L.H. Garnier
to C.H.A. Guttridge |
Garnier,
Leonard Harry
Son of ... Garner, and ... Wright.
Married ((09?).1946, Fulham district, London) Doreen Ethel P. Skinner
(25.04.1923 - 12.1988); one daughter, one son. |
19.09.1914
Islington district, London
-
27.09.1982
Wimbledon, Wandsworth district, London |
Army: |
|
Cadet |
? |
2nd
Lt. |
17.01.1943 [271397] |
WS/Lt. |
17.01.1943 (reld 01.08.1944) |
RM: |
|
T/Lt. |
01.08.1944, seniority
17.07.1943 (reld 12.04.1946) |
A/T/Capt. |
01.08.1944-(01.1945),
05.09.1945-... |
|
MID |
22.03.1945 |
NW Europe |
|
MID |
23.07.1946 |
for gallant and distinguished services
in Burma |
|
17.01.1943 |
|
|
commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency
commission] |
(1944) |
|
|
served in NW Europe (despatches) |
01.08.1944 |
|
|
transferred, Royal Marines |
1944 |
- |
(10.1944) |
5th RM Independent Armoured Support Battery, RM Armoured Support Group |
(01.1945) |
|
|
29th RM Battalion * |
(04.)1945 |
- |
(10.1945) |
No. 2 (Assault) Squadron, 34th Amphibian Support
Regiment RM (despatches) |
* indexed, but not listed as such |
Garnier,
Walter Keppel
Youngest son (with two brothers and one sister) of
Rev. Thomas Parry Garnier, MA (1841-1898), and Hon. Louisa Warren Vernon
(1838-1894).
|
06.03.1882
Mitford district, Norfolk
-
06.05.1969
London SW1 |
2nd Lt. |
01.01.1901 |
Lt. |
? |
Capt. |
01.01.1912 |
Maj. |
06.06.1917 (retd 21.03.1923; own request) |
A/Lt.Col. (retd) |
06.01.1945 (reverted to retd 13.08.1946l
granted War Service Rank of Lt.Col.) |
|
OBE |
01.01.1945 |
New Year 1945 |
|
Education: Haileybury College.
01.01.1901 |
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Marine Light Infantry |
1912 |
- |
1914 |
Royal
Naval School of Physical Training,
Portsmouth (Staff Officer) |
1914 |
|
|
Superintendent
of Physical Training, Royal Marines |
Director
of the Incorporated LucasTooth Boys' Training Fund Ltd, 1923-1939 &
1946-1952. |
29.09.1939 |
- |
12.1939 |
HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) |
12.1939 |
- |
05.01.1945 |
HMS
Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) |
06.01.1945 |
- |
05.02.1946 |
Superintendent
Physical and Recreational Training School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
06.02.1946 |
- |
16.06.1946 |
HMS Victory (additional) |
17.06.1946 |
- |
12.08.1946 |
Portsmouth Division RM (for release in Class A) |
|
Garrett,
Ralph
|
11.11.1903
-
17.01.1952 |
Prob. 2nd Lt. |
01.09.1921 |
2nd Lt. |
1922?, seniority
01.09.1921 |
Lt. |
01.09.1924 |
Capt. |
01.09.1933 |
A/Maj. |
16.02.1940-13.03.1942 |
Maj. |
01.07.1943 |
A/Lt.Col.
|
14.03.1942 |
Lt.Col. |
30.06.1947 (retd
14.04.1951) |
|
Education: Gunnery Staff Course (subsequently
specialized in anti-aircraft gunnery).
01.09.1921 |
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Marine Artillery (c. 1924 transferred Royal Marines) |
(08.1923) |
|
|
no
appointment listed |
12.12.1924 |
- |
(05.1926) |
HMS
Iron Duke (battleship) (Mediterranean & Atlantic Fleet) |
(02.1927) |
- |
(06.1928) |
Portsmouth
Division RM |
21.02.1929 |
- |
(08.1930) |
HMS
Malaya (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) |
(02.1931) |
- |
(01.)1932 |
Portsmouth
Division RM |
25.08.1932 |
- |
(08.)1934 |
HMS
Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) |
1934 |
- |
(11.1934) |
Chatham
Division RM |
? |
- |
(02.)1935 |
Portsmouth
Division RM |
(07.)1935 |
- |
(01.)1937 |
Chatham
Division RM |
04.01.1937 |
- |
(02.)1938 |
HMS
Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) |
28.08.1939 |
- |
16.01.1940 |
HMS
Devonshire (for Alexandria, Egypt) |
17.01.1940 |
- |
25.02.1940 |
Portsmouth
Division RM |
26.02.1940 |
- |
21.03.1944 |
RM
Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (MNBDO) (1): |
(1940) |
|
|
Officer
Commanding, "B" Battery, 1st RM Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
(02.1941) |
- |
06.1941 |
Instructor
of Gunnery, Air Defence Brigade |
06.1941 |
- |
12.1941 |
Commanding
Officer, 1st RM Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Crete, Egypt) |
09.1943 |
- |
21.03.1945 |
Commanding
Officer, 1st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (5th RM Anti-Aircraft Brigade) [Bhiwandi
near Bombay (India), from 02.1944 Largs (Scotland), then 05.1944
Clacton-on-Sea (Essex), then 08.1944 with 21st Army Group (Cherbourg, France),
then 10.1944 Antwerp (Belgium)] |
22.03.1945 |
- |
10.09.1945 |
Commanding
Officer, 1st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (5th RM Anti-Aircraft Brigade) [Antwerp
(Belgium), then 05.1945 Topsham (Devon)] |
? |
- |
(04.)1946 |
Infantry
School RM (Plymouth) |
1946 |
- |
(07.1946) |
Officer
Commanding, Mechanical Transport School RM |
(07.1948) |
- |
(05.1949) |
Amphibious
School RM |
(05.1950) |
|
|
Eastney |
|
Giles,
Robert Clement
Son of Rev. Clement Douglas Giles.
Married (24.07.1965) Margaret Joy Whitehead, daughter of Gilbert Hinds
Whitehead, and Helena Emmeline Langford.
|
06.10.1900
Trimulgherry, Deccan, India
-
02.03.1970
Chanctonbury district, Sussex |
2nd Lt. |
01.10.1919 |
Lt. |
01.10.1922 |
Capt. |
01.10.1930 |
Maj. |
12.10.1939 |
A/Lt.Col. |
25.02.1946 |
Lt.Col. |
30.06.1946 (retd
27.06.1949) |
|
MID |
02.07.1946 |
POW at fall of Hong Kong |
|
05.06.1923 |
- |
(08.1923) |
HMS
Queen Elizabeth (battleship) |
? |
- |
(01.)1925 |
Plymouth Division RM |
27.04.1925 |
- |
01.12.1930 |
employed under the Air Ministry [attached to RAF]: |
16.11.1925 |
- |
(03.)1926 |
pilot's course, RAF Base, Leuchars |
01.09.1926 |
- |
(07.)1927 |
pilot, No. 405 Flight FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) |
01.09.1927 |
- |
(04.)1930 |
pilot, No. 404 Flight FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) |
(08.)1930 |
- |
(03.)1931 |
Plymouth Division RM |
22.07.1931 |
- |
(01.)1932 |
HMS
Exeter (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) |
27.07.1932 |
- |
(02.)1935 |
HMS
Dauntless (cruiser) (Mediterranean) |
1935 |
- |
(07.)1935 |
Plymouth Division RM |
17.09.1935 |
- |
(02.)1936 |
HMS
President IV (Base Defences, Mediterranean) |
25.06.1936 |
- |
(05.)1939 |
Naval
Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] |
15.07.1939 |
- |
12.1941 |
Staff Officer (Intelligence), Hong Kong [HMS Tamar
(RN base, Hong Kong) |
121.1941 |
- |
1945 |
POW in Japanese captivity |
? |
- |
(04.1946) |
RM Depot, Deal |
? |
- |
(07.1948) |
Pay and Records Office RM |
? |
- |
(05.1949) |
Chatham Division RM |
|
Gilks,
John Allen
Son (with one sister) of Allen Gilks
(1882-1949), and Margaret Alice Hincks (1891-1964).
Married ((06?).1942, St Marylebone district, London) Nina Betty Edith Osborne
(08.01.1916 - 05.11.2009); one son. |
21.02.1916
Rugby, Warwickshire
-
29.10.1996
Wadebridge, Bodmin district, Cornwall |
2nd Lt. |
01.09.1934 |
Lt. |
20.02.1937 |
Capt. |
09.04.1940 |
A/Maj. |
29.08.1945 |
|
MID |
07.03.1944 |
sinking of the Scharnhorst |
|
... |
- |
... |
... |
... |
- |
... |
HMS Jamaica (Fiji class cruiser) (despatches) |
... |
- |
... |
... |
(07.1945) |
|
|
44 RM Commando (India) |
|
Gladwin,
Peter Edward Powis
Son of ... Gladwin, and ... Duncombe. |
03.04.1915
Steyning district, Sussex
-
02.2005
Taunton Devon, Somerset |
Prob. T/2nd Lt. |
18.02.1941 |
T/Lt. |
18.08.1941 |
A/T/Capt. |
09.12.1941 |
T/Capt. |
21.12.1942 (reld 25.05.1946) |
A/T/Maj. |
21.09.1942 |
|
DSC |
14.11.1944 |
Operation Neptune (Normandy landings 06.1944)
[investiture 11.12.1945] |
|
18.02.1941 |
- |
(06.)1941 |
RM Officer Cadet Training Unit |
(08.)1941 |
- |
(10.)1942 |
RM Division Beach Engineers, later RM Division Beach
Battalion |
(12.)1942 |
- |
(10.)1943 |
Officer Commanding S.U. Company, 1 RM Landing Group,
RM Division Beach Unit [later RM Beach Unit, later RM Beach Group] |
04.10.1943 |
- |
(01.)1945 |
HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for
landing craft duty): |
(06.1944) |
|
|
Commander, "O" LCM Squadron (DSC) |
20.03.1945 |
- |
(10.1945) |
General Staff
Officer, grade 2 (GSO2) (Staff Duties), "G" Branch, Headquarters Staff
RM (RM Office) |
(04.1946) |
|
|
Portsmouth Division RM |
|
Glunicke,
Robert Charles Arthur
|
06.03.1886
-
20.10.1963 |
2nd
Lt. |
01.09.1904 |
Lt. |
01.07.1905 |
T/Capt. |
08.05.1915-31.08.1915 |
Capt. |
01.09.1915 |
Maj. |
09.02.1927 |
Lt.Col. |
30.06.1934 |
Col
2nd Cdt.. |
03.10.1936, seniority 03.10.1935 |
Col.
Cdt. |
03.04.1939 |
T/Brig. |
03.04.1939-02.10.1940 |
Maj.Gen. |
03.10.1940 (retd 03.10.1941) |
|
... |
- |
... |
... |
26.01.1927 |
- |
21.09.1927 |
12th RM Battalion |
... |
- |
... |
... |
03.04.1939 |
- |
03.10.1941 |
Colonel Commandant, Plymouth Division RM |
01.12.1939 |
- |
03.10.1940 |
also:
Marine ADC to the King |
Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Bedfordshire, 16.05.1953. |
Godbehere,
Alfred Shadrach
"Alf"
Son of Alfred Godbehere, and Mary Burt.
Married 1st (20.06.1942, Lynchmere, Sussex) Eileen Mavis Crisp (died
23.05.1973);
one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd (31.08.1974, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire) Alice May Sinfield.
|
19.02.1920
Sheffield, Yorkshire
-
07.05.2006
Westfield Residential Home, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
[cremated 18.05.2006 after service at St Peters Church, Mansfield]
|
Mne.
|
26.06.1940 [PO/X
100641]
|
T/Cpl.
|
15.11.1942
|
A/T/Sgt.
|
1943?
|
T/2nd Lt.
|
03.09.1943
|
A/T/Lt.
|
29.01.1944
|
T/Lt.
|
03.03.1944
(dispersal 20.03.1946) (reld 17.05.1946)
|
|
39|45
St
|
-
|
-
|
|
Fr&G
St
|
-
|
-
|
|
BWM
39|45
|
-
|
-
|
|
Def
M
|
-
|
-
|
|
Education: Nether Edge Grammar School, Sheffield;
Sheffield University (obtained associateship in metallurgy, 1948).
Worked for English
Steel, Stevenson Road Works, 1936-1940.
26.06.1940
|
-
|
20.08.1940
|
RM
Reserve Depot Exmouth (took his Small Arms course, 12.08.1940)
|
21.08.1940
|
-
|
21.04.1941
|
Home
Base Ledger, RM Brigade Depot
|
22.04.1941
|
-
|
17.07.1941
|
Portsmouth
Division RM
|
18.07.1941
|
-
|
23.04.1943
|
Home
Base Ledger Staff
|
24.04.1943
|
-
|
02.09.1943
|
Home
Base Ledger RM Military School (Thurlestone?) (No. 20 H.O. Cadet Course, RM
Small Arms School, 05/06.1943)
|
03.09.1943
|
-
|
02.10.1943
|
training,
RM Training Group Towyn
|
03.10.1943
|
-
|
13.11.1943
|
Portsmouth
Division RM
|
14.11.1943
|
-
|
08.02.1945
|
HMS
Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (additional; as Boat Officer, from
14.01.1944 as Divisional Officer)
|
14.11.1943
|
-
|
04.12.1943
|
HMS
Northney (training establishment for landing craft, Hayling Island) (for
landing craft training)
|
04.12.1943
|
-
|
14.01.1944
|
HMS
Helder (Combined Operations base, Brightlingsea) (for minor landing craft
training)
|
14.01.1944
|
-
|
03.02.1944
|
312th
[Personnel?] Flotilla
|
03.02.1944
|
-
|
26.09.1944
|
807th
Landing Craft Flotilla
|
26.09.1944
|
-
|
02.10.1944
|
HMS
Northney (training establishment for landing craft, Hayling Island) (for
navigation course)
|
02.10.1944
|
-
|
23.10.1944
|
HMS
James Cook (Combined Operations training establishment, Glen Caladh, nr
Tignabruich) (for beach pilotage course)
|
23.10.1944
|
-
|
23.01.1945
|
HMS
Westcliff (Combined Operations base, Southend) (for minor landing craft pool)
|
24.01.1945
|
-
|
09.02.1945
|
545th
Landing Craft Flotilla (as Boat Officer)
|
09.02.1945
|
-
|
24.07.1945
|
HMS
Odyssey (accounting base for naval parties) (additional; for Naval Party 2402,
to join HMS Dragonfly (Combined Operations base, South Hayling Island) [Mobile
Landing Craft Advanced Base (MOLCAB) III at Rhine crossing, 03.1945])
|
25.07.1945
|
-
|
06.08.1945
|
Chatham
Division RM
|
07.08.1945
|
-
|
19.03.1946
|
HMS
Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (additional)
|
07.08.1945
|
-
|
13.10.1945
|
HMS
St Mathew (Combined Operations training base, Burnham on Crouch) (as Boat
Officer for minor landing craft pool)
|
13.10.1945
|
-
|
19.03.1946
|
HMS
Quebec (Combined training centre, Inverary) (as Boat Officer for minor landing
craft pool)
|
20.03.1946
|
-
|
17.05.1946
|
Chatham
Division RM (for release under Class "A")
|
Worked post-war as a metallurgist, from 1946 at
E.S.C. Vickers Works, Sheffield in Research and later in open hearth smelting
department. Joined Jessop Savilles, Sheffield in Research Department, 1950
(General Works Manager, 1952). Joined Foundry Services Ltd of London as a
Technical Representative touring the world installing melting shops in steel
plants, 1960. Working for The Steetley Group, Worksop, 1966 (Marketing Director,
05.1967). Worked for BSM first training as Driving Instructor, 1975. Set
up ASG Driving School, 1976.
|
Godfrey,
Ernest Raymond
|
30.12.1917
-
09.1991
Bath district, Avon |
T/2nd Lt. |
? |
T/Lt. |
20.01.1942 |
A/T/Capt. |
26.05.1944 |
|
... |
- |
... |
... |
? |
- |
(10.1942) |
101st RM Brigade |
... |
- |
... |
... |
|
Godfrey,
Sir
William Wellington
|
02.04.1880
-
18.05.1952 |
2nd Lt. |
01.09.1898 |
... |
... |
Lt.Gen. |
01.01.1937 |
Gen |
01.04.1939 (retd
02.10.1939; own request) (recalled 21.07.1940) (reverted to retd
20.11.1940) |
|
KCB |
1939 |
? |
|
CB |
1932 |
? |
|
CMG |
1916 |
? |
|
|
Goldsmith,
Walter James
|
25.05.1919
-
18.09.1986
Colchester district, Eseex |
T/2nd Lt. |
15.08.1940 |
T/Lt. |
15.02.1941 |
T/A/Capt. |
03.04.1944 |
|
... |
- |
... |
... |
23.11.1944 |
- |
(07.1945) |
HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for
landing craft duty) |
... |
- |
... |
... |
|
Gooding,
Alfred Herbert Noel
Son (with two sisters) of Herbert Charles Gooding (1878-1971), and Alice
Beatrice Mary Potter (1884-1962), of Martlesham. |
25.12.1907
Martlesham, Woodbridge district, Suffolk
-
07.06.1944
(DOW) [age 36]
[Martlesham (St Mary) Churchyard, Suffolk] |
T/2nd Lt. |
25.02.1941 |
T/Lt. |
25.08.1941 |
A/T/Capt.
|
01.01.1942-07.06.1944 |
|
Chief nursery clerk.
(04.)1941 |
- |
(06.)1941 |
RM Officer Cadet Training Unit |
(08.)1941 |
- |
(10.)1941 |
16th (Support) Battalion, 102nd RM Brigade, RM
Division |
(12.)1941 |
- |
(10.)1942 |
15th (Support) Battalion, from c. 07.1942 15th
(Machine Gun) Battalion, RM Division |
(12.)1942 |
- |
(02.)1943 |
Officer Commanding, No. 3 (Machine Gun)
Company, 15th (Machine Gun) Battalion, RM Division |
(04.)1943 |
- |
(08.)1943 |
Officer Commanding, No. 3 (Machine Gun) Company, RM
Training Group Dalditch |
(10.1943) |
|
|
RM Training Group Dalditch * |
14.11.1943 |
- |
07.06.1944 |
HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base): |
14.11.1943 |
- |
07.06.1944 |
Senior Officer, 606th LCM Flotilla, "E" Build-up
Squadron, Force G [HMS Westcliff (Combined Operations base, Southend), from
01.1944 HMS Cricket (landing craft base, Burseldon), from 05.1944
HMS Turtle (Combined Operations training establishment, Poole, Dorset)]
[wounded by machine gun fire during the landings on the morning of the 6th June
1944 and was subsequently evacuated back to Portsmouth where he died as a result
of his wounds] |
* indexed, but not listed as such |
Gourlay,
[Sir]
Basil Ian Spencer
|
13.11.1920
Chorlton, Lancashire
-
17.07.2013
London |
Prob. 2nd Lt. |
01.01.1940 |
Prob. Lt. |
14.06.1941 |
Lt. |
20.02.1942,
seniority 14.06.1941 |
A/Capt. |
16.06.1940 |
... |
... |
Gen. |
01.11.1973 (retd
09.06.1975) |
|
CVO |
1990 |
? |
|
KCB |
02.06.1973 |
HM's birthday 1973 [investiture 07.11.1973] |
|
OBE |
13.06.1957 |
Suez operations [investiture 29.10.1957] |
|
MBE |
01.01.1949 |
New Year 1949 |
|
MC |
03.04.1945 |
seizure of island Solta 09.1944 |
|
MID |
29.01.1957 |
Cyprus |
|
(02.)1940 |
- |
(08.)1940 |
course for Probationary Second Lieutenants RM,
Portsmouth |
(10.)1940 |
- |
(12.1940) |
course for Probationary Second Lieutenants RM,
Plymouth |
(02.1941) |
- |
(04.)1941 |
course for Probationary Second Lieutenants RM,
Portsmouth |
(06.1941) |
- |
(08.1941) |
RM Division * |
03.09.1941 |
- |
(02.)1944 |
HMS Formidable (Illustrious class aircraft carrier) |
1944 |
- |
(04.)1944 |
22nd (Training) Battalion, RM Training Group Wales
(Gibraltar Camp, Llanegryn, Towyn) |
1944 |
- |
(06.)1944 |
RM Holding Commando |
(10.)1944 |
- |
09.1945 |
43 RM Commando (MC) |
(10.1945) |
- |
(04.1946) |
43 RM Commando * |
(10.1946) |
|
|
45 RM Commando |
... |
- |
... |
... |
* indexed, but not listed as such |
Graham,
Joseph Henry
|
?
-
|
T/2nd Lt.
|
04.03.1941
|
T/Lt.
|
04.09.1941
|
A/T/Capt.
|
15.09.1943-(07.1945)
(reld < 04.1946)
|
|
1941
|
-
|
1946
|
served
in India, Ceylon, NW Europe & Egypt:
|
04.03.1941
|
|
|
joined
RM
|
(12.1941)
|
-
|
(04.)1944
|
GOR
Lieutenant, Air Defence Brigade, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence
Organization (MNBDO) (1)
|
(06.)1944
|
-
|
(07.1945)
|
"C"
Battery, 1st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Workshops, 5th RM Anti-Aircraft Brigade
|
|
Grant,
Angus Watt
|
1919
Glenmuick, Tullich and Glengairn district,
Scotland
-
2000
East Neuk district, Scotland |
T/2nd Lt. |
15.08.1940 |
T/Lt. |
15.02.1941 |
|
... |
- |
... |
... |
? |
- |
(07.1945) |
RM Depot Deal |
... |
- |
... |
... |
Has been with U.C.T. since 1956; Dir. United
Tobacco Coys. (South) Ltd. (elect. 1st Jan 1968); 1936-39 Management Trainee
Commercial Solvents, 1946-51 Personnel Officer/Manager Dunlop Rubber Co.
Birmingham / Durban. |
Grant,
Harold George
Married ((12?).1913, Dublin South district) Nora Lindsey Bucknall Barker; two
sons.
|
29.07.1884
Georgetown, British Guyana
-
31.10.1950
Ryburn, Tilford, Surrey |
2nd Lt. |
01.09.1902 |
Lt. |
01.07.1903 |
Capt. |
01.09.1913 |
Bt. Maj. |
03.06.1918 |
Maj. |
01.09.1918 |
Bt. Lt.Col. |
30.06.1931 |
Lt.Col. |
01.10.1932 |
Col. 2nd Cdt. |
25.07.1935 |
Col. Cdt.
(T/Brig.) |
03.10.1936-02.04.1939 |
Maj.Gen. |
03.04.1939 |
Lt.Gen. |
02.10.1939 (retd
07.08.1940; own request) (recalled for service 16.09.1940) (reverted to
retd 01.01.1944) |
|
01.09.1902 |
|
|
commissioned RMLI |
... |
- |
... |
... |
03.10.1936 |
- |
02.04.1939 |
Colonel Commandant Plymouth Division RM |
1937 |
- |
1939 |
also: RM ADC to the King |
03.04.1939 |
- |
07.08.1940 |
half-pay |
16.09.1940 |
- |
23.09.1940 |
HMS President (additional; for duty with Local
Defence Division) (as Maj.) |
24.09.1940 |
- |
31.12.1943 |
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for observation
minefields) (as Maj.) |
|
Gray,
Thomas Malcolm
"Tim"
Brother of Lt.Col. William Nicol Gray, CMG, DSO and Bar, RM. |
16.09.1913
-
20.07.1960 |
Prob.2nd Lt. |
01.01.1932 |
Lt. |
01.01.1935 |
Capt. |
03.04.1939 |
A/Maj. |
25.04.1942-18.07.1942,
25.07.1942-31.07.1943 |
A/Lt.Col. |
01.08.1943-(01.1946) |
Lt.Col. |
06.1954 |
Col. |
31.12.1957 |
|
DSO |
12.06.1945 |
bridgehead over the Rhine at Wesel 23.03.1945
[investiture 20.07.1948] |
|
MC |
29.08.1944 |
services Normandy 06.1944 [investiture
20.07.1948] |
|
... |
- |
... |
... |
1939 |
- |
1942 |
Adjutant, 102nd RM Brigade |
1942 |
- |
08.1943 |
Staff Officer to the RM Adviser to Combined
Operations [Combined Operations HQ] |
08.1943 |
- |
11.1943 |
Officer Commanding, RM Holding Company |
27.11.1943 |
- |
07.06.1944 |
Commanding Officer, 41st RM Commando (Normandy;
wounded in action) |
27.11.1944 |
- |
03.08.1945 |
Commanding Officer, 46th RM Commando |
... |
- |
... |
... |
01.1946 |
- |
01.1948 |
Commanding Officer, 45th RM Commando |
|
Gray,
William Nicol
Eldest son of Dr W. Gray, Westfield,
West Hartlepool.
Brother of Lt.Col. Thomas Malcolm Gray, DSO, MC, RM. |
01.05.1908
-
14.01.1988 |
T/2nd Lt. |
? |
T/Lt. |
? |
T/Capt. |
01.10.1942 |
A/T/Maj. |
01.07.1942 (retd
14.01.1946; granted War Service rank of Lt.Col.) |
A/T/Lt.Col. |
07.06.1944-13.07.1945 |
A/T/Col. |
14.07.1945-13.01.1946 |
|
CMG |
10.06.1948 |
HM's birthday 1948 [investiture 20.07.1948] |
|
DSO |
20.02.1945 |
Merville & Franceville Plage 07.06.1944
[investiture 20.07.1948] |
|
DSO |
19.06.1945 |
crossing the Rhine Wesel 23.03.1945 [investiture
20.07.1948] |
|
... |
- |
... |
... |
|
|
|
GSO2 RM Division (No. 1 (Experimental) WOSB) |
|
|
|
Military Instructor, HMS Dorlin |
06.1944 |
- |
03.1945 |
Commanding Officer, 45th RM Commando |
04.1945 |
- |
07.1945 |
Commanding Officer, 45th RM Commando |
|
|
|
Commandant, RM Officer Cadet Training Unit |
Inspector-General, Palestine Police, 1946-1948. |
Grewcock,
Eric Edward Douglas *
Son (with two sisters and one brother) of Sgt.
Albert Edward Grewcock (1887-1956), and Olive Maud Janes (1883-1978), of Harrow,
Middlesex.
* Birth registration & probate records show order of first names as: Edward Eric
Douglas. |
04.12.1918
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
12.06.1944
(KIA) [age 25]
[Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France, IIIA.L.6] |
T/2nd Lt. |
15.01.1940 |
T/Lt. |
15.07.1940 |
A/T/Capt. |
26.07.1942 |
|
Sorting clerk & telegraphist, Postal Service, Harrow
& Wembly, 1935-1940.
15.01.1940 |
- |
(03.)1940 |
RM Depot, Deal |
(04.)1940 |
- |
31.07.1943 |
5th Battalion RM, 101st RM Brigade |
01.08.1943 |
- |
12.06.1944 |
'A' Troop Commander, 45 RM Commando (killed in
action at the battle for Bréville, Normandy) |
|
Griffith,
Hugh Owen
|
12.02.1909 ?
-
11.1995 ? |
... |
... |
T/Capt. |
08.06.1943 |
A/T/Maj. |
08.03.1943 |
|
... |
- |
... |
... |
10.11.1943 |
- |
(04.1945) |
Naval Provost Marshal, Naples [HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto, Italy)] |
... |
- |
... |
... |
|
Griffiths,
Edward Home
|
24.05.1921
-
03.06.2014
Ashford |
2nd Lt. |
01.09.1939 |
Prob. Lt. |
16.02.1941 |
Lt. |
22.12.1941,
seniority 16.02.1941 |
A/Capt.
|
18.06.1943-15.03.1945,
26.09.1945-03.01.1946 |
Capt. |
16.02.1949 |
Maj. |
30.06.1957 (retd
24.05.1966) |
local Lt.Col. |
14.08.1965-13.12.1965 |
|
(12.)1939 |
- |
(02.)1940 |
RM course, Portsmouth |
(03.1940) |
|
|
no appointment listed |
(04.)1940 |
- |
(05.)1940 |
RM course, Portsmouth |
(06.)1940 |
- |
(12.1940) |
RM course, Plymouth |
1941? |
- |
(02.)1941 |
Reserve Depot Exton RM |
1941 |
- |
(04.)1941 |
Portsmouth Division RM |
01.05.1941 |
- |
(02.)1943 |
HMS Newcastle (Southampton class cruiser) |
1943 |
- |
(04.)1943 |
Portsmouth Division RM |
1943 |
- |
(06.)1943 |
attached, 1 RM Landing Group, RM Beach Group |
(08.1943) |
|
|
no appointment listed |
01.09.1943 |
- |
(01.)1945 |
HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
(for landing craft duty) |
18.02.1945 |
- |
(10.1945) |
HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW,
Australia) |
03.01.1946 |
- |
(04.1946) |
HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) |
... |
- |
... |
... |
(10.1948) |
|
|
Gunnery School RM |
... |
- |
... |
... |
01.1951 |
- |
(05.1953) |
HMS
Glory |
... |
- |
... |
... |
(01.1954) |
|
|
RMFR
Merseyside |
... |
- |
... |
... |
14.03.1956 |
|
(04.1956) |
45
Commando RM |
... |
- |
... |
... |
(01.1958) |
|
|
Plymouth Division RM |
... |
- |
... |
... |
08.1960 |
- |
(02.1962) |
Intelligence Organisation Officer, Allied Command Atlantic Headquarters (ACLANT),
NATO (Norfolk, Virginia, USA) |
... |
- |
... |
... |
|
Grover,
George Walter Montague
|
15.11.1895
-
28.02.1969 |
Prob. 2nd Lt. |
29.09.1914 |
... |
... |
Maj. |
01.09.1934 |
Bt. Lt.Col. |
30.06.1941 |
A/Lt.Col. |
16.02.1940-23.11.1941 |
Lt.Col. |
01.06.1942 |
A/Col. |
24.11.1941-07.09.1943 |
A/Col. Comdt. |
08.09.1943-25.03.1944 |
T/Brig. |
08.09.1943-25.03.1944 |
A/Col. 2nd
Comdt. |
26.03.1944,
seniority 24.11.1941 (retd 14.06.1947; granted war service rank of Col.) |
|
... |
- |
... |
... |
07.10.1939 |
- |
09.10.1939 |
Portsmouth Division RM (for RM Reserve Depot) |
10.10.1939 |
- |
28.01.1940 |
RM Reserve Depot |
29.01.1940 |
- |
29.02.1940 |
Portsmouth Division RM |
01.03.1940 |
- |
26.09.1940 |
Home Base Ledger: Officer Commanding, Land Defence
Force (RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization) |
27.09.1940 |
- |
30.09.1940 |
General Staff (RM Office) (additional) |
01.10.1940 |
- |
04.09.1941 |
Assistant Quartermaster-General (AQMG), Headquarters
Staff (RM Office) |
05.09.1941 |
- |
07.02.1943 |
General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1), "G" Branch,
Headquarters Staff (RM Office) |
08.02.1943 |
- |
25.03.1944 |
Commander, RM Training Group Wales (Towyn) |
26.03.1944 |
- |
22.10.1944 |
Portsmouth Division RM |
23.10.1944 |
- |
30.10.1946 |
Director of Naval Recruiting, Admiralty [HMS
President] (additional) |
... |
- |
... |
... |
Published: Short history of the Royal
Marines (1948). |
Guttridge,
Colin Henry Alexander
|
25.03.1906
-
07.03.1979
Herne Bay, Canterbury district, Kent |
C/Sgt. |
? |
T/Lt. |
16.10.1943 |
|
... |
- |
... |
... |
? |
- |
(07.1945) |
Assistant Instructor (Officer Commanding Medium
Machine Gun Wing), RM Small Arms School |
... |
- |
... |
... |
|
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