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1939-1945

 

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Abbey,
H W
H.W. Abbey
?
?
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Telegraphist RNVR ?
Education: Dulwich College (1936-1942).
       
Allen,
James
"Jim"
J. Allen (Photo courtesy of Chris Allen)

Son (with two sisters) of James Bartholomew Allen (1880-), and Mary Ann Bazely (1884-1953).
Married 1st ((06?).1936, Worthing, Sussex) Cicely Mabel Holmes (06.10.1914 - 05.2000), daughter (with one sister and one brother) of Henry Victor Holmes (1883-1970), and Gertrude Lillian Purcell (1882-1961).
Married 2nd (1947) Winifred Amy Baggett (17.11.1913 - 12.03.2001), daughter (with three brothers and three sisters) of James Godfrey Baggett (1889-1947), and Mary Louisa Northcote (1881-1945); two sons, one daughter.
31.08.1912
Richmond upon Thames
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26.04.1954
Guys Hospital, London
Warrant Engineer RNVR ?
War Reserve Police Constable from 1st September 1939 to 16th June 1942 when he transferred to the Royal Navy.
05.06.1944 - 29.06.1945 HM HDML 1469 (harbour defence motor launch)
       

 

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Clifford,
Graham Frank
G.F. Clifford (Photo courtesy of Fiona Clifford McAllister) G.F. Clifford (Photo courtesy of Fiona Clifford McAllister)
G.F. Clifford (Photo courtesy of Fiona Clifford McAllister) G.F. Clifford (Photo courtesy of Fiona Clifford McAllister)
Married ((12?).1944, Leicester district, Leicestershire) Hazel E. Hewett; three daughters.
24.05.1922
Dunoon, Argyllshire, Scotland
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Ordinary Seaman ? [FX 78914]
Petty Officer (Air) 15.04.1946
Lt. (A) 01.05.1947 (retd 1949/50?)
      served on the HMS Renown (battlecruiser); he was a gunner on the Walrus and a pilot on the Firefly
(07.1948)     no appointment listed
12.10.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Hornbill (RN Air Station, Culham, Berkshire) (for miscellaneous duties)
* indexed, but not listed as such
       

 

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Ettinger,
Beryl Margaret
(née Weatherall)
B.M. Ettinger
Daughter of Ernest Weatherall, Nottingham.
06.06.1921
Chilmark, Wiltshire
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WRNS:
 
Prob. Wren
25.08.1943 [70811]
Wren
09.09.1943
25.08.1943
-
08.09.1943
trainee, HMS Pembroke III (WRNS accounting base, London)
09.09.1943
-
02.01.1944
wireless telegraphy trainee, HMS Pembroke III (WRNS accounting base, London) [unpaid leave 13-29.12.1943]
03.01.1944
-
06.04.1944
wireless telegraphy trainee, HMS Victory III (RN accounting base, Wantage, Berkshire) (for Soberton Towers)
07.04.1944
-
09.05.1944
wireless telegraphy trainee (S.O.), HMS Pembroke III (WRNS accounting base, London)
10.05.1944
-
10.11.1944
wireless telegraphy (S.O.) duties, HMS Paragon (minsweeper base, Hartlepool) (for RN W/T Station, Scarborough)
       

 

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Fisher,
Joseph
J. Fisher  
20.10.1913
-
died between 08.1973 and 08.1977 ??
Ordinary Seaman
19.01.1937
A/Gnr. (T)
15.09.1945
Gnr. (T)
1946?, seniority 15.09.1945
A/Lt.
05.01.1949
Lt.
09.05.1947
Lt.Cdr.
09.05.1955 (retd 23.10.1958)
19.01.1937
 
 
joined RN
06.02.1946
-
(04.1946)
HMS Vigilant
(07.1948)
 
 
no appointment listed
(05.1949)
 
 
no appointment listed
(05.1950)
 
 
no appointment listed
13.02.1953
-
(07.1954)
HMS Cleopatra (Reserve Fleet)
(04.1955)
 
 
HMS Cleopatra (Reserve Fleet) *
02.05.1955
-
(01.)1957
HMS Cochrane (Rosyth Maritime Headquarters) (for miscellaneous duties)
15.10.1957
-
24.09.1958
HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Fraser,
Andrew
"Andy"
A. Fraser (Photo courtesy of Mr Donald Fraser)
04.12.1925
-
04.06.2006

Ordinary Seaman
? [J/X 642099]
Able Seaman 3rd class
?
28.04.1944
-
06.06.1944
HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)
07.06.1944
-
28.06.1944
HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
29.06.1944
-
30.06.1944
13th MTB Flotilla
01.07.1944
-
18.09.1944
HM MTB 212 (motor torpedo boat)
19.09.1944
-
12.10.1944
HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
13.10.1944
-
02.11.1944
HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, nr Portsmouth)
03.11.1944
-
26.12.1944
HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria)
27.12.1944
-
01.03.1945
Air/Sea Rescue 55th Flotilla
02.03.1945
-
30.09.1945
HM ML 869 (motor launch) [attached to 3rd Commando Brigade, 14th Army, Burma]
01.10.1945
-
30.11.1945
HM ML 869 (motor launch)
12.1945
-
04.08.1946
HM ML 1479 (motor launch)
       

 

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Hamersley,
Richard Denner
R.D. Hamersley (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton) 
19.03.1904
-
01.12.1983
 
(1940)     Honorary Officer Cadet RM
       

 

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Jordan,
W J
W.J. Jordan (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton) 
?
-
?
 
(1940)     Honorary Officer Cadet RM
       

 

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Knott,
J
J. Knott (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton) 
?
-
?
 
(1940)     Honorary Officer Cadet RM
       

 

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Mellor,
Arthur D
"Bob"
C.A. Miles
Son of Arthur Bagshawe Mellor, and Ada Stirland.
03.04.1924
Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire
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Safety Bay, Western Australia, Australia
Stoker 2nd class
15.07.1942
Leading Motor Mechanic
?
Petty Officer Motor Mechanic
?
Acting Chief Motor Mechanic 4th class
? (reld 01.07.1946)



HM MGB 53 (motor gun boat)



HM MGB 55 (motor gun boat)



HM MTB 604 (motor torpedo boat)



HM MTB 751 (motor torpedo boat)
Miles,
Charles Alfred
C.A. Miles
15.11.1906
Bethnal Green, Poplar district, London
-
Leading Stoker
? [Kx 76695]
(06.1935)
 
 
HMS Kellett (surveying vessel)
1940s
 
 
HMS Ajax (cruiser)
       

 

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Ridout,
R H
R.H. Ridout (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton) 
?
-
?
 
(1940)     Honorary Officer Cadet RM
       

 

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Seally,
Reginald Henry
"Reg"
W.J. Seally
Son of Walter Henry Seally (1898-1926), an Ordinary, then Able Seaman RN 1914-1922, and Constance May Nelson.
Brother of Lt. Walter John Seally, RN.
16.09.1926
Twickenham, Brentford district, Middlesex
-
10.2009 still alive
Ordinary Seaman
10.1944
Electrical Mechanic
?
Petty Officer Electrical
? (reld 07.1947?)



HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton)



HMS Simbang (RN Air Station, Sembawang, Singapore)
Smith,
P J
P.J. Smith (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton) 
?
-
?
 
(1940)     Honorary Officer Cadet RM
       

 
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Teague,
Douglas Frank
D.F. Teague (Photo courtesy of Leslie Teague)
Married ((03?).1937, West Bromwich district, Shropshire / Staffordshire / Warwickshire / Worcestershire) Phyllis A. Bates.

15.11.1902
Avonmouth, Bristol district,  Gloucestershire
-
1971
Gloucestershire
Stoker ? [K63426]
Chief Petty Officer ?
1924 - 1927 HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Atlantic)
1927 - 1930 HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China)
1931 - 1935 HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (Africa)
1935 - 1937 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet)
1937 - 1941 HMS Falmouth (escort vessel) (China)
1941 - 1946 blank period in record (due to Navy Writers being seconded to more pressing duties i.e. the war effort)
Thelan,
...
... Thelan
?
-
Stoker 2nd class
? [?]
10.1941
-
05.1946
naval service:



HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness)



HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)



HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland



HM MGB 51 (motor gun boat)



HM MGB 65 (motor gun boat)
12.1942
-
02.1943
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
02.1943
-
08.1943
HMS ....
08.1943
-
09.1943
HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
09.1943
-
01.1946
HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
Tronson,
Robert du Coudré
R. du C. Tronson
Son of Cdr. Hillam Tronson, RNR, and Dilys G. Jones.

18.05.1924
Chilmark, Wiltshire
-
27.11.2008
?
? [R.264389]

Medals




served Merchant Navy (& Royal Navy ?) in Atlantic convoys
Television director.

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Webb,
R H
R.H. Webb (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton) 
?
-
?
 
(1940)     Honorary Officer Cadet RM
Weller,
Robert Edwin
R.E. Weller (Photo courtesy of Mrs Liz Hollis)
Son of Herbert Edwin Weller, and Bertha Elizabeth Weller (née Gurney).
Married (05.09.1945, Surrey SE) Dylis M. Laker *; two daughters.

* She re-married, to Ivor K. Mott, 01.1993
13.07.1919
Godstone district, Surrey
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18.09.1988
Haywards Heath district, West Sussex
Petty Officer
? [P/MX 62473]
1940
-
22.05.1941
HMS Fiji (cruiser) (survived the sinking of the ship off Crete)
1942
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1944
HMS Petard (destroyer) (was on board during the capture and sinking of the U-559 and the recovering of code books and enigma machine)
1945
 
 
HMS Blencathra (destroyer)
Whitton,
Henry Madden
H.M. Whitton
Son (with five sisters and one brother) of Henry Madden Whitton (1886-1951), and Rachael Alice Phillips (1889-1977).
Married (08.06.1946, Liverpool, Lancashire) Louisa Helena Davis; two sons, one daughter.
13.04.1925
Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire
-
20.03.2005
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Ordinary Seaman 16.02.1943 [P/JX 428159]
Able Seaman 16.02.1944 (from 18.08.1944 graded as Senior Torpedoman)
16.02.1943 - 09.05.1943 HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire)
10.05.1943 - 17.06.1943 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)
10.05.1943 - 20.05.1943 lent to HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
31.05.1943 - 06.06.1943 lent to HM ML 154 (motor launch)
18.06.1943 - 03.12.1943 HM MGB 317 (motor gun boat) [tender to HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)]
04.12.1943 - 18.02.1944 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
19.02.1944 - 16.11.1944 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (for HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria))
10.04.1944 - 23.06.1944 lent to Castleorrisso
03.07.1944 - 20.08.1944 lent to Canopus
13.10.1944 - 30.11.1944 lent to Party Manna/Comara 1
01.12.1944 - 25.02.1945 lent to Comaroi
28.04.1945 - 31.12.1945 HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy)
28.04.1945 - 10.12.1945 for duty at Naples
11.12.1945 - 31.12.1945 for duty at Rome
01.01.1946 - 18.03.1946 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)
01.01.1946 - 09.01.1946 for duty at Rome
30.01.1946 - 31.01.1946 for duty at Rome
16.02.1946 - 17.02.1946 for duty at Rome
26.02.1946 - 07.03.1946 for duty at Rome
19.03.1946 - 16.08.1946 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
Wigginton,
Archibald James
A.J. Wigginton (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton) 

22.11.1898
-
27.10.1984
Barnstaple, Devon
Colour Sergeant RM ?
... - ... ...
(1940/41)     on staff of Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenants' Abbreviated Course B
... - ... ...
Williams,
Thomas Brynmor
J.A. Wilkinson
22.04.1925
Ynyswen, Treorchy, South Wales
-
2009
Able Seaman
? [JX 564000]
21.04.1943
-
28.08.1946
served RN



HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft)
Windle,
Gerald McNeil
G.M. Windle
Son of William Windle, and Ellen Mary G. McNeil.
Married (19.02.1945) Margaret Helen Walker.
03.04.1925
Balham, Wandsworth district, London
-
12.03.1987
Spilsby, Spilsby district, Lincolnshire
Ordinary Seaman
18.03.1943 [P/JX 429803 & P/MX 636659]
Motor Mechanic
09.11.1943
Petty Officer Motor Mechanic
03.04.1945
Tempoary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (E) RNVR
29.12.1945
Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E) RNVR
29.06.1946 (for dispersal 01.01.1948) (reld 25.02.1948)
Tractor driver.
18.03.1943
-
25.04.1943
quarter deck trainee, HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire)
26.04.1943
-
07.05.1943
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
08.05.1943
-
17.09.1943
RN Training Unit, Wimbledon
18.09.1943
-
05.11.1943
RN Training Unit, Fulham
06.11.1943
-
24.11.1943
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
25.11.1943
-
09.01.1944
HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland)
10.01.1944
-
23.01.1944
HM MGB 56 (motor gun boat)
24.01.1944
-
29.02.1944
HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland)
01.03.1944
-
10.04.1944
HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
11.04.1944
-
12.06.1945
HM MTB 753 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Forte (Coastal Forces base, Falmouth), HMS Watchful & HMS Midge (Minesweeper & Coastal Forces bases, Great Yarmouth)]
13.06.1945
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31.08.1945
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
01.09.1945
-
01.09.1945
HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)
02.09.1945
-
21.10.1945
HMS Rosneath (Combined Operations base, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire)
22.10.1945
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28.12.1945
HMS Rosneath (Combined Operations base, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire) (for ICE School)
29.12.1945
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06.01.1946
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; not to join)
07.01.1946
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13.01.1946
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for Engineer Officer's charge)
14.01.1946
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28.01.1946
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for divisional course)
29.01.1946
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30.05.1946
HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (additional; for landing craft duties)
31.05.1946
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16.03.1947
HMS Gadfly (minesweeping trawler) [HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham)]
17.03.1947
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20.04.1947
HMS Drake I (RN base, Devonport) (additional; not to join)
21.04.1947
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01.01.1948
Engineer Officer, 52nd Training Flotilla [HMS Appledore (Combined Operations training establishment, Appledore)]
Wingrove,
Frederick William
F.W. Wingrove (Photo courtesy of Christine Wingrove)
Son of Frederick G. Wingrove, and Eliza Askins.
Married (15.10.1949, Birmingham, Warwickshire) Eileen Edge; one daughter, one son.
22.04.1926
Birmingham, Warwickshire
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14.09.1987
Birmingham, Warwickshire
Stoker ? [KX603517] (reld 09.03.1947)
Stoker 1st cl. ?
19.08.1943     volunteered; commencement of time 22.04.1944
25.10.1943 - 29.11.1943 HMS Duke (training establishment, Great Malvern)
30.11.1943 - 27.04.1944 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
30.09.1944 - 11.10.1944 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
12.10.1944 - 15.12.1944 HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton / Calshot)
18.12.1944 - 16.02.1945 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
17.02.1945 - 10.03.1945 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton)
11.03.1945 - 15.04.1945 HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)
16.04.1945 - 07.06.1945 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
08.06.1945 - 28.05.1946 HMS Chinkara (landing craft base, Cochin)
29.05.1946 - 29.08.1946 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
30.08.1946 - 09.03.1947 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
Turner by trade.
       

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