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Place,
Basil Charles
Godfrey
B.C.G. Place (© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, LONDON SE10 9NF) B.C.G. Place
B.C.G. Place (Imperial War Museum © IWM (A 21799)) B.C.G. Place
B.C.G. Place B.C.G. Place
B.C.G. Place
Only son (with two sisters) of Maj. Charles Godfrey Morris Place, DSO, MC (1887-1931), and Junior Commander Anna Margaret Stuart-William, ATS (1895-1949).
Married ((12?).1943, Grimsby district, Lincolnshire) Third Officer Althea Anningson Tickler, WRNS ((09?).1921 - ), daughter of Harry Tickler, and Bertha Anningson, of Bargate, Grimsby; one son, two daughters.
19.07.1921
Little Malvern, Worcestershire
-
27.12.1994
St Bartholomew's Hospital, Holborn, Central London
[Corton Denham Cemetery, Dorset]
Cadet 01.09.1938
Midsh. 01.05.1939
A/S.Lt. 01.01.1941
S.Lt. 16.12.1940
Lt. 16.01.1942
Lt.Cdr. 16.01.1950
Cdr. 30.06.1952
Capt. 31.12.1958
R.Adm. 07.01.1968 (retd 30.06.1970)
Victoria Cross VC 22.02.1944 Operation Source * [investiture 22.06.1945]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 01.01.1970 New Year 1970 [investiture 10.03.1970]
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO 15.06.1991 HM's birthday 1991
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 04.05.1943 large ship sunk Eastern Mediterranean 03.1942 [investiture 22.06.1943]
Commander of the Military Order of St. Benedict of Aviz (Portugal) Aviz - state visit President of Portugal 10.1955
Krzyz Walecznych (Cross of the Valorous) (Poland) KW 10.02.1942 liaison officer ORP Sokol [decoration presented]
* Lieutenant Place, commanding the Midget Submarine X7, along with Lieutenant Cameron, commanding Midget Submarine X6, on the 22nd September, 1943, at Kaafjord, Norway, carried out a most a daring and successful attack on the German Battleship Tirpitz. Lieutenant Place found a gap in the outer net at 4am on the 22nd September. He waited for a minesweeper to come out before taking the X7 through the opening. Unfortunately the X7 ran into a torpedo net. After going full astern and flooding and blowing the tanks, they got through. At 6:40am, he sighted the Tirpitz, approximately 1700 yards away. X7 got stuck in another net and on freeing itself they broke surface, 30 yards from the Tirpitz. They submerged and made contact with the Battleship, approximately 20 ft below its B Turret. They edged below, and under the keel, lined up, fore and aft, with the enemy ship. The X7, then dropped her starboard charge, after which, she went astern for 150 yards or more before dropping her second charge.
Education: The Grange, Folkestone; RN College, Dartmouth (01.01.1935-02.08.1938; Exmouth House; House Cadet Captain; Admiralty No. 1507).
01.09.1938 - 30.04.1939 cadet training, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser)
01.05.1939 - (12.1940) HMS Newcastle (cruiser)
06.01.1941 - (06.)1941 promotion course, Portsmouth
(08.1941)     submarine course *
1941 - 1943 10th and 12th Submarine Flotillas:
01.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Talbot (submarine)
28.01.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Una (submarine)
13.08.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for miscellaneous duties)
(1942)     British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Sokol (Polish submarine)
(12.1942) - (04.1946) no appointment listed:
(09.1943)     Commanding Officer, HMS X7 (midget submarine) (VC)
01.02.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Cardigan Bay
(05.1949)     no appointment listed
16.01.1950 - (05.1951) staff of Flag Officer (Air) (Home) [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
1952 - 1953 HMS Glory (801 Sqn)
11.05.1953 - (04.1955) on staff of Flag Officer Flying Training [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)
(10.1955)     Senior Officer, Channel Escort
1955 - 1956 Commanding Officer, HMS Tumult
13.01.1956 - (01.)1957 Executive Officer, HMS Theseus
1957 - 1958 HMS Corunna
15.11.1958 - 1960 Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers [HMS Eagle]
27.04.1960 - 1962 Deputy Director of Air Warfare (B), Naval Air Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
25.04.1962 - (02.)1963 Commanding Officer, HMS Rothesay and Captain (D), 25th Escort Squadron
16.12.1963 - 1965 Commanding Officer, HMS Ganges (juniors' training establishment, Shotley)
1966 - 1967 Commanding Officer, HMS Albion (light fleet carrier)
02.1968 - 1970 Admiral Commanding Reserves & Director-General of Naval Recruiting
Chairman, VC and GC Association, 1971-94; Lay Observer, Royal Courts of Justice, 1975-78.
Literature: Rear-Admiral Godfrey Place, VC. In: David Twiston Davies (ed.), The Daily Telegraph book of naval obituaries (2004), p. 135-140; Place, Basil (1921-1994). In: Alastair Wilson and Joseph F. Callo, Who's who in naval history (2004), p. 249; Paul Watkins, Midget submarine commander : the life of Godfrey Place, VC (2012).
* indexed, but not listed as such
Platt,
John Roderick Morris

J.R.M. Platt
24.02.1922
-
01.2007
... ...
Lt. (E) 01.02.1944
... ...
Cdr. (E) 30.06.1958 (retd 24.02.1972)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 01.01.1969 ?
Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne.
... - ... ...
? - (10.1945) HMS Kenya
... - ... ...
Platt,
Ralph Anthony Saville
R.A.S. Platt
 
Son of Frederic John Platt, and Harriet Wilmot Leverich.
Married ((03?).1941, Newton Abbot district, Devon; divorced) Leonie Graham Marsh; ... children (one son, one daughter?).
21.10.1919
Farnham, Surrey
-
26.06.2014
Australia
Cadet 01.01.1937
Midsh. 01.05.1937
A/S.Lt. 01.05.1939
S.Lt. 1940, seniority 16.08.1939
Lt. 16.09.1941 (retd 12.05.1946; medically unfit)
Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1932?-22.12.1936; Hawke Term; Admiralty No. 1322).
01.01.1937 - (02.)1937 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
27.04.1937 - (07.)1937 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet)
05.08.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Orion (Leander class cruiser) (America and West Indies)
01.05.1939 - (08.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
22.08.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Codrington (A class destroyer)
07.02.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Devonshire (London class cruiser)
05.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for submarines)
11.1941 - 11.1941 HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, 1st Submarine Flotilla, Malta)
04.11.1941 - (12.1942) HMS Upright (U class submarine) (as Third Hand)
(02.1943)     no appointment listed
08.02.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Seawolf (S class submarine)
29.04.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Indefatigable (Implacable class aircraft carrier)
(10.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Pleydell-Bouverie,
Hon. Anthony
A. Pleydell-Bouverie (Photo courtesy of Mr Guy de la Bédoyère) A. Pleydell-Bouverie
Son of Jacob Pleydell- Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor (1868-1930), and Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour (1866-1946).
Brother of Capt, the Hon. Edward Pleydell-Bouverie, MVO, RN.
Married (05.12.1931, Malta) Anita Estelle Henrietta Costiander, daughter of Colonel Torsten Waldemar Costiander, of Helsingsfors, Finland (divorced 1942).

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26.03.1905
Salisbury
-
25.06.1961
Wokingham district
Midsh.
15.01.1923
A/S.Lt.
15.05.1923
S.Lt.
15.11.1925
Lt.
15.04.1927
Lt.Cdr.
15.04.1935
Cdr.
30.06.1940 (retd 20.05.1948; own request)
A/Capt.
1945?
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
19.06.1945
Operation Hotbed (North Russian convoy 02.1945) [decoration posted ]
Mention in Despatches MID
21.11.1944
Operation Neptune (Normandy landings 06.1944)
Mention in Despatches MID
05.12.1944
attacks enemy convoy Channel
Mention in Despatches MID
17.04.1945
minelaying & attack enemy convoy Norway 01.1945
Offiver of the Legion of Merit (US) LM
28.05.1946
services in Far East
15.01.1923
-
(08.1923)
HMS Barham (battleship)
(01.1925)
 
 
HMS Valiant (battleship) (Mediterranean) *
12.04.1926
-
(05.)1926
promotion course, Portsmouth
01.11.1926
-
(06.)1928
HMS Dragon (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
01.12.1928
-
(08.)1929
qualifying for signal duties, Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
15.12.1929
-
(08.1930)
HMS Centurion (battleship; fleet target ship) (for experimental duties in signal school)
02.01.1931
-
(01.)1932
Flag Lieutenant to V.Adm. Commanding 3rd Cruiser Squadron & as Squadron Signals and Wireless Telegraphy Officer [HMS Curacoa (cruiser)] (Mediterranean)
02.04.1932
-
(11.1934)
Flag Lieutenant to Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station & as Fleet Signals and Wireless Telegraphy Officer [HMS Delhi (cruiser), then HMS Norfolk (cruiser)]
(02.1935)
 

 
no appointment listed
30.04.1935
-
(02.)1937
First Lieutenant, HMS Echo (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
08.04.1937
-
(10.)1938
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for signal school)
11.11.1938
-
(12.1941)
(initially Assistant) Staff Signals Officer to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean & Fleet Signals Officer, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Warspite (battleship), then HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta), then HMS Warspite (battleship), then HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)]
03.04.1942
-
(12.1943)
Signal Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
14.02.1944
-
24.04.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Onslaught (destroyer)
04.1945
-
(07.1945)
Naval Liaison Officer in US Pacific Fleet [HMS Golden Hind (RN depot, Sydney, NSW)]
(04.1946)
 
 
HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pleydell-Bouverie,
Hon. Edward
E. Pleydell-Bouverie (Photo courtesy of Mr Ken Robinson CBE FTS) E. Pleydell-Bouverie
E. Pleydell-Bouverie E. Pleydell-Bouverie
E. Pleydell-Bouverie E. Pleydell-Bouverie
Second son (with four brothers and five sisters) of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor (1868-1930), and Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour (1866-1946).
Brother of Cdr. the Hon. Anthony Pleydell-Bouverie, DSC, RN.
Married (02.05.1936) Alice Pearl Crake (06.01.1895 - 10.04.1996), widow of John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (1866-1929), and daughter (with one sister and two half-sisters) of Maj. Edward Barrington Crake (1854-1910), and Clara Alice Woodroffe (1868-1954); one son.

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10.09.1899
Warminster, Wiltshire
-
07.05.1951
Beaulieu, New Forest district, Hampshire
Midsh. 02.08.1914
A/S.Lt. 15.07.1917
S.Lt. 15.03.1918
Lt. 15.12.1919
Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1927
Cdr. 31.12.1933
Capt. 31.12.1939 (retd 20.04.1946; medically unfit)
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th Class MVO 01.01.1941 New Year 1941 [dated 24.07.1939]
Mention in Despatches MID 13.10.1942 services Mediterranean from 04.1941
Letter of Praise LoP 1944 ? Operation Neptune
05.1912     entered RN College, Osborne
(1914)     Naval Cadet at RN College, Dartmouth
      HMS Orion (Grand Fleet)
      HMS P 35 (patrol boat)
      HMS Sable (torpedo-boat destroyer)
(01.1919)     Admiralty [HMS President]
... - ... ...
(04.1930)     no appointment listed
05.07.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Despatch (cruiser) (America and West Indies)
16.05.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Delhi (cruiser) (America and West Indies)
14.07.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
09.07.1934 - (07.1935) HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (China)
(02.1936)     no appointment listed
12.01.1937 - (07.1937) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
08.02.1938 - (03.)1940 Executive Officer, HMS Victoria and Albert (HM's yacht)
(04.1940)     no appointment listed
09.04.1940 - (06.)1940 Naval Attaché, Paris, France [HMS President]
18.06.1940 - (08).1940 on staff of Flag Officer Commanding Force H [HMS Hood (battlecruiser)]
15.09.1940 - 18.08.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Abdiel (minelayer)
07.09.1942 - (10.)1942 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
04.11.1942 - (12.1942) Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services)
      British Liaison Officer to the French fleet at Toulon
(02.1943)     HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers) *
12.02.1943 - 29.04.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Bee & initially also Naval Officer-in-Charge Weymouth [Training Commander, Coastal Forces] (Weymouth, later Holyhead)
30.04.1944 - (06.)1944 Chief Staff Officer (Operations) to Flag Officer-in-Charge Portland [HMS Boscawen]
15.08.1944 - 02.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Southampton, 16.02.1948. Verderer of the New Forest since 1945. Chairman of the New Forest Rural District Council, 1948-1951. Chairman of the New Forest advisory committee. In 1947 elected Chairman of the New Forest and Christchurch Conservative Association.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Plugge,
Roland Frank
R.F. Plugge (Photo courtesy of Mr JH Beattie)
Of New Zealand origin. Married 1st (divorced). Married 2nd Anne (Third Officer, WRNS). Five children from 2 marriages.
27.04.1919
New Zealand
-
06.06.1988
Surrey Mid-Eastern district, Surrey
Midsh.
01.01.1937
A/S.Lt.
01.01.1939
S.Lt.
16.03.1939
Lt.
01.03.1941
Lt.Cdr.
01.03.1949
Cdr.
31.12.1953
Capt.
30.06.1961 (retd 07.07.1970)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
01.01.1945
New Year 1945
Education: Hamilton High School, New Zealand; RN College, Dartmouth (1933-1936)
01.01.1937
-
(02.)1938
HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean)
07.02.1938
-
(10.1938)
HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean)
02.01.1939
-
(04.)1939
promotion course, Portsmouth
31.07.1939
-
(02.1941)
HMS Durban (cruiser) (Far East)
(12.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
31.03.1942
-
(10.)1943
First Lieutenant & Navigating Officer, HMS Vanessa (destroyer) (Atlantic)
(12.1943)


no appointment listed
24.01.1944
-
(06.)1944
HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) (for MTB's)
(1944)


Commanding Officer, HM MTB 25 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 5th MTB Flotilla
(12.1944)


Commanding Officer, HM MTB 354 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 5th MTB Flotilla
14.03.1945
-
(07.)1945
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 501 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 36th MTB Flotilla
08.08.1945
-
(04.)1946
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 498 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 38th MTB Flotilla
28.09.1946
-
(07.1948)
HMS Virago (destroyer)
15.03.1949
-
(05.)1949
HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
11.07.1949
-
(05.1950)
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 5516 (motor torpedo boat)
(05.1953)


Admiralty [HMS President] *
01.06.1954
-
(01.)1956
on staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)]
28.05.1956
-
(01.)1957
Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
18.11.1957
-
(01.1959)
Commanding Officer, HMS Barrosa (destroyer)
(07.1961)


no appointment listed
14.09.1961
-
(02.1963)
Deputy Director of the Trade and Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
02.12.1963
-
(02.1964)
Commanding Officer, HMS Galatea (destroyer)
(02.1968)
 
 
HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore) *
21.10.1968
-
(02.1969)
Commanding Officer, HMS Blake (command helicopter cruiser)
1969?
-
1970
Commanding Officer, HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Keen rugby player.
Plumer,
John Henry
J.H. Plumer

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27.04.1899
Dartford district, Kent
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14.08.1977
Ashford district
...
...
Lt.
15.07.1921
Lt.Cdr.
15.07.1929 (retd 27.04.1944)
A/Cdr.
19.10.1942?
Cdr. (retd)
27.04.1944
...
-
...
...
06.06.1929
-
(02.)1931
RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
07.08.1931
-
(09.1932)
Commanding Officer, HMS Shamrock (destroyer) (Gibraltar)
08.05.1933
-
(06.)1933
tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad]
20.07.1933
-
(11.1934)
Commanding Officer, HMS Vortigern (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
(07.1935)


no appointment listed
09.01.1936
-
(02.)1936
Tactical School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
16.05.1936
-
(02.)1937
RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
16.05.1937
-
(04.)1939
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for training duties)
31.07.1939
-
(08.1939)
Commanding Officer, HMS Vanessa (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Rosyth)
(04.1940)


HMS Fiji (cruiser) *
01.07.1940
-
(12.1941)
HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)
01.07.1942
-
(08.)1942
HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon)
19.10.1942
-
(10.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Dundonald (Combined Operations base, Auchengate)
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
13.12.1945
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Bulolo
* indexed, but not listed as such
Plunkett-Ernle-Erle- Drax,
Hon. Sir Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly
[04.10.1916 addition of Ernle-Erle-Drax to the name]
R.A.R. Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax
R.A.R. Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax
R.A.R. Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax R.A.R. Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax
2nd son of 17th Baron Dunsany and Ernle
Elizabeth Louisa Maria Grosvenor, only child of Col. Francis Augustus Plunkett Burton, Coldstream Guards.
Married (15.04.1916) Kathleen Meda Irene (died 1980), only daughter of Quintin Chalmers, MD; one son, four daughters.

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28.08.1880
St Marylebone, Greater London
-
16.10.1967
Poole, Dorset
Midsh. 15.07.1896
S.Lt. 14.01.1900
Lt. 15.01.1901
Cdr. 30.06.1912
Capt. 30.06.1916
R.Adm. 16.01.1928
V.Adm. 24.09.1932
Adm. 02.01.1936 (retd 01.10.1941; own request)
Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 01.04.1943 (dispersed 24.07.1945) (reverted to retd 19.09.1945)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 01.01.1934 New Year 1934
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 02.01.1928 New Year 1928
Distinguished Service Order DSO 17.05.1918 as Commanding Officer, HMS Blanche

Russian Order of St Stanislas (2nd cl.) with swords (1916); Grand Cross, Order of Orange Nassau (The Netherlands) (19.01.1943)

Education: Cheam School; RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia]
15.07.1894     entered RN
1896     went to sea
10.04.1912     War Staff Course
24.02.1913     War Staff duties, First Battle Cruiser Squadron
1914 - 1919 served afloat in the Grand Fleet; present, on board HMS Lion, at the Heligoland Action, Dogger Bank, and Jutland (despatches, promoted to Captain)
1919 - 1922 Director of Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich
15.01.1923
1924
-
-
(08.)1923
1924
President of Naval Inter-Allied Commission of Control (Berlin) [HMS President]
(01.1925)     no appointment listed
10.04.1926 - (02.)1927 Commanding Officer, HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Atlantic)
(07.1927)     no appointment listed
1927 - 1928 also: Naval ADC to the King
(04.1928) - (06.1928) no appointment listed
12.04.1929 - (04.)1930 Rear-Admiral, 1st [later: 2nd] Battle Squadron [HMS Royal Oak (battleship) 06.05.1929-18.05.1929, then HMS Barham (battleship)] (Atlantic Fleet) [assumed command 06.05.1929]
(08.1930) - (10.1930) no appointment listed
18.12.1930 - (01.)1932 Director of Manning Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
02.04.1932 - 11.10.1934 Commander-in-Chief America and West Indies Station [HMS Delhi, later HMS Norfolk] [assumed command 11.05.1932]
(02.1935)     no appointment listed
11.06.1935 - 30.09.1938 Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth Station [HMS Drake]
(10.)1938 - (08.)1939 no appointment listed
05.08.1939 - 01.09.1939 HMS President (additional; for special duty outside Admiralty)
01.04.1939 - 01.10.1941 also: First and Principal Naval ADC to the King
02.09.1939 - 15.09.1939 HMS President (additional; for unemployed time)
16.09.1939 - 21.09.1939 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty not exceeding 6 months)
22.09.1939 - 15.10.1939 HMS President (additional; for unemployed time)
16.10.1939 - 27.10.1939 HMS President (additional; for special servicie outside Admiralty)
28.10.1939 - 30.11.1939 HMS President (additional; for unemployed time)
01.12.1939 - 02.04.1941 Commander-in-Chief, The Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)]
01.04.1939 - 01.10.1941 also: First and Principal Naval ADC to the King
01.04.1943 - 24.07.1945 Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool; for Liverpool Convoy Pool)]
Served with Home Guard, 1941-1943. Justice of the Peace (JP). Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Dorset, 28.10.1941.
Published
: The modern officer of the watch (1918); England's last chance (1938); Mission to Moscow (1939); The art of war, 20th Century version (1943); World War III, some pros and cons (1954); History of Charborough, 1056-1956 (1956); Solar heated swimming pools (1962); A handbook of solar heating (1965); A few notes on health, happiness and wisdom (1965); Quotes and notes (1966); The uncertain future (1967).
Pochon,
David Arthur

A.G. Poe

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24.01.1908
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
27.04.1986
Bodmin district, Cornwall
Boatsw.
01.07.1937
A/Lt.
?
Lt.
02.1941, seniority 16.11.1938
A/Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1945
Lt.Cdr.
16.11.1946 (retd 24.01.1953)
Mention in Despatches MID
28.11.1944
Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944)
...
-
...
...
21.03.1940
-
(04.)1940
HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)
16.11.1940
-
(12.1941)
First Lieutenant, HMS Kellett (Hunt class minesweeper)
(08.1942)


HMS Kellett (Hunt class minesweeper) *
15.01.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship)
(04.1944)
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Poole (Bangor class minesweeper) **
...
-
...
...
* indexed, but not listed as such
** (04.1946) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Poe,
Arthur Geoffrey
A.G. Poe
From Cosham.

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02.03.1907
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
15.04.1984
Worthing district, West Sussex
Cadet
15.09.1920
Midsh.
15.01.1925
A/S.Lt.
01.05.1927
S.Lt.
?
Lt.
01.05.1929
Lt.Cdr.
01.05.1937
Cdr.
31.12.1942
Capt.
31.12.1949 (retd 07.01.1959)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 04.05.1943 Operation Torch (sunk French chasseur)
09.1924
-
(01.1925)
HMS Carysfort (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
28.08.1925
-
(05.1926)
HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
28.04.1927
-
02.1928
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
02.1928
-
(06.1928)
promotion course, Portsmouth
12.05.1929
-
(04.)1930
pilot's course, RAF Base, Leuchars [attached to RAF]
26.05.1930
-
(01.)1932
pilot, No. 405 Flight FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF]
13.08.1932
-
(09.)1932
pilot, No. 444 Flight FAA [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] [attached to RAF]
15.11.1932
-
(01.1934)
staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia]
05.01.1935
-
(07.1937)
Executive Officer, HMS Falmouth (escort vessel) (China)
17.01.1938
-
(04.1939)
Flag Lt.Cdr. to Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)]
24.07.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Glasgow (cruiser)
11.1940
-
(02.)1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Georgetown (destroyer)
23.09.1941
-
(08.1942)
Commanding Officer, HMS Brilliant (destroyer)
05.04.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Dipper (RN Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset)
02.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commander Flying, HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire)
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
23.03.1948
-
(05.1949)
staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)]
(05.1950)


no appointment listed
05.1953
-
(04.1955)
Captain-in-Charge, RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire [HMS Daedalus]
(01.1956)


no appointment listed
01.12.1956
-
03.07.1958
Commanding Officer, HMS Vanguard & as Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth
07.07.1958
-
07.01.1959
also: Naval ADC to the Queen
Pointer,
Douglas Arthur
see: Poynter,
Douglas Arthur
 
Poland,
[Sir] Albert Lawrence
Captain A.L. Poland, RN                                                         (Collection Ron Cuthbertson) A.L. Poland (© Imperial War Museum (A 17600))
M
arried (1931) Leila Helen Beatrice Sly; two sons.

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18.06.1895
Lewisham, Greater London / Kent
-
20.03.1967
[St Merryn, Nr Padstow, Cornwall ?]
Lt.
30.04.1917
Lt.Cdr.
30.04.1925
Cdr.
31.12.1931
Capt.
30.06.1939
Cdre. 2nd cl.
01.04.1944?
R.Adm.
10.07.1948
V.Adm.
15.08.1951 (retd 16.12.1954)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
01.06.1953
Coronation List 1953
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
08.09.1942
Malta convoy 22.03.1942
Distinguished Service Order DSO
25.06.1940
Norwegian coast
Distinguished Service Order DSO
23.09.1941
demolition Benghazi dern? service Tobruk
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
1918
?
Mention in Despatches MID
17.11.1942
operations in Middle East 07-10.1941
Mention in Despatches MID
31.10.1944
Operation Crimson
Order of George I, 3rd Class (Greece) Geo I
15.04.1947
?
Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth
1914
-
1918
served European War
...
-
...
...
22.07.1937
-
(08.)1939
RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
15.09.1939
-
(04.)1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Black Swan (sloop)
27.10.1940
-
(02.)1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Liverpool (cruiser)
02.1941
-
(12.1941)
Senior Naval Officer, Inshore Squadron (Middle East) [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (additional; for various services)]
02.1942
-
(08.1942)
Commanding Officer, HMS Jervis (destroyer)
17.02.1943
-
15.02.1944
Commanding Officer, HMS St. George (training establishment, Isle of Man)
(1944)


Commanding Officer, HMS Relentless (destroyer)
01.04.1944
-
28.02.1946
Commanding Officer, HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) & Commodore (D) Eastern Fleet
27.04.1946
-
(07.)1948
Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, The Nore [HMS Pembroke]
04.09.1948
-
1950
Senior British Naval Officer and Flag Officer Liaison, Middle East [HMS Stag]
(05.1950)
 
 
no appointment listed
05.09.1950
-
(07.)1954
Admiral Superintendent HM Dockyard, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
Poland,
Allan
A. Poland
Son of William Poland, Blackheath.
Married (13.04.1912) Phyllis (died 1968), daughter of Dr Robert Ambrose Weston, LRCP, Portsmouth; one daughter [who married Capt. Charles Thorburn Addis, DSO, RN], and one son (Lt. William Anthony Weston Poland, RN, lost in HMS Thetis, 01.06.1939).
Residence: (1947) Berins Hill, Ipsden, Oxfordshire.

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07.12.1888
Blackheath ?
-
06.02.1984
Surrey South-Western district, Surrey
A/S.Lt. 15.03.1908?
S.Lt. 21.12.1908, seniority 15.03.1908
Lt. 16.03.1910, seniority 15.03.1909
Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1917
Cdr. 31.12.1921
Capt. 31.12.1928
Cdre. 1st cl. 27.04.1938?
Cdre. 2nd cl. 31.07.1939
R.Adm. 06.01.1940 (retd 08.01.1940)
A/V.Adm. (retd) 17.07.1942 (dispersed 17.01.1947) (reverted to retd 04.04.1947)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE 21.12.1943 Operation Husky (Sicily 07.1943)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 20.09.1918 for service in submarines 01-06.1918
Mention in Despatches MID WW I ?
Grand Officer, Order of Humayun (Persia); Knight Commander, Order of the Phœnix (Greece); Order of George I, 2nd class (Greece) (15.04.1947)
15.09.1903     entered Navy
1910 - 1937 served in submarines and in command of submarine flotillas:
07.1923 - (08.1923) HMS President (for duty under Director of Naval Intelligence inside Admiralty)
22.10.1923 - 29.10.1923 Admiralty
29.10.1923 - (01.1925) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
15.06.1926 - (07.1927) Commander (S), 4th Submarine Flotilla [HMS Ambrose (submarine depot ship)] (China)
19.07.1929 - (02.)1931 Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral (S) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)]
15.07.1931 - (09.1932) Commanding Officer, HMS Colombo (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
17.03.1933 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China)
01.03.1935 - (02.)1937 Captain (S) at Fort Blockhouse [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) & in command of Submarine Flotilla
12.02.1937 - (02.)1938 Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf & Commanding Officer, HMS Shoreham (escort vessel) (East Indies)
27.04.1938 - (06.)1938 Commodore Commanding East Indies Station [HMS Norfolk (cruiser)]
25.07.1938 - 06.04.1939 Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf & Commanding Officer, HMS Shoreham (escort vessel) (East Indies)
06.04.1939 - 06.05.1939 Commodore Commanding East Indies Station (temporary)
01.08.1939 - ? also: Naval ADC to the King
31.07.1939 - 19.02.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Despatch (cruiser) & Commodore Commanding 9th Cruiser Squadron (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth)  (Commodore 2nd Class)
01.08.1939 - 05.01.1940 also: Naval ADC to the King
22.02.1940 - 01.04.1940 HMS President (additional; not to join)
02.04.1940 - 12.05.1940 HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda) (additional) (as Commodore 2nd Class)
13.05.1940 - 13.07.1942 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief America and West Indies [HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda)] (as Commodore 2nd Class)
17.07.1942 - 26.08.1942 Senior British Naval Officer Western Atlantic (temporary) (as Acting Vice-Admiral)
08.10.1942 - 31.10.1942 HMS President (additional; for disposal)
01.11.1942 - 31.05.1945 Rear-Admiral, Alexandria [HMS Nile]
01.06.1945 - 15.07.1945 HMS Victory IV (additional; for disposal)
16.07.1945 - 16.01.1947 Naval Assistant to Director of Sea Transport [HMS President]
Poland,
Edmund Nicholas
E.N. Poland
2nd son of late Major Raymond A. Poland, RMLI and Mrs F.O. Bayly Jones.
Married (1941) Pauline
Ruth Margaret Pechell; three sons, one daughter (and one daughter deceased).

19.02.1917
Droxford district, Hampshire
-
10.03.2012
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
S.Lt.
01.02.1938
Lt.
01.11.1939
Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1947
Cdr.
31.12.1950
Capt.
31.12.1956
R.Adm.
07.07.1965 (retd 10.01.1968)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
1967
?
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
1962
?
Education: RN College Dartmouth



served at sea during Abyssinian and Palestine crises, Spanish Civil War
20.02.1939
-
(08.1939)
HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier)
02.03.1940
-
(04.1940)
HMS Eclipse (destroyer) (convoy duties (Norwegian waters))
05.01.1941
-
(02.)1941
HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) (for motor torpedo boats)
18.11.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Nile (RN base. Alexandria) (for HM MTB 73 (motor torpedo boat)) 
10.04.1942
-
(08.1942)
HMS Mosquito (for MTBs)
(02.1943)
-
(06.1943)
no appointment listed
1943


Torpedo Specialist
02.08.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Landrail (for torpedo duties)
23.02.1944
-
(06.1944)
HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (for torpedo duties)



Staff Officer (Operations) to Naval Force Commander, Burma
02.1945
-
(07.1945)
Squadron Torpedo Officer, HMS Royalist
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
1946


HMS Hornet



Flotilla Torpedo and Anti­Submarine Officer of Third Submarine Flotilla, HMS Montclare
1950


Air Warfare Division, Admiralty
1953


British Naval Staff, Washington
1955


completed a course at Joint Services Staff College



Directorate of Tactics and Ship Requirements, Admiralty
1956


comd RN Air Station, Abbotsinch [HMS Sanderling]



Nato Standing Gp, Washington
1962


Director of Under Sea Warfare (Naval), Ministry of Defence
1965
-
1968
Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet
Vice­Pres., Internat. Prisoners' Aid Assoc., 1978, Chm. (UK), 1979; Vice­Pres., Scottish Assoc. for Care and Resettlement of Offenders, 1979 (Dir, 1974-1979)
Pollock,
Charles Harington
C.H. Pollock
Son of George Hume Pollock (1870-1924) and Margaret Agneta Harington (1871-1954).
Married (18.06.1938) Patricia Aileen Domville Heming; one daughter.

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01.09.1906
St Marylebone, Greater London / London
-
24.03.1983
Saffron Walden, Essex
Cadet
?
Midsh.
15.09.1924
A/S.Lt.
01.01.1927
S.Lt.
01.09.1927
Lt.
01.09.1929
Lt.Cdr.
01.09.1937 (retd 27.04.1949)
A/Cdr.
< 06.1944
Cdr. (retd)
27.04.1949
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
01.01.1944
New Year 1944
Mention in Despatches MID
24.03.1942
minesweeping Northern Waters
Education: West Downs School, Winchester (1915)
15.05.1924
-
(01.1925)
HMS Revenge (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
30.12.1926
-
(07.1927)
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
05.04.1928
-
(08.1929)
HMS Dundalk (twin screw minesweeper) (1st Minesweeping Floitlla)
21.03.1930
-
(01.1932)
HMS Dragon (cruiser) (America and West Indies)
(09.1932)


no appointment listed
15.05.1933
-
(07.1935)
First Lieutenant, HMS Searcher (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
12.10.1935
-
(02.1938)
Executive Officer, HMS Dundee (escort vessel) (America and West Indies)
(06.1938)


no appointment listed
01.07.1938
-
(08.1939)
RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
10.1939
-
(04.1940)
Executive Officer, HMS Hampton (auxiliary minelayer)
31.07.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for special service)
10.08.1941
-
(06.1943)
Commanding Officer, HMS Seagull (minesweeper)
23.08.1943
-
(06.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Pangbourne (minesweeper)
14.11.1944
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Corbrae (repair ship)
10.05.1948
-
(07.1948)
Commanding Officer, HMS Carnavon Bay
Pollock,
John King
"Jack"
K.H.B. Pont

Son of Dr. Edward Stoute Pollock (?-1949), and Mary Ethel King, of Exeter, Devonshire.
Married (03.09.1930, Holy Trinity Church, Formby, Ormskirk district, Lancashire) Gertrude Brenda Prangley ((06?).1901 - 21.05.1984), second daughter of George Dean Prangley (1866-1942), and Mabel Archbould (1870-1911), of Formby, Lancashire; one son, one daughter.

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23.05.1896
Stratton district, Cornwall

-
14.05.1982
Exeter, Devonshire
S.Lt. 15.09.1918
Lt. 15.03.1919 (retd 15.02.1923)
Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.03.1927 (reactivated 09.11.19139) (reverted to retd < 04.1946)
09.1914     entered RN
09.11.1939 - 14.09.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Notts County (anti-submarine trawler)
09.1940 - (10.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Snowdrop (corvette)
15.01.1941 - (04.)1944 Executive Officer, HMS Sandhurst (depot ship)
(06.1944)     no appointment listed
(10.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pollock,
[Sir] Michael Patrick
M.P. Pollock M.P. Pollock
M.P. Pollock (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Scott)
Son of late C.A. Pollock and Mrs G. Pollock.
Married 1st (1940) Margaret Steacy (died 1951),
Bermuda; two sons, one daughter.
Married 2nd (1954) Marjory Helen Reece (née Bisset); one step daughter.

19.10.1916
Altrincham, Cheshire
-
27.09.2006
Martock, Somerset
Cadet
01.01.1934?
Midsh.
01.09.1934
A/S.Lt.
01.01.1937
S.Lt.
01.05.1937
Lt.
01.06.1938
A/Lt.Cdr.
01.05.1945
Lt.Cdr.
01.06.1946
Cdr.
30.06.1950
Capt.
30.06.1955
R.Adm.
07.07.1964
V.Adm.
26.12.1967
Adm.
21.04.1970
Adm. of the Fleet
01.03.1974
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
01.01.1971
New Year 1971
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
14.06.1969
HM's birthday 1969
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
11.06.1966
HM's birthday 1966
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class LVO
18.03.1952
services funeral King George VI
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
08.06.1944
HM's birthday 1944
Mention in Despatches MID
29.06.1943
torpedo attack Eastern Mediterranean 18.11.1942
Mention in Despatches MID
07.03.1944
sinking of the Scharnhorst
Mention in Despatches MID
17.04.1945
minelaying & attack enemy convoy Norway 01.1945
Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1930-1933).
1930


entered Navy
1934?
-
1934
HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
01.09.1934
-
(02.)1936
HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet)
1936
-
1936
HMS Express (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
31.12.1936
-
(02.)1937
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
05.04.1937
-
(07.)1937
promotion course, Portsmouth
30.10.1937
-
(04.)1939
HMS York (cruiser) (America and West Indies)
1939
-
1945
served World War II in N Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic and Indian Ocean (despatches thrice):
30.06.1939
-
(09.)1939
HMS Warspite (battleship)
02.10.1939
-
(04.1940)
First Lieutenant, HMS Vanessa (destroyer)
20.01.1941
-
(02.)1941
specialised in Gunnery [HMS Excellent]
(12.1941)


HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) *
16.03.1942
- (06.)1943 Gunnery Officer, HMS Arethusa (cruiser)
01.07.1943
-
(10.)1943
HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
15.11.1943
-
(04.1946)
Gunnery Officer, HMS Norfolk (cruiser) & Squadron Gunnery Officer, 1st Cruiser Squadron
(07.1948)


no appointment listed
11.04.1949
-
(05.)1949
HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
09.08.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMS Glasgow
23.09.1952
-
(05.1953)
Commander [= Executive Officer], Junior Officers War Course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
11.06.1954
-
(04.1955)
Executive Officer, HMS Newcastle
02.01.1956

-
(01.1957)
Assistant Director of Plans Division (W), Admiralty [HMS President]
1958
-
1959
Commanding Officer, HMS Vigo and Portsmouth Squadron
08.01.1960
-
(07.1961)
Director Surface Division, Weapons Department, Admiralty
21.01.1962
-
(02.)1964
Commanding Officer, HMS Ark Royal
1964
-
1966
Asst Chief of Naval Staff
1966
-
1967
Flag Officer Second in Command, Home Fleet
26.12.1967
-
(02.)1969
Flag Officer, Submarines and Nato Commander Submarines, Eastern Atlantic (COMSUBEASTATLANT)
1970
-
1971
Controller of the Navy
03.1971
-
1974
Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord
1972
-
1974
also: First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen
Bath King of Arms, 1976-1985. Chaiman, Naval Insurance Trust, 1976-1981; Liddell Hart Trustee, 1976-1981. Local Councillor, 1986-.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pomeroy,
Arthur Shubrook
A.S. Pomeroy (Photo courtesy of Mr Martin Pomeroy)
A.S. Pomeroy (Photo courtesy of Mr Martin Pomeroy)
Son of Mr and Mrs Archibald William Pomeroy.
13.09.1911
Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa
-
03.05.1990

Cape Town, South Africa
Midsh. RNR 17.06.1929
A/S.Lt. RNR 13.09.1932
S.Lt. RNR 05.02.1935
Prob. S.Lt. (Supplementary List) 01.06.1937
S.Lt. (Supplementary List) 24.03.1938, seniority 01.06.1937
Lt. 24.04.1939, seniority 13.09.1935
Lt.Cdr. 13.09.1943 (retd 13.09.1956)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.1942 [investiture 15.12.1942]
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - & clasp France & Germany
Pacific Star Pac St - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Mention in Despatches MID 14.05.1946 attacks on 27.03.1942
Education: Boys High School, Rondebosch, Cape; SATS General Botha (27.06.1927-06.1929).
Served Merchant Navy (P & O Company).
      joined RNR; qualified in minesweeping
14.02.1931     training, HMS Marlbrough
06.12.1935 - (08.1936) HMS Huntley (twin screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean)
14.06.1937     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
(07.1937)     no appointment listed
(02.1938)     no appointment listed
05.04.1938 - (10.)1940 HMS Newcastle (cruiser) (chase of Scharnhorst & Gneisenau; provided cover at Dunkirk
12.11.1940 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Boadicea (destroyer)
12.01.1942 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Volunteer (destroyer)(DSC, despatches)
08.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Walpole (destroyer)
(12.1943) - (10.1944) no appointment listed:
(06.1944)     Beach Master, Sword Beach (Normandy), then Staff Officer (Operations) of the Support Squadron of "Force S" based on HM LCH 285 which was sunk by a mine at the end of June, off Sword Beach
15.11.1944 - (04.)1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Tumult (destroyer) [actually assumed command probably mid-December 1944]
23.10.1947 - (05.1949) HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown) (as Senior Officer, Reserve Destroyers)
[11.1947 took HMS Kempenfelt (destroyer) out of reserve at Chatham and steamed her to Simonstown, Cape Town to join the Cape Station Reserve Fleet]
(05.1950)     no appointment listed
09.1950 - (05.1951) HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (for miscellaneous duties)
[upon the outbreak of the Korean war - appointed as liaison officer on the staff of Adm. Joy (US Navy) - the UN commander of all naval forces in the Korean theatre]
c. 1954     Naval Trials Officer during Germ Warfare Trials in the Bahamas aboard the Landing Ship "Mother Ship" LST 3102 "HMS Ben Lomond"
(07.1954)     no appointment listed
08.11.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Cochrane (Rosyth Maritime Headquarters, Pitreavie, Dunfermline, Fife) (for miscellaneous duties)
Returned to Merchant Navy for a few years.
Published
: The first thirty years. In: Both watches (periodical of South African Nautical College “General Botha”),1962.
Pomfret,
Arnold Ashworth
A.A. Pomfret (Photo courtesy of Mr Louis Boswell)
Son of John and Eleanor Pomfret.
Married (1928) Carlene Blundstone; one son, two daughters.

01.06.1900
Blackpool, Fylde district, Lancashire
-
03.04.1984
Taunton Deane, Somerset
Sg.Lt.
22.08.1922 [short service commission]
Sg.Lt. RNVR
24.02.1926
Sg.Lt.
13.08.1926, seniority 13.08.1923
Sg.Lt.Cdr.
13.08.1929
Sg.Cdr.
13.08.1934
Sg.Capt.
30.06.1944
Sg.R.Adm.
30.10.1954 (retd 30.10.1957)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
13.06.1957
HM's birthday 1957 [investiture 16.07.1957]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
01.01.1941
New Year 1941 [investiture 01.04.1941]
Education: Manchester University and postgraduate at London, Capetown and Oxford; MB, ChB (Manchester, 1922), DO (Oxon, 1934), DOMS (RCS&PEng, 1934)
14.11.1922
-
(08.)1923
on staff of 5th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Malcolm (flotilla leader)]
09.1923
-
(01.1925)
HMS Tarantula (gunboat) (China)
24.02.1926
-
12.08.1926
served RNVR (London Division, List 2)
13.08.1926
 
 
re-entered RN
16.10.1926
-
(06.)1928
HMS Endeavour (surveying vessel)
12.09.1928
-
(08.)1929
HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton)
17.12.1929
-
(10.)1930
HMS Harebell (fishery protection cruiser (sloop))
12.12.1930
-
(02.)1931
Medical Officer's post-graduate course [HMS President]
19.03.1931
-
(01.)1934
Royal Hospital, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa [HMS Tamar] (Gilbert Blane Medallist, 1934)
(07.1934)
 
 
short course of instruction
27.09.1934
-
(02.)1935
Medical Officer's promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
07.03.1935
-
(07.)1937
Royal Hospital, Haslar (specialist in ophthalmology) [HMS Victory]
18.10.1937
-
(02.)1941
Medical Officer in charge, Royal Naval Sick Quarters, Wei-Hai-Wei, northern China [HMS Tamar]
18.08.1941
-
(08.)1943
Medical Officer, HMS Buzzard (RN Air Station, Lympne, Kent)
07.09.1943
-
(10.)1943
RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus]
15.10.1943
-
(06.)1944 Assistant to the Medical Director-General of the Navy, Admiralty [HMS President]
24.08.1944
-
(07.1945)
Staff Medical Officer to Flag Officer, Naval Air Stations [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
20.04.1946
-
(10.1947)
Medical Officer-in-Charge of Royal Hospital Simonstown, South Africa [HMS Afrikander] & as Fleet Medical Officer, South Atlantic
04.06.1948
-
(05.)1949
Medical Officer-in-Charge of Royal Naval Hospital Portland [HMS Osprey] & as Principal Medical Officer, Sore Establishment, Portland
22.08.1949
-
(05.1950)
Medical Officer-in-Charge of Royal Naval Hospital Bermuda [HMS Malabar]
01.04.1952
-
(07.)1954
an Assistant to the Medical Director-General of the Navy, Admiralty [HMS President]
1954
-
1957
also: Queen's Honorary Surgeon
30.10.1954
-
30.10.1957
Medical Officer-in-Charge, Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth [HMS Drake] & for duty of Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
CStJ (1957). Played First Class cricket for the RN in 1929.
Literature: Carlene Pomfret, Cabin trunks and far horizons (1991; family biography, by his wife)
Pont,
Kenneth Hugh Burberry
K.H.B. Pont
16.04.1920
Steyning district, Sussex
-
14.04.1978
Kingston on Thames district, Surrey
S.Lt.
01.05.1941
Lt.
16.05.1942
Lt.Cdr.
16.05.1950 (retd < 05.1953)
(08.1942)


no appointment listed
(02.1943)


no appointment listed
27.03.1943
-
(12.)1943
HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)
21.12.1943
-
(06.)1944
HMS Black Prince (cruiser)
08.08.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Queen (escort carrier)
11.02.1946
-
(04.1946)
HMS Cochrane (depot ship, Rosyth)
?
-
(07.1948)
HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Corsham, Wilts.) *
17.07.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMS Howe (for miscellaneous duties)
Clerical Officer, Richmond, Surrey.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pool,
Richard Anthony West

R.A.W. Pool (Photo courtesy of Mr Robin Knight)
Son of Garnett Wolsey Pool (1883-1958), and Dorothy Rowbotham (1891-1985)..
Married 1st ((06?).1946, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Adeline C. Carey.
Married 2nd ((12?).1953, Kensington district, London) Susan H. Reid (17.08.1928 - 05.11.2017), daughter (with one brother) of John Lillingston Reid (1885-1958), and Edith Amy Oldham (1896-1983); three children.
08.09.1919
Felixstowe, Woodbridge district, Suffolk
-
01.04.1995
Sudborne, Woodbridge, Deben district, Suffolk
Cadet 01.09.1937
Midsh. 01.09.1938
A/S.Lt. 01.05.1940
Lt. 01.11.1941
Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1949
Cdr. 30.06.1954 (retd 21.04.1958)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 18.12.1945 resource & bravery while POW with Japanese [decoration posted]
Mention in Despatches MID 29.01.1946 West Coast Malaya raids 12.1941-01.1942
Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne (1933-09.1937).
09.1937     HMS Erebus (monitor), later serving in HMS Vindictive & HMS Royal Sovereign
07.1939 - 05.1940 HMS Revenge (Royal Sovereign class battleship)
[once war began he took part in convoy operations in the North Atlantic]
06.05.1940 - (06.)1940 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
[at Dunkirk he commanded a motor launch named Marlborough; in July 1940 he was a member of a boarding party which seized two French destroyers in Portsmouth harbour after the French surrender]
(08.1940)     no appointment listed
06.09.1940 - 10.12.1941 HMS Repulse (Repulse class battlecruiser)
[he survived the sinking of Repulse off the coast of Malaya],
11.12.1941 - 16.05.1942 HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore)
[was in the last RN evacuation from Singapore February 13, 1942; he reached the desert island of Tjebia off Sumatra in motor launch HMML 310 together with the senior naval officer in Singapore when it was captured Rear Adm E.J. Spooner; Pool survived for three months on Tjebia before escaping in a fishing boat; captured by the Japanese on the nearby island of Daboe]
(06.1942) - (07.1945) no appointment listed while in Japanese captivity as POW
[spent the next 38 months as a PoW on the Burma-Siam railway]
... - ... ...
Published: Course for disaster : from Scapa Flow to the River Kwai (1987).
Poole,
Robert Godmond
R.G. Poole (Photo courtesy of Mr Andrew Wilkinson)

Son (with one brother) of Rev. Francis Oswald Poole (1870-1949), and Maud Madeline Dawson (1868-1943).
Married (03.04.1930, St Austell district, Cornwall; divorced 1970) Violet Alice Rosalind Hanson (11.03.1909 - 15.01.1999); two daughters.

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22.09.1901
Toxteth Park district, Lancashire
-
25.12.1973
Cuckfield district, Sussex
... ...
A/S.Lt. 15.01.1921
S.Lt. 15.09.1921
Lt. 15.04.1923
Cdr. 31.12.1936
A/Capt. 07.1942
Capt. 30.06.1943 (retd 08.07.1952)
15.05.1915     entered service
... - ... ...
11.06.1937 - 28.09.1938 Staff Officer (Operations and Intelligence) on staff of Rear-Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron [HMAS Canberra (cruiser)]
29.09.1938 - 13.10.1938 Staff Officer (Operations) on staff of Rear-Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron [HMAS Canberra (cruiser)]
14.10.1938 - 08.06.1939 Staff Officer (Operations and Intelligence) on staff of Rear-Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron [HMAS Canberra (cruiser)]
09.06.1939 - 07?.1939 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to UK & reversion to RN)
08.1939 - 10.1939 Commander (Flying), HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier)
10.1939 - 19.02.1940 Fleet Air Arm
20.02.1940 - 17.06.1940 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services: for FAA training)
18.06.1940 - 14.05.1941 Commander (P), HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)
15.05.1941 - 31.05.1941 Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for CAM ships)
01.06.1941 - 07.1942 Executive Officer, HMS Shropshire (London class cruiser)
07.1942 - 03.05.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Phoenix (RN Aircraft Repair Yard, Fayid, Egypt)
01.06.1943 - 14.11.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Co. Londonderry) & as Senior Officer, Naval Air Stations, Northern Ireland
15.01.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Chaser (escort carrier)
18.06.1946 - 06.1948 Assistant Director Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
... - ... ...
Pope,
[Sir] John Ernle
J.E. Pope
Youngest son (with two brothers) of Cdr. Rowland Kyrle Cecil Pope, DSO, OBE, RN (1888-1976), and Agnes Jessie Macdonald (1894-1968), of Billingshurst, Sussex.
Brother of R.Adm. Michael Douglas [Kyrle] Pope, CB, MBE, DL.
Married 1st (21.04.1943, Horsham Parish Church, Horsham, Sussex; marriage dissolved) Pamela Mary Davies, WRNS, elder daughter of Arthur H. Davies, and Mrs Davies, of Rookery Wood, Slinfold; five sons.
Married 2nd Bunnie Webber.

22.05.1921
Virginia Water, Surrey
-
21.05.1998
Homme house, Much Marcle, Hereford district, Herefordshire
Cadet 01.09.1938
Midsh. 01.05.1939
A/S.Lt. 01.01.1941
S.Lt. 16.12.1940
Lt. 01.02.1942
Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1950
Cdr. 30.06.1954
Capt. 30.06.1960
R.Adm. 07.07.1969
V.Adm. 03.10.1972 (retd 07.10.1976)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) KCB 01.01.1976 New Year 1976 [investiture 02.03.1976]
Mention in Despatches MID 24.02.1942 Force K, attack enemy convoy Mediterranean 09.11.1942 
Mention in Despatches MID 11.06.1946 wind up Far East
Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.01.1935-02.08.1938; Hawke House; Admiralty No. 1508).
01.09.1938 - 04.1939 HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser)
01.05.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Cornwall (Kent class cruiser)
14.11.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)
06.01.1941 - (04.)1941 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(06.1941)     promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] *
03.06.1941 - 11.05.1942 HMS Lively (L class destroyer) [ship sunk by German aircraft in eastern Mediterranean]
(06.1942) - (08.1942) no appointment listed
19.08.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Lochailort (Combined Operations base, Inverailort Castle, nr Inverness)
12.03.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Brilliant (B class destroyer)
(04.1944)     no appointment listed
(06.)1944 - (10.)1944 signals course
12.1944 - 06.1945 Communications Officer, HMS Quilliam (Q class destroyer) (for Signal Communication duty)
23.06.1945 - (04.1946) Communications Officer, Flotilla Staff [HMS Grenville (U class destroyer)]
... - .. ...
1962 - 1964 Commanding Officer, HMS Decoy
1964 - 1966 Director, Naval Equipment, Admiralty [HMS President]
1966 - 1968 Commanding Officer, HMS Eagle
1969 - 1971 Flag Officer, Western Fleet Flotillas
1971 - 1974 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Western Fleet
1974 - 1976 Commander, Allied Naval Forces, S Europe
Deputy President, Royal Naval Association.
Pope,
John Henry Newman
J.H.N. Pope (Photo courtesy of Mr Damian Pope)

Son (with two brothers) of Justin John Pope (1889-1962), and Cecily Veronica McAweeny (1892-1961).
Married (04.08.1951, Naval Base Chapel, Singapore) Valerie Trenwith (06.09.1929 - 12.07.1977), daughter (with one sister) of Robert Watson Trenwith (1883-1965), and Eunice Nield (1895-1988); four sons, three daughters.
19.08.1921
Kuriang, Foochow, Shanghai, China
-
16.10.1982
Torbay district, Devon
Cadet 01.01.1939
Midsh. 01.09.1939
A/S.Lt. 01.05.1941
S.Lt. 21.10.1941, seniority 01.10.1940
Lt. 09.1942, seniority 01.06.1942
Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1950 (retd 01.02.1956)
Mention in Despatches MID 16.01.1945 destruction U-boat East Indies 07.07.1944
Education: Shanghai Public School.
01.01.1939 - (08.)1939 special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser)
26.08.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Eskimo (Tribal class destroyer)
17.02.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Resolution (Royal Sovereign class battleship)
05.05.1941 - (10.)1941 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(12.1941)     submarine course [HMS Dolphin] *
15.01.1942 - (02.)1942 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (for submarines)
17.02.1942 - (04.)1942 HMS P 611 (submarine)
23.05.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Proteus (P class submarine)
30.10.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Osiris (O class submarine)
31.03.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Sealion (S class submarine)
27.07.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Telemachus (T class submarine) (despatches)
1945 - (04.)1945 submarine Commanding Officer's course
26.06.1945 - (04.)1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Varangian (U class submarine)
... - ... ...
Pope *,
Michael Donald
M.D. Pope M.D. Pope
* from about late 1946 / early 1947 known by last name of Kyrle Pope
Eldest son of Cdr. Rowland Kyrle Cecil Pope, DSO, OBE, RN, and Agnes Jessie Macdonald, of Billinghurst, Sussex.
Brother of V.Adm. Sir John Ernle Pope, KCB.
Married 1st (1940) Elizabeth Kelso (divorced).
Married 2nd (1947) Angela Suzanne Parlby (née Layton) (born 1921); one son, one daughter, one step-daughter.

01.10.1916
London
-
14.09.2008
Castle Grove Nursing Home, Bampton (formerly of Tiverton, Devon)
Cadet 01.09.1934
Midsh. 01.09.1935
A/S.Lt. 01.01.1938
S.Lt. 20.10.1938, seniority 01.09.1937
Lt. 25.03.1939, seniority 01.01.1939
c. 1939/40, seniority 01.10.1938
Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1946
Cdr. 30.06.1951
Capt. 30.06.1958
R.Adm. 07.07.1967 (retd 02.04.1970)
Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) CB 14.06.1969 HM's birthday 1969
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 22.01.1946 escape attempts as POW
Education: Wellington College, Berkshire.
01.09.1934     special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
01.09.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Kent (cruiser) (China)
26.10.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China)
03.01.1938 - (08.)1938 promotion course, Portsmouth
05.09.1938 - (10.)1938 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
16.12.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) (for submarines)
05.1939 - (08.)1939 HMS Thames (submarine) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Maidstone]
02.08.1939 - 01.08.1940 Third Hand, HMS Oswald (submarine) (ship rammed & taken POW) [background story]
02.08.1940 - 1945 prisoner of war in Italian / German captivity (first near Venice, then at Abruzzi, then (c. 1942/43) at Campo 5 at Gavi, and finally at Marlag und Milag Nord (near Lübeck; POW # 1104])
15.01.1946 - (10.)1947 HMS Vanguard (battlecruiser)
(07.1948)     no appointment listed
04.04.1949 - (05.1949) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services)
(05.1950)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
06.1951 - (05.)1953 HMS Saker (British Joint Services Mission, Washington, DC)
(07.1954)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
15.02.1955 - (04.)1955 Chief Staff Officer (Intelligence), Germany [HMS Royal Prince] (at Minden)
01.10.1955 - (01.)1956 HMS Royal Albert (Germany) (for miscellaneous duties)
04.03.1956 - (01.)1957 Chief Staff Officer (Intelligence), Germany [HMS Royal Prince]
18.07.1958 - 1960 Chief Staff Officer (Intelligence), Far East Station [HMS Terror]
(07.1961)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
25.04.1962 - (02.)1964 Commanding Officer, HMS Jufair & as Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf
1965 - 1967 Ministry of Defence (Naval Intelligence)
07.06.1967 - (02.)1969 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Far East Command [HMS Terror]
Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Hertfordshire, 08.12.1983. General Manager of the Middle East Navigation Aids Service, Bahrain, 1971-1977. Dean’s Administrator at St Alban’s Abbey, 1977-1980. Director of the Jerusalem & the East Mission Trust, 1978-1992. County President, Royal British Legion, 1987-1995.
Literature
: Suzanne Kyrle Pope, The same wife in every port (1998; wife's memoirs)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pope,
Rowland Kyrle Cecil
R.K.C. Pope
Son (with four sisters and one brother) of Rev. Andrew Pope (1844-1924), and Harriet Mary Ernle Money-Kyrle (1848-1937), of Upton Bishop, nr Ross, Herefordshire.
Married (22.07.1915, Holy Trinity Church, Paddington, Middlesex) Agnes Jessie Macdonald (1895? - 23.09.1968), daughter of Donald Macdonald, of Hong Kong; three sons (R.Adm. Michael Donald [Kyrle] Pope, CB, MBE, RN, Maj. Andrew Alec Kyrle Pope, KSLI [killed in action 06.06.1944], V.Adm. Sir John Ernle Pope, KCB).

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02.03.1888
Diddlebury, Shropshire
-
01.06.1976
Homme House, Much Marcle, Leominster district, Herefordshire
... ....
A/S.Lt. 30.06.1907
S.Lt. ?
Lt. 31.12.1909
Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1917 (retd 02.10.1929; own request)
Cdr. (retd) 02.10.1929 (reverted to retd > 07.1945, < 10.1945)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 01.01.1919 ?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940 [investiture 16.02.1943]
Mention in Despatches MID 14.09.1917 action with enemy submarines
Mention in Despatches MID 04.10.1918 service in vessels on escort, convoy and patrol duties
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG 14.05.1918 ?
15.09.1902     entered RN
... - ... ...
26.02.1919 - ... Commanding Officer, HMS P 38 (P class patrol boat)
... - ... ...
19.08.1939 - (08.)1940 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (additional; for various services)
05.08.1940 - 01.1942 Press Officer, HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)
22.01.1942 - 18.06.1942 HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt)
(08.1942)     Press Division, Admiralty [HMS President] *
(10.1942)     no appointment listed
26.10.1942 - (08.)1943 Executive Officer, HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich)
18.08.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Mastodon (Combined Operations base, Exbury, nr Southampton)
(02.1944) - (10.1944) no appointment listed
11.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton)
Deputy Lieutenant (DL) 12,05,1952 & High Sheriff 1968, Herefordshire.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Portal,
[Sir] Reginald Henry
R.H. Portal R.H. Portal
R.H. Portal

Son (with four brothers) of the second marriage of Edward Robert Portal, JP, DL (1854-1953), country gentleman and former barrister, and Ellinor Kate Hill (1866-1946), of Sulham, Pangbourne.
Brother of Marshal of the RAF Sir Charles Frederick Algernon Portal.
Married 1926, Helen (died 1983), daughter of late Frederick Anderson; two sons two daughters.
Brother of Marshal of the RAF Sir Charles Portal.

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06.09.1894
Hungerford, Berkshire
-
18.06.1983
Yeovil, Somerset
S.Lt. 15.07.1916
Lt. 15.02.1916
Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1924
Cdr. 31.12.1926
Capt. 30.06.1934
A/R.Adm. ?
R.Adm. 08.07.1943
V.Adm. 03.05.1947
Adm. 04.10.1950 (retd 01.05.1951; at own request to facilitate the promotion of junior officers)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 01.01.1949 New Year 1949
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 01.01.1946 New Year 1946
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 31.05.1916 combat with enemy aeroplane Dardanelles
Mention in Despatches MID 11.03.1941 good services since the outbreak of war
15.05.1907     joined RN
1914 - 1919 served European War with RN and RNAS (air observer; 1916 Observer, seaplane carrier HMS Ark Royal)
1923     Torpedo Officer
      Flight Commander, aircraft carriers HMS Eagle and HMS Furious
      Squadron Torpedo Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser)
      Executive Officer, HMS Royal Oak (battleship)
08.1939 - 1941 Commanding Officer, HMS York (cruiser)
26.09.1941 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship)
01.01.1943 - (06.)1944 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Air), Admiralty
12.01.1943 - 08.07.1943 also: Naval ADC to the King
11.1944 - (07.)1945 Flag Officer, Naval Air Stations, Australia [HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW)]
1946 - 1947 Senior Naval Representative of the British Element of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (Australia)
1947 - 1951 Flag Officer, Air (Home)
Porter,
Jack Basil Cutler
J.B.C. Porter

Son of Lieut. Jack Parford Porter, RN, and Edith Florence Porter; husband of Mary Knowles Porter, of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire.
07.05.1911
Plymouth district, Devon
-
17.12.1942
(KIA) [age 31]
[Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 51, column 1]
Midsh. RNR
01.05.1928
A/S.Lt. RNR
07.05.1932
Lt. RNR
23.05.1936
Lt. (Supplementary List)
19.03.1937, seniority 07.05.1935
Lt.
1938?, seniority 07.05.1935
01.04.1937
-
(07.1937)
HMS Winchester (destroyer)
28.09.1937
-
(02.1938)
anti-submarine course, RN College, Greenwich
24.05.1938
-
(10.1938)
HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment)
21.01.1939
-
(08.1939)
Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Gloucester (cruiser)
20.03.1940
-
(04.1940)
HMS Cochrane (as Squadron Signals and W/T Officer)
27.09.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Nimrod
10.1941
-
(08.1942)
HMS Weston
?
-
17.12.1942
HMS Avalon III
Porter,
Michael John
M.J. Porter
04.04.1925
-
14.06.2013
Cadet
01.01.1943
Midsh.
01.09.1943
A/S.Lt.
01.05.1945
S.Lt.
12.02.1946, seniority 01.08.1944
Lt.
02.11.1947, seniority 01.09.1945
Lt.Cdr.
01.09.1953
Cdr.
30.06.1958 (retd 03.05.1969; own request)
01.09.1943
-
(10.1944)
HMS Rodney (battleship)
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
10.1945
-
09.1947
HMS Alacrity (sloop) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer)
(07.1948)


no appointment listed
12.12.1948
-
(05.1950)
HMS Theseus (aircraft carrier)
14.03.1953
-
(05.1953)
HMS Dryad (navigation an direction school, Portsmouth)
?
-
(04.)1955
Britannia College
15.08.1955
-
(01.1956)
HMS Saintes (destroyer)
(01.1957)
 
 
HMS Armada (destroyer) *
(1957?)
-
(1958?)
staff of Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Gambia (cruiser)]
07.09.1958
-
(01.1959)
Chief Staff Officer to Commodore Arabian Seas and Persian Gulf Station [HMS Jufair (RN base, Bahrein, Persian Gulf)]
06.05.1960
-
(07.1961)
Commanding Officer, HMS Saintes (destroyer)
17.05.1962
-
(02.1964)
Naval Assistant, Navigation and Direction Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
07.03.1966
-
(02.)1968
Commanding Officer, HMS Safeguard (RN Boom Defence Moorings and Marine Salvage School) & Commanding Officer, Boom Defence and Marine Salvage Depots, Scottish Command
20.05.1968
-
(02.1969)
Directorate of Naval Service Conditions, Naval Personal Services and Training Department, Navy Department
AMBIM
* indexed, but not listed as such
Porter,
Stewart Armstrong
"Sam"
S.A. Porter
Married Pamela "Jackie" Nash; one son, one daughter.

01.11.1915
Surbiton, Greater London
-
30.04.2004

[Tunbridge Wells?], Kent

...
.
Lt.
16.10.1938
A/Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1945
...
.
Capt.
31.12.1956 (retd 01.01.1959)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
29.06.1943
patrols Mediterranean, sinking enemy ships [investiture 27.07.1943]
Mention in Despatches MID
06.11.1945
war patrols Far East 08.1944-08.1945
...
-
...
...
03.02.1939
-
(12.1941)
First Lieutenant, HMS Rover (submarine)
04.1942
-
(08.)1942
Commanding Officer, HMS P556 (submarine)
20.12.1942
-
(06.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Tribune (submarine)
08.07.1943
-
09.1943
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines)
24.09.1943
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Tudor (submarine)
19.11.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse)
...
-
...
...
Pott,
Herbert
H. Pott
Third son of Col. William Pott, of Steyning, Sussex.
Brother of Lt.Col. E.H. Pott, Maj. W.T. Pott, and Col. D. Pott.
Married (08.01.1931, St Paul's, Knightsbridge) Mary Grant, third daughter of F.M.S. Grant, Knockie Lodge, Inverness.

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31.05.1886
Christchurch district, Hampshire
-
04.08.1945

Thanes Croft, Shamley Green, Surrey
A/S.Lt. ?
S.Lt. 22.04.1907
Lt. 31.12.1908
Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1916
Cdr. 31.12.1920
Capt. 31.12.1927
R.Adm. 10.01.1939 (retd 11.01.1939) (reverted to retd 1945)
Member of the Royal Victorian Order MVO 04.06.1928 HM's birthday 1928
Commander of the Legion of Merit (US) LM 20.03.1945 Naval Attaché Washington
Education: HMS Britannia.
15.09.1901     entered Navy
      specialized in signals
23.04.1907     HMS Achilles
08.1914 - 1916 Flag Lieutenant to R.Adm. Sir Archibald Moore [HMS Invincible (Grand Fleet/North Sea) & HMS King Alfred (Madeira-Canaries Station)]
11.1916     Executive Officer, HMS Caroline (cruiser)
1919     HMS New Zealand
1920     Executive Officer, HMS Calcutta (West Indies)
      signals school
26.04.1923 - (08.1923) Executive Officer, HMS Thunderer (battleshup; cadet training ship)
(01.1925)     HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (China) *
(05.1926)     no appointment listed
09.08.1926 - 09.01.1928 Commander, HMS Victoria and Albert (Royal yacht) (Portsmouth)
(04.1928)     no appointment listed
23.04.1928 - (06.)1928 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth
08.1928 - (08.)1930 Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer, Mediterranean Destroyer Flotillas [HMS Cairo (cruiser)]
12.01.1931 - (02.)1931 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
12.10.1931 - (06.)1933 Commanding Officer, HMS President & as Naval Member of the RNVR Committee & from 05.10.1931 as Assistant to the Admiral Commanding Reserves
28.12.1933 - (01.)1934 Admiralty [HMS President] (for 3 months' study of foreign language in Italy)
26.04.1934 - 02.08.1936 Naval Attaché, Rome (accredited to Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Rumania, Bulgaria, Albania and Turkey) [HMS President]
21.09.1936 - (10.1936) tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(01.1937)     no appointment listed
20.01.1937 - (10.1938) Commanding, Officer, HMS London (cruiser) & from (07.)1937-(08.)1938 as Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer, 1st Cruiser Squadron (Mediterranean)
29.08.1939 - 15.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon)
11.06.1940 - 26.09.1944 Naval Attaché, Washington, DC (accredited to USA, Panama, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Salvador) [HMS President] (Legion of Merit)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Potter,
Benjamin
"Ben"
B. Potter

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05.04.1899
Greenfield, Sadleworth, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
01.08.1965

Oldham district, Lancashire
Seaman
? [M25808]
A/Wt. Writer
01.01.1939
Wt. Writer =
Wt. Writer Offr.

1940?, seniority 01.01.1939
Cd. Writer Offr. =
Sen.Cd. Writter Offr.
17.04.1945 (retd 05.04.1949; age)
Lt. (S) (retd)
05.04.1949
24.02.1939
-
(08.)1939
HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton)
07.09.1939
-
(02.)1941
HMS St George (training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man)
(12.1941)
 
 
HMS St George (training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man) *
(08.1942)
-
(07.1945)
no appointment listed while being captured at Java and being a POW in Japanese captivity
07.02.1946
-
08.03.1946
HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services)
09.03.1946
-
(07.1948)
RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Poulton,
Cyril Hugh
C.H. Poulton

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01.03.1892
Hoddesdon, Ware district, Hertfordshire
-
16.02.1956
Biggleswade district
A/Mate
22.06.1918 [J1902]
Mate = S.Lt.
22.06.1918
A/Lt.
? (retd 16.10.1922; own request)
Lt. (retd)
17.08.1923, seniority 16.10.1922
A/Lt.Cdr. (retd)
?
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
01.09.1939
Cdr. (retd)
> 07.1945
George Medal GM
14.01.1941
mine disposal
Mention in Despatches MID
20.12.1940
mine disposal
07.06.1917
 
 
commissioned
14.09.1918
-
(07.1919)
HMS Nymphe (destroyer)
04.11.1940
-
(07.1945)
Torpedoes and Mining Department
Pound,
Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers
A.D.P.R. Pound


Eldest son of Alfred John Pound, barrister, and Elizabeth Pickman Rogers, of Boston, USA.
Married (14.10.1908) Bessie Caroline Grace Whitehead (died 1943), daughter of John Livesay Whitehead, physician, of Ventnor, Isle of Wight; two sons (Capt. Martin Pound, RM & Capt. George Dudley Pound, RN), one daughter.

Service record AVAILABLE upon request.

Service record AVAILABLE upon request.

Service record AVAILABLE upon request.

29.08.1877
Park View, Wroxall, Isle of Wight
-
21.10.1943
London (brain tumour)
[Golders Green Crematorium, Middlesex]
Cadet 15.01.1891
Midsh. 15.01.1893
S.Lt. 29.08.1896
Lt. 29.08.1898
Cdr. 30.06.1909
Capt. 31.12.1914
R.Adm. 01.03.1926
V.Adm. 15.05.1930
Adm. 16.01.1935
Adm. of the Fleet 31.07.1939
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB 02.01.1939 New Year 1939
Member of the Order of Merit OM 03.09.1943 First Sea Lord
Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO 23.07.1937 ?
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 03.06.1933 HM's birthday 1933
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 03.06.1919 HM's birthday 1919
Mention in Despatches MID 15.09.1916 Battle of Jutland 31.05.1916
Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (Norway) StOlav 13.10.1942 services to Norway
Polonia Restituta, 1st Class (Poland) PolRes 22.12.1942 services to Polish navy
Royal Humane Society's Bronze Medal (accident aboard HMS Superb 30.06.1911); Officer of Legion of Honour (France) 12.12.1919; Rising Sun 3rd class (Japan) 08.03.1920; DSM (USA) 12.12.1919
Education: Fonthill, East Grinstead; The Limes, Greenwich; HMS Britannia, etc.
15.01.1891     entered RN as a cadet; specialized in Torpedo
.. - ... ...
30.05.1911 - 06.01.1913 Commander, HMS Superb
06.01.1913 - 21.04.1914 RN War College [HMS President]
21.04.1914 - 17.01.1915 HMS St Vincent
20.03.1915 - 24.10.1915 Additional Naval Assistant to First Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President]
24.10.1915 - 07.1917 Commanding Officer, HMS Colossus & Flag Captain
07.1917 - 10.1917 Assistant to Director of Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
10.1917 - 18.01.1918 Assistant Director of Plans, Admiralty [HMS President]
18.01.1918 - 15.07.1919 Director of Operations (Home), Admiralty [HMS President]
20.05.1920 - 11.10.1920 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (additional; for special service on staff of Rear-Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron)
11.10.1920 - 18.04.1922 Commanding Officer, HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) [re-commissioned 01.01.1921]
19.04.1922 - 03.05.1922 Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty inside Admiralty)
03.05.1922 - 09.03.1925 Director of Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
09.03.1925 - 01.05.1925 senior officers' tactical course [HMS Victory]
02.05.1925 - 01.01.1927 Chief of Staff to Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)]
(02.1927)     no appointment listed
20.03.1927 - 20.04.1927 Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty inside Admiralty)
21.04.1927 - 22.04.1929 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff
21.05.1929 - 24.04.1931 Rear-Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron [HMS Renown (battlecruiser)]
01.12.1931 - 31.01.1932 Admiralty [HMS President] (for special duty inside Admiralty in connection with the Disarmament Conference)
01.02.1932 - 06.07.1932 British Naval Representative on the Permanent Advisory Commission of the League of Nations [HMS President]
07.07.1932 - 30.08.1932 Admiralty [HMS President] (for special duty inside Admiralty)
31.08.1932 - 30.09.1935 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Naval Personnel (Second Sea Lord) [HMS President]
09.10.1935 - 20.03.1936 Chief of Staff, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Resolution (battleship), then HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)]
20.03.1936 - 11.06.1939 Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship), then HMS Warspite (battleship)]
12.06.1939 - 15.10.1943 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Naval Staff (First Sea Lord)
01.10.1941 - 21.10.1943 also: First and Principal Naval ADC to the King
Literature: Cdr. Kenneth Edwards, Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., Admiral of the Fleet. In: Men of action (1943, p. 160-182); Robin Brodhurst, Churchill's anchor : Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, OM, GCB, GCVO (2000)

A.D.P.R. Pound (Imperial War Museum © IWM (A 5320))

Pound,
George Dudley
G.D. Pound
Son of Adm. of the Fleet Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound, and Bessie Caroline Grace Whitehead.
12.04.1913
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
18.08.1995

Chichester district, Sussex
Cadet
01.09.1930
Midsh.
01.05.1931
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1933
S.Lt.
01.05.1934
Lt.
01.02.1936
Lt.Cdr.
01.02.1944
Cdr.
30.06.1947
Capt.
30.06.1952 (retd 10.02.1965)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
08.06.1963
HM's birthday 1963
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
10.03.1942
sinking Italian submarine Ferraris 10.1941
Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1942
New Year 1942
06.09.1930
-
(06.)1933
HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet)
28.09.1933
-
(01.1934)
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
22.01.1935
-
(07.)1937
HMS Norfolk (cruiser) (Devonport)
22.08.1937
-
(06.)1938
First Lieutenant, HMS Vanquisher (destroyer) (Portland)
07.06.1938
-
(08.1939)
HMS Cossack (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
22.02.1940
-
(02.)1941
First Lieutenant, HMS Hurricane (destroyer)
(10.1941)


HMS Lamerton (destroyer)
23.11.1941
-
(10.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Lauderdale (destroyer)
12.1943
-
(12.1943)
Commanding Officer, HMS Myngs (destroyer)
17.01.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Wakeful (destroyer)
08.02.1946
-
(04.1946)
HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
07.1947
-
(05.1949)
on staff of Rear-Admiral Washington DC and Naval Representative on the United Nations Military Staff Committee [HMS Saker]
(05.1950)


HMS President *
11.07.1952
-
(05.1953)
Commanding Officer, HMS Widemouth Bay
?
-
(04.1955)
Naval Training Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
(01.1956)


no appointment listed
(01.1957)


no appointment listed
(12.1957)
-
(06.)1958
Commanding Officer, HMNZS Royalist (cruiser) [on loand to RNZN]
25.09.1958
-
(01.1959)
Commanding Officer, Anti-Submarine Training Establishment [HMS Osprey] & as Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer Sea Training
(07.1961)


no appointment listed
26.07.1961
-
(02.1964)
Captain-in-Charge, Clyde [HMS Cochrane]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pounds,
Thomas Herbert Bellingham
T.H.B. Pounds
25.09.1909
Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland
-
12.04.1973
Wingerworth, Chesterfield district, Derbyshire
... ...
Lt. 25.09.1933
Lt.Cdr. 25.09.1941 (retd 25.09.1954; age)
... - ... ...
01.11.1938 - (02.1940) HMS Norfolk (Norfolk class cruiser)
... - ... ...
Powell,
Arthur
A. Powell

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22.03.1897
Southsea, Hampshire
-
died between 08.1981 and 08.1983 ??
Lt.
15.07.1918 (emgcy)
Lt.Cdr. (emgcy)
15.07.1926
Cdr. (emgcy)
22.03.1937
01.1910
 
 
entered RN
26.10.1939
-
26.05.1940
HMAS Penguin (RAN base, Sydney, NSW) (as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Newcastle)
27.05.1940
-
05.06.1940
HMAS Penguin (additional)
06.06.1940
-
30.06.1940
HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to Singapore per "Merkur")
01.07.1940
-
(12.1941)
HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) (for duty in office of Captain on the staff of Commander-in-Chief China)
06.1942
-
(08.1942)
HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for miscellaneous duties at Colombo)
(02.1943)
-
(06.1943)
no appointment listed
04.06.1943
-
10.07.1943
HMAS Kuttabul (additional)
11.07.1943
-
12.08.1944
HMAS Moreton (RAN base staff, Brisbane) (as Chief Staff Officer to Naval Officer-in-Charge, Brisbane)
13.08.1944
-
10.1945
Commanding Officer, HMAS Kuttabul (later also as Staff Officer (Reserves))
10.1945
-
30.11.1945
HMAS Rushcutter (additional; for discharge)
Powell,
Anthony Cotton
A.C. Powell
Son of Edward Cotton Powell (1846-1922), and Anne Caroline Ingram (1866-1940).
Married (28.07.1928, Sopley, Dorset) Mary Eveleen Grindle (1895-1956).

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19.04.1894
Chelsea, London, Middlesex
-
02.10.1964

Chepstow district
Lt.Cdr
15.05.1924
Cdr. (retd)
19.04.1934
Education: RN College, Osborne (1907).
15.01.1907
 
 
entered RN
...
-
...
...
01.07.1937
-
31.12.1940
an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, London Area (under Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty) [HMS President]
01.01.1941
-
01.06.1943
an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Manchester Area (under Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty) [HMS President]
02.06.1943
-
(04.1946)
an Assistant to the Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President]
Powell,
Christopher Francis Boyd
C.F.B. Powell (Photo courtesy of Mr Jonathan Powell)  
Son of E.E. Powell, and Jane Sutcliffe Jinty.
Residence: (1945) Haverfordwest.

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20.10.1898
-
22.12.1982

North Dorset district, Dorsetshire
Midsh.
01.09.1917
Lt.
15.02.1921
Lt.Cdr.
15.02.1929 (retd 13.10.1934; own request)
Cdr. (retd)
20.10.1938 (reactivated 1939/40?) (reverted to retd < 04.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 01.01.1945 New Year 1945 [investiture 16.10.1945]
?
-
(01.1919)
HMS Barham (battleship)
(08.1923)
 
 
no appointment listed
03.01.1925
-
(01.)1925
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for training in coastal motor boats)
30.06.1925
-
(07.)1927
HMS Colossus (accommodation ship; boys' training ship, Devonport)
25.08.1927
-
(06.)1928
HMS Birmingham (cruiser) (Africa)
18.09.1928
-
(08.)1929
HMS Calcutta (cruiser) (Africa)
19.12.1929
-
(04.)1930
HMS Frobisher (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
24.07.1930
-
(02.1931)
Executive Officer, HMS Harebell (fishery protection cruiser; sloop)
(01.1932)
 
 
no appointment listed
25.05.1932
-
(06.1933)
HMS Resource (repair ship) (Mediterranean)
(01.1934)
-
(08.1934)
no appointment listed

Fishery officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1937.

(04.1940)
-
(02.1941)
HMS Skirmisher (RN base, Milford Haven) *
06.1941
-
(10.1944)
Executive Officer, HMS Resource (repair ship)
(01.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Powell,
Edward Henry
E.H. Powell

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07.07.1883
Paddington, London
-
21.12.1956

Lt.Cdr. (retd)
01.11.1925
A/Cdr. (retd)
? (reverted to retd < 06.1944)
(07.1918)
 
 
First Lieutenant, HMS C 22 (submarine)
...
-
...
...
27.12.1939
-
(04.)1940
RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake]
05.1940
-
(02.)1943
HMS Cabot (RN training establishment, Ashley Down, Bristol)
10.1943
-
(12.1943)
Executive Officer, HMS Triphibian II (training establishment, Uniacke Barracks, Harrogate)
(04.1944)
 
 
no appointment listed
Powell,
James
J. Powell (© Imperial War Museum (A 27003)) J. Powell (© Imperial War Museum (A 27004))
J. Powell (© Imperial War Museum (A 27004))

Son of James Powell, of Pylewell, Hythe, Southampton & Hyde Park, London, later of Lower Lockhams, Botley, Hampshire.
Married (07.12.1914) Gertrude Eileen Blenkinsop, daughter of late Lt.Col. F. Blenkinsop, IMS; one son, three daughters.

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19.06.1887
-
07.09.1971
Twyford, Hampshire
... ...
Lt. 30.12.1908
Lt.Cdr. 30.12.1916
Cdr. 30.06.1922
Capt. 31.12.1929 (retd 25.06.1940)
Cdre. 2nd cl. 25.06.1940 & 14.02.1944
R.Adm. (retd) 25.06.1940 (dispersed 05.08.1945) (reverted to retd 20.10.1945)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 27.06.1919 minelaying North Sea
Mention in Despatches MID WW I ?
Education: Eton (1st semester 1901-1st semester 1902); HMS Britannia.
15.01.1904     entered RN
... - ... ...
19.12.1931 - 25.07.1933 Commanding Officer, HMS Sandhurst (destroyer depot ship)
... - ... ...
1936 - 1938 Captain-in-Charge and King's Harbour Master, Portland
20.10.1938 - 27.05.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Malabar (RN barracks, Bermuda) & in charge of HM Naval Establishments, Bermuda (from 25.06.1940 as Cdre. 2nd cl. RN)
05.01.1940 - 25.06.1940 also: Naval ADC to the King
29.05.1942 - 08.10.1942 HMS President (additional; whilst on passage)
09.10.1942 - 30.10.1942 HMS President (additional; for disposal)
01.11.1942 - 13.02.1944 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for Liverpool Convoy Pool) (as Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR)
14.02.1944 - 24.07.1945 Commodore Superintendent Taranto & Italian Ports [HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)] (as Cdre. 2nd cl. RN)
25.07.1945 - 05.08.1945 Commodore-in-Charge Taranto & Commodore Superintendent Taranto Dockyard [HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)] (as Cdre. 2nd cl. RN)
Powell,
Jeffrey William
J.W. Powell (Photo courtesy of Mr Anthony Powell) J.W. Powell (Photo courtesy of Mr Anthony Powell)
J.W. Powell (Photo courtesy of Mr Anthony Powell) J.W. Powell (Photo courtesy of Mr Anthony Powell)

Son of William Powell, and Florence Wildish.
Married 1st ((07?).1942, Lewisham district, London; divorced 1963) Joan Helen Daglish; two sons.
Married 2nd ((04?).1964, Chelsea district, London) Susan J. Peters; two daughters.
11.02.1921
Lambeth district, London
-
08.06.2008
Wivelsfield, Sussex
Midsh. (A) 11.09.1939
A/S.Lt. (A) 19.01.1941
S.Lt. (A) 11.02.1942
Lt. (A) 19.07.1943
Lt. 1949/50?, seniority 19.07.1943
Lt.Cdr. 19.07.1951
Cdr. 31.12.1954 (retd 18.09.1965)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 19.12.1944 Operation Begonia [investiture 06.03.1945]
Mention in Despatches MID 28.04.1942 operations in Mediterranean
Mention in Despatches MID 28.11.1944 minelaying Norway
(12.1939) - (05.1940) Fleet Air Arm
(06.1940)     no appointment listed
24.07.1940 - (12.1940) acting observer, 823 Squadron FAA [HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkneys)]
06.01.1941 - (06.)1941 acting observer, HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt)
01.06.1941 - (06.)1942 acting observer, 826 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt)] (despatches)
27.07.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) (for instructional staff)
01.09.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services)
01.10.1943 - (12.)1944 observer, 846 Squadron FAA [at Scottish air stations, from 04.01.1944-03.06.1944 HMS Tracker (Archer class escort carrier), from 05.07.1944 HMS Trumpeter (Archer class escort carrier)] (DSC, despatches)
12.12.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) *
      post-war appointments included HMS Merlin, HMS Vengeance, HMS Gannet, HMS Glory, HMS Mounts Bay & HMS Victorious
* According to name index of Navy Lists (01.1945)-(04.1946) serving at Admiralty [HMS President]. In officers' listings showing at HMS Daedalus, though.
Powell,
John Trevor
J.T. Powell (© Imperial War Museum (A 13824))

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10.04.1902
Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire
-
18.06.1985
Isle of Wight
Midsh. 15.09.1919
A/S.Lt. 15.01.1922
Lt. 15.07.1924
Lt.Cdr. 15.07.1932 (retd 10.04.1947)
A/Cdr. > 04.1941, < 06.1941
Cdr. (retd) 10.04.1947
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1943 New Year 1943
Mention in Despatches MID 30.05.1944 North Russian convoy 02.1944
... - ... ...
05.12.1939 - (03.)1939 Navigating Officer, HMS Barham (Queen Elizabeth class battleship)
19.03.1940 - (08.)1940 Navigating Officer, HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) & as Squadron Navigating Officer to Rear-Admiral Destroyers, Home Fleet
07.09.1940 - 22.08.1942 Squadron Navigating Officer and Staff Officer (Operations) to Rear-Admiral Destroyers, Home Fleet [HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship)
23.08.1942 - (06.)1944 Staff Officer (Operations) to Rear-Admiral Destroyers, Home Fleet [HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) (OBE, despatches twice)
09.1944 - 04.11.1944 Assistant King's Harbour Master and Assistant Commander of the Dockyard, HM Dockyard Ceylon [HMS Highflyer]
05.11.1944 - (07.)1945 Commander of the Dockyard, HM Dockyard Ceylon and King's Harbour Master, Trincomalee [HMS Highflyer]
(10.1945)     HM Dockyard, Ceylon [HMS Highflyer] *
... - ... ...
* indexed, but not listed as such
Powell,
Thomas Aislabie
T.A. Powell

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12.03.1890
-
04.04.1959
A/S.Lt.
30.07.1909
S.Lt.
08.04.1910, seniority 30.07.1909
Lt.
01.04.1912
Lt.Cdr.
01.04.1920 (retd 12.03.1933; own request)
Cdr. (retd)
12.03.1933
Mention in Despatches MID
20.02.1919
*

* Has been in command of `G.4' for eighteen months during which time he has often been on patrols near our own and enemy minefields. He was especially selected for a trip down to the Kullen and entrance to the Belts when after a long interval a  submarine was sent there on receipt of special information.

15.09.1904
 
 
entered RN
16.05.1915
 
 
First Lieutenant, HMS C 15 (submarine)



Commanding Officer, HMS C 8 (submarine)



Commander (S) 11th Submarine Flotilla
12.08.1919
-
12.07.1921
Commanding Officer, HMS H 49 (submarine)
...
-
...
...
11.03.1940
-
30.06.1943
Anti-Submarine Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
01.07.1943
-
(01.)1945
Anti-U-Boat Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
(07.1945)
 
 
Anti-U-Boat Division, Admiralty [HMS President] *
(04.1946)
 
 
no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Power,
Sir Arthur John
A.J. Power
A.J. Power
A.J. Power A.J. Power
A.J. Power A.J. Power
A.J. Power A.J. Power
A.J. Power A.J. Power
A.J. Power (Photo courtesy of Mr Andrew Wilkinson)
Son of E.J. Power.
Married 1st (1918) Amy (died 1945), eldest daughter of Col. D.A. Bingham; three sons (V.Adm. Sir Arthur Mackenzie Power, KCB, MBE).
Married 2nd (1947) Margaret Joyce, Second Officer, WRNS, only daughter of A.H.St C. Watson, Penfold House, Hendon, NW4.

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12.04.1889
-
28.01.1960
Gosport district, Hampshire
A/S.Lt. 15.01.1909?
S.Lt. 10.09.1909, seniority 15.01.1909
Lt. 15.04.1910
Lt.Cdr. 31.04.1918
Cdr. 31.12.1922
Capt. 30.06.1929
R.Adm. 25.06.1940
V.Adm. 04.08.1943
A/Adm. 12.1944
Adm. 06.05.1946
Adm. of the Fleet 22.04.1952
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB 02.01.1950 New Year 1950
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 01.01.1944 New Year 1944
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 1941
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire GBE 01.01.1946 New Year 1946
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO 29.01.1936 ?
Mention in Despatches MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky
Mention in Despatches MID 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche
Mention in Despatches MID 15.06.1944 air strikes Sabang & Surabaya 04-05.1944
Mention in Despatches MID 31.10.1944 Operation Crimson
Polonia Restituta 3rd class (Poland) PolRes 22.12.1942 services to Polish navy
Commander of the Legion of Merit (US) LM 29.01.1946 ?
Grand Cross of the Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands) OON 15.03.1949 services to Royal Netherlands Navy

Knight of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (01.01.1951)

15.05.1904     entered RN
      Gunnery Officer, HMS Magnificent (battleship)
17.08.1917 - (01.1919) Gunnery Officer, HMS Princess Royal (battle cruiser) 
      Gunnery Officer, HMS Royal Arthur (cruiser)
      Gunnery Officer,  HMS Raglan (monitor)
24.07.1929 - (02.1931) Ordnance Committee (Woolwich) [HMS President]
(01.1932) - (09.1932) no appointment listed
(01.1934) - (07.1935) Imperial Defence Course
03.10.1935 - (07.)1937 Commanding Officer, Gunnery School, Portsmouth [HMS Excellent]
17.01.1938 - 26.07.1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) (while under construction)
26.07.1938 - 04.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier), from 26.07.1939 also Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral Aircraft Carriers, Home Fleet
13.12.1939 - 25.06.1940 also: Naval ADC to the King
28.05.1940 - 27.05.1942 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Home) [HMS President]
28.05.1942 - 11.07.1942 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed)
01.08.1942 - 06.05.1943 Rear-Admiral Commanding 15th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Cleopatra] [assumed command 12.09.1942]
07.05.1943 - 09.1943 Flag Officer-in-Charge, Malta [HMS St. Angelo]
24.09.1943 - 11.1943 Flag Officer Liaison Italy [HMS Hannibal (additional)]
01.12.1943 - 11.1944 Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron & Second-in-Command, Eastern Fleet [briefly HMS Lanka, later HMS Renown]
22.11.1944 - (10.)1945 Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Lanka, later HMS Landguard]
27.02.1946 - 1948 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Naval Personnel (Second Sea Lord)
13.05.1948 - (05.)1950 Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station [HMS St Angelo]
18.10.1950 - 17.10.1952 Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
1951 - 1952 also Naval Commander-in-Chief, Home (designate)
15.01.1951 - 24.04.1952 First and Principal Naval ADC to King George VI & to the Queen (02-04.1952)
1952 - (1952/53?) Allied Commander-in-Chief Channel and Southern North Sea Command
Deputy Lieutenant, Southampton (27.04.1953).
Power,
[Sir] Arthur Mackenzie
A.M. Power

Son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur John Power, GCB, GBE, CVO.
Married (11.05.1949) Marcia Helen Gell; two sons, one daughter.
18.06.1921
-
17.11.1984

Liphook, Hampshire
Cadet 01.09.1938
Midsh. 01.09.1939
S.Lt. 01.08.1940
Lt. 01.12.1941
Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1949
Cdr. 31.12.1952
Capt. 30.06.1959
R.Adm. 07.07.1968
V.Adm. 29.11.1971 (retd 07.04.1975)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 1974 ?
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE 1952 ?
01.09.1938 - 08.1939 special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser)
04.08.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Hood (battlecruiser)
06.09.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Cossack (destroyer)
23.01.1941 - (02.)1941 HMS Hood (battlecruiser)
01.09.1941 - (10.)1943 HMS Offa (destroyer)
(12.1943)     HMS Offa (destroyer) *
28.12.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Caprice (destroyer)
15.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
(04.1946)     gunnery course
... - ... ...
* indexed, but not listed as such
Power,
[Sir] Manley Laurence
M.L. Power (Imperial War Museum © IWM (A 24478)) M.L. Power
Son (with two sisters) of Admiral Sir Laurence Eliot Power, KCB, CVO (1864-1927), and Muriel Want. 
Married (02.08.1930, Freshwater Parish Church) Barbara Alice Mary Topham, elder daughter of Alfred Frank Topham, KC (1874-1952), and Alice Charlotte Kennedy, of Yarmouth and London; one daughter, one son deceased.
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10.01.1904
Kingston, Middlesex / Surrey
-
17.05.1981
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
Cadet 1917
Midsh. 15.01.1922
A/S.Lt. 15.05.1924
S.Lt. 31.10.1925, seniority 15.02.1925
Lt. 15.11.1926
Lt.Cdr. 15.11.1934
Cdr. 30.06.1939
A/Capt. 31.08.1943
Capt. 31.12.1943
Cdre. 1st cl. 05.1952?
R.Adm. 08.07.1953
V.Adm. 07.09.1956
Adm. 22.07.1960 (retd 25.10.1961)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 12.06.1958 HM's birthday 1958 [investiture 15.07.1958]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 09.06.1955 HM's birthday 1955 [investiture 12.07.1955]
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE 20.04.1943 Operation Torch (landings in N Africa 08.11.1942) [investiture 18.04.1944]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 01.01.1941 New Year 1941
Distinguished Service Order DSO 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy landings 06.1944) [investiture 12.03.1946]
Distinguished Service Order DSO 10.07.1945 Operation Dukedom (destruction of a Japanese cruiser 15-18.05.1945) [investiture 12.03.1946]
Mention in Despatches MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky (invasion of Sicily 07.1943)
Mention in Despatches MID 06.06.1944 Operation Shingle (landing at Anzio 22.01.1944)
Officer of the Legion of Merit (US) LM 19.03.1946 Staff Officer Planning Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean
Croix de Guerre des Theatres d'Operations Exterieurs (France) CdeG 15.04.1958 Near East 1956
Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth.
15.09.1917     entered RN
25.09.1924 - (01.1925) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
31.08.1926 - (07.1927) First Lieutenant, HMS H48 (submarine) (Portsmouth)
08.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean)
19.03.1930 - (02.1931) First Lieutenant, HMS L52 (submarine)
23.07.1931 - (09.1932) First Lieutenant, HMS L53 (submarine)
21.04.1933 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS H32 (submarine) (Portsmouth)
15.01.1935 - (07.1935) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
05.01.1936 - (02.1936) Staff Officer (Operations), 1st Submarine Flotilla [HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship)] (Mediterranean)
01.1937 - (02.1937) HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (and for duty with submarines) (Mediterranean)
31.05.1937 - (04.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Severn (submarine) (Mediterranean)
21.08.1939 - (06.)1942 Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in- Chief Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta), later HMS Warspite (battleship), later HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)]
09.06.1942 - 26.09.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Opportune (destroyer) (Russian convoys)
09.1942 - 12.1942 Staff Officer (Operations) to the Naval Commander Expeditionary Force, Algiers
01.01.1943 - (10.)1943 Staff Officer (Plans) to the Commander-in- Chief Mediterranean [HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers)] *
31.12.1943 - 02.04.1944 Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans) to the Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean [HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers)]
03.04.1944 - 23.04.1944 HMS Victory IV (additional; for foreign service leave & whilst unemployed)
24.04.1944 - 09.07.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Kempenfelt (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 26th Destroyer Flotilla
09.07.1944 - 17.11.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Myngs (destroyer)
17.11.1944 - 14.12.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Saumarez (destroyer)
13.02.1946 - 07.1946 Deputy Director of Plans, Admiralty [HMS President]
12.1946 - (07.1948) Senior Naval Member of the Directing Staff at the Joint Services Staff College
04.05.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Osprey (RN base, Portland)
      Flag Captain to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet
05.1952 - (05.1953) Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo]
04.1954 - (01.1956) Senior Naval Member, Directing Staff, Imperial Defence College
1956 - 1957 Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers
1957 - 1959 Deputy Chief of Naval Staff & 5th Sea Lord
09.03.1959 - 1961 Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] & Allied Commander-in-Chief, Channel & Commander-in-Chief, Home Station (Designate)
County Court, Isle of Wight, 1964-1974. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Hampshire, 1965-1974. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Isle of Wight, 1974.
* (12.1943) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Powlett,
Philip Frederick

P.F. Powlett (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
Only son of V.Adm. Frederick Armand Powlett, CBE (1873-1963), and Nora Chaplin (1888-1934).
Married (1935) Frances Elizabeth Sykes Elwell, daughter of Edward Elwell, of Cranbrook, B.C., Canada; two sons, one daughter.
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13.11.1906
Alverstoke, Hampshire
-
15.01.1991
Lyng, Norwich, Norfolk
Midsh. 15.09.1924
A/S.Lt. 01.01.1927
S.Lt. 16.09.1927
Lt. 16.06.1929
Lt.Cdr. 16.06.1937
Cdr. 31.12.1942
Capt. 30.06.1949
R.Adm. 07.01.1959 (retd 25.04.1962)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 31.12.1960 New Year 1961

Distinguished Service Order

DSO  24.03.1942 sinking U131 & U434 17.12.1941

Distinguished Service Order

DSO  01.09.1942 Operation Harpoon
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 29.07.1941 rescue bombed SS Archangel
Mention in Despatches MID 11.10.1940 blocking Zeebrugge Canal of Dieppe
Krzyz Walecznych (Military Cross) (Poland) KW 22.12.1942 services to Polish Navy
Education: Newlands School, Seaford; RN Colleges, Dartmouth & Osborne (19201924).
15.09.1924 - (03.)1926 HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (China)
30.12.1926 - (07.1927) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
(04.1928)     no appointment listed
28.04.1928 - (06.)1929 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
07.06.1929 - 01.1931 HMS Whitley (destroyer)
13.01.1931 - (03.1931) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean)
(12.1931) - (09.1932) course, Greenwich
04.10.1932 - (03.)1935 HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean)
(07.1935)     no appointment listed
29.07.1935 - (10.1935) Admiralty [HMS President] (for 4 months' study of foreign languages in Spain)
14.01.1936 - (08.)1936 HMS President IV (base defences, Mediterranean)
(10.1936)     no appointment listed
05.10.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Resource (repair ship) (Mediterranean)
12.04.1937 - (07.)1937 HMS Wrestler (destroyer) (Portsmouth Local Destroyer Flotilla))
22.08.1937 - (12.)1938 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Home Fleet)
20.12.1938 - (08.)1939 HMS Hastings (escort vessel)
05.09.1939 - 20.01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Shearwater (patrol vessel)
27.02.1941 - 11.03.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Blankney (escort destroyer)
(04.1943)     no appointment listed
(06.)1943 - (04.)1944 Flotilla Officer, Boat Company, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization 1 (MNBDO1)
03.06.1944 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Whirlwind (destroyer)
12.06.1944 - early1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Cassandra (destroyer)
31.03.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Dauntless (light cruiser)
01.1946 - (04.)1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Wakeful (destroyer)
05.11.1946 - (07.)1948 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
01.12.1948 - (05.1949) Commander of the College, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
01.05.1950 - (05.1951) Deputy Director of Naval Air Organisation and Training [showing under HMS President (for miscellaneous services)]
10.06.1952 - (05.)1953 Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Clyde [HMS Jupiter]
27.04.1954 - (07.)1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Venus & as Captain (F), 6th Frigate Squadron
18.10.1954 - (04.)1955 Commanding Officer, HMS Undine & as Captain (F), 6th Frigate Squadron
(01.1956)     no appointment listed
05.04.1956 - 1958 Commanding Officer, HMS Sea Eagle, and as Director (RN), Joint Anti-Submarine School, and Senior Naval Officer, Northern Ireland
05.02.1959 - 03.03.1962 Flag Officer, Gibraltar, and Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Gibraltar & Commander Gibraltar, Mediterranean, NATO (COMGIBMED)
Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Norfolk, 1974.
Poynter *,
Douglas Arthur

D.A. Poynter
* initially registered in the Navy under the last name Pointer
01.03.1920
Thanet district, Kent
-
12.10.1999
Farnham, West Surrey
Midsh. (A)
21.11.1938
A/S.Lt. (A)
01.03.1940
S.Lt. (A)
04.1942, seniority 01.03.1941
Lt. (A)
11.1942, seniority 01.09.1942
Lt.
02.06.1948, seniority 01.09.1942
Lt.Cdr.
01.09.1950
Cdr.
30.06.1955
Capt.
31.12.1962 (retd 07.01.1972)
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO
24.12.1968
to be dated 17.11.1968
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
19.03.1946
for outstanding services while prisoner of war

 

21.11.1938
-
(02.)1939
HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (Devonport) (for training)
13.02.1939
-
(04.)1939
observers' course [HMS Excellent]
15.05.1939
-
(08.)1939
observers' course [HMS Excellent]



... Squadron FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)]
?
-
22.09.1940
825 Squadron FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] 
(force-landed during an operation against German ships in Trondheim; evaded, but eventually captured)
1940
-
1945
prisoner of war (Stalag Luft III; escape attempt 1944)
03.04.1946
-
(04.1946)
HMS Fernie
15.04.1947
-
(07.1948)
Communications Officer, HMS London
02.06.1948


transferred to the Executive Branch
(05.1950)


no appointment listed
01.05.1952
-
(05.1953)
on staff of Flag Officer, Malaya & Admiral Superintendent HM Dockyard Singapore [HMS Terror]
22.02.1954
-
(04.1955)
Fleet Communications Officer 2 (FCO2), Mediterranean Fleet [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
12.12.1955
-
(01.1956)
Executive Officer, HMS Mercury II
13.06.1960
-
(07.1961)
Executive Officer, RN Base, Singapore [HMS Terror]
18.12.1962
-
(02.1963)
Signals Officer, Far East [HMS Terror]
1963


Deputy Director of Naval Signals, Admiralty
1965


Senior Officers' War Course
01.11.1966
-
(02.1968)
Defence (Naval, Military & Air) Attaché to Chili, Peru and Ecuador (Santiago, Lima & Quito)
1969
-
(06.1971)
Director of Naval Signals, Admiralty
07.07.1971

07.01.1972
also: Naval ADC to the Queen
Naval Regional Officer, London Area, 1972-1980. Elected to Waverley Borough Council, 1983, and up to 1992 was Chairman, then Vice-Chairman, of the Finance Committee. From 1992 onwards, committee member of his local Conservative Association and Residents' Association.
Pratt,
[Rev.] Geoffrey Archibald Henry
R. Prescott-Decie
Son (with one sister) of Henry Simcox Pratt (1861-), and Helen Constance Hodson (1866-).
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30.05.1907
Wolverhampton district, Shropshire / Staffordshire / West Midlands
-
26.06.1976
Hastings district (lately of Ealing)
Cadet
01.09.1924?
Midsh.
15.05.1925
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1927
S.Lt.
25.10.1928, seniority 01.03.1928
Lt.
19.07.1929, seniority 01.04.1929 (emgcy > 09.1932, < 06.1933)
Lt.Cdr. (emgcy)
01.04.1937
A/Cdr. (emgcy)
06.1943 (reverted to emgcy < 04.1946)
15.09.1924
-
(01.1925)
HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Mediterranean)
07.04.1926
-
(07.)1927
HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies)
29.09.1927
-
11.04.1928
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
12.04.1928
-
(06.1928)
promotion course, Portsmouth
11.06.1929
-
(08.1929)
HMS Vimiera (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
(1930)


HMS London (cruiser)
(04.1930)
 
 
no appointment listed
12.04.1930
-
(08.)1930
long navigation course, HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth)
01.09.1930
-
(02.)1931
Assistant Navigating Officer, HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
13.08.1931
-
11.11.1931
Navigating Officer, HMS Petersfield (twin screw minesweeper) (China) (wrecked on Tung Yung Island; reprimanded at court-martial)
(01.1932)
 
 
no appointment listed
(09.1932)
 
 
no appointment listed

Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, 03.07.1935.

(04.1940)
 
 
Admiralty [HMS President] *
07.06.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Proserpine (RN base, Scapa)
01.04.1941
-
(02.)1943
HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for navigating duties)
05.1943
-
06.1943
HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth)
06.1943
-
11.1945
Commander of Dockyard and Deputy Superintendent, Alexandria [HMS Nile]
Post-war joined the Church. Ordained a Priest in the London diocese (from Salisbury), 12.06.1949.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Prescott-Decie,
Richard
R. Prescott-Decie
(12?).1920
Bockleton
-
16.10.1982
Cadet
01.01.1939
Midsh.
01.09.1939
S.Lt.
01.10.1940
Lt.
01.08.1942
Lt.Cdr.
01.08.1950 (retd 16.09.1956)
01.01.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Renown (battlecruiser)
(08.1942)


HMS Fort York (minesweeper) *
07.08.1942
-
(06.1943)
First Lieutenant, HMS Vivien (destroyer)
07.08.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Arrow (destroyer)
11.03.1944
-
(04.1946)
First Lieutenant, HMS Marne (destroyer)
15.05.1948
-
(07.1948)
Squadron Physical Training & Welfare Officer, 1st Cruiser Squadron [HMS Newcastle (cruiser)]
11.04.1950
-
(05.1950)
HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier)
28.04.1952
-
(05.1953)
HMS Newcastle (cruiser)
09.01.1956
-
(01.1956)
staff of Flag Officer, Scotland [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Preston,
Sir Lionel George
L.G. Preston (© National Portrait Gallery, London NPG x159737)
L.G. Preston
L.G. Preston (© National Portrait Gallery, London NPG x124028) L.G. Preston
Son of George Frederick Preston (1857?-1905), and Maria Bennett Everitt (1851-1921).
Married 1st (04.01.1902, Wembdon, Bridgwater, Somerset) Emily Elizabeth Bryant (1869? - 01.02.1958), elder daughter of Edgar Bryant; one son.
Married 2nd ((03?).1958, Leicester district, Leicestershire) Ivy Lily Record (01.11.1903 - 30.03.1989), daughter of Charles Record, of Sheppey, Kent; one son.
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27.09.1875
Liscard, Birkenhead district, Cheshire
-
21.09.1971
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
Midsh. 15.03.1891
A/S.Lt. 14.09.1894
S.Lt. 1895?, seniority 14.09.1894
Lt. 01.04.1897
Cdr. 30.06.1907 *
Capt. 31.12.1914
R.Adm. 18.07.1925
V.Adm. 02.04.1930
Adm. 08.02.1934 (retd 16.01.1935; own request) (reactivated 16.09.1939) (reverted to retd 29.03.1945)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 26.06.1934 HM's birthday 1934
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 01.01.1916 New Year 1916: for minesweeping services
Mention in Despatches MID 1916? for proceeding at once in HMS Skipjack to the assistance of two trawlers which had been mined off Scarborough, and anchoring the ship in the mine-field to destroy several mines which the trawlers had swept up
Officier, Légion d'Honneur (France) LegH 15.09.1916 wartime service

* special promotion: for seamanlike handling of HMS Bruiser in heavy weather off Malta, and on a dark night, when, by taking his ship alongside HMS Ariel, which was rapidly sinking, the majority of the officers and crew were saved

Education: Stubbington House, Fareham, Hampshire; RN College, HMS Britannia (15.07.1888-06.1890).
22.07.1890 - 10.05.1893 under training in HMS Northumberland, HMS Triumph, HMS Trafalgar
10.05.1893 - 07.06.1893 HMS Achilles (iron screw ship) (under training)
11.07.1893 - 31.03.1894 HMS Victory (additional; while sick; appointment to HMS Narcissus (armoured cruiser) was never effectuated)
25.04.1894 - 01.05.1894 HMS Repulse (battleship) (under training)
02.05.1894 - 09.1894 HMS Volage (iron screw corvette) (under training)
09.1894 - 02.1895 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
02.1895 - 20.07.1895 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Excellent]
21.07.1895 - 08.1895 HMS Fox (2nd class cruiser) (lent for tactical exercises)
08.1895 - 11.11.1895 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Excellent]
12.11.1895 - 15.02.1899 HMS Cordelia (screw corvette)
16.02.1899 - 19.03.1900 HMS Northampton (iron armoured frigate)
20.03.1900 - 06.10.1901 First Lieutenant, HMS Rosario (took part in the response to the Boxer Rebellion; invalided home, reaching UK 21.11.1901)
22.11.1901 - 20.01.1902 HMS Duke of Wellington (additional; for foreign service leave & full pay sick leave)
21.01.1902 - 29.05.1902 HMS Vivid (for RN Barracks Devonport)
30.05.1902 - 23.01.1905 First Lieutenant, HMS Hearty (employed on Fishery Duties under Admiral Commanding Coast Guard and Reserves)
25.02.1905 - 15.06.1905 HMS Excellent & Vernon (additional for short courses in (G) and (T))
20.06.1905 - 10.10.1905 Commanding Officer, HMS Doon (torpedo-boat destroyer) [tender to HMS Vivid]
10.10.1905 - 05.12.1905 Commanding Officer, HMS Express (torpedo-boat destroyer) [tender to HMS Vivid]
05.12.1905 - 22.12.1905 Commanding Officer, HMS Foam (torpedo-boat destroyer) [tender to HMS Vulcan]
22.12.1905 - 10.07.1907 Commanding Officer, HMS Bruiser (torpedo-boat destroyer) [tender to HMS Vulcan]
11.07.1907 - 30.09.1907 on half-pay
01.10.1907 - 03.01.1908 HMS President (additional; for War Course)
03.01.1908 - 07.04.1908 Commanding Officer, HM TB 107 & Commander of the Devonport Torpedo Boat Flotilla [tender to HMS Vivid]
07.04.1908 - 12.1909 Commanding Officer, HM TB 81 & Commander of the Devonport Torpedo Boat Flotilla [tender to HMS Vivid]
12.1909 - 04.01.1910 Commanding Officer, HM TB 99 & Commander of the Devonport Torpedo Boat Flotilla [tender to HMS Vivid]
04.01.1910 - 07.12.1910 Commanding Officer, HMS Tartar (torpedo-boat destroyer) (First Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet) [tender to HMS Blenheim]
07.12.1910 - 01.08.1912 Commanding Officer, HMS Wolverine (torpedo-boat destroyer) (Third Destroyer Flotilla) [tender to HMS Blenheim]
18.08.1912 - 20.12.1912 HMS President (for signal and war courses at Portsmouth)
03.02.1913 - 21.02.1913 HMS President (for torpedo course)
17.03.1913 - 04.1913 Commanding Officer, HMS Swiftsure (battleship) [tender to HMS Terrible]
04.1913 - 06.1913 Commanding Officer, HMS Highflyer (cruiser)
06.1913 - 01.02.1914 Commanding Officer, HMS Jason (torpedo gunboat) & for command of Minesweeping Flotilla
02.02.1914 - 04.03.1914 HMS Neptune (additional; for special service & for command of Minesweeping Flotilla)
05.03.1914 - 02.06.1915 Commanding Officer HMS Skipjack (torpedo gunboat) & for command of Minesweeping Flotilla (CB, despatches, Legion of Honour)
02.06.1915 - 22.06.1915 HMS Victory (for HMS Hollyhock, while under construction)
23.06.1915 - 09.06.1916 Commanding Officer, HMS Hollyhock (Acacia class sloop) & Captain-in-Charge of the Grand Fleet Minesweeping Force
09.06.1916 - 02.1917 Commanding Officer, HMS Lupin (Arabis class sloop) & Captain-in-Charge, Fleet Minesweepers
02.1917 - 10.10.1919 Captain of Minesweeping, from 05.1917 Superintendent of Minesweeping, from 10.1917 Director of the Minesweeping Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (in charge of the direction of the clearance of mines in British areas after war)
01.12.1919 - 16.11.1920 as Captain Auxiliary Patrol in command of the Patrol, Mine-Sweeping Training and Fishing Protection Flotilla [HMS Harebell]
16.11.1920 - 16.11.1922 Captain-in-Charge, Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
17.11.1922 - 01.02.1923 unemployed
02.05.1923 - 16.05.1925 Commanding Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)
02.09.1924 - 1925 also: Naval ADC to the King
06.1925 - 08.08.1926 unemployed, from 18.07.1925 on half-pay
09.08.1926 - 12.1926 senior officers' technical course (part I)
24.12.1926 - 01.1929 Rear-Admiral Commanding, 3rd Cruiser Squadron
01.07.1929 - 10.1929 senior officers' technical course (part II)
14.10.1929 - 03.1930 senior officers' war course
24.03.1930 - 13.04.1930 HMS President (for duty inside Admiralty)
14.04.1930 - 20.09.1932 Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport, Admiralty [HMS President]
19.10.1932 - 16.01.1933 HMS President (for miscellaneous or special service)
17.01.1933 - 15.01.1935 Commandant, Imperial Defence College
16.09.1939 - 31.01.1940 HMS President (for duty outside Admiralty; as Adviser on Minesweeping)
01.02.1940 - 16.02.1945 Director of the Small Vessels Pool, Admiralty [HMS President]
16.02.1945 - 29.03.1945 HMS Victory IV (additional; for disposal)
Published: Sea and river painters of the Netherlands in the seventeenth century (1937).
Price,
Albert Edward
A.E. Price (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Price)
Married 1st Frances Louise Randle.
Married 2nd Sheila Maureen Inlgis (or Travers?)

Service record available

Service record available

30.12.1878
Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset
-
26.07.1947
Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
(cerebral haemorrhage)
Boy 2nd cl.
12.07.1894 [180270]
Boy 1st cl.
23.05.1895
Ord.Sea.
30.12.1896
AB Sea.
02.12.1897
Ldg.Sea.
09.02.1904
Petty Offr. 2nd cl.
13.01.1905
Petty Offr. 1st cl.
16.04.1906
Petty Offr. (NS)
13.03.1907
A/Gnr. (T)
18.11.1915
Gnr. (T)
21.11.1916, seniority 18.11.1915
Cd.Gnr. (T)
18.11.1925 (retd 30.12.1928; age)
Lt. (retd)
30.12.1928
Lt.Cdr. (retd)

08.02.1943 (dispersed 23.08.1945) (reld 18.10.1945; medically unfit) (reverted to retd 19.10.1945)
Mention in Despatches MID
11.1918
for services in minelaying
LSGCM
03.10.1918
?
Clerk.
12.07.1894
-
11.02.1896
HMS Impregnable (boys' training establishment, Devonport)
12.02.1896
-
15.04.1896
HMS Devastation (mastless turret ship)
16.04.1896
-
23.04.1896
HMS Vivid I (RN barracks, Devonport)
24.04.1896
-
07.07.1899
HMS Fox (cruiser)
08.07.1899
-
31.10.1899
HMS Vivid I (RN barracks, Devonport)
01.11.1899
-
23.06.1900
HMS Cambridge (gunnery ship)
24.06.1900
-
19.04.1901
HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport)
20.04.1901
-
30.09.1901
HMS Vivid I (RN barracks, Devonport)
01.10.1901
-
07.02.1904
HMS Antelope (torpedo gunboat)
08.02.1904
-
11.02.1904
HMS Vivid I (RN barracks, Devonport)
12.02.1904
-
21.01.1905
HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport)
22.01.1905
-
03.02.1905
HMS Vivid I (RN barracks, Devonport)
04.02.1905
-
31.12.1906
HMS Victorious (battleship)
01.01.1907
-
05.04.1907
HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport)
06.04.1907
-
12.03.1909
HMS Impregnable (boys' training establishment, Devonport)
13.03.1909
-
02.11.1909
HMS Sutlej (armoured cruiser)
03.11.1909
-
13.12.1909
HMS Niobe (armoured cruiser)
14.12.1909
-
22.12.1911
HMS Kent (armoured cruiser)
23.12.1911
-
08.02.1912
HMS Royal Arthur (armoured cruiser)
09.02.1912
-
30.04.1912
HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport)
01.05.1912
-
12.05.1912
HMS Theseus (armoured cruiser)
13.05.1912
-
11.08.1912
HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport)
12.08.1912
-
25.03.1913
HMS Vivid II (RN barracks, Devonport)
26.03.1913
-
05.07.1913
HMS Vivid I (RN barracks, Devonport)
06.07.1913
-
22.08.1913
HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport)
23.08.1913
-
22.07.1915
HMS Adventure (cruiser)
23.07.1915
-
05.11.1915
HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport)
06.11.1915
-
17.11.1915
HMS Vivid I (RN barracks, Devonport)
18.11.1915
-
14.02.1916
HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport)
14.02.1916
-
08.01.1917
HMS Pembroke (for HMS .....) (for torpedo duties)
08.01.1917
-
22.04.1917
several intended appointments cancelled: HMS Abdiel, then HMS Princess Margaret, then HMS Abdiel, then HMS Sandhurst [for HMS Undine]
22.04.1917
-
10.1918?
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for HMS Ferret) (for torpedo duties; on commissioning)
10.1918?
-
10.04.1919
HMS [Leander?] (for HMS Prince) (for torpedo duties)
10.04.1919
-
06.1919
HMS Vivid (for HMS [Tartar?/Panter?]) (for torpedo duties) & HMS Defiance (temporarily; on reducing)
11.04.1919


HMS Vivid (for HMS .....) (for torpedo duties) (temporarily) [cancelled]
06.1919
-
02.11.1920
HMS Sandhurst (for HMS Valentine (torpedo boat destroyer)) (for torpedo duties)
03.11.1920
-
30.09.1921
HMS [Tiger?] (for HMS .....) (for torpedo duties)
08.05.1922
-
01.12.1922
HMS Vernon (for OOW duties) (temporarily)
01.12.1922
-
02.11.1924
HMS Danae (light cruiser) (for torpedo duties)
03.11.1924
-
11.1925
HMS Sable (destroyer) (Portsmouth) [based at HMS Vernon]
11.1925
-
23.05.1927
HMS Vanoc (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) [based at HMS Vernon]
24.05.1927
-
16.11.1927
HMS Malcolm (flotilla leader) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) (for destroyers in reserve)
17.11.1927
-
01.1928
HMS Dartmouth (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) (for destroyers in reserve)
01.1928
-
10.12.1928
HMS Constance (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) (for destroyers in reserve)
08.02.1940
-
23.08.1945
HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for mining and minesweeping equipment duties)
Price,
Rodney Athelstan
R.A. Price (Photo courtesy of Mr Andrew Wilkinson)
09.01.1912
-
11.04.1943
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 72, column 3]
Midsh. 01.01.1930
A/S.Lt. 01.05.1932
S.Lt. 01.01.1933
Lt. 01.03.1935
Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1943
... - ... ...
04.07.1942 - 11.04.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Beverley (Town class destroyer)
Prideaux,
Andrew George
A.G. Prideaux

Son (with one sister and three brothers) of Walter Treverbian Prideaux (1875-1958), and Marion Fenn Arbuthnot (1878-1958).
Married 1st (01.04.1944, Tonbridge district, Kent) Eleanor Abigail Broome (1921 - 23.02.2014), daughter of George Broome; one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd ((03?).1970, London City) Elizabeth Constance Griffin, daughter of Dr Charles Norman Griffin.

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10.03.1918
Ladbroke Grove, Kensington district, London
-
17.05.2016
St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight
Cadet 01.09.1936
Midsh. 01.05.1937
A/S.Lt. 01.05.1939
S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 01.05.1939
Lt. 16.11.1940
Lt.Cdr. 16.11.1948 (retd 28.05.1958)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 20.07.1943 7 war patrols from Malta [decoration posted]
Education: Eton (1936).
01.09.1936     special entry cadet
... - ... ...
01.05.1939 - (09.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(12.)1939 - (04.)1940 Fleet Air Arm
03.04.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Rochester (Shoreham class sloop)
(06.1941)     submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] *
30.06.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Ambrose (base for 9th Submarine Flotilla, Dundee) (for submarines)
23.08.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS P 36 (submarine)
24.03.1942 - (04.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Unrivalled (U class submarine) (DSC)
10.05.1943 - (08.)1943 submarine Commanding Officer's course [HMS Dolphin]
02.08.1943 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS L 26 (submarine)
05.03.1945 - 05.1945 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines)
15.05.1945 - 03.12.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Seneschal (S class submarine)
... - ... ...
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pridham,
[Sir] Arthur Francis
"Toby"
A.F. Pridham (Photos: HMS Hood Association) Photos: HMS Hood Association




Married (15.09.1911) ...; three daughters.

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03.06.1886
Honiton, Devon
-
27.01.1975
[Ringwood, Hants ?]
[buried at sea, off Portland]
Midsh. 30.01.1903
A/S.Lt. 30.03.1906
Lt. 01.10.1908
Cdr. 31.12.1919
Capt. 31.12.1926
R.Adm. 10.08.1938 (retd 01.10.1941)
V.Adm. (retd) 01.10.1941 (dispersed 27.09.1945) (reverted to retd 23.11.1945)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE 01.01.1946 New Year 1946
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940
Commander of the Legion of Merit (US) LM 02.12.1946 Pres. Ordnance Board

Imperial Russian Order of St Stanislas (2nd Class with Swords) (1919?)

Education: HMS Britannia; Imperial Defence College (1927).
15.09.1901     joined RN, HMS Britannia
1902 - 1913 HMS Isis (1902), HMS Jupiter (1903), HMS Caesar (1905), RN College Greenwich (1906), HMS Magnificent, Navigation School (1906), HMS Excellent (1907), HMS Natal (1907), HMS Berwick, HMS Excellent (1910), HMS Racehorse, HMS Swiftsure, ITP Staff (1912), HMS Formidable, HMS Irresistible, Admiralty, HMS Excellent (1913)
1914 - 1919 served European War: Gunnery Officer of HMS Weymouth (1913), Shannon (1916) and Marlborough (1917)
1920     Admiralty
1922     Commander, HMS Marlborough 
1924     Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
1928?     Commanding Officer, HMS Concord
26.09.1928 - (08.1929) Commanding Officer, HMS Calliope (cruiser)
1929     Commanding Officer, HMS Curlew (cruiser)
06.10.1930 - 28.03.1932 Assistant Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President]
28.03.1932 - (09.1932) Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President]
18.07.1933 - (07.1935) Commanding Officer, HMS Excellent (Gunnery School, Portsmouth)
01.02.1936 - 20.05.1938 Flag Captain, HMS Hood (battle cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer to V.Adm. Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron
1937     also: Naval ADC to the King
1938     Assistant Controller
16.06.1939 - 23.08.1939 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed)
24.08.1939 - 01.10.1940 Flag Officer-in-Charge, Humber Area [HMS Pembroke (additional)]
04.10.1940 - 30.10.1940 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed)
01.11.1940 - 01.01.1942 Senior Naval Member of the Ordnance Board [HMS President (additional)] (from 01.10.1941 as R.Adm.)
02.01.1942 - 26.08.1945 President of the Ordnance Board [HMS President (additional)] (as V.Adm.)
27.08.1946 - 27.09.1946 HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty)
Member of General Board, National Physical Laboratory, 1943-1948.
Published
: Close of a dynasty (1956).
Pridham-Wippell,
Sir Henry Daniel
H.D. Pridham-Wippell
H.D. Pridham-Wippell H.D. Pridham-Wippell
H.D. Pridham-Wippell H.D. Pridham-Wippell
Son of P.H. Pridham Wippell, Barrister-at-Law, Thorverton, Devon, and Clara, daughter of Wm Ascroft, Oldham. Married (1918), Elsie, daughter of late J.H. Crouch, Hove, and widow of Lt­Com. A.G. Onslow, DSC, RN; one son, one daughter.

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12.08.1885
Bromley, Kent
-
02.04.1952
Kingsdown, Deal, Kent
Midsh. 1901
A/S.Lt. 30.12.1904?
S.Lt. 28.02.1906, seniority 30.12.1904
Lt. 01.04.1907
Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1915
Cdr. 30.06.1919
Capt. 31.12.1926
Cdre. 2nd cl. 31.03.1936?
R.Adm. 11.01.1938
V.Adm. 03.01.1941
A/Adm. 02.04.1942-20.05.1942
Adm. 30.06.1944 (retd 04.02.1948; own request)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 03.06.1941 Cape Matapan
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 08.06.1939 HM's birthday 1939
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO 03.06.1929 HM's birthday 1929
Medal of Military Merit [Greek War Cross], 1st Class (Greece) GrWC 11.11.1941 ?
Mention in Despatches MID 20.02.1919 ?
Order of the Nile, 4th class (Egypt) (17.05.1918)
Education: The Limes, Greenwich; HMS Britannia; Imperial Defence College.
15.05.1900     joined RN
1914 - 1919 served European War: HMS Audacious (sunk, 1914) & HMS Warspite, Grand Fleet, and Commanding Officer, of Destroyers at Gallipoli, Adriatic and Palestine coast (despatches, Order of Nile IV cl.)
2 years     as Commander in the Operations Division, Naval Staff
(01.1925)     no appointment listed
(07.1927)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *
09.06.1928 - (04.)1930 Commanding Officer, HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies)
14.01.1931 - (01.1932) Imperial Defence Course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President]
24.04.1932 - 1933 Commanding Officer, HMS Campbell (flotilla leader) & Captain (D), 6th Destroyer Flotilla (Home Fleet)
05.12.1933 - (07.)1935 Director of Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
06.01.1936 - (02.1936) tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
31.03.1936 - (02.)1938 Commodore (D) commanding Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas [HMS Cairo (cruiser), then HMS Aurora (cruiser)]
30.05.1937 - 11.01.1938 Naval ADC to the King
02.05.1938 - 08.05.1938 Directorate of Personal Services, Admiralty [HMS President]
09.05.1938 - 08.05.1940 Director of Personal Services, Admiralty [HMS President]
09.05.1940 - 23.10.1940 Rear Admiral Commanding, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Royal Sovereign (Royal Sovereign class battleship), from ... HMS Malaya (Queen Elizabeth class battleship)]
24.10.1940 - 11.05.1941 Vice-Admiral Commanding Light Forces & Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Orion (Leander class cruiser)]
12.05.1941 - 31.03.1942 Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron & Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth class battleship), from .... HMS Barham (Queen Elizabeth class battleship), from 25.11.1941 HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship)]
02.04.1942 - 20.05.1942 Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean (temporary)
01.08.1942 - 10.07.1945 Flag Officer Commanding Dover [HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover)]
11.07.1945 - 26.11.1945 HMS President (additional; while unemployed)
27.11.1945 - 01.12.1947 Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Priestley,
Edward Overend
E.O. Priestley
 
Son (with one sister and one brother) of Robert Chambers Priestley (1857-1937), and Ida Mary Smith (1864-1944).
Married (15.03.1917, Devonport district, Devonshire) Millicent Christine Allan (19.01.1889 - (12?.)1969); one daughter, one son.

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25.05.1889
St Marylebone district, London
-
30.03.1942
(died on active service) [age 52]
[Immingham (St Andrew) Churchyard, Lincolnshire
... ...
Lt. 15.10.1909
S.Lt. 03.04.1909, seniority 15.07.1908
Lt. 28.07.1910, seniority 15.10.1909
Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1917 (retd 12.12.1919; own request)
Cdr. (retd) 25.05.1929
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 23.03.1917 ?
Croix de Guerre avece palme (France) CdeG 23.03.1917 for distinguished services rendered during the war
... - ... ...
14.06.1913     obtained civil aviator's licence (No. 518) taken on a Bristol Biplane at The Bristol School, Larkhill, Salisbury Plain
... - ... ...
13.05.1940 - (02.)1941 Maintenance Commander, HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow)
11.02.1941 - 30.03.1942 on staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Humber [HMS Beaver II (RN base, Immingham)]
Pringle,
John
J. Pringle (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Scott)
J. Pringle (Photo courtesy of Mr Sean Walsh)

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23.11.1905
-
04.1991
Winchester district, Hampshire
Midsh. 15.09.1923
A/S.Lt. 15.01.1926
S.Lt. ?
Lt. 15.08.1927
Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1935
Cdr.   30.06.1941 (retd 23.11.1955; age)
A/Capt. 11.1951?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 02.01.1950 New Year 1950 [decoration posted]
15.05.1919     entered RN
15.09.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Valiant (battleship) (Mediterranean)
08.04.1926 - 15.01.1927 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
16.01.1927 - (07.)1927 promotion course, Portsmouth
16.07.1927 - (08.)1929 HMS Wren (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
31.10.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Whirlwind (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet)
25.09.1930 - (02.)1931 qualifying for gunnery duties [HMS Excellent]
03.10.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
02.01.1933 - (06.1933) Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Warspite (battleship) (Home Fleet)
29.01.1934 - (07.)1934 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
23.10.1934 - (02.)1937 Gunnery Officer, HMS Delhi (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
17.05.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
04.04.1938 - (10.1938) Gunnery Officer, HMS Coventry (cruiser) (Portsmouth)
09.01.1939 - (08.)1939 Gunnery Officer, HMS Cornwall (cruiser) & as Squadron Gunnery Officer, 5th Cruiser Squadron (China)
27.12.1939 - (02.)1941 Gunnery Officer, HMS Cornwall (cruiser)
28.07.1941 - (02.)1943 Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
(06.1943)     no appointment listed
07.1943 - (06.)1944 Fleet Gunnery Officer, Levant [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)]
09.10.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Active
02.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Hargood (frigate)
15.02.1946 - (10.1947) HMS Victory III (RN base, Portsmouth) (for command of destroyer flotilla)
(07.1948)     no appointment listed
30.12.1948 - (05.1950) Assistant Naval Attaché, Shanghai
11.1951 - (05.1953) Chief of Staff to the Head of the British Naval Mission to Greece [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
? - (04.1955) Admiral Commanding Reserves' Office
Priston,
Harold Robert
H.R. Priston

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30.01.1885
-
28.06.1975
... ...
Cdr. 30.06.1918
Capt. (retd) 30.10.1930
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Pritchard,
John Rowlands
see: RNVR officers' section  
Profit,
Anthony Robert

A.R. Profit
30.01.1916
-
06.11.1998
... ...
Lt. 14.06.1939
Lt.Cdr. 14.06.1947 (retd)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 27.01.1942 ?
Mention in Despatches MID 03.12.1940 ?
Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne.
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Trident
... - ... ...
Prophit,
William James Grierson
W.J.G. Prophit

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29.08.1900
Cuckfield, Sussex
-
18.07.1955
Midsh.
07.05.1917
Paym.Midsh.
25.01.1919
Paym.Lt.
29.08.1922
Paym.Lt.Cdr.
29.08.1930
T/Paym.Cdr.
?
Paym.Cdr.
31.12.1937 (retd 30.08.1949)
A/Paym.Capt. = A/Capt. (S)
> 04.1944, < 06.1944
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
02.06.1943
HM's birthday



HMS Hawkins
25.09.1937
-
(08.1939)
Admiral's Secretary, Rear-Admiral and Senior Naval Officer, Yangtse [HMS Scorpion]
11.04.1940
-
(02.1943)
HMS Aurora (cruiser)
(06.1943)
-
(08.1943)
no appointment listed
(10.1943)


HMS Corinthian
(12.1943)
-
(04.1944)
no appointment listed
(06.1944)
-
(04.1946)
Naval Secretary, Royal New Zealand Navy
Proudfoot,
Francis Babington

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11.09.1900
Headington, Oxfordshire
-
28.04.1983
Cambridge district
Lt.
15.12.1920 (retd 15.02.1923; own request)
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
15.12.1928
A/Cdr. (retd)
20.01.1944? (reverted to retd > 04.1946)
09.01.1917
 
 
entered RN
(08.1922)


HMS Hood (battlecruiser)
15.06.1939
-
01.06.194)
Commanding Officer, HMS Skipjack (minesweeper) (Reserve Fleet, the Nore; Dunkirk) [ship sunk at Zuydcote Pass near Dunkirk after aerial attack]
21.07.1941
-
(08.)1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Lowestoft (sloop)
27.09.1942
-
(02.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Cygnet (sloop)
(06.1943)
-
(12.1943)
no appointment listed
20.01.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt)
01.03.1946
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Phoenicia (base, Manoel Island, Malta GC)
Pugh,
Charles Richard Vernon
"Dick"
C.R.V. Pugh

Married; four children.

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08.01.1903
Coventry district, Warwickshire
-
12.09.1979
Truro district, Cornwall
... ...
Lt. 15.08.1925
Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1933
Cdr. 30.06.1939
A/Capt. 10.03.1943
Capt. 30.06.1944 (retd 30.01.1951)

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

CBE 

11.12.1945

wind up Europe 1945 [investiture 01.03.1949]
Mention in Despatches MID 04.05.1943 Operation Torch (landings in North Africa 11.1942)
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1946 New Year 1946 (while at HMS Odyssey)
King Haakon VII Liberty Cross (Norway) Hkn 15.04.1947 liberation of Norway
15.09.1916     entered RN
... - ... ...
28.12.1938 - 01.03.1939 Admiralty [HMS President]
01.03.1939 - (12.1940) Air Matériel Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
(02.1941)     Air Matériel Department, Admiralty [HMS President] *
15.03.1941 - (06.)1941 Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services)
23.06.1941 - (12.)1942 Commander (Flying), HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) (despatches)
14.12.1942 - 10.03.1943 Air Matériel Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
10.03.1943 - (04.)1944 Deputy Director of Air Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
15.06.1944 - (04.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)
05.1945     Naval Officer-in-Charge, Oslo, Norway
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
      HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (CBE)
23.10.1945 - ? Commanding Officer, HMS Ravager (escort carrier)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
04.1946 - (10.1947) Naval Officer-in-Charge, Auckland and Captain Superintendent HMNZ Dockyard Auckland [HMNZS Philomel] (assumed command 20.06.1946)
(07.1948)     no appointment listed
09.1948 - (10.1948) Admiralty [HMS President]
... - ... ...
Pugh,
Hugh Smith
H.S. Pugh

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21.06.1899
-
(12?).1969
Isle of Wight
... ....
Lt. 15.02.1921
Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1928 (retd 23.12.1930; own request)
Cdr. (retd) 21.06.1939 (reverted to retd < 04.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 01.01.1944 New Year 1944
07.09.1917     entered RN
... - ... ...
1939 - 1942 HMS Hawkins
1942 - 1943 HMS Rodney (OBE)
1943 - 1945 HMS Vulture
1945     HMS Warren
Pugsley,
Anthony Follett
"Tony"
A.F. Pugsley A.F. Pugsley
A.F. Pugsley A.F. Pugsley (© Imperial War Museum A 686)
A.F. Pugsley (© Imperial War Museum A 15930) A.F. Pugsley
A.F. Pugsley A.F. Pugsley (© Stichting Cultuurbehoud Westkapelle)
C.F. Phillips (© Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant 28-06-1954) C.F. Phillips (© Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant 28-06-1954)

Eldest son (with one sister and one brother) of John Follett Pugsley (1871-1956), and Lucy Melton Chorley Loveband (1878-1954), of Hornhill, Tiverton, Devon, later of Whitefield, Wiveliscombe, Somerset.
Married (08.04.1931, St Barnabas, Addison Road, Kensington, London) Barbara Byam Shaw (30.10.1901 - 14.10.1989), daughter (with three brothers) of the 
pre-Raphaelite artist John Byam Liston Shaw (Byam Shaw) (1872-1919), and Caroline Evelyn Eunice Pyke-Nott (1870-1959), of London W11; one son.

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07.12.1901
Tiverton, Devon
-
17.07.1990
Milverton, Taunton, Somerset

Midsh.

01.05.1918

A/S.Lt.

15.09.1921

S.Lt.

15.05.1922

A/Lt.

15.08.1923

Lt.

03.10.1923, seniority 15.08.1923

Lt.Cdr.

15.08.1931

Cdr.

30.06.1936

Capt.

31.12.1942

R.Adm

08.01.1952 (retd 02.06.1954)

Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 22.12.1944 Operation Infatuate (Walcheren 11.1944) [investiture 16.03.1945]
Distinguished Service Order DSO 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 1943 [investiture 27.07.1943]
Distinguished Service Order DSO 24.08.1943 destruction enemy convoy Eastern Mediterranean 01.06.1943 [investiture 09.11.1943]
Distinguished Service Order DSO 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) [investiture 16.03.1945]
Mention in Despatches MID 19.07.1940 ship attacked Norway
Mention in Despatches

MID

18.02.1941 attack of enemy destroyers off Dutch coast 29.11.1940
Mention in Despatches

MID

01.01.1942 New Year 1942
War Cross 3rd class (Greece) Grk WC 02.04.1946 destruction enemy convoy Eastern Mediterranean 01.06.1943 [decoration posted]
Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (15.09.1915-04.1918).

01.05.1918

-

 (06.)1920

HMS Warspite (battleship) (served European War)

11.06.1920 - (12.1920) HMS Vortigern (torpedo-boat destroyer) [tender to HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar)] (1st Destroyer Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet) (11.1920 on recommissioning)
05.01.1921 - 03.01.1922 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (1st Battle Squadron, Atlantic Fleet) (08.1921 on recommissioning)
04.01.1922 - 04.1922 HMS Vortigern (torpedo-boat destroyer) (1st Destroyer Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet)
19.04.1922 - 07.1922 HMS President (additional; for course at Cambridge University)
11.09.1922 - 15.12.1922 HMS Excellent (additional; for gunnery course for rank of Lt., followed by torpedo & navigation courses)

 02.01.1923

-

04.12.1924

HMS Spenser (flotilla leader) (2nd Destroyer Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet) (09.1924 on recommissioning)

04.12.1924

-

26.01.1925

HMS Stuart (flotilla leader) (2nd Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean)

27.01.1925

-

(02.)1927

HMS Widgeon (shallow draught steamer) (Upper Yangtse, China)

(04.1927)

-

(07.1927)

no appointment listed

22.08.1927

-

27.08.1928

HMS Valhalla (destroyer) (6th Destroyer Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet)

28.08.1928

-

03.1930

HMS Whitshed (destroyer) (4th Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean)

24.03.1930 - 05.1930 HMS Vansittart (from 10.04.1930 in command)
18.06.1930 - 25.07.1930 HMS Vivid (RN base, Chatham) (additional; for unemployed time)
26.07.1930 - 30.04.1931 HMS Tiger (battlecruiser) (Battlecruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet)
01.05.1931 - (01.)1933 HMS Mackay (flotilla leader) (1st Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean) (12.1931 on recommissioning)

(05.1933)

 

 

no appointment listed

 25.05.1933

-

31.03.1934

Commanding Officer, HMS P 40 (patrol boat) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland)

13.04.1934

-

07.1935

Commanding Officer, HMS Antelope (destroyer) (3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean)

(08.1935)

 

 

no appointment listed

06.09.1935

-

(06.)1936

Commanding Officer, HMS Westcott (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport)

(08.1936)

 

 

no appointment listed

10.08.1936

-

(02.)1937

HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship, Coast of Scotland Command) (for Maintenance Reserve Destroyers)

03.03.1937

-

(04.)1939

on staff of Director of Naval Equipment, Admiralty [HMS President]

(05.1939)

 

 

no appointment listed

08.05.1939

-

12.1940

Commanding Officer, HMS Javelin (J class destroyer) (Norway, Dunkirk) (despatches twice)

28.12.1940

-

23.07.1941

Commanding Officer, HMS Fearless (F class destroyer) (Mediterranean) (despatches)

25.09.1941

-

04.01.1943

Commanding Officer, HMS Paladin (P class destroyer) (Eastern Fleet) (DSO)

08.01.1943

-

22.06.1943

Commanding Officer, HMS Jervis (J class destroyer) & Captain (D), 14th Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) (Bar to DSO, Greek War Cross)

(06.1943)     no appointment listed

09.08.1943

-

 07.1945

HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional), from 01.11.1943 HMS Odyssey (naval parties accounting base) (additional):

09.08.1943

-

(06.)1944

Senior Officer Assault Group 'J1' [HMS Lawford (Captain class frigate)] (2nd Bar to DSO)

(10.)1944

-

(05.)1945

Commander Naval Force “T“ (Operation Infatuate (Walcheren) [HMS Kingsmill (Captain class frigate)], and later Holland waterways, based at Bergen-op-Zoom) (CB)

09.07.1945

-

29.11.1946

Commanding Officer, HMS Trafalgar (Battle class destroyer) & Captain (D), 19th Destroyer Flotilla (Far East)

(04.1947)     no appointment listed

09.06.1947

-

(07.)1948

Directing Staff, RN War College [renamed: Senior Officers War Course], RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]

(10.1948)     RN College, Greenwich *

11.1948

-

12.1950

Naval Officer-in-Charge, Londonderry & Director (RN) Joint Anti-Submarine School [HMS Sea Eagle]

02.01.1951

-

09.1951

Commanding Officer, HMS Warrior (aircraft carrier)

12.1951

-

11.1953

Flag Officer, Malaya & Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Singapore [HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore)]

(01.1954)     no appointment listed
Published: Destroyer man (1957; with Captain Donald Macintyre).
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pumphrey,
Edward Nigel

E.N. Pumphrey
Married (1940) Frances Mary Salkeld; one son, one daughter.

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27.07.1910
Gateshead district, Durham / Tyne and Wear
-
29.09.1994
Liss, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Midsh.
01.05.1928
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1930
S.Lt.
16.05.1931
Lt.
16.05.1933
Lt.Cdr.
16.05.1941
Cdr.
31.12.1943
Capt.
30.06.1952 (retd 01.07.1956; own request)

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
31.03.1942
attacked battle cruisers Dover 12.02.1942

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
02.10.1942
Operation Jubilee

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
06.07.1943
action with enemy convoy Plymouth area 27.04.1943

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
21.10.1941
attacked Channel convoy 08.09.1941
Mention in Despatches MID
06.06.1941
attacked escorted tanker 11.04.1941
Mention in Despatches MID
06.01.1942
attacked enemy convoy Dover Straits 03.11.1941
Mention in Despatches MID
10.07.1945
operations Arakan coast 11.1944-03.1945
Mention in Despatches MID
20.11.1945
assault Rangoon 05.1945
15.01.1924     entered RN
31.12.1927
-
(04.)1930 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean)
25.09.1930
-
(02.)1931
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
01.12.1931
-
(01.)1934 HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
15.12.1934
-
(07.)1935
HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley)
04.11.1935
-
(02.)1936
Boys' Training Establishment, St Budeaux [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)]
23.12.1936
-
(02.)1937
First Lieutenant, HMS Huntley (twin screw minesweeper)
03.1937
-
(06.)1938
First Lieutenant, HMS Seamew (river gunboat) (China)
18.06.1938
-
(08.)1939
HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (China)
(09.1939)


no appointment listed
21.11.1939
-
(04.)1940
First Lieutenant, HMS Wessex (destroyer)
01.08.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
(04.1941)
-
(09.1941)
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 35 (motor torpedo boat)
(11.1941)


Commanding Officer, HM MTB 38 (motor torpedo boat)
(02.1942)


ty Commanding Officer, HM MTB 221 (motor torpedo boat)
17.04.1942
-
(08.)1942
HMS Brocklesby (destroyer)
08.09.1942
-
(10.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Goathland (destroyer)
(12.1943)
-
(06.1944)
no appointment listed
(11.1944)
-
(05.)1945
Force W
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
?
-
02.1946
Commanding Officer, LST 3028 & Senior Officer, 50th LST Flotilla
05.01.1948
-
(07.1948)
Executive Officer, HMS Liverpool
(05.1949)


no appointment listed
02.1950
-
(05.1950)
Naval Officer-in-Charge, RN Base Trieste [HMS St Angelo]
(05.1953)


HMS President *
03.02.1955
-
(01.1956)
Commanding Officer, HMS Cardigan Bay
Farmer.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Purse,
Cuthbert Richard
C.R. Purse
06.12.1908
Steyning, Sussex
-
25.07.1983
Prob. S.Lt. RNR 30.09.1932
S.Lt. RNR 21.07.1933, seniority 30.09.1932
Lt. RNR 30.09.1934
Lt. (Supplementary List) 24.04.1937, seniority 06.12.1932
Lt. 1938?, seniority 06.12.1932
Lt.Cdr. 06.12.1940 (retd 06.12.1953)
A/Cdr. 01.10.1952?
Hon. Cdr. ?

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 28.06.1940 2nd Battle of Narvik [investiture 23.09.1941]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 06.04.1943 Operation Torch [investiture 07.12.1943]

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

OBE  01.01.1955 New Year 1955 [decoration presented]
Mention in Despatches MID 01.06.1943 destruction U-boat Mediterranean 23.02.1943
Pakistan Republic Commemoration Medal (for service with Pakistan forces on 23.03.1956)
09.09.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (to complete 9 months' training)
12.04.1937 - (07.1937) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
29.11.1937 - (02.1938) P & R/T course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
03.04.1938 - (10.1938) First Lieutenant, HMS Winchelsea (destroyer)
14.06.1939 - (04.)1941 First Lieutenant & Gunnery Officer, HMS Hero (destroyer) [his account of the Battle of Narvik]
(06.1941)     no appointment listed
11.06.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Malaya (battleship)
25.09.1941 - 10.12.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Castleton (destroyer)
11.12.1941 - 30.11.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Lamerton (destroyer)
(12.1943)     no appointment listed
04.01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
19.08.1944 - 24.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Ashanti (destroyer)
25.06.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Zephyr (destroyer)
31.01.1949 - (05.1950) HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
01.10.1952 - (01.1956) HMS Highflyer (serving with Royal Pakistan Navy)
Puxley,
William Lavallin
"Bill"
W.L. Puxley (Photo courtesy of Mr Tom P. Jordan)
W.L. Puxley (Photo courtesy of Mr Tom P. Jordan)
Married Margaret Kesia ...; .. children (one daughter?).

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05.07.1898
Llanddarog, Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
-
13.01.1969

Basingstoke district
Lt.
15.08.1919 (emgcy 11.12.1925)
Lt.Cdr. (emgcy)
15.08.1927
A/Cdr. (emgcy)
01.1943?
A/Capt. (emgcy)
15.04.1944?

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division)

OBE 
08.06.1944
HM's birthday 1944: for good services in action with destroyer force
05.1911     entered RN



served in World War I
15.02.1923
-
(01.1925)
Navigating Officer, HMS Valerian (sloop) (North America and West Indies)
London stockbroker in the interbellum
25.08.1939
-
(04.)1940
Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
[possibly involved with censorship]
05.1940


took command of a small vessel involved in the Dunkirk evacuation
22.10.1940
22.10.1940
28.02.1941
-
-
-
01.1943
28.02.1941
01.1943
HMS Montgomery (destroyer)
First Lieutenant
Commanding Officer
01.1943
-
15.04.1944
on staff of Captain (D), Halifax [HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)] [on loan to RCN]
15.04.1944
-
(07.1945)
Captain (D), Halifax [HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)] [on loan to RCN]
 
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