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E.W.J. Hickey   to   T.B. Homan
Hickey, Edgar William James Son (with three sisters and two brothers) of William James Hickey (1885-1964), and Daisy Hayles (1889-1960). Married ((06?).1935, Portsmouth, Hampshire) Drusilla Nancy Cox (08.03.1912 - 05.1988). Drusilla Hickey remarried (1944) Alfred Benjamin Hopkins (1912-2000).	14.06.1911 Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - 27.11.1941 [age 30] (formerly of Portsmouth, Hampshire) [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 46, column 1]	Artificer Apprentice 03.01.1927 [Mx 46021] A/Wt.Eng. 01.04.1941	02.04.1941 - 24.11.1941 HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
Hickey, Francis Alexander Married ...; one daughter (still-born), one adopted daughter.	25.10.1914 - 22.03.1985 Plymouth district, Devon	Gnr. 1942?, seniority 12.07.1941 Gnr. = Cd.Gnr. 10.11.1945 Sen.Cd. Gnr. 01.10.1954 Lt. (Special Duties List) 01.01.1957 (retd 25.10.1964)	1942?     commissioned RN (on loan to RIN) (10.1942)     RIN 01.12.1942 - (10.)1944 HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) (for gunnery school) (01.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Hickie, Michael Timothy "Mike" Son (with one sister) of Frederick Corbett Hickie (1888-1965), and Margaret Ann MacDonell (1893-1968). Married (22.01.1944, Uckfield RC Church, Sussex) Patricia Maud Traunter (01.05.1923 - 11.03.2006); one son, one daughter.	17.10.1922 Mussooire, India - 19.08.2023 Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia	Cadet 01.01.1940 Midsh. 01.05.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1942 S.Lt. 16.04.1942 Lt. 16.08.1943 Lt.Cdr. 16.08.1951 (retd 26.03.1966) DSC 20.11.1945 war patrols Far East 05-08.1945 [decoration posted]	(02.1940) - (04.1940) no appointment listed 01.05.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Repulse (Repulse class battlecruiser) 05.03.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Eskimo (Tribal class destroyer) 06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Nigeria (Fiji class cruiser) 05.01.1942 - (04.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (06.1942)     promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] * 15.07.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) 09.1942 - (12.)1942 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 16.12.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Ursula (U class submarine) 20.04.1943 - (06.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Truant (T class submarine) 17.07.1944 - (10.)1945 First Lieutenant, HMS Taciturn (T class submarine) (DSC) 14.12.1945 - (04.1946) First Lieutenant, HMS Truncheon (T class submarine) ... - ... ...
Hickling, Harold Son of A.W. Hickling, merchant. Married (1920) Gwynneth Emily Tennant (15.06.1896 - 24.03.1987), widow of Lt.Cdr. Thomas Stephen Lewis Dorman, DSO (1883-1917), and daughter of David Tennant (1857-1934), and Emily Ann Plewman (1859-1942), of Glenconner, Kenilworth, S. Africa; one son (Midsh. William Tennant Hickling, RN, killed in action 25.11.1941), one daughter.	17.09.1892 Basford, Nottinghamshire - 12.11.1969 Turangi, New Zealand	Midsh. 15.05.1910 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1912 S.Lt. 30.06.1913 Lt. 30.07.1914 Lt.Cdr. 30.07.1922 Cdr. 31.12.1927 Capt. 31.12.1935 R.Adm. 02.01.1945 (retd 12.01.1948) V.Adm. (retd) 02.09.1948 CB 01.01.1948 New Year 1948 [decoration presented] CBE 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) [investiture 28.10.1947] DSO 30.09.1941 recapture Berbera 16.03.1941 [investiture 30.06.1942]	Education: Bradfield College; RN Colleges Osborne and Dartmouth (15.09.1905-15.05.1910). 1914 - 1919 served European War (present at Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands) ... - ... ... 12.10.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) (temporary) 12.10.1936 - (02.)1937 senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 10.05.1937 - 23.07.1937 senior officers' tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (additional)] 30.07.1937 - 16.08.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Duncan (destroyer) & Captain (D) 8th Destroyer Flotilla (China), from 01.05.1939 Captain (D) 21st Destroyer Flotilla (08.1939) - (09.1939) no appointment listed 09.10.1939 - 09.12.1939 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; for special service inside Admiralty) 10.12.1939 - 29.01.1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; as Deputy Superintendent of Demagnetisation) 30.01.1940 - 10.04.1940 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; for duty inside Admiralty) 11.04.1940 - 17.05.1940 HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (additional; for special service as Cdre. 2nd cl.) 06.06.1940 - 05.01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Glasgow (Southampton class cruiser) 01.1941 - 02.1941 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for command of Inshore Squadron) 02.1941 - 27.12.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Glasgow (cruiser) (recapture of Berbera) 10.05.1942 - 02.07.1942 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (additional; for full pay service leave) 24.07.1942 - 31.07.1942 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; for duty inside Admiralty (temporarily)) 01.08.1942 - 11.08.1943 Deputy British Admiralty Supply Representative (BASR), British Admiralty Delegation, Washington [HMS Saker II & HMS Saker (additional)] 12.08.1943 - 11.02.1944 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; for duty with Department of Miscellaneous Weapon Development, Admiralty as Admiralty Liaison Officer to the Co-ordinator of Ministries & Services Facilities) 12.02.1944 - 21.06.1944 HMS Odyssey (accounting base for Naval Parties) (additional; as Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral Mulberry/Pluto (M/P) on staff of Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force (ANCXF) Admiral Sir B.H. Ramsay) (planning "Mulberry" artificial harbours for invasion of Normandy) 22.06.1944 - 31.08.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Royal Anne (Naval Party 1500/Mulberry "B", Arromanches) & as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Arromanches, Normandy (temporarily) [accounts carried in HMS Odyssey (accounting base for Naval Parties)] 07.07.1944 - 02.01.1945 also: Naval ADC to the King 01.09.1944 - 31.01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall) 01.02.1945 - 07.1945 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; for service outside Admiralty) 07.1945 - 19.04.1946 Rear-Admiral (Q), East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 20.04.1946 - 05.06.1946 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; for duty outside Admiralty) 06.06.1946 - 14.07.1946 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; for passage & foreign service leave & end of war leave) 15.07.1946 - 08.1946 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; for unemployed time) 08.1946 - 11.08.1947 Rear-Admiral [from 01.02.1947 Flag Officer], Training Battleships, Home Fleet 12.08.1947 - 28.09.1947 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; for home service leave, end of war leave & while unemployed) 29.09.1947 - 11.01.1948 Admiralty Selection Board [HMS Hawke (Upper Yardmen training establishment, Exbury, Southampton) (additional), from 06.10.1947 HMS President (additional)) Published: Freshwater Admiral : fishing the Tongariro River and Lake Taupo (1960); One minute of time : the Melbourne-Voyager collision (1965); Sailor at sea (1965; memoirs); Postscript to voyager: the Melbourne-Voyager collision: a sequel to one minute of time (1969). * indexed, but not listed as such
Hickman, Frank John Son of George and Henrietta Florence Hickman. Married ((06?).1932, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Doris Rose Smith, of Southsea, Hampshire.	12.01.1909 Medway district, Kent - 01.04.1942 (MPK) [age 33] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 62, column 2]	Wt.Eng. 01.04.1935 DSC 06.05.1941 sinking 2 Italian supply ships [presented to next-of-kin] MID 01.01.1942 New Year 1942	... - ... ... 22.06.1937 - (09.139) HMS Devonshire (cruiser) 12.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) 06.09.1940 - 01.04.1942 Engineer Officer, HMS Pandora (submarine) (DSC, despatches) (ship sunk in air attack on Malta)
Hicks, John Nettleton	03.05.1906 - 13.12.1973	... ... A/S.Lt. 15.09.1926 S.Lt. 15.03.1927 Lt. 15.04.1928 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1936 Cdr. 31.12.1941 Capt. 30.06.1948 (retd 08.07.1957) DSC 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete [investiture 14.04.1942]	... - ... ... 10.01.1931 - (03.1931) HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) & as Acting Observer ... - ... ... 18.10.1937 - (06.)1940 Gunnery Officer, HMS Liverpool (Southampton class cruiser) 19.07.1940 - (02.)1941 Gunnery Officer, HMS Liverpool (Southampton class cruiser) 03.1941 - (08.)1941 Gunnery Officer, HMS Orion  (Leander class cruiser) (DSC) 09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 15.01.1942 - (12.1943) Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (02.1944)     no appointment listed 14.04.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Duke of York (King George V class battleship) 05.1944 - (06.)1944 on staff of R.Adm./V.Adm. Commanding 10th Cruiser Squadron & Second-in-Command, Home Fleet [HMS Belfast (cruiser)] 25.07.1944 - (10.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Glory (aircraft carrier) ... - ... ...
Hicks, Roger Bertram Nettleton Son of Lt.Col. Frederick Richard Hicks (?-1915), The Hampshire Regiment, and Grace Winifred Hewett, of Lanhainsworth, St Columb, Cornwall. Married 1st (25.02.1936, St Columb, Cornwall) Iris H.K.C. Wilcox (25.02.1908 - 02.10.1941), daughter of Maj. Edward Alexander Cumberland Wilcox, DSO (1867?-), and Mrs Hannah Constance Wilcox, of Victoria, BC, Canada; one daughter, one son. Married 2nd (12.10.1946, St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore) Junior Commander Joan Margaret Say, ATS, elder daughter of Cdr. Richard Say, OBE, RNVR, and Mrs Say, of Hampstead, London NW2; one daughter, one son.	27.12.1909 Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland - 12.10.1997 Truro, Cornwall	Midsh. 01.09.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1931 S.Lt. 04.04.1932, seniority 01.09.1930 Lt. 23.02.1933, seniority 01.10.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1939 Cdr. 31.12.1945 Capt. 30.06.1951 (retd 07.07.1960) Cdre. 2nd cl. 1957 DSO 27.08.1940 Dutch, Belgian & French coasts 05.1940 [investiture 18.02.1941] StOlav 02.07.1946 evacuation Norwegians to UK	Education: Winchester College; RN Staff College (psc). 25.08.1928 - (08.)1929 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 17.12.1929 - (01.)1931 HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) (02.1931)     no appointment listed 17.08.1931 - (01.)1932 promotion course, Portsmouth 16.04.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (03.1934)     no appointment listed 27.03.1934 - (10.1935) HMS Danae (cruiser) (America and West Indies) (02.1936)     no appointment listed 03.1936 - (02.)1938 First Lieutenant, HMS Firedrake (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 19.04.1938 - (12.1938) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 10.01.1939 - (05.)1939 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 24.07.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Keith (flotilla leader) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) 15.01.1940 - 26.02.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Vimiera (destroyer) 02/03.1941 - 08.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Antelope (destroyer) 23.11.1941 - (08.)1943 Staff Officer, Trade [later: Staff Officer Administration] on Staff of Flag Officer, Ceylon [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] (12.1943) - (06.)1944 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) * 06.06.1944 - 23.10.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Zest (destroyer) 01.1946 - 17.02.1946 HMS Sultan (accounting base for personnel at Keppel Harbour, Singapore) 18.02.1946 - (04.)1947 HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore) 01.12.1947 - (05.)1949 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Cheviot (destroyer) (05.1951)     HMS Chevron * 13.03.1952 - (05.)1953 Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer (Air) Mediterranean and Flag Officer Second-in-Command Mediterranean Station [HMS Falcon] 05.06.1953 - 1954 Assistant Chief of Staff, Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 14.04.1954 - (01.)1956 Senior Naval Member, Directing Staff, Joint Services Staff College [HMS President] * 14.08.1956 - (12?.)1957 Commanding Officer, HMS Warrior (light aircraft carrier) [appointed as Commodore Grapple Squadron when Commodore Peter Gretton could not take up this appointment due to ill-health; three H Bomb tests took place at Malden Island with HQ at Christmas Island, ending 07.1957] 03.12.1957 - (01.1959) Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, The Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Hicks, Wilfred Henry	18.09.1887 Devonport, Devon - 18.12.1972	Seaman ? [271467] ... ... Cd.Eng. 01.06.1928 Lt. (E) 06.04.1933 (retd 18.09.1937) Lt.Cdr. (E) 06.04.1941 (reverted to retd > 04.1946) MSM ? ?	... - ... ... 30.05.1918     commissioned 02.02.1928 - (04.1930) HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China) 14.01.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) 30.06.1933 - 11.1933 in charge of HMS Venomous (destroyer) while in maintenance reserve, Rosyth 28.11.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Defender (destroyer) (China) (02.1936) no appointment listed 31.03.1936 - (04.1946) staff of Engineer Overseer, Sheffield and Leeds Districts (under Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty) [HMS President]
Hicks-Beach, Peter Stewart Son of William Guy Hicks Beach (1891-1953), and Fanny Muriel Stewart (1894?-1965). Married (20.05.1950, Gosport district, Hamsphire) Victoria Margaret Nelson (29.12.1922 - 14.01.1986), daughter of Ralph Victor Nelson; one son, one daughter.	23.09.1924 Basingstoke district, Hampshire - 07.12.1999 Alton district, Hampshire	Midsh. 01.01.1942 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1943 S.Lt. 14.02.1944, seniority 16.10.1943 Lt. 16.03.1945 Lt.Cdr. 16.03.1953 Cdr. 31.12.1957 A/Capt. ? (retd 14.03.1977; Hon. Capt.) OBE 01.01.1968 New Year 1968 [investiture 13.02.1968] MID 24.04.1945 bombardment Gothic Line Adriatic Sea 1944	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.05.1938-16.12.1941; Grenville House; House Cadet Captain; Admiralty No. 1939). 01.01.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Rodney (Nelson class battleship) (06.1943)     no appointment listed (08.1943)     HMS Lookout (L class destroyer) * (10.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 20.01.1944 - (10.)1945 HMS Lookout (L class destroyer) (despatches) 28.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Volage (V class destroyer) ... - ... ... 31.12.1957 - (01.1958) HMS Dryad (navigation and direction school, Portsmouth) ... - ... ... 1961 - 1962 Commanding Officer, HMS Leopard ... - ... ... (1967)     DOAE West Byfleet (OBE) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Highton, Michael Howard Second son of Henry Christopher Hedley Highton (1887-1967), and Mary Alice Highton (née ....), of Bombay, India. Married (15.08.1940) Clothilde Rawson Harris, of Arundel, Sussex; one child.	15.04.1917 Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire - 01.03.1942 (KIA) [age 25] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 62, column 3]	Cadet 01.09.1934 Midsh. 01.09.1935 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1938 S.Lt. 01.11.1937 Lt. 01.01.1939 MID 17.09.1946 for gallantry and outstanding devotion to duty during the last action of HMAS Perth 01.03.1942 [posthumously]	01.09.1934 - 31.08.1935 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.09.1935 - (02.)1937 HMS Dragon (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 08.06.1937 - (07.1937) HMS Southampton (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 03.01.1938 - (08.)1938 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (10.1938)     no appointment listed 01.10.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Saltburn (twin-screw minesweeper); signal and navigation schools' sloop) 20.07.1939 - 01.03.1942 HMAS Perth (cruiser) [on loan to RAN]
Hilken, Thomas John Norman Son of Thomas Henry Hilken, and Anne Hitchman. Married (1933) Edith Barkley, eldest daughter of Rev. Canon Herbert Dudley Lampen, MA; three sons.	23.04.1901 West Ham, Greater London - 14.07.1969 [Cambridge ?]	A/S.Lt. 15.09.1921 S.Lt. 17.03.1924, seniority 15.09.1921 Lt. 22.10.1924, seniority 15.10.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1930 Cdr. 31.12.1936 A/Capt. > 06.1943, < 08.1943 Capt. 31.12.1944 (retd 07.01.1954) DSO 27.12.1940 destruction Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleone [investiture 01.02.1944] DSO 14.08.1945 Aegean operations, relief of Greece [investiture 09.07.1946] MID 30.05.1944 attack on Tirpitz 03.04.1944 MID 27.03.1945 Operation Dragoon (invasion S France 08.1944)	Education: Merchant Taylors' School; RN Engineering College, Keyham; Cambridge University (MA, 1957). 11.04.1919     entered RN 04.02.1923 - (08.1923) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 30.12.1924 - (05.)1926 HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Mediterranean) 12.1926 - (06.1928) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 27.07.1929 - (01.1932) First Lieutenant, HMS Serapis (destroyer) (China) 29.06.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Vindictive (cruiser) (for emergency destroyers) 17.01.1933 - (06.1933) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] (01.1934) no appointment listed 25.05.1934 - (11.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Wessex (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 02.11.1934 - (02.)1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Express (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 07.05.1935 - (07.1935) tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 23.07.1935 - (01.)1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Anthony (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (02.1937)     no appointment listed 03.03.1937 - (02.)1939 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.04.1939 - 10.05.1939 London Depot RAN (for passage to Australia per "Cathay") 11.05.1939 - 18.07.1941 Executive Officer, HMAS Sydney [Exchange Officer on loan to RAN] (and as Interpreter (French)) (ship sunk by auxiliary cruiser "Kormoran") [noteable event sinking of Italian light cruiser "Bartelomeo Colleoni" 19.07.1940] 19.07.1941 - 03.08.1941 HMAS Penguin (additional) 15.08.1941 - (06.1943) Naval Staff, Cairo [HMS Nile] * (08.1943) Naval Staff, Algiers [HMS Hannibal] * 01.09.1943 - 17.01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Emperor (escort carrier) 01.1945 - (07.1945) Maintenance Captain, HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon) [1945/46 acting Military Governor of Penang ?] 03.01.1946 28.02.1947 - - (04.1946) (10.1947) Commanding Officer, HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Londonderry) (07.1948) no appointment listed 1948 Imperial Defence College 01.01.1949 - (05.)1950 Flag Captain, HMS Mauritius (Flag Ship, East Indies Fleet) 31.03.1951 - (05.)1953 Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence, Admiralty [HMS President] 08.07.1953 - 07.01.1954 Naval ADC to the Queen Warden, University Centre, Cambridge, 1967-1969; Secretary of Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, 1954-1967; Fellow of University College, Cambridge, 1965-1968; Vice-President, 1966-1968. Published: Engineering at Cambridge University, 1783-1965 (1967) * indexed, but not listed as such
Hill, Athelstane Peter St Keverne   Son (with four sisters) of Dr Richard Athelstane Parker Hill (1880-1964), and Katherine Douglas Mossman (1881-1925), of Paignton. Married ((06?).1940, Chelsea district, London) Kathleen Nora "Kay" Bateman (17.03.1917 - 11.10.2012), daughter of Sidney Herbert Bateman (?-1961), and Eliza Banyard; four daughters, two sons	11.06.1913 Pakia, China - 06.2004 British Columbia, Canada	Midsh. (E) 01.09.1934 A/S.Lt. (E) ? S.Lt. (E) 01.01.1937 Lt. (E) 16.08.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.08.1946 (reld 1947) MID 10.1943 for courage and determination in rescue work	Education: Marlborough College (04.1927-07.1931); Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. 17.09.1935 - (07.1937) engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 03.05.1938 - (05.)1940 HMS Manchester (Southampton class cruiser) 22.05.1940 - (12.1941) on staff of Gun Mounting Overseer at Messrs. Vickers-Armstrong Ltd., Elswick Works, Newcastle-on-Tyne (under Chief Inspector of Gun Mountings, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty) [HMS President] 28.01.1942 - (12.1942) an Assistant (for Gun Mounting Work) to the Engineers Manager, HM Dockyard Devonport [HMS Drake] 01.1943 - (02.)1943 an Assistant to the Chief Engineer, HM Dockyard, Gibraltar [HMS Cormorant] 02.02.1943 - 10.1943 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers, Algeria) 10.1943 - 12.1944 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (additional; for miscellaneous duties) 01.01.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) 01.02.1946 - (07.1946) HMS Vanguard (battleship) 05.11.1946 - (10.1947) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
Hill, Basil Martin Townsend	10.06.1913 - 03.11.1976	... ... Lt. 10.06.1937 Lt.Cdr. 10.06.1945 (retd 09.03.1951; medically unfit)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Montclare ... - ... ...
Hill, Frederick Charles	? - 09.2006 still alive	Sea. ? A/Gnr. (T) 21.04.1945 Cd.El.Offr. 1947/48?, seniority 21.04.1945 Sen.Cd.El.Offr. 01.04.1953 El.Lt. (SD) (Radio Duties) 01.01.1957 Eng.Lt.Cdr. (SD) (Radio Engineering) 01.04.1961 (retd 21.06.1969)	HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton Barracks, Gosport) 05.06.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Mackay (destroyer) 30.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Caprice (destroyer) ... - ... ...
Hill *, Hugh Cheetham   Son of ... Hill, and ... Varley. Married ((09?).1948, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Marianne Jeanette Pink; one daughter. Jeanette Hill remarried Gp.Capt. John Grindon. * Later used as: Cheetham-Hill, Hugh	(06?).1926 Newport Pagnell district,  Northamptonshire / Buckinghamshire - 05.10.1957 RN Hospital Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire (formerly of Southsea, Hampshire) [died as a result of his injuries, sustained when the centre of a main-deck hatch dropped on his head]	Cadet 01.09.1943 Midsh. 01.05.1944 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1946 A/Lt. (1947) Lt. 1947, seniority 16.01.1947 Lt.Cdr. 16.01.1955	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne (1940-1943). 01.05.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Warspite (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) 10.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Norfolk (Norfolk class cruiser) (10.1945)     HMS Lookout (L class destroyer) * (04.1946) - (10.1946) no appointment listed 10.1946 - (04.)1947 HMS Norfolk 18.07.1947 - (10.1947) HMS Zest 07.06.1948 - (10.1948) HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Corsham, Wiltshire) 17.01.1949 - (05.1949) HMS Protector (for duty in HMS Royal Sovereign) 02.1950 - (04.)1950 HMS Triumph 02.10.1950 - (05.)1951 HMS Theseus 24.08.1951 - (05.1952) HMS Widemouth Bay 02.07.1953 - (04.)1955 Navigating Officer, HMS Daring 22.05.1955 - (01.)1956 HMS Dryad 23.02.1956 - (04.1956) HMS Theseus (RN School of Aircraft Direction and Meteorology, Kete, Pembrokeshire) (01.1957)     HMS Harrier (RN School of Aircraft Direction and Meteorology, Kete, Pembrokeshire) * The Hugh Cheetham-Hill (Navigation) Memorial Prize is named after him. * indexed, but not listed as such
Hill, James Alexander Corrie Son (with one brother and one sister) of James Hill (1856-), and Florence Marion Corrie (1867-). Married (12.07.1923, Alverstoke district, Hampshire) Ivy Irene Wootton (24.09.1900 - 21.02.1995), of Earls Court, London; one daughter, one son. Irene Hill remarried (1949) Cecil Langton Mould.	17.02.1901 Kensington, London - 11.05.1940 (KIA) [age 39] [Vlaardingen (Emaus) General Cemetery, The Netherlands, plot M, collective grave 716]	Midsh. 15.08.1917 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1920 S.Lt. 15.01.1921 Lt. 15.01.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.01.1931 Cdr. 30.06.1935 MID 26.07.1940 preventing of war materials falling into enemy hands	15.09.1914     entered RN 06.09.1917 - 01.1919 HMS Repulse 22.01.1919 - 31.01.1919 HMS Marlborough 31.01.1919 - 01.06.1919 HMS Greenock [tender to HMS Velox] 01.06.1919 - 06.1920 HMS King George V 06.1920 - 07.1920 HMS Turbulent [tender to HMS Hecla] 22.07.1920 - 15.01.1922 HMS Sparrowhawk 19.04.1922 - 07.1922 HMS President (additional; for course at Cambridge) 11.09.1922 - 15.12.1922 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory & HMS Excellent] 15.01.1923 - 24.02.1923 HMS Victory (additional; for unemployed time) 25.02.1923 - 06.1923 HMS Dolphin (additional; for submarine course) 06.07.1923 - 22.07.1923 HMS Dolphin (additional; for submarines, as spare officer) 23.07.1923 - 05.1924 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (for submarines, as 3rd Officer) (China) 05.1924 - (01.)1925 3rd Officer, HMS L7 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] (04.)1925 - 08.01.1926 3rd Officer, HMS L15 (submarine) [tender to HMS Ambrose] 28.04.1926 - 01.07.1926 HMS Victory (additional; for unemployed time) 01.07.1926 - 19.07.1926 HMS Ambuscade [tender to HMS Pembroke] 20.07.1926 - 03.12.1926 HMS Royal Sovereign 03.12.1926 - 11.07.1927 HMS Emperor of India 07.1927 - 06.1928 HMS Conquest (cruiser) (additional; for submarines as spare 1st Lieutenant) (Mediterranean) 11.10.1928 - 02.01.1929 HMS Dolphin (additional; for submarines as spare 1st Lieutenant) 02.01.1929 - 21.02.1929 HMS Alecto (additional; for submarine Commanding Officer's course) 22.02.1929 - 21.02.1930 Commanding Officer, HMS H 48 (submarine) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Alecto] 22.02.1930 - 06.1931 HMS Caledon (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 15.07.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Colombo (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (09.1932)     no appointment listed 10.1933 - (07.1935) Commanding Officer, HMS Olympus (submarine) (China) 14.01.1936 - (02.1936) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] (07.1937)     no appointment listed 02.08.1937 - (08.)1938 Staff Officer (Operations) to Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 01.09.1938 - 21.08.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Westcott (destroyer) (China) 09.1939   (02.)1940 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) 11.03.1940 - (05.)1940 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 09.05.1940 - 11.05.1940 in general charge of operation of Party "B" as part of Operation "XD" to carry out demolitions at Hoek van Holland, the Netherlands [borne on HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] [killed in action when the ship he was on at that moment, the Dutch "Loodsboot 19", ran on a magnetic mine when it was transporting part of the Dutch gold reserves from Rotterdam to Hoek van Holland]
Hill, Joseph Sterndale de Mont-Clar Son of Francis J. Hill. and Alice Y. Walker (née de Mont-Clar). Married ((09?.1947, Kensington district, London; divorced 1956) Carmen Gabrielle Page ((03?).1923 - ).	16.04.1921 Kingston district, Surrey - 20.06.1979 Pwllheli district, Caernarvonshire, Wales	Cadet 01.09.1938 Midsh. 01.05.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1941 S.Lt. 01.05.1941 Lt. 10.1943, seniority 16.11.1942 Lt.Cdr. 16.11.1950 (retd 07.05.1955; own request) DSC 01.01.1943 New Year 1943 [decoration posted] DSC 23.03.1943 minesweeping operations Northern Russia 11.1942 [decoration posted]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.01.1935-02.08.1938; Grenville House; Admiralty No. 1490a). ... - ... ... 10.07.1939 - (12.1940) HMS York (cruiser) 06.01.1941 - (04.)1941 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (06.1941)     promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] * 02.06.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Halcyon (Halcyon class minesweeper) (DSC and Bar) (04.1943)     HMS Halcyon (Halcyon class minesweeper) * 09.04.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Onslaught (O class destroyer) (10.1943)     no appointment listed (12.1943) - (02.1944) HMS President (Admiralty) * 21.03.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Whelp (W class destroyer) (07.1945)     no appointment listed (10.1945)     navigation course 15.02.1946 - (10.1946) HMS Ready (Algerine class minesweeper) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Hill, Laurence Bernard	17.08.1892 - 23.05.1962 Acland Nurisng Home, Oxford, Oxfordshire (formerly of Worcester, Worcestershire)	Midsh. 15.01.1910 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1912 S.Lt. 15.01.1913 Lt. 15.02.1914 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1922 Cdr. 30.06.1927 (retd 01.01.1938; own request) Capt. (retd) 01.01.1938 (dispersed 22.10.1946) (reverted to retd 04.01.1947) CBE 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) [investiture 19.11.1946] DSO 11.11.1941 Greek withdrawal 04.1941 [investiture 11.05.1943] OBE 01.01.1938 New Year 1938 MID 14.08.1945 relief of Greece	... - ... ... ... - ... ... (1941) - ... HMS Glenearn (DSO) ... - ... ... 16.03.1943 - 04.04.1943 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Director of Personal Services (DPS)) (as A/Capt.) 05.04.1943 - 02.03.1944 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty as Deputy Director of Personal Seriveces (Manning) (DDPS(M))) (as A/Capt.) 03.03.1944 - 08.07.1944 Captain Blockships [= Senior Naval Officer, Corncob] [HMS Odyssey (additional; on staff of Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force (ANCXF), from 15.04.1944 HMS Victory III, for HMS Durban] (as A/Capt.) (CBE) 09.07.1944 - 03.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Abercrombie (Abercrombie class monitor) (as A/Capt.) 04.09.1944 - 20.09.1944 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (additional; for disposal by Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean) (as A/Capt.) 21.09.1944 - 10?.1944 HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) (additional; for temporary duty on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean) (as A/Capt.) 10?.1944 - 11.1944 Senior Naval Officer, Dodecanese [HMS Nile (additional) (as A/Capt.) 11.1944 - 06.12.1944 Senior British Naval Officer, Southern Aegean [HMS Nile (additional)] (as A/Capt.) 07.12.1944 - 29.05.1945 British Commanding Officer, Piraeus Area [HMS Nile (additional)] (as A/Capt.) (despatches) 30.05.1945 - 24.06.1945 HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) (additional; for disposal by Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean) (as A/Capt.) 25.06.1945 - 03.09.1945 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Pola [HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) (additional)] (as A/Capt.) 04.09.1945 - 11.10.1945 HMS Drake (additional; for passage to UK & not to join upon arrival) (as A/Capt.) 12.10.1945 - 30.11.1945 HMS Odyssey (additional; for Naval Party 1501, as Captain-in-Charge, Belgium & as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Antwerp & HMS Royal Athelstan in command) (as A/Capt.) 01.12.1945 - 1946 HMS Odyssey (additional; as Senior British Naval Officer, Belgium) (as A/Capt.) 1946 - 22.10.1946 HMS President (additional; for release)
Hill, [Sir] Richard Augustus Sandys; since 1950: Hon. Son of Capt. Arthur Blundell George Sandys Hill (1837-1923), and Helen Emily Chenevix Trench (1846-1935).	02.04.1880 Dublin - 05.07.1954	Cadet 15.01.1894 Midsh. 15.06.1896 S.Lt. 15.12.1899 Lt. 31.12.1901 Cdr. 31.12.1913 Capt. 31.12.1918 Cdre. 2nd cl. 1928 R.Adm. 05.04.1930 (retd 1935) V.Adm. (retd) 19.07.1935 Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 11.1939 KBE 01.01.1941 New Year 1941 CB 1933 ? CBE 1930 ? LM 28.05.1946 ? LegH ? ? CdeG ? ? Chevalier Legion of Honour (WW I)	Education: HMS Britannia (15.01.1894-...). 1902 - 1904 served in Somaliland (medal) 1914 - 1918 served European War 19.10.1928 - 1930 Commodore 2nd cl. / Rear-Admiral-in-Charge of Naval Establishments at Hong Kong [HMS Tamar] 1929 ADC to the King (02.1931) no appointment listed 28.08.1931 - 1933 Rear­Admiral and Senior Naval Officer, Yangtze [HMS Bee] (01.1934) - (07.1935) no appointment listed 11.1939 - 03.02.1942 Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 03.02.1942 - (<04.)1946 Flag Officer-in-Charge, Greenock [HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)]
Hill, Roger Percival  Married 1st; one daughter, three sons. Married 2nd Jonquil ...; two daughters.	22.06.1910 Cuckfield, Sussex - 05.05.2001 Arrowtown, near Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand	Midsh. 01.09.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1931 S.Lt. 01.08.1931 Lt. 01.12.1933 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1941 (retd 30.07.1946; invalided) A/Cdr. < 04.1946 DSO 10.11.1942 Operation Pedestal (Gibraltar-Malta convoy 11-16.08.1942) [investiture 15.12.1942] DSC 01.02.1944 attacked by rocket bombs 27.08.1943 [investiture 22.06.1945] MID 26.12.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944)	Education: Pangbourne. 06.05.1927     joined RN 01.09.1928 - (01.)1931 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.01.1931 - (07.)1931 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 17.08.1931 - (02.)1932 promotion course, Portsmouth 02.04.1932 - (06.)1933 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.07.1933 - (08.)1934 HMS Caradoc (cruiser) (China) 01.10.1934 - (11.1934) HMS Whirlwind (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) (02.1935)     no appointment listed 07.02.1935 - (03.)1935 HMS Boyne (fishery protection gunboat (trawler)) (temporary) 30.04.1935 - (07.)1937 HMS Electra (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 06.08.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean) 03.1938 - (06.)1939 HMS Penelope (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (07.1939) - (09.1939) no appointment listed (12.)1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Tamora (minesweeping trawler) * 08.04.1940 - (04.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Enchantress (Bittern class sloop) 19.05.1941 - 11.09.1941 HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary) 12.09.1941 - (12.)1941 HMS Quebec II (Combined Operations centre, Largs) 30.12.1941 - 06.10.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Ledbury (Hunt class destroyer) (DSO) 13.10.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 27.04.1943 - 28.01.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Grenville (U class destroyer) (DSC) 02.1944 - 09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Jervis (J class destroyer) (despatches) 12.10.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 30.07.1945 - (10.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Goldcrest (RN Air Station, Dale, Pembrokeshire) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Emigrated to New Zealand, 1965. Subsequently, he taught navigation at Nelson Technical College, farmed outside Nelson, built a house called "Jervis" and was a member of the Nelson Harbour Board. Published: Destroyer Captain (1975; memoirs). * indexed, but not listed as such
Hill, Rupert Christopher Oswald Son (with one sister) of Christopher John Hill (1870-1926), and Hilda Isobel Milner Moore (1874-1963). Married ((03?).1921, St Martin in the Fields, London) Margaret Alicia Hutt (1897 - 1981).	01.07.1899 Coventry district, Warwickshire - 06.06.1974 Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland	Midsh. 08.09.1915 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1917 S.Lt. 15.05.1918 Lt. 15.02.1920 (retd 14.02.1923; at own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.02.1928 A/Cdr. (retd) > 04.1944, < 06.1944 MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944	05.1912     entered RN ... - ... ... 11.12.1939 - 08.06.1940 HMS Glorious (Courageous class aircraft carrier) [ship sunk in action with battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau near Narvik] (08.1940) - (12.1940) no appointment listed 02.12.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) 21.01.1942 - (02.)1944 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (despatches) (04.1944)     no appointment listed (06.1944)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 25.07.1944 - 24.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Empire Arquebus (Empire Battleaxe class landing ship, infantry) (04.1945)     HMS Empire Arquebus * 10.05.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Spartiate (RN base, Clyde, Glasgow) (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Hill, Sydney John  Son of Alfred Hill (1870-1924), and Annie Gibbons (1877-1976). Married ((06?).1925, Devonport district, Devon) Irene Lucy Oxford (12.06.1903 - 10.02.1972); two daughters, three sons.	09.01.1906 Devonport, Devon - 29.01.1961 Durham, Co. Durham	Shipwr. Apprentice 26.11.1923 [M37787] Shipwr. 5th class 14.09.1926 A/Shipwr. 4th class 14.03.1927 Shipwr. 4th class 14.03.1928 Shipwr. 3rd class 11.03.1930 Shipwr. 2nd class 14.03.1934 A/Wt.Shipwr. 05.08.1937 Wt.Shipwr. 1938?, seniority 05.08.1937 A/Cd.Shipwr. = Sen.Cd.Shipwr. 18.06.1945 Shipwr.Lt. 09.12.1950 (retd 09.01.1956; age) A/Shipwr.Lt.Cdr. < 04.1955 MBE 01.01.1954 New Year 1954 [investiture 09.03.1954] 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Arc St - - ? Pac St? - - WM 39|45 - - MID 11.03.1941 good services since the outbreak of the war MID 01.01.1946 New Year 1946	26.11.1923 - 25.05.1927 HMS Vivid II (RN base, Devonport) 26.05.1927 - 12.02.1928 HMS Valiant (battleship) 13.02.1929 - 06.01.1930 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) 07.01.1930 - 02.04.1930 HMS Vivid II (RN base, Devonport) 03.04.1930 - 23.10.1931 HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) 24.10.1931 - 02.11.1931 HMS Vivid II (RN base, Devonport) 03.11.1931 - 28.08.1933 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) 29.08.1933 - 27.12.1933 HMS Vivid II (RN base, Devonport) 28.12.1933 - 13.02.1936 HMS Adventure (minelayer) 14.02.1936 - 04.06.1936 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 05.06.1936 - 15.01.1937 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 16.01.1937 - 18.08.1937 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 19.08.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Norfolk (cruiser) (East Indies) 10.05.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (02.1941)     no appointment listed 27.03.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) (06.1943)     no appointment listed 07.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) (10.1945) - (10.1946) no appointment listed 15.12.1947 - (05.1949) HMS Raleigh (stokers training establishment, Torpoint, East Cornwall) 16.01.1950 - (05.)1951 HMS Vanguard (battleship) 10.1951 - (05.)1953 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 22.12.1953 - (04.1955) HMS Caledonia (apprentices training establishment, Rosyth) Clerk of Works (Dean and Chapter) Durham Cathedral.
Hilliard, Ronald Hubert	29.09.1884 Hayling South, Hampshire - 27.07.1969 Bodmin district, Cornwall	Midsh. 15.1900 ... ... Cdr. 30.06.1918 (retd 10.06.1922) Capt. (retd) 29.09.1929 (reverted to retd 26.10.1941)	15.05.1897     entered RN ... - ... ... 22.08.1939 - 1940 Consular Shipping Adviser Piraeus 1940 - 25.07.1941 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; as Naval Control Service Officer Piraeus) 26.07.1941 - 25.10.1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (additional; not to join)
Hills, William Henry	11.08.1904 - 02.09.1967	Lt. 01.08.1929 (emgcy) Lt.Cdr. (emgcy) 05.08.1940 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 1941	... - ... ... (1940)     HMS Curacoa (despatches) 15.11.1941 - (02.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) ... - ... ...
Hims, Herbert Edwin Charles	11.10.1902 Oxford, Oxfordshire - 23.02.1985 Banbury district, Oxfordshire	... ... Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.07.1939 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1942 (retd 11.10.1952; age) OBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945 MID 08.09.1942 Malta convoy & air raids 06.1942 MID 11.05.1943 minelaying since 11.1942 MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky	... - ... ... (1942)     HMS Welshman (despatches twice)       on staff of Rear-Admiral (P) (despatches) 01.01.1944 - (01.1945) on staff of Flag Officer Taranto and Adriatic [HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)] (OBE) ... - ... ...
Hindes, Frederick Joseph Son of Frederick Hindes (1896-1973), and Gladys May Snelling (1899-1977).	(12?).1923 Mutford district, Essex - 12.01.1950 at sea (formerly of Lowestoft)	... ... A/S.Lt. 01.09.1944 S.Lt. 01.08.1945, seniority 01.09.1944 Lt. 12.02.1946, seniority 01.02.1945 AM ? collision &sinking Thames 12.01.1950 [investiture 07.02.1950; next-of-kin] * His calm demeanour and clear orders maintained perfect discipline when HMS Truculent sank.	... - ... ... (23.08.1944)     Cochrane Course, Final Selection Board, Upper Yardmen & Upper Yardmen (Air), HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, nr Portsmouth, Hampshire) ... - ... ... ? - 12.01.1950 HMS Truculent (T class submarine) (ship sunk)
Hinton, Eric Perceval "Tishy" Son of late Lt.Col. G.B. Hinton, CMG, RA. Married (1934) Kathleen Doreen Nita, daughter of late Lt.Col. N. Sinclair, DSO, RA; no children.	26.07.1902 Hartlepool district, Durham - 30.03.1970 Hazelbury Bryan, Sturminster Newton, Dorset	Cadet ? Midsh. ? A/S.Lt. 15.01.1922 S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.10.1924 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1939 Capt. 30.06.1947 (retd 07.07.1956) DSO 16.08.1940 Dunkirk [investiture 03.09.1940] DSO 30.07.1942 4 Murmansk-Reykjavik convoys [investiture 22.09.1942] MVO 12.08.1934 ? MID 02.05.1944 operations in Adriatic RedB 17.11.1942 Russian convoys 1941-1942 [award posted]	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth. 15.01.1916     entered RN 15.08.1922 - (01.)1925 HMS Leamington (twin screw minesweeper) 13.08.1925 - (07.1927) First Lieutenant, HMS Robin (shallow draught steamer for river service) (China) 30.03.1928 - (08.)1929 HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 04.09.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Curacoa (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 13.04.1931 - (09.1932) First Lieutenant, HMS Versatile (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 10.02.1933 - (02.)1935 HMS Tiverton (twin screw minesweeper) (1st Minesweeping Flotilla) 07.02.1935 - (02.)1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Defender (destroyer) (China) (07.1937)     no appointment listed 03.01.1938 - (02.)1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Skipjack (minesweeper) 20.04.1938 - (04.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Hussar (Halcyon class minesweeper) (1st Minesweeping Flotilla) 28.06.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Britomart (Halcyon class minesweeper) (06.)1940 - 1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Halcyon (Halcyon class minesweeper) 17.12.1940 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Harrier (Halcyon class minesweeper) & Senior Officer, 6th Minesweeping Flotilla 29.07.1942 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Queenborough (destroyer) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 01.1945 - (07.1945) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (04.1946)     no appointment listed 16.03.1948 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Mull of Kintyre (minesweeper maintenance ship) (05.1953)     no appointment listed 19.08.1953 - (01.1956) Commanding Officer, HMS Sanderling (RN Air Station, Abbotsinch, Paisley, Scotland) 07.01.1956 - 07.07.1956 also: Naval ADC to the Queen
Hinton, John Dorsett Owen	17.01.1921 - 16.10.2002	... ... Lt. 01.12.1941 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1949 (retd 28.02.1959) MID 14.06.1945 ?	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Mermaid ... - ... ...
Hinton, John Robert From Walderslade, Kent.	27.10.1905 Cricklewood, London - 24.02.1978 Chatham district, Kent	T/A/Gnr. 20.09.1943 T/Gnr. = T/Cd.Gnr. ?, seniority 20.09.1943 (retd 1945/46) MID 13.06.1944 2nd Support Group, 6 U-boats sunk in 10 days	16.10.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services) 07.12.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Wild Goose (sloop) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Hiscock, William Ewart	13.01.1886 Dorchester, Dorset - 15.02.1942 (KIA) [age 56] [Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery]	Gnr. 01.08.1914 Cd.Gnr. 01.08.1924 Lt. 28.03.1934 (retd 13.01.1936) A/Lt.Cdr. (retd) ? GC 16.06.1942 bomb disposal DSC 14.01.1941 controlled mining officer	1900 joined RN 11.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) 27.11.1930 - (02.1931) Torpedo Officer, HMS Truant (destroyer) 23.11.1931 - (07.1935) Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 28.01.1939 - 15.02.1942 HMS St Angelo (for miscellaneous duties at Malta, sea mines disposal)
Hitchings, Arthur Third and youngest son of Henry Hitchings (1846-1895), saddler and harness-maker, and Elizabeth Phillips (1856-), of Main Street, Pembroke. Married ((12?).1913, Dartford district, Kent) Annie May Easterby (25.05.1893 - 01.07.1988); two daughters.	27.01.1885 St Mary, Pembrokeshire, Wales - 03.12.1968 Chatham district, Kent	... ... Carpenter = Wt.Shipwr. 29.06.1912 Cd.Shipwr. 29.06.1922 (retd 31.07.1927; own request) Shipwr.Lt. (retd) 31.07.1927 Shipwr.Lt.Cdr. (retd) 16.12.1942	Served his apprenticeship as a shipwright in the Royal Dockyard, Pembroke Dock, and then entered the Royal Navy. 09.08.1912     commissioned RN 09.08.1912 - (06.)1913 HMS Topaze (light Cruiser) [HMS Pembroke]) 01.07.1913 - (12.)1913 HMS Leviathan (cruiser) 22.12.1913 - (04.1915) HMS Weymouth (light cruiser) (served in the German East Africa Campaign, being present at the sinking of the Koenigsberg in the Rufigi River in 1915) (10.1916)     no appointment listed 28.03.1917 - (08.)1919 HMS Coventry (cruiser) 02.08.1919 - (01.)1921 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley, Harwich, Essex) 01.09.1921 - (04.1922) HMS Gibraltar (cruiser) 12.07.1922 - 10.09.1923 Barrackmaster, HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley, Harwich, Essex) 01.10.1923 - (04.)1925 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 15.06.1925 - 31.07.1927 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley, Harwich, Essex) 1939 - 17.12.1939 on staff of Naval Officer-in-Charge, [London?] 18.12.1939 - (10.1944) HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich)
Hoare, Cecil Roderick	24.05.1890 - 30.11.1954	... ... Eng.Capt. 31.12.1937 (retd 15.04.1944) (dispersed 14.12.1945) (reverted to retd 09.02.1946)	... - ... ... 27.03.1942 - 30.06.1945 Base Engineer Officer, Alexandria [HMS Nile (additional)] 11.11.1943 - 15.04.1944 also: Naval ADC to the King ... - ... ...
Hoare, Dennis John Son of Herbert K. Hoare, of Portsmouth. Married (1919) Elsie Madeline Prosser (03.08.1898 - 01.05.1975), daughter of T. Morris Presser, JP, Newlport, Monmouthshire; two sons [Lt.Cdr. Digby Nigel Hoare, RN].	16.04.1891 - 15.02.1979	... ... Eng.Capt. 31.12.1935 Eng.R.Adm. 16.03.1942 (retd 12.07.1945) CB 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 1945 [investiture 12.03.1946] OON 25.11.1947 ? Chevalier Order of Aviz (Portugal), 1921.	Education: RN Engineering College, Keyham; RN College, Greenwich. 1913 - 1915 HMS Collingwood       HMS Birkenhead       HMS Goshawk       HMS Glorious 1919 - 1924 Lecturer in Applied Mechanics at RN College Greenwich       HMS Malaya       HMS Shakespeare 1926     Admiralty 1930     HMS Exeter 08.08.1933 - (10.)1938 an Assistant Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President] 21.10.1938 - 03.07.1939 Fleet Engineer Officer, Mediterranean [HMS Warspite] 01.08.1939 - 23.07.1941 Fleet Engineer Officer, Submarines [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 23.07.1941 - (10.)1943 an Assistant Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President] (12.1943)     Admiralty [HMS President] 06.12.1943 - 12.07.1945 Superintendent, Admiralty Engineering Laboratory, West Drayton, Middlesex [under Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty (HMS President)] (CB) FIMechE. Director of Research, British International Combustion Engine Research Association, 1945-1958.
Hoare, Digby Nigel "Nick" Son of Eng.R.Adm. Dennis John Hoare, CB, RN (1891-1971), and Elsie Madeline Prosser (1898-1975). Married (06.09.1945, Kingswear, Totnes district, Devon) Third Officer Roseanne Alice Wilton, WRNS (08.08.1923 - 06.12.2011), daughter of Capt. Eric Frederick Wilton (1895-1964), Royal Artillery, and Christine O'Neill Turner (1891-1987), of Kingswear; two sons.	10.07.1922 Lewisham district, London - 14.02.2007 Bristol, Gloucestershire	T/A/S.Lt. RNVR 02.07.1943 T/S.Lt. RNVR 02.01.1944 S.Lt. 1944?, seniority 28.09.1943 Lt. 28.03.1945 Lt.Cdr. 28.03.1953 (retd > 07.1961, < 07.1962)	(08.1943)     no appointment listed 20.08.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Glasgow (Southampton class cruiser) (04.1944) - (08.1944) no appointment listed 20.10.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Colossus (Colossus class aircraft carrier) (07.1945) - (03.1946) no appointment listed 07.03.1946 - (07.1946) HMS Finisterre (Battle class destroyer) ... - ... ...
Hoare, Edward Melvill Brodie Married; children. From Shrewsbury.	18.12.1918 - 11.2006	... ... S.Lt. 16.05.1939 Lt. 01.08.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1948 Cdr. 31.12.1952 Capt. 30.06.1960 (retd 07.07.1969) DSC 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) [decoration posted] MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944	... - ... .... 28.09.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Montrose (destroyer) 07.10.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Cattistock (destroyer) ? - (02.)1943 qualifying for navigation duties 04.1943 - (10.)1944 Navigating Officer, HMS Ready (Algerine class minesweeper) 11.12.1944 - (07.1945) Navigating Officer, HMS Troubridge (destroyer) (04.1946)     no appointment listed ... - ... ....
Hoare, Peter James Hill	29.01.1916 - 27.12.1984	... ... Lt. 27.11.1938 Lt.Cdr. 27.11.1946 Cdr. 31.12.1952 (retd 29.01.1966) OBE 12.06.1965 ? MID 25.05.1951 ?	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Haste ... - ... ...
Hoath, Peter Trevredyn Mother's maiden name: Hoath.	12.02.1919 Epsom district, Surrey - 18.09.2007	Lt. (E) 01.04.1940 ... ... Capt. ? (retd)	... - ... .... ? - (07.1945) Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty ... - ... ....
Hobart, Francis Edward Henry Graham	05.03.1883 Northwest Provinces, India - 10.11.1961 Adelaide, Australia	Lt. 30.09.1904 Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1912 A/Cdr. ? (retd) Cdr. (retd) * 01.10.1923 Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 17.04.1941 (reverted to retd 20.03.1947) * also listed as: Cdr. (emgcy), RAN	15.09.1897     commissioned 30.03.1918 - (1919) Commanding Officer, HMS Riviera 06.09.1937     enlisted for RAN (emergency) service 05.10.1939 - 25.09.1940 HMAS Cerberus V (RANVR depot, Fremantle) (for Base Staff (Officer-in-Charge, Naval Control Service & from ... as Sea Transport Officer, Fremantle) 26.09.1940 - 02.11.1940 HMAS Rushcutter (RAN anti-submarine training establishment and reserve depot, Edgecliff, Sydney, NSW) (for duty as Commodore of Convoy (US 5A)) 03.11.1940 - 05.06.1942 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (additional; as Commodore of Convoys) 06.06.1942 - 16.08.1942 HMAS Rushcutter (RAN anti-submarine training establishment and reserve depot, Edgecliff, Sydney, NSW) (for duty as Commodore of Convoy) 17.08.1942 - 14.11.1945 HMAS Torrens (RAN depot, Adelaide, South Australia) (as Sea Transport Officer, Adelaide; from .... as Naval Control Service Officer & Sea Transport Officer) 15.11.1945 - 27.02.1946 HMAS Lonsdale (RAN depot, Melbourne) (as Sea Transport Officer, Port Melbourne; from .... as Naval Control Service Officer & Sea Transport Officer) 20.03.1947     released [HMAS Lonsdale]
Hobson, Alec Lockhart	23.12.1906 Watford, Hertfordshire - 12.11.1970 Horsham, Sussex	Cadet 15.05.1924 Midsh. 15.01.1925 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1927 S.Lt. ? Lt. 01.06.1929 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1937 Cdr. 31.12.1942 (retd 23.12.1956) A/Capt. < 05.1953	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (15.09.1920-14.05.1924). 15.05.1924 - (05.1926) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 28.04.1927 - 02.1928 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 02.1928 - (06.)1928 promotion course, Portsmouth 28.08.1928 - (02.)1931 HMS Volunteer (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 07.10.1931 - (01.)1932 Third Officer, HMS Vimy (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 28.04.1932 - (06.)1933 qualifying for Torpedo duties [HMS Vernon] 14.08.1933 - (01.)1934 Torpedo Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 31.08.1934 - (02.)1936 Torpedo Officer, HMS Kempenfelt (flotilla leader) (Home Fleet) 12.10.1936 - (08.)1938 Instructional Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) 23.08.1938 - (08.1939) Torpedo Officer, HMS Aurora (cruiser) (Home Fleet) (and as Squadron Torpedo Officer, Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas) 25.01.1940 - (04.)1940 Staff Officer (Intelligence), Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas [HMS Woolwich] 25.09.1940 - (02.)1941 Squadron Torpedo Officer & Staff Officer (Intelligence), Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas [HMS Maidstone] 15.07.1941 - (02.)1943 Torpedo Officer & Principal Control Officer, HMS Sheffield (cruiser) 03.02.1943 - (10.1944) Whitehead Department, HMS Vernon (for duty at Whitehead Office at Argyll Works, Alexandria) (07.1945) not indexed 07.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Carysfort (destroyer) 18.03.1947 - (07.1948) Underwater Weapons Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 22.03.1949 - (05.1950) Executive Officer, HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Londonderry) 02.04.1951 - (01.1956) HMS President (for miscellaneous duties)
Hocken, Barry Nathaniel Son (with one sisters and one brother) of Barry Hocken (1881-1954), and Milly Johns (1884-1958). Married (25.07.1953, St Boniface, Devonport, Plymouth district, Devon) Prudence Ann Hawkins (11.12.1928 - 30.01.2011); two daughters.	16.05.1920 Dover, Kent - 18.11.1997 Plymouth district, Devon	Cadet (E) 01.09.1938 Midsh. (E) 01.09.1939 S.Lt. (E) 01.01.1942 A/Lt. (E) < 08.1942 Lt. (E) 10.07.1943, seniority 16.11.1941 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.11.1949 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1955 (retd 16.05.1975)	01.09.1938 - 09.1939 special entry cadet (for engineering duties), HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 12.09.1939 - (12.1942) engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] (02.1943) - (10.1943) HMS Uganda (cruiser) * 19.10.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) 03.1946 - (10.1948) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]       further ships/establishments included: HMS President, HMS Cochrane, HMS Tumult, HMS Diana, HMS Sea Eagle, HMS Albion, HMS Orion, HMS Tyne
Hodges Frank Colston	12.04.1888 Lancaster district, Lancashire - 15.02.1950 Northumberland South district	Gnr. 14.08.1915 Cd.Gnr. 14.08.1925 Lt. 06.07.1936 (retd 12.04.1938) Lt. Cdr. (retd) 06.07.1944	... - ... .... 31.10.1939 - (10.)1942 HMS Beaver (RN base, Hull) (for naval equipment duties) 01.11.1942 - (04.1946) HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton): (12.)1942 - (06.)1943 for Mining & Minesweeping Equipment (08.)1943 - (10.)1943 for V.E.O. (M) Department [= "Vernon" Experimental Officer (Mines) Department ?] (12.)1943 - (02.)1944 for Humber Area; with S.V.E.O. (M) [= Senior "Vernon" Experimental Officer (Mines) ?] (10.)1944 - (07.1945) for Humber area; with Senior "Vernon" Trial Officer (M) & (M/S) (10.1945) - (04.1946) for Mining & Minesweeping Equipment
Hodges, John Michael Son of Adm. Sir Michael Henry Hodges, KCB, CMG, MVO (1874-1951), and Frederica Octavia Tiarks (1883-1966), of Thatcham, Berkshire. Brother of Capt. Michael Hodges, CB, OBE, RN. Married (09.11.1946, Garrison Church, Hamburg, Germany) Elizabeth Mary "Betty" Harbord (20.08.1912 - 10.1985), Chief Officer WRNS, daughter of Capt. Edward Ralph Harbord, DSO, MC (1870-1950), and Annie Evelyn Riley-Smith (1887-1980), of Wetherby, Yorkshire; one son, one daughter.	09.05.1910 Southsea, Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 12.08.1987 Petersfield district, Hampshire	Cadet 01.09.1927 Midsh. 01.05.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1930 S.Lt. 01.01.1931 Lt. 01.01.1933 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1941 Cdr. 31.12.1944 Capt. 30.06.1951 (retd 29.12.1956) DSO 25.08.1942 Operation Ironclad (assault & capture of Diego Suarez, 05-07.05.1942) [investiture 15.12.1942]	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (15.01.1924-1927). 01.09.1927 - (04.)1930 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (got his flying licence # 8773 on 29.08.1929, taken on a D.H.60X 80 h.p. Cirrus at Bristol & Wessex Aero Club, Filton) 25.09.1930 - (02.1931) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 02.01.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Dragon (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 23.03.1933 - (02.)1935 HMS Leander (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 05.1935 - (07.)1935 HMS Amphion (cruiser) 04.10.1935 - (02.)1936 First Lieutenant, HMS Amazon (destroyer) (Portsmouth) 18.03.1936 - (02.)1937 First Lieutenant, HMS Niger (sloop minesweeper) 08.06.1937 - (07.1937) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 18.01.1938 - (02.)1938 First Lieutenant, HMS Tenedos (destroyer) (China) 28.03.1938 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Diamond (destroyer) 25.02.1941 - 25.01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Anthony (destroyer) (DSO) 01.1943 - 15.07.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Orwell (destroyer) 03.08.1944 - (01.)1945 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 18.02.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Diomede (cruiser) (04.1946)     no appointment listed (07.1948)     no appointment listed 29.10.1948 - (05.1949) Executive Officer, HMS London (cruiser) 23.01.1950 - (05.1950) HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services) 03.10.1951 - (05.1953) HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services) 04.01.1954 - 28.12.1955 Commanding Officer, HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) & as Captain Coastal Forces and Superintendent Admiralty Craf Experimental Establishment (1956)     Captain (D), Londonderry Bought & ran a successful broiler chicken farm in Sussex. Literature: obituary in: The Daily Telegraph book of naval obituaries (2004, p. 33-36).
Hodges, Michael Son of Adm. Sir Michael Henry Hodges, KCB, CMG, MVO (1874-1951), and Frederica Octavia Tiarks (1883-1966), of Thatcham, Berkshire. Brother of Capt. John Michael Hodges, DSO, RN. Married (1946) Heather Hayes; one son.	08.09.1904 Bromley, Greater London - 19.06.1977 London	... ... Lt. 15.12.1926 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1934 Cdr. 30.06.1939 A/Capt. 22.12.1941? Capt. 30.06.1946 (retd 27.06.1950; invalided) CB 01.01.1968 New Year 1968 [investiture 20.02.1968] OBE 11.06.1946 wind up Far East	Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth. 15.05.1918 entered RN ... - ... ... 14.08.1936 - (10.)1938 Fleet Signal Officer, Mediterranean [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship), later HMS Warspite (battleship) 13.12.1938 - (04.)1939 Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 24.07.1939 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, Signal School, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (02.1941) no appointment listed 11.1941 - (12.)1941 Signal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 22.12.1941 - (08.)1943 Chief Signal Officer, Combined Operations HQ & Chairman of Combined Operations Communications Committee 27.09.1943 - (06.)1944 Chief Signal Officer, SE Asia [HMS Braganza] 12.12.1944 - (04.)1946 Executive Officer, HMS Duke of York (battleship) ? - 07.1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Cardigan Bay (frigate) 1948 - 1950 Deputy Director of Signals, Admiralty [HMS President] Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence, 1962-1963, Cabinet Office, 1963-1968 (retired).
Hodgkinson, Guy Beauchamp Son of Cdr. George Hodgkinson, RN (retd), and Helen Blanche Raggett. Married (1930) Beryl Margaret, daughter of Harry Langley; two daughters.	11.01.1903 Bromley, Greater London, Kent - 23.08.1981	... ... Lt. 15.07.1925 Lt.Cdr. 15.07.1933 Cdr. 30.06.1941 (retd 11.01.1953) A/Capt. < 07.1945 DSO 04.10.1940 air oeprations Mediterranean [investiture 08.04.1941] MID 19.07.1940 ? MID ? ? [according to "Who's who", but unconfirmed]	Education: St Hugh's School, Chislehurst; RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth. 15.09.1916     entered RN ... - ... ... (09.1939) Fleet Air Arm (04.1940) - (08.1940) 816 or 820 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] 04.11.1940 - (02.)1941 instructional staff, HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) 10.10.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 14.01.1943 - (06.1944) Naval Assistant (Technical) to Fifth Sea Lord [HMS President] * 08.03.1943 - (06.1944) on staff of Flag Officer Naval Air Stations [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] * 07.06.1945 - (04.1946) Assistant Director Naval Air Organisation Division [from 04.02.1946: Naval Air Organisation and Training Division], Admiralty [HMS President] * obviously an (erroneous) double appointment; in the index for first appointment till (10.1943); Lt.Cdr. R.A. Brabner, RNVR, may also have held the first position somewhere in 1943
Hodgkinson, Robert Hugh "Hughie" Son of Col. George Holden Hodgkinson, and Mrs Hodgkinson, of Cholderotn, Wiltshire. Married ((03?).1939, Martley district, Worcestershire) Wenda Prudence "Wendy" Ward-Jackson, daughter of the later Ralph S. Ward-Jackson, of Normanby, Yorkshire, and Mrs Beviss Bond, of Martley, Worcester; two sons, one daughter.	30.01.1912 Towcester, Northamptonshire - 22.01.1996 Horton, Dorset	Cadet 01.05.1929 Midsh. 01.01.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1932 S.Lt. 16.02.1933 Lt. 16.08.1935 Lt.Cdr. 16.08.1943 (retd 03.08.1949) DSC 08.02.1944 action with E-boats Nore 24.10.1943 [decoration posted] DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) [decoration posted]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 30.04.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 07.04.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 01.05.1932 - 08.01.1933 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 09.01.1933 - (06.)1933 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 02.09.1933 - (02.)1935 HMS Folkestone (sloop) (China) (07.1935) - (02.1937) no appointment listed (07.)1937 - (08.)1938 ADC to the Governor-General of South Africa 09.08.1938 - (10.1938) Commanding Officer, HMS Acheron (destroyer) (Portsmouth) (02.1939) - (04.1939) no appointment listed 25.05.1939 - (09.1939) First Lieutenant, HMS Britomart (minesweeper) 22.01.1940 - (10.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Harvester (destroyer) 18.12.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Hotspur (destroyer) 19.09.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Sphinx (accommodation camp, Alexandria, Egypt) 04.07.1942 - (02.)1943 staff, HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 04.1943 - 18.07.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Pytchley (escort destroyer) 01.08.1944 - (10.)1944 an Assistant to Naval Assistants to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] 27.12.1944 - 01.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Wizard (destroyer) 16.09.1946 - (07.1948) naval staff (house officer), RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 07.02.1949 - (05.)1949 on staff of Commander-in-Chief Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] Assistant Master, Gordonstoun School. House master, Peterhouse School, Southern Rhodesia. Headmaster, Milton Abbey (public school), near Blandford, Dorset, 1955-1969. Published: Before the tide turned : the Mediterranean experiences of a British destroyer officer in 1941 (1944)
Hodgson, Michael John Son of Bertram Henry Hodgson (1877-1942), and Winifred Eva Keen (1890-1973). Married ((03?).1951, Newmarket district, Suffolk) Jill Cameron (20.05.1926 - 18.10.2012); one son, one daughter (who married a son of Lt.Cdr. Cedric Collingwood Wake-Walker, RN).	28.09.1917 Regent's Park, London - 30.04.2004 Trowbridge district, Wiltshire	Cadet (E) 01.09.1935 Midsh. (E) 01.09.1936 S.Lt. (E) 01.07.1938 Lt. (E) 01.01.1941 A/Lt.Cdr. (E) > 01.1945, < 04.1945 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.01.1948 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1951 (retd 1967) DSC 11.06.1946 wind up Far East [decoration posted]	... - ... .... 01.09.1936 - (04.)1940 course of instruction in engineering, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 29.04.1940 - (10.)1942 HMS Ramillies (battleship) 14.10.1942 - (04.1946) HMS Newfoundland (Uganda class cruiser) (DSC) ... - ... .... ... - ... HMS Chevron ... - ... HMS Delight ... - ... .... CEng, MIMechE, MIMarE.
Hodson, Duncan Robert Christopher Married 1st ((06?).1938, St Marylebone district, London) ... Modin. Married 2nd ((06?).1949, Maidenhead district, Berkshire) ... Haylor.	27.04.1905 - 21.03.1960 hospital, Paddington district, London	... ... Lt. 01.03.1929 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1937 (retd) A/Cdr. 05.03.1943 ? Cdr. (retd) ?	15.01.1919     entered RN ... - ... ... 14.09.1938 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Boyne (trawler) 27.08.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Martello (auxiliary patrol base, Lowestoft) 15.07.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Duke of York (battleship) 10.01.1943 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Atheling (escort carrier) 05.03.1943 - (06.1944) Executive Officer, HMS Trumpeter (07.1945) HMS President * (04.1946) Combined Operations HQ * (07.1948) Admiral Commanding Reserves' Office * (05.1949) no appointment listed (05.1950) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Hoffman, Guy Cedric	06.04.1902 Knighton, Herefordshire - 12.05.1994 Salisbury, Wiltshire	A/S.Lt. 15.01.1922 S.Lt. 15.08.1923, seniority 30.07.1922 Lt. (E) 30.01.1924 Lt.Cdr. (E) 30.01.1932 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1936 (retd  06.04.1952) OBE 01.01.1951 New Year 1951 MID 16.03.1943 Operation Torch (landings in N Africa 11.1942)	15.01.1916     entered RN 10.05.1923 - (08.1923) qualifying in engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 09.1924 - (05.1926) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 15.07.1926 - (07.1927) staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 10.06.1929 - (08.)1929 HMS Curlew (cruiser) (Chatham) 11.1929 - (01.)1932 HMS Dragon (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 09.05.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Vidette (destroyer) (Home Fleet) (01.1934) no appointment listed 10.04.1934 - (02.)1936 HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 20.10.1936 - (07.)1937 HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (The Nore) 15.09.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Dragon (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) 09.04.1938 - (04.1940) HMS Berwick (cruiser) (America and West Indies station) (02.1941) no appointment listed 06.02.1941 - (12.1943) HMS Bermuda (cruiser) (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 18.07.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) 03.1946 - (07.1948) staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 03.10.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties) (1950) - (1951) HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] MIMechE.
Hogg, Richard Henry	24.10.1882 Erith, Kent - 17.10.1962 Middlesex South district, Middlesex	Boatsw. 03.04.1915 (retd) Cd.Boatsw. (retd) 04.03.1942 Lt. (retd) 25.07.1945	01.12.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) ... - ... ...
Hogger, Henry Charles Son of Henry George Hogger (1871-1935), and Maria Jane Burt (1875-1935). Married (1935, Surrey) Ethel Mary Kreiner (13.06.1912 - 06.09.1973), daughter of George Kreiner, and Annie Jakens; two sons, one daughter.	27.06.1907 Islington, London - 22.07.1982 Bath, Somerset	... ... A/Lt. (E) 07.08.1930 Lt. (E) ?, seniority 01.02.1930 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.02.1938 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1941 Capt. (E) 30.06.1951 R.Adm. (E) 07.01.1959 (retd 29.12.1961) CB 31.12.1960 New Year 1961 [investiture 14.02.1961] DSC 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete [investiture 09.05.1944]	Education: Portsmouth Grammar School. 1925     special entry cadet, RN ... - ... specialised in Engineering at RN Engineering Col!ege, Keyham and RN Coilege, Greenwich ... - ... ... 02.09.1930 - (03.1931) HMS Rodney (battleship) ... - ... ... 19.12.1938 - (03.)1941 Professorial Staff (Marine Engineering), RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 28.03.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Kipling (K class destroyer) (02.1942)     no appointment listed 03.1942 - (12.1942) Flotilla Engineer Officer, HMS Jervis (J class destroyer) 12.01.1943 - (10.)1943 HM Dockyard, Alexandria, Egypt [HMS Nile] 17.11.1943 - (10.1945) an Engineer Inspector, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President] ... - ... ... 1951 - 1954 Chief Engineer, Hong Kong Dockyard 1955 - 1957 Assistant Engineer-in-Chief 1957     Manager, Engineering Department, Portsmouth Dockyard ... - ... ... (1960)     EEM Portsmouth Dockyard Admiralty Regional Officer, Midlands, 1962 ; Deputy Head, Royal Naval Engineering Service, 1963-1971; Director, Production and Support Dockyards, 1970-1972.
Holbrook, Leonard Stanley	30.03.1882 - 29.08.1974	... ... Capt. 30.06.1920 R.Adm. 15.10.1932 (retd) MVO ? ?	... - ... ... 04.08.1942 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS St Vincent (preliminary air training establishment, Gosport, Hampshire)
Holdsworth, [Arthur*] John Arundell Son (with three brothers and three sisters) of Frederick John Cropper Holdsworth (1887?-1951), and Mary Wilmot Harris Arundell (1891-1974). Brother of Capt. Michael Holdsworth, MC, The Devonshire Regiment. * added at a later stage; all oldest Holdworths were called Arthur, but as he was killed in the war, John added the name Arthur, being the oldest in line	31.03.1915 Kingsbridge district, Devon - 12.06.1999 Teignbridge, Devon	Cadet 01.05.1932 Midsh. 01.01.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1935 S.Lt. 16.01.1936 Lt. 16.05.1938, backdated 16.04.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 22.05.1944 [acting rank] A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 [appointed rank] Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1945 (retd 1965) CVO 1980 ? OBE 01.01.1962 New Year 1962 MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk MID 05.12.1944 actions near Le Havre CdeG ? ?	Education: Stanmore Park Preparatory School; RN College Dartmouth (1929). 1928 entered RN 23.04.1932 - (01.1934) HMS Sussex (cruiser) 1934 HMS Leander (cruiser) 02.05.1935 - (07.1935) Lieutenant's courses, RN College, Greenwich 18.08.1936 - (02.1937) HMS Resolution (battleship) 1937 - 12.08.1938 First Lieutenant, MTB 9 [HMS Tamar] 12.08.1938 - (08.1939) Commanding Officer, MTB 9 [HMS Tamar] (Hong Kong) (1940) HMS Locust (gunboat) 12.12.1941 - (08.1942) First Lieutenant, HMS Escapade (destroyer) (02.1943) no appointment listed (1943) HMS Beaufort (destroyer) (06.1943) - 07.1943 HMS Nile (shore base Commander-in-Chief, Levant) 25.07.1943 - 05.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Wishart (destroyer) 22.05.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM LCH 269 (landing craft, headquarters) [HMS Copra] 31.07.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Talybont (destroyer) * 1946 Cambridge University (learning Russian) 1947 - 1949 Assistant Naval Attaché Warsa 1950 - 1951 British Joint Services Mission, Washington 1952 HMS Savage 1953 HMS Ganges 1954 - 1956 Naval Staff, Germany 1956 - 1965 Flag Lieutenant to the  Board of Admiralty Steward, Newton Abbot Race Course, 1967-1985; Deputy President, Devon Branch, BRCS, 1971-1985 (Patron, 1985-); Chairman, Silver Jubilee Trust Council, Devon, 1978-1985. Deputy Lieutenant 1973, High Sheriff, 1976-1977, Devon. An Extra Gentleman Usher to the Queen, since 1985 (Gentleman Usher, 1967-1985); Vice Lord-Lieutenant for Devon, 1982-1990 * Although the Navy List states date of appointment as 31.07.1944, a veteran of LCH 269 is quite certain he still served there late October 1944.
Holland, Cedric Swinton "Hookey" Son (with two sisters) of Adm. Swinton Colthurst Holland (1844-1922), and Eva Amy Williams. Married (15.06.1925, St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, St George Hanover Square district, London) Agnes Barbara Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn (18.07.1894 - 03.1988), daughter (with three brothers) of Col. Sir Charles Leyshon Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, 2nd Bt. (1870-1951), and Katharine Minna Venables (1870-1956); one son, one daughter.	13.10.1889 Alverstoke, Hampshire - 11.05.1950 hospital, Stepney district, London	Cadet 15.01.1905 Midsh. 15.05.1906 S.Lt. 30.09.1909 Lt. 31.08.1911 Lt.Cdr. 31.08.1919 Cdr. 31.12.1924 Capt. 30.06.1932 R.Adm. 06.02.1942 (retd 01.06.1945) V.Adm. (retd) 01.06.1945 (dispersed 15.12.1945) (reverted to retd 10.02.1946) CB 01.01.1945 New Year 1945 [investiture 28.01.1947] MID 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 1941 MID 06.01.1942 Home Fleet operations esp. Norwegian waters LM 13.08.1946 ? [decoration presented]	Education: HMS Britannia. 15.01.1905     entered RN 1914 - 1918 served European War (despatches) ... - ... ... 17.01.1938 - 09.04.1940 Naval Attaché, Paris [HMS President] 10.04.1940 - 19.04.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) & as Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Vice-Admiral Aircraft Carriers 15.01.1941 - 08.07.1941 also: Naval ADC to the King 20.04.1941 - 22.05.1941 HMS Victory (additional; whilst unemployed) 23.05.1941 - 02.1942 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional, temporarily; as Naval Liaison Officer on staff of Governor & Commander-in-Chief, Gibraltar [Lord Gort]) 10.03.1942 - 23.03.1942 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty) 24.03.1942 - 11.1943 Director Signal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 27.11.1943 - 15.12.1945 Rear-Admiral (Q) [= Principal Administrative Officer] to East Indies Fleet [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
Holland, Lancelot Ernest Son (with five brothers and one sister) of late Tom Wilkinson Holland, brewer & doctor, and Helen Elizabeth C. Pritchard. Married (13.12.1913, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Phyllis Margaret Wales Smith, daughter of late Dr Arthur John Smith; one son (died 1935).	13.09.1887 Banbury district - 24.05.1941 Denmark Strait (a/b HMS Hood) (KIA) [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]	A/S.Lt. 15.11.1906 S.Lt. 01.08.1907, seniority 15.11.1906 Lt. 15.11.1907 Lt.Cdr. 15.11.1915 Cdr. 31.12.1919 Capt. 30.06.1926 Cdre. 2nd cl. 17.02.1936? R.Adm. 11.01.1938 V.Adm. 01.08.1940 CB 02.01.1939 New Year 1939 MID 14.10.1941 Bismarck action (posthumously) LoA - Canadian military convoys Commander of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece) (21.11.1932)	Education: HMS Britannia (1900). 15.05.1902     entered RN (01.1925)     no appointment listed 03.12.1926 - (07.1927) Deputy Director, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 16.05.1929 - (02.1931) Flag Captain, HMS Hawkins (cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer to R.Adm. Commanding 2nd Cruiser Squadron 28.05.1931 - (09.)1932 Head of British Naval Mission to Greece (01.1934)     no appointment listed 25.07.1934 - (07.1935) Flag Captain, HMS Revenge (battleship) & Chief Staff Officer to V.Adm. Commanding 1st Battle Squadron 17.02.1936 - (02.1937) Commodore RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 19.08.1936 - (02.1937) Naval ADC to the King 11.08.1937 - (10.)1938 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.01.1939 - 24.08.1939 Rear-Admiral 2nd Battle Squadron [HMS Resolution] 25.08.1939 - 31.12.1939 Rear-Admiral 3rd Battle Squadron 04.01.1940 - 30.05.1940 Admiralty's representative to the Air Ministry (Adviser on Home Operations) [HMS President (additional)] 10.06.1940 - 14.06.1940 HMS Rodney (battleship) (additional) 15.06.1940 - 11.1940 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Rodney (battleship), from 25.07.1940 HMS Nelson (battleship)] 12.11.1940 - 06.05.1941 Vice-Admiral Commanding 18th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Manchester (cruiser), from ... HMS Edinburgh (cruiser)] 07.05.1941 - 11.05.1941 Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron & designated Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet 12.05.1941 - 24.05.1941 Vice-Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron [HMS Hood] & Second-in-Command Home Fleet (sunk)
Holland-Martin, [Sir] Douglas Eric "Deric" 4th of 6 sons of late Robert Martin Holland [changed name in 1923 to Holland-Martin], CB (1872-1944), banker, and late Mrs Eleanor Mary Holland­Martin (née Martin), Overbury Court, Tewkesbury. Married (09.09.1951) Rosamund Mary Hornby, DBE (26.06.1914-18.06.2001), Chairman of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, daughter of Charles Harry St John Hornby and Cicely Rachel Emily Barclay; one son, one daughter.	10.04.1906 London - 06.01.1977 Kemerton, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire	Midsh. 15.05.1924 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1926 S.Lt. 30.05.1927 Lt. 31.03.1929 Lt.Cdr. 31.03.1937 Cdr. 31.12.1940 Capt. 30.06.1946 R.Adm. 07.07.1955 V.Adm. 14.02.1958 Adm. 10.03.1961 (retd 09.021966) GCB 01.01.1964 New Year 1964 [investiture 10.03.1964] KCB 01.01.1960 New Year 1960 [investiture 09.02.1960] CB 01.01.1958 New Year 1958 [investiture 11.02.1958] DSO 27.03.1943 actions Eastern Mediterranean 04-05.1943 [award presented] DSC 01.01.1940 New Year 1940 [investiture 08.07.1941] DSC 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche (Salerno landings 09.1943) [award presented]	Education: West Downs School, Winchester; RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (15.01.1920-1924). 15.05.1924 - 08.03.1926 HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Mediterranean) 09.03.1926 - (05.)1926 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 30.12.1926 - (07.1927) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.03.1928 - (05.)1928 HMS Carysfort (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) (for emergency destroyers) (temporary) 10.05.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Victoria and Albert (HM's yacht) (Portsmouth) 08.11.1928 - (02.)1931 HMS Effingham (cruiser) (East Indies) 01.12.1931 - (06.)1933 RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 03.10.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Tarantula (gunboat) (China) (02.1936)     no appointment listed 29.07.1936 - (08.)1938 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 31.08.1938 - 10.1939 Executive Officer, HMS Tartar (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 10.1939 - 01.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Tartar (destroyer) (North Sea operations) (04.1940)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * Commanding Officer, HMS Holderness (destroyer) (East Coast/Channel operations) 14.01.1941 - (02.)1941 HMS President (for miscellaneous services at Admiralty) 28.07.1941 - (12.1941) Executive Officer, HMS Nubian (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 10.01.1942 - 24.06.1942 on staff of Flag Officer, Ceylon [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 25.06.1942 - 12.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Nubian (destroyer) (Mediterranean) [possibly until 03.04.1944] Commanding Officer, HMS Faulknor (destroyer) (Home Waters) (04.1944) - (10.1944) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 19.06.1945 - (04.1946) Office of Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord [HMS President] 15.03.1947 - 1949 Naval Attaché to Argentine, Paraguay and Uruguay (based at Buenos Aires) (05.1949)     no appointment listed 29.08.1949 - (05.)1950 Commanding Officer, HMS Agincourt (destroyer) & Captain (D) 4th Destroyer Flotilla 1951     imperial defence course 04.04.1952 - (05.)1953 Director of Plans, Admiralty [HMS President] 28.12.1953 - (07.)1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (04.1955)     HMS President * 12.07.1955 - (01.)1957 Flag Officer (Flotillas), Mediterranean [HMS Ranpura] 1957 - 01.1958 Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel [HMS President] 01.1958 - 12.1959 Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel 01.1960 - 14.05.1961 Flag Officer Air (Home) [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 30.06.1961 - (02.)1964 Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, and Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces, Mediterranean [HMS Phoenicia] 04.1964 - 1966 Commandant, Imperial Defence College Vice-Admiral of the UK and Lieutenant of the Admiralty, 11.01.1973-12.04.1976. A Trustee, Imperial War Museum, 1966, Vice-President and Chairman 1967-; Chairman, Committee of Inquiry into Trawler Safety, 1968; Member, White Fish Authority and Herring Industry Board, 01.07.1969-30.06.1972. Deputy Lieutenant (DL) 05.08.1968, Vice-Lieutenant, 20.03.1973, Worcester. Lord-Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester, since 08.03.1976 (Lieutenant, 01.04.1974-07.03.1976). * indexed, but not listed as such
Hollings, Herbert Anthony John "Tony" Married ((06?).1957, Newbury district, Berkshire) Jennifer Margaret Hutt, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs J.G. Hutt, of Ashmore Green, Newbury. Of Alexandria, Virginia, USA.	07.03.1920 Farnham district, Hampshire / Surrey / Sussex - 11.08.2002 Alexandria, Virginia, USA	Cadet 01.05.1937 Midsh. 01.05.1938 Lt. 16.01.1941 A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1948 Lt.Cdr. 16.01.1949 Cdr. 30.06.1952 (retd 1954) MBE 24.10.1944 rescue USS men from LST 09.06.1944 DSC 10.11.1942 Op. Pedestal, Gibralta-Malta convoy 08.1942 DSC 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944 MID 13.03.1945 assault Normandy 06-09.1944	01.05.1937 - 30.04.1938 special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Devonshire (cruiser) 14.04.1942 - (02.1943) HMS Ledbury (destroyer) (06.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed 01.09.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, MTB 234 & SO 21st MTB Flotilla (wounded) (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed (06.1944) HMS Retalick (frigate) (1944) HMS Gateshead (trawler) 19.07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Vernon 05.01.1948 - (07.1948) administrative staff, Torpedo & Anti-Submarine School, Portsmouth [HMS Vernon] (05.1950) HMS President * 30.03.1953 - (05.1953) staff of Flag Officer (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin] * indexed, but not listed as such
Hollins, Thomas	01.06.1897 ? -	T/A/Wt. Master-at-Arms = Sen.Cd. Master-at-Arms 01.05.1940 A/Lt.-at-Arms ?	01.05.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) ... - ... ...
Hollins, William Francis	17.07.1901 Mansfield district, Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire - 28.10.1955	S.Lt. 15.05.1922 Lt. 15.02.1924 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1932 (retd 17.07.1946) Cdr. (retd) 17.07.1946	Education: Cambridge. 15.01.1915     entered RN ... - ... ... 25.10.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 25.05.1925 - (03.)1926 HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (05.1926)     no appointment listed 22.09.1926 - (02.1927) anti-submarine course, HMS Osprey ... - ... ... 15.12.1938 - 03.10.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Puffin (patrol vessel) 10.12.1939 - 10.03.1940 Anti-Submarine Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 11.03.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for Experimental Department) 02.06.1941 - 16.11.1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for destroyer flotilla) 17.11.1941 - (08.)1942 Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 22.11.1942 - 04.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Bideford (sloop) 04.10.1943 - (12.1943) Executive Officer, HMS Bideford (sloop) (04.1944)     HMS Bideford * 22.05.1944 - (01.)1945 Radio Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.1945 - (04.)1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Opossum (sloop) Before settling in New Zealand (Whitianga) and after leaving the Service he spent a year running a Tank Landing Ship on the Coast of China for an off shoot of N.N.R.A.
Hollis, Robert Bruce Son (with one brother and one sister) of Charles Bruce Hollis (1880-1937), and Charlotte Valender Langridge (1874-1956). Married (23.03.1935, Tendring district, Essex) Gertrude Elizabeth "Gerty" Green (18.01.1904 - 02.1988), daughter (with four brothers and four sisters) of Alfred John Woodruff Green (1872-1962), and Ellen Bell Britton (1874-1953); one daughter, one son.	01.09.1905 Lewisham district, London - 30.05.1995 Dovercourt, Harwich, Colchester district, Essex	Schoolmaster 26.08.1927 Schoolmaster (CWO) 26.08.1937 Senior Master 01.09.1942 Instr.Lt. 17.09.1946, seniority 01.08.1938 Instr.Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1950 (retd 01.09.1960) MBE 01.01.1958 New Year 1958 [investiture 04.03.1958]	Education: BSc. 28.02.1928 - (08.)1929 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 12.1929 - (08.1930) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 02.01.1931 - (05.)1932 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 30.06.1932 - (02.)1935 HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station, then Mediterranean) 26.04.1935 - (08.)1938 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 31.08.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS Aurora (cruiser) (Home Fleet) (and for duty with Home Fleet Destroyers) 12.12.1938 - (07.)1940 HMS Mashona (destroyer), later HMS Somali (destroyer) [accommodated in HMS Mashona] (for flotilla duties) 20.08.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) 07.10.1940 - (08.)1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for signal school) 16.08.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Mercury (signal school, Portsmouth) 12.12.1942 - 26.07.1944 HMS King George V (battleship) 27.07.1944 - (04.)1946 HMS Valkyrie (RDF training establishment, Regent Camp. Douglas, Isle of Man) 07.11.1946 - (05.1949) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 09.01.1950 - (05.)1950 HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) 01.07.1950 - (05.)1951 HMS Mars (Reserve Fleet, Harwich) 08.01.1952 - (07.)1954 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 23.08.1954 - (01.1956) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous duties) (01.1957) - (01.)1960 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley)
Holloway, James Cloudesley Only son of Master Leonard Cloudesley Holloway (1885-1966), and Clare Alix Whitworth McGowan (1884-1973), of Staceys, Ledborough Lane, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. Married (14.12.1940, Holy Trinity Church, Penn, Amersham district, Buckinghamshire) Joan Cunningham Turner (21.03.1919 - 25.12.2005), younger daughter of Rev. Samuel Denison Turner (1871-), and Martha Olerenshaw Cunningham, of South Africa; three sons, one daughter.	29.04.1917 Amersham district, Buckinghamshire - 14.10.1997 Sydney, British Columbia, Canada	T/S.Lt. (E) 25.02.1940 T/Lt. (E) 29.04.1942 (reld 28.02.1946) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Bur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	Education: Sherborne School (1930.3-1935; School House; VI; VIII 1935); Faraday House. 01.07.1940 - 01.09.1940 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) * 02.09.1940 - 02.02.1941 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) * / ** (as Engineer Officer, 8th MTB Flotilla) 29.01.1941 - 30.04.1941 HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) ** 08.02.1941 - 31.03.1941 HMS Watchful (anti-submarine & minesweeper base, Great Yarmouth) * 01.04.1941 - 30.04.1941 HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) * 01.05.1941 - 09.11.1941 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for 5th MTB Flotilla) 10.11.1941 - 15.01.1942 HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) 16.01.1942 - 21.05.1942 HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) 22.05.1942 - 01.07.1942 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) 02.07.1942 - 01.09.1943 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) [en route from Liverpool to NY on MV Lochkatrine and was torpedoed in the N Atlantic on Aug 3, 1942 by U-552] 02.07.1942 - 01.09.1943 18th MTB Flotilla 18.09.1943 - 31.03.1944 HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for duty at Chittagong) [Navy List has date of appointment 12.11.1943] 01.04.1944 - 27.02.1945 HMIS Cheetah (RIN Coastal Forces base, Bombay) 28.02.1945 - 31.03.1945 on passage 01.04.1945 - 30.04.1945 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 01.05.1945 - 31.12.1945 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) 01.01.1946 - 28.02.1946 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) Emigrated to Canada after the war and worked for Studebaker as a design engineer in Hamilton, Ontario. He later became the national service manager for Mercedes Benz. Retired 1973. * according to record extracted from Payment and Victual Ledgers ** according to Navy List
Holmes, Anthony Thomas Son of Harold Valentine Holmes (1888-1966), and Hilda Mary Lockwood (1891?-1981?). Married ((12?).1942, Plymouth district, Devon) Diana L. Harding (predeceased him); ... children.	25.04.1920 Bristol, Gloucestershire - 01.10.2017	Cadet (E) 01.01.1938 Midsh. (E) 01.01.1939 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.09.1940 S.Lt. (E) 02.1941, seniority 01.12.1939 A/Lt. (E) > 10.1941, < 12.1941 Lt. (E) 11.1942, seniority 01.10.1941 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.10.1949 (retd 27.10.1958) MID 07.01.1949 services in Palestine	1938     HMS Erebus (Erebus class monitor) 01?.1938 - 31.12.1938 HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1939 - (05.)1939 course of instruction in engineering, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.05.1939 - (04.)1942 course of instruction in engineering, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 28.04.1942 - (12.)1942 HMS Duke of York (King George V class battleship) 13.12.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Royal Sovereign (Royal Sovereign class battleship) 1944     HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) (02.1944) - (04.1944) no appointment listed (06.1944)     HMS Ambrose (base for 9th Submarine Flotilla, Dundee) * 1944     HMS Sunfish (S class submarine) 08.07.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Torbay (T class submarine) (03.1945)     no appointment listed 24.03.1945 - (07.1945) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] ... - ... ... 20.01.1947 - (1948?) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) (for service at Haifa on staff of Senior Naval Officer, Palestine) (despatches) 26.07.1948 - (10.1948) HMS Coruna ... - ... ... AMIMechE. * indexed, but not listed as such
Holmes, Frederick	22.01.1917 - 04.08.1976 Kingsbridge district, Devon	A/S.Lt. (A) 13.03.1939 S.Lt. (A) 13.03.1940 Lt. (A) 13.09.1941 A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 09.1944 Lt.Cdr. 13.09.1949 A/Cdr. 1955? Cdr. 30.06.1956 (retd 11.10.1958)	... - ... ... 19.06.1939 - (08.)1939 observers' course [HMS Excellent] (09.1939) - (03.1940) Fleet Air Arm 18.03.1940 - (06.)1940 acting observer, 712 Squadron FAA [HMS Sheffield (Southampton class cruiser)] 06.1940 - (12.1940) acting observer, 700 Squadron FAA [HMS Birmingham (Southampton class cruiser)] 01.1941 - (04.)1941 700 Squadron FAA [HMS Malaya (Queen Elizabeth class battleship)] (for observer duties) 11.04.1941 - (06.)1941 acting observer, 816 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 01.07.1941 - 14.11.1941 acting observer, 816 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] (12.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed 23.02.1942 - (10.)1942 acting observer, 825 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] (12.1942) - (04.1943) HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) * 29.04.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkneys) (for observer duties) 15.05.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Colossus (Colossus class aircraft carrier) (for observer duties) 09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Colossus (Colossus class aircraft carrier) (for observer duties) (10.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     Admiralty [HMS President] * ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Holmes, James Francis Lind Son of ... Lind Holmes, and ... Hughes. Married (Australia) ...; ... children.	29.04.1921 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 30.05.1973 Clifton Wood, Bristol, Weston-suoer-Mare district, Somerset	Cadet. 01.09.1938 Midsh.. 01.05.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1941 S.Lt. 16.04.1941 Lt. 01.07.1942 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1950 (retd 25.06.1952) DSC 18.04.1944 Operation Barbara (attack on shipping and the huge Lakesvaag floating dock at Bergen in Norway, 11.1943) [decoration posted]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.01.1935-02.08.1938; Admiralty No. 1492; "Hood" Term). 01.09.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1939 - (12.1940) HMS Nelson (Nelson class battleship) 06.01.1941 - (04.)1941 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 13.05.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Broke (Shakespeare class destroyer) (04.1942)     no appointment listed 14.05.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for miscellaneous duties) 10.06.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Pt Bannatyne) (performed operations supervised by Special Operations Executive (SOE), Station IX, The Frythe, Welwyn) 10.03.1944 - (04.)1945 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty; temporarily attached to HQ Melbourne as technical adviser on SB ("Sleeping Beauty" folboats, i.e. Motorised Submersible Canoes), later as officer-in-charge of SB training at Careening Bay Camp, Western Australia) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed 04.1946 - (10.1947) HMS St James 01.08.1948 - (10.)1948 HMS Sheffield 29.11.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Jamaica (04.1950) - (05.1950) no appointment listed 01.07.1950 - (05.1951) HMS Actaeon (05.1952)     no appointment listed
Holt, John Edward	? - 02.12.1979 Auckland, New Zealand	Schoolm. (CWO) 15.05.1933 Sen.Master 25.03.1943 Instr.Lt. 17.09.1946, seniority 13.11.1938 Instr.Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1949 (retd 01.12.1964) MBE 01.01.1949 New Year 1949: on loan to New Zealand	... - ... ... 30.04.1938 - (10.)1941 HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (12.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed 20.03.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Europa (RNPS central depot, Lowestoft) 07.1944 - (04.1946) HMNZS Tamaki (RNZN training establishment, Motuihi Island, Auckland) ... - ... ...
Holt, John Geoffrey Vesey Younger son (with one brother & two sisters) of V.Adm. Reginald Vesey Holt, CB, DSO, MVO, RN, and Evelyn Constance Day. Brother of Lt. Christopher Robert Vesey Holt, CVO, VRD, RNVR, and of 3rd Offr. Rowena Mary Vesey Holt, WRNS Married ((06?).1949, Westminster district, London) Vivien M.L. Gillespie, eldest daughter of Lt.Col. R.R. Gillespie, OBE, MC, of Oakley, Hampshire, and Mrs. D. Gillespie, of Malin Hall, County Donegal.	19.03.1918 Tendring district, Greater London - 14.03.2007	Cadet 01.01.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. ? Lt. 16.05.1940 Lt.Cdr. 16.05.1948 Cdr. 30.06.1956 (retd 24.12.1966) OBE 13.06.1959 HM's birthday 1959	01.01.1936     special entry cadet 01.01.1937 - (02.)1937 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 06.1937 - (10.1938) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.01.1939 - (08.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 08.08.1939 - 03.09.1939 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for course) 04.09.1939 - 17.09.1939 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for course) 18.09.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Kashmir (destroyer) 06.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Decoy (destroyer) 15.12.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Mahratta (destroyer) 19.02.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Diomede (cruiser) 04.09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Garth (destroyer) (04.1946)     HMS Brilliant * 17.02.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Royal Arthur 09.01.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Royal Albert (05.1953)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 15.05.1954 - (07.1954) HMS Warrior 30.01.1955 - (01.1956) HMS Bulwark 10.01.1957 - (01.1957) Staff Officer Administration, HMS Warrior (01.1959)     no appointment listed (07.1961)     NATO * 14.06.1962 - (02.1963) Executive Officer, HMS Adamant (02.1964)     Joint Services Staff College * * indexed, but not listed as such
Holt, John Langford	see:	Langford-Holt, [Sir] John Anthony
Holt, Reginald Vesey Second son (with five brothers & one sister) of Sir Vesey George Mackenzie Holt, KBE, JP (1854-1923), and Mabel Mary Drummond (1854-1930). Married (11.07.1914) Evelyn Constance Day (1893?-1978?), only daughter of the late Lt.Col. Robert V. Day & Mrs Day, of Lawford House, Manningtree; two sons (Lt. Christopher Robert Vesey Holt, CVO, VRD, RNVR & Cdr. John Geoffrey Vesey Holt, OBE, RN), two daughters (3rd Offr. Rowena Mary Vesey Holt, WRNS).	26.05.1884 Belgrave Square, St George Hanover Square district, London - 09.12.1957 Fontwell, nr Arundel, Sussex	Cadet 15.05.1899 Midsh. 15.11.1900 S.Lt. 15.01.1904 Lt. 30.06.1906 Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1914 Cdr. 31.12.1917 Capt. 30.06.1925 R.Adm. 22.06.1936 V.Adm. 15.12.1939 (retd 04.05.1940; own request) (dispersed 02.10.1945) (reverted to retd 27.11.1945) CB 09.06.1938 HM's birthday 1938 DSO 20.07.1917 for service in action with an enemy submarine MVO 13.08.1923 for escort duties with the King's yacht Britannia MID 02.12.1938 * DSM 1938 US warship "Panay" rescues Yangtze river Dann 08.10.1946 services to Denmark * On learning of the sinking of the U.S.S. "Panay" on the 13th December, 1937, he immediately went to her assistance. During the 13th and 14th December Rear-Admiral Holt personally conducted the search for the "Panay" survivors, on many occasions exposing himself to personal danger, and his actions throughout were gallant, forceful and successful.	Education: Eton; HMS Britannia (05.1899-). 15.05.1899     entered RN 1900     HMS Jupiter (Channel Squadron) 01.11.1901     HMS Goliath (China) 22.02.1905 - 1906 HMS Dee (torpedo-boat destroyer) [based at HMS Leander] 10.01.1907 - 1909? HMS Magnificent 03.1909   1910? Commanding Officer, Torpedo Boat No. 55 (Portsmouth) 04.08.1910 - 1912 lent to RCN (HMCS Rainbow (cruiser)) 15.10.1912     Commanding Officer, HMS Doon [based at HMS St George] 14.04.1913 - 07.1913 Commanding Officer, HMS Itchen (torpedo-boat destroyer) [based at HMS St George] 15.07.1913 - 12.1914 Commanding Officer, HMS Kale (torpedo-boat destroyer) [based at HMS St George] 12.1914 - 03.02.1916 Commanding Officer, Torpedo Boat No. 16 03.02.1916 - 01.1917 Commanding Officer, HMS Mastiff (torpedo-boat destroyer) 01.1917 - (01.1919) Commanding Officer, HMS Redoubt (torpedo-boat destroyer) 15.04.1919     Commanding Officer, HMS Maenad (12.1921) - 01.02.1922 Commanding Officer, HMS Rowena & Senior Officer, Local Defence Flotilla, Gibraltar 30.05.1923 - 31.08.1923 Commanding Officer, HMS Vesper (torpedo-boat destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.09.1923 - (01.)1925 Commanding Officer, HMS Vampire (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 04.01.1926 - 03.1926 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 06.03.1926 - (05.1926) senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] ? - 04.01.1927 Commanding Officer, HMS Bruce & Captain (D), 8th Destroyer Flotilla (Rosyth) 10.01.1927 - 04.09.1928 Captain (D), 6th Destroyer Flotilla (Atlantic Fleet) [HMS Campbell (flotilla leader)] 18.10.1928 - 16.10.1930 Commanding Officer, HMS Malabar & in charge of HM Naval Establishments, Bermuda & Captain-in-Charge, Bermuda Dockyard 05.01.1931 - (02.)1931 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 04.05.1931 - 11.08.1933 Chief of Staff & Maintenance Captain to Commander-in-Chief the Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 11.08.1933 - 29.11.1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 28.12.1934 - 29.12.1936 Captain, RN College, Dartmouth & Commanding Officer, HMS Britannia 11.01.1937 - (02.)1937 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 10.05.1937 - (07.)1937 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 20.08.1937 - (08.)1939 Rear-Admiral and Senior Naval Officer, Yangtze [HMS Bee (river gunboat), then HMS Scorpion (river gunboat)] [assumed command 21.12.1937] 26.05.1940 - 30.09.1940 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Admiral Commanding Reserves) 01.10.1940 - 15.10.1942 Flag Officer-in-Charge, Humber [HMS Beaver] 16.10.1942 - 08.11.1942 HMS President (additional; for disposal) 09.11.1942 - 13.05.1943 HMS President (additional for duty with Chief of Combined Operations as Commodore LST (Combined Operations HQ)) 14.05.1943 - 12.07.1943 HMS President (additional; for disposal) (reverted to retired pay) 28.07.1943 - 07.10.1943 HMS Excellent II (additional; for special service) (as Cdre. 1st cl.) 08.10.1943 - 24.03.1944 HMS Excellent II (additional; as Senior British Naval Officer, Azores (as Cdre. 1st cl.) 25.03.1944 - 16.04.1944 HMS President (additional; for disposal) 17.04.1944 - 01.10.1944 HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven) (additional; as Naval Officer-in-Charge Newhaven) (as Cdre. 2nd cl.) 02.10.1944 - 01.10.1945 HMS Odyssee (additional; for Naval Party 1737 & as Naval Officer-in-Charge designate Denmark, later Flag Officer Denmark (as Cdre. 2nd cl., from 19.04.1945 as R.Adm.)
Holt-Wilson, Daniel Shaw Elder son (with one sister) of Brig. Sir Eric Edward Boketon Holt-Wilson, CMG, DSO (1875-1950), and Susannah Mary Shaw (1875-1927), of Langlands, Woldingham, Surrey. Married (20.04.1929, St John's Church, Ladbroke Grove) Alison Fanny Ronald (10.03.1908 - ), daughter of Byron Gordon Ronald (1872-1953), and Hilda Draper (1877-1970), of London W11; two sons, one daughter.	10.12.1903 New Brompton, Medway district, Kent - 10.02.1978 Ogbourne St George, Marlborough district, Wiltshire	Midsh. (E) 15.01.1922 A/S.Lt. (E) 15.05.1924 S.Lt. (E) 15.02.1925 Lt. (E) 15.08.1927 Lt.Cdr. (E) 15.08.1935 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1939 (retd 10.12.1953) DSO 09.06.1942 air attacks Malta & passage to Gibraltar 04.1942 [investiture 03.11.1942] MID 24.02.1942 Force K, action with enemy convoy 09.11.1941	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth; RN Engineering College, Devonport. MIMechE, MIMarE. 1917     entered RN ... - ... ... 07.01.1938 - (12.1939) RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 19.01.1940 - (10.)1940 Engineer Officer, HMS Havelock (destroyer) 21.10.1940 - 26.10.1942 Engineer Officer, HMS Penelope (cruiser) 30.11.1942 - (07.1945) Engineer Officer, HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) 29.04.1946 - (04.1946) an Engineer Inspector, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President] ... - ... ...
Homan, Thomas Buckhurst "Tom" Son of late Arthur Buckhurst Homan, and Gertrude Lindsay, West Malling, Kent. Married (1945) Christine Oliver; one daughter.	09.04.1921 West Malling, Gravesend district, Kent - 01.03.2008 London	Paym.Cadet 01.09.1939 Paym.Midsh. 01.05.1940 A/Paym.S.Lt. 01.05.1942 Paym.S.Lt. 1942?, seniority 01.11.1941 Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 01.07.1943 Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.07.1951 Cdr. (S) 31.12.1958 Capt. (S) 31.12.1965 R.Adm. 07.01.1975 (retd 31.03.1978) CB 01.01.1978 New Year 1978	Education: Maidstone Grammar School. 01.01.1940 - 18.03.1940 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) 19.03.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Norfolk (cruiser) 08.10.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS Devonshire (cruiser) 26.07.1943 - (10.)1943 Captain's Secretary, HMS Martial (Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization depot ship) 14.10.1943 - (07.1945) for duty in Admiral's Office of Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Duke of York (battleship), from mid-1944 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier), from 30.10. 1944 HMS Rodney (battleship)] 03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) ... - ... ... 1965 Defence Intelligence Staff 1967 Secretary to Commander Far East Fleet 1970 Imperial Defence College 1971 Director Naval Officer Appointments (S) 1973 Commanding Officer, HMS Pembroke 1974 - 1978 Director General, Naval Personal Services Sub-Treasurer, Inner Temple, 1978-1985.

 

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