Edward Reignier
Son of the Rev. Canon Edward Baines Conder (1872-1936), Canon of Coventry Cathredal, and Eleanor Charlotte Henrietta Eames, artist.
Married 1st (1932) Anne Brown (died of cancer, 10.1940); two sons.
Married 2nd (21.12.1942, Gibraltar) Sheila Margery Bayley (died 06.10.2008, aged 92); two daughters.
|
|
Kensington, Greater London
-
09.07.1970
while on holiday in Italy
| Midsh. | 1917 |
| A/S.Lt. | 12.1920? |
| S.Lt. | 15.05.1921 |
| A/Lt. | 15.05.1923 |
| Lt. | 03.10.1923, seniority 14.04.1923 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 15.04.1931 |
| Cdr. | 31.12.1938 (retd 10.04.1951) |
| A/Capt. | 01.1945? |
 |
DSO | 27.08.1940 | operations Dutch. Belgian & French coasts |
 |
DSC | 11.07.1940 | HM's birthday 40 |
 |
MID | 03.12.1940 | for coolness and courage in adversity (mining of HMS Whitshed) |
| 15.01.1915 | entered RN | ||
| 09.1917 | - | 1918? | HMS Renown (battlecruiser) |
| 1918? | - | 1919? | HMS Lion (battlecruiser) |
| 1919? | - | 1920? | HMS Hood (battlecruiser) |
| 1920? | - | 12.1920 | HMS Vectis (destroyer) (Baltic) |
| 12.1920 | - | 1921? | HMS Crocus (sloop) (Persian Gulf) (anti-slavery and gun running; liaison officer with sheikhs; invalided home) |
| 04.1921 | - | 09.1922 | HMS Godetian (sloop) (as North Sea fisheries inspector) |
| 08.1923 | - | (08.1923) | short course of instruction (technical courses) |
| 22.08.1924 | - | (05.)1926 | HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) (personnel orientation specialist) |
| 01.1927 | - | (08.)1929 | First Lieutenant, HMS Seraph (destroyer) (China) (during Nationalist/Communist Revolution) |
| 14.02.1930 | - | 1931 | RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivid] (training new entries & apprentices) |
| 02.01.1931 | - | (01.)1932 | HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (for training duties) |
| 23.07.1932 | - | (10.1932) | Commanding Officer, HMS Salmon (destroyer) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) |
| (01.1934) | no appointment listed | ||
| 08.02.1934 | - | (07.1935) | Commanding Officer, HMS Cicala (river gunboat) (China) (re-established relations between Hong Kong and Macao; discovered new lands and rivers and negotiated a provincial treaty) |
| (02.1936) | no appointment listed | ||
| 15.09.1936 | - | (10.1938) | First Lieutenant, HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
| 05.01.1939 | - | (09.)1939 | Commanding
Officer, HMS Kittiwake (patrol vessel) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) [produced drill for air and sea convoy escorts; ship mined 09.1939] |
| 15.11.1939 | - | 09.1940 | Commanding
Officer, HMS Whitshed (destroyer) (Western Approaches, then Dover Patrol) [ship mined 07.1940] |
| 09.1940 | - | 02.1941 | Commanding
Officer, HMS Southdown (destroyer) [East Coast convoys; radar experimental work] |
| 20.02.1941 | - | 06.1942 | Operations Division, Admiralty (London) [HMS President] |
| 06.1942 | - | 01.1945 | Executive
Officer, HMS Renown (battlecruiser) [was in command for 1 month, 01.1945?) (took [and became friends with] Prime Minister Winston Churchill's family from Quebec conference and out to Cairo conference; was naval advisor at Quebec conference] |
| (07.1945) | - | 1948 | Naval
Officer-in-Charge, Wilhelmshaven * [partitioned German Fleet, civilianised German navy, redeployed population, started factories and schools, destroyed dockyard, etc.; had English and Canadian troops and 800 of Russian navy under command; recommended for the Legion of Honour] |
| 24.05.1948 | - | 03.1951 | Admiralty Officer, Liverpool [HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services)] |
Patrick Joseph
-
died between 08.1989 and 12.1991 ?
| RAF: |
|
| P/O (prob) |
25.05.1928 |
| P/O |
25.05.1929 |
| F/O |
25.11.1929 (reld
13.06.1938) |
| RN: |
|
| Lt. (A) |
13.06.1938 ?, seniority 13.03.1935 |
| Lt.Cdr. (A) |
13.03.1944 (retd
13.06.1953) |
| 25.05.1928 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] |
| 25.05.1933 |
|
|
transferred,
Reserve of Air Force Officers - Class A |
| 13.06.1938 |
|
|
transferred,
RN (Air Branch) |
| 03.06.1938 |
- |
(08.)1938 |
pilot,
TSR Squadron 811 FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) |
| 16.08.1938 |
- |
(10.1938) |
pilot,
HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (Portsmouth) (for Fleet Air Arm) |
| 09.01.1939 |
- |
(08.1939) |
air
armament course, No. 1 Air Armament School, RAF, Manby [HMS Pembroke] |
| (04.1940) |
Fleet Air
Arm |
||
| 16.09.1940 |
- |
21.05.1941 |
pilot, 801
Squadron FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier), then RN Air Station, Hal Far] [his Fulmar was last seen to leave the squadron formation, heading in the direction of Cape Bon; landed on the North African coast & was captured] |
| 21.05.1941 |
- |
(1943?) |
POW in
French captivity |
| 31.03.1943 |
- |
(08.)1943 |
Air
Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 25.08.1943 |
- |
(06.)1944 |
Commanding
Officer, 772 Squadron FAA [HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish,
Argyllshire] |
| 11.09.1944 |
- |
(10.)1944 |
staff of
Second Sea Lord's Office for Appointments, &tc., Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 12.1944 |
- |
(04.1946) |
on staff of
Flag Officer Naval Air Stations Australia [HMS Golden Hind] |
| 10.03.1947 |
- |
(05.)1953 |
HMS
President (for miscellaneous services) |
Harold Robson
"Robin"
Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Robert Arthur Conway (1869-), and Edith Mary Shrubsole (1872-).
Married ((09?).1928, St Marylebone district, London) Marjorie "Miggs" Stewart; two sons.
|
|
Birkenhead, Cheshire
-
16.12.1990
Chichester, Sussex
| Midsh. | 11.10.1920 |
| S.Lt. | 15.09.1921 |
| Lt. | 15.09.1923 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 15.09.1931 |
| Cdr. | 30.06.1939 (retd 01.01.1951) |
| A/Capt. | 05.04.1943 |
|
|
MID | 16.08.1940 | Dunkirk 05/06.40 |
| 11.04.1919 | entered RN | ||
| ... | - | ... | .... |
| 02.08.1939 | - | 05.03.1940 | Commanding Officer, HMS Otway (submarine) |
| (04.1940) | HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * | ||
| (05.1940) | - | (06.1940) | no appointment listed |
| 30.06.1940 | - | (04.)1941 | HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) |
| 05.1941 | - | (08.)1941 | Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services) |
| 12.08.1941 | - | (04.)1943 | HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) [from 12.1941-12.06.1942 possibly in command] |
| 05.04.1943 | - | 30.10.1944 | Commanding Officer, HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) |
| 13.11.1944 | - | (07.1945) | Commanding Officer, French Ship "Largs" (Operational HQ landing ship, Bizerta, Tunisia) |
| 02.04.1946 | - | (04.1946) | Commanding Officer, HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) |
| 27.04.1947 | - | (05.1950) | HMS President (for miscellaneous services) |
George
|
|
-
died between 08.1989 and 12.1991 ?
|
Seaman |
? [J99157] |
|
A/Gnr. (T) |
01.01.1938 |
|
Gnr. (T) |
?, seniority 01.01.1938 |
|
A/Cd.Gnr. (T) |
18.06.1945 |
|
Sen.Cd.Gnr. (T) |
01.01.1947 |
|
Lt. |
01.10.1951 (retd 16.04.1954) |
|
MBE |
01.01.1952 |
New Year 52 |
|
|
DSC |
02.06.1943 |
HM's birthday 43 |
|
|
MID |
21.08.1945 |
minelaying Western Approaches Command 01-04.45 |
| (02.1938) |
short
course |
||
| 18.04.1938 |
- |
(04.1939) |
HMS
Hood (battlecruiser) (Portsmouth) |
| 17.04.1939 |
- |
(04.1940) |
HMS
Sheffield (cruiser) |
| 05.07.1940 |
- |
(02.1943) |
HMS Manxman
(minelayer) |
| (06.1943) |
- |
(10.1943) |
no appointment
listed |
| 01.10.1943 |
- |
(04.1946) |
HMS Apollo
(minelayer) |
| (05.1950) |
no appointment
listed |
||
| (1951) |
HMS
Vernon III |
||
| 23.02.1953 |
- |
(05.1953) |
HMS
Neptune (Reserve Fleet, Chatham) (for miscellaneous duties) |
Gerald Richardson
Only son of Mr J.W. Cook, and Mrs Cook, of Blackheath.
Married (14.04.1928, Parish Church of St Margaret, Lee, Lewisham district, London) Brenda Edith Burnett (17.04.1904 - 25.05.1973), only daughter of Cecil Ross Burnett, RI (1872-1933), and Alice Theresa Allenberg (1877?-1962) [from 1935 Mrs Lewisohn], of Blackheath; three daughters.
|
|
Blackheath, Greenwich district, Kent
-
19.02.1959
Shoreham, Battersea district, Kent (died after an operation)
| Midsh. | 01.05.1918 |
| A/S.Lt. | 15.09.1921 |
| S.Lt. | 15.05.1922 |
| Lt. (E) | 15.03.1924 |
| Lt.Cdr. (E) | 15.03.1932 |
| Cdr. (E) | 30.06.1936 |
| Capt. (E) | 31.12.1945 (retd 11.08.1952) |
|
|
OBE | 01.01.1942 | New Year 42 [investiture 10.02.42] |
|
|
DSC | 11.06.1946 | wind up Far East [presented by messenger] |
| 15.09.1915 | entered RN | ||
| ... | - | ... | ... |
| 18.12.1930 | - | (03.)1931 | HMS Alecto (submarine depot ship) (and for duty in HMS Hornet (CMB base, Haslar) and attached submarines) |
| 15.12.1931 | - | (06.)1933 | Assistant to Chief Engineer, HM Dockyard Sheerness [HMS Pembroke] |
| 17.12.1933 | - | (02.)1936 | HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
| 28.04.1936 | - | (08.1936) | Assistant to Deputy Superintendent and Works Managers, RN Torpedo Factory Greenock [HMS President] |
| ... | - | ... | ... |
| 24.04.1939 | - | (02.)1941 | Engineer Officer, HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (OBE) |
| 10.06.1941 | - | 01.02.1944 | Executive Officer, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] |
| 04.04.1944 | - | (01.)1945 | HMS King George V (battleship) |
| 1945 | - | (07.1945) | Squadron Engineer Officer, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS King George V (battleship)] (DSC) |
| (04.1946) | no appointment listed | ||
| ... | - | ... | ... |
Geoffrey Clement
|
|
Strood, Kent
-
25.11.1941
(KIA) [age 51]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]
| A/S.Lt. |
30.04.1910? |
| S.Lt. |
19.12.1910,
seniority 30.04.1910 |
| Lt. |
30.07.1912 |
| Lt.Cdr. |
30.07.1920 |
| Cdr. |
30.06.1926 |
| Capt. |
30.06.1933 |
|
|
MID |
03.02.1942 |
Battle
of Cape Matapan [posthumously] |
| 15.09.1905 |
|
|
entered
RN |
| 14.05.1918 |
- |
(01.1919) |
HMS
Fearless (light cruiser; submarine depot ship) |
| 02.11.1922 |
- |
(08.1923) |
HMS
Emperor of India (battleship) |
| (01.1925) |
no
appointment listed |
||
| 02.02.1925 |
- |
(05.)1926 |
HMS
Impregnable (training establishment for boys, Devonport) |
| 24.09.1926 |
- |
(06.1928) |
Commanding Officer,
HMS Petersfield (twin screw minesweeper) (China) |
| 01.08.1929 |
- |
(02.)1931 |
Executive
Officer, HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) |
| 23.10.1931 |
- |
(06.)1933 |
Executive
Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) |
| 16.10.1933 |
- |
(01.)1934 |
senior
officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] |
| (07.1934) |
- |
(08.1934) |
no
appointment listed |
| 24.09.1934 |
- |
(11.1934) |
tactical
course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
| 12.02.1935 |
- |
(07.)1935 |
Commanding Officer,
HMS Calcutta (cruiser) (Trooping) |
| 30.08.1935 |
- |
(07.1937) |
Commanding Officer,
HMS Guardian (net layer) (Home Fleet) |
| 07.02.1938 |
- |
28.02.1940 |
Deputy
Director of Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 25.03.1940 |
- |
25.11.1941 |
Commanding Officer,
HMS
Barham (battleship) (sunk, Eastern Mediterranean) |
Hugh Geary
Second son of F.P. Cooke, ICS, and Mrs Cooke, of Sunnymead, Keynsham.
Married (1924?) Phyllis Mathew, only child of Paym.Capt. O.R. Mathew, RN, and Mrs Mathew, of Alverstoke, Hampshire.
|
|
|
|
-
(12?).1981
Bristol district, Avon
| A/S.Lt. |
? |
| S.Lt. |
17.03.1924,
seniority 15.07.1922 |
| Lt. |
?, seniority 15.12.1923 |
| Lt.Cdr. |
15.12.1931 |
| Cdr. |
31.12.1937 |
| Capt. |
30.06.1943 (retd
08.01.1953) |
|
|
MID |
08.09.1942 |
Malta
convoy 22.03.42 |
|
|
MID |
01.01.1944 |
New
Year 44 |
| 15.06.1919 | entered RN | ||
| 05.01.1925 |
- |
(01.1925) |
submarine
course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] |
| (07.1927) |
no appointment
listed |
||
| 29.04.1929 |
- |
(04.1930) |
First
Lieutenant, HMS L 71 (submarine) |
| 27.12.1930 |
- |
(02.1931) |
Commanding Officer,
HMS H 31 (submarine) |
| (01.1932) |
no appointment
listed |
||
| 14.03.1932 |
- |
(09.1932) |
HMS
Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) |
| 16.10.1933 |
- |
(02.1936) |
HMS
Orion (cruiser) (Home Fleet) [16.01.1934 ship commissioned] |
| 09.07.1936 |
- |
(07.1937) |
HMS
Capetown (cruiser) (China) |
| 12.1937 |
- |
(02.1938) |
HMS
Tamar (receiving ship) (Hong Kong) |
| (06.1938) |
- |
(08.1938) |
no appointment
listed |
| 08.08.1938 |
- |
(10.1938) |
Senior
Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
| 24.10.1938 |
- |
(08.1939) |
Drafting
Commander, Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] |
| (04.1940) |
no appointment
listed |
||
| 10.09.1940 |
- |
(02.)1943 |
Executive
Officer, HMS
Euryalus (cruiser) |
| (06.1943) |
no appointment
listed |
||
| 16.07.1943 |
- |
(07.1945) |
Deputy
Director of Operations Division (Coastal Force), Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 26.02.1946 |
- |
(04.1946) |
Commanding Officer,
HMS Protector |
| 01.03.1949 |
- |
(05.1950) |
Commanding Officer,
HMS Protector |
| 08.07.1952 |
- |
08.01.1953 |
Naval
ADC to the Queen |
Wilfrid Alan
Son of H.S. Cooke, M.A., and Emilie Cooke; husband of Mary Eleanor Cooke, of Caversham, Oxfordshire.
-
15.11.1942
(KIA) [age 35]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 61, column 3]
| Prob. S.Lt. RNR |
18.02.1931 |
| S.Lt. RNR |
22.06.1931,
seniority 18.02.1931 |
| Lt. RNR |
18.02.1933 |
| Lt.
(Supplementary List) |
24.05.1937,
seniority 11.05.1931 |
| Lt. |
1938?, seniority
11.05.1931 |
| Lt.Cdr.
|
11.05.1939 |
|
|
MID |
06.04.1943 |
Operation
Torch |
| 15.08.1931 |
- |
(01.1932) |
HMS
Ramillies (battleship) (to complete 12 months' training) |
| 29.05.1937 |
- |
(10.1938) |
HMS
Hardy (flotilla leader) |
| (02.1939) |
no appointment
listed |
||
| 21.03.1939 |
- |
(04.1940) |
HMS Bramble
(minesweeper) |
| 22.01.1941 |
- |
(02.1941) |
Commanding Officer, HMS
Salamander (minesweeper) |
| 11.11.1941 |
- |
15.11.1942 |
Commanding Officer, HMS
Algerine (minesweeper) |
Philip Sturley
Son of William Charles Payne Cooper, bank manager.
Married (12.11.1921, St Paul's Cathedral Church, Valletta, Malta) Frances Mary Regina Clarke, daughter of Charles Thomas Erlin Clarke.
|
|
|
|
-
1968
Hertfordshire
| Midsh. | 15.05.1911 |
| A/S.Lt. | 15.09.1913 |
| S.Lt. | 15.03.1914 |
| Lt. | 15.10.1915 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 15.10.1923 (retd 09.08.1938; age) |
| Cdr. (retd) | 09.08.1938 (dispersed 13.09.1945) (reverted to retd 09.11.1945) |
 |
LegH | ? | services to Free French Navy |
| 15.05.1906 | entered RN | ||
| ... | - | ... | ... |
| 16.04.1940 | - | 04.12.1940 | HMS Vernon (additional; for De-Gaussing Department, ... Clarence Pier) |
| 05.12.1940 | - | 13.09.1945 | for liaison duties with Free French ships, from 29.07.1943 onwards indicated as Allied Naval Liaison Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional)] |
Sidney Grattan
Son of Sidney Cooper.
Married (1940) Felicity Joan Pitt; two sons.
* changed last name to Grattan-Cooper by deed poll of 25.02.1950
Newport M district, Glamorgan / Gwent / Monmouthshire
-
24.10.1999
[St James, South Africa ?]
| Army: |
|
| 2nd Lt. |
27.06.1934 (reld
13.07.1936) |
| RAF: |
|
| (A) P/O (prob) |
13.07.1936 |
| P/O |
18.05.1937 (reld
26.08.1938) |
| RN: |
|
| S.Lt. (A) |
26.08.1938,
seniority 18.05.1937 |
| Lt. (A) |
18.01.1939 |
| A/Lt.Cdr. (A) [acting rank] |
1943? |
| A/Lt.Cdr.
(A) [appointed rank] |
01.11.1944 |
| Lt.Cdr. |
18.01.1947 |
| A/Cdr. |
< 05.1949 |
| Cdr. |
30.06.1949 |
| Capt. |
30.06.1954 |
| R.Adm. |
07.01.1964 (retd
04.03.1966) |
|
CB |
01.01.1966 |
New
Year 66 [investiture 08.03.66] |
|
|
OBE |
13.06.1946 |
HM's
birthday 46 |
| 27.06.1934 |
- |
13.07.1936 |
commissioned,
Royal Monmouthshire (Militia) Royal Engineers - Supplementary Reserve of
Officers |
| 13.07.1936 |
- |
26.08.1938 |
commissioned,
RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] |
| 26.08.1938 |
- |
(10.)1938 |
FAA
Training Squadron, RAF Station, Gosport [HMS Victory] |
| 21.11.1938 |
- |
(12.)1941 |
pilot, 814
Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier), later HMS Hermes (aircraft
carrier)] |
| 30.12.1941 |
- |
(08.)1942 |
pilot, 769
Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] |
| 15.12.1942 |
- |
(12.1943) |
Commanding
Officer, 825 Squadron FAA [early 1943 at HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn,
Ross-shire)] |
| 04.04.1944 |
- |
(04.1946) |
on staff of
Flag Officer, Naval Air Stations [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station,
Lee-on-Solent)] |
| (1946) |
HMS
Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) |
||
| 26.08.1947 |
- |
(05.1949) |
HMS
President (for miscellaneous services) |
| (05.1950) |
|
|
lent
to RCN |
| 01.09.1952 |
- |
(07.)1954 |
Office
of Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 24.11.1954 |
- |
(01.)1957 |
Commanding
Officer, HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halfar, Malta) & as Captain (Air),
Mediterranean |
| 25.07.1957 |
- |
(01.)1959 |
Chief of Staff
to Flag Officer (Air) Home [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] |
| 06.07.1961 |
- |
(02.)1963 |
Director
Strategic Application and Policy on staff of Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) |
| 07.07.1963 |
- |
? |
also:
Naval ADC to the Queen |
| 07.01.1964 |
- |
07.01.1966 |
Deputy Controller (Aircraft) RN, Ministry of Aviation
[HMS President] |
Sydney Alan
Son of Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Cooper; husband of Ethel Clara Cooper, of Haywards Heath, Sussex.
|
|
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
-
18.02.1940
(KIA) [age 38]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 3]
| Lt. |
15.09.1924 |
| Lt.Cdr. |
15.09.1932 |
| Cdr. |
30.06.1938 |
| 15.01.1916 | entered RN | ||
| (01.1925) |
HMS Valorous
(destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) * |
||
| 03.12.1926 |
- |
(07.1927) |
HMS Comus (cruiser)
(Atlantic Fleet) |
| 25.05.1929 |
- |
(08.1929) |
HMS Vernon (torpedo
school, Portsmouth) |
| (04.1930) |
- |
(02.1931) |
Torpedo Officer,
Flotilla Staff, 1st Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Mackay (flotilla leader)]
(Mediterranean) ** |
| (01.1932) |
no appointment
listed |
||
| 02.03.1932 |
- |
(09.1932) |
HMS Vernon (torpedo
school, Portsmouth) |
| 30.08.1933 |
- |
(02.1936) |
Torpedo Officer, HMS
Neptune (cruiser) (Home Fleet) [24.02.1934 ship commissioned] |
| 11.11.1936 |
- |
(06.1938) |
Torpedo
Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) |
| 16.08.1938 |
- |
(07.1939) |
Commanding Officer,
HMS
Winchelsea (destroyer) (and for duty with submarines) |
| 07.07.1939 |
- |
18.02.1940 |
Commanding Officer,
HMS
Daring (destroyer) (sunk) |
** starting date indicated as 01.11.1926
William Guy Loy
|
|
-
04.07.1966
Pickering, Ryedale district, North Riding of Yorkshire
| ... |
... |
| Lt.Cdr. |
15.12.1928 (retd) |
| Cdr. (retd) |
06.11.1940
(reverted to retd < 04.1946) |
|
PolMC |
21.10.1941 |
good
services in Polish ships |
| 09.01.1917 |
|
|
entered
RN |
| ... |
- |
... |
... |
| 23.08.1939 |
- |
(08.)1942 |
Gunnery
School, Devonport [HMS Drake] (eventually Executive Officer) |
| 09.1939? |
- |
? |
British
Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Błyskawica
(Polish destroyer) |
| 07.10.1942 |
- |
(07.1945) |
Commanding
Officer, HMS Queen Charlotte (anti-aircraft range, Ainsdale on Sea, Southport,
Lancs) |
Dennis Arthur
Raunds, Northamptonshire
-
08.09.1992
| A/Gnr. (T) |
01.04.1939 |
| Lt. |
01.10.1939 |
| A/Lt.Cdr. |
01.05.1945 |
| Lt.Cdr. |
01.10.1947 (retd
24.05.1957) |
|
GC |
17.11.1942 |
scuttling
MS Talabot |
| (07.1939) |
no appointment
listed |
||
| 15.07.1939 |
- |
(04.1940) |
HMS Hero
(destroyer) |
| (1940/41?) |
HMS Repulse
(battlecruiser) |
||
| (02.1941) |
no appointment
listed |
||
| 16.06.1941 |
- |
(02.1943) |
HMS
Penelope (cruiser) (in lieu of specialist torpedo officer) |
| 04.1943 |
- |
(08.1943) |
HMS Vernon
(training establishment, Brighton) |
| 15.09.1943 |
- |
(12.1943) |
Torpedo
Officer, HMS Kempenfelt (destroyer) |
| 27.03.1944 |
- |
(06.1944) |
HMS Tyne
(destroyer depot ship) |
| 10.11.1944 |
- |
(07.1945) |
HMS
Vindictive (fleet reapair ship) |
| 01.03.1946 |
- |
(04.1946) |
HMS
Vernon (for miscellaneous duties) |
| Underwater
Weapons Research Establishment, Portland |
|||
| 21.06.1948 |
- |
(05.1950) |
staff,
Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Duke of York] |
| (05.1953) |
no appointment
listed |
||
| 24.08.1953 |
- |
(01.1956) |
Admiralty
[HMS President] |
Also saw war service on HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier); dates unknown
Cuthbert
|
|
Alverstoke, Hampshire
-
07.09.1973
Ashton, Bishops Waltham, Hampshire
| A/S.Lt. | 30.04.1910? |
| S.Lt. | 19.12.1910, seniority 30.04.1910 |
| Lt. | 30.01.1912 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 30.01.1920 |
| Cdr. | 31.12.1925 |
| Capt. | 30.06.1933 (retd 28.07.1942) |
|
|
DSC | 15.09.1916 | Battle of Jutland 16 * |
* For navigating the ship in the coolest manner from a very exposed position under extremely heavy fire.
Officer, Order of Maritime Merit (France) (12.03.1940; in recognition of valuable services rendered by them in connection with the rescue of survivors from the French steamer "Yolande" when wrecked on the coast of Shantung (China) on the 6th March, 1938).
| 15.09.1905 | entered RN | ||
| 21.04.1916 | - | (01.1919) | Navigating Officer, HMS Canterbury (light cruiser) |
| 07.01.1924 | - | (01.1925) | Navigating Officer, HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
| 28.09.1926 | - | (07.1927) | staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] |
| 02.08.1927 | - | (08.1929) | Tactical Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 02.12.1929 | - | (02.1931) | Executive Officer, HMS York (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) [ship commissioned 06.05.1930] |
| 16.11.1931 | - | (06.1933) | Staff Officer (Operations) to Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Revenge (battleship)] (Mediterranean) |
| (01.1934) | no appointment listed | ||
| 24.04.1934 | - | (02.)1936 | Flag Captain, HMS Effingham (cruiser) & Chief of Staff to Rear-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet |
| 27.05.1936 | - | (05.)1936 | senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
| 08.06.1936 | - | (06.)1938 | Commanding Officer, HMS Capetown (cruiser) & Senior Naval Officer, North China |
| (08.1938) | - | (10.1938) | no appointment listed |
| 10.10.1938 | - | (02.)1939 | Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich |
| 11.03.1939 | - | 01.02.1941 | Captain of the Dockyard and Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
| (02.1941) | - | (04.1941) | no appointment listed |
| 03.05.1941 | - | 03.1942 | Commanding Officer, HMS Malaya (battleship) |
| 06.02.1942 | - | 28.07.1942 | also: Naval ADC to the King |
| 04.1942 | - | 10.1944 | Captain Superintendent, HM's Dockyard Alexandria |
| (10.1944) | - | (04.1945) | no appointment listed |
| 21.06.1945 | - | (04.1946) | Commanding Officer, HMS King Alfred (training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) |
Hugh Askew
|
|
-
19.04.2012
| ... | ... |
| S.Lt. | 01.09.1936 |
| Lt. | 01.10.1937 |
| A/Lt.Cdr. | 01.05.1945 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 01.10.1945 |
| Cdr. | 31.12.1950 |
| Capt. | 30.06.1958 (retd 06.06.1969) |
|
|
CBE | 01.01.1968 | New Year 68 [investiture 27.02.68] |
|
|
DSO | 13.02.1945 | action Quarnarolo Channel Croatia 01.11.44 [investiture 27.07.45] |
|
|
DSC | 05.10.1943 | 9 offensive sweeps Sicilian Channel [investiture 27.07.45] |
|
|
MID | 09.08.1940 | ? |
| ... | - | ... | ... |
| 25.11.1939 | - | (04.)1940 | HMS Brazen (destroyer) (despatches) |
| (05.1940) | - | (06.1940) | HMS Cardiff * |
| (07.1940) | no appointment listed | ||
| 12.08.1940 | - | (06.)1941 | HMS Tynedale (destroyer) |
| 21.06.1941 | - | (06.)1943 | HMS Lookout (destroyer) (DSC) |
| (08.1943) | HMS Lookout (destroyer) * | ||
| 09.1943 | - | 18.12.1944 | Commanding Officer, HMS Wheatland (escort destroyer) |
| (11.1944) | HM LCH 282 (landing craft, headquarters) (DSO) | ||
| (04.1945) | - | (07.1945) | no appointment listed |
| 18.03.1946 | - | (04.1946) | Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| ... | - | ... | ... |
| (1967) | HMS Fearless (CBE) |
John Gray
Married (26.03.1940) Ann ...; three children.
|
|
Otorohanga, New Zealand
-
21.10.2011
Portchester
| Cadet |
01.01.1942 |
| Midsh. |
01.09.1942 |
| A/S.Lt. |
01.05.1944 |
| S.Lt. |
23.10.1944,
seniority 01.08.1943 |
| Lt. |
01.08.1945,
seniority 01.08.1944 |
| Lt.Cdr. |
01.08.1952 (retd
20.06.1974 & re-employed) (reverted to retd 20.06.1979) |
|
|
MBE |
31.12.1960 |
New
Year 61 |
| 01.01.1942 |
|
|
special
entry cadet (under the Dominion Scheme) |
| 01.09.1942 |
- |
(02.)1943 |
HMS
Birmingham (light cruiser) |
| 11.03.1943 |
- |
(10.)1943 |
HMS
Warspite (battleship) |
| 04.10.1943 |
- |
(12.1943) |
HMS Nelson
(battleship) |
| (04.1944) |
- |
(06.1944) |
HMS Nelson
(battleship) * |
| 28.09.1944 |
- |
(01.1945) |
HMS Cubitt
(frigate) |
| (07.1945) |
|
|
no
appointment listed |
| (04.1946) |
HMS
Godwit (RN Air Station, Hinstock, Salop) * |
||
| 06.1947 |
- |
(07.1948) |
pilot,
816 Squadron FAA |
| 09.04.1949 |
- |
04.05.1951 |
pilot,
816 Squadron FAA [HMAS Sydney (light aircraft carrier), from 25.05.1949 HMAS
Albatross (air station, Nowra, NSW), from 30.07.1949 HMAS Sydney, from
11.11.1949 HMAS Albatross, from 12.01.1950 HMAS Sydney, from 05.04.1950 HMAS
Albatross, from 24.01.1951 HMAS Sydney, from 04.04.1951 HMAS Albatross] [on
loan to RAN] |
| 05.05.1951 |
- |
10.07.1951 |
HMAS
Penguin (additional; for passage to UK per "Orion"] [on loan to RAN] |
| 11.07.1951 |
- |
15.08.1951 |
HMS
Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent; additional for IF course at Rochester
[HMS Pembroke] & from 01.08.1951 leave] |
| 16.08.1951 |
- |
? |
pilot,
719 Squadron FAA [HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglington, Londonderry] |
| (05.1953) |
|
|
no
appointment listed |
| 31.08.1953 |
- |
(07.1954) |
HMS
Centaur (light fleet carrier) |
| (04.1955) |
|
|
no
appointment listed |
| (01.1956) |
|
|
Admiralty
[HMS President] * |
| (01.1957) |
|
|
HMS
Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth) * |
| (01.1959) |
- |
(07.1961) |
HMS
Falcon (RN Air Station, Halfar, Malta) * |
| (02.1963) |
- |
(02.1964) |
Admiralty
[HMS President] * |
| (02.1968) |
|
|
HMS
Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) * |
| (02.1969) |
|
|
HMS
Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * |
| (08.1971) |
|
|
HMS
Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * |
John
|
|
|
|
|
|
Newcastle, Northumberland
-
19.10.1946
[Golders Green Crematorium, panel 2]
| Seaman | ? [225290] |
| Petty Officer | ? |
| Gnr. | 13.06.1918 |
| Cd.Gnr. | 13.06.1928 (retd 01.04.1937) |
| Lt. (retd) | 01.04.1937 |
| A/Lt.Cdr. (retd) | < 01.1945 |
|
|
OBE | 01.01.1946 | New Year 46 [posted to next-of-kin] |
 |
DSM | 11.05.1916 | ? |
| ... | - | ... | ... |
| 10.02.1925 | - | (02.1927) | HMS Broke (flotilla leader) (for DF & I duties in 4th Destroyer Flotilla) [joined HMS Venomous (destroyer) prior to sailing for Palmas Bay on 27.01.1926] |
| ... | - | ... | ... |
| 02.02.1937 | - | (02.)1941 | HMS Manchester (cruiser) |
| 16.10.1941 | - | (12.1941) | an Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 09.03.1942 | - | (07.1945) | HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) |
| (04.1946) | Office of the Admiral Commanding Reserves |
Edward Cawdron
Elder son of late Col. E.K. Cordeaux, CBE.
Married (1921) Marjorie Holmes Bennett; four sons.
|
|
Caistor, Lincolnshire
-
08.06.1963
[Louth, Lincolnshire ?]
| Midsh. |
15.01.1912 |
| A/S.Lt. |
? |
| S.Lt. |
15.11.1914 |
| Lt. |
15.05.1916 ?, seniority 15.12.1915 |
| Lt.Cdr. |
15.12.1923 (retd
01.04.1931; own request) |
| Cdr. (retd) |
24.07.1934 |
| A/Capt.
(retd) |
16.06.1940
(reverted to retd 1945/46) |
|
|
DSO |
16.08.1940 |
Dunkirk |
|
|
OBE |
01.07.1941 |
HM's
birthday 41 |
MB (1935), BS (London, 1935), MRCS (England,
1935), LRCP (London, 1935)
Czechoslovak Air Force Pilot's Badge (1942)
| 15.05.1907 |
entered
RN |
||
| 1914 |
- |
1918 |
served
European War (Dardanelles, Gallipoli & Jutland) |
| 05.08.1918 |
- |
(01.)1919 |
qualified
Gunnery specialist [HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)] |
| 01.11.1922 |
- |
(08.1923) |
RN
Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
| 10.12.1924 |
- |
(01.1925) |
Gunnery
Officer, HMS Broke (flotilla leader) |
| 28.09.1926 |
- |
(07.1927) |
staff
course, RN Staff College, Greenwich |
| (08.1929) |
- |
(02.1931) |
no appointment
listed |
| 1930? |
entered
Middlesex Hospital as student |
||
| 1935 |
- |
1936 |
House
Surgeon and Casualty Medical Officer, Middlesex Hospital |
| 1937 |
General
Practice, Southwold, Suffolk |
||
| 1939 |
mobilized
with RN |
||
| (04.1940) |
no appointment
listed |
||
| (06.1940) |
HMS Royal
Eagle (auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel (coastal)) (Dunkirk) |
||
| 16.06.1940 |
- |
08.1943 |
SO Thames
Local Defence Flotilla [HMS Wildfire (parent ship, Sheerness)] |
| 08.1943 |
- |
(07.)1945 |
Maintenance
Captain on Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] |
Richard John
"Dickie"
Son of Harold James Cork and Ethel Mary Cork, of Burnham, Buckinghamshire.
London
-
14.04.1944
[age 27]
[Trincomalee War Cemetery, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 2.C.9]
| A/S.Lt. (A) |
01.05.1939 |
| S.Lt. (A) |
14.03.1940 |
| Lt. (A) |
01.11.1941 |
| A/Lt.Cdr.
(A) |
01.09.1942 |
|
|
DSO |
10.11.1942 |
Operation
Pedestal (Gibraltar to Malta convoy, 11-16.08.42) [investiture 08.12.42] |
|
|
DSC |
18.10.1940 |
successful
action against enemy bombers [investiture 11.03.41] * |
* Originally awarded the DFC
by the RAF but this was exchanged for the DSC on the insistence of the
Admiralty.
| (08.1939) |
no
appointment listed |
||
| (04.1940) |
Fleet
Air Arm |
||
| 07.06.1940 |
- |
12.1940 |
242
Squadron RAF [on loan to RAF] (Battle of Britain) [claiming 5 air victories] |
| 15.01.1941 |
- |
(02.1941) |
pilot, 880
Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] |
| (02?.)1941 |
- |
10.1941 |
pilot, 880
Squadron FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] |
| 11.10.1941 |
- |
09.1942 |
pilot, 880
Squadron FAA [HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier)] (08.1942-09.1942 acting Commanding Officer
during Operation Pedestal after CO was killed)
[claiming 5 air victories] |
| 07.09.1942 |
- |
03.1943 |
pilot, 761
Squadron FAA (and instructional duties) [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton,
Somerset)] * |
| 10.04.1943 |
- |
(10.)1943 |
Chief
Flying Instructor, 761 Squadron FAA [HMS Dipper (RN Air Station, Henstridge,
Somerset)] |
| 02.12.1943 |
- |
14.04.1944 |
Wing
Leader, 15th Naval Fighter Wing [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] (killed
in aircraft collision on China Bay Airfield, Ceylon) |
* possibly initially with 759 Squadron FAA at HMS Heron
Literature: A.H. Wren, Naval fighter pilot: Lt. Cdr. R.J. Cork DSO, DSC, RN: the story of the Fleet Air Arm's unsung hero and the men with whom he served (1998)
12th Earl of (cr. 1620);
Boyle, William Henry Dudley
Baron Boyle of Youghall, 1616;
Viscount Dungarvan, 1620;
Viscount Kinalmeaky, Baron Boyle of Bandon Bridge and Baron Boyle of Broghill (Ireland), 1628;
Earl of Orrery, 1660;
Baron Boyle of Marston, 1711
Son (with a twin sister, and three brothers and four sisters) of late Col. Gerald Edmund Boyle (?-1927), and late Lady Elizabeth Theresa Pepys (?-1897), daughter of 1st Earl of Cottenham.
Succeeded cousin, 13.10.1934.
Married (24.07.1902) Lady Florence Cecilia Keppel (24.02.1871 - 30.06.1963), youngest daughter of William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle; no children.
|
|
|
|
Hale, Farnham
-
19.04.1967
London
[Marston Churchyard, Frome, Somerset]
| Lt. |
1895 |
| Cdr. |
31.12.1906 |
| Capt. |
30.06.1913 |
| Cdre. |
(1922) |
| R.Adm. |
01.11.1923 |
| V.Adm. |
12.06.1928 |
| Adm. |
01.11.1932 |
| Adm. of the
Fleet |
21.01.1938 (retd
1941) |
|
|
GCB |
23.06.1936 |
HM's
birthday 36 |
|
|
KCB |
03.06.1931 |
HM's
birthday 31 |
|
|
CB |
01.01.1918 |
New
Year 18 |
|
GCVO |
16.07.1935 |
? |
|
|
MID |
11.08.1917 |
? |
Commander, Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus (Italy); Order of Nile, 3rd class (Egypt), 04.12.1916; Order of El Nadhr (Arabia), 2nd class, 1917 (gazetted 23.04.1920); Grand Cross of the Order of St Olav (Norway); Grand Cross of Legion of Honour (France); Croix de Guerre avec palme (France)
| 15.01.1887 |
entered
RN as Naval Cadet |
||
| 1900 |
served
China |
||
| 02.1909 |
- |
02.1911 |
Naval Intelligence
Department |
| 06.1912 |
War
Staff Officer |
||
| 06.1913 |
- |
08.11.1915 |
Naval Attaché,
Rome |
| ? |
- |
11.1917 |
Senior Officer Red Sea Patrol
(despatches) |
| 06.11.1917 |
- |
(01.1919) |
Commanding Officer,
HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) |
| 01.11.1922 |
- |
01.11.1923 |
Naval ADC to the
King |
| 01.11.1923 |
- |
(01.)1925 |
Rear-Admiral,
2nd Battle Squadron [HMS Resolution (battleship)] (Atlantic Fleet) |
| 09.09.1926 |
- |
1928 |
Rear-Admiral
Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron [HMS Frobisher (cruiser)] (China) |
| 1928 |
- |
1929 |
Vice-Admiral
Commanding Reserve Fleet |
| 03.04.1929 |
- |
(01.)1932 |
President of
RN College,
Greenwich, and Vice-Admiral commanding Royal Naval War College |
| (09.1932) |
no appointment
listed |
||
| 14.09.1933 |
- |
20.08.1935 |
Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)] |
| (02.1936) |
no appointment
listed |
||
| 12.07.1936 |
- |
01.07.1938 |
First and Principal Naval ADC to the
King (bore the Curtana or Sword of Mercy at the coronation of King George VI) |
| (02.1937) |
- |
(07.1937) |
no appointment
listed |
| 03.07.1937 |
- |
(04.)1939 |
Commander-in-Chief,
Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
| (07.1939) |
- |
(08.1939) |
no appointment
listed |
| 1939 |
- |
1940 |
served at
Admiralty |
| 1940 |
commanded
combined expedition for capture of Narvik (Norway) |
||
| 29.11.1940 |
- |
(02.1941) |
HMS
President (for special and miscellaneous services) |
| 1941 |
- |
1942 |
Home Guard |
| 1943 |
- |
1953 |
President,
Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa Training Ship |
Herbert James
-
| Boatsw. | 15.01.1913 (retd) |
| Cd. Boatsw. (retd) | ? |
| 01.12.1939 | - | (10.1940) | HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) |
| ... | - | ... | ... |
Edward John
Son of William Cornish-Bowden (1869-1939), and Henrietta Edith Kitson (1875-1965), of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Brother of Cdr. (S) William Karslake Cornish-Bowden, RN.
Cousin of Lt. (E) John Ambrose Cornish-Bowden, RNVR.
Sydney, Nova Scotia
-
02.11.1941
(KIA) [age 23]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]
| Cadet | 01.09.1936 |
| Midsh. | 01.05.1937 |
| A/S.Lt. | 01.05.1939 |
| S.Lt. | 1940?, seniority 01.05.1939 |
| Lt. | 16.12.1940 |
|
|
MID | 05.05.1942 | patrols hitting 3 supply ships 09-11.41 [posthumously] |
| 01.09.1936 | - | (02.)1937 | special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) |
| 24.04.1937 | - | (04.)1939 | HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) |
| 01.05.1939 | - | (09.1939) | promotion course, Portsmouth |
| 14.02.1940 | - | (04.)1940 | HMS Montrose (destroyer) |
| 16.07.1940 | - | (02.)1941 | HMS Taku (submarine) |
| 1941 | - | 02.11.1941 | HMS Tetrarch (submarine) (ship lost in western Mediterranean) |
William Karslake
Son of William Cornish-Bowden (1869-1939), and Henrietta Edith Kitson (1875-1965), of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Brother of Lt. Edward John Cornish-Bowden, RN.
Cousin of Lt. (E) John Ambrose Cornish-Bowden, RNVR.
Married (08.08.1934, Church of St Michael-du-Valle, Guernsey) Dorothy Beryl Madge Duncan, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs F.W.A. Duncan, of Tintern, l'Ancresse, Guernsey; two daughters, one son.
Sydney, Nova Scotia
-
14.09.1992
Totnes, Devon
| Paym. Cadet | 15.01.1926 |
| Paym.Midsh. | 15.01.1927 |
| Paym.S.Lt. | 15.10.1928 |
| Paym.Lt. | 15.10.1930 |
| Paym.Lt.Cdr. | 15.10.1938 |
| Cdr. (S) | 31.12.1944 (retd 07.03.1953) |
| 15.09.1926 | - | (04.)1928 | HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| 10.04.1928 | - | (08.)1929 | HMS Canterbury (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| 04.11.1929 | - | (10.)1930 | HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| 29.10.1930 | - | (01.)1932 | HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
| 05.08.1932 | - | (06.)1933 | HMS Sandhurst (destroyer depot ship) (Mediterranean) |
| 01.09.1933 | - | (07.)1934 | HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) |
| 29.08.1934 | - | (02.)1937 | HMS Resource (repair ship) (Mediterranean) |
| 25.05.1937 | - | (02.)1938 | HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) |
| 15.02.1938 | - | (06.)1938 | accountant officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
| 30.07.1938 | - | (04.)1940 | Captain's Secretary, HMS Faulknor (destroyer) |
| 03.04.1940 | - | (10.1940) | HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) |
| (02.1941) | HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) * | ||
| (12.1941) | no appointment listed | ||
| (08.1942) | no appointment listed | ||
| (02.1943) | HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC) * | ||
| 27.03.1943 | - | (07.1945) | Air Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 06.04.1946 | - | (04.1946) | HMS Suffolk (cruiser) |
| 05.03.1947 | - | (05.1949) | RN Base, Singapore [HMS Terror] |
| 05.03.1950 | - | (05.1950) | staff of Commander-in-Chief, Far Eastern Station [HMS Terror] |
James Woore
"Jim"
Son of late R.Adm. Cortlandt Herbert Simpson, CBE (1856-1943), and Edith Octavia (née Busby).
Married 1st, Lettice Mary Johnstone.
Married 2nd, Ann Margaret Cubitt.
Married 3rd, Joan Mary Watson; one daughter.
Married 4th, Vanessa Ann Stainton (née Heald).
* Last name:
Simpson till c. 1932, then Cortlandt-Simpson till c. 1949, then again
Simpson.
|
|
Westbourne, Sussex
-
09.05.2002
South Hams, Hampshire
|
Midsh. |
01.09.1929 |
|
A/S.Lt. |
01.01.1932 |
|
S.Lt. |
31.03.1933, seniority 01.09.1932 |
|
Lt.
|
10.02.1934, seniority 01.10.1933 (retd
26.06.1934; own request) |
|
A/Lt.Cdr. (retd) |
08.1943? |
|
Lt.Cdr.
|
01.01.1945? |
|
Lt.Cdr. (L) |
28.10.1946, seniority 01.01.1945 |
|
Cdr. (L) |
31.12.1948 (retd 02.09.1961) |
|
|
CBE |
02.01.1956 |
New
Year 56 (Greenland Expedition) [investiture 21.02.1956] |
|
|
DSC |
14.06.1945 |
HM's
birthday 45 |
|
PolMed |
30.11.1954 |
as
leader of the British North Greenland Expedition [investiture 15.03.1955] |
| 05.01.1929 |
- |
(02.)1931 |
HMS
Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
| 19.05.1931 |
- |
12.1931 |
HMS
Hood (battlecruiser) |
| 31.12.1931 |
- |
(01.1932) |
promotion
course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] |
| 22.08.1932 |
- |
(09.1932) |
promotion
course, Portsmouth |
| 1932? |
- |
1933? |
HMS
Nelson (battleship) |
| 15.09.1933 |
- |
(01.1934) |
HMS
Boadicea (destroyer) (Mediterranean) |
| 16.07.1937 |
Probationary
Assistant Engineer with the Post Office |
||
| served
War of 1939-1945 in Home and Mediterranean Fleets: |
|||
| 01.04.1940 |
- |
(04.1940) |
anti-submarine
course, HMS Osprey |
| (02.1941) |
- |
(12.1941) |
anti-submarine
course * |
| 01.07.1942 |
- |
(08.)1943 |
HMS Medway
II (1st Submarine Flotilla base, Beirut) |
| 11.08.1943 |
- |
(06.1944) |
[Commanding
Officer ?], HMS Mackay (destroyer) |
| ? |
- |
1945 |
HMS
Eglinton (destroyer) |
| 18.06.1945 |
- |
(04.1946) |
HMS Osprey
(anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyll) (for miscellaneous duties) |
| 28.10.1946 |
transferred
to the Electrical Branch |
||
| 19.01.1948 |
- |
(07.1948) |
HMS
Collingwood (radar and electrical school, Fareham, Hampshire) |
| 30.01.1949 |
- |
(05.)1949 |
HMS
King George V (battleship) |
| 28.12.1949 |
- |
(05.1950) |
HMS
President (for miscellaneous services) |
| 1950 |
& |
1951 |
summer
expeditions to Greenland |
| (05.1953) |
HMS
President * |
||
| 1952 |
- |
1954 |
Leader
of British
North Greenland Expedition |
| (04.1955) |
Naval
Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] |
||
| 14.12.1955 |
- |
(01.1957) |
HMS
Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (miscellaneous duties) |
| (07.1961) |
no
appointment listed |
Published: North Ice : the British North Greenland Expedition (1957)
Thomas Christopher
New Zealand
-
14.03.1968
Kensington district, London
[age 43]
| Cadet | 01.05.1941 |
| Midsh. | 01.05.1942 |
| A/S.Lt. | 01.01.1944 |
| S.Lt. | 1944?, seniority 01.04.1943 |
| Lt. | 01.05.1944 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 01.05.1952 |
| Cdr. | 30.06.1960 |
| 01.05.1941 | special entry cadet (under the Dominion Scheme) | ||
| 01.05.1942 | - | (10.)1943 | HMS King George V (battleship) |
| (12.1943) | no appointment listed | ||
| (04.1944) | no appointment listed | ||
| 30.05.1944 | - | (07.1945) | HMS Euryalus (cruiser) |
| (04.1946) | no appointment listed | ||
| (07.1948) | no appointment listed | ||
| 29.12.1948 | - | (05.1950) | HMS Loch Arkaig |
| (05.1953) | no appointment listed | ||
| (07.1954) | - | (01.1956) | HMS Ricasoli (RN barracks, Fort Ricasoli, Malta) * |
| (01.1957) | HMS Cavendish * | ||
| 08.04.1958 | - | (01.1959) | First Lieutenant, HMS Albion |
| 25.09.1960 | - | (07.1961) | Commanding Officer, HMS Wizard |
| 24.04.1962 | - | (02.1964) | Services Conditions and Fleet Supply Duties Division, Personal Services and Officer Appointments Department, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| (02.1968) | HMS Osprey (parent ship for Work Up Base, Royal Naval Air Station and RN Air A/S School, Portland, Dorset) |
Richard John Hullis
Son of Engr. Lieut.-Comdr. Herbert William Couch, R.N., and Edith Cecile Couch, of Westminster, London.
|
|
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
01.09.1940
(KIA) [age 32]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 3]
| Midsh. |
15.09.1925 |
| A/S.Lt. |
? |
| S.Lt. |
12.06.1929,
seniority 16.10.1928 |
| Lt. |
16.02.1931 |
| Lt.Cdr. |
16.02.1939 |
|
|
DSC |
16.08.1940 |
Dunkirk |
|
|
MID |
23.12.1939 |
succesful actions against enemy submarines |
| 15.01.1925 |
- |
(07.1927) |
HMS
Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
| 30.08.1929 |
- |
(01.1932) |
HMS
London (cruiser) (Mediterranean) |
| 15.05.1932 |
- |
(01.1934) |
HMS
Kempenfelt (flotilla leader) (Home Fleet) |
| 05.09.1934 |
- |
(02.1936) |
HMS
Carlisle (cruiser) (Africa) |
| 15.12.1936 |
- |
(07.1937) |
First
Lieutenant, HMS Walpole (destroyer) (Portland) |
| 14.02.1938 |
- |
01.09.1940 |
Commanding Officer, HMS Esk
(destroyer) |
Albert
-
| Sg.Lt. |
30.09.1938 17.04.1939, seniority 31.10.1937 (emgcy 30.09.1943) |
| Sg.Lt.Cdr.
(emgcy) |
31.10.1943 |
| 25.01.1939 |
- |
(08.)1942 |
HMS Hebe
(minesweeper) [accommoadted in HMS Sharpshooter (minesweeper)] |
| 03.09.1942 |
- |
(12.)1943 |
HMS Hornet
(Coastal Forces base, Gosport) |
| 29.12.1943 |
- |
(06.1944) |
HMS Exmouth
(accommodation ship landing craft personnel Tilbury) |
| 21.03.1945 |
- |
(07.1945) |
HMS Battler
(escort carrier) |
Rafe Edward
Eldest son of Lt.Col. Miles Rafe Ferguson Courage, DSO (1872-1961), and Kathleen Roma Beatty (1877-1949), of Preston House, Basingstoke, Hampshire.
Married 1st (03.05.1934, St Paul's Anglican Cathedral, Malta) Irene Mary Graham Campbell, eldest daughter of Gen. Sir David Graham Muchet Campbell, Governor of Malta, and Lady Campbell; one son.
Married 2nd (1942, abroad) L/Cpl. Nancy Petersen, WTS (1913-1995), daughter of P.R. Petersen.
|
|
Chelsea, London
-
25.03.1960
Bradley, Alresford, Hampshire
| ... | .... |
| S.Lt. | 30.08.1922 |
| Lt. | 30.06.1924 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 30.07.1932 |
| Cdr. | 30.06.1940 (retd 03.03.1948) |
|
|
DSO | 07.06.1940 | 1st Battle of Narvik [investiture 08.07.41] |
|
|
DSO | 26.05.1942 | action with Italian cruisers 12.12.41 [investiture 26.03.46] |
|
|
DSC | 11.07.1940 | HM's birthday 40 [investiture 08.07.41] |
|
|
DSC | 08.04.1941 | sinking Italian submarine Berillo 20.10.40 [investiture 08.07.41] |
 |
OON | 12.05.1942 | withdrawal from Holland [decoration posted] |
| 15.01.1916 | entered RN | ||
| served European War | |||
| ... | - | ... | ... |
| 19.01.1934 | - | (07.)1935 | HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
| 24.09.1935 | - | (08.)1936 | Commanding Officer, HMS Bagshot (twin screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean) |
| 21.09.1936 | - | (10.1936) | tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
| (01.1937) | no appointment listed | ||
| 15.01.1937 | - | 02.1941 | Commanding Officer, HMS Havock (destroyer) (Narvik [DSO] & other operations [Bar to DSO, DSC and Bar]) |
| 09.07.1941 | - | 12.02.1942 | Commanding Officer, HMS Maori (destroyer) |
| (08.1942) | HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) * | ||
| (02.1943) | - | (06.1944) | no appointment listed |
| 18.09.1944 | - | (07.)1945 | Executive Officer, HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) |
| 22.10.1945 | - | (04.1946) | HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service Central Depot, Lowestoft) |
Anthony Tosswill
Son of Basil Tosswill Courtney (1873-1933), manufacturer of machine tools, and Frances Elizabeth Rankin.
Brother of Maj. Roger J.A. Courtney, MC, and of Lt.Col. Godfrey B. Courtney, MBE, MC.
Married 1st (1938) Elisabeth Mary Cortlandt Stokes (died 1961); no children.
Married 2nd (1962) Lady (Elizabeth) Trefgarne (marriage dissolved 1966).
Married 3rd (1971) Mrs Angela Bradford.
|
|
Bromley, London
-
24.01.1988
Devizes, Wiltshire
| Cadet | 15.09.1925 |
| Midsh. | 15.05.1926 |
| A/S.Lt. | 01.09.1928 |
| S.Lt. | 01.03.1929 |
| Lt. | 01.10.1930 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 01.10.1938 (retd 16.05.1953) |
| A/Cdr. | 19.10.1941-1942 & 21.01.1946-... |
| Cdr. (retd) | 16.05.1953 |
|
|
OBE | 01.01.1949 | New Year 49 |
| 15.01.1922 | entered RN | ||
| 29.08.1925 | - | (05.)1926 | HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| 11.09.1926 | - | (06.1928) | HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (world cruise of Duke & Duchess of York) |
| 04.1929 | - | 08.1929 | promotion course, Portsmouth |
| 15.11.1929 | - | (10.1930) | HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China Station) |
| (02.1931) | no appointment listed | ||
| 26.04.1931 | - | (06.)1933 | HMS Malaya (battleship) (Home Fleet) |
| 01.10.1933 | - | (07.)1934 | qualified as Interpreter in Russian after language study in Bessarabia [HMS President (for study of languages)] |
| 04.07.1934 | - | (11.)1934 | HMS Sardonyx (destroyer) (Portsmouth) |
| 03.12.1934 | - | (07.)1935 | qualified in Signals and Wireless Telegraphy, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
| 16.12.1935 | - | (02.)1936 | Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| (08.1936) | no appointment listed | ||
| 28.09.1936 | - | (02.)1937 | HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Signal School) |
| 26.03.1937 | - | 04.1939 | Flag Lieutenant and subsequently Flag Lieutenant-Commander to Flag Officer Commanding 3rd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Arethusa (cruiser)] (and as Squadron Signals and Wireless/Telegraphy Officer) (Mediterranean Fleet) |
| (07.1939) | no appointment listed | ||
| (08.1939) | HMS Effingham (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) * | ||
| 01.01.1940 | - | (02.)1941 | Flag Lieutenant-Commander on staff of Admiral Commanding 3rd Battle Squadron [HMS Seaborn (accounting base, Halifax, Nova Scotia)] (and as Squadron Signal and W/T Officer) |
| 1941 | - | 1941 | North Atlantic Escort Force, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 19.10.1941 | - | (08.)1942 | Deputy Head of Naval Mission to USSR [HMS President] |
| 08.12.1942 | - | (02.)1943 | Squadron Signals & Wireless/Telegraphy Officer, HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) |
| 05.1943 | - | (10.)1943 | Flag Lt.Cdr. & Squadron Signals Officer to Flag Officer commanding Aircraft Carriers, Home Fleet [HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier), later HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] |
| 08.12.1943 | - | (01.)1945 | Staff Signals Officer to Flag Officer commanding South Atlantic Station [HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa)] |
| 11.06.1945 | - | (07.1945) | Staff Signals Communication Officer to Flag Officer, Gibraltar and Mediterranean Approaches [HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar)] |
| 21.01.1946 | - | (07.)1948 | Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 17.11.1948 | - | 1951 | Chief Staff Officer (Intelligence), to R Adm S.H.T. Arliss, Flag Officer Commanding British Naval Forces, Germany, and Chief British Naval Representative in the Allied Control Commission [HMS Royal Albert] (Hamburg, Germany) |
| 1952 | - | 1953 | qualified as Interpreter in German; Intelligence Div, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President] |
Published: Sailor in a Russian frame (1968).
* indexed, but not listed as such
Sir Walter Henry
"Tich";
1st Baronet (1921)
Eldest son of Capt. Walter Frederick James Cowan, JP (1845-1914), and Frances Anne Lucas, of Alveston, Warwickshire.
Married (13.02.1901, Kensington, London) Catherine Eleanor Millicent Cayley ((09?).1869 - 21.04.1934), daughter of Digby Cayley, JP, and Charlotte Philadelphia Bower, of Norton Grove, Yorkshire; one daughter.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crickhowell, Brecknockshire
-
14.02.1956
Warneford Hospital. Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
| Lt. | 13.11.1892 |
| Cdr. | 30.06.1901 |
| Capt. | 31.12.1906 |
| R.Adm. | 02.09.1918 |
| V.Adm. | 02.11.1923 |
| Adm. | 01.08.1927 (retd 06.10.1931) (reactivated 1939) (reverted to retd 1945) |
|
|
KCB | 1919 | ? |
|
|
CB | 1916 | ? |
|
|
DSO | 1898 | ? |
|
|
DSO | 05.09.1944 | very great gallantry Mediterranean for No. 2 Commando operations [investiture 20.05.47] |
|
|
MVO | 1904 | ? |
Medjidie 4th class; Rising Sun 3rd class (Japan); St Anne 2nd class with swords (Russia); Officer, Légion d'Honneur; Royal Humane Society Medal.
| 15.01.1884 | entered RN | ||
| served Brass River and Mwele Expeditions 1895; Benin, 1897 (despatches); Nile, 1898-99 (despatches DSO); Nile, 1899 (despatches); S. African War, ADC to Lord Kitchener, and Naval ADC to Earl Roberts, 1901 (despatches, promoted); European War, battle of Jutland Bank, 1 June 1916 (despatches, CB); Capt. HMS Princess Royal, 1915-1917; commanded First Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet, 1917-1920; Commanded Baltic Force, 1919; Battle Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet, 1921-1922; Commanding Officer, Coast of Scotland, 1925-1926; Commander-in-Chief North America and West Indies Station, 1926-1928; First and Principal Naval ADC to the King, 1930-1931 | |||
| served War of 1939-1945 with Commando Forces (Bar to DSO); a Liaison Officer at Tobruk 1941-42; served with Commandos from 1940 in Middle East including raid on Bardia and siege of Tobruk with 18th King Edward VII's Own Cavalry (captured at Bir Hakeim 27.05.1942, repatriated 1943) and in 1943-44 with 2nd Special Service Brigade in Italy and the Dalmatian Islands: | |||
| 30.01.1941 | - | (12.1941) | HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) (additional; for various services) |
| (08.1942) | - | (06.1943) | no appointment listed |
| (08.1943) | Admiralty [HMS President] * | ||
| (10.1943) | Combined Operations Headquarters * | ||
| 15.11.1943 | - | (06.)1944 | HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (for special service) |
| (10.1944) | no appointment listed | ||
| (01.1945) | - | (07.1945) | HMS Victory IV (accounting section, Leydene House, nr Petersfield) * |
Literature: Lionel George Dawson, Sound of the guns, being an account of the wars and service of Admiral Sir Walter Cowan (1949); Geoffrey Bennett, Cowan's war : the story of British naval operations in the Baltic, 1918-1920 (1964)
* indexed, but not listed as such
George Gerard
Younger son of Frank and Emily Cowburn.
Married 1st ((09?).1933, Chorley district, Lancashire) Julia A. Snape.
Married 2nd ((09?).1952, Samford district, Suffolk) Joan Currington, only daughter of Mr & Mrs E.G. Currington, of Felixstowe, Suffolk.
|
|
Newtown district, Montgomeryshire / Powys
-
01.06.1980
Newport district, Wales
| Midsh. | 01.01.1929 |
| A/S.Lt. | 01.05.1931 |
| S.Lt. | 22.08.1932, seniority 01.03.1931 |
| Lt. | 01.05.1933 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 01.05.194 |
| Cdr. | 31.12.1945 (retd > 07.1959, < 07.1961) |
|
|
DSC | 23.02.1940 | Battle of the River Plate 12.39 * |
* "...who handled the ship with the utmost skill and coolness and was undismayed when the Commanding Officer and the Chief Yeoman of Signals were wounded alongside him. The Ship's immunity from being hit was mainly due to him. The running commentary on the progress of the action which he passed to the Lower Conning Tower was of the greatest value, as it was broadcast .to all positions between decks, including the Engine Room."
| 13.01.1928 | entered RN | ||
| 05.01.1929 | - | (08.1929) | HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Atlantic) |
| 04.01.1930 | - | (02.1931) | HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China) |
| 30.04.1931 | - | (01.1932) | promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] |
| 06.09.1932 | - | (01.1934) | HMS Codrington (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) |
| 15.04.1935 | - | (07.1935) | long navigation course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] |
| 13.09.1935 | - | (02.1936) | Navigating Officer, HMS Fowey (patrol sloop) |
| 15.01.1937 | - | (02.1937) | Navigating Officer, HMS Harebell (patrol sloop (fishery protection)) |
| 10.05.1937 | - | (08.1938) | Navigating Officer, HMS Hastings (escort vessel) |
| (10.1938) | advanced navigation course | ||
| 27.01.1939 | - | (02.1941) | Navigating Officer, HMS Achilles (cruiser) |
| (08.1942) | no appointment listed | ||
| 18.01.1943 | - | (06.1943) | HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) |
| 07.1943 | - | (06.1944) | Navigating Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) |
| 08.11.1944 | - | (07.1945) | Navigating Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) |
| 19.03.1946 | - | (04.1946) | Navigation Division, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 04.1950 | - | (05.1950) | Executive Officer, HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halifax, Malta) |
| 11.08.1952 | - | (05.1953) | HMS President (for miscellaneous services) |
| 22.03.1954 | - | (01.1956) | HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous duties) |
Patrick James
|
|
-
10.1985
Bournemouth, Hampshire
|
Cadet |
01.01.1928 |
|
Midsh. |
01.09.1928 |
|
A/S.Lt. |
01.01.1931 |
|
S.Lt. |
01.07.1931 |
|
Lt. |
01.04.1933 |
|
Lt.Cdr.
|
01.04.1941 |
|
A/Cdr. |
< 07.1945 |
|
Cdr. |
31.12.1945 |
|
Capt. |
31.12.1951 (retd 07.01.1961) |
|
|
DSC |
01.01.1941 |
New
Year 41 [award posted] |
|
|
DSC |
19.06.1945 |
Operation
Hotbed (North Russian convoy 02.45) [award posted] |
|
|
MID |
12.08.1941 |
towing
Taku [serving as Liaison Officer] |
|
|
MID |
21.04.1942 |
Erin
blown up Gibraltar 18.01.42 |
|
|
MID |
01.01.1944 |
New
Year 44 |
|
|
MID |
09.05.1944 |
Operation
FW (North Russian convoy 01.44) |
|
|
MID |
05.12.1944 |
passage
convoy SW59 & RA59A |
|
|
MID |
21.08.1945 |
3
U-boats destroyed Kola Inlet 04.45 |
| 15.05.1924 | entered RN | ||
| 07.01.1928 |
- |
(06.1928) |
HMS
Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| 02.01.1929 |
- |
(04.1930) |
HMS
Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
| (02.1931) |
no
appointment listed |
||
| 17.08.1931 |
- |
(01.)1932 |
promotion
course, Portsmouth |
| 06.07.1932 |
- |
(09.)1932 |
HMS
Albury (twin screw minesweeper) (temporary) |
| 17.12.1932 |
- |
(05.)1933 |
HMS
Wolsey (destroyer) (1st Submarine Flotilla, Mediterranean) (for submarines) |
| 11.05.1933 |
- |
(07.1934) |
HMS
Oberon (submarine) (1st Submarine Flotilla, Mediterranean) |
| 22.05.1935 |
- |
(07.1937) |
First
Lieutenant, HMS Spearfish (submarine) (and for duty with submarines) (6th
Submarine Flotilla) |
| 11.01.1938 |
- |
(10.)1938 |
HMS
Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) |
| 07.10.1938 |
- |
(04.)1939 |
HMS
Dwarf (particular service vessel) (for Reserve Group "B" of
submarines) |
| 24.07.1939 |
- |
(09.1939) |
Commanding
Officer, HMS L 27 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) |
| 10.02.1940 |
- |
(06.)1940 |
Commanding
Officer, HMS Swordfish (submarine) |
| 06.11.1940 |
- |
(02.)1941 |
HMS Elfin
(submarine base for 6th Submarine Flotilla, Blyth) (for submarines) |
| (07.)1941 |
- |
(08.)1941 |
Commanding
Officer, HMS Thrasher (submarine) |
| (12.1941) |
no
appointment listed |
||
| 26.12.1941 |
- |
(08.)1943 |
HMS
Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) |
| (10.1943) |
no
appointment listed |
||
| 01.11.1943 |
- |
(10.1944) |
Commanding
Officer, HMS Whitehall (destroyer) |
| (1945) |
HMS Cygnet
(sloop) |
||
| 30.05.1945 |
- |
(07.)1945 |
HMS
Sandhurst (immobile depot ship, Loch Ryan) |
| 24.09.1945 |
- |
(10.1947) |
Staff
Officer (Operations) to Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine
depot, Gosport)] |
| 01.1948 |
- |
(05.1949) |
Executive
Officer, HMS Montclare (submarine depot ship) |
| (05.1950) |
no
appointment listed |
||
| 20.03.1953 |
- |
(05.1953) |
Commanding
Officer, HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) |
| 18.10.1954 |
- |
(01.1956) |
Deputy
Director, Undersurface Warfare Division (M), Admiralty [HMS President] |
| (01.1957) |
no
appointment listed |
John Stewart
Son of James Eden Cowie.
Married (1922) Dorothy Mary, daughter of Sg.Cdr. J.A. Keogh, RN.
|
|
-
05.01.1982
| ... |
... |
| Lt. |
15.12.1918 |
| Lt.Cdr. |
15.12.1926 |
| Cdr. |
30.06.1931 (retd
30.04.1948) |
| A/Capt.
|
14.01.1942? |
| Capt. (retd) |
30.04.1948 |
|
|
CBE |
13.06.1946 |
HM's
birthday 46 [investiture 17.12.46] |
|
LM |
13.08.1946 |
? |
| 08.1914 |
|
|
entered
RN |
| ... |
- |
... |
... |
| 10.10.1933 |
- |
(02.)1935 |
Executive
Officer, HMS Exeter (cruiser) (America and West Indies) |
| 08.07.1935 |
- |
(06.)1938 |
in
charge of Mining Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental
establishment, Portsmouth) |
| 08.08.1938 |
- |
(10.1938) |
staff,
Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| (02.1939) |
|
|
no
appointment listed |
| 06.03.1939 |
- |
22.05.1939 |
HMS
President (for Tactical Division, Admiralty) |
| 23.05.1939 |
- |
01.10.1939 |
staff,
Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 02.10.1939 |
- |
13.01.1942 |
staff,
Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 14.01.1942 |
- |
14.10.1945 |
Deputy Director of Operations Division
(Mining), Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 15.10.1945 |
- |
(04.1946) |
Deputy Director Information Department
(General Publicity), Admiralty [HMS President] |
Charles Henry
-
| T/A/Sign.Boatsw. |
22.09.1941 |
| T/Sign.Boatsw. |
1942?, seniority
22.09.1941 |
| T/A/Cd.Boatsw. |
22.09.1945 |
| (12.1941) |
no
appointment listed |
||
| 01.04.1942 |
- |
(12.1943) |
HMS
Dundonald II (Combined Operations training establishment, Auchengate) |
| (04.1944) |
- |
(10.1944) |
no
appointment listed |
| (07.1945) |
HMS Moonrise
* |
||
| (04.1946) |
no
appointment listed |
Ian Nagle Douglas
-
14.10.1990
Chichester, Sussex
| Cadet |
01.01.1933 |
| Midsh. |
01.09.1933 |
| A/S.Lt. |
01.01.1936 |
| S.Lt. |
01.10.1936 |
| Lt. |
01.06.1938 |
| A/Lt.Cdr. |
01.05.1945 |
| Lt.Cdr. |
01.06.1946 (retd
03.11.1951) |
|
|
DSC |
16.08.1940 |
Dunkirk
06.40 |
|
|
MID |
08.09.1942 |
Malta
convoy 22.03.42 |
|
|
MID |
11.05.1943 |
minelaying
11.42 |
|
|
MID |
14.11.1944 |
Operation
Neptune (Normandy 06.44) |
| 01.01.1933 |
- |
09.08.1933 |
naval
cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) |
| 10.08.1933 |
- |
(01.)1934 |
HMS
Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) |
| 25.03.1934 |
- |
(02.)1935 |
HMS
Durban (cruiser) (Mediterranean) |
| 02.1935 |
- |
(07.1935) |
HMS
Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
| 01.01.1936 |
- |
31.08.1936 |
promotion
course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] |
| 31.08.1936 |
- |
(02.)1937 |
promotion
course, Portsmouth |
| 02.06.1937 |
- |
(07.)1937 |
HMS
Lupin (escort vessel (fishery protection)) |
| 22.07.1937 |
- |
(04.)1940 |
HMS
Dorsetshire (cruiser) (China) |
| 27.05.1940 |
- |
(02.)1941 |
First
Lieutenant, HMS Malcolm (destroyer) |
| 31.07.1941 |
- |
(12.1941) |
First
Lieutenant, HMS Woolston (destroyer) |
| ? |
- |
(03.)1942 |
HMS Hasty
(destroyer) |
| 25.05.1942 |
- |
01.02.1943 |
HMS
Welshman (minelayer) (sunk) |
| 23.02.1943 |
- |
(10.)1943 |
HMS
Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt) |
| (12.1943) |
no
appointment listed |
||
| 03.01.1944 |
- |
05.1945 | Commanding Officer,
HMS
Middleton (destroyer) |
| 07.07.1945 |
- |
(04.1946) |
RN College,
Eaton, Chester (for duty with Special Entry cadets) [HMS Britannia] |
| 05.08.1947 |
- |
(05.)1949 |
Commanding Officer,
HMS Virago (destroyer) |
| 25.11.1949 |
- |
(05.1950) |
RN
Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
John Bevan
Married (10.08.1942, Alexandria, Egypt) Rhoona Eileen Levy(21.10.1913 - 13.04.1987), daughter of Samuel Benjamin Levy (1857-1935), and Ethel Beatrice "Trixie" Hatchard (1879-1964); one daughter. Rhoona Cox was earlier married ((06?).1937) to Cpl. Lionel Innes Montell Toller, RAC (1905-1940), and (03.11.1940) Lt. (E) William Borel Setten, RN (1914-1941). She remarried (25.06.1962) Lt.Col. Percival Henry "Pat" Denyer, Indian Army (1897-1974).
|
|
Kensington district, London
-
07.03.1980
Narberth, Dyfed, Wales
| Cadet | 01.01.1928 |
| Midsh. | 01.09.1928 |
| A/S.Lt. | 01.01.1931 |
| S.Lt. | 16.09.1931 |
| Lt. | 16.01.1934 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 16.01.1942 (retd 16.09.1955; age) |
| A/Cdr. | 14.10.1952 |
|
|
DSC | 29.07.1941 | Inshore Squadron with 8th Army Egypt & Cyrenaica [decoration posted] |
|
|
MID | 11.06.1942 | HM's birthday 42 |
|
|
MID | 04.09.1945 | scuttling of HMS Sikh 14.09.42 * |
* For outstanding courage and devotion to duty in HMS Sikh when she was disabled by fire from shore batteries during an attack on Tobruk in September, 1942. Although in a hopeless position fire was kept up against the shore batteries until it became necessary to abandon the sinking ship, scuttling charges being fired at the last moment to prevent any possibility of capture by the enemy.
| 07.01.1928 | - | (08.)1929 | HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| 24.09.1929 | - | (08.1930) | HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) |
| 01.01.1931 | - | 16.08.1931 | promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] |
| 17.08.1931 | - | (01.)1932 | promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
| 23.05.1932 | - | 1932 | HMS Sesame (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| 01.07.1932 | - | (11.1934) | HMS Fowey (sloop) (East Indies station) |
| (02.1935) | no appointment listed | ||
| 08.03.1935 | - | (07.1927) | HMS Guardian (net layer) (Home Fleet) |
| 18.01.1938 | - | (02.)1938 | HMS Tenedos (destroyer) (China) |
| 27.03.1938 | - | (12.1938) | HMS Cockchafer (river gunboat) (China) |
| (02.1939) | - | (09.1939) | no appointment listed |
| 27.02.1940 | - | (02.)1941 | HMS Aphis (river gunboat) (DSC) |
| (12.1941) | no appointment listed | ||
| (08.1942) | on staff of Senior Naval Officer Inshore Squadron [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)] * (despatches twice) [captured at Tobruk] | ||
| (02.1943) | - | (08.1943) | no appointment listed: from Tobruk he was taken to prison camp in Italy and then moved to the Marlag [Marinelager] near Bremen - and eventually repatriated from a camp at Lübeck |
| 14.08.1943 | - | (10.1943) | Commanding Officer, HMS Ludlow (destroyer) |
| (12.1943) | - | (07.1945) | HMS Ludlow (destroyer) * |
| (04.1946) | HMS Boxer (fighter direction ship) * | ||
| 02.01.1947 | - | (10.1947) | Commanding Officer, HMS Cockade (destroyer) |
| (07.1948) | - | (05.1949) | HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * |
| 09.03.1950 | - | (05.1951) | Flag Lt.Cdr. to Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] |
| 14.10.1952 | - | 31.05.1955 | Naval Attaché, Madrid (Spain) |
