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Adrian-Vallance, Cecil Roy Leon Eldest son of naturalised Swiss-born auditor Gustave Leon Falcy and his English wife Elizabeth Changed name from Cecil Roy Leon Falcy to Cecil Roy Leon Adrian Vallance by deed poll of 23.02.1925. Later known by last name Adrian-Vallance.	11.10.1893 Thanet, Kent - 25.02.1958 Sutton Valence, Maidstone district, Kent	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 11.02.1943 T/A/Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 31.12.1944 DCM 16.08.1917 ? 14|15 St - - BWM 14-20 - - VM - - MID 01.01.1919 ? Bur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - Med Mil ? ?	Served World War I in the Royal Flying Corps, earning the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) and being Mentioned in Despatches. Queen's College, Cambridge (BA 1925, MA 1928. LLB 1925). Senior Professor of English at Islamia College, Pashawar, and from 1939-41 Director of Education in Bahrain. 22.03.1943 - 27.03.1946 Assistant Director of Personnel Services (Welfare), Naval Headquarters, India [HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay)]
Alcock, Ivor William Guest	see:	Army officers' section
Aley, Colin Lawson Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	07.09.1916 - 02.11.2002	Prob. T/S.Lt. 14.11.1941 T/Lt. 14.11.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	(04.1942) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 09.07.1943 - (10.1944) HMIS Mahseer ? - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMI ML 441 (motor launch) 15.01.1945 - (04.1946) HMIS Sita (RIN holding depot) His daughter writes: "He came from the Royal New Zealand Navy. He was based in Bombay and Ceylon"
Anderson, Eric Hatfield Son of William H. Anderson, and Nellie L. Schroder.	16.04.1921 Ecclesall Bierlow district, Yorkshire - 01.04.2004 Lymington, New Forest district, Hampshire	Indian Army:   Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 01.10.1941 WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 RINVR:   S.Lt. (E) 18.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946) AERO:   Lt. 17.05.1957 [452993] 20.08.1957, seniority 03.05.1957 Capt. 03.01.1958, seniority 17.05.1957	01.10.1941     commissioned, Indian Army 1943?     transferred, RINVR 20.10.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Hamla (RIN training establishment, Marve, Bombay, India) 17.05.1957     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers - Army Emergency Reserve of Officers [501 Specialist Team Royal Engineers (Bulk Petroleum)] Mechanical and Petroleum Engineer/Oil Refinery (worked as an Area Engineer with the Esso petroleum company).
Anderson, Thomas	17.03.1913 - 12.1991 Daventry district, Northamptonshire	T/Lt. 17.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	c. 1941     transferred from the British Army (Royal Army Service Corps) to the Royal Indian Army and then to the Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve ? - (08.)1943 HMIS Hashemi (escort sloop) 28.09.1943 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HMIS Cuttack (minesweeping trawler) (04.1946)     HMIS Circars (RIN base, Vizagapatam) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Audi, Sidhavaram Seshaya * Married; one son, two daughters. * Officially: Audi, Siddavaram Audiseshiah	06.12.1913 - 25.12.1978	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 25.08.1944	10.10.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Circars (RIN base, Vizagapatam)
Avey, Edward William James Son of Ernest Avey, and Winifred Richards. Married (23.12.1943, Madras) an American-born missionary nurse from Assam. Probably the same as: E.W.J. Avery, Indian Army	27.12.1915 Swanmore, Droxford district, Hampshire -	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 17.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946) Comdn ? ? Battle of Britain 1939-1945 Star; Pacific Star with Burma clasp; Defence Medal; 1939-1945 War Medal with Oak Leaves	(07.1945) - (04.1946) HMIS Khanjar * * indexed, but not listed as such
Azar, Joseph Jacob Son of Jacob S. Azar, and Sally Balas. Married Evelyn Beatrice Colvin (02.12.1927 - 16.08.2014), daughter (with three brothers and four sisters) of John Colvin (1892-1950), and Habiba Shuker (1902-1945); two daughters.	01.12.1923 Bombay, India - 02.12.1999 Los Angeles, California, USA	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 04.06.1944 (reld > 10.1946, < 04.1947)	26.04.1945 - (10.1946) HMIS Machlimar (RIN torpedo & anti-submarine school, Venduruthi)

    
 

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Barraclough, Alan	26.07.1912 Sunderland district, Durham ? - 07.1989 Manchester district, Lancashire	T/Eng.S.Lt. 30.07.1941 T/El.Lt. 26.07.1942	08.11.1941 - (12.)1942 HMIS Barq (mobile deperming unit) 01.12.1942 - (10.1945) HMIS Barq (mobile deperming unit) (04.1946)     HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Bartley, John James Chatterton "Jack" Married Renira Cherry, from Karachi; two sons, one daughter.	28.12.1917 Maymio, Burma - (09?).1965 Lambeth district, Greater London	Prob. T/S.Lt. 07.08.1940 T/S.Lt. 1941/42?, seniority 07.08.1940 T/Lt. 28.12.1942 Bur St - -	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 01.12.1942 - (06.)1944 HMIS Monze (RIN base, Karachi) 14.07.1944 - 06.1945 HMIS Jumna (sloop) 09.06.1945 - (04.1946) HMIS Himalaya (gunnery school, Karachi)
Bengtsson, Carl Gustav Son (with two brothers) of Bror Adolf Fritiof Bengtsson (1881-1964), and Annie Wright (1878-1952). Married (01.02.1935, Binbrook; divorced c. 1945) Geraldine Gladys Mary Morgan Smith (10.01.1912 - 09.09.1992).	31.05.1909 Kingston upon Hull, Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire - (09?).1979 Weymouth, Dorset	T/Lt. (prob) 04.06.1942	01.12.1942 - (10.)1944 HMIS Hamla (HQ Landing Craft Wing, Versova) 08.10.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Orissa (Bangor class minesweeper)
Bentley, Alan Roger Youngest of seven children of ... Bentley, and ... Stafford. Married ((06?).1939, St Marylebone district, London) Karin E. Ekstrand; one son, two daughters.	06.05.1913 Leicester district, Leicestershire - 04.09.1994 Yeovil, Somerset	T/S.Lt. 30.03.1941 T/Lt. ? T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 MID 25.05.1943 actions with light forces against the Japanese in Burmese waters * * The Leicester Mercury dated Thursday April 22nd 1943 says: "He was badly burned when in one of our latest corvettes which caught fire at a home base, and he has now been wounded in action with the Japanese when his ship rammed and sank their vessel."	already in the navy before the war 07.03.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant [= Executive Officer], HMIS Cheetah (RIN coastal forces base, Bombay) 10.09.1945 - (04.1946) HMIS Akbar (RIN training establishment, Bombay) For some years after leaving the RINVR he worked for Heinz, often travelling around Europe and then he went into the hotel trade.
Bergin, Ronald Guy Son of E.C. Bergin, and ... Murray, of Madras, India.	(06?).1924 Elham district, Kent - 17.09.1943 [age 19] [Kirkee War Cemetery, 7.D.11]	T/Midsh. (prob) 15.04.1943	? - 17.09.1943 HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay) (killed in a training accident)
Berrill, Richard Bernard Gordon Son of Arthur William Gotch Berrill (1888-1939), and Margaret Paddison (1893-1959). Married ((06?).1946, Tonbridge district, Kent) Doreen Allenby (13.10.1920 - 11.09.1990); ... children (one son?).	20.12.1919 Croydon district, London - 02.05.1979 Lessingham, North Walsham district, Norfolk	T/S.Lt. 10.05.1943 T/Lt. 10.05.1944 (reld > 10.1946)	(10.1943) - (04.1944) HMIS Hamla (HQ Landing Craft Wing, Versova) * 10.05.1944 - (10.1945) HMIS Hamla (HQ Landing Craft Wing, Versova) (04.1946)     HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt) * (10.1946)     HMIS Feroze (RIN officers' demobilisation centre, Bombay) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Best, Arthur Ernest Greenwood Son of Sydney Ernest Best. Married Cynthia Lucius Nichols (23.04.1912 - 22.07.2002); one son.	18.04.1906 Lewisham district, London - 06.06.1998 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	T/Paym.Lt. 11.06.1940 T/Lt. ?, seniority 11.06.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	(12.1941) - (08.1942) no appointment listed (10.1942) - (12.1942) HMIS Kalavati (auxiliary minesweeper) * 01.12.1942 - (06.)1944 HMIS Kalavati (auxiliary minesweeper) 30.09.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Venduruthi (RIN base, Cochin) 01.1946? - 03.1946? Commanding Officer, HMIS Jumna ? * indexed, but not listed as such
Beytagh, Dennis Arthur Leo ffrench Son of Leo Michael ffrench Beytagh, and Lily Florence Goodfellow. Married ((03?).1948, Hendon district, Middlesex) Brenda M. Merrick.	1924 Shanghai, China - New Zealand	T/A/S.Lt. 1943/44? T/S.Lt. 17.08.1944	(10.1944)     no appointment listed 24.11.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Shillong (trawler) Poster artist, China, UK & from 1955 New Zealand.
Brierley, Christopher Eustace Desmond Son of Eustace Carhill Brierley (1872-1964).	05.10.1903 - 09.1984 Newton Abbot district, Devon	Prob. T/Lt. 18.09.1939 T/Lt. ?, seniority 18.09.1939 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Dartmouth College (?) WW II on vessel examination duties on the Quoin at the entrance of the Persian Gulf: 18.09.1939 - (02.)1941 HMIS Hiravati 05.03.1941 - 09.1941 HMIS Dalhousie (additional) * 27.09.1941 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMIS Barq 01.12.1942 - (06.1944) HMIS Sonavati ** (04.1946) HMIS Feroze *** * in the index of 12.1941 under HMIS Cornwallis ** in 07.1945 still indexed as such, but no longer listed *** indexed, but not listed as such Gained his second Mates certificate at age 52. Went on to gain his Masters certificate and gained his command with London and Overseas Freighters Ltd. Master of the London Majesty in 1962. Retired to the Paignton area.
Brossard, Philippe Andrew Francis Son of ... Brossard, and ... Duborgel. Married 1st ((03?).1946, St Marylebone district, London) Sylvia J.H. Wilkinson. Married 2nd ((12?).1963, Paddington district, London) Matilde Redondo Tellez.	15.02.1918 St Marylebone district, London - 11.2005 Reading district, Berkshire	Indian Army:   Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 17.08.1941 (reld 1942?) RINVR:   Prob. T/S.Lt. (E) 26.04.1943 T/Lt. (E) 26.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	17.08.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 29.07.1943 - (10.1944) HMIS Hamla (HQ Landing Craft Wing, Versova) (01.1945) - (04.1946) HMIS Hamla (HQ Landing Craft Wing, Versova) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, Alexander Morgan	see:	Army Officers' section
Brown, Alfred Maurice Granger Son of Hugh Charles Grainger Brown (1892-1982), and Matilda Victoria Mann (1892-1988). Brother of Lt. Hugh Charles Granger Brown, BRNVR. Married 1st (divorced 1988) Gertrude Joanna Cesky (1928-1994); two daughters, one son. Married 2nd (11.1988, Scunthorpe and Barton-upon-Humber district, Lincolnshire) Joan Georgina Mary Shaw (14.06.1937 - 02.1997). Also known as: Granger-Brown, Alfred Maurice.	11.12.1924 Burma - 21.02.1999 North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire [Chilterns Crematorium, Amersham, Chiltern district, Buckinghamshire]	Prob. T/Midsh. 15.04.1942 T/A/S.Lt. 11.06.1944 MID 19.06.1945 for courage, endurance and skill in towing a water-logged vessel into safe harbour through heavy seas	01.12.1942 - (05.)1943 HMIS Pansy 20.05.1943 - (10.)1943 HMIS Sandoway (12.1943) - (01.1945) no appointment listed (04.1945) - (07.1945) HMIS Bihar * (despatches) * indexed, but not listed as such [in Navy Lists from Jan 1945 up to Jul 1945 shown under HMIS Agra]
Brown, Ian Peter	24.02.1926 - 06.2003 Southampton district, Hampshire	Prob. T/Midsh. 03.04.1943 T/A/S.Lt. > 01.1945, < 07.1945, seniority 03.04.1943	(10.1944) - (04.1946) HMIS Circars (RIN local naval defense & Coastal Forces base, Vizagapatam) * HMI ML 844 (motor launch) * indexed, but not listed as such
Bruce, Reginald Clement	? -	T/El.Lt. 06.08.1943	(1943?)     HMIS Circars (RIN local naval defense & Coastal Forces base, Vizagapatam) ? (10.1944) - (04.1946) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Bullock, James	01.06.1904 Hartlepool, Co. Durham - (09?).1980 Dartford district, Kent	T/Lt. (E) 29.04.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) RINR 30.09.1944 (reld > 04.1946) MBE 13.06.1964 HM's birthday 64: as Superintendent, Ijora Power Station, Federal Ministry of Mines and Power, Nigeria 39|45 St 04.10.1951 - Bur St 04.10.1951 - WM 39|45 04.10.1951 - Ind SM 04.10.1951 -	16.06.1941 - (12.)1942 HMIS Dalhousie (RIN base, Bombay) (for Mechanical Training Establishment) 01.12.1942 - (08.)1943 HMIS Investigator (surveying ship) 23.09.1943 - (06.)1944 HMIS Bihar (Bangor class minesweeper) 1944     HMIS Jumna and HMIS Baluchistan (temporarily) 09.1944?     transferred from RINVR to RINR 02.09.1944 - 01.01.1945 HMIS Bihar (Bangor class minesweeper) 02.01.1945 - (04.1946) HMIS Investigator (surveying ship)
Burke, Clifford Leonard Lindsay Son of Henry Fitzgerald Burke and Fanny Burke, of Portchester, Hampshire. Husband of Mary Burke.	18.11.1909? - 14.04.1944 (MPK) [age 33] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 100]	T/Lt. (E) 09.09.1941	AMIE (1934). (04.1942) - (08.1943) no appointment listed (10.1943) - (12.1943) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay) * (02.1944) - 14.04.1944 HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay) * indexed, but not listed as such
Burman, Inder Jeed * * Should read: Inder Jeet (according to grandcihld)	? - ?	Prob. T/S.Lt. 24.08.1939 T/Lt. 13.09.1941	09.09.1939 - (12.)1941 HMIS Prabhavati (auxiliary patrol vessel) 22.12.1941 - (12.)1942 HMIS Ratnagiri (auxiliary patrol vessel) 01.12.1942 - (10.)1944 HMIS Dalhousie (RIN base, Bombay) (for anti-submarine school) 21.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMIS Jumna (Black Swan class sloop) 27.08.1945 - (04.1946) HMIS Machlimar (RIN torpedo & anti-submarine school, Venduruthi)
Butters, Neilson Jarvis Married ((09?).1947, Westminster district, London) Elizabeth J.D. McCann (1921? - (06?).1960), who was earlier (1941) married to James G.P. Spicer; one son, two daughters (one of which died in infancy).	08.12.1910 - 05.1986 Shepway district, Kent	T/Lt. 15.07.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	(04.1942) - (10.1942) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN base, Bombay) * 01.12.1942 - (10.1943) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN base, Bombay) (for gunnery school) (12.1943) - (04.1946) HMIS Monze (RIN base, Karachi) * 1940s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Carson, John Joseph St Lawrence Son (with three sisters and one brother) of Thomas Ellis Carson (1870-1926), and Rhoda Hignett (1875-1909). Married (18.10.1938, West Byfleet, Surrey North Western district) Brenda Gertruda Buckler (27.03.1915 - 01.1993); two daughters, two sons.	12.03.1906 Toxeth Park district, Lancashire - 01.01.1977 Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge district, Kent	Army:   Lt. 02.04.1930, seniority 01.12.1928 (reld 24.09.1931; on joining the A.F.I.) 09.07.1932, seniority 01.12.1928 (reld 09.08.1933; on joining the A.F.I.) 06.05.1939, seniority 23.08.1933 (reld 19.06.1939; on joining the RINVR) RINVR:   Paym.Lt. 20.06.1939 A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. > 08.1942, < 10.1942 A/Cdr. (S) > 01.1945, < 04.1945	02.04.1930 - 24.09.1931 Lieutenant, Army in India Reserve of Officers 09.07.1932 - 09.08.1933 Lieutenant, Army in India Reserve of Officers 06.05.1939 - 19.06.1939 Lieutenant, Army in India Reserve of Officers (03.1940) - (04.1940) no appointment listed 12.05.1940 - 01.1941 HMIS Investigator (surveying ship) 26.01.1941 - 03.1942 HMIS Sutlej (sloop) 04.03.1942 - 12.1942 Accountant Instructional Officer, HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay) 01.12.1942 - 09.1944 Royal Indian Navy Office, Bombay [HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay)] 01.09.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Hamla (RIN training establishment, Bombay & Headquarters, Landing Craft Wing, Versova)
Carston, William Albert Son of Lt. A.C. Carston, RNR.	c. 1926 ? -	Prob. T/Midsh. 28.01.1943 T/A/S.Lt. 1946?, seniority 25.08.1941 MID 01.08.1944 for courage, enterprise and leadership in Light Coastal Forces of the Royal Indian Navy in hazardous operations Arakan 11.43-03.44	(11.1943?) - (03.1944?) HMI ML 476 (motor launch) (10.1944) HMIS Mahseer * (07.1945) HMIS Mahseer * / ** (04.1946) HMI ML 421 (motor launch) * * indexed, but not listed as such ** ship no longer listed
Casey, Alfred Edwin	14.10.1912 Croydon district, Surrey - 02.1993 York district, Yorkshire	Prob. T/Paym.S.Lt. 07.09.1939 T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 07.09.1940 (reld > 04.1946)	(03.1940) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 04.07.1943 - (06.)1944 HMIS Cheetah (RIN Coastal Forces base, Bombay) 14.07.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay)
Chandler, Charles Philip Married ...; ... children (one son?).	21.04.1918 - 01.09.2013 Bristol	T/S.Lt. RNVR 26.06.1941 T/S.Lt. 1942, seniority 26.06.1941 T/Lt. 21.04.1943	1939     enlisted, RNVR (08.1941)     no appointment listed 25.08.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) (06.1942) - (03.1943) no appointment listed 30.03.1943 - (04.)1944 HMIS Oudh (Bangor class minesweeper) 10.04.1944 - 09.04.1945 HMIS Machlimar (anti-submarine school, Versova, nr Bombay) 10.04.1945 - (04.1946) HMIS Narbada (sloop)
Chill, Leslie Richard Churchill Married (London) ... Monsos.	? -	T/Midsh. 27.07.1944 T/A/S.Lt. 28.05.1945	(07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMIS Venduruthi (naval base, Cochin) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Christie, Arnold Oscar "Chippy"	1924 ? - (03?).1968 Hackney district, London	T/S.Lt. 10.03.1944	(10.1944) - (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMIS Feroze (RIN officers' demobilisation centre, Bombay) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Cobban, John Ross Son of William James Cobban (1891-1955), and Ellen Brown Shearer (1891-1922). Married (1945?, Bombay, India) Sister Marjorie Olive Morant, QAIMNSR (1919-1989); one daughter, one son.	25.08.1921 West Derby district, Lancashire - 01.01.1980 Barnet, Middlesex	T/S.Lt. 12.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(07.1945) - (04.1946) HM HDML 1286 (harbour defence motor launch) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Cooke, Arthur Lionel Kitchner Married (10.12.1942, Christ Church Byculla) Edith Nash.	15.10.1917 India - 03.06.2001 Gold Coast, Qeensland, Australia	T/A/Lt. 10.08.1943	HMIS Cornwallis (sloop) 11.03.1943 - (04.1946) HMIS Yingchow (training ship) * Emigrated to Australia, 1947. * (07.1945) indexed as HMIS Madura & (04.1946) as HMIS Dalhousie, but both times listed under HMIS Yingchow
Crosby, James Claremont	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. (E) 12.07.1943, seniority 05.02.1943 T/Lt. (E) 05.06.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	16.07.1943 - (06.)1944 HMIS Hamla (RIN training establishment, Bombay & Headquarters, Landing Craft Wing, Versova) 21.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMIS Jumna (sloop) (04.1946)     HMIS Jumna (sloop) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Crowhurst, Charles Robert [Vivian] Son of Charles Henry Crowhurst, and Alice Love. Married ...; one son.	25.08.1923 India - 01.09.1999 Australia	Prob. T/Midsh. 29.03.1943 Prob. T/S.Lt. 15.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(10.1943)     HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay) * (12.1943)     no appointment listed 01.01.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Braganza III (landing craft signal and navigation training establishment, Bombay, India) (attached for Combined Operations signal duties) (04.1946)     HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt) * * indexed, but not listed as such

    
 

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Davenport-Handley, John Michael Married Elaine Cecilia Trillia (1923 - 1965); five children.	24.02.1916 -	T/S.Lt. 04.06.1942 T/Lt. 04.06.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	01.12.1942 - (02.)1943 HMIS Lawrence (sloop) 03.02.1943 - (02.)1944 HMIS Travancore (minesweeping trawler) (04.1944)     no appointment listed (06.1944)     HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay) * 27.07.1944 - (04.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMIS Calcutta (minesweeping trawler) 04.05.1945 - (04.1946) HMIS Adyar (RIN local naval defence & coastal forces base, Madras) * indexed, but not listed as such
Davies, Neermol Hughes Son of Enoch Davies (1876-1923), and Janet Hughes.	(06?).1918 Ffestiniog district, Caernarvonshire / Merionethshire, Wales - 13.03.1961 Vernon, British Columbia, Canada	T/S.Lt. RNVR 04.09.1941 T/S.Lt. 1943?, seniority 04.09.1941 T/Lt. 08.04.1943	(10.1941)     no appointment listed 20.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (for motor launches) 02.04.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS King George V (battleship) (08.1943)     no appointment listed (10.1943)     HMIS Carnatic * (12.1943)     HMIS Cheetah * 15.11.1943 - (04.1946) HMI HDML 1117 (harbour defence motor launch) (121st HDML Flotilla) [initially Commanding Officer, from 04.08.1945 First Lieutenant] Emigrated to Canada, 1947. * indexed, but not listed as such
Donaldson, Allan Anderson	? -	T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 29.10.1941	stationed at Bombay for most of the war: (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Dunbar, Denis Fitzsimmons Son of Robert Ellesmere Dunbar (1876-), and Lena Helen Maybel Robertson. Married 2nd (27.10.1928, South Australia; divorced 12.04.1932) Eva ... Married 3rd (1934, Perth, Western Australia) Nancy Slingsby Davies; ... children (one daughter?). Married 4th ...	15.05.1903 Calcutta, India - 1966	Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.02.1945	Education: boarding school, Cambridge, UK (c. 1911-1920). Teacher & journalist/writer. Owner-editor of a Perth publication "W.A. Amateur Sports". Resided in Australia, 1928-1944. Enlisted service in Australian Army, 06.09.1940-07.09.1944. (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed (most probably served in the Bombay Docks) Published: Hockey (1940); Hockey for everyone (1952).
Dunn, Patrick [Bernard] Fielder [St Clare] "Paddy" Son (with five brothers and three sisters) of Ch.Eng. Edward St. Clare Dunn (1886-1961), and Nellie Gertrude Fielder (1892-1973). Married (South Africa) Clare ... (?-2011); one daughter, one son.	01.11.1920 Calcutta, India - 17.04.1977 Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	T/S.Lt. (prob) 08.07.1942 T/Lt. 08.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	12.05.1943 - (10.)1943 HMIS Dipavati (auxiliary patrol vessel) 17.11.1943 - (10.)1944 HMIS Punjab (Bathurst class minesweeper) 30.11.1944 - 03.1945 HMIS Hiravati (auxiliary patrol vessel) 26.03.1945 - (04.1946) HMIS Himalaya (gunnery school, Karachi) His daughter writes: "My father fought in The Battle of the Atlantic and for a time was an officer in the Mercantile Marine and in the service of the Norwegian Government. For the initiative he displayed when his ship was torpedoed he was awarded "The Grand Order of St. Olaf" which is the highest Norwegian decoration. I have a news press clipping from a London newspaper from that time and some photos of him on board British destroyers (corvettes?). He was torpedoed twice mid Atlantic in mid-winter and was the only survivor on both occasions having allegedly floated alone in a life raft for 14 days before being picked up by a Norwegian freighter off the coast of Greenland. Research has shown that my dad was a survivor of the SS Brask (Norwegian). His passport of the time is stamped with the date he signed on at Milford Haven on 11/10/1940 and then his return to Londonderry on 20 Jan 1941 with a note in his passport detailing that he was a survivor of the Brask."

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Edwards, Richard Henry Son of Leslie William Edwards, and Matilda Rodhouse. Married ... ; ... children (one daughter?).	27.10.1923 Wellingborough district, Northamptonshire - 07.07.2013 Kettering, Northamptonshire	T/S.Lt. 14.04.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Wellingborough Grammar School (1930-1932). (12.1942)     Officer Cadet, No. 1 Company, Officer Training School, Bangalore (India) 14.04.1943     transferred, RINVR (01.1944) - (07.1945) HMI ML 441 (motor launch) (55th ML Flotilla) * (04.1946)     HMIS Feroze (RIN demobilisation centre, Bombay) ** * According to letters written by him in Oct 1944 & Apr 1945 by then in command of HMI HDML 1113 (harbour defence motor launch). ** indexed, but not listed as such
Elliott, Edward Victor Son of Victor Elliott, and Florence M. Oldham. Married; ... children (one son?).	16.12.1920 Jacksdale, Basford district, Nottinghamshire - 01.09.2003 Stafford Hospital, Staffordshire (heart attack)	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 17.09.1944 T/S.Lt. (E) 17.03.1945 T/Lt. (E) 1946?	11.1942 torpedoed on the SS City of Cairo off St Helena, returning home 5 months later, en route from India to UK (07.1945)     no appointment listed 18.06.1945 - (04.1947) HMIS Investigator (surveying ship) (surveying the Baluchi coast and the Shatt al Arab area) 1947? - 1948? instructor, Indian Navy
Elliott, Neville John Son (with one sister and two brothers) of Henry George Elliott (1879-1939), and Edith Maria Barber (1881-1927). Married 1st (08.06.1935, St Michael's & All Angels, Bishopston, Bristol) Dorothy Ellen Turner (12.07.1908 - 04.06.1975), daughter (with one brother) of William Chivers Turner (1868-), and Edith Elizabeth Newman (1891-); one child. Married 2nd (02.08.1944, Bombay, India) Eva Fraser (26.07.1920 - 26.08.1996), daughter (with one sister and one brother) of Donald Fraser (1889-1960), and Susannah (Eva) Sutton (1890-1983); seven children.	04.08.1910 Fulham, London SW - 29.08.1978 Dargaville, Kaipara, Northland, New Zealand	T/S.Lt. 04.09.1942	(09.1942)     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (10.1943)     HMS Assegai (training establishment, nr Durban, South Africa) 26.12.1943 - (09.)1944 HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay) 09.09.1944 - (10.1945) HMIS Hooghly (RIN base, Calcutta) (04.1946)     HMIS Feroze (RIN demobilisation centre, Bombay) * Sheep farmer & public servant. * indexed, but not listed as such
Elshaw, John Gerald Son of J.A. Elshaw, and ... Shaw. Married Nancy E. Elshaw of Elton, Derbyshire.	(09?).1915 Ecclesall Bierlow district, Derbyshire / Yorkshire - West Riding - 02.03.1946 [age 31] [Kirkee War Cemetery near Bombay, India, 6.E.1]	T/Lt. (E) 09.05.1944	(07.1945) HMIS Hamla (HQ Landing Craft Wing, Versova) * ? - 02.03.1946 HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay) ** * indexed, but not listed as such ** (04.1946) indexed as HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt), but not listed as such
Evatt, Ainsley John Walters Son (with one sister) of Drummond Evatt (1893?-1979), and Elizabeth Walters (1895?-1963). Married ((03?).1951, Kensington district, London; divorced 1963) Loretta Lucia Gianotti (formerly Isaacs) (10.12.1928 - ); one daughter. Loretta Evatt remarried Max Spittle.	15.03.1921 Howarh, Calcutta - Melbourne, Australia	Prob. T/S.Lt. 04.05.1945 T/S.Lt. 1946?, seniority 04.05.1945	26.08.1945 - (07.1946) HMIS Machlimar (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Venduruthi / Bombay)

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Farthing, Benjamin Clifford Married; at least one son.	16.09.1915 Ipswich district, Suffolk - (09?).1979 Ipswich district, Suffolk	T/A/Lt. 28.06.1944 T/Lt. 1945?, seniority 28.06.1944 T/2nd Lt. RM 1945? T/Lt. RM 29.12.1945 MID 10.07.1945 operations Arakan coast 11.44-03.45	(10.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay) * 1944 - 1945 "A" RN Beach Commando (Arakan) late 1945 transferred, Royal Marines (04.1946) both listed under RINVR (HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt) & RM (HCO (Lt.) [= Holding Company O.... (Light) ??]) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Floyd, George Eric	13.11.1926 - (06?).1983 Lambeth district, London	T/S.Lt. 09.03.1944	not in index of Navy List of 07.1945 or earlier editions, but showing in the seniority list (04.1946)     HMIS Feroze (RIN officers' demobilisation centre, Bombay) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Foster, Jortin Guy Married Jean Conacher Armstrong; two daughters.	26.03.1910 Opotiki, New Zealand - 23.03.2000 Whakatane, New Zealand	T/Lt. 17.03.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 07.1945	01.12.1942 - (10.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMIS Investigator (survey vessel) 01.12.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMIS Monze (naval base, Karachi)
Freemantle, Neville Desmond Son (with three brothers and three sisters) of Percival William Freemantle, and Dorinda Hope Court. Married Ailsa May Bernadette Milton (1925-); three sons.	31.05.1924 Secunderabad, India - 08.04.2014	T/Midsh. 10.05.1943 T/A/S.Lt. 31.05.1944 T/S.Lt. 1945?, seniority 31.05.1944 T/A/Lt. 1946/47?	training, HMIS Lal (patrol craft) (10.1943) - (12.1943) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * 18.12.1943 - (04.)1944 HMIS Cheetah (RIN Coastal Forces base, Bombay) (06.)1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HMI HDML 1117 (harbour defence motor launch) (HDMLs 121st Flotilla) (04.1946)     HMI HDML 1268 (harbour defence motor launch) * * indexed, but not listed as such

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Garriock, Ronald John	? - 1960s ? Adeldaide, Australia ?	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.03.1943 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.03.1944	13.09.1943 - (10.1944) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) (for depot) (07.1945) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * (04.1946) HMIS Feroze (RIN officers' demobilisation centre, Bombay) * Accountant in government service. * indexed, but not listed as such
Gaspar, Cecil James Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	1908 Calcutta, India - 30.11.1987 Isle of Skye	T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 25.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	03.07.1943 - (02.)1944 HMIS Hooghly (RN base, Calcutta) 20.03.1944 - (07.1945) HMIS Hooghly (RN base, Calcutta) (04.1946)     HMS Llanstephan Castle (landing ship, infantry) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Gillespie, Leonard Roy Married ...; five daughters, two sons.	27.07.1914 - 19.06.1977 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	T/S.Lt. (E) 01.03.1943 T/Lt. (E) 01.03.1944 (reld > 07.1946)	(08.1943) - (04.1944) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * (06.1944) - (10.1944) HMIS Patunga (RIN local naval defence & coastal forces base, Chittagong) * (01.1945) - (04.)1945 Assistant Flotilla Engineer Officer, 55th Motor Launch Flotilla 24.04.1945 - (07.1946) HMIS Adyar (RIN local naval defence & coastal forces base, Madras) * indexed, but not listed as such His daughter provided the following details: "Appointment letter from Governor General of India dated 19 July 1943 - appointing L R Gillespie as Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E) in the Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve. Took up appointment on 24 January 1944 on the Arakan Coast (Burma) up to 31 March 1944. Returned to Bombay on leave. Arrived Vizagapatam 27 May 1944 to rejoin 55th Flotilla & proceeded to Madras, remaining there until end September 1944. Returned to Vizagapatam en route to Arakan Coast in mid October 1944. Active Service period October 1944 to April 1945 in Kyouk (or Kyauk) Pyu and Ramree Island, Arakan Coast (off Burma). Attached to the 55th Flotilla. Served as Assistant Flotilla Engineer and Advance Base Engineer Officer. May 1945 returned to Madras as Base Engineer Officer until mid-July 1945. Rejoined 55th Flotilla mid-July 1945 as Flotilla Engineer Officer & proceeded to Trincomalee till end of hostilities. Returned to Bombay end October 1945 with Flotilla for decommissioning at Trombay."
Goldie, Frank Wood	1905 ? - 1974	Prob. T/Lt. 30.08.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) ?, seniority 30.08.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) > 01.1945, < 07.1945	(04.1942) - (08.1943) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * (12.1943) - (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946)     [HMIS?] India * * indexed, but not listed as such
Gough, Frederick Arthur "John" Married Gladys Irene "Mollie" Bloxham; one son, one daughter.	20.10.1907 Hanwell, Brentford - 24.01.2004 Melbourne, Australia [age 96]	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 05.08.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	24.11.1941 - 01.12.1942 Physical and Recreational Training Officer, HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) 01.12.1942 - (12.1943) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) (for depot) 21.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMIS Circars (RIN base, Vizagapatam) Worked as Industrial Chemist in Bombay until 1955, after which he emigrated to Australia. Developement Manager for perfume and food flavouring company. Keen sailor, designed, built and sailed ocean racers. His son writes: "During one of his last talks he mentioned his involvment in secret communications out posts down the Burma coastline with an Intelligence unit. He said they were similar size to MTB's [but Indian built]."
Gourgey, Percy Sassoon Twin son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Shaul Sassoon Gourgey (1880-1949), and Hannah [Saul] Nissim (1888-1965), of Bombay, India. Brother of El.Lt. Reginald Elias Gourgey, RNVR (later Lt.Cdr. (L) RN). Engaged (1956) Brenda "Barucha" Abulafia, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Albert Abulafia, of London NW2; one adopted son.	02.06.1923 Mesina Hospital, Bombay, India - 19.09.2008 [Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, London]	T/Paym.S.Lt. 06.12.1943 MBE 12.06.1965 HM's birthday 65: for political and public services	06.12.1943 - 05.1945 HMIS Adyar (RIN local naval defence & Coastal Forces base, Madras, India) 24.05.1945 - (07.1946) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay)
Grove, Charles Osborne	? - 10.2011 Eccles, Manchester	T/Midsh. 23.11.1942 T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 15.03.1944	11.10.1943 - (04.1946) HMIS Irrawadi (auxiliary patrol vessel)
Gulston, Ralph Alan [Stepney-] Son of Horatio Stepney Gulston (1886-1932), and Evelyn Stone (1888?-1967). Married (31.07.1967, Totnes district, Devon) Gertrude Joy Habgood, daughter of Henry George Habgood (1889-), and Gwendoline V.D.R. Hill; no children. Of Derwydd Mansion, Derwydd, Llandebie, Carmarthenshire.	10.03.1919 St Marylebone district, London - 03.1998 Derwydd, Carmarthen district, Carmarthenshire	T/A/Lt. 10.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Kelly College, Tavistock; Birmingham University. 15.01.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Carnatic (Bangor class minesweeper)

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Hadlow, Brian David Son of Sydney George Hadlow (1873-1940), and Beatrice Amelia Goodchild (1876-1957). Married (17.05.1940, Bombay, India) Greta Millicent Russell Goadby (06.11.1912 - 31.08.2010); one daughter, one son.	23.06.1911 Brentwood, West Ham district, Essex - 22.02.1981	Prob. T/Paym.S.Lt. 24.11.1939 T/Paym.Lt. 24.11.1940 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) > 01.1945, < 04.1945, seniority 24.11.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) > 01.1945, < 04.1945	Worked in Calcutta for the shipping firm Turner Morrison and Company 1933-39, service with Calcutta Light Horse. (04.1940) - (08.1941) no appointment listed 22.08.1941 - (04.)1943 Secretary to Naval Officer-in-Charge & Fortress Commander, Vizagatapam [HMIS Circars] 08.04.1943 - (02.)1944 HMIS Bahadur (boys' training establishment, Monara, Karachi) (04.1944) - (07.1945) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * (10.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Hamilton, David Drummond Son (with four siblings) of Keith Charles Drummond Hamilton (1896-1961), and Emily Sylvia Slowik Hamilton Borne (1902-1967). Married (16.11.1944, St Thomas's Church, Calcutta, India) Una Holme (1925 - 09.03.2016); one daughter, one son.	18.04.1922 Kolkata, West Bengal, India - 02.03.2015 Ashfield, NSW, Australia	T/S.Lt. 18.04.1943 (reld > 10.1946) 39|45 St - - ? ? St - & clasp WM 39|45 - - Ind SM - -	27.07.1943 - (10.1945) HMIS Hooghly (RIN base, Calcutta) (04.1946) - (10.1946) HMIS Deccan (Bangor class minesweeper) * * indexed, but not listed as such Daughter-in-law writes: "Service: HMIS Hooghly 18/4/43 to 25/5/45 Assistant Maintenance Officer. HMIS Deccan 26/5/45 to 10/46."
Hamnett, John Lahaye Son of Herbert Hamnett (1887-1934), and Ely Kempster Lahaye (1893-1958). Married Birthe Wendleboe Christiansen; one son, three daughters.	1918 - 07.12.2008 St Richard's Hospital, Chichester	Army:   Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 22.02.1941 [174197] WS/Lt. 22.08.1942 (reld 1943) RINVR:   T/S.Lt. 20.05.1943 T/Lt. 20.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	? - 22.02.1941 either 162nd, 167th, or 168th Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst 22.02.1941     commissioned, The Lincolnshire Regiment [emergency commission] 20.05.1943     transferred, RINVR 07.09.1943     qualified at HMIS Hamla (RIN training establishment, Marve, Bombay) in Seamanship, etc. 14.03.1944 - 04.09.1944 HMIS Hamla (RIN training establishment, Marve, Bombay) (as Boat Officer, 6th LCA Flotilla) (10.1944) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Hare, Adam	26.11.1915 Edinburgh, Scotland -	T/S.Lt. (E) 27.04.1941 T/Lt. (E) 27.04.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) 04.05.1945?	19.01.1942 - (02.)1943 HMIS Investigator (surveying ship) 19.03.1943 - 05.1945 HMIS Lawrence (sloop) 04.05.1945 - (04.1946) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay)
Harper, Stanley George Anthony	? -	T/S.Lt. RNVR 20.10.1939 T/Lt. RNVR 20.10.1940 (removed from list on transfer to RINVR 16.03.1942) T/Lt. 1945?, seniority 20.10.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 04.1945	(12.1939) - (02.1940) no appointment listed (03.1940)     HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) * (04.1940)     HMS Paragon (minesweeper base, Hartlepool) * 15.05.1940 - (08.)1940 HMS Paragon (minesweeper base, Hartlepool) 01.08.1940 - (02.)1942 HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) (for miscellaneous duties) (04.1942) - (01.1945) NOT SHOWN ON ACTIVE LIST (04.1945) - (04.1946) HMIS Adyar (RIN local naval defence & Coastal Forces base, Madras, India) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Heap, Edward Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Herman Edward Heap (1890-1947), and Kathleen Willey (1889-1959).	06.05.1923 Wharfedale, West Yorkshire - 31.12.2003 Whitby, North Yorkshire	T/Midsh. 08.02.1942 T/S.Lt. 06.05.1943	22.07.1943 - (10.1944) HMI MTB 281 (motor torpedo boat) [HMIS Cheetah (RIN Coastal Forces base, Bombay)] (01.1945) - (04.1946) HMI MTB 304 (motor torpedo boat) [HMIS Cheetah (RIN Coastal Forces base, Bombay)] According to https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/RIN-A16.html serving at HMI ML 440 (motor launch) at some point.
Heather, St John Hewitt Son of ... Heather, and ... Brooks. Married 1st ((09?).1934, New Forest district, Hampshire) Charlotte U.M. Kirk. Married 2nd ((09?).1952, Westminster district, London) Phyllis M. Austin.	20.04.1912 Alresford district, Hampshire - 02.1988 Littlehampton, Worthing district, West Sussex	Prob. T/S.Lt. RNVR 08.12.1939 T/S.Lt. RNVR 06.1940, seniority 08.12.1939 T/Lt. RNVR 08.12.1940 T/Lt. 1942?, seniority 08.12.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 1942? DSC 25.05.1943 actions in Japanese & Burmese waters [investiture 15.02.44] 39|45 St - - Afr St - - Atl St - - Bur St - - Pac St - - WM 39|45 - - Apparently mentioned in despatches thrice, but not gazetted. Awarded surrendered sword of Japanese Naval Commander-in-Chief Malaya, Singapore & Sumatra, by Mountbatten 'for extaordnary services to the Command (Force H and Build up Group) as Controller of the Fleet'	Education: Graham Sea Training School, Scarborough. Served his full cadetship at see with Elder Dempster Line, then entered large yachts in command. 1939 - 1940 Navigating Officer, then First Lieutenant in destroyers: 12.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Watchman (destroyer) (10.1940)     HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) * 1940 - 1940 Specal Service to construct and commisison the Coastal Force Base at Hamble, Southampton [HMS Tormentor]; completed & working in 11 weeks; commendation by Commander-in-Chief for execution of this work 08.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 1941? - 12.1941? appointed to commisison HM ML176 (motor launch) & served in command as Half Leader and later Leader in 9th ML Flotilla (12.1941)     no appointment listed 01.1942 - 10?.1943 recalled to England as a witness at inquiry into sinking of Ark Royal, then appointed Lieutenant Commander & sent to India for Coastal Force work in Indian-manned ships; on arrival, commissioned the 55th ML Flotilla & proceeded to Burma, where served as Senior Officer, Motor Launches & Gunboats during whole of First Arakan Campaign; force comprising 17 ships (DSC) 10?.1943 - 01.1944 removed to hospital for 3 months because of enemy action & returned to UK 23.05.1944 - (10.1944) Executive Officer, HMS Robin (RN Air Station, Grimsetter, Kirkwall, Orkneys) (01.1945)     HMS Robin (RN Air Station, Grimsetter, Kirkwall, Orkneys) * 15.05.1945 - (10.)1946 Commanding Officer, HM LSE 51 (landing ship, emergency repair) [sat in court which tried the Japanese Commander-in-Chief for atrocities] (01.1947)     HMS Duncansby Head (escort vessel maintenance ship, Chatham) (04.1947)     HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Herd, Kenneth Morrison Son (with three siblings) of Charles Grant Herd (1870-1944), and Victoria Evangeline Embleton (1874-1951). Married (Peshawar) Olivia Kathleen Burton (01.03.1918 - 08.06.2002), daughter of Walter Burton (1877-1919), and Winifred Lincoln (1888-1930); four sons, two daughters.	27.04.1914 Madhupur, India - 08.1998 Manchester district, Lancashire	T/Sg.Lt. 17.07.1943 T/Sg.Capt. 17.07.1944	Education: D.Sc. (Madras), MRCS, LRCP (London) 1949. 14.12.1936     commissioned, Assistant Surgeon (British Cadre), 4th Class, Indian Medical Department (01.1939)     British Military Hospital, Rawalpindi (10.1939)     British Military Hospital, Baragali (07.1940)     NDH, Chogla Gali (01.1941) - (07.1942) Royal Indian Navy 03.04.1943     commissioned, Sub-Conductor, Indian Medical Service Corps (SMS)       served in the Coral Sea with a fleet of corvettes 10.12.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) [during the 1946 mutiny administering medical attention with some Indian nurses to the mutineers]
Heyman, Leonard Vallancy . Son of Arthur Augustus Inglis Heyman, DSO, and Gertrude Shaw Wood. Married 1st (05.06.1935, Bombay, India) Muriel Otto (1913? -  06.1943); one son, one daughter. Married 2nd ((03?).1945, Westminster district, London) Barbara Anna Symonds (18.02.1906 - 30.06.1980).	19.10.1909 Rhodesia - 18.04.1972 Gosport district, Hampshire [Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, L.4.10]	Prob. S.Lt. 22.06.1939 Lt. 01.09.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. 22.08.1944	25.12.1939 - (04.)1941 HMIS Padmavati (auxiliary patrol vessel) 04.05.1941 - (04.)1942 HMIS Hindustan (Folkestone class sloop) (06.1942) - (12.1942) HMIS Hindustan (Folkestone class sloop) * 01.12.1942 - (01.)1944 HMIS Hamla (RIN training establishment, Bombay & Headquarters, Landing Craft Wing, Versova, Bombay) 25.01.1944 - (06).1944 HMIS Khanjar (RIN establishment, Versova, Bombay) 22.08.1944 - (04.)1945 HMIS Hamlawar (Combined Operations training centre, Marvi) 15.05.1945 - (10.1946) HMIS Circars (RIN base, Vizagatapam) * indexed, but not listed as such
Higgs, Frederick George Dennis	see:	RNVR officers' section
Hill, Keith Roland	23.12.1925 Bath, Somerset - 02.12.2009 Crawley, West Sussex	T/Midsh. 03.05.1943 T/A/S.Lt. 23.06.1944 T/S.Lt. 1946? (reld 03.1947?) 39|45 St - - Afr St - - Bur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - Ind SM - -	(10.1943) - (04.1944) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * (06.)1944 - (04.)1946 First Lieutenant, HMI HDML 1110 (harbour defence motor launch) (120th HDML Flotilla) ** 18.06.1946 - (03?.)1947 Commanding Officer, HM ML 1261 (motor launch) (137th ML (HD) Flotilla) * indexed, but not listed as such ** Lt. D.J.E. Collins, The Royal Indian Navy, 1939-1945 (1964) shows an officers' list for Coastal Forces for the Burma operations [without exact dating, though] where he is shown under HMI HDML 1111 (122nd HDML Flotilla).
Hills, George Manwaring Son of Lt. (E) George Manwaring Hills, RAN (1882-1943), and Elizabeth Florence Hanley (1880?-1949). Married ((12?).1939, Hampstead, London) Lucy Joan Malleson ((12?).1912 - 16.12.1968), daughter of Herbert Cecil Malleson (1881-1935), dental surgeon, and Henrietta Frances Vandermin (1884-1957); ... children (one daughter?). Lucy Hills remarried (02.03.1946) Henry E. Brocksom.	21.10.1909 Gillingham, Medway district, Kent - 23.10.1945 (road accident) [age 36] [Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt, 5.F.11]	T/Lt. (prob) 16.04.1942	Education: Borden Grammar School. Commercial traveller. 22.01.1931 - 12.03.1931 enlisted service as a Gunner [61094] with 21st Field Brigade, Australian Military Forces (Militia) ? - ? ? * * not showing in the name indexes of the Navy List, but he does appear in the seniority lists
Hobbs, George William	? -	T/S.Lt. 08.09.1942 T/A/Lt. 08.03.1945	(07.1945) - (04.1946) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Holland, Donald Royal Son of ... Holland, and ... Royal.	24.02.1917 Edmonton district, Hertfordshire / Oxfordshire / Buckinghamshire / Middlesex - 08.1996 Southend on Sea district, Essex	T/A/S.Lt. 21.04.1944 T/S.Lt. 14.06.1944 T/Lt. 21.01.1945 T/Lt. RNVR 27.05.1946, seniortiy 21.01.1945 Lt. RN 21.02.1947, seniority 02.04.1945 (reld 31.03.1949; medically unfit)	(10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed 01.01.1945 - (04.1946) HMIS Carnatic (Bangor class minesweeper) 27.05.1946     transferred, RNVR 21.02.1947     transferred, RN [extended service commission] 25.01.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halfar, Malta)
Holroyde, Frank	27.03.1925 - 05.2016 still alive	Sea. ? [P/JX 639252] T/Midsh. 08.09.1944 T/A/S.Lt. 27.09.1944 T/S.Lt. 06.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (01.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed [probably served with landing craft in India] His daughter-in-law writes: "He served in HMIS Hamla in Bombay where he was Security Officer. He was there at the time of the mutiny."
Horabin, Ivan Samuel	? -	T/S.Lt. 31.07.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	15.04.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Talwar (RIN signal school, Bombay)
Howard, Alan John Married (30.05.1945, Sheerness, Sheppey district, Kent) Sheila Mary Emerton (02.09.1920 - 18.12.2009); one daughter, one son.	27.10.1911 - 27.04.1987 Beverley, Humberside	T/S.Lt. 07.06.1940 T/Lt. 14.09.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 31.03.1944	19.12.1940 - (02.)1943 HMIS Sutlej (sloop) 17.02.1943 - (10.1944) HMIS Hooghly (RIN base, Calcutta) (01.1945) - (10.1945) Senior Officer, 56th ML Flotilla [HMIS Hooghly (RIN base, Calcutta)] (04.1946)     no appointment listed

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Jenner, Peter Ernest Youngest child of Ernest Jenner, and Alice Jenner (née Johnson). Married; ... children (one daughter?).	26.06.1923 Lambeth district, South London - 03.04.1998 Bungay, Waveney district, Suffolk	T/S.Lt. 10.07.1944 (reld 1946)	1941 joined RNVR (1943?) - (1944?) HMS Berry (frigate) 26.11.1944 - (04.)1946 HMIS Madras (minesweeper)
Jerram, Maurice Havelock	? - 1998 New Zealand	T/S.Lt. 11.05.1942 T/A/Lt. 11.05.1943 T/Lt. 11.05.1945?, seniority 11.05.1943	01.02.1943 - (08.)1943 HMIS Monze (RIN base, Karachi) (10.1943) - (06.1944) HMIS Himalaya * 10.07.1944 - (07.)1945 HMIS Narbada (sloop) 25.10.1945 - (10.1946) HMIS Feroze (RIN officers' demobilisation centre, Bombay) * indexed, but not listed as such
Johnson, Maxwell Thurston "Max"	30.03.1918 - (09?).1978 Croydon district, London	T/S.Lt. 09.04.1944 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 09.04.1945 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) ? 1947 ?	(10.1944) - (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Johnson, Phillipe Frank	10.07.1919 - 10.1989 Weymouth district, Dorset	T/S.Lt. 17.04.1941 T/A/Lt. 03.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(08.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed (10.1942) - (08.1943) HMIS Dalhousie * (02.1944) - (01.1945) no appointment listed (07.1945)     HMIS Baroda * (04.1946)     HMIS Barracuda * * indexed, but not listed as such

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Kandiah, Eliathamby Eric Married ...; ... children (one son?).	1912 - 1996	Prob. T/Lt. 26.08.1944 T/Lt. 1946?, seniority 26.03.1944 NavGSM - & clasp Minesweeping 1945-1951	(04.1945) - (10.1946) no appointment listed
Keen, John Theodore Son of Theodore Keen (1890-1956), and Olive Richards (1888-1964). Married ((09?).1950, Watford district, Hertfordshire) Hillary Mary Buchan (15.09.1922 - 19.05.2005), daughter of Joseph Buchan (1890-1969), and Phyllida Muriel Bridgwater (1891-1989); two daughters, one son.	11.02.1922 Wargrave, Barnet district, Oxfordshire - 02.1996 Norwich district, Norfolk	T/S.Lt. 14.06.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(12.1943) - (04.1946) no appointment listed [served on landing craft in Burma]
Kells, Joseph Son of Lt.Col. Joseph Kells, DCM, Army in India Reserve of Officers (1885?-1966), and Dorothy ...	04.03.1911 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 04.2001 Birmingham district, West Midlands	T/S.Lt. 01.09.1940 T/A/Lt. < 12.1942 T/Lt. 1943?, seniority 01.09.1941 2nd Lt. IA 16.10.1945 [EC 16511] Hon. Capt. 01.01.1949 Lt. RARO 01.01.1949 [412765] (removed from the Army on conviction by the Civil Power 05.09.1951)	08.03.1941 - (02.)1943 Port Signal and Anti-Submarine Officer, Cochin [HMIS Venduruthi] 04.04.1943 - (10.1944) HMIS Circars (RIN base, Vizagatapam) (01.1945) - (07.1945) HMIS Circars (RIN base, Vizagatapam) * 16.10.1945     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] (c. 1946/47 Special List (ex-Indian Army)) 01.01.1949 - 05.09.1951 commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals - Regular Army Reserve of Officers * indexed, but not listed as such
Kerr, Stanley Welsh Illegitimate son of Mary Ann Kerr (1888-1946). Married 1st (05.07.1941, Bombay, India; divorced 1951) ... Married 2nd (11.09.1952, Sydney, NSW, Australia) Heather Maude Timberlake (14.08.1920 - 03.06.1990), daughter of William John Cyril Timberlake (1878-1921), and Maud Beatrice Collins (1884-1963); two sona.	12.08.1918 Glasgow, Scotland - 10.08.2000 Sacred Heart Hospice, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia	T/S.Lt. (E) 23.04.1941 T/Lt. (E) 1944?, seniority 03.08.1942 (reld 26.06.1947; ill-health) MBE 13.02.1945 firefighting Bombay docks 04.1944	Edcuation: Diocesan School, Kowloon, Hong Kong (1930). (10.1944) - (04.1946) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * * indexed, but not listed as such

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Langlois, John Oscar Goodwin Son of Pierre Marie Edgar Langlois (1880-1927), and Dora Olive Goodwin (1879-). Married ...; two children.	17.11.1909 Calcutta, India - 18.03.1998	T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 13.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	10.07.1943 - (04.1946) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay)
Lansley, Frederick James Son of Edwin Lansley, and Violet May Tolman. Married ((03?).1941, Southampton district, Hampshire) Joan Beatrice M. Ellery (17.07.1916 - 08.1999); two sons, one daughter legitimatized.	27.10.1912 Andover district, Hampshire - 01.08.2000 Poole district, Dorset	T/Lt. 08.05.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1945, < 04.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	08.05.1943 - (12.1943) HMIS Hamla (RIN training establishment, Bombay & Headquarters, Landing Craft Wing, Versova, Bombay) 17.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMIS Khanjar (RIN establishment, Versova, Bombay) (01.1945) - (10.1945) HMIS Hamla (RIN training establishment, Bombay & Headquarters, Landing Craft Wing, Versova, Bombay) * (04.1946)     no appointment listed His son writes: "Dad's ship was attacked and sunk by the German disguised merchantman THOR on his way to India in 1942. The German captain was an honourable man having given the passengers time to board lifeboats before sinking the steamer (S.S.Britannia)."
Lawson, Arthur William	? -	T/S.Lt. (E) 04.06.1944 (reld 1946?)	(07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMIS Malwa (minesweeper) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Lochner, Adrian Malcolm Purva	03.05.1925 - 1970 car accident	T/Midsh. 02.06.1944 T/A/S.Lt. 1946? (reld > 07.1946)	(10.1944) no appointment listed (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMIS Karachi (minesweeping trawler) * * indexed, but not listed as such

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MacDonald, Alan Hamilton * Son of Alan Hamilton Macdonald. * In fact these are first names of his father, which he obviously used when signing up. He himself was Christened Alan Bernard Francis Macdonald.	1918 New Zealand - 1989 New Zealand	T/S.Lt. 04.10.1943 T/A/Lt. 04.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	? - 26.03.1944 HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) 27.03.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Akbar (RIN training establishment, Bombay) * indexed, but not listed as such
McGregor, John Hugh Gordon Married ((06?).1964, Surrey South-Western district) Yvonne E. Summers.	24.12.1916 - 08.1994 Surrey South-Western district	Indian Army:   Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 09.08.1942 RINVR:   T/S.Lt. 06.05.1943 T/Lt. 06.05.1944 (reld 07.03.1946) 39|45 St - - Bur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	enlisted, London Scottish Regiment - Territorial Army 24.08.1939     mobilized TA & sent to Liverpool 09.08.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       4th/5th Ghurka Rifles Regiment, Frontier Force 06.05.1943     transferred, RINVR 05.01.1944 24.09.1944 - - 07.06.1944 01.05.1945 served on Arakan coast (Teknauf, Akyab and Kyankpyu) ? - ? HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay) 06.05.1944 - 07.03.1946 HMIS Hamla (RIN training establishment, Bombay & Headquarters, Landing Craft Wing, Versova)
Mehta, Rajinder Singh	? -	Prob. T/S/Lt. 17.05.1943 T/S.Lt. 28.05.1943 T/A.Lt. 17.05.1945	(12.1943)     HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * 16.12.1943 - (10.1944) HMIS Patunga (RIN local naval defence base, Chittagong) (01.1945) - (07.1945) HMIS Patunga (RIN local naval defence base, Chittagong) * (04.1946)     HMIS Hooghly (RIN base, Calcutta) * Transferred to Indian Nay where he served until the mid-1960s, reaching rank of Lt.Cdr. (17.05.1952) and A/Cdr. * indexed, but not listed as such
Middleton, Henry Robert Son of ... Middleton, and ... Phillips.	02.04.1922 Bridport district, Dorset -	T/Midsh. RNVR 17.07.1941 T/S.Lt. 01.12.1942 Lt. RN 03.06.1947, seniority 02.10.1944 (emgcy 23.08.1949)	18.08.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Guillemot (sloop) 1942?     transferred, RINVR 10.03.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Martin (destroyer) 29.11.1943 - (10.1944) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) (01.1945) - (07.1945) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * (04.1946)     HMIS Himalaya (gunnery school, Karachi) * 31.05.1947 - (05.)1949 HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Londonderry) Police officer, Malaya. * indexed, but not listed as such
Monteath, Campbell Son (with one sister and one brother) of Gordon Drysdale Monteath (1878-1945), and Sarah Duncan Morrison Campbell (1875-1964). Married 1st (09.03.1938, Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland) Elizabeth McLellan Jamieson (27.01.1915 - 25.08.1995), daughter (with fopur sisters) of Thomas Jamieson (1874-1944), and Margaret McLellan (1874-1934). Married 2nd ((12?).1953, Reading district, Berkshire) Margaret Rene Rogers (16.11.1924 - 13.12.2014); one daughter.	06.12.1912 Dumbartonshire, Scotland - 24.04.1971 Hexham, Northumberland West district, Northumberland	Prob. T/S.Lt. (E) 14.03.1942 T/Lt. (E) 06.12.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) 31.12.1944 (reld > 07.1946)	23.03.1942 - 09.1945 an Additional Assistant to Manager Engineering Department. HMI Dockyard, Bombay 25.09.1945 - (07.1946) HMIS Madras
Mowat, David Macadam	04.04.1918 - 27.09.2012 Monklands General Hospital, Airdrie, Lanarkshire	T/S.Lt. 17.04.1941 T/Lt. 04.04.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(06.1941) - (06.1942) no appointment listed (08.1942) - (06.1943) HMIS Sikkim * 10.07.1943 - (10.)1944 HMIS Baluchistan (minesweeper) (01.1945) - (04.1945) HMIS Sikkim * 04.05.1945 - (10.)1945 HMIS Baluchistan (minesweeper) (04.1946)     HMIS Baluchistan (minesweeper) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Mukherji, Amarendra Kumar Son of  Amulya Mukherji, and Annapurna Mukherji. Married ...; three children.	1913 Kampar Perak, Malaysia - 1983 Tripura, Agartala, India	Prob. T/S.Lt. 27.06.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1944	(03.1940) - (04.1940) no appointment listed 13.04.1940 - (02.1942) HMIS Pansy (escort sloop) (04.1942) - (02.1943) HMIS Pansy (escort sloop) * 04.02.1943 - (10.1945) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) (for Fort Barracks) * indexed, but not listed as such
Murphy, Leonard Walter Son (with three brothers) of Charles James Henry Murphy (1869-1929), and Frances Alabaster (1876-1941). Married (24.11.1945, South Tidworth, Andover district, Hampshire) Barbara Joan Heath (07.06.1921 - 21.12.2014); one son, one daughter.	27.03.1914 Tooting, Wandsworth district, London - 05.1986 Southampton district, Hampshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 26.05.1941 T/A/Lt. 26.05.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	09.10.1941 - (10.)1942 HMIS Irrawadi (auxiliary patrol vessel) (12.1942) - (03.1943) HMIS Badora (auxiliary patrol vessel) 27.03.1943 - (10.)1944 HMIS Venduruthi (RIN base, Cochin) (10.1944) - (10.1945) HMI MMS 131 (motor minesweeper) * (04.1946)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Nanda, Sardari[lai] Mathradas "Charles"	10.10.1915 Punjab - 11.05.2009 Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi	T/S.Lt. 11.10.1941 T/A/Lt. 1942? T/Lt. 11.10.1942 Lt. RIN ?, seniority 10.10.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. RIN < 05.1949 Lt.Cdr. RIN 1949?, seniority 10.10.1948 A/Cdr. RIN < 05.1950 Cdr. IN 31.12.1950 A/Capt. IN < 07.1954 Capt. IN 31.12.1954 ?, senioroty 30.06.1955 A/R.Adm. IN < 02.1963 R.Adm. IN 16.06.1964 V.Adm. IN 01.03.1968 Adm. IN ? (retd 1973) PVSM, AVSM	Served with the Port Trust, Karachi. 11.10.1941 joined RINVR 01.12.1942 - (10.1944) signal school, HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay) (07.1945) - (04.)1946 HMIS Talwar (RIN signal school) [indicated as from 09.11.1942] 28.06.1946 - (10.1947) HMIS Narbada 05.07.1948 - (05.1949) HMIS Delhi (05.1950)     HMIS India (naval HQ, New Delhi) * 11.10.1951 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, INS Ranjit 15.03.1954 - (07.)1954 Commanding Officer, INS Angre 10.03.1954 -  (01.)1957) [from 20.09.1954 Chief of Personnel], Personnel Branch, Naval HQ, Indian Navy (New Delhi) [INS India] 29.08.1957 - (01.1959) Commanding Officer, INS Mysore (07.1961)     INS India (naval HQ, New Delhi) * (02.1963) - (02.1964)  no appointment listed 01.01.1966 - (02.)1968 Flag Officer commanding Indian Fleet [INS Vikrant] 16.02.1968 - (02.1969) Flag Officer, Bombay [INS Angre] 28.02.1970 - 28.02.1973 Chief of Naval Staff, Indian Navy Published: The man who bombed Karachi : a memoir (2004)
Nissen, Henry George Trevor	1914 - 1986	Prob. T/S.Lt. 01.05.1941 T/Lt. 01.05.1942	19.03.1942 - (04.)1943 HMIS Agra (minesweeping trawler) (06.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed (10.1943) - (06.1944) HMIS Machlimar (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Venduruthi/Bombay) * 15.07.1944 - (07.)1945 HMI Dockyard, Bombay [HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay)] (additional) (10.1945) - (04.1946) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) (for depot) * indexed, but not listed as such
Noble, Charles Scott Married Betty Balfour Corsar (01.12.1913 - 02.03.2009); three sons.	22.08.1910 West Derby district, Lancashire - 16.08.1983 Cupar, Fife, Scotland	Prob. T/S.Lt. 10.05.1939 T/Lt. 01.09.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 31.03.1944	(07.1939) - (04.1940) no appointment listed 15.04.1940 - 29.10.1940 HMIS Hindustan (sloop) 29.10.1940 - 28.11.1940 HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) (additional; for leave) 28.11.1940 - 11.1941 HMIS Bahadur (boys' training establishment, Monara, Karachi) 11.1941 - 12.1941 HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) (additional) 31.12.1941 - (12.)1942 HMIS Dipavati (auxiliary patrol vessel) 01.12.1942 - (06.)1944 HMIS Sutlej (sloop) 04.06.1944 - (10.1944) HMIS Himalaya (gunnery school, Karachi) (01.1945) - (04.1946) HMIS Himalaya (gunnery school, Karachi) * [20.06.1945 qualified at Specialist Course in Gunnery and Staff Officer (Gunnery)] * indexed, but not listed as such