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Clarabut, Guy Stewart Chetwode Son of Maj.Gen. Reginald Blaxland Clarabut, CB (1893-1977), and Mary S. Gill. Brother of Lt. (A) David Stewart Clarabut, DSC, RNVR. Married (1942) Stella Strachan-Smith; one son, one daughter.	19.09.1919 India - 03.2002 Shorne, near Gravesend, Medway district, Kent	Cadet 01.01.1937 Midsh. 01.01.1938 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1940 Lt. 16.11.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. 11.1945? Lt.Cdr. 16.11.1948 Cdr. 31.12.1952 (retd 20.09.1955; own request) DSO 19.10.1943 sinking "Marcello" class submarine [investiture 19.11.46] DSC 18.12.1945 war patrols Far East 08.44-08.45 [investiture 19.11.46] MID 30.06.1942 8 war patrols 06.41-03.42	Education: Cheltenham College 01.01.1937 - 31.12.1937 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1938 - (06.)1938 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 30.06.1938 - (09.1939) HMS Kent (cruiser) (China) (04.1940)     no appointment listed 30.09.1940 - (10.)1940 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 16.11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee) (for submarines) 15.04.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Thrasher (submarine) 10.01.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Traveller (submarine) (02.1943)     submarine Commanding Officer's course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 21.05.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Medway II (submarine base, 1st Submarine Flotilla, Beirut) (spare submarine Commanding Officer) (07.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Trooper (submarine) (Mediteranean) (temporarily) 15.09.1943 - 01.12.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Taurus (submarine) 01.12.1943 - 01.02.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Rorqual (submarine) 01.02.1944 - 16.04.1944 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship, 3rd Submarine Flotilla) (Holy Loch) 16.04.1944 - (10.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Stygian (submarine) (Trincomalee, Ceylon) 11.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Sentinel (submarine) 14.09.1947 - (05.)1949 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for instructional duties) 07.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Stalker (05.1953)     no appointment listed 31.08.1953 - (04.1955) Undersurface Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] Joined in 1955 the family business, the London and Rochester Trading Company, which eventually he turned into Crescent Shipping; he also became a director of Hays Wharf. Deputy Lieutenant, Kent.
Clare, Reginald William	27.10.1907 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire - died between 08.1989 and 12.1991	Seaman ? [J108292] A/Gnr. (T) 01.04.1938 Gnr. (T) ?, seniority 01.04.1938 A/Lt. ? Lt. 01.08.1945, seniority 31.12.1940 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1948 (retd 27.10.1952) DSC 16.08.1940 Dunkirk	(06.1938) no appointment listed 12.07.1938 - (06.1940) HMS Grenade (destroyer) 17.06.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Kelvin (destroyer) 31.07.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Penn (destroyer) (06.1943) no appointment listed 07.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Undine (destroyer) (12.1943) - (06.)1944 promotion course, Portsmouth 05.07.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Speaker (escort carrier) 06.1949 - (05.1950) HMS St Angelo (for miscellaneous duties) 12.05.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Goldcrest
Claridge, Gilbert Palmer	08.01.1900 Lambeth, London - 02.1984 Plymouth, Devon	Cdr. 31.12.1934 Capt. 30.06.1942 (retd)	10.02.1940 - (04.1940) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for submarines) (02.1941) HMS Shoreham 29.12.1941 - (08.1942) Staff of Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot)] * * indexed, but not listed as such * (08.1942) indicated as posted from 29.12.1942; should probably be 1941.
Clark, Ivo Thomas Son of James William Clark (1867-), and Bessie Stumbles (1866-). Married ((06?).1927, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Ella Madeline Cousins (born 1900). Married Katherine Yvonne Harvey (1910-1987); one son.	26.04.1903 Gillingham, Medway district, Kent - 01.1980 Kippen, Stirlingshire	S.Lt. 30.05.1924 Lt. 30.07.1926 Lt.Cdr. 30.07.1934 (retd 26.02.1948) A/Cdr. > 02.1943, < 06.1943 Cdr. (retd) 26.02.1948 (reverted to retd 03.02.1949) OBE 01.01.1942 New Year 42 [investiture 22.09.42] MID 25.06.1940 Norwegian coast	15.01.1917     entered RN ... - ... ... 16.08.1928 - (08.)1929 HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean) ... - ... ... 15.06.1939 - 08.11.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Vimy (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 09.11.1939 - 10.01.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Eclipse (destroyer) 03.04.1942 - (01.)1945 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 07.07.1945 - (04.)1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Reaper (escort carrier) 15.07.1946 - (07.1948) Department of the Chief of Naval Information, Admiralty [HMS President]
Clark, James Ernest Brother of Capt. Edward Burling Clark, RNR. Two other brothers were Alfred Gordon Clark (died as Ordinary Seaman aboard HMS Myrtle 14.06.1940), and Reginald Clark (served Merchant Navy).	12.05.1907 Birkenhead district - 09.01.1976 Marldon, Paignton	Prob. S.Lt. RNR 31.07.1931 S.Lt. RNR 23.12.1931, seniority 31.07.1931 Lt. RNR 31.07.1933 Lt. (Supplementary List) 24.04.1937, seniority 12.05.1932 Lt. 1938?, seniority 12.05.1932 Lt.Cdr. 12.05.1939 (retd 12.05.1952) A/Cdr. 15.07.1944? OBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46 DSC 03.06.1941 beachmaster withdrawal Greece MID 14.08.1945 relief of Greece	28.02.1932 - (09.1932) HMS H 33 (submarine) * 11.11.1935 - (02.1936) HMS Shark (submarine) 12.05.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Devonshire (cruiser) 12.04.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS Hussar (minesweeper) 11.01.1939 - (02.1941) HMS Terror (monitor) (1941) HMS York (cruiser) (08.1942) no appointment listed 30.01.1943 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Ilfracombe (minesweeper) 04.11.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Larne (minesweeper) 15.07.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Sylvia (minesweeper) 19.05.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS Lochinvar 17.05.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Cumberland * (01.1934) - (07.1935) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Clark, Michael Gardiner Brother of S.Lt. Derek Gardiner Clark, SANFV.	22.02.1922 Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa - 16.07.2011 Johannesburg, South Africa	Cadet 01.01.1940 Midsh. 01.09.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1942 S.Lt. 1942?, seniority 01.12.1941 Lt. 01.09.1943 (retd 1946/47?)	01.01.1940 - 01.09.1940 special entry cadet, RN College, Dartmouth 01.09.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Nigeria (light cruiser) 06.1941 - (12.)1941 HMS Eskimo (destroyer) 12.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Nigeria (light cruiser) (06.)1942 - (12.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 12.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Medway II (base, 1st Submarine Flotilla, Beirut) 13.05.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Parthian (submarine) (10.1943)     HMS Taurus (submarine) * 27.10.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Tally-Ho (submarine) 04.11.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Port Bannatyne) 06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Wolfe (submarine depot ship) 10.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Totem (submarine) * indexed, but not listed as such
Clark, Paul Wilson	10.10.1911 - 08.1984 Surrey Northern district, Surrey	Prob. Midsh. RNR 27.11.1929 Midsh. RNR 1930/31?, seniority 27.11.1929 A/S.Lt. RNR 10.10.1932 S/Lt. RNR 07.02.1937 Lt. RNR 07.03.1937 Prob. Lt. 1937, seniority 10.10.1935 A/Lt. 1937/38?, seniority 10.10.1935 Lt. 20.08.1938, seniority 10.10.1935 Lt.Cdr. 10.10.1943 (retd 10.10.1956; age) A/Cdr. > 05.1953, < 04.1955 Hon. Cdr. ? DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy, 06.44) [investiture 13.11.45] DSC 10.07.1945 Operations Arakan coast 12.44-03.45 [award posted]	28.12.1929 - (04.1930) HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (07.1937) short course of instruction 27.12.1937 - (02.)1939 HMS Fitzroy (surveying ship) 23.02.1939 - (08.)1939 HMS Scott (surveying ship) 29.09.1939 - 30.04.1940 HMS Bittern (sloop) (in lieu of specialist Navigation Officer) [sunk by German aircraft at Namsos] 27.05.1940 - (12.)1941 HMS Seabelle II, from [1941?] HMS Seabelle (RN base, Persian Gulf) (in lieu of specialist Navigation Officer) 12.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Endeavour (survey vessel; depot ship for boom defence vessels, Singapore; to Colombo & Red Sea, then surveys) (02.1943) - (06.1943) HMS Endeavour (survey vessel) * 14.07.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary), from c. 12.1943: HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP)) (06.1944) Combined Operations Pilotage Party (COPP) 1 11.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi, India) (in lieu of specialist Navigation Officer) 12.07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) 20.10.1947 - (07.1948) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 17.01.1949 - (05.1949) Executive Officer, HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) 15.03.1950 - (05.1950) Executive Officer, HMS Perseus (aircraft maintenance ship) (05.1953) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 09.03.1954 - (01.1956) Boom Defence Depot, Singapore [HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Clark, Sidney Gregory "Greg" Son of Sidney Wheelhouse Clark (1884-1929), and Emily Kelty. Married ...; ... children (one son?).	12.06.1916 Oldham, Lancashire - 20.08.2011 Gosport [?], Hampshire	Schoolm. Candidate 02.01.1938 Schoolm. (Warrant Rank) 1939?, seniority 02.01.1938 A/Schoolm. (CWO) (Commissioned Officer from Warrant Rank) 18.06.1945 Instr.Lt. 17.09.1946, seniority 01.04.1943 Instr.Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1952 (retd 12.06.1971) Instr.Cdr. (Hon.) ? MBE 01.01.1967 New Year 67	(02.1938)     short course of instruction 23.05.1938 - (04.)1940 HMS Ganges (training estabishment, Shotley Gate, Ipswich, Suffolk) 01.04.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Impregnable (boys' training establishment, St Budeaux) (12.1940)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 27.12.1940 - 12.11.1942 HMS Hecla (destroyer depot ship) (torpedoed & sunk by U-515 off Morocco) 30.12.1942 - (10.)1944 HMS Gosling (new entry training establishment, Risley, nr Warrington, Lancashire) 05.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS St George (training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man) 01.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley Gate, Ipswich, Suffolk) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Clarke, Arthur Wellesley Son of late Captain Sir Arthur Wellesley Clarke, KCVO, KBE, and Lady Clarke. Married (1926) Kate Cicely Lance; one son.	16.04.1898 - 03.01.1985 Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire	Midsh. 1914 A/Lt. 15.10.1918 Lt. ?, seniority 15.10.1918 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1926 Cdr. 31.12.1932 Capt. 30.06.1939 (retd 01.10.1948) Cdre. 1st cl. 01.1944 CBE 01.01.1947 New Year 47 [investiture 20.07.48] DSO 16.03.1943 action with escort convoy North Russia 31.12.42 [investiture 09.07.46] LM 05.11.1946 ? MID 1915 Gallipoli	Education: Merton Court Preparatory School; RN Colleges, Osborne (1910-1912) & Dartmouth (1912-1914); Emmanuel College, Cambridge University (6 months 1919). 01.1911     entered RN 02.08.1914  - 1916  mobilized, HMS Implacable (Dardanelles, 1915 (despatches)) 1916 - ? HMS Royal Oak (Battle of Jutland, 1916; Atlantic and North Sea convoys) (01.1919)     HMS President       HMS P 14 (escort vessel)       HMS Maenad (destroyer)       HMS Swift (destroyer)       HMS Badminton (minesweeper) 15.10.1921 - (08.1923) Navigating Officer, HMS Triad (special service vessel) (Persian Gulf) 12.05.1924 - (01.1925) Navigating Officer, HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) (temporary) 23.05.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 28.09.1926 - (07.)1927 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 09.08.1927 - (06.)1928 Navigating Officer, HMS Calypso (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 13.10.1928 - (08.1929) Staff Officer (Operations) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] (Mediterranean) (04.1930)     no appointment listed 01.05.1930 - (08.)1930 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for special service) 16.10.1930 - (05.1933) Navigating Officer, HMNZS Diomede (cruiser) & as Squadron Navigating Officer, New Zealand Station (06.1933)     no appointment listed 01.01.1934 - (02.)1936 Naval Assistant Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence [HMS President] (02.1937)     no appointment listed 01.03.1937 - (02.)1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Penzance (escort vessel) (Africa) (06.1938)     no appointment listed 18.07.1938 - (04.)1939 Executive Officer, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) (08.1939)     no appointment listed 09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS President (for duty in the War Cabinet Office) 20.07.1940 - (02.)1941 an Assistant Naval Attaché, Washington, DC [HMS President] 01.08.1941 - 01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (Atlantic, North Russian and Malta convoys, N African landings and Barents Sea battle) 01.1943 - (12.1943) Chief of Staff to Governor and Commander-in-Chief Malta [HMS St Angelo] (later also Naval Liaison Officer to Commander, 8th Army) 01.1944 - (04.)1946 Chief of Staff to Head of British Admiralty Delegation USA [HMS Saker] 21.01.1947 - 04.1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier) 15.09.1948 - 01.04.1957 Chief of Naval Information, Admiralty [HMS President] Vice­President: King George's Fund for Sailors; Younger Brother, Trinity House.
Clarke, [Sir] Marshal Llewelyn Son of late Sir Marshal James Clarke, KCMG. Married (1922) Ina Leonora (whom he divorced, 1940), daughter of J.G. Edwards; two sons.	09.05.1887 - 08.04.1959	A/S.Lt. 15.12.1906? S.Lt. 26.07.1907, seniority 15.12.1906 Lt. 30.06.1909 Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1917 Cdr. 30.06.1922 Capt. 30.06.1929 Cdre. 2nd cl. 31.07.1936? R.Adm. 05.01.1940 V.Adm. 03.04.1943 Adm. 16.10.1945 (retd 1945) KBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 CB 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 DSC 31.03.1916 services in patrol cruiser LoA - escorting first Canadian convoy 01.40	Education: Cordwalles, Maidenhead; HMS Britannia 15.05.1902 joined RN 1914 - 1918 served European War 08.09.1918 - (01.1919) Navigating Officer, HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) 30.12.1924 - (01.1925) Executive Officer, HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) 11.1925 - (07.1927) RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] (08.1929) no appointment listed 19.12.1929 - (04.1930) Commanding Officer, HMS Concord (cruiser) (signal school cruiser, Portsmouth) 05.01.1931 - (02.1931) tactical course [HMS Victory] 28.03.1931 - (09.1932) Deputy Director, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.05.1933 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Campbell (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 6th Destroyer Flotilla (Home Fleet) 27.05.1935 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS Faulknor (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 6th Destroyer Flotilla (Home Fleet) 31.07.1936 - (08.)1938 Commodore, Malaya, and in charge of Naval Establishments at Singapore [HMS Terror II] (10.1938) no appointment listed 25.01.1939 - (04.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 16.05.1939 - (08.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (04.1940) HMS President * 30.11.1940 - (07.)1945 Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth * indexed, but not listed as such
Clarkson, Geoffrey Archibald Son of William Archibald Clarkson, and Eleanor Jane Mary Webb. Married Essie Isabel Bruce-Porter (1897?-1982); three sons.	07.01.1888 Blaby, Leicestershire - 21.05.1981 Southampton, Hampshire	T/Instr.Lt. ? Instr.Lt. 21.02.1914? Instr.Lt.Cdr. 21.02.1922 Instr.Cdr. 21.02.1930 Instr.Capt. 01.10.1933 (retd 07.01.1943) OBE > 07.1937 < 02.1938 ?	Education: BA 29.05.1920 transferred to Permanent List (dated 21.02.1916) 15.04.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Resolution (battleship) ? - (01.1925) undergoing short course of instruction ? - (07.1927) Head of Navigation Department, RN College, Dartmouth 14.05.1929 - (04.1930) HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 08.09.1930 - (10.1930) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.01.1931 - (01.1932) Fleet Education Officer, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)] [accommodated in HMS Repulse] 05.05.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Erebus (monitor; cadet training ship and turret drill ship, Devonport) 25.08.1933 - (02.)1936 Deputy Superintendent of Naval Examinations, Education Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 30.04.1936 - Fleet Education Officer, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Warspite (battleship)] (06.1938) - (08.1938) no appointment listed 27.08.1938 - (08.)1942 Professor of Navigation, RN College, Greenwich (and as Dean of College) [HMS President] 04.09.1942 - (04.1946) RN Engineering College, Keyham (redesignated: RN Engineering College, Devonport)
Clay, Richard George Ralph Son of J. Clay, CBE, FRCS, and ... Walton, of Newcastle. Married 1st ((09?).1939, New Forest district, Hampshire) Pamela Kay, daughter of C.W. Kay, of Lymington, Hampshire.. Married 2nd ((06?).1949, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) ... Gittings (née Campbell).	31.08.1915 Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland / Tyne and Wear - 14.08.1991 Tower Hamlets district, London	Cadet 01.01.1933 Midsh. 01.09.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1936 S.Lt. 01.05.1936 Lt. 01.04.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1945 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1946 (retd 27.09.1957) MBE 13.06.1957 HM's birthday 57: Suez MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 01.01.1933 - 09.08.1933 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 10.08.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 05.1934 - (07.1935) HMS Barham (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.01.1936 - 30.08.1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 31.08.1936 - (02.)1937 promotion course, Portsmouth 15.04.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Hardy (flotilla leader, 2nd Destroyer Flotilla) (Mediterranean) (08.1939) no appointment listed 18.08.1939 - 18.09.1939 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 19.09.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Kandahar (destroyer) (despatches) (12.1941) no appointment listed 03.1942 - (06.)1943 Executive Officer, HMS Porcupine (destroyer) (08.1943)     no appointment listed 24.08.1943 - 01.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Holderness (destroyer) 14.01.1944 - 06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Haydon (destroyer) (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) * 12.02.1948 - (05.1949) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 10.01.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Mull of Galloway 10.02.1953 - (07.)1954 HMS Ranpura (repair ship) (Malta) 02.12.1954 - (1957) Assistant Naval Attaché, Cairo (resident in Port Said) [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Cleave, Hugh Latimer Married ((09?).1933, Bristol district, Gloucestershire) Peggy Elizabeth W. Hill (? - 1990); one daughter, one son.	11.02.1910 Exeter district, Devon - 18.11.2010 Crudwell, Cotswolds, Wiltshire	Sg.Lt. 17.01.1933 08.02.1935, seniority 17.01.1932 Sg.Lt.Cdr. 17.01.1938 A/Sg.Cdr. 27.04.1940? Sg.Capt. 30.06.1955 (retd 11.02.1967) CBE 10.06.1967 HM's birthday 67 [investiture 19.07.67] OBE 16.07.1946 POW in Far East MID 24.04.1940 for zeal, enterprise, and devotion to duty in ordering his sick bay from a state of chaos, and for his skilful and untiring care of the wounded	Education: FRCS Eng (1935) , MRCS, LRCP Lond (06.05.1931). Resident Medical Officer, Putey Hospital. Casualty Officer, Bristol General Hospital. 03.04.1933 - (02.)1935 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) (07.1935)     no appointment listed 07.12.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Maine (hospital ship) (08.1936) - (10.1936) short course of instruction 30.10.1936 - (10.1938) RN Hospital, Plymouth [HMS Drake] 02.01.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Nelson (battleship) (despatches) 27.04.1940 - 12.1941 in charge of Naval Hospital, Hong Kong [HMS Tamar] (captured) 12.1941 - 1945 POW in Japanese captivity (at Shinagawa camp near Tokyo; Surgeon-in-Charge Allied POW Hospital Tokyo 1944-45) (OBE) 15.05.1946 - (07.)1948 RN Hospital, Plymouth [HMS Drake] 13.08.1948 - (05..1949) HMS Vanguard 20.01.1950 - (05.1950) RN Hospital, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 30.09.1952 - (04.1955) RN Hospital, Haslar [HMS Victory] (01.1956)     no appointment listed 28.01.1957 - (01.1959) Naval Medical Officer of Health for Mediterranean Station, RN Hospital Malta [HMS Phoenicia] (07.1961)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 09.10.1961 - (02.1964) RN Hospital, Plymouth [HMS Drake] (CBE ) 17.10.1961 - 11.02.1967 also: Honorary Surgeon to the Queen Fellow, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain.
Clegg, Ian Mosley	27.09.1912 - 10.2003 Mid Warwickshire	Prob. S.Lt. RNR 04.04.1938 S.Lt. RNR 04.04.1938, seniority 01.10.1937 Prob. S.Lt. 04.04.1938 Lt. 23.01.1940, seniority 27.09.1936 Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, seniority 27.12.1943 Capt. 31.12.1954 (retd 12.09.1964) CVO 31.12.1977 New Year 78 MID 10.11.1942 Operation Pedestal (Gibraltar-Malta convoy 08.42) MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43	(06.1938) - (10.1938) no appointment listed 11.01.1939 - (04.)1939 HMS Eclipse (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 25.04.1939 - (08.)1942 HMS Fury (destroyer) 21.11.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Wolverine (destroyer) 05.1943 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Malcolm (destroyer) 09.10.1943 - 1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Wolverine (destroyer) (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMS Glengyle (landing ship infantry) * 16.03.1948 - (05.1949) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 09.01.1950 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Alamein 20.03.1953 - (05.1953) staff, Flag Officer (Flotillas), Mediterranean [HMS Ranpura] ** 15.11.1955 - (01.1956) Commanding Officer, HMS Vigo 17.06.1961 - 28.07.1961 Director of Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 28.07.1961 - (02.1963) Director of Trade and Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.01.1964 - 07.07.1964 also: Naval ADC to the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such ** (04.1955) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Clements, Brian Clement Weston Son of George Weston Clements. Three brothers: one died young in India and the other two also served as RN officers; Noel Reginald Weston Clements survived being sunk on the Ark Royal and was involved in the sinking of the Bismarck; older brother George Thomas Weston Clements was serving in Naval Intelligence.	? - 14.03.1943 (MPK) [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 72, column 3]	Cadet 01.01.1939 Midsh. 01.09.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.10.1940? S.Lt. 10.1941, seniority 01.10.1940 Lt. 01.08.1942 DSC 25.05.1943 sinking enemy supply ships [posthumously; presented to next-of-kin]	01.01.1939 - 25.08.1939 special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 26.08.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Resolution (battleship) 03.12.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) 28.09.1941 - 28.11.1941 HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) (for submarine course) 29.11.1941 - 21.12.1941 HMS Ambrose (base for 9th Submarine Flotilla, Dundee) (spare officer, for submarines) 22.12.1941 - 29.05.1942 HMS P 612 (formerly: Murat Reis) (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] 30.05.1942 - 30.06.1942 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (spare officer, for submarines) 01.07.1942 - 17.07.1942 HMS Medway II (base for 1st Submarine Flotilla, Beirut) (spare officer, for submarines) 18.07.1942 - 19.09.1942 HMS Traveller (submarine) 20.09.1942 - 14.03.1943 HMS Turbulent (submarine) (ship lost off Sardinia) (DSC)
Clemitson, Francis Edward Son of William David and Helen Louisa Clemitson. Married (1933) Kathleen Farquhar Shand; two daughters.	09.11.1899 Kingston district, Surrey - 29.11.1981 Bramley, Surrey	A/Lt. (E) 15.01.1921 Lt. (E) 01.06.1922, seniority 15.01.1921 Lt.Cdr. (E) 15.01.1929 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1932 Capt. (E) 30.06.1943 R.Adm. (E) 15.11.1949 (retd 12.10.1953) CB 05.06.1952 HM's birthday 52 [investiture 08.07.52]	Education: Christ's Hospital 1917 entered Royal Navy as Cadet (1918) Midshipman, HMS Lyon 22.05.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Iron Duke (battleship) 05.03.1924 - (05.)1926 staff, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 10.11.1926 - (06.)1928 Assistant Engineer Officer, HMS Cairo (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 07.1928 - (04.)1930 an Engineer Inspector, Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 17.07.1930 - (01.)1932 Engineer Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 10.08.1932 - (09.1932) Engineer Officer, HMS Venetia (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 04.05.1933 - (06.)1933 Senior Engineer Officers' Course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.11.1933 - (07.1935) Engineer Officer, HMS York (cruiser) & as Fleet Engineer Officer, America and West Indies Station (02.1936)     no appointment listed 02.09.1936 - (08.)1939 Engineer Officer, HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) 06.11.1939 - (06.)1943 an Engineer Inspector, Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (08.1943)     Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty * 10.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay, India) 03.1944 - (04.)1944 Engineer Officer, HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 05.1944 - (10.1944) Engineer Officer, HMS Resource (fleet repair ship) (07.1945) HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) * 11.02.1946 - (10.1947) an Assistant Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President] 24.03.1948 - (05.1949) Commanding Officer, HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath, Agnus) 09.01.1950 - (05.)1953 Deputy Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet (Admin.), Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Clifford, Michael George Winsloe Son of ... Clifford, and ... Newton.	(09?).1916 Christchurch district, Hampshire - 17.07.1947 Padstow, Bodmin district, Cornwall (KIA) [age 31] [Plymouth City Crematorium, panel 2]	RAF:   (A) P/O 16.04.1935 P/O 16.04.1936 F/O 16.01.1938 (reld 17.10.1938) RN:   Lt. (A) 17.10.1938, seniority 16.01.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 28.05.1944? Lt.Cdr. (A) 16.01.1946	16.04.1935     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 17.10.1938     transferred, RN (Air Branch) 06.01.1939 - (02.)1939 TSR Squadron 811 FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) 29.03.1939 - (04.1939) TSR Squadron 821 FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) (08.1939) - (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm 17.12.1940 - 24.01.1941 pilot, HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt) 25.01.1941 - 16.06.1941 pilot, 815 Squadron FAA [failed to return after an attack on the Vichy French Destroyer Chevaliere Paul; captured] 16.06.1941 - (1943?) POW in French captivity 15.02.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) (08.1943) - (04.1944) HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) * 28.05.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn) 12.1944 - (07.1945) AGO [= Air Gunnery Officer ?] on staff of Flag Officer Naval Air Stations, Australia [HMS Golden Hind] (04.1946)     no appointment listed ? - 17.07.1947 HMS President [Attached to the ministry of supply, was on a week’s training course rocket firing at St. Merryn. He took off in a Supermarine Seafire at 11.08 a.m. for dummy diving practice over the bombing ranges at Port Quin. Having completed his run just before noon, he was returning to base when hundreds of holidaymakers in Padstow saw he was in difficulties over the town. Lieutenant Commander Clifford chose to remain in his cockpit in an heroic bid to keep the aircraft in the air until he was clear of the town and out over the estuary of the Camel River. He missed the roof of the Metropole Hotel and houses adjoining the Southern railway station by a few feet before crashing onto a sandbar in the river.] * indexed, but not listed as such
Clift, Dennis Victor Youngest of three sons of Alfred James Clift (1859 - early 1920s?), translator of languages, and Beatrix Gaskell (1865 - ?), of Chiswick, Middlesex. Married (29.07.1925, Farmington, Kent) Helen Wilmot Evans, daughter of Guy and Edith Grace Ward Evans; two sons (one of which is Richard Dennis Clift, CMG, diplomat). Residence: (1957) Oakleigh, Woodleigh, Kingsbridge, Devon.	21.01.1901 Chiswick, Middlesex - 14.03.1977	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.01.1921 Lt. 15.02.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1930 (retd 1945/46) A/Cdr. < 06.1944 Cdr. (retd) 1945/46?	02.01.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Vivacious (torpedo-boat destroyer) 25.08.1924 - (01.)1925 long navigation course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 24.09.1925 - (05.1926) qualifying for anti-submarine duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 17.07.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) (for anti-submarine school) 17.11.1927 - (06.1928) Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Torrid (destroyer) (Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) 05.1929 - (08.)1929 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Adamant II (submarine depot ship) (Atlantic Fleet) 11.11.1929 - (02.)1931 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.08.1931 - (01.)1932 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Stuart (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) 16.08.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) 11.1934 - (02.)1936 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Exmouth (flotilla leader) (Home Fleet) 19.12.1936 - (02.)1938 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) 20.05.1938 - (08.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Mallard (patrol vessel) (First Anti-Submarine Flotilla) 12.12.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for anti-submarine school) 01.03.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Reading (destroyer) 30.05.1942 - (06.1944) HMS Saker (British Admirallty delegation in the US, Washington, DC) (07.1945) no appointment listed 01.02.1946 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) 07.02.1949 - (04.1955) Danish Naval Staff College, Copenhagen [HMS President]
Clinkard, Bryce Harben Married; one daughter, one son.	23.01.1921 Wellington, New Zealand - 14.03.2007 Long Melford, Sudbury, Suffolk	Cadet 01.05.1939 Midsh. 01.01.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1941 S.Lt. ? Lt. 16.06.1942 Lt.Cdr. 16.06.1950 (retd 09.03.1959)	01.05.1939 - (09.1939) special entry cadet (under the Dominion Scheme), HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Hawkins (cruiser) 01.09.1941 - (12.1941) promotion course, Portsmouth 08.01.1942 - 13.08.1942 HMS Manchester (cruiser) (torpedoed & sunk by Italian motor boats off Tunisia) 13.08.1942 - 11.11.1942 interned by the Vichy French at Algiers (02.1943) no appointment listed 19.03.1943 - (01.)1945 First Lieutenant, HMS Bann (frigate) (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMS Harrier (minesweeper) * (07.1948) HMZS Tamaki (RNZN training establishment, Motuihe Island, Auckland) * 31.01.1949 - (05.1949) HMNZS Hawea (frigate) 01.1950 - (05.1950) HMNZS Taupo (frigate) 02.1951 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS Vigo (destroyer) 02.1954 - (04.)1955 Commanding Officer, HMS Alcaston (minesweeper) 11.07.1955 - (01.)1957 HMS Neptune (Reserve Fleet, Chatham) (for miscellaneous duties) 06.08.1957 - (01.)1959 Commanding Officer, HMS Grenville (frigate) * indexed, but not listed as such
Clouston, Erlend Richard Storer Second son of Joseph Storer Clouston (1870-1944), and Winifred Clouston, of Smoogro, Orkney. Brother of Cdr. Harold Thomas Stewart Clouston, RNVR. Engaged (1942) Barbara Joan Mowat, youngest daughter of Dr. & Mrs. Mowat, of Astley House, Bolton. Married (12.12.1945, Cheddon Fitzpaine Church) Eve Helen Sheila Graham, third daughter of the Rev. C. Graham, OBE, MA, RN & Mrs Graham, of Cheddon Fitzpaine Rectory, Taunton; five children (and one son died in infancy).	26.07.1919 - 25.02.1989 Kirkwall, Orkney [Orphir parish cemetery]	Cadet 01.09.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 18.11.1939, seniority 16.07.1939 Lt. 01.09.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1948 (retd 31.03.1958) DSC 11.02.1941 for courage and resource in sinking an enemy submarine (Toricelli) 06.40 [investiture 08.04.41]	01.01.1937 - (02.)1937 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 06.1937 - 15.11.1937 HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 16.11.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Havock (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (08.)1938 - (10.1938) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.01.1939 - (09.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth 12.10.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Khartoum (destroyer) (06.1940) HMS Kingston (destroyer) 17.01.1941 - (02.)1941 HMS Oakley (destroyer) 15.07.1941 - (02.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Scarborough (sloop) 23.03.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Onslow (destroyer) (12.1943) no appointment listed (04.1944) - (10.)1944 gunnery course, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 09.10.1944 - (07.1945) gunnery school, Devonport [HMS Drake] 11.03.1946 - (04.)1946 Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) 17.11.1946 - (10.1947) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (07.1948)     HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * 04.08.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Agincourt (destroyer) (05.1950) no appointment listed 14.07.1952 - (05.)1953 HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) 15.09.1953 - (07.)1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Finisterre (destroyer) 01.11.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth) ? - (01.1957) HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath, Angus) * indexed, but not listed as such
Clouston, James Campbell Son of William Stewart Clouston (1861-1934), and Evelyn Campbell (1873-1952). Brother of Cdr. William Straford Clouston, RN and Lt. John Douglas Clouston, RCNVR. Married (28.09.1935) Gwyneth Lilian Vanderpump (31.05.1906-13.09.2002); two sons (Dane & Moray). The Family of Clouston website	31.08.1900 Montreal, Canada - 03.06.1940 (KIA) [age 40] [Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany, 10.J.2]	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.08.1923, seniority 15.05.1921 Lt. 15.06.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1930 Cdr. 31.12.1934 MID 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 (for his part in the Dunkirk operation)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 20.08.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Montrose (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) 07.06.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 15.04.1929 - (08.1929) Gunnery Officer, HMS Capetown (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 30.12.1929 - (02.1931) Gunnery Officer, HMS Delhi (cruiser) (Portsmouth) 07.12.1931 - (01.1932) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (09.1932) no appointment listed 22.11.1932 - (01.1934) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 21.02.1935 - (02.1936) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (02.1937) no appointment listed 29.05.1937 - 03.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Isis (destroyer) 05.1940 - 03.06.1940 while his ship HMS Isis was in dock for repairs, he applied for a temporary job and acted as piermaster at Dunkirk; he was lost when his Motor Launch was sunk by enemy aircraft on a last journey to Dunkirk
Clouston, William Stratford "Bill" Son of William Stewart Clouston (1861-1934), and Evelyn Campbell (1873-1952). Brother of Cdr. James Campbell Clouston, RN and Lt. John Douglas Clouston, RCNVR. The Family of Clouston website	13.03.1908 - 23.05.1974 Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Midsh. 01.09.1927 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1930 S.Lt. 01.04.1931, seniority 01.11.1929 Lt. 01.04.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1939 Cdr. 30.06.1944 (retd 14.02.1949) DSC 05.01.1944 sinking of Scharnhorst 12.43	17.09.1926     entered RN 27.04.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Atlantic) 02.01.1930 - (04.1930) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 11.08.1930 - (02.1931) promotion course, Portsmouth 11.12.1931 - (01.1934) HMS Wren (destroyer) (China) 31.07.1934 - (07.1935) First Lieutenant, HMS Restless (destroyer) 23.07.1935 - (02.1937) First Lieutenant, HMS Achates (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 20.04.1937 - (07.1937) First Lieutenant, HMS Whitshed (destroyer) (Portsmouth) 02.08.1937 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Fame (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 31.07.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Cleveland (destroyer) 03.02.1942 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Inconstant (destroyer) 05.04.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Scorpion (destroyer) 18.01.1945 - (07.1945) staff of Rear-Admiral Destroyers, British Pacific Fleet [HMS Tyne] 07.10.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Terpsichore (destroyer) (07.1948) no appointment listed
Clubb, Stanley Hector Robert	05.03.1904 Colchester, Essex - 13.01.1977	Seaman ? [K60740] T/A/Wt.Eng. 18.02.1944 T/Wt.Eng. 1944?, seniority 18.02.1944 39|45 St ? ? Atl St ? ? Afr St ? ? It St ? ? WM 39|45 ? ? LSGCM ? ?	served in the North and South Atlantic, Indian Ocean and other places, possibly on HMS Enterprise (cruiser) & HMS Bulldog (destroyer): (04.1944) no appointment listed (06.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Espiègle (minesweeper) * (04.1946) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) * * indexed, but not listed as such Post-war active in the Royal Naval Association in Colchester, Essex.
Clutterbuck, [Sir] David Granville Son of Charles Granville Clutterbuck (1871-?), FES, Solicitor (admitted 1893),  Commissioner for Oaths, Town Councillor, Guardian, Under-Sheriff of the City of Gloucester, and Edith Violet Darkin. Married (1937, London) Rose Mere Vaile (died 12.01.2009), Auckland, NZ; two daughters.	25.01.1913 Gloucester, Gloucestershire - 13.12.2008 Lymington, Hampshire	Midsh. 01.01.1931 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1933 S.Lt. 01.10.1933 Lt. 01.07.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1943 Cdr. 31.12.1948 Capt. 31.12.1953 R.Adm. 08.07.1963 V.Adm. 24.08.1966 (retd) KBE 01.01.1968 New Year 68 [investiture 26.11.68] CB 01.01.1965 New Tear 65 [investiture 23.03.65] MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky (Sicily landings) MID 11.06.1946 wind up Far East	1929 joined RN ... - ... ... 20.05.1939 - (09.1939) Navigating Officer, HMS Deptford (escort vessel) (East Indies) (04.1940)     HMS Deptford (escort vessel) * 27.05.1940 - 01.03.1942 Squadron Navigating Officer, HMS Ajax (cruiser) 02.06.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 20.10.1942 - (10.)1943 Navigating Officer, HMS Newfoundland (cruiser) (12.1943)     HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) * 03.12.1943 - 1946 Navigating Officer, HMS Newfoundland (cruiser) (present Japanese surrender at Tokyo) (04.1946)     no appointment listed ... - ... ... 1952 - ? Commanding Officer, HMS Sluys (destroyer) 30.07.1952 - (05.)1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Cadiz (destroyer) 1954 Naval Attaché at British Embassy, Bonn 1956 - 1958 Captain (D) of Third Training Squadron [HMS Zest] (Londonderry) 1960 - 1962 Commanding Officer, HMS Blake (cruiser) 1963 - 1966 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet and Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Eastern Atlantic [HMS Warrior] 1966 - 1968 Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic * indexed, but not listed as such
Coats, Ernest Colin Married (18.12.1930, Malta) Gudrun Viola Hulda Margareta Johanson, daughter of Nils Ludvig Hippolytus Johanson, Director of Telegraphs.	28.07.1902 - 15.11.1971 Kensington district, London	A/S.Lt. 15.01.1922 S.Lt. ? Lt. 30.06.1924 Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1932 (retd 28.07.1947) A/Cdr. 10.1942? Cdr. (retd) 28.07.1947 DSO 31.03.1942 attack on battlecruisers 02.02.42 [investiture 14.04.42] DSC 10.02.1942 E-boat attack on convoy 19.11.41 [investiture 14.04.42] MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42	... - ... ... 20.09.1937 - (09.1939) HMS Arethusa (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 05.02.1940 - (04.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Forester (destroyer) [in charge of cargo ship "Holland" during the Dunkirk evacuation] 22.06.1940 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Worcester (destroyer) 17.03.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 10.1942 - 07.10.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Campbell (destroyer) [although officially listed as in command from Oct 42, probably already in command while acting as escort on convoy PQ18 in Sept 42] (10.1944) no appointment listed 11.01.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Ferret III (Beach Hill Camp, Londonderry) 10.11.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Aorangi (Fleet Train Accommodation Ship, Far East)
Cobb, David Laurence	05.03.1922 Hampstead, Middlesex - 29.01.1999 Sydney, Australia	Cadet 01.05.1939 Midsh. 01.01.1940 S.Lt. 01.12.1940 Lt. 16.05.1942 ?, seniority 16.02.1942 Lt.Cdr. 16.02.1950 Cdr. 30.06.1953 (retd 02.01.1961) CVO 31.12.1977 New year 78 MID 23.06.1942 action with enemy convoy escort 03.42 MID 04.04.1944 Aegean operations 09-11.43	01.01.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Sheffield (cruiser) 09.01.1942 - (11.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS Eclipse (destroyer) 12.1943 - (06.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Beaufort (destroyer) (07.1945) gunnery course 04.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Modeste (escort sloop) (07.1948) HMS President * 04.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Jamaica 04.06.1951 - (05.1953) HMS Excellent (for miscellaneous duties) 27.04.1954 - (01.1956) staff, Junior Offcers War Course, Royal Naval College, Greenwich [HMS President] 1950s Commanding Officer, HMS Cockade Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London, 10.01.1977. Deputy Director in the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme (initially Senior Director in the Boys Scheme, then Deputy Director, c. 1976/77, retiring c. 1986). * indexed, but not listed as such
Cobb, Gerald	05.10.1903 - 19.11.1987 Winchester, Hampshire	Midsh. 15.09.1921 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1924 S.Lt. 14.07.1925, seniority 15.07.1924 Lt. 15.08.1925 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1933 (retd 05.10.1948) Cdr. (retd) 05.10.1948 OBE 01.01.1948 New Year 48	06.05.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) 10.04.1924 - (01.1925) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 21.07.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Constance (cruiser) (North America and West Indies) [additional] 19.07.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Colombo (cruiser) (North America and West Indies) 01.01.1929 - (02.1931) Navigating Officer, HMS Petersfield (twin screw minesweeper) (China) (01.1932) no appointment listed (09.1932) no appointment listed 19.12.1933 - (02.)1936 Navigating Officer, HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) 14.10.1936 - 25.05.1937 Navigating Officer, HMS Malaya (battleship) [while under construction] 25.05.1937 - (02.1941) Navigating Officer, HMS Malaya (battleship) (and as Squadron Navigating Officer, 1st Battle Squadron) (Mediterranean) 30.05.1942 - (10.)1943 Navigating Officer, HMS King George V (battleship) 10.1943 - (07.1948) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth)
Cobbe, Charles Hugh Son of Capt. Mervyn Hugh Cobbe, RN, and of Caroline Anne Maude Cobbe (née Arbuthnot). Husband of Enid Margaret Cobbe (nee Wilson), of Bolsterstone, Yorkshire.	15.01.1907 Greenwich - 10.12.1941 (KIA) [age 34] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 44, column 2]	Cadet 15.01.1921 Midsh. 15.05.1925 S.Lt. 16.04.1928 Lt. 16.04.1930 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1938	06.09.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) (07.1927) HMS Wren (destroyer) (Mediterranean) * 08.11.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 24.03.1930 - (01.1932) HMS Walpole (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) (09.1932) no appointment listed 28.10.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 16.04.1935 - (02.1936) Gunnery School, Devonport [HMS Drake] 18.08.1936 - (07.1939) Gunnery Officer, HMS Penelope (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 31.07.1939 - (08.1939) Gunnery Officer, HMS Diomede (cruiser) 29.01.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 10.01.1941 - 10.12.1941 Gunnery Officer, HMS Repulse (battle cruiser) * indexed, but not listed as such
Cochrane, Alexander Francis Son of Maj. Charles FitzGerald Thomas Cochrane (1863-1952), and Maud Mary Rose (?-1913). Married (08.08.1928) Osma Rosina Heather Cochrane (12.12.1906 - 05.1990), eldest daughter of Oswald Henry Cochrane (1857-1955), and Eva Marion A. Barnett (1867?-1937), of Middlesborough, and Melbury, Salcombe; one son (killed in Malayan Emergency).	29.03.1902 - 03.05.1985 Truro district, Cornwall	Midsh. 01.05.1918 Lt. 15.12.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1931 (retd 29.03.1947; age) A/Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 Cdr. (retd) 29.03.1947	15.09.1915     entered RN ? - (01.1919) HMS King George V (battleship) 02.01.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Winchelsea (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (05.1926)     no appointment listed 03.06.1926 - (06.)1928 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivid] 18.08.1928 - (02.)1931 HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 24.10.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Lupin (sloop) (Mediterranean) 05.07.1932 - (06.1933) HMS Adventure (minelayer) (Home Fleet) (01.1934)     no appointment listed 06.03.1934 - (08.)1936 HMS Durban (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (10.1936)     no appointment listed 15.01.1937 - (09.)1939 HMS Caledonia (boys' training ship, Rosyth) 07.09.1939 - (12.1941) HMS St George (training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man) 07.1942 - (08.)1942 RN Depot, Simonstown, South Africa [HMS Afrikander] 08.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Good Hope (training establishment, Port Elizabeth, South Africa) 07.09.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Excalibur (new entry seaman training establishment, The Brunds, Alsager, Stoke on Trent) 10.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall) (07.1945)     HMS Wager (destroyer) * (04.1946)     HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Cochrane, Sir Edward Owen Son of Vice­Adm. Basil E. Cochrane and Cornelia Ramsay Robinson Owen. Married (1908) Mary Lucy George (died 1955); (son Major RA, killed in Tunisia) one daughter.	17.08.1881 Chertsey, Surrey - 27.01.1972 [London ?]	Midsh. 1897 A/S.Lt. 15.04.1901? S.Lt. 14.01.1903, seniority 15.04.1901 Lt. 17.07.1903, seniority 15.10.1902 Cdr. 30.06.1915 Capt. 31.12.1920 R.Adm. 03.01.1933 (retd 04.01.1933) Capt. RNR 24.08.1939 Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 02.1940 (reverted to retd  1945) KBE 02.06.1943 HM's birthday MID 17.11.1942 ocean convoys 39-42	Education: HMS Britannia 15.01.1896     entered RN 1903 qualified as gunnery Lieutenant 18.01.1918 - (01.1919) Executive Officer, HMS Nelson (pre-Dreadnought battleship) 1921 - 1924 Assistent Director Gunnery Division and Assistent then Deputy Director Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty 15.09.1924 - 1926 Commanding Officer, HMS Cairo (cruiser) (East Indies Station) 16.04.1927 - 1929 Commanding Officer, Gunnery School, Devonport [HMS Vivid] 08.04.1929 - (02.)1931 Director of Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 17.08.1931 - (01.)1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 09.06.1932 - (09.1932) Commanding Officer, HMS Cairo (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 14.10.1932 - 03.01.1933 Naval ADC to the King 02.1940 - (07.)1945 Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]
Cock, Arthur John	13.11.1887 Dublin, Ireland - (03?).1971 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Seaman ? [224347] Gnr. (T) 23.06.1915 Cd.Gnr. (T) 23.06.1925 Lt. 07.05.1935 (retd 13.11.1937) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 07.05.1943 Cdr. (retd) 11.06.1947	possibly served in submarines in World War I 08.05.1923 - (01.)1925 HMS Windsor (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 22.04.1925 - (02.)1927 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 15.03.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 07.05.1929 - (06.)1933 HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (Home Fleet) [ship commissioned 16.09.1930] 16.06.1933 - (02.)1935 HMS Effingham (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 24.04.1935 - (07.)1937 HM's Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 12.06.1939 - (04.)1946 Instructional Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth, later Roedean School, Brighton) (in lieu of specialist Torpedo Officer)
Cocking, Frederick Stephen [de Montaignac Lockington]	06.07.1901 Devonport - died between 08.1989 and 12.1991 ?? [or: 1968 ?]	Seaman ? [M21915] Wt.Shipwr. 01.08.1935 Wt.Aircr.Offr. 01.08.1935 Cd.Aircr.Offr. 01.10.1943 Lt. (A) 01.04.1945 Lt. (E) ?, seniority 01.04.1945 (retd 06.07.1951) MBE 05.06.1952 HM's birthday 52	12.09.1935 - (02.1937) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.10.1937 - (08.1939) HMS Gloucester (cruiser) 22.11.1939 - 08.1943 RN Aircraft Repair Yard Department, HMS Merlin (Royal Naval Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) 28.08.1943 - (06.1944) RN Aircraft Repair Yard, Fleetlands 07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Perseus (maintenance carrier) (05.1950) HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, co. Londonderry) * (1952) RN Aircraft Maintenance Yard Belfast * indexed, but not listed as such
Cole, [Sir] Antony Bartholomew Younger son of Cdr. John Francis Herbert Cole, RN, of Fell Court, Torquay, and Ethel Sophie Bartholomew, of Devizes. Married (06.11.1937) Barbara Mary Burstall, daughter of Lt.Gen. Sir Henry Edward Burstall, KCB, KCMG; two daughters.	23.05.1909 Torquay - 24.03.1967 Colyton, Devon	Midsh. 01.09.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1931 S/Lt. 05.04.1932, seniority 01.09.1930 Lt. 05.12.1932, seniority 01.12.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1939 Cdr. 31.12.1943 Capt. 30.06.1951 R.Adm. 07.01.1960 V.Adm. 15.03.1963 (retd 07.08.1965) KBE 13.06.1964 HM's birthday 64 [investiture 23.02.65] CB 01.01.1962 New Year 62 [investiture 13.03.62] DSC 03.12.1940 sinking enemy trawler [investiture 25.02.41] MID 05.07.1940 action Dutch coast	Education: Winchester College (Bramston's House, 1922.3-1927.2; War Exhibitioner). 16.09.1927     special entry cadet, RN 25.08.1928 - (08.)1929 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 17.12.1929 - (01.)1931 HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) 01.01.1931 - 17.08.1931 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 17.08.1931 - (01.)1932 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 19.04.1932 - (05.)1934 HMS Comet (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 03.05.1934 - (05.)1935 qualifying for torpedo duties [HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth)] 10.06.1935 - (07.)1935 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 28.08.1935 - (02.)1936 Torpedo Officer, HMS Montrose (flotilla leader) (Home Fleet) 27.03.1936 - (05.)1936 Torpedo Officer, HMS Garland (destroyer) (20th Destroyer Flotilla) (for flotilla duties) 18.05.1936 - (07.)1937 Torpedo Officer, HMS Grenville (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) 14.10.1937 - (02.)1939 Instructional Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) 02.03.1939 - 08.06.1939 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (additional; for duty with 4th MTB Flotilla) 09.06.1939 - 05.07.1941 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 22 (motor torpedo boat) & as Senior Officer, 4th MTB Flotilla [HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth), from 01.1940 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport), from 05.06.1940 HMS Badger (minesweeper base, Harwich), from 01.07.1940 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] (North Sea & English Channel) 11.08.1941 - 01.1944 Squadron Torpedo Officer, HMS Anson (battleship) (North Sea, North Atlantic & Arctic) 01.1944 - (10.1945) staff, Department of the Director of Torpedoes and Mining, Admiralty [HMS President] (04.1946)     HMS Saker (RN base, Washington, DC, USA) * 01.1948 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, HMS Welcome 15.02.1949 - (05.1949) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) (05.1950)     no appointment listed 05.02.1951 - (05.1951) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) 1952 - 02.02.1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Campania 05.07.1953 - (01.)1955 Naval Attaché, Rome 21.11.1955 - (01.1957) Deputy Director of Underwater Weapon Materials, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.04.1958 - (01.)1959 Commanding Officer, HMS Albion 27.11.1959 - 1962 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff [HMS President] 25.06.1962 - 1965 Chief of Allied Staff to Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Mediterranean (AFMED) * indexed, but not listed as such
Cole, Edgar Woolridge Son (with four brothers and two sisters) of Reuben Cole (1859?-), letterpress printer, and Annie Cole (1860?-), of Plymouth. Married ((06?).1938, Cardiff district, Glamorgan) Doris Gamlin ((06?).1903 - ), of Pontypridd, Glamorgan.	13.01.1898 Plymouth, Devon - 23.05.1941 (MPK) [age 43] [Chatham Naval Memorial, 41, 2]	Seaman ? [M6263] A/Wt.Eng. 01.10.1926 Wt.Eng. 1927?, seniority 01.10.1926 Cd.Eng. 01.10.1936	(02.1927)     short course of instruction 21.03.1927 - (05.)1928 HMS Cornwall (cruiser) 03.05.1928 - (08.1930) HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) (02.1931)     no appointment listed 04.05.1931 - (06.1933) HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (for Mechanical Training Establishment) 11.1933 - (10.1936) HMS Wellington (sloop) [borne in HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] [commissioned 22.01.1935 at Devonport, later New Zealand] (01.1937) - (02.1937) no appointment listed 29.04.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for Mechanical Training Estabilshment) 07.05.1939 - 23.05.1941 HMS Kelly (destroyer) (ship bombed & sunk by German aircraft off Crete)
Cole, Frederick Dennisson	17.09.1916 - 29.04.2002 New Zealand	.... ... S.Lt.. 16.07.1937 Lt. 01.10.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1946 (retd 10.11.1955)	... - ... ... 30.03.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Jackal (destroyer) (10.1940)     no appointment listed (02.1941)     no appointment listed 20.11.1941 - (08.)1943 HMS Boreas (destroyer) 09.1943 - 13.10.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Vivacious (destroyer) 08.12.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Glendower (training establishment, Pwllheli, North Wales) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 10.08.1945 - 05.11.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Tremadoc Bay (frigate) ... - ... ...
Cole, Percival Sidney	see:	RNVR officers' section
Cole-Hamilton, Anthony Mervyn Son of Richard Mervyn Cole-Hamilton (1877-?), and Margaret Bennett. Married 1st (25.11.1944) Monica Mary Cartwright; one son, three daughters. Married 2nd (07.04.1956) Angela Elizabeth Baeza. From Stevenage, Herts.	25.11.1919 - 12.2004 still alive	.... ... S.Lt.. 16.06.1939 Lt. 16.04.1941 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1949 (retd) MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday	... - ... ... 23.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Rosemary (sloop) 02.05.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Achates (destroyer) (12.1941) - (08.1942) HMS Panther (destroyer) * 31.08.1942 - (06.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Brecon (destroyer) 23.01.1945 - (04.1946) First Lieutenant, HMS Comet (destroyer) ... - ... ...
Coleridge, Guy Lushington Son of Hon. Stephen William Buchanan Coleridge [second son of 1st Baron Coleridge] (1854-1936), and Geraldine Beatrice Lushington (died 1910). Married (22.01.1910) Hester Christabel Margaret Dickson, only daughter of Rev. Richard Henry Dickson; one daughter. Of Chobham, Surrey.	15.04.1884 Kensington, London - 28.10.1941 (died on active service) [Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Chatham, Naval Reservation, grave 1484]	A/S.Lt. 30.08.1903? S.Lt. 26.01.1905, seniority 30.08.1903 Lt. 29.07.1905, seniority 28.02.1905 Cdr. 30.06.1917 Capt. 30.06.1924 (retd 15.04.1934; own request)	15.01.1899     entered RN 01.08.1917 - (01.1919) Executive Officer, HMS Malaya (battleship) (01.1925) no appointment listed 02.11.1926 - (07.1927) Commanding Officer, HMS Durban (cruiser) (China) (08.1929) no appointment listed 24.10.1929 - (02.1931) Commanding Officer, HMS Malcolm (destroyer) & Captain (D), Reserve Fleet, Nore 17.10.1931 - (01.1932) Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS President] (09.1932) - (01.1934) no appointment listed Barrister-at-Law. F.R.G.S. 26.11.1939 - 28.10.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) (and for administrative and disciplinary command of all tenders)
Coleridge, the Hon. Richard Duke; from 1955 4th Baron Coleridge of Ottery St Mary Eldest son of 3rd Baron Coleridge (Geoffrey Duke Coleridge) (1877-1955), and Jessie Alethea Mackarness (1880-1957). Succeeded father, 27.03.1955. Married (28.08.1936, Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London) Cecilia Rosamund Fisher (22.11.1909-29.07.1991), elder daughter of Adm. Sir William W. Fisher, GCB, GCVO; two sons.	24.09.1905 Honiton district, Devon - 20.05.1984 Ottery St Mary, South Devon	Midsh. 15.09.1923 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1926 S.Lt. 15.09.1926 Lt. 15.06.1928 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1936 (retd 22.07.1939) A/Cdr. (retd) > 12.1941, < 08.1942 Cdr. (retd) > 07.1945, < 04.1946 (reverted to retd 07.04.1952) A/Capt. (retd) > 07.1945, < 04.1946 Capt. (retd) 07.04.1952 KBE 01.01.1971 New Year 71: Secretary NATO CBE 07.06.1951 HM's birthday 51 [investiture 13.02.52] OBE 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 LM 17.12.1946 ?	Education: The Dene, Caterham; RN Colleges, Osborne (1919-) & Dartmouth (...-12.1922). 15.09.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Danae (cruiser) (Mediterranean)       HMS Revenge (battleship) 08.04.1926 - 15.01.1927 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 16.01.1927 - (07.)1927 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.09.1927 - (06.)1928 HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China) 20.06.1928 - (08.)1929 HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China) 19.12.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Tiger (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 21.08.1931 - (06.1933) Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral and Senior Naval Officer, Yangtse [HMS Bee (gunboat)] (China) (01.1934)     no appointment listed 23.04.1934 - (08.)1936 Flag Lieutenant/Lieutenant-Commander to Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron and Second-in-Command Mediterranean [HMS Resolution (battleship), later HMS Valiant (battleship)] (Mediterranean) 22.10.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 11.01.1938 - 15.12.1938 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 16.12.1938 - 15.03.1939 Staff Officer (Operations) to Rear-Admiral Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron [HMS Shropshire] (Mediterranean Station) (invalided out due to tuberculosis) 16.03.1939 - 22.07.1939 no appointment listed 1940 - 06.1940 rejoined RN: Offices of War Cabinet and of Minister of Defence, with appointment to GQG Vincennes, France [HMS President] 07.1940 - 05.1941 War Cabinet Office in London [HMS President] 20.05.1941 - 30.11.1941 Admiralty [HMS President] (for Joint Staff  Mission, Washington) 01.12.1941 - (07.)1945 British Joint Staff and Combined Chiefs of Staff (and attended the Conferences of Washington, Quebec (1942 and 1943), Cairo, Malta and Yalta) [HMS Saker] 09.1945     Council of Foreign Ministers, London Conference 01.1946     UN Assembly in London 1946 - 1948 Military Staff Committee of United Nations, New York 1948 - 1952 British Joint Services Mission in Washington (and also Chief Staff Officer to Marshal of the RAF Lord Tedder (Chairman of British Chiefs of Staff Committee and British Representative on Standing Group of NATO, 1950-51); representative British Chiefs of Staff on Temporary Committee of Council of NATO, in Paris, 1951; attended Lisbon Conference, 1952 Executive Secretary, NATO, 1952-1970. Chairman: Devon and Exeter Savings Bank, 1971-75; SW Trustee Savings Bank, 1975-80 (President, 1980-). Chairman, Devon Historic Churches Trust, 1972-. Appointed as Chief Constable, Bedfordshire, 01.1940, but had to leave the job prematurely as the Home Secretary refused to sanction the appointment as he had no previous police experience. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Devon 1973.
Collar, Michael Harvey Son of ... Collar, and ... Harvey.	(12?).1919 Yeovil district, Somerset - 10.11.1997	S.Lt. 16.04.1939 Lt. 01.03.1941 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1949 (retd 02.06.1958) DSC 04.09.1945 minnesweeping German coast 04-05.45 [decoration posted] MID 07.07.1942 withdrawal of troops from Bardia 04.41 MID 31.12.1943 Operation Husky (invasion of Sicily 07.43) MID 30.05.1944 services in 12 convoys MID 03.04.1945 minesweeping Holland & Antwerp 09-11.44 OON 12.005.1942 withdrawal from Holland [decoration posted]	... - ... ... 14.02.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Windsor (destroyer) (Order of Oranje Nassau) 30.12.1940 - (02.)1941 Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services) 1941 - (04.)1941 HMS Glengyle (assault ship) (despatches) 21.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Nile (RN base. Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services) 01.04.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Carlisle (02.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed (07.1943)     beachmaster at Sicily (despatches) 09.09.1943 - (04.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Milne (fleet destroyer) (despatches) (06.1944)     navigation course 10.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Ready (fleet minesweeper) (DSC, despatches) 11.03.1946 - (04.1946) Navigating Officer, HMS Ranee ... - ... ...
Collett, Anthony Foster "Farmer" Married Margaret Frances Henson (born 1918).	04.03.1911 Gloucester, Gloucestershire - 02.1991 Pontypool district, Gwent	Cadet 01.05.1928 Midsh. 01.01.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1931 S.Lt. 16.01.1932 Lt. 16.03.1934 Lt.Cdr. 16.03.1942 (retd 29.01.1948) A/Cdr. 05.1945? DSC 25.11.1941 services in Mediterranean [investiture 30.06.42] DSC 29.08.1944 war patrols [investiture 13.02.45] LM 03.04.1945 rescue US airman (Lt. Dale C. Klahn) Sabang 04.44 [investiture 24.04.45]	01.05.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Atlantic) 08.01.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) 30.04.1931 - 03.01.1932 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.01.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, Portsmouth (05.1933)     no appointment listed 04.05.1933 - (06.)1933 HMS Mackay (flotilla leader)  (2nd Submarine Flotilla) (Home Fleet) (for submarines) 16.09.1933 - (11.)1934 HMS L 26 (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Mackay] 16.12.1934 - (07.1935) HMS Otus (submarine) (4th Submarine Flotilla) (China) [tender to HMS Medway] (04.1936)     no appointment listed 22.04.1936 - (02.)1937 First Lieutenant, HMS H 33 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 26.04.1937 - (04.)1939 First Lieutenant, HMS Grampus (submarine) (China) (08.1939)     no appointment listed 01.09.1939 - 04.1940 Staff Officer (Operations 2), HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) 26.04.1940 - 18.09.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS H 34 (submarine) 19.09.1940 - 18.06.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Unique (submarine) 01.07.1942 - 11.12.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Upright (submarine) 12.12.1942 - 01.10.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Tactician (submarine) 01.10.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) (and for duty with submarines) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 05.1945 - (07.1945) British Naval Liaison Officer, STMs [HMS Maidstone (submraine depot ship) (for submarines)] 02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines)
Collett, Charles Trusson First son (with three brothers and three sisters) of William George Collett (1869-1956), and Ruth Lilian Kempthorne (1882-1972), of Woodhill, Crowthorne. Brother of R.Adm. George Kempthorne Collett, CB, DSC, RN. Married (09.07.1938, St John the Baptist, Harrietsham, Hollingbourne district, Kent) Elizabeth Catherine Sibbald-Scott (10.01.1919 - 04.10.1968), daughter of Sir Francis Montague Sibbald-Scott, Bt. (1885-1945), and Gladys Rolt (1880-1951), of Harrietsham, Kent; three sons, one daughter.	15.08.1904 Easthampstead district, Berkshire - 09.05.1958 Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey Northern district, Surrey	Midsh. 15.09.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1925 S.Lt. 15.10.1925 Lt. 15.10.1927 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1935 (retd 15.08.1949) A/Cdr. 05.04.1943? Cdr. (retd) 15.08.1949 (reverted to retd 28.04.1954) OBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 MID 14.10.1941 Bismarck sunk	15.05.1918     entered RN 15.09.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Benbow (battleship) 10.11.1924 - (03.1926) HMS R 10 (submarine) [tender to HMS Vulcan] 07.01.1927 - (07.1928) HMS Serapis (destroyer) (China) (06.1929)     no appointment listed 03.06.1929 - (08.)1930 HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (for training duties) 15.10.1930 - (05.)1933 HMNZS Diomede (cruiser) [New Zealand Division] (06.1933)     no appointment listed 08.09.1933 - (08.)1935 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley, Ipswich, Suffolk) 10.08.1935 - (07.)1937 HMS Weston (patrol sloop/escort vessel) (East Indies) 26.10.1937 - (09.)1939 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 05.09.1939 - (08.1942) HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (despatches) 01.01.1943 - (02.)1943 HMS Ameer (escort carrier) 05.04.1943 - (07.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Tracker (escort carrier) (OBE) 15.01.1946 - (04.)1946 Naval Training Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.09.1946 - 28.04.1954 Office of Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President] (for Sea Cadet Corps duties) (Closed Unit Sea Cadet Corps & Naval Member Joint Cadet Executive, Combined Cadet Force)
Collett, George Kempthorne Second son (with three brothers and three sisters) of William George Collett (1869-1956), and Ruth Lilian Kempthorne (1882-1972), of Woodhill, Crowthorne. Brother of Cdr. Charles Trusson Collett, OBE, RN. Married (10.08.1937, St John's Church, Crowthorne, Windsor district, Berkshire) Cashie Rongnye Fernie Bell, eldest daughter of Sir Charles Alfred Bell, KCIE, CMG (1870-1945), and Cashie Kerr Fernie (died 1935), of Edgcumbe, Crowthorne, Berkshire; one son, one daughter.	25.01.1907 Easthampstead district, Berkshire - 11.05.1982 Churt, Farnham, Surrey	... ... Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1937 Cdr. 31.12.1939 A/Capt. 01.1945 Capt. 31.12.1945 R.Adm. 07.01.1955 (retd 24.03.1958) CB 13.06.1957 HM's birthday 57 [investiture 12.11.57] DSC 01.01.1943 New Year 43 [investiture 11.05.43] MID 30.05.1944 attack on Tirpitz 03.04.44 LegH 1945 ?	15.09.1920     entered RN ... - ... ... 29.08.1939 - (09.1939) Gunnery Officer, HMS Arethusa (cruiser) & as Squadron Gunnery Officer, 3rd Cruiser Squadron (Mediterranean Fleet) (04.1940)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 1940 - 30.06.1940 British Naval Liaison Officer to Force de Raid on battlecruiser Dunkerque 01.07.1940 - (10.1940) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (as British Naval Liaison Officer with Gen. de Gaulle) (02.1941)     Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] * 01.04.1941 - 1942 Executive Officer, HMS Trinidad (cruiser) (DSC) 26.06.1942 - (04.)1944 Staff Officer (Operations) & Squadron Gunnery Officer, 2nd Battle Squadron [HMS Anson (battleship)] (Home Fleet) (despatches) 14.06.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Duke of York (battleship) 01.1945 - (07.)1945 Naval Assistant to First Sea Lord [HMS President] (04.1946)     no appointment listed ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Collie, James Christian	1883 Banchory Ternan district, Kincardine, Scotland - died between 07.1952 and 07.1959	S.Lt. RNR ? Lt. RNR 04.09.1912 Lt. (Supplementary List) 07.01.1913, seniority 01.04.1913 Lt.Cdr. (Supplementary List) 01.04.1921 (retd 18.10.1928) Cdr. (retd) 18.10.1928 (reverted to retd 1944/45)	02.11.1917 - (01.1919) Commanding Officer, HMS Moy (river class destroyer) 10.03.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Hecla (special torpedo vessel; depot ship) (for emergency destroyers) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) (07.1927) no appointment listed 08.01.1940 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS St Tudno (accommodation ship, Standgate Creek, Sheerness) (02.1941) no appointment listed 05.05.1941 - (06.1944) HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)
Collings, Maurice Macsherry Youngest son of Eng.Capt. Albert Edward Collings, RN (1865-1916), and Norah Wilhelmina Macsherry (?-1971). Married ((03?).1943, Chatham district, Kent) Bridget Irene Williams (12.03.1919 - 02.2003), youngest daughter of the Rev. H.C. Williams, and Mrs Williams, of the Rectory, Eastchurch, Kent; ... children (three daughters, two sons?).	(09?).1914 Plymouth district, Devon - 24.02.1982 Hampshire	Cadet 01.09.1931 Midsh. 01.05.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1934 S.Lt. 16.03.1935 Lt. 16.08.1936 Lt.Cdr. 16.08.1944 (retd 1950) MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 22.07.1932 - (08.)1934 HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 27.09.1934 - (02.)1935 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.04.1935 - (07.)1935 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 14.10.1935 - (08.)1936 HMS Douglas (flotilla leader, 20th Destroyer Flotilla) (Mediterranean) 17.10.1936 - (02.)1938 HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) (Mediterranean) (06.1938)     no appointment listed (08.1938)     HMS Vanquisher (destroyer) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) * 29.09.1938 - 11.10.1938 qualifying for gunnery duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.10.1938 - (08.)1938 qualifying for gunnery duties, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 28.08.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 24.06.1940 - (08.)1942 Gunnery Officer, HMS Campbell (destroyer) (and for flotilla duties) 08.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 05.04.1943 - (07.)1944 Gunnery Officer, HMS Bellona (cruiser) (despatches) 15.09.1944 - (01.)1945 Gunnery Officer on staff of Admiral Commanding Orkney and Shetland [HMS Prosperine (RN base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)] 02.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Blenheim (destroyer depot ship) 11.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) 03.05.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS Glasgow (cruiser) 30.10.1949 - (05.)1950 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
Collingwood, Cuthbert John	21.10.1913 - 26.12.2002 Surrey Northern district, Surrey	Midsh. RNR 08.09.1932 A/S.Lt. RNR 21.10.1934 S.Lt. RNR 23.02.1937, seniority 29.02.1936 Prob. S.Lt. 28.02.1938 S.Lt. 1939?, seniority 28.02.1938 Lt. 05.05.1939 ?, seniority 21.10.1937 Lt.Cdr. 21.10.1945 Lt.Cdr. (L) 14.10.1946, seniority 21.01.1945 (retd 21.10.1958) MID 02.07.1946 for distinguished services during the defence of Hong Kong	(06.1938) -  (10.1938) no appointment listed 01.11.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Brazen (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 04.1939 - (08.)1939 HMS Speedy (minesweeper) (1st Minesweeping Flotilla) 21.10.1939 - 26.12.1941 HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (escaped): 21.10.1939 - 26.12.1941 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 11 (motor torpedo boat) 06.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for miscellaneous duties at Colombo) (02.1943)     no appointment listed (06.1943)     no appointment listed 14.07.1943 - (10.1944) Staff Officer, Coastal Forces, Dover Command [HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover)] 03.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) 15.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Dido (cruiser) 14.10.1946     transferred to Electrical Branch RN 25.08.1947 - (05.)1949 HMS Boxer 05.08.1949 - (05.1950) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 02.11.1951 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous duties) 20.05.1954 - (07.)1954 HMS Jupiter 20.09.1954 - (01.1957) HMS President (for miscellaneous duties)
Collinson, Alfred Creighton	17.05.1893 Lutterworth - 06.08.1970 Cowes, Isle of Wight	Lt.Cdr. (Supplementary List) 01.04.1921 Lt.Cdr. 30.10.1923 Cdr. 30.06.1929 Capt. 31.12.1935 (retd > 07.1945, < 04.1946) Cdre. 2nd cl. 11.1940? CBE 19.02.1946 assault on Hong Kong 12.41 MID 08.03.1918 ?	15.05.1906     entered RN 02.12.1924 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS Torch (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 14.08.1925 - (07.1927) Commanding Officer, HMS Westcott (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) (08.1929) no appointment listed 10.03.1930 - (09.1932) Executive Officer, HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (Home Fleet) [16.09.1930 ship commissioned] 10.08.1933 - (07.1935) Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 25.11.1935 - (02.1936) staff of R.Adm. R.H.T. Raikes [HMS Resource (repair ship)] (Mediterranean) 12.01.1937 - (07.1937) Imperial Defence Course 04.01.1938 - (10.1938) Commanding Officer, HMS Centurion (target vessel) (Home Fleet) 23.01.1939 - (02.1939) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for tactical school - tactical investigation) 27.03.1939 - (07.1939) Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 31.07.1939 - (08.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Danae (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) (04.1940) no appointment listed 11.1940 - (11.1941) Commodore-in-Charge of Naval Establishments, Hong Kong [HMS Tamar]  [1941 - 1945 PoW ? ]
Colpoys, Gerald Edward	21.12.1893 Kingston district, Surrey - 07.03.1979 Shepway district, Kent	... ... Lt. 30.12.1915 Lt.Cdr. 30.12.1923 Cdr. 31.12.1928 (retd 21.12.1943) Capt. (retd) 21.12.1943	15.09.1906     entered RN ... - ... ... 12.07.1937 - (04.1946) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
Colson, [Sir] Henry St Clair Son of Peter James Colson, Southampton. Married (1921) Vera Jessica, daughter of W.F. Bergh, of South Africa; one son.	29.07.1887 Southampton, Hampshire - 27.02.1968	A/Sg. 04.10.1912 Sg. 08.04.1913, seniority 04.10.1912 Staff Sg. 16.05.1918, seniority 23.04.1918 * Sg.Cdr. 23.04.1922 Sg.Capt. 31.12.1934 Sg.R.Adm. 18.09.1942 Sg.V.Adm. 01.01.1946 (retd 31.12.1948) KCB 12.06.1947 HM's birthday 47 CB 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46 CBE 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 MID 23.07.1918 Zeebrugge raid 22/23.04.18 * Special promotion made in recognition of services during the operations on the Belgian Coast on the 23rd April, 1918.	Education: King Edward VI Grammar School, Southampton; Westminster Hospital; LMSSA (1912);  FRCP (1947, London); MB (1913, London); BS (1913, London); DPH (1928) Assistant Medical Officer, St Mary Islington Hospital, 1912. 04.10.1912 joined RN Medical Branch 1913 - 1916 North American and West Indies Station 1916 - 1918 attached to Royal Marines, Plymouth 1918 4th Royal Marines Battalion, Zeebrugge, Belgium 1919 - 1921 South America Station 25.01.1921 - 1924 RN Hospital, Bermuda, West Indies [HMS Malabar] (and as Specialist in Bacteriology to the North America and West Indies Station) 1924 - 1927 Bacteriology specialist, South Africa: 12.11.1924 - (01.)1925 Medical Officer, HMS Dublin (cruiser) (Africa) 25.05.1925 - (05.1926) Medical Officer. HMS Lowestoft (cruiser) 11.05.1927 - (07.)1927 Naval Medical School, RN College, Greenwich (temporary) 25.10.1927 - 1930 Royal Hospital, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (and as Specialist in Bacteriology) 25.03.1930 - (01.)1932 Medical Officer, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Revenge (battleship), later HMS Resolution (battleship)] (Mediterranean) 1932 - 1941 hygiene specialist: 20.08.1932 - (01.1934) Naval Health Officer, Portsmouth Command [HMS Victory] 03.05.1935 - (06.)1938 Naval Health Officer, Mediterranean at Royal Hospital, Malta [HMS St Angelo] (08.1938) - (10.1938) no appointment listed (02.1939) short course of instruction (04.1939) no appointment listed 10.07.1939 - (02.)1941 Naval Health Officer, Portsmouth Command [HMS Victory] 15.10.1941 - (08.)1942 specialist (Medicine), RN Auxiliary Hospital, Sherborne [HMS Boscawen] 25.09.1942 - 31.12.1945 Surgeon R.Adm. in charge of RN Auxiliary Hospital, Barrow Gurney [HMS Drake] 01.01.1946 - 30.11.1948 Medical Director-General of the Navy, Admiralty [HMS President] (in that capacity also: King's Honorary Physician (KHP)) KStJ.
Coltart, Cyril George Bucknill Son of Dr. William Wilson Coltart (1849-1925), and Georgina Coltart, of Epsom. Uncle of Lt. Richard Evelyn Coltart, RN. Married (27.07.1928, Holy Trinity, Brompton, Kensington district, London) Frances Forsythe, daughter of Mr & Mrs William Forsythe, of London & Ceylon; no children.	09.05.1889 Epsom, Surrey - 19.06.1964 Stroud, Petersfield, Hampshire	A/S.Lt. 15.06.1909 S.Lt. 02.02.1910, seniority 15.06.1909 Lt. 31.12.1911 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1919 Cdr. 30.06.1925 Capt. 30.06.1932 (retd 1942) (reverted to retd 1946) Cdre. 2nd cl. < 04.1940 CVO 17.06.1939 Royal visit to Canada	Education: Epsom College; Royal Academy, Gosport. 15.09.1904     entered RN 1914     joined submarine service 05.07.1915     Commanding Officer, HMS C 3 (01.1919)     HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) 14.04.1923 - (08.)1923 HMS Conquest (light cruiser) (additional; for submarines) 15.08.1923 - (01.)1925 Commanding Officer, HMS K 2 (submarine) (1st Submarine Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet) 25.04.1925 - (02.)1927 HMS Marazion (twin screw minesweeper) (4th Submarine Flotilla, China) & for duty with submarines (07.1927)     no appointment listed 15.08.1927 - (06.1928) Commanding Officer, HMS Alecto (depot ship for 3rd Submarine Flotilla) & in command of Training Half Flotilla & for duty with submarines 06.05.1929 - (02.)1931 Commanding Officer, HMS Cyclops (depot ship for 1st Submarine Flotilla) (Mediterranean) & for duty with submarines 21.07.1931 - (01.)1932 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (09.1932) - (01.1933) no appointment listed 13.03.1933 - 31.05.1933 Senior Officers' War Course,  RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.06.1933 - (08.)1934 Chief Staff Officer to Read-Admrial (S) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 28.09.1934 - 12.02.1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Medway (submarined depot ship) (China) & as Captain (S) IV Submarine Flotilla (07.1937)     no appointment listed 09.08.1937 - 08.10.1937 Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 09.10.1937 - 19.01.1938 Senior Officers' War Course,  RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 20.01.1938 - 10.07.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Glasgow (cruiser) (Home Fleet) [including escort duty during visit of King and Queen to Canada (CVO)] 11.07.1939 - 09.12.1939 Captain (S), 5th Submarine Flotilla [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse)] 1940     Commodore West Coast South America 28.02.1940 - 20.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Diomede (light cruiser) 06.1940 - 25.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Despatch (light cruiser) 30.09.1940 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Hecla (destroyer depot ship) 08.07.1941 - 07.01.1942 also: RN ADC to the King 09.03.1942 - (02.)1943 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Inveraray & Senior Naval Officer Combined Operations Northern Bases [HMS Quebec] (06.1943)     no appointment listed 08.07.1943 - (07.1945) Maintenance Captain, HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Coltart, Richard Evelyn Son of Dr. Guy H. Coltart and Mary Beatrice Mapplebeck, of Fulham, London. Nephew of Capt. Cyril G.B. Coltart, CVO, RN..	06.07.1912 Fulham district, London - 27.10.1940 (KIA) [age 28] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 3]	Cadet 01.09.1929 Midsh. 01.05.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1932 S.Lt. 16.06.1933 Lt. 16.03.1936 DSC 28.06.1940 submarine actions against the enemy [investiture 06.08.40]	05.09.1929 - (09.1932) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.1933 - 02.04.1933 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 03.04.1933 - (06.1933) promotion course, Portsmouth 01.1934 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 23.07.1934 - (02.)1937 HMS Proteus (submarine) [tender to HMS Medway] (China) (07.1937)     no appointment listed 16.08.1937 - 27.09.1937 spare submarine First Lieutenant, HMS Titania (submarine depot ship, 6th Submarine Flotilla) 28.09.1937 - 05.06.1938 HMS H 34 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] 06.06.1938  - 31.08.1938 First Lieutenant, HMS H 50 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] 01.09.1938 - 14.12.1938 First Lieutenant, HMS H 34 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] 15.12.1938 - 17.02.1939 First Lieutenant, HMS H 33 (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 18.02.1939 - 21.05.1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Taku (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin, from 11.04.1940 to HMS Forth] 22.05.1940 - 04.07.1940 submarine Commanding Officer's qualifying course [HMS Dolphin] 05.07.1940 - 12.07.1940 spare, HMS Maidstone 13.07.1940 - 06.08.1940 spare Commanding Officer, HMS Elfin 07.08.1940 - 12.10.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS H 31 (submarine) [tender to HMS Elfin, from 31.08.1940 to HMS Cyclops] 13.10.1940 - 27.10.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS H 49 (submarine) [tender to HMS Elfin] (killed when ship was sunk by German surface force near Terschelling, the Netherlands, 18.10.1940)
Colvile, Richard Frederick Only son (with three sisters) of Col. Kenneth Newton Colvile (1884-1956), PhD, MA, Professor of English, and Kathleen Irene Sells (1889-1982), of Sandgate, Kent. Married 1st (1941) Dioné Onaway Neate (04.02.1919 - 01.1977), younger daughter of Cdr. Charles Eden Neate, RN (1887-1965), and Dorothy 'Dolly' Tucker (1889-1971), of Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire & Alvescot, Oxfordshire; two sons, two daughters. Married 2nd ((06?.1982, Droxford district, Hampshire) Anne C. Watson.	04.06.1914 Bombay, India - 25.03.2004 Folkestone, Kent	Cadet 01.09.1931 Midsh. 01.05.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1934 S.Lt. 01.01.1935 Lt. 01.02.1936 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1944 (retd 26.04.1955) T/A/Cdr. 16.03.1948-10?.1948 MBE 13.06.1992 HM's birthday 92: for political and public service DSC 25.06.1940 Norwegian coast [investiture 20.05.41] MID 18.09.1945 services on East Indies Station	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1928). 05.09.1931 - 01.01.1932 HMS Valiant (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 02.01.1932 - (09.)1932 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.10.1932 - (08.)1934 HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China) 27.09.1934 - 31.03.1935 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.04.1935 - (07.)1935 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 14.10.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Mackay (flotilla leader, 19th Destroyer Flotilla) (Mediterranean) 17.06.1936 - (02.)1938 HMS Adventure (large minelayer) (China) (06.1938) - (10.1938) no appointment listed 28.11.1938 - (04.)1939 qualifying for signal duties, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 31.07.1939 - (09.1939) Signal Officer, HMS Colombo (cruiser) & as Squadron Signal and W/T Officer 06.02.1940 - (04.)1940 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] (DSC) 02.08.1940 - (10.)1940 Signal Officer, HMS Keppel (destroyer) (and for signal and W/T duties) 13.10.1940 - (12.1941) Signal Officer, HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) 10.03.1942 - (06.)1943 Flag Lieutenant & Squadron Signal and W/T Officer to Rear-Admiral (Minelayers) [HMS Southern Prince] 08.07.1943 - 10.)1944 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 04.12.1944 - (07.1945) Staff Communications Officer to Flag Officer Commanding 3rd Battle Squadron [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] (despatches) 01.1946 - (10.1947) HMS Mercury II (Admiralty signal establishment, Haslemere) 16.03.1948 - (07.)1948 Flag Lieutenant & Staff Communications Officer to Head of British Naval Mission to Greece [HMS St Angelo] 27.10.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Royal Arthur (Petty Officers/leadership training establishment, Corsham, Wilthsire) 04.1950 - 1952 HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee, Ceylon) (most probably for service at Colombo) 03.12.1952 - (01.1955) Officer-in-Charge, Signal School [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] (04.1955)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * AMIEE. * indexed, but not listed as such
Colville, George Cecil Eldest son of Adm. Hon. Sir Stanley Cecil James Colville, GCB, GCMG, GCVO (1861-1939), and Adelaide Jane Meade (1877-1960). Brother of Cdr. (S) Richard Colville, KCVO, CB, DSC, RN, Maj,Gen, Edward Charles Colville, CB, DSO*, and Capt. Frederick James Colville. Married (19.09.1935, Wimborne Minster, Dorset) Gabrielle Palmer, daughter of Gen. Sir Arthur & Lady Power Palmer, and widow of Col. Leger Livingstone Learmonth; one daughter. Lived at Bishop's Waltham (1953).	09.09.1903 St George Hanover Square, London - 18.08.1983 Droxford district, Hampshire	Cadet 1920 Midsh. 15.01.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1924 S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.04.1927 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1935 Cdr. 31.12.1939 Capt. 31.12.1943 (retd 08.07.1953) CBE 01.01.1953 New Year 53 (Monte Bello) [investiture 10.02.53] OBE 01.01.1942 New Year 42 [investiture 10.03.42]	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne (05.1917-1919) & Dartmouth (1919-1920). 1920 - 09.1921 HMS Thunderer (cadet training cruiser) 15.01.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Iron Duke (battleship) 01.09.1924 - 24.09.1924 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for courses) 25.09.1924 - (01.1925) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 07.01.1926 - (06.1928) HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies, for some time temporarily attached to China Station) 09.04.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Vindictive (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) (04.1930)     no appointment listed (08.1930)     no appointment listed (02.1931)     no appointment listed (01.1932)     no appointment listed 04.04.1932 - (06.)1933 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 14.09.1933 - (07.)1935 Flag Lieutenant-Commander to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet)] 1935 - 16.12.1935 HMS Winchelsea (destroyer) (5th Submarine Flotilla) 17.12.1935 - (07.1937) staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 07.02.1938 - (09.1939) HMS Victoria and Albert (HM's yacht) (Portsmouth) 03.1940 - 01.04.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Menestheus (auxiliary minelayer) 01.04.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Southern Prince (auxiliary minelayer) * 06.11.1941 - (12.1943) Executive Officer, HMS Anson (battleship) 11.02.1944 - (01.)1945 Chief Staff Officer Operations on the staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS President (Admiralty) ** 15.12.1947 - (05.1949) Commanding Officer, HMS Phoebe (cruiser) 02.01.1950 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Gosport, Hampshire) (1952)     [Commanding Officer?], HMS Zeebrugge (ex-landing ship, tank LST 3532) (05.1953)     no appointment listed 08.01.1953 - 08.07.1953 also: Naval ADC to the Queen * Febr 1941 showing as Executive Officer under Flag Captain E.M.C. Barraclough, while the ship was acting as Flagship for R.Adm. R.L. Burnett ** indexed, but not listed as such
Colville, [Sir] Richard Third son of Adm. Hon. Sir Stanley Cecil James Colville, GCB, GCMG, GCVO (1861-1939), and Adelaide Jane Meade (1877-1960). Brother of Capt. George Cecil Colville, CBE, RN, Maj,Gen, Edward Charles Colville, CB, DSO*, and Capt. Frederick James Colville. Married (02.01.1933, St Peter's, Eaton Square, St George Hanover Square district, London) Dorothy Edith Rose Birdwood (27.10.1907 - 03.04.1972), daughter of late Brig.Gen. Halhed Brodrick Birdwood (1870-1939), and Dorothy Rose Ravenshaw (?-1973); one son, two daughters.	26.09.1907 St George Hanover Square district, London - 14.06.1975 Inchreed, Jarvis Brook, East Sussex	Paym.Cadet 15.09.1925 Paym.Midsh. 15.09.1926 Paym.S.Lt. 15.09.1928 Paym.Lt. 15.09.1930 Paym.Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1938 A/Paym.Cdr. > 02.1941, < 12.1941 Paym.Cdr. = Cdr. (S) 30.06.1944 (retd 27.09.1947) KCVO 12.06.1965 HM's birthday 65: Press Secretary [investiture 21.06.65] CB 01.01.1960 New Year 60: Press Secretary CVO 01.06.1953 HM's coronation 53: Press Secretary MVO 08.06.1950 HM's birthday 50: Press Secretary DSC 04.04.1944 Aegean operations [anti-shipping strike?] 06.10.43 [investiture 24.10.44]	Education: Harrow. 1925     joined RN 16.04.1926 - (05.1926) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 10.01.1927 - (07.1927) for duty in Admiral's Office, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Warspite (battleship)] 17.01.1928 - 05.1928 HMS Tiger (battlecruiser; seagoing gunnery firing ship, Portsmouth) 05.1928 - (08.)1930 HMS Kent (cruiser) (China) 16.09.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Cleopatra (cruiser) (Resreve Fleet, Nore) 05.02.1931 - (09.1932) for duty in Admiral's Office, Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 10.02.1933 - (07.)1935 for duty in Admiral's Office, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] 16.12.1935 - (10.1938) HMS Victoria and Albert (HM's yacht, Portsmouth) 02.01.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) (04.1940)     HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) * 05.08.1940 - (10.)1940 on staff of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger J.B. Keyes, Bt. [HMS President] 30.10.1940 - (12.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) 01.02.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Sirius (cruiser) (Mediterranean)(DSC) (10.1944) - (01.1945) no appointment listed 01.01.1945 - (04.1947) directing staff, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] Press Secretary to King George VI, 27.09.1947-04.08.19521952, to the Queen, 05.08.1952-1968. Extra Equerry to the Queen since 1968.
Colvin, George Robson Son of Ian D. Colvin, and of Sophie R. Robson, of Wimbledon, Surrey.	(12?).1911 Hampstead district, London - 10.03.1943 (KIA) [age 32] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 72, column 3]	A/S.Lt. 01.01.1932 S.Lt. 16.05.1932 Lt. 16.12.1933 Lt.Cdr. 16.12.1941 DSO 23.03.1943 sinking Italian U-boat 06.12.42 DSC 01.01.1943 New Year 43 MID 03.09.1940 skill & courage in submarines	22.08.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, Portsmouth 16.09.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Mackay (flotilla leader) (Home Fleet) (for submarines) 03.05.1935 - (07.1935) HMS L 69 (submarine) (Portsmouth) 09.01.1936 - (02.)1936 HMS Pigmy (special service vessel) (Portsmouth) (for reserve group of submarines) 08.09.1936 - (02.)1937 First Lieutenant, HMS L 26 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) 12.03.1937 - (07.)1937 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) 09.1937 - (09.1939) First Lieutenant, HMS Perseus (submarine) (China) 26.02.1940 - (04.)1940 submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 18.09.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Sunfish (submarine) [ 1941?   HMS Graph (submarine) ? ] (02.1942) HMS Sealion (submarine) 15.04.1942 - 10.03.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Tigris (submarine) (lost off Naples)
Colvin, John Horace Ragnar Son of Adm. Sir Ragnar Musgrave Colvin, KBE, CB and Lady Colvin. Married 1st (1948) Elizabeth Anne Manifold (marriage  dissolved, 1963); one son, one daughter. Married 2nd (1967) Moranna Sibyl de Lerisson Cazenove; one son, one daughter.	18.06.1922 Tokyo, Japan - 04.10.2003 Lambeth, London	Cadet 01.09.1939 Midsh. 01.05.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1942 Paym.S.Lt. = S.Lt. (S) 01.03.1942 Lt. (S) ?, seniority 01.01.1944 (retd 1951) CMG 01.01.1968 New Year 68	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1935-1939); University of London 01.09.1939 - (04.)1940 training, RN College, Dartmouth 01.05.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Cumberland (cruiser) 05.01.1942 - (01.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth (08.1942) no appointment listed (02.1943) no appointment listed (06.1943) - (10.1943) HMS Duke of York (battleship) * (12.1943) HMS Renown (battlecruiser) * 03.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 25.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon) ? - (04.1946) HMS Lanka (RN base, colombo, Ceylon) 01.06.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) (05.1949) no appointment listed 01.03.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Mercury (signal school, near Peterfield) Joined HM Diplomatic Service, 1951; HM Embassies, Oslo, 1951-1953 and Vienna, 1953-1955; British High Commissioner, Kuala Lumpur, 1958-1961; HM Consul-General, Hanoi, 1965-1967; Ambassador to People's Republic of Mongolia, 1971-1974; HM Embassy, Washington, 1977-1980. Director for International Relations, Chase Manhattan Bank, 1980-1986. Honorary Visiting Fellow, School of East European Studies, 1995-. Published: Twice Around the World, 1991; Not Ordinary Men, 1994; Volcano Under Snow, 1996; Lions of Judah, 1997; contributions to British and US journals.
Colvin, Sir Ragnar Musgrave 3rd son late C.S. Colvin, CSI. Married (18.04.1918) Sibyl Frances, youngest daughter of late Brig.­Gen. H.F. Kays, CB; one son (Lt. (S) John Henry Ragnar Colvin, RN), one daughter.	07.05.1882 India - 22.02.1954 [Botley, Hants. ?]	Cadet 15.07.1896 Midsh. 15.01.1898 S.Lt. 15.07.1901 Lt. 06.03.1903, seniority 15.01.1902 Cdr. 30.06.1913 Capt. 31.12.1917 R.Adm. 01.08.1929 V.Adm. 01.03.1934 Adm. 03.05.1939 (retd 15.06.1942; own request) KBE 01.02.1937 ? CBE 27.06.1919 for valuable services as Asst Dir, Plans Division CB 03.06.1932 HM's birthday 32	15.07.1896 entered RN 1914 - 1918 served Grand Fleet (Jutland) 1918 - (01.)1919 Assistant Director, Plans Division, Admiralty 1919 - 1921 Mediterranean and Black Sea 1922 - 1924 Naval Attaché, Tokio 31.07.1924 - (01.1925) Flag Captain, HMS Revenge (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 19.02.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 1927 - 1929 Director, Naval Tactical School 06.05.1929 - (08.1929) course at Senior Officers' School, Sheerness 17.05.1929 - (08.1929) Naval ADC to the King (04.1930) no appointment listed 26.05.1930 - (09.)1932 Chief of Staff, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)] 1932 - 1933 Rear-Admiral 2nd Battle Squadron 26.12.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Victory (base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 08.08.1934 - (02.)1937 President of Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and Vice-Admiral Commanding RN War College (07.1937) no appointment listed 11.09.1937 lent to Government of Commonwealth of Australia 01.11.1937 - (02.)1941 First Naval Member of Commonwealth Naval Board  1942 - 1944 Naval Adviser to High Commissioner for Australia