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Broadway, Harold Theodore Logan Son of Theodore B. and Jessie A.I. Broadway. Husband of Vera Mary Broadway, of Westmoors, Dorsetshire.	30.11.1908 Dorchester, Dorset - 24.11.1941 (KIA) [age 33] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60, column 3]	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 26.03.1940 T/Sg.Lt. ?, seniority 26.03.1940 A/T/Sg.Lt.Cdr. < 11.1941	Education: MRCS, LRCP. 26.03.1940 - (04.)1940 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 28.08.1940 - 24.11.1941 Medical Officer, HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
Brockbank, Roger Son of ... Brockbank, and ... Crofts. Married (19.06.1954) Clare O'Brien; two sons, one daughter.	07.04.1923 Kendal district, Lancashire / Westmorland - 03.10.2006 Kendal, Cumberland	T/S.Lt. 28.11.1943 T/Lt. 28.11.1945 (reld 1946)	HMS Ramsey (destroyer) HMS Dasher (escort carrier) 10.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Undine (destroyer) (Pacific) (04.1946) HMS Thracian (destroyer) * Joined the family firm of Staveley Wood Turning Co. Ltd, in Staveley, Kendal, Cumbria. * indexed, but not listed as such
Brodie, Hugh Victor Son of Dr. Thomas Gregor Brodie, MD, FRS, and Alice Brodie.	(09?).1899 Kingston district, Surrey - 06.12.1941 64 General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt [age 42] [Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, 2.H.2]	T/Lt. 28.10.1940	07.01.1941 - (02.)1941 HMS Tormentor (RN base, Warsash) (12.1941) HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) * ? - 06.12.1941 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) * indexed, but not listed as such
Brodie, John Grigor	31.07.1898 Walton-on-Thames, Chertsey, Surrey - 20.01.1962 Mauritius [Vacoas Cemetery]	? ? [J32167] Prob. T/S.Lt. 01.11.1940 T/Lt. 01.02.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? T/A/Cdr. 04.1945? (reld > 04.1946) MBE 14.06.1946 HM's birthday 1946	21.12.1940 - (12.1941) Boom Defences Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.1943 - (12.1943) Boom Defence Depot, Takoradi [HMS Leonidas] 04.1945 - (10.1947) HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) [lastly in the capacity of Residential Naval Officer] General Manager at Cowasjee Dinshaw in Aden 1948-51. Resident welfare officer at Merchant Navy Club, Mauritius, 1957-62.
Bromley, Arthur Charles Son of Arthur William Bromley, and Ada Critchell, of Milnathort, Kinross-shire.	(06?).1920 Greenwich district, London - 12.10.1941 (MPK) [age 21] [Chatham Naval Memorial, 50, 1]	T/A/S.Lt. 06.09.1940 MID 19.02.1946 posthumously: ship lost in action Mediterranean 12.10.1941	(10.1940)     no appointment listed (12.1940)     HMS Tormentor (Combined Operations base, Hamble, Southampton) * (02.1941)     HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary) * (04.)1941 - 12.10.1941 HM Lighter A7 [HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt)] * * indexed, but not listed as such
Brooke-Smith, Wilfred Peter	17.12.1917 - 08.2002 New Forest district, Hampshire	... ... T/Lt. 09.08.1942	... - ... ... 06.10.1942 - (10.1943) HMS Belfast (cruiser) ... - ... ...
Brooker, Dudley George	1917 / 1919 ? - 20.03.1945 (missing presumed killed; air crash) [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 6, panel 2]	T/S.Lt. (A) 30.08.1941 T/Lt. (A) 30.08.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 10.1944	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 05.1944 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, 1844 Squadron FAA 07.1944 - 20.03.1945 Commanding Officer, 1846 Squadron FAA * [HMS Colossus] * (10.1944) indexed, but not listed as such
Brooker, Wallace Frank Married; ... children (one son?).	09.12.1907 Newhaven district, Sussex - 09.1991 Alfriston district, Sussex	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 18.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	Worked in some capacity in Newhaven Docks and therefore didn't join up until midway through the war. 1943? HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove & Lancing) served as a Wireless Operator, possibly on a destroyer (details unknown) 09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Lizard (Combined Operations landing craft base, Shoreham)
Brookes, Alfred Charles Son (with four sisters) of Alfred Brookes, and Ellen Page, of Aston, Birmingham.	(06?).1919 Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire - 11.10.1944 [age 25] [Birmingham (Witton) Cemetery, Warwickshire, sec. 95, grave 10557]	T/S.Lt. (A) 24.06.1944	09.08.1944 - 11.10.1944 pilot, 808 Squadron FAA [HMS Corncrake (RN Air Station, Ballyhalbert, Co. Down)] (killed in an air crash)
Brookes, Ewart Stanley   Son of John William Brookes (1874-1910), and Alice Edith Evans. Married ((09?).1929, Swansea, Glamorgan) Marjorie Eliza Stephens two children.	09.03.1901 Swansea, Glamorgan - (03?).1975 Crymmych, Haverfordwest district, Wales	Prob. T/S.Lt. 22.11.1940 T/Lt. 22.02.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 DSC 01.01.1946 New Year 1946 [decoration posted] MID 01.01.1943 New Year 1943	06.1940     commandeered "The Count Dracula" during the evacuation of Dunkirk 1940     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Lancing) (02.1941)     no appointment listed 04.06.1941 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Andradite (minesweeping trawler) (despatches) 16.09.1942 - 05.04.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Bern (minesweeping trawler) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945) - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Foulness (minesweeping trawler) (DSC) * (04.1946)     no appointment listed Published: novels Proud waters (1954); To endless night (1955); Nor on what seas (1956); The glass years (1957); Ride the wild wind (1958); Tempest (1959); Wind along the waste (1962); Sea dance (1963); The fury of the wind (1965); general Turmoil (1956; on the tugboat Turmoil); Glory passed them by (1958; on minesweeping trawlers); The gates of hell (1960; on arctic convoys); Destroyer (1962; on destroyers); Prologue to a war (1966; on the Battle of Narvik 1940) * indexed, but not listed as such
Brookes, Walter Thomas Stanley "Tom" Married; two sons.	17.04.1906 East Ham, Greater London - 03.06.1984 Torremolinos [St George's Church Cemetery, Malaga, Spain,  E.188]	T/Lt. 29.01.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	14.02.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith & Granton) 19.05.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Boyne (Mersey class trawler) 07.05.1942 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Colne (Mersey class trawler) (07.1945)     no appointment listed Banker.
Brookman, Cecil Ernest Son of ... Brookman, and ... Eldridge.	21.02.1912 Hackney district, London - 05.01.1975 Dawlish, Newton Abbot district, Devon	T/S.Lt. 03.05.1940 T/Lt. 03.05.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	13.08.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services) (02.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) * [possibly on MTB duty escorting Malta convoys] 10.05.1943 - (07.1945) Mining Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) Company director. * indexed, but not listed as such
Brooks, Douglas "Doug" Married Margaret ...; one daughter, one son.	1921 ? - 01.2002 Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 17.02.1941 T/S.Lt. (A) ? T/Lt. (A) 01.06.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 10.1944 (reld 10.1948) DSC 10.11.1942 Operation Pedestal [investiture 15.12.1942] DSC 30.05.1944 attack on Tirpitz 03.04.1944 [decoration posted]	.. - ... ... 26.05.1941 - 02.1944 pilot, 831 Squadron FAA [HMS Indomitable] 02.1944 - 05.1944 Commanding Officer, 831 Squadron FAA [HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)] 08.07.1944 - 07.04.1945 Commanding Officer, 769 Squadron FAA [HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus), deck landing training at HMS Rajah (escort carrier) 08.1944, HMS Ranee (escort carrier) 11.1944 & HMS Smiter (escort carrier) 01.1945-04.1945] 06.1945 - 1945 Commanding Officer, 821 Squadron FAA ... - ... ... Emigrated to Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1965.
Brooks, Francis Lano	01.07.1911 - (03?).1970 New Forest district, Hampshire	T/S.Lt. 02.10.1943 T/Lt. 01.08.1945 Lt. RNR 03.05.1954? Lt.Cdr. RNR 03.05.1962 MBE 14.06.1969 HM's birthday 1969: work for Esso RD 01.08.1967 -	28.09.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Mincarlo (minesweeping trawler) (01.1945)     HMS Imperialist (anti-submarine warfare trawler) * 06.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Mayina (transit camp, Colombo, Ceylon) (for destroyers) 10.11.1945 - (04.1946) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] Contracts Engineer, Esso Refinery, Fawley. * indexed, but not listed as such
Brooks, John Cowell	20.06.1909 Woolwich district, London - 10.2001 Thanet with Dover district, Kent	... ... T/Lt. 09.07.1943	... - ... ... 12.07.1944 - (01.)1945 Gunnery Officer, HMS Cassandra (destroyer) 10.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Chevron ... - ... ...
Broom, Albert Leslie Son of ... Broom, and ... Cocks.	09.12.1911 Devonport district, Devon - (06?).1979 Bath district, Avon	T/Lt. ? GM 13.03.1945 disarming 36 mines at captured airfield Melsbroek, Belgium	?
Broomfield-Payne, Cyril Reginald	see:	Payne, Cyril Reginald
Brooshooft, Frank Herbert Married ((09?).1932, Dover district, Kent) Daphne Caroline Gill (12.03.1911 - 12.1993); ... children (three sons?).	23.08.1908 York district, East Riding of Yorkshire - (03?).1980 Dover district, Kent	T/S.Lt. 17.07.1942 T/Lt. 17.10.1942 (reld 18.09.1945)	HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 23.08.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for landing craft, tank (LCTs))       HM LCT 1131 (landing craft, tank)
Broster, Noel Leonard Son of ... Broster, and ... Newton. Married ((09?).1949, Leeds district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Dorothy B. Crowther; ... children (one daughter?).	10.09.1920 Birkenhead district, Cheshire - 18.10.2018	T/El.S.Lt. 23.03.1942 T/El.Lt. 20.10.1944 (reld 14.08.1946)	23.03.1942 - (04.1942) HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (additional; for miscellaneous duties) (06.1942)     no appointment listed 26.06.1942 - (02.)1944 HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire) 06.03.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon) 15.05.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon) (for RN Aircraft Repair Depot) 22.01.1946 - (04.)1946 Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty at Ministry of Aircraft Production)
Brotherton, Roy Joslin Son of ... Brotherton, and ... Davies. Married ((03?).1940,Cardiff district, Wales) Emma U. Austin.	(12?).1916 Cardiff district, Wales -	T/S.Lt. 14.05.1942 T/Lt. 14.05.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	(1942)   served at Malta 20.11.1942 - 14.02.1944 First Lieutenant, HM ML 555 (motor launch) 01.04.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM ML 560 (motor launch) (served at Ischia)
Brown, Albert Greenaway Residence: (1945) Winchmore Hill, London N21.	29.11.1903 Stamford Hill, Hackney district, London - (09?).1977 Merton district, London	Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 09.06.1940 T/El.Lt. 09.09.1940 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)	Pre- & post-war G.E.C. Kingsway, illuminating engineer.       general degaussing duties including Clyde, Alexandria, Port Said, Suez, Plymouth (with specialty in all form of artificial illumination, industrial & domestic, external & internal): (10.1940)     HMS Mary J. Masson * 09.09.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (08.1941)     HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth) * 01.09.1941 - (12.1942) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) 01.01.1943 - (05.)1944 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said) (06.1944)     HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames) * 04.07.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) 27.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) * indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, Derek Malcolm [also used in later life as: Malcolm Brown, Derek] Son of ... Brown, and ... Moorman. From Merstham, Surrey.	28.04.1913 Sanderstead, Surrey - (12?).1983 Richmond upon Thames district, Surrey	T/S.Lt. (A) 24.06.1940 T/Lt. (A) 24.06.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 02.1944? (reld < 04.1946) MID 07.08.1945 Operation Judgement (air strike in U-boat base at Kilbotn 04.05.1945)	09.1940 - (02.1941) pilot, 755 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)] (12.1941)     no appointment listed 12.01.1942 - 29.12.1942 pilot, 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 29.12.1942 - 01.03.1943 Commanding Officer, 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 02.1944 - (07.1945) Lieutenant-Commander (Flying), HMS Queen (escort Carrier)
Brown, Eric Melrose "Winkle" Son of Robert John Brown and Euphemia (née Melrose). Married (1942) Evelyn Jean Margaret Macrory; one son.	21.01.1919 Leith, Scotland - 21.02.2016	Prob. T/S.Lt. (A) 26.08.1940 T/S.Lt. (A) 26.11.1940 T/Lt. (A) 01.04.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 07.1945 Lt. (A) RN 04.03.1946, seniority 01.04.1943 Lt.Cdr. RN 01.04.1951 Cdr. RN 31.12.1953 Capt. RN 31.12.1960 (retd 09.04.1970) CBE 01.01.1970 New Year 1970 [investiture 10.02.1970] OBE 19.02.1946 1st deck landings jet Vampire 03.12.1945 [award posted] MBE 02.05.1944 deck landings at aircraft carrier HMS Indefatigable 03.44 [investiture 03.07.1945] DSC 10.03.1942 convoy attacked by torpedo bombers [investiture 22.09.1942] AFC 12.06.1947 HM's birthday 1947 Cmdn 01.01.1949 New Year 1949	Education: Royal High School, Edinburgh; Edinburgh University. MA 1947. 1939 joined Fleet Air Arm as Pilot 21.11.1940 - (02.1941) 802 Squadron FAA [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)] * (1941) HMS Audacity (escort carrier) 17.01.1944 - (05.)1949 Chief Naval Test Pilot [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] [transferred to RN 04.03.1946] (RN Boyd Trophy, 1948) 15.11.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Vengeance 1951 - 1952 Resident British Test Pilot at USN Air Test Center, Patuxent River 1953 - 1954 Commanding Officer, 804 Squadron FAA 15.07.1954 - (01.)1956 Commander (Air), HMS Goldcrest (RN Air Station, Brawdy) (01.1957) no appointment listed 10.03.1958 - 1960 Head of British Naval Air Mission to German Naval Air Arm [HMS Daedalus] 12.01.1961 - (07.1961) Deputy Director (Air), Gunnery Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 15.02.1962 - 1964 Deputy Director, Naval Air Division & Adviser on Aircraft Accidents, Admiralty [HMS President] 1965 - 1967 Naval Attaché, Bonn 13.09.1967 - 1970 Commanding Officer, HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth) Chief Executive, British Helicopter Advisory Board, 1970-1987, Vice-President, 1988-. Chairman., British Aviation Bicentenary Executive Committee, 1984. FRAeS 1964 (President, 1982-1983; Chairman, RAeS Rotorcraft Section, 1973-1976). Hon. FEng (Pakistan) 1984; Hon. Fellow, Society of Experimental Test Pilots, 1984. Liveryman, GAPAN, 1978. British Silver Medal for Practical Achievement in Aeronautics, 1949; Anglo­French Breguet Trophy, 1983; Bronze Medal, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, 1986; US Carrier Aviation Test Pilot Hall of Honor, 1995. Published: Wings on my sleeve, 1961; (jtly) Aircraft carriers, 1969; Wings of the Luftwaffe, 1977; Wings of the Navy, 1980; The helicopter in civil operations, 1981; Wings of the weird and the wonderful, vol. 1, 1982, vol. 2, 1985; Duels in the sky, 1989; Testing for Combat, 1994. * (12.1941) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Brown, Ernest   Son of Ernest Brown (1892-1947), and Dora Hunter (1894-1978). Married (03.07.1937, Brixton, London) Elizabeth Beckwith (22.02.1912 - 11.2012).	26.05.1916 Sunderland, Durham - 21.07.1992 Esher, Surrey Northern district, Surrey	T/El.S.Lt. 23.11.1942 T/El.Lt. 23.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	23.11.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (for Minesweeping Department) 06.01.1943 - (03.)1943 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 23.03.1943 - 07.1944 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 10.07.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) (for minesweeping duties) (10.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) * * indexed, but not listed as such A relative writes: "After the war he worked with the Admiralty at the Underwater Weapon Research establishment at the time of Commander Crabb. He also became Chief Engineer of Plessey, MD at Vactric Controls and was Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University in Alexandria in Egypt at the time of the Suez crises."
Brown, Geoffrey Colin Son (with one brother) of Oscar Leslie Brown (1891-1933), and Amelia "Milly" Adeleana Cook-Darch (1897-1990). Brother of Capt. Roy Claude Brown, Royal Artillery. Married (22.03.1945, Hackney, London) Margaret Elizabeth Vansetter Shaddick (24.10.1916 - 30.10.2013), daughter (with three brothers and one sister) of Rowland Vansetter Allen Shaddick (1894-1948), and Elsie Mabel Chapman (1893-1972); one son.	26.03.1919 Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia - 21.03.1999 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa	T/S.Lt. (E) 24.01.1944	(02.1944)     no appointment listed (04.1944) - (06.1944) HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto, Italy) * 09.1944 - (10.)1944 HM LST 319 (landing ship, tank) 09.10.1944 - (07.)1945 HM LST 320 (landing ship, tank) (10.1945) - (10.1946) HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, George [Dallas] Married ((09?).1937, Halifax district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Ivy Hannah Pilcher (22.01.1914 - 06.1991); five children. Ivy Brown remarried (1973) James Grindlay.	27.03.1912 - 14.12.1965 Glasgow, Scotland	T/S.Lt. 02.10.1941 T/Lt. 27.03.1942 (reld 22.03.1946)	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 02.01.1942 - (02.)1942 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) (04.1942)     no appointment listed 01.04.1942 - (02.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Wedgeport (Bangor class minesweeper) 08.02.1943 - (10.1945) First Lieutenant, HMS Wedgeport (Bangor class minesweeper) His son wirtes: "My father was a primary school teacher before the war and was called up for the navy in 1939 as a coder, I believe. After the war he returned to teaching and became a child psychologist working in Glasgow schools and highly regarded. At the very early age of 53 he tragically suffered a major heart attack and sadly died in December 1965."
Brown, Harold Oswald Son of ... Brown, and ... Short.	04.04.1915 Guisborough district, Yorkshire - North Riding - 02.05.1991 Hertford and Ware, Hertfordshire	T/Lt. (E) 09.02.1942 (reld 04.08.1946) MBE 01.01.1944 New Year 1944 MID 31.08.1943 supply operations for the 8th Army advance	mid 1940 - late 1942 MTB & LCT service (Middle East) (1943) HMS Nile (Tripoli (L)) (1943) - (1944) HMS Saunders 03.01.1945 - (07.1946) Base Engineer Officer, HMS Brontosaurus
Brown, Herbert Neville Son (with one sister and one brother) of Herbert Brown (1882-1961), and Ada Broome (1880-1976). Married ((09).1952, Bolton district, Lancashire) Ruth Hampson (predeceased him); one son, two daughters.	21.05.1923 Bolton district, Lancashire - 18.02.2015	T/A/S.Lt. 13.08.1943 T/S.Lt. 13.02.1944 T/Lt. 13.02.1946 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 24.10.1944 43 night patrols Channel 07-08.44 [investiture 22.06.45] 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	10.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) 04.1944 - 07.1945 HMS Thornborough (frigate) (DSC) 08.1945 - 1946? Navigating Officer, HMS Croziers (destroyer) * * (04.1946) still indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, James Married; ... children (one son?).	16.04.1912 - 03.2009 still alive	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 22.04.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	1940/41?     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) (08.1942) commanded an LCP (landing craft, personnel) (Operation Jubilee, raid on Dieppe) 21.10.1942 - (12.1943) HMS James Cook (Combined Operations naval beach training establishment, Glen Caladh, nr Tignabruich) (10.1944) HMS Tormentor (Combined Operations base, Warsash) * 01.07.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN depot, Sydney, NSW) * indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, James Gorrie Married Nancy Mary MacColl (20.08.1914 - 18.07.2006); one daughter, two sons.	05.11.1911 Hamilton Burgh, Scotland - (12?).1984 Middlewich, Congleton and Crewe district, Cheshire	T/Sg.Lt. 05.01.1940 T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. 20.04.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	Education: Glasgow University; MB, ChB 1936; medical registration 21.04.1936. 05.01.1940 - 22.01.1940 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 23.01.1940 - 15.01.1941 HMS Whitehall (modified W class destroyer) (02.1941) - (03.1941) no appointment listed 24.03.1941 - 28.07.1942 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for various services) 15.08.1942 - 17.04.1943 HMS Irwell (trawler base, Birkenhead, Cheshire) 20.04.1943 - 03.1945 HMS Emerald (E class cruiser) 08.03.1945 - 07.1945 RN Sick Quarters, Dartmouth [HMS Dartmouth] 30.07.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Foliot (accommodation camp for personnel on special service, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth) House Surgeon Newark General Hospital.
Brown, James William Henry Son of James and Henrietta Leas Brown. Husband of Elizabeth Emily Brown, of Stockingford, Nuneaton.	(06?).1901 Aldershot, Farnham district, Surrey - 09.08.1942 (air crash) [age 41] [Nuneaton (Oaston Road) Cemetery, Warwickshire, section K, grave 12]	Prob. T/S.Lt. (A) 01.12.1941 T/Lt. (A) 01.03.1942	(02.1942) - (08.1942) no appointment listed ? - 09.08.1942 780 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
Brown, John Cedric Married; three sons. Lived at Shrewsbury Road, Heaton.	28.06.1914 Bolton, Lancashire - 28.04.2002 Bolton, Lancashire	Prob. Paym.S.Lt. 02.03.1938 Paym.S.Lt. 04.10.1939, seniority 02.03.1938 Paym.Lt. 02.03.1940, renamed: Lt. (S) 1944, seniority 02.03.1940 Lt.Cdr. (S) 02.03.1948 (retd 11.1958) VRD ? ? VRD 08.11.1961 ?	02.03.1938 joined RNVR (Mersey Division, List 2) 1938 trained at HMS Sheffield (cruiser) 04.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Kent (cruiser) (Hong Kong, on staff of Commander-in-Chief China; visited Saigon and Singapore accompanying Sir Percy Noble (C-in- C) returning to Hong Kong aboard HMS Liverpool) 1941 - 25.12.1941 Assistant Secretary to the Commodore Hong Kong (captured by the Japanese) 12.1941 - 08.1945 POW in Japanese captivity; liberated by the Americans 1945 - 1958 remained in the RNVR Chartered accountant (ACA). Partner in CLB Accountants, Silverwell Street, Bolton. Published: Serendipity (about his time as a prisoner of war in Hong Kong) (Bolton : Boltonia Print, c. 2000)
Brown, John Maund	? ? -	T/S.Lt. ? T/A/Lt. ? DSC ? ?	* indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, Kennedy Blair Sylvester * Son (with three sisters and one brother) of Hugh Blair Brown (1880-1942), and Mary Frances Tilley (1877-1959). Brother of Joan Mary Blair Brown, who married S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) Ralph Gordon Morgan, RNVR. Married (10.09.1938, Barnet district, Greater London / Hertfordshire / Middlesex) Nancy E. Kerry; one adopted daughter. Lived in Bristol. * Officially Kennedy Sylvester [Blair], so K.S. or K.S.B. Brown, but known in the Navy as K.B.S. Brown	17.08.1914 Bristol, Gloucestershire - 10.08.2003 Devon	T/S.Lt. 27.12.1940 T/Lt. 27.12.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld 04.04.1946) OBE 14.08.1945 relief of Greece [investiture 11.12.1945] 39|45 St - - Atl St - & clasp France & Germany It St - - WM 39|45 - -	(02.1941)     HMS Tormentor (RN base, Warsash) * (04.1941)     HMS Prince Charles (landing ship, infantry) (06.1941) - (02.1942) HMS Prince Leopold (landing ship, infantry) (Vaagso [Vågsøy] operation) * (04.1942) - (10.1942) no appointment listed (08.1942)     HMS Prince Charles (landing ship, infantry) (Dieppe operation; wounded) 22.11.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Quebec (Combined Operations training centre, Inverary) (for Tank Landing Craft) (02.1944) - (07.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) (1944)     641st LCM [= Landing Craft, Mechanized] Flotilla (1944) - (1945) served ashore in Greece during the ELAS uprising 15.07.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Vansittart (destroyer) Fishery Officer for Bristol Water Works Company and later Recreations Manager for Wessex Water Board. * indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, Kenneth Binfield Youngest son (with three brothers) of Rev. Malcolm William Brown (1873-1932), and Winifred Edith Moore (1873-1951). Brother of Lt.Cdr. (E) Anthony Holland Brown, RN. Married (07.06.1934, St Faiths, Norwich, Norfolk) Patience Elizabeth Catherine Woolsey (12.06.2010 - 12.2002); one daughter, two sons. Residence: (1944) Swannington.	05.06.1907 Oundle district, Northamptonshire - 07.04.1970 Fishers, Layer de la Haye, Colchester, Essex	T/Lt. 26.08.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1942, < 02.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) DSC 29.08.1944 attacking U-boats Gibraltar Straits 15.05.1944 [investiture 13.02.1945]	A Director of Tate & Lyle (agribusiness) pre- & post-war, retiring in the 1950s. (12.1941) - (12.1942) HMS Richard Croft (auxiliary trawler) * (02.1943)     no appointment listed 12.02.1943 - (10.)193 Commanding Officer, HMS Gruinard (minesweeping trawler) 16.11.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for duty with British Escort Craft) 13.12.1943 - 08.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Kilmarnock (patrol vessel) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 02.11.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Mount Stewart (Mobile flotation Unit Base, Teignmouth) * indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, Leonard Frank Son of Benjamin George and Alice Dorothy Brown (née Tamplin), of Rustington, Sussex.	(09?).1921 Windsor district, Berkshire / Surrey - 30.01.1942 [Kensal Green (All Souls') Cemetery, London, square 149, row 6, grave 50860]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 18.06.1941	07.11.1941 - 30.01.1942 pilot, 823 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)]
Brown, Peter Henry Son of Sidney Harold Brown, and ... Bennett. Residence: (1942) Slough, Buckinghamshire.	07.02.1914 Winchmore Hill, London - 2010/11? [age 97]	AB Sea. 28.09.1938 [LD/X 2465] T/S.Lt. 02.10.1942 T/Lt. 02.10.1943 (dispersal 26.04.1946) (reld 21.06.1946) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - WM 39|45 - -               02-06.11.1942 hospitalized in Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton (fracture) + 7 days sick leave; 20-27.07.1944 hospitalized in RN Auxiliary Hospital Sherborne (internal ligament right knee) ; 28.11.1944-01.01.1945 hospitalized in RN Hospital Chatham (semimembranosus bursitis) & 14 days sick leave craft experience with Landing Craft, Assault (LCA), Landing Craft, Personnel (LCP), Landing Craft, Support (LCS) & Landing Craft, Vehicle (LCV)] 02-29.05.1943 short physical & recreational training course at RN Barracks, Portsmouth (HMS Victory) 01.11.1943 Watchkeeping Certificate (Minor Landing Craft only) 04-10.03.1945 training at HMS Clio (school ship) [tender to HMS Volcano (bomb disposal training establishment, Holmrook, Cumberland)]	Education: Herne Bay College. Clerk. Assistant department manager, metal merchants. 1933 - 1939 London Division RNVR; 14 days' training in both HMS Effingham (1933) & HMS Thunderer (1934): 28.09.1938 - 01.10.1938 mobilized HMS Pembroke I (RN base, Chatham) 03.09.1939 - 02.10.1942 rating service RNVR: 03.09.1939 - 08.09.1941 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland, from 15.01.1941 Dunoon, Argyllshire) 08.09.1941 - 30.09.1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 21.09.1941 - 30.09.1941 lent to HMS Northney (landing craft base, Hayling Island) 01.10.1941 - 07.07.1942 HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary) 01.10.1941 - 17.10.1941 lent to HMS Northney (landing craft base, Hayling Island) 19.10.1941 - 30.11.1941 lent to F 14 01.12.1941 - 05.12.1941 lent to HMS Prins Albert (landing ship, infantry) 06.12.1941 - 11.12.1941 lent to F 14 12.12.1941 - 15.12.1941 lent to HMS Prince Leopold (landing ship, infantry) 16.12.1941 - 07.07.1942 lent to HMS Prince Charles (landing ship, infantry) [operational experience: Operation Archery (Vaagso, 27.12.1941)] 08.07.1942 - 31.10.1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (from 02.10.1942 additional) 01.11.1942 - 30.09.1945 HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary), from 01.07.1943 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) 01.11.1942 - 13.11.1942 additional; for landing craft training 14.11.1942 - 07.10.1944 lent to HMS Helder (Combined Operations base, Brightlingsea) (as boat officer, craft training instructor, and physical & recreational training officer) [from 03-31.12.1942 at Ashmoor] 08.10.1944 - 31.03.1945 lent to HMS Allenby (Combined Operations base, Folkestone) (as training officer at base for minor craft pool) 01.04.1945 - 30.9.1945 lent to Naval Party 4007 [Naval Beach Commando "R" as Beach Master] [HMS Mylodon (Combined Operations base, Lowestoft), from 20.08.1945 at Camp, from 09.1945 at HMS Dundonald (Combined Operations base, Auchengate)] 01.10.1945 - 06.02.1946 HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) 04.10.1945 - 31.10.1945 additional; for passage to India 01.11.1945 - 30.11.1945 lent as Officer-in-Charge Naval Beach Commando Pool (Special Combined Operations Units) 01.12.1945 - 08.01.1946 lent to Chembur Camp 09.01.1946 - 06.02.1946 additional; for passage to UK (aboard HMS Trumpeter) 07.02.1946 - 25.04.1946 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) 07.02.1946 - 25.04.1946 lent to HMS Rosneath (Combined Operations base, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire) (in pool) 1950s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve Foreign representative of British exporters.
Brown, Philip Edward Courtenay Son of ... Brown, and ... Poole. Married ((06?).1945, Chichester district, Sussex) Betty P. Weeks (died 05.2012, aged 92); one son, one daughter.	11.05.1914 Fulham district, London - 05.12.1965 Merton district, London	T/S.Lt. 07.01.1940 T/A/Lt. 01.12.1940 (reld < 04.1946) T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 04.1944 till > 06.1944, < 10.1944 DSC 28.12.1943 Murmansk convoys 03-05.1942 [investiture 03.11.1942?] PolMC 08.12.1942 good services to Polish Navy	27.01.1940 - (10.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Cape Portland (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 21.10.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) (08.1941) - (08.1942) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * (08.1942?)     British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Garland (Polish destroyer) (10.1942) - (06.1943) HMS Myrmidon (destroyer) (1942 transferred to Poland and renamed ORP Orkan) * 28.11.1942 - 02.10.1943 British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Orkan (Polish destroyer) (08.1943) - (06.1944) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) * (03.1944)     British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Dragon (Polish light cruiser) 28.08.1944 - (10.1945) Small Vessels Pool, Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, Philip Grainger Son of Grainger Brown (1872-1925), and Ettie Lane (1875-1918). Married (29.12.1926, Episcopal Church, Gourock) Katharine Marsdin Brown (20.02.1905 - 02.09.1993), daughter of Walter Brown (1874-1956), and Jane Marsdin (1873-1960); one son.	09.02.1905 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland - 09.07.1990 Bay of Islands Hospital, Kawakawa, New Zealand	Prob. T/S.Lt. 07.12.1939 T/Lt. 07.03.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 04.1943, < 06.1943 (reld 11.03.1946)	18.01.1937     enrolled, Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserves (attached Clyde Division RNVR) 07.12.1939 - (03.)1940 HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow) (04.1940)     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) * 07.04.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow) (04.1941)     HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) * 03.05.1941 - (07.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) 01.07.1941 - (04.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM ML 235 (motor launch) [HMS Mentor II (Coastal Forces base, Stornoway)] 08.05.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland) (for small craft) 04.06.1943 - (01.).1945 Commanding Officer, HM ML 227 (motor launch) & as Senior Officer, 18th Motor Launch Flotilla 30.01.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) (in command of Motor Launch Base) (10.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, Philip Arthur Leslie Son (with one sister and one brother) of Albert Leslie Brown (1890-1932), and Elsie Alice Mary Savill (1887-1968). Married ((06?).1949, London) Daphne Stuart (03.09.1924 - 19.02.2013), daughter of ... Stuart (1859-1934), and Phyllis Dora Bate (1895-1980); one son, one daughter.	23.06.1918 Islington district, London - 23.11.2016	T/S.Lt. 27.03.1941 T/Lt. 23.06.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. RNR 27.07.1961 Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) RNR 02.12.1966, seniority 27.07.1961 (retd 23.06.1978) VRD 29.08.1967 - VRD 22.11.1977 1st clasp	Bank clerk. 11.05.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional; for various services) 12.06.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Sayonara (auxiliary yacht; armed boarding vessel) 07.02.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Charles McIver (auxiliary yacht; armed boarding vessel) (06.1944)     no appointment listed 11.06.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Berry (Captain class frigate) 03.01.1945 - (04.)1945 HMS Lavender (Flower class corvette) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 24.07.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Frolic (Catherine class minesweeper)
Brown, Ronald Henry	? - 02.2013 still alive	T/S.Lt. (A) 28.08.1942 T/Lt. (A) 28.02.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	(12.1942)     HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) * (02.1943) - (04.1943) HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) * 19.04.1943 - (06.)1943 pilot, 747 Squadron FAA [HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire)] 03.06.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for Naval Air Squadrons) (10.1943) - (12.1943) 821 Squadron FAA * (02.1944)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 17.03.1944 - (04.)1944 pilot, 744 Squadron FAA [HMS Shrike (RN Air Station, Maydown, Northern Ireland)] 05.1944 - (04.)1945 pilot, 835 Squadron FAA [HMS Nairana (escort carrier) & HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkney)] 25.06.1945 - (07.)1945 pilot, 735 Squadron FAA [HMS Ringtail (RN Air Station, Burscough, nr Ormskirk, Lancashire)] (10.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, Stanley Reginald Married; ... children (one son?).	15.02.1906 Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury district, Buckinghamshire - 26.07.1976 Aylesbury, Aylesbury district Buckinghamshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 23.02.1940 T/Lt. 24.05.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 09.1944 (reld 12.1945?)	(04.1940)     no appointment listed 05.1940 - 1940? HMS Mahelah (armed yacht) 09.07.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Watchful (RN base, Yarmouth) (02.1941)     HMS Tamora (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) (North Sea) *       HMS Avonstream (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) (North Sea)       HMS Madden (minesweeping trawler) (North Sea) 25.09.1941 - 06.09.1942 HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames) (for minesweeping duties) 07.09.1942 - (10).1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Magnolia (minesweeping trawler) (from Milford Haven to Colombo, Ceylon) (07?).1944 - (03?).1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Sluna (minesweeping trawler) (Indian Ocean) 02.04.1945 - 10.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Conqueror (auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel (coastal)) (UK) 04.11.1945 - 07.12.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Rushen Castle (corvette) Managing Director of Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd, Printers and a Director of the holding company Hazell Sun. Wrote: Sent Up Unity (unpublished manuscript of his voyage to Colombo, deposited at the Imperial War Museum) * indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, Walter	04.10.1889 - 30.08.1945 (died of illness) [age 55] [Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery, section 5, Church of England collective grave 35, screen wall panel 1]	T/Lt. 29.08.1939	(02.1940) - (02.1942) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) * 14.04.1942 - 30.08.1945 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for miscellaneous duties) * indexed, but not listed as such
Browne, Cecil Reed	? ? -	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 09.07.1942	... - ... ... (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Browne, Eric Wilfred Haydn Son of Harry Haydn Brown, and Ellen Gertrude Saffery. Brother of El.Lt.Cdr. H.A. Browne, RNVR. Married ((09?).1957, Horsham district, Sussex) Ann M. Notley; four sons.	16.03.1923 Elham district, Kent - 01.1998 Tunbridge Wells, Kent	T/Midsh. (Sp.Br.) 13.04.1942 T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.03.1943 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.09.1943 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.09.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	(12.1942) - (02.1943) HMS Sussex (cruiser) * 16.03.1943 - 20.08.1944 Radar Officer, HMS Sussex (cruiser) 21.08.1944 - 30.10.1944 Radar Officer, HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) 31.10.1944 - (10.1945) Radar Officer, HMS Onslow (destroyer) 16.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hants.) * indexed, but not listed as such
Browne, Harry Alan Son of Harry Haydn Brown, and Ellen Gertrude Saffery. Brother of S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) E.W.H. Browne, RNVR.	29.03.1912 Folkestone, Elham district, Kent - 26.10.2004 South Gloucestershire	T/El.Lt. 17.10.1940 T/A/El.Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	01.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Proserpine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow) 24.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Torch (RN base, Holyhead) 14.05.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Philoctetes II (accounting base, Freetown, Sierra Leone)
Browne, Rev. William Harkness	1906 - 13.02.1983	T/Chapl. 24.10.1939 Chapl. RN 16.03.1946, seniority 24.10.1939 (retd 22.05.1961) Hkn LM 04.03.1947 liberation of Norway	Education: Jesus College, Oxford (2nd cl. Classical Mods. 1927; BA (2nd cl. English) 1928; MA 1936); KCL 1937. Deacon, 1938; Priest, 1939. London Curate of St Mary, Woolnoth, with St Mary, Woolchurch, London, 1939-1939. 04.11.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Amarapoora (hospital ship) 21.05.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Wellesley (RN training establishment, Liverpool) 04.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) 20.01.1942 - (12.1942) HMS London (cruiser) 15.01.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Dorlin (Combined Operations basem Acharacle, Argyll) 30.09.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) 25.05.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Watchful (anti-submarine/minesweeper base, Great Yarmouth) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 1946 - 1947 HMS Theseus 1947 - 1949 HM Dockyard, Sheerness 1949 - 1952 RN College, Greenwich 1952 - 1953 HMS Devonshire 1953 - 1954 HMS Triumph 1954 - 1956 HMS Vernon 1956 - 1958 Staff Chaplain to Chaplain of the Fleet, Admiralty 1958 - 1961 RN Hospital, Chatham Senior Chaplain, Mission to Seamen, Port of London, 1961-1964. Vicar of Stalisfield with Otterden, Diocese of Canterbury, 1964-1973.
Browning, Robert	? -	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 26.01.1940 T/Sg.Lt. 1941, seniority 26.01.1940 (reld < 04.1946)	Education: MB, ChB (Glasgow, 03.05.1937). 09.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Effingham (cruiser) 30.05.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) 15.07.1941 - 02.04.1942 Medical Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer) (10.1944) - (07.1945) no appointment listed General practitioner, Glasgow.
Brunwin, Jack Son (with one sister and two brothers) of William Edgard Brunwin (1883-1958), and Mabel Blanche Lucus Burnett (1883-1958). Married ((09?).1944, Hove district, East Sussex) Eileen Jennie Hubbard (03.04.1922 - 10.07.2006), daughter of William Ethelbert Ernest Hubbard (1876-1942), and Jenny Green (1878-1922); one son, two daughters.	17.03.1920 Steyning district, Hampshire - 07.1994 Worthing district, West Sussex	T/S.Lt. 12.06.1941 T/A/Lt. 12.12.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(08.1941) - (10.1941) no appointment listed 14.10.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames) 05.02.1942 - (04.)1942 HMS Tower (auxiliary patrol base, London) 07.04.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for flotilla duties [for Examination Service]) 26.03.1943 - (04.)1943 HMS Iron Duke (RN base, Scapa Flow) 05.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) 01.09.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Melampus (RN base, Bathurst, Gambia) 04.09.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Pyramus (RN base, Kirkwall, Orkney, Shetlands) (for AXDO [= Assistant Extended Defence Officer] duties at Houton Head) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Bryden, Gilbert Stewart	1914 Cadder district, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 2002 Melrose district, Roxburghshire, Scotland	T/S.Lt. ? T/A/Lt. 02.10.1942 (reld 1946?) MBE 15.05.1945 mine search Normandy & Belgium 06.1944	03.11.1941 - (04.1946) Department of Unexploded Bomb Disposal, Admiralty [HMS President], redesignated medio 1944: Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Department of the Director of Torpedoes and Mining, redesignated 01.02.1946: Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons 03.11.1941 - (06.1943) for duty outside Admiralty (08.1943) - (12.1943) for duty inside Admiralty (04.1944) - (04.1946) for duty outside Admiralty [(06.1944) Naval Party 1503]
Bryon, James Edward	? -	T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 27.06.1941	... - ... ... 15.05.1943 - (10.1944) Captain's Secretary, HMS Nightjar (RN Air Station, Inskip, Lancashire) 01.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Nabberley (Mobile Naval Air Base II, Bankstown, nr Sydney, NSW)
Bryon, Ronald Walter	1914/15 ? - 01.10.1985 Alderney, Channel Islands	T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 09.08.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S) > 10.1944, < 01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	19.08.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Western Isles (work up base, Tobermory) 03.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta) 16.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Dragonfly (Combined Operations base, South Hayling Island) Managing Director, Central Line Sisal, Ltd.
Buchanan, John Watson	? -	T/Sg.Lt. 03.10.1939 T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. ?	Education: MB, ChB. 15.12.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) ... - ... ...
Buck, Gurdon Son of Howard W. & Charlotte Buck.	27.01.1906 Niagara Falls, NY, USA - 24.10.1991	T/S.Lt. 19.06.1941 (dismissal from the service 30.10.1942 by a general court-martial of 09.07.1942)	Education: preparatory school; Cambridge University, UK. Farmer from Maryland. 19.06.1941     joined RNVR (as a US citizen) Released to US Navy (Lt. USNR, 07.1942), assigned to Boston, then Amphibious Force at Little Creek, Norfolk, Va. Literature: Eric Dietrich-Berryman, Charlotte Hammond & R.E. White, Passport not required : U.S. volunteers in the Royal Navy, 1939-1941 (2010).
Buckee, [His Honour] Henry Thomas Son (with two sisters) of Henry Thomas Buckee (1882-1970), and Sarah Emma Hutton (1882-1965). Married ((06?).1939, London City district) Margaret Frances Chapman (25.09.1913 - 10.1990); two daughters.	14.06.1913 West Ham district, Essex - 08.07.1989 East Hanningfield, Chelmsford district, Essex	T/S.Lt. 19.04.1940 T/A/Lt. 19.04.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 10.1945 (reld 27.03.1946) DSO 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee (raid on Dieppe 19.08.1942) [investiture 27.10.1942]	Education: King Edward VI School, Chelmsford. Called to Bar, Middle Temple, 01.1939. 15.06.1940 - 07.1940 HMS Collar 29.07.1940 - 09.1940 HMS Victory III (accounting section, Portsmouth) 23.09.1940 - (04.)1942 HMS Faraday (auxiliary base and accommodation ship) (06.1942) - (02.1943) HMS Quebec (Combined training centre, Inverary) * (08.1942)     HM LCP(L) 15 (landing carft, personnel (large)) [HMS Tormentor (Combined Operations base, Hamble, Southampton)] (DSO) 03.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for motor landing craft) 04.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) A Circuit Judge (formerly Judge of County Courts), 1961-1979. * indexed, but not listed as such
Buckler, Frederic Noel Married (26.08.1950, Emmanuel Church, Plymouth) Constance Mary Northcott; one son, two daughters.	12.02.1924 -	Ord.Sea. 1942? T/Midsh. 28.05.1943 T/A/S.Lt. 01.09.1943 T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944 T/Lt. 01.03.1946 Lt. RN 11.04.1947, seniority 01.03.1946 Lt.Cdr. RN 01.03.1954 Cdr. RN 30.06.1961 Capt. RN 31.12.1970 (retd 27.06.1979)	Education: St Peter's School, York (1930-1942; School House). 1942?     HMS Princess Astrid (landing ship, infantry) 29.06.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Jonquil (corvette) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 08.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) (for disposal) 11.04.1947     extended service commission, RN 18.10.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Snipe 09.05.1950     permanent commission, RN ... - ... ...
Buckler, Robert Married ...; ... children (one son?).	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 07.01.1944 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.07.1944 (reld > 04.1946) * Special Branch officer who has qualified for, and is undertaking general duties of an executive nature on shore	HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing) (02.1944)     no appointment listed (04.1944) - (10.1944) Staff of Second Sea Lord's Office for Appointments, &c., Admiralty [HMS President] * 20.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Buckley, Alan Henry	20.05.1914 - 12.1985 Brighton district, Sussex	T/S.Lt. 06.03.1941 T/Lt. 06.03.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	(04.1941) - (06.1941) no appointment listed 03.07.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Concertator (minesweeping trawler) 04.08.1942 - (02.)1943 French Ship "Paris" (depot ship & base for small craft, Plymouth) (for minesweeping, auxiliary patrol and miscellaneous duties) 02.1943 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 112 (motor minesweeper) 30.11.1944 - (07.1945) French Ship "Paris" (depot ship & base for small craft, Plymouth) (for minesweeping, auxiliary patrol and miscellaneous duties)
Buckley, Ivor Frederick Son of Frederick James Buckley (1888-?), and Ruby Elizabeth Layton Ellis (1891-1967). Brother of S.Lt. Donald Ellis Buckley, RNR. Married ((06?).1938, Ipswich district, Suffolk) Dorinha Patricia Gillespie (01.08.1914 - ); two sons.	12.01.1915 Dulwich, Camberwell district, London SE - 09.03.1978 Chichester district, West Sussex	Prob. T/S.Lt. 12.04.1940 T/S.Lt. 15.10.1940, seniority 12.04.1940 T/Lt. 12.04.1941 (reld 06.03.1946)	31.08.1939     entered RN as a rating 24.04.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Pangbourne (Hunt class minesweeper) [wounded 28.05.1940 during evacuation operations at Dunkirk] 05.05.1941 - (06.)1942 First Lieutenant, HMS Polruan (Bangor class minesweeper) (08.1942) - (12.1942) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) * 18.12.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for instructional duties) [instructor in Asdic (sonar)] 10.07.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for anti-submarine duty with Bombay Escort Force) 12.02.1945 - 07.1945 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) 14.07.1945 - 01.11.1945 HMAS Rushcutter (RAN anti-submarine training establishment and reserve depot, Edgecliff, Sydney, NSW) 1946? - 1951? Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
Buckley, Norman Edward Son of Edward Buckley, and Annie Gregson.	29.11.1911 Bolton district, Lancashire - 22.07.2003 Lancaster, Lancashire	T/S.Lt. 03.05.1940 T/Lt. 07.09.1942 (reld 12.06.1946; medically unfit) 39|45 St - - Afr St - - Atl St - & clasp France & Germany WM 39|45 - - MID 01.01.1941 New Year 1941	29.06.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS St Kenan (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler) (despatches) (04.1941) - (06.1941) no appointment listed 08.07.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Cambridgeshire (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler) 06.11.1941 - (10.)1942 HMS Charybdis (Dido class cruiser) (12.1942)     no appointment listed (02.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Mona’s Isle (accommodation ship) * (02.1944)     no appointment listed 10.03.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Rother (River class frigate) 23.03.1945 - (04.)1945 HMS Guillemot (Guillemot class sloop) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Buckley, Ronald Residence: Liversedge.	1920 ? -	T/S.Lt. 25.09.1942 T/Lt. 23.03.1945 (reld 15.07.1946) CdeG 12.1944 Operation Dragoon (invasion South of France 08.1944)	Education: Heckmondwike Grammar School. 1940     entered RNVR as Telegraphist 13.10.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 01.01.1943 - (04.)1943 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers, Algeria) 18.05.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Ronaldsay (Isles class trawler) (04.1944) - (10.1944) HMS Ronaldsay (Isles class trawler) * (08?.)1944 - (01.1945) British Naval Liaison Officer, French destroyer "Forbin" (04.1945)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * (07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed 18.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Woolloomooloo (RN repair base, Sydney, NSW) "Taken prisoner by French in North Africa when his ship was sunk." * indexed, but not listed as such
Buist, William Spowart Dalrymple * "Bill" Married (1951, Hawick district, Roxburghshire, Scotland); one son, one daughter. * Navy List has (incorrectly): William Spavant Dalrymple	? - 31.05.1997 Edinburgh, Scotland	T/Midsh. ? T/A/S.Lt. 19.07.1944 T/S.Lt. 19.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	03.02.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) (06.1944)     HM LCT 677 (landing craft, tank) [Was part of the first assault wave on 06.06.1944, on Juno beach. He served under a few skippers, notable Elwyn (Charlie) Pittard, and Alan Good - the latter being HMRNZN. After shuttling troops and equipment back and forward between the UK and Normandy, he became involved in convoys to and from the USA - mainly taking LCTs over to the US for subsequent use against Japan] Joined Lothian and Peebles Police in 1952 and rose eventually to the rank of Superintendent, retiring in 1983.
Bullard, Gerald Humphrey Son of Col. Gerald Thomas Bullard (1876-1932), and Eugenia Barclay, of Gressenhall, Norfolk. Married ((06?).1951, Depwade district, Norfolk) Patricia Frances Marigold Read, youngest daughter of Lt.Col. R.J. Read, of Hapton Hall, Norwich, Norfolk; three sons, one daughter.	20.11.1916 Erpingham district, Norfolk - 01.1989 East Dereham district, Norfolk	T/S.Lt. 21.10.1939 T/Lt. 20.11.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	10.11.1937     enrolled Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached London Division RNVR) 09.1939     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 21.10.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Iron Duke (depot ship) 26.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) (additional; for miscellaneous services) 18.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) 07.01.1942 - (04.)1944 Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Commanding Orkney and Shetland [HMS Proserpine (RN base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)] 01.05.1944 - (01.)1945 Flag Lieutenant to Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic [HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown)] (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Bull, Peter Cecil Son (with three brothers) of the Rt.Hon. Sir William James Bull (1864-1931), 1st Bt., P.C., M.P., and Lilian Hester Brandon (1871-1963).	21.03.1912 Fulham, London - 20.05.1984 Lambeth, London	T/S.Lt. 11.12.1941 T/Lt. 21.03.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945 [decoration posted]	Education: Winchester College (1925.3-1929.3); Institut de Touraine, Tours, France. Journalist, 1939. Actor and actor manager from 1933. (02.1942) - (12.1942) no appointment listed: (08.1942)     Commanding Officer, HM LCT 303 (landing craft, tank) (Dieppe) (02.1943) - (08.)1943 HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary) (for landing craft duty) 07.09.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty): 1943 - 1944 North Africa, Sicily, Salerno & Anzio (1945) - ... 21st LCT Flotilla (South of France) (DSC) Post-war also author. Published: To sea in a sieve (1956; war memoirs).
Bullen, Arthur Ernest	? - ?	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 31.01.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) > 12.1942, < 02.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) * Special Branch Officer who is employed on staff, etc., duties ashore, but has not received any training of an executive nature	31.01.1941 - (04.)1945 HMS President III (HQ for personnel serving at defensively equipped merchant ships) (07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed
Bullick, William Joshua [Johnston]	05.03.1921 Dungannon district, Ireland - 28.11.1986 Belfast, Northern Ireland	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 11.11.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	served probably on a North Russian convoy early in the war       trained with the Commandos (at Achnacarry, Scotland) (06.1944?)     HMS Prince Charles (landing ship, infantry)       temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements: 11.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Arbiter (escort carrier) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Tea planter in India. Retired to Belfast.
Bullock, Edward John "Ted" Son of James Arthur Edward and Helen Bullock. Married (17.05.1941, Bebington, Cheshire) Florence Gwendoline Crosthwaite; two sons, one daughter.	06.06.1916 Hong Kong - 28.09.1982 Ulverston district, Cumbria	Electr.Mech. 28.02.1944 [PM/X 678775] T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 13.10.1944 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 13.04.1945 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) > 07.1945, < 10.1945 (reld > 04.1946) OON 10.01.1947 decree No. 39	28.02.1944     HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) (entry routine only) 28.02.1944 - 10.06.1944 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley, Ipswich) 11.06.1944 - 29.07.1944 HMS Diomede (cruiser) 30.07.1944 - 31.07.1944 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 01.08.1944 - 12.10.1944 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 13.11.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Ambrose (9th Submarine Flotilla base, Dundee) (for submarines) 1944? - 1945? British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. 0-24 (Dutch submarine) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Became Director of Studies at Ford Motor Company Mechanized Farming Centre in Essex (c. 1948) before becoming the Director of Duly’s Tractor Division in Zimbabwe in 1958.
Bullock, Joseph William From Cleethorpes.	14.07.1912 Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire - 16.02.1991 Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire	T/S.Lt. 14.08.1942 T/Lt. 13.02.1943, seniority 14.11.1942 MID 20.02.1945 minesweeping & enemy human torpedo attacks	HMS Pelican (sloop) 24.04.1944 - (06.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Jude (minesweeping trawler) 22.07.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HMS Hellisay (minesweeping trawler) (1945/46?) HMS Foula (minesweeping trawler) (04.1946)     no appointment listed (1946?)     Commanding Officer, HMS Hunda (minesweeping trawler) Pre- & post-war office manager to Sir Thomas Robinson & Sons (Trawler Owners of Grimsby).
Bulstrode, John Christopher Brother of Chapl. M.W. Bulstrode, RNVR.	? -	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 15.09.1941 T/Sg.Lt. 1942?, seniority 15.09.1941 (reld 19.03.1946)	Education: Guy's Hospital & Middlesex Hospital; MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond 18.07.1940; DMR University London 1948. served in Scotland at some point 08.10.1941 - 14.03.1943 Medical Officer, HMS Leeds (destroyer) 22.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) (1944/45?) Medical Officer, HMS Courier (Algerine class minesweeper) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Bulstrode, Rev. Martin William Brother of Sg.Lt. J.C. Bulstrode, RNVR.	15.10.1908 Wandsworth, London, Surrey - (12?).1975 Ipswich district	T/Chapl. 28.11.1942 (reld 1946?) MID 01.01.1945 New Year 1945	Education: BA 05.12.1942 - (07.1945) chaplain, HMS Forth (submarine depot ship, Holy Loch, for 3rd Submarine Flotilla) 16.07.1945 - (04.1946) chaplain, HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship)
Bunce, Alan Percival Son of Harry George  Bunce, and Margaret Annie Coppins. Married ((06?).1942, Worthing district, Sussex) Patricia M. Goldsmith; one son, one daughter.	18.02.1916 East Preston district, Sussex - 17.07.1951 Westminster district, London	Prob. S.Lt. 20.06.1939 S.Lt. 07.1941, seniority 20.06.1939 A/Lt. ? Lt. 17.07.1942, seniority 18.02.1941 (demobilized 13.03.1946) Lt.Cdr. 18.02.1949	20.06.1939     commissioned, RNVR (Sussex Division) (List 2) 14.12.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Zulu (Tribal class destroyer) 14.10.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Iron Duke (RN base, Scapa Flow) 29.01.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Northern Duke (anti-submarine warfare trawler) [tender to HMS Martello (auxiliary patrol base, Lowestoft)] 06.02.1943 - (10.)1944 HM LST 63 (landing ship, tank) 14.11.1944 - 20.02.1945 Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Fleet Train [HMS Montclare (destroyer depot ship)] 25.02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) (for disposal)
Bunge, John Maurice Son of ... Bunge, and ... Tosh. Married ((09?).1946, Kensington district, London) Frances J. "Jo" Stephens; three daughters.	(06?).1921 Brentford district, Oxfordshire - 08.09.2010 [Upton Noble?]	T/A/S.Lt. 05.06.1941 T/S.Lt. 28.03.1942 T/A/Lt. 05.12.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(06.1941) - (12.1942) no appointment listed 09.1941 - 12.1941 British Naval Liaison Officer, HMNethS "Heemskerck" (light cruiser) (02.1943)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * (04.1943)     HMS Kongoni (RN base, Durban) * (08.1943)     no appointment listed 07.09.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Inconstant (destroyer) 09.03.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for miscellaneous duties) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Bunker, David James Son (with two brothers and four sisters) of Thomas John Bunker (1872-1936), and Selina Rosina Pearn (1882-1934). Married (29.05.1948, Register Office, Plympton, Devon) Maureen Sylvia Bam (26.01.1927 - 14.06.2008), daughter (with one sister and one brother) of Frederick Maurice Bartholomew [officially: Gerhardus Bartholomeus Mauritz] Bam (1904-), and Lily Standley (1905-1964); three sons, one daughter. Maureen Bunker remarried (1962) Archie G. Jones.	13.07.1923 Plymouth, Devon - 05.06.1960 Salterley Grange Hospital, Leckhampton, Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire	T/A/S.Lt. 19.11.1943 T/S.Lt. 19.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	23.04.1942     HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) (02.1944)     no appointment listed 06.03.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) (for motor launches) 25.04.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM ML 142 (motor launch) [HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta)] (04.1946)     HM HDML 1050 (harbour defence motor launch) * Chartered accountant, from 1951 with Qualified Society Incorporated Accountants, later with British Road Services. * indexed, but not listed as such
Bunting, John Francis Maguire "Frank" Son (with three brothers and two sisters) of John Joseph Bunting (1874-1949), and Catherine Teresa Good (1873-1910). Married ((03?).1927, Islington district, London) Frances Ethel "Eve" Ford; one son, one daughter.	(12?).1902 London City - 14.08.1942 (died) [age 39] [Trincomalee War Cemetery, Ceylon, 2.F.19]	Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 13.01.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 13.04.1941 * Special Branch officer employed on mining or anti-submarine fixed defence duties	(02.1941)     no appointment listed 24.03.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland) 16.07.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Defiance (training establishment, Devonport) (additional; for miscellaneous services) 01.12.1941 - 14.08.1942 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for miscellaneous duties at Colombo) (report on death)
Bunyan, Dennis Jenkin Eldest son of Maurice Taylor Bunyan (1894-1967), football player & manager from Belgium and Paris. Married Joan Margaret Brown (died 1966 in the Bahamas following a car accident); two daughters.	08.07.1920 Brussels, Belgium - 01.2014 still alive at Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Prob. T/A/S.Lt. (A) 24.04.1941 T/S.Lt. (A) 08.07.1941 T/Lt. (A) 01.10.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 16.06.1945? (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) MID 30.06.1942 operations from Malta	flying training in Halifax, Ontario (08.1941)     HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) * 24.09.1941 - (12.1942) pilot, 828 Squadron FAA [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (despatches) (02.1943) - (04.1943) no appointment listed: lost at sea and captured by the Germans and became POW in the Sahara Desert until rescued when allies invaded North Africa; repatriated to the UK. (06.1943) - (10.1943) HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) * 22.10.1943 - (04.)1944 pilot, 755 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)] 04.04.1944 - (06.)1944 pilot, 765 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] (10.1944)     HMS Shrike (RN Air Station, Maydown Northern Ireland) * 21.10.1944 - 15.06.1945 pilot, 846 Squadron FAA 16.06.1945 - 09.1945 Commanding Officer, 846 Squadron FAA * indexed, but not listed as such
Burchell, Eric Francis Charles Married (1925, Edmonton district, Middlesex) Edna Darley Wardrop (25.08.1902 - (09?).1974).	12.12.1901 London - (03?).1954 Surrey North Eastern district, Surrey	T/S.Lt. (A) ? T/Lt. (A) 28.02.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) > 04.1944, < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	Representative. Obtained aviator's licence (No. 12538) taken on a D.H. 60 105 h.p. at the London Aeroplane Club, 06.01.1935. (04.1940)     Fleet Air Arm 23.08.1940 - (10.)1940 pilot, 753 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 12.10.1940 - (04.)1944 pilot, 750 Squadron FAA [HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad)] 06.08.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Urley (RN Air Station, Ronaldsway, Isle of Man) 09.10.1944 - (07.1945) Chief Flying Control Officer, HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire)
Burden, Ronald Joseph Son (with two sisters and two brothers) of Arthur Burden (1883-1915), and Beatrice Honour (1882-1933). Married Gladys Mills (11.02.1915 - 16.04.2006), daughter of Thomas Mills (1888-), and Annie Shaw (1891-); one son.	11.11.1913 Woodstock, Oxford, Oxfordshire - 04.11.1995 Trafford district, Cheshire	T/Paym.S.Lt. 26.06.1941 T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 26.06.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S) > 07.1945, < 04.1946 Lt. (S) RN ?, seniority 26.06.1942 A/Lt.Cdr. (S) RN < 07.1948 Lt.Cdr. (S) RN 26.06.1950 (emgcy 21.11.1950)	26.06.1941 - (06.)1942 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) 22.07.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) 02.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (for duty in the office of Rear-Admiral Alexandria) (10.1944)     HMS Demetrius (training establishment, Wetherby) * 17.10.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Macaw (FAA training establishment, Wellbank, Cumberland) 30.09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Corbrae (minesweeper depot ship, East Indies) 13.07.1948 - (05.)1953 HMS Alaunia 13.10.1953 - (04.)1955 HMS Dalrymple 20.07.1955 - (01.1957) HMS Gamecock * indexed, but not listed as such
Burfield, Patrick Corry	17.03.1925 - 04.2006	... ... T/A/El.S.Lt. 08.01.1945 ... ... Lt.Cdr. (L) RN 08.01.1955 Cdr. (L) RN ? (retd 17.03.1975; own request)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Kestrel ... - ... ...
Burge, Brian Ormsby Son (with four brothers and one sister) of Henry Ormsby Burge (1864-1950), and Emma Lottie Hiller (1879-1952). Brother of Capt. (E) Charles Ralph Ormsby Burge, DSO, RN, and Maj. Desmond Featherstonhaugh Burge, RM. Married ((06?).1950, Hendon district, Middlesex) Muriel Eleanor Rixon ((03?).1924 - 27.12.2010); one daughter, one son.	18.06.1923 Willesden district, Oxfordshire - 12.1997 Derby district, Derbyshire	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 16.10.1944 T/S.Lt. (E) 16.04.1945 (reld > 07.1946)	31.10.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for miscellaneous duties) (10.1945)     HMS Landswell (Mobile Landing Craft Advanced Base (MOLCAB) I, Cochin) * 03.1946 - (04.)1946) HMS Landswell (Mobile Landing Craft Advanced Base (MOLCAB) I, Cochin) 22.05.1946 - (07.1946) Craft and Amphibious Material Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 1940s - 1950s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve * indexed, but not listed as such
Burgess, Frank	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 18.10.1940 T/Lt. 18.01.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	17.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Oystermouth Castle (minesweeping trawler) (12.1941)     French Ship "Paris" * (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Colonsay (minesweeper base, Grimsby) * 16.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Colonsay (minesweeper base, Grimsby) * indexed, but not listed as such
Burgess, William Eldest child of William Burgess (1870?-1935), and Edith Maude Adie (1875-?). Married (03.1942) Olave May Osborne (09.03.1917-03.08.2001); two daughters.	26.08.1910 Kingswood, Surrey - 05.12.1996 Southampton, Hampshire	T/S.Lt.  11.07.1940 T/Lt. 11.10.1940	05.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Mashona (destroyer) 01.07.1941 - (08.)1943 HMS Ashanti (destroyer)
Burgoyne, George Herbert Son (with two sisters) of Charles Herbert Burgoyne (1888-1967), and Maude Annie Teed (1889-1925). Married ...; ... children (three sons?).	24.01.1915 Honiton district, Devon - 01.11.2004 Hayling Island, South East Hampshire district	T/A/S.Lt. 12.05.1944 T/S.Lt. 12.11.1944 (reld < 04.1946) QPM 13.06.1970 HM's birthday 1970: as Commander, Metropolitan Police	(06.1944)     no appointment listed 11.08.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Skipjack (Algerine class minesweeper) 02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Foula (Isles class trawler) (from mid-1945 possibly in command) A London policeman at the commencement of war and at the conclusion of hostilities returned to the Metropolitan Police, gaining high rank before a long retirement.
Burke, Edward Seymour	? - 30.07.1941 (MPK) [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 2, panel 6]	Prob. T/S.Lt. (A) 03.02.1941	(04.1941)     no appointment listed 15.05.1941 - 30.07.1941 pilot, 800 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent), then HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] [Missing, presumed killed on air operations on the Petsamo strike in Fulmar N4029; together with Naval Acm. James Beardsley force landed 6 miles off the coast and last seen alive in a dinghy.]
Burnell, Digby [Michael] McLaren Son of ... Burnell, and ... Joseph.	25.02.1920 Willesden district, Middlesex - 25.03.2003 North Dorset district, Dorset	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.11.1943 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 1945?	31.05.1943 - (04.1946) borne on HMS President III (accounting base for personnel serving on Defence Equipped Merchant Ships); served apparently mainly in corvettes on North Atlantic convoys, e.g. HMS Test & HMS Snowflake; last appointment in 1945 was the British Admiralty Delegation in Washington [HMS Saker]
Burnell, James Walter Son of Reginald N. Burnell, and Doris L. French. Married ...; ... children (two sons?).	29.07.1925 Edmonton district, Oxfordshire - 28.01.2008 Kingston, Cambridge	T/Midsh. 24.03.1944 T/A/S.Lt. 29.01.1945 T/S.Lt. 29.07.1945 (reld 25.11.1946)	Education: Oxford University.       served as a rating [service number JX427371]       HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 20.06.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Burwell (destroyer) 20.02.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Lancaster (destroyer) (10.1945)     no appointment listed 18.10.1945 - (04.)1946 HMS Mauritius (cruiser) 06.1946 - (07.1946) HMS Liverpool (cruiser) Chartered accountant. With Wilkinson & Mellor, London, 1950s. A director of Citybrim Ltd., 1991-1998.
Burnett, the Rev. Frank Remembered with a memorial window in St Julian's Church, Norwich.	? - 25.11.1941 (KIA) [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60. column 3]	T/Chapl. 19.12.1939	Education: .... (BA) Priest at St Julian's Church, Norwich, 1931-1939. 08.02.1940 - 03.04.1941 HMS Maine (hospital ship) 04.04.1941 - 25.11.1941 HMS Barham (battleship) (sunk, Eastern Mediterranean)
Burnett, [Prof. Sir] John Harrison Son of the Rev. T. Harrison Burnett. Married (1945) Enid Margaret Bishop, elder daughter of Rev. Dr. E.W. Bishop, of Chichester; two sons.	21.01.1922 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland - 22.07.2007 Oxford, Oxfordshire	Prob. T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 16.03.1942 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.12.1942 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.09.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) Kt 31.12.1986 New Year 1987: Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Edinburgh [conferred 11.02.1987] MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944 * Special Branch officer for scientific [radar] duties	Education: Kingswood School, Bath; Merton College, Oxford (1940-1942 & 1946-1947; Rugby XV; Postmaster and Kitchener Scholar; BA 1946; 1st Botany & MA 1947; Christopher Welch Scholar 1947; DPhil 1953; Honorary Fellow 1997). 1942 - 1946 served RNVR: general service & Combined Operations, Atlantic, Channel and Mediterranean; served in destroyers protecting arctic convoys and in the Mediterranean during the siege of Malta; he was also briefly holed up in a cave with Marshal Tito in Yugoslavia during the secret partisan war of the liberation of that country (04.1942) - (06.1942) no appointment listed 24.07.1942 - 05.1943 HMS Monck (HQ Combined Training, Largs & RN Barracks and landing craft base, Port Glasgow) 05.1943 - 09.1944 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon)       "F" Support Craft Squadron (despatches) 16.09.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) Lecturer, Lincoln College, Oxford, 1948-1949. Fellow (by Exam.) at Magdalen College, Oxford, 1949-1953. University lecturer and demonstrator, Oxford, 1949-1953. Lecturer, University of Liverpool, 1954-1955. Professor of Botany, University of St Andrews, 1955-1960 (Dean of Faculty of Science, 1958-1960). Chairman, Scottish Horticultural Research Association, 1958-(1964). Professor of Botany, King's College, University of Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1961-1963 & University of Newcastle, 1963-1968 (Dean of Faculty of Science, 1966-1968; Public Orator, 1966-1968). Regius Professor of Botany, University of Glasgow, 1968-1970. Sibthorpian Professor of Rural Economy and Fellow, St John's College, Oxford, 1970-1979 (Member, General Board of Faculties, 1972-1977 [Vice-Chairman, 1974-1976]; Hebdomodal Council, 1974-1979). Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Edinburgh, 1979-1987. Executive Secretary, World Council for the Biosphere, 1987-1993. Chairman and Founder, International Organisation for Plant Information, 1991-1996. Lectures Delgarno, University of Manitoba 1979-1980, Bewley Memorial 1982, Peacock Memorial, Dundee University 1982, St Leonard's, University of St Andrews 1988. Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE), 04.03.1957 (member of Council, 1960-(1964)). Fellow, Institute of Biology (FIBiol), 1969. Editor, The New Phytologist, 1961. Chairman: Scottish Horticultural Research Institution, 1959-1974. Co-ordinating Commission for Biological Recording, 1989-2003; National Biodiversity Network Trust, 2000-2005; Member: Nature Conservancy Scottish Committee, 1961-1966, English Committee, 1966-1969; Nature Conservancy Council, 1987-1989 (Deputy Chairman and Acting Chairman, 1988-1989; Member Scottish Committee, 1980-87); Nuffield Foundation Biol. Project, 1962-1968 (Chairman, 1965-1968); British Mycological Society (President, 1982-1983); Trustee, The New Phytologist, 1962-1985, Adviser, 1985-1999; Member: Academic Advisory Council, Universities of St Andrews and Dundee, 1964-1966; Council, University of Buckingham, 1989- 1996. Member: Newcastle Reg. Hosp. Board, 1964-1968; Kingswood Association (President, 1989). Honorary Consultant: Nat. Grid Co., 1990-1999; Heritage Lottery Fund, 1995-99. Hon. Res. Prof., Open University, 1996-1999. Honorary Fellow: RCSE, 1983; Green College, Oxford, 1988. Hon. DSc: Buckingham, 1981; Pennsylvania, 1983; Hon. LLD: Dundee, 1982; Strathclyde, 1983; Glasgow, 1987; Dr hc: Edinburgh, 1988. Commendatore, Order of Merit (Italy), 1990. Publications: Vegetation of Scotland, editor and contributions, 1964; Fundamentals of Mycology, 1968, 3rd edition 1994; Mycogenetics, 1975; Fungal Walls and Hyphal Growth, editor and contributions, 1979; Edinburgh University Portraits 11, 1986; Speciation and Evolution in Fungi, 1989; (editor jointly and contributions) The Maintenance of the Biosphere, 1989; (editor jointly and contributions) Surviving with the Biosphere, 1994; Biological Recording in the UK: present practice and future development, 1996; Fungal Populations and Species, 2003; papers in various books and scientific journals.
Burnett, Robert Adams	30.04.1919 - 12.2001 Brighton district, Sussex	T/S.Lt. 13.12.1940 T/Lt. 01.12.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	(02.1941) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 05.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Mallow (corvette) 05.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Spiraea (corvette) ** * indexed, but not listed as such ** (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Burney, Roger John Gilbert Son of Lt.Col. Arthur Edward Cave Burney, DSO, MC, RA, and of Dorothy Burney, of Hay, Herefordshire.	(06?).1919 Hartley Wintney district, Hampshire - 19.02.1942 (KIA) [age 22] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 71. column 1]	T/S.Lt. 07.08.1941	Education: Peterhouse, Cambridge University (BA) 30.08.1941 - 10.11.1941 British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Jastrzab (Polish submarine) [till circa 10.11.1941] 05.11.1941 - 19.02.1942 British Naval Liaison Officer, Surcouf (French submarine) [sunk by collision with the American merchant ship Thomson Lykes in the Caribbean off the approaches to the Panama Canal]
Burns, Harry Adopted son of Hugh and Margaret E. Burns, of Wallasey, Cheshire.	1922 ? - 19.03.1944 (KIA) [age 22] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 5, panel 5]	T/S.Lt. (A) ?	26.01.1942 - 19.03.1944 observer, 825 Squadron FAA [1944 HMS Vindex (escort carrier)]
Burr, Alexander Ford "Buzz" Son of ... Burr, and ... Ellis. Married ((09?).1952, Wednesbury district, Staffordshire) Dorothy H. Wilks; one daughter, one son.	(12?).1917 Wirral district, Cheshire - 02.02.2013	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 24.01.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 26.10.1942 T/Lt. (A) mid 1943, seniority 26.10.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) Lt. (A) 04.01.1948 Lt.Cdr. 04.01.1952 Cdr. RNR 15.03.1961 (retd 26.10.1967) VRD ? - VRD 12.09.1967 1st clasp	04.02.1941 - (06.)1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (for Lancing establishment) (08.1942) - (10.1942) no appointment listed (12.1942)     HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh, Southampton) * (02.1943) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 06.06.1943 - (08.)1943 observer, 747 Squadron FAA [HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire)] (and for crew training) 09.1943 - (02.)1944 observer, 700 Squadron FAA [HMS King George V (battleship)] 15.03.1944 - (01.)1945 observer, HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn) (04.1945)     no appointment listed 01.07.1945 - (07.)1945 observer, 1773 Squadron FAA 15.08.1945 - (10.1945) observer, 826 Squadron FAA 1948? - 1950s Permanent RNVR * indexed. but not listed as such
Burrell, Robert John Son of late Robert Burrell, QC, and ... Parry. Married (1948) Thelma Louise Mawdesley Harris; no children.	28.11.1923 Willesden district, Middlesex - 24.10.1985 London City	T/Midsh. ? T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944 T/Lt. > 04.1946 QC 1973	served War, Royal Navy, 1942-46: Fleet Minesweepers and Motor Torpedo Boats (English Channel and Adriatic, participated in D Day landings, 1944) 11.10.1943 - (10.1944) Third Officer, HM MTB 615 (motor torpedo boat) 19.02.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 638 (motor torpedo boat) (04.1946)     HMS Cardigan Bay (frigate) * Called to Bar, Inner Temple, 1948; Bencher, Inner Temple, 1980; Member: Senate of Inns of Court and the Bar, 1983-85; Council of Legal Education, 1984-. Member, Paddington Borough Council, 1949-56 (Chairman Housing Committee, 1953-56); Chairman: Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal, 1974-; President, Ligue Internationale contre la Concurrence Déloyale (Paris), 1980-82 (Vice-President,  1978-80); Member, EEC Working Committee, EEC Trade Mark Law, 1975-77. * indexed. but not listed as such
Burrows, Douglas Rupert Son (with one sister) of Arthur Rupert Burrows (1898-1966), and Winnifred Norah Knowles (1900?-), of Leicester. Married (26.02.1944, St Jude's, Southsea, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Rosemary Ann Miles ((06?).1922 - ), only daughter of Leonard Charles Miles (1894-1970), and Dorothy Beatrice Niner (1893-1979), of Lee-on-Solent; four sons.	03.09.1921 Leicester, Leicestershire - 11.04.2011 Ludlow, Shropshire	T/Midsh. (A) 26.07.1941 T/A/S.Lt. (A) 03.09.1941 T/S.Lt. (A) 03.09.1942 T/Lt. (A) 03.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	25.08.1941 - (10.)1941 pilot, 755 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)] (12.1941) - (06.1942) HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester) * (08.1942) - (10.1942) no appointment listed 13.10.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) (10.1943) - (04.1944) no appointment listed 15.05.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Indomitable (Illustrious class aircraft carrier) (04.1946)     no appointment listed 1950s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve * indexed. but not listed as such
Burt, Edward Alfred	14.08.1910 ?? - 04.1989 ?? Surrey Northern ??	T/S.Lt. 17.01.1940 T/Lt. 17.01.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 04.1946 DSC 22.01.1946 St. Nazaire raid 22.03.1942 [decoration posted]	05.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Angle (auxiliary trawler) 29.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services) 19.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) (03.1942) Commanding Officer, HM ML 262 (motor launch) (10.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland) * (04.1946)     HMS President (Admiralty) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Burt, Herbert George Son (with three brothers) of Ernest E. Burt, and Mabel Bloomfield. Brother of Capt. Spencer Ernest Burt, Army Dental Corps & F/Lt. Edward Russell Burt, RAFVR. Married ....; ... children.	27.10.1923 Woodbridge district, Suffolk - 30.01.2011	T/A/S.Lt. 1943? T/S.Lt. 10.03.1944 T/Lt. 10.03.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	16.11.1943 - (07.)1945 Asdic officer, HMS Lochy (frigate) (2nd Escort Group) 14.12.1945 - (04.1946) First Lieutenant, HMS Pladda (minesweeping trawler)
Burt, Idris Morris * Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of William George Burt (1868-1934), and Elizabeth Morris (1868-1947). Married (18.05.1930, Parkstone, Bournemouth district, Dorset) Ida Gertrude Lucas (08.10.1906 - 03.1986). * in Navy List first names (initially) shown as Idvis Maurice	23.07.1904 Poole district, Dorset - 02.1992 Southend on Sea, Essex	T/Lt. 26.11.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 04.1943, < 06.1943 (reld 13.11.1945)	25.11.1939 - (10.)1941 HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) (for Naval Control Service Thames) 03.11.1941 - (07.)1945 HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) (for some period as Pier Head Control Officer) 1950s     Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
Burton, George Alexander	? -	T/S.Lt. 11.09.1942 T/A/Lt. 25.06.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(10.1942) - (12.1942) no appointment listed (02.1943)     HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow) * (04.1943) - (12.1944) British Naval Liaison Officer, French ship "President Houdouce" (trawler) * 01.03.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Fann (RN base, Dakar, Senegal) (04.1944) - (06.1944) British Naval Liaison Officer, French ship "Gazelle" (Chamois class minesweeper) * (10.1944) - (10.1945) British Naval Liaison Officer, French ship "Strule" (River class frigate, renamed as "Croix de Lorraine") * (04.1946)     British Naval Liaison Officer, French ship "Emile Bertin" (light cruiser) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Burton, John	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 05.02.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	27.02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Emperor (escort carrier)
Burwood, Kenneth Leslie Jack Son of Jack Henry Burwood (1887-1920), and Mabel Edith Compton (1893-1978). Married (09.09.1948, St Kenelm's Church, Romsley, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire) Mary Jennette Chilton (13.06.1922 - 03.01.2009), daughter (with two brothers and one sister) of Thomas Henry Chilton (1894-1950), and Alice Gertrude Mann (1892-1990); one daughter.	11.12.1914 Smethwick, Staffordshire - 04.06.1975 Birmingham district, West Midlands	Ord.Sea. ? [JX259846] T/A/S.Lt. 11.12.1942 T/S.Lt. 11.06.1943 T/Lt. 01.01.1945 (reld 13.09.1946)	31.03.1941     joined RNVR (02.1943) - (04.1943) no appointment listed 19.04.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Espiègle (Algerine class minesweeper) 1945/46?     First Lieutenant, HMS Rinaldo (Algerine class minesweeper) (04.1946)     no appointment listed 1940s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve Civil servant.
Bushell, Frederick Reeve Son (with two brothers and four sisters) of Frederick Howard Bushell (1877-1964), and Edith Ellen Reeve (1874-1956). Married (10.11.1927, Portsmouth, Hampshire) Marjorie Olive Cooper (19.06.1904 - 05.02.2000), daughter (with five brothers) of William Basil Hoddinot Cooper (1867-1933), and Annie Eliza Shervell (1877-1969); three sons.	11.05.1903 Sheringham, Erpingham district, Norfolk - 07.12.1989 Horndean, Petersfield district, Hampshire	T/S.Lt. (E) 01.02.1943 T/A/Lt. (E) > 10.1943, < 12.1943 T/Lt. (E) 01.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	29.09.1939 - 05.07.1940 HMS Express (E class destroyer) 10.1940 - 07.1941 HMS Tonbridge (netlayer) 1942     HMS Boston (Bangor class minesweeper) 1943     HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) 03.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers, Algeria/Taranto, Italy) (additional; for miscellaneous duties) 01.07.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Hamilcar (Combined Operations base, Messina) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Butcher, Ernest William Married ((09?).1940, Bromley district, Kent) Doris Violet Varney (17.07.1914 - 10.2005); one daughter, one son.	14.02.1910 St George Hanover Square district, London - 17.09.1967 Bromley district, Kent	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 02.07.1944 (reld > 04.1946) * Special Branch officer employed on staff, etc., duties ashore, but has not received any training of an executive nature	(10.1944) - (04.1946) no appointment listed His daughter writes: "I was told by my father that he taught navigation and seamanship as he was a Sea Cadet Officer and Sea Scout Officer for many years prior to the Second World War. He also took a Sea Scout Boat out to Dunkirk after hearing of the rescue on the radio whilst at a camp on the Isle of Wight."
Butcher, Graham Son of Paym.Cdr. Edwin Percy Butcher, RNVR (1877-1961), accountant, and Gertrude Graham. Married ((03?).1941, Hampstead district, London)Rhoda May Spells (née Woodrow) (16.06.1911 - 29.12.1984); one daughter. Residence: (1962) Hove, Sussex.	08.07.1909 Hove, Sussex - 07.01.1981 Hove, Brighton district, East Sussex	T/Lt. 09.10.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld > 11.1945, < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. RNR 29.07.1965, seniority 22.09.1962 Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) RNR 02.12.1966, seniority 22.09.1962 (removed from active list 08.07.1969) DSC 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.1942 [investiture 07.12.1943]	18.12.1939 - (10.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Lord Austin (anti-submarine warfare trawler) [tender to HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan)] 19.11.1940 - 08.05.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS St Elstan (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (06.1942) - (08.1942) no appointment listed 09.1942 - 10.12.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Prospect (Isles class (minesweeping) trawler) (02.1944)     no appointment listed 25.03.1944 - 05.08.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Lavender (corvette) 18.08.1944 - 13.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Denbigh Castle (corvette) [ship damaged by U-992 and ran aground Kola Inlet] 21.03.1945 - (04.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Tarbert (frigate) 05.1945 - 08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Killisport (frigate) 31.08.1945 - 21.11.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Shin (frigate) 29.07.1965     commissioned, Permanent RNR 02.12.1966     transferred, RNR (Special Branch)
Butler, Adrian Howard Gwyer Son (with two sisters and one brother) of Thomas Howard Butler, JP (1887-1959), and Harriett Maud Rose Gwyer (1884-). Married 1st Yvonne ...; two daughters. Married 2nd (30.01.1976, Bath, Somerset) Daphne Steavenson (née Pratt) (22.10.1926 - 29.01.2018), widow of Lt. John Steavenson, RNVR.	23.02.1918 Bristol district, Gloucestershire - 08.07.1993 Trowbridge district, Wiltshire	Prob. Midsh. 30.11.1937 Midsh. 10.12.1938, seniority 30.11.1937 A/S.Lt. 02.06.1939 S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 02.12.1941 (commission terminated 29.08.1944; medically unfit) MID 10.02.1942 E-boat attack on convoy 19.11.1941	Education: Clifton College (North Town House; 1932.1-1936.2). Played for United Services XV, 1936-1941. Student member, Institute of Metals, 1938. 30.08.1939 - (12.1939) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 08.01.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Westminster (destroyer) (despatches) (02.1942)     no appointment listed 03.02.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Inconstant (destroyer) (04.1943)     no appointment listed 11.05.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Woolston (destroyer) (06.1944)     no appointment listed Secretary and Director, Allen Davies & Coy. Ltd., Bristol.
Butler, George Beaumont Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	04.07.1918 - 11.1999 Kensington and Chelsea district, London	Capt. MN ? T/S.Lt. 21.04.1941 T/Lt. 01.07.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk	(06.1940) - 21.04.1941 Master, HMY Laroc (yacht) (despatches) 21.04.1941 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Laroc (auxiliary armed yacht) (10.1942)     no appointment listed 10.1942 - (12.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Kelt (auxiliary trawler) (02.1943)     HMS Kenkora * 03.1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Kenkora II (auxiliary armed yacht) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 04.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Coldstreamer (auxiliary patrol trawler) * indexed, but not listed as such
Butler, Harry Married ((09?).1942, Sutton Coldfield district, Warwickshire) Madeline Hoskins (22.02.1913 - 04.1997); one son.	29.12.1916 - 03.01.2003	T/Sg.Lt. 14.05.1943 (reld 08.07.1946)	Education: Queen's College, Cambridge & Birmingham (BA 1938, MA 1946, MB, BCh 1942, MD Camb 1950, PhD 1976). 14.05.1943 - (06.)1943 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 16.06.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Icarus (I class destroyer) 12.1944 - 09.1945 RN Auxiliary Hospital, Brisbane, Australia [HMS Furneaux] 25.09.1945 - (04.)1946 Royal Hospital, Hong Kong [HMS Tamar] Reader Anatomy (Univ. London) St. Bart. Hospital Medical College. Professor of Anatomy & Dean Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan. Associate Professor, later Professor of Anatomy, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1964-1984, Emeritus 1984-2003.
Butler, John Brian	? - ?	T/A/S.Lt. 30.07.1944 T/S.Lt. 30.01.1945	08.07.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for motor landing craft) * * In name index of Navy List from Apr 1945 shown as: HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
Butler, Richard Armstrong	? -	T/A/S.Lt. 1943? T/S.Lt. 02.01.1944 T/A/Lt. 16.11.1943? T/Lt. 02.01.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	16.11.1943 - (07.1945) Radar Officer, HMS Lochy (frigate) [eventually Commanding Officer 1945/46?]
Butler, Robert Alan	? -	T/S.Lt. ? T/A/Lt. 12.11.1942	02.10.1943 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM MMS 1035 (motor minesweeper) 21.03.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 290 (motor minesweeper)
Butler, Robert John Son of Albert Henry Butler, and Florence Sheppard, of Finchley, Middlesex.	10.12.1920 Islington district, London - 05.01.1943 [Chatham Naval Memorial, 73.3]	T/A/S.Lt. 14.08.1941 T/S.Lt. 23.03.1942, seniority 10.12.1941	(12.1941)     no appointment listed ? - 05.01.1943 British Naval Liaison Officer, "Bodø" (Norwegian patrol craft) (missing, presumed killed when ship was mined & sunk in North Sea)
Butler, Stanley Joseph	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 29.07.1940 T/El.Lt. 29.11.1940 T/A/El.Lt.Cdr. > 08.1942, < 02.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	(10.1940)     HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) * 29.11.1940 - 26.01.1941 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for miscellaneous duties) 27.01.1941 - (01.)1945 HMS Western Isles (work up base, Tobermory) 03.1945 - (07.1945) Port Anti-Submarine Officer, Colombo [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Butler, Thomas Henry "Tom"	1920 ? - 08.2012 still alive in Australia	T/S.Lt. (E) 04.01.1943 T/Lt. (E) 04.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	04.01.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary), from early 1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (04.1944) - (06.1944) HMS Prince Leopold (landing ship, infantry) (as Flotilla Engineer Officer of a landing craft flotilla) * (10.1944) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Butterfield, Robert Cecil Son of John Johnston Butterfield (1865-1930), and Nellie Brown (1873?-1942). Married (14.11.1942, Christ Church, Hove, Brighton district, Sussex) Peggy Doris Barnett (27.02.1918 - 05.12.2011); one son, two daughters. Residence: Putney (1942-1950).	07.01.1908 Hill, Camberwell district, Surrey - 12.02.1987 East Dene, Eastbourne district, East Sussex	Ord.Sea. 12.1941 T/S.Lt. 02.10.1942 T/Lt. 02.07.1943 (reld 10.05.1946)	Insurance clerk at the Phoenix Assurance Company in London, pre- & post-war. 12.1941     HMS Glendower (seamanship training establishment, Pwllheli, North Wales) 02.1941     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 03.1941     HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) 07.1942 - 10.1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 22.11.1942     HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for course) (12.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed 10.02.1943 - 09.05.1943 HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for British yard minesweepers) 10.05.1943 - 04.10.1943 HM BYMS 190 (British yard minesweeper) 17.11.1943 - 29.11.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Oku (minesweeping trawler) 12.1945 - 03.1946 Commanding Officer, HM BYMS 2057 (British yard minesweeper) [HMS Marshal Soult (trawler base, Portsmouth)]
Button, Geoffrey Hamilton "Geoff" Son of Herbert Sidney Button (1888-1964), and Ethel May Jefford (1896-1983). Married ((03?).1958, Honiton district, Devon) Ann B. Sparkes; one daughter, one son.	01.04.1925 Brentford district, Middlesex - 10.02.2016 Bakewell, Derbyshire	T/Midsh. 17.12.1943 T/A/S.Lt. 01.10.1944 T/S.Lt. 01.04.1945 (reld 30.09.1946) Lt. 01.10.1947 (reld 20.10.1950) MVO 01.01.1990 New Year 1990	Education: City of London School (1938-1942). (01.1944)     no appointment listed 30.01.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) (04.1946)     HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) * * indexed, but not listed as such After the war he obtained a law degree from the LSE and qualified as a solicitor (LLB London 10.1961). He spent his career in local government and retired as County Clerk of Derbyshire County Council. His son writes: "Geoff commanded LCT 883 during the first wave on Gold Beach on D Day carrying self-propelled guns of the Green Howards. He was part of the Atlantic convoys and also served in Burma and was involved in preparations for the invasion of Japan. He was demobbed in 1946."
Button, Ronald Albert Mother's maiden name Spanswick ??	(06?).1921 ?? Frome district, Somerset ?? -	T/S.Lt. 16.10.1941 T/A/Lt. 16.10.1942	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 18.09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) 01.02.1946 - (04.1946) Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
Buxton, Michael Auriol Son (with four brothers) of Henry Fowell Buxton (1876-1949), and Katharine Tayspel Round (1881-1945). Brother of Maj. John Fowell Buxton, Maj. Robert James Buxton, and Capt. Joseph Gurney Fowell Buxton. Married (05.02.1938) Elizabeth Edith Millicent Elwes (14.06.1916 - 30.12.2003).	04.09.1914 Erpingham, Cromer, Norfolk - 09.1990 Kings Lynn, Norfolk	Prob. T/S.Lt. 03.01.1940 T/Lt. 05.01.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	Businessman (brewery). Obtained civil aviator's certificate (No. 11970) taken on D.H. 60 Gipsey 85 h.p. at Northamptonshire Aero Club, 14.06.1934. 1940 - (03.)1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 08.03.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Birmingham (cruiser) (12.1940)     no appointment listed 03.01.1941 - 10.12.1941 HMS Prince of Wales (battleship) [ship sunk by Japanese aircraft off east coast of Malaya] 11.12.1941 - (10.)1942 HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) (for small craft) 07.11.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (for signal duties on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth) 14.07.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) (for signal duties on staff of Second-in-Command Naval Air Stations, and Commodore, Naval Air Stations (North)) (10.1943) - (04.1944) no appointment listed 10.04.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for communications & W/T duties on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth) Published: Service at sea : with the Royal Navy in World War II (1988).
Byam-Corstiaens, Guy Frederick * Son of Gustave Charles M. Corstiaens, Belgian Army officer, and Dorothy Byam Grounds. * Better known under the name: Guy Byam. Birth registration under the name: Frederick Guy Byam Corstiaens.	28.07.1918 Emberton, Newport Pagnell district, Buckinghamshire / Northamptonshire - 03.02.1945 (MPK) [age 26] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 292]	T/A/S.Lt. (E) ? (reld 1940/41)	temporary officer serving under T.124 agreement ? - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser) (survived when ship sunk by German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer) (1944?) - 03.02.1945 war correspondent for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (jumped with the airbornes at Normandy [06.1944] & Arnhem [09.1944]) [missing in action from an Eighth US Air Force daylight raid on Berlin] On 3 February, 1945, BBC war reporter Guy Byam was killed when a US bomber crashed after a daylight raid on Berlin. Byam, 26, was on board ‘The Rose of York' (named after Princess Margaret), a US 8 th Air Force Flying Fortress. The plane was damaged by anti-aircraft fire over Berlin and disappeared over the North Sea. In the early years of the war Byam saw action with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and Combined Operations but was wounded and invalided out. He joined the BBC's War Reporting Unit in April, 1944. Two months later he parachuted into Normandy with British paratroopers on D-Day and his reports made him a household name. A listener wrote after his death: ‘All looked forward to hearing his enthusiastic and youthful voice in the 9 o'clock news.'
Bye, Frank Robert William Son of Frank and Elizabeth Bye. Married ((06?).1922, Woolwich district, London) Madeline Alice Griffiths (09.09.1901 - 04.1994); ... children.	18.05.1898 Winchester, Hampshire - (03?).1971 Battle district, Sussex	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 21.05.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	21.05.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for duties with Sea Transport Officers) 17.01.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) (for service at Newport) 06.04.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) (for Sea Transport duties) (11?).1944 - 11.1944 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Byford, Michael Cady Son of ... Byford, and ... Jones. Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	31.12.1924 Wandsworth district, London - 02.11.1985 Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire	T/A/S.Lt. 30.06.1944 T/S.Lt. 30.12.1944 (reld 26.05.1946)	05.08.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for major landing craft) 30.12.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (04.1946)     no appointment listed 1940s - 1950s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
Byndon-Ayres, Erik [James] Denis Son of Denis Byndon-Ayres (1876?-1928), and Emily Adams Nicholson (1880-). Married 1st ((06?).1940, Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire) Edna J. Barton. Edna Byndon-Ayres remarried (1946) Gordon Graham. Married 2nd ((12?).1946, St Marylebone district, London) Evelyn Lucy Webb MacCabe (26.06.1913 - 12.1997), daughter of Matthew Henry MacCabe (1885-1973), and Martha Gordon (1887-1974); two daughters.	14.02.1913 St Marylebone district, London - 04.1989 Ringwood & Fordingbridge district, Hampshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 09.02.1940 T/A/Lt. 09.02.1941 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)	Education: Cambridge University. (04.1940)     no appointment listed 17.04.1940 - (12.1940) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (05.1940)     3 Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion ... (Boulogne) (02.1941)     no appointment listed 05.04.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Winchester (destroyer) (02.1942) - (06.1942) no appointment listed 02.07.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Sherwood (destroyer) (08.1943) - (02.1944) HMS Foley (frigate) * 10.02.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Drury (frigate) (07.1945)     HMS Scarborough (sloop) * Banker. * indexed, but not listed as such
Byng, Anthony Hastings West Son of George West Byng (1891-...), and Elsie Elizabeth Matthews (1896-...).	14.05.1917 Aston district, Warwickshire - 05.1986 Brighton district, Sussex	T/Paym.S.Lt. 25.08.1939 T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 25.08.1941 (reld > 04.1946) MID 06.01.1942 high fleet operations, especially Norwegian waters	25.08.1939 - (04).1941 for duty in office of Rear-Admiral/Vice­Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron, aboard: HMS Hood 25.08.1939 - 11.03.1940 HMS Renown 11.03.1940 - 13.04.1940 HMS Warspite 13.04.1940 - ??.04.1940 HMS Renown ??.04.1940 - 10.08.1940 HMS Hood 10.08.1940 - (04.)1941 (2nd Battle of Narvik) 14.05.1941 - (12.1941) for duty in office of Rear-Admiral Commanding 18th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Edinburgh (cruiser)] 15.10.1942 - (10.1943) HMS Belfast (cruiser) 01.05.1944 - (04.1946) for duty in office of Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic [HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown)]
Byng, Robert Cecil "Robin"; 7th Earl of Strafford (cr. 1847) (Baron Strafford (1835), Viscount Enfield (1847))   Son of Hon. Ivo Francis Byng (1874-1949), fourth son of the 5th Earl, and Agnes Constance Travers (?-1950). Succeeded uncle 24.12.1951. Married 1st (01.01.1934, Chelsea district, London; divorced 1947) Maria Magdalena Elizabeth Cloete, daughter of Henry Cloete, CMG, Alphen, South Africa; two sons. Married 2nd (19.06.1948, Westminster, London) Clara Evelyn Wadia, daughter of Sir Nusserwanjee Nowrosjee Wadia, KBE, CIE.	29.07.1904 - 04.03.1984 Northumberland West district, Northumberland	Prob. T/Lt. 26.10.1942 T/Lt. 07.1943, seniority 26.10.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1943, < 04.1944 (reld 25.05.1946)	Education: Cambridge (MA, 1940). Before the war Byng had owned a Brixham trawler, the Arthur Rogers, and he spent the summer of 1939 in her as a member of Dr Edward Builard's team investigating the Atlantic Shelf. Later, as a civilian, he joined Bullard at HMS Vernon to work on the magnetic and acoustic mines. (12.)1941 - (08.)1942 Temporary Experimental Officer (Civil Officer), Scientific Research and Experiment Department, Admiralty 26.10.1942 - (07.1945) Miscellaneous Weapon Development Department, Admiralty [HMS President] Literature: Gerald Pawle, The secret war (1956).
Bynoe, Keith Martin Married ...; ... children (two sons?).	? - 1977	T/S.Lt. 05.06.1941 T/A/Lt. 05.12.1943 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)	03.11.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) 01.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed

 

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