John Patrick
Son (with four brothers and four sisters) of Patrick Joseph Kelly (1879-1966), and Helena Mary Carty (1874-1946).
Married (29.06.1935, Plymouth district, Devon) Florence Mary Leahy (02.10.1913 - 23.08.1985), daughter of James Leahy (1873-1935), and Edith Louisa Flanagan (1883-1962); ... children (two sons, two daughters).
Residence: (1941) Plymouth.
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Kilkenny, Ireland
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12.01.1990
St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
| Mne. | 16.10.1924 [Po. 22186, new Ply. 22739] |
| A/Cpl. | 07.06.1929 |
| Cpl. | 04.05.1930 |
| Sgt. | 29.12.1933 |
| Col.Sgt. | 20.08.1938 |
| Lt. | 26.09.1940 |
| A/Capt. | 07.12.1940-07.10.1944 |
| Capt. | 22.07.1945 (retd 08.08.1952; age; granted War Service rank of Maj.) |
| A/Maj. | 08.10.1941-24.10.1944, 03.12.1945-17.06.1946 |
| A/Lt.Col. | 25.10.1944-(01.1946) |
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DSM | 01.01.1941 | New Year 1941 [investiture 01.03.1941] |
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39|45 St | - | - |
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Afr St | - | & clasp 8th Army |
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Atl St | - | & clasp |
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It St | - | - |
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Def M | - | - |
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WM 39|45 | - | - |
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MID | 08.06.1944 | HM's birthday 1944: for gallantry and good services in the past six months of the war in HM ships |
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MID | 13.03.1945 | for outstanding courage, leadership, and skill during the build-up of the Normandy bridgehead, Arromanches 06-11.1944 |
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LSGCM | 01.09.1940 | & gratuity |
| 16.10.1924 | - | 04.08.1925 | Portsmouth Division RM (at Depot) |
| 05.08.1925 | - | 20.12.1925 | Portsmouth Division RM (at Plymouth) |
| 21.12.1925 | - | 05.04.1926 | Portsmouth Division RM |
| 06.04.1926 | - | 07.11.1928 | HMS Warspite (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) |
| 08.11.1928 | - | 06.06.1929 | Plymouth Division RM |
| 07.06.1929 | - | 27.05.1930 | HMS Renown (Repulse class battlecruiser) |
| 28.05.1930 | - | 22.04.1931 | Plymouth Division RM |
| 23.04.1931 | - | 12.06.1933 | HMS Emerald (E class cruiser) |
| 13.06.1933 | - | 11.01.1935 | Plymouth Division RM |
| 12.01.1935 | - | 14.08.1935 | HMS Barham (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) |
| 15.08.1935 | - | 16.09.1935 | Plymouth Division RM |
| 17.09.1935 | - | 22.06.1937 | HMS Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) |
| 23.06.1937 | - | 23.07.1937 | Plymouth Division RM |
| 24.07.1937 | - | 03.09.1937 | Portsmouth Division RM |
| 04.09.1937 | - | 05.01.1939 | Plymouth Division RM |
| 06.01.1939 | - | 20.07.1939 | HMS Revenge (Royal Sovereign class battleship) |
| 21.07.1939 | - | 28.08.1939 | Plymouth Division RM |
| 29.08.1939 | - | 16.07.1940 | HMS Renown (Repulse class battlecruiser) |
| 17.07.1940 | - | 14.08.1940 | Plymouth Division RM |
| 15.08.1940 | - | 25.09.1940 | RM Reserve Depot |
| 16.10.1924 | - | 25.09.1940 | served in the ranks for 15 years, 49 days |
| 26.09.1940 | - | 06.10.1940 | RM Reserve Depot Exton |
| 07.10.1940 | - | 17.03.1941 | RM Siege Regiment |
| 18.03.1941 | - | 07.09.1941 | Instructor of Gunnery, ..., Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) 2 |
| 08.09.1941 | - | 08.04.1944 | Battery Commander, "Dorset" Battery, Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) 2 |
| 09.03.1944 | - | 27.05.1944 | Portsmouth Division RM |
| 28.05.1944 | - | 07.06.1944 | HMS Odyssey (accounting base for naval parties) (additional; for Naval Party 1500 (Arromanches)) |
| 08.06.1944 | - | 24.10.1944 | HMS Royal Anne (Naval Party 1500, Arromanches) |
| 08.06.1944 | - | 24.10.1944 | Officer Commanding RM Detachment & Staff RM Officer Arromanches, Naval Party 1500 |
| 25.10.1944 | - | 31.12.1944 | HMS Odyssey (accounting base for naval parties) (additional; for Naval Party 1570) |
| 25.10.1944 | - | 31.12.1944 | Staff of Flag Officer Arromanches |
| 01.01.1945 | - | 23.04.1945 | HMS Odyssey (accounting base for naval parties) (additional; in continuation) |
| 01.01.1945 | - | 23.04.1945 | Staff RM Officer on staff of Commodore Belgium & for duty with RM Detachments France & Holland |
| 24.04.1945 | - | 09.09.1945 | HMS Odyssey (accounting base for naval parties) (additional) |
| 24.04.1945 | - | 28.04.1945 | Naval Party 2402 (additional) |
| 29.04.1945 | - | 09.08.1945 | Officer Commanding, Naval Party 2402 |
| 10.08.1945 | - | 09.09.1945 | Naval Party 2404 |
| 10.09.1945 | - | 02.12.1945 | RM Training Group Wales |
| 03.12.1945 | - | 16.06.1946 | RM Training Group Wales (additional) |
| 17.06.1946 | - | 16.02.1947 | Plymouth Division RM |
| 17.02.1947 | - | 19.08.1947 | Infantry School RM (additional) |
| 20.08.1947 | - | 10.06.1951 | Commando School RM |
| 11.06.1951 | - | 12.06.1951 | RM Barracks Plymouth |
| 13.06.1951 | - | 11.06.1952 | HMS Cumberland |
| 12.06.1952 | - | 07.08.1952 | RM Barracks Plymouth |
John Algernon Cyril
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
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20.08.1992
Hythe, Shepway district, Kent
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| T/Lt. | 25.08.1941 |
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| (05.1945) | HMS Royal Albert (Naval Party 1749, London/Berlin) (for duty with Naval Party 1734) | ||
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George
Married ((12?).1937, Knaresborough district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Gwendolyn Naomi Hodges (09.08.1908 - 04.1986); two sons.
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19.03.1992
Harrogate, Claro district, North Yorkshire
| Mne. | 16.10.1941 [PO/X 109232] |
| T/2nd Lt. | 15.05.1942 |
| T/Lt. | 15.11.1942 |
| T/A/Capt. | 05.01.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) |
| 16.10.1941 | joined RM (D Company, RM Reserve Depot) | ||
| 1942 | - | (08.)1942 | RM Signal School |
| (10.)1942 | - | (02.)1943 | 2nd Battalion RM (102nd RM Brigade) |
| (04.)1943 | - | (06.)1943 | Liaison Officer, 102nd RM Brigade HQ |
| (08.)1943 | - | (10.)1943 | 43rd RM Commando |
| 24.10.1943 | - | (10.1945) | HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) |
| served from D+6 (12.06.1944) in Normandy |
John Raymond
Armagh, Ireland
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24.10.1976
Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
| Prob. 2nd Lt. | 01.09.1937 |
| A/Lt. | 28.08.1939-31.10.1939 |
| Prob. Lt. | 01.11.1939 |
| Lt. | 19.03.1940, seniority 01.11.1939 |
| A/Capt. | 29.01.1942-26.09.1946 |
| Capt. | 01.11.1947 (supernumerary 14.07.1953) (retd 22.05.1963) |
| A/Maj. | ? |
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| 28.08.1939 | - | (06.)1940 | HMS Shropshire (London class cruiser) |
| 1940 | - | (08.)1940 | Chatham Division RM |
| 1940 | - | 09.1940 | Depot RM, Deal |
| 30.09.1940 | - | (12.1941) | HMS King George V (King George V class battleship) |
| 29.01.1942 | - | (01.)1945 | HMS Gambia (Fiji class cruiser) |
| 1945 | - | (04.)1945 | Chatham Division RM |
| 23.05.1945 | - | (04.1946) | General Staff Officer, grade 3 (GSO3) (Staff Duties), "G" Branch, Headquarters Staff RM (RM Office) |
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Harry Richard
Son of ... Kirby, and ... Kinsman.
Married (09?).1948, Towcester, Nottinghamshire) Lorna I. Groom; three daughters.
Birkenhead, Merseyside
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02.10.1984
Golant, Fowey, St Austell district, Cornwall
| T/2nd Lt. | 15.08.1940 |
| T/Lt. | 15.02.1941 (reld 09.06.1946) |
| (10.1940) | Portsmouth Division RM | ||
| (12.1940) | 8th Battalion, 103rd RM Brigade | ||
| (02.1941) | RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (1) | ||
| (04.1941) | - | (04.1942) | "X" Battery, Coast Artillery Regiment (1) RM, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (1) |
| (06.1942) | - | (08.1943) | "Z" Battery, 1st Coast Regiment RM, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (1) |
| (10.1943) | - | (04.1944) | "Chatham" Battery, 1st Coast Regiment RM, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (1) |
| (06.1944) | RM Siege Regiment (waiting disposal) | ||
| 1944 | - | (10.1944) | 22nd (Training) Battalion, RM Training Group Wales |
| (01.1945) | - | (04.1945) | 45 RM Commando |
| (07.1945) | - | (10.1945) | Commando Holding Company RM * |
Richard Hugh Widdrington
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| Prob. 2nd Lt. | 01.01.1934 |
| A/Lt. | 20.06.1936-31.12.1936 |
| Lt. | 01.01.1937 |
| Capt. | 12.10.1939 |
| A/Maj. |
03.05.1943-01.04.1944, 15.06.1944-... |
| Maj. | 30.06.1948 |
| local Lt.Col. | 17.01.1955 |
| Lt.Col. | ? (retd 09.06.1958) |
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| 12.09.1937 | - | (01.1940) | specially employed |
| 26.02.1941 | - | (02.1942) | Officer Commanding, RM Detachment, HMS Victorious (Illustrious class aircraft carrier) |
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Peter Fernley
Son (with one brother) of Maj. Anthony Knight (1887-1967), the Norfolk Regiment, and Mary Winifred Ramsden (1886-1971).
Married ((09?).1949, St Albans district, Hertfordshire) Audrey M. Winchester; one son, two daughters.
Freebridge Lynn, Norfolk
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24.08.1980
Tenbury, Worcestershire (late of Fox House, Menith Wood, Worcestershire)
| Prob. 2nd Lt. | 01.01.1934 |
| 2nd Lt. | 1936?, seniority 01.01.1934 |
| A/Lt. | 02.09.1936-31.12.1936 |
| Prob. Lt. | 01.01.1937 |
| Lt. | 09.03.1937, seniority 01.01.1937 |
| Capt. | 12.10.1939 |
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05.03.1942-28.01.1946, 23.02.1948-29.06.1948 |
| Maj. | 30.06.1948 (retd 12.08.1958) |
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MID | 04.10.1940 | Operation Primrose (Norway) |
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| 06.02.1939 | - | (06.)1939 | qualifying for signal duties, Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (01.06.1939 qualified as Instructor of Signalling) |
| (07.1939) | - | (06.)1941 | Plymouth Division RM |
| (08.)1941 | - | (12.1941) | RM Divisional Signals |
| 19.01.1942 | - | (02.)1943 | HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary) (for duty at Combined Signal School) |
| (04.)1943 | - | (08.)1943 | Officer Commanding, No. 4 Company, RM Divisional Signals |
| (10.)1943 | - | (02.)1944 | Commanding Officer, RM Signal Holding Company |
| 1944 | - | (03.)1944 | Signal Section, Combined Operations Headquarters |
| 23.03.1944 | - | (06.)1944 | HMS Mercury (signal school, near Petersfield) |
| (06.1944) | in charge of 'Party Funshore' (formed while Operation Overlord was being planned, to handle communications during the Normandy Campaign and the subsequent operations in NW Europe, consisting of 8 naval communication parties) | ||
| (10.1944) | no appointment listed | ||
| (01.1945) | - | (10.1945) | Officer in charge Cadets, Cadets Wing, RM Military School, Thurlestone |
| 28.01.1946 | - | (04.1946) | HMS St Vincent (preliminary air training establishment, Gosport, Hampshire) |
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William Gordon Hunter
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1963?
| T/2nd Lt. | ? |
| T/Lt. | 28.06.1942 |
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| (07.1945) | RM Training Group Wales | ||
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