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St Clair-Morford, Albert Clarence	27.06.1893 - 04.05.1945 accident during a live firing exercise	Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.01.1912 T/Lt. 06.09.1914 Lt. 1915?, seniority 06.09.1914 T/Capt. 28.10.1915 Capt. 14.02.1917 Maj. 11.08.1929 Lt.Col. 01.06.1936 T/Col. 19.04.1939 Col. 2nd Cdt. 30.09.1939 T/Col.Cdt. (T/Brig.) 01.12.1939 Col.Cdt. (T/Brig.) 03.10.1941 Maj.Gen. 02.03.1943 (retd 01.10.1943) (recalled for service as Col.Cdt. (T/Brig.) 24.01.1944) (as Col. 15.08.1944) CBE 27.06.1941 HM's birthday 1941 MC 14.11.1916 ?	... - ... ... 01.09.1938 - 28.11.1939 Director of Naval Recruiting 29.11.1939 - 29.02.1940 RM Depot Deal (supernumerary) 01.03.1940 - 23.03.1942 Commander, 101st RM Brigade 24.03.1942 - 30.04.1942 IADF on staff of 5th Sea Lord [HMS President] 01.05.1942 - 30.05.1942 HMS President (additional; pending secondment to India Office) 05.08.1942 - 02.03.1943 also: Marine ADC to the King 31.05.1942 - 01.03.1943 seconded India Office 02.03.1943 - 03.03.1943 corps duty, Plymouth 04.03.1943 - 24.03.1943 general staff (additional) 25.03.1943 - 29.09.1943 Commander, RM Training Groups (additional) 30.09.1943 - 30.09.1943 Plymouth Division RM 24.01.1944 - 08.02.1944 duty of RM officer on staff of Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force (ANCXF) [HMS Odyssee] 09.02.1944 - 03.08.1944 duty on staff of Naval Commander Eastern Task Force (as Brig. RM) [HMS Odyssee, from 07.07.1944 Chatham Division RM (not to join)] 04.08.1944 - 14.08.1944 Chatham Division RM (not to join) 15.08.1944 - 03.05.1945 Officer Commanding, RM Military School Thurlestone
Salmons, Bryan Harvey Son of George Herbert Salmons, and Ellen Edith Phillpot. Brother of Maj. Thomas Cardus Salmons, RM.	27.04.1907 Teddington, Kingston district, Middlesex - 15.10.1988 Quarr, Ryde, Isle of Wight	T/2nd Lt. 15.01.1940 A/T/Lt. 20.05.1940 T/Lt. 15.07.1940 A/T/Capt. 01.10.1941 (reld < 04.1946) EM 25.03.1949 ?	served in the ranks in the Artists Rifles pre-war ? - (04.1940) Portsmouth Division RM (02.1941) - (12.1941) Land Defence Force [later 11th RM Battalion (LDF)], Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization [MNBDO] (1) ? - 14.09.1942 Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization [MNBDO] (1) [captured on Operation Agreement, the attack on Tobruk] 14.09.1942 - (05.1945?) prisoner of war [according to London Times 06.01.1943] ? - (07.1945) Lympstone [Commando Training Centre?] Manager, Banana Importers (retired).
Salmons, Thomas Cardus Son of George Herbert Salmons, and Ellen Edith Phillpot. Brother of Capt. Bryan Harvey Salmons, RM.	14.01.1910 Teddington, Kingston district, Middlesex - 19.01.2001 Haywards Heath, West Sussex district, Sussex	T/2nd Lt. 01.12.1939 A/T/Lt. 16.02.1940 T/Lt. 01.06.1940 A/T/Capt. 15.04.1941 T/Capt. 22.07.1943 (reld < 04.1946) A/T/Maj. 22.04.1943 EM 25.03.1949 ?	served in the ranks in the Artists Rifles pre-war (personal no. 6792097) (04.1940) - (06.)1943 5th Battalion, RM Brigade (from 1941 101st RM Brigade) (08.)1943 - (04.)1944 45 RM Commando 1944 - (06.)1944 RM Training Group Wales (10.)1944 - (07.1945) 30 Assault Unit (under Special Service Group, from 12.1944 Commando Group)
Salter, John Dane Henderson	05.07.1917 - 02.11.1994 Whitchurch, Tavistock, Devon	Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.09.1936 Lt. 01.10.1938 A/Capt. 13.09.1941-12.10.1942 Capt. 17.10.1945 A/Maj. 13.10.1942-08.08.1949 Maj. 31.12.1951 (retd 05.07.1966) local Lt.Col. 26.10.1963-04.07.1966 MBE 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944	... - ... ... ? - (06.)1944 Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (2) (MBE) (10.1944) - (01.)1945 Special Service Group [from 12.1944 Commando Group] (waiting disposal) (04.)1945 - (10.1945) General Staff Officer, grade 2 (Operations), Commando Group (04.1946)     Commando Group * ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Samain, Bryan Charles William Son of Charles William Samain (1893-1930), and Ethel Mary Jane Witherow (1899-1961). Married ((06?).1948, Surrey North Eastern district) Helen P. Maddison ((12?).1920 - 24.03.2916), daughter of Charles Maddison (1885-1969), and Eleanor Maud Hubbard (1897-1953); two sons.	14.01.1925 Chelmsford, Essex - Halesworth, Suffolk	T/2nd Lt. 05.11.1943 T/Lt. 05.05.1944 (reld 14.09.1946)	Education: Royal Masonic School. Started his career in Fleet Street newspaper journalism (sub ed., London office, Sydney Daily Mirror) .  (12.)1943 - (04.)1944 22nd (Training) Battalion, RM Training Group Wales (06.1944)     RM Holding Commando 07.1944 - 1945 Intelligence Officer, 45 RM Commando (France, Holland) 1945 - 1945 Intelligence Officer, 46 RM Commando (Germany) 1945 - (04.)1946 Intelligence Officer, 45 RM Commando (Light) (Hong Kong) Resumed his journalistic career following demobilisation in 1946 (assistant editor, Britain & the East). Two years later he entered the industrial PR and publicity field, working over a period of 35 years for several leading companies, notably, British Steel, Ford and EMI. Published: Commando men : the story of a Royal Marine Commando in North-West Europe (1948; republished 1976 & 1988; paperback. 2005 & 2014; about 45 RM Commando); Mind your business, etc. (1957); Personal encounters : dealing with the famous, the adventurous and the otherwise exceptional (2000); Adventures unforeseen : recollections of a PR pioneer (2014).
Sandall, Thomas Bernard Washbourn Son (with one brother and four sisters) of Col. Thomas Edward "Eddy" Sandall, CMG (1869-1930), and Adelina "Addy" Washbourn (1868-1932), of Oxford. Married (07.08.1920, St Luke's Church, Bournemouth, Christchurch district, Hampshire) Kathleen Elsie Norah "Noreen" Nethercoate (29.09.1897 - 17.12.1976), only daughter (with one brother) of John Ames Nethercoate (1856-1937), and Kathleen Wright (1871-1969), of Bournemouth; one daughter.	27.05.1896 Alford, Spilsby district, Lincolnshire - 20.04.1979 Bournemouth, Dorset	2nd Lt. 22.08.1914 Lt. 27.03.1915 Capt. 07.05.1918 Maj. 20.02.1933 Lt.Col. 02.10.1939 (retd 27.05.1946; own request) A/Col. 2nd Cdt. 01.06.1942-15.09.1943, 14.03.1945-27.05.1946	Education: Haileybury (1910.3-1914.2; Thomason House). 22.08.1914     commissioned, RM       Grand Fleet 1915/18, Russia 1918/19, Turkey 1922/23 ... - ... ... 25.09.1938 - 10.04.1940 Portsmouth Division RM 11.04.1940 - 31.05.1940 Home Base Ledger: Officer Commanding, Force Sandall on Operation Valentine (which occupied the Faroe Islands on 13 Apr 1940 and left on 27 May 1940 having been relieved by an Army infantry battalion; the Force was formally disbanded on 1 Jun 1940) 01.06.1940 - 22.09.1940 Portsmouth Division RM 23.09.1940 - 28.01.1941 RM Reserve Depot, Exton 29.01.1941 - 25.05.1942 Commanding Officer, 7th RM Battalion (103rd RM Brigade) 26.05.1942 - 31.03.1944 Portsmouth Division RM 01.04.1944 - (04.)1944 Officer Commanding, Reception Camp, RM Training Group Wales (Gibraltar Camp, Llanegryn, Towyn) 1944 - 23.08.1944 Commanding Officer, 25th (Training) Battalion (under HQ RM Training Groups) 24.08.1944 - 07.03.1945 Commanding Officer, RM Infantry Training Centre (under HQ RM Training Groups, Devon) 08.03.1945 - 26.05.1946 Chatham Division RM (additional)
Sankey, Robert Woodall "Bob" Married Annie Jeannette "Jean" ... (died 01.05.1977); two sons, one step-daughter, one step-son.	08.04.1909 Derby, Wolverhampton district, Staffordshire - 18.04.1975 at home, near Hickling, North Walsham district, Norfolk	T/2nd Lt. 15.01.1940 T/Lt. 15.07.1940 T/A/Capt. 06.05.1940 T/A/Maj. 01.10.1941 T/Maj. 02.03.1944 T/A/Lt.Col. 02.12.1943 DSO 21.11.1944 gallant & distinguished service in the field Mediterranean [investiture 27.11.1945] DSC 28.12.1943 for courage and leadership in operations in North Africa [investiture 27.11.1945] MID 20.07.1943 good service Middle East 05-10.1942	1940 - (04.)1940 Portsmouth Division RM (10.)1940 - (06.)1944 11th RM Battalion (Land Defence Force), Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (1) [latterly as Commanding Officer] (10.)1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, 40 RM Commando 1945 - (07.1945) RM Training Establishment Lympstone ? - (04.1946) Portsmouth Division RM
Schooley, Ralph Gerald "Gerry"	25.01.1917 Lewisham district, London - 03.06.1944 (MPK) [age 27] [Belgrade War Cemetery, Serbia, 3.E.2]	T/2nd Lt. ? T/Lt. 10.04.1941 A/T/Capt. 08.04.1942 MID 23.01.1945 operations with Army Italy 01-04.1944	... - ... ... ? - (06.1944) 43rd RM Commando ... - ... ...
Scott-Ashe, Charles Richard Leslie Son (with one sister and two brothers) of Edward Lucas Montgomery Scott (1862-1931), and Emily Letitia Ashe (1857-1931). Changed surname from Scott to Scott-Ashe by deed poll of 15.11.1935.	12.08.1898 Little Hawkwell, Pembury, Kent - 23.02.1978 Langley Burrell, Chippenham, Wiltshire	Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.09.1917 A/Lt. 20.12.1918 Lt. ?, seniority 20.12.1918 Capt. 01.09.1928 (retd 12.08.1943; age) (recalled for service 12.08.1943) (reverted to retd  13.06.1946; granted War Service Rank of Maj.) A/Maj. 12.07.1941-16.06.1943, 01.12.1943-13.06.1946	Education: Tonbridge (1913-1917). ... - ... ... 26.01.1927 - 13.01.1928 12th RM Battalion ... - ... ... 07.03.1939 - 16.10.1939 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 17.10.1939 - 15.06.1943 HMS Cardiff (Ceres class cruiser) 16.06.1943 - 15.10.1943 Chatham Division RM 16.10.1943 - 30.11.1943 Portsmouth Division RM 01.12.1943 - 30.01.1946 Officer Commanding RM, HMS Indefatigable (Implacable class aircraft carrier) (from 15.11.1944 as Squadron RM Officer) 31.01.1946 - 12.06.1946 Chatham Division RM (for release under Class A)
Scrutton, Harold Son (with two brothers) of Willis James Campbell Scrutton (1866-1949), and Lily Beatrice Maud Muir (1876-1950). Married Patricia Emily Mills (21.10.1909 - 16.05.1981).	30.08.1903 Wanstead, West Ham district, Essex - 11.10.1988 Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex	T/Capt. 14.05.1940 T/Maj. 13.03.1941 A/T/Lt.Col. 09.11.1942 T/Lt.Col. 09.02.1943 A/T/Col. ? T/Col. 27.09.1945 (rled > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	Education: Imperial College of Science and Technology (1920-1923). ACGI, FICE (AMICE 1929, MICE 1955), FIStructE (AMIStrucE), FInstPet (MInstPet), FIArb (MIArb).       RM Engineers (06.)1940 - (10.)1941 Technical Officer, RM Engineer Battalion (12.)1941 - (08.)1942 Company Commander, "D" Company, RM Engineers (10.1942) - (12.1942) RM Engineers Battalion * (02.)1943 - (04.)1944 Area Commander, Western Highlands, "E" Company (Force "X"), RM Engineers (06.)1944 - (01.)1945 Company Commander, "G" Company (Heavy Docks), RM Engineers (04.)1945 - (06.)1945 HQ RM Engineers 17.06.1945 - (10.1945) Fleet RM Officer, British Pacific Fleet [HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia)] Consultant (from 1958-1966 Partner, from 1966 Senior Partner), Rendel, Palmer & Tritton. * indexed, but not listed as such
Seath, Gordon Hamilton	01.10.1886 - 30.08.1952 Walmer, Kent	2nd Lt. 01.09.1905 Lt. 01.07.1906 T/Capt. 01.05.1915 Capt. 01.09.1916 T/Maj. 16.06.1916-10.01.1919 Bt. Maj. 01.01.1918 Maj. 21.06.1928 Lt.Col. 01.10.1934 Col. 2nd Cdt. 01.04.1937 Col. Cdt. (T/Brig.) 01.12.1939 Maj.Gen. 01.10.1941 (retd 01.06.1942) (recalled for service 01.06.1942) (reverted to retd 12.09.1944) DSO 14.03.1916 ?	... - ... ... 03.10.1934 - 31,10.1939 Portsmouth Division RM 01.11.1939 - 24.11.1939 Depot RM, Deal 25.11.1939 - 28.11.1939 Portsmouth Division RM 29.11.1939 - 30.11.1939 Chatham Division RM (additional) 01.12.1939 - 31.05.1942 Colonel Commandant Chatham Division RM 03.10.1940 - 01.10.1941 also: Marine ADC to the King 01.06.1942 - 11.02.1943 Officer Commanding, Deal Holding Battalion (as Lt.Col.) 12.02.1943 - 22.03.1943 Deal Holding Battalion (additional; for leave) (as Lt.Col.) 23.03.1943 - 14.08.1944 Plymouth Division RM (for RM Military School) (as Lt.Col.) 15.08.1944 - 11.09.1944 Chatham Division RM (additional; not to join) (as Lt.Col.)
Sendall, Wilfrid Reginald Son (with one brother) of William Sendall (1879-1959), elementary school teacher, and Mabel Annie Griffin (1883-1957). Married ((03?).1935, St Pancras district, Middlesex) Gladys Maud Mary George (09.04.1911 - 14.02.2003), daughter (with three sisters and one brother) of Edward Thomas George (1878-1970), and Martha Maud Taylor (1883-); one daughter, one son.	12.01.1911 Malvern, Upton on Severn district, Worcestershire - 13.02.2002 Kings Lynn, Norfolk	T/Lt. 17.03.1941 T/Lt. 17.09.1941 A/T/Capt. 01.01.1942 T/Capt. 28.12.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) A/T/Maj. 28.09.1944	Journalist, News Chronicle (for 9 years).       RM Officer Cadet Training Unit (Thurlestone) (04.)1941 - (06.)1941 RM Division * (08.1941) - (10.)1942 15th (Support) [later: Machine Gun] Battalion, RM Division (12.)1942 - (04.)1943 Second-in-Command, 1 RM (Machine Gun) Company, 15th (Machine Gun) Battalion, RM Division 28.05.1943 - 26.07.1943 Special Duty, "G" Branch, Headquarters Staff RM (RM Office) 27.07.1943 - (10.1945) General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2) (Press), "G" Branch, Headquarters Staff RM (RM Office) 06.06.1944     landed in Normandy with 48 RM Commando 01.11.1944     landed at Westkapelle (Walcheren) with 4th Special Service Brigade Editor, The Globe & Laurel (magazine of the Royal Marines). * indexed, but not listed as such
Sergeant, Clive Melbourne	31.10.1896 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 02.04.1980 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk	... ... Maj. 05.04.1935 A/Lt.Col. 27.09.1940-30.04.1942, 16.12.1942-24.10.1944 A/Col. 25.10.1944 (retd 15.12.1947; invalided) OBE 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 1941 [investiture 16.02.1943] DSC 11.11.1919 ?	... - ... ... 15.11.1936 - 10.01.1937 Depot RM, Deal 11.01.1937 - 07.01.1940 Superintendent, Physical & Recreational Training School RM (Depot RM, Deal) 08.01.1940 - 14.02.1940 Portsmouth Division RM 15.02.1940 - 04.09.1940 Home Based Ledger, Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO): 15.02.1940 - 04.09.1940 No. 1 RM Anti-Aircraft Regiment 05.09.1940 - 17.09.1940 Portsmouth Division RM 18.09.1940 - 16.11.1942 Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) I: (10.1940)     No. 1 RM Anti-Aircraft Regiment (12.)1940 - (04.)1942 Commander, No. 2 RM Anti-Aircraft Regiment (06.)1942 - (08.)1942 Officer Commanding, No. 1 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (OBE) (10.1942)     no appointment listed 17.11.1942 - 15.12.1942 Plymouth Division RM 16.12.1942 - 29.06.1944 Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) II: 16.12.1942 - (02.)1943 Officer Commanding, Second Echelon (04.1943)     waiting disposal (06.)1943 - (06.)1944 Officer Commanding, Second Echelon 30.06.1944 - 10.10.1944 Chatham Division RM (as FGDO) 11.10.1944 - 24.10.1944 Chatham Division RM 25.10.1944 - 14.11.1944 HMS President (additional) 15.11.1944 - 04.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Landswell (Mobile Landing Craft Advanced Base 1, Trincomalee, Ceylon/Cochin, India)[HMS Odyssey (accounting base for Naval Parties) (additional)] ... - ... ...
Sharp, Alistair Douglas Granville Son of Douglas Charles Granville Sharp, and Katharine Mary Utton-Easson. Married ((12?).1952, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Patricia A. Taylor; three daughters.	04.11.1924 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 15.03.2017 Hayling Island, Hampshire	T/2nd Lt. 05.02.1943 T/Lt. 05.08.1943 (reld 18.07.1946) A/T/Capt. 28.05.1944	(04.)1943 - (12.)1943 RM Tradesmen Unit, RM Technical Training Depot 05.12.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) (10.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Shaw, Richard Norman Son of ... Shaw, and ... Moorhouse. Married ((09?).1944, Prescot district, Lancashire) Jean Carmichael (1921? - ); ... children (one daughter?).	18.07.1919 West Derby district, Lancashire - 24.06.1989 Harrogate, Claro district, North Yorkshire	T/2nd Lt. 23.10.1943 T/Lt. 23.04.1944 (reld 01.05.1946)	(04.1944)     Chatham Division RM (06.1944) - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Shaw, William Johnson	17.12.1899 Walmer, Deal district, Kent - 15.12.1985 Yeovil, Somerset	QMSI 01.06.1933 T/Staff Sgt. Maj. 05.02.1941 T/Lt. 26.02.1941 (retd 26.03.1946; medical unfitness; granted War Service Rank of Capt.) A/T/Capt. 23.11.1943-21.09.1944, 01.05.1945-25.03.1946	... - ... ... 05.02.1941 - 16.02.1941 RMDD 17.02.1941 - 16.10.1943 HMS Watchful (anti-submarine & minesweeper base, Great Yarmouth) 17.10.1943 - 22.11.1943 Chatham Division RM 23.11.1943 - 15.08.1944 HMS Odyssey (accounting base for Naval Parties): 23.11.1943 - 23.01.1944 duty on staff of Support Group Cdr. S.3 24.01.1944 - 31.05.1944 staff of Force Commander Force "S" for RM administration of Support Group S.3 01.06.1944 - 15.08.1944 Assistant Staff Officer Operations to [SOFC?] 16.08.1944 - 31.10.1944 Chatham Division RM 01.11.1944 - 12.02.1945 26th Battalion RM 13.02.1945 - 07.10.1945 RM Training Group Devon (additional) ... - ... ...
Shephard, Derek Arthur Conyngham Married (19.09.1925, St Matthias, Richmond, Surrey) Mary Olivia Thomas.	05.08.1897 Norfolk, Norfolkshire - 15.09.1980 Worthing, West Sussex	Prob. 2nd Lt. 17.04.1915 ... ... Maj. 01.03.1935 A/Lt.Col. 13.08.1940-21.08.1942, 12.11.1942-04.08.1943 Lt.Col. 05.08.1943 A/Col. 14.05.1944 Col. 04.01.1946 (retd 31.12.1948)	... - ... ... 01.05.1936 - 03.05.1940 Naval Provost Marshal, Malta [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] & from 20.01.1940 Fleet RM Officer 04.05.1940 - 16.05.1940 Fleet RM Officer [HMS Warspite (battleship)] (additional) 17.05.1940 - 31.08.1942 Naval Provost Marshal, Malta [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) & Fleet RM Officer 01.09.1942 - 18.10.1942 Plymouth Division RM 19.10.1942 - 13.05.1944 104th RM (Training) Brigade 12.11.1942 - 13.05.1944 Commanding Officer, 22nd (Training) Battalion RM 14.05.1944 - 23.05.1944 Colonel 2nd Commandant, Depot RM Deal 24.05.1944 - 23.08.1944 HMS President (additional; temporarily) (for duty outside Admiralty) 24.08.1944 - 20.01.1945 Depot RM Deal 21.01.1945 - 27.05.1946 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (additional) (as Commanding Officer, Beechwood Camp) ... - ... ... Published: Water polo : the game and the rules explained (1930).
Simonds, Robert William Barrow Son of William Barrow-Simonds, barrister-at-law, and Cicely Broughton.	13.10.1905 Winchester district, Hampshire - 08.09.1980 Droxford, South East Hampshire district, Hampshire	2nd Lt. 01.09.1924 Lt. 01.09.1927 Capt. 01.04.1936 A/Maj. 13.10.1940-08.06.1942 Bt. Maj. 19.02.1946, seniority 30.06.1942 (for meritious service) Maj. 04.01.1946 A/Lt.Col. 09.06.1942-05.09.1946 local Lt.Col. 11.05.1948-(07.1948) Lt.Col. 30.06.1949 local.Col. 15.01.1951 Col. 30.06.1952 (retd 31.10.1955) CBE 01.01.1954 New Year 1954 Silver Medal of Concepcion (Chile) (earthquake Concepcion, Chile, 24.01.1939)	Education: jssc. 01.09.1924     commissioned, Royal Marines ... - ... ... ? - (07.1937) RM Depot, Deal 11.01.1938 - 04.11.1939 HMS Ajax (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 05.11.1939 - 29.02.1940 Portsmouth Division RM 01.03.1940 - 08.06.1942 3rd RM Battalion (RM Brigade, then 102nd RM Brigade): 01.03.1940 - (08.)1941 Adjutant (10.)1941 - (04.)1942 no specific position shown 1942 - 08.06.1942 Second-in-Command 09.06.1942 - 31.07.1943 Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion RM (102nd RM Brigade) 01.08.1943 - 04.09.1944 Commanding Officer, 43rd RM Commando (Anzio, Italy) 05.09.1944 - 18.09.1944 Portsmouth Division RM 19.09.1944 - 18.01.1945 Depot RM, Deal (additional) 19.01.1945 - 30.07.1945 Headquarters Staff RM (RM Office, London) (additional) 31.07.1945 - 03.09.1946 Depot RM Lympstone 05.05.1948 - (07.)1948 Staff Officer (Intelligence), South Atlantic [HMS Afrikander] 13.08.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Nigeria 09.04.1952 - (05.1953) General Staff, Headquarters Staff RM (RM Office) (London) (04.1955) - (01.1956) RM Barracks, Eastney 02.12.1954 - (04.1955) also: Marine ADC to HM the Queen
Simpson, Hamilton Wilkie	11.02.1895 East Stonehouse, Devon - 08.06.1986 Torquay, Devon	Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.10.1913 ... ... Lt.Col. 01.10.1938 A/Col. Comdt. 05.09.1941-02.10.1943 Brev. Col. 31.12.1942 Col. 2nd Comdt. 05.05.1943 Col. Comdt. 03.10.1943 T/Brig. 05.09.1941-19.11.1944 A/Maj.Gen. 27.07.1943-19.11.1944 Maj.Gen. 20.11.1944 (retd 01.01.1946; medical unfitness) CB 01.01.1945 New Year 1945 [investiture 11.05.1945] DSO 04.10.1940 gallantry in Norway [investiture 22.02.1941]	01.10.1913     commissioned, RM ... - ... ... 10.10.1938 - 12.04.1940 Plymouth Division RM 13.04.1940 - 30.04.1940 Plymouth Division RM (additional; as Senior Officer RM, Aandlesnes, Norway (Operation Primrose)) (wounded; DSO) 01.05.1940 - 18.09.1940 Plymouth Division RM 19.09.1940 - 22.09.1940 HQ Staff RM (RM Office) (additional) 23.09.1940 - 30.09.1940 Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, HQ Staff RM (RM Office) 01.10.1940 - 04.09.1941 General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1), "G" Branch, HQ Staff RM (RM Office) 05.09.1941 - 23.12.1943 Deputy Adjutant-General (DAG), HQ Staff RM (RM Office) 24.12.1943 - 31.03.1944 Major-General General Staff, HQ Staff RM (RM Office) 20.11.1943 - 20.11.1944 also: Marine ADC to the King 01.06.1944 - 30.09.1945 General Officer Commanding, Chatham Division RM (CB) 01.10.1945 - 31.12.1945 Chatham Division RM (additional; for leave)
Sivers, Leonard Maurice Son (with one brother) of Robert John Sivers, and Ethel Amelia Sivers. Married 1st ((09?).1928, Brentford district, Middlesex; Joyce Noel Walker Horrison (07.08.1903 - 08.09.1976). Divorced. She remarried (1948) Reginald Rayner Catty (12.05.1905 - (03?).1970). Married 2nd ((09?).1950, Westminster district, London) Jean Patricia Smith (née Roberts) (05.05.1922 - 07.1996).	13.07.1904 Kingston district, Surrey - 10.01.1988 Cobham, Surrey Northern district, Surrey	T/2nd Lt. 15.05.1942 T/Lt. 15.11.1942 A/T/Capt. 13.08.1943-31.07.1944, 25.09.1944-(10.1945) (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	Education: King's College School, Wimbledon (played cricket). 25.05.1942 - 27.06.1942 Platoon Weapons Course, RM Division 1942 - (08.)1942 RM Depôt, Deal (10.)1942 - (02.)1943 Instructional Staff (Coast), Reinforcement Depot, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (MNBDO) (1) (04.)1943 - (08.)1943 Second-in-Command, Camouflage Section, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (MNBDO) (1) 13.08.1943 - (04.)1944 Officer Commanding, Chemical Warfare Section, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (MNBDO) (1) 30.04.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
Slater, Horatio McCullough Son (with two sisters and two brothers) of James McCullough Slater (1847-1908), and Louisa Elizabeth Rose (1851-1915). Married (09.08.1923) Thirza May Green (10.09.1899 - 17.09.1989); one daughter.	20.12.1893 Alderney, Guernsey, Channel Islands - 15.07.1976 Chatham, Kent	A/RM Gnr. (WO) 07.05.1918 2nd Lt. 13.09.1918 A/Lt. 17.09.1920 Lt. 17.03.1921 Capt. 01.09.1929 Maj. 02.05.1936 Lt.Col. 01.01.1946 (retd 20.12.1948) OBE 31.12.1943 New Year 1944	... - ... ... 26.01.1927 - 23.10.1927 12th RM Battalion ... - ... ... 13.04.1939 - 21.10.1948 Barrackmaster Portsmouth, Portsmouth Division RM
Smalley, Richard Beaumont "Dickie" Married Joan (predeceased him); ... children.	23.01.1919 - 22.06.2008 Brize Norton ?	2nd Lt. 01.09.1937 A/Lt. 29.08.1939-31.10.1939 Lt. 01.11.1939 A/Capt. 06.05.1940-31.12.1944, 15.01.1945-(01.1946) Capt. 01.11.1947 (retd)	... - ... ... 10.04.1942 - (10.1944) HMS Orion (cruiser) 09.07.1945 - (04.1946) Staff RM Officer, 10th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Birmingham (cruiser)]
Smallman, Joseph Leslie "Joe" Son of Albert Smallman, and Annie Davies.	17.09.1907 Bridgnorth, Shropshire - 05.08.1985 Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton, West Midlands	T/2nd Lt. 15.05.1942 T/Lt. 15.11.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	25.05.1942 - 27.06.1942 Platoon Weapons Course, RM Division (08.)1942 - (10.)1942 2nd Anti-Tank Battery, 102nd RM Brigade Artillery, RM Divisional Artillery (12.)1942 - (06.)1943 1st RM Anti-Tank Battery, RM Divisional Artillery (08.)1943 - (10.)1943 Portsmouth Division RM 13.11.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for landing craft duty) ? - (01.)1945 Portsmouth Division RM 24.03.1945 - (10.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for landing craft duty)
Smith, David John * * also known as: David Jonathan Smith Married; ... children.	01.03.1924 Lewisham district, London ? - 12.2003 Eastbourne district, Sussex	T/2nd Lt. 05.02.1943 [Plymouth Division RM] T/Lt. 05.08.1943 T/A/Capt. 18.10.1945 T/A/Maj. ? ?	1943? - (06.)1943 2nd RM Engineer Company (08.)1943 - (10.)1943 47th RM Commando (12.)1943 - (04.1946) 1st RM Engineer Commando * Served after the war in the Maritime Volunteer Service. Civil occupation: engineer. * indexed, but not listed as such
Smith, Eric Halstead Son (with one brother and one sister) of David Smith (1872-1932), solicitor, and Mary Ann Heap (1872-1952). Married 1st (24.08.1933, St Catherine, Burnley, Lancashire) Barbara Maud Creeke (25.04.1909 - 19.02.1947), youngest daughter of Herbert Buck Creeke, and the late Mrs. Creeke, of Brunshaw; two daughters, one son. Married 2nd (08.09.1947, St Matthew the Apostle, Burnley, Lancashire) Kathleen Lily Williams (30.04.1921 - 23.03.2006); one son, one daughter.	13.11.1907 Burnley, Lancashire - 18.01.1987 Higham, Burnley and Pendle district, Lancashire	T/2nd Lt. 15.05.1942 T/Lt. 15.11.1942 (reld 19.03.1946)	Junior partner of Messrs. Smith and Smith, solicitors. ARP Senior Warden. 25.05.1942 - 27.06.1942 Platoon Weapons Course, RM Division (08.)1942 - (10.)1942 8th RM Battalion (102nd RM Brigade) 1942 - (12.1942) 41 RM Commando (02.1943) - (06.)1943 RM Division Beach Unit, from c. 05.1943 RM Beach Group (waiting disposal) (08.)1943 - (10.)1943 Portsmouth Division RM 13.11.1943 - (10.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
Smith, Horace Swales Mother: Annie ... Married; one daughter.	15.05.1908 Harrogate, Yorkshire - 03.1988 Adelaide, Australia	T/2nd Lt. 26.03.1943 T/Lt. 26.09.1943 (reld < 07.1945)	(06.1943) - (04.1944) Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (1) 16.04.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) served in SE Asia (Ceylon, Rangoon and Vietnam) (responsible from rescuing inmates from Japanese Prisoner of War camps) Emigrated to Australia, 01.1956.
Smith, John Aubrey	08.02.1924 - 10.11.1996 Mendip, Somerset	T/Lt. 26.08.1943 A/T/Capt. 27.06.1945 Capt. ? Maj. ? (retd) MID 29.08.1944 services in Italy MID 04.04.1952 Malaya 07.1951-12.1951	... - ... ... (1944)     40 RM Commando (Italy) (despatches) (07.1945)     44 RM Commando (India) (1951)     42 Commando RM (despatches) (1954)     Training Commander, Commando School RM at Bickleigh 1966 - 1968 3 Commando Brigade HQ 1969 - 1973 Director, Naval Recruiting
Smith, John Percy Robert	22.11.1915 Stamford district, Lincolnshire - 20.01.2002 Dartmouth, Devon	T/Lt. 10.12.1941 A/T/Capt. 22.04.1943 MID 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944)	... - ... ... 01.09.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) (06.1944)     336th LCA Flotilla (Force "S") (Normandy) (despatches) ... - ... ...
Smith, Peter Hugh Wyke	02.05.1920 - 15.01.1988 Elsted, Midhurst, East Sussex	T/2nd Lt. 15.08.1940 T/Lt. 15.02.1941 A/T/Capt. 15.10.1942	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) Motor Transport School RM ... - ... ...
Smith-Hill, Philip Royal "Roy"	05.05.1897 - 04.08.1996	Prob. 2nd Lt. 07.09.1915 ... ... Maj. 01.04.1936 A/Lt.Col. 13.08.1940-31.05.1944 Bt. Lt.Col. 30.06.1941 Lt.Col. 01.10.1945 A/Col.Comdt. 01.06.1944-25.10.1946 T/Brig. 01.06.1944-25.10.1946 Col. 25.10.1946 (retd 12.10.1950; granted War Service Rank of Brig.) CBE 01.01.1946 New Year 1946 [investiture 09.12.1947]	... - ... ... 08.03.1939 - 31.10.1939 Military Instructor, Depot RM, Deal 01.11.1939 - 20.02.1940 Depot RM, Deal 21.02.1940 - 31.10.1940 RM Brigade, redesignated 101st RM Brigade: 21.02.1940 - 12.08.1940 Brigade Major 13.08.1940 - 31.10.1940 General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1), RM Striking Force 01.11.1940 - 24.02.1941 Admiralty [HMS President] (additional; for duty with ...) 25.02.1941 - 24.08.1942 RM Division: 19.04.1941 - 24.08.1942 Commanding Officer, 18th (Mobile) Battalion RM 25.08.1942 - 26.08.1943 Staff Officer of Assault Planning to the Naval Commander (for the attack on Algiers) & liaison officer between the naval and military forces (for the attack on Sicily) [HMS Excellent (for special service)] 27.08.1943 - 16.12.1943 duty with Director of Requirements and Organisation (Combined Operations), Admiralty [HMS President] 17.12.1943 - 14.05.1944 duty with Director of Combined Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 15.05.1944 - 31.05.1944 General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1) (Staff Duties), HQ Staff RM (RM Office) (temporary) 01.06.1944 - 16.09.1946 Brigadier, General Staff (Staff Duties), HQ Staff RM (RM Office) ... - ... ...
Solbé, William Alfred Guerin Son (with one sister and two brothers) of Richard Guerin and Agnes Mary Solbé. Married ((06?).1935, Kensington district, London) Irene Nita Jones (04.11.1906 - 03.07.1994).	06.10.1906 Danbury, Chelmsford district, Essex - 26.01.1998 Kensington, London	T/2nd Lt. 05.02.1943 T/Lt. 05.08.1943 (reld 30.05.1946) A/T/Capt. 05.09.1943-15.10.1943, 01.05.1945-(10.1945)	Education: Glasgow Academy (1919-1925). (04.)1943 - (08.)1943 attached, HQ RM Anti-Tank Regiment, RM Divisional Artillery 05.09.1943 - 15.10.1943 Aide-de-Camp to Commander, Special Service Group (12.1943)     HQ Special Service Group * (02.1944) - (06.)1944 Liaison Officer, HQ 4th Special Service Brigade (France) 26.06.1944 - 20.09.1944 "Y" Troop, 48 RM Commando (France, Belgium) 21.09.1944 - (01.)1945 Liaison Officer, HQ 4th Special Service Brigade [from 12.1944 4th Commando Brigade] (Holland, Germany) 1945 - (04.)1945 RM Holding Commando 01.05.1945 - (10.1945) Aide-de-Camp to Commander, Commando Group ? - (04.1946) Chatham Division RM
Spencer-Smith, Stuart Mackersie * Only son of Alfred George Spencer-Smith (1886-1967), and Christina S.M. Roberts. * Second Christian name often shown as: Mackenzie	14.07.1920 Stockton district, Durham - 16.07.2002 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	T/2nd Lt. 15.03.1941 T/Lt. 15.09.1941 A/T/Capt. 13.09.1945 (reld > 10.1946)	Education: Tonbridge School (1935-1939; Hill Side; School Praeses 1939). 1940     joined Royal Artillery (Gunner) (UK) 1941     124th Officer Cadet Training Unit (Llandrindod Wells) 1941     transferred, Royal Marines (UK) (06.)1941 - (08.)1941 "G" Battery, 4th RM Anti-Aircraft Regiment - RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (2) (UK) (10.)1941 - (12.1941) 25th Light Battery, 4th RM Anti-Aircraft Regiment - RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (2) (UK) (02.1942) - (12.1942) Intelligence Officer, HQ Air Defence Brigade - RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (2) (UK) (02.1943) - (02.)1944 Orderly Officer, HQ Air Defence Brigade - RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (2) (Middle East Forces & Central Mediterranean Forces) 1944 - (04.)1944 Portsmouth Division RM (06.1944) - (10.1944) no appointment listed (British North Africa Forces ?) ? - (01.1945) Portsmouth Division RM (04.)1945 - (07.)1945 Intelligence Officer, 30th RM Battalion (British Liberation Army) 1945 - (10.1945) RM Training Group Wales (04.1946) - (10.1946) attached, HQ Training Groups RM, Devon Rubber-planting in Malaya from 1947.
Spicer, Edwin Warren	20.09.1922 West Derby district, Lancashire - 20.12.2004 Denbighshire North district, Clwyd, Wales	T/2nd Lt. 15.05.1942 T/Lt. 15.11.1942	25.05.1942 - 27.06.1942 Platoon Weapons Course, RM Division 1942 - (08.)1942 9th Battalion, 102nd RM Brigade ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) 46th RM Commando
Spicer, Maxwell Hardy	13.05.1896 Whitley Bay, Northumberland - 05.12.1977 Baleares, Spain	2nd Lt. 29.08.1914 Lt. 27.03.1915 Capt. 26.06.1918 Maj. 01.04.1934 A/Lt.Col. 01.03.1940-30.09.1941 Lt.Col. & Paym. 03.10.1941 (retd 19.08.1949; own request)	... - ... ... 24.11.1938 - 04.02.1940 Chatham Division RM 05.02.1940 - 11.02.1940 Portsmouth Division RM 12.02.1940 - 20.09.1940 Chatham Division RM 21.09.1940 - 30.09.1941 RM Reserve Depot, Exton 01.10.1941 - 18.08.1948 Portsmouth Division RM
Spraggett, Richard William	08.05.1894 - 23.10.1976	T/2nd Lt. 22.11.1916-21.08.1917 Lt. 22.08.1917 A/Capt. 05.09.1916-09.06.1919 Capt. 31.12.1923 Bt. Maj. 31.12.1934 Maj. 01.04.1936 A/Lt.Col. 03.06.1940-31.05.1944 Bt. Lt.Col. 30.06.1941 Lt.Col. 01.06.1944 T/Col. 03.06.1940-29.06.1946 Bt. Col. 30.06.1945 Col. 30.06.1946 (retd 08.05.1949; age) CMG 31.05.1956 ? CVO 08.03.1954 ? CBE 04.06.1948 HM's birthday 1948 MC 11.01.1919 ?	... - ... ... 14.08.1939 - 28.07.1946 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (attended sub-committees of War Cabinet; liaison officer with Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) ... - ... ... Private Secretary and Comptroller of Household to Governor of Victoria, Australia, 1949-1962.
Spray, Leopold Cooper Stuart "Leslie" Married 1st ((12?).1932, East Stonehouse district, Devon) Kathleen L. Braid; one son, two daughters. Married 2nd ((09?).1947, Westminster district, London) Ellen A.J. Menzies.	28.04.1909 France - 06.03.2002 Thurso, Highlands, Scotland	Mne. 11.10.1926 [Ply/X 302] Sgt. ? Lt. 28.02.1940 A/Capt. 16.10.1941-04.06.1944, 22.07.1944-(04.1946) Capt. 28.02.1948 (retd 28.02.1954) A/Maj. 05.06.1944-21.07.1944 BEM 11.05.1937 HM's Coronation 1937: for meritious service	11.10.1926 - 27.02.1940 served in the ranks for 13 years, 139 days (in China, Egypt and Ethiopia as well as taking over guard duties at Buckingham Palace in 1935) WW II     served in UK (South coast), Crete, Egypt, Ceylon & Australia: (04.1940)     RM Home Base Ledger (10.1940) - (06.)1944 RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (MNBDO) (1) (10.1940) - (12.1941) RM Signal Company (10.)1944 - (01.)1945 RM Signal Holding Company 21.05.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) (1946?)     Naval Provost Marshal, Hong Kong [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)] 09.1946 - (04.)1947 HMS Euryalus (cruiser) (07.1948) - (05.1949) Signal School RM (05.1950) - (05.1953) RM Barracks, Eastney Joined the Blue Streak programme.
Stepney, William "Bill" Officially: Stephney, William Son of George Stepney, and Margaret Ann Brigg. Married; four sons, one daughter.	10.09.1905 St Peters, Jarrow, Durham - 31.03.1951	Mne. 10.07.1923 [CH 24150] ... ... T/Lt. 16.10.1943 (reld 1946)	10.07.1923 enlisted RM at Newcastle-upon-Tyne 25.10.1943 - 12.1943 HMS Effingham (Combined Operations base, Dartmouth) 22.12.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS St Mathew (Combined Operations training base, Burnham on Crouch) 1944 - (10.1944) RM Training Group Devon ? - (07.1945) 26th RM Battalion ? - (04.1946) Portsmouth Division, RM
Stevens, Dennis Bridges Son (with one brother) of Charles Stevens (1849-), and Agusta ... (1858-). Married (30.03.1918, St George Hanover Square district, London) Dorothy Gladys Campbell (14.04.1891 - 31.01.1960), daughter (with three sisters and one brother) of Charles Henry Campbell  (1867-1944), and Elizabeth Emily Dora Handman (1869-1933); two daughters, one son [Lt. Richard Bridges Stevens, Glider Pilot Regiment].	28.12.1895 Reading, Berkshire - 06.12.1965 Newton Ferrers, Devon	T/Lt. ? (commissioned terminated 21.07.1917; medical unfitness for further active service) T/Lt. 01.11.1940 T/A/Capt. 26.10.1942 T/Capt. 09.03.1945 T/A/Maj. 09.12.1944	Education: Repton School, Derbyshire; Oxford University. (12.1940)     Portsmouth Division RM 02.12.1940 - (06.)1941 Assistant to Assistant Naval Provost Marshal, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 21.07.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Victory V (RN base, South Western Hotel, Southampton) (for special service) 1942 - (10.)1942 Portsmouth Division RM 26.10.1942 - (12.1943) Assistant to Assistant Naval Provost Marshal, Alexandria [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)] (02.1944) - (01.)1945 Portsmouth Division RM (04.)1945 - (10.1945) Home Base Ledger Office RM ? - (04.1946) RM Training Establishment Lympstone Chartered accountant FCA.
Stewart, James Donald "Jock"	? -	T/2nd Lt. 15.01.1940 T/Lt. 15.07.1940 A/T/Capt. 15.06.1941-15.12.1941, 17.08.1942-12.12.1943 T/Capt. 13.03.1944 (reld 28.09.1945) A/T/Maj. 13.12.1943	15.01.1940 commissioned into the Royal Marines [temporary commission] (04.1940) Portsmouth Division, RM (02.1941) Transport Company, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation 2 (MNBDO 2) * 06.1942? - (12.1943) Second-in-Command, RM Boom Patrol Detachment [borne on Portsmouth Division, RM] 01.1944? - (06.1944) Officer Commanding, RM Boom Patrol Detachment (07.1945) Portsmouth Division, RM * no starting date indicated
Stewart-Brown, Philip Harman Son of Ronald Stewart-Brown (1872-1940), MA, solicitor & historian, and Olga Sophia St George (1881-1962). Married (24.02.1944) Mavis Farley (née Tottenham), daughter of Lt.Col. Robert Loftus Tottenham; no children.	30.04.1904 Bromborough, Cheshire - 21.12.1960 Marylebone, London	T/Lt. 04.09.1941 A/T/Capt. 01.01.1942 T/Capt. 24.04.1944 A/T/Maj. 24.01.1944 WS/Maj. ? (reld 11.11.1947)	Education: Harrow School, London; Oxford University (played First Class cricket, 1924-1927) 20.07.1925 - 12.06.1926 commissioned, 2nd Lieutenant on the General List (University Candidates) ? - (12.1941) 7th RM Battalion, 103rd RM Brigade (08.1942) - (02.)1943 104th RM Brigade 1943 - (06.)1943 RM Training Group, Dalditch 1943 - (08.)1943 no appointment listed 01.09.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) 11.03.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for landing craft duty) ? - (10.1944) no appointment listed ? - (07.1945) RM Depot, Deal
Stockley, Gordon Herbert Son of Capt. Ernest Norman Stockley, Royal Engineers, and Elizabeth Shewell Cooper. Married Josephine Olive 'Dodo' Barnby (died 20.02.2007, aged 88); one son, two daughters.	24.01.1910 Medway, Kent - 28.07.1951 RN Hospital, Chatham, Kent	Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.09.1928 2nd Lt. ?, seniority 01.09.1928 A/Lt. 24.08.1931-31.08.1931 Lt. 01.09.1931 Capt. 29.06.1937 A/Maj. 21.01.1942-04.07.1943, 18.05.1944-26.11.1944 Maj. 30.06.1946 A/Lt.Col. 05.07.1943-17.05.1944, 27.11.1944-23.07.1947 local Lt.Col. 04.07.1949-... MID 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee (raid on Dieppe 19.08.1942) MID 23.10.1945 Allied Land Forces, South-East Asia	01.09.1928 commissioned, Royal Marines 03.01.1929 - (08.1929) course for Probationary Second Lieutenants RM, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] (04.1930) Depôt RM, Deal (10.1930) - (02.1931) Portsmouth Division, RM 24.08.1931 - (01.1934) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.04.1935 - (07.1937) School of Physical and Recreational Training, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 04.01.1938 - (09.1939) HMS Caldeonia (boys' training ship, Rosyth) (04.1940) - (02.1941) Reserve Depôt RM, Exton  13.07.1942 - 07.1943 Assistant Royal Marine Adviser on Combined Operations, Combined Operations HQ 03.07.1943 - 17.05.1944 No. 220 Military Mission [HMS President] 05.1944 - (06.1944) RM Training Group Wales 27.11.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, 44 RM Commando 27.12.1945 - (04.1946) Staff Officer RM to Flag Officer, Malaya [HMS Sultan] ? - (07.1948) Pay and Records Office, RM 25.08.1949 - (05.1950) RN Staff College
Stone, Francis George William Frederick Son of George Alfred Stone (1873-1939), and Mary Caroline Carter. Married (09.04.1928) Nora Annie Griffin; one son, one daughter.	09.12.1903 Fareham district, Hampshire - 07.06.1986 Fareham, Portsmouth district, Hampshire	T/CSM ? [PO/21668] T/Lt. 05.02.1944 [Portsmouth Division] T/A/Capt. 12.03.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	(04.1944) - (07.1945) Company Officer, "R" Company (Detachment 395), Holding Company, RM Engineers
Stuart, Arthur Leslie Son of Ernest Alfred and Rita Mary Stuart, of Low Leyton, Essex.	31.01.1910 Leytonstone, West Ham district, Essex - 01.1996 Bournemouth district, Hampshire	T/2nd Lt. 22.03.1941 T/Lt. 22.09.1941 A/T/Capt. 09.04.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) 39|45 St - - Afr St - - It St - - Fr&G St - - Def M - -	(06.)1941 - (08.)1941 Portsmouth Division RM (10.1941) - (02.)1944 Troop Officer, "N" Battery, 12th RM Searchlight Regiment, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) 2 (04.)1944 - (04.)1945 RM Training Group Wales (Gibraltar Camp, Llanegryn, Towyn) (waiting disposal) (07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed [probably served at HMS Royal Albert (Flag Officer Germany, Berlin)]
Sturges, Edward Murray Son (with three brothers and two sisters) of Francis William Murray Sturges (1865-1945), and Nina Banbury (1879-1952). Brother of F/O Ian Murray Sturges, RAFVR. Cousin of Lt.Gen. Sir Robert Grice Sturges, RM. Married (12.1947, Chelsea district, London; divorced) Jean Murial Carpmael (née Brotchie) (27.05.1913 - 25.04.1968), daughter (with one brother and one twin-sister) of Robert Traill Brotchie (1885-1914), and Theodesia Horne (1880-1940); two step-sons.	01.06.1920 Kensington district, London - 06.09.1996 Bullingdon district, Oxfordshire	T/2nd Lt. 01.12.1939 T/Lt. 01.06.1940 A/T/Capt. 02.07.1942 (reld 13.04.1946) MID 06.02.1945 Burma / Eastern Frontier of India	(12.)1939 - (03.)1940 Plymouth Division RM (04.)1940 - 08.1943 3rd Battalion RM (RM Brigade, later 102nd RM Brigade, later 101st RM Brigade) (1942)     Army School of Physical Training (Aldershot) 08.1943 - 06.1945 44 RM Commando 04.06.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) (1945/46?)     served Special Operations Executive (SOE)
Sturges, Sir Robert Grice	14.07.1891 Wokingham district, Berkshire / Wiltshire - 12.09.1970 Exeter	Lt. 15.05.1912 ... ... Col. 2nd Comdt. 03.04.1939, seniority 31.12.1938 A/Col. Comdt. 04.06.1940-30.09.1941 Col. Comdt. 01.10.1941 T/Brig. 04.06.1940-25.01.1943 A/Maj.Gen. 01.11.1940-25.01.1943 Maj.Gen. 26.01.1943 Lt.Gen. 09.06.1945 (half-pay 09.06.1945) (dispersed 09.04.1946) (retd 10.06.1946) KBE 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 1945 [investiture 27.07.1945] CB 01.01.1942 New Year 1942 [investiture 17.02.1942] DSO 07.01.1943 Madagascar [investiture 09.03.1943] MID 05.07.1940 Northern Area MID 08.07.1943 East Africa & Madagascar St Olav 13.01.1948 training Norwegian Commando Company	15.05.1912     commissioned, RM ... - ... ... 02.04.1939 - 07.05.1940 Depot RM Deal 08.05.1940 - 27.05.1940 Home Base Ledger Office RM 05.1940     General Officer Commanding, British Occupation of Iceland 28.05.1940 - 31.10.1940 Depot RM Deal 01.11.1940 - 31.03.1941 HMS President (for duty inside Admiralty) 01.04.1941 - 16.03.1942 General Officer Commanding, Royal Marines Division 17.03.1942 - 31.12.1942 General Officer Commanding, British Forces on Madagascar (HQ 121 Force) 30.03.1942 - 26.01.1943 also: Marine ADC to the King 01.01.1943 - 13.01.1943 Home Base Ledger Office RM 14.01.1943 - 14.08.1943 General Officer Commanding, RM Division 15.08.1943 - 08.06.1945 Commander, Special Service Group (from 12.1944 Commando Group) Honorary Colonel Commandant Plymouth Group RM, 01.02.1949-01.02.1953.
Sutcliffe, Peter Mahon Son of Surgeon Cdr. Percy Temple Sutcliffe, OBE, MB, MA (1873-1949). Married (1936) Molly Stone, of Southsea; two sons, one daughter.	02.09.1912 Saltash, Cornwall - 30.08.1986 Falmouth, Cornwall	Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.09.1931 2nd Lt. ?, seniority 01.09.1931 A/Lt. 11.09.1934-31.10.1934 Lt. 01.11.1934 Capt. 15.03.1939 (retd 14.03.1950; medically unfit)	Education: Arden House, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire; Giggleswick School, Yorkshire ? - (01.)1932 Portsmouth Division, RM 1932 - (09.1932) RM Depot, Deal 1933? - 1933? HMS Ramillies (battleship) ? - (01.)1934 Portsmouth Division, RM 11.09.1934 - (02.)1936 HMS Valiant (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.06.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 1937/38? HMS Curlew (cruiser) (02.1938) - (04.)1939 Portsmouth Division, RM 1939 - (08.)1939 Plymouth Division, RM 21.08.1939 - (02.)1943 HMS Newcastle (cruiser) 1943 - (06.)1943) Portsmouth Division, RM 14.07.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (07.1945) - (04.1946) Portsmouth Division, RM (07.1948) - (05.1949) Amphibious School RM Post-war a teacher.
Sykes, John Barry	28.09.1916? Formby, Lancashire? - 27.04.1993? San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California, USA?	T/2nd Lt. ? T/Lt. 15.02.1941 T/A/Capt. 19.10.1941 MID 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944)	... - ... ... (06.1944)     1st LCT Flotilla (despatches) 12.10.1944 - (07.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) (06.1944)     1st LCT Flotilla (Force "S") (Normandy) (despatches) ... - ... ...
Syms, Edwin Alan Robert Son (with two sisters) of  Edwin Charles Syms (1900-1956), and Daisy May Hale (1905-1946). Married 1st (09.1948, Croydon, Surrey) Margot [Margaret] Esther Gibson (22.03.1923 - 12.1960), daughter (with seven sisters and two brothers) of John George Gibson (1892-1955), and Margaret Walsh (1898-1986); two daughters, one son. Married 2nd (01.05.1962, Kingswood, Surrey; divorced 24.09.1981) Joy Morris. Married 3rd (10.1981, Westminster, London) Christine Patricia Jacob (05.10.1937 - ), daughter of Walter Clifford Jacob (1912-), and Laura Evelyn Florence Wilkes (1913-).	03.08.1925 Greenwich district, London - 29.09.2007	T/Lt. 01.03.1945 A/T/Capt. 26.07.1946-01.07.1947 Lt. 21.01.1947, seniority 01.07.1945 (retd 19.06.1948; medically unfit)	... - ... ... (07.1945)     44 RM Commando (India)

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