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F.A. Wicker   to   R.C.M.V. Wynn
Wicker, Frank Albert Son of Frank Albert Wicker (1885-1968), and Marie Elizabeth Gilling (1888-1942). Married ((12?).1940, Gravesend district, Kent) Kathleen Louvain Watkins, daughter of Charles Ernest Oliver Watkins; two sons, one daughter.	24.05.1914 Gravesend, Kent - 12.02.1992 Memorial Hospital, Teddington, Middlesex	Prob. T/S/Lt. 05.01.1940 T/S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 05.01.1940 T/Lt. 05.01.1941 (reld < 04.1946) T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 21.10.1949, seniority 19.08.1949 A/Lt.Cdr. 17.10.1955 Lt.Cdr. RNR 22.01.1959 (commission terminated 19.08.1963) MID 24.07.1945 2 patrols Far East	17.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Lady Blanche (armed yacht) 29.06.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS PC 74 (patrol boat) 22.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS H 43 (submarine) 23.02.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Ursula (submarine) 27.12.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS H 50 (submarine) 05.06.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Wolfe (submarine depot ship, Trincomalee) 04.02.1945 - 19.12.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Sturdy (submarine) (despatches) 21.10.1949 - 19.08.1963 recommissioned, RNVR (from 1959 RNR) Architect.
Wickes, Ian Goodson Son of Melbourne Frederick Wickes, and Clara Bax. Married ((09?).1944, Chichester district, Sussex) Monica F. Thomson; ... children (one son?).	07.04.1917 Greenwich district, London - 10.03.1973 Southend district	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 28.08.1942 T/Sg.Lt. 05.11.1943, seniority 28.08.1942 (reld < 04.1946) LoP 1943 for photographing a glider bomb when his ship, HMS Bideford was under air attack	Education: MB, BCh 03.10.1942 - (10.1943) HMS Bideford (sloop) (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) * 16.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Loch Tarbert (frigate) may also have served at HMS Exe (frigate) at some point FRCP. Consultant Paediatrician and farmer, of Stock Harvard, Essex. * indexed, but not listed as such
Wicks, John Kenshole "Jack" Son (with two brothers) of Charles Foster Wicks (1876-), and Annie Noakes (1879-1954). Married 1st (20.12.1934, Bexley, Dartford district, Kent; divorced) Thora Ethel Chuter (28.08.1910 - 11.1998). Thora Wicks remarried (1947) Peter H. March. Married 2nd ((06?).1947, Kensington district, London) Hazel L. Jenkin (née Dalgleish).	24.02.1911 Tonbridge district, Kent - 13.07.1992 Chichester district, West Sussex	Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.01.1940 T/El.Lt. 07.05.1940 T/Lt. 01.1944, seniority 07.05.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1945? Lt.Cdr. (L) RN 04.03.1946, seniority 01.01.1945 Cdr. (L) RN 30.06.1950 (retd 24.02.1961)	Electrical engineer. (02.1940) - (03.1940) no appointment listed (04.)1940 - (05.)1940 HMS President (for miscellaneous services at Admitalty) 06.05.1940 - (09.)1940 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 01.10.1940 - (02.)1942 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) (04.1942) - (05.1942) no appointment listed 26.05.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Sirius (Dido class cruiser) (06.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 07.02.1944 - (02.)1944 HMS Caroline II (trawler base, Belfast) (for torpedo duties) 15.02.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (for flotilla duties) (for torpedo duties) (01.1945) - (04.1945) HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) * (07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed 04.1946 - (07.1946) HMS Marlborough (torpedo training establishment, Eastbourne) ... - ... ... AMIEE, later FIEE. * indexed, but not listed as such
Wicks, Norman Son (with two sisters) of Sidney Ernest Wicks(1889-1961), and Rose Emmeline Rust (1891-1972). Married (08.08.1946, St Peter Port, Guernsey) Jacqueline Sarre *; two sons, one daughter. * She and her twin sister worked from 1942-45 as Intercept Operators in the ATS, Royal Signals, at Beaumanor Hall (Y Group) as part of the Blethchley Park (Section X) operations	08.01.1923 Edmonton, Middlesex - 22.07.1999 Harlow, Essex	T/A/S.Lt. (A) * 31.05.1944 T/S.Lt. (A) 30.11.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 07.1946) * for Aeronautical Technical Duties in the Fleet Air Arm	1941     joined RNVR, serving in the ranks ... - ... ... (10.1944) - (01.1945) no appointment listed 17.01.1945 - 06.1945 HMS Chaser (Archer class escort carrier) 26.06.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Indomitable (Illustrious class aircraft carrier) (for aeronautical engineering duties) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Became a Chartered Civil Engineer, B.Sc (London), MIWE, ACGI.
Widdup, Harold Paine Son of John Roberts Widdup (born 1870), and Emily France (born 1865). Married ((03?).1921, Liverpool, Lancashire) Kathleen Gilligan; one son.	15.03.1899 Sherbrooke, nr Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 01.11.1962 Kensington, London	Pte. & Cpl. ? [30861] Sg.Lt. 19.01.1927 Sg.Lt.Cdr. 19.01.1933 A/Sg.Cdr. < 02.1941 Sg.Cdr. 31.12.1942 (retd 15.03.1949) VRD ? - WWI: 1914-1915 Star, Victory Medal, British War Medal	Education: Qualified Liverpool University (04.1919-07.1923; MB; ChB) Registered in the Medical Register [as Harold Percival Widdup], 10.11.1924. 1915 - 1918 served as Private & Corporal, 46 Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps (France from 10.07.1915), then 1918 for a brief period RAF (13.06.1918 Cadet Distribution Depot, 04.08.1918 80 Cadet Wing, 01.09.1918 1 Cadet Wing) 19.01.1927     joined RNVR (London Division, List 2) 09.1935     RN Hospital, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 30.08.1939 - (03.)1940 RN Hospital, Portland [HMS Boscawen] 31.03.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) 03.1941 - (04.)1942 RN Hospital Minterne Magna [HMS Boscawen] 19.05.1942 - (04.)1945 HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) (07.1945)     HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) * 04.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) Medical practitioner, 1924-1928 Beckenham, Kent, 1929-1934 Birkdale, Lancs, 1935-1957 Birkdale, Lancs, 1958-1962 London. Also worked for the Cunard line and other lines as a ships surgeon from 1926. * indexed, but not listed as such
Wigzell, Percy Mackley "Mac" Son (with three brothers and one sister) of Arthur Mackley Wigzell (1871-1955), and Rosina Emmett (1866-1951). Married 1st ((03?).1938, Coventry district, Warwickshire) Elsie Stokes (30.07.1908 - 02.2002); two sons, one daughter. Married 2nd ((12?).1959, Surrey Northern district, Surrey) Pamela Anne H. Weaver (10.09.1917 - 27.09.2008).	19.01.1906 Greenwich district, London - 30.05.1981 St Austell district, Cornwall	T/A/S.Lt. 05.03.1943 T/S.Lt. 05.09.1943 T/Lt. 01.06.1945 (reld 04.04.1946)	(04.1943) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 28.06.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for British yard minesweepers) 22.12.1943 - 12.10.1945 HM BYMS 2167 (British yard minesweeper) (First Lieutenant, from c. 04.1945 Commanding Officer)
Wilcoxon, Robert Owen Son of Robert Stanley Wilcoxon (1869-1957), and Lurline Mignonette Nunes (1870-1907). Only brother of Hollywood film star Henry Wilcoxon. Married 1st Dorothy Stella Radcliffe Drew (21.07.1908 - 25.02.1988). Married 2nd (1939) Sheila Meredith Earle. Lived at: 18, Markham Square, Chelsea, London.	01.04.1903 Kingston, Jamaica - 30.05.1940 (KIA) [age 37] [Dover (St. James's) Cemetery, row C, joint grave 12]	Prob. T/S.Lt. 15.03.1940	02.05.1940 - 30.05.1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) ? - 30.05.1940 HMS Bideford (Dunkirk evacuation; killed in action) A relative writes: "On May 29, Robert Owen Wilcoxon was mortally wounded at the Dunkirk evacuation. The boat he was in was bombed by an enemy plane, he was taken seriously injured onto the ship which was to take him home, the HMS Bideford and there he died early the next morning. With him was a young volunteer Sub-Lt. Cosmo T. Arnold, R.N.V.R., from Havant near Portsmouth, who a few days later wrote a thoughtful letter to Sheila, here transcribed from two handwritten pages: Dear Mrs Wilcoxon, I am ever so sorry having to write a letter like this about your husband. Please accept my deepest sympathy. I was with him at the end and he died like a man. He asked me to write to you and let you know that his last thoughts were for you. I was in the “Bideford” at Dover, and last Wednesday at 12 noon we were ordered to go over to Dunkirk and help in embarking the soldiers. We arrived there at 6, and from then onwards we were subjected to bombing and machine gun attacks. At one time there were 40 bombers over us, and it was during this period that your husband who was in a “whaler” came alongside, the boat was crammed full of soldiers, and a bomber swooped alongside and machined gunned it. We rescued your husband and about 4 soldiers, all the others were drowned. Unfortunately Lieut. Wilcoxon was wounded twice in the right leg and then in his chest. I and a sailor carried him to a table on the “mess deck”, which was quite sheltered and the doctor, on board, immediately did all in his power to save him. Unfortunately he didn’t survive and died at 3 a.m. on Thursday morning. He was very calm and peaceful and I do not think suffered very much. I have enclosed everything that I found on him, thinking that you would like to treasure some of them, including a note that he wrote. Yours with deepest sympathy,  Cosmo T. Arnold"
Wild, Peter Grenville   Son (with one brother) of Frederick James Wild (1892-1961), and Doris Lees Beswick (1892-1981). Married ((12?).1946, Brackley district, Northamptonshire) Muriel M. Jackson.	13.06.1916 Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire - 08.02.1995 Kelso, Scotland	T/S.Lt. 03.07.1941 T/Lt. 03.07.1942 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 07.12.1943 special reconnaissance landings Sicily & Italy [investiture 23.05.44] MID 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) MID 10.07.1945 operations Arakan coast 11-44-03.45	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 27.03.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Quebec (Combined training centre, Inverary), from late 1943 HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP)) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer): (06.1944) COPP 6 [HMS X.23 (midget submarine)] (Normandy) 05.11.1944 - 06.1945 Officer Commanding, COPP 1 [Naval Party 750] (Arakan) 06.1945 - ? Senior Officer, COPP Far East High Sheriff, Staffordshire, 1972.
Wildey, Ernest Edward	01.08.1913 - 07.1996 Southend on Sea, Essex	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 10.07.1943 (reld 1945/46)	22.07.1942 - (07.1945) FS (French Ship) Paris (independent base for small craft, Plymouth) (for duty with Auxiliary Vessels Gunnery Officer)
Wiles, Richard Charles "Dick" Elder son of Charles E. Wiles (1878-1969), and Ottilia L. Wilkins (née Purkess) (1895-1991), of Wallington. Married (12.07.1947, Wallington, Surrey Mid Eastern district) Hélène M.A.J. Geldof, only daughter of Mr & Mrs R.C. Geldof, of Bruges, Belgium.	09.04.1922 Lambeth district, London - 08.11.1994 Tunbridge Wells district, Kent	T/A/S.Lt. 20.11.1942 T/S.Lt. 20.05.1943 T/Lt. 20.05.1945 (reld 18.03.1947) DSC 19.06.1945 landing 4 miles above Nijmegen 45 [decoration posted]	(04.1943) - (07.1945) no appointment listed [probably: HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)] (1943)     ... (Sicily & Salerno) (1944) - (1945) 552nd LCA Flotilla (Normandy, Walcheren, Waal river) (04.1946)     HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) * Literature: C.M. Wiles, From school to landing craft : a young man's war in letters (2011). * indexed, but not listed as such
Wiley, Leslie Harding	16.05.1910 West Ham district, Essex - 29.04.1995 Haverfordwest district, Dyfed, Wales	Seaman ? [LT/JX 200907] T/S.Lt. 30.10.1942 T/Lt. 30.07.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 28.11.1945? (reld > 04.1946)	(12.1942) - (10.1945) no appointment listed 28.11.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM LST 3515 (landing ship, tank)
Wilford, Leslie Albert Son (with one brother and one sister) of James William Wilford (1878-1954), and Edith Wilford (1879-). Married (15.09.1932, Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire) Jessie Fox (28.09.1905 - 01.10.1975); one daughter, one son.	14.03.1905 Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire - 15.02.1979 Arnold, Basford district, Nottinghamshire	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 24.04.1944 T/S.Lt. (E) 24.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	10.05.1944 - (06.)1944 Combined Operations Material Department, Admiralty (for duty outside Admiralty) [HMS President] 05.07.1944 - (10.)1944 Combined Operations Material Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.11.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) Served in Whitehall then on Lothian Community Transport Services (LCTS).
Wilkes, Daniel Jack   Son of Daniel John Wilkes, chemist, and Cecilia Eliza Dale. Married ((06?).1942, Birmingham, Warwickshire) Pauline P.S. Langford, of Birmingham, Warwickshire.	25.03.1913 Birmingham, Warwickshire - 17.07.1943 (KIA) [age 30] (buried at sea) [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 80, column 1]	T/Sg.Lt. 03.09.1939 T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. > 02.1943, < 06.1943 39|45 St - - Atl St - - WM 39|45 - - MID 11.03.1941 removal of an unexploded bomb 18.10.40	Education: Old Edgbaston School; Lawrences College; Birmingham University; MRCS, LRCP (1936). House surgeon, General Hospital, Birmingham. Joined his brother-in-law Dr. Dennis Allin in general practice in Birmingham. 03.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) (despatches) 31.12.1940 - 17.07.1943 HMS Queen Emma (troop ship) (took part in the raids on Lofoten, Dieppe, Algiers and finally Sicily) (killed by a bomb splinter while the ship was bombed *) * One tribute was from the Commander-in-Chief of the station in the Mediterranean, who wrote to his captain: "It was a most unfortunate and sad thing that you should have lost Wilkes at a time when he was badly needed, and the more so when he had given such good service and his relief was on the way. A man of such sterling character and so many excellent qualities will be greatly missed. We cannot afford to lose such as he."
Wilkie, David	? -	T/Lt. ? T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? DSC MID	(1940) HMT Kingston Beryl (1944) Commanding Officer, MTB 738 & Senior Officer, 64th MTB Flotilla
Wilkinson, Edward Plantagenet	06.10.1910 Rochford district, Essex - 08.1988 Bristol district, Gloucestershire	T/S.Lt. (E) 25.02.1941 T/A/Lt. (E) ? T/Lt. (E) 03.02.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	25.02.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Cutty Sark (yacht; submarine escort vessel) (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) * (07.1945)     HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya) *
Wilkinson, [Sir] Leonard David; 2nd Bt. (cr. 1941) Only son of Sir George Henry Wilkinson, KCVO, 1st Bt (1885-1967), and of Lady Wilkinson (Freda Dorothy Volland) (1889-1981). Succeeded father, 27.06.1967. Married (20.07.1946, Westminster district, London; marriage dissolved 1967) Sylvia Ruby Eva Anne Gater (13.10.1926 - 27.04.2016), daughter of Prof Bossley Alan Rex Gater (1896-), and Ruby E. Harrison; one son, one daughter.	18.01.1920 Bromley district, Kent - 01.11.1972 Brook, nr Godalming, Surrey	T/S.Lt. (A) 18.04.1941 T/Lt. (A) 01.10.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 15.06.1945? (reld > 04.1946) DSC 18.04.1944 Operation Posthorn (Home Fleet attack on enemy airfields) [investiture 24.10.1944]	Education: Eton (1937); Christ Church, Oxford.       served Mediterranean, North Sea, Atlantic and Southern reaches with Fleet Air Arm: (10.1941) - (08.1942) no appointment listed 15.09.1942 - (06.)1944 pilot, 801 Squadron FAA [HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire, from 10.1942 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (DSC) (10.1944) - (04.1945) HMS Dipper (RN Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset) * 15.06.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, 803 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] (10.1945) - (04.1946) 803 Squadron FAA [reformed as 1st RCN Air Squadron] * Honorary Director, Thermega Ltd, 1947-1956; Honorary Treasureer, Ex-Services Welfare Society, 1947-1956; Member Council, Music in Hospitals, 1948-1954; a Governor, Brideweil Royal Hospital, 1958-1972; Assistant Director-General, St John Ambulance Association, 1964-1968, Director, 1968-1972. OStJ 1956, CStJ 1965, KStJ 1968, Member of Chapter General 1969-1972. * indexed, but not listed as such
Wilkinson, Peter Charles From Gerrards Cross.	? - [perhaps: 05.09.1916 Bromley district, Greater London / Kent - 04.2003 Surrey Northern district, Surrey]	T/S.Lt. 22.05.1941 T/Lt. 22.05.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. late 1944? MID 30.05.1944 coastal forces action Nore 24.10.43 [MGB 327] MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 MID 01.01.1945 New Year 45	14.07.1941 - (12.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) 04.04.1943 - 06.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 509 (motor torpedo boat) 06.1944 - 09.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 612 (motor torpedo boat) 01.09.1944 - (01.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 751 (motor torpedo boat) & [from late 1944?] as Senior Officer, 63rd MTB Flotilla
Wilkinson, Rupert Clive	1922 China - 11.06.2009 Pulborough, West Sussex	T/S.Lt. (A) 16.02.1943 DSC 27.03.1945 Operation Dragoon [decoration posted]	... - ... ... 06.1943 - (04.1944) pilot, 896 Squadron FAA [HMS Pursuer (Archer class escort carrier)] ... - ... ...
Wilkinson, Stephen Austin Second son of Rev. Gordon Austin Wilmot Wilkinson, MC, TD, BA (1885-1939), of Feltwell Rectory, Norfolk, and Marion E. Corke, of Kingston, Cambridge. Married 1st (13.11.1945, Sumbö Church, Faroe Islands) Anna Sofie Dam (died 1975), second daughter of Mr & Mrs Jens Dam, of Sumbö, Faroe Islands three sons, one daughter. Married Margaret Delyth Jones, second daughter of Mr & Mrs Gethin Jones; two daughters.	29.04.1919 Eversdon Rectory, Caxton district, Cambridgeshire - 08.2015 still alive	T/S.Lt. 12.06.1941 T/A/Lt. 12.12.1943 (reld 16.04.1946; medically unfit) MID 15.08.1944 mine disposal at sea 21.04.44	Education: chorister, Christ Church, Oxford; St Edward's, Oxford; Queen's College, Cambridge University (pre- & post-war; studied musicology. 14.07.1941 - (12.1942) HMS Northman (RN base, Faroes) (02.1943) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 09.07.1943 - (07.)1945 Mining Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton, from 06.1945 Portsmouth) (10.1945)     no appointment listed A daughter writes: "He was injured in a mine explosion and spent a year in hospital during the war. He has had a career as a choral conductor (including at the Proms) and composer - since his retirement from conducting (aged 90) he has been increasingly active in composition. He now lives in Sale (Manchester)."
Wilks, Thomas Moreton	03.10.1922 - 01.1998 Chorley, Lancashire	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 30.04.1943 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? (reld > 04.1946) BK 04.03.1947 liaison officer Java Sea 10.44 [Dutch Royal decree of 12.10.46]	23.11.1942 - (10.1944) HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee) (for submarines) (10.1944) British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. Zwaardvisch (Dutch submarine) (07.1945) HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Willett, Frederick John Son of Edward Willett, and Madge Cecilia Champion. Married (03.09.1949, Church of Scotland, Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland) Jane Cunningham "Jean" Westwater (30.04.1921 - 07.08.2001), daughter of John Cunningham Westwater and Margaret S Miller Ovenstone; one son, two daughters.	26.02.1922 London - 03.09.1993 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	Prob. T/Midsh. (A) 07.10.1940 T/A/S.Lt. (A) 28.03.1941 T/S.Lt. (A) 01.12.1942 T/Lt. (A) 28.09.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) DSC 01.05.1945 Operation Meridian (air strikes on Palembang 01.45) [decoration posted] MID 26.05.1942 operations Mediterranean autumn 41 Australian Order, 1984.	Education: Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge (MA (Hon)); LLD, MBA (Melbourne), FAIM. 22.10.1940 - 07.1941 acting observer, 810 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] 26.07.1941 - (02.)1942 acting observer, 830 Squadron FAA [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] (despatches) 24.03.1942 - (06.)1942 observer, 817 Squadron FAA [HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)] (08.1942)     no appointment listed 24.08.1942 - (12.1942) observer, 769 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] (02.1943) - (06.1943) Admiralty [HMS President] * 12.07.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) (for observer duties and course) 09.08.1943 - (02.)1944 observer, 738 Squadron FAA [HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA)] 01.03.1944 - (06.)1944 observer, 856 Squadron FAA 08.10.1944 - (07.1945) observer, 849 Squadron FAA [HMS Rajah (escort carrier), from 10.12.1944 HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)] (DSC) (10.1945)     no appointment listed Assistant Director of Research in Industrial Management, University of Cambridge, 1957-62; Sidney Myer Professor of Commerce and Business Administration, 1962-72, then Emeritus, and Pro Vice­Chancellor, 1966-72, University of Melbourne. Vice Chancellor, Griffith University, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1972-1984. Consultant in education administration. Academic Director, Graduate School, Bangkok University, 1986-89. Member, Australia­China Council, 1979-82; Chairman, Indonesian Social Sciences Project, 1983-86. Hon. LLD Melbourne, 1973; Hon. DEcon Qld, 1983; DUniv Griffith, 1983.
Willett, Reginald	? -	T/S.Lt. 18.10.1940 T/Lt. 18.01.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	(02.1941)     HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith & Granton) * 26.05.1941 - (07.)1945 HMS Lochinvar (RN base, Granton) (for training duties) (10.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Williams, Anthony Leonard Stuart "Tony" / "Jimmy" First son of Leonard Williams (1887-1967), UK sole concessioner for Packard Car, and Sibyl Ann Smyth (1883-1921). Married (23.12.1950, Chelsea district, London)Angela Cunningham-Reid (née Scott Williams)(1920? - 10.04.2004), daughter of Edward Scott Williams (1892-1968), and Joan Helen Webster (1898-1957); two sons (& one step-son and one step-daughter).	22.02.1921 Kensington district, London - 11.10.2000 Mahon, Menorca, Spain	Ord.Sea. 1939?/40? T/Midsh. 18.09.1941 T/S.Lt. 24.02.1942 T/Lt. 18.03.1944 (reld 10.05.1946)	Education: Charterhouse School (1935.1-1939.2). 1939/40?     enlisted RNVR       HMS Nelson (battleship)       HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (12.1941) - (10.1943) no appointment listed 22.11.1943 - (10.1945) HMS James Cook (Combined Operations training establishment, Glen Caladh, nr Tignabruich) 1945? - 1946? HMS Rosneath (Combined Operations base, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire) His son writes: "Enlisted, 1939/1940, as an Able Seaman, HMS Nelson, narrowly, missing the enrolment for HMS Hood, from, before/on his 1st Term at Cambridge University. Served in 'Action Stations' on the 'Pom-Pom' - Discharge in 1945 (HMS Rosneath, Scotland). Visited, Egypt, and fought in battles in the Mediterranean Sea. Something, also, about, navigating 'Invasion Barges', also, training with 'Mad' Mac, on the Coast, using live ammo."
Williams, Dennis Son of H.B. Williams, of Glasgow. Married 1st (25.09.1947) Anne Galbraith Martin (25.01.1924 - ), daughter of Lt.Col. Douglas McCrone Martin (1897-), and Annie Dunlop Galbraith (1900-1988); two sons, one daughter. Married 2nd Florence (née ...); one step-son, one step-daughter.	? - 05.04.2007 Ailsa Hospital	Prob. Midsh. 07.12.1938 A/S.Lt. 07.12.1939 S.Lt. 01.05.1940 Lt. 27.04.1942 (reld 30.05.1946) DSC 27.07.1943 action with 2 Italian destroyers 15.04.43 [investiture 22.09.44] 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - & clasp It St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	07.12.1938     joined RNVR (Clyde Division) 10.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Bittern (escort vessel) 02.07.1940 - (12.)1941 HMS Worcester (destroyer) 06.12.1941 - 16.04.1943 HMS Pakenham (destroyer) (ship sunk by Italian MTBs off Sicily) (DSC) 17.04.1943 - 22.10.1943 HMS Hurworth (destroyer) (ship mined east of Kalymnos) 10.10.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Scarborough (sloop) (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed MIRACLE MAN SURVIVES FIVE SPINE FRACTURES Although he suffered five fractures to the spine and two broken ribs, when his ship blow up, Lieut. Dennis Williams, D.S.C., who is known as the, "miracle man," is hoping to get back to sea soon. For many weeks he has been lying encased in plaster paris at a West Scotland naval hospital and the doctors and nurses are astonished that he is still alive. Williams was injured last September when H.M.S. Hurworth, on which he was stationed, attempted to take off the crew of the Greek destroyer Adrias after the latter had hit a mine. Hurworth was just going alongside the Adrias when it also hit a mine and the, captain, navigating officer and Williams were blown on the ship. Unable to swim because of his injuries, Williams clung to a piece of wood for about half an hour until he was located by other members of the crew, who had got away in a Carley float. Williams was taken in tow, two petty officers taking turns to keep his head above the water. Nearly nine hours later all were picked up.
Williams, Eric Maddox * * Navy List has as second Christian name: Maddon	24.06.1907 - (03?).1982 Surrey South Western district, Surrey	Prob. T/S.Lt. 28.10.1940 T/Lt. 28.01.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? (reld < 04.1946)	28.10.1940 commissioned from the ranks (Petty Officer) 07.01.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Tormentor (Combined Operations base, Hamble, Southampton) (1942/43?)     possibly at HMS Dorlin (Combined Operations base, Dorlin House, Acharacle, Argyll) 28.02.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Lizard (Combined Operations (landing craft) base, Shoreham) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed 06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Mayina (transit & holding camp, Colombo, Ceylon) (for disposal)
Williams, Gruffydd Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	07.03.1915 - 12.03.1993 Belper, Derbyshire	T/S.Lt. (E) 15.01.1945 T/Lt. (E) 01.03.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	12.02.1945 - (04.1946) HM LST 301 (landing ship, tank)
Williams, Hugh Hyder	28.02.1912 - 04.2001 Birkenhead district, Cheshire	T/Lt. 19.05.1942	... - ... ... (12.1944)     on staff of Flag Officer Taranto and Adriatic [HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)] (01.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Williams, John David Prosser	24.06.1918 Haverfordwest district, Dyfed / Pembrokeshire - 29.04.1975 Wimbledon, Merton district, London	T/Paym.S.Lt. 09.08.1940 T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 09.08.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	22.08.1940 - (12.1941) for duty in Admiral's office of Flag Officer Commanding Orkneys and Shetlands [HMS Proserpine (RN base, Scapa)] 01.01.1942 - (10.1943) HMS Onslow (destroyer) > 10.1944 - (07.1945) Secretary to Director of Combined Operations (Naval), Combined Operations HQ Company director.
Williams, John Richard "Dick" Only child of Albert and Anne Williams. Married (04.07.1944, St Stephen's Church, Thornton Heath) Hilda Daphne Sabina "Peggy" Orchard (04.07.1924 - 21.11.1978); two sons, one daughter.	02.11.1921 Linthorpe, Middlesborough - 16.01.1975 Brampton, Carlisle district, Cumbria	Ord.Sea. 19.08.1941 T/A/S.Lt. 16.10.1942 T/S.Lt. 02.11.1942 T/A/Lt. 16.04.1945 (reld 25.06.1946)	Education: Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Darlington. Journalist. 19.08.1941     volunteered for RNVR 20.01.1942 - 23.07.1942 HMS Hussar (Halcyon class minesweeper) (12.1942)     no appointment listed 18.01.1943 - (04.)1943 HM ML 139 (motor launch) [HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven)] 22.04.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for High Speed Target Service) 01.07.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS CT 11 (target towing vessel) 30.10.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Triphibian II (training establishment, Uniacke Barracks, Harrogate) (04.1944)     no appointment listed 18.04.1944 - 02.05.1945 HMS Dragonfly (Combined Operations base, South Hayling Island) (07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed 26.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Chinkara (landing craft base, Cochin, Kerala, India)
Williams, Peter Alexander Son of a merchant navy officer. Married Joe Roe, daughter of aviation pioneer A.V. Roe; one son, one daughter.	21.03.1912 - 16.01.2004 Uckfield, Sussex	T/S.Lt. 29.11.1939 T/Lt. 03.11.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1943, < 06.1944 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 15.08.1944 special operations at sea [investiture 24.10.44] LegH 06.06.1994 special operations	Education: Malvern and Worcester College, Oxford Solicitor; member of Chelsea Council. Unpaid constituency secretary to Sir Samuel Hoare, 1936-1937. 29.12.1936     joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve [attached to London Division RNVR] 1939     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove) 14.02.1940 - (04.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Tourmaline (armed trawler) (Scapa Flow) 05.1940 - (06.)1940 HM MA/SB 10 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS Osprey?] 17.06.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Dolphin (for Fort Blockhouse, Gosport) 25.07.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HM ML 118 (motor launch) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)] (Channel convoys) 1942? - 1942 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 325 (motor gun boat) (at Looe, Great Yarmouth and Felixstowe) (clandestine operations off Dutch coast) 11.05.194 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 612 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)] (at Brixham, Great Yarmouth; expedition to Gothenburg aborted in severe weather) 05.04.1943 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 502 (motor gun boat) & Senior Officer, 15th MGB Flotilla (Dartmouth) (running agents & stores between France and Britain) 30.10.1944 - (07.1945) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) Solicitor; Chairman, East Grinstead Conservative Party; Clerk, Conservators of Ashdown Forest; President, Sussex Law Society.
Williams, Philip John Son of William D. Williams, and Minnie Gertrude Coombes, of Wallasey, Cheshire.	(03?).1922 Birkenhead district, Cheshire - 15.11.1942 (MPK) [age 20] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 4, panel 2]	T/Midsh. (A) 02.07.1941 T/A/S.Lt. (A) 02.01.1942 DSC 01.12.1942 Operation EV (North Russian concoy PQ18 & QP14 09.42) [presented to next-of-kin]	(08.1941) - (10.1941) HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) * (12.1941)     HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) * 01.02.1942 - 17.07.1942 pilot, 802 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] 18.07.1942 - 09.1942 pilot, 802 Squadron FAA [HMS Avenger (escort carrier)] (ship torpedoed & sunk by U-155 near Gibraltar) * indexed, but not listed as such
Williams, Stanley Arthur Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	10.04.1903 West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire - (09?).1966 West Ham district, Essex	T/Wt.Eng. RNR 03.05.1943 T/Lt. (E) 17.07.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	Served Merchant Navy, 1918-1966. 14.06.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (06.1944)     HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) * (10.1944)     no appointment listed 24.11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS St Clement (Combined Operations base, Coal House Fort, Tilbury, Essex) (for landing craft duties) 03.1945 - (07.1945) HM LST 160 (landing ship, tank) * indexed, but not listed as such
Williams, Valentine Osborne Son of Frederick Thomas Charles and Florence Elizabeth Williams. Married Margaret Dora Jane Williams, of Amersham, Buckinghamshire.	(03?).1908 Uxbridge, Middlesex - 02.11.1944 off Ostend (KIA) [Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 13, column 3]	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 19.05.1944	24.02.1944 - 02.11.1944 HM Trawler Colsay (sunk by a German human torpedo off Ostend)
Williams, William Owen Son of Bertie Williams, and Abigail Owens.	24.06.1920 Cardiff - 20.09.2004 Tunbridge Wells, Kent	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 13.05.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	? - 25.08.1940 SS Jamaica Pioneer (steam merchant) (torpedoed & sunk by U-100 off the Irish coast)       temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements 10.05.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Manchester City (controlled mining base ship, Home Waters) (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Williamson, Harold Ernest Peter Arthur Married ((09?).1945, Banbury district, Oxfordshire) Stella M. Cottam; ... children (one son?).	03.04.1921 West Derby district - 31.07.2007 Banbury, Oxfordshire	T/A/S.Lt. 11.12.1942 T/S.Lt. 11.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	(02.1943) - (07.1945) no appointment listed Photographic engineer. His son, Mr Jim Williamson writes: "My Father, HEPA Williamson, served as bos’n’s mate on HMS Foresight in the Russian Convoys. Later, he was commissioned and commanded landing craft in the Med, Sicily landings etc. I have his order for release from HMS Mylodon in early 1946."
Willing, David Eldest son (with three brothers) of Leonard Furness Willing (1889-1958), and Kathleen Lewtas (1895-1939), of Olton, Birmingham. Married (04.12.1948, Cathedral of the Highlands, Nairobi, Kenya) Pamela Mary Constance Gregory (25.02.1916 - 25.06.2011), only daughter of Mr & Mrs Charles Gregory, of London W1; two sons.	25.05.1922 Moseley, King's Norton district, Warwickshire - 24.11.2016 Elgin, Scotland	Ord. Coder 22.08.1940 Coder 22.05.1941 Ldg. Coder 26.11.1941 T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 3010.1942 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 30.04.1943 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 30.04.1945 (dispersal 14.11.1946) (reld 08.01.1947) MBE 01.01.1999 New Year 1999: for services to local community, Scotland Minesweeping Anti-Submarine Silver Badge, 05.1941.	Education: Solihull School (1936-1940; Jago House; House Prefect; Sgt. Officer Training Corps and Observer Corps). 12.06.1940     joined RNVR 10.1940 - 12.1942 coder, HMS Northern Dawn (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (North Atlantic convoy escort duties) 21.12.1942 - 01.1944 HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland) (for cypher duties in Admiral's Office) 01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay, India) (for landing craft duties) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 11.1944 - 03.1946 HMS Chilwa (landing craft base, Calcutta) 05.03.1946 - 06.1946 HMS Tengra (Combined Operations base, Mandapam, India) & as First Lieutenant, Medway Barracks, Colombo, Ceylon 04.06.1946 - 11.1946 HMS Boscawen (minesweeper base, Portland) (for base duties) 14.11.1946 - 1965 Royal Naval Supplementary Volunteer Reserve (Special Branch) [attached Severn Division RNVR] East & West Africa, active in Supplies & Shipping including Port Manager Niger River Transport, Burutu. The United Africa Co. (serving at Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria, eventually general manager), 1947-1973. Retired to Findhorn, Morayshire, Scotland.
Willis, Cuthbert Gordon	13.11.1914 - 13.11.2005	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 20.11.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 20.11.1942 (reld 01.03.1946) * Special Branch officer who is qualified for, and is undertaking general duties of an executive nature on shore	(02.1942) - (04.1942) no appointment listed 01.05.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) 19.01.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) (for Thames Estuary Special Defences) 12.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for Bombay Convoy Pool) (for duty at Cochin) (in lieu of specialist Gunnery Officer)
Willis, Eric Frederick Henry	25.12.1914 - 12.07.2004 Cirencester, Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire	T/A/S.Lt. 12.03.1943 T/S.Lt. 12.09.1943 T/Lt. 01.03.1945 (reld 09.07.1946)	(04.1943)     no appointment listed 15.05.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Havelock (destroyer) 15.03.1946 - (04.)1946 HMS Labuan (frigate) 1950s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached to London Division RNVR)
Willoughby, Francis Vincent "Frank" Son (with two brothers) of William Howard Willoughby (1883-1921), and Lena Uren (1876-1955). Married ((12?).1936, Redruth district, Cornwall)Enid Loreen Roberts (06.07.1909 - 05.1987); ... children (two sons?).	23.09.1911 Redruth district, Cornwall - 06.1997 Camborne-Redruth district, Cornwall	T/S.Lt. 24.07.1942 T/Lt. 24.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	(10.1942) - (04.1946) HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Castle Toward, Dunoon, Argyll) * (06.1944)     Commanding Officer, HM LCI(L) 388 (landing craft, infantry (large)) (Normandy) * indexed, but not listed as such
Willoughby, Harold Percival Married Doris Ethel ...; ... children (one son?).	1903 ? - 06.05.1966 Freedom Field Hospital, Plymouth, Devon (formerly of Crownhill, Plymouth)	T/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) * 19.02.1945 (reld > 04.1946) * Special Branch officer who is employed on staff, etc., duties ashore, but has not received any training of an executive nature	(04.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Willoughby, Richard Thomas Son of ... Willoughby, and ... Dewey. Married ((03?).1946, Chard district, Somerset) Pamela J. Eveleigh; tow sons, two daughters.	27.11.1919 Southampton district, Hampshire - 18.09.2008 Sheffield	Ord.Sea. 13.10.1939 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 25.12.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 25.06.1944 (reld 19.11.1946) * Special Branch Officer who is employed on mining or anti-submarine fixed defence duties	? - 24.12.1941 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (02.1942) - (04.1942) no appointment listed 04.04.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland) 03.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for miscellaneous duties) 01.12.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Elissa (Combined Operations base, Messina, Sicily, Italy) (04.1944) - (04.)1945 HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) * (07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed 01.04.1946 - (07.)1946 Manning Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Willsmer, Ralph John Son (with one sister) of Ralph Willsmer (1872-1958), and Ethel Caroline Poel (1877-1965). Married 1st (04.1941, Wandsworth district, London) Daphne Gloria Dewar (1920? - 1975), daughter of John William Dewar (1893-), and Lilian Frances Hodges (1893-); one son, one daughter. Married 2nd Gladys Victoria Franks Batchelor (31.07.1916 - 06.1982), daughter (with two sisters and four half-siblings) of George Batchelor (1865-1947), and Ivy May Franks (1898-1941). Victoria Willsmer was earlier married to Peter Ronald Lowns (1913-?) and had one daughter from that marriage.	29.05.1907 Hackney district, Greater London - 23.10.1991 Edenbridge, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent	Prob. T/S.Lt. 21.06.1940 T/Lt. 21.09.1940 (reld < 04.1946)	HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) (08.1940) - (10.1940) no appointment listed [Canadian Pacific Line, Duchess of Atholl, date of departure 18.09.1940, to Halifax, Quebec and Montreal from Liverpool sailed probably to pick up a ship for active service] 10.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS St Albans (destroyer) 21.06.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Ausonia (heavy repair ship) 02.12.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) (10.1942)     HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) * (12.)1942 - (06.)1943 torpedo course [HMS Vernon] 15.06.1943 - (07.)1945 Torpedo Officer, HMS Arethusa (cruiser) 07.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (for miscellaneous duties) * indexed, but not listed as such
Wilmot, William John	? -	T/S.Lt. 17.01.1943 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 17.01.1945	joined RNVR 1939, was in destroyers, spent time off west Africa, also Atlantic convoys 30.12.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Corfu (armed merchant cruiser) 22.05.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Cyclops (depot ship for 7th Submarine Flotilla) (Rothesay)
Wilson, Alistair Smith "Willie"	? - ?	T/S.Lt. 11.09.1942 T/Lt. 11.06.1943 (reld 25.10.1945; medically unfit) MID 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	(10.1942) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 10.06.1943 - (10.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) (1944/45?)     Commanding Officer, HM LCT 2055 (landing craft, tank) (despatches) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Wilson, Allistair Tennant   Married (15.04.1939, Finchley) Jean Christine Stewart (29.10.1908 - 23.08.1983); one son, one daughter.	08.07.1908 Streatham Hill, Wandsworth district, London - 04.01.1964 Musgrave Park Hospital, Taunton, Somerset	Prob. Midsh. 01.11.1926 Midsh. 1927, seniority 01.11.1926 A/S.Lt. 04.10.1928 S.Lt. 04.10.1929 Lt. 04.10.1931 Lt.Cdr. 04.10.1939 Cdr. 31.12.1949 (retd 08.1954; medically unfit) OBE 01.01.1954 New Year 54 [investiture 02.03.54] VRD 11.1941 as Transporting & Senior Staff Officer	Education: King's School, Bruton, Somerset (09.1917-04.1924) Worked from 1925 on as clerk, later conservative agent. 01.11.1926 joined, London Division RNVR [HMS President] 21.03.1927 - 17.04.1927 sea training, HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.1928 - 03.1928 sea training, HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 06.07.1929 - 26.07.1929 sea training, HMS Comus (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 02.06.1930 - 14.06.1930 sea training, HMS Vortigern (destroyer) (Rosyth) 05.1931 - 05.1931 course, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 05.1931 - 05.1931 course, HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 04.09.1931 - 18.09.1931 sea training, HMS Restless (destroyer) (Portsmouth) 08.05.1932 - 19.06.1932 sea training, HMS Dundalk (twin screw minesweeper) (North Sea) 1930s Executive Officer, RNVR Singapore Division [HMS Laburnum (sloop) (New Zealand)]  [went to Singapore 11.1932, from 18.04.1934-08.1935 at Kuching, Serawak] 23.05.1937 - 12.06.1937 sea training, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 11.1938 - 11.1938 sea training, HMS Sharpshooter (minesweeper) (03?).1939 transferred, Tyne Division RNVR (List 2) [HMS Calliope] 07.1939 - 07.1939 sea training, HMS Acheron (destroyer) (Portsmouth) 23.08.1939 - 26.08.1939 passage to Malta [SS Brighton] 01.09.1939 - 08.11.1939 HMS Dunoon (twin screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean) 09.11.1939 - 20.11.1943 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties: initially at Fort St Elmo, from 14.07.1941 on Assistant King's Harbour Master's staff at Malta Dockyard) 13.03.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon, Scotland) (for Naval Party 1500 [HMS Royal Anne]) (from 06.1944 as Assistant King's Harbour Master, Mulberry B, Arromanches, Normandy) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 09.1946 transferred, Severn Division RNVR (List 2) [HMS Flying Fox] (05.1953) - (07.)1954 Executive Officer, Severn Division RNVR [HMS Flying Fox] Conservative agent, then from 1956 poultry farmer at Steart, nr Bridgwater, Somerset.
Wilson, Frederick William Son of ... Wilson, and ... Rose.	30.07.1915 West Ham district, London - 12.06.2009	T/Lt. (S) 29.01.1943 T/A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. = T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S) > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	training at HMS President (Admiralty), HMS King Alfred (RNVR officer's' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) and HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Brighton); served on HMS Nelson (battleship) and HMS Maine (hospital ship); base supply officer in Venice and Southampton 17.02.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) (10.1944)     HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) * 10.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (initially for service at Bari) (04.1946)     HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Wilson, George Caldwell Son (with three siblings) of Douglas Gordon Wilson (1882-), and Mary Ann Lynes (1884?-). Married (1930, Old or West Kilpatrick district, Scotland) Martha Ricketts Thomson Matthew (22.10.1906 - ), daughter of Robert Thomas Matthew, and Janet Errol Armour (1875-1946); three children.	31.05.1903 Partick, Glasgow, Scotland - 25.05.1968 Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 27.08.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	temporary officer serving under T.124T (rescue tugs) agreement: 01.09.1942 - (02.)1944 HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for duty with rescue tugs) 31.03.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Marshal Soult (trawler base, Portsmouth) (for rescue tugs) 01.05.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for duty with rescue tugs)
Wilson, George Raymond Briscoe Son (with one brother and one sister) of George Arthur Wilson (1882-1938), and Maggie Briscoe (1888-1965). Married (02.09.1939, Wharfedale district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Rhoda Ellison (01.03.1919 - 04.2000); two daughters, one son.	20.05.1912 Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire - 03.03.1998 Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 21.05.1945 T/S.Lt. (A) 21.11.1945 (reld > 11.1945, < 04.1946)	Police constable. (07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed * * A daughter guesses he may have been attached to HMS Shrapnel, a shore based training establishment, being lodged at Walthamstow.
Wilson, Gilbert Son of Gilbert T. Wilson, and Ethel R. Erikson. Married ...; two sons, two daughters.	06.11.1924 South Shields district, Durham - 04.02.1983 St Albans district, Hertfordshire	Prob. T/Midsh. (A) 20.12.1944 T/A/S.Lt. (A)  * 15.09.1945 T/S.Lt. (A) 15.03.1946 (dispersal 28.09.1946) (reld 23.11.1946) * Appointed for Aeronautical Technical Duties in the Fleet Air Arm	(01.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed 10.12.1945 - (07.)1946 HMS Siskin (RN Air Station, Gosport) 1946 - 28.09.1946 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)
Wilson, Graham Alexander	? -	T/S.Lt. 23.05.1943 T/Lt. 01.11.1944	01.02.1944 - (04.)1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 604 (motor torpedo boat) 18.05.1944 - (10.1944) Third Officer, HM MTB 751 (motor torpedo boat) 02.07.1945 - (07.1945) [Commanding Officer?], HM MTB 490 (motor torpedo boat) 07.03.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 520 (motor torpedo boat)
Wilson, Henry Elcock	16.10.1909 - 10.1985 Taunton Deane, Somerset	Midsh. 23.11.1928 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1931 S.Lt. 02.06.1933 Lt. 30.06.1935 Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1943 (reld 1946) VRD 28.09.1945 ?	1928? joined RNVR (Mersey Division, List II) probably served at some period at HMS Ashanti (destroyer) & HMS Rodney (battleship) 08.03.1940 - (08.)1942 HMS Caledon (cruiser) 26.10.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) 13.07.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Sandhurst (depot ship)
Wilson, Noel John Residence: (1945) Barnt Green, Birmingham.	17.12.1912 - 08.1986 Liverpool district, Lancashire	... ... T/El.Lt. 05.10.1940	Pre- & post-war mains supply engineer, Co. of London Elec. Supply.       general degaussing duties, including Beirut & Piraeus (specializing in creation & maintenance of transforming station, switchgear & H.V. cables) ... - ... ... (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Wilson, Richard John McMoran; 2nd Baron Moran (cr. 1943) Elder son of 1st Baron Moran, MC, MD, FRCP, and Dorothy (died 1983), MBE, daughter of late Samuel Felix Dufton, DSc. Succeeded father, 1977. Married (1948) Shirley Rowntree Harris; two sons, one daughter.	22.09.1924 -	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 14.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946) KCMG 1981 ? CMG 1970 ? Grand Cross, Order of the Infante (Portugal), 1978.	Education: Eton; King's College, Cambridge 1943 Ordinary Seaman, HMS Belfast 1944 - 1944 served in Motor Torpedo Boats 19.08.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Oribi (destroyer) Foreign Office, 1945; Third Secretary, Ankara, 1948; Tel­Aviv, 1950; Second Secretary, Rio de Janeiro, 1953; First Secretary, Foreign Office, 1956; Washington, 1959; Foreign Office 1961; Counsellor, British Embassy in S Africa, 1965; Head of W African Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968-1973, concurrently Ambassador to Chad (non-resident), 1970-1973; Ambassador to Hungary, 1973-1976, to Portugal, 1976-1981; High Commissioner in Canada, 1981-1984. Cross Bencher, House of Lords, 1984. Member, Industry sub Committee, 1984-1986, Environment sub Committee, 1986-1991, Agricultural sub Committee, 1991-1995, 1997-, EC Committee; sub Committee on the 1996 Inter­governmental Conf., 1995-; Member Science and Technol. Committee sub Committees on scientific base of Nature Conservancy Council, 1990, on fish stocks, 1995; Chairman, All Party Parliamentary Conservation Group, 1992- (Vice­Chairman, 1989-1992). Vice­Chairman, Atlantic Salmon Trust, 1988-1995 (Member Management Committee, 1984-); Chairman, Fisheries Advisory Committee for Welsh Region, National Rivers Authority, 1989-1994; Member, Regional Fisheries Advisory Committee, Welsh Water Authority, 1987-1989; President, Welsh Salmon and Trout Angling Association, 1988-1995; Chairman, Salmon and Trout Assoc., 1997-. Chairman, Wildlife and Countryside Link, 1992-1995; Pres., Radnorshire Wildlife Trust, 1994-; Member, Council, RSPB, 1989-1994 (Vice President, 1997-). Published: (as John Wilson): C. B. : a life of Sir Henry Campbell­Bannerman, 1973 (Whitbread Award, 1973); Fairfax, 1985.
Wilson, Robert Gordon "Tug" Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Wilson. Married (17.09.[1940?]) Margaret Pollock Forsyth.	23.06.1910 Glasgow, Scotland - 02.1998 Solihull South district, West Midlands	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 10.07.1942 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 10.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946) * Special Branch officer who is qualified for, and is undertaking general duties of an executive nature on shore	(1940)     HMS Tormentor (Combined Operations base, Hamble, Southampton) 28.07.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Watchful (RN base, Yarmouth) (for miscellaneous duties) (06.1944)     no appointment listed 04.09.1944 - (07.1945) Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services) Moved to Birmingham 1950 and worked for the Royal Insurance Company, Bennetts Hill.
Wilson, Roi Edgerton "Tug"	01.06.1921 Stourbridge, Worcestershire - 17.03.2009	T/S.Lt. (A) 14.08.1942 T/Lt. (A) 14.02.1945 Lt. (A) RN 1946?, seniority 14.02.1945 Lt.Cdr. RN 14.02.1953 Cdr. RN 31.12.1959 Capt. RN 30.06.1968 (retd 31.03.1976) CBE 01.01.1974 New Year 74 [Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer Malta] [investiture 19.03.74] DFC 03.12.1957 Malaya [848 Sqn FAA (Helos)] [decoration presented] MID 23.12.1952 Korea (5th List) [HMS Glory]	26.04.1944 - (07.1945) pilot, 742 Squadron FAA [HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon), from 08.09.1944 HMS Vairi (RN Air Station, Sullur, India)] (04.1946)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Wilson, Singleton Thomas Phillips Son (with three sisters and one brother) of William Robinson Wilson (1886-1948), and Elizabeth McMullan (1887-1918). Married Agnes Kennedy Anderson (née Richardson) (12.11.1929 - 21.04.2012); one son.	04.04.1916 Belfast, Antrim district, Northern Ireland - 1990? Newtonards Hospital, Co. Down	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 07.06.1945 (commission terminated 26.03.1945) * Special Branch officer employed on staff, etc., duties ashore, who has not received any training of an executive nature	(07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Wilson, Thomas Montgomery Son of William M.W. Wilson and Adelina Jane Brown, Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland. Married Elizabeth Allan Scott; two sons, one daughter.	04.11.1915 - 02.1990	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. ? T/Sg.Lt. 09.1941, seniority 01.05.1941	Education: University of Edinburgh (MB, ChB; 1940). 22.05.1941 - 13.02.1943 Medical Officer, HMS Princess Josephine Charlotte (depot ship, Falmouth) General Medical Practitioner, Kirkliston, West Lothian, Scotland 1944-1981. Appointed factory doctor. Medical Officer, Bury Infirmary.
Wilton, Fred Son of Chief Engineer Officer Thomas Kirby Wilton, Merchant Navy (died, aged 56, 12.01.1942 when SS Quickstep was lost), and Sarah Hannah Booth. Married; ... children.	30.12.1920 Roker, Sunderland, Co. Durham - 07.1992 Waveney district, Suffolk	T/A/S.Lt. 13.03.1941 T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 01.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	25.08.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Bacchante (minesweeper and anti-submarine base, Aberdeen) (for miscellaneous duties) 09.11.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) 10.07.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Ranee (escort carrier) Trinity House pilot at Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth.
Wiltshire, Reginald Alfred Son of ... Wiltshire, and ... Greenfield.	04.01.1923 Edmonton district, Oxfordshire - 08.12.1998 Newark district, Nottinghamshire	T/S.Lt. (A) 04.03.1943 DSC 27.03.1945 Operation Dragoon [decoration posted]	... - ... ... 06.1943 - (04.1944) pilot, 896 Squadron FAA [HMS Pursuer (Archer class escort carrier)] ... - ... ...
Winchester, Joseph Arthur Married ...; two sons.	12.06.1917 - 09.1994 Plymouth district, Devon	Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 19.06.1940 T/El.S.Lt. 12?.1940, seniority 19.06.1940 T/El.Lt. 12.06.1942 (reld 25.04.1946)	(08.1940) - (12.1940) no appointment listed (02.1941) - (04.1942) HMS Quintia (auxiliary patrol drifter, de-gaussing vessel) * 20.05.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Girl Ethel (auxiliary patrol drifter, de-gaussing vessel) 09.10.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Watchful (RN base, Yarmouth) (for miscellaneous duties) 12.07.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Ocean Gain (auxiliary patrol drifter, de-gaussing vessel) 01.11.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Rose Haugh (auxiliary patrol drifter, de-gaussing vessel) 1940s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
Windle Charles Neville Cole Son (with one brother and one sister) of George Harry Windle (1872-1948), and Lilian Meta Bradshaw (1872-1942). Married (02.07.1937, Bucklow district, Cheshire) Jean Marjory Charlton (14.07.1914 - 10.09.1975), daughter of Alfred Pacey Charlton (1886-), and Marjory Roylance (1887-); one daughter, one son.	03.01.1907 Manchester, Chorlton district, Lancashire - 20.11.1982 Newton Abbot district, Devon	T/A/S.Lt. 02.04.1943 T/S.Lt. 02.10.1943 T/A/Lt. 01.06.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	Employed with Martins Bank Ltd., joning Manchester Branch in 1923 (Manager of Cheltenham Branch, 1939-1947). < 03.1943     on a destroyer in Russia (06.1943)     no appointment listed (08.1943) - (10.1943) HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) * (10.1943)     British Naval Liaison Officer to Polish officer training base "Baltyk" 01.11.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) < 02.1944     British Naval Liaison Officer on a Polish destroyer (04.1944) - (04.1946) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Wingrove, Arthur George	? -	T/S.Lt. 29.04.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	06.03.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Romney (minesweeper) ? - ? Commanding Officer, HMS Tanganyika (minesweeper) ?
Winn, [Rt. Hon. Sir] Charles Rodger Noel Son of Ernest Winn and Joan Winn (later Martino). Married (1930) Helen Joyce, daughter of late Col. E.V. Sydenham, DSO, TD, DL; one daughter.	22.12.1903 Barnt Green, Worcestershire - 04.06.1972 London	T/Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 01.02.1941 T/A/Capt. (Sp.Br.) 1944 (reld > 04.1946) - PC 1965 Privy Councillor Kt 1959 ? CB 12.06.1947 HM's birthday 47 OBE 01.01.1943 New Year 43 LM 17.07.1945 intelligence on enemy submarines	1939 - 02.1941 civilian assistant to head of submarine tracking room, Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty 01.02.1941 - (10.1944) head of submarine tracking room, Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed Called to Bar (Cert. Hon.), Inner Temple, 1928; Bencher, 1953; formerly Counsel to GPO (common law); Junior Counsel to the Treasury (Common Law), 1954-1959; Judge of High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Div., 1959-1965; 1965-1971 A Lord Justice of Appeal. Lord Chancellor's Law Reform Committee, 1963-; Criminal Law Revision Committee, 1964-; Chairman: Permanent Security Commission, 1964-1971; Committee on Personal Injury Litigation, 1966-1968 (Cmnd 3691). Governor of St Thomas' Hospital and Chairman of Council of Medical School, 1965-1970.
Winter, Thomas Alfred Baldwin "Tom" Son of Alfred John Winter, and May Bird. Married ((09?).1947, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Ruth Ethel Newbury (14.08.1916 - 08.1999), daughter of Walter Frank Newbury, and E.A. Wallis; two sons. Wartime residence: Oaklands Farm, Scribers Lane, Hall Green, Birmingham.	21.04.1916 Aston district, Warwickshire - 13.10.2010 Solihull South, West Midlands	T/S.Lt. 18.12.1941 T/Lt. 18.12.1942 (reld < 04.1946) MID 18.09.1945 minesweeping operations Adriatic 10.44-05.45	21.02.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Macbeth (minesweeping trawler) 11.05.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Sheppey (Isle class trawler) (01.1945)     HMS Gruinard (minesweeping trawler) * 02.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Gruinard (minesweeping trawler) * indexed, but not listed as such
Winterburn, Archibald George Henry	03.05.1908 Uxbridge, Middlesex - (09?).1975 Edmonton district, Middlesex	T/A/Paym.S.Lt. 25.05.1944 T/Paym.S.Lt. = T/S.Lt. (S) 24.11.1944 T/Lt. (S) 01.03.1946	(1943) Supply Officer, HMS Phoebe (cruiser) (10.1944) Supply Officer, HMS Firework (base for port parties, London/Dartmouth) * 27.10.1944 - (1946) Supply Officer, HMS Vernon, Minesweeping Department, Northern Ireland [RN base at Portsmouth] Skilled chess player: won the BCCA (British Correspondence Champion Association) championship in 1936. * indexed, but not listed as such
Wintle, Kyrle Thomas Moore Allan Son of ... Wintle, and ... Wade.	21.03.1913 Devonport district, Devon - 05.2006 Norwich district, Norfolk	T/S.Lt. 04.09.1941 T/Lt. 04.09.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	(12.1941) no appointment listed (08.1942) no appointment listed (10.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * * indexed, but not listed as such Headteacher, Aylsham High School, 1958-.... Member for the Aylsham Ward, 1973-1991 & Chairman of the Council, 1988-1989.
Wisden, Arthur Raymond	(06?).1923 ? Hastings district, Hampshire ? -	T/S.Lt. (A) 14.02.1944	01.03.1944 - (07.1945) observer, 828 Squadron FAA [HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier)] [25.07.1945 shot down; rescued by the submarine USS Toro on its 2nd War Patrol]
Wise, Desmond Philip Bulkeley	21.10.1921 -	T/Lt. (A) 01.04.1944	17.07.1944 - (07.1945) pilot, 828 Squadron FAA [HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier)] [25.07.1945 shot down; rescued by the submarine USS Toro on its 2nd War Patrol]
Wise, Douglas Arthur Son of Gordon Andrew and May Wise, of Worcester Park, Surrey.	1919 ? - 25.07.1941 (MIA) [age 22] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 2, panel 7]	Prob. Midsh. (A) 01.04.1939 A/S.Lt. (A) 19.12.1939 S.Lt. (A) 14.03.1940 DSC 06.01.1942 good service in Mediterranean MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41	(04.1940) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 27.05.1940 - (02.)1941   819 Squadron, FAA [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] 1941 - 25.07.1941 815 Squadron, FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria)] [torpedoed the Vichy French Destroyer Chevalier Paul on 16.06.1941; missing  in action in the attack on the Italian Fleet at Taranto] * indexed, but not listed as such
Wise, John Nelson	? -	T/Lt. 20.12.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 1944? (reld < 04.1946) DSC 16.01.1945 coastal actions Plymouth area 07-08.44 [decoration posted] MID 11.09.1945 coastal actions Arakan 10.44-04.45	20.12.1939 - (08.1942) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services) 28.02.1944 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 672 (motor torpedo boat) (07.1944) - (08.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 720 (motor torpedo boat) (DSC) 30.09.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM ML 594 (motor launch) & as Senior Officer, 13th ML Flotilla (despatches) (01.1945) - (07.1945) HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Wiseman, John Edward	26.04.1921 ? - 02.1984 ?	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.01.1943 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.07.1942 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.07.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	? - 31.12.1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 28.01.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Lizard (Combined Operations (landing craft) base, Shoreham)
Wishart, George Son (with two brothers and one sister) of George Wishart (1885-1954), and Emma Abram (1890-1984).	27.01.1920 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 21.08.1944 (MPK) [Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, panel 93, column 1]	Prob. T/Midsh. 05.01.1940 T/A/S.Lt. 28.01.1940 T/S.Lt. 28.01.1941 T/Lt. 28.07.1942	Education: Glasgow Academy (1931-1937). (03.)1940 - (05.)1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) * 01.05.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Proserpine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow) 04.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Songster (Home Waters?) (12.1941) - (06.1942) no appointment listed (08.1942)     HMS Zulu (Tribal class destroyer) (Mediterranean) * 14.09.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Glenroy (landing ship, infantry) (Mediterranean) (04.1943) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 14.06.1943 - 21.08.1944 HMS Kite (modified Black Swan class sloop) (North Atlantic) * indexed, but not listed as such
Witts, Vincent William Son of William Witts, and Alice Smith. Married ((12?).1941, Stroud, Gloucestershire) Kathleen May Guy; one daughter.	14.09.1920 Stroud, Gloucestershire - 12.05.1943 (KIA) [age 22] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 4, panel 7]	T/S.Lt. (A) 25.10.1941	(12.1941) no appointment listed 05.1942 - (08.)1942 830 Squadron FAA [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 12.12.1942 - 12.05.1943 811 Squadron FAA [HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkneys), from 03.1943 HMS Biter (escort carrier)] [while flying a patrol in a Swordfish Mk.II escorting convoy HX 237 shot down by gunfire from the German submarine U230, the aircraft exploded on hitting the water killing all on board]
Wolfe, John Alfred	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 23.02.1940 T/S.Lt. 11.05.1940 T/Lt. 23.02.1941 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 01.08.1944 40 minelaying operations Nore Command [investiture 07.11.44] DSC 02.01.1945 attacks Nore 14.09 & 08.10.44 [investiture 10.07.45]	(04.1940)     no appointment listed 19.07.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 107 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] (12.1941)     HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) * 15.02.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria) (for MTBs) 19.09.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 232 (motor torpedo boat) 24.01.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services) 20.11.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 387 (motor torpedo boat) * indexed, but not listed as such
Wolfe-Murray, Christopher Charles Son of Cdr. Philip Charles Knightly Murray (1856-1932), and Ellie Blanch de Winton (died 1938). Married (26.10.1933) Hester Mary Ogle (born 30.07.1904), daughter of Newton Charles Ogle and Beatrice Anne Cradock-Hartopp; two daughters.	25.04.1903 Crediton district, Devon - (12?).1980 Spilsby district	Prob. S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 26.10.1922 (reld 1925/26?) T/Lt. 08.01.1940 (reld < 04.1946)	Education: Loretto 08.01.1940 - (02.)1941 Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 05.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Nemo (auxiliary patrol base, Brightlingsea) (08.1942) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) * 22.03.1943 - (10.1943) on staff of Principal British Naval Liaison Officer to Allied Navies [HMS President] (10.1944) HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon) * (07.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Wolfson, Vladimir Married Dorothy Mary Wolfson (1890 Pietermaritzburg - 1983 Sparrows Nest, Thorley).	c. 1890 ? - 1954 near Elba [buried at Porto Azzurro]	Lt. (Sp.Br.) 12.01.1926 Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 12.01.1934 (mobilized 08.09.1939) Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 30.06.1943 (appointment terminated 26.05.1945) Capt. (Sp.Br.) 30.06.1951 OBE 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 VD ? ? ? GkDSM 06.11.1945 services to Greece winter 44-45 [award posted]	joined RNVR (London Division, List 2) 01.11.1939 - 04.1940 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) 26.04.1940 - (06.1944) Assistant Naval Attaché Istanbul, Turkey  [HMS President] (10.1944) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) * * indexed, but not lsited as such
Womersley, Edward Henry Robert	? -	T/S.Lt. 09.04.1943 T/Lt. 01.11.1944 DSC 25.07.1944 action Nore 10.05.44 [investiture 10.10.44]	... - ... ... 24.01.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for 4th MTB Flotilla) 02.1944 - 05.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 455 (motor torpedo boat) (DSC) Shipping agent and company director in South Africa; Chairman South African Board, National Mutual Life Association of Australasia, Cayzer Invest. (Pty) Ltd., Regional Board Allied Building Society, C.T.; Director Palmer Womersley Distributors (Pty.) Ltd.
Wood, Benjamin Hector Married (30.03.1929, St Matthews Church, Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire) Hilda Mary King (10.02.1903 - 07.12.1979), daughter of Charles King (1874-1947), and Emily Sunderland (1875-1910); .. children.	07.03.1900 Raven Springs, Brighouse, Halifax district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 24.04.1986 Elm View Retirement Home, Halifax, Yorkshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 28.07.1941 T/Lt. 28.10.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	course, RN College, Greenwich 03.11.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS Coronation (auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel (coastal)) (08.1943)     HMS Coronation (auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel (coastal)) * (10.1943) - (10.1944) no appointment listed [possibly at HMS Valena (armed yacht) during this period] 14.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Fervent (RN base, Ramsgate) (10.1945)     no appointment listed
Wood, Christopher Russell	07.12.1912 Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland - 04.1987 Northumberland West	Prob. S.Lt. 02.08.1934 S.Lt. 16.07.1936 Lt. 16.07.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 (reld from active service 05. 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 16.07.1947 (retd 28.07.1951) VRD ? -	02.08.1934     joined RNVR (Tyne Division) (04.1940)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 22.05.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Port Quebec (minelayer) (12.1941)     HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * 27.01.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland) (for gunnery duties) 01.09.1942 - (12.1943) Gunnery Officer, HMS Bee (Coastal Forces base, Holyhead) 05.09.1944 - (07.1945) Gunnery Officer, HMS Vengeance (aircraft carrier) * indexed, but not listed as such
Wood, Dennis Son of William Ernest Wood, and Isabella Rachel Phipps (1884-?). Married ...; ... children (one son?).	20.10.1922 Kidderminster district, Hereford and Worcester / Shropshire / Staffordshire / Worcestershire - 02.05.2001 Lara, Victoria, Australia	T/A/S.Lt. 11.11.1943 T/S.Lt. 11.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	11.11.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)       HM LCI(L) 3 (landing craft, infantry (large)) Joined the Malayan Police force during the Communist uprising.
Wood, Edward Alfred Son of Joseph William Wood (1878-1970), and Maud Louise Wren (1878-1941). Married (26.12.1931, West Ham, Essex) Gladys Mary Fish (11.05.1910 - 12.1990); two sons.	05.08.1908 Forest Gate, West Ham district, Essex - 03.03.1983 Hornchurch, Havering district, London	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 25.10.1941 (reld > 04.1946) * Special Branch officer who is employed on staff, etc., duties ashore, but has not received any training of an executive nature	25.10.1941 - (10.)1942 HMS Clio (RN base, Barrow in Furness) 03.10.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for duties with Sea Transport Officers) (10.1943)     HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) * 05.11.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) 11.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (for Sea Transport duties at Brindisi) 04.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) (for Sea Transport duties) 01.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) * indexed, but not listed as such
Wood, Ernest Norman Only son of Mr & Mrs A.G. Wood, of Neston, Cheshire. Married (14.09.1935, St Mary's, Barrington, Langport district, Somerset) Barbara Hamilton Lyle (09.06.1909 - (06?).1972), sister of Lt.Cdr. Ian Duff Lyle, DSC, RNVR, and younger daughter of Col. Abram Arthur Lyle, OBE, TD (1880-1931), and Elsie Ronalds Crowdy (1882-1948), of Barrington Court, Ilminster, Somerset.; ... children (one son, one daughter?).	(06?).1908 Birkenhead district, Cheshire - 13.04.1961 Wallasey, Cheshire	Prob. S.Lt. 08.06.1931 S.Lt. 06.07.1932 Lt. 06.07.1935 A/Lt.Cdr. < 02.1943 Lt.Cdr. 06.07.1943 (reld < 04.1946) Cdr. 31.12.1946 Capt. 30.06.1950 (retd 25.07.1954) DSC 01.01.1942 New Year 42 [investiture 12.05.42] DSC 14.08.1945 relief of Greece [investiture 30.10.45] VRD 12.06.1945 -	Education: Shrewsbury School (Ridgemount House, 1921.3-1926); Oxford University (BA). 08.06.1931     joined RNVR - Mersey Division 20.11.1939 - (12.)1940 Third Hand, HMS Vega (destroyer) 02.12.1940 - 20.03.1944 HMS Atherstone (destroyer) (DSC) [initially as Third Hand, then as First Lieutenant, and finally as Commanding Officer [from 04.1942]] 03.1944 - 22.01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Tuscan (destroyer) (Bar to DSC) 19.02.1945 - (07.1945) an Assistant to Naval Assistants to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1948) - (07.)1954 Commanding Officer, Mersey Division RNVR [HMS Eaglet] Solicitor (admitted 1932). Senior Partner in the firm of Abercromby & Wood, Liverpool.
Wood, Frank Cecil Son of Arthur Bertie Thomas Wood (1884-1982) and Mabel Oxlade (1881-1966?). Married ((09?).1939, Greenwich district, London) Diana Margery Walden, of Sidcup, Kent.	(09?).1916 Kingston district, Surrey - 31.03.1942 (MPK) [age 26] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 4, panel 7]	T/S.Lt. (A) * * In London Gazette of 20.11.1942 his appointment to this rank is shown with seniority of 06.11.1942	? - 31.03.1942 pilot, 826 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt)] (killed on air operations)
Wood, James Templeton Younger son (with one brother and one sister) of Henry James Theodore Wood (1863-1918), barrister-at-law, and Ellen Beatrice Jones-Parry (1866-1961), of London W2. Married (06.06.1937, Eastry district, Kent) Norah Gartside Tipping (01.03.1911 - 09.09.2011), of London W11; three daughters.	24.09.1906 Lane End, Wycombe district, Buckinghamshire - 05.1985 Eastbourne district, Sussex	Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 08.12.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 08.03.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) > 10.1944, < 01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	Electrical engineer.       Special Branch officer employed on scientific duties (mainly radar duties in Dover and on the continent): (12.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed 03.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Mercury II (Admiralty signal establishment, Haslemere) 01.02.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Wood, [Sir] John Arthur Haigh; 2nd Baronet Son (with two sisters) of Sir John Wood, 1st Bt. (1857-1951), and Estelle Benham (1862-1947). Married (30.06.1919, London) Hon. Evelyn Saumarez (13.08.1883 - 02.05.1934), daughter of James St. Vincent Saumarez, 4th Baron Saumarez (1843-1937), and Jane Anne Vere-Broke (1855-1933); two daughters.	22.05.1888 Yarpole, Hereford - 05.03.1974 Weybridge, Surrey	T/Lt. 11.11.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 26.08.1941? (commission terminated 27.10.1944; medically unfit) DSC 21.09.1917 ? MC 27.03.1915 ? MID WW I ?	Education: Stubbington House School; HMS Britannia. Admitted to Inner Temple in 1912 entitled to practice as a barrister-at-law. WW I     Captain in the service of the 4th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 11.11.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Watchful (RN base, Yarmouth) 05.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) 26.08.1941 - (12.1941) Staff Officer (Operations), HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) 01.1942 - (04.)1942 Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services) 01.04.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) (02.1943)     no appointment listed 16.02.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) Justice of the Peace (JP), Suffolk, 1928-1946.
Wood, John Edward	? -	T/S.Lt. 22.05.1941 T/A/Lt. > 12.1941, < 08.1942 T/Lt. 1944/45?, seniority 22.05.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	21.07.1941 - (10.1944) HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (in lieu of specialist Gunnery Officer) (07.1945)     HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Wood, Norman [Philip] Son of Philip Henry and Elizabeth Wood, of Yardley, nr Birmingham, Warwickshire.	05.06.1901 Leamington, Warwick district, Warwickshire - (03?).1974 Gateshead district, Durham	T/Midsh. (A) 24.01.1943 T/A/S.Lt. (A) 24.07.1943 T/S.Lt. (A) 24.01.1944 (reld 11.05.1946)	Tool fitter. Professional footballer for 'Buckie Thistle' in Scotland, 1929-1946. 29.03.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station Crail, Fife) (additional; for full flying duties and training) 21.06.1943 - (04.)1944 pilot, 770 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station Crail, Fife) 09.04.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Heron (RN Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset) (additional; for full flying duties and training) (10.1944) - (01.1945) pilot, 882 Squadron FAA [HMS Searcher (aircraft carrier)] * 02.02.1945 - (04.)1945 HMS Hornbill (RN Air Station Culham, Abingdon) (07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Wood, Peter Watson	? -	... ... Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 02.12.1939	... - ... ... 12.01.1940 - (04.1940) Captain's Secretary, HMS Curacoa (cruiser)
Wood, Terence Douglas "Mike"	? - 2019 Australia	T/S.Lt. 05.01.1940 T/A/Lt. 19.02.1940 T/Lt. 05.1942, seniority 19.02.1940 Lt. 26.07.1947, seniority 19.02.1940 Lt.Cdr. 19.02.1948 (commission terminated on transfer to RANVR 09.08.1954) DSC 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 1941 [investiture 23.09.1941]	05.01.1940 - (03.)1940 HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (additional; for various services) 01.03.1940 - (06.)1940 HMS Benmore (auxiliary patrol vessel) 01.07.1940 - (04.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Sunbeam III (patrol craft) 04.05.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Cyclops (depot ship for 7th Submarine Flotilla, Rothesay) (for submarines) 05.07.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS H 32 (H class submarine) 01.10.1941 - (06.)1942 HMS P 37 (P class submarine) 25.06.1942 - (07.)1942 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 14.07.1942 - (01.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS H 33 (H class submarine) [from 24.08.1942-07.10.1942 temporarily in command] 14.01.1943 - (12.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS Upstart (U class submarine) 13.02.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Cyclops (depot ship for 7th Submarine Flotilla, Rothesay) (for submarines) 16.04.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Unseen (U class submarine) 01.1945 - (04.)1945 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) 14.05.1945 - 19.10.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Surf (S class submarine) 26.07.1947     transferred to Permanent RNVR (List I)
Wood, Wilfred Knoyle Son of ... Wood, and ... Barnes. Married ...; two sons, two daughters.	09.03.1914 Brentford district, Middlesex - 01.12.1973 Sudbury, Suffolk	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 26.06.1942 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 26.06.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) > 02.1944, < 04.1944 * Special Branch officer who has qualified for and is undertaking general duties of an executive nature on shore	Solicitor. 24.07.1942 - (04.1946) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
Wood, William	? -	T/Sg.Lt. 28.01.1944 39|45 St - - It St - - Fr&G St - - WM 39|45 - -	Education: University of Glasgow (MB, ChB 1943). 03.03.1944 - (04.)1945 HM FDT 13 (fighter direction tender) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 01.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Lagos (destroyer) General practitioner (Wilkie, Allan, Wood & Williamson at Motherwell, Lanarkshire). Dental Anaesthetist, Burgh of Motherwell & Wishaw. Late House Surgeon, Maternity Section, Ayrshire Central Hospital. House Physician, Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Surgical House Officer, Gartloch Emergency Hospital.
Woodall, Anthony Joseph "Tony" Son of Frank Woodall, and Eleanor Taylor. Married (16.04.1949, Sturry, Bridge district, Kent) Gwyneth Gould; two sons, two daughters.	05.10.1917 Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire - 05.09.1998 Birmingham, Warwickshire	T/S.Lt. 21.05.1942 T/Lt. 21.05.1943 (reld 16.07.1946)	HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 16.09.1942 - (10.1945) HMS Belfast (cruiser) (04.1946)     HMS Belfast (cruiser) * Worked for Cadburys, the chocolate manufacturers, from 1951 to his retirement in 1982. * indexed, but not listed as such
Woodhams, Kenneth James Frederick "Ken" Lived at Malta, Hampshire & Devon. Married; two sons.	29.01.1923 Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 12.07.1973 Basingstoke, Hampshire	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 29.07.1943 T/Lt. 27.03.1946, seniority 29.07.1945 Lt. RN 22.01.1947, seniority 29.07.1945 (emgcy 07.01.1952) Lt. RNR 04.03.1960, seniority 18.12.1951 Lt.Cdr. RNR 21.11.1960, seniority 18.12.1959 (retd 19.11.1964) VRD 02.03.1965 ?	13.01.1942 joined RNVR 08.1942 HMS Wolverine (destroyer) (Operation Pedestal, convoy to relieve Malta) 1942/43 HM MTB ...  [HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft)] 30.10.1943 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 309 (motor torpedo boat) (Malta & Alexandria) ? - 11.02.1946 HM MMS 182 (motor minesweeper) [based at Sheerness ?] 22.01.1947 transferred to RN ? - (07.1948) Office of the Senior Psychologist, Admiralty [HMS President] (05.1949) HMS President (Admiralty) * ? - (05.1950) HMS President (Admiralty) (for miscellaneous services) 07.01.1952 placed on emergency list 04.03.1960 transferred to Permanent RNR Trained as a school teacher. Teacher, RN School, Verdala (Malta), 1960s. * indexed, but not listed as such
Woodhouse, Richard Hugh Son of ... Woodhouse, and ... Taylor.	16.11.1915 Preston district, Lancashire - 12.1996 Stockport district, Lancashire	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 25.08.1944 T/Lt. ? (reld < 04.1946)	26.08.1944 - (08.1945) Second Lieutenant, HMS Hawthorn (minesweeping trawler)
Woodrow, James Kerr From Bridge O'Weir.	? -	T/S.Lt. 18.10.1940 A/T/Lt. < 02.1941 T/Lt. 18.01.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 06.1945 (reld < 04.1946) GM 15.08.1944 mine disposal Hull docks GM 26.06.1945 disposing ammunition torpedoed "Thane" 23.03.45 * * For gallantry, skill and inspiring devotion to duty in disposing of damaged ammunition in the magazines of one of H.M. Ships after she had been torpedoed. Lieutenant-Commander Woodrow handled the first batch of damaged ammunition by himself in order to give confidence to his party.	19.11.1940 - (07.1945) Bomb Safety Officer, Department of Unexploded Bombs [renamed: Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Department of Torpedoes and Mining, Admiralty] [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
Woods, Alan Thomas de Lima	19.10.1924 - 03.1989 Westminster, London	T/S.Lt. 25.11.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	25.05.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
Woods, Kenneth George Son of ... Woods, and ... Lloyd. Married ...; ... children (one son?).	24.10.1920 Kensington district, London - 12.1995 Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 26.03.1943 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 26.09.1943 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 26.09.1945 (reld > 04.1946) * Special Branch officer who has qualified for, and is undertaking general duties of an executive nature on shore	06.05.1943 - 22.11.1944 Miscellaneous Weapon Development Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 23.11.1944 - (07.1945) Miscellaneous Weapon Development Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty; for liaison duties with Director of Trade Division) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Woods, Ronald Geoffrey "Ron" Son of ... Woods, and ... Klaiber. Married Pam (née ...); one son, one daughter.	(06?).1923 Romford district, Essex - 21.05.2009 Longacre Nursing Home, High Salvington, West Sussex	T/S.Lt. 15.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe [decoration posted]	27.03.1944 - (07.1945) HM ML 903 (motor launch) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Woods, William John Married ...; ... children (one son?).	06.03.1924 -	Prob. T/Midsh. (A) 05.03.1945 T/A/S.Lt. (A) 17.11.1945 T/S.Lt. (A) 17.05.1946 (reld 21.02.1947)	(04.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) * 12.04.1946 - (07.1946) HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Co. Londonderry) (10.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Woodward, Edmund Owen John	(09?).1911 Romford, Essex - Victoria, BC, Canada	Prob. Paym.S.Lt. 13.03.1933 Paym.S.Lt. 23.06.1934, seniority 13.03.1933 Paym.Lt. 13.03.1935 A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. ? Paym.Lt.Cdr. = Lt.Cdr. (S) 13.03.1943 (reld < 04.1946) VRD 27.01.1952 ?	13.03.1933 joined RNVR, London Division (initially List 2) 1933 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Home Fleet) 1934 HMS Neptune (cruiser) 1935 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 1937 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 1938 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Home Fleet) 1939 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 26.08.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda) (for duty in Admiral's Office, Commander-in-Chief America and West Indies Station) 1941 - 1942 HMS President (Admiralty) (08.1942) HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) * 01.10.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) (for miscellaneous services) (09?.)1944 - 1944 HMS Wagtail (RN Air Station, Heathfield, Ayr) 1944 - 1944 HMS Godwit (RN Air Station, Hinstock, Salop) 1944 - 1945 HMS Demetrius (training establishment, Wetherby) 19.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Adventure (beach repair ship) * indexed, but not listed as such
Woodyatt, Peter Bruce Son of William Jeffery Woodyatt (1875-1936), and Phyllis Mary Larder (1890-1970). Married (10.12.1947, Caxton Hall, Westminster district, London) Elaine Joan Parbery (25.12.1915 - 06.1992), daughter of William Robert G. Parbery, and Edith Dennis, of Ealing.	22.09.1913 Whitechapel district, London - 07.1997 Truro district, Cornwall	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 13.06.1940 T/Sg.Lt. 1941, seniority 13.06.1940 T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. <10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond 1939, DMRT Eng 1948. 24.06.1940 - 15.07.1941 Medical Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer) 02.08.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) 10.04.1942 - (06.)1943 Medical Officer, HMS Kelvin (destroyer) 10.07.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Consultant radiotherapy, Hammersmith Hospital. Member Fac. Radiologists. Assistant Radiotherapist & Assistant Pathologist, Middlesex Hospital. Published: Osteoclastoma (jointly). In: Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, 1949; Comparative study of radiotherapy techniques (jointly). In: British Journal of Cancer 1950.
Woolfson, Mark Son (with four siblings) of Victor Woolfson (1872?-), and Sarah Kixman (1878?-). Married ((03?).1940, Westminster district, London) Queenie Carlis; two daughters. Residence: (1945) Bournemouth, West Hampshire.	10.11.1911 Whitechapel district, London - 13.09.2000 Watford district, Hertfordshire (formerly of Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex)	Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 09.06.1940 T/El.Lt. 09.10.1940 T/A/El.Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (dispersal 09?.1946) (reld 02.11.1946)	Education: City of London. CEng, FIMechE, FlEE. Student Engineer, Lancashire Dynamo & Crypto, until 1936; Engineer, ASEA Electric Ltd, 1936-40.       HMS Vernon, DG Department ASDG, SDG (08.1940) - (10.1940) no appointment listed 01.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow) 01.03.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) 08.09.1941 - (06.)1943 Assistant Superintendent Degaussing (ASDG) Department, Helensburgh (for duty with ASDG) [HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)] 22.06.1943 - (04.)1945 HMS Revlis (degaussing establishment, Cairn Dhu House & Arden Caple Castle, Helensburgh) 28.05.1945 - (07.)1946 on staff of Superintendent of De-magnetization (SDG), Admiralty [HMS President] Ministry of Public Building and Works, later Department of the Environment, 1946-71 (Assistant Chief Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, 1965-1967, Director, Science Research Stations, 1967-1969, Chief Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, 1969-71). Consultant and Director of Consortium, Pollution Control Consultants, 1972-87; a Partner, Posford Duvivier (formerly Posford Pavry & Partners), 1972-90, retired. Publications: papers in Journals of lnstitutions of Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers.
Woolley, Edward Dutton	02.11.1910 Shepshed, Leicestershire - 07.1984 Cirencester district, Gloucestershire / Wiltshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.07.1940 T/El.Lt. 07.11.1940 T/A/El.Lt.Cdr. > 06.1942, < 08.1942 GM 14.01.1941 for gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty in removing a parachute mine from the grounds of Gillmore & Spencer, Rotherhythe 17.10.40 GM 16.06.1942 for gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty in removing an explosive raft at Malta 26.07.41	07.07.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for minesweeping department) 14.10.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Epping (minesweeper base, Harwich) (GM) 15.06.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta) (Bar to GM) (04.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed (12.1943) - (06.1944) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 17.07.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Hopetoun (landing craft & minesweeper base, Port Edgar) 01.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Lochinvar (RN base, Granton) (for electrical maintenance duties) Published: My life with the parachute mine in the Blitz. In: After the Battle (No. 127). Literature: Frederick R. Galea, Mines over Malta : wartime exploits of Commander Edward D. Woolley, GM & Bar, RNVR (2008).
Woolley, Edward James Starbuck "John" Son (with one brother and one sister) of Edward John Woolley (1871-1925), general practitioner, and Fanny Gertrude Digwood (1874-1946). Married (12.01.1937, Sketty, Swansea) Vivian Madeline Phillips (1911 - 1989), daughter of Henry Archibald Allen Phillips (1871-1927), mining engineer, and Sarah Madeleine Thomas (1880-1952); two sons, two daughters.	12.07.1909 Surbiton, Kingston district, Surrey - 06.02.1972 Derby, Derbyshire	Prob. Sg.Lt. 29.05.1935 Sg.Lt. 23.06.1936, seniority 29.05.1935 A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. 1941? Sg.Lt.Cdr. 29.05.1941 (retd 12.08.1949) OBE 01.01.1945 Tristan da Cunha welfare work [investiture 22.06.1945] VRD 09.11.1949 -	Education: Wellingborough; King's College, London; St George's Hospital (MB, BS, 1933); MRCS England, LRCP London 1933; MRCP London 1935; FRCP 1962. 29.05.1935     commissioned, RNVR (London Division, List II) 02.1940 - (10.)1941 Royal Hospital, Haslar [HMS Victory] (12.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed 01.02.1942 - (02.)1944 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa): Medical Officer in Charge at Tristan da Cunha, from 01.01.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Atlantic Isle (naval establishment, Tristan da Cunha) (04.1944) - (10.1944) HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) * 10.10.1944 - (04.)1945 Royal Hospital, Plymouth [HMS Drake] 14.04.1945 - (10.1945) RN Auxiliary Hospital, Barrow Gurney [HMS Drake] (04.1946)     no appointment listed Senior physician to Derbyshire Royal Infirmary. * indexed, but not listed as such
Woolley, Paul Osman Son of Charles Percy Woolley (1889-1972), and Phyllis Maud Wintle (1894-1983). Married (1941, Bournemouth, Dorset) Joan Monigatti ((12?).1921 - ), only child of Peter Fidel Monigatti (1885-1972), and Frances Julia Franklin (?-1989); two sons, one daughter.	07.08.1919 Cardiff district, Glamorgan - 30.08.2011	T/S.Lt. 04.09.1941 T/Lt. 01.05.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	(12.1941)     HMS Forte IV (Coastal Forces base, Falmouth) * (08.1942)     no appointment listed 14.03.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Hursley (escort destroyer) ? - 13.11.1943 HMS Dulverton (destroyer) (survived sinking of the ship by German aircraft in the Aegean) 01.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Croome (destroyer) 13.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (for signal communication duties on the staff of Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth) * indexed, but not listed as such
Woolridge, Thomas Howard	? -	T/S.Lt. 22.07.1943	15.04.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Bann (frigate)
Woolven, Sydney Arthur Son of ... Woolven, and ... Green.	19.04.1923 West Derby district, Lancashire - 12.2003 Fleetwood and Fylde district, Lancashire	T/A/S.Lt. 07.01.1944 T/S.Lt. 07.07.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	(02.1944)     no appointment listed 05.03.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
Wooster, Bernard George	? - ?	Prob. T/S.Lt. 10.06.1940 T/Lt. 10.09.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld > 06.1944, < 10.1944) DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) [investiture 16.03.1945] MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945	24.06.1940 - (08.)1940 HMS Defiance (training establishment & base for minesweeping, anti-submarine & auxiliary patrol vessels, Devonport) 10.09.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Defiance (training establishment & base for minesweeping, anti-submarine & auxiliary patrol vessels, Devonport) (08.1941)     HMS Lochinvar (destroyer / minesweeper base, Port Edgar) * 13.08.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (10.1942)     HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) * (12.1942)     no appointment listed 21.12.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS St Andrew (RN base, Oban) 09.03.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (for Controlled Mining Department) 17.01.1944 - (10.1945) Unexploded Bomb Disposal Department, from late 1944 Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty): (06.1944)     Naval Party 1568A (DSC)  (1945)     Naval Party 1732 (despatches) 1950s - 1960s Royal Naval Supplementary Volunteer Reserve
Wootton, William Henry Son (with one sister) of William Wootton (1904-2000), and Frances Marsden (1903-1986), of Northwich, Cheshire.	15.12.1925 Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire - 04.08.1945 [St Augustine National Cemetery, Florida, USA, Post Section, grave 4]	T/Mids. (A) 22.11.1944 T/A/S.Lt. (A) 22.05.1945?	22.11.1944 - 04.08.1945 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) (for full flying duties and training) [killed in flight training near Naval Air Station Green Cove Springs, Florida; crashed during circuits and bumps training due to engine failure flying a Corsair aircraft]
Wormald, David "Dave" Son of Harry Wormald, and Lydia Kate Dudman (1891-1978), of Maidstone, Kent. Married (1951, India) Lorna Newton, only daughter of H.H. Newton, and Mrs Newton, of Carrickmines, County Dublin.	01.10.1920 Brentford district, Buckinghamshire - 01.1995 Exeter district, Devon	T/S.Lt. (A) 03.11.1941 T/Lt. (A) 03.05.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	(02.1942)     no appointment listed (04.1942)     HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) * 04.1942 - (02.)1943 pilot, 838 Squadron FAA [HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh, Southampton)] 02.03.1943 - (04.)1943 pilot, 838 Squadron FAA [HMS Attacker (escort carrier)] 06.1943 - (08.)1943 pilot, 838 Squadron FAA 08.1943 - (01.)1945 pilot, 836 Squadron FAA 15.04.1945 - (07.)1945 pilot, 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Sanderling (RN Air Station, Abbotsinch)] (10.1945)     HMS Battler (escort carrier) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Worsfold, Geoffrey Herbert Arthur Married; at least one son.	10.10.1911 Egham, Surrey - (12?).1983 Tankerton, Canterbury district, Kent	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 29.04.1944 (reld < 04.1946) MBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45	served in the ranks on Defence Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) gunnery course, Lancing 27.04.1944 - 1946 HMS Oystermouth Castle (minesweeping trawler) (based in Blythe)
Worsley, Eric Married ...; .. .children.	09.04.1914 - 30.12.2016	Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.06.1940 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.10.1940 (reld 23.04.1946) GM 11.03.1941 removal unexploded bomb 18.10.40 HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, nr Portsmouth, Hampshire) [investiture 27.05.41] MBE 23.09.1941 Portsmouth air raid [investiture 22.09.42]	Education: BSc. 27.06.1940 - 01.07.1940 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) 01.07.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) (12.)1940 - (06.)1943 Unexploded Bomb Disposal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (GM, MBE) [date of appointment shown as 13.06.1940] (02.1941) - (12.1942) for duty outside Admiralty (02.1943) - (06.1943) for duty inside Admiralty (08.1943)     Unexploded Bomb Disposal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * 13.09.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Royalist (improved Dido class cruiser) (01.1945)     HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) * 01.02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Glory (Colossus class aircraft carrier) * indexed, but not listed as such
Worth, Stanley Raymond Married the sister of a Surgeon Lieutenant based at Portsmouth.	(12?).1915 ? Wandsworth, Greater London ? - 2006 New Zealand	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 04.12.1942 Lt. RN 09.01.1947, seniority 04.12.1942 Lt.Cdr. RN 04.12.1950 (emgcy 09.12.1951)	22.06.1942 - (10.1944) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) * 09.01.1947     transferred from RNVR to RN 05.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda) 11.08.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Mull of Galloway (repair ship) * indexed, but not listed as such
Wortham, George Laurence Joseph Son of Frederick George Wortham (1874-1939), and Marguerite Constance Delalande (1877-1956). Brother of Lt. Wilfred A. Wortham, RNVR. Married Monica ... (09.03.1930 - 10.2003); five daughters, one son.	02.03.1921 Lewisham district, London - 19.09.2012 Leeds, Yorkshire	Ord.Sea. ? [L/DX 5048] Able Sea. ? T/S.Lt. 14.05.1942 T/Lt. 14.11.1944 (reld 03.1946)	joined RNVR (London Division) 1939 - 1939 HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) 1939 - 1940 served aboard Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships, based at the Sailors Rest, East India Dock Road, Limehouse [HMS President III] (participated in the Dunkirk evacuation aboard MV Hilda) (08.1942) - (10.1942) no appointment listed 02.11.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Ajax (cruiser) 15.01.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Emerald (light cruiser) (took part in Operation Overlord, the Normandy landings 06.06.1944) 23.11.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Royalist (light cruiser)
Wortham, Wilfred Arthur Son of Frederick George Wortham (1874-1939), and Marguerite Constance Delalande (1877-1956). Brother of Lt. George L.J. Wortham, RNVR. Married ((06?).1943, Lewisham district, London) Dorothy Audrey Todd (12.10.1918 - (03?).1981); one daughter.	19.09.1919 Lewisham district, London - 25.12.2008 Heathfield House Nursing Home, Oxfordshire	T/S.Lt. 08.05.1941 T/Lt. 08.11.1943 (reld < 04.1946) MID 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45	1939? - 1940? HMS Cairo (anti-aircraft cruiser) (North Sea patrol) 1941     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) (06.1941)     no appointment listed 11.07.1941 - (10.)1942 HMS Cape Palliser (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 11.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Velda (escort vessel) 01.07.1943 - (07.)1945 First Lieutenant, HMS Grassholm (minesweeping trawler) (10.1945)     HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) * Chartered insurance practitioner.
Worthington, Douglas William Married (1943) Betty Dudley Elwell; one son (Lt.Col. Nicholas Richard Worthington, 10th Gurkha Rifles).	12.10.1909 Mutford district, Suffolk - 05.1986 Harkstead, Suffolk	Prob. T/S/Lt. 27.06.1940 T/S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 27.06.1940 T/Lt. 27.09.1940 (reld < 04.1946) MID 03.11.1942 attack 4 trawlers Nore area 24.08.42	(10.1940)     no appointment listed (02.1941)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 23.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces base, Fort William) (for motor launches) (08.1942)     HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) * 01.09.1942 - ? HM MGB 58 (motor gun boat) ? - ? HM MGB 61 (motor gun boat) 13.05.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Shemara (armed yacht; anti-submarine duties) 15.07.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Cuckmere (frigate) * indexed, but not listed as such
Worthington, John Francis	08.01.1905 Lewisham, Greater London, Kent - 08.2000 West Surrey	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 05.07.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 DSC 16.08.1940 Dunkirk 06.40	(06.1940)     HMS Halcyon (minesweeper) 20.01.1941 - (02.1941) HMS Blackpool (minesweeper) 30.03.1942 - (10.1944) HMS Mauritius (light cruiser) (07.1945)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Wray, Edward James George Son of George R. Wray, and Lilian B. Rogers.	11.05.1916 Bracknell, Easthampstead district, Berkshire - (03?).1979 Poole district, Dorset	T/A/S.Lt. 12.02.1943 T/S.Lt. 12.08.1943 T/Lt. 12.08.1945 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [investiture 22.06.45]	(04.1943) - (07.1945) HMS Dundonald (Combined Operations base, Auchengate) * (06.1944)     HM LCT 783 (landing craft, tank) (DSC) (04.1946)     HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Wray, Ronald Warneford	(12?).1915 Hendon district, Middlesex -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 23.08.1940 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 23.08.1941	HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) ? - (10.1940) HMS Victory ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Condor
Wright, Arthur John Son of Albert Wadds Wright (1869-1963), and Agnes Mary Sheldrake (1873-1954). Married Adela Mary Day (10.06.1897 - 29.01.1982); two sons, one daughter.	20.02.1897 Lambeth, London - 02.09.1949 Tarbert, Argylshire, Scotland	Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 29.09.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 29.12.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) > 12.1943, < 02.1944 (reld > 04.1946) * Special Branch officer who is employed on staff, etc., duties ashore, has not received any training of an executive nature, but has undergone a short course at the RN College, Greenwich	30.10.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 19.02.1942 - (04.)1945 Minesweeping Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1945)     no appointment listed 13.08.1945 - (04.1946) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
Wright, Bernard Henry  Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	29.04.1912 - 12.05.1981 Camden district, London (formerly of Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire)	T/Lt. (E) 29.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(12.1943) - (02.1944) no appointment listed 07.02.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) 02.06.1944 - (10.1944) Engineer Officer, HM LST 214 (landing ship, tank) (Normandy) 22.01.1945 - (04.1946) Engineer Officer, HM LST 199 (landing ship, tank) (and for flotilla duties, 4th LST Flotilla) A son-in-law writes: "He also served as an engineer on the flag ship Pacific Fleet at the time of the Japanese surrender. He had had a distinguished career in the merchant navy before joining the RN including development of radar and his connection with the service continued in a civilian capacity after his official retirement. He retired in around 1974 when he was chief engineer at the RPE Westcott."
Wright, Cecil John Greenway Son of Cecil Middleton Wright and Agnes Murtaugh Wright; husband of Elizabeth Greig Wright, of Pembroke, Bermuda.	1899 ? India - 24.11.1941 [age 42] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60, column 1]	T/Paym.S.Lt. ? T/Paym.Lt. 04.10.1940	03.08.1940 - 24.11.1941 HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
Wright, Derek George Harbroe "Jake" Son of ... Wright, and ... Smith. Married 1st Mary Elspeth Robinson (died 1990); one son, one daughter. Married 2nd Jacquemine Charrott Lodwige, television scriptwiter & director.	29.09.1915 Mortlake, Richmond, Surrey - 10.05.2008 hospital, Taunton, Somerset (after a fall at home in Langport, Somerset)	T/S.Lt. 27.06.1940 T/Lt. 27.06.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 07.08.1944 T/A/Cdr. 01.11.1945? DSC 29.09.1942 attack supply ships & E-boats Nore 29.07.42 [investiture 15.12.42] DSC 01.01.1944 New Year 44 [investiture 09.05.44] DSC 19.09.1944 Coastal Forces action Nore 07.44 [decoration posted] MID 21.11.1944 Coastal Forces action Nore 24.08.44	Education: Framlingham College. Joined Brooke Bond in 1932 to learn the tea trade, later followed by SAP Smith (Tea Brokers). (06.1940)     served at the Dunkirk evacuation in a tug ? - 27.06.1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishement, Hove, Sussex) (10.1940) - (02.1941) HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) * (12.1940)     First Lieutenant, HM MTB ... (motor torpedo boat) 13.10.1941 - (01.)1942 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 331 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)] 07.03.1942 - 08.1942 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 32 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] (river Scheldt operations) 08.1942 - 01.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 238 (motor torpedo boat) & from mid-1943 Senior Officer, 22nd MTB Flotilla [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 24.01.1944 - (07.)1944 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for MTBs): (07.1944)     Commanding Officer, HM MTB 458 (motor torpedo boat) 07.08.1944 - 01.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 687 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 58th MTB Flotilla 01.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 5008 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 58th MTB Flotilla 01.11.1945 - (04.1946) Senior Officer MTBs, HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) He had been with the Brooke-Bond tea company before the war, to which he returned in 1946. He served in Calcutta, Ceylon and East Africa, rising to a place on the board, controlling the company’s global tea-buying and planting activities. He served on several governing bodies dealing with tea production and by 1971 he was President of the Tea Buyers Association. * indexed, but not listed as such
Wright, Frank Humphrey Son (with one siter and one brother) of Arthur George Wright (1860-1940), and Norah Richards (1877-), of Mayfield, Sussex. Married (29.09.1929, New College, Oxford, Oxfordshire) Helen Marion Nowell Smith, second daughter of Mr & Mrs Nowell Charles Smith, MA, of Oxford; two sons, one daughter. Residence: Winchester.	15.11.1906 Wimbledon, Kingston district, Surrey - 19.12.1941 (MPK) [age 35] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 61, column 2]	Prob. S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 15.06.1939 Lt. (Sp.Br.) 13.11.1939	Education: Sherborne School (1920.3-1925) Abbey House; VI; School Prefect; Head of House; Marson Greek 1925; XV 1923-1924; XI 1923-1924); New College, Oxford (1926-1930; BA). Assistant Master, Winchester, 09.1930-1939. 15.06.1939     joined RNVR (Sussex Division) (List 2) 02.11.1939 - 05.10.1940 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) (for Naval Meteorological Service, South Africa) 06.10.1940 - 14.03.1941 HMS Neptune (cruiser) (for meteorological duties) 15.03.1941 - 27.04.1941 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for meteorological duties) 28.04.1941 - 19.12.1941 HMS Neptune (cruiser) (for meteorological duties) [ship sunk by mine off Libyan coast]
FRANK HUMPHREY WRIGHT was born on November 15, 1907 [i.e. 1906]. He was at school at Sherborne and went to New College in 1926. There he obtained Second Classes in Classical Mods and Lit. Hum., and came to Winchester as an Assistant Master in September 1930. For some years he took a Division in Junior Part, and afterwards one on the Science side of Senior Part. In his anxiety to widen his experience, he obtained leave of absence in 1937 to teach at the Village College at Bottisham, near Cambridge, a school on a new model combining under one roof several different kinds of educational work from elementary to adult. Some months before the outbreak of the war, convinced that it could not be much longer postponed, he volunteered for the R.N.V.R. and in September 1939 left to undergo a course of training in meteorology. For a time he was stationed at Simonstown, and from there was posted to H.M.S. Neptune in which ship he was serving when he lost his life on December 19, 1941. He gave a rich and varied contribution to the life of the School. He was devoted to his teaching work; not only did he serve his divisions most faithfully, but he was a good German scholar having spent several months in Germany and Austria in earlier days, and took an important part in the advanced teaching of that subject. He also taught himself Russian in order to be able to carry on the work of the Russian class started by Mr. McLachlan and left without a shepherd on his departure. He was House Tutor to Mr. Robinson at what was then Culver's Close. He was a keen cricketer, and was to be seen on most summer afternoons coaching at the nets ; he was also an enthusiastic Scoutmaster, and with Colonel Pinsent, Mr. Hampton and Mr. King was responsible for the organisation and direction of the School Troop for several years. He nearly got his Blue for Rugger at Oxford and often turned out for local sides in Winchester. He had many outside interests and activities, and among them the larger part of his heart lay with the work of the League of Nations Union. He was for some time Hon. Secretary of the Winchester branch, and was indefatigable in organising meetings and spreading information about the objects of the Union both inside and outside the School. No man was ever more devoted to peace or cared more for international understanding; but it was characteristic of him that as soon as he saw that all hopes of that for the time were doomed, he volunteered without hesitation for service in a war which he knew would come and which, for all his bitter hatred of war, he knew was just. The officer at the Admiralty responsible for the direction of his work in the meteorological section was Captain L.G. Garbett, R.N., brother of the former Bishop of Winchester, and he has been kind enough to supply some particulars about him which show the high opinions that he won in the Service. Writing of his time at Simonstown, Captain Garbett says "he made quite a name for himself on the Station with his knowledge of German, and was becoming proficient in all meteorological office routine. In a shore appointment however he did not feel he was pulling his full weight, and he expressed a wish to serve afloat. On his appointment to H.M.S. Neptune he threw himself wholeheartedly into his work in her, which included the instruction of midshipmen in navigation, and he also found time to gain some experience of air navigation and observer's duties. As a result of the examination of meteorological logs received in the Admiralty, he was commended in Admiralty Fleet Orders for the useful information in the logs compiled in H.M.S. Neptune. On the return of the ship to England in March 1941, he was temporarily appointed to a Naval Air Station, but at the special request of his old Commanding Officer, who was full of praise and appreciation of his work and high qualities, he was re-appointed to the ship on August 28 [i.e. April 28]. Confidential reports received on him have been of a high order, and his loss to the Service is a real one." His loss to Winchester is even more real and greater. He married in 1930 Miss Helen Nowell Smith, daughter of Mr. Nowell Charles Smith (COLL. 1883 - 1890), formerly Headmaster of Sherborne School, and left three children. Source: Wykehamist War Service Record and Roll of Honour (Winchester : P. & G. Wells, 1947)
Wright, George Alexander	see:	RCNVR officers' section
Wright, George Murdoch From Monkseaton, Northumberland.	13.09.1908 Tynemouth, Northumberland - 03.1995 North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear	T/S.Lt. (E) RNR 31.05.1940 T/Lt. (E) 19.07.1943 (reld 16.01.1946) MBE 01.01.1944 New Year 44 (for services aboard HMS Port Quebec) [investiture 23.05.1944]	31.05.1940     temporary RNR officer serving under T.124 agreements 31.05.1940 - 08.01.1941 HMS Port Quebec (minelayer) 08.01.1941     temporary RNVR officer serving under T.124X agreements 08.01.1941 - (08.)1943 HMS Port Quebec (minelayer) 25.08.1943 - 16.01.1946 HMS Khedive (escort carrier) Returned to the Merchant Navy (Port Line) until he retired on 20.03.1971.
Wright, Graham Maurice Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Frank Ernest Cooper Wright (1873-1945), and Lily Agnes Key (1880-1965), of Swansea, Glamorgan. Married (23.04.1941, Christ Church Parish Church, Llangyfelach, Swansea district, Glamorgan) Margaret Rhona Humphreys (13.10.1913 - 04.2005), daughter of Thomas Henry Graham Humphreys (1885-1963), and Maggie Fielder Ellery (1886-1969). Residence: Sketty, Swansea, Glamorgan.	(12?).1912 65, King Edward Road, Swansea, Glamorgan - 19.08.1941 [on board SS Aguila en route to Gibraltar] (MPK) [age 29] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60, column 3]	T/S.Lt. 13.12.1940 GM 09.06.1942 mine disposal * * Dealt with GC mine suspended over stage of London Palladium Theatre 11 May 1941 by climbing a ladder. The fuze started ticking during removal but the mine failed to explode.	08.01.1941 - (06.)1941 Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty 15.07.1941 - 19.08.1941 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) [his troopship was torpedoed while en route to Gibraltar]
Wright, Harry	11.04.1907 Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire -	Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 01.08.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.11.1941 (reld > 04.1946) * Special Branch officer employed on staff, etc., duties ashore, but has not received any training of an executive nature	01.08.1941 - (01.)1945 Signal Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (04.1945) - (04.1946) Signal Division, Admiralty [HMS President] * * indexed, but not listed as such
Wright, Peter George	? -	T/S.Lt. 25.09.1942 T/Lt. 25.03.1945 MID 13.06.1945 HM's birthday 46	14.09.1944 - (01.)1945 First Lieutenant, HM MMS 77 (motor minesweeper) 01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Sursay (minesweeping trawler) (despatches) (04.1946)     HMS Sursay * * indexed, but not listed as such
Wright, Stanley Victor Son (with one sister and one brother) of Albert George Wright (1874-1946), and Emily Savage (1875-1931). Married (15.06.1935, Edmonton district, Middlesex) Blanche Hilda Queenie Leo Welham (20.04.1912 - 11.2010), daughter (with two sisters and one brother) of Thomas Emmanuel Welham (1883-1917), and Laura Edith Catherine Bridget Leo (1882-1925); three daughters.	17.05.1911 Edmonton district, Middlesex - 02.10.1974 Tottenham, Haringey district, Greater London	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 15.02.1943 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 15.08.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) * Special Branch officer employed on cypher duties.	(04.1943) - (10.1944) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 01.01.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto) 23.08.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Pembroke III (WRNS accounting base, London) (for supply duties) * indexed, but not listed as such
Wyatt, Christopher Marcus Son of ... Wyatt, and ... Watts.	07.05.1920 Milton, Hardingstone district, Northamptonshire - 13.03.1982 Salisbury	T/A/S.Lt. (S) 16.05.1945 T/S.Lt. (S) 16.11.1945 (reld > 04.1946) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - & clasp Bur St - - It St - - WM 39|45 ? ?	11.06.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh, Southampton)
Wyatt, Geoffrey Douglas Son of James Douglas Wyatt (1861-), and Annie Sophia Biddle (1873-). Married ((12?).1929, Willesden district, Middlesex) Selena Sarah Stokes (1890 - ); ... children (three sons?).	18.12.1903 Harlesdon, Hendon district, Middlesex - 28.07.1948 Herne Hill, Lambeth district, London	Midsh. 02.05.1924 A/S.Lt. 02.05.1926 S.Lt. 02.05.1927 Lt. 16.11.1929 Lt.Cdr. 16.11.1937 (retd 01.01.1946) A/Cdr. 17.02.1945 Cdr. (retd) 01.01.1946 VRD 03.1943 -	02.05.1924     joined RNVR (London Division) 31.07.1939 - (12.1942) HMS Ceres (Ceres class cruiser) 26.01.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 17.02.1945 - (10.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, nr Londonderry)
Wylie, Keith Douglas Haig Married ((06?).1939, Liverpool district, Lancashire) Clara Haunch; ... children (two sons, one daughter?).	11.1917 Lachute, Quebec, Canada - ?	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 26.06.1944 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 26.02.1945 (reld 10.1945) * Special Branch officer employed on staff, etc., duties ashore, who has not received any training of an executive nature	04.09.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames) (for Divisional Transport Office) (01.1945) - (04.1945) no appointment listed 04.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) (10.1945)     no appointment listed His son writes: "Earlier in the war he was a purser in the Merchant Navy. In 1945 up until he was discharged in October 1945, he was at Mürwik nr Flensburg. I suspect it was to do with interrogation of German naval officers."
Wylie, Robert Stewart	? - 1969 ?	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 06.11.1943 Lt.Cdr. 08.03.1947 Cdr. 30.06.1953 A/Capt. < 01.1957 Capt. 30.06.1957 (retd 31.03.1959) DSC 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 [decoration posted] VRD 12.11.1957 -	31.01.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Jason (Halcyon class minesweeper) (DSC) (04.1946)     no appointment listed       Permanent RNVR, later RNR (Humber, later Solent Division)
Wynn, Robert Charles Michael Vaughan "Mickey" from 1965: 7th Baron Newboroough Son of Sir Robert Vaughan Wynn, 6th Baron Newborough (1877-1965), and Ruby Irene Severne (died 1960). Married (01.12.1945) Roseamund Lavington Barbour, daughter of Major Robert Barbour; one son, two daughters.	24.04.1917 - 11.10.1998 Istanbul	T/S.Lt. 13.06.1940 T/A/Lt. 24.04.1942 DSC 21.05.1942 attack St Nazaire 28.03.42 [investiture 06.03.45]	05.07.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) ? - 28.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 74 (motor torpedo boat) (captured) 28.03.1942 - 01.1945 POW in German captivity (Colditz) (repatriated on medical grounds)

 

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