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Royal Marine (RM) Officers
1939-1945

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E. Abbott to C.D.L. Aylwin

Abbott,
Edward
E. Abbott

Married (10.10.1924, Hythe) Grace Veronica McDermott (1895? - 06.09.1957).

16.04.1896
Seabrook, Kent
-
29.06.1963
Windsor, Berkshire

A/Sgt.Maj.	09.02.1940
T/Lt.	01.05.1941
A/T/Capt.	05.06.1943 (dispersal 25.09.1945) (reld 20.11.1945; granted War Service rank of Capt.)

09.02.1940	-	09.02.1940	Plymouth Division RM
09.02.1940	-	26.02.1940	RM Brigade
27.02.1940	-	30.04.1941	Plymouth Division RM [according to Navy List: Sergeant-Major, 3rd Battalion, 102nd RM Brigade]
01.06.1941	-	01.06.1941	RM Division
02.06.1941	-	04.08.1941	Company Commander, No. 3 Company, RM Division Reinforcement Depot (Hayling Island)
05.08.1941	-	(10.)1941	2nd Battalion, 102nd RM Brigade
(12.)1941	-	06.01.1942	Battalion Transport Officer, 1st Battalion, 102nd RM Brigade
07.01.1942	-	(02.)1943	HQ 104th (Training) RM Brigade
(04.)1943	-	04.06.1943	Assistant Instructor of Small Arms, RM Infantry Training Centre (RM Training Group Dalditch)
05.06.1943	-	23.09.1945	Instructor of Small Arms, RM Infantry Training Centre (RM Training Group Dalditch, later Devon)
24.09.1945	-	20.11.1945	Portsmouth Division RM (for release under Class "A")

Abbott,
Peter Edward
"Bud"
P.E. Abbott

Son of Edward Walter Abbott (1894-1978), and Eliza Alice Adams (1887-1978).
Married (16.07.1949, Croydon) Christina M. "Chrissie" Maclean (15.04.1925 - ), daughter of Roderick James Maclean (1899-1983), and Elizabeth Macdonald Nicholson (1899-1971); two daughters, one son.

04.10.1923
Lambeth district, London
-
16.02.2017
Pilgrims Hospice, Margate, Kent

T/2nd Lt.	07.08.1942
T/Lt.	07.02.1943
A/T/Capt.	27.08.1945
Lt.	24.05.1947, seniority 04.04.1946 [378565]
T/Capt.	02.06.1948-03.10.1950
Capt.	04.10.1950
Maj.	04.10.1957 (retd 28.05.1961)

Education: psc.

07.08.1942			commissioned RM [temporary commission]
07.08.1942	-	(10.)1942	32 Light Battery, 102nd RM Brigade Artillery
(12.)1942	-	(08.)1943	1st RM Field Battery, RM Divisional Artillery
(10.1943)			RM Holding Commando
(12.)1943	-	(06.)1944	43 RM Commando
1944	-	(10.1944)	RM Holding Commando
23.11.1944	-	(07.1945)	Signals Officer, 41 RM Commando
(10.1945)			Commando Group (Light)
(04.1946)			Commando Holding Unit *
(10.1946)			Portsmouth Division RM
24.05.1947			transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Barrister 06.1961 (Lincoln's Inn). Government legal service, 1961-1984 (assistant solicitor, Department of Health and Social Security). Member, Orders and Medals Research Society.
Published: (with J.M.A. Tamplin) British gallantry awards (1971); Recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1855-1909 (1975).
* indexed, but not listed as such

Abbott,
Wilfred Eric
W.E. Abbott

Son of John Goodman Abbot, and Harriette Smith.

10.07.1907
Stoke Heath, Coventry district, Warwickshire
-
20.08.1994
Wistaston, Crewe, South Cheshire district, Cheshire

T/2nd Lt.	13.11.1942
T/Lt.	13.05.1943
A/T/Capt.	27.09.1944 (reld 08.05.1946)

13.11.1942			commissioned RM [temporary commission]
1942	-	(12.1942)	HQ 102nd RM Brigade
(02.1943)	-	(06.)1943	2nd Battalion RM, 102nd RM Brigade
1943	-	(08.)1943	43 RM Commando
1943	-	(10.)1943	RM Holding Commando
(12.)1943	-	(10.1945)	43 RM Commando

Abbs,
Keith Allen
K.A. Abbs

Son (with one brother) of Harold Thomas Francis Abbs (1892-1967), and Elsie Allen (1895-1918).
Married ((09?).1940, Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey) Dorothy Eva Lattin (07.09.1915 - 05.1992); two sons.

12.09.1915
Lewisham, London
-
01.07.2000
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

T/2nd Lt.	17.03.1941
T/Lt.	17.09.1941 (reld 06.05.1945 *)

* commission terminated; permitted to retain the rank of T/Lt.

(04.)1941	-	(06.)1941	RM Division
(08.)1941	-	(06.)1942	15th (S) Battalion, 101st RM Brigade
(08.)1942	-	(10.)1942	15th (Machine Gun) Battalion, RM Division
(12.)1942	-	(06.)1943	2 RM (Machine Gun) Company, 15th (Machine Gun) Battalion, RM Divisional Artillery
1943	-	(08.)1943	S Troop, 44 RM Commando
1943		(10.)1943	Divisional Holding Unit
1943	-	(12.1943)	Chatham Division RM
07.02.1944	-	(04.)1944	HMS Northney (training establishment for landing craft, Hayling Island)
(06.)1944	-	(10.)1944	HMS Hopetoun (landing craft and minesweeping base, Port Edgar) *
09.10.1944	-	(01.)1945	HMS Woolverstone (landing craft base & training establishment, Ipswich)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Abell,
John Dare
J.D. Abell

Son (with three sisters) of John Julius Dare Abell (1880-1950), and Vesta Atkinson (1880-1954).
Married 1st Pamela Dawn (1928 - ).
Married 2nd ((06?).1945, Maidstone district, Kent) Valerie Marguerite Constant Hurst (1920 -); ... children (one son?).

08.06.1921
Kobe, Japan
-
20.06.2008
Gympie, Queensland, Australia

T/2nd Lt.	08.04.1940
T/Lt.	08.10.1940 (reld 19.05.1946)

(05.)1940	-	(10.)1940	No. 2 RM Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Mobile Naval Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (1)
(12.)1940	-	(04.)1942	Troop Officer, "D" Battery, No. 2 RM Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Mobile Naval Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (1)
(06.)1942	-	(04.)1944	Troop Officer, "D" Battery (3.7 -in.), No. 1 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Mobile Naval Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (1)
(06.)1944	-	(10.1944)	Anti-Aircraft Operations Room, 5th RM Anti-Aircraft Brigade
?	-	(01.)1945	RM Holding Commando
1945	-	(04.)1945	RM Training Group Wales (Gibraltar Camp, Llanegryn, Towyn)
18.06.1945	-	(10.1945)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)

Abercrombie,
Henry
H. Abercrombie

01.10.1906 ?
West Ham district, London ?
-
(03?).1982 ?
Epping Forest district, Essex ?

Prob. T/Lt.	30.11.1943
T/Lt.	30.05.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)

(02.1944)	-	(01.)1945	Company Officer, "G" Company (Heavy Docks), RM Engineers
(04.)1945	-	(10.1945)	Holding Company, RM Engineers

Ablett,
Frank
F. Ablett

?
-
?

Prob. T/Lt.	07.06.1943
T/Lt.	07.12.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)

07.06.1943	-	(06.)1943	Company Officer, "G" Company, RM Engineers
(08.)1943	-	(02.)1944	Company Officer, "F" Company, RM Engineers
(04.)1944	-	(06.)1944	Company Officer, "G" Company (Heavy Docks), RM Engineers
(10.)1944	-	(10.1945)	Company Officer, "S" Company (Det. 400), Holding Company, RM Engineers

Abraham,
Gerald Heguerty Furtado

Son of John Furtado Abraham, and Jane Lucy Dreyfus.

09.09.1884
St George Hanover Square, London, Surrey
-
27.03.1964
Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

2nd Lt.	01.01.1903
Lt.	01.01.1904
Capt.	01.01.1914
Brev. Maj.	23.07.1917 *
T/Maj.	01.04.1918-30.12.1918
Maj.	01.01.1919 (retd 01.08.1920; own request) (recalled 28.09.1940) (dispersal 18.06.1945) (reld 13.08.1945) (reverted to retd 14.08.1945)

* for distinguished service

Education: St Paul's School, London.

(1914)			served Royal Marine Light Infantry
08.1914	-	17.09.1914	Chatham Division RM (served in France & Belgium)
18.09.1914	-	01.1918	General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), ... [HMS Calypso (Newfoundland), later HMS Leviathan]
01.1918	-	04.02.1919	General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), ... (for service at Shanghai):
01.1918	-	12.03.1918	HMS Leviathan (cruiser)
13.03.1918	-	1918	HMS Rag...
(12.)1918)	-	04.02.1919	HMS Rosario (sloop)
05.02.1919	-	31.07.1920	Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
01.08.1920	-	03.11.1927	Reserve of Officers, RM
Served at Ministry of Information (1939).
28.09.1940	-	17.06.1945	Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
18.06.1945	-	13.08.1945	Chatham Division RM (additional; for release under Class "A")

Abrams,
Jack Hamilton
J.H. Abrams

Son of Henry Ernest and Elsie Lorraine Abrams.
Married ((09?).1937, Edmonton district, Middlesex) Phyllis M. Powney.

23.11.1915
Hendon district, Middlesex
-
29.12.2002
Labelle, Florida, USA

T/Lt.	10.08.1942
T/Capt.	27.10.1943 (reld 05.07.1946)

(10.1942)			under training (not yet appointed), RM Engineers
(12.)1942	-	(02.)1943	Company Officer, "E" Company, RM Engineers
1943	-	(04.)1943	Company Officer, "D" Company, RM Engineers
1943	-	(06.)1943	HQ RM Engineers
1943	-	(08.)1943	Company Officer, "S" Company, RM Engineers
1943	-	(10.1943)	Company Officer, RM Detachment 375 (former "S" Company), RM Engineers
?	-	(02.)1944	Company Officer, "I" Company, RM Engineers
05.02.1944	-	(10.1944)	RM Engineers Detachment, HMS Pyramus (minesweeper & anti-submarine base, Orkney)
(01.1945)	-	(10.1945)	Company Officer, "S" Company (Detachment 400), Holding Company, RM Engineers
(04.1946)			Portsmouth Division RM

Absalom,
Christopher Thomas
C.T. Absalom

Son of ... Absalom, and ... Jones.
Married ((12?).1947, Staincross district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Joan Thompson.

(09?).1922
Haverfordwest district, Wales
-

T/2nd Lt.	26.03.1943
T/Lt.	26.09.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)

(06.1943)			RM Training Group Towyn (waiting disposal)
(08.)1943	-	(12.)1943	RM Amphibious Training Centre, RM Training Group Towyn (waiting disposal)
28.12.1943	-	(10.1945)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)

A'Court,
Kenneth James
K.J. A'Court

Son of ... A'Court, and ... Keap.

24.05.1923
Edmonton district, Hertfordshire / Oxfordshire / Buckinghamshire / Middlesex
-
23.11.2007
Orpington, Kent

T/2nd Lt.	15.03.1944
T/Lt.	15.09.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

(04.1944)			Portsmouth Division RM
21.05.1944	-	(04.1946)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)

Acton,
John
J. Acton

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	07.04.1944
A/T/Lt.	14.08.1944
T/Lt.	07.10.1944
A/T/Capt.	1946?

07.05.1944	-	(10.1945)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(04.1946)			HQ Commando Group RM *
(10.1946)			42 RM Commando

* indexed, but not listed as such

Acton,
Richard Granleese
"Dickie"
R.G. Acton

Son of Richard Acton, and Hester Alice Granleese (1888-1933).
Brother of Maj. William John Gray Acton, RM.

(12?).1921
Lewisham district, London
-
03.11.2012

T/Lt.	17.09.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
A/T/Capt.	06.12.1944

		(08.1942)	RM Division
			44 RM Commando
?	-	(10.1944)	3rd Special Service Brigade
(04.1946)			Portsmouth Division RM

Acton,
William John Gray
W.J.G. Acton

Son of Richard Acton, and Hester Alice Granleese (1888-1933).
Brother of Capt. Richard Granleese Acton, RM.
Married Rosamond ...

25.03.1920
Lewisham district, London
-
07.03.2009

2nd Lt.	01.09.1938
Lt.	14.04.1940
A/Capt.	05.05.1944
Capt.	14.04.1948
Maj.	31.12.1955 (retd 25.03.1965)

		(08.1939)	RM course Portsmouth
		(08.1942)	HMS Revenge
(10.1944)	-	(04.1946)	HMS Lanka
?	-	(05.1950)	HMS Vengeance
?	-	(07.1961)	Plymouth Division RM
?	-	(02.1963)	RM Barracks Eastney

Administrator Faculty of Maths Southampton University, Freeman City of London.

Adair,
Charles Walter
C.W. Adair

Son (with one brother and one sister) of Adm. Charles Henry Adair (1851-1920), and Annette Coates Wilson (1861-1927).
Married (28.07.1926, Medway, Kent) Olive Joan Arbuthnot (02.04.1905 - 27.05.1979); one daughter, two sons.

09.04.1894
Waterloo, West Derby district, Lancashire
-
06.07.1988
Salisbury, Wiltshire

2nd Lt.	01.01.1912
Lt.	06.09.1914
Capt.	06.03.1917
Maj.	15.08.1929
Lt.Col.	30.11.1936 (retd 05.03.1948; own request)

JubM 35

1935

Education: Royal Military Academy.

...	-	...	...
01.10.1934	-	21.07.1936	Senior Marine Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake]
22.07.1936	-	01.10.1947	RM Depot, Deal (from 30.07.1936 Barrack-Master)
02.10.1947	-	05.03.1948	Pay & Records Office RM (additional; for leave & dispersal)

Adam,
Ian William
I.W. Adam

25.05.1925
-
14.01.1945

T/Lt.

05.05.1944

(10.1944)

RM Commando

Adam,
Lawrence Henderson
L.H. Adam

18.08.1907
Morningside district, Scotland
-
14.02.1990
Edinburgh, Scotland

T/Capt.	25.11.1941
A/T/Maj.	11.02.1943
T/Maj.	11.05.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

			RM Engineers
(08.1939)	-	(08.1942)	RM Engineer Battalion
?	-	(10.1944)	RM Engineers

Adams,
Henry William
H.W. Adams

?
-

T/Lt.

16.09.1944

(10.1944)

Chatham Division RM

Adams,
Roy Bateman
R.B. Adams

Son of ... Adams, and ... White.

24.12.1924
Headington district, Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire
-
20.08.1990
Ploughley, Oxfordshire

T/2nd Lt.	03.09.1943
T/Lt.	03.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

03.09.1943	-	(10.)1943	Chatham Division RM
14.11.1943	-	(04.1946)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)

Adams,
Tristram Douglas Spencer
T.D.S. Adams

Married (09?).1960, Chelsea district, London) Yvonne Helen Mary Tyner ((06?).1921 - 2013), daughter (with one brother) of Canon Richard Tyner (1877-1958), and Aileen Mary Crawford (1895-); one son, one daughter.

29.01.1915
Asyut, Egypt
-
17.11.2015

T/2nd Lt.	28.10.1939
T/Lt.	28.04.1940
A/T/Capt.	16.05.1940-30.10.1943
T/Capt.	31.10.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
A/T/Maj.	31.07.1943-(06.)1944

Education: Sedbergh School.

(12.)1939	-	(04.)1940	Portsmouth Division RM
(05.)1940	-	(06.)1944	RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization 1 (MNBDO(1)):
(05.)1940	-	(10.)1940	No. 11 Searchlight Regiment
(12.)1940	-	(06.)1941	Second-in-Command, "R" Searchlight Battery
(08.)1941	-	31.07.1943	Battery Captain, "R" Searchlight Battery
31.07.1943	-	(06.)1944	Battery Commander, "R" Searchlight Battery
(10.)1944	-	(07.)1945	Holding Battalion, RM Training Group Devon (attached Group 3)
(10.1945)			Plymouth Division RM

Addison,
Joseph Gerald
J.G. Addison

Son of Gerald Lacy Addison (1875-?), and Marjorie Ann MacDonald.

26.05.1910
Watford, Hertforshire
-
15.04.1953
Fingest, Buckinghamshire

T/2nd Lt.	10.01.1941
T/Lt.	10.07.1941
T/Capt.	23.10.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
A/T/Maj.	23.07.1943 till > 01.1945, < 07.1945

(02.1941)	-	(04.)1944	Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization 1 (MNBDO(1)) [12.1941 showing at 11th RM Battalion (Land Defence Force)]
(06.1944)	-	(10.1944)	no appointment listed
?	-	(01.)1945	29th RM Battalion
1945	-	(07.1945)	Plymouth Division, RM

Licensed victualler.

Adlington,
Ronald Claude
R.C. Adlington

Eldest son of Claude George Adlington (1890-1964), and Edith Annie Varty (1892-1973).
Married (28.10.1939, St Mary, Wimbledon, Surrey North Eastern district) Doreen Ilona Legge (01.02.1914 - 26.02.1992), daughter (with one sister) of Cyril Henry Ethelwood Legge (1883-1957), and Leila Stanley Humphreys (1885-1969); one son.

09.02.1918
Tenterden district, Kent
-
16.11.1981
West Ickenham, Uxbridge, Hillingdon district, Middlesex

Marine	1940
T/2nd Lt.	10.01.1941
T/Lt.	10.07.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)

Education: Tonbridge School (1931.3-1935; Judde House).
With Equity and Law Life Assurance Society, London, since 1935. Joined RAFVR 1938, but discharged owing to height.

(02.1941)			RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (1) *
(04.)1941	-	(06.)1941	"A" Battery, 1st RM Anti-Aircraft Regiment (RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (1))
1941	-	1945	captured at Crete & POW in German captivity (No. 3477, Oflag 7B, Fuchstaat):
(08.1941)	-	(02.1943)	no appointment listed
(04.1943)	-	(07.1945)	RM Engineers *
(10.1945)			Plymouth Division RM

F.R. Emp. Soc.
* indexed, but mot listed as such

Agar,
Martin
M. Agar

13.04.1913 ?
-
03.2007 ?
Chester district, Cheshire ?

T/Lt.	04.12.1941
T/Capt.	19.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

(07.1945)			3rd Battalion RM Engineers
(04.1946)			Portsmouth Division RM

Agnew,
James
J. Agnew

22.03.1921
-
09.1999
Henley district

2nd Lt.	01.09.1939
Lt.	16.02.1941
A/Capt.	?
Capt.	16.02.1949 (retd 05.04.1957)

01.09.1939			commissioned, Royal Marines
(07.1945)			Portsmouth Division, RM

Aitken,
Herbert
H. Aitken

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	?
T/Lt.	22.08.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
A/T/Capt.	04.11.1943

MID

04.09.1945

services with 21st Army Group

(07.1945)

5th RM AA Brigade

Aitken,
Samuel Victor William
S.V.W. Aitken

Son (with four sisters and one brother) of George Aitken (1848-1935), and Emily Taylor (1875-1950).
Married ((12?).1935, Medway district, Kent) Agnes Louise Neve (17.11.1916 - 07.10.1981); one son.

22.09.1908
Loughrea district, Co. Galway, Ireland
-
07.10.1985
Hartlebury, Kidderminster, Worcestershire

T/RM Gnr.	01.03.1945
RM Gnr. = Cd. RM Gnr.	24.06.1947
Lt. QM	16.04.1952
Capt. QM (Special Duties List)	01.01.1957 (retd 22.09.1958)

01.03.1945	-	27.03.1945	Chatham Division RM
28.04.1945	-	28.10.1945	HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (additional)
(04.1946)	-	(10.1946)	Chatham Division RM
...	-	...	...

Akam,
John Haddon
J.H. Akam

Son of ... Akam, and ... Haddon.

23.07.1917
Cockermouth district, Cumbria / Cumberland
-
24.11.1997
Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire

2nd Lt.	01.09.1936
Lt.	01.10.1938
A/Capt.	06.05.1940-22.11.1942, 03.06.1943-31.03.1945
A/Maj.	01.04.1945
Capt.	01.02.1946 (retd 20.04.1958)

01.09.1936			commissioned, Royal Marines
(07.1945)			32nd RM Battalion

School teacher.

Akhurst,
Eric William
E.W. Akhurst

Son of George Thomas Akhurst (1870-?), and Amy Hannah Letley (1874-?).

13.01.1907
Gillingham, Medway district, Kent
-
11.02.1964
Chatham district, Kent

QMS	? [Ch.23755]
T/Lt.	16.09.1944 (reld 14.03.1946)

?	-	(10.)1944	Chatham Division RM
12.11.1944	-	(07.1945)	Transport Officer with HT Section, HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland)

Alcock,
Alan Bennis Fennell
A.B.F. Alcock

Son of William Henry Alcock, and Edith Mary Alcock (née ...).
Married "May" Tisdall; two sons.

09.12.1896
Ranclagh, Dublin, Ireland
-
15.10.1956
Blyth district, Suffolk

Prob. 2nd Lt.	29.08.1914
T/Lt.	?
Lt.	28.08.1917, seniority 27.03.1915
Capt.	? 20.03.1933, seniority 21.08.1919 (retd 10.03.1935; on account of non-service)
A/Maj. (retd)	01.11.1941 (dispersal 25.10.1945) (reld 20.12.1945) (reverted to retd 21.12.1945; granted War Service rank of Maj.)

DSC

13.09.1915

* For gallantry and good service near Gaba Tepe, between the 28th April and 1st May, 1915. Accompanied by Lieutenant Empson, of the same regiment, with two platoons, numbering in all 60 men, he defended an isolated trench against overwhelming odds. Lieutenant Empson was wounded early in the day on April 30th, and was killed on May 1st, and Lieutenant Alcock was finally compelled to withdraw, after having held this ground for four nights and three days. During this time no food or water could be conveyed to the trench, and at one time ammunition was reduced to about 15 rounds per man.

06.05.1940	-	26.03.1941	HMS Ganges
29.03.1941	-	31.10.1941	Battery Commander, 2 A/MTB Battery, 2nd Coast Artillery Regiment, Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (2)
01.11.1941	-	14.04.1944	Officer Commanding "Sussex" (6-in.) Battery, 2nd Coast Artillery Regiment, Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (2)
15.04.1944	-	20.01.1945	HMS Turtle
21.01.1945	-	27.02.1945	HMS Odyssey (additional)
28.02.1945	-	19.03.1945	Chatham Division RM
20.03.1945	-	20.10.1945	HMS Royal Albert (additional)
21.10.1945	-	20.12.1945	Chatham Division RM (for release under Class "A")

Alder-Smith,
Brian Dudley
B.D. Alder-Smith

03.10.1920
-
29.03.2001
East Devon

Prob. Lt.	16.02.1941
Lt.	17.11.1941, seniority 16.02.1941
A/Capt.	23.03.1945-31.07.1947
Capt.	16.02.1949 (retd 01.10.1960; own request)

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

Aldridge,
Dennis Leolin Samuel St Maur
D.L.S.St.M. Aldridge

04.05.1919
Calcutta, India
-
23.07.1995
Colchester, Essex

2nd Lt.	01.09.1937
A/Lt.	27.08.1939-30.09.1939
Lt.	01.10.1939
A/Capt.	27.04.1943
Capt.	01.10.1947
Maj.	31.12.1952 (retd 05.08.1958)
local Lt.Col.	< 04.1955

MBE	01.01.1949	army in Palestine
MC	18.05.1951	Korea 11.50
MC	13.06.1957	Suez operations
SSM	13.08.1954	Korea

Education: Victoria College, Jersey

01.09.1937			commissioned, Royal Marines
(02.1938)	-	(08.)1938	RM course, Portsmouth
(10.)1938	-	(02.)1939	RM course, Chatham
?	-	(04.)1939	RM course, Deal
?	-	(08.)1939	RM course, Portsmouth
27.08.1939	-	(02.1941)	HMS Repulse (battlecruiser)
?	-	(08.)1942	Royal Marine Military School
24.08.1942	-	(02.)1943	HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
27.04.1943	-	(04.)1944	HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
(06.1944)			no appointment listed
01.05.1945	-	(07.1945)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(04.1946)			HMS Sultan (accounting base for personnel at Keppel harbour)
(07.1948)	-	(05.1949)	40 RM Commando
(05.1950)			Plymouth Group, RM
(1950)			41 Independent RM Commando
(05.1953)			RM Barracks, Eastney
?	-	(04.1955)	Amphibious Warfare HQ [HMS President]
(01.1956)			HMS President *
06.02.1956	-	(01.1957)	Second-in-Command, 42 Commando, RM

* indexed, but not listed as such

Aldridge,
Fred James Redvers
F.J.R. Aldridge

08.07.1911
-
08.1996
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

T/Lt.	04.09.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
A/T/Capt.	04.02.1944

(07.1945)

(04.1946)

HMS Golden Hind

Aldworth,
M M
M.M. Aldworth

?
-

Alexander,
David Crichton
D.C. Alexander

Son of James Alexander and Margaret (née Craig).
Married 1st (1957) Diana Joyce (Jane) (née Fisher)
(died 1995); one son, two daughters and one step son.
Married 2nd (1996) Elizabeth Patricia (née Herrington).

28.11.1926
-
05.01.2017
Horley, Oxfordshire

Prob. 2nd Lt.	01.09.1944
...	...
Maj.Gen.	09.02.1975 (retd 11.04.1977)

1976

Education: Edinburgh Academy

01.09.1944			commissioned, Royal Marines
(07.1945)	-	(04.1946)	RM Course, Portsmouth
			East Indies Fleet; 45 Commando, Malaya, Malta, Canal Zone, 1951-1954; Parade Adjutant, Lympstone, 1954-1957; Equerry and Acting Treasurer to Duke of Edinburgh, 1957-1960; psc 1960; Directing Staff, Staff Coll., Camberley, 1962-1965; 45 Commando (2IC), Aden, 1965-1966; Staff of Chief of Defence Staff, incl. service with Secretary of State, 1966-1969; Commanding Officer, 40 Commando, Singapore, 1969-1970; Col GS to CGRM, 1970-1973; ADC to the Queen, 1973-1975; RCDS 1974; Commander, Training Group RM, 1975-1977

Director-General, EnglishSpeaking Union, 1977-1979. Commandant, Scottish Police College, 1979-1987. Governor, Corps of Commissionaires, 1978-1997 (President, 1994-1997); Member: Civil Service Final Selection Board, 1978-1988; MoD Police Review Committee, 1985; Transport Users' Consultative Committee for Scotland, 1989-1993. Director, Edinburgh Academy, 1980-1989 (Chairman, 1985-1989). President, SSAFA, Fife, 1990-1994. Freeman, City of London; Liveryman, Painter Stainers' Co., 1978.

Alexander,
Herbert
H. Alexander

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	15.01.1940
T/Lt.	15.07.1940
T/Capt.	01.11.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
A/T/Maj.	01.08.1943

(04.1940)			Portsmouth Division, RM
(02.1941)	-	(08.1943)	RM Group Mobilie Naval Base Defence Organization (MNBDO) (1)
(02.1941)	-	(12.1941)	"Kent" Battery, Coast Artillery Regiment (1)
(10.1943)	-	(04.1944)	3rd MNB (Mobile Naval Base?) Brigade
?	-	(06.1944)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounts & drafting office)
(07.1945)			no appointment listed

Alker,
Harry
H. Alker

?
-

T/Lt.

01.03.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

(07.1945)

HMS Copra

Allan,
George
G. Allan

29.11.1879
-
13.01.1966

Capt.	09.07.1921 (supernumerary; 29.11.1921; on account of age) (retd 01.08.1922; own request)
A/Maj. (retd)	29.03.1941 (dispersal 12.07.1945) (reld 06.09.1945) (reverted to retd 07.09.1945; granted War Service rank of Maj.)

MID

15.09.1916

01.08.1922			RM Reserve of Officers
21.06.1940	-	21.06.1940	recalled for service, Plymouth Division RM
22.06.1940	-	02.10.1940	RM Brigade
03.10.1940	-	06.01.1941	RM Brigade Reinforcement Depot
07.01.1941	-	09.08.1942	Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (2)
10.08.1942	-	05.06.1945	RM Training Group Wales
06.06.1945	-	09.07.1945	Plymouth Division RM (additional; for full pay service leave)
10.07.1945	-	06.09.1945	Plymouth Division RM (for release under Class "A")

Allan,
James Harwood Basil
J.H.B. Allan (Photo courtesy of Mr Tony Allan)

Son (with one brother and two sisters) of James Charles Allan (1881-1931), and Gertrude Annie Harwood (1886-1925).
Married (25.01.1947, Gosport district, Hampshire) Elizabeth Yvonne Laborde, daughter of Capt. (S) Crichton Felix Laborde, RN (1894-1983), and Elizabeth Temple McMurrich (1900-1981); one daughter, one son.

19.04.1917
Devonport district, Devon
-
04.1988
Norwich, Norfolk

2nd Lt.	01.01.1939
Lt.	11.08.1940
A/Capt.	16.01.1942-13.05.1943, 10.07.1943-14.06.1945
Capt.	11.08.1948 (retd 07.07.1953)

			served in the ranks for 2 years 121 days
01.01.1939			commissioned into the Royal Marines
(02.)1939	-	(06.)1939	RM course, Plymouth
(07.)1939	-	(09.)1939	RM course, Portsmouth
(12.)1939	-	(03.)1940	RM course, Plymouth
1940	-	(04.)1940	RM course, Portsmouth
(05.)1940	-	(06.)1940	RM course, Deal
1940	-	(08.)1940	RM course, Exton
15.08.1940	-	(12.1941)	HMS Valiant (Queen Elizabeth class battleship)
16.01.1942	-	(02.)1943	Officer Commanding RM Shore Establishments, Alexandria [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)]
(04.)1943	-	(06.)1943	Plymouth Division RM
10.07.1943	-	(04.)1945	HMS Phoebe (Dido class cruiser)
(07.1945)	-	(10.1945)	Plymouth Division, RM
(04.1946)	-	(10.1947)	Small Arms School, RM
03.08.1948	-	(05.1950)	HMS Illustrious (Illustrious class aircraft carrier)
(05.1951)	-	(05.1953)	RM Depot, Deal

Allbut,
Peter Henry [David]
P.H. Allbut

Son of Horace Allbut, and Mabel Lillian Wilkes.
Married Joan ...; ... children.

16.12.1923
King's Norton district, Warwickshire
-
31.07.2006
Dorset

T/Lt.

1943

...	-	...	...
1944	-	1945	48 RM Commando (Troop Officer, "B" Troop at Walcheren 11.1944)
...	-	...	...

Allcroft,
William Miller Ord
W.M.O. Allcroft

Son of John Derby Allcroft (1873-1926), and Marietta Hariette Ord (1872-).

14.05.1905
Romsey, Hampshire
-
01.01.1979
Waikanae, New Zealand

T/Lt.	11.09.1941
A/T/Capt.	18.07.1941
T/Capt.	05.02.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
A/T/Maj.	05.11.1944

Education: Harrow School (1919.2-1922.2); University of Aberdeen (BSc (Agric.) 1930; PhD 1934).
Went to New Zealand, 1924. Research Scholar Ministry of Agriculture, Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen, 1930-1933; Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1933-1949 (Research Officer from 25.09.1939).

?	-	(04.)1944	RM Training Group Dalditch
(06.)1944	-	(10.)1944	RM Depot, Deal
01.11.1944	-	(01.)1945	HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)
29.01.1945	-	(07.1945)	HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for Camp A)

Poultry Officer, NAAS, Ministry of Agriculture. Late Regional Poultry Advisory Officer, R'dg; Research Officer, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Biochemical Department, Weybridge, Surrey;

Allen,
Athole Jack
A.J. Allen

Married; ... children.

21.07.1923
Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex
-
21.03.2011
Darlington, Co. Durham

T/2nd Lt.	07.08.1942
T/Lt.	07.02.1943 (reld > 04.1946)

12.02.1946

for gallant and distinguished services in NW Europe

Education: Christ's College, University of Cambridge (1941).

(02.1943)	-	(12.1943)	RM Group Mobilie Naval Base Defence Organization (MNBDO) (2)
(04.1944)	-	(06.)1944	Commando Group RM
(10.)1944	-	(07.1945)	46 RM Commando
(04.1946)			Commando Holding Unit

Allen,
Frederick Walter
F.W. Allen

?
-

T/Lt.

15.04.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

(07.1945)

Portsmouth Division, RM

Allen,
James Atkinson
J.A. Allen

21.01.1915
-
15.08.1989
Saxmundham, Deben district, Suffolk

T/2nd Lt.	21.08.1942
T/Lt.	21.02.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
A/T/Capt.	24.04.1944

(07.1945)

3rd Commando Brigade

Allen,
Peter Sharp
P.S. Allen

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	03.09.1943
T/Lt.	03.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

(07.1945)

(04.1946)

HMS Copra

Allen,
William Herbert Henry
W.H.H. Allen

21.01.1901 ?
-
(12?).1977 ?

T/2nd Lt.	12.07.1943
T/Lt.	12.02.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

(07.1945)

Chatham Division, RM

Allenby,
Ernest Augustus
"Edward"
E.A. Allenby

Son of ... Allenby, and ... Heap.
Married ...; one daughter, two sons.

25.07.1916
Medway district, Kent
-
27.06.2012
Chollacott House Nursing Home, Tavistock

2nd Lt.	01.01.1935
Lt.	21.05.1937
A/Capt.	01.04.1940-06.02.1941, 10.03.1941-19.12.1941
Capt.	20.12.1941
A/Maj.	28.03.1944-(01.1946)
Maj.	30.06.1950
Lt.Col.	31.12.1957
Col.	31.12.1961 (retd 25.07.1965)

OBE

02.01.1956

New Year 56

...	-	...	...
27.07.1939	-	(02.)1941	HMS Caledon (Caledon class cruiser)
(04.1941)	-	(08.)1941	Depot RM, Deal
27.09.1941	-	(06.)1943	HMS Devonshire (London class cruiser)
(08.1943)	-	(10.1943)	HMS Devonshire (London class cruiser) *
(12.)1943	-	(02.)1944	Plymouth Division RM
02.03.1944	-	19.08.1945	General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2) (Staff Duties), "G" Branch, Headquarters Staff RM (RM Office)
25.08.1945	-	(10.1945)	HMS Moreta (RN base, Haifa)
...	-	...	...
22.02.1965	-	25.07.1965	RM ADC to the Queen

* indexed, but not listed as such

Allenby,
Percy
P. Allenby

?
-

T/Lt.

16.10.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

(07.1945)

HMS Westcliff

Allum,
Philip Joseph Lawrence

11.10.1906
Bradfield district, Berkshire
-
24.09.1954
Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire (formerly of Fareham, Hampshire)

T/Lt.	11.10.1943
T/A/Capt.	16.04.1944 (reld 12.11.1948)

BEM

11.06.1942

HM's birthday 42: as Quartermaster Sergeant Instructor in Force Piledriver

09.05.1942	-	19.06.1944	Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) 1 (09.05.1942-15.10.1943 Quartermaster, 11th Battalion RM & 16.10.1943-19.06.1944 Quartermaster Brigade Workshop)
20.06.1944	-	15.07.1944	Portsmouth Division RM
16.07.1944	-	01.08.1944	HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (additional)
02.08.1944	-	19.08.1945	Port Adjutant & Assistant Provost Marshal Taranto on staff of Flag Officer Taranto and Adriatic [HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)]
20.08.1945	-	17.09.1945	Portsmouth Division RM (additional; not to join; for full pay sick leave)
...	-	...	...

Ambrose,
Ernest Arthur
"Tony"
E.A. Ambrose

30.03.1921 ?
-
(06?).1982 ?

T/2nd Lt.	08.04.1941
T/Lt.	08.10.1941
A/T/Capt.	03.09.1943
T/Capt.	08.12.1944
A/T/Maj.	13.08.1944-... & 08.09.1944

(06.)1941	-	(08.)1941	RM Officer Cadet Training Unit
(10.)1941	-	(10.)1941	L & M Group, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (2) (MNBDO(2))
(12.)1941	-	(02.)1942	Landing Company, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (1) (MNBDO(1))
(04.)1942	-	(06.)1944	Transport Company, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (1) (MNBDO(1))
(10.1944)	-	(04.1946)	no appointment listed

Andreae,
Charles Montagu

16.12.1906
St Marylebone district, London
-
22.06.1970
Eton district, Buckinghamshire

T/2nd Lt.	?
T/Capt.	15.01.1943
A/T/Maj.	15.10.1942

...	-	...	...
(12.1943)	-	(07.1945)	Staff Officer, RM Siege Regiment

Angus,
David Charles
D.C. Angus

?
-
29.03.2014 ?
Southfield House, Brigg ?

T/2nd Lt.	17.03.1941
T/Lt.	17.09.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
T/A/Capt.	< 04.1946

03.04.1945

attack on Garande 10.44

(1944)			40 RM Commando
(07.1945)			?

Appleyard,
John Bernard
"Jack"
J.B. Appleyard

20.07.1903
Epsom, Surrey
-
19.01.1970
Wandsworth district, London

T/2nd Lt.	15.05.1942
T/Lt.	15.11.1942
A/T/Capt.	26.11.1943

25.05.1942	-	27.06.1942	Platoon Weapons Course, RM Division
1942	-	(08.)1942	RM Depôt, Deal
...	-	...	...
(07.1945)			no appointment listed

Archdall,
Mervyn
M. Archdall

Eldest son of Rev. Eyre William Preston Archdall and Edith Gladys Jeanette de Ros Rose.
Married (24.11.1934) Doris Maude Vale; two children.

23.04.1906
Limerick, Ireland
-
31.10.1987
East Meon, Hants
[St Andrew's Church Cemetery, Meonstoke]

2nd Lt.	01.09.1924
Lt.	01.09.1927
Capt.	01.04.1936
A/Maj.	03.06.1940-13.03.1942
Bt.Maj.	31.12.1943 *
Maj.	03.01.1946
A/Lt.Col.	14.03.1942
Lt.Col.	31.12.1948
Col.	31.12.1951 (retd 20.08.1955)

CBE

31.12.1954

New Year 55

* promotion for meritious service

Education: Warr Staff Course, Haifa (1942)

01.09.1924			commissioned, RM
09.1927	-	?	HMS Iron Duke (Atlantic Fleet)
?	-	1928/29	HMS Benbow (Atlantic Fleet)
05.1929	-	12.1930	HMS Cornwall (China Station)
(02.1931)	-	(09.1932)	Portsmouth Division RM
06.1933	-	03.1936	lent to RNZN:
03.08.1933	-	(02.1936)	HMNZS Diomede (cruiser)
12.11.1936	-	24.09.1939	Adjutant, Chatham Division RM
25.09.1939	-	22.10.1939	Portsmouth Division RM
23.10.1939	-	29.04.1940	RM Fortress Unit (Norway)
30.04.1940	-	02.06.1940	Base Depot, Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) 1
03.06.1940	-	13.03.1942	Officer Commanding, Landing Company, Landing and Maintenance Group, Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) 1 (Middle East)
14.03.1942	-	07.07.1944	General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation, 1 (Middle East)
08.07.1944	-	16.07.1944	RM Depot, Deal
17.07.1944	-	12.09.1944	Officer Commanding, RM Amphibious Training Company, RM Training Group Wales
13.09.1944	-	26.10.1944	Officer Commanding, RM Amphibious Training Company, Portsmouth Division RM
27.10.1944	-	15.12.1944	Officer Commanding, RM Amphibious Training Company, RM Training Group Wales
16.12.1944	-	28.01.1945	HQ Staff RM (London)
29.01.1945	-	22.06.1945	Commanding Officer, 32 RM Battalion (117th Infantry Brigade) (NW Europe)
23.06.1945	-	22.09.1945	HQ Staff RM (London)
23.09.1945	-	28.10.1945	Chatham Division RM (not to join)
29.10.1945	-	16.01.1946	Commanding Officer, 33rd RM Battalion (additional)
01.1946	-	09.1946	Assistant Adjutant-General, HQ Staff, RM Engineers
11.1948	-	05.1952	Combined Operations HQ [HMS President]
01.07.1952	-	09.1954	Chief of Amphibious Warfare's representative in Washington, USA [HMS Saker]
03.1954			RM ADC to the Queen
09.1954	-	20.08.1955	Director of Pay and Records, Royal Marines

In March 1956 he volunteered his services in a purely honorary and unpaid capacity to establish a Royal Marines Museum.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Armour,
Stewart
S. Armour

09.06.1917
-
08.10.2004
Ipswich, Suffolk

Prob. 2nd Lt.	01.01.1936
Lt.	01.02.1938
A/Capt.	04.11.1940-01.01.1943
Capt.	01.07.1943
A/Maj.	...-05.12.1946
Maj.	30.06.1953 (retd 10.09.1959)

...	-	...	...
05.08.1939	-	(12.1939)	HMS Belfast (improved Southampton class cruiser)
(02.1940)	-	(04.)1940	Portsmouth Division RM
02.04.1940	-	(10.)1940	HMS Fiji (Fiji class cruiser)
04.11.1940	-	(12.1942)	HMS Shropshire (London class cruiser)
?	-	(02.)1943	Portsmouth Division RM
(04.1943)			No. 3 (Mobile) Company RM *
1943	-	(06.)1943	Second-in-Command, No. 3 (Mobile) Company RM
1943	-	(08.)1943	Company Commander, RM Training Group Wales (Gibraltar Camp, Llanegryn, Towyn)
(10.)1943	-	(02.)1944	Training Officer, HQ Camp, RM Training Group Wales (Gibraltar Camp, Llanegryn, Towyn)
28.03.1944	-	22.05.1945	General Staff Officer, grade 3 (GSO3) (Staff Duties), "G" Branch, Headquarters Staff RM (RM Office)
(07.)1945	-	(04.1946)	Reinforcements, 34th Amphibian Support Regiment
...	-	...	...

* indexed, but not listed as such

Armstrong,
Alfred
"Bob"
A. Armstrong

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	14.05.1943
T/Lt.	14.11.1943
A/T/Capt.	10.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

?	-	(06.)1943	RM Training Group Dalditch
(08.)1943	-	(04.1946)	45th RM Commando

Armstrong,
Nevill Alexander Drummond
N.A.D. Armstrong

18.04.1874
Pimlico, London
-
21.11.1954

T/Lt.Col.

02.09.1942 (reld > 07.1945, < 10.1945)

OBE

01.01.1919

02.09.1942	-	(10.)1942	"G" Branch, Headquarters Staff RM (RM Office)
(12.)1942	-	(06.)1943	Commanding Officer, RM Sniper School
(08.)1943	-	(10.)1943	Portsmouth Division RM
(12.)1943	-	(07.)1945	Instructor (Officer Commanding Sniping Wing), RM Small Arms School

Arnold,
William Arthur
W.A. Arnold

05.01.1883
Buckhurst Hill, London
-
05.10.1958
Christchurch district, Hampshire

Sgt.	? [Ply/10498]
Sub-Divisional Inspector	30.07.1936 (reld > 06.1940, < 08.1940)

DSM

26.04.1918

operations on the Belgian coast

(1918)			Sergeant, RM Light Infantry
			served RM Police:
(05.)1937	-	(06.)1940	Local Station Police Officer, RN Cordite Factory, Holton Heath

Ashton,
Sydney Louis Jesse

06.08.1915
East Stonehouse district, Devon
-
?

Prob. 2nd Lt.	01.09.1937
A/Lt.	26.08.1939-30.09.1939
Lt.	01.10.1939
A/Capt.	30.06.1942-08.07.1943
Capt.	01.10.1947 (retd 06.08.1960)
A/Maj.	19.01.1956

			served in the ranks for 2 years, 298 days
			RM Depot, Deal
02.04.1944	-	(01.1945)	HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)

Aston,
William George Southcote
W.G.S. Aston

Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Maj.Gen. Sir George Gray Aston (1861-1938), and Dorothy Ellen Wilson (1886-1964).
Married 1st Bella (née ...) (died together with her son 30.10.1942 in a Liberator crash at Gibraltar); one son.
Married 2nd (26.04.1945) Eleanor Margaret "Peggy" Dyson (24.05.1912 - 03.01.1974), daughter of J.W. Dyson, of South Africa; two sons.

14.03.1916
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
08.12.1981
Chiltern & Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire (formerly of Wraysbury, Berkshire)

Prob. 2nd Lt.	01.01.1934
A/Lt.	08.09.1936-31.12.1936
Lt.	01.01.1937
Capt.	12.10.1939
A/Maj.	17.05.1943-02.11.1944
T/Maj.	03.11.1944-(10.1946)
Maj.	30.06.1948 (retd ± 1957/58)
RAF:
F/O	02.01.1938

MID

01.01.1946

New Year 46

Education: Marlborough College (09.1929-12.1933; Star House).

01.01.1934	-	(07.1934)	Portsmouth Division, RM
(07.1935)	-	(02.)1936	RM Depot, Deal
08.09.1936	-	(02.)1937	HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean)
1937	-	(07.1937)	Portsmouth Division, RM
02.01.1938	-	25.07.1939	specially employed [attached to RAF]:
02.01.1938	-	13.08.1938	pilots' course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Leuchars [attached to RAF]
14.08.1938	-	(10.1938)	pilot, Training Squadron FAA, RAF Station Gosport [HMS Victory] [attached to RAF]
08.01.1939	-	07.03.1939	pilot, Training Squadron FAA, RAF Station Gosport [HMS Victory] [attached to RAF]
08.03.1939	-	25.07.1939	pilot, TSR Squadron 825 FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] [attached to RAF]
26.07.1939	-	10.07.1940	pilot, 825 Squadron FAA
11.07.1940	-	(08.)1941	pilot, 825 Squadron FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] *
08.12.1941	-	04.02.1942	Commanding Officer, 833 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
05.02.1942	-	13.01.1943	Commanding Officer, 833 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)]
14.01.1943	-	16.05.1943	Commanding Officer, 833 Squadron FAA [HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire)]
17.05.1943	-	(06.)1944	Lieutenant-Commander Flying, HMS Activity (escort carrier)
(10.1944)			no appointment listed
03.11.1944	-	(10.1945)	HMS Ameer (escort carrier)
28.01.1946	-	(04.)1946	HMS Dipper (RN Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset)
04.05.1946	-	(10.1946)	HMS Sanderling (RN Air Station, Abbotsinch)
?	-	(10.1947)	Commando School RM
(07.1948)	-	(05.1949)	42 Commando RM
?	-	(05.1950)	Plymouth Division, RM
?	-	(05.1953)	Plymouth Division, RM
(04.1955)	-	(01.1957)	RM Depot, Deal

* (10.1941)-(12.1941) still indexed, but no longer listed as such

Atkinson,
Robert Niels
R.N. Atkinson

Son of H.N. Atkinson.

29.05.1925
Nanalmo, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
-
19.11.1998
East Devon district, Devon

Prob. 2nd Lt.	01.01.1943
Prob. Lt.	15.10.1944
Lt.	15.04.1945
Capt.	15.04.1953 (retd 08.12.1955; medical unfitness)

Education: primary schools; RN College Dartmouth (Hawke House; 01.01.1939-.[05.1941]; Admiralty No. 41a).

			served in India, Malaya & Canadian Arctic:
(02.1943)	-	(04.)1943	RM course, Chatham
(06.1943)			RM course, Portsmouth
(08.)1943	-	(12.1943)	RM course, Plymouth
(02.1944)	-	(06.)1944	RM course, RM Military School
1944	-	(10.)1944	RM course, Deal
1944	-	(01.)1945	Portsmouth Division RM
24.03.1945	-	(04.1946)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
...	-	...	...

Joined HM Overseas Civil Service 1955. District Officer, Fiji, 1956-...

Attwood,
Arthur Alfred
A.A. Attwood (Photo courtesy of Mr Greg Colgan)

Son of Alfred Attwood (1865-1906), and Alice Louise Cox (1867-1908).
Married (27.12.1912, Balsall Heath, Worcestershire) Rose Elizabeth Dyer (31.08.1889 - (03?).1975); two sons, two daughters.

22.01.1888
St Pancras, London
-
20.07.1979
Central Leicestershire district (formerly of Pinner, Middlesex)

Sgt.Maj.	17.10.1926
Lt. (Qr.Mr.)	19.09.1933
Capt. (Qr.Mr.)	19.09.1936
Maj. (Qr.Mr.)	01.02.1940 (retd 22.01.1943; age) (reverted to retd 11.09.1945)

	MBE	02.06.1933	?
	MSM	14.06.1918	?

26.07.1905	-	18.09.1933	served in the ranks for 13 years, 263 days, Warrant Officer Class 2 for 7 years, 185 days, Warrant Officer Class 1 for 6 years, 337 days
...	-	...	...
26.01.1927	-	13.01.1928	12th RM Battalion
...	-	...	...
19.09.1933	-	07.04.1936	RN School of Music
08.04.1936	-	15.07.1945	Chatham Division RM (2nd Quartermaster 08.07.1937-30.09.1939; Company Commander 01.10.1939-31.01.1940; Assistant Quartermaster 01.02.1940-21.01.1943)
16.07.1945	-	10.09.1945	Chatham Divsion RM (in continuation; for release under Class A)

Aykroyd,
Charles Arthur
C.A. Aykroyd

Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Arthur Edward Aykroyd (1887-1958), and Ethel Goodall (1885-1960).
Married ((06?).1944, Braintree district, Essex) Lilian Marjorie Joan Heward (née Simmons) (08.02.1919 - ), daughter (with six brothers and one sister) of Frank Simmons (1892-1961), and Milly Cocking (1892-1963); two sons, two daughters.

22.06.1916
Prestwich district, Lancashire
-
(12?).1979
North Tyneside district, Tyne and Wear

T/2nd Lt.	22.03.1941
T/Lt.	22.09.1941 (reld 28.03.1946)

Education: Manchester Grammar School (1927-1932).

(06.)1941	-	(06.)1943	Troop Officer, "O" Battery, 12th RM Searchlight Regiment, Mobile Naval Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (2)
(08.)1943	-	(02.)1944	Second Echelon, Mobile Naval Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (2) (attached)
1944	-	03.1944	Portsmouth Division RM
03.1944	-	10.1944	HMS Odyssey (accounting base for Naval Parties) (for Naval Party 1502A, Port-en-Bessin)
10.1944	-	25.11.1944	RM Training Group Devon
26.11.1944	-	24.03.1945	HMS Dragonfly (Combined Operations base, South Hayling Island) (for Naval Party 2400)
25.03.1945	-	11.1945	HMS Landswell (Mobile Landing Craft Advanced Base 1, Trincomalee, Ceylon/Cochin, India) (for Naval Party 2400)
11.1945	-	1946	Portsmouth Division RM

Aylwin,
Claude Derek Lawrence
C.D.L. Aylwin (Photo courtesy of Mr John Aylwin)

Middle son (with two brothers) of Claude Beresford Graham Aylwin (1879-1962), and Evelyn Brockelbank (1884-1971), of Treyford House, Knutsford, Cheshire.
Brother of Capt. Charles Kenneth Seymour Aylwin, RN, and of Lt.Cdr. Peter Aylwin, RN.
Married (05.07.1946, St John's Church, Hook, Aldershot district, Hampshire) F/O Margaret Diamond "Peter" Masterman, WAAF (06.02.1916 - 06.1993 Bristol), youngest daughter (with one brother and two sisters) of A/Cdre. Edward Alexander Dimsdale Masterman, CB, CBE, RAF (1880-1957), and Heather Frances Gregg (1881-1963), of The Firs, Hook, Basingstoke; one son.

09.02.1915
St Thomas district, Devonshire
-
03.03.1988
West Super Mare district, Somerset

Prob. 2nd Lt.	01.09.1933
A/Lt.	02.06.1936-31.08.1936
Prob. Lt.	01.09.1936
Lt.	10.12.1936, seniority 01.09.1936
Capt.	12.10.1939
Maj.	31.12.1947 (retd 28.04.1954; medically unfit)

MID

04.06.1946

POW Far East

Education: Marlborough College (09.1928-07.1933; Star House; House Prefect).

?	-	(01.)1934	Chatham Division RM
(03.)1934	-	(02.)1935	Portsmouth Division RM
(07.)1935	-	(02.)1936	RM Depôt, Deal
02.06.1936	-	(07.1937)	HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet)
?	-	(02.)1938	Portsmouth Division RM
(06.)1938	-	(08.)1939	RN School of Music (RM Depôt, Deal) *
17.08.1939	-	(08.)1940	HMS Penelope (cruiser)
(10.)1940	-	(12.1940)	Portsmouth Division RM
?	-	(01.)1941	RM Reserve Depôt, Exton
10.01.1941	-	10.12.1941	Squadron RM Officer, 2nd Battle Squadron [HMS Prince of Wales (battleship)] (survived sinking of ship by Japanese aircraft off east coast of Malaya)
10.12.1941	-	15.02.1942	commanded a rifle company made up by survivors of HMS Prince of Wales, which eventually merged with the remnants of the 2nd Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; captured at the fall of Singapore
15.02.1942	-	1945	POW in Japanese captivity (Changi 17.02.42 to Ban Pong 22.06.1942 [arriving 26.02.1942] to Chungkai 12.10.1942. To Bangkow 18.01.1943, Chungkai 29.03.1943-06.06.44; Kinsayok 29.06.1944, K'buri 02.1945; Tamarkan 05.02.1945 Nakorn Nayok 06.07.1945; in Colombo, Ceylon as released POW 10.10.1945)
(04.1946)			MT RM Deal *
?	-	(07.1948)	Plymouth Division RM
(05.1949)	-	(05.1951)	Infantry Training Centre, RM
13.08.1952	-	(05.1953)	HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)

Worked as a Probation Officer in Bristol until he retired on 22.10.1975. Seconded to Horfield Prison as Senior Welfare Officer for a short time from the probation service (from 01.10.1967 onwards).
Published: The War Diaries 1941-1945 of Captain Claude Derek Lawrence Aylwin (1993; privately printed)
* indexed, but not listed as such

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