(03?).1978
South East Hampshhire district
Prob. T/Lt.
18.01.1940
T/Lt.
1940, seniority 18.01.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
< 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
02.10.1942
Operation Jubilee (Dieppe raid 08.1942)
(10.1940)
 
 
HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *
(02.1941)


HM ML 157 (motor launch) *
10.10.1941
-
(02.1943)
HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)
(08.1942)


Commanding Officer, HM SGB 5 (steam gun boat) (despatches)
(10.1944)
 
 
no appointment listed
13.11.1944
-
(01.)1945
Commanding Officer, HM LST 361 (landing ship, tank) & Flotilla Commander, 1st LST Flotilla
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Hunter,
Frederick Alfred George
F.A.G. Hunter
Married (12.1933, Southampton district, Hampshire) Doris E. White; two sons, two daughters.
Residence: (1944) Southampton, Hampshire.
24.09.1903
Islington, London
-
28.09.1963
Southampton, Hampshire
Prob. S.Lt.
25.04.1927
S.Lt.
20.04.1932, seniority 25.04.1927
Lt.
02.05.1931 (retd 12.03.1939)
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
02.05.1939 
A/Cdr. (retd)
01.10.1941? (reverted to retd < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
08.06.1944
HM's birthday 1944 [investiture 07.11.1944]
Mention in Despatches MID
02.06.1943
HM's birthday 1943
Royan Naval Reserve Decoration RD
1942?
-
14.01.1933
-
1933
Pangbourne
03.10.1937
-
16.10.1937
HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport)
17.10.1937
-
1937
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
04.12.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth)
(10.1940)
-
(02.1941)
HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) *
01.10.1941
-
(07.1945)
HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) (DSC, despatches)
Joined the Union Castle Line where he was assistant cargo superintendent at
Southampton up till his death.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Hunter,
John
J. Hunter
?
-
Prob. T/Lt. 11.09.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1942, < 02.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 01.01.1943 New Year 1943 [investiture 11.05.1945]
(10.1940)     HMS Nimrod (training establishment, Campbeltown) *
02.10.1940 - (01.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Saltarels
21.01.1941 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Tango (Dance class trawler)
(10.1943) - (02.1944) no appointment listed
26.03.1944 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Buttercup (Flower class corvette)
06.11.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Caroline II (trawler base, Belfast)
(07.1945)     HMS Prince Henry *
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Huntriss,
William Thomas
W.T. Huntriss
Youngest son of Richard Huntriss (1882-1959), and Georgina Fortescue (1886-1963).
Married (13.08.1945, Christ Church, South Yarra) Isabel Ann Hewatt (1923 - 06.2008), only daughter of Maj. & Mrs. R.E. Hewat, of South Yarra; two sons.
16.04.1920
Fareham, Hampshire
-
17.01.1959
Durban, South Africa
Prob. Midsh. 31.12.1936
A/S.Lt. 16.04.1940
S.Lt. 16.04.1941
Lt. 16.10.1942 (demobilized 26.06.1946) (retd 01.07.1950)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 1943
Royan Naval Reserve Decoration RD 08.02.1950 -
Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne (1934-1936).
(09.1939) - (04.1940) no appointment listed
26.04.1940 - (01.)1941 HMS Lairds Isle (armed boarding vessel)
25.01.1941 - (04.)1944 HMS Alsey (armed trawler) (MBE)
(06.1944)     no appointment listed
04.07.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Caistor Castle (Castle class corvette)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
30.08.1945 - (04.)1946 HMS Beaconsfield (RN base, Seaman's Mission, Port Melbourne, Australia)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Hurley,
Alfred George
"Joe"
A.G. Hurley
Son (with three sisters and four brothers) of John Hurley (1853-1942), and Mary Jessie Smith (1855-1913).
Married ((12?).1916, Tendring district, Essex) Hilda Gertrude Manhood (12.07.1896 - 01.1961), daughter (with two brothers and one sister) of John Richard Manhood (1872-1957), and Gertrude Lambert (1870-1943); two daughters.

28.12.1890
Birkenhead, Cheshire
-
01.1986
Sefton North district, Merseyside
T/Lt.Cdr. (E) 20.01.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 01.01.1946 New Year 1946 [decoration posted]
Mention in Despatches MID 30.05.1944 attack on Tirpitz 03.04.1944
Engineer officer (railway).
      temporary officer serving under T.124X Agreements:
20.01.1941 - (07.)1942 HMS Princess Astrid (landing ship, infantry)
30.07.1942 - (10.1945) HMS Pursuer (Archer class escort carrier) (DSC, despatches)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Hynes,
Herbert William
H.W. Hynes
?
-
T/Lt. (E)
01.02.1943
(10.1944)
-
(07.1945)
HMS Montserrat (frigate) *
(04.1946)
 
 
HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
 
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