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M.E. Dunbar-Nasmith   to   L.D. Dymoke
Dunbar-Nasmith, Sir Martin Eric Surname changed from Nasmith to Dunbar-Nasmith by deed poll of 04.01.1923. Son of late Martin A. Nasmith, of Clevehurst, Weybridge. Married (1920) Beatrix Justina (died 1962) (Dep. Superintendent­in­ Chief, St John Ambulance Bde, 1942-1953; CBE 1949; DStJ 1951), only daughter of late Commander Harry Dunbar­Dunbar­Rivers, of Glen Rothes; two sons (R.Adm. David Arthur Dunbar-Nasmith, CB, DSC, DL), one daughter.	01.04.1883 East Barnes, London - 29.06.1965 Elgin, Scotland [Holy Trinity Churchyard, Elgin]	Midsh. 15.02.1900 A/S.Lt. 15.02.1903 S.Lt. 25.04.1904, seniority 15.02.1903 Lt. 15.05.1905 Cdr. 30.06.1915 Capt. 30.06.1916 R.Adm. 16.01.1928 V.Adm. 12.10.1932 Adm. 02.01.1936 (retd 31.12.1941; own request) (reverted to retd 15.08.1946) VC 25.06.1915 * KCB 04.06.1934 HM's birthday CB 08.03.1920 for valuable services in charge of the Seventh Submarine Flotilla in the Baltic and as Senior Naval Officer, Reva KCMG 01.01.1955 New Year 1955 LegH 07.04.1916 ? LegH 1946 ? LegH 1950 state visit French president 1950 CdeG 1946 ? OON 19.01.1943 services to the Dutch navy in UK & Far East StOlav 13.01.1948 services to Norway PolRest 19.08.1941 services to the Poles LoP 1944 Operation Neptune * Between the dates 20th May and 8th June 1915, Lieutenant Commander Nasmith was in command of His Majesty's Submarine E 11 in the Sea of Marmara, in the Dardanelles. During this time they destroyed a large Turkish gunboat; two transport ships; an ammunition ship; 3 store ships and four other vessels. Having safely passed the most difficult part of his homeward journey, he then returned to attack he Turkish Transport ship.	15.05.1898     joined RN 1904     appointed to HMS Thames to qualify in submarines 05.1907     Commanding Officer, HMS C 7 (submarine) 01.11.1908     Lieutenant, HMS Indomitable 14.01.1911     Commanding Officer, HMS C 18 (submarine) 15.09.1911     Commanding Officer, HMS D 4 (submarine) 15.08.1912 - 03.08.1914 Commanding Officer, HMS Arrogant (submarine depot ship) 03.08.1914 - 1919 Commanding Officer, HMS E 11 (submarine) (destroyed 96 Turkish vessels of various types in the Sea of Marmora; VC, promoted Cdr.) 01.04.1924 - 15.04.1924 Admiralty 15.04.1924 - (01.1925) Director of Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 02.01.1926 - 1928 Commanding Officer, RN College Dartmouth & Commanding Officer, HMS Britannia 02.08.1927 - 16.01.1928 Naval ADC to the King (08.1929)     no appointment listed 02.09.1929 - (02.)1931 Rear-Admiral Submarines [HMS Dolphin] 12.10.1931 - (01.1932) Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich 29.04.1932 - (01.)1934 Commander-in-Chief East Indies Station [HMS Hawkins] (07.1935)     no appointment listed 30.09.1935 - 30.09.1938 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Naval Personnel [HMS President] 24.10.1938 - 30.04.1941 Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, and from 03.09.1940-12.1940 Western Approaches [HMS Drake] (06.1941) - (12.1941) no appointment listed 03.02.1942 - 01.04.1946 Flag Officer-in-Charge, London [HMS Yeoman] (to serve in rank of R.Adm.) 19.06.1946 - 14.08.1946 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; not to join, for dispersal) Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and Lieutenant of the Admiralty, 19.06.1946-1962. Vice-Chairman Imperial War Graves Commission, 06.1948-1954. DL Morayshire, 02.11.1942, Vice-Lieutenant, 1957.
Dunbar-Nasmith, David Arthur Eldest son of Adm. Sir Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith, VC, KCB, KCMG, DL (1883-1965) and Beatrix Justina Dunbar-Dunbar-Rivers, CBE, DStJ (1897-1962). Married (08.04.1951) Elizabeth Gwendoline Bowlby (02.04.1927 - ), daughter of Henry Russell Bowlby and Hermione Hester Isabel Wisden; two sons, two daughters.	21.02.1921 Glen Rothes, Rothes, Morayshire, Scotland - 15.09.1997 Rothes, Moray, Scotland	Midsh. 01.01.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1940 S.Lt. 03.1941, seniority 01.08.1940 Lt. 16.10.1941 ?, seniority 16.04.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1945 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1948 Cdr. 30.06.1951 Capt. 30.06.1958 Cdre. 1966-1967 R.Adm. 07.07.1967 (retd 23.08.1972) CB 14.06.1969 HM's birthday 1969 [investiture 18.11.1969] DSC 23.03.1943 surrender Italian submarine 15.12.1942 MID 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.1942 MID 04.04.1944 Aegean operations 09-11.1943 MID 25.11.1947 Palestine Patrol, boarded Ulva 02.1947	Education: Lockers Park; RN College, Dartmouth (01.09.1934-20.12.1938; Hawke House; Chief Cadet Captain; Admiralty No. 1441), 01.01.1939 - (01.)1940 HMS Barham (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) 23.01.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Rodney (Nelson class battleship) (12.1940)     promotion courses, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] * (01.1941)     anti-submarine course * 29.01.1941 - (08.)1942 First Lieutenant, HMS Kelvin (K class destroyer) (Crete, Sirte) (despatches) 24.08.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services) 11.1942 - (12.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Petard (P class destroyer) (DSC, despatches) (Sicily, Salerno, Aegean) (12?).1943 - (01?).1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Haydon (Hunt class destroyer) (temporary) (02.1944)     no appointment listed  11.04.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Armada (Battle class destroyer) 12.06.1944 - (04.)1945 staff, RN College, Eaton, Chester [HMS Britannia] (07.1945)     no appointment listed 1945 - 1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Peacock 1946 - 1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Moon 1946 - 1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Rowena (despatches) 1948 - 1949 RN and Joint Service Staff Colleges 1949 - 1951 Staff of Flag Officer l st Cruiser Squadron 1951 - 1951 Commanding Officer, HMS Enard Bay (staff of the Flag Officer, 1st Cruiser Squadron) 1952 - 1954 NATO HQ, SACLANT 08.1954 - 1956 Commanding Officer, HMS Alert 1958 - 1960 NATO HQ, SACEUR 01.1961 - 1963 Commanding, 5th Frigate Squadron [HMS Berwick] 07.1963 - 01.1965 Director of Defence Plans (Naval), Ministry of Defence 07.01.1967 - 07.07.1967 also: Naval ADC to HM the Queen 05.1966 - 07.1967 Commodore, Amphibious Forces, Far East Fleet 11.1967 - 03.1970 Naval Secretary (Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty) (CB) 05.1970 - 07.1972 Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland Vice-chairman of the Highlands and Islands Development Board, 1972. Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Moray, 1974. Vice Lord-Lieutenant. Morayshire, 1980-1996. Member of the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers), 1974. Chairman, Moray and Nairn Newspaper Co., 1982-1991. Member: Highlands and Islands Development Board, 1972-1983 (Deputy Chairman, 1972-1981: Chairman, 1981-1982); Countryside Commission for Scotland, 1972-1976; British Waterways Board, 1980-1987; North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, 1982-1985. Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod to the Order of the Thistle, 1979-1997. * indexed, but not listed as such
Duncan, David	21.09.1900 - 05.02.1974	... ... Sg.Cdr. 15.10.1936 A/Sg.Capt. < 07.1945 Sg.Capt. 31.12.1946 Sg.R.Adm. 28.03.1955 (retd) CB 1957 ? OBE 1946 ?	MD, ChB, DPH. ... - ... ... 10.07.1939 - (07.1945) an Assistant to the Medical Director-General  of the Navy, Admiralty [HMS President] ... - ... ...
Duncan, Henry	05.03.1911 ? - 22.03.1984	Prob. Lt. RNR 01.07.1937 Lt. RNR 07.12.1937, seniority 01.07.1937 Lt. 04.10.1938, seniority 05.03.1932 Lt.Cdr. 05.03.1940 A/Cdr. > 06.1943, < 08.1943 Cdr. 31.12.1946 (retd 05.03.1958) DSC 21.12.1943 Operation Husky [decoration posted] LegH ? Elba	04.09.1938 - (04.)1939 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 07.06.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 31.01.1940 - 01.1943 HMS Nelson (battleship) 01.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Quebec (Combined training centre, Inverary), from late 1943 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (07.1943)     Force A (invasion of Sicily) (DSC) (06.1944)     Senior Naval Officer Landing (invasion of Elba) (Légion d'Honneur) 12.1944 - (01.)1945 Executive Officer, HMS Colombo (light cruiser) 05.06.1945 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, HMS Speaker (escort carrier) 03.03.1947 - (07.1948) Maintenance Commander on staff of Rear-Admiral-in-Charge Reserve Aircraft and Technical Training [HMS Condor (RN Air Station Arbroath, Angus) 22.03.1949 - (05.1949) RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 03.03.1950 - (05.1950) Executive Officer, HMS Montclare (submarine depot ship) (05.1953)     HMS Loch Veyatie (frigate) * (07.1954)     HMS Loch Alvie (frigate) * 30.11.1954 - (01.1957) Boom Defence Officer, Clyde (Greenock) [HMS Cochrane] * indexed, but not listed as such
Dundas, James Hamilton Son (with two brothers and threee sisters) of Adm. Sir Charles Hope Dundas of Dundas, KCMG, RN (28th Chief of Dundas) (1859-1924), and Helen Burgess Watson. Brother of Maj. Adam Duncan Dundas of Dundas, Royal Artillery.	03.07.1915 - 23.01.1986	Cadet 01.09.1932 Midsh. 01.05.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1935 S.Lt. 16.04.1936 Lt. 16.06.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. < 01.1945 Lt.Cdr. 16.06.1946 (retd 04.07.1956) A/Cdr. 02.04.1952? OBE 02.01.1956 New Year 1956 [investiture 13.03.1956] DSC 30.09.1941 rescue of the crew of an aircraft force landed in Iraq [investiture 14.07.1942]	... - ... ... 21.11.1938 - (02.1941) pilot, 814 Squadron FAA [HMS Hermes] (DSC) ? - (08.1942) pilot, 785 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw] (and for instructional duties) 23.01.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS President (for duty at Ministry of Aircraft Production) 19.04.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, 703 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel] ... - ... ... 02.04.1952 - 1956 Office of the Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President I] (OBE)
Dundas, John George Lawrence Son of late Hon. Cospatrick Thomas Dundas (1862-1906), and Maud Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (who remarried in 1912 and became Lady Cordeaux). Married (22.09.1928) Ruth Northrop Coleman (24.09.1907 -  07.02.2005), daughter of the Postmaster of Minneapolis; one son, four daughters.	03.11.1893 Marylebone, London - 26.03.1952 Roanoke, Virginia, USA	S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.12.1915 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1923 Cdr. 31.12.1928 Capt. 30.06.1935 Cdre. 1st cl. 20.02.1943? R.Adm. 08.01.1944 (retd 1945/46?) V.Adm. (retd) 1948 CB 18.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945 CBE 01.01.1942 New Year 1942 MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk LegH ? Operation Dragoon CdeG ? Operation Dragoon LM 06.11.1945 services Mediterranean 01-08.1944 Phnx 15.04.1947 ?	Education: RN College Dartmouth 15.09.1906     entered RN (08.1923) no appointment listed 16.09.1924 - (01.1925) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 03.08.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 30.05.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (1928) HMS Vindictive (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 05.01.1929 - (04.)1930 Staff Officer (Operations) & Squadron Gunnery Officer, Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Flotillas [HMS Centaur (cruiser)] 01.05.1930 - (09.1932) Fleet Gunnery Officer, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] 04.01.1933 - (01.1934) Executive Officer, HMS Valiant (battleship) (Home Fleet) 21.01.1935 - (07.1935) course at Staff College, Camberley [HMS President] 14.01.1936 - (02.)1936 Imperial Defence Course, Imperial Defence College 19.12.1936 - (07.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Folkestone (escort vessel) (China) (02.1938) no appointment listed 31.05.1938 - 04.1940 Assistant Director of Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.06.1940 - 28.06.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Nigeria (cruiser) 20.02.1943 - 05.06.1943 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)] * 05.06.1943 - 11.1943 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Levant [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)] 11.1943 - (06.)1944 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean [HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers)] 1944 - 1945 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (07.1945) HMS President ** * date of appointment possibly even earlier: 08.1942 ** indexed, but not listed as such
Dunlop, Colin Charles Harrison "Clop" / "Spongey" Son of late Engr R.Adm. Samuel Harrison Dunlop, CB, RN, and Hilda Jacobs. Married 1st (1941) Moyra Patricia 'Pat' O'Brien Gorges (died 1991); two sons (and one son deceased). Married 2nd (1995) Comdt Elizabeth 'Liz' Craig­McFeely.	04.03.1918 Odessa - 08.03.2009 [North Cadbury?]	Paym.Cadet 01.09.1935 Paym.Midsh. 01.09.1936 Paym.S.Lt. 01.06.1938 Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 01.12.1939 A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. 04.04.1944-(10.1944) A/Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.11.1945  [quasi-permanent rank] Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.12.1947 Cdr. 31.12.1952 Capt. 30.06.1961 R.Adm. 07.07.1969 (retd 05.04.1974) CB 01.01.1972 New Year 1972 CBE 08.06.1963 HM's birthday 1963	Education: Marlborough College. 01.09.1935 special entry Paymaster Cadet 12.06.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 16.01.1938 - (02.)1938 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet) 04.04.1938 - (02.)1941 HMS Kent (cruiser) 24.02.1941 - (12.1941) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] (for duty in Admiral's Office) 27.03.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Valiant (battleship) 15.10.1942 - (12.1943) Captain's Secretary, HMS Malaya (battleship) (04.1944)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 04.04.1944 - (10.1944) Naval Training Department, Admiralty [HMS President] staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] (01.1945)     no appointment listed 03.1945 HMS Diadem (cruiser) 23.03.1945 - (07.1945) Secretary to Commodore Commanding 15th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Orion (cruiser)] 04.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) 19.07.1948 - (05.)1949 Admiral's Secretary, Flag Officer Commanding 3rd Aircraft Carrier Squadron [HMS Theseus] 21.10.1949 - (05.1950) Secretary to Fifth Sea Lord [HMS President] 30.10.1951 - (05.1953) Admiral's Secretary, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake] 11.01.1954 - (07.)1954 DBSO [= Deputy Base Supply Officer?], RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 18.10.1954 - (01.)1957 Department of the Director-General, Supply and Secretariat Branch, Admiralty [HMS President] (and for duty with Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel (O)) 04.04.1957 - (01.)1959 HMS Sheffield 23.05.1960 - (02.)1963 Secretary to First Sea Lord [HMS President] (02.1964)     RN College, Greenwich * 1964 - 1966 Commanding Officer, HMS Pembroke 1966 - (02.)1968 Programme Evaluation Group, Ministry of Defence 1968 - (02.)1969 Director, Defence Policy (A), Ministry of Defence 1969 - 1971 Commander, British Navy Staff, Washington 10.1971 - 1974 Flag Officer, Medway and Port Admiral, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 1970 - 1974 also: Chief Naval Supply and Secretariat Officer Director General, Cable TV Association (1974-1983) & National TV Rental Association (1974-1983). Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Kent 1976.
Dunlop, Frederick Hamilton Married ...; ... children (one son?).	15.11.1905 - 27.04.1960 (road accident]	Midsh. 15.05.1924 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1926 S.Lt. 27.10.1927, seniority 15.01.1927 1928?, seniority 30.12.1926 Lt. 30.09.1928 Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1936 (retd 10.11.1950) A/Cdr. 1945/46? Cdr. (retd) 10.11.1950 DSC 21.11.1944 Operation Neptune	15.05.1924 - (05.1926) HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Mediterranean) 11.04.1927 - (07.1927) promotion course, Portsmouth 03.01.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Colombo (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 01.01.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Capetown (cruiser) (America and West Indies) (04.1930) no appointment listed 01.04.1930 - (10.)1930 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 06.12.1930 - (02.)1931 signal course, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 17.12.1931 - (09.1932) Commanding Officer, Aden W/T Station [HMS Effingham II] 05.03.1933 - (07.1934) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for signal school) 01.02.1935 - (02.)1936 Squadron W/T Officer, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Valiant (battleship)] (Mediterranean) 27.08.1936 - (07.)1937 Squadron W/T Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron [HMS Hood (battlecruiser)] (Mediterranean) 20.10.1937 - (09.)1939 Executive Officer, HMS Milford (escort vessel) (Africa) 01.11.1939 - (02.)1941 Signal Officer, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)] 08.1941 - (12.1941) Flag Lieutenant & Squadron Signal Officer on staff of Rear-Admiral Commanding Mediterranean Destroyer Flotillas [HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship)] 05.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya) (for Signal & W/T duties) 14.05.1943 - (06.)1943 Signal Officer, HMS Bee (Coastal Forces base, Weymouth) 23.06.1943 - (12.1943) Signal Officer on staff of Captain Coastal Forces, Nore (Chatham) [HMS Pembroke] 03.1944 - (06.)1944 Signal Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 212 (motor torpedo boat) 13.09.1944 - (04.1946) Signal Officer, Captain Coastal Forces (Channel), Commander-in-Chief Plymouth [HMS Drake] (1946?) - (10.)1947 in charge of RN Signal School, Glenholt [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 01.12.1947 - (05.1950) HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda)
Dunlop, Kenneth Samuel James Son of late Engr R.Adm. Samuel Harrison Dunlop, CB, RN, and Hilda Jacobs. Brother of R.Adm. Colin Charles Harrison Dunlop, CB, CBE, RN. Married Joyce ...; ... children.	16.11.1920 Eastbourne district, Sussex - 02.08.2013 West Horsley	Cadet (E) 01.05.1938 Midsh. (E) 01.05.1939 S.Lt. (E) 16.11.1941 A/Lt. (E) ? Lt. (E) 01.1943, seniority 16.11.1941 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.11.1949 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1952 (retd 08.05.1971) Hon. Capt. (E) 08.05.1971 MID 20.11.1945 war patrols Far East 03-08.1945	01.05.1939 - (08.)1942 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham 26.08.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 1943 - (12.1943) submarine course, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (04.1944) - (06.1944) HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) * 01.06.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Taciturn (submarine) (despatches) ... - ... ... MIMechE. * indexed, but not listed as such
Dunlop, Michael Mercer	1920 - 08.12.1965	... ... A/Lt. ... Lt. 07.08.1944, seniority 01.09.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1948 Cdr. 30.06.1954 DSC 28.04.1942 ?	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Argonaut ... - ... ...
Dunlop, Samuel Harrison Son of late Charles and Charlotte Dunlop. Married (22.11.1916, Christ Church, Lancaster-gate, London), Hilda Jacobs, daughter of E.G. Jacobs; two sons (R.Adm. Colin Charles Harrison Dunlop, CB, CBE, RN & Hon. Capt. Kenneth Samuel James Dunlop, RN).	02.07.1884 - 25.05.1950 Rothesay, Argyll	... ... Eng.R.Adm. 12.11.1938 (retd 1947) CB 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940 [investiture 06.08.1940] OON 25.11.1947 ?	Education: Edinburgh University. 03.07.1906     direct entry cadet 1906 - 1909 various ships 1909 - 1910 Russia to qualify as interpreter 1910 - 1920 various ships 1920 - 1924 Portsmouth Dockyard [HMS Victory] 1924 - 1927 Dockyard Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 1927 - 1930 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) 1930 - 1934 Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 27.11.1934 - 18.12.1940 Assistant Director of Dockyards, Admiralty [HMS President] 28.12.1937 - 12.11.1938 also: Naval ADC to HM the King 19.12.1940 - (04.)1946 Deputy Director of Dockyards, Admiralty [HMS President] MIMechE. Published: Oil from coal, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (1933)
Dunn, Harold Stuart	14.12.1883 Bristol, Gloucestershire - 01.10.1941 (died of illness) [age 57] [Yeovilton (St Bartholomew) Churchyard, Somerset, M.8]	Gnr. 09.01.1911 Cd.Gnr. 09.01.1921 Lt. 08.09.1928 (retd 14.12.1933) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 08.09.1936 MBE 17.07.1919 for valuable services in HMS Marlborough, 1st Battle Squadron	? - (01.1919) HMS Marlborough (battleship) 08.12.1921 - (08.1923) HMS Revenge (battleship) (for dagger instructional duties) 28.04.1924 - (05.1926) HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) (02.1927)     no appointment listed 07.02.1927 - (06.)1928 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 02.07.1928 - (06.)1933 an Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 26.08.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) 17.09.1940 - 01.10.1941 plans division, HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)
Dunsterville, Edward Trevor Lloyd "Dusty" Son of Maj. (later Col.) Herbert Dunsterville, RA. Married (1940) Justine Marcel (died 1990); one son, one daughter.	25.01.1913 Jersey - 30.07.2001 Henley	Midsh. 01.01.1931 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1933 S.Lt. 10.08.1934, seniority 01.09.1933 Lt. 01.10.1934 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1942 A/Cdr. 22.11.1944? Cdr. 30.06.1946 Capt. 30.06.1951 (retd 07.07.1960) MID 01.01.1942 New Year 1942 MID 31.10.1944 Operation Crimson	Education: RN College Dartmouth 06.05.1930 - (02.1931) Midshipman, HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 31.10.1931 - (09.1932) Midshipman, HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China Station) 04.05.1933 - (01.1934) promotion course, RN College Greenwich 15.09.1934 - (07.1935) HMS Blanche (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 02.12.1935 - (02.1936) signal course, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 28.12.1936 - (07.1937) Assistant to Fleet W/T Officer, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship), later: HMS Warspite (battleship)] (02.1938) no appointment listed 07.03.1938 - (04.1939) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for signal school) 28.07.1939 - 23.05.1941 Signals Officer, HMS Kelly (destroyer) & for flotilla signals and W/T duties, 5th Destroyer Flotilla (sunk) 06.1941 - (02.1943) Signals and W/T Officer to Commander-in- Chief Mediterranean [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)] 21.04.1943 - (12.1943) staff, HM Signal School, nr Petersfield [HMS Mercury] 27.12.1943 - (10.1944) staff officer, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Renown (battleship)] 22.11.1944 - (07.)1945 Fleet Communications Officer to Commander-in-Chief East Indies [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] (04.1946) no appointment listed 1940s Commander (Applications), Signals Research Establishment, Haslemere, Surrey 11.1949 - 1951 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Quoich (frigate) (Ceylon) 07.03.1952 - (05.1953) Deputy Director Signal Division (V/S and W/T), Admiralty [HMS President] 10.04.1954 - (01.1956) Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer (Air) Mediterranean and Flag Officer 2nd in Command, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS St Angelo] (1957) Commanding Officer, HMS Gambia (Suez Canal) 1959 - 1960 Director of Signals Division, Admiralty [HMS President] Joined Racal Electronics, becoming director of Racal Slough, 1959-1973. Local councillor for Maidenhead and Windsor, and as Chairman of Bisham Parish Council.
Durant, Bryan Cecil Only son of Francis Durant and Dulce, daughter of Fraser Baddeley. Married 1st (1939) Pamela (died 1963), younger daughter of Brig.­Gen. William Walter Seymour; three daughters (and one son decd). Married 2nd (1967) Rachel, daughter of late Col Hon. David Bruce, and Hon. Mrs David Bruce.	17.06.1910 St George Hanover Square district, London / Middlesex - 12.04.1983 [Bighton, near Alresford, Hants ?]	Midsh. 01.01.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1932 S.Lt. 04.09.1933, seniority 01.03.1932 Lt. 26.03.1934, seniority 01.04.1933 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1941 Cdr. 30.06.1945 Capt. 31.12.1951 R.Adm. 07.01.1961 (retd 05.06.1963) CB 01.01.1963 New Year 1963 DSO  23.02.1954 Korea cease fire list DSC 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 1945; suicide bomber attacks MID 08.09.1942 Japanese air attack 05.04.1942 Commendador Henriquina (Portuguese), 1960.	Education: Radley; RN College, Greenwich (1932-1933) 1929 entered RN 14.01.1930 - (04.1930) HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.09.1930 - (01.1932) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.05.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.09.1933 - (01.)1934 First Lieutenant, HMS Dee (fishery protection gunboat (trawler)) 1935 Lieutenant, HMS Torrid (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) 15.04.1935 - (07.1935) long  navigation course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 11.09.1935 - (02.1936) HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (for navigating duties) (Home Fleet) 19.03.1936 - (07.1937) Navigating Officer, HMS Shoreham (escort vessel) (East Indies) (02.1938) no appointment listed 27.05.1938 - (08.1938) Navigating Officer, HMS Coventry (cruiser) (Portsmouth) 12.09.1938 - (10.1938) First Class Ship Course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 03.12.1938 - (04.)1939 Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 31.07.1939 - (08.1939) Navigating Officer, HMS Broke (destroyer) 1939 HMS Ivanhoe (destroyer) 10.01.1940 - 05.04.1942 Navigating Officer, HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (Atlantic and Indian Oceans including sinking of Bismarck; sunk by Japanese aircraft) (08.1942) HMS Afrikander IV (base, Durban, S Africa) * 12.1942 - (07.)1945 Navigation Officer, HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) (off North Norway, Sabang, Palembang, Okinawa and Japan) (04.1946) HMS President * 1947 - 1949 Fleet Navigation Officer and Staff Officer (Naval Servicing Craft) to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean 06.08.1949 - (05.1950) Executive Officer, HMS Implacable 02.1953 - 1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Cardigan Bay & SO 4th Frigate Squadron (Korean War) 1955 - 1957 Assistant Chief of Staff, Atlantic Command [HMS President] 1957 - 1959 Director Operations Division, Admiralty 1959 Captain of the Fleet, Home Fleet 07.07.1960 - 07.01.1961 Naval ADC to the Queen 07.04.1961 - (02.)1963 Chief of Staff to Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Far East Fleet [HMS Terror] Director-General, Navy League, 1964-75. Liveryman, Fishmongers Co. DL Greater London, 19.05.1970-1978. * indexed, but not listed as such
Durden, Charles Legg	17.03.1892 Brighton, Sussex - 16.07.1974 Gosport, Hampshire	Seaman ? [J1932] Gnr. 13.06.1918 Cd.Gnr. 13.06.1928 Lt. 10.05.1940, seniority 31.12.1939 (retd 17.03.1942)	joined Royal Navy, Portsmouth Division; served War of 1914-1918 28.12.1921 - (08.1923) HMS Barham (battleship) (for dagger instructional duties) 13.10.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for dagger duties) 22.03.1926 - (07.)1927 HMS Tiger (battlecruiser; seagoing gunnery firing ship) (borne additional for duty at Portland H.A. Base) 11.10.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) (04.1930) - (01.1932) no appointment listed 23.08.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Iron Duke (training ship) (for torpedo duties) 07.04.1934 - (07.1935) Captain of Turret, HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 27.01.1936 - (10.)1938 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 29.11.1938 - (04.)1940 HMS Ramillies (battleship) 05.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (08.1942) - (04.1944) no appointment listed 07.05.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Hopetoun II (RN base, Port Edgar) 18.08.1944 -  (07.1945) HMS Orlando (parent ship, Greenock) (for dagger duties) * (04.1946) Gunnery Instructor, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) reputed to have written a book on Naval Gunnery that was used as a textbook for some years * Teaching the Russians how to use British guns supplied to them for the war effort.
Durell, Henry Dumaresq Son of Frederick Oswald Durell Durell, and Sybil Harriette Elliot, of Guildford, Surrey. His maternal grandfather was Admiral of the Fleet the Hon. Sir Charles C.J.B. Elliot, KCB. Married (14.04.1939, St Nicholas, Compton, Surrey South-Western district) Ruth Pearson, daughter of late C. Geoffry Pearson, of Edinburgh, and of Mrs Herbert Smith, of Kensington Court, London; one son.	14.07.1912 Eastbourne, East Sussex - 20.07.1944 (KIA) [age 32] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 85, column 1] Rememberd on Memorial in Portsmouth Cathedral in memory of the crew of HMS Isis.	Prob. Midsh. RNR 01.01.1931 Midsh. RNR 1933?, seniority 01.01.1931 A/S.Lt. RNR 04.06.1934 Prob. S.Lt. (Supplementary List) 11.04.1937 S.Lt. (Supplementary List) 24.03.1938, seniority 11.04.1937 Lt. > 03.1938, < 06.1938, seniority 14.07.1936 A/Lt.Cdr. 14.07.1944 MID 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 1943: for service aboard HMS Tartar	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne (where he became the Chief Cadet Captain). Joined New Zealand Shipping Company. RNR training in HMS Valiant (30.09.1933-...), HMS Westcott (08.01.1934-...), HMS Drake (05.10.1935-...) & HMS Vanoc (16.11.1935-...) 11.04.1937 - ? HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (07.1937) - (02.1938) no appointment listed 05.04.1938 - (09.)1939 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 08.11.1939 - (01.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Tartar (destroyer) * (the evacuation of Norway, the expeditions to the Lofoten Islands and Spitzbergen, the Arctic convoys and the sinking of the Bismarck; rescue of survivors of HMS Mashona; Malta convoys) (despatches) 18.02.1943 - 23.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean, Sicily) 13.12.1943 - 20.07.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Isis (destroyer) (Anzio, Italy, Normandy; sunk off Normandy) * (08.1942) - (02.1943) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Durell, Philip James	01.09.1919 - 13.07.1989	... ... S.Lt. 16.06.1939 Lt. 16.04.1941 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1949 Cdr. 31.12.1956 (retd) OBE 01.01.1969 New Year 1969	... - ... ... 07.1944 - (07.1945) Flotilla Torpedo Officer, 6th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Caesar (destroyer)] ... - ... ...
Durham, Philip Edward Son of ... Durham, and ... Ellis. Married (1947) Jane Mary Stow Paterson (26.05.1924 - 01.04.1997), daughter of William Grindlay Paterson MC (1884-1998), and Margaret Mary "Wooda" Wilson (1890-1976). .	02.04.1921 York district, East Riding of Yorkshire - 08.08.2001 Invergordon, Ross-Shire, Scotland	Midsh. 01.05.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1941 S.Lt. 1941?, seniority 16.12.1940 Lt. 03.1942, seniority 16.01.1942 (retd 15.09.1949; medically unfit) DSC 03.04.1945 submarine warfare East Indies 07-12.1944 [decoration posted] MID 10.11.1942 Operation Pedestal (Gibraltar-Malta Convoy 11-16.08.19{2)	01.05.1939 - (09.)1939 HMS Barham (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) 11.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Norfolk (Norfolk class cruiser) 17.02.1940 - (06.)1940 HMS Echo (E class destroyer) 02.07.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Renown (Repulse class battlecruiser) 06.01.1941 - (04.)1941 promotion courses, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (06.1941)     promotion courses, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] * 30.06.1941 - (10.)1942 HMS Laforey (L class destroyer) (despatches) (12.1942)     no appointment listed 12.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Graph (submarine) 02.07.1943 - (04.)1945 HMS Stoic (S class submarine) (DSC) (07.1945)     HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) * (10.1945)     submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] ... - ... ...
Durlacher, [Sir] Laurence George Son of late Frederick Henry Keeling Durlacher and V.M. Durlacher (née Hanson). Married (1934) Rimma, daughter of late R.V. Sass­Tissovsky; one son, one daughter. Lived at Liss, Hants. (1945).	24.07.1904 Marylebone, London - 16.01.1986 [Mougins, France ?]	A/S.Lt. 15.09.1924 S.Lt. ? Lt. 30.04.1927 Lt.Cdr. 30.04.1935 Cdr. 30.06.1939 Capt. 31.12.1945 Cdre. 2nd cl. ? Cdre. 1st cl. 1952 R.Adm. 07.01.1955 V.Adm. 07.07.1958 Adm. 12.04.1961 (retd 26.01.1962) KCB 30.12.1960 New Year 1961 CB 13.06.1957 HM's birthday OBE 14.09.1943 North African Campaign DSC 21.08.1945 bombardment Andaman Island 14.03.1945 MID 20.04.1943 Operation Torch LM 15.10.1946 ?	Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth 01.01.1925 - (01.1925) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 07.01.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Sirdar (destroyer) (China) 14.02.1930 - (04.1930) RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivid] 06.12.1930 - (02.1931) signals course, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 17.12.1931 - (01.1934) Flag Lieutenant & Squadron Signal and W/T Officer, 3rd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Curacoa (cruiser), later HMS Delhi (cruiser)] (Mediterranean) 31.08.1934 - (02.1936) Executive Officer, HMS Valorous (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 06.10.1936 - 01.1937 staff, Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 22.01.1937 - (10.1938) Signal Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) & Squadron Signal Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron (Mediterranean) (08.1939) no appointment listed 01.1940 - (02.1941) Executive Officer, Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 16.08.1941 - (08.1942) staff, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Mercury] 01.01.1943 - (12.1943) Fleet Signals Officer to Naval Commander Expeditionary Force, Algiers (later: Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean) [HMS Hannibal] (N Africa, Sicily and Italian Campaigns) 23.03.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Volage (destroyer) 1945 - 1947 Admiralty: 10.12.1945 - (04.1946) Deputy Director of Signal Division (V/S and W/T), Admiralty [HMS President] 07.08.1949 - 1950 Commanding Officer, HMS Saintes & SO 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) 1950 - 1952 commanded Admiralty Signals and Radar Establishments 10.1952 - 1954 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Far East Station [HMS Terror] 24.01.1955 - 1957 Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel (Personal Services), Admiralty [HMS President] 1957 - 1958 Flag Officer Commanding Fifth Cruiser Squadron and Flag Officer Second-in-Command, Far East Station 02.1959 - 1962 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Fifth Sea Lord]
Durnford, John Walter Son of Richard Durnford, CB, Hartley Wespall House, Basingstoke. Married (1936) Marie de Lancey, eldest daughter of Rupert Greene, Melbourne.	25.10.1891 Kensington, London - 07.02.1967 [London ?]	Midsh. ? S.Lt. 29.02.1912 Lt. 28.02.1914 Lt.Cdr. 28.02.1922 Cdr. 31.12.1927 Capt. 30.06.1935 Cdre. 2nd cl. ? R.Adm. 07.07.1944 (retd) V.Adm. (retd) 13.07.1948 CB 01.01.1947 New Year 1947 C&B 24.06.1947 training Chinese seamen	Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth. 15.05.1904     joined RN 1914 - 1918 served European War (HMS Argyll, HMS Shannon and Submarine P 39) 1919 - 1920 naval advisor to White Army, Russia 10.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Despatch (cruiser) (China) 07.01.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship) (for Fort Blockhouse) 18.02.1928 - 1930 lent to RAN:       Executive Officer, HMAS Adelaide       Executive Officer, HMAS Albatross       Executive Officer, HMAS Brisbane 27.04.1929 - (04.1930) Commanding Officer, HMAS Anzac (flotilla leader) & Commander (D) 08.09.1930 - (09.1932) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 11.01.1933 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Warwick (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 08.05.1935 - (07.1935) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (temporary) 14.01.1936 - (02.1936) Imperial Defence Course, Imperial Defence College (02.1937)     no appointment listed 12.02.1937 - 1939 Flag Captain, HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) & Chief Staff Officer to Vice-Admiral-in-Charge, Malta (04.1939)     no appointment listed 24.07.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (02.)1941 - 06.1942 Second Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board [HMAS Cerberus] * 06.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Resolution (battleship) 11.10.1943 - (06.)1944 Director, RN Staff College [HMS President] 08.01.1944 - 07.07.1944 also: Naval ADC to the King 12.12.1944 - 1947 Director of Naval Training, Admiralty [HMS President] Governor: St Peter's, St Paul's and St Philip's Hospitals, 1950; Star and Garter Home, Richmond, 1952. Mayor of Chelsea, 1962-1963; Chairman, Chelsea Society, 1964-. * Australian sources state date of discharge as 26.07.1942
Durnford-Slater, [Sir] Leonard Francis "Robin"	09.07.1902 - 28.06.1984 Liphook	... ... S.Lt. 15.08.1922 Lt. 15.03.1924 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1932 Cdr. 30.06.1938 Capt. 31.12.1943 R.Adm. 08.01.1953 V.Adm. 12.07.1956 Adm. 28.07.1959 (retd 12.04.1961) KCB 13.06.1957 HM's birthday 1957	... - ... ... 09.1939 - (10.1940) Executive Officer, HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (02.1941)     no appointment listed 01.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 08.1942 - 11.1943 Senior Officer, 42nd  & 7th Escort Groups: 24.08.1942 - (02).1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Weston (sloop) 02.04.1943 - 06.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Weston (sloop) 16.06.1943 - 30.11.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Pheasant (sloop) 23.12.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Philante (armed yacht) & as Training Captain on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches Command 08.08.1944 - 01.02.1946 Deputy Director of Torpedoes and Mining (Bath), Admiralty [HMS President] 01.02.1946 - (04.1946) Deputy Director of Underwater Weapons (Bath), Admiralty [HMS President] ... - ... ...
Dusting, John Joseph	10.12.1881 Crossmolina, Mayo - 13.07.1964	... ... Lt. 15.07.1917 (retd 07.05.1920; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.07.1925	... - ... ... (12.1939)     no appointment listed 11.12.1939 - (06.)1940 Small Vessels Pool, Admiralty [HMS President] (08.1940)     no appointment listed 10.09.1940 - 10.08.1943 HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) 11.08.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Cochrane III (educational and vocational training centre, Primrose Camp, Rosyth)
Duval, Henry Snaith "Claude" Youngest son (with two brothers) of Walter John Duval (1874-1951), and Caroline Augusta Crouch (1871-1958), of Stradbrook, Tonbridge. Married (11.08.1934, St Mary Magdalene, Croydon) Mary Georgina Betty Snelgrove (07.1911 - 03.09.1985), daughter of John Sidney Norman Snelgrove (1888-), and Ethel Marian Adelaide Potter, of Forest Row, Sussex; one daughter. Betty Duval remarried (1956) Hector Alexander Padgham (1916-1991).	23.02.1911 Muswell Hill, Edmonton district, Middlesex - 07.05.1945 [age 34] [Trincomalee War Cemetery, Sri Lanka, 1.A.1]	Midsh. 01.09.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1932 S.Lt. 01.10.1932 Lt. 01.07.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1943	1928 - 1929 HMS Erebus (monitor; cadet training ship and turret drill ship, Devonport) 01.09.1929 - (08.)1930 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) 02.09.1930 - (09.)1931 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (12.1931)     no appointment listed 31.12.1931 - (01.)1933 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 09.01.1933 - (05.)1933 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 31.08.1933 - (03.)1934 HMS Godetia (fishery protection cruiser (sloop)) 30.04.1934 - (08.)1934 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 15.09.1934 - (11.)1934 HMS Vortigern (destroyer) 05.11.1934 - (02.)1936 HMS Encounter (destroyer) 1936 - 1936 HMS Worcester (destroyer) 16.03.1936 - (08.)1936 HMS Vanquisher (destroyer) 15.09.1936 - (11.)1936 HMS Resolution (battleship) 12.1936 - (07.)1939 HMS Protector (netlayer) (Mediterranean) (08.1939)     no appointment listed 18.08.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Hebe (Halcyon class minesweeper) 15.02.1940 - (08.)1940 HMS Kellett (Hunt class minesweeper) (10.1940)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for special service) * 17.10.1940 - 01.04.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Sutton (Hunt class minesweeper) 15.04.1942 - (04.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Albacore (Algerine class minesweeper) 31.04.1942 - 01.1943 HMS Phoebe (Dido class cruiser) (02.1943)     no appointment listed 08.02.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) 07.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Caradoc (Caledon class cruiser) 11.1944 - 07.05.1945 HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee)
Dyer, John Edwin Son (with one brother) of John Richard Dyer (1872-), and Jessie Greig (1885-). Married ((03?).1940, Plymouth district, Devon)Irene Vanbrough Blackaller (24.04.1914 - 03.1987); one son.	22.05.1906 Dulwich, Camberwell district, London - (03?).1975 Dover district, Kent	Boy II 23.05.1923 [J107324] Boy I 28.10.1923 Ord.Sea. 20.11.1924 AB.Sea. 04.10.1925 Ldg.Sea. 12.01.1934 ... ... Boatsw. 01.07.1937 A/Lt. 24.08.1940 Lt. 02.1941, seniority 16.11.1938 Lt.Cdr. 16.11.1946 (retd 22.05.1952; age) DSC 01.01.1943 New Year 1943 [investiture 16.02.1943] DSC 07.03.1944 sinking of the Scharnhorst [decoration posted]	... - ... ... 01.01.1938 - (09.)1939 HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) (12.1939) - (02.1940) no appointment listed (03.)1940 - (08.)1940 short course of instruction (10.1940)     no appointment listed 17.10.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Elgin (minesweeper) 12.03.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Victorious (Illustrious class aircraft carrier) (02.1942)     no appointment listed 12.02.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Minos II (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft), from 26.07.1942 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft): (08.1942)     Senior Officer, 5th MGB Flotilla (1942)     Commanding Officer, MGB 21 (motor gun boat) (02.1943)     Senior Officer, 7th MGB Flotilla (04.1943)     no appointment listed 03.05.1943 - (06.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Saumarez (destroyer) [from 05.02.1944 to 19.03.1944 temporarily in command] 04.10.1944 - 01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Saladin (destroyer) 17.01.1945 - (04.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Westminster (destroyer) 07.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Aphis (river gunboat) ... - ... ... 06.03.1950 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Miner VII
Dyer-Smith, John Edward Son of Harold E. Dyer-Smith, and Emily Sutton. Married ((06?).1940, Plymouth district, Devon) Kathleen M. Powell; four sons, one daughter.	17.08.1918 Devonport district, Devon - 18.12.1999 Sant Lluis, Menorca, Baleares	Cadet (E) 01.09.1936 Midsh. (E) 01.05.1937 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.05.1939 S.Lt. (E) 1939?, seniority 01.03.1939 Lt. (E) 16.07.1940 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.07.1948 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1951 Capt. (E) 30.06.1961 R.Adm. 07.01.1970 (retd 1972) CBE 01.01.1972 New Year 1972	Education: Devonport High School; Royal Naval Engineering College; Imperial College of Science. ... - ... ... 01.05.1937 - (06.)1940 course of instruction in engineering, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 01.06.1940 - 10.12.1941 an Assistant Engineer Officer, HMS Prince of Wales (King George V class battleship) [ship sunk by Japanese aircraft off east coast of Malaya] (02.1942)     no appointment listed (04.1942) - (08.1942) HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) (additional; as Assistant Fleet Engineer Officer, Eastern Fleet) * (10.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed 02.1943 - 31.08.1943 HMS Illustrious (Illustrious class aircraft carrier) (10.1943) - (10.1945) no appointment listed 1946 - 1954 various Ministry of Aircraft Production & Ministry of Aviation appointments ... - ... ... 1957 - 1961 Head of Naval Air Department, Royal Aircraft Establishment 1961 - 1964 Director of RN Aircraft/Helicopters, Ministry of Aviation 1965 - 1967 Defence and Naval Attaché, Tokyo 1968 - 1970 Superintendent, RN Aircraft Yard, Belfast 1970 - 1972 Director-General Aircraft (Naval), Ministry of Defence
Dymoke, Lionel Dorian	18.03.1921 - 08.01.2004	... ... Lt. (E) 01.07.1941 ... ... R.Adm. 07.01.1971 (retd 01.10.1976) CB 1974 ?	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... (07.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...

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