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Abbey, G.J.H. to Adams, R.R.

Adams, S.J. to Alderson, T.R.

Alderton, H. to Allen, G.E.

Allen, G.R.G. to Anderson, B.J.

Anderson, C.C. to Appleton, C.

Appleton, K.H. to Arnold, L.J.

Arnold, P.J. to Atkins, R.H.

Atkins, R.H.W. to Ayton, J.

G.J.H. Abbey   to   R.R. Adams
Abbey, George John Harold Son (with four brothers and one sister) of Arthur Abbey (1865-1934), and Caroline Edith Steel (1866-1929).	14.06.1901 Battersea, Wandsworth district, London - 26.07.1981 Wandsworth district, London	Boy II 17.09.1918 [C/J.92970] ... ... T/A/Boatsw. (F/F) 08.11.1943? T/Boatsw. (F/F) ?, seniority 08.11.1943 (retd 15.10.1945)	Crucible worker. Fireman, Shoreditch Fire Brigade. 28.11.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) 11.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith)
Abbie, Andrew Arthur Son (with two brothers) of Andrew Arthur Abbie (1833-1915), and Janet Wallace Christie (1850-1932). Married ((06?).1906, Devonport district) Elizabeth McCullum Haig (1882 - 09.01.1973); one daughter.	27.11.1881 * Uitenhege, South Africa - 13.06.1957 Killearn, Stirlingshire district, Scotland ** * Date of birth given at entry was erroneously 27.11.1879. In 1928 Abbie applied unsuccessfully to have his date of birth altered to the correct date of 27.11.1881. ** In 1989 (undoubtedly erroneously) still showing on the retired list	A/Engine Room Artificer 4th cl. 09.08.1901 [ON.270510] ... ... A/Art.Eng. 01.04.1911 Art.Eng., from 01.1920 Wt.Eng. 04.05.1912, seniority 01.04.1911 Cd.Eng. 08.10.1920, seniority 01.10.1920 Lt. (E) 24.12.1926 (retd 27.11.1929; age) Lt.Cdr. (E) (retd) 24.12.1934 (reactivated 13.06.1940) (dispersal 15.10.1945) (reld 10.12.1945) (reverted to retd 11.12.1945)	Trade: engine smith. 31.03.1911 - 05.06.1911 HMS Vivid (RN barracks, Devonport) (additional) (Home) 06.06.1911 - 07.01.1914 HMS Devonshire (on re-commissioning) (Home) 19.01.1914 - 02.02.1914 HMS Vivid (RN barracks, Devonport) (additional) (Home) 03.02.1914 - 10.1915 HMS Active (on re-commissioning) (Home Fleet) 10.1915 - 11.11.1915 HMS Vivid (additional; for HMS Active, reducing) (Home) 12.11.1915 - 02.1918 HMS Leander (additional; for HMS Leopard) (Home) 02.1918 - 08.05.1918 HMS Vivid (additional; for HMS Leopard, on paying off) 09.05.1918 - 02.1919 HMS Wallington (additional; for HMS Leopard, on recommissioning) (Home Fleet) 02.1919 - 19.06.1919 HMS Wallington (additional; for HMS Leopard, on reducing to 3rd fleet complement) (Home) 20.06.1919 - 23.11.1919 HMS Vivid (additional; for HMS P 75) (30.10.1919 reduced to ... at Devonport) (Home) 24.11.1919 - 01.1920 HMS Vivid (additional; for HMS Selkirk) (Home)  06.01.1920 - 08.04.1921 detailed to take charge of HMS Cyclamen (Home) 09.04.1921 - 12.05.1921 HMS Vivid (additional) (Home) 13.05.1921 - 01.1923 HMS Espiegle (sloop) (East Indies) (passage to Bombay by SS City of Exeter, leaving Birkenhead 04.06.1921) (remains in Espiegle on re-commissioning 1922) 01.1923 - 11.11.1923 no appointment 12.11.1923 - 03.11.1925 HMS Columbine (RN base Port Edgar) (Home) 11.11.1925 - 02.1927 HMS Fitzroy (surveying vessel) (on reducing) (from 03.12.1925 at HMS Pembroke) 03.1927 - 04.1927 HMS Victory (additional; for duty with Engine Room Division [temporary?]) 28.06.1927 - (07.)1927 HMS Vectis (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) (at HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar)) 1927 - 09.12.1927 HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship, Portsmouth) (additional; for destroyers in reserve) 10.12.1927 - 12.11.1929 in charge HMS Scout (destroyer) (maintenance reserve, Rosyth) (at HMS Greenwich) 13.06.1940 - 30.06.1940 HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (additional; to assist Engineer Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth [temporary]) 01.07.1940 - 13.05.1943 HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth) (additional; for divisional duties with repair party Rosyth Escort Force) 13.05.1943 - 31.12.1943 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for technical liaison duties with Government Training Centre, Watford) * 06.1943 listed as: HMS Shrapnel (base, Southampton) 01.01.1944 - 11.12.1944 HMS Turnstone (training establishment, Fulham) 12.12.1944 - 15.10.1945 HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) (additional; for duty of staff of Rear-Admiral Naval Air Stations (North) as staff M/T Officer)
Abbot *, Evelyn David John * In fact "Abbott", but shown in naval records as "Abbot". Son of William Martin Abbott, and Margaret Eleanor L. Smith. Married (12.10.1926) Ruth Cicely Tufnell (12.08.1891 - 23.02.1983), daughter of Edward Augustus Murray Tufnell (1855-1933), of Wormingford Hall, and Harriet Ethel Cicely Woodhouse (1864?-1964); two sons.	16.03.1902 St Marylebone district, London - 29.04.1979 Lanterns, Dursley, Stroud district, Gloucestershire [North Nibley Cemetery]	Midsh. 01.05.1918 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1921 S.Lt. 15.05.1922 Lt. 15.03.1924 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1932 (retd 16.03.1947; age) Cdr. (retd) 16.03.1947 (reverted to retd > 10.1947, < 07.1948) DSC 05.01.1943 destruction U213 31.07.1942 [investiture 20.07.1945]	15.09.1915     entered RN 01.05.1918 - (09.)1919 HMS King George V (battleship) 25.09.1919 - (04.1922) HMS Benbow (battleship) (08.1923)     short course of instruction 13.05.1924 - (10.1925) HMS Velox (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 05.01.1926 - (07.)1928 HMS Winchelsea (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 15.11.1928 - (08.)1929 HMS Wallace (destroyer, flotilla leader) (Atlantic Fleet) 19.09.1929 - (01.)1932 First Lieutenant, HMS Vimiera (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 04.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS York (cruiser) (03.1934)     no appointment listed 21.03.1934 - (06.)1935 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (07.1935) - (08.1935) no appointment listed 06.09.1935 - (10.1937) HMS Terror (monitor; base ship, Singapore) (01.1938) - (03.1938) no appointment listed 04.05.1938 - (06.)1938 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet) 22.07.1938 - 12.1941 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet) 12.1941 - (02.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Gleaner (sloop) 17.03.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Erne (sloop) 07.11.1943 - 01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Enchantress (sloop) 20.03.1945 - (10.1945) Radio Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.03.1946 - (10.1947) Welfare Services Department (later: Welfare and Service Conditions Department), Admiralty [HMS President]
Abbot, J W * * could not trace him in the seniority lists	? -	T/A/Boatsw. (F/F) 01.08.1943 (reld 1946?)	05.09.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)
Abbott, Adrian Frederick Alexius	08.12.1915 - 21.08.1995 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Cadet 01.05.1933 Midsh. (E) 01.01.1934 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.05.1936 S.Lt. (E) 01.02.1937 Lt. (E) 01.02.1939 ?, seniority 16.10.1938 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.10.1946 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1951 (retd 11.12.1955; own request) DSC 29.02.1944 sunk ships & bombardment 1943 [investiture 11.05.1945] 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - It St - - WM 39|45 - -	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 01.05.1933 - (06.1933) HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 11.01.1934 - (07.)1937 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham 26.08.1937 - (12.1939) HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (China) (02.1940) - (04.1940) not indexed in the Navy List (05.1940)     no appointment listed (06.1940)     HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) * 16.07.1940 - (08.)1940 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) (10.1940)     HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) [shown with date of appointment 16.07.1940] (12.1940)     HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) [shown with date of appointment 16.07.1940] 05.12.1940 - (10.)1942 HMS Tuna (submarine) 11.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Torbay (submarine) (DSC) 18.09.1944 - (04.)1946 HMS Astute (submarine) 05.1946 - (07.1946) HMS Newfoundland (Uganda class cruiser) 25.01.1947 - (05.1949) HMS Sussex (cruiser) (05.1950) - (05.1951) lent to Royal Canadian Navy at Halifax, NS [HMCS Stadacona?] 01.12.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Orion (submarine) (07.1954)     no appointment listed 21.09.1954     RN Torpedo Depot Antrim 10.1954 - (01.1956) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous duties) Staff Engineer Officer, ... (Nigeria), 1962. * indexed, but not listed as such
Abbott, Donald Roy Soutar Son of F/O George Percy Abbott (1880-1923), and Emily Soutar (1881-1955).	(09?).1919 Northampton, Northamptonshire - 01.10.1950 [age 31] RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent (flying accident over the Channel) (formerly of Northampton, Northamptonshire)	Cadet 01.05.1937 Midsh. 01.05.1938 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1940 Lt. 16.12.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. > 12. 1943, < 04.1944 Lt.Cdr. 16.12.1948	01.05.1937 - (03.)1938 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1938 - (12.1939) HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 01.01.1940 - (06.)1940 promotion course, Portsmouth 06.07.1940 - (08.)1940 French Ship "La Melpomene" 03.09.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Hussar (Halcyon class minesweeper) (12.1940)     no appointment listed 16.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (04.1941) - (06.1941) Fleet Air Arm course * 26.07.1941 - (12.)1943 820 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent, later HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)] 08.12.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Slinger (escort carrier) (for observer duties) (04.1944)     HMS Slinger (escort carrier) * (06.1944)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 31.07.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Slinger (escort carrier) (for observer duties) 09.1945 - (10.1945) Staff Officer (Operations), HMS Pioneer (maintenance carrier) (04.1946)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 15.01.1948 - (07.1948) pilot, 804 Squadron FAA 17.01.1949 - (05.)1949 HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 05.12.1949 - (05.)1950 HMS Theseus (aircraft carrier) * indexed, but not listed as such
Abbott, Edmund Geoffrey "Bill" Eldest son of Edmund Rushworth Abbott (1866-1953), solicitor, and Emily Beatrice Abney Sandys (1868-1947), of Northwood, Middlesex. Brother of Lt.Cdr. Frank del Sandys Abbott, RNVR, and Lt. Myles John Abbott. Married 1st ((03?).1919, St Martin district, London; marriage dissolved) Margaret King Mitchell. She remarried (1923) Noel S. Digby, then (1932) Edward G. Stephens. Married 2nd (27.11.1926, St Simon's Church, Southsea, Hampshire) Vanda Cicely Ross (28.04.1898 - 10.04.1956), youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs A. Ross, of Southsea, Hampshire; two daughters. Married 3rd Agnes Nancy Fenney (21.06.1921 - 1989), daughter of John Fenney (1887-), and Elsie Calder Grant (1889-); one son, one adopted son. article	20.07.1895 Northwood, Middlesex - 03.04.1974 Crowthorne, Berkshire	Midsh. 15.01.1913 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1915 S.Lt. 15.07.1915 A/Lt. 15.04.1916 Lt. 15.08.1916 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1924 Cdr. 30.06.1931 Capt. 30.06.1939 (retd 10.07.1948) (dispersed 12.07.1948) (reld 18.09.1948) AM GC 12.03.1920 explosion aboard ex-German battleship Baden, Invergordon dry dock, Scotland, 05.08.1919 [Albert Medal replaced by George Cross] MID 01.01.1942 New Year 1942 JubM 35 1935 - CorM 37 1937 -	Education: Bradfield Preparatory School; RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth. 15.05.1908 - 15.01.1913 training establishments 15.01.1913 - 16.06.1915 HMS Warrior 16.06.1915 - 14.11.1915 HMS Flirt [tender to HMS Attentive] 21.11.1915 - 03.1917 HMS Lennox [tender to HMS Dido] 03.1917 - 24.04.1917 HMS Sharpshooter [tender to HMS Dido] 04.1917 - 05.1918 HMS Lance [tender to HMS Hecla] 25.05.1918 - 24.03.1919 HMS Trenchant (torpedo-boat destroyer) [tender to HMS Sandhurst] 24.03.1919 - 03.01.1920 HMS Resolution 03.01.1920 - 22.07.1921 HMS Vernon (to qualify in long torpedo course; to be lent to RN College, Greenwich) 22.07.1921 - 19.04.1922 HMS Vernon (torpedo school ship, Portsmouth) (additional) 19.04.1922 - 05.1924 Torpedo Officer, HMS Montrose (flotilla leader) (8th Destroyer Flotilla) [tender to HMS Diligence; passage & duty in HMS Vindictive to 10.1923] 07.08.1924 - 09.12.1926 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (additional) 09.12.1926 - 03.05.1928 Torpedo Officer, HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (while under construction) [tender to HMS Vivid] 03.05.1928 - 01.01.1931 Torpedo Officer, HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) [until 30.12.1930 tender to HMS Vivid] (02.1931) - (03.1931) no appointment listed 20.03.1931 - 07.01.1932 Torpedo School, Portsmouth [HMS Vernon] (additional for miscellaneous duties) 07.01.1932 - 27.01.1935 Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 28.01.1935 - 02.05.1935 HMS President (for Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty) 02.05.1935 - 02.04.1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Harrier (sloop minesweeper) (1st Minesweeping Flotilla) 13.04.1937 - 02.07.1937 Executive Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet) 22.07.1937 - 06.07.1939 Executive Officer, HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) 06.07.1939 - 30.07.1939 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time) 31.07.1939 - 10.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Ceres (cruiser) 08.12.1941 - 22.12.1941 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty) 22.12.1941 - 02.10.1944 Deputy Director, Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 02.10.1944 - 16.10.1944 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty) 16.10.1944 - 22.11.1944 Captain of the Fleet, Eastern Fleet [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 22.11.1944 - 04.12.1944 Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral Commanding 5th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Renown (battlecruiser)] 04.12.1944 - 18.11.1945 Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer Commanding 3rd Battle Squadron [HMS Renown (battlecruiser), from 06.12.1944 HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee), from 18.01.1945 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship), from 12.07.1945 HMS Nelson (battleship)] 18.11.1945 - 01.02.1946 HMS Victory IV (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for foreign service leave & while unemployed) 01.02.1946 - 18.03.1948 Captain-in-Charge & Captain Superintendent, Simonstown (later: Principal Sea Transport Officer (PSTO), later: Assistant Sea Transport Officer (ASTO) South Atlantic) [HMS Afrikander] 08.01.1948 - 10.07.1948 also: Naval ADC to the King 19.03.1948 - 28.05.1948 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown) (additional; for foreign service leave & end of war leave) 28.05.1948 - 18.09.1948 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown) (additional; while unemployed) Literature: Edmund Geoffrey (Bill) Abbott, GC. In: Marion Hebblethwaite, One step further : those whose gallantry was rewarded with the George Cross. Book A (2007), p. 12-15.
Abbott, Evelyn David John	see:	Abbot, Evelyn David John
Abbott, Frank Charles Son of Frank Gilbert Abbott (1878-1948), Petty Officer RN, and Charlotte Jessica Bonner (1879-1965).	31.12.1907 Chelmondiston, Samford district, Suffolk - 02.05.1992 Ipswich, Suffolk	Boy II 1924 [J.110755] ... ... A/Gnr. 01.10.1939 Gnr. 1940, seniority 01.10.1939 A/Cd.Gnr. 18.06.1945 Cd.Gnr. = Sen.Cd.Gnr. 01.04.1948 Lt. 05.07.1955 Lt.Cdr. (Special Duties List) 01.01.1957 (retd 31.12.1957; age)	28.11.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 10.08.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Exmoor (destroyer) 14.11.1940 - 09.1943 HMS Manxman (minelayer) 28.09.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 02.08.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Suffolk (cruiser) 01.09.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) (Reserve Fleet, Harwich) (05.1949) - (05.)1950 HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) (Reserve Fleet, Harwich) * 18.11.1950 - (05.1951) HMS Triumph 15.12.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Mars (Reserve Fleet, Harwich) (07.1954) - (04.1955) HM Dockyard, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] * 17.01.1956 - (01.1956) Admiralty [HMS President] (01.1957)     Naval Ordnance Department * * indexed, but not listed as such
Abbott, George Henry	27.01.1919 - 04.02.1972 Hillingdon, Middlesex	A/Gnr. 10.02.1945 Gnr. = Cd.Gnr. ?, seniority 10.02.1945 Sen.Cd.Gnr. 01.04.1951 A/Lt. 01.05.1954 Lt. ?, seniority 27.03.1949 Lt.Cdr. 27.03.1957 (retd 27.01.1964; age) MBE 01.01.1964 New Year 1964	02.07.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Ceylon (cruiser) 02.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) 31.05.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Vernon (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Portsmouth) (05.1950)     no appointment listed 31.08.1950 - (05.1951) HMS Agincourt 11.08.1952 - (05.1953) RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus] 14.05.1954 - (07.)1954 HMS Chameleon 20.12.1954 - (01.)1955 HMS Ranpura 18.04.1955 - (01.1956) HM LCT(8) 4037 (landing craft tank) (01.1957)     HM LCT 4040 (landing craft tank) * (01.1959) - (01.1960) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * (07.1961) - (02.1963) HMS Albion (light fleet carrier) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Abbott, Jasper Andrew Richard Only child of George Frederick Abbott (1874-1947), author and war correspondent, and "Elizabeth" Wilhelmina Hay Lamond (1884-1957), equalitarian feminist campaigner, later of Yetminster, Dorset. Married ((06?).1953, St Germans district, Cornwall) Third Officer Clare Georgeen Etkins, WRNS (13.10.1927 -11.07.1971), only daughter of Mr Harold William Etkins, OBE (1892-1970), head of branch Ministry of Insurance, and Mrs Etkins, of Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne. Clare Abbott remarried (31.08.1963, Tavistock) Air Marshal Sir Leslie Bower, RAF.	05.10.1911 Windmill Hill House, Hampstead, London NW - 25.03.1960 RN Hospital, Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon	Cadet 01.01.1929 Midsh. 01.09.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1932 S.Lt. (E) 01.10.1932 Lt. (E) 01.02.1935 ?, seniority 01.08.1934 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.08.1942 A/Cdr. (E) 17.11.1944? Cdr. (E) 30.06.1946 (retd 12.11.1959) OBE 01.01.1960 New Year 1960 [decoration presented] MID 23.02.1940 Battle of the River Plate CorM 37 1937 -	28.03.1929 - (08.)1929 HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 18.09.1929 - (06.)1933 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham 01.09.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS York (cruiser) 17.01.1934 - (08.)1936 HMS Durban (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (10.1936)     no appointment listed 01.12.1936 - (10.1938) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for Mechanical Training Establishment) 27.01.1939 - (08.1942) HMNZS Achilles (cruiser) 29.01.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Serapis (destroyer) 17.11.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Myngs (destroyer) 17.09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Glory (aircraft carrier) 31.07.1947 - (05.1949) HMS Mull of Kintyre (05.1950)     HMS President * 15.09.1950 - (05.)1953 HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Torpoint, Cornwall) 24.06.1953 - (01.)1955 Staff Engineer Officer to Flag Officer Flotillas, Home Fleet [HMS Jamaica] (04.1955)     no appointment listed 07.05.1955 - (01.1957) on staff of Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President] 05.05.1958 - (01.)1959 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Abbott, William St George Only son of William Joseph Abbott (1850-), Inspector of Machinery RN, and Emly Maria Spittle (1860-), of Southsea, Hampshire. Married (12.06.1926, All Saints' Church, Leavesden, Watford district, Hertfordshire) Kathleen Bourne (18.12.1898 - 08.02.1982), second daughter of Walter William Bourne (1864-1921), and Clara Louisa Hollingsworth (1864-1941), of Garston Manor, near Watford, Hertfordshire; two sons.	04.11.1893 Southsea, Portsea Island district, Hampshire - 29.11.1965 Hassocks, Cuckfield district, Sussex	Midsh. 15.05.1911 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1913 S.Lt. 15.03.1914 Lt. 15.06.1915 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1923 (retd 01.04.1931) Cdr. (retd) 04.11.1933 (mobilized 23.08.1939) (dispersed 19.10.1945) (reverted to retd 15.12.1945)	15.09.1906     joined RN ? - (01.1919) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) 15.04.1921 - (04.1922) HMS Vernon (torpedo school ship) (Portsmouth) (08.1923)     no appointment listed 10.10.1923 - (01.1925) Torpedo Officer, HMS Chatham (cruiser) (East Indies) 21.01.1926 - (03.)1926 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties) 30.03.1926 - (05.)1926 Torpedo Officer, HMS Ajax (battleship) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) 11.11.1926 - (02.)1927 Torpedo Officer, HMS Marshal Soult (monitor) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) & for torpedo duties in Reserve Fleet 08.02.1927 - (06.1928) Torpedo Officer, HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (paid off into dockyard control) (08.1929) - (03.1931) no appointment listed 23.08.1939 - 06.11.1943 HMS Defiance III (torpedo school ship, Devonport) 07.11.1943 - 08.11.1943 HMS Vernon (training establishment, Brighton) (additional) 09.11.1943 - 09.06.1945 HMS Vernon (training establishment, Brighton) (on staff, for duty at Roedean School, Brighton) 10.06.1945 - 19.10.1945 HMS Vernon (training establishment, Brighton) (on staff)
Abbs, Roger Dick [Hamilton] Son of Richard Abbs (1860-). coachman. Married (08.09.1914, Parish Church, Aldershot, Southampton, Hampshire) Mabel Lucy Stevens (1890 - (12?).1967).	30.03.1892 Horsham, Sussex - 25.09.1967 Chatham district, Kent	Boy Servant 14.10.1908 [L.713] ... ... A/Wt.Cook 10.06.1936 Wt.Cook ?, seniority 10.06.1936 Cd.Cook = Cd. Cookery Officer (retd) 27.04.1941 (retd 30.03.1942; age) Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) (retd) 27.04.1944 (reverted to retd > 04.1946)	(08.1936) - (10.1936) no appointment listed 15.12.1936 - (02.)1939 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 15.03.1939 - (09.)1939 HMS Warspite (battleship) (and for fleet duties, Mediterranean Fleet) 01.11.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS St. Angelo (RN base, Malta) (and for fleet duties) 15.07.1940 - (08.)1941 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (10.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed 14.04.1942 - (04.)1945 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 03.05.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
Abdy, David Anthony Baily Son (with one brother and one sister) of Rev. John Channing Abdy (1875-1956), and Kate Winifred Baily (1874-1941). Married (20.04.1938, Salcombe Parish Church, Kingsbridge district, Devon) Mary Betty Birkett (26.05.1911 - 08.1986).	12.08.1911 Heath End, Farnham district, Hampshire - 06.04.1987 Compton, Newbury district, Berkshire	Midsh. 01.09.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1932 S.Lt. 01.08.1932 Lt. 01.02.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1943 (retd 05.11.1951) A/Cdr. 15.03.1945?	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne (1925-1928). 01.09.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 08.04.1930 - (10.)1930 HMS Emerald (cruiser) (East Indies) 30.10.1930 - (03.)1931 HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies) (12.1931)     no appointment listed 31.12.1931 - 21.08.1932 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 22.08.1932 - (01.)1933 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS President] 29.04.1933 - (06.1933) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) (01.1934)     no appointment listed 01.01.1934 - (03.)1934 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] (05.1934)     no appointment listed 05.1934 - (08.)1934 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (for submarines) 10.1934 - (10.1936) HMS Pandora (submarine) (China) (01.1937) - (07.)1937 no appointment listed 15.08.1937 - (08.)1938 HMS L 23 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) 06.08.1938 - (12.)1938 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) 12.1938 - (02.)1939 HMS Otus (submarine) (China) 24.02.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Otus (submarine) 09.1940 - 23.10.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS H 44 (submarine) (10.1940)     HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) * (02.1941)     HMS L 23 (submarine) * 24.05.1941 - 18.08.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS P 32 (submarine) [ship struck a mine while attacking an Axis convoy off Tripoli and was sunk; survived] 18.08.1941 - 03.1943 prisoner of war, ended by a prisoner exchange 03.06.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Wolfe (destroyer depot ship) (12.1943)     no appointment listed 1944 - 04.03.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Safari (submarine) 03.1944 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (01.1945)     HM LST 363 (landing ship tank) * 15.03.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM LST 324 (landing ship tank) & Senior Officer, ... LST Flotilla (07.1948)     no appointment listed 03.08.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier) 05.10.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Glory (aircraft carrier) 14.02.1951 - (05.)1951 HMS Phoenix Literature: A.S. Evans, Beneath the waves. * indexed, but not listed as such
Abel, Frank Roland Son of Oscar Thomas Roland Abel (1878?-1960), and Gwendoline Louise Le Gouby (1878?-1948). Married ((12?).1932, Portsmouth district, Southampton) Margaret P. Deane; ... children (one son, one daughter?).	22.02.1908 Southwark, London - 21.10.1987 Greenwich, London	Writer 16.11.1926 [P/MX.45890] CPO Writer ? A/Wt.Writer 26.11.1942 Wt.Writer = Wt.Writer Offr. ?, seniority 26.11.1942 A/Cd.Writer Offr. 10.12.1945 Lt. (S) 20.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. (S) 20.11.1952 (General List 01.01.1957) (retd 22.02.1958; age) LSGCM 03.10.1941 -	(10.1941)     HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) 12.01.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Lanka (base, Colombo, Ceylon) 03.08.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester) 02.10.1945 - (04.1946) staff, Commander-in-Chief , Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 08.03.1948 - (05.)1949 Assistant Secretary to Flag Officer, Malta [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 25.08.1949 - (05.)1951 HMS Battleaxe (destroyer) 31.08.1951 - (05.)1953 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) 12.10.1953 - (01.)1956 HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Hal Far, Malta) 01.05.1956 - (01.1957) Captain's Secretary, HMS Dryad (navigation and direction school, Portsmouth)
Abel, Fred Son of Fred Abel, and Bridget Jane McFadden (1886-1980).	16.05.1915 Hartlepool district, Durham - 20.05.1985 Binbrook, Grimsby district, Lincolnshire	A/Gnr. (T) 26.09.1942 Gnr. (T), changed to Wt.Electr.Offr. (L) ?, seniority 26.09.1942 Sen.Cd.El.Offr. 01.10.1949 El.Lt.Cdr. (L) 01.10.1959 (retd 16.05.1965; age)	01.12.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Castleton (destroyer) 03.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Brighton (destroyer) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed 16.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Crescent (destroyer) 03.1946 - (10.1947) HMS St. James (destroyer) (07.1948)     HMS Defiance (TAS and Electrical School, Devonport) * 07.02.1949 - (05.1949) HMS Defiance (TAS and Electrical School, Devonport) 01.06.1949 - (05.1951) HMS Cumberland (heavy cruiser) (05.1953)     no appointment listed 05.07.1954 - (04.)1955 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) 19.04.1955 - (01.1956) HMS President (for miscellaneous duties) (01.1957)     HMS Warrior (aircraft carrier) * (01.1959) - (01.1960) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * (07.1961)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * (02.1963) - (02.1964) HMS Phoenicia (RN base, Manoel Island, Malta) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Abel Smith, [Sir] Edward Michael Conolly Second son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Eustace Abel Smith, JP (1862-1938), banker, of Longhills, Lincoln, and Ailleen Geta Catherine Conolly (1866-1912), daughter of Col. John Augustus Conolly, VC, Coldstream Guards. Married (28.12.1932, St Andrew's Church, Brechin) Lady Mary Elizabeth Carnegie (04.03.1899 - 23.06.1996), daughter of Charles Noel Carnegie, 10th Earl of Southesk (1854-1941), and Ethel Mary Elizabeth Bannerman (1868-1947); one son, one daughter.	03.12.1899 Longhills, Lincoln - 03.12.1985 Galashiels, Scotland	Midsh. 08.09.1915 A/S.Lt. 15.11.1917 S.Lt. 15.05.1918 A/Lt. ? Lt. 15.05.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1928 Cdr. 30.06.1933 Capt. 30.06.1940 R.Adm. 08.07.1949 V.Adm. 01.09.1952 (General List 01.01.1957) (retd 14.02.1958) RAF:   (T) F/O 16.06.1924 F/Lt. 01.01.1928 Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1933 W/Cdr. 01.01.1937 GCVO 01.01.1958 New Year 1958 [investiture 01.1958] KCVO 25.05.1954 Royal Tour CVO 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 1946 CB 07.06.1951 HM's birthday 1951 [investiture 31.10.1951] MID 04.05.1943 Operation Torch StOlav - state visit Norway 06.1955 Aviz - state visit Portugal 02.1957 Danb - state visit Denmark 05.1957	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne (09.1912-...) & Dartmouth. 1915     Midshipman, HMS Princess Royal ? - (01.1919) HMS Caledon (light cruiser) 08.11.1920 - (04.1922) HMS Constance (light cruiser) 05.03.1923 - (08.1923) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke ] 16.06.1924 - 18.03.1929 attached to RAF 16.06.1924 - (01.)1925 pilot's course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon, Wilts. 23.10.1925 - (03.)1926 HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar) (for Fleet Air Arm) 03.04.1926 - (06.1928) Flight Commander, No. 403 Flight, FAA [HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier)] (China) 03.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China) 30.03.1930 - 09.06.1933 re-attached to RAF: 20.03.1930 - (03.)1931 Flight Commander, No. 408 Flight FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) 03.05.1931 - (01.)1932 Flight Commander, No. 408 Flight FAA [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 01.01.1932 - (05.)1933 Flight Commander, No. 408 Flight FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) 1933 - (06.)1933 Squadron Commander, Fighter Squadron 802 FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) 17.08.1933 - 14.05.1934 re-attached to RAF: 17.08.1933 - (03.)1934 Fleet Air Arm component, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) [attached to RAF as Squadron Leader RAF] 14.05.1934 - (08.)1934 tactical course, HM Dockyard Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 28.07.1934 - ? re-attached to RAF 03.09.1934 - (08.)1936 Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (10.1936)     no appointment listed 08.12.1936 - (10.1938) Commander, HMS London (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 02.01.1939 - (07.)1939 HMS President (for miscellaneous or special service) 1939 - (07.1945) also: Naval Equerry to the King 31.07.1939 - 09.10.1939 HMS Courageous (Courageous class aircraft carrier) (additional; for full flying duties & as Commander Flying) 10.10.1939 - 02.07.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh, Southampton) 05.07.1940 - 23.09.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) 25.09.1941 - 14.12.1941 HMS Victory (additional; whilst unemployed) 15.12.1941 - 05.05.1942 HMS Saker II (accounting base, Washington, DC, USA) (additional; initially intended for HMS Avenger (Archer class escort carrier), then for HMS Charger (escort Carrier), but  finally for HMS Biter (Archer class escort carrier)) 06.05.1942 - 18.08.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Biter (escort carrier) 02.09.1943 - 27.03.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton) 24.05.1944 - 05.06.1944 HMS Victory IV (additional; for home service leave) 06.06.1944 - 10.07.1944 HMS President (additional; 11.07.1944 - 25.09.1944 HMS Saker (additional; for duty on the staff of the British Admiralty Delegation & as Head of British Naval Air Service in USA & as Assistant Naval Attaché, Washington) 26.09.1944 - 22.10.1946 HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty as Naval Attaché, Washington & for duty on staff of British Admiralty Delegation & as Head of British Naval Air Service in the USA & as Naval Air Attaché) 23.10.1946 - 31.10.1946 HMS Victory IV (additional; for passage) 01.11.1946 - 10.11.1946 HMS Victory IV (additional; for part foreign service leave) 11.11.1946 - 22.11.1946 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Director of Naval Intelligence, for period not to exceed one month) 23.11.1946 - 21.05.1947 HMS Victory IV (additional; for balance of foreign service leave, end of war leave and while unemployed) 22.05.1947 - 23.06.1947 HMS President (additional; for tactical course) 24.06.1947 - 05.04.1949 Commanding Officer, HMS Triumph (aircraft carrier) & as Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to the Flag Officer (Air) & Second-in-Command, Mediterranean 08.01.1949 - 08.07.1949 also: Naval ADC to the King (02.)1950 - (05.1951) Vice-Controller (Air), Chief of Naval Air Equipment and Chief Naval Representative, Ministry of Supply 02.02.1953 - 1958 Flag Officer, Royal Yachts [HMS Britannia] JP 1958. HM Lieutenant for Selkirk, 16.02.1958-74. Extra Naval Equerry to the King/Queen since 01.03.1946.
Abelson, Cecil Edward Eldest son of Seymour Solomon Abelson (1872-1948), and Adèle Alexandra Conradi (1880-1910). Married (25.04.1942, Brundall Parish Church) Dr. Moyra Isobel Macnaughton-Jones (04.01.1905-23.04.1992), RAF Medical Service, younger daughter of Canon William Hudson Macnaughton-Jones (1874-1941) and Mabel Kate Cooper (1874-1968); two sons, one daughter.	19.09.1900 Hampstead, London - 12.10.1965 Knole Paddock, Sevenoaks, Kent	A/T/Instr.Lt. 21.09.1922 T/Instr.Lt. 1923?, seniority 21.09.1922 Instr.Lt. 08.03.1927, seniority 21.09.1922 Instr.Lt.Cdr. 21.09.1928 Instr.Cdr. 21.09.1936 (retd 14.01.1946; own request)	Education: St Paul's School (1917-1919); Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1922-1926; MA). Played cricket. 14.07.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Durban (cruiser) (China) (03.1926)     no appointment listed 04.1926 - (05.)1926 staff, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 20.07.1926 - (07.)1927 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) 15.12.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China) 18.01.1930 - (10.)1930 HMS Erebus (monitor; cadet training ship & turret drill ship, Devonport) 31.12.1930 - (01.)1932 staff, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.01.1932 - (08.)1934 HMS Valiant (battleship) (Home Fleet) 31.08.1934 - (08.)1936 HMS Emerald (cruiser) (East Indies) 31.08.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Emerald (cruiser) (East Indies) 15.06.1937 - (07.)1939 Port Education Officer, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 31.07.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Diomede (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 02.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Malaya (battleship) 25.06.1941 - (10.1944) RN Engineering College, Keyham  (01.1945) - (07.1945) Admiralty [HMS President] * Published: Common Map Projections (Graticules) Characteristics and Uses (1954). * indexed, but not listed as such
Ablett, Charles Kenneth Son (with one sister) of Charles Ablett (1880-1957), and Bertha Thorpe (1882-1968). Married ((09?).1938, Durham Western district) Marion Robson Scott (21.09.1912 - 07.10.2016), daughter (with two brothers) of Walter Scott (1884-1962), and Margaret Hurst (1883-1971); two sons..	03.05.1912 65, Millfield Road, York, Yorkshire - 02.02.1975 9, Deerness Road, Bishop Auckland, Western Durham district, Co. Durham	Prob.Schoolm. 30.09.1942 T/Schoolm. 30.09.1943 (reld 1946?)	Education: University of Durham (BA). 05.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Ariel (air radio & air mechanics training establishment, Warrington, Lancs) * Headmaster, Redworth Hall School, Northumberland. Headmaster, Windlestone Hall (Residential) School, Rushyford, Chilton (early 1970s). * (01.1945), (07.1945) & (04.1946) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Abraham, Albert John Son of Thomas Edward Abraham (1876-1948), and Bessie Jane Tallack (1875-1941).	19.05.1905 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 09.06.1940 (KIA) [age 35] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 2]	Electrical Artificer Apprentice ? [M.36135] ... ... A/Wt.Electr. 08.07.1934 Wt.Electr. ?, seniority 08.07.1934 Cd.Electr. 10.09.1938	(08.1934)     short course of instruction 07.08.1934 - (02.)1935 HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 02.05.1935 - 09.06.1940 HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (killed in action when ship was sunk in action with German battlecruisers Scharnhorst & Gneisenau near Narvik)
Abraham, Albert Reginald	12.06.1905 Skibbereen, Goleen district, Co. Cork, Eire - 17.03.1979 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Boy II 30.08.1921? [J.103789] ... ... Chief Petty Officer ? T/A/Gnr. ? T/Gnr. = T/A/Sen.Cd.Gnr. 21.11.1942 (retd 27.04.1946; warrant terminated, medically unfit) LSGCM 15.06.1938 - MID 01.01.1942 New Year 1942	(1938)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 23.07.1939 - (1941) HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) 14.12.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Brissenden (destroyer) (06.1943) - (06.1944) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * 06.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 08.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) * indexed, but not listed as such
Abraham, Arthur Russell Son of Thomas Abraham (1863?-), skilled labourer HM Dockyard Devonport, and Prudence Tremeer (1867?-).	24.10.1892 Morice Town, Devonport, Devon - 19.10.1975 Petersfield district, Hampshire	3rd Writer 03.12.1910 [M.2700] ... ... A/Wt.Writer 26.04.1932 Wt.Writer ?, seniority 26.04.1932 Cd.Writer 08.12.1936 Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 11.11.1939 (retd 24.10.1942; age) A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. (retd) = A/Lt.Cdr. (S) (retd) 29.10.1943? Lt.Cdr. (S) (retd) 16.12.1952 (reverted to retd 1950s) LSGCM 08.12.1925 - CorM 37 1937 -	(12.1925)     HMS Vivid (RN base, Plymouth) 01.08.1932 - (09.)1932 HMS Vivid (RN base, Plymouth) 22.11.1932 - (11.)1934 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (6th Submarine Flotilla) 17.12.1934 - (02.)1937 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 30.06.1937 - (07.)1939 HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) 12.07.1939 - (10.)1943 on staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Portland [HMS Boscawen] 29.10.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) (05.1953) - (01.1956) Staff Officer, Severn Division RNVR
Abraham, Nelson Crawshaw Son of T/Maj. Everard Cecil Abraham, RAMC (1888-1961), and Dorothy Tressé Cackett (1886-1945). Married ((09?).1948, Northumberland West district) Margaret Florence Bell (23.04.1922 - 04.1999). Lived at Hexham, Northumberland.	28.05.1923 Woolston, Rugby district, Warwickshire - 28.10.1999 Ross district, Gloucestershire / Herefordshire	Midsh. 01.09.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1942 S.Lt. 01.09.1942 Lt. 16.09.1944 A/Lt.Cdr. ? Lt.Cdr. 16.09.1952 (retd 28.05.1968; age)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.01.1937-; Grenville House; Admiralty No. 1724). 01.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Barham (battleship) 29.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Abdiel (minelayer) 01.05.1942 - (08.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 24.10.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Revenge (battleship) (04.1944) - (06.)1944 no appointment listed 16.09.1944 - 21.09.1944 observer, 830 Squadron Fleet Air Arm 22.09.1944 - (04.1946) observer, 827 Squadron Fleet Air Arm 21.06.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Scorpion (destroyer) 24.03.1950 - 10.09.1952 lent to Royal Australian Navy: 24.03.1950 - 03.05.1950 HMAS Cerberus II (additional; for passage to Australia aboard SS Strathaird) 04.05.1950 - 01.10.1950 HMAS Platypus (and for reserve ships Sydney) 02.10.1950 - 11.05.1952 HMAS Condamine 12.05.1952 - 17.06.1952 HMAS Watson (lent; for refresher course) 18.06.195 - 07.1952 HMAS Penguin (additional; for passage to UK per SS Orion) 07.1952 - 10.09.1952 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for foreign shore leave) 12.10.1952 - (07.)1954 HMS Orwell (frigate) 27.09.1954 - (01.)1955 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) (04.1955)     no appointment listed 09.05.1955 - (01.)1957 HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore) 02.09.1957 - (01.1959) Commanding Officer, HMS Reggio (01.1960) - (07.1961) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] * (02.1963) - (02.1964) HMS Mercury (school of maritime operations, communications and navigation faculty) * (02.1968)     Admiralty [HMS President] * * indexed, but not listed as such
Abraham, Robert George	10.09.1908 Hungerford district, Berkshire / Hampshire / Wiltshire - 20.01.1978 Rochester, Chatham district, Kent	Shipwright Apprentice ? [C/M.38472] ... ... Shipwright 2nd cl. ? A/T/Wt.Shipwright = T/Cd.Shipwright 24.10.1944 (reld > 07.1948, < 05.1949) LSGCM 03.10.1941 -	23.05.1941 - (10.1941) HMS Resource (fleet repair ship) (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Chinkara (landing craft base, Cochin) * (07.1948)     Boom Defences Department, Admiralty * * indexed, but not listed as such
Abrahams, Frank Caudrey Son of Walter Abrahams (1871?-1927), and Agnes Maria Caudrey (1875-1931). Married (23.04.1932) Linda Rose Jenny Cakebread (12.05.1908 - 08.1995); one son, one daughter.	03.04.1908 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 03.05.1964 Portsmouth, Hampshire (died of cancer)	Boy II 1924? [J.109402] ... ... A/Gnr. (T) 01.08.1940 Gnr. (T) ?, seniority 01.08.1940 A/Cd.Gnr. (T) 18.06.1945 Sen.Cd.Gnr. (T) 01.04.1949 Lt. (Special Duties) 01.01.1957 (retd 03.04.1958; age) MID 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 1942	03.09.1940 - 27.07.1942 HMS Amazon (destroyer) 28.07.1942 - 14.10.1942 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Brighton) 08.11.1942 - 29.03.1943 HMS Hannibal (base, Algiers) 03.04.1943 - 04.1944 HMS Ilex (destroyer) 04.1944 - 17.05.1944 HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) 18.05.1944 - 21.11.1944 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Brighton) 22.11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Chaplet (destroyer) 19.06.1945 - 24.07.1945 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Brighton) 07.1945 - 10.04.1946 served with the Flag Officer, Western Germany 22.04.1947 - 10.08.1947 HMS Vernon (TAS School, Portsmouth) (07.1948)     HMS Vernon (TAS School, Portsmouth) * 09.12.1948 - 10.09.1949 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) 08.09.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Vernon (TAS School, Portsmouth) 19.02.1951 - 20.01.1953 HMS Steepholm (minesweeping trawler) 21.01.1953 - (07.)1954 HMS Vernon (TAS School, Portsmouth) 11.10.1954 - 22.06.1955 HMS Plover (minelayer) 23.06.1955 - 30.06.1957 Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth [HMS Bellerophon] 30.06.1957 - 30.07.1957 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) After retiring he had great difficulty in finding a civilian job; he went on to work as a Clerical Officer for the Census Office (Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire) until he died in 1964. * indexed, but not listed as such
Abram, Rider Stewart Son (with two sisters) of Maj. Sir George Stewart Abram, Kt., MB, BCh, MRCS, LRCP, JP, RAMC (1866-1928), and Ethel May Rider, MBE, JP (1870-1956).	15.10.1904 Reading, Berkshire - 07.08.1968 hospital, Reading, Berkshire	Midsh. 15.09.1923 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1926 S.Lt. ?, seniority 15.12.1925 Lt. 15.12.1927 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1935 (retd 15.10.1949; age) A/Cdr. 03.03.1946? Cdr. (retd) 15.10.1949 DSC 13.06.1944 6 U-boats sunk in 10 days, 2nd Escort Group [decoration posted] CorM 37 1937 -	15.09.1922     entered RN 02.11.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) (03.1926)     no appointment listed 08.04.1926 - (05.1926) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 16.01.1927 - (07.1927) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Excellent] 03.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Ambrose (submarine depot ship) (additional; for submarines) 15.04.1929 - (08.)1930 First Lieutenant, HMS H 23 (submarine) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Alecto] [obtained aviator's licence (No. 9080) taken on an Avian 30/80 h.p. Cirrus II at the Hampshire Aeroplane Club, 26.04.1930] 01.09.1930 - (03.)1931 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 30.11.1931 - (05.)1933 First Lieutenant, HMS L 19 (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Lucia] 03.05.1933 - (06.)1933 HMS Douglas (submarine flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) (for submarines) 11.11.1933 - (03.)1934 First Lieutenant, HMS Regent (submarine) [tender to HMS Douglas] 30.04.1934 - (08.)1934 submarine Commanding Officer's course [HMS Dolphin] 27.08.1934 - (11.)1934 First Lieutenant, HMS Selkirk (twin screw minesweeper) (1st Minesweeping Flotilla) 09.11.1934 - (07.)1935 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 07.11.1935 - (02.)1937 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 16.04.1937 - (08.)1938 HMS Caledonia (boys' training ship, Rosyth) 13.09.1938 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Falcon (river gunboat) (China) 11.11.1941 - 12.02.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Sennen (escort) 04.1943 - 12.06.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Pheasant (sloop) 06.1943 - 02.11.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Magpie (sloop) 14.11.1944 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Tees (frigate) 03.03.1946 - (04.)1946 Maintenance Commander, HMS Lochinvar (minesweeping base, Granton) 24.09.1946 - (07.1948) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
Abrams, Arthur Humphris "Robin" Youngest son of Lt. Lawrence Golding Abrams, Army Service Corps (1883?-1918), and Phyllis Mabel Godfree (1883-1970) (from 1925 Mrs Herbert de l'Isle Booth, of Eastbourne, Sussex). Married 1st (15.03.1940, Christ Church, Mayfair, Westminster district, London) Phyllis Morison Evans ((06?).1916 - 1983?), widow of F/O Alfred John Whillier (died 25.08.1937), and daughter of Horace S. Evans, and Amreeta J.M. Morison (?-1938), of Farnham, Surrey (marriage dissolved 12.1949; she remarried Lt.Cdr. Norman John Parker, DSC, RN); two sons. Married 2nd (02.02.1950, Edinburgh) Pamela De Quincey (née Chadwick) ((09?).1921 - 04.1967); two sons.	21.01.1914 Fulham district, Greater London - 15.11.1968 Dromana, Victoria, Australia (died in a shooting accident) [Dromana Cemetery, Vict., Australia]	Cadet 01.05.1931 Midsh. 01.01.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1934 S.Lt. 16.01.1935 Lt.  16.10.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 22.10.1942? [acting rank] A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 [appointed rank] Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1945 Cdr. 30.06.1949 Capt. 30.06.1956 (General List 01.01.1957) (retd 15.12.1958) RAF:   (T) F/O 13.09.1936 F/O 13.09.1937 DSC 29.07.1941 Battle of Cape Matapan [investiture 12.05.1942]	25.04.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 16.06.1932 - (03.)1934 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.05.1934 - 06.01.1935 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 07.01.1935 - (07.)1935 promotion course, Portsmouth 07.09.1935 - (08.)1936 HMS Galatea (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 13.09.1936 - (07.)1937 pilot's course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Leuchars [attached to RAF] 24.08.1937     HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 03.01.1938 - (05.)1939 TSR Squadron 821 [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier), later (at least since 04.1939) HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] [attached to RAF] (07.1939) - (04.)1940 Fleet Air Arm 18.09.1940 - (10.)1940 767 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station Arbroath)] 24.11.1940 - (02.)1941 826 Squadron FAA, HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier) 27.07.1941 - (12.1941) 775 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria)] ? - (08.1942) HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) * 22.10.1942 - 11.1943 Commanding Officer, 818 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm [initially HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 08.11.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) 28.06.1945 - 04.02.1946 Naval Air Organisation Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.02.1946 - (04.)1947 Naval Air Organisation and Training Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1948)     no appointment listed 28.01.1949 - (05.1949) HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth) 08.02.1950 - (05.1951) HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) 11.06.1952 - 07.1954 Commander (Air), HMCS Magnificent (light aircraft carrier) [on loan to RCN] 05.07.1954 - (01.1956) Naval Air Organisation and Training Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 07?.1956     Joint Services Staff College (01.1957)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 01?.1957 - 1958 Commanding Officer, HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex) * indexed, but not listed as such
Acheson, Douglas Harold Youngest son (with four brothers and three sisters) of John Fleetwood Acheson (1855?-1922), and Jessie McNicol (1865?-1958), of Lambeth, London, later of Sydenham, Kent. Brother of Maj. Patrick Merrick Acheson, RAMC. Married (25.07.1936, St Jude's, Kensington, London) Dora Valerie King (15.10.1912-12.1998), only child of Mr & Mrs A.S. King, of Herne Hill; ... children (one son?).	16.03.1908 Lambeth, London - 08.03.1987 Shalford, Guildford, Surrey South-Western  district, Surrey	Midsh. (E) 01.01.1927 S.Lt. (E) 01.05.1929 Lt. (E) 01.07.1931 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.07.1939 (retd 16.03.1951; age) A/Cdr. (E) > 08.1939, < 08.1942 Cdr. (E) (retd) 16.03.1951	Education: Westminster School (19.01.1922-04.1925). 13.01.1927 - (10.1930) engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham 06.01.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) (01.1933)     no appointment listed 02.03.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (for submarines) 01.1934 - (07.1935) HMS Osiris (submarine) (China) (02.1936)     no appointment listed 28.03.1936 - (04.1946) Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 13.01.1947 - (05.)1949 Assistant to Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.08.1949 - (05.1953) Admiralty [HMS President] * AMIMechE. * (01.1956) still indexed, but not listed as such
Acheson, Michael Ernest Brabazon Son (with one brother and one sister) of Capt. Patrick George Edward Cavendish Acheson, DSO, MVO, RN (1883-1957), and Norah Wiseman Jones (1894-1970), of Chipstead, Surrey. Brother of Lt. Nicholas Archibald Edward Patrick Acheson, RN, and of Blanche Theodosia Acheson, who married Cdr. Oliver Russell Moore, RN.	17.12.1923 Farnham district, Surrey - 05.10.1944 (KIA) [age 20] [Yeovilton Churchyard RNAS extension, E.1]	Midsh. 01.05.1941 T/A/S.Lt. 01.01.1943 S.Lt. 16.04.1943	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (Blake House; Admiralty No. 1829; 01.09.1937-1940). 11.07.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Valiant (battleship) 30.04.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Kent (cruiser) 06.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Puckeridge (destroyer) (10.1943)     no appointment listed (12.1943) - 06.1944 HMS Canada (base, Halifax, NS) 24.06.1944 - (10.)1944 pilot, HMS Macaw (RN Air Station, Bootle Station) ? - 05.10.1944 HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton) (flying accident)
Acheson, Nicholas Archibald Edward Patrick Son (with one brother and one sister) of Capt. Patrick George Edward Cavendish Acheson, DSO, MVO, RN (1883-1957), and Norah Wiseman Jones (1894-1970), of Chipstead, Surrey. Brother of S.Lt. Michael Ernest Brabazon Acheson, RN, and of Blanche Theodosia Acheson, who married Cdr. Oliver Russell Moore, RN.	23.05.1917 South Queensferry, Scotland - 29.05.1941 (KIA) [age 24] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]	Cadet 01.09.1934 Midsh. 01.05.1935 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1937 S.Lt. 16.01.1938 Lt. 01.03.1939 MID 11.09.1940 "recent engagements"	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 01.09.1934 - (02.)1935 cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) 13.04.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (China) 15.05.1937 - (07.)1937 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet) 30.08.1937 - (02.)1938 promotion course, Portsmouth 19.05.1938 - (04.1940) HMS Dainty (destroyer) (10.1940)     no appointment listed (02.1941)     no appointment listed ? - 29.05.1941 HMS Hereward (destroyer) (missing, presumed killed when ship was sunk by Italian aircraft off Crete)
Ackerman, John Christian Son of John Ackerman, and Annie Ackerman ? Married Honoria "Hanora" Kate ... (1892? - 28.12.1965)	17.06.1885 Soho, London - 23.03.1952 Cosham, Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Boy II 21.06.1901 [214895] ... ... Gnr. 22.05.1913 Cd.Gnr. 22.05.1923 Lt. 23.04.1931 (retd 17.06.1935; age) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 23.04.1939 (dispersed 25.06.1945) (reverted to retd 26.06.1945) MBE 03.06.1935 HM's birthday 1935	11.06.1913     commissioned RN ? - (01.1919) HM PC 62 (patrol boat) 01.02.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for dagger duties) 17.01.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.01.1926 - (05.)1926 HMS Bruce (flotilla leader) (Atlantic Fleet) 25.11.1926 - (06.)1928 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for anti-gas school) 14.12.1928 - (04.)1930 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (08.1930)     no appointment listed 01.09.1930 - (03.)1931 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 01.10.1931 - (01.)1933 HMS Boyne (fishery protection gunboat (trawler) 11.02.1933 - 17.06.1935 HMS Victory (base, Portsmouth) (for command of "Victory" ship) 17.08.1937 - 25.06.1945 Boom Defence Depot Rosyth [HMS Greenwich (additional, from 01.06.1938 HMS Cochrane (additional), from 09.04.1940 HMS Rooke (additional)]
Ackery, Alan Melville Youngest son (with two brothers) of Henry Melville Ackery, MIEE (1870-1950), an electrical engineer serving with the Admiralty, of Gomshall, Surrey, and Mary Elizabeth Magee (1867?-1927). Brother of W/Cdr. Edward Melville Ackery, RAFVR, and W/Cdr. William Melville Ackery, RAFVR. Cousin of Lt (E) John Esmond Ackery, RN. Married (29.09.1941, St Cuthbert's Church, Monkton, Ayrshire) Jean Mary Hamilton-Campbell (05.07.1909-10.1988), widow of Lt. D.S. Massy-Dawson, RN (1908-1940), and daughter of Lt.Col. William Kentigern Hamilton-Campbell (1865-1917), and Edith Agnes Angus.	01.05.1904 Portsmouth, Portsea district, Hampshire - 14.12.1998 The Dower House Nursing Home, Headbourne, Worthy, Winchester, Hampshire	Paym.Cadet 12.01.1922 Paym.Midsh. 12.01.1923 A/Paym.S.Lt. ? Paym.S.Lt. 12.01.1925 Paym.Lt. 12.01.1927 Paym.Lt.Cdr. 12.01.1935 Paym.Cdr. = Cdr. (S) 30.06.1941 (retd 01.05.1954; age) OBE 01.01.1944 New Year 1944 [investiture 11.05.1945]	Education: Champion Hill School; Dulwich College (09.1915-12.1921; Blew House, Grenville (athletic house)). 12.01.1922 - (04.)1922 HMS Thunderer (battleship) 01.09.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Warspite (battleship) 10.01.1924 - (05.1926) HMS Cairo (cruiser) (East Indies) 07.01.1927 - (06.1928) staff, Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station [HMS Birmingham (cruiser)] (for duty in Admiral's office) 13.04.1929 - (03.)1931 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 22.12.1931 - (06.)1933 staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 16.12.1933 - (07.1935) Secretary to Captain of the Fleet, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)] 07.01.1936 - (02.)1938 HMS Apollo (cruiser) (America and West Indies) (06.1938) - (10.1938) no appointment listed 12.11.1938 - (09.)1939 HMS Herald (surveying ship) 11.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) (for duty in office of Commodore, Malaya) 24.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Cairo (cruiser) 14.05.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (08.1943)     no appointment listed (10.1943) - (11.)1943 HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) ?? 15.11.1943 - (06.)1944 Base Accountant Officer, Inverness [HMS Monster]  (10.)1944 - 01.1946 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 15.01.1946 - (07.1948) HMS Tamar (05.1949)     no appointment listed 14.05.1950 - (05.1951) HMS Collingwood 25.03.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Bellerophon * indexed, but not listed as such
Ackery, John Esmond Son of Alan Philip Ackery (1879-1945), and Olive Hume Simpson (1878-1934). Cousin of Cdr. (S) Alan Melville Ackery, RN, W/Cdr. Edward Melville Ackery, RAFVR, and W/Cdr. William Melville Ackery, RAFVR. Married ((06?).1938, Staines district, Middlesex) Betty Lilian Gladstone (26.10.1910-01.01.1988), later 2nd Officer WRNS. She remarried (22.12.1945) Cdr. (later Adm. Sir) Royston Hollis Wright, (GBE, KCB), DSC and Bar, RN.	05.11.1912 Lambeth district, Greater London - 01.08.1940 (MPK) [age 27] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 37, column 1]	Cadet (E) 01.09.1930 Midsh. (E) 01.09.1931 S.Lt. (E) 01.11.1933 Lt. (E) 01.11.1935 DSC 28.06.1940 submarine action against the enemy [presented to next-of-kin]	Education: Dulwich College (summer 1926-1930; was in 3rd XI). 17.09.1931 - (02.)1935 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham 01.05.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Adventure (minelayer) (China) 28.05.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (China) (07.1937)     no appointment listed 30.08.1937 - 1937 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for course) 11.12.1937 - (10.)1938 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 29.11.1938 - 01.08.1940 Engineer Officer, HMS Narwhal (minelaying submarine) (missing, presumed killed when ship was mined & lost off Norway 23.07.1940)
Acland, [Sir] Hubert Guy Dyke; 4th Baronet (cr. 1890, succ. 1970) Youngest son of Adm. Sir William Alison Dyke Acland, 2nd Bt, CVO, RN (1847-1924), and Hon. Emily Anna Smith (1859-1942), author of several novels, daughter of late Viscountess Hambleden and late Rt Hon. W.H. Smith. Brother of Col. Sir W.H.D. Acland. Succeeded brother, 1970. Married (21.08.1915, All Saints, Dorchester) Lalage Mary Kathleen Acland (18.02.1889 - 05.05.1961), eldest daughter of Capt. John Edward Acland (1848-1932) and Norah Letitia Nugent Bankes (1858-1938), of Dorchester; two sons (Maj. A.G. Acland & (Maj. J.A. Acland, DSO). Cousin of Capt. K.F.D. Acland, RN (retd). Residence: (1930s) Plympton, Plymouth, Devon.	08.06.1890 St George Hanover Square, London - 06.05.1978 Isle of Wight	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.11.1909 Lt. 15.11.1910 Lt.Cdr. 15.11.1918 Cdr. 31.12.1924 Capt. 30.06.1932 (retd 06.02.1942) (dispersed 24.11.1945) (reverted to retd 27.01.1946) DSO 08.03.1920 for distinguished services as Gunnery Officer of the First Destroyer Flotilla, Baltic JubM 35 1935 - CorM 37 1937 -	Education: Bradfield. 15.01.1905     joined RN (01.1908)     midshipman, HMS Good Hope (Channel Fleet) 1914 - 1919 served European War (despatches, DSO) ? - (01.1919) Gunnery Officer, HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar) 16.12.1920 - (04.)1922 Gunnery Officer, HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar) (and for 9th Destroyer Flotilla in peace) 28.07.1922 - (07.1923) Gunnery Officer, HMS Centaur (light cruiser) 28.07.1924 - (01.)1925 Gunnery Officer, HMS Thunderer (battleship) (Reserve Fleet) (and for Gunnery duties with Reserve Fleet) 30.03.1925 - (02.)1927 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1927)     no appointment listed 19.12.1927 - (08.1929) Fleet Gunnery Officer, China Station [HMS Kent (cruiser)] (04.1930) - (08.)1930 no appointment listed 20.08.1930 - (10.)1930 Commanding Officer, HMS Castor (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 19.12.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) (09.1932)     no appointment listed (01.1933)     no appointment listed 13.03.1933 - (06.)1933 senior officers'  war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 02.10.1933 - (01.)1934 course at Senior Officers' School, Sheerness (03.1934)     no appointment listed 12.03.1934 - (07.)1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Halcyon (sloop) & SO 1st Minesweeping Flotilla 01.08.1935 - (02.)1936 Captain Fishery Protection and Minesweeping Flotilla [HMS Harebell] 11.05.1936 - (08.)1936 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) 10.1936 - (10.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS Centurion (target vessel) (01.1937) - (02.1937) no appointment listed 05.02.1937 - 28.09.1938 lent to Royal Australian Navy:  05.02.1937 - 18.02.1937 London Depot 19.02.1937 - 04.04.1937 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to Wellington, New Zealand per [Mataroa?], arriving 27.03.1937) 05.04.1937 - 18.04.1938 Commanding Officer, HMAS Australia (cruiser) (Australia) 19.04.1938 - 28.09.1938 Commanding Officer, HMAS Albatross (seaplane carrier) (Australia) 29.09.1938 - 14.12.1938 Commanding Officer, HMAS Albatross (seaplane carrier) (while being paid off in the UK) [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] (additional) 15.12.1938 - 22.01.1939 lent to Royal Australian Navy (FS leave) 23.01.1939 - 24.03.1939 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth] (for Tactical School - tactical investigation) 25.03.1939 - 30.03.1939 lent to Royal Australian Navy (for completion of FS leave) 06.08.1939 - 18.10.1939 Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Devonport [HMS Drake IV] 19.10.1939 - 05.11.1939 HMS Victory (additional; whilst unemployed) 06.11.1939 - 10.02.1941 in charge of Gunnery School, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 02.1941 - 14.03.1941 HMS Vindictive (fleet repair ship) (additional) 15.03.1941 - 11.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Vindictive (fleet repair ship) 08.07.1941 - 06.02.1942 also: Naval ADC to the King 17.12.1942 - 31.01.1943 HMS Victory IV (additional; for full pay service leave) 01.02.1943 - 28.04.1943 HMS Victory (additional; for disposal) 29.04.1943 - 14.11.1943 Maintenance Captain to Commander-in-Chief Rosyth [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)] 15.11.1943 - 31.08.1945 Maintenance Captain to the Flag Officer-in-Charge Northern Ireland [HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast)] 01.09.1945 - 24.11.1945 Chief Staff Officer & Maintenance Captain to the Flag Officer-in-Charge Northern Ireland [HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast)]
Acland, Kenneth Francis Dyke Son of Francis Edward Dyke Acland (1857-1943), and Marion Sarah Macrorie (1864-1937). Cousin of Capt. H.G.D. Acland, RN (retd). Married 1st (15.07.1919, St Paul's Church, Edinburgh; marriage dissolved 1946) Katherine Farquharson Baillie (1889-), daughter of Robert Granbery Baillie (1857-1896) and Kate Farquharson Finlay (?-1940); one daughter. Married 2nd (04.04.1946, Poole district, Dorset) Jean Elspeth Clare Mackenzie (21.02.1905-03.11.1979), daughter of R.Adm. Colin Mackenzie, CIE, DSO (1872-1968), and Clare Homan (widow of Henry Stafford Harris).	16.10.1890 Chelsea, London - 30.04.1975 Quartier St Michel, Vence, France	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.03.1910 Lt. 15.06.1911 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1919 (retd 24.04.1933) Cdr. (retd) 24.04.1933 (reverted to retd > 10.1946, < 10.1948; granted War Service Rank of Capt.) A/Capt. (retd) 06.08.1940	15.09.1905     entered RN (01.1908)     midshipman, HMS Dreadnought (Home Fleet) ? - (01.1919) HMS Inconstant (light cruiser) 14.07.1921 - (04.1922) Gunnery Officer, HMS Mackay (flotilla leader, 4th Destroyer Flotilla) 07.01.1923 - (01.1925) Gunnery Officer, HMS Carlisle (cruiser) (China) (03.1926)     no appointment listed 07.04.1926 - (05.)1926 HMS Yarmouth (cruiser) (Portsmouth) 05.08.1926 - 13.12.1927 an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Woolwich (temporary; on probation) 14.12.1927 - (06.)1928 2nd Assistant to Superintendent of Design, War Office [borne on Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty] 15.10.1928 - (01.)1933 an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Glasgow 04.1933 - (07.1935) Inspecting Officer of Naval Ordnance, Mediterranean Station 01.1936 - (02.)1936 Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Woolwich 02.11.1936 - 30.06.1940 Assistant to Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President (additional)] 01.07.1940 - 08.10.1941 Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Manchester Area [HMS President (additional)] (from 06.08.1940 as A/Capt.) 09.10.1941 - 25.01.1942 HMS President (additional; for time only) 26.01.1942 - 11.1942 Deputy Chief Inspector Naval Ordnance (G), Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty 16.11.1942 - (10.1946) Superintendent, RN Cordite Factory, Holton Heath (10.1947)     no appointment listed
Acworth, Herbert Bernard Son of Capt. Bernard Acworth, DSO, RN (1885-1963), and Phyllis Doreen Bousefield Long (1890-1962), of Hayling Island, Hampshire. Brother of S.Lt. Peter Carr Glynn Acworth, RN. Married ((06?).1956, Surrey North Western district) Enid Leila Byers-de-Gray (01.05.1908 - 03.1991).	14.05.1911 The Cottage, Newport, Fife, Scotland - 11.02.1975 hospital, Southampton district, Hampshire	Midsh. 01.05.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1931 S.Lt. 01.03.1932 Lt. 01.03.1934 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1942 Cdr. 31.12.1946 (retd 28.11.1955; own request) OBE 17.02.1942 bombed & towed to harbour [investiture 14.04.1942]	19.04.1929 - (03.)1931 HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 24.09.1931 - (01.)1932 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.04.1932 - (09.)1932 promotion course, Portsmouth 08.11.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Diamond (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (03.1934)     no appointment listed (08.1934)     no appointment listed 04.09.1934 - (02.)1935 HMS Campbell (flotilla leader) (Home Fleet) 27.05.1935 - (07.)1937 HMS Faulknor (destroyer, flotilla leader) (Home Fleet) 11.08.1937 - (02.)1941 HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (China) 25.06.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Puckeridge (destroyer) 09.01.1942 - 10.05.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Fernie (destroyer) 07.06.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Rocket (destroyer) (04.1946)     HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall) (07.1948)     no appointment listed (05.1949)     no appointment listed 04.1950 - (05.1951) Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Glendhu 28.01.1952 - (05.1953) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) 12.07.1954 - (04.1955) Commanding Officer, RN Barracks, Camarata [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
Acworth, Herbert William Son of William Acworth, and Maye Stewart Esmé Foote (1881?-1918), of Little Donnystone, Chobham, Surrey. Married (10.10.1933, Busbridge Parish Church, Godalming, Guildford district, Surrey) Isabel May Buzzard (01.12.1910 - 16.06.1999), youngest daughter of Sir Edward Farquhar Buzzard, 1st Bt (1871-1945), and May Bliss (1875-1951), of Munstead Grange, Godalming; two sons, two daughters.	22.08.1907 Paddington, London - 11.03.1987 Hillingdon, Greater London	Cadet 15.09.1925 Midsh. 15.05.1926 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1928 S.Lt. 01.04.1929 Lt. 01.05.1930 Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1938 Cdr. 30.06.1943 (retd 23.08.1954; own request) MID 17.06.1941 enemy aircraft attack 10.01.1941	15.05.1921     entered RN 15.09.1925 - (02.)1927 HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Atlantic) 03.05.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Tiger (battlecruiser) (Portsmouth) 04.01.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 04.1929 - (08.)1929 promotion course, Portsmouth 31.10.1929 - (01.)1932 HMS Viceroy (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 15.06.1932 - (09.)1932 First Lieutenant, HMS Dart (fishery protection gunboat) 29.09.1932 - (06.)1933 qualifying for gunnery duties, HMS Excellent 28.10.1933 - (08.)1934 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 12.10.1934 - (02.)1937 HMS Despatch (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 15.06.1937 - (05.)1939 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 03.07.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) (despatches) 01.08.1941 - (08.)1943 Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 21.09.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) 19.04.1945 - 31.01.1946 Tactical, Torpedo and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 31.01.1946 - (04.1946) Service Conditions Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 22.06.1948 - (05.)1949 staff, British Joint Services Mission, Washington, DC [HMS Saker] 27.06.1949 - (05.)1951 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) 29.10.1951 - (05.1953) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) (07.1954)     no appointment listed
Acworth, Peter Carr Glynn Son of Capt. Bernard Acworth, DSO, RN (1885-1963), and Phyllis Doreen Bousefield Long (1890-1962), of Hayling Island, Hampshire. Brother of Cdr. Herbert Bernard Acworth, OBE, RN.	06.02.1923 Gerrards Cross, Eton district, Berkshire - 30.05.1943 (KIA) [age 20] [Dunoon Cemetery, South 3. Coll. grave 26-50]	Midsh. 01.09.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1942 S.Lt. 10.10.1942, seniority 01.05.1942	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (Grenville House; Admiralty No. 1680; 01.09.1936-...). (10.1940) - (02.1941) HMS Nigeria (cruiser) * 09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Beagle (destroyer) 01.05.1942 - (08.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth 01.12.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Upright (submarine) 21.02.1943 - 30.05.1943 HMS Untamed (submarine) (killed in action when ship was sunk in Firth of Clyde) * indexed, but not listed as such
Adair, Walter Alexander Son of Col. Alexander Cecil Adair (1872-1948), and Gwendolyn Florence May Wynne (1883-1958), of Mauchline Castle, Ayrshire, later of The Cloisters, Chichester, Sussex. Engaged (07.1937, Bermuda) Joan Dorothea Middleditch ((06?).1918 - ), only daughter of Capt. George E. Middleditch, and Millicent M.J. Townson, of Carshalton, Surrey. Married 1st (10.12.1938, Leeds, Hollingbourne district, Kent) Hazel Lithgow ((09?).1918 - 12.1984) [she remarried (1948) Robert G. Parker], only daughter of Lt.Col. & Mrs Ernest George R. Lithgow (1883-1964), and Doris Balfour, of Leeds, Kent; one daughter. Married 2nd (04.09.1948, Chelsea district, London) Joan Margaret Heath (29.10.1925 - ), eldest daughter of Reginald H. "Rex" Heath, and Joan M. Mott, of Ravenshoe, Reigate; one daughter, one son. Married 3rd (19.01.1961, Westminster district, London) Cynthia Patricia Mills ((09?).1926 - 27.05.2012), daughter of ... Mills, and ... Parry; one daughter. [Interview about Cynthia Mills' service with Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps in Korea, 1952-1953].	13.05.1911 Hull, Sculcoates district, Yorkshire - 12.04.1985 Midhurst, West Sussex	Cadet 01.09.1928 Midsh. 01.05.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1931 S.Lt. 01.01.1932 Lt. 01.02.1933 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1941 Cdr. 30.06.1943 Capt. 31.12.1947 (General List 01.01.1957) (retd 07.01.1957) Cdre. 1st cl. 12.12.1955? DSO 19.05.1953 Korea [investiture 27.10.1953] OBE 01.01.1945 New Year 1945 LM 15.02.1955 Korea 02-05.1952	Education: RN College (1925-1928). 25.08.1928 - (10.)1930 HMS Barham (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 02.12.1930 - (09.)1931 HMS Valiant (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 24.09.1931 - (01.)1932 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.04.1932 - (09.)1932 promotion course, Portsmouth 21.11.1932 - (06.)1933 HMS Brazen (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 18.10.1933 - (02.)1935 HMS Boadicea (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (03.1935)     no appointment listed 15.04.1935 - (10.)1935 course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth 12.10.1935 - (03.)1938 Navigating Officer, HMS Dundee (patrol sloop / escort vessel) (America and West Indies) (06.1938)     no appointment listed 02.07.1938 - (08.)1938 Navigating Officer, HMS Pegasus (seaplane carrier) (Portsmouth) 12.09.1938 - (11.)1938 First Class Ship Course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 03.12.1938 - (07.)1939 HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 31.07.1939 - (05.)1940 Navigating Officer, HMS Calypso (cruiser) (06.1940)     no appointment listed 17.06.1940 - (08.)1940 Navigating Officer, HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (10.1940)     HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) * (12.)1940 - (04.)1941 Navigating Officer, HMS Capetown (cruiser) [date of appointment shown as 03.08.1940] 29.03.1941 - (10.)1941 Navigating Officer, HMS Manchester (cruiser) 01.12.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 16.01.1942 - (06.)1943 Navigating Officer, HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) 25.07.1943 - (06.)1944 Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in- Chief Mediterranean [HMS Hannibal (base, Algiers / Taranto)] 09.07.1944 - (07.)1945 Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean [HMS Byrsa (base, Naples)] (10.1945)     no appointment listed 05.01.1946 - (07.1946) Commander [= Executive Officer], HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) 10.03.1947 - (04.)1947 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 14.07.1947 - 06.09.1948 Naval Assistant to First Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] 21.09.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 30.05.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) (05.1951)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 02.1952 - (05.)1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Cossack 12.10.1953 - (04.)1955 Director of Tactical Ship Requirements and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.12.1955 - (01.1956) Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet [HMS Tyne] Grain shipping company executive. * indexed, but not listed as such
Adam, Charles Keith Second son (with one brother and two sisters) of William Keith Adam (1861-1900), and Jane Emily Leake (/-1952), of Katanning, Western Australia. Married (28.01.1939, St Paul's Episcopal Church, Kinross) Barbara Eunice Marindin ((09?).1905 - 17.01.1988), youngest daughter of Maj.Gen. Arthur Henry Marindin, CB, DSO (1868-1947), and Gertrude Florence Evelyn Wilmot­Chetwode (1899-1954), of Fordel, Glenfarg, Perthshire; one son, three daughters.	29.04.1891 Perth, Australia - 14.12.1971 Blair Adam, Kinross­shire	Cadet ? Midsh. 15.05.1909 S.Lt. 30.11.1911 Lt. 30.10.1913 Lt.Cdr. 30.10.1921 (retd 29.04.1934; own request) Cdr. (retd) 29.04.1934 A/Capt. (retd) 29.06.1942 (dispersed 21.12.1945) (reverted to retd 16.02.1946) DSO 08.12.1942 Russian convoy PQ18 09.1942 [investiture 11.05.1943] LoP 1944? Operation Neptune Order of St Anne of Russia, 3rd Class, 1920; Cross of Boyaca (Colombia), 1936.	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth (15.09.1903-...). 1916 - 1919 served European War: 1916 - 1919 commanded destroyers 1919 - 1920 British Military Mission, S. Russia 20.01.1922 - (08.1923) Commanding Officer, HMS Gnat (river gunboat) 14.07.1924 - (05.1926) Executive Officer, HMS Ceres (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (02.1927)     no appointment listed 25.02.1927 - (07.1927) Executive Officer, HMS Calliope (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet) 11.01.1928 - (04.)1930 HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship, Rosyth, Scotland) (for maintenance reserve destroyers) (08.1930)     no appointment listed 04.09.1930 - (03.)1931 Commanding Officer, HMS Dee (fishery protection gunboat (trawler)) 26.05.1931 - (06.)1933 Commanding Officer, HMS Dart (fishery protection gunboat) (01.1934) - (03.1934) no appointment listed 1934 - 1937 Colombian Navy (Capitan di Navio) 07.06.1939 - 10.06.1941 HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (additional; for defence arrangements at Rosyth; temporary) 11.06.1941 - 23.06.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Rion (armed yacht) 24.06.1942 - 28.06.1942 HMS Ulster Queen (auxiliary anti-aircraft cruiser) (additional) 29.06.1942 - 19.04.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Ulster Queen (auxiliary anti-aircraft cruiser) (as A/Capt.) 20.04.1943 - 09.05.1943 HMS Shrapnel (base, Southampton) (additional) 10.05.1943 - 12.04.1944 HMS Shrapnel (base, Southampton) (additional; as Commanding Officer, Combined Operations Naval Unit, Calshot) 13.04.1944 - 1944 HMS Shrapnel (base, Southampton) (additional; as Commanding Officer, Combined Operations Naval Unit, Calshot & as Principal Collecting Officer, Calshot) 1944 - 26.03.1945 HMS Shrapnel (base, Southampton) (additional; not to join) 27.03.1945 - 17.10.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Beachy Head (escort repair ship) 18.10.1945 - 11.12.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Caradoc (cruiser) Convener, Kinross­shire County Council, 1954-1960. Member of Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers), 1941. Justice of the Peace (JP) Kinross­shire, 1937; Deputy Lieutenant (DL), 1939; Lord Lieutenant of County of Kinross, 15.01.1955-27.05.1966.
Adam, James John	29.05.1911 Bethnal Green, London - 24.05.1980 Chichester district	Boy  II 1924? [JX.129441] ... ... A/Wt.Telegr. 09.01.1944 Wt.Telegr. = Cd.El.Offr. ?, seniority 09.01.1944 Sen.Cd.El.Offr. 01.04.1952 El.Lt. (R) (Special Duties List) 01.01.1957 (retd 29.05.1961; age)	15.02.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Kent (cruiser) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 17.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Scotia (signals training establishment, Doonfoot, Ayr) 16.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Mercury (signal school, nr. Petersfield) 05.04.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Ausonia (repair ship) 28.04.1950 - (05.)1950 HMS Abercrombie (monitor; turret drill ship, Chatham) 05.11.1950 - (05.)1953 HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) 20.08.1953 - (04.)1955 instructional staff, HMS Collingwood (naval electrical school, Fareham, Hants.) 03.08.1955 - (01.1957) HMS Sea Eagle (joint anti-submarine school, Londonderry) (01.1959) - (01.1960) HMS President * * indexed, but not listed as such
Adam, Lionel Stewart Moncrieffe Son (with five brothers and three sisters) of James Adam (1850-1900), and Edith Emma Drew (1853-1908). Married (06.1913, Blean, Kent) Gladys Heaton; ... children (two sons?), one of them being Sg.Lt. Patrick Alan Adam, RNVR.	15.11.1888 West Malling, Kent - 25.02.1955 Hythe, Folkestone district, Kent	Midsh. (1906) A/S.Lt. 30.01.1908 S.Lt. 30.01.1909, seniority 30.01.1908 Lt. 01.10.1910 (retd 26.04.1920; own request) Cdr. (retd) 15.11.1928 (dispersed 31.10.1945) (reverted to retd 27.12.1945)	15.05.1903     joined RN 10.07.1906     HMS Implacable 16.02.1909     HMS Royal Arthur 1909     HMS Hyacinth (on recommissioning) 1911     HMS Superb 26.08.1939 - 22.06.1942 Equipment Officer on staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Tyne [HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)] 23.06.1942 - 31.07.1942 HMS Vernon (H) (additional) 01.08.1942 - 31.12.1943 HMS Vernon (R) (training establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (additional; for duty as CVEO (M) & CM HMS [...]) (from 01.11.1943 as A/Cdr.) 01.01.1944 - 31.10.1945 HMS Vernon (training establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (additional; as STO (M&C/M)) (as A/Cdr.)
Adam, the Reverend William Married Helen ...; four children.	1917 ? - 05.1997 nursing home, Edinburgh, Scotland	T/Chaplain 05.04.1945 (reld 1946?)	Education: BD. 05.04.1945     Naval Chaplain (Church of Scotland) 14.08.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) Retired in 1982 and spent 24 years as minister of St Athernase Church, Leuchars, and Guardbridge Parish Church. Former moderator of St Andrews Presbytery, he also served on the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
Adams, Alan George Son of ... Adams, and ... Ivory.	(12?).1916 Eastry district, Kent - 21.03.1964 Rainham, Chatham district, Kent	A/Gnr. 01.10.1941 Gnr. ?, seniority 01.10.1941 A/Cd.Gnr. 01.10.1945 Sen.Cd.Gnr. 01.10.1948 Lt. (Special Duties) 01.01.1957 (retd 04.06.1959)	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 12.01.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Liverpool (cruiser) 04.11.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Sussex (cruiser) (for D/F duties) 16.10.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Anson (battleship) 16.04.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Wildfire (RPT School, Sheerness) 21.03.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Liverpool (05.1951)     no appointment listed 22.08.1951 - (05.1953) HMS Neptune 14.05.1954 - (07.)1954 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 15.09.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Jamaica (01.1957)     HMS Neptune * (01.1959)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Adams, Albert Edney Son of Albert Adams (1877?-), and Ada Caroline Lower (1874-).	24.12.1908 Sandwich, Eastry district, Kent - 19.01.1945 (KIA) [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 88, column 3]	Engine Room Artificer Apprentice 1924? [M.38365] ... ... A/Wt.Eng. 01.01.1938 Wt.Eng. ?, seniority 01.01.1938 DSC 03.01.1941 attack on enemy supply ship [investiture 18.02.1941]	(02.1938)     undergoing short course of instruction 01.03.1938 - (09.1939) HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) 26.02.1940 - (04.)1940 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 20.05.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS L 27 (submarine) 10.1940 - (08.)1943 HMS Seawolf (submarine) 04.10.1943 - 19.01.1945 HMS Porpoise (minelaying submarine) (missing, presumed killed when ship was sunk by Japanese aircraft in Straits of Malacca)
Adams, Alwyn William Reginald "Bill" Son of Thomas Reginald Adams (1882-1958), and Gladys Elethea Thomas (1881-1924). Married (11.12.1940, Kensington, London) Peggy Greenwood; one child.	31.12.1907 Long Ashton district, Somerset - 18.02.1972 Westbury on Trym, Bristol	Midsh. RNR 01.09.1924 A/S.Lt. RNR 31.12.1928 S.Lt. RNR 09.11.1931 Lt. RNR 02.08.1932 Lt. (Supplementary List) 13.05.1937, seniority 31.12.1931 Lt. 1938?, seniority 31.12.1931 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1939 (retd 31.12.1952; age) A/Cdr. 11.1944? Cdr. (retd) 1960s? DSC 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) [decoration posted]	11.11.1933 - (01.1934) submarine course, Portsmouth 1934/35?     HMS L 19 (submarine) * 13.05.1937 - (09.)1939 HMS Galatea (cruiser) 31.12.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Galatea (cruiser) 01.07.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Milford King (minesweeping trawler) 20.01.1942 - 25.01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Selkirk (minesweeper) 22.03.1943 - 16.10.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Orestes (minesweeper) (DSC) 11.1944 - 11.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Rajah (aircraft carrier) 01.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS St. George (boys' training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man) 11.02.1948 - (05.)1949 Assistant Boom Defence Officer, Sheerness [HMS Pembroke] 10.1949 - (05.1951) HMS Rooke (RN base, Gibraltar) (05.1953)     Staff Officer, London Division RNVR & Commanding Officer, HMS Isis (ex-MMS 1789) * (07.1935) - (02.1937) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Adams, Arthur Allen * Son (with one sister) of Nicholas Adams (1865-), and Blanche Adele Tucker. Married (28.03.1914, Longfleet, Dorset) Daily Ellen Conway. * Seaman service record shown with first names: Archie Allen	13.04.1890 Totnes, Devon - 04.06.1949 Tavistock district, Devon	ERA ? [M 4079] ... ... A/Mate (E) 01.07.1918 A/Eng.Lt. ? Eng.Lt. 01.07.1920 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1928 Eng.Cdr. 31.12.1934 (retd 13.04.1940; age) (remained on active service) (reverted to retd > 10.1945, < 04.1946) CorM 37 1937 -	? - (01.1919) HMS Caradoc (light cruiser) 05.07.1921 - (08.1923) HMS Carysfort (light cruiser) 05.12.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS Tribune (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 02.11.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Seawolf (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 23.11.1926 - (06.)1928 HMS Valorous (destroyer) [in charge while paid off into Dockyard Control at Sheerness since 04.03.1927] 01.07.1928 - (06.)1929 HMS Valkyrie (destroyer) (Reserve Flotilla, Nore) 21.07.1929 - (03.)1931 HMS Sandhurst (destroyer depot ship) (Mediterranean) 27.10.1931 - (06.)1933 HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) 29.06.1933 - (02.)1935 staff, Engineer Overseer, Scotland District [HMS President] 20.02.1935 - (08.)1936 HMS Colombo (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, the Nore) 12.08.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Cardiff (cruiser) & for duty with Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, the Nore 04.06.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Despatch (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 28.03.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Diomede (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) (09.1939)     no appointment listed 08.11.1939 - (12.1940) HMS Lochinvar (RN base, Port Edgar) (02.1941) - (10.1941) no appointment listed 01.10.1941 - (04.)1942 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 14.04.1942 - (10.1945) Engineer Inspector, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President]
Adams, Arthur Roberts Younger son of G.P. Adams, and ... Harris, of Dublin. Married (1947?) Noelle Maureen Stringer, only daughter of W.H. Stringer, and Mrs Stringer, of Dublin.	15.01.1921 Newport district, Monmouthshire - 01.1995 Exeter, Devon	Paym.Cadet 01.01.1939 Paym.Midsh. 01.09.1939 A/Paym.S.Lt. 01.09.1941 Paym.S.Lt. 01.12.1941 Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 01.08.1943 [A/]Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.08.1951 Cdr. (S) 31.12.1959 (dismissed HM Service by sentence of court-martial 25.07.1962)	(04.1939) - (08.)1939 no appointment listed 01.09.1939 - (12.1940) HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (02.1941)     HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) * 23.01.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Cornwall (cruiser) 01.09.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Enterprise (cruiser) 17.03.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) 12.1944 - (04.)1945 Secretary to the Chief Staff Officer of Flag Officer Commanding Aircraft Carriers, British Pacific Fleet [HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier)] 09.06.1945 - (10.1945) Secretary to the Chief Staff Officer of Flag Officer Commanding 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron [HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)] 31.01.1946 - (04.1946) Secretary to the Chief Staff Officer of R.Adm. Aircraft Carriers [HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier)] 18.02.1947 - (07.1948) RN Engineering College, Manadon, Plymouth [HMS Thunderer] 11.04.1949 - (05.1949) HMS Newcastle (05.1950)     no appointment listed 09.05.1950 - (05.1951) HMS Sea Eagle 01.09.1952 - (07.)1954 Secretary to the Captain, HMS Excellent 24.10.1954 - (01.1956) Secretary to the Chief of Staff, Far Eastern Station [HMS Terror] 23.04.1957 - (01.1959) Secretary to Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel (Personal Services), Board of Admiralty [HMS President] 19.07.1960 - (07.1961) Base Supply Officer Rosyth, RN Barracks, Donibristle [HMS Cochrane] * indexed, but not listed as such
Adams, Bryan Fullerton Son of G.H. Adams, of Portglenone, Co. Down, and Melbourne, Australia. Married 1st (12.1921, Kingsbridge district, Devonshire) Audrey Marshall (died 1929), daughter of C.E. Marshall, of Thurlestone, Devon; one daughter. Married 2nd (09.02.1937, Chelsea district, London) Pamela Jocelyne Drury-Lowe (1910 - 14.03.2005), only daughter of late V.Adm. Sidney Drury­Lowe, CMG (1871-1945), and Clare Susan Charteris (1884-1945); one daughter.	22.07.1887 - 22.09.1971 Cherry Tree, Hacheston, Woodbridge, Suffolk	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 30.04.1907 Lt. 31.12.1909 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1917 Cdr. 23.04.1918 (retd 22.07.1933; age) Capt. (retd) 22.07.1933 (reverted to retd > 10.1945, < 04.1946) DSO 31.07.1919 for distinguished services during the War * * Zeebrugge raid, 22-23.04.1918: "Was in command of "A" Company of the Grand Fleet storming parties. Was amongst the first to land on the mole, and remained there the whole time, behaving with great coolness and bravery. He was the senior surviving officer of the Grand Fleet contingent at Zeebrugge, consisting of 10 officers of whom 5 were killed and 2 wounded."	Education: Sherborne (1901.3-1902); HMS Britannia (15.09.1902-...). 15.01.1904     entered RN 1914 - 1918 served European War (Cameroons, North Sea, Zeebrugge) (DSO, despatches twice) 26.09.1921 - (04.)1922 war staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 15.08.1922 - 01.04.1923 Admiralty 01.04.1923 - (08.1923) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 17.12.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS Hecla (special torpedo vessel) (Reserve Fleet) (for destroyers in reserve) 01.06.1925 - (02.)1927 Staff Officer (Operations ) & (Intelligence) to Commanding Officer Coast of Scotland [HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar)] (07.1927)     no appointment listed 01.12.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) (additional; accommodated in HMS Egmont) (08.1929) - (06.)1933 lent for duty with Permanent Advisory Commission League of Nations (Disarmament Section) 24.08.1939 - (08.)1941 Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services: for duty with Committee of Imperial Defence as Commandant Cabinet War Room 1) (10.1941) - (12.1941) no appointment listed 02.1942 - 05.1942 Flag Captain, HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) [cancelled] 26.05.1942 - 09.1942 Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral Training Establishments, Mediterranean (R.Adm. R.J.R. Scott) [HMS Canopus (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt), later at HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa), from 04.07.1942 HMS Afrikander, for RN Camp Pietermaritzburg] 01.10.1942 - 10.1943 Flag Captain, HMS Assegai (training establishment, nr, Durban, S Africa) & Chief Staff Officer to R.Adm. Training, South Africa * 01.02.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS President (for miscellaneous services at Admiralty) (10.1945)     no appointment listed * (12.1943)  still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Adams, Cecil Norman Son of Arthur Adams, of Rockleigh, Swanage.	26.10.1899 Penang, Straits Settlements - 30.04.1987	A/S.Lt. 15.11.1918 A/Lt. ? Lt. 15.09.1921 (retd 05.10.1922; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.09.1929 (reactivated 13.10.1939) (demobilized 02.04.1940)	Education: Sherborne School; HMS Conway; Peterhouse, Cambridge (01.10.1920-1921). ? - (10.1919) HMS Courageous (cruiser) 23.12.1921 - (04.)1922 HMS Yarmouth (light cruiser) 1927? - 25.10.1959 on RAN Emergency List       on loan to Royal Australian Navy: 13.10.1939 - 03.12.1939 HMAS Cerberus (RAN training establishment/base, Williamstown, Victoria) (additional; for gunnery course) 04.12.1939 - 07.03.1940 HMAS Penguin IV (RAN reserve depot, Brisbane) (additional; for base staff Darwin) 08.03.1940 - 02.04.1940 HMAS Cerberus V (RANVR depot, Fremantle) (additional)
Adams, Charles Henry Craig Eldest son of Capt. Henry George Homer Adams, RN (1881-1959), and Florence Craig, of Pen-y-maes, Hay, Hereford. Married (20.01.1940, Plymouth Cathedral) Joan Margaret Dulcibella Burney (23.12.1914 - 2002), only daughter of Lt.Col. Arthur Edward Cave Burney, DSO, MC (1883-1931), and Dorothy Norton (?-1964), of Oakfiled, Hay; one daughter.	26.04.1913 Goring, Bradfield district, Oxfordshire - 14.03.1978 Barn Close, Hayden Hill [Memorial inscription, Boddington, Gloucestershire St Mary Magalene's Churchyard]	Cadet 01.09.1930 Midsh. 01.05.1931 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1933 S.Lt. 16.01.1934 Lt. 16.06.1935 Lt.Cdr. 16.06.1943 (retd 02.05.1956) Aviz - state visit president of Portugal 10.1955	01.09.1930 - (03.1931) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 31.10.1931 - (01.)1933 HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China) 07.01.1933 - (06.)1933 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 28.09.1933 - 08.04.1934 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 09.04.1934 - (11.)1934 promotion course, Portsmouth 24.11.1934 - (07.1937) HMS Carlisle (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 20.01.1938 - (09.)1939 HMS Herald (surveying ship) 10.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Widnes (twin screw minesweeper) 14.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for mine recovery flotillas) 15.06.1940 - (10.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Springdale (repair ship) 01.11.1940 - (02.)1942 HMS Challenger (survey ship) (04.1942)     no appointment listed 02.04.1942 - (08.)1942 Navigating Officer, HMS Cardiff (cruiser) [in lieu of specialist (N) officer] 08.09.1942 - (02.)1943 Navigating Officer, HMS Roberts (monitor) [in lieu of specialist (N) officer] 10.02.1943 - (02.)1944 Navigating Officer, HMS Teviot Bank (auxiliary minelayer) [in lieu of specialist (N) officer] 03.1944 - (06.)1944 Navigating Officer, Survey Unit, HMS Lanka (base, Colombo, Ceylon) [in lieu of specialist] (10.1944)     no appointment listed 11.12.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Pioneer (aircraft maintenance ship) 14.04.1948 - (07.)1948 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 14.04.194 - (05.1951) HMS President  (05.1953) - (07.1954) HMS Lochinvar * (1955)     liaison officer Portuguese ship 21.03.1955 - (01.1956) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * indexed, but not listed as such
Adams, Charles Poynder Son of Capt. Reinhold Meitzen Adams (1886-1917), 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force), and Nancy Helen Garrett (1888-1977), of London. Married (09.04.1940, Chelsea Old Church) Alison Glen Rosalind Adie ((09?).1911 - 17.04.1967), youngest daughter of William Scott Adie, and Anne Gordon R. Henry, of London; three sons.	22.12.1914 India - 10.09.1998 Winchester, Hampshire	Cadet 01.05.1932 Midsh. 01.01.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1935 S.Lt. 01.01.1936 Lt. 01.05.1938 ?, seniority  01.04.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1945 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1946 Cdr. 30.06.1950 (General List 01.01.1957) (retd 04.09.1958)  MBE 15.07.1974 HM's birthday 1974: Inspector, HM Coastguard, Department of Trade DSC 16.08.1940 Dunkirk 06.1940 [decoration posted]	06.1932 - (03.)1934 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) 17.07.1934 - (02.)1935 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 02.05.1935 - (07.1935) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 06.01.1936 - (08.)1936 promotion course, Portsmouth 24.09.1936 - (02.)1938 HMS Fowey (patrol sloop / escort vessel) (Persian Gulf) (06.1938)     no appointment listed 12.07.1938 - (07.)1939 HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet) 31.07.1939 - (09.)1939 HMS Montrose (flotilla leader) 06.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Keith (destroyer) 14.06.1940 - (02.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Verity (destroyer) (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 07.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Lothian (landing ship, headquarters) (07.1945) - (10.1945) HMS Empire Arquebus (landing ship, infantry) * (04.1946) - (04.1947) Training Staff, Combined Operations HQ (07.1948)     no appointment listed 11.12.1948 - (05.)1950 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Arkaig 14.08.1950 - (05.1951) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) 06.11.1952 - (07.1954) Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Far Eastern Station [HMS Terror] 19.01.1955 - (01.1956) Admiralty [HMS President] (01.1957)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Adams, Edgar Gordon Son of John Adams, of Edinburgh. Married ((12?).1947, Plymouth district, Devon) Ellen Ada Tidmarsh (30.01.1908 - 29.02.2008); ... children (one daughter?).	07.08.1892 Headingley, Leeds district, Yorkshire - 27.06.1955 Yeovil District Hospital, Somerset	Sg.Lt. (D) 12.01.1921 Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) 12.01.1927 Sg.Cdr. (D) 31.12.1935 Sg.Capt. (D) 06.02.1946 (retd 01.08.1949)	Education: George Watson's College, Edinburgh (1901-1909; dental student; Lismore Rugby FC); LDS RCS Edinburgh 1919. Admitted 20.02.1920. 05.08.1914 - 28.01.1916 Private, 4th Battalion Royal Scots - Territorial Force (enlisted 04.10.1910; preliminary training 05.01.1911-04.02.1911; annual training 23.07.1911-06.08.1911 & 21.07.1912-28.07.1912; Home Service 05.08.1914-21.05.1915, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 22.05.1915-31.12.1915, Home Service 01.01.1916-28.01.1916) 03.1916     Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant, RNVR (Haslar Hospital, Portsmouth; Egypt, Gallipoli, Scapa Flow, HMS Lupin) 23.04.1921 - (04.1922) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.01.1923 - (01.)1925 Dental Officer, Portsmouth Division RM [RM Infirmary, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]] 11.01.1925 - (07.)1927 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 29.07.1927 - (06.1928) Naval Hospital Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 28.01.1929 - (04.1930) Naval Hospital Malta [HMS Egmont] (02.1931)     no appointment listed 28.04.1931 - (01.)1933 HMS St. Vincent (Boys' Training Establishment, Forton) (05.1933)     no appointment listed (06.1933)     medical officers' post-graduate course [HMS President] * 08.08.1933 - (02.)1936 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 11.05.1936 - (09.1939) Naval Hospital Haslar (04.1940)     no appointment listed (10.1940)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 14.01.1941 - (02.)1941 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 17.02.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hants.) 09.01.1943 - (02.)1943 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 05.02.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) 21.08.1945 - (07.1948) RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 08.02.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Heron * indexed, but not listed as such
Adams, Ernest Son of ... and Harriet Adams. Married (22.12.1910, Polperro, Liskeard district, Cornwall) Phillys Mary Blatchford (23.09.1885 - 13.09.1974), daughter of William Blatchford (1883-1942), and Priscilla Jolliff (1883-1961); two sons.	29.07.1883 Polperro, Liskeard district, Cornwall - 23.05.1955	Boy II 1904? [202311] ... ... Gnr. 11.11.1912 Cd. Gnr. 11.11.1922 Lt. 11.11.1930 (retd 29.07.1933; age) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 11.11.1938 (reverted to retd 20.10.1945)	08.01.1913     commissioned RN ? - (01.1919) HMS Blake (cruiser) (04.1922)     no appointment listed 26.12.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Warspite (battleship) 15.10.1924 - (05.1926) HMS Tamar (receiving ship) (Hong Kong) (02.1927) - (07.1927) no appointment listed 10.1927 - 05.1928 HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) (Reserve Fleet, Rosyth) (additional; for duty with destroyers at Rosyth) 10.05.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Saumarez (flotilla leader) (for torpedo duties) (RN Engineering College, Keyham) 24.04.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (for training duties; for supervision of disciplinary training of disposable ratings) 19.03.1931 - (06.)1933 Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty with Captain Superintendent of Contract-Built Ships) 22.11.1939 - (06.)1941 HMS Mackay (destroyer) (in lieu of specialist Torpedo Officer) [from 10.1940-05.1941 possibly as (acting?) Commanding Officer] (08.)1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Manchester City (controlled mining base ship, East Indies) * (10.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed 12.04.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Bristol (training establishment, Bristol) (04.1944) - (06.)1944 HMS Defiance (training establishment, Devonport) (10.1944) - (10.1945) no appointment listed * (06.1942) &  (08.1942) still indexed, but no longer listed as such; date of appointment shown as 01.01.1940
Adams, Ernest Owen Son of Ernest Alfred Adams, and Lizzie Shirvell Avens.	20.09.1899 Portsea Island district, Portsmouth, Hampshire - 17.08.1961 Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire	Midsh. 01.02.1918 A/Lt. 15.07.1921 Lt. 15.06.1921 (retd 11.11.1922; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.06.1929 Cdr. (retd) 08.05.1946	07.09.1917     entered RN 05.06.1920 - 1921 HMS Venomous (torpedo-boat destroyer) (04.1922)     short course of instruction Master's Certificate, 08.12.1922. 19.12.1939 - (07.)1940 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for Mining Department) (10.1940)     torpedo course * (12.1940) - (02.1943) no appointment listed 01.03.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Badger (minesweeper base, Harwich) * indexed, but not listed as such
Adams, Ernest Roy Son of ... and Clara Adams.	13.01.1909 Gillingham, Medway district, Kent - 24.05.1962 New or East Kilpatrick district, Scotland	Engine Room Artificer Apprentice 1924? [M.38812] ... ... A/Wt.Eng. 01.01.1939 Wt.Eng. ?, seniority 01.01.1939 A/Cd.Eng. 18.06.1945 Sen.Cd.Air Eng. 01.10.1946 Eng.Lt. 01.01.1957 (retd 13.01.1959; age)	(04.1939)     short course of instruction 11.04.1939 - (10.)1942 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (12.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed 03.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Rosario (minesweeper) (from 03-06.1943 in charge while under construction) 12.07.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS Triumph 31.10.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Triumph 18.01.1951 - (05.1951) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for miscellaneous duties) 29.06.1951 - (07.1954) Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty with Naval Aircraft Maintenance Examination Board] 22.03.1955 - (01.1957) HMS Harrier
Adams, Frank Cooper	23.12.1912 - 12.07.1985 Bideford district, Devon	Wt. Mechanician = Wt. Aircraft Offr. 01.10.1942 A/Cd.Aircr.Offr. < 07.1948 Sen.Cd.Air Eng. 01.10.1948 Lt. (E) 07.11.1954 Eng.Lt.Cdr. (AE) 01.01.1957 (retd 23.12.1962; age)	04.12.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Rodney (battleship) (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 07.09.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Nuthatch (RN Air Station, Anthorn, Cumberland) 29.03.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Hornbill 11.09.1950 - 04.1953 HMS Curlew 29.04.1953 - (04.)1955 HMS Sanderling (RN Air Station, Abbotsinch, Paisley, Scotland) 11.05.1955 - (01.1957) HMS President (01.1959)     HMS Sanderling (RN Air Station, Abbotsinch, Paisley, Scotland) * (01.1960)     HMS Daedalus * (07.1961)     HMS President * * indexed, but not listed as such
Adams, Frederick Charles Bainbridge Son of Frederick John Adams (1868-), and Mary Bainbridge (1871-). Married ((09?).1926, Medway district, Kent) Florence M. Margetts.	12.09.1900 Rolleston, Burton on Trent district, Staffordshire - 05.01.1973 West Sutton, Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire	Clerk ? [SS.9674] Writer II 16.06.1919 [M.34838] ... ... T/A/Wt. Writer Offr. = Cd. Writer Offr. 14.09.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 07.1948)	08.10.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Unicorn (aircraft maintenance ship) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 15.12.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Pembroke (RN Barracks, Chatham)
Adams, Frederick James Kelly Married ((12?).1911, Stepney district, London).	28.12.1881 Lewisham, Kent - 21.11.1960 Pagham Beach, Bognor Regis, Chichester district, Sussex	Boy II 25.01.1902? [197827] ... ... Gnr. (retd) 01.08.1914 Cd.Gnr. (retd) = Sen.Cd.Gnr. (retd) 27.10.1942 (dispersed 18.06.1945) (reverted to retd 14.08.1945)	27.04.1942 - 31.08.1943 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for High Angle Range, Bognor) 01.09.1943 - 27.05.1945 HMS St Barbara (anti-aircraft range, Bognor Regis) 28.05.1945 - 18.06.1945 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (supernumerary)
Adams, Geoffrey Collington "Geoff" Son of William Adams, foreign timber merchant, and Caroline Evans, of Oakdene, Loughton, Essex. Married (26.04.1924, Parish Church Fordingbridge) Norah Jean Hoffman; two daughters.	20.07.1895 Tufley, Gloucester district, Gloucestershire - 25.05.1979 Bath, Avon	Midsh. 02.08.1914 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1916 S.Lt. 15.09.1916 A/Lt. 15.11.1917 Lt. 15.03.1918, seniority 15.10.1917 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1925 (retd 20.07.1938; own request) A/Cdr. 01.03.1936 Cdr. (retd) 20.07.1938 (reverted to retd 30.09.1953) A/Capt. (retd) 06.08.1940 Capt. (retd) 01.10.1953	15.09.1913     joined RN 15.09.1913 - 02.08.1914 special entry cadet, training estates [HMS Highflyer (cruiser) ?] 02.08.1914 - 28.11.1914 HMS Theseus (cruiser) (Cruiser Force B) 28.11.1914 - 15.12.1914 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivid] 15.12.1914 - 13.03.1916 HMS St Vincent (battleship) (took passage from Devonport in HMS Thunderer) 13.03.1916 - 22.03.1917 HMS Celandine [based at HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] [granted Watchkeeping Certificate 02.03.1917] 15.05.1917 - 03.01.1920 HMS Warspite (battleship) 03.01.1920 - 21.07.1921 torpedo course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Vernon (additional)] & HMS Actaeon (torpedo school, Sheerness) [completed preliminary course 08.07.1920 & long course 07.1921] 22.07.1921 - 28.09.1921 HMS Vernon (additional; for torpedo duties) 28.09.1921 - 06.04.1922 advanced torpedo course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President (additional)] [qualified & awarded £20 prize for passing best exam 03.1922] 06.04.1922 - 19.04.1922 HMS Victory (for unemployed time) 19.04.1922 - 27.04.1922 HMS Vernon (additional; for torpedo duties) 27.04.1922 - 08.04.1924 Torpedo Officer, HMS Resolution (battleship) ["specially contributed to fighting efficiency of HMS Resolution", 07.11.1923] 08.04.1924 - 02.1926 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (till 11.04.1924 additional; for torpedo duties) 02.1926 - 17.05.1926 an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance ("on probation") [name removed from list of advanced torpedo specialists] 17.05.1926 - 15.04.1928 an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Woolwich [HMS President (additional)] 15.04.1928 - 01.01.1932 an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Birmingham 01.01.1932 - 01.06.1935 2nd Assistant to Superintendent of Design, Naval Ordnance Department, Woolwich (under War Office) 01.06.1935 - 01.03.1936 Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Woolwich 01.03.1936 - 08.02.1939 Deputy Superintendent of Mine Design [HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth)] 08.02.1939 - 02.10.1939 Deputy Inspector of Torpedoes and Mines, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty (London) [HMS President] 02.10.1939 - 14.03.1944 Inspector of Torpedoes and Mines, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * 14.03.1944 - 31.05.1948 CINO (Chief Inspectorate of Naval Ordnance) Officer attached to Departments under Ministry of Supply (under Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty) [HMS President] 31.05.1948 - 01.04.1950 Deputy Chief of Naval Ordnance (Torpedoes) & Head of Torpedo Inspection, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.04.1950 - 01.09.1951 Senior Naval Representative, Armament Research Department, Ministry of Supply 01.09.1951 - 30.09.1953 Naval Member, Ordnance Board, Ministry of Supply * though Navy List gives as date of appointment 02.10.1939, his service record states 20.07.1940
Adams, George Frederick William Son of Frederick K. Adams, and Margaret Adams.	02.12.1888 St Luke's, Holborn district, Greater London - 29.05.1959 Bath, Somerset	Boy II 03.07.1905 [234271] ... ... Gnr. 01.08.1914 Cd.Gnr. 01.08.1924 Lt. 09.04.1934 (retd 02.12.1938; age) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 09.04.1942 (dispersal 01.10.1947) (reld 26.11.1947) (reverted to retd 27.11.1947) MID 08.03.1918 ? JubM 35 1935 -	Page boy. 01.08.1914     commissioned, RN ? - (01.1919) HM TB 26 (torpedo boat) 01.07.1921 - (04.)1922 qualifying for gunner [HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)] 01.08.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Lowestoft (light cruiser) (01.1925)     no appointment listed 02.1926 - (08.1929) HMS Ceres (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 27.01.1930 - (01.)1934 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 15.02.1934 - (05.)1936 Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty with Commander Superintendent of Contract-built Ships) 23.06.1936 - (10.)1936 HMS Puffin (coastal sloop) & for duty with Commander Superintendent of Contract-built Ships 25.11.1936 - (07.)1937 First Lieutenant, HMS Foyle (fishery protection gunboat [trawler]) 15.12.1937 - 30.12.1938 HMS Mastiff (fishery protection trawler) 20.03.1939 - 29.12.1946 Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 30.12.1946 - 11.02.1947 HMS Heron (additional; for C[R?]M duties at RNAS Henstridge) 12.02.1947 - 01.10.1947 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for Ship Target ... Party B)
Adams, Harold Edward Son (with seven brothers) of Sir Arthur Robert Adams, KBE (1861-1937), and Hilda Isabel Jones (?-1907) of Rockleigh, Swanage, Dorset. Married (14.09.1929, Chatholic Church, Swanage) Eileen Ursula Mary Tolhurst (02.08.1903 - 05.1993), elder daughter of Alfred Ignatius Tolhurst (1867-1922) and Agnes Mary "Ada" Fagan (1874-1960), of Clavel Cottage, Swanage.	03.09.1898 - 02.02.1979 Poole district, Dorset	Midsh. 02.08.19.. S.Lt. 15.09.1917 Lt. 15.04.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1927 (retd 03.09.1943; age) Cdr. (retd) 03.09.1943 (dispersal 03.01.1947) (reld 07.03.1947) (reverted to retd 08.03.1947)	08.1914     entered RN ? - (01.1919) Admiralty [HMS President] 22.02.1922 - (04.1922) HMS Dido (light cruiser) 01.05.1923 - (03.1925) Navigating Officer, HMS Foxglove (sloop) (China) (03.1926)     no appointment listed 05.04.1926 - (05.)1926 Navigating Officer, HMS Mistley (twin screw minesweeper) 09.08.1926 - (06.)1928 Navigating Officer, HMS Campbell (flotilla leader) (6th Destroyer Flotilla) 09.08.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 27.02.1930 - (09.)1931 Navigating Officer, HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (12.1931) - (01.1932) no appointment listed 05.05.1932 - (06.)1933 Navigating Officer, HMS Curlew (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 11.09.1933 - (03.)1934 Navigating Officer, HMS Terror (monitor) 16.06.1934 - (08.)1936 Navigating Officer, HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) (Coast of Scotland) 18.09.1936 - (10.)1936 HM Dockyard, Sheerness [HMS Pembroke] 19.10.1936 - (10.1938) Navigating Officer, HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) (and for flotilla duties, 2nd Submarine Flotilla) (Home Fleet) 04.01.1939 - (02.)1939 Navigating Officer, HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (under construction) 20.03.1939 - 25.08.1939 HM Dockyard Sheerness [HMS Pembroke] 26.08.1939 - 07.12.1939 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 08.12.1939 - 05.10.1942 HM Dockyard Devonport [HMS Drake] 06.10.1942 - 19.10.1942 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 20.10.1942 - 21.12.1942 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (additional) 22.12.1942 - 01.1944 Assistant Captain of Dockyard, Colombo [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 01.1944 - (10.)1944 Piermaster and for Naval Control Service duties, Dockyard Ceylon (Trincomalee) [HMS Highflyer] 1944 - 1944 Assistant Captain of Dockyard, Colombo [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 1944 - 16.10.1944 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (additional; for passage to UK) 17.10.1944 - 26.11.1944 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (additional; not to join) 27.11.1944 - 03.01.1947 an Assistant to Captain of the Dockyard Devonport [HMS Drake]
Adams, Henry Ridgman Son of Henry and Mary A. Adams. Married ((12?).1924, Devonport district, Devon) Ethel M. Wilkinson (1887 - 1928), daughter of Charles Best Wilkinson (1852-1889), and Maria Drabble (1850-1928).	29.03.1891 Plymstock, Stoke Damerel district, Devon - 02.01.1961 Plymouth, Hampshire	Boy Artificer 16.08.1906 [272242] ... ... Wt. Eng. 01.06.1920 Cd. Eng. 01.06.1930 Lt. (E) 05.04.1935 (retd 29.03.1941; age) Lt.Cdr. (E) (retd) 20.05.1943, seniority 05.04.1943 (dispersal 08.08.1945) (reld 03.10.1945) (reverted to retd 04.10.1945) JubM 35 1935 -	Boilermaker. 04.03.1921 - (08.1923) HMS Ajax (battleship) (additional; for training) 07.11.1924 - (05.)1926 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 02.12.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Cairo (cruiser) (North America and West Indies) (04.1928)   (06.1928) no appointment listed 27.10.1928 - (02.)1931 HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 28.05.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Egmont (base ship, Malta) (for reserve of minesweepers) (01.1933)     no appointment listed 06.02.1933 - (02.)1935 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 26.04.1935 - (02.)1937 in charge of HMS Vanity (destroyer) [in maintenance reserve] 03.1937 - (07.)1939 HMS Delight (destroyer) (China) * (08.1939) - (09.1939) no appointment listed 02.09.1939 - 07.10.1939 HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (additional; for duty with Chief Engineer H.M. Naval Yard Hong Kong) 11.1939 - 28.02.1940 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (supplementary) 29.02.1940 - 05.1940 Mechanical Training Establishment, Devonport [HMS Drake] 05.1940 - 23.11.1943 HMS Cabot (training establishment, Ashley Down, Bristol) 24.11.1943 - 11.05.1944 HMS Shrapnel II (stokers' training establishment, Southampton) 12.05.1944 - 08.08.1945 HMS Imperieuse II (stokers' training establishment, Devonport) * according to the July 1939 Navy List starting at 21.05.1937
Adams, Henry William Allen Son of Lt.Col. Allen Neason Adams, KOSB (1846-1893), and Anne Melian O'Donovan (1859-1925). Married 1st ((09?).1907, Watford district, Hertfordshire) Gladys Annabel Macdonald, daughter of Col. H.C. Macdonald, 108th Foot. Married 2nd (07.06.1920) the Hon. Charlotte Margaret Lothian "Lottie" Coats (1881 - 30.10.1966), elder daughter of George Coats, 1st Baron Glentanar (1849-1918) and Margaret Lothian Black (1853-1935), and widow of Lt. the Hon. William Charles Lionel Walrond, Army Service Corps, MP (1876-1915).	13.06.1884 Kingstown, Dublin, Ireland - 25.09.1962 Westminster, London	A/S.Lt. 15.04.1904? S.Lt. 30.08.1905, seniority 15.04.1904 Lt. 01.10.1906 (retd 10.02.1910) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 01.10.1914 Cdr. (retd) 22.01.1919 * ?, seniority 11.11.1918 * in recognition of services rendered during the war	15.05.1899     entered RN 12.01.1907     HMS Mercury (additional; for instruction in submarines) 22.09.1939 - 25.09.1939 HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) (additional; for fitting out duties, Clyde) (06.1940) - (04.1946) no appointment listed Younger Brother of Trinity House.
Adams, Jack Bevis Son of Frederick Archibald Adams (1882-), and Frances Emma Bevis.	23.03.1915 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 22.04.1984 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	A/Wt.Shipwr. 18.04.1943 Wt.Shipwr. = Cd.Shipwr. ?, seniority 18.04.1943 Sen.Cd.Shipwr. 01.10.1950 (retd 13.07.1956)	13.08.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Bellona (cruiser) (07.1948)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 16.08.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Tamar 10.09.1951 - (05.)1953 HMS Bellerophon 30.11.1953 - (04.1955) HMS Centaur ** * indexed, but not listed as such ** 01.1956 still  indexed, but no longer listed as such
Adams, James William "Jim"	1923 ? - 10.2006 still alive	A/S.Lt. 01.01.1943 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.01.1943 Lt. 18.08.1944, seniority 16.03.1943 (retd 29.08.1947)	(02.1943)     no appointment listed 31.05.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Spartan (cruiser) 30.01.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Tetcott (destroyer) (04.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed 17.06.1946 - (04.)1947 HMS Allington Castle (Castle class corvette) [from 1946? Commanding Officer]
Adams, John Harold Son of Harold Victor Adams (1883-1937), and Cecilia Dent, of Alnmouth, Northumberland. Married 1st ((06?).1943, Staines district, Middlesex; marriage dissolved 1961) Mary Kennedy Preston Parker (01.11.1923 - 11.2002), daughter of Mr & Mrs Arthur Parker, of Lower Halliford, Shepperton; one son deceased. Mary Adams remarried ((12?).1961, Westminster district, London) Keith J. Mackenzie. Married 2nd (06.10.1961, London) Ione Elizabeth Jane Eadie, MVO, JP (22.04.1936 - 05.1998), younger daughter of the late Col. James Alister Eadie (1900-1961) and Nereida Cynthia Carmen Clarke (1899-1977), of Sudbury, Derbyshire; two sons, two daughters.	19.12.1918 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland - 03.11.2008 Hook, Hampshire	Cadet 01.09.1936 Midsh. 01.05.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1939 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.03.1939 Lt. 01.09.1940 ?, seniority 01.06.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1948 Cdr. 31.12.1950 Capt. 31.12.1956 R.Adm. 07.01.1966 (retd 12.02.1968) CB 10.06.1967 HM's birthday 1967 [investiture 11.07.1967] MVO 13.06.1957 HM's birthday 1957 [investiture 23.07.1957] MID 15.12.1942 action with E-boats 09.1942	Education: Glenalmond; jssc (1949); idc (1963). 01.09.1936 - 23.04.1937 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 24.04.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.05.1939 - (08.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth 1939 - 1942 Western Approaches, Channel & N Africa: 22.08.1939 - (12.1940) HMS Walker (destroyer) (02.1941) - (04.1941) no appointment listed 09.06.1941 - (12.1942) First Lieutenant, HMS Cleveland (destroyer) (02.1943) - (06.)1943 no appointment listed 25.06.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Vernon (training establishment, Brighton) (for miscellaneous duties) 10.08.1943 - (12.1943) Torpedo Officer, HMS Eaglet (base, Liverpool) 01.01.1944 - 1945 Torpedo Officer, staff, Captain (D), Liverpool [HMS Defender] 1945 - 1945 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich (04.1945)     no appointment listed 24.07.1945 - 1947 HMS Solebay (harbour training ship, Portsmouth) 10.1947 - 1949 HMS Vernon (TAS School, Portsmouth) (05.1949)     no appointment listed 11.01.1950 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Creole 18.01.1951 - 1952 on staff of Flag Officer Submarines [HMS Dolphin] 03.1953     Torpedo, Anti-Submarine and Mine Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 05.10.1954 - (01.)1957 Executive Officer, HM Yacht Britannia 04.1957 - 1957 senior officers' training course 1957 - 1958 Assistant Director, Underwater Weapons Materiel Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 08.09.1958 - 1959 Captain (SM) 3rd Submarine Squadron, HMS Adamant 12.1959     member, Joint Global War Study Group, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.10.1960 - 1962 Captain Superintendent, Underwater Detection Establishment, Portland, subsequently Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment [HMS Osprey] (02.1963) - (02.1964) HMS President * 05.1964 - 01.1966 Commanding Officer, HMS Albion (commando carrier) 1966 - 08.01.1968 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Policy) Director, Paper and Paper Products Industry Training Board, 1968-1971; Director, Employers' Federation of Papermakers and Boardmakers, 1972-1973; Director General, British Paper and Board Industry Federation, 1974-1983. Director, DUO (UK) Ltd, 1983-1993. Chairman Governors, Cheam School, 1975-1987. Senior Partner, John Adams Interviews, 1993-1999. * indexed, but not listed as such
Adams, John Ludford Only son of J.H. Adams, of Congleton, Cheshire, and Mrs Adams, of West Kensington. Married (27.09.1928, St Peter's Church, Bedford) Beryl Patricia Johnstone "Pat" McMeekin (28.08.1903 - 01.2001), youngest daughter of William McMeekin, JP, of Belfast and Manchester, and Mrs McMeekin, of Bedford.	02.08.1904 Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire - 23.11.1987 Biddenham, Bedfordshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. (E) RNVR 17.12.1939 T/Lt. (E) 10.09.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld 15.03.1946)	MIEE. 17.12.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 05.03.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Fiji (cruiser) (02.1941) - (10.)1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 12.1940: transferred from RNVR to RN 08.12.1941 - (02.)1942 Anti-Submarine Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (04.1942) - (08.)1942 Engineer Assistant, Armament Supply Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.08.1942 - (04.)1944 Torpedo Depot Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.06.1944 - (07.)1945 Torpedo Engineer Officer, Torpedo Depot Lyness [HMS Proserpine] 15.08.1945 - (10.1945) Assistant Torpedo Engineer Officer, Torpedo Depot Weymouth [HMS Boscawen]
Adams, John Reuben Son of John Thomas Adams, and Hannah Evelyn Smith. From Fareham.	16.05.1906 Peckham, Camberwell district, London - 23.09.1969 Wokingham district, Berkshire	Boy II ? 1924? [K.64274] ... ... A/Wt.Mech. 01.07.1940 Wt.Mech. = Wt.Aircr.Offr. = Sen.Cd. Air Eng. ?, seniority 01.07.1940 A/Cd.Aircr.Offr. = A/Lt. (E) 18.06.1945 (retd > 04.1946, < 07.1948) MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944	(10.1940)     no appointment listed 21.11.1940 - (10.)1943 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (12.1943) - (10.1944) no appointment listed (01.1945) - (07.1945) HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) * 01.04.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Triumph * indexed, but not listed as such
Adams, John William Albert	25.02.1902 Fulham, Greater London - 03.11.1971 Border area	Boy Artificer 09.01.1918 [M.28752] ... ... A/Wt.Ordn.Offr. 08.02.1934 Wt.Ordn.Offr. 1935?, seniority 08.02.1934 Ordn.Lt. 06.06.1937 A/Ordn.Lt.Cdr. 05.11.1943 Ordn.Lt.Cdr. 06.06.1945 A/Ordn.Cdr. < 04.1946 Cdr. (E) 24.02.1947 (retd 25.02.1952; age) OBE 01.01.1952 New Year 1952 [investiture 12.03.1952] MBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 1946 [decoration posted]	(03.1934)     no appointment listed 15.05.1934 - (04.)1936 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) (05.1936)     no appointment listed 08.06.1936 - (07.)1937 Gunnery School, Devonport [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 09.08.1937 - (12.1938) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 09.01.1939 - (12.1940) HMS Valiant (battleship) (02.1941) - (12.1941) no appointment listed (02.)1942 - (04.1946) an Engineer Inspector, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (1946) - (05.1953) Naval Ordnance Department [HMS President]
Adams, Maurice Henry Son of Henry Adams, and Dorothea Jane Whitehouse, of Dromantine, Cyprus Park, Bloomfield, Belfast Married (1938) Kathleen Mary Hardy; one son, two daughters.	16.07.1908 Belfast, Northern Ireland - 21.05.1992 Canberra, Rock, Cornwall	Sg.Lt. 25.09.1933 05.04.1935, seniority 25.09.1932 Sg.Lt.Cdr. 25.09.1938 Sg.Cdr. 25.09.1944 Sg.Capt. 21.12.1956 Sg.R.Adm. 10.04.1963 (retd 10.04.1966) CB 01.01.1965 New Year 1965	Education: Campbell College, Belfast (Davis's House; 09.1919-07.1922); Queen's University, Belfast (1922-1930). MB, BCh, BAO (Belfast) 1930. DOMS (Eng) 1947. 25.09.1933     entered RN Medical Service 30.12.1933 - (03.)1934 Medical Officer, HMS Tarantula (gunboat) 1934     [Assistant Medical Officer?], HMS Cornwall (cruiser) 04.1934 - (02.)1936 Medical Officer, HMS Moth (gunboat) (China) 17.02.1936 - (08.)1936 Assistant Medical Officer, HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) (10.1936)     no appointment listed 08.10.1936 - (02.)1938 Assistant Medical Officer, HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) 20.04.1938 - (06.)1940 HM Dockyard Devonport [HMS Drake] (08.1940) - (10.1940) short course of instruction 1940 - (12.)1940 Central Air Branch Medical Board 16.12.1940 - (02.)1942 HMS St. Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 11.03.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) 26.09.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Activity (escort carrier) 14.09.1944 - (01.)1945 Central Air Branch Medical Board [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 05.02.1945 - (04.)1946 RN Hospital, Haslar [HMS Victory] 22.07.1946 - (05.1949) an Assistant to the Medical Director-General of the Navy, Medical Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 03.1950 - (05.1951) RN Hospital Malta [HMS St Angelo] 06.12.1952 - (01.1956) RN Hospital Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 01.01.1957 - (01.1957) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 01.1957     Medical Officer-in-Charge RN Hospital Trincomalee & as Staff Medical Officer to Commander-in-Chief East Indies 01.10.1958 - (02.)1963 Medical Department, Admiralty (since 05.01.1962 Deputy Medical Director-General of the Navy) 19.04.1963 - (02.1964) Medical Officer-in-Charge, Royal Naval Hospital, Malta & Fleet Medical Officer [HMS St Angelo] 19.04.1963 - 02.04.1966 Honorary Surgeon to the Queen
Adams, Maurice Sydney Son of ... Adams, and ... Warren. Married 1st ((09?).1940, Hendon district, Middlesex) Beryl Maud Pitchers ((12?).1918 - 13.12.1954), daughter of ... Pitchers, and ... Phillpott; two daughters. Married 2nd ((09?).1957, Kensington district, Middlesex) Daphne Zoë Wyndham, of Defford, Worcestershire.	17.10.1917 Croydon district, Greater London - 10.04.2002 East Surrey	Prob. Schoolmaster 07.09.1944 Instr.Lt. 07.09.1945 Instr.Lt.Cdr. 07.09.1953 (retd 17.10.1965; age)	(10.1944)     no appointment listed 20.11.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Badger (minesweeping base, Harwich) 06.09.1947 - (05.1949) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) (05.1950)     no appointment listed 12.02.1951 - (05.1951) HMS Hornbill (RN Air Station, Culham, Berkshire) (05.1953)     HMS Hornbill * 05.10.1953 - 07.10.1953 HMAS Cerberus II (additional) [Exchange Officer on loan to RAN] 08.10.1953 - 11.11.1953 HMAS Penguin (additional; for passage to Australia in "Strathnaver") 12.11.1953 - 16.10.1955 HMAS Albatross (RAN Air Station, Nowra) 16.10.1955 - 21.10.1955 HMAS Penguin (additional; awaiting passage to UK per "Southern Cross") (01.1956)     no appointment listed 14.02.1956 - (01.1957) HMS Superb (01.1959) - (01.1960) Naval Weather Service Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * 10.04.1961 - (07.1961) HMS Ausonia (02.1963) - (02.1964) HMS Falcon * Councillor for the former Banstead Urban Council 1968-1974 and of the Borough of Reigate and Banstead 1974-1995. Mayor of the Borough of Reigate and Banstead, 1981-1982 (Deputy Mayor 1986-1987). Honorary Alderman, 2002. * indexed, but not listed as such
Adams, Robert Reginald Son of Charles Thomas Adams (1850-1924), and Elizabeth Harriott Horwood (1860-1932).	(31.08?).1888 Wendover, Wycombe district, Buckinghamshire - 12.03.1956 Stafford (formerly of Bedford) [buried in Berkswich Parish]	Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) 05.08.1920 (retd 31.08.1933) Sg.Cdr. (D) (retd) 31.08.1933 (reverted to retd > 04.1945, < 07.1945)	Education: Guy's Hospital; LDS RCS Eng (22.06.1912). 26.04.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Benbow (battleship) (Mediterranean) (01.1925)     no appointment listed (05.1926)     no appointment listed (02.1927)     no appointment listed 02.06.1927 - 06.1927 HMS Columbine (drifter) (Port Edgar) 29.06.1927 - 05.1928 Royal Hospital South Queensferry & for duty at Port Edgar Base [HMS Columbine] 21.05.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) (Reserve Fleet, Rosyth) 26.04.1929 - (03.)1931 HMS Ganges (RN base, Harwich) (09.1931)     no appointment listed 01.09.1931 - (12.)1931 medical officers' post-graduate course [HMS President] 29.12.1931 - (01.)1933 Royal Hospital, Chatham (and for RM Headquarters, Chatham) (05.1933)  - (06.1933) no appointment listed 26.09.1939 - (06.)1942 Sick Quarters, Shotley [HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley)] 01.07.1942 - (10.)1944 HMS Gosling (training establishment, Risley, Lancashire) 24.10.1944 - (04.1945) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley)