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Aall, Hans Cato Son of Ludvig Christian Laritz Aall (1877-), and of Hilda Annette Linthoe (1876-), of Oslo, Norway. Married (1934, Oslo, Norway) Gudrun Hilditch Rygh (1905 -), of Oslo.	02.06.1906 Oslo, Norway - 31.12.1942 [age 36] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 75, column 1]	T/Lt. 24.04.1941 DSC 01.01.1943 New Year 1943 [presented to next-of-kin]	1. Styrmann, M/S Besholt, 17.05.1940-07.1940. Left ship in New York and went to UK. 3. Styrmann, Cristales, 10.1940-04.1941. (06.1941)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 17.07.1941 - 20.09.1942 Navigating Officer, HMS Leda (Halcyon class minesweeper) (DSC) [ship torpedoed & sunk by U-435 in Russian convoy 1942 - 31.12.1942 HMS Bramble (Halcyon class minesweeper) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Abbey, Harold James Son (with two brothers and one sister & one half-sister and two half-brothers) of William Abbey (1822-1893), and Fanny Elizabeth (Eliza) Cox (1849-1891); later of Roydon, Essex. Married (1931/32?, Singapore) Margaret Jane Mayne, daughter of Mr & Mrs C.E. Mayne, of Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, Ireland; ... children.	(03?).1883 Thundridge, Wareside, Hertfordshire - 28.02.1960 Stoke Gabriel, Nazeing, Epping district, Essex	T/Hon.Lt. 06.09.1939	Served Merchant Navy (Second Mate 17.07.1903; First Mate 04.08.1905; Master 05.07.1907). 06.09.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) ... - ... ... (07.1945) - (10.1946) no appointment listed
Abbey, Kenneth Elder son (with one brother and one sister) of Lionel Abbey (1888-1976), and Jessie Louise Bunn (1889-1968), later of Grimsby. Married (01.09.1951, St Philips Church. Leicester, Leicestershire) Joan Lilian Blackwell (05.04.1919 - 25.01.2000), elder daughter (with two brothers and one sister) of William Henry Blackwell (1891-1936), and Lilian Eleanor Rigden (1889-1953), of Leicester; three sons.	16.07.1918 Cleethorpes, Grimsby district, Lincolnshire - 09.04.1979 General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire (formerly of Sileby, Central Leicestershire district)	T/S.Lt. (E) 18.12.1944 (reld 22.09.1946)	Completed his apprenticeship with The Crampin Steam Fishing Company, Grimsby Docks, Grimsby, 13.06.1939. Served Merchant Navy (R192484).       officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements 23.01.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Athene (aircraft transport) (10.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Prince Henry * * indexed, but not listed as such
Abbot, Reginald George Son (with three brothers and three sisters) of John George Abbot (1878-1957), and Margaret Donkin (1880-1973). Married 1st ((12?).1931, Tynemouth, Northumberland) Anna Thompson (1908 - 27.05.1936); one daughter. Married 2nd (1945?) Margaret Ogilvie Mair (27.09.1912 - 18.12.1999); one son.	18.06.1906 South Shields district, Durham / Tyne and Wear - 06.12.1971 Fenham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne	T/Lt. 31.07.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 04.1943, < 06.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	Served Merchant Navy (Second Mate 30.03.1927). 14.08.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Dunluce Castle (base ship, Immingham, Scapa Flow, from 12.1940 Lyness) (02.1941)     HMS Dunluce Castle (base ship, Immingham, Lyness) * 01.03.1941 - 30.06.1943 HMS St Andrew (RN base, Oban) 01.07.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Caledonia (RN base, Oban) (10.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Abbott, Arthur Cyril Son (with one sister) of Arthur Daniel Abbott (1871-1939), and Harriet Frances "Fanny" Vince (1874-1961). Married 1st ((06?).1923, Birkenhead, Cheshire) Louisa Howard Porter (26.10.1899 - 06.09.1971), daughter of Robert Porter (1877-), and Mary Ann Porter (1872-); one son. Married 2nd Mary Eileen "Molly" Hunt (10.08.1913 - 27.01.1997), daughter (with three brothers) of George Hunt (1878-1941), and Eliza Jane Lloyd (1882-1969); one daughter.	28.02.1898 Poplar, London - 27.04.1960 Watford, Hertfordshire	T/Lt. 22.11.1943 (reld > 10.1946)	Served Merchant Navy (Second Mate 13.09.1919; First Mate 08.10.1921; Master 22.07.1925). 03.01.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 01.1945 - (04.)1945 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) (for Examination Service) (07.1945) - (10.1945) HMS Euphrates (depot ship, Basra, Iraq) * 27.11.1945 - (02.)1946 HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) 04.02.1946 - (07.1946) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for Sea Transport Duties at Colombo; as S.T.O. III Colombo) (10.1946)     HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Abbott, Charles Delphin Son of Delphin Arthur Abbott (1885-1969), and Edith Redman. Married (10.09.1933, St Samson's, Cardiff, Glamorgan) Ivy Margaret Hamilton (11.05.1911 - 05.07.1994), daughter (with five sisters and one brother) of Leslie Maitland Hamilton (1884-), and Kate May (1885-); one daughter, one son. Ivy Abbott remarried (1976) William George Samuel Colley-Priest (1909-1988).	24.05.1911 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales - 31.03.1975 Birchgrove, Glamorgan, Wales	Prob. A/Lt. 25.10.1938 A/Lt. ?, seniority 25.10.1938 Lt. 10.1940, seniority 11.06.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 11.06.1948 (retd 24.05.1956) DSC 14.09.1943 minesweeping Dover Straits 1943 [decoration posted] MID 06.01.1942 intercepting SS Nordney RD 24.09.1947 -	11.06.1939 - 1939 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 31.07.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Despatch (light cruiser) (02.1942) - (04.1942) no appointment listed (06.1942) - (06.1943) HMS Adam (minesweeping trawler) * 07.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Canada (RN base, Halifax, NS, Canada) (for miscellaneous services) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 19.10.1944 - 25.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Coquette (minesweeper) 03.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Circe (minesweeper) * indexed, but not listed as such
Abbott, Harold Amos Son (with five brothers) of Amos Samuel Abbott (1879-1955), and Winifred Beatrice Blay (1880-1930). Married 1st ((03?).1934, Woolwich district, London) Lily Marjorie Worham (16.05.1913 - 02.05.1981), daughter of Basil Worham, and Maude Frances Dunt. Lily Abbott remarried (1973) Basil Vincent Cracke (1891–1978). Married 2nd (06?).1943, Sunderland district, Durham) Lena Metcalfe (10.1920 - 27.07.2010), daughter of Sedgwick Metcalfe (1893-1961), and Annie Denby (1889-1951); three daughters, two sons.	13.08.1912 Mitcham, Croydon district, Surrey - 09.06.1963 Epsom Downs, Surrey	T/Paym.S.Lt. = T/S.Lt. (S) 31.08.1942 T/Lt. (S) 12.12.1945 (reld 11.07.1946)	Served Merchant Navy (R199096). Bank clerk.       officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements 31.08.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Royal Ulsterman (auxiliary landing ship) 10.1942 - (12.)1942 HMS Mersey (T124X depot, Liverpool) 03.12.1942 - (10.1945) HMS Pursuer (escort carrier)
Abbott, John Alfred Married.	15.07.1906 Havant, Hampshire - 05.05.1976 Salisbury, Wiltshire	Prob. Paym,S.Lt. 23.08.1927 Paym,S.Lt. 1928, seniority 23.08.1927 Paym,Lt. 23.08.1929 Paym.Lt.Cdr. = Lt.Cdr. (S) 23.08.1937 A/Cdr. (S) > 04.1945, < 07.1945 Cdr. (S) 31.12.1950 (retd 15.07.1956; age) RD ? -	Bank clerk (Lloyd's, Grimsby). 25.08.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) ... - ... ... 10.09.1942 - (10.)1944 HMS Danae (D class cruiser) 27.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland)
Abel, James Tough Son (with three sisters and one brother) of John Abel (1846-1902), and Beatrice Irvine Tough (1847-1923). Married ((12?).1912, Tynemouth district, Northumberland) Greta Coxon (02.01.1892 - 08.09.1975), daughter (with three brothers) of John Henry Coxon (1844-1910), and Margaret Barnes (1845-1900); four daughters.	01.12.1884 Aberdeen, Scotland - 01.03.1959 Preston Hospital, North Shields, Northumberland	Asst.Paym. 24.01.1915 Paym.Lt. 24.01.1917 Paym.Lt.Cdr. (Registrar Class) 24.01.1925 Paym.Cdr. (Registrar Class) 31.12.1938 (retd 15.01.1945) MBE 07.11.1944 for services in the planning of the landings in Normandy RD ? -	12.07.1939 - 14.01.1942 Senior Superintendent, South Shields 15.01.1942 - 09.1944 transferred to HQ as Senior Chief Superintendent, Monistry of War Transport (MBE (civil)) 09.1944 - 07.12.1944 selected as Ministry of War Transport Representative to act as Liaison Officer in Germany for the repatriation of Merchant Navy P.O.W. 08.12.1944 - 15.01.1945 transferred to Ministry of War Transport (abroad; as Sceior Chief Superintendent, Ministry of War Transport (Chief Seaman's Welfare OFficer)) Secretary and treasurer of Tynemouth Golf Club.
Abernethy, George Youngson Son of John Abernethy (1867-), and Janet Milne. Married 1st (1911, Nigg district, Kincardineshire / Aberdeen, Scotland) Elizabeth Lavinia Mannall (21.06.1891 - 06.05.1918; one son, one daughter. Married 2nd (1920, St.Nicholas district, Aberdeen, Scotland) Isabella Buchan Bruce (1898 - 03.08.1967); one son, four daughters.	26.05.1893 Dundee, St Clement district, Forfarshire, Scotland - 03.04.1945 Hillingdon County Hospital, Uxbridge, Middlesex (illness [throat cancer]) [age 51] [Trinity Cemetery, Aberdeen, Scotland, section I, grave 158]	Skpr. 03.08.1926 [WS 2457] Ch.Skpr. 03.08.1936 A/Skpr.Lt. 12.06.1942 A/Skpr.Lt. QC 03.05.1944, seniority 06.01.1943 (retd 26.05.1943; age) Skpr.Lt. QC (retd) 26.05.1943 DSC 12.04.1940 for unfailing courage, endurance, resource and devotion to duty in H.M. Trawlers and Drifters in their hard and perilous tasks of sweeping the seas clear of mines, combating submarines, and keeping a look-out for the enemy [investiture 11.06.40] RD 09.1941 -	Skipper trawling. ... - ... ... 28.08.1939 - 30.08.1939 HMS Pembroke X (RN Patrol Service base, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (for disposal) 31.08.1939 - 26.10.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Flanders (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) [tender to HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)] 27.10.1939 - 05.07.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Concertator (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) (DSC) [tender to HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne), from 08.06.1940 to HMS Watchful (anti-submarine & minesweeper base, Great Yarmouth), from 01.07.1940 to HMS Vernon II (trawler base, Portsmouth), from 09.06.1941 to French Ship "Paris" (base for small craft, Plymouth)] 06.07.1941 - 05.08.1941 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (for disposal) 06.08.1941 - 25.10.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Flying Wing (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) [tender to HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)] 25.10.1941 - 01.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS David Ogilvie (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) [tender to HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne), from 01.11.1941 to HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen)] 02.03.1942 - 25.04.1942 HMS Victory I (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for Unit Minesweeper Officers leave) 26.04.1942 - 11.06.1942 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (for disposal) 12.06.1942 - 09.07.1944 Commanding Officer, French Ship "Louise et Marie" (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) & as Unit Minesweeping Officer 10.07.1944 - 16.07.1944 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) (additional) 17.07.1944 - 27.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Ben Dearg (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) & as Minesweeping Unit Officer [tender to HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)] 28.09.1944 - 06.01.1945 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) (additional; for minesweeping duties & as spare Commanding Officer) 07.01.1945 - 03.04.1945 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal)
Ablett, Arthur Glyn Son (with one sister and one brother) of George Frederick William Ablett (1882-1958), and Charlotte Gertrude Parry (1883-1974). Married (1945, Dalmeny and Queensferry district, Scotland) Mary Simpson "Mamie" Gaffney (22.06.1922 - 02.02.2017); one daughter.	06.11.1913 Birkenhead, Cheshire - 23.08.1991 Truro, Cornwall	Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 29.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Served Merchant Navy (R199366).       officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements 29.08.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Premier (Ruler class escort carrier) 27.12.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Thane (Ruler class escort carrier) 29.02.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Reaper (Archer class escort carrier)
Abraham, Allan Hubert Son (with one sister and one brother) of Hubert Roland Abraham (1882-1970), and Eva Blanche Padfield (1883-1970). Married ((12?).1941, Cardiff, Glamorgan) Barbara Davies (21.07.1921 - 28.10.1999); one daughter, one son.	21.05.1909 Bukhurst Hill, Epping, Essex - 21.10.1999 Worksop, Derbyshire	T/Lt. (E) 05.04.1943 (reld 24.07.1946)	(04.1943) - (05.1943) no appointment listed 28.05.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow) 25.08.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for miscellaneous duties) (10.1944) - (10.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Abram, George Son (with six brothers and three sisters) of John Abram (1860-1940), and Elizabeth Agnes Dodgson Swarbrick (1865-1933). Married (14.04.1926, Long Lane Congregational Church. Poulton, Lancashire) Doris Gawne (10.05.1907 - 08.07.1975); four sons, one daughter.	24.06.1905 Fleetwood, Lancashire - 12.01.1957 Fylde district, Lancashire	Prob. T/Skpr. 22.09.1939 [WS 2039 & TS 148] T/Skpr. ?, seniority 22.09.1939 1944, seniority 22.06.1940 (warrant terminated 30.04.1944)	09.05.1940 - 20.05.1940 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal) 21.05.1940 - 21.06.1940 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (additional; for training) 22.06.1940 - 25.06.1940 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal) 26.06.1940 - 08.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Ben Urie (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) [tender to HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport)] ... - ... ... 14.02.1944 - 30.04.1944 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal)
Ackerley, George Roger Son (with one brother) of George Reid Ackerley (1877-1928), and Edith Sophia Law (1885-1963). Married ((03?).1948, Surrey South Eastern district) Pamela Burns (16.01.1929 - 30.11.2019); four daughters.	10.12.1911 Hampstead, London - 30.07.1981 Heybrook Bay, Plymouth district, Devon	Prob. Paym.S.Lt. 28.07.1936 Paym.S.Lt. 21.05.1937, seniority 28.07.1936 Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 28.07.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. (S) < 07.1945 Lt.Cdr. (S) 28.07.1946 (retd 10.12.1956) Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) RNVR 09.08.1958, seniority 28.03.1948 (retd 10.12.1971) MID 27.03.1945 Operation Dragoon (invasion South of France 08.1944) RD 07.12.1945 - RD ? 1st clasp RD 26.03.1968 2nd clasp	Bank clerk. 25.08.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Proserpine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow) ... - ... ... 18.06.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Sirius (Dido class cruiser) (despatches) 09.08.1958     transferred to Permanent RNVR
Acon, Neville Son of Charles Robert Acon (1886-1944), and Louise Chester (1889-1940). Married ((09?).1943, Southport district, Lancashire) Hilda Mary Russell (15.11.1914 - 13.09.1984), daughter (with one sister) of Robert Russell (1883-1974), and Mary Eleanor Jenkins (1882-1968); one son.	16.08.1913 Middlesborough district, North Riding of Yorkshire - 22.10.1996 Sefton North district, Merseyside	Prob. S.Lt. 26.08.1938 S.Lt. 30.03.1939, seniority 26.08.1938 Lt. 15.07.1940 Lt.Cdr. 15.07.1948 (retd 28.06.1953) RD 24.01.1947 -	21.11.1939 - 13.12.1939 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 14.12.1939 - 08.11.1940 HMS Northern Isles (auxiliary anti-submarine whaler) [tender to HMS Pyramus (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Orkney)] 09.11.1940 - 18.03.1941 HMS Pyramus (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Orkney) 19.03.1941 - 07.02.1942 HMS Northern Gift (auxiliary anti-submarine whaler) [tender to HMS Pyramus (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Orkney)] 08.02.1942 - 13.02.1942 HMS Victory IV (accounting section, Petersfield) 14.02.1942 - 10.03.1942 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 11.03.1942 - 07.09.1942 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (as Assistant to Captain HM Dockyard Liverpool) 08.09.1942 - 17.09.1942 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 18.09.1942 - 17.03.1944 HMS St Adrian (armed yacht) [tender to HMS Clio (RN base, Barrow in Furness)] 18.03.1944 - 12.05.1944 HMS Victory IV (accounting section, Petersfield) 13.05.1944 - 17.05.1944 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 18.05.1944 - 18.07.1944 HMS Prins Albert (landing ship infantry) 19.07.1944 - 01.10.1944 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 02.10.1944 - 29.06.1945 HMS Minos (RN base, Lowestoft) 30.06.1945 - 09.04.1946 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 10.04.1946 - 27.01.1947 HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall) (as navigation instructor)
Acum, Harold Son (with four brothers) of Alfred Cheetham Blythe Acum (1875-1949), and Ada Carrick (1879-1952). Brother of Skpr. Herbert Acum, RNR. Married (02.04.1929, Sculcoates, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire) Cora Lilley Nightingale (12.11.1905 - 09.1988); two sons.	30.06.1904 Hull, Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire - 01.02.1978 Beverley district, East Riding of Yorkshire	Prob. T/Skpr. 26.01.1940 [WS 3269 & TS 386] T/Skpr. 03.02.1941, seniority 26.01.1940 A/T/Ch.Skpr. 21.02.1945 (dispersal 31.10.1945) (reld 26.12.1945) DSC 01.01.1944 New Year 44 [investiture 09.05.44]	Skipper trawling. 20.02.1940 - 24.02.1940 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal) 25.02.1940 - 23.09.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Strathderry (auxiliary patrol trawler) [tender to HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen), from 07.04.1940 to HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith & Granton), from 01.07.1940 to HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen)] (Norwegian campaign) 24.09.1941 - 13.10.1941 HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) (additional) 14.10.1941 - 17.12.1941 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal) 18.12.1941 - 25.01.1943 HMS T.R. Ferrens (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) (as 2nd Skipper) [tender to HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland)] 26.01.1943 - 24.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS T.R. Ferrens (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) [tender to HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland)] (DSC) 25.09.1943 - 31.10.1943 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal) 01.11.1943 - 15.12.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Wyoming (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) [tender to HMS Bunting (auxiliary patrol base, Harwich)] 16.12.1943 - 30.01.1944 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal) 31.01.1944 - 13.06.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Firefly (auxiliary minesweeping trawler)[tender to HMS Bunting (auxiliary patrol base, Harwich)] 14.06.1944 - 30.06.1944 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal) 01.07.1944 - 05.11.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Edward Walmsley (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) (temporarily to 28.07.1944) [tender to HMS Bunting (auxiliary patrol base, Harwich)] 06.11.1944 - 30.01.1945 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; sick & full pay service leave 18.12.1944-30.01.1945) 31.01.1945 - 14.04.1945 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal) 15.04.1945 - 17.10.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Red Sky (auxiliary minesweeping drifter) [tender to HMS Beaver I (RN base, Grimsby) (as examination boat, Humber mouth) 18.10.1945 - 31.10.1945 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal)
Acum, Herbert Son (with four brothers) of Alfred Cheetham Blythe Acum (1875-1949), and Ada Carrick (1879-1952). Brother of Skpr. Harold Acum, DSC, RNR. Married ((09?).1932, Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire) Ida Lilian Nightingale (10.12.1912-10.1994); one daughter, two sons.	04.02.1908 Hull. Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire - 25.04.1964 Kingston upon Hull, Hull district, East Riding of Yorkshire	A/T/Skpr. 01.06.1941 [TS 1060] T/Skpr. 19.08.1941, seniority 01.06.1941 (dispersal 28.11.1945)(reld 23.01.1946)	01.06.1941 - 08.08.1941 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal) 09.08.1941 - 25.09.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS William Mannell (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) [tender to French Ship "Paris" (base for small craft, Plymouth)] 26.09.1941 - 17.10.1941 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal) 18.10.1941 - 06.06.1944 HMS Kerrera (Isles class trawler) (as 3rd Skipper, from 02.07.1942 as 2nd Skipper) [tender to HMS Dunluce Castle (base ship, Lyness), from 1944? to HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers, Taranto, Italy), from 1944? to HMS Beaver (RN base, Hull)] 07.06.1944 - 17.07.1944 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal) 18.07.1944 - 21.09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Sailor King (auxiliary drifter; boom defence vessel) [tender to HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames), from 30.07.1944 to HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton), from ... to HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham)] 22.09.1945 - 28.11.1945 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal)
Adam, James	07.03.1891 - ?	Paym.S.Lt. 01.08.1928 Payn.Lt. 01.08.1930 Paym.Lt.Cdr. (Registrar Class) 01.08.1938	11.05.1925 - (04.1940) RNR Registrar, Banff (Macduff)
Adam, James Son (with one sister) of Thomas Aitken Adam (1874-1957), and Elizabeth Davidson (1882-1960). Married (1932, St Monance, Fife, Scotland)Agnes Anderson Gardner (1909 - 1991); two sons, one daughter.	18.04.1906 St Monance, Fife, Scotland - 1990 East Neuk, Fife, Scotland	A/T/Skpr. 01.01.1943 [TS 1319] T/Skpr. 05.02.19443, seniority 01.01.1943 (dispersal 17.10.1945) (reld 12.12.1945)	01.01.1943 - 27.01.1943 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal) 28.01.1943 - 10.10.1945 HMS Everton (auxiliary patrol trawler) (as 2nd Skpr.) [tender to HMS Beaver (RN base, Hull)] 11.10.1945 - 17.10.1945 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal)
Adam, Mohammed bin H	? -	T/Skpr. 02.12.1940	officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Adam, Robert	? -	T/Lt. 27.11.1939	01.01.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services)
Adams, Charles Thomas Bruce	? -	T/Skpr. 09.06.1943 [TS 1439] DSM ? ?	(07.1945) no appointment listed
Adams, Francis	? -	T/Boom Skpr. 22.07.1944	? - (07.1945) HMS Barhill
Adams, George Edward	? -	T/Bm.Skpr. 21.09.1940	(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Adams, George Ernest	? -	T/Skpr. 03.11.1941 [TS 1098]	(07.1945) no appointment listed
Adams, James Tindle	? -	T/S.Lt. (E) 01.04.1941	officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements (07.1945)     HMS Rona
Adams, [Sir] Jameson Boyd Son of George Norris Adams, MD. Married (1914) Phebe Carnac Thompson (died 1952), daughter of late Rt Rev. George Carnac Fisher, DD, Burgh House, Fleggburgh, Norfolk; one son, one daughter.	06.03.1880 Rippinggale, Bourne, Lincolnshire - 30.04.1962 Westminster district [Golders Green Crematorium, London]	Lt. 01.02.1906 Lt.Cdr. ? (retd) Cdr. (retd) 11.11.1918 A/Capt. < 07.1945 KCVO 10.06.1948 HM's birthday 48 CVO 1938 ? CBE 1928 ? DSO 1918 ? RD ? ? The Royal Scottish Geographical Society Silver Medal (1909)	1893 first went to sea in the merchant service 1895 joined RNR 1907 - 1909 Second-in-Command (from 02.1908 on), Antarctic Expedition (had a glacier named after him) 1909 - 1914 entered Civil Service (Divisional Officer, Labour Exchanges Department) 1914 - 1915? served European War (despatches, DSO, Croix de Guerre): Flag Lieutenant to R.Adm. Hood (commanding Dover Patrol) 1915? - 1916? recalled from the Navy and seconded to Lloyd George’s newly formed Ministry of Munitions 1916? - 1917 Commanding Officer, of the battery "Carnac" of the Royan Navy Siege Guns at Nieuport (Belgium) 1917 - 03.1918 Royan Navy Siege Guns (Belgium) 1939 re­employed 01.12.1939 - (02.1941) HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) * 05.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional for various services) ** (06.1944) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * 04.1940 listed under HMS Gloucester II (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon), 02.1941 under Sheba, both with same starting date; can probably be explained by the fact that Sheba was the former Gloucester III, and that Adams was incorrectly listed under Gloucester II ** (04.1944) still indexed, but no longer listed as such Secretary of King George's Jubilee Trust, 1935-1948.
Adams, John	? -	T/Skpr. 02.07.1941 [TS 1037]	(07.1945) no appointment listed
Adams, John Frater	? -	T/Lt. 11.11.1940	(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Adams, John Henry	? -	T/Skpr. 07.08.1943 [TS 1487]	(07.1945)     HMS Brontes
Adams, John William Raymond	? -	Midsh. 14.07.1938	21.11.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Forfar
Adams, Percy Alec	? -	T/Lt. 08.11.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945	(04.1940)     HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) * (07.1945)     HMS Sandhurst * indexed, but not listed as such
Adams, Percy Walter	? -	Paym.Lt.Cdr. 30.01.1933 Paym.Cdr. = Cdr. (S) 30.06.1940 RD ? -	07.02.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Colombo (07.1945)     HMS Tyne
Adams, Richard	? -	T/Lt. 11.09.1939	(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Adams, Richard Willoughby	? -	Prob. Midsh. 01.01.1939 ... ... Lt. 18.11.1943	29.11.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Laconia (07.1945)     HMS Sainfoin
Adams, Walter Stanley	? -	T/A/Ch.Skpr. 24.06.1944 [TS 543] T/A/Skpr.Lt. < 07.1945	(07.1945)     HM MMS 224 (motor minesweeper)
Adams, William John Henry	? -	T/Lt. 26.09.1939	(04.1940) HMS Forte * * indexed, but not listed as such
Adams, William Percy Colclough	? -	T/S.Lt. 28.04.1945	(07.1945)     HMS Ulster
Adams, William Stanley	? -	T/Lt. 27.08.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945	(07.1945)     HMS Holm Sound
Adamson, Alexander	? -	Skpr. 16.10.1934 [WS 2652]	23.08.1939 - (04.1940) Boom Defence Depot Malaya [HMS Sultan]
Adamson, Samuel	24.12.1907 Kincardine -	T/Lt. (E) 12.09.1939	Served Merchant Navy (R34970). officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements (04.1940) no appointment listed
Affleck, Alexander	? -	Prob. T/Skpr. 01.02.1940 [WS 3280]	(04.1940) no appointment listed
Affleck, Hugh Married (12.1944, Chester, West Cheshire) Beryl Mildred Dodd (16.08.1923 - 21.04.2007), daughter of Thomas Dodd, and Ada Minshull; two daughters, five sons.	1923 Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 1998 Peterborough, Ontario, Canada	Prob. T/Midsh. 01.09.1943 T/S.Lt. 01.06.1944 T/Lt. 1946? (reld 01.07.1946)	Education: HMS Conway (09.1939-09.1941). Served Merchant Navy (tankers Daphnela and Cliona), 09.1941-mid 1943. (10.1943)   (12.1943) no appointment listed 18.02.1944 - 21.08.1944 HMS Orchis (corvette) (ship irreparably damaged by mine or torpedo off Normandy; beached as total loss) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 14.10.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Loch More (frigate) (1945)     HMS Philante (armed yacht)
Ahlquist, Harold Fredrick Albert [Harald Fredrik Albert] Son of Frants Christian Ahlquist, and Meta Gesine Johanne Fuhrken. Married Margaret Gleeson.	29.04.1906 Larvik, Vestfold, Norway - 22.05.1968 Norway	T/S.Lt. (E) 16.09.1940 T/A/Lt. (E) 16.09.1941 T/Lt. (E) 11.10.1943 (reld 13.04.1946)	Served as engineer in Norwegian merchant navy (as "Southern Princess" and "Southern Chief"), 1939-1940. 25.09.1940 - (12.1940) HMS St Modwen (armed yacht) 07.01.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Spaniel (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 05.06.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Maria Joao (armed yacht) (06.1942)     no appointment listed 29.07.1942 - (07.)1945 HMS Maid Marion (armed yacht) (10.1945)     HMS Maid Marion (armed yacht) * (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Aikman, Edmund Fleetwood Married ((03?).1939, Knaresborough district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Marcia S. Harvey.	(06?).1908 West Derby, Lancashire - 1988 Cupar district, Fife, Scotland	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 12.01.1933, seniority 06.12.1930 Lt. 12.02.1933 Lt.Cdr. 12.02.1941 (reld < 04.1946) (retd 08.04.1953) RD 19.02.1945 -	(04.1940) HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) * 30.04.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (08.1942) - (02.1943) HMS Imperialist (anti-submarine warfare trawler) * (06.1943)     HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) * (08.1943)     HMS Violet (corvette) * 16.08.1943 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Ballinderry (frigate) * indexed, but not listed as such
Aisthorpe, Horace Charles Son of Horace Aisthorpe (1887-1949), and Ada Board (1889/80?-1967). Married (31.08.1931, Grimsby district, Humberside / Lincolnshire) Iris Maisie Halman (29.04.1909 - 30.06.2005), daughter of William and Edith Halman; one daughter, two sons.	05.10.1909 Grimsby, Humberside - 28.10.1971 St John's Anglican Church Cemetery, Halifax, NS, Canada	Skpr. 24.09.1938 [WS 2787] A/Skpr.Lt. [acting rank] 01.07.1941? A/Skpr.Lt. [appointed rank] 03.04.1944 (reld < 04.1946) (retd 01.07.1950) DSC 27.04.1943 convoy JW51B 12.42 [investiture 19.10.43]	(04.1940)     HMS Northern Pride (anti-submarine warfare trawler) * 29.04.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Pentland Firth (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 01.07.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Antrim (trawler base, Belfast) 12.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Northern Gem (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (06.1943)     no appointment listed 07.07.1943 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Leeds United (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (10.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Leeds United (anti-submarine warfare trawler) * 19.12.1943 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Lady Beryl (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (07.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Aitchison, Thomas Edmonston	09.06.1914 Clydebank -	T/S.Lt. (E) 13.09.1939	Served Merchant Navy (R146791). officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements (04.1940) no appointment listed
Aitken, Alexander	15.02.1888 Leith -	T/Lt. (E) 08.12.1939	Served Merchant Navy (522136). officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements 08.12.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Sagitta
Aitken, Clifford Robert	17.05.1905 Cardiff district, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire -	T/Lt. 01.10.1939	officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements (04.1940) no appointment listed
Aitken, D	? -	T/Lt. 18.09.1939	15.01.1940 - (04.1940) Minesweeping Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth)
Aitken, James Hutt Married Isabella Wood; three sons, two daughters (one of which died in infancy)).	1897 Abercrombie district, Fifeshire, Scotland - 16.02.1945 (died of illness) [age 47] [St Monans Cemetery, Fifeshire, sec. M, grave 36]	Skpr. 10.05.1937 [WS 2703]	23.08.1939 - (12.1941) Boom Defence Depot Malaya [HMS Sultan] 20.06.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Bishopsgate (barrage/gate vessel) 18.05.1943 - 16.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Sea Monarch (boom defence vessel)
Aitken, John Gordon Son of Alexander and Edith Aitken.	1904 ? - 21.09.1943 (MPK) [age 39] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 79, column 3]	Prob. T/Lt. 06.04.1940 T/Lt. 1941?, seniority 06.04.1940 MID 30.07.1942 fire fighting after air attack Tobruk SS Zealand	05.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Rosaura (armed yacht) 07.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 08.01.1943 - 21.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Polyanthus (corvette) [torpedoed by U-952 south of Iceland]
Akister, John	? -	Paym.Lt. (Registrar Class) 13.03.1935 (retd 29.12.1939)	(08.1939) RNR Registrar, Aberystwyth
Albany, D K	? -	Paym.Lt. 19.07.1937	18.10.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Comorin
Aldan, George William	? -	T/Skpr. 06.09.1939 [WS 3014]	(04.1940) no appointment listed
Alder, Ralph Herbert Laurence	(03?).1883 Basingstoke, Berkshire -	S.Lt. (retd) 23.09.1913 RD ? -	(04.1940) no appointment listed
Alderman, Thomas Franklyn	? -	Prob. Midsh. 19.10.1931 A/S.Lt. 16.04.1934 S.Lt. 28.01.1938, seniority 15.11.1935 Lt. 11.10.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 08.1945 Lt.Cdr. 11.10.1947 (retd 07.02.1958) RD < 10.1947 -	16.09.1933 - 1933 training, HMS Nelson (battleship) 19.03.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Ceres (cruiser) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 24.07.1942 - 01.10.1943 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for Tactical Table Unit) 02.10.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for duty with Sea Transport Officers) 10.01.1944 - (04.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Campion (corvette) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 08.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM LST 3022 (landing ship, tank)
Aldersley, Ivan Knight Son of ... Aldersley, and ... Knight. Married ((03?).1943, Lewisham district, Kent)Maisie M. Surridge; ... children (one son?).	02.07.1920 Greenwich district, London -	T/Paym.S.Lt. = T/S.Lt. (S) 08.01.1942 T/Lt. (S) 10.02.1945 (reld 01.07.1946)	temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements: 08.01.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Southern Prince (minelayer) 03.1943 - (04.)1943 HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool) 29.04.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Prinses J. Charlotte (landing ship, infantry (small)) (01.1945)     HMS Prinses J. Charlotte (landing ship, infantry (small)) * 10.02.1945 - (04.)1946 HMS Lothian (landing ship, infantry (headquarters)) * indexed, but not listed as such
Aldis, Alfred Edward	? -	Prob. T/Lt. 29.01.1940	(04.1940) no appointment listed
Aldis, Thomas Jeffrey	? -	T/Lt. 01.01.1940	officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements (04.1940) no appointment listed
Aldiss, Harry John	? -	Lt. 05.10.1935	07.09.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Queen of Bermuda
Aldred, Samuel Melhuish   Husband of Gladys E. Aldred, of Scarthoe, Grimsby.	25.06.1897 Grimsby - 23.02.1940 (KIA) [age 42] [Cleethorpes Cemetery, section E, grave C.20]	Skpr. 24.03.1926 [WS 2406] Ch.Skpr. 24.03.1936	(1919) HMS Tusarion (minesweeping trawler) 1939? - 23.02.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Benvolio (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) [ship mined off the Humber]
Aldridge, Henry Cecil	? -	T/Lt. 01.01.1940	01.01.1940 - (04.1940) HMS President (for sea transport duties)
Alexander, James	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. 31.10.1939	31.10.1939 - (04.1940) Actaeon Net Defence Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth)
Alexander, Richard Henry	? -	T/Skpr. 03.01.1940 [WS 3190]	(04.1940) no appointment listed
Alexander, William Robert Mansfield	? -	T/Lt. 16.11.1939	19.03.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Rochester (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer)
Alford, Gerald Maurice	? -	T/Lt. 31.01.1940	(04.1940) no appointment listed
Alger, Kenneth Roy Son (with one sibling) of William James Alger (1885-1965), and Emily Matilda Sealey (1884-1968). Married (30.06.1946, Holy Trinity, Woodford, Essex South Western district) Edna Patricia Hill (07.1924 - 27.03.2012).	15.09.1912 Tendring district, Essex - 07.1995 Surrey South Eastern district	Prob. S.Lt. 01.03.1937 S.Lt. 26.08.1937, seniority 01.03.1937 Lt. 08.03.1940, seniority 01.12.1939 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1947 (retd 01.07.1950) RD ? -	10.01.1940 - 10.06.1940 HMS Vandyck (auxiliary armed boarding vessel) (captured after ship was sunk by air attack off the Norwegian coast) (08.1940) - (07.1945) no appointment listed: 06.1940 - 05.1945 POW in German captivity (No. 1132, Marlag & Milag Nord, Westertimke (Tarnstedt))
Allan, George	? -	Lt. 13.12.1937	21.02.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Tigris
Allan, Henry Samuel Son (with one sister) of John Munn Allan (1861-), and Beatrice Anna Dunlop Martin (1862-). Married ((09?).1947, Kensington district, London) Isabel Mary Ann Fairweather (19.08.1906 - 06.2004), daughter (with two sisters and three brothers) of Frank Ernest Fairweather (1869-1943), and Isabel Knowles Gardner (1870-1921); ... children (one son?).	13.12.1892 Saltcoats, Ayrshire - 06.03.1979 Hythe, Shepway district, Kent	T/S.Lt. 30.12.1914 Prob. Lt. 31.03.1925, seniority 31.12.1924 Lt. 19.10.1925, seniority 31.12.1924 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1936 Capt. 30.06.1942 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 21.07.1942-15.08.1943 (dispersed 30.09.1946) (reld 30.11.19467; granted War Service Rank of Cdre. 2nd cl.) (retd 13.12.1947) MID 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) RD 06.11.1935 -	14.09.1939 - 05.10.1939 HMS Mooltan (armed merchant cruiser) [tender to HMS Pembroke] 26.10.1939 - 28.08.1941 HMS St George (training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man) [tender to HMS Eaglet] 29.08.1941 - 30.09.1941 HMS Lochinvar (destroyer / minesweeper base, Port Edgar) (for MB training) 01.10.1941 - 26.02.1942 HMCS Venture (RCN base, Halifax, NS) (for commissioning of Bangor class minesweepers) 27.02.1942 - 14.07.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Fort York (Bangor class minesweeper) 15.07.1942 - 20.07.1942 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional) 21.07.1942 - 15.08.1943 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for convoy duties)       completed 8 convoys as Commodore of Ocean Convoys, of which ON158 had bad weather & visibility and heavy icing, which caused a rescue ship being lost: 16.08.1943 - 22.08.1943 HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty at Damage Control School) 23.08.1943 - 24.09.1943 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional; not to join) 25.09.1943 - 04.11.1943 Anti-Submarine Officer, French Ship "Largs" 05.11.1943 - 15.11.1944 Commanding Officer, French Ship "Largs" 16.11.1944 - 08.01.1945 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional; not to join) 09.01.1945 - 02.06.1945 HMS Braganza (additional; lent to Government of India from 03.1945 as Naval Officer-in-Charge Madras & in command of HMIS Adyar (RIN local naval defence & coastal forces base, Madras)) 03.06.1945 - 09.08.1945 HMS Victory (additional; for passage & leave; not to join) 10.08.1945 - 16.10.1945 HMS Artifex (heavy repair ship) (for passage) 17.10.1945 - 15.09.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Artifex (heavy repair ship) 16.09.1946 - 30.11.1946 HMS Victory (additional; not to join)
Allan, John	? -	T/Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1939	01.09.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (for various services)
Allan, James Campbell	? -	T/S.Lt. 27.05.1940 T/Lt. 27.08.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 12.1943 T/A/Cdr. 05.1945? (reld > 04.1946)	(10.1940) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) * 11.12.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Queen Emma (troopship) (08.1942) Miner I * 07.09.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Saker (RN base, USA) (for Landing Craft Infantry (Large)) 10.06.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Ameer (escort carrier) 09.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for miscellaneous duties) 22.02.1944 - 05.1945 HMS Thane (escort carrier) [possibly Executive Officer, and lastly Commanding Officer, from 22.02.1945 when the ship was paid off to reserve] 05.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Dungeness (landing craft repair ship) (04.1946) HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Allan, Peter	? -	T/Lt. ? T/A/Lt.Cdr. 17.02.1940	01.1940 - 22.01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS St Cyrus (tug) (mined off the Humber)
Allan, W	? -	T/Lt. (E) 04.12.1939	temporary commission under T.124 agreements (04.1940) HMS Tigris * * indexed, but not listed as such
Alldridge, Cecil John	03.01.1912 - 07.1998 St Germans district, Cornwall	T/S.Lt. 24.04.1940 T/Lt. 08.1941, seniority 24.04.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946) Lt. RN 22.01.1947, seniority 24.04.1941 Lt.Cdr. RN 24.04.1949 (emgcy 18.09.1952)	(10.1940) HMS Greenfly (anti-submarine warfare trawler) * 10.12.1940 - 14.01.1941 HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) 15.01.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Dahlia (corvette) (02.1943) - (08.1943) HMS Wear (frigate) * (10.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) * 31.03.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for miscellaneous duties) 27.06.1945 - 28.09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Achray (frigate) 22.01.1947     transferred RN * indexed, but not listed as such
Allen, Frank Brown	(03?).1905 Prestwich district, Lancashire -	T/Lt. 06.11.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 02.1943, < 06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	06.01.1941 - (12.1941) French Ship Quentin Roosevelt (08.1942) - (02.1943) HMS Turcoman (anti-submarine trawler) * (06.1943)     no appointment listed 10.07.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for duty with Sea Transport Officers) 10.09.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, NJ, USA) (for miscellaneous services) 09.10.1943 - 05.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Goodson (frigate) (06.1944)     no appointment listed (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Allen, Hamilton Colclough	see:	RN officers' section
Allen, John Graham	? -	Lt. 31.03.1933	(04.1940) HMS Kylemore
Allen, Robert Charles Married ((09?).1945, Wirral district, Cheshire) Mona Mellor; one daughter, one son.	02.06.1908 Smallburgh district, Norfolk - 11.1966 Albany, Western Australia	T/Skpr. 18.12.1939 [WS 3163 & TS 280] T/A/Ch.Skpr. 08.02.1944 T/A/Skpr.Lt. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 DSC 03.09.1940 minesweeping Dutch, Belgian & French coasts [investiture 08.04.41]	(02.1940) - (03.1940) no appointment listed 30.03.1940 - (07.)1940 HMS Asama (minesweeping trawler) (10.1940) - (04.1941) HMS Asama (minesweeping trawler) * (06.1941) - (12.1941) HMS Kastoria (minesweeping trawler) * (02.1942)     no appointment listed 02.1942 - (06.)1942 HMS St Minver (minesweeping trawler) (08.1942)     HMS Eland (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) * 06.10.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Taurus (auxiliary minesweeper) 02.02.1943 - (02.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS General Birdwood (minesweeping trawler) (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 06.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Soika (minesweeping whaler) (01.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1945)     Commanding Officer, HM MFV 1122 (motor fishing vessel) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 11.02.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 289 (motor minesweeper) * indexed, but not lsited as such
Allingham, Henry Peter	11.11.1915 - 03.1994 Winchester, Hampshire	Prob. Midsh. 01.09.1933 Midsh. ?, seniority 01.09.1933 A/S.Lt. 05.07.1937 S.Lt. 21.05.1939 Lt. 26.05.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. 06.1943 A/Lt.Cdr. RN 01.11.1945 Lt.Cdr. RN 26.05.1947 (retd 01.03.1958) MID 11.06.1946 wind up Far East	(04.1940) HMS Lormont * (02.1941) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 08.1941 - (08.1942) Pilot, 806 Squadron FAA, Trincomalee Pool [HMS Lanka] 15.09.1942 - (02.1943) HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton) (and for instructional duties) 06.1943 - 12.1943 Commanding Officer, 1831 Squadron FAA 17.01.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Speaker (escort carrier) (and as Lieutenant-Commander (Flying)) 13.06.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Hunter (escort carrier) (and as Lieutenant-Commander (Flying)) 05.12.1945 - (04.1946) Office of Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord (Air Section) [HMS President] (05.1950) RAN Navy Office, Melbourne * 08.12.1952 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 31.01.1955 - (01.1956) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) * indexed, but not listed as such
Allon, James Joseph "Jim" Son of J.J. and Clara Clark Allon, of South Shields, Co. Durham. His brother William Arthur Allon was lost in the sinking of the British steam merchant Lackenby in January 1943. Married ...; ... children (one son?).	01.05.1910 South Shields district, Durham / Tyne and Wear - 04.2004 South Tyneside district, Tyne and Wear	Prob. S.Lt. 19.12.1940 T/Lt. 19.03.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld 01.04.1946)	(02.1941)     HMS Nimrod (training establishment, Campbeltown) * 25.08.1941 - 05.07.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Sword Dance (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (ship sunk in a collision) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 15.08.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Dunluce Castle (depot ship) (08.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed 11.10.1943 - 20.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Kenilworth Castle (corvette) (07.1945)     HM LST 3029 (landing ship, tank) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Allum, Charles From Hull.	? -	Ch.Skpr. ? [260 WSA] T/Skpr. 17.01.1940 [WS 3281] (reld < 12.1941) MID 20.09.1918 for services in the Auxilary Patrol, minesweeping and Coastal Motor Boats 01-06.18	World War I Commanding Officer, HMS Viola (armed trawler) (04.1940) no appointment listed 26.04.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Fintray (minesweeping trawler) (Port Edgar)
Amer, Donald Wolfenden "Don"	(09?).1910 Woodbridge, Suffolk -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 20.02.1940 T/Lt. 02.08.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. early 1945 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 07.12.1943 pilotage parties special reconnaissance Sicily [investiture 23.05.44] MID 16.03.1943 Party Inhuman: Operation Torch (Northa Africa 42) MID 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	Merchant Navy officer. (04.1940)     no appointment listed (02.1941) - (12.1941) HMS Aberdeen (sloop) * (08.1942)     no appointment listed 06.01.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary), from late 1943 HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (07.1943) - (06.1944) Officer Commanding, Combined Operations Pilotage Party (COPP) 6 (Sicily, Normandy [LCN(A) 189]) (07.1945)     HMS Minna (target & mother ship for motor submersible canoes) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Anchor, Herbert John Son (with two sisters) of Albert George Hosking Anchor (1868-1940), and Blanche Kate Kellard (1867-1910).	24.04.1895 Plymouth, Devon - 25.10.1958 Troon, Mauchline district, Ayrshire	A/S.Lt. 01.07.1913 S.Lt. 28.01.1917 Lt. 28.01.1919 Lt.Cdr. 28.01.1927 Cdr. 31.12.1934 Capt. 31.12.1941 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 20.03.1942 (demobilized > 04.1946, < 07.1946) (retd 24.04.1950) OBE 01.01.1942 New Year 42 [investiture 09.02.43] MID 05.06.1945 3 years' service 42-45 RD 28.04.1932 -	Served Merchant Navy with Clan Line (2nd Mate 31.07.1914; Master, 04.08.1920; Commodore, 1956). Retired 07.1958 due to ill-health. 20.01.1940 - 19.03.1942 completed 47 convoys as Commodore of Coastal Convoys: 20.01.1940 - 12.07.1940 HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) 13.07.1940 - 31.03.1941 HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth) (for duty with Naval Control Service, Methil) 01.04.1941 - 30.07.1941 HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) (for duty with Naval Control Service, Thames) (OBE) * 31.07.1941 - 19.03.1942 HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth) (for duty with Naval Officer-in-Charge, Methil) 20.03.1942 - 14.06.1945 completed 14 convoys as Commodore of Ocean Convoys, during which a ship was torpedoed & sunk (PQ15), one ship was sunk in collision (HX235), escorts sunk U-boat by gunfire, after depth charging (ON227)] 20.03.1942 - 14.06.1945 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for convoy duties) (despatches) 15.06.1945 - 16.07.1945 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; not to join) 17.07.1945 - (04.)1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Alaunia (heavy repair ship) 01.01.1947 - 01.01.1949 RNR ADC to the King * alternatively shown on the books of HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea)
Andersen, Erik	04.08.1914 Norway - ?	T/S.Lt. 29.07.1940 T/Lt. 29.07.1941 (reld 01.07.1945)	29.07.1940 joined RNR ? - (02.1941) HMS Lorna Doone (auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel (coastal)) * 17.01.1942 - (02.1943) HMS Fairfax (auxiliary mine destructor) 20.02.1943 - (10.1943) HMS Asbury (RN accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey) (for BYMSs) 11.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM BYMS 55 (British yard minesweeper) 09.12.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 297 (motor minesweeper) ? - (07.1945) HMS Yezo (minesweeping trawler) * Served in the Royal Norwegian Navy as a U/Lt., 01.07.1945-01.02.1946. * indexed, but not listed as such
Anderson, Alan Hamilton Barnett   Son of ... Anderson, and ... Barry. Married (1941, Haymarket district, Scotland) Janet Capie Wylie (1915 - 1997).	1916 New or East Kilpatrick district, Scotland - 1979 Haymarket district, Scotland	Prob. A/S.Lt. 12.07.1938 S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 12.01.1941 (reld 29.04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 12.01.1949 Cdr. 31.12.1955 Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 02.12.1966, seniority 312.12.1955 (retd 01.07.1973) DSC 07.10.1941 submarine minelaying & sinking Italian submarine [investiture 10.02.42] RD 19.04.1948 - RD 01.06.1965 1st clasp	Education: HMS Conway (1933-34). ? - 11.1939 HMS Rawalpindi (armed merchant cruiser) [survived sinking] 04.03.1940 - (04.)1940 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 09.1940 - (08.)1942 HMS Rorqual (submarine) 22.12.1942 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS L 23 (submarine) 17.07.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 13.11.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) 01.05.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee) (for submarines) 15.08.1944 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Scotsman (submarine)
Anderson, Arthur James	23.02.1891 Albany, Western Australia - 08.08.1979 Aberdeen, Scotland	T/Lt.Cdr. 06.11.1939 (reld < 04.1946) OBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45	06.11.1939 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Beauly (special service vessel) 15.04.1941 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Jeanie Deans (auxiliary anti-aircraft ship) 14.10.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Queen Eagle (auxiliary anti-aircraft ship) 10.11.1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Northway (landing ship dock) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Anderson, Derek William Allan Only son (with three sisters) of Norman Baxter Anderson (1881-1950), and Ruth Lilian Mathewson (1886-1965), of Tignabruaich, Pitlochry, formerly of Arbroath. Married (23.07.1946, St Murdoch's Church, Inverkeilor, Angus, Scotland) Ruth Anthunes (16.02.1925 - 16.01.2011), daughter (with one brother) of Luiz Phillipe Gomez Antunes (1878-), and Elsa Gerecke (1900-1982); two sons.	21.07.1923 Arbroath, Scotland - 07.05.1951 Tanzania (motor cycle accident)	T/A/S.Lt. 21.07.1943 T/S.Lt. 21.01.1944 (reld 27.08.1946)	Education: Pangbourne Nautical College. 21.07.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Rapid (R class destroyer) (10.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Anderson, William St George "Singey" Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Col. William Anderson, CB, DSO, MC, TC, ADC (1886-1944), and Elizabeth Gladys "Betty Ridley" Robb (1888-1950). Married 1st (21.02.1942, Westminster district, Middlesex; divorced 1951) Anne Hazel Margaret Patten-Thomas (03.04.1923 - 09.1975), daughter of William Frederic Patten-Thomas, MC, and Margaret Sybil McLeod; three sons. Married 2nd (1956, New Zealand) Katherine Macfarlane; one son [mother & son were lost at sea near Solomon Islands 1957/58]. Married 3rd (1959, UK; divorced) Sarah Anne "Sally" Richards; one son. Married 4th ((09?).1973, Harpenden, St Albans district, Hertfordshire; divorced) Doreen I. Cousins Married 5th Lettie Pattison (died 2006). Lived in in Oakwood House, Newcastle, Tanganyika, Solomons, NZ, UK, Mediterranean, Seychelles, RSA, Tenerife, UK.	29.04.1919 * Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland / Tyne and Wear - 02.1985 Godalming, Surrey * death registration gives 30.04.1919	Prob. Midsh. 01.12.1936 A/S.Lt. 11.01.1940 S.Lt. 30.04.1940 Lt. 01.04.1942 (retd 01.07.1950) A/Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 07.1945 DSC 30.09.1941 failed rescue of Mr. Ronald Campbell, British ambassador to Yugoslavia, from Kotor * [investiture 17.07.42] DSC 24.07.1945 7 patrols East Indies & SW Pacific [decoration posted] RD 24.06.1950 - * For daring, enterprise and coolness in taking H.M. Submarine Regent into the port of Kotor to try to embark His Britannic Majesty's Envoy-Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary accredited to the Government of Yugoslavia, and in keeping her there for nine hours though surrounded by large forces of the Italian Army. "For his cool-headedness during the attack and the example set to younger members of the crew."	Education: Pangbourne College. Served Merchant Navy. 06.05.1939 - 30.07.1939 HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (Home Fleet) (for 4 months' training) 31.07.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Eclipse (destroyer) 06.05.1940 - 21.05.1940 training, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 22.05.1940 - 14.06.1940 HMS H 34 (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 15.06.1940 - 31.01.1940 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (1st Submarine Flotilla, Alexandria, Egypt) (for submarines) 01.11.1940 - 16.04.1941 HMS Olympus (submarine) (Alexandria [tender to HMS Medway], from 12.1940 Gibraltar [tender to "Iskra" (Polish training ship)], from 01.1941 UK for refit) 17.04.1941 - 12.1941 HMS Regent (submarine) (Malta & Alexandria) (DSC) 12.1941 - 27.07.9142 First Lieutenant, HMS H 28 (training submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] (UK) 28.07.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS P 312 (submarine) [later renamed as HMS Trespasser] (QF Convoy to Russia 11/12.11.1942) 15.03.1943 - 14.06.1943 submarine Commanding Officers' qualifying course [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 15.06.1943 - 24.10.1943 HMS P 555 (submarine) 25.10.1943 - 04.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Sturdy (submarine) (training at the coast off Norway, from 06.1944 Far East) (Bar to DSC) 05.02.1945 - 03.1945 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 03.1945 - 06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Trusty (submarine) (UK) 06.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, U-1171 (surrendered German U-Boat) [HMS Ferret IV (base for surrendered U-Boats, Lishally)] * (04.1946)     no appointment listed Joined Colonial Service and served in Tanganyika, where had active part in setting up Serengeti National Park, and Solomon Islands as District Commissioner. Later ran a yacht chartering business. * indexed, but not listed as such
Andrews, Eugene Seymour	1922 Girvan district, Ayrshire, Scotland - 2006 Kilfinichen district, Argyllshire, Scotland	Midsh. 25.08.1939 A/S.Lt. 07.01.1942 S.Lt. 07.01.1943 Lt. 07.07.1944 Lt.Cdr. 07.07.1952 (retd)	22.10.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Sheen (torpedo recovery vessel) 04.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Woolston (destroyer) 19.11.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Ramillies (battleship) 05.05.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Valiant (battleship) 16.11.1943 - (04.)1944 Deputy Navigator, HMS Lochy (frigate) 14.10.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HMS Loch More (frigate) (04.1946)     HMS Tulip (corvette) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Ardern, Frank From Reysham, Lancashire.	? Ireland ? - 16.01.1985 Tenerife, Canary Islands	Prob. T/Lt. 31.07.1940 T/Lt. 02.1941, seniority 31.07.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 08.1942, < 02.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 10.10.1944 destruction of U-390 07.44 * [decoration posted] 39|45 St - - Atl St - & clasp France & Germany WM 39|45 - - MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43 MID 01.01.1944 New Year 44 * As Commanding Officer H.M.S. Tavy for his prompt action in attacking the diving swirl of the U-boat; for the accurate attack made with hedgehog by his ship at 1457 which at least severely damaged the enemy; and for the subsequent attacks which, together with those of H.M.S. Wanderer encompassed the U-boat's final destruction. This action reflects credit on Lieutenant-Commander Ardern, R.N.R., both for the skill he displayed at the time and for the efficient state of performance of his Anti-Submarine armament.	14.08.1940 - 01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Paynter (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 27.01.1941 - 05.05.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Abelia (corvette) (despatches twice) 01.06.1943 - 29.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Tavy (frigate) (DSC) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945) HMS Amzari (RN landing craft base, Vizagapatam, India) * 03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Amzari (RN landing craft base, Vizagapatam, India) Served for 33 years with London Midland Region of British Railways (Formerly Shipping Traffic Superintendent, North Wall, Dublin) until 1963. * indexed, but not listed as such
Armitage, Frank	? -	Ch.Skpr. 22.10.1936 [WS 2492] (retd 31.01.1940; medically unfit) Skpr.Lt. (retd) 31.01.1940	? ?
Armstrong, Cyril William "Billy"	(09?).1908 West Derby district, Lancashire - 28.02.1965 [age 57]	Prob. Lt. 05.07.1938 Lt. 02.1940, seniority 05.07.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 05.07.1946 Cdr. 31.12.1952 (retd 31.05.1958) MID 01.01.1940 New Year 40 MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) RD 24.01.1947 - RD 30.05.1957 1st clasp	Served Merchant Navy (City Line, 04.1929; Union-Castle Line, 02.06.1937). 1939 received the Admiralty's expression of appreciation for his service in the German war prize vessel "Poseidon" (1939) HMS Scotstoun (armed merchant cruiser) (despatches) (04.1940)     no appointment listed 24.06.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Menestheus (minelayer) (02.1941)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * (12.1941)     no appointment listed 15.12.1941 - 23.02.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Worthing (Bangor class minesweeper) 02.03.1943 - 11.07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Cockatrice (Algerine class minesweeper) (despatches twice) 09.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Fancy (Algerine class minesweeper) Returned to Union-Castle Line (08.1946; Master, MV "Riebeeck Castle", 26.01.1956; one voyage as Master of the "Braemar Castle" otherwise he remained in the cargo fleet; died on active service as Master, MV "Kenilworth Castle" when on passage from Middlesbrough to Antwerp). * indexed, but not listed as such
Armstrong, Douglas Henry Fyfe Son (with one brother and one sister) of Edward Henry Armstrong (1868-1914), and Grace Isabel Edwards (1871-1963). Married 1st ((09?).1932, Forden, Montgomeryshire) Mary St Barbe "Wendy" Richardson (26.01.1910 - 08.05.1977); three sons, one daughter. Married 2nd ((06?).1959, Croydon district, Surrey) Elisabeth Rosemary Pilbrow (15.09.1921 - 02.1996), daughter of Albert Horace Pilbrow (1884-1960), and Ada Violet Flynn (1888-1972).	13.01.1905 Bulawayo, Rhodesia - 10.03.1976 Tonbridge district, Kent (formerly of Hartfield, East Sussex)	... ... Lt. 30.12.1931 Lt.Cdr. 30.12.1939 A/Cdr. > 08.1941, < 10.1941 DSC 02.12.1941 capture of enemy oil tanker Gedenia 06.41 [investiture 14.04.42] 39|45 St - - Atl S - - Afr St - & clasp N Africa 42-43 It St - - WM 39|45 - - MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42 RD 09.1941 -	Officer of the P&O Line. 14.11.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS King Orry (armed boarding vessel) 02.04.1940 - (06.)1940 HMS Troubadour (armed yacht) (08.1940)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 08.09.1940 - (04.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Marsdale (ocean boarding vessel) (DSC, despatches) (06.1942) - (04.1943) HMS Minna (examination vessel; special operations, Mediterranean) * 04.1943 - (06.)1943 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HM President] 28.07.1943 - 08.05.1945 completed 56 convoys as Commodore of Coastal Convoys, Mediterranean: 28.07.1943 - 28.11.1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (as Commodore of Convoys, Eastern Mediterranean) 29.11.1943 - 04.1944 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (additional; for miscellaneous duties) 04.1944 - 31.06.1944 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) 01.07.1944 - 20.12.1944 HMS Elissa (Combined Operations base, Messina, Sicily, Italy) 21.12.1944 - 08.05.1945 HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (on staff of representative of flag Officer, Taranto, Adriatic and Liaison Italy, in Rome, and Chief Naval Sub. Commission, Allied Commission) ** 26.09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Moray Firth (repair ship) Returned to the P&O Line and after 38 years at sea he retired to Sussex, where in 1961 he campaigned as a Conservative Candidate for the East Sussex County Council. He was also Liveryman of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners. * indexed, but not listed as such ** in Navy Lists of 07.1945 & 10.1945 still showing as such
Armstrong, James Davison Married; at least one son. diary of period at HMS Queen of Bermuda	11.05.1904 Belfast, Co. Antrim - 22.01.1977 Sheffield	S.Lt. 23.04.1930 Lt. 08.07.1933 Lt.Cdr. 08.07.1941 (retd < 04.1946) DSC 04.05.1943 Operation Torch [investiture 23.11.43] RD ? ?	07.09.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Queen of Bermuda (armed merchant cruiser) (South Atlantic) (12.1941) no appointment listed 19.01.1942 - 07.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Royal Scotsman (landing ship, infantry (LSI)) (Mediterranean) (12.1943) - (06.1944) no appointment listed harbourmaster at Gourock on the Clyde (07.1945) HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) * Returned to Merchant Navy (Cunard Line), 1946; eventually was in command of, amongst others, the Mauretania. Also he was Staff Captain of the Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mary prior to this.. * indexed, but not listed as such
Arnot, Andrew George Seton Son of Capt. Reginald George Arnot, and Jean Gordon Seton. Married 1st ((03?).1948, Eton district, Buckinghamshire; divorced 1949) Egidia Hay Seton (05.07.1928 - 12.11.2013), daughter of Sir Alexander Hay Seton, 10th Bt. (1904-1963), and Zeyla Daphne Sanderson (?-1963). Married 2nd ((12?).1950, Kensington district, London) Joyce May Whitten (? - 30.06.2004); four daughters, one son.	1925 - 1988 Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Prob. T/Midsh. 17.08.1942 T/A/S.Lt. 06.01.1945 T/S.Lt. 06.07.1945 Lt. RN 06.07.1947 (Emgcy List 15.03.1951)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. (10.1942)     no appointment listed 28.11.1942 - (02.)1944 HMS Uganda (Uganda class cruiser) 02.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Rupert (Captain class frigate) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 24.01.1945 - (10.)1945 HMS Lewes (Town class destroyer) 05.12.1945 - (04.)1946 HMS Fernmoor (auxiliary boom carrier) 08.06.1946 - (10.1946) HMS Haydon (Hunt class destroyer) ... - ... ...
Arton, Henry Hulme Son (with three sisters and one brother) of John Henry Arton (1877-1947), and Florence Isabella Sutherland (1883-1963). Married (16.04.1941, Southport district, Lancashire) Dorothy Margaret Hobson (1910-2001); two daughters, two sons.	19.01.1910 Stretford, Greater Manchester, Lancashire - 24.06.1960 at sea aboard "Australia Star" (formerly of Ings, near Kendal, Westmorland)	T/S.Lt. 07.10.1940 T/Lt. 16.04.1941 T/Lt.Cdr. 24.08.1943 (reld 14.07.1946)	Officer in the Merchant Navy with the Blue Star Line from about 1927 onwards (Master's Certificate No. 45140).       temporary officer serving under T.124T (rescue tugs) agreement: 07.10.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Salvonia (rescue tug) 01.05.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Skirmisher (RN base, Milford Haven) (08.1941) - (02.1942) HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) * 21.04.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Saker II (accommodation barracks, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) 01.10.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for rescue tugs) (02.1943) - (02.1944) HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya) * 08.02.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for duty with rescue tugs) 12.05.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Badger (minesweeper base, Harwich) (for rescue tugs) 01.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Tamar II (accounting base, Hong Kong) Post-war he worked in Gibraltar for M.H. Bland as Master of the Salvage Tug Hercules. He then rejoined the Blue Star Line as Master and passed away in June 1960, leaving Durban on the Australia Star. * indexed, but not listed as such
Ashdown, Thomas Aubrey	14.01.1910 London - 10.06.1986 Shepway, Kent	Prob. T/S.Lt. 13.03.1940 T/Lt. 13.06.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 27.12.1942? (reld 01.05.1946) DSO 13.07.1943 minelaying & actions against E-boats [investiture 19.10.43] Hkn 26.08.1947 services to Norway	(04.1940)     no appointment listed ? - (02.1941) HM ML 126 (motor launch) 12.05.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services)  27.12.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover): 27.12.1942 - 06.12.1943 Commanding Officer, HM ML 104 (motor launch) & Senior Officer, 50th ML Flotilla (04.1944) no appointment listed 04.05.1944 - 27.11.1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Atreus (minelayer) 02.12.1944 - 18.02.1946 Commanding Officer, LST 157 (landing ship, tank)
Aslin, Edward Philip Clark Son of Robert Aslin (1854-1917), and Annie Jane Heal (1865-1949). Married ((03?).1922, Hammersmith district, London) Catherine Amelia Jobling; two daughters.	05.06.1893 Lambeth district, London - 22.08.1967 Eastbourne, Hailsham district, Sussex	T/S.Lt. 30.12.1916 T/A/Lt. ? T/Lt. 11.03.1918 Prob. Lt. 31.12.1924 Lt. 08.03.1926, seniority 31.12.1924 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1932 Cdr. 30.06.1936 Capt. 31.12.1942 (retd 22.06.1943; medically unfit) RD ? -	... - ... ... 15.04.1942 - 07.04.1943 completed 23 convoys as Commodore of Coastal Convoys: 15.04.1942 - 07.04.1943 HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea)
Atkinson, Cyril	? -	Lt. 01.12.1937 (removed from list 09.01.1940)	? ?
Atkinson, John Knowles	16.06.1897 Birmingham, Aston district, Warwickshire - 09.01.1977 Purley, Croydon district, London	Boy Artificer 04.01.1913 [M5576] Engine Room Artificer 5th class 01.01.1917 A/Engine Room Artificer 4th class 01.10.1917 Engine Room Artificer 4th class 01.10.1918 Engine Room Artificer 3rd class 01.10.1920 (reld 09.05.1921) T/Lt. (E) 27.10.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) > 10.1944, < 01.1945 (reld < 04.1946) 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - 39|45 WM - -	04.01.1913 - 03.01.1917 HMS Fisgard (boy artificers training establishment, Portsmouth) 04.01.1917 - 29.01.1917 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 30.01.1917 - 31.03.1917 HMS Hindustan (battleship) 01.04.1917 - 14.05.1917 HMS Pembroke II (RN Air Station, Eastchurch, Sheppey) 15.05.1917 - 10.02.1918 HMS Hindustan (battleship) 11.02.1918 - 24.04.1918 HMS Pembroke II (RN Air Station, Eastchurch, Sheppey) 25.04.1918 - 31.12.1919 HMS Polyanthus (Q ship)  [from 25.04.1918 tender to HMS Gibraltar  (auxiliary patrol depot ship, Portland), from 12.02.1919 to HMS Research (auxiliary patrol depot ship, Portland)] 01.01.1920 - 30.04.1920 HMS Hermione (cruiser) 01.05.1920 - 08.05.1920 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 09.05.1920 - 02.05.1921 HMS Assistance (repair ship) 03.05.1921 - 09.05.1921 HMS Victory II (RN depot, Chrystal Palace) Served Merchant Navy (service number 1067537). 27.10.1939     officer holding a temporary commission under T.124X agreements [service record]: 27.10.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Alaunia (armed merchant cruiser) 20.10.1940 - (12.1943) HMS Alaunia (armed merchant cruiser / repair ship) 01.01.1944 - (10.1944) Assistant Engineer Officer, HMS Fencer (escort carrier) (01.1945)     HMS Nabob * 24.01.1945 - (07.1945) Engineer Officer, HMS Trumpeter (escort carrier) * indexed, but not listed as such
Atkinson, John Nigel	31.03.1916 Great Ouseborn, Yorkshire - 05.07.1955 The City General Hospital, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire (formerly of Grimsthorpe, Sheffield)	A/S.Lt. 31.01.1938 (removed from list 12.11.1939)	? ?
Atkinson, Maurice Herbert	11.11.1914 Egglescliffe, Stockton district, Durham - 16.10.1968 Southwark London (formerly of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)	T/Lt. 04.10.1939 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 17.11.1942 attack on U-Boat 20.09.42 [investiture 11.05.43]	Served Merchant Navy (R129069). officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements  04.10.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Patroclus (armed merchant cruiser) (02.1941)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * (12.1941)     HMS P 31 (submarine) * 05.1942 - (09.)1942 HMS P 614 (submarine) (DSC) 30.10.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS P 315 (submarine) 10.05.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) 07.1943 - 03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Osiris (submarine) (07.1945) HMS Ferret IV (base for surrendered U-Boats, Lishally) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Atkinson, [Sir] Robert Son of Nicholas and Margaret Atkinson. Married 1st (1941) Joyce Forster (died 1973); one son, one daughter. Married 2nd (1977) Margaret Hazel Walker.	07.03.1916 - 25.01.2015 Abbas, Winchester, Hampshire	Prob. A/S.Lt. 13.12.1937 A/S.Lt. 31.01.1938 S.Lt. 13.08.1939 Lt. 01.05.1940 ?, seniority 01.05.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 25.06.1945? (reld < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1947 (retd 08.08.1955) Kt 1983 ? DSC 04.03.1941 sinking of U-boat 21.11.40 [investiture 20.05.41] DSC 19.10.1943 defence of convoy 05.05.43 [investiture 30.10.45] DSC 11.09.1945 U-boat probably sunk 10.04.45 [investiture 30.10.45] MID 1943 ?? (own statement) RD 22.03.1949 -	Education: London University (BSc (Eng) Hons); FIMechE, CEng, FEng 1983. Joined Merchant Navy, 1932. 14.09.1939 - (07.)1940 HMS Lorna (armed yacht) 26.08.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) (additional; for miscellaneous services) (10.1940)     HM ML 143 (motor launch) * 01.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Rhododendron (corvette) 02.1941 - (02.)1942 First Lieutenant, HMS Armeria (corvette) 25.02.1942 - 22.07.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Anemone (corvette) 20.10.1942 - 01.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Pink (corvette) 01.02.1944 - 09.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Tintagel Castle (corvette) 25.06.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Tay (frigate) Managing Director: Wm Doxford, 1957-1961; Tube Investments (Eng), 1961-1967; Unicorn Industries, 1967-1972; Chm., Aurora Holdings, Sheffield, 1972-1984; Director, Stag Furniture Holdings, 1973-1992. Chaiman, British Standards (Engineering and Shipbuilding), 1984-1987. Gold Medal, 1961. Chairman, British Shipbuilders, 1980-1984. Published: technical books & papers * indexed, but not listed as such
Atkinson, William	? -	A/S.Lt. 21.02.1938 S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 27.10.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 MBE 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 [investiture 03.09.40]	17.12.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Northern Duke (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (10.1940)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * (02.1941)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 05.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Sutton (Hunt class minesweeper) 03.1942 - (10.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Manitoulin (minesweeping trawler) (12.1943)     no appointment listed (04.1944)     no appointment listed (06.1944)     no appointment listed (10.1944)   no appointment listed (01.1945)   no appointment listed 13.01.1945 - (04.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Loosestrife (corvette) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 09.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM LST 3503 (landing ship, tank)
Attwood, Sidney Thomas Married 1st (06?).1920, Hull district, East Yorkshire) Doris Codd (1896-); three daughters. Married 2nd (18.01.1937) Edith Wardell Lewis (1895-).	27.03.1896 Enfield, Edmonton district, Middlesex - 31.01.1962 Hull, East Yorkshire	T/Boom Skpr. 01.06.1940 A/T/Ch. Boom Skpr. 21.11.1944	Trawler skipper sailing out of Hull. 01.06.1940 - (02.)1941 Boom Defence Depot, Harwich [HMS Beehive] (12.1941)     HMS James Barrie (auxiliary boom defence vessel) * 04.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Proserpine (minesweeper and anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow, Orkneys) 07.12.1942 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Collena (auxiliary boom defence vessel) * indexed, but not listed as such
Austin, William Havelock	25.05.1889 Birkenhead, Cheshire - 20.09.1979 Wallasey district, Merseyside	... ... Cdr. 30.06.1933 (retd 25.05.1939) (reverted to retd 11.10.1945) RD 30.09.1930 -	... - ... ... 22.09.1941 - 14.08.1945 completed approx. 60 convoys as Commodore of Coastal Convoys: 22.09.1941 - 09.07.1942 HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) 10.07.1942 - 27.10.1942 HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast, Ireland) 28.10.1942 - 31.07.1944 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) 01.08.1944 - 19.01.1945 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) 20.01.1945 - 14.08.1945 HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea)
Austrin, William George Son (with two sisters and two brothers) of William George Austrin (1873-1931), and Margaret Ann Cole (1869-1959).	20.03.1902 North Shields, Northumberland - (12?).1960 Tynemouth, Northumberland	Skpr. 21.09.1936 [WS 2693] (removed from list 17.02.1940)	19.10.1939 - (12.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Kingston Chrysolite (anti-submarine trawler)
Avery, Charles Victor Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Peter Best Avery (1854-1931), and Emily Hambly (1860-1917).	09.01.1895 Par, St Austell district, Cornwall - 30.05.1944 (died of illness) [age 49] (formerly of Glasgow, Scotland) [Bari War Cemetery, Italy, X.A.36]	T/Lt. 25.09.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 08.1942, < 10.1942	Served Merchant Navy (enrolled 09.06.1910 at Newcastle; 2nd Mate 11.12.1914; 1st Mate 17.11.1916; Master 12.08.1918). 25.09.1941 - (12.)1941 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 29.12.1941 - (12.1942) HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow) 01.01.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Cannae (RN base, Bone & Philippeville, Algeria) (for Sea Transport Duties) 01.05.1944 - 30.05.1944 HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (for duties with Sea Transport Officers)
Avery, Ernest William Richard Son (with one brother and one sister) of John William Avery (1859-), and Annie Perrin (1864-). Married ((03?).1916, Derby district, Derbyshire) Edith Amy Bartlam ((12?).1887 - 12.05.1975); one son.	10.12.1885 Derby, Derbyshire - 25.06.1957 Tythe Barn, Alton, Cheadle district, Staffordshire	Prob. S.Lt. 30.03.1914, seniority 01.04.1914 S.Lt. 30.06.1914, seniority 01.04.1914 Lt. 01.04.1916 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1924 Cdr. 30.06.1930 (retd 10.12.1935) (mobilized 08.01.1941) (reverted to retd 17.07.1941) Capt. (retd) 10.12.1935 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 08.01.1941-06.06.1941 RD < 1929 -	Served Merchant Navy (2nd Mate 07.09.1905; 1st Mate 28.02.1907; Master 05.12.1908; Extra Master 08.05.1909). 08.01.1941 - 06.06.1941 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for various services) ? - ? Convoy ... ? - ? Convoy ... 06.04.1941 - 21.04.1941 Convoy OG58 (Liverpool-Gibraltar) (in "South Wales") 06.05.1941 - 20.05.1941 Convoy HG61 (Gibraltar-Liverpool) (in "Aguila") 06.06.1941 - 17.07.1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional; not to join) 11.12.1941 - (12.)1942 Chief Officer, "Green Ranger" (spirit carrier) 26.12.1942 - (10.1945) Chief Officer, "Green Ranger" (spirit carrier)
Avery, William Henry Gutierrez "Bill" Son of William Henry Avery, and Eveline Gutierrez. Married; one [?] son.	06.06.1899 Sutton, Surrey - 05.05.1974 Portslade-by-Sea, Sussex	T/Midsh. 25.04.1916 T/S.Lt. 05.12.1939 T/Lt. 05.03.1940 (reld 1944) BWM 14|20 ? ? VM ? ? 39|45 St ? ? Atl St ? ? BWM 39|45 ? ?	Education: HMS Worcester 25.04.1916 - 05.1916 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 05.05.1916 - 11.10.1916 HMS Princess (armed merchant cruiser) (Africa) 07.02.1917 - 22.07.1917 HMS Otway (armed merchant cruiser) [ship torpedoed & sunk] 06.08.1917 - 10.1917 HMS Vivid I (RN base, Devonport) 29.10.1917 - (12.1918) HMS Roebuck (torpedo-boat destroyer) [based at HMS Vivid II (RN base, Devonport)] 27.03.1919 demobilized Served Merchant Navy, 1919-1939 05.12.1939 - 11.1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 28.11.1940 - 12.1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Andelle (auxiliary mine destructor) 03.12.1941 - 02.1943 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) * 03.02.1943 - 02.1943 HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for British Yard Minesweepers) 02.1943 - 11.1943 HMS Searcher (escort carrier) (US, Canada, then UK) 26.11.1943 - (06?).1944 HMS Premier (escort carrier) Returned to Merchant Navy, about June/August 1944, and retired mid-1950s. * in the Aug 1942 Navy List still showing under HMS Andelle; so, possibly to be interpreted as "HMS Lucifer [base] for HMS Andelle [ship]"
Ayers, William Charles Mason Son of William Charles George Ayers (1872-1956), wharf hand, and Pauline Jane Doy (1874-1959). Married (29.03.1920, St Margaret, Lowestoft, Suffolk) Edna Agnes Riseborough (27.07.1900 - 03.1972); two daughters, two sons.	17.02.1899 Lowestoft, Mutford district, Suffolk - 01.1946 Fleetwood, Fylde district, Lancashire	T/Skpr. 15.02.1940 [WS 3329 & TS 446] (appointment terminated 27.02.1941) (removed 28.02.1941; medically unfit)	11.04.1940 - 03.05.1940 HMS Lochinvar (destroyer / minesweeper base, Port Edgar) [HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for disposal)] ... - ... ... 03.12.1940 - 21.02.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Ben Earn (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) [tender to HMS Minos (RN base, Lowestoft)] (left sick)
Ayles, Sydney Married ((12?).1946, Wycombe district, Buckinghamshire) Marjorie Joan Johnson (03.04.1918 - 20.11.2004).	31.10.1909 Ormskirk district, Lancashire - 14.09.2002 Chiltern district, Buckinghamshire	Prob. Lt. 28.06.1938 Lt. 18.07.1939, seniority 28.06.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. > 02.1943, < 06.1943 Lt.Cdr. 28.06.1946 (retd 31.10.1954) MID 14.05.1946 depth charge attack 06.02.42 RD 02.11.1946 -	(04.1940) - (02.1941) HMS Mooltan (armed merchant cruiser) * 18.09.1941 - 16.08.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Tamarisk (corvette) (despatches) 01.09.1943 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Harvey 03.11.1943 - 14.01.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Lawford (frigate) 03.1944 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Hotham (frigate) * indexed, but not listed as such
Ayre, Albert Son (with two brothers and foru sisters) of Albert Ayre (1871-1941), and Sarah Isabella Kidd (1882-1970). Married Doris Lilian Allen (11.09.1903 - 06.1996).	23.06.1903 Goole, West Riding of Yorkshire - (03?).1983 Goole, Humberside	Prob. S.Lt. 13.08.1928 S.Lt. 23.02.1929, seniority 13.08.1928 Lt. 13.08.1930 (retd 19.09.1935; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 13.08.1938 A/Cdr. (retd) > 12.1943, < 04.1944 (reverted to retd < 04.1946) DSO 19.10.1943 convoy HX237, 2 U-Boats sunk [investiture 24.10.44] MID 01.01.1944 New Year 44 MID 20.06.1944 torpedoed Atlantic 20.09.43 RD 21.09.1944 -	(08.1940) - (10.1940) no appointment listed 06.11.1940 - 12.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Scottish (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 12.1940 - 02.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Kingston Jacinth (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 12.02.1941 - 23.09.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Primrose (corvette) 24.09.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Lagan (frigate) (DSO, despatches twice) (12.1943)     no appointment listed 01.12.1943 - 28.05.1945 completed 56 convoys as Commodore of Coastal Convoys: [ETC.21. 28.6.44, Shelled in Straits of Dover. Casualties, 2 ships reported taken into Dover. TAM.6. 2.12.44. "FRANCIS ASBURY" struck a mine and sunk. Survivors picked up by escorts. TAM.19. 15.12.44. R.F.A. WAR DIWAN mined. Sunk in 2 parts by gunfire from escort to keep channel clear. ATM.133. 23.4.45. "SVERRE HELMERSON" damaged by under-water explosion, later taken in tow. ] 01.12.1943 - 17.03.1944 HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) * 13.06.1944 - 28.05.1945 HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) 29.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Beaver (RN base, Grimsby) * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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