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A.D. Read  to  M.G. Rimington

Read, Arthur Duncan Son of the late Edward R. Read, of Dublin. Married (1922)  Hon. Rosamond Vere Monckton (1892-1976), daughter of late William Henry Monckton; three daughters.	23.04.1889 Ireland - 29.10.1976 Shorne Ridgeway, nr Gravesend, Kent	A/S.Lt. 30.04.1909 S.Lt. 02.12.1909, seniority 30.04.1909 Lt. 19.01.1911, seniority 30.10.1910 Lt.Cdr. 30.10.1918 Cdr. 30.06.1924 Capt. 30.06.1932 R.Adm. 06.02.1942 (retd 01.06.1945) V.Adm. (retd) 01.06.1945 (reverted to retd 04.08.1946) CB 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944 [investiture 18.05.1945] MID 30.05.1944 Operations Thwart & Covered (operations in Indian Ocean 03.1944) MID 31.10.1944 Operation Crimson (air strike & bombardment of Sabang 25.07.1944)	15.09.1904     joined RN 1914 - 1918 served in European War 07.12.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 05.08.1924 - 18.08.1924 Admiralty [HMS President] 19.08.1924 - (05.)1926 an Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 17.12.1926 - (06.1928) HMS Curacoa (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 09.01.1929 - (08.1929) Admiralty [HMS President] (for Director of Training and Staff Duties Division's Department) 08.01.1930 - (01.)1932 Executive Officer, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (09.1932)     no appointment listed 06.03.1933 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) 15.05.1934 - (02.)1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Folkestone (sloop) (China) (07.1935)     no appointment listed 13.01.1936 - (02.)1936 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth 04.05.1936 - (07.1937) in charge of Gunnery School, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (02.1938)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 05.05.1938 - 26.10.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Liverpool (cruiser) (till commissioning 02.11.1938 also for duty with Admiral-Superintendent Contract-Built Ships while being built at Govan, UK, then East Indies) & from ... until 05.06.1940 as Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Senior Officer Red Sea Forces & from 19.07.1940 as Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral Commanding 7th Cruiser Squadron 27.10.1940 - 23.09.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship) 08.07.1941 - 06.02.1942 also: Naval ADC to the King 03.10.1941 - 18.02.1942 HMS Victory (additional; whilst unemployed) 19.02.1942 - 1942 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty) 1942 - 03.05.1942 Flag Officer-in-Charge, Port T 04.05.1942 - 12.05.1942 Flag Officer-in-Charge, East Africa 14.05.1942 - 10.1943 Flag Officer, Ceylon [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 15.10.1943 - 07?.1945 Rear-Admiral Commanding 4th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Sussex (cruiser), later (12.1943?) HMS Newcastle (cruiser), later (06.1944?) HMS Kenya (cruiser), later HMS Nigeria (cruiser)] 04.07.1945 - (10.1945) Flag Officer-in-Charge, Cardiff [HMS Lucifer (RN base, Cardiff)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Read, Christopher Holditch Son of Arthur Bellamy Holditch Read (1881-1953), and Muriel Hanson (1883-1960). Married (14.03.1944, St Baldred's Church, North Berwick, Scotland) Aileen Rosemary Bell (1919 - 1998), daughter of Captain Charles Courtenay Bell DSO, RN.	13.05.1919 Tiverton, Devon - 18.03.2005 Brighton, Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex	Cadet 01.09.1936 Midsh. 01.05.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1939 S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 01.01.1939 Lt. 01.02.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1948 (retd 26.05.1949) MID 02.09.1941 war patrols 01-05.1941	Education: Hurstpierpont College; Queen's College, Birmingham (1950). 01.09.1936 - 04.1937 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher 01.05.1937 - (05.)1937 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) 01.06.1937 - (10.)1937 HMS Revenge (battleship) 26.10.1937 - (03.)1939 HMS Norfolk (Norfolk class cruiser) (04.1939)     no appointment listed 01.05.1939 - (09.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 11.11.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Erebus (Erebus class monitor) 04.03.1940 - (05.)1940 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 09.05.1940 - (08.)1940 HMS L 26 (L class submarine) 15.09.1940 - (10.)1941 HMS Upholder (U class submarine) (despatches) 20.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS H 32 (H class submarine) (02.1942)     no appointment listed 16.03.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) 14.01.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Sardonyx (S class destroyer) (08.1943)     no appointment listed 04.08.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall) 30.03.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Hawkins (heavy cruiser) 02.01.1945 - (01.)1945 HMS Mauritius (light cruiser) (04.)1945 - (10.1945) specialist torpedo course 28.02.1946 - (10.1947) HMS Defiance (torpedo and electrical school, Devonport) 01.05.1948 - 1949 HMS Hornet (MTB base, Gosport) (from 18.10.1948 as Experimental Officer, Torpedoes) [commanded HM MGB 2009 on full speed trial on 01.07.1948] Joined the clergy, Church of England (deacon 1953 (Taunton, for Bath & Wells); priest 1954 (Bath & Wells). Curate of Portishead (1953-1956), Walton-onTrent (1956-1958), Rosliston (1956-1958). Rector of Bonsall (1958-1963). Vicar of Cromford (1958-1963), Rector of Grangemouth, Diocese Edingburgh (1963-1972), Parwich with Alsop en le Dale, Derby (1972-1987). Priest-in-Charge of Tissington (1977-1978) and Fenny Bentley, Thorpe and Tissington (1978-1987).
Read, Eric Norman Son of ... Read, and ... Mason. Married ...; ... children.	20.11.1914 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 16.10.1992 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Petty Officer Tel. ? A/Wt.Tel. 07.02.1942 Wt.Tel. 1943, seniority 07.02.1942 Lt. 10.06.1945 ?, seniority 06.06.1943 Lt.Cdr. 06.06.1951 (retd 06.11.1959) MBE 13.06.1957 Suez Operations salvage 10-12.1956 [decoration presented] MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky (invasion of Sicily 07.1943)	02.03.1942 - (10.)1943 on flotilla staff, HMS Jervis (despatches) (12.1943) - (06.1944) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) * (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945) - (07.1945) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (04.1946)     HMS Black Prince (cruiser) * 20.10.1947 - (05.1949) HMS Zest 20.03.1950 - (05.1951) Commanding Officer, HMS Watchful 05.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (for miscellaneous duties) (07.1954)     HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) * 24.10.1954 - (01.)1956 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties) 22.08.1956 - (01.1957) Commanding Officer, HMS Kingarth (salvage vessel) (MBE) (01.1959)     HMS Brantingham (Ham-class minesweeper) * indexed, but not listed as such
Read, Everard Robert "Bob" Son (with four sisters and four brothers) of Edward Richard Read (1875-1948), and Mary Elizabeth Smith (1873-1948). His sister Dorothy Blanche Read married Wt.Eng. Leonard Hanson Bull, RN. Married 1st ((03?).1926, Brentford district, London) Ellen "Nell" Lewis (17.12.1903 - 12.07.1963); three sons. Married 2nd ((12?).1965, Weymouth district, Dorset) Elsie Janischewsky (1907 -).	19.01.1901 Folkestone, Elham district, Kent - 15.06.1977 hospital, Portland, Weymouth district, Dorset	Boy Artificer 01.01.1917 [M24951] Engine Room Artificer 3rd class ? Wt.Eng. 01.10.1930 Cd.Eng. = Sen.Cd.Eng. 01.04.1941 A/Lt. (E) 02.1944 Lt. (E) 12.05.1949 (retd 11.01.1951; medically unfit) MID 04.05.1943 bombing of ship off Bone, Algeria 02.01.1943	01.01.1917     HMS Fisgard (boy artificers' training establishment, Portsmouth) ... - ... ... ? - 01.11.1928 HMS Egmont (RN base, Malta) 01.11.1928 - ? HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 07.01.1930 - ? HMS Marlborough (battleship) (01.1931)     short course of instruction 06.01.1931 - 06.1934 HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean) [sailed from Chatham to Malta on SS City of Calcutta on 21.01.1931, arriving there 10.02.1931] (07.1934) - (11.1934) no appointment listed 18.12.1934 - (07.)1937 HM PC 74 (patrol vessel) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) [tender to HMS Woolston (destroyer)] 07.1937 - 08.1937 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham), HMS Cornwall (cruiser) & HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 18.08.1937 - 12.1937 HMS Birmingham (cruiser) (while under construction at Devonport; commissioned 16.11.1937 for service at China Station) (01.1938)     no appointment listed 03.01.1938 - (02.)1938 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 15.04.1938 - 05.1938 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (Home Fleet) (for submarines) 31.05.1938 - 02.1939 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (for submarines) 02.02.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Otus (submarine) (China) (02.1941)     HMS Otus (submarine) * 20.06.1941 - 01.1943 HMS Alarm (Algerine class minesweeper) (despatches) 19.01.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Cannae (RN base, Bone, Algeria) 02.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Cleveland (destroyer) (07.1945)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 08.1945 - (07.)1946 an Assistant Engineer Inspector, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 03.07.1946     admitted to British General Hospital #67 at Rendsburg, Germany after a serious motor car accident; he had a broken femur and lacerations of his scalp and body; on 5th he was moved to BGH #94 at Hamburg; on the 10th he was removed from the serious ill list and scheduled for evacuation to the UK at the first opportunity ? - 16.07.1947 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 08.08.1947 - 09.1947 HMS Campania (escort carrier) 10.09.1947 - 02.1949 HMS Whirlwind (destroyer) 19.02.1949 - 04.1949 HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) 06.04.1949 - 06.11.1950 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship, Portland) Continued working in civil capacity at the Underwater Weapons Establishment at Portland until 1966. * indexed, but not listed as such
Redman, William Richard Jeffries Married ((12?).1932, Kensington district, London) Gabrielle G.J.H. Leybourne-Popham.	27.10.1905 Weymouth district, Dorset - 24.12.1971 Somerset	S.Lt. 01.11.1926 Lt. 01.11.1928 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1936 A/Cdr. 04.03.1940 (retd 27.10.1948) Cdr. (retd) 27.10.1948 Capt. (retd) ? CBE 31.12.1960 New Year 1961	15.09.1923     entered RN ... - ... ... 16.04.1928 - (06.)1928 HMS Danae (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 29.11.1928 - 15.09.1929 HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 16.09.1929 - (04.1930) HMS Verity (destroyer) (Mediterranean) ... - ... ... 29.11.1935 - 03.03.1940 an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Woolwich [HMS President] 04.03.1940 - 14.11.1943 an Assistant to the Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 15.11.1943 - 28.02.1944 Assistant Superintendent, Small Arms Experimental Establishment, Pendine [under Ministry of Supply] (under Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty) [HMS President] 29.02.1944 - (04.1946) Deputy Superintendent, Small Arms Experimental Establishment, Pendine [under Ministry of Supply] (under Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty) [HMS President]
Reed, Johnson	23.12.1907 Berwick district, Durham / Northumberland - 15.03.1991 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Gnr. (T) 18.12.1939 Lt. 19.12.1943 Lt.Cdr. 09.08.1949 (retd 23.12.1952; age)	11.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Wessex (destroyer) 13.06.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Versatile (destroyer) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 07.07.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Panther (destroyer) (06.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed (10.1943) - (12.1943) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.02.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Vindex (escort carrier) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Sansovino (landing ship, infantry) ... - ... ...
Reed, Leslie Joseph Manning Son of Edward Charles Reed, and Rose May Manning. Married ((09?).1929, Long Ashton district, Somerset) Emily Wilmott (06.021907 - 10.1989); one daughter.	10.05.1906 Burnham, Axbridge district, Somerset - 19.08.1959 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset	A/Wt.Mech. 01.04.1938 Wt.Mech. 1939?, seniority 01.04.1938 Lt. (E) 30.03.1940 Lt.Cdr. (E) 30.03.1948 (retd 10.05.1951; age) A/Cdr. 25.10.1948-(08?).1950 DSC 19.05.1944 Italian mainland & Salerno [investiture 22.06.1945] * 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - & clasp North Africa 1942-43 It St - - WM 39|45 - - * Recommendations for Honours and Awards dated 27th September 1943 made by Capt W.G. Andrewes, endorsed by Rear Admiral Commanding 15th Cruiser Squadron and confirmed by Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham: "This Officer was in charge of the damage Control Organisation of the ship. When the ship was struck by a heavy bomb, which caused considerable damage to the ships structure, heavy flooding and loss of life, the damage Control Parties worked efficiently and calmly in limiting the danger and controlling the flooding. That they did so well, initially in darkness and working in compartments heavily contaminated by fuel oil, was in large measure due to Lieut. Reed’s training and organisation. From the moment the bomb hit the ship Lieut. Reed was personally directing and controlling the activities of the Damage Control Organisation which he did with the greatest efficiency and devotion to duty."	21.05.1938 - 05.1941 HMS York (cruiser) [ship damaged by Italian explosive boats in Sua Bay 26.03.1941, abandoned 05.1941) 19.06.1941 - 12.1941 HMS Warspite (battleship) 15.12.1941 - 08.05.1942 HMS Quorn (destroyer) (06.1942)     no appointment listed 08.07.1942 - (10.)1944 HMS Uganda (cruiser) (DSC) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 06.02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Majestic (light fleet carrier) 05.01.1946 - (07.1946) HMS Birmingham (cruiser) 13.03.1947 - (10.1947) training staff, HMS Imperieuse (stokers' training establishment, Devonport) 06.01.1948 - (07.)1948 HMS Raleigh (stokers' training establishment, Torpoint, Cornwall) 25.10.1948 - (08?).1950 HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) (for service with Royal Pakistan Navy) [attached to HMPNS Bahadur, from 01.12.1949 Commanding Officer, Mechanical Training Establishment Karsaz] 14.08.1950 - (05.)1951 HMS Orion (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) (07.1951)     HMS Mars (for duty with SORF Harwich)
Reeder, Herbert John	25.09.1906 Wandsworth, London - 23.05.1941 (KIA) [age 34] [Chatham Naval Memorial]	Paym.Lt. 01.11.1928 Paym.Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1936 MID 01.01.1942 New Year 1942	22.04.1929 - (08.1929) for duty in Admiral's Office, Commander-in-Chief America and West Indies Station [HMS Despatch] 02.01.1931 - (09.1932) Secretary to Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Frobisher, later HMS Vindictive] 08.05.1933 - (01.1934) Secretary to Captain (D), 1st Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Duncan] 17.12.1934 - (07.1935) Secretary to Captain (D), 1st Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Keppel] 22.04.1936 - (02.1937) for duty in Admiral's Office, Commander-in-Chief Nore [HMS Pembroke] 10.07.1939 - 23.05.1941 Secretary to Captain (D), 5th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Kelly]
Reep, Ernest William	15.10.1900 - 22.05.1981 Poole district, Dorset	Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1931 A/Cdr. ?	18.12.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) ... - ... ...
Rees, Archibald Thomas Son of ... Rees, and ... Grimes. Married 1st ((03?).1943, Surrey South Western district, Surrey) Margaret E. Gray; one daughter, one (adopted) son. Married 2nd ((03?).1971, Thanet district, Kent) Vera Crowhurst.	06.03.1917 Alverstoke district, Hampshire - 06.03.2002 Thanet district, Kent	A/Paym.S.Lt. 22.06.1942 Paym.S.Lt. 1943?, seniority 22.06.1942 Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 22.03.1944 A/Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.03.1949 Lt.Cdr. (S) 19.09.1950, seniority 06.03.1949 A/Cdr. (S) 02.06.1948-(05.1949), 08.08.1955-29.06.1956 Cdr. (S) 30.06.1956 (retd 13.10.1958)	23.07.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (02.1943)     HMS Cumberland (cruiser) * 25.03.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) 08.09.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) 19.09.1946 - (10.1947) Captain's Secretary, HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) 02.06.1948 - (05.1949) Secretary to Deputy Controller, Admiralty [HMS President] (05.1950)     no appointment listed 29.08.1950 - (05.1951) Secretary to Flag Officer Commanding 2nd Cruiser Squadron (V.Adm. C.A.L. Mansergh) [HMS Swiftsure] 11.02.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Siskin (RN Air Station, Gosport, Hampshire) 19.09.1953   (07.1954) Secretary to Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel (Training), Admiralty [HMS President] 12.07.1954 - (01.)1955 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous duties) (04.1955)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 08.08.1955 - (01.1956) Secretary to Flag Officer (Air) Mediterranean (V.Adm. M. Richmond) [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] (01.1957)     no appointment listed 28.02.1957 - (01.1958) HMS Ceres (RN Supply and Secretariat School, Wetherby, Yorkshire) * indexed, but not listed as such
Reeves, Frank Edmund	11.07.1896 Portsmouth, Hampshire - (12?).1952 ? Weymouth district, Dorset ?	Seaman ? [M33059] Chief ERA (1936) T/A/Wt.Eng. 22.06.1943 T/Wt.Eng. 1944?, seniority 22.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	(08.1943)     no appointment listed 09.09.1943 - (07.1945) (Assistant) Engineer Officer, HMS Lochy (frigate)
Reid, Alexander Gordon Son of Harry Durand Reid (1873-1959), and Ada Marie Jeggo (1877-1945). Married Maren Gudrun Helene "Judy" Jokstad (21.10.1909 - 25.11.2004).	13.04.1909 Lambeth district, London - 28.07.1981 Oxshott, Surrey Northern district, Surrey	Midsh. (E) 01.09.1928 S.Lt. (E) 01.11.1930 Lt. (E) 01.01.1933 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.01.1941 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1946, seniority 31.12.1944 Capt. (E) 31.12.1956 (retd 13.04.1964) OBE 31.05.1956 HM's birthday 1956 [investiture 23.10.1956]	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... 02.03.1937 - 22.081939 Chemical Defence Experimental Station, Porton [HMS President (additional)] 23.08.1939 - 10.04.1940 Engineer Officer, HMS Hunter (H class destroyer) [ship sunk in collision at Narvik] (captured) (05.1940) - (04.1943) no appointment listed while POW in German captivity (POW No. 1222) at Marlag und Milag Nord 12.04.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Kempenfelt (W class destroyer) (10.1944) - (10.1945) no appointment listed 04.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire) ... - ... ... 19.10.1953 - (04.1956) Department of the Director of Aircraft Maintenance and Repair (DAMR) (OBE) ... - ... ...
Reid, Christopher Gordon Lestock Son (with one sister and one brother) of Claude Lestock Reid (1888-1954), and Dorothea Joan Steward-Taylor (1892-1959). Married ((03?).1946, Central Northumberland district) Alwine Gertrude Straker (15.01.1926 - 20.03.2003); one daughter.	12.10.1920 Haslemere, Hambledon district, Surrey - 04.01.1988 Morpeth, Northumberland	Cadet 01.05.1938 Midsh. (E) 01.05.1939 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.01.1941 S.Lt. (E) 05.1941, seniority 01.06.1940 A/Lt. (E) < 08.1942 Lt. (E) 10.05.1943, seniority 16.01.1942 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.01.1950 (retd 02.02.1955; own request) OBE 31.12.1984 New Year 1985: Chief Commissioner for England, Scout Association MID 19.05.1953 Korea	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. 01.05.1939 - (08.)1942 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham 26.08.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Orion (Leander class cruiser) (10.1944) - (01.1945) no appointment listed 02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Superb (Switftsure class cruiser) ... - ... ...
Reid, [Sir] John Peter Lorne 2nd son of Sir James Reid, 1st Baronet of Ellon, and of Susan, daughter of 1st Baron Revelstoke. Married (19.04.1933) Jean (26.07.1909-07.12.1971), only daughter of Sir Henry Dundas, 3rd Bt of Arniston, and of Beatrix, daughter of 12th Earl of Home; one son, one daughter.	10.01.1903 St George Hanover Square district, London / Middlesex - 26.09.1973 Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland	A/S.Lt. 15.05.1923 S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.12.1924 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1935 A/Capt. 10.1940 Capt. 31.12.1941 R.Adm. 08.01.1951 V.Adm. 08.09.1954 Adm. 07.01.1958 (retd 1961) GCB 10.06.1961 HM's birthday 1961 [investiture 05.07.1961] KCB 01.01.1957 New Year 1957 [investiture 12.02.1957] CB 11.06.1946 wind up Far East [investiture 28.01.1947] CVO 16.07.1953 Coronation Naval Review 1953 [investiture 27.10.1953] MID 03.02.1942 Battle of Cape Matapan MID 02.02.1943 good service in SW Pacific	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth 15.09.1916 joined RN ... - ... ... 1935 - 1936 Fleet Wireless Officer, Abyssinian War 15.04.1939 - (12.)1941 HMS Valiant (operations off Norway 1940 ; operations off Oran, Algeria 1940 ; battle of Cape Matapan 1941) 1941 - 1942 Chief Signal Officer to Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Java, during defence of East Indies 1942 - ? Captain on staff of Sir James Fownes Somerville, Commander-in-Chief East Indies (08.1942)     no appointment listed (02.1943)     no appointment listed 03.03.1943 - (10.)1944 Deputy Director (V/S and W/T), Signal Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.12.1944 - (07.1945) Chief Staff Officer to Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron [HMS King George V (battleship)] 1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Dido 1948 - 1949 Commanding Officer, HMS Cleopatra 1951 - 1953 Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth 1953 Rear-Admiral (Review) on Staff of Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth 1954 - 1955 Flag Officer (Air) Mediterranean, and Flag Officer Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet 10.1956 - 1961 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty (Third Sea Lord) and Controller of the Navy Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom and of the Admiralty, 12.10.1962-11.03.1966. Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and of the Admiralty, 11.03.1966-11.01.1973. President, Royal British Legion, Scotland. DL, East Lothian, 1962; Vice-Convener, E. Lothian CC, 1969-. Vice-Lieutenant, East Lothian, 1964 and since 1967;
Reid, Robert Askey Son (with one sister and one brother) of William Reid (1863-), and Annie Sophie Andrews (1866-).	12.04.1906 Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland - 28.04.1990	Seaman ? [J106293] Gnr. 01.04.1935 Lt. 1940?, seniority 01.07.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 06.02.1946, seniority 01.07.1945 Lt.Cdr. (L) 25.09.1946, seniority 01.07.1945 Cdr. (L) 31.12.1950 (retd 12.04.1956; age)	... - ... ... 07.01.1938 - (09.)1939 HMS Punjabi (destroyer) (6th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet) (for torpedo duties) (12.1939) - (03.1940) no appointment listed 09.03.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Emerald (E class cruiser) (for torpedo duties) (02.1941) - (04.1941) no appointment listed 25.04.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) (02.1942) - (02.1944) HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) * 02.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) (for torpedo duties) 07.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) (for torpedo duties) 22.02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) (for Escort Force, Brisbane) (04.1946)     HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) * ... - ... ...
Rendel, Herbert Leopold Son of Leopold Joseph Rendel, and Gertrude Maria Beadon. Married (02.06.1920, St Jude's, Mapperley, Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire) Marjorie Rowan Powell (06.12.1898 - 13.12.1981); two sons (Lt. Reginald Aubrey Rendel, RNVR, killed in action 26.12.1944 & S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) Guy Dacres Rendel, RNVR).	04.04.1894 Pozzeroli, Italy - 28.12.1959 Bishop's Waltham, Droxford district, Hampshire [cremated; ashes committed to the sea from the minesweeper HMS Gavington]	... ... Lt. 15.10.1915 (retd 16.02.1920) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.10.1923 Cdr. (retd) 04.04.1934 (reverted to retd 24.08.1945) MID 16.04.1918 for submarine service It Crwn 07.08.1918 for distinguished services rendered during the war	15.01.1907     entered RN ... - ... ... 13.11.1939 - 25.11.1939 Admiralty [HMS President] 25.11.1939 - (02.)1941 Boom Defences Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.05.1941 - (01.1945) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for motor launches and miscellaneous duties) Justice of the Peace (JP).
Renouf, Edward de Faye Son of late Edward Binet Renouf (1862-1929), and Lilian Mary De Faye, Jersey, Channel Islands. Unmarried.	28.07.1888 St. Helier, Jersey - 15.09.1972 Manleys, St Peters, Jersey	Cadet 1903 S.Lt. ? Lt. 08.11.1909, seniority 28.02.1909 Lt.Cdr. 28.02.1917 Cdr. 31.12.1921 Capt. 31.12.1928 R.Adm. 05.01.1940 (retd 03.04.1943) V.Adm. (retd) 03.04.1943 (dispersed 09.10.1945) (reverted to retd 05.12.1945) CB 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944 [investiture 06.03.1945] CVO 03.06.1931 HM's birthday 1931 RHSSi 12.1914 for gallantry in rescuing a signal boy from drowning in the North Sea 14.10.1914	15.05.1903     Cadet, HMS Britannia 1914 - 1919 served European War (1914)     Torpedo Officer, HMS Conqueror (battleship) 07.06.1918 - (01.1919) HMS Vernon (torpedo school) (for torpedo duties) ? - (03.1921) Commanding Officer, HMS Thames (on voyage from UK to Cape Town, South Africa) 26.07.1922 - (08.1923) Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 16.09.1924 - (01.)1925 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 26.08.1925 - (07.)1927 Fleet Torpedo Officer, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Revenge (battleship)] 01.11.1927 - (06.1928) Executive Officer, HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies) 05.1929 - (04.)1930 Commanding Officer, HMS Vampire (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 15.08.1930 - (06.)1933 Naval Attaché, Buenos Aires (Argentina) [HMS President] 16.01.1934 - 25.03.1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Orion (cruiser) & from 1934/35 Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer, 2nd Cruiser Squadron (Home Fleet) 25.07.1936 - 08.1938 staff, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 09.08.1938 - 13.12.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 01.08.1939 - 05.01.1940 also: Naval ADC to the King 22.12.1939 - 04.01.1940 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Director of Torpedoes and Mines, for period not exceeding 6 months) 05.01.1940 - 01.05.1940 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Rear-Admiral Controlled Mining) 02.05.1940 - 17.07.1940 Rear-Admiral Commanding 3rd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Gloucester (cruiser)] 18.07.1940 - 04.03.1941 Rear-Admiral Commanding 7th Cruiser Squadron 14.03.1941 - 27.03.1941 HMS Victory (additional; for full pay service leave) 28.05.1941 - 04?.1942 Naval Staff Officer to Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces [HMS President] 06.04.1942 - 02.11.1942 HMS President (additional; for duty with Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (W); not to exceed 6 months) 03.11.1942 - 02.04.1943 HMS President (additional; for duty with Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (W) as Adviser in Miscellaneous Weapons) (as R.Adm.) 20.011.1944 - 29.09.1945 Naval Assistant to Deputy First Sea Lord [HMS President] (as R.Adm.) In command of Jersey Sea Cadet Corps. * indexed, but not listed as such
Renshaw, Maurice Frank	24.06.1918 - 25.10.1987 Bournemouth district, Hampshire	Cadet 01.01.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 01.11.1938 Lt. 01.01.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1948 Cdr. 31.12.1951 (retd 1960?) Aviz ? state visit Portugal 02.1957	01.01.1936 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1937 - (06.)1938 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet) 22.07.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet) 02.01.1939 - (03.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth 31.07.1939 - (02.1941) HMS Colombo (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 12.01.1942 - (08.1942) qualifying for gunnery duties [HMS Excellent] 01.09.1942 - (02.1943) Gunnery School, Devonport [HMS Drake] 30.04.1943 - (06.1944) Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) (Scapa Flow, then Portsmouth) 28.11.1944 - (04.1946) Gunnery Officer, HMS Jamaica 15.01.1948 - (07.1948) Radio Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (05.1949) no appointment listed 10.1949 - (05.1950) on staff of Flag Officer Destroyers, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Forth] 10.04.1952 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) (04.1955) no appointment listed 27.07.1955 - (01.1957) Commanding Officer, HMS Chaplet * indexed, but not listed as such
Renwick, George Fisher	31.01.1901 Cardiff, Glamorgan - 31.03.1968	... ... Cdr. 30.06.1936 Capt. 31.12.1942 (retd)	15.09.1914     entered RN ... - ... ... 20.06.1939 - (09.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Rochester (sloop) (02.1941) no appointment listed 15.04.1941 - 09.03.1943 Deputy Director of Air Matériel, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.03.1943 - (06.)1944 Director of Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 13.11.1944 - 01.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Attacker (escort carrier) (04.1946) no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Repard, John David Latimer Son of William John Repard (1882?-1929), and Edyth Louise Latimer (1889-1967). Married (24.04.1947) Hon. Peggy Bowyer (18.05.1925 - ), daughter of George Edward Wentworth Bowyer, 1st Baron Denham (1886-1948), and Hon. Daphne Freeman-Mitford (1895-1996); three daughters, one son.	02.06.1921 Sidmouth, Honiton district, Devon - 17.09.2011 Watford General Hospital	Cadet 01.09.1939 Midsh. 01.05.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1942 S.Lt. 1942, seniority 01.06.1941 Lt. 16.01.1943 Lt.Cdr. 16.01.1951 Cdr. 31.12.1954 (retd 16.04.1966) OBE 01.01.1966 New Year 1966 [investiture 08.03.1966] DSC 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche [decoration posted]	01.09.1939 - (04.)1940 special entry cadet, RN College, Dartmouth 01.05.1940 - (10.)1941 HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (North Sea, Atlantic & Mediterranean) 05.01.1942 - (04.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 30.05.1942 - (12.)1943 HMS Tartar (destroyer) (DSC) (02.1944) - (04.1944) no appointment listed 05.04.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Byron (frigate) (10.1945)     no appointment listed 25.10.1945 - 09.1947 Boys Divisional Officer, HMS Ganges (boys' training establishment, Shotley, Ipswich, Suffolk) 30.09.1947 - (10.)1947 Boys Divisional Officer, HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall) 1947 - 1966 served aboard HMS Rodney, 1947-1948; served as torpedo and anti-submarine officer at HMS Osprey,1949-1950; served as TAS officer aboard HMS Battleaxe, 1950-1952; served as TAS officer at HMS Vernon, 1952-1953; served as TAS officer aboard HMS Superb, 1954-1955; served as mine counter-measures officer at HMS Vernon, 1955-1957; served as staff officer at Directorate of Naval Intelligence, Admiralty, 1957-1958; served as executive officer aboard HMS Belfast, 1958-1961; served as TAS staff officer at Underground Headquarters, Northwood, UK, 1961-1963; served as Assistant Director Underseas Warfare, Naval Staff Admiralty, 1963-1966 (OBE)
Reyne, Sir Cecil Nugent 2nd son of late Col. J.F. Reyne, Hampshire Regiment. Married (1917) Gladys Mary, daughter of Capt. H.C. Savory, Seaforth Highlanders, of Edinburgh; one son, three daughters.	23.12.1881 Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire - 19.02.1958 Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire	A/S.Lt. 23.12.1900? S.Lt. 29.03.1902, seniority 23.12.1900 Lt. 23.03.1903 Cdr. 30.06.1916 Capt. 30.06.1922 R.Adm. 01.06.1934 (retd 02.06.1934) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 12.09.1939-(07.1945) KBE 01.01.1944 New Year 1944 [investiture 23.05.1944] MID 17.11.1942 ocean convoys 1939-1942	Education: HMS Britannia. 15.07.1895     entered RN Gunnery specialist 1899 - 1902 served in South Africa 1914 - 1918 Gunnery and Executive Officer, HMS Dreadnought 18.12.1918 - 1920 Commander, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) [Staff/Squadron?] Gunnery Officer (SGO) to late Admiral Sir R.F. Phillimore, commanding Reserve Fleet 15.05.1923 - (01.)1925 Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer 2nd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Curacoa (light cruiser)] 1925 Commanding Officer, HMS Effingham (cruiser) 08.03.1926 - (05.)1926 senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 07.1926 - (07.)1927 Chief Staff Officer to Commodore in Command of New Zealand Station [HMS Diomede (cruiser)] (at Navy Office, Wellington) 09.1926 - 03.1929 also: 2nd Naval Member, New Zealand Naval Board (08.1929) no appointment listed 29.12.1929 - (02.)1931 Commanding Officer, HMS Cleopatra (cruiser) & as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Nore 21.08.1931 - (01.)1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China) 02.07.1932 - (09.1932) Commanding Officer, HMS Caledon (cruiser) & as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport (10.1932) - ? Commanding Officer, HMS Comus (cruiser)) & as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport 08.12.1933 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Caledon (cruiser) & as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport 11.10.1933 - 01.06.1934 also: Naval ADC to the King 12.09.1939 - (07.1945) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] 10.1942 - 11.1942 Convoy SL 125 (Suez - Manchester) [SS Nagpore] (ship torpedoed & sunk 28.10.1942) 14.07.1943 - 30.07.1943 Convoy ... (Liverpool - New York) [SS Pacific Shipper] 20.08.1943 - 04.09.1943 Convoy HX 253 (New York - Liverpool) [SS Ruahine] 25.07.1944 - 08.08.1944 Convoy HX 301 (New York - Liverpool) [SS Reinholt]
Reynolds, George Henry	04.09.1908 - 27.05.1997 Trowbridge, Wiltshire	... ... A/S.Lt. 01.01.1929 S.Lt. 16.09.1929 Lt. 16.06.1931 Lt.Cdr. 16.06.1939 (retd 04.09.1953) A/Cdr. > 12.1943, < 02.1944	... - ... ... 17.12.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Ramillies (Royal Sovereign class battleship) 22.06.1940 - (12.)1941 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship): 22.06.1940 - (10.)1941 Staff Officer (Operations), 1st Submarine Flotilla (in lieu of a specialist; and for duty with submarines) 1941 - (12.)1941 for submarines 13.12.1941 - 08.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Rover (R class submarine) 13.10.1943 - 05.02.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Wuchang (submarine depot ship) 03.1944 - (01.)1945 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 09.04.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Battler (Archer class escort carrier) 04.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) ... - ... ...
Rhodes, Philip Montague Son of Montague John Rhodes, and Amy Clemson.	(06.)1914 Lymington district, Hampshire - 07.02.2008 Palmerston North, New Zealand	Cadet 01.09.1931 Midsh. 01.05.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1934 S.Lt. 01.05.1935 Lt. 01.07.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 07.02.1946, seniority 01.07.1945 (reld 07.05.1946; medically unfit)	05.09.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Warspite (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 29.08.1932 - (08.)1934 HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 27.09.1934 - (02.)1935 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.04.1935 - (07.)1935 promotion course, Portsmouth 09.11.1935 - (08.1936) HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 04.01.1937 - (02.)1937 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 13.05.1937 - 28.06.1937 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) (for submarines) 29.06.1937 - (08.1939) HMS Salmon (submarine) (Mediterranean) [tender to HMS Maidstone] 05.01.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) 04.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Nettle (for submarines) 20.04.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for miscellaneous duties) 23.08.1942 - (01.)1945 on staff of Rear-Admiral (S) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] & for anti-submarine duties 04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) (for duty with submarines) Antiques dealer.
Rhodes, Philip Wood Son of Sir George Wood Rhodes, 1st Bt. (1860-1924), and Margaret Catherine Phillips (?-1915). Married 1st (15.05.1919) Judith Beresford Martin, daughter of Trevelyan Martin; two daughters. Married 2nd (12.07.1944) Elspeth Tod, daughter of Thomas Tod.	28.11.1894 Chorlton district, Lancashire - 02.01.1956	Lt. 15.09.1916 (retd 05.11.1919) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.09.1924 A/Cdr. (retd) > 12.1941, < 08.1942 Cdr. (retd) 08.05.1946	09.1907     entered RN ... - ... ... (04.1940) - (12.1941) Admiralty [HMS President] * (08.1942) - (06.1943) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] * 30.08.1943 - (06.)1944 Naval Attaché on Staff of UK Representative to Eire (Dublin) [HMS President] (10.1944)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Rich, Lawrence St George	10.05.1908 Kensington, Greater London - 21.05.1990 Towcester, Northants.	Midsh. 15.05.1926 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1928 S.Lt. 16.05.1929 Lt. 16.09.1931 Lt.Cdr. 16.09.1939 (retd 20.12.1949) A/Cdr. < 07.1948 Cdr. (retd) 20.12.1949 DSO  04.05.1943 sinking U205 E Mediterranean 17.02.1943 [investiture 22.06.1943] DSO  27.07.1943 action with 2 Italian destroyers E Mediterranean 15.04.1943 [investiture 28.09.1943] MID 24.03.1942 sinking U131 17.12.1941 MID 14.04.1942 convoy escort destruction U-boat 01-02.1942	15.01.1922     entered RN 09.12.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) 04.1929 - (08.1929) Lieutenant's course, Portsmouth 06.01.1930 - (04.1930) submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 10.11.1930 - (01.1932) HMS Pandora (submarine) (China) (09.1932) no appointment listed 27.03.1933 - (01.1934) First Lieutenant, HMS Torrid (destroyer) (Portland) 23.10.1934 - (02.1936) First Lieutenant, HMS Sturgeon (submarine) 04.01.1937 - (02.1937) submarine commanding officer's course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 17.04.1937 - (07.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS H 50 (submarine) 14.10.1937 - (02.1938) Commanding Officer, HMS H 44 (submarine) 16.04.1938 - (06.1938) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet) 22.07.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet) 02.1940 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS H 43 (submarine) 26.09.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Proteus (submarine) 06.1941 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Exmoor (destroyer) 04.01.1943 - (06.1943) HMS Paladin (destroyer) 30.07.1943 - (10.1943) Training Establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex [HMS King Alfred] 04.11.1943 - (06.1944) Officer-in-Charge, Landing Craft Maintenance Base, Port Glasgow [HMS Monck] 16.10.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Carysfort (destroyer) (04.1946) HMS President * (07.1948) Admiral Commanding Reserves' Office * * indexed, but not listed as such
Rich, William Charles Baker	02.03.1890 Devonport, Stoke Damerel district, Devon - 11.04.1987 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Boy 16.07.1906 [236908] ... ... Lt. 11.05.1920 (retd 15.12.1922) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 11.05.1928 1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal; 1939/45 Star; Africa Star with bar, 'North Africa 1942-43'; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45	Joined RN 1906. Leading Seaman in HMS Challenger from 30 July 1914 to 30 Dec. 1915. At the start of the war she was part of the 9th Cruiser Squadron, based at Portland. Her duty was to guard against minelayers at the entrance to the Bristol Channel, and also to seize German shipping. During this period she captured the German steamer Ulla Boog, bringing a cargo of pit props from Archangel to south Wales. In September she was sent to West Africa, to form part of the naval squadron assisting the attack on the Cameroons (with HMS Cumberland and the French cruiser Bruix). On 25 September she was used to cross the barrier at the entrance to Duala, having been lightened to reduce her draft. Two days later Duala surrendered, but the campaign went on into 1915. By January 1915, she was engaged in the blockade of Edea. At the end of April, she was relieved by the Astraea. Commissioned Gunner from 31 December 1915, and Mate from 11th December 1917. Served on Torpedo boat TB108 in 1916, then Destroyers. ... - ... ... 28.09.1938 - 10.1939 Boom Defence Depot, Mediterranean (for Alexandria Boom Defences) [HMS St Angelo] 10.1939 - (12.1941) Boom Defence Depot, Alexandria [HMS Nile] 13.07.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Exmouth (accommodation ship) 01.01.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers / Taranto) (additional; for miscellaneous duties) 28.09.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Drake IV (destroyer office, Plymouth) 28.11.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth)
Richards, George Dick Kendall "Dicky" Son of George Westley Richards and Nora Ellen Mitchelson, of Weeke, Hampshire. Husband of Sylvia Elizabeth Mary Richards.	27.08.1918 Reading district, Berkshire - 29.05.1943 (KIA) [age 25] [Chatham Naval Memorial, 67, 3]	Midsh. 01.09.1936 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1938 S.Lt. 01.01.1939 Lt. 01.01.1940 DSO  13.07.1943 action trawlers Belgian coast 04.04.1943 [presented to next-of-kin] DSC 25.08.1942 action Channel 14.06.1942 [investiture 01.12.1942] MID 03.03.1942 action enemy ship Boulogne 16.11.1941 MID 13.10.1942 action R-boats Channel 16.08.1942 MID 19.02.1944 action trawlers Dunkirk 28.05.1943	01.09.1936 - (08.1938) HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China) 05.09.1938 - (04.1939) promotion course, Portsmouth 12.06.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Ivanhoe (destroyer) (02.1941) HMS Drake IV * 15.09.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Wasp: (1941) Commanding Officer, MGB 60 (11.1941) Commanding Officer, MGB 68 (06.1942) Commanding Officer, MGB 113 (08.1942) Commanding Officer, MGB 10 & SO 2nd MGB Flotilla (08.1942) - 29.05.1943 Commanding Officer, MGB 110 & SO 9th MGB Flotilla [& SO MGBs] * indexed, but not listed as such
Richards, Noel Lawrence Clifford Younger son (with one brother and one sister) of Eng.Capt. Thomas William Richards (1874-1961), and Gertrude May Giles (1880-1959), of Rochester, Kent, later of Forrest Lodge, Winnersh, Wokingham. Married (18.06.1940, St Margaret's, Northam, Devon [following a civil ceremony in Edinburgh]) Wren Margaret Wybrants "Margot" Hamilton, WRNS (14.03.1917 - 18.06.2002), of Liverpool, only daughter of Lt.Col. & Mrs H.W. Hamilton, of Northam, Devon. Margot Richards remarried (1944) Lt. Thomas Crane McLaughlin, RCNVR.	(03?).1915 Medway district, Kent - 11.01.1941 (KIA) [age 26] [Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 42, column 2]	Paym.Cadet 01.09.1932 Paym.Midsh. 01.09.1933 A/Paym.S.Lt. 09.10.1935, seniority 01.09.1935 Paym.S.Lt. 16.12.1935, seniority 01.06.1935 Paym.Lt. 01.06.1937	16.09.1932 - (05.)1933 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 02.05.1933 - (03.)1935 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 26.04.1935 - (09.)1937 HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (10.1937)     no appointment listed 10.10.1937 - (08.)1939 staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Drake] 18.08.1939 - 11.01.1941 HMS Southampton (Southampton class cruiser) (ship badly damaged by German aircraft near Malta & sunk by RN next day)
Richards, Robert John Son of Henry George Richards, KBE, KC, MA (1861-1928), and Frances Maud Lyster Smythe, OBE (1865-1931). Married (1929) Ellen Frances Lister (1895-1997); one son.	30.12.1897 Dublin, Ireland - 06.06.1991	Midsh. 02.08.1914 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1916 S.Lt. 15.05.1917 A/Lt. 15.09.1918 Lt. 15.10.1918 (retd 31.12.1922?; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.10.1926 A/Cdr. (retd) 03.02.1942 (reverted to retd 16.04.1946)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (09.1910-08.1914). 27.08.1914 - (10.)1916 HMS Erin (battleship) 24.11.1916 - (08.)1917 HMS Snowdrop (Flower class sloop) 09.12.1917 - (12.)1918 HMS Spenser (flotilla leader) 1918 - 1919 HMS Redgauntlet (armed trawler) 15.01.1919 - (09.)1919 HMS President (for course of instruction at Cambridge University) (10.1919) - (12.1919) short course of instruction 26.12.1919 - (01.)1921 Navigating Officer, HMS Magnolia (China Station) 10.10.1921 - (10.1921) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (qualifying for navigating duties) 19.04.1922 - 01.1923 Assistant Navigating Officer, HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (temporarily) 25.08.1939 - (08.)1940 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown) (as Assistant King's Harbour Master, Simonstown & for meteorological duties) (10.1940) - (02.1942) HM Dockyard Simonstown [HMS Afrikander] * [probably as Assistant King's Harbour Master, Simonstown & for meteorological duties] 03.02.1942 - 11.1944 King's Harbour Master, Deputy Superintendent of HM Dockyard, Simonstown [HMS Afrikander] (01.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed [training courses in London & from late May 1945 to late Nov./early Dec. 1945 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Eckernforde (the German Torpedo Experimental Base on the Baltic)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Richardson, Donald George	? ? - died between 08.1973 and 08.1975 ??	Midsh. (A) 16.01.1939 A/S.Lt. (A) 20.06.1940 Lt. (A) 20.12.1942 (Emgcy List 03.06.1946) DSC 31.07.1945 Operation Iceberg [decoration presented]	16.01.1939 - (04.)1939 HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (Devonport) (for training) 15.05.1939 - (08.1939) observers' course [HMS Excellent] (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm ? - 24.09.1940 observer, 810 Squadron FAA [failed to return when shot down by Curtiss H.75C-1 in bombing attacks on ships in Dakar harbour; captured] 24.09.1940 - 1943? POW in French captivity 28.06.1943 - (12.1943) observer, 823 Squadron FAA 17.01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh, Southampton) (for instructional duties) 04.09.1944 - (07.1945) observer, 848 Squadron FAA
Richardson, Hector du Plessis Married 1st (03.08.1929, Parish Church, Sidmouth) Joy Hopwood, of Sidmouth. Married 2nd ((06?).1947, Reading district, Berkshire) Elizabeth A. Arengo-Jones, formerly married to Alexander Alan Coull Walker, and daughter of Mr & Mrs C. Arengo-Jones, of Wrington.	14.08.1900 - 01.01.1967 Northamptonshire	... ... Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1930 Cdr. 30.06.1937 (retd 13.08.1950) DSO  16.08.1940 Dunkirk [investiture 03.09.1940] MID 22.01.1946 ship lost in action Surabaya 01.03.1942 OON 07.09.1948 Battle of the Java Sea	15.05.1914     entered RN ... - ... ... 09.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) (05.1940)     served with Beach Party at Malo & Bray beaches, Dunkirk (DSO) 10.09.1940 - 01.03.1942 Executive Officer, HMS Exeter (cruiser) (ship sunk by Japanese forces in the Battle for the Java Sea; captured) (despatches, Order of Oranje-Nassau) 01.03.1942 - 1945 POW in Japanese captivity 27.05.1947 - (05.1949) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) (05.1950)     no appointment listed Published: Contract bridge in thirteen lessons (1960).
Richardson, Herbert John Carbray Second son of Eng.Capt. Norman Shepherd Richardson, RN, and Felice Mary Georgina Cecilia Carbray (1883-). Married (10.08.1940, St Gregory's Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire) Barbara D'Arcy-Benson (04.01.1915 - 05.07.2009), daughter of Dr John Robinson Benson, FRCS (1869-1952), and Enid Whishaw (1891-1936). Barbara Richardson remarried (1946) Herbert Peter Kent, divorced, and remarried a second time (1954) Anthony Vivien White.	(03?).1915 Plymouth, Devon - 16.05.1941 (KIA) [age 26] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 2, panel 1]	Cadet 01.05.1932 Midsh. (E) 01.01.1933 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.05.1935 S.Lt. (E) 16.01.1936 Lt. (E) 16.05.1938	23.04.1932 - (01.)1933 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 12.01.1933 - (02.)1936 course of instruction in engineering, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 01.09.1936 - (05.)1939 HMS York (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) (06.1939) - (07.1939) no appointment listed (08.1939) - (05.)1940 Fleet Air Arm (06.1940)     no appointment listed 11.07.1940 - (08.)1940 pilot, 808 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)] 08.08.1940 - (10.)1940 pilot, 760 Squadron FAA [HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh)] 06.10.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Nile II (FAA air station, Alexandria, Egypt) 04.1941 - 16.05.1941 pilot, 805 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, near Alexandria, Egypt)]
Richardson, Hugh Nicholas Aubyn	23.08.1903 Gorey, Jersey, Channel Islands - 30.10.1978 St Martin, Jersey, Channel Islands	... ... S.Lt. 15.10.1924 Lt. 15.04.1927 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1935 (retd 23.08.1948) A/Cdr. 12.09.1944? Cdr. (retd) 23.08.1948 DSO  01.09.1942 Operation Harpoon (Gibraltar-Malta convoy 06.1942) [investiture 09.07.1946] DSC 16.08.1940 Dunkirk 06.1940 [investiture 09.07.1946] MID 09.02.1943 German ship "Ulm" sunk 08.1942	15.05.1917     entered RN ... - ... ... (10.1938)     no appointment listed (02.1939) - (04.1939) no appointment listed 29.05.1939 - (09.)1939 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for training duties) 27.11.1939 - 25.09.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Shikari (destroyer) (DSC) (12.)1941 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Marne (destroyer) * (DSO, despatches) (06.1943)     no appointment listed 06.07.1943 - (06.)1944 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 12.09.1944 - (07.)1945 Executive Officer, HMS Valluru (RN Air Station, Tambaran, Madras) 16.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Garuda (RN Aircraft Repair Yard, Coimbatore, India) (07.1948)     no appointment listed
Richardson, John Sherbrooke Morris	13.05.1907 Sevenoaks district, Kent - 23.12.1986 Canterbury district, Kent	... ... Lt.Cdr. 16.02.1938 Cdr. 30.06.1941 Capt. 30.06.1949 (retd 07.07.1958) DSO  11.02.1941 sinking [F?] Nullo 21.10.1940 [investiture 07.07.1942] MID 27.01.1942 Operation Demon MID 09.05.1944 Operation FW MID 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944)	... - ... ... 14.03.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Bulldog (destroyer) 01.05.1940 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Kimberley (destroyer) 23.06.1942 - (06.)1943 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 19.07.1943 - 15.10.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Venus (destroyer) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 12.1944 - (04.1946) Staff Officer (Q) on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] ... - ... ...
Richardson, Llewelyn George "Rich" Second son (with two brothers and one sister) of Capt. Ernald Edward Richardson, Royal Carmarthen Artillery (1869-1909), and Irene Caroline Burges (1874-1937), of Glanbrydan Park, Carmarthenshire. Married (01.06.1938, Cathedral, Inverness) Auriol Violet Hay (18.04.1913 - 04.2005), elder daughter of Capt. E.G. Hay, the Seaforth Highlanders, and Mrs Hay, of Glenrossal, Lairg, Sutherland; one son (who died in infancy), three daughters.	23.04.1902 Eton district, Buckinghamshire - 09.01.1985 Trowbridge district, Wiltshire	A/S.Lt. 15.01.1922 S.Lt. 30.07.1922 Lt. 30.06.1924 Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1932 Cdr. 30.06.1939 (retd 07.10.1951) A/Capt. 01.1944 RAF:   F/O 27.04.1925 F/Lt. 01.01.1933 Sq.Ldr. 06.01.1936, seniority 01.01.1936	15.01.1916     entered RN ... - ... ... 12.04.1922 - (04.1922) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich (08.1923)     short course of instruction 01.08.1923 - (01.)1925 HMS Vancouver (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 27.04.1925 - 16.11.1925 third pilot's course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon, Wiltshire [attached to RAF] 16.11.1925 - (03.)1926 pilot's course, RAF Base, Gosport [HMS Victory] [attached to RAF] 06.04.1926 - (08.)1929 pilot, No. 462 Flight FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] [attached to RAF] 01.08.1929 - (03.)1931 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton, Gosport) 10.08.1931 - (07.)1934 HMS Enterprise (cruiser) [attached to RAF] [possibly also in command of No. 406 Flight FAA] (08.1934)     no appointment listed [attached to RAF] 03.09.1934 - 09.1934 course, RAF Base, Gosport [HMS Victory]  [attached to RAF] 09.1934 - (11.1934) S/R Squadron 821 FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] 15.01.1935 - (07.1935) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 06.01.1936 - (02.)1936 Training Squadron FAA (RAF Station, Gosport) [HMS Victory] [attached to RAF] 26.02.1936 - 12.1937 Squadron Commander, Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance Squadron 811 FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] 13.12.1937 - (07.)1940 Staff Officer (Operations) (2) to Rear/Vice-Admiral Aircraft Carriers [HMS Courageous, from 01.07.1939 HMS Ark Royal] 17.09.1940 - (12.1942) Executive Officer, HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad) 18.01.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) (12.1943)     HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) * 01.1944 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Smiter (escort carrier) (04.1946)     no appointment listed 11.07.1947 - (05.1949) RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus] 16.01.1950 - (03.)1951 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services)
Richardson, Richard Brakell Son of ... Richardson, and ... Brakell.	(09?).1919 West Derby district, Lancashire - 31.10.1981	Lt. 01.11.1939 Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1947 (retd)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (10.1944) HMS Hannibal (07.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ... 09.02.1954 - (04.1955) Flag Lieutenant-Commander & Staff Communications Officer to Flag Officer (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin]
Riches, Gordon William John Second son of William John Riches, and Margaret Tolfrey (née Rayfield). Married 1st (14.09.1935, Medway district, Kent) Margaret Amy Fielder (after adoption named Course); one daughter, one son. Married 2nd (23.10.1982, Maidstone district, Kent) Gladys Vera Tyler.	03.01.1911 Hollingbourne, Kent - 14.09.2001 Plymouth district, Devon	A/Wt.Shipwr. 15.09.1939 Wt.Shipwr. 1940?, seniority 15.09.1939 A/Cd.Shipwr. 18.06.1945 Sen.Cd.Shipwr. 01.10.1946 Shipwr.Lt.Cdr. 05.04.1956 (retd 03.01.1961)	Chatham Dockyard Apprentice, 04.08.1926-04.08.1931. 04.08.1931     joined RN 04.1932 - 11.1934 HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) ? - ? HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) 15.09.1939 - 13.02.1940 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 02.1940 - (06.)1943 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) * (08.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 06.12.1943 - 14.02.1945 HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) [at a RN Unit in a Government Training Centre in Slough as technical Officer responsible for the training of Shipwrights for Combined Operations] 03.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Ajax (cruiser) 28.04.1947 - 11.05.1948 HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) (Harwich) 25.05.1948 - (05.)1950 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services) 20.07.1950 - 06.02.1952 HMS Cleopatra (cruiser) (mainly Mediterranean) 07.1952 - 11.1952 HMS Neptune (Reserve Fleet, Chatham) 11.11.1952 - (07.1954) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for RN Barracks) 14.02.1955 - (01.1956) HMS Bulwark (light fleet carrier) 04.07.1956 - 06.09.1957 HMS Jupiter (Reserve Fleet, Gareloch) 06.09.1957 - 10.01.1958 Reserve Fleet, Rosyth ? - (01.1959) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 22.06.1959 - 31.03.1961 Barracks Master, RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] * His 'flimsies' indicate until 23.10.1943.
Richmond, [Sir] Maxwell Eldest son of Robert Richardson Richmond, and Bernadette Farrel). Married (1929) Jessie Messervy Craig (died 1985); one son, three daughters (and one son deceased).	19.10.1900 Wellington, New Zealand - 15.05.1986 McLeod Bay, Whangarei Heads, New Zealand	A/S.Lt. 15.05.1921 S.Lt. 15.08.1923, seniority 15.05.1921 Lt. ?, seniority 15.12.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1930 Cdr. 30.06.1936 Capt. 31.12.1942 R.Adm. 08.01.1952 V.Adm. 16.12.1954 (retd 1957) KBE 13.06.1957 Suez operations CB 01.01.1954 New Year 1954 [investiture 16.02.1954] DSO  30.07.1942 4 Murmansk-Reykjavik convoys [investiture 27.07.1943] OBE 01.01.1940 New Year 1940 [investiture 06.02.1940] MID 25.10.1940 Operation Dynamo (Dunkirk evacuation 06.1940) MID 07.08.1945 Senior Officer allied destroyers bombarding France RB 17.11.1942 Russian convoys 1941-1942 [award presented] CdeG 1945 wind up Europe	Education: New Zealand State Schools; Westminster 25.10.1918 Cadet Royal Navy (under the Dominion scheme), specialised navigation (08.1923) short course of instruction 03.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Witch (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 16.01.1926 - (05.)1926 Navigating Officer, HMS Alecto (submarine depot ship) (3rd Submarine Flotilla) 18.11.1926 - (06.1928) Navigating Officer, HMS Laburnum (sloop) (New Zealand) (08.1929) no appointment listed 24.02.1930 - (04.)1930 Navigating Officer, HMS Harebell (fishery protection cruiser (sloop)) 20.06.1930 - 24.03.1931 Navigating Officer, HMS Codrington (flotilla leader) (and for Navigation duties in flotilla) (Mediterranean) 24.03.1931 - 18.10.1932 Navigating Officer, HMS Codrington (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) 24.10.1932 - (06.)1933 HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 28.12.1933 - 21.12.1935 Navigating Officer, HMS Cairo (cruiser) & as Squadron Navigation Officer, Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas (temporary) 22.12.1935 - (08.)1936 HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 10.1936 - 23.08.1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Hostile (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (10.1938) no appointment listed 10.01.1939 - (04.)1939 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 29.07.1939 - 01.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Basilisk (destroyer) (Dover Patrol, Norway and Dunkirk) [sunk] 23.10.1940 - (12.)1941 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 28.01.1942 - 18.12.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Bulldog (destroyer) & Senior Officer, Escort Group (Atlantic and Russian Convoys) 12.1942 - 09.03.1944 Chief Staff Officer to Commodore, Londonderry [HMS Ferret] 12.04.1944 - 08.12.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Milne (destroyer) & Captain (D) 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (Home Fleet, Russian Convoys and Flank Force, Mediterranean) (04.)1946   no appointment listed 01.06.1946 - 1948 Assistant Chief of Supplies, Admiralty [HMS President] 17.06.1948 - (05.)1950 Naval Liaison Officer, Wellington, NZ [HMS Terror] 1951 Senior Naval Officer, Northern Ireland 07.1952 - 1955 Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel (Training) [HMS President] (04.1955) no appointment listed 18.08.1955 - 24.10.1956 Flag Officer (Air), Mediterranean, and Flag Officer Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS St Angelo] (01.1957) no appointment listed
Rickard, Allan Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Martin Henry Rickard (1842-1906), and Mary J. Rickard (1846-). Married 1st ((06?).1909, Sheppey district, Kent) Letitia Elizabeth Rowe (19.05.1887 - (03?).1976); one son. Married 2nd ((09?).1947, St Pancras district, London) Constance M. Clowes.	06.12.1882 New Brompton, Medway district, Kent - 05.06.1948 St Pancras district, London	Seaman ? [344202] Wt. Supply Offr. 26.07.1923 Cd. Supply Offr. 11.10.1930 Paym.Lt. 20.01.1931 (retd 06.12.1932) Paym.Lt.Cdr. (retd) 20.01.1939 (reverted to retd > 06.1944, < 10.1944)	01.09.1924 - (07.1927) HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) (04.1928) - (06.1928) no appointment listed (08.1929)     no appointment listed 28.02.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Cleopatra (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) 18.03.1931 - (09.)1932 HMS Cambrian (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) 06.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Proserpine (RN base, Lyness, Scapa) 06.05.1940 - (04.)1944 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services, later for RN Barracks) (06.1944)     no appointment listed
Rigge, John Loftus	01.03.1918 Shanghai - 03.06.2012	... ... Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 01.05.1940 Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.05.1948 Cdr. (S) 30.06.1953 (retd 02.04.1966)	... - ... ... 26.08.1942 - (07.1945) Assistant Secretary to Senior British Naval Officer Western Atlantic [HMS Malabar] ... - ... ... Joined RN Reserve 1932, winning the King’s Gold Medal and as Chief Cadet Captain at the age of 17 he joined the RN. Because of short-sightedness he began his service as paymaster cadet in Frobisher in the West Indies. Later joining London he evacuated British nationals the day after the Spanish Civil War erupted 1936, as the only Spanish speaker he acted as liaison officer. At outbreak of WW2 he was aboard Sussex seeking Graf Spee, then transferred to Galatea where he volunteered his linguistic services to the boarding party to seize the French destroyer Mistral, where his prompt action prevented the ship from being scuttled and blocking Plymouth Harbour. Thereafter he was at sea constantly in a succession of ships on patrol duties in the North Sea and Atlantic North-West approaches and the Russian convoys to Murmansk. 1942-47 he was based in Bermuda under the British Naval Officer, Western Atlantic, where he assisted in exposing the only attempted Nazi sabotage mission on United States soil. Promoted lieutenant commander 1952 and posted to Hong Kong as Commodore’s secretary; promoted to commander 1954. Naval attaché in Madrid from 1962, appointed OBE 1964 and retired 1966.
Riley, Gerard Brook Son (with one brother and three sisters) of Maj. Alfred James Riley, Somerset Light Infantry, and Edith Mary Knight Married ((06?).1914, Hardingstone district) Margery Ethel Polwhele ((09?).1890 - 1965), of Musbury, Devon, daughter of the Rev. Arthur Baskerville Polwhele (1858-1926), and Mary Robinson Porter (1861-1953); two sons (Capt. John Francis Riley, RA & Capt. Paul Brook Riley, RAMC), two daughters. Lived at Ituna, Ashtead, Surrey, England, prior to retirement.	05.04.1881 Kensington, Greater London - 01.09.1943 Hartgrove, Musbury, Axminster, Devon	Midsh. ? A/S.Lt. 15.07.1900? S.Lt. 28.11.1901, seniority 15.07.1900 Lt. 23.05.1902 ?, seniority 15.07.1901 (retd 15.05.1911) Lt.Cdr. 1913?, seniority 15.07.1909 A/Cdr. (retd) < 01.1919 Cdr. (retd) 05.04.1921 Capt. (retd) 22.07.1936 OBE 01.01.1919 New Year 1919	15.01.1895     entered RN 01.06.1899     HMS Mars 15.03.1900     HMS Dolphin [based at HMS Boscawen] 01.11.1901     HMS Electra [based at HMS Victory] 11.02.1902     HMS Teazer [based at HMS Victory] 04.1902     HMS Syren [based at HMS Victory] 25.04.1902     HMS Barham 12.01.1903     HMS Empress of India 01.09.1903     HMS Vernon (additional; to qualify in torpedo duties) 01.09.1904     HMS Vernon (for torpedo duties) (1905)     HMS Prince George 07.04.1908     Torpedo Officer, HMS Natal ... - ... ... 10.12.1919 - 02.10.1939 Head of Torpedo Inspection and Deputy Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance (Torpedoes), Admiralty [HMS President]
Rimington, Michael Gordon	21.05.1904 - 31.12.1984 Newton Abbot district, Devon	Midsh. 15.09.1923 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1926 Lt. 15.08.1927 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1935 Cdr. 31.12.1940 (retd 21.05.1954; age) DSO  11.09.1940 sinking Italian submarine [investiture 10.03.1942] DSO  07.10.1941 7 patrols Mediterranean & sank French submarine Le Souffleur 25.06.1941 [investiture 10.03.1942] MID 24.04.1945 war patrols Far East 02-12.1944	15.09.1922     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 03.1928 - (06.)1928 HMS L 1 (submarine) [tender to HMS Ambrose] 24.09.1928 - (08.)1929 HMS M 3 (submarine) (Reserve, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Ross] 09.12.1929 - (08.)1930 First Lieutenant, HMS H 48 (submarine) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Alecto] [earned his aviators' certificate [#8967] 1930 at Hampshire Aero Club] 01.09.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Centaur (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 16.10.1931 - (06.1933) First Lieutenant, HMS Phoenix (submarine) (China) [tender to HMS Medway] (01.1934)     no appointment listed 30.04.1934 - (08.)1934 submarine commanding officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Alecto] 27.08.1934 - (07.)1935 Commanding Officer, HMS H 32 (submarine) (Portland) [tender to HMS Titania] 30.08.1935 - (07.)1937 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 23.08.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (for submarines) 05.1938 - 09.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Parthian (submarine) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 01.01.1942 - 23.05.1943 Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 24.05.1943 - (12.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Tantivity (submarine) (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Dolphin * 01.1947 - (07.)1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Jamaica 14.12.1948 - (05.)1949 Commanding Officer, HMS Glory 25.08.1949 - (05.1950) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 1950/51? - (05.1953) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)]

 

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