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Roche, Philip Arthur Elder son of Col. & Mrs H.J. Roche, of The Colony, Burnham-on-Sea. Married (03.02.1940, Church of the Sacred Heart, Burnham, Weston super Mare district, Somerset) Vivien G. Furness, only child of Mr & Mrs G.H. Furness, of Burnham-on-Sea.	24.01.1912 - 10.09.1970 Surrey South Western district, Surrey	Cadet 01.05.1929 Midsh. 01.01.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1932 S.Lt. 01.11.1932 Lt. 01.12.1933 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1941 Cdr. 30.06.1946 Capt. 30.06.1954 (retd 23.04.1958) DSC 22.09.1942 Operation Harpoon (Gibraltar-Malta convoy 06.1942) [investiture 09.03.1943]	... - ... ... 11.10.1938 - (09.)1939 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 10.1939 - (12.1939) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 20.01.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 07.07.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Delhi (cruiser) (10.1941) - (12.1941) HMS Liverpool (cruiser) * 01.12.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Liverpool (cruiser) (DSC) 02.1943 - 14.10.1943 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for Experimental Department) 15.10.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 02.01.1945 - (04.1946) Gunnery Officer, HMS Duke of York (battleship) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Roche, Sir Standish O'Grady; 4th Baronet (1838) Son of Sir Standish Deane O'Grady Roche, 3rd Bt (1845-1914) and Sybil (1872-1950), only daughter of Col. Julius Dyson­Laurie, Gloucester Pl., W. Succeeded father, 09.12.1914. Married (1946) Evelyn Laura, only daughter of Major W. Andon; two sons.	13.03.1911 - 02.04.1977 [Sao Bras de Alportel, Portugal?]	Cadet ? Midsh. 01.01.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1931 S.Lt. 01.01.1932 Lt. 01.10.1933 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1941 (retd 04.12.1952; own request) DSO 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.1942 CdeG 1945 wind up, Europe 1945	01.05.1928 - (02.1931) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 30.04.1931 - (01.1932) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 31.08.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Africa) 10.08.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Delhi (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (07.)1935 - (07.)1937 ADC to Governor-General of New Zealand 21.02.1938 - (06.1938) Commanding Officer, HMS Acheron (destroyer) (Portsmouth) 27.07.1938 - (02.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Fortune (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 10.08.1941 - (08.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Beaufort (destroyer) (10.1943) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 07.11.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Matchless (destroyer) 12.1947 - (07.1948) RN Camp, Stamshaw [HMS Victory] (05.1950) HMS Howe * * indexed, but not listed as such
Rodgers, John Malcolm see also: www.hmsfiredrake.co.uk	06.05.1901 Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire - 10.01.1971 Stratton district, Cornwall	A/Lt. 15.05.1923 Lt. ?, seniority 15.12.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1930 (retd 02.07.1946) A/Cdr. 1940-(12.1941) & 20.02.1944?-(04.1946) Cdr. (retd) 02.07.1946 DSC 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944 MID 23.12.1939 successful actions against enemy submarines MID 26.09.1940 Norway 04-06.1940	(08.1923) short course of instruction 29.04.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (07.1927) no appointment listed 08.12.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China) 02.01.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Campbell (flotilla leader) (Atlantic Fleet) 17.05.1932 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Moth (gunboat) (China) 17.12.1934 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS Whitehall (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 05.01.1937 - (02.)1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Firedrake (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 12.04.1938 - (08.)1939 Executive Officer, HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) 10.10.1939 - 05.07.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Whirlwind (destroyer) (sunk) 02.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Glendower (training establishment, Pwllheli, North Wales) 04.07.1942 - 05.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Watchman (destroyer) 28.05.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Vesper (destroyer) 20.02.1944 - (04.1946) staff, Flag Officer Flying Training [HMS Merlin (shore base Naval Air Stations)]
Rodier, Mark Fleming Son of James Harold Rodier (1877-1965), and Winifred Agnes Gallaway (1880-1967), of Huntershill, Wilmslow, Cheshire. Brother of Maj. Harold Paillet Rodier, Royal Horse Artillery.	25.04.1917 Bucklow district, Cheshire - 28.03.1942 (KIA) [age 24] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 76, column 3]	T/S.Lt. 29.11.1940 T/Lt. 01.03.1942 MID 10.11.1942 attack St. Nazaire 28.03.1942	Education: Shrewsbury School (Housemaster R. Sale; Michaelmas term 1930-1935; Praepostor). Went into business in Belgium. (02.1941)     no appointment listed 13.02.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for motor launches) 06.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) 16.10.1941 - 28.03.1942 HMS Britannia III (Coastal Forces base, Dartmouth) (for small craft) ? - 28.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HM ML 177 (motor launch)
Rodney, Nigel Robert Harley Son (with one half-brother) of Mervyn Harley Rodney (1890-1964), and Dorothy Norton Thompson (1885-1917). Married (13.07.1946, Weymouth district, Dorset) Patricia Ann Merlyn Ashburner ((09?).1923 - 24.03.2014), daughter (with one brother) of Lt.Col. Harley Wentworth Ashburner, DSO; two sons, two daughters.	21.02.1917 Axbridge district, Somerset - 09.12.1992 Honiton district, Devon	Cadet 01.05.1934 Midsh. 01.01.1935 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1937 S.Lt. 01.12.1937 Lt. 01.06.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 10.1945 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1947 Cdr. 30.06.1950 (retd 13.04.1959) MID 01.01.1944 New Year 1944 MID 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche MID 11.07.1944 sinking U450 Mediterranean 10.03.1944 MID 14.08.1945 relief of Greece	... - ... ... 03.1939 - (09.)1939 HMS Basilisk (destroyer) (Devonport) 16.11.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Basilisk (destroyer) (08.1940)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 01.08.1940 - (06.)1942 French Ship "Calais" 30.06.1942 - (12.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS Queenborough (destroyer) (despatches twice) 01.1944 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Brecon (destroyer) (despatches twice) 02.1946 - (10.1947) Commanding Officer, HMS Padstow Bay (anti-aircraft frigate) (07.1948)     no appointment listed 26.07.1948 - 04.1950 Commanding Officer, HMS Concord (destroyer) (Yangtze incident 1949) (05.1950)     no appointment listed 18.09.1950 - (05.1951) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Roe, Arthur John Talbot Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Paym.R.Adm. Arthur Charles Roe, RN (1879-1954), and Irene Rebecca Florence Toms (1884-1969). Brother of Capt. Charles Richard Kelsey Roe, RN, and of Lt.Cdr. Peter Frank Bassett Roe, RN. Married (22.05.1936, Greenwich district, London) Katherine Frederica Dayas (16.08.1914 - 05.1996), daughter of Capt. Charles Dayas, Merchant Navy, and Edith Bullmore; one son.	09.09.1911 St Germans district, Cornwall - 14.06.1981 Mary Tavy, Tavistock district, Devon	Cadet 01.01.1929 Midsh. 01.09.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1932 S.Lt. 16.05.1932 Lt. 16.02.1934 Lt.Cdr. 16.02.1942 A/Cdr. > 10.1944, < 01.1945 Cdr. 31.12.1945 Capt. 31.12.1951 (retd 07.01.1961) DSO 15.09.1942 Operation Harpoon, Malta raids [investiture 21.11.1944] OBE 14.09.1943 services North African campaign 10.1942-05.1943 [investiture 21.11.1944] MID 20.04.1943 Operation Torch MID 27.03.1945 Operation Dragoon MID 01.01.1946 New Year 1946	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (03.05.1925-12.1928). ... - ... ... 25.04.1938 - (02.)1941 HMS Neptune (Leander class cruiser): 25.04.1938 - (06.)1939 and for Squadron duties with 6th Cruiser Squadron (07.1939) - (05.)1940 not shown in officer listing for ship (06.)1940 - (02.)1941 additional, for various services: 700 Squadron FAA (in command) 24.03.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) (for Instructional Staff) 24.05.1942 - (08.)1942 observer, 830 Squadron FAA (from 07.06.1942 Commanding Officer) [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] (DSO) (10.1942) - (12.1942) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) * 01.01.1943 - (04.)1944 Staff Officer, Air on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station [HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers, Algeria/Taranto, Italy)] (OBE, despatches) (04.1944)     no appointment listed (06.1944)     RN College, Greenwich * 03.07.1944 - (10.1945) on staff of Rear-Admiral Commanding 21st Aircraft Carrier Squadron [HMS Royalist (improved Dido class cruiser)] (despatches twice) (04.1946)     no appointment listed ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Roe, Albert William	09.01.1892 Heston Barracks, Hounslow, London - 13.09.1955 Sydney, NSW, Australia	T/Gnr. (T) = T/Cd.Gnr. (T) 15.09.1941 (retd < 07.1959)	? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Roe, Charles Richard Kelsey "Dick" Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Paym.R.Adm. Arthur Charles Roe, RN (1879-1954), and Irene Rebecca Florence Toms (1884-1969). Brother of Capt. Arthur John Talbot Roe, RN, and of Lt.Cdr. Peter Frank Bassett Roe, RN. Married ((12?).1939, Greenwich district, London) Ida Claudine Randall Kempson (01.09.1912 - ); three sons.	08.06.1913 Saltash, St Germans district, Cornwall - 05.02.1997 Mary Tavy, Tavistock district, Devon	Cadet 01.09.1930 Midsh. 01.05.1931 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1933 S.Lt. 16.01.1934 Lt. 16.10.1935 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1943 Cdr. 30.06.1951 Capt. 30.06.1959 (retd 30.03.1968) DSC 24.02.1945 survey Gloucester operation [decoration posted]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. ... - ... ... 16.01.1939 - (10.)1941 Navigating Officer, HMS Franklin (Halcyon class minesweeper) 10.1941 - (10.)1942 HMS Erebus (Erebus class monitor) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) 03.11.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Challenger (survey ship) 08.02.1943 - 04.02.1945 on loan to Royal Australian Navy (RAN): 08.02.1943 - 30.04.1943 HMAS Whyalla (corvette) [tender to HMAS Platypus] & as Assistant Surveyor, 1st Class 01.05.1943 - 24.10.1944 HMAS Shepparton (corvette) [tender to HMAS Platypus] & as Assistant Surveyor, 1st Class (DSC) 25.10.1944 - 04.02.1945 HMAS Penguin (additional; for reversion to RN & passage to UK) 05.02.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM HDML 1053 (harbour defence motor launch) & as Assistant Surveyor, 1st Class (10.1945)     HMS Scott (Halcyon class minesweeper) * ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Roe, Donovan Connor Only son of Richard George Tennant Roe, and Bertha Nugent (née Nixon), of Yelverton, Devon. Unmarried; no children.	04.10.1892 Northam, Devon - 24.05.1941  KIA a/b HMS Hood [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 3] [memorial at St. Paul's Church Yelverton]	Asst. Clerk 07.1910 Clerk (Accounting Officer) 15.07.1911 Asst. Paym. 15.10.1913 Paym.Lt. 15.10.1917 1919/20?, seniority 15.10.1915 Paym.Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1923 Paym.Cdr. 15.10.1931 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - NGSM - & clasp Palestine 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - BWM 39|45 - -	Education: passed the Accountant Officers Technical Course. 07.06.1910 passed the Civil Service Commissioners competitive examination for assistant clerkship in the Royal Navy 05.08.1910 HMS Mars (battleship) ? - (10?.)1913 HMS Hyacinth (cruiser) 12.03.1913 - 1918 served on the Africa Station on the staffs (as Clerk to the Secretary) of Admiral H.G. King-Hall and Admiral E.F.B. Charlton, Commanders-in-Chief [HMS Goliath (battleship)] and of Rear-Admiral M.R. Hill, Senior Naval Officer at Simonstown [HMS Afrikander] 19.12.1919 - (1920) HMS Gibraltar (depot ship for auxiliary patrol, Portland) 01.01.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Resolution (battleship) 01.07.1924 - (01.1925) RN Barracks, Devonport (Division II) [HMS Vivid] 18.04.1926 - (06.1928) Accountant Officer, HMS Herald (surveying ship) (Australia) 11.01.1929 - 03.1932 Assistant Drafting Officer, RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivid] 09.03.1932 - 22.05.1932 HMS President (to attend the victualling course part 2) 23.05.1932 - (09.)1932 for miscellaneous service at Admiralty [HMS President] 01.09.1932 - (11.1934) Accountant Officer, HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China) 31.01.1935 - (02.)1937 Accountant Officer, HMS Cyclops (depot ship) (Mediterranean) & as Flotilla Accountant Officer, 1st Submarine Flotilla 30.04.1937 - 1937 HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (07.1937) no appointment listed 01.10.1937 - (02.)1939 Accountant Officer, HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship) (Devonport) 25.03.1939 - 24.05.1941 Accountant Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) & as Squadron Accountant Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron (killed in action when ship was sunk by German battleship Bismarck in North Atlantic)
Roe, John Gordon	(12?).1919 - 12.08.2008	... ... Lt. 01.09.1942 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1950 (retd 28.08.1961)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ? - (10.1945) HMS Ceylon
Roe, Peter Frank Bassett Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Paym.R.Adm. Arthur Charles Roe, RN (1879-1954), and Irene Rebecca Florence Toms (1884-1969). Brother of Capt. Arthur John Talbot Roe, RN, and of Capt. Charles Richard Kelsey Roe, RN. Married ...; ... children (one son?).	31.10.1923 Devonport district, Devon - 16.03.2010	Midsh. 01.01.1941 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1942 S.Lt. 01.10.1942 Lt. 16.03.1944 Lt.Cdr. 16.03.1952 (retd 31.10.1968)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.05.1937-12.1940; Admiralty No. 1817; Hawke House). (02.)1941 - (08.)1941 no appointment listed 08.08.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Forester (F class destroyer) 08.10.1941 - (06.)1942 HMS Rodney (Nelson class battleship) (08.)1942 - (10.)1943 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (12.)1943 - (02.)1944 submarine course 14.02.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, 1st Submarine Flotilla, Malta) (for submarines) 25.07.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Untiring (U class submarine) 02.04.1945 - 08.01.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Saga (submarine)       further service at HMS Trump, HMS Seadog, HMS Seanymph, HMS Scotsman, HMS Tradewind (CO), HMS Trenchant (CO) & HMS Ambush (CO) ... - ... ...
Roe, Robert Charles Thornber Married ((09?).1942, Westminster district, London) Violet A. "Vi" Loyd; one daughter.	01.02.1885 Hersham, Walton, Chertsey district, Surrey - 04.03.1976 Sutton Hospital, Sutton, Surrey	... ... Lt. 14.10.1916 Lt.Cdr. 14.10.1924 (retd 01.02.1930) Cdr. (retd) 01.02.1930 (reverted to retd 27.08.1945)	23.08.1939 - (04.)1945) HMS Pembroke (additional; for RN Barracks, Chatham, for training duties) (07.1945)     no appointment listed Golf administrator. Longtime secretary of the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) and manager of Great Britain's Ryder Cup squads from 1935 through 1955.
Roe, Richard Edward	09.08.1918 ? Cork, Ireland ? - 09.2006 still alive	... ... S.Lt. 01.03.1939 Lt. 01.07.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1948 Cdr. 31.12.1952 Capt. 31.12.1960 (retd 09.08.1972) CBE 01.01.1970	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Carron 28.08.1945 - 1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Highlander (destroyer) ... - ... ...
Roe, Robert Gordon Brabazon O'Neil Son of Lt.Col. Charles Douglas Roe, DSO, OBE (1882-1960), Indian Army, and Daisy Blanche Marion Mackenzie-Kennedy   (1883-1951). Brother of Lt. (A) Richard John Owen O'Neill-Roe, RN. Married (04.1934) Isabella Grace Farley; two sons.	15.12.1911 Ludhiana, Punjab, India - 30.10.1997 Butleigh Hospital, Somerset	Cadet 01.01.1929 Midsh. 01.09.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1932 S.Lt. 01.05.1932 Lt. 07.12.1933, seniority 01.06.1933 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1941 Cdr. (L) 30.06.1948 (retd 15.12.1961) A/Capt. 27.10.1958? Hon. Capt. 15.12.1961 OBE 10.06.1961 HM's birthday 1961 Abys M - - 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Pac St - - BWM 39|45 - - UNSM - -	Education: Brittannia Royal Naval College (1925-1929) 05.01.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 04.01.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Kent (cruiser) (5th Cruiser Squadron, China) 1931 - 1931 HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (escorted Prince of Wales into exile in France) 31.12.1931 - 21.08.1932 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 22.08.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, Portsmouth (Robert Roxburgh Memorial Prize) 04.05.1933 - (07.)1934 HMS Versatile (destroyer) (5th Flotilla, Home Fleet) 1934 - 1935 HMS Escort (destroyer) 17.06.1935 - (07.)1935 HMS Scotsman (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 23.08.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Thruster (destroyer) (19th Flotilla, Mediterranean) 11.06.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Wolfhound (destroyer (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla. Portland) 29.04.1937 - 01.08.1937 qualifying for torpedo duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Vernon] (awarded  Ogilvy Medal for Excellence on Torpedo Officers' Course) 02.08.1937 - (06.)1938 qualifying for torpedo duties, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) 1938 - 1938 HMS Colombo (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet) 04.06.1938 - (08.)1939 Electrical Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth)  1939 - 1939 HMS Fiji (cruiser) 13.12.1939 - 08.1943 Electrical Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth, later Brighton) (St Malo rescue operation of troops & Jutland) 03.08.1943 - (07.1945) Torpedo Officer, HMS Bermuda (cruiser) (shadowing Scharnhorst & Russian convoy duties & US 7th Fleet) 02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Brighton) (for miscellaneous duties) 1946 - 1946 HMS Glenearn 1946 - 1947 HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) (10.)1947 - (07.1948) Admiralty Gunnery Establishment, Teddington ? - (05.1949) HMS President 19.09.1949 - (05.1950) HMS President (for service at the Naval Ordnance Department) 02.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Glory (Korean war) 1955 - 1962 Admiralty, Bath/Portland: (04.1955) - (01.1956) HMS President * 09.04.1956 - (01.1957) Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 27.10.1958 - (07.1961) Assistant Director (L), Underwater Weapons Division, Weapons Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (worked on underwater weapons and Seacat and Seaslug missiles with which the Fleet was equipped) Rejoined Admiralty in Bath and AUWE Portland as a Naval Civil Servant, 1962-1972. MIEE.
Roe, Thomas	? - died between 1952 and 1958 ?	Cd.Eng. (retd) 11.05.1941	? - (07.1945) FS (French Ship) Paris
Rogers, Daniel William	30.01.1887 * Hackney, Greater London - 07.10.1950 Barnstaple, Okehampton district, Devonshire * gave as date of birth 30.01.1886 when enlisting, being under aged	Seaman ? [220481] A/Lt. 15.02.1918 Lt. 1919?, seniority 15.02.1918 (retd 22.05.1922; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.02.1926 (reactivated 03.10.1939) (reverted to retd > 04.1946)	served in the ranks (11.1908)     HMS Hyacinth (Bombay, India) (as Petty Officer in charge of Physical Education Department)       gunnery instructor, and served at HMS Warspite & HMS Lion ? - (01.1919) HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (06.1934)     Antioquia (destroyer) (Panama) 03.08.1939 - 02.10.1939 HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) 03.10.1939 - (12.1941) Boom Defence Depot, Aden [HMS Gloucester III, from 01.04.1940 HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden)] (08.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed 10.03.1943 - (10.)1943 Boom Defence Depot, Lyness, Orkneys [HMS Pomona (boom defence depot, Crockness, Scapa Flow)] 01.10.1943 - (10.)1944 Officer-in-Charge, Crockness Camp [HMS Pomona (boom defence depot, Crockness, Scapa Flow)] 11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) (for miscellaneous services) 02.05.1945 - (04.1946) Boom Defence Depot, Plymouth [HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport)] One-time boxing champion for the RN in India.
Rogers, Ernest William	19.09.1907 - 03.04.1963	Wt. Supply Offr. 29.07.1941 Supply Lt. 01.01.1957 (retd 19.09.1957)	... - ... ... 14.01.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Nightjar (RN Air Station, Inskip, Lancashire) 16.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Sanderling (RN Air Station, Abbotsinch)
Rogers, Hugh Hext	27.10.1883 Carwinion, Falmouth - 16.05.1955 [Mawnan Smith, Falmouth ?]	... ... Lt. 1904 Cdr. 1916 Capt. 30.06.1924 R.Adm. 02.10.1935 (retd 03.10.1935) Cdre. RNR 1939 (reverted to retd 1944) MVO 1920 ? OBE 1919 ? Humane Society bronze medal, 1913; Order of the White Lion of Czechoslovakia, 4th class (25.11.1947; services to Czech forces Harwich)	Education: The Old Ride, Bournemouth; HMS Britannia. 1910 - 1912 served Persian Gulf operations in Philomel (medal) 1914 HMS Vanguard 1917 - 1919 HMS Birmingham 1919 - 1921 HMS Renown (including tours of Prince of Wales to Canada and Australasia) 1921 - 1923 Commander, Royal Naval College, Dartmouth commanded HMS Weymouth, HMS Sandhurst, HMS London, HMS Frobisher, 4th Destroyer Flotilla, HMS Ganges 1939 - 1942 served as Commodore RNR for convoy duty 14.02.1942 - 01.03.1944 Flag Officer-in-Charge Harwich [HMS Badger] JP (Cornwall), 1938.
Rogers, Laurence Andrew * Son of Frederic James Rogers (1879?-), and Sylvia Bretherton Hadley (1888-1967). * In Navy Lists showing with first names Lawrence Andrew	05.11.1915 Lambeth district, London - 06.1999 Worthing district, West Sussex	Prob. S.Lt. 01.05.1937 Lt. 19.10.1938 Lt.Cdr. 19.10.1946 (retd 10.11.1958) MBE 12.06.1958 HM's birthday 1958 [investiture 02.12.1958]	... - ... ... 11.05.1939 - (08.)1939 HMS Kempenfelt (W class destroyer) 28.08.1939 - (12.1939) HMS Newcastle (Southampton class cruiser) 01.01.1940 - (02.)1940 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 02?.1940 - 18.02.1940 HMS Daring (D class destroyer) [ship sunk by U-23 in North sea] (03.1940)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 01.04.1940 - (07.)1940 anti-submarine course, HMS Nimrod 27.07.1940 - (12.)1940 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) 04.12.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Seahawk (Coastal Forces base, Ardrishaig) (08.1941)     HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) * 08.08.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Gurkha (L class destroyer) 12.11.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Broke (Shakespeare class destroyer) 02.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Havelock (Havant class destroyer) 07.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for Anti-Submarine Experimental Establishment) 12.1944 - (10.1945) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) ... - ... ...
Rogers-Tillstone, Benjamin John Legge Wilkinson	30.03.1900 Steyning, Sussex - 11.01.1973	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.09.1918 Lt. 15.08.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1928 (retd 07.03.1932; own request) (mobilized 24.08.1939) Cdr. (retd) 30.03.1940 A/Capt. (retd) 01.07.1945? (reverted to retd 1946?)	28.01.1916     entered RN 21.11.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Emperor of India (battleship) 21.10.1924 - (01.1925) Acting Observer, HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) [additional] 06.04.1926 - (05.)1926 photographic course, RAF School of Photography, Farnborough 08.1926 - (07.1927) Observer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 12.06.1928 - (08.)1929 Observer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) (04.1928) - (06.1928) no appointment listed 12.12.1929 - (04.1930) Observer, HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (China) 05.01.1931 - (02.1931) tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (01.1932) no appointment listed 24.08.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex) 31.08.1940 - (08.)1942 instructional staff, HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) 01.12.1942 - (06.1944) HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) [probably in charge of HMS Jackdaw II (RN Air Station, Dunino, Fife)] (07.1945) no appointment listed 01.07.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Nabsford (transportable aircraft maintenance yard (TAMY) No. 1) (Archerfield, Queensland, Australia) Barrister & philatelist. Exhibited his Great Britain internationally, 1955-65. President Royal Philatelic Society London 1964-67 and largely responsible for Society’s Centenary History 1969. Contributed ‘Philatelic Appreciation’ to Philatelic Congress of Great Britiain (PCGB) Yearbook 1954. Co-author with LR Ray, of ‘Background to Philately’ [1953]. Chairman of Executive Committee PCGB 1956 and 1959. Congress Medal, 1967. Judge at London International Exhibition 1960. RDP 1970, and Chairman of Board of Election, 1957-60. President Brighton & Hove Philatelic Society of which he wrote a short history in 1956.
Rolfe, Henry Cuthbert Norris	25.05.1908 Carshalton, Surrey - 21.04.1997 Winchester, Hampshire	... ... Lt. 01.02.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1939 Cdr. 31.12.1941 Capt. 30.06.1948 R.Adm. 08.07.1957 (retd 1964) CB 13.06.1959 HM's birthday 1959: ACNS(W) [investiture 15.07.1959]	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... 12.03.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi) (04.1945)     no appointment listed 04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Black Prince (improved Dido class cruiser) ... - ... ...
Rolfe, James Alexander	14.07.1907 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 26.08.1997 Portsmouth, Hampshire	Artificer Apprentice 30.07.1923 Engine Room Artificer 5th class 01.01.1928 A/Engine Room Artificer 4th class 01.01.1929 Engine Room Artificer 4th class 05.02.1930 Engine Room Artificer 3rd class 01.01.1932 Engine Room Artificer 2nd class 01.01.1936 A/Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd class 19.04.1938 A/Wt.Eng. 01.04.1939 Wt.Eng. 1940?, seniority 01.04.1939 A/Cd.Eng. 18.06.1945 Cd.Eng. = Sen.Cd.Eng. 01.10.1946 Lt. (E) 15.01.1953 Eng.Lt.Cdr. (Special Duties Officer) 01.01.1957 (retd 14.07.1957)	... - ... ... 07.06.1939 - (06.)1941 HMS York (cruiser) 17.07.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship)(from about 03.1943 on staff of Commodore Commanding Levant Destroyer Flotillas) (08.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 17.01.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Hastings (Hastings class sloop) (04.1946)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Romer, Leslie Richard	18.06.1898 Barnet, Greater London - 28.07.1966 New Zealand	Lt. 15.09.1917 (retd 20.02.1925) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.09.1927 (emgcy < 04.1940) A/Cdr. (emgcy) > 04.1941, < 12.1941 Cdr. (emgcy) 1945/46? (reld < 04.1946)	08.1914     entered RN (08.1923) no appointment listed (01.1925) no appointment listed 31.10.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Proserpine (RN base, Scapa) (02.1941) no appointment listed 20.05.1941 - (12.1941) Executive Officer, HMS Dunluce Castle (depot ship) 12.03.1942 - (06.)1943 Executive Officer, HMS Alcantara (armed merchant cruiser) 15.08.1943 - 10.1943 in charge of ACV 41 (escort carrier) [HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey)], from 07.09.1943: HMS Nabob (escort carrier) 10.1943 - (12.1943) Executive Officer, HMS Nabob (escort carrier) 28.03.1944 - (04.1944) [Commanding Officer ?,] HMS Artifex (heavy repair ship) 05.1944 - (07.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Deer Sound (aircraft component repair ship)
Roope, Gerard Broadmead Married ((09?).1928, Long Ashton district, Somerset) Faith D. Clarke.	13.03.1905 Taunton, Somerset - 08.04.1940 (KIA) [age 35] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial]	... ... Lt. 30.09.1927 Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1935 VC 10.07.1945 engagement Admiral Hipper Norway 08.04.1940 * MID 06.01.1942 Home Fleet operations, esp. Norwegian waters * On 8th April, 1940, H.M.S. Glowworm was proceeding alone towards West Fjord, Norway, when she met and engaged two enemy destroyers, hitting at least one of them. The enemy broke off the action and headed north. Lieutenant-Commander Roope, though appreciating the intention of the enemy to lead him on to his supporting forces, gave chase. The German heavy cruiser, Admiral Hipper was sighted closing the Glowworm at high speed, and an enemy report was sent, which was received by H.M.S. Renown. Because of the heavy sea it was not possible for the Glowworm to shadow the enemy, and the Commanding Officer decided to attack. Ten torpedoes were fired without success; then the Glowworm, badly hit and her speed reduced, closed and rammed the Admiral Hipper. As she withdrew the Glowworm opened fire again, and scored one hit at 400 yards range. Badly stove in forward and riddled with enemy fire, the Glowworm heeled over, and the Commanding Officer gave the order to abandon her. Shortly afterwards she capsized and sank; only 31 out of her complement of 149 were saved. The Victoria Cross is bestowed upon Lieutenant Commander Roope in recognition of his great valour.	15.09.1918     entered RN ... - ... ... 28.05.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Marlborough (battleship) 07.07.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Caradoc (cruiser) (09.1932)     no appointment listed 18.10.1933 - (07.1935) First Lieutenant, HMS Boreas (destroyer) 15.12.1936 - (02.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Vidette (destroyer) 22.07.1938 - 08.04.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Glowworm (destroyer)
Rooper, John Bonfoy Only son of Edward Plumer Rooper (1861-1939), and Annie Elizabeth Coster-Edwards (1865?-1903), of Overton Bridge, nr Wrexham. Married (08.1931) Ann Pitcairn Campbell (09.06.1910 - 02.2001), only daughter of Archibald Douglas Pitcairn Campbell (1880-1951), and Olive Marie Moser (1883-1954), of Deeside, Bangor-on-Dee, nr Wrexham; one son.	27.03.1903 Wrexham, Cheshire - 13.06.1981 Rose Hill, Isfield, Lewes district, East Sussex	Midsh. 15.01.1921 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1923 S.Lt. (E) 15.12.1923 Lt. (E) 15.12.1925 Lt.Cdr. (E) 15.12.1933 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1937 (retd 24.02.1949; medically unfit) OBE 14.12.1943 ship damaged by explosion Mediterranean 07.1943 [investiture 01.05.1945] MID 01.01.1944 New Year 1944	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne (15.09.1916-...) & Dartmouth 15.01.1921 - 03.05.1922 HMS Valiant (battleship) 03.05.1922 - 07.08.1922 HMS Walker (torpedo-boat destroyer) 07.08.1922 - 09.1923 HMS Valiant (battleship) (from 15.05.1923 for E/R training to obtain E/R Watchkeeping Certificate) 27.09.1923 - 05.1924 HMS President (additional; for preliminary course of instruction in engineering at RN College, Greenwich) 08.05.1924 - (03.)1925 HMS Vivid (additional; for course of instruction in engineering at RN Engineering College, Keyham) 09.1925 - (07.)1927 HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) (additional; for E/R duty) 07.11.1927 - (08.)1929 staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 01.11.1929 - (03.)1931 HMS Curlew (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 30.06.1931 - (06.)1933 HMS Wolfhound (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet, then Home Fleet) 02.09.1933 - (10.1935) HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean Fleet) (01.1936) - (02.1936) no appointment listed 09.03.1936 - (01.)1938 staff, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] (02.1938) - (03.1938) no appointment listed 09.03.1938 - (06.)1938 HMS Durban (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 18.07.1938 - (08.)1939 HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) (09.1939)     no appointment listed 02.11.1939 - (02.)1944 HMS Cleopatra (cruiser) (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 08.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Malaya (battleship) 04.12.1944 - (04.)1947 Plans Division (Q), Admiralty [HMS President] (10.1947)     no appointment listed 01.12.1947 - (10.1948) HMS King George V (battleship)
Rooper, Ralph Bonfoy Second son of John Royden Rooper, and Isobel Iris Calthrop, of Shamley Green, Surrey.	01.01.1919 - 16.03.1944 (KIA) [age 25] [Bergen General Cemetery, The Netherlands, 2.A.2]	A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 Lt. 01.01.1940 DSC 28.12.1943 action with convoy Dover 26.09.1943	Education: Winchester College (1932.2-1935.3). 1936     special entry cadet 1937     served in Palestine 02.01.1939 - (08.1939) course, Portsmouth 06.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Velox (08.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover): 01.03.1944 - 16.03.1944 HMS Fervent (RN base, Ramsgate) (for Coastal Forces): 05.1943 - 16.03.1944 Senior Officer, 9th MGB Flotilla (Ramsgate) [KIA aboard MTB 417]
Roper, Edward Gregson Son of late John Gregson Roper, OBE; married 1933, Sylvia, daughter of E.F.L. Hopkins; one daughter.	12.04.1910 Knaresborough, Yorkshire - 13.02.1983 [Rock, Cornwall ?]	Midsh. 01.01.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1931 Lt. 01.06.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1940 Cdr. 30.06.1943 Capt. 30.06.1950 (retd 1959) CBE 13.06.1959 HM's birthday 1959 DSO 01.12.1942 North Russian convoys PQ18 & QP14 DSC 16.08.1940 Dunkirk MID 25.06.1940 capturing enemy ships	Education: Oundle 1928 joined RN 05.02.1929 - (02.1931) HMS London (cruiser) 30.04.1931 - (01.1932) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.01.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, Portsmouth (01.1934) no appointment listed 17.12.1934 - (02.1936) HMS Wishart (destroyer) 01.12.1936 - (06.1940) HMS Icarus (destroyer) 28.10.1940 - 1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Velox (destroyer) 05.05.1942 - (06.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Impulsive (destroyer) 31.07.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Vectis (RN base, Seaview, Isle of Wight) 07.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Farndale (destroyer) & Captain (D) 18th Destroyer Flotilla 01.1946 - (04.1946) Staff Officer (Intelligence) to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo] 20.05.1948 - (05.1950) RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] (05.1953) Plans Division, Admiralty * 04.04.1955 - 1956 Commanding Officer, HMS Ocean 1956 - 1959 RN College, Greenwich * indexed, but not listed as such
Roper, Frederick George	30.05.1891 Kilkeel, Down - 13.03.1968	Cd.Gnr. 28.09.1928 Lt. 02.01.1941 (retd 30.05.1941) (reverted to retd 1945/46)	20.09.1928 - (08.1929) Naval Staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 09.12.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Delphinium (sloop) 20.05.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Fowey (sloop) (01.1934) no appointment listed 12.02.1934 - (02.1936) RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 06.05.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) 25.10.1937 - (10.1938) HMS Broke (flotilla leader) 07.01.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Rodney (battleship) 17.09.1940 - (02.1943) HMS Duke of York (battleship) 17.03.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 20.03.1945 - (07.1945) Boscawen Naval Depot [HMS Boscawen] * (04.1944)-(06.1944) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Roper, James Gregson Son of John Gregson Roper and Marion Roper. Husband of Margaret Roper, of Southsea, Hampshire, England.	25.02.1901 Leeds, Yorkshire - 19.07.1945 (KIA) [age 44] [Sydney War Cemetery, 2Z.B.7]	A/S.Lt. 15.09.1921 S.Lt. 17.03.1924, seniority 15.09.1921 Lt. 15.04.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1931 Cdr. 30.06.1935 Capt. 31.12.1940 OBE 08.03.1940 explosion in ship [investiture 02.04.1940] OON 28.04.1942 good service to Dutch submarines [investiture 03.11.1942]	03.01.1923 - (08.1923) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 23.08.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS K 14 (submarine) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Conquest] 03.09.1925 - (02.)1927 First Lieutenant, HMS H 43 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 18.04.1927 - (04.)1928 HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 25.04.1928 - (08.)1929 First Lieutenant, HMS L 69 (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Adamant II] 30.12.1929 - (04.)1930 submarine Commanding Officer's course, Portsmouth [HMS Alecto] 21.04.1930 - (08.)1930 Commanding Officer, HMS H 32 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Vulcan] 16.10.1930 - (02.)1931 Commanding Officer, HMS H 32 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Titania] 24.10.1931 - (06.)1933 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 03.10.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Fermoy (twin-screw minesweeper) (Portland) 23.01.1934 - (08.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS L 22 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla, Portsmouth) 05.10.1934 - (07.1935) Commanding Officer, HMS Shark (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 14.01.1936 - (02.1936) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.01.1937 - (07.1937) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 08.01.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS President (for miscellaneous service at Admiralty: Plans Division) 01.11.1938 - 1940 Executive Officer, HMS Belfast (cruiser) 01.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) 18.04.1940 - 21.01.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee) & Commander (S/M) [later Captain (S/M)], 9th Submarine Flotilla 08.02.1942 - (12.1943) Chief Staff Officer (Administration and Personnel) to Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] * 05.04.1944 - 05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Newcastle (cruiser) 05.1945 - 19.07.1945 Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral Commanding Force X, Pacific [HMS Lothian (HQ ship)] * (04.1944) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Roper, Leonard	31.05.1897 Brookfields, Warwickshire - (03?).1960 ? Manchester, Lancashire ?	Wt.Mech. 07.12.1940 Cd.Mech. 18.06.1945 (reld > 04.1946, < 07.1948)	(07.1945) HMS Amethyst * 01.01.1946 - (04.1946) RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] * indexed, but not listed as such
Roper, Nigel Edward Godfrey Younger son of Campbell Roper, ICS, and Mrs Roper, late of Budleigh Salterton. Married ((09?).1952, Alton district, Hampshire) Marjorie Pamela Wrench, third daughter of J.M.D. Wrench, CIE, and Mrs Wrench, of Sherborne St John, Basingstoke, Hampshire.	23.01.1909 Blackrock, Rathdown district, Dublin, Ireland - 23.02.1983 East Meon, Petersfield, Hampshire	Midsh. 01.01.1927 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1929 S/Lt. 01.11.1929 Lt. 01.08.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1939 Cdr. 31.12.1945 Capt. 30.06.1951 (retd > 01.1960, < 07.1961) DSO 30.07.1942 4 Murmansk-Reykjavik convoys [investiture 17.11.1945] MID 01.01.1941 New Year 1941 MID 01.01.1942 New Year 1942 MID 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 1945	15.04.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Danae (cruiser) (China) 02.05.1929 - (08.1929) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.08.1930 - (09.1932) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 31.08.1932 - (01.1934) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) (07.1935)     no appointment listed 10.09.1935 - (06.)1938) HMS Grafton (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (08.1938)     no appointment listed 05.09.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for training duties) 01.05.1939 - 04.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Amazon (destroyer) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 08.1942 - 24.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Redoubt (destroyer) (01.1945)     HMS Redoubt (destroyer) * 17.01.1945 - (04.)1945 RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] (07.1945) - (10.1945) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 12.03.1946 - (04.1946) Staff of Naval Representatives, United Nations [HMS Saker] 01.1947 - (05.)1949 Commanding Officer, HMS Surprise (frigate/despatch vessel) 30.05.1949 - (05.1951) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) 01.12.1952 - (01.)1955 Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer Ground Training [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] (04.1955)     no appointment listed 17.05.1955 - (01.)1957 Commanding Officer, HMS Neptune & as Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Chatham, and Duncansby Head, in command) 05.10.1957 - (01.1960) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (in charge of Atomic Defence and Damage Control School) * indexed, but not listed as such
Rose, Richard Michael Third son (with two sisters and four brothers) of Prof. Herbert Jennings Rose, MA, FBA (1883-1961), classic scholar, and Eliza Harriet "Elsie" Plimsoll (1889-1939), of St Andrews. Brother of Sg.Lt. John Vincent Rose, BSc, MRCS, LRCP, RNVR. Married (11.09.1943, Little Kingshill Church) Third Officer Margaret "Peggy" Thomson, WRNS, daughter of the Rev. P.T. Thomson and Mrs Lily Thomson, of Holmer Green, Buckinghamshire; two daughters. Residence: (1948) Holmer Green, Buckinghamshire; (1968) Box Grove, Chichester, West Sussex.	14.10.1917 Headington district, Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire - 23.05.1981 Chichester district, West Sussex	Cadet 01.01.1935 Midsh. 01.01.1936 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1938 S/Lt. 21.02.1939, seniority 01.01.1938 Lt. 01.09.1939 ?, seniority 01.01.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1947 (retd 14.10.1967?; age) MID 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.1942	01.01.1935 - 08.01.1936 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 09.01.1936 - (02.)1936 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (04.)1936 - (06.)1936 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 27.06.1936 - (03.)1938 HMS Amphion (cruiser) (Africa) 02.05.1938 - (12.1938) promotion course, Portsmouth 21.01.1939 - (12.)1940 HMS Imperial (destroyer) 04.12.1940 - (10.)1941 HMS Jervis (flotilla leader) 17.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Kimberley (destroyer) 21.01.1942 - (10.)1942 on flotilla staff, 14th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Jervis (flotilla leader)] (12.1942)     no appointment listed (02.1943) - (08.)1943 qualifying for gunnery duties [HMS Excellent] 10.09.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 15.02.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Duke of York (battleship) (for gunnery duties) 09.10.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 03.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Vindictive II (RN base, Scapa Flow) (10.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * 06.1946 - (04.)1947 HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) (10.1947)     no appointment listed 12.04.1948 - (05.)1950 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 03.07.1950 - (05.)1951 HMS Bermuda (cruiser) (South Africa) 15.02.1953 - (05.)1953 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 08.1953 - (01.)1955 Staff Gunnery Officer on staff of Flag Officer (Flotillas), Mediterranean [HMS Ranpura (repair ship, Malta)] 18.04.1955 - (01.1959) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for bookwriting duties) 17.10.1960 - (07.1965) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for Experimental Department) * indexed, but not listed as such
Roskill, Stephen Wentworth Son of John Henry Roskill, KC, a barrister, and Sybil Mary Dilke, daughter of Ashton Wentworth Dilke, MP. Married (1930) Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Van den Bergh; four sons, three daughters.	01.08.1903 St Marylebone, Greater London - 04.11.1982 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	Midsh. 15.09.1921 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1924 S.Lt. ? Lt. 30.08.1925 Lt.Cdr. 30.08.1933 Cdr. 31.12.1938 A/Capt. 03.1944 Capt. 30.06.1944 (retd 08.05.1949; medically unfit) CBE 01.01.1971 New Year 1971 DSC 21.03.1944 HMNZS Leander torpedoed by Japanese 07.1943 LM 17.07.1946 ?	Education: Mr Egerton's School, London; Horris Hill School, Newbury (1911-1916); RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (1917-1920) 01.11.1921 - 1924 HMS Durban (light cruiser) (China) [also acted as a research assistant to Lt.Cdr. Stephen King-Hall, who was writing a book on East Asia and Western civilization] 10.04.1924 - (01.1925) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 29.06.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Wistaria (sloop) (North America and West Indies Station) 1926 - 1927 HMS President (for study of foreign languages) [studying German at  Freiburg im Breisgau] 01.03.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet & Mediterranean) 05.01.1928 - 1929 gunnery course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Excellent] 23.05.1929 - (04.)1930 instructional staff, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 15.09.1930 - (01.)1932 Gunnery Officer, HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) 15.03.1932 - (09.)1932 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 04.10.1932 - 1935 Gunnery Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (China) (07.1935) no appointment listed 05.09.1935 - (02.)1936 instructional staff, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 17.11.1936 - (10.1938) Gunnery Officer, HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) (02.1939) no appointment listed 20.03.1939 - (02.)1941 Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 02.12.1941 - (02.)1943 Commander [= Executive Officer], HMNZS Leander (cruiser) (06.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Onslaught (destroyer) * 10.1943 - 03.1944 Commanding Officer, HMNZS Leander (cruiser) 03.1944 - 1945 Chief Staff Officer for administration and weapons, British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC [HMS Saker] ** 1946 Senior Observer, Bikini Atomic Bomb Trials 08.03.1947 - (07.)1948 staff, Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (05.1949) no appointment listed Cabinet Office, Official Naval Historian, 1949-1960. Lees Knowles Lecturer, Cambridge, 1961; Distinguished Visitor Lecturer, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1965; Richmond Lecturer, Cambridge, 1967; Leverhulme Res. Fellow, National Maritime Museum, 1974. Navy Records Society: Councillor, 1956-66, and 1968-70; Vice-President, 1966-68, 1970, Hon. Life Vice-President, 1976. President Cambridge Br., RN Assoc., 1976. Hon. LittD Leeds, 1975; Hon. DLitt Oxon, 1980. Chesney Gold Medal, RUSI, 1975. Published: The War at Sea (official history), Vol. I, 1954, Vol. II, 1957; HMS Warspite, 1957; The Secret Capture, 1959; The War at Sea, Vol. III, Part I, 1960; The Navy at War, 1960; The War at Sea, Vol. III, Part II, 1961; The Strategy of Sea Power, 1962; A Merchant Fleet in War, 1962; The Art of Leadership, 1964; Naval Policy between the Wars, Vol. I, 1968, Vol. II, 1976; Documents relating to the Naval Air Service 1908-1918, 1969; Hankey, Man of Secrets, Vol. 1, 1877-1918, 1970, Vol. 2, 1919-1931, 1972; Vol. 3, 1931-63, 1974; Churchill and the Admirals, 1977; Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty, 1980; numerous contributions to learned journals * indexed, but not listed as such ** (07.1945) & (04.1946) indexed, but not listed as such
Ross, George Campbell   Second son of Sir Archibald John Campbell Ross, KBE (1867-1931), and Maria Gusiev (1875-1960). Married 1st (14.09.1929, St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge; marriage dissolved 1950) Alice Behrens, daughter of banker Paul Behrens of the Salomon Oppenheim Bank, of Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany. Married 2nd (16.03.1950, Westminster district, London; marriage dissolved 1969) Lucia M. Boer, daughter of Julius Boer; two daughters. Married 3rd ((12?).1975, Kensington district, London) Manuela Gandara "Manolita" Harris (21.10.1947 - 03.08.1988).	09.08.1900 Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland - 30.07.1993 Wandsworth district, London	Midsh. 15.07.1916 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1918 S.Lt. 15.07.1919 Lt. 15.01.1921 Lt. (E) 11.1925, seniority 15.01.1921 Lt.Cdr. (E) 15.01.1929 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1932 Capt. (E) 30.06.1943 R.Adm. (E) 15.11.1949 (retd 05.10.1953) CB 01.01.1952 New Year 1952 [investiture 05.03.1952] CBE 11.12.1945 Force H [investiture 10.06.1947]	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth.       Served European War, 1914-18, Grand Fleet (HM Ships Warspite, P59, Vendetta) 1919 - 1921 Engineering Courses at RN College, Greenwich, and RNEC, Keyham 1921 - 1924 HMS Hawkins, Flagship China Station 1924 - 1927 Lecturer in Marine Engineering, RN Engineering College, Keyham 1927 - 1929 HMS Effingham, Flagship East Indies Station 1929 - 1931 HM Dockyard, Chatham 1931 - 1933 HMS Rodney, Atlantic Fleet (incl. Invergordon Mutiny) 1933 - 1936 Assistant Naval Attaché, Embassy, Tokyo 1937     Liaison Officer to Japanese Flagship Asigara, Coronation Review 1937     introduced the Oerlikon 20mm gun to the Royal Navy, 1937 (adopted in 1939 largely owing to Lord Mountbatten and the First Sea Lord, Sir Roger Backhouse) 1937 - 1939 HMS Manchester, E Indies Station 07.08.1939 - (12.)1941 an Engineer Inspector, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty 31.12.1941 - (08.)1943 Engineer Officer, HMS Nelson (Nelson class battleship) & Staff Engineer Officer to Flag Officer, Force "H" , Malta Convoy, N Africa and Sicily (CB) 26.08.1943 - 12.1943 Staff Engineer Officer (D) on staff of Captain (D), Force "H" [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta)] (first officer to go aboard flagship of Italian Fleet after its surrender) 28.12.1943 - 28.09.1953 Department of the Director of Aircraft Maintenance and Repair, Admiralty [HMS President]: 28.12.1943 - (02.)1944 on staff (04.)1944 - 14.11.1944 Assistant Director of Aircraft Maintenance and Repair (Planning and Personnel) 15.11.1944 - 17.12.1947 Deputy Director of Aircraft Maintenance and Repair 01.03.1948 - 1949 Chief of Staff to Rear-Admiral Reserve Aircraft [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath, Angus)] 28.11.1949 - 28.09.1953 Director of Aircraft Maintenance and Repair, Admiralty [HMS President] 1948 - 1949 also: Naval ADC to the King GRSG. CEng, MiMechE, AFRAeS. Joined Hawker Siddeley group, Nov. 1953, and retd Sept. 1965. Consultant to Grievesou Orant, Stockbrokers, 1965-1979, and other companies. Chairman, Combined Services Winter Sports Association, 1951-1967. Freeman, City of London, 1955.
Rotherham, Eustace Son of Kenneth and Frances Elizabeth Rotherham. Married (24.09.1925, Winchester, Hampshire) Louisa Eleanor Hope Mansell (1894-1981); one son, one daughter.	07.04.1892 Meriden, Coundon district, Warwickshire - 10.07.1947 Devon Central district, Devon	Midsh. 15.05.1909 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.05.1912 Lt. 15.02.1913 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1921 Cdr.  30.06.1926 Capt. 30.06.1933 (retd 28.07.1942) (dispersed 24.08.1945) (reverted to retd 20.10.1945; medically unfit)	15.09.1904     entered service ... - ... ... 16.05.1938 - 14.11.1939 in charge of Devonport Gunnery School [HMS Drake] 15.11.1939 - 06.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Hawkins (Hawkins class cruiser) & from 29.01.1940 as Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral Commanding South American Division 20.06.1940 - 16.09.1940 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) (additional; for full pay service leave) 17.09.1940 - 31.10.1940 for duty on staff of Senior Naval Officer, Simonstown (temporary) [HMS Afrikander] 01.11.1940 - 26.01.1941 Captain-in-Charge, Auckland [HMS Philomel] 27.01.1941 - 30.04.1942 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Auckland & Director of Naval Recruiting [HMS Philomel, from 01.10.1941 HMNZS Philomel] 06.02.1942 - 28.07.1942 also: Naval ADC to the King 01.05.1942 - (04.)1943 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Auckland District [HMNZS Philomel (additional)] (06.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed 28.09.1943 - 14.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) & in charge of RN Training Establishments Skegness & as Resident Naval Officer Skegness
Rotherham, Geoffrey Alexander "Hank" Married (1937) Debbie Stairs; four children Naval & Military Museum	31.12.1906 Darenth, Kent - 08.12.2002 [Toronto ?], Canada	... ... Lt. 01.12.1928 Lr.Cdr. 01.12.1936 Cdr.  31.12.1939 (retd 06.01.1949) (removed from retd list on entry into RCN(R) 30.04.1951) A/Capt. c. 11/12.1943 Hon. Capt. ? DSO 16.09.1941 Bismarck sunk [investiture 15.11.1941] OBE 11.03.1941 liaison with Free French Forces [investiture 01.04.1941]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1919) ... - ... ... 1928 - 1930 HMS Durban 31.10.1932 - (06.)1933 observers' course [HMS Excellent] 01.08.1933 - 05.1934 HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) (for observer duties) 05.1934 - 01.1936 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) (for observer duties) 07.01.1936 - (06.)1938 HMS Apollo (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) (for observer duties) 24.07.1938 - 01.1939 HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) (for observer duties) 10.01.1939 - (04.)1939 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich (08.1939)     Fleet Air Arm 17.01.1940 - (04.)1940 Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 1940 HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (02.1941) - (12.1941) Executive Officer, HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkney) * 15.10.1942 - (10.1944) HMS Ukussa (RN Air Station, Katukurunda, Ceylon) (from c. 11/12.1943 Commanding Officer) 12.04.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Trouncer (escort carrier) (04.1946) no appointment listed 1946 - 1951 Director of Naval Aviation in the Royal Canadian Navy ... - ... ... Worked in real estate. * (08.1942) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Round-Turner, Christopher Lewis Son (with one brother and two sisters) of V.Adm. Charles Wolfran Round-Turner (1879-1953), and Janet Mary Verrall (1887-1977). Married (08.01.1945, Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire) Priscilla Guelbi Jermyn Lindsell (17.02.1919 - 07.2001), daughter of Lt.Gen. Sir Wilfred Lindsell, GBE, KCB, DSO, MC; two sons, two daughters.	24.11.1915 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 30.11.2010 Bristol, Gloucestershire	Cadet 01.01.1934 Midsh. 01.01.1935 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1937 S.Lt. 1938, seniority 01.01.1937 Lt. 16.04.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1946 (retd 20.11.1958;  Hon. Cdr.) A/Cdr. > 05.1953, < 07.1954 DSC 11.11.1941 Greek withdrawal 04.1941 [investiture 10.02.1942] DSC 02.12.1941 disposal 270 troops [investiture 10.02.1942]	... - ... ... 06.04.1938 - 11.07.1941 HMS Defender (D class destroyer) [ship bombed by Italian aircraft off Bardia & sunk in tow 12.07.1941] (DSC and Bar) (08.1941)     HMS Defender (D class destroyer) * (10.1941)     HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) * 05.01.1942 - (06.)1942 qualifying for torpedo duties, HMS Vernon [HMS Victory] 06.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Rotherham (R class destroyer) 07.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (for miscellaneous services) (04.1945)     HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) * 10.06.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (for Instructional Department) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Rowe, Barry Loraine Dudley Son of Lt.Cdr. Reginald Dudley Rowe, DSC, RN (1893-1966), and Elaine Maud Petre (1894-...). Married (16.09.1948) Margaret Lynch, daughter of Robert E. Lynch; one son, two daughters.	02.09.1922 - 25.10.1979 [Saint James of My Ladys Manor Cemetery, Monkton, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA]	Cadet 01.01.1940 Midsh. 01.05.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1942 S.Lt. 16.04.1942 Lt. 16.04.1943 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1951 Cdr.  31.12.1954 (retd 14.07.1959) DSC 08.02.1944 war patrols Mediterranean [investiture 07.11.1944] DSC 05.09.1944 8 war patrols Mediterranean [investiture 07.11.1944]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.05.1936-12.1939; Hawke House; Admiralty No. 1669). 01.01.1940 - 04.1940 RN College, Dartmouth (for training) 01.05.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Devonshire (London class cruiser) 18.03.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Exeter (cruiser) 05.01.1942 - (04.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (06.1942)     promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] * 15.07.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Ambrose (base for 9th Submarine Flotilla, Dundee) (for submarines) 04.10.1942 - 11.1942 HMS Upright (U class submarine) 24.11.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Ultor (U class submarine) (DSC and Bar) (10.1943) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 30.06.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Ultor (U class submarine) 20.11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Taku (T class submarine) 27.01.1945 - (04.)1945 HMS Tactician (T class submarine) 26.06.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Superb (Swiftsure class cruiser) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Rowe, Reginald Dudley Married (19.11.1921) Elaine Maud Petre (born 05.05.1894), daughter of F.L. Petre and M.E. Rawlinson; one son (Cdr. Barry Loraine Dudley Rowe, DSC, RN).	21.05.1893 Chelsea, Greater London - 30.04.1966	... ... Lt. 08.09.1916 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 08.09.1924 DSC WW I ? ?	... - ... ... 01.09.1939 - (07.1945) HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)
Rowell, Arthur Nichol Son of John Nichol Rowell (1846-1916), and Jessie Christie (1867-1935). Married ((12?).1933, Leicester district, Leicestershire) Norah M. Haines; one son, one daughter.	31.03.1909 Colwyn, Denbighshire, Wales - 08.11.1986 Tunbridge Wells district, Kent	Midsh. 01.01.1927 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1929 S.Lt. 01.02.1930 Lt. 01.04.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1940 A/Cdr. > 02.1943, < 04.1943 Cdr. 30.06.1946 (retd 31.03.1959) OBE 11.06.1946 wind up Far East (while on staff of R.Adm. Fleet Train) DSC 29.06.1951 Korea [investiture 24.07.1952] DSC 03.10.1952 Korea [investiture 24,02,1953] MID 26.12.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) MID 01.01.1945 New Year 1945 CdeG 1944? Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne (1922-1925). ... - ... ... 14.12.1937 - (02.)1941 HMS Fearless (F class destroyer) 13.02.1941 - 25.05.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Duncan (D class destroyer) (08.1942) - (10.1942) no appointment listed 10.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Griffin (G class destroyer) 02.03.1943 - 04.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Beagle (B class destroyer) 21.04.1943 - 06.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Walker (W class destroyer) (despatches twice, Croix de Guerre) (10.1944)     HMS Walker (W class destroyer) * 19.10.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Montclare (destroyer depot ship, from 1945 submarine depot ship) (OBE) (04.1946)     no appointment listed ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Rowland, David Parry	27.01.1888 - 12.04.1954	... ... Eng.Capt. 31.12.1935	... - ... ... 20.09.1941 - 16.03.1942 also: Naval ADC to the King ... - ... ...
Rowland, James Marjoribanks Married 1st Gay ... Married 2nd Elizabeth ...	13.12.1903 - 17.12.1984 Jersey	... ... A/S.Lt. 15.05.1924 S.Lt. 15.12.1924 Lt. 15.02.1927 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1935 Cdr. 31.12.1941 (retd 13.12.1953; granted War Service Rank of Capt. 12.06.1954) A/Capt. 10.03.1943-26.06.1944 DSO 16.05.1941 sank submarine possibly 08.04.1941 [investiture 10.06.1947] DSO 08.07.1941 sank U-boat U76 04.04.1941 [investiture 10.06.1947] Hkn 26.08.1947 services to Norway	... - ... ... 20.03.1939 - (05.)1940 HMS Sussex (London class cruiser) (06.1940) - (10.1940) no appointment listed (11.1940)     HMS Beauly * 29.11.1940 - 02.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Wolverine (modified W class destroyer) (DSO and Bar) 21.02.1942 - (12.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Walker (W class destroyer) (02.1943)     HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland) * 10.03.1943 - 26.06.1944 Captain (D), Newfoundland [HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland)] (on loan to RCN) (King Haakon VII Liberty Cross) 09.09.1944 - (01.)1945 Staff Officer (Plans) on the staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy)] 09.03.1945 - 03.1945 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for flotilla duties) 29.03.1945 - 21.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS Orkney (frigate) 06.1945 - (07.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Haydon (Hunt class destroyer) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Roxburgh, [Sir] John Charles Young   Son of Sir Thomas James Young Roxburgh, CIE (1892-1974), judge in the Calcutta High Court, and Mona Heymerdinguer. Married (1942) Philippa, 3rd daughter of late Major C.M. Hewlett, MC; one son, one daughter.	29.06.1919 Mysore, India - 13.04.2004 Hindhead, Surrey	Cadet 1933 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 16.09.1939 ?, seniority 16.04.1939 Lt. 16.03.1941 A/Lt.Cdr. < 04.1946 Lt.Cdr. 16.03.1949 Cdr. 31.12.1952 Capt. 31.12.1958 R.Adm. 07.07.1967 V.Adm. 15.07.1970 (retd 03.10.1972) KCB 01.01.1972 New Year 1972 CB 14.06.1969 HM's birthday 1969 CBE 01.01.1967 New Year 1967 DSO 12.10.1943 10 war patrols Mediterranean & sinking of Remo DSC 19.05.1942 4 war patrols Mediterranean 10.41-02.1942 DSC 19.06.1945 destruction U-boat Norway	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1933-1936) 1933 joined RN 01.01.1937 - (02.)1937 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 22.04.1937 - (08.)1938 HMS Emerald (cruiser) (Nore) 30.08.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Newcastle (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 02.01.1939 - (08.1939) promotion course, Portsmouth (09.1939) no appointment listed 1940 joined Submarine Branch, RN 1940 - 1942 served in operations off Norway, in Bay of Biscay and Mediterranean: 14.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship, Rosyth) (for submarines) 31.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Tribune (submarine) 06.07.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Thorn (submarine) 08.06.1942 - 07.1942 submarine commanding officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 1942 - 1945 operations in Mediterranean and off Norway: 1942 - 12.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS H 43 (submarine) 03.12.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS P 44, renamed: HMS United (submarine) 28.11.1943 - (06.1944) taught a submarine captain's refresher course [HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship, Rothesay] 04.10.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Tapir (submarine) (04.1946) no appointment listed 17.06.1948 - 1950 HMS Vanguard 21.04.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (miscellaneous duties) 1951 - 1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Turpin (submarine) (05.1953) no appointment listed Staff Officer (Submarines), Naval Equipment Department (Bath) 03.01.1955 - (04.1955) HMS President (for joint services staff course) 1955 Commanding Officer, HMS Triumph 12.1955 - (01.)1956 Executive Officer, HMS Ark Royal 1956 - 1958 Commanding Officer, HMS Contest 1958 - 1960 British Joint Services Mission, Washington 05.04.1960 - (07.)1961 Commanding Officer, HMS Adamant & Captain (S/M) 3rd Submarine Squadron 1962 imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College 23.01.1963 - 1965 Deputy Director of Pans (J), Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President], later: Deputy Director of Defence Plans (Navy), Ministry of Defence 20.07.1965 - 04.05.1967 Commanding Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (east of Suez) 25.07.1967 - (02.)1969 Flag Officer Sea Training and in command, Portland Naval Base [HMS Osprey] 1969 - 1969 Flag Officer, Plymouth 10.11.1969 - 1972 Flag Officer, Submarines [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] & NATO Comdr Submarines, E Atlantic Chairman, Grovebell Group Ltd, 1972-1975. Member Management Committee, The Freedom Association, 1978-1985. President, Royal Naval Benevolent Trust, 1978-1984. County Councillor, Surrey, 1977-1981.
Royle, Sir Guy Charles Cecil Son of Arnold Royle, CB. Married (10.1915) Elizabeth Ellis Gilmer, OBE (13.04.1892 - 06.11.1971), daughter of Charles Dunlop Gilmer; no children.	17.08.1885 Esher, Surrey - 04.01.1954 Ferndown, Blandford district, Dorset	... ... Lt. 15.03.1906 Cdr. 30.06.1916 Capt. 30.06.1923 R.Adm. 20.07.1935 V.Adm. 12.01.1939 Adm. 29.10.1942 (retd 16.03.1946; own request) KCB 01.01.1941 New Year 1941 CB 1936 ? CMG 1919 ? LM 28.05.1946 ? OON 08.10.1946 ?	15.05.1900     entered RN 1914 - 1919 served European War (despatches, CMG); Gunnery Officer, HMS Marlborough, battle of Jutland 1916 ; on staff of Adm. Sir Charles Edward Madden, Second in Command, Grand Fleet 1917-1920) 1920 - 1922 Executive Officer, HMS Iron Duke, flagship Mediterranean Fleet 1923     Assistant to Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance 1924 - 1927 Naval Attaché, British Embassy, Tokyo 1927 - 1929 Commanding Officer, HMS Canterbury 1930 - 1932 HMS Excellent 1933 - 1934 HMS Glorious 1934 - 1937 Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty 01.07.1937 - 23.07.1939 Vice-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers 21.11.1939 - 13.04.1941 Naval Secretary to First Lord, Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Naval Air Services 14.04.1941 - 20.04.1941 HMS President (additional) 21.04.1941 - 25.12.1945 lent to RAN: 18.07.1941 - 28.06.1945 First Naval Member, Commonwealth Naval Board 29.06.1945 - 25.12.1945 passage to UK & service leave 26.12.1945 - 16.03.1946 HMS President (additional; while unemployed) Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod since 1946; Secretary to the Lord Great Chamberlain since 1948.

 

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