Naval Officers (RN, RM, RNR & RNVR)
20th Century (non-World War II)


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Acland, Edward Leopold Dyke	07.12.1878 - 11.03.1968	Eng.R.Adm. 21.11.1933 CB 1937, MVO 1913 JubM 35 1935 -	Served European War; commanded RN Engineering College at Keyham, 1930-1933; on staff Commander-in-Chief, The Nore,  1934-1937; retired list, 1937
Allen, Sir David	14.06.1933 - 13.01.1995	R.Adm. 11.03.1988 KCVO 1991; CBE 1985	1988 - 1991 Defence Services Secretary 1988 - 1991 Chief Naval Supply and Secretariat Officer

 

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Balment, Terry	? - 31.12.2013 [aged 94]	Sg.Cdr. 01.10.1966 (retd)
Beattie, John Humphrey Son of Maj. Walter Albert Beattie, MC, South Lancashire Regiment (1893-1950), and Doreen Margaret Hester Bayley (1904-1977).	1928 -	Cadet (Special Entry) 01.09.1945 Midsh 01.09.1946 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1948 S.Lt. 21.10.1949, seniority 01.01.1948 A/Lt. 01.11.1949 Lt. 12.06.1950, seniority 01.11.1949 (retd 17.05.1957)	01.09.1945 special entry cadet (07.1948) no appointment listed (05.1950) HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) * 18.03.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Rattlesnake (Algerine class minesweeper) (01.1956) HMS Vernon (training establishment, Portsmouth) * * indexed, but not listed as such Worked for Decca Radar. Published technical papers & articles on radar, navigation, etc.
Bowen, Frank	25.01.1930 - 21.05.1995	R.Adm. 14.12.1982 (retd 1984)	1982 - 1984 Special Project Director, Ministry of Defence, PE
Brice, Leslie James	? -	Midsh. RNR 01.05.1921 A/S.Lt. RNR 26.07.1925 (reld > 06.1928, < 08.1929)	(1921)     HMS Venomous (torpedo-boat destroyer)
Brunton, Keith Edward Son of ... Brunton, and ... Worthington.	07.11.1933 Aldershot district, Hampshire / Berkshire -	Midsh. 01.09.1952 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1954 S.Lt. 13.02.1956, seniority 01.01.1954 A/Lt. 07.05.1956 Lt. 11.03.1957, seniority 16.03.1956 (retd 01.07.1958)	(05.1953)     no appointment listed (01.1954) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (07.1954) - (04.1955) RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 08.10.1955 submarine training, HMS Dolphin 12.03.1956 HMS Subtle [tender to HMS Adamant, from 29.05.1956 HMS Maidstone] 02.09.1957     HMS Apollo (additional)
Buchanan, Frederic Gray	21.09.1887 - 18.03.1974	... ... Cdr. 30.06.1920 (retd) Capt. (retd) 21.09.1932 OBE ? ?	... - ... ... 1939     Deputy Chief Inspector HM Coast Guard, Berkeley House 1945     Chief Inspector HM Coast Guard, Berkeley House

 

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Carpenter, George	29.11.1877 - 11.12.1952 Richmond, Surrey	2nd Lt. RM 01.01.1896 Lt. RM 01.01.1897 Capt. RM 29.04.1903 Maj. RM 23.09.1915 Bt. Lt.Col. RM 03.06.1918 Lt.Col. RM 01.01.1923 Col. 2nd Comdt. RM 16.06.1927 Col. Comdt RM (T/Brig. RM) 03.12.1929 Maj.Gen. RM 01.04.1931 Lt.Gen. RM 05.04.1933 (retd 05.04.1934; on account on non-service) OBE 02.01.1923 ? DSC 11.1915 ?	... - ... ... 26.01.1927 - 07.10.1927 Commanding Officer, 12th RM Battalion ... - ... ...
Codrington, Christopher Thomas	1928 ? - 25.01.2014	Capt. (S) 31.12.1975 (retd) OBE

 

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Dains, Herbert Clarence	04.12.1895 - died between 07.1944 and 07.1952	Lt. 15.03.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1927 (retd 25.10.1932; own request) Cdr. (retd) 04.12.1935	09.1914     entered RN (04.1921)     Torpedo Officer, HMS K 12 (submarine) (08.1922)     First Lieutenant, HMS H 22 (submarine) 19.04.1923 - (08.1923) First Lieutenant, HMS H 28 (submarine) [tender to HMS Maidstone] 30.04.1924 - (01.1925) First Lieutenant, HMS K 6 (submarine) (1st Submarine Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet) [tender to HMS Conquest] (01.1926)     HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) 02.02.1926 - (06.)1926 in command of Group "F" Submarines (HMS H 26) [tender to HMS Vulcan] 31.08.1926 - 14.12.1927 Commanding Officer, HMS H 49 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Vulcan] 14.12.1927 - (08.)1929 Commanding Officer, HMS L 20 (submarine) (4th Submarine Flotilla) (China) [tender to HMS Titania] 11.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 15.05.1930 - (10.1930) Commanding Officer, HMS L 25 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Ross] (01.1931)     HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (02.1931)     no appointment listed 20.04.1931 - (09.)1932 HMS Godetia (fishery protection cruiser (sloop))
Dunn, Frank Arthur	31.08.1886 Barton Regis district, Gloucestershire - 1944 ? / 1948 ?	A/Gnr. (T) 01.08.1914 Gnr. (T) 07.09.1915, seniority 01.08.1914 (dismissed the service by a Court Martial [theft] 14.10.1922)	08.1914 - 20.08.1914 HMS Ness [tender to HMS St George] 20.08.1914 - 05.09.1914 HMS Actaeon 05.09.1914 - 31.05.1918 HMS Penelope [tender to HMS Pembroke] (for torpedo duties) 31.05.1918 - 20.11.1920 HMS Voyager (torpedo-boat destroyer) [tender to HMS Diligence] (for torpedo duties) 31.12.1920 - 08.1922 HMS Venomous (torpedo-boat destroyer)

 

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Evans, Antony Roger	? - 07.02.2014 [aged 81]	Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1963 (retd) Hon. Cdr. ? MBE

 

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Fawckner, William Frank Shuttleworth Son of V.Adm. William Blewett Fawckner, CB, RN (1857-1944), and Gertrude Shuttleworth (1869-1948). Married (07.09.1921, Skull, Ireland) Mary Elizabeth Maitava (née Hudgins) (? - 11.11.1949).	08.08.1895 Southsea, Hampshire - 23.07.1927 No 7 General Hospital, Shanghai, China (formerly of Emsworth, Hampshire)	Prob. 2nd Lt. RM 01.10.1913 T/Lt. RM 19.09.1914 Lt. RM ?, seniority 19.09.1914 Capt. RM 03.02.1918	... - ... ... 26.01.1927 - 23.07.1927 12th RM Battalion
Finigan, Thomas Alphonsus	11.07.1921 - 13.03.1988 Walsall, Staffordshire	A/S.Lt. (S) 15.05.1947 S.Lt. (S) 19.01.1948, seniority 15.05.1947 Lt. (S) 15.11.1948 A/Lt.Cdr. (S) 11.04.1953 Lt.Cdr. (S) 23.02.1954, seniority 11.04.1953 (retd 14.08.1958)	01.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Triumph (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 02.1949 - (05.1950) for duty in Admiral's Office, Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 09.04.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Warrington, Lancashire) 06.01.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier) ? - (01.1957) HMS Mercury (signal school, near Petersfield)
Finlaison, John Bruce	10.02.1870 - 22.04.1950 Dedham, Colchester	2nd Lt. RM 01.09.1890 Lt. RM 01.07.1891 Capt. RM 29.08.1898 Maj. RM 10.04.1909 Lt.Col. 05.03.1916 T/Brig. 27.11.1919-31.12.1920 T/Col. Comdt. 01.01.1921-10.07.1921 Col. 2nd Comdt. 21.06.1921 Col. Comdt. 08.07.1924 (retd 10.02.1927; age) Maj.Gen. (retd) 10.02.1927 CMG 1919 ?	... - ... ... 05.08.1924 - 09.02.1927 Commanding Officer, Portsmouth Division RM ... - ... ...
Fitch, Sir Richard George Alison	02.06.1929 - 15.02.1994	Adm. 03.01.1986 (retd 1988) KCB 1985	1986 - 1988 Second Sea Lord, Chief of Naval Personnel and Admiral President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich

 

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Gale, John Moxham	? - 09.12.2013 [aged 86]	Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.12.1960 (retd)
Gannon, Eric Donald "Gan" Married ((06?).1924, Paddington district, London) Bertha Grace Cassels (24.03.1887 - ), widow of Mr Harris (killed in WWI), and daughter of Walter Ritchie Cassels (1847-1915), and Elvina Eusebia Trillia (1846?-); one son.	06.02.1899 Stafford district, Staffordshire - 16.04.1964 in hospital, Geneva, Switzerland	Midsh. 01.02.1918 S.Lt. 15.07.1919 (retd) Lt. (retd) 15.07.1922 CBE 01.01.1947 New Year 47: recently employed in a Department of the Foreign Office	Education: Christ's College, Cambridge University (studied French & Spanish; MA 01.1927). 07.09.1917     entered RN ? - (01.)1919 HMS Thunderer (battleship) 1919 - 1920 HMS Venomous (torpedo-boat destroyer) Master & House Master at Harrow. Deputy Director of the Research Department of the Foreign Office, 1944-1946. Subsequently a member of the Research Survey Group for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and of the United Nations Secretariat at Geneva.
Garnett, Sir Ian David Graham Son of late Capt. Ian Graham Hartt Garnett, DSC, RN and Barbara Anne Langrishe (née Hackett). Married (1973) Charlotte Mary Anderson; one son (James), two daughters (Philippa & Georgina).	27.09.1944 Surrey -	Cadet 01.09.1962 Lt. 01.03.1967 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1975 Cdr. 1978 Capt. 31.12.1983 R.Adm. 1993 V.Adm. 08.1995 Adm. 09.2001 (retd 12.2004) KCB ? ?	Education: Canford School; BRN College Dartmouth 1962 entered RN HMS London HMS Beachampton HM Yacht Britannia 1968 - 1969 flying training (qualified as an anti-submarine warfare helicopter pilot) 1969 - 1970 HMS Hermes, 814 Squadron 1971 - 1972 Loan Service, RAN (HMAS Melbourne) 1973 - 1974 HMS Tiger, 826 Squadron 1974 - 1976 Warfare Officer (HMS Blake; Operations Officer, HMS Naiad) 1977 - 1978 Senior Pilot, 820 Squadron 1978 - 1980 Deputy Director, Joint Maritime Ooperations Training School 1981 - 1982 CO HMS Amazon (frigate) (Home Waters, Far East, South Atlantic) 1983 RN staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich 1983 - 1986 Assistant Director (Ships), Operational Requirements Division, Admiralty 1986 - 1988 Captain Fourth Frigate Squadron (HMS Active) 1988 - 1989 CO RN Presentation Team 1989 - 1989 Captain Naval Operational Command Systems 1989 - 1992 Director, Operational Requirements (Sea Systems), Admiralty 1993 - 1995 Flag Officer Naval Aviation 08.1995 - 1999 Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic 02.1999 - 2001 Chief of Joint Operations at the Permanent Joint Headquarters (United Kingdom) 09.2001 - 2004 SACEUR’s Chief of Staff, SHAPE Member, Fleet Air Arm Officers Association, 1992-. Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies, 05.01.2005-.
Garwood, Alan Robert	06.03.1930 - 17.04.1951	Midsh. 01.01.1948 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1949 S.Lt. 02.03.1951, seniority 01.05.1949	(07.1948) - (05.1949) HMS Theseus * (05.1950)     no appointment listed 05.02.1951 HMS Dolphin (for submarine training) ? - 17.04.1951 HMS Affray (submarine) (sunk) * indexed, but not lsited as such
Greening, Sir Paul Woollven Son of Capt. Charles Woollven Greening, DSO, DSC, RN, and Mrs Molly K. Greening (née Flowers). Married (1951) Monica (predeceased him), daughter of late Mr and Mrs W. E. West, East Farndon, Market Harborough; one son, one daughter.	04.06.1928 Steyning district, Sussex - 05.11.2008 hospital (after a heart attack)	Special Entry Cadet 1946 ... ... R.Adm. 07.01.1979 (retd 08.11.1985) GCVO 1992 ? KCVO 1985 ?	Education: Mowden School, Brighton; Nautical College, Pangbourne. Special entry cadet RN, 1946; Midshipman, HMS Theseus, 1947-1948; S.Lt. and Lt., HM Ships Zodiac, Neptune, Rifleman, Asheldham (Commanding Officer), and Gamecock, 1950-1958; Lt.Cdr., HM Ships Messina (Commanding Officer), Loch Killisport, Urchin, and Collingwood, 1958-1963; Cdr. 1963; Commanding Officer HMS Lewiston, and Senior Officer 2nd Minesweeping Squadron, 1963-1964; jssc 1964; Naval Plans, Ministry of Defence (Navy), 1965-1967; Commanding Officer HMS Jaguar, 1967-1968; Fleet Plans Officer, Far East Fleet, 1969; Captain 1969; Commanding Officer HMS Aurora, 1970-1971; Captain Naval Drafting, 1971-1974; Sen. Officers War Course, 1974; Director of Officers Appointments (Seamen), Ministry of Defence (Navy), 1974-1976; Captain BRNC Dartmouth, 1976-1978; Naval Secretary, 1978-1980; Flag Officer, Royal Yachts, 1981-1985; retired 1985.  Master of HM's Household, 1986-1992; an Extra Equerry to the Queen, since 1983. ADC to the Queen, 1978. Member Council, Missions to Seamen, 1994-. Younger Brother of Trinity House, 1984.
Gregg, Claude John Montgomery Second son of the Archbishop of Dublin (Most Rev. John Allen Fitzgerald Gregg) (1873-1961), and Anna Alicia Jennings (?-1945).	17.02.1906 - 09.09.1928 Millbank Military Hospital, St George Hanover Square district, London (died of pneumonia) [age 22]	Midsh. 15.01.1924 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1926 S.Lt. 30.11.1926	15.09.1919     entered RN 15.01.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.01.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 23.09.1926 - (07.1927) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 21.02.1928 - (06.)1928 HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
Gretton, Michael Peter Son of V.Adm. Sir Peter Gretton, KCB, DSO, OBE, DSC, MA and of Dorothy N.G. ("Judy") Gretton (née Du Vivier). Married (1973) Stephanie O'Neill; one son, three daughters.	14.03.1946 -	Cadet 09.1963 Midsh. 09.1964 S.Lt. 01.09.1965 A/Lt. 01.05.1968 Lt. 13.07.1970, seniority 01.12.1967 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1975 A/Cdr. 11.1977 Cdr. 31.12.1977 Capt. 30.06.1984 Cdre. 04.1990 R.Adm. 30.04.1993 V.Adm. 10.12.1994 (retd 04.1998) CVO 31.12.2004 New Year 05 CB 31.12.1997 New Year 98	Education: Ampleforth College; Britannia RN College Dartmouth; Trinity College, Oxford (BA PPE; MA) 09.1963 - 08.1964 Cadet, Britannia RN College Dartmouth and HMS Torquay 09.1964 - 08.1965 Midshipman, HMS Tiger 09.1965 - 07.1968 Trinity College, Oxford 09.1968 - 10.1969 training at Britannia RN College Dartmouth & Sub-Lieutenant's course 11.1969 - 07.1970 HMS Rothesay 08.1970 - 12.1971 HMS Ark Royal 04.1972 - 12.1973 CO HMS Bossington 01.1974 - 09.1974 HMS Dryad (for Principal Warfare Officer course) 09.1974 - 12.1976 HMS Bacchante (as Warfare Officer and First Lieutenant) 01.1977 - 10.1977 RN College Greenwich (for Staff Course) 11.1977 - 02.1980 CO HMS Ambuscade 03.1980 - 05.1982 Directorate of Naval Plans, Naval Staff, Ministry of Defence 05.1982 - 11.1984 Staff Officer (Operations) to Flag Officer 3rd Flotilla [HMS Nelson] 01.1985 - 12.1986 Deputy Director of Naval Recruiting (Officers), Naval Staff, Ministry of Defence 01.1987 - 12.1987 Royal College of Defence Studies 08.1988 - 03.1990 CO HMS Invincible 04.1990 - 03.1991 in command of NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic 04.1991 - 07.1993 Director of Naval Staff Duties, Naval Staff, Ministry of Defence 09.1993 - 12.1994 Commander UK Task Group and NATO's Anti-Submarine Warfare Striking Force 12.1994 - 01.1998 Representative of the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in Europe (NATO HQ, Brussels) Governor: St Edward's School, Oxford, 1985-; Farleigh School, Red Rice, 1992-2004; St Mary's School, Shaftesbury, 1999-.... President, RN RFU, 1993-1995. FNI 1994. Director of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme, 1998-2005. Current employment is with World Challenge Expeditions. President of the HMS Whimbrel Battle of the Atlantic Memorial (1942-1949).
Grieve, Peter Son of Peter Grieve, merchant seaman, and Jane Ramsay.	29.03.1882 Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland - (03?).1933 Medway district, Kent	Wt.Eng. 01.03.1915 Cd.Eng. 01.03.1925 (retd 06.05.1931)	01.01.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Despatch (light cruiser) 18.08.1924 - (05.1926) HMS Sabrina (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) [in charge while reduced to reserve from 24.08.1920] 05.02.1927 - (07.)1927 HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier; CRMS Depot Ship, Sheerness) (for duty with Central Reserve Minesweepers) 11.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Ceres (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 04.06.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Verity (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) [in charge when reduced to reserve on 10.06.1929] 03.09.1929 - (08.)1930 HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean) [in charge when reduced to reserve on 10.06.1930] 22.10.1930 - (03.)1931 HMS Tempest (destroyer) (Nore)

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Hales, Robert	? - 29.12.2013 [aged 86]	Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.011.1957 (retd)
Hallifax, Sir David John Son of V.Adm. Ronald Hamilton Curzon Hallifax and Joanne Mary Hallifax (née Hughes). Married (08.12.1962) Anne Blakiston Houston (b. 08.01.1934); two sons (Thomas Ronald, b. 1965; Matthew William Hughes, b. 1967, d. 1989), one daughter (Louisa Kate, b. 1964)	03.09.1927 - 23.08.1992 (died of Motor Neurone Disease)	Cadet (Special Entry) 01.09.1945 Midsh. 01.09.1946 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1948 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.01.1948 Lt. 01.05.1950 Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1958 Cdr. 31.12.1963 Capt. 31.12.1969 A/R.Adm. ? R.Adm. 07.01.1979 V.Adm. 01.04.1982 Adm. 06.01.1986 (retd 1987) KCB 11.06.1983 HM's birthday 83 KCVO 30.04.1992 ? KBE 11.10.1982 operations South Atlantic	Education: Winchester College 01.09.1945 special entry cadet (07.1948) no appointment listed 07.10.1949 - 1951 HMS Chameleon (minesweeping, Gulf of Salonika) 25.08.1952 - (05.1953) CO MTB 5008 1954 Long TAS Course 10.10.1955 - (02.1956) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (miscellaneous duties) 1956 HMS Salerno (Suez crisis) HMS Whirlwind (West Indies) 1959 Staff College, Camberley 01.01.1960 - (07.1961) First Lieutenant, HMS Ulster 05.02.1962 - (02.1963) Squadron TAS Officer, 2nd Frigate Squadron [HMS Undaunted] 1964 - 1965 CO HMS Agincourt (02.1969) HMS Hampshire * (07.1971) Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Policy) * 1972 Royal College of Defence Studies 1973 - 1975 CO HMS Fife Director of Naval Operational Requirements, Ministry of Defence 1978 - 1980 Flag Officer, First Flotilla 1980 - 1982 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Fleet (Northwood HQ) 1982 - 1984 Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (11.1985) no appointment listed 1986 - 1987 Commandant, Royal College of Defence Studies Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle, 1988-92. * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Liardet, Guy Francis Son of Maj.Gen. Henry Maughan Liardet, CB, CBE, DSO, and Joan Sefton Constable. Married (1962) Jennifer Anne O'Hagan; one son, two daughters.	06.12.1934 - Meonstoke, Southampton	Midsh. 01.05.1953 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1954 S.Lt. 25.09.1956, seniority 01.09.1954 Lt. 01.11.1956 Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1964 Cdr. 30.06.1969 Capt. 31.12.1977 R.Adm. 06.01.1987 (retd 19.06.1990) CB 30.12.1989 New Year 90 CBE 1985 ?	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. (07.1954)     no appointment listed (04.1955)     no appointment listed (01.1956)     no appointment listed ? - (01.1957) HMS Obdurate 20.05.1958 - (01.1959) First Lieutenant, HMS Fiskerton ? - (07.1961) HMS Lochinvar (02.1963) - (02.1964) HMS Nubian 29.06.1966 - (02.)1969 Staff Torpedo & Anti-Submarine Officer / Staff Officer Operations, HMS Galatea 1969 - 1970 Training Commander, BRNC, Dartmouth 07.09.1971 - 1972 Commanding Officer, HMS Aurora 1974 - 1976 Executive Officer, HMS Bristol 1978 - 1979 Defence Policy Staff, Ministry of Defence 1980 RCDS 1981 - 1982 Chief Staff Officer (Training), Commandee-in-Chief Naval Home Command 1983 - 1984 Commanding Officer, HMS Cleopatra & Captain (F) Seventh Frigate Squadron 1984 - 1986 Director of Public Relations (Navy), Ministry of Defence 1986 - 1988 Flag Officer Second Flotilla 1988 - 1990 Commandant, Joint Service Defence College Director of Public Affairs, CIA, 1990-1993. Member, RNSA, 1970-. Naval obituarist, The Times. Contributor to The Naval Review.
Luxmoore, Charles Manaton Grosvenor	23.06.1898 - 08.04.1944	Prob. 2nd Lt. RM 01.09.1916 ... ... Capt. RM 26.03.1928 (retd 24.07.1938; own request) (recalled for service 28.09.1938) (reverted to red 08.10.1938)	... - ... ... 26.01.1927 - 11.01.1928 12th RM Battalion ... - ... ... 29.07.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (as F/Lt., reaching rank of Sq.Ldr.)

 

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Manton, Reginald	18.05.1878 - 21.04.1937	Seaman ? [269968] Eng.Lt. 01.01.1918 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1926 (retd 18.05.1928)	25.08.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for charge of machinery and engineers' stores) 07.10.1924 - (03.)1926 HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (05.1926)     no appointment listed 07.1926 - (04.)1928 Assistant to Squadron Engineer Officer, Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Flotillas [HMS Centaur (cruiser)]
Martin, James Son of William Martin and Bridget Martin (née McSheffrey) of Derry City, N. Ireland. Married 1st Jayne Campbell (widowed). Married 2nd May Boyle; one son.	1897 Derry City, Northern Ireland - 04.1991 Coleraine, Northern Ireland	Schoolmaster * 04.09.1920 Schoolmaster ** 21.02.1935 (retd 06.04.1938; own request) * Warrant Rank ** Commissioned Officer from Warrant Rank	Education: St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin; St Columb's College, Derry 04.04.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Cambrian (light cruiser) 01.01.1925 - (01.)1925 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 01.10.1925 - (07.1927) HMNZS Diomede (cruiser) [lent to Royal New Zealand Navy] 01.10.1928 - (04.)1930 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton, Hampshire) 14.07.1930 - (10.)1930 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 03.10.1930 - (09.1932) HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (China) 01.11.1933 - (07.)1937 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 27.08.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Neptune (cruiser) (Africa) Principal of Boleran elementary School, Garvah, County Derry, N. Ireland 1938-1970.
McKinlay, Alfred White Married ((12?).1909, district of Camberwell).	(09?).1877 Portsmouth, Hampshire - died between 07.1959 and 07.1962	Midsh ? A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. ? Eng.Lt. ? Eng.Lt.Cdr. ? Eng.Cdr. 01.12.1916 Eng.Capt. 31.12.1923 Eng.R.Adm. 28.01.1929 (retd 24.04.1933; own request) OBE 11.06.1919 for valuable services as Engineer Officer of destroyers, and in charge of repairs to machinery of Grand Fleet destroyers	01.10.1924 - (01.1925) Fleet Engineer Officer, China Station [HMS Hawkins (cruiser)] 28.04.1927 - (07.1927) Senior Engineer Officers Course, RN College, Greenwich (08.1929) no appointment listed (04.1930) short course of instruction 23.04.1930 - (09.1932) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport)]
Menzies, Rowan Gavin Paton	14.08.1937 Greater London -	Midsh. 01.05.1956 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1958 Lt. 01.02.1960 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1968 (retd 30.05.1970; own request)	01.02.1960 HMS Hermes 23.05.1960 HMS Dolphin (for subamrine training) 11.07.1960 HMS Alcide 19.11.1960 HMS Forth 03.05.1962 HMS Dolphin 09.08.1962 HMS Dolphin (for HMS Greenwich) 06.12.1962 HMS Adamant (for HMS Narwhal) 30.08.1965 HMS Dolphin (additional) 06.09.1965 HMS Vernon (for anti-submarine warfare course) 14.02.1966 HMS Dolphin (for sonar course) 25.03.1966 controllers' course 28.03.1966     HMS Dolphin (for HMS Resolution) 27.04.1966 HMS President 01.07.1966 HMS Greenwich 11.07.1966 HMS Maidstone 02.09.1966 HMS Narvick (for course) 05.09.1966 HMS Maidstone (for PCOC No. 14) 30.09.1966 HMS Staate (for HMS Bute) 19.05.1966 HMS Resolution (for TAS (port crew)) 25.11.1966 AODL 1968 - 1970 Commanding Officer, HMS Rorqual Freelance writer and traveling researcher since 1970.
Mitchell, Julian James	? - 31.01.2014 [aged 81]	Capt. 30.06.1977 (retd) CBE
Mosse, Harry Tylden	25.02.1878 - 06.07.1974	... ... Cdr. 30.06.1913 Capt. (retd) 01.04.1923	... - ... ...
Moulton, John Frederick Morris Son (with two brothers) of Capt. John Davis Moulton, RN (1853-1921), and Beatrice Nutter Cox (1870-1955). Brother of Maj.Gen. James Louis Moulton, RM. Married (1945) Barbara Helen MacGregor Frame (07.04.1906 - 20.07.1964); one son, one daughter (twins).	18.01.1904 East Molesey, Kingston district, Surrey - 31.08.1971 Seaford, Sussex	Prob. 2nd Lt. RMLI 01.09.1921 ... ... Capt. RM 01.09.1933 (retd 06.09.1938; medically unfit)	... - ... ... 26.01.1927 - 11.01.1928 12th RM Battalion ... - ... ...

 

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Pascoe, Neil Deighton	? - 29.12.2013 [aged 82]	Lt.Cdr. 16.01.1962 (retd)
Pudner, William Henry Married (15.03.1913, Malta) Bessie Evans McFarlane, aged 23 years, daughter of David Evans McFarlane, Naval Officer.	18.10.1884 Plymouth district, Devon - 22.12.1945 Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey	... ... Eng.Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1915 Eng.Cdr. 30.06.1921 (retd 18.10.1934; age) Eng.Capt. (retd) 18.10.1934	04.07.1905     entered RN ... - ... ... (06.1921)     HMS Venomous (torpedo-boat destroyer) [based at HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar)] 08.06.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Keppel (flotilla leader; completing at Portsmouth) 15.01.1924 - (01.1925) Torpedo Engineer Officer, Torpedo Depot, Malta [HMS Egmont] ... - ... ...

 

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Selwood, Dennis Peter	? - 29.01.2014 [aged 76]	Lt.Cdr. 16.08.1969 (retd) OBE
Sims, Leonard Married Mary Margaret ... (died 08.05.1975).	07.06.1886 Portsmouth, Hampshire - died before 1975	Seaman ? [M1334] A/Mate (E) 07.05.1917 Mate (E) 16.05.1918, seniority 07.05.1917 Eng.Lt. 07.05.1919 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 07.05.1927 (retd 07.06.1931) Eng.Cdr. (retd) 07.06.1931	? - (01.1919) HMS Cardiff (light cruiser) (08.1923)     no appointment listed 07.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Caledon (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) (03.1926)     no appointment listed 19.04.1926 - (06.1928) HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 03.1929 - (03.1931) HMS Abdiel (flotilla leader) (Reserve Fleet, Nore)
Stansbury, Christopher Richard	? - 25.12.2013 [aged 85]	Cdr. 30.06.1967 (retd)

 

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Trevethan, Frederick Robert	? - 01.2014 [aged 84]	Lt. 01.10.1965 (retd) Hon. Lt.Cdr. ?

 

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Watson, Donald Charles Frank	? - 20.12.2013 [aged 84]	Instr.Capt. 31.12.1976 (retd)
Welby-Everard, Roger Earle Son of Capt. Philip Herbert Earle Welby-Everard, OBE, DSC, RN, and ....	? - Caythorpe, Grantham, Lincolnshire	Cadet 01.09.1960 Midsh ? A/S.Lt. 01.09.1962 S.Lt. 02.04.1965, seniority 01.09.1962 Lt. 01.06.1965 (retd 06.03.1971; own request)	1961 - 1963 Midshipman, HMS Cavalier (02.1963) The Britannia RN College, Dartmouth * (02.1968) - (02.1969) HMS Resolution * * indexed, but not listed as such Assistant Editor (On-line), The Naval Review.
Westcott, Albert Edward	19.11.1899 Brixham, Devon - 30.04.1989 Bristol, Gloucestershire	Prob. 2nd Lt. RM 01.08.1922 2nd Lt. RM 31.12.1923 A/Lt RM. 27.04.1925 Prob. Lt. RM 01.08.1925 Lt. RM ?, seniority 01.08.1925 (retd 05.10.1927; medical unfitness)	... - ... ... 26.01.1927 - 04.10.1927 12th RM Battalion
Westwood, John Alan Sinclair	? - 18.01.2014 [aged 85]	Cdr. 30.06.1964 (retd)

 

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