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Fanshawe, Thomas Evelyn	29.09.1918 - 05.2000 Petersfield, Hampshire	Prob. A/S.Lt. 22.03.1939 Lt. 1942? Lt. RN [backdated?] 22.09.1940 Cdr. RN 1955 Capt. RN 1961 Cdre. RN 1966 (retd 1971) CBE 12.06.1971 HM's birthday 1971 DSC 01.01.1944 New Year 1944 MID 01.01.1945 New Year 1945 FRHS * changed from RNR to RN at the end of the war [c. 1945]	Education: Dover College; Nautical College, Pangbourne. 01.1942 - (10.1943) HMS Rother (frigate) 15.10.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Clover (corvette) 05.06.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier) 1946? - 1951 HMS Constance & HMS Phoenix 1951 - 1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Zest & Commanding Officer, HMS Obedient 1955 - 1957 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Insh 1957 - 1959 Commanding Officer, HMS Temeraire 1959 - 1961 Commanding Officer, HMS Tyne 1961 - 1964 NATO Defence College & Liaison Officer with Commander-in-Chief Southern Europe 08.1964 - 1966 Commanding Officer, HMS Plymouth & Captain (D) 29th Escort Squadron 1966 - 1968 Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf and Commander Naval Forces Gulf (Cdre) 1969 - 1971 Senior British Naval Officer & Naval Attaché, South Africa (Cdre) 1970 - 1971 ADC to the Queen 1972-1981 Captain, Sea Cadet Corps
Farrow, George William	12.03.1915 - 26.01.2007	Prob. S.Lt. 17.02.1939 S.Lt. ?, seniority 17.02.1939 Lt. 15.08.1940 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1948 (mobilized 1939) (demobilized 11.10.1946) (retd 12.03.1960) MID 02.07.1946 wind up Far East RD > 05.1950 < 05.1953 ?	18.12.1939 18.12.1939 30.05.1940 04.1943 - - - - (08.)1943 29.05.1940 04.1943 (08.)1943 HMS Buttermere (minesweeping trawler) Third Officer Commanding Officer First Lieutenant 30.03.1944 transferred to Royal Indian Naval Reserve 01.06.1944 - (07.1945) HMIS Feroze (RIN Officers' Demobilisation Centre, Bombay) * 08.07.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Orissa (minesweeper) * 16.01.1956 - 05.02.1956 HMAS Sydney (for 21 days training)  06.02.1956 - 18.02.1956 HMAS Watson (for 13 days basic "D" instruction) 19.02.1956 - 05.03.1956 HMAS Sydney (for 16 days training) Received Merchant Navy Master’s ticket, 06.11.1946. Spent his working life from 1951  with Stanvac (Mobil). * rather conflicting dates of appointment; perhaps only stayed a month on the books of HMIS Feroze, after which he was posted to HMIS Orissa
Fasting, Alexander Bennock	(09?).1897 Toxteth Park, Lancashire - 07.1962 still alive	Lt. 31.12.1924 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1938 Capt. 31.12.1943 (reld 1945/46) RD ? ?	20.03.1943 - (06.1943) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for LCTs) 06.07.1943 - (07.1945) Admiralty Berthing Officer [HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)]
Ferris, Clarence Rodney	30.04.1901 Armach, Northern Ireland -	T/Lt.Cdr. (E) 05.07.1940 T/Cdr. (E) 28.09.1945 (reld 08.07.1946) DSC 04.05.1943 Operation Torch (North Africa landings) [investiture 13.02.1945] 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - & clasp North Africa 1942-43 Bur St - - It St - - WM 39|45 - -	Education: BSc (Eng), MOT 1st cl cert; AMIMechE.       temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements 05.07.1940 - 28.08.1940 Engineer Officer, HMS Dunvegan Castle (armed merchant cruiser) (ship torpedoed & sunk by U-46 west of Arun Island) 02.12.1940 - (07.1945) Engineer Officer, HMS Prinses Beatrix (landing ship infantry) * Partner, William Slessor & Co. Published: Steam propulsion developments : 1938 : with sections on naval architectural features (1938). * (04.1946) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Fenwick, James Edward Married ((06?).1914, Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire) Ethel May Renardson ((09?).1893 - ); two sons, one daughter.	1889 Aldbrough, Skirlaugh district, East Yorkshire - 21.03.1963 Hornsea, East Yorkshire	T/Lt.Cdr. 03.09.1939 T/A/Cdr. 01.02.1941? OBE 11.11.1941 HMS Miwarri [investiture 07.12.1943] Cmdn 29.07.1941 HMS Miwarri, extinguishing ship's fire Tobruk 08.02.1941 LoP 1944? Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) KV 26.05.1942 HMS Miwarri, fire "Adindan" Tobruk 08.02.1941	Education: Hull Trinity House Navigation School. Served as officer & master in Ellerman's Wilson Line steamers. Partner in the firm of Messrs. W. Cockrill and Son, marine and cargo surveyors, Hull. 03.09.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 01.02.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said) (OBE, commendation, Dutch Cross of Merit) (06.)1943 - (08.)1943 Divisional Sea Transport Officer, Haifa 18.02.1944 - (01.1945) HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames) (for Divisional Sea Transport Office) (letter of praise)
Ferguson, Lewis John Son (with two sisters and three brothers) of Robert Edward Ferguson (1857-1928), and Merina Patten (1860-1928). Married ((12?).1945, Westminster, London) Elizabeth P. Harrison, only daughter of Stanley Clifford Probyn, and Nest Morgan, of Odiham, Hampshire; one daughter.	02.11.1891 West Ham, London - 23.02.1968 St Pancras district, London WC1	T/Lt.Cdr. (E) 27.10.1939 (commission terminated 27.04.1944)	temporary officer serving under T.124X Agreements: 27.10.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Canton (armed merchant cruiser) 18.11.1940 - (08.)1942 HMS Canton (armed merchant cruiser) 01.10.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Tracker (escort carrier) 01.1944 - (02.)1944 HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool) 22.03.1944 - 27.04.1944 HMS Canton (armed merchant cruiser)
Finch, Robert James Married Mary Josephine ...; ... children (one son?).	1905 ? - 25.04.1959 Quantock Sanatorium, Over Stowey, Bridgwater, Somerset (formerly of Taunton, Somerset)	T/Lt. 07.08.1940 08.03.1941?, seniority 15.09.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 08.1942, < 02.1943 (reld < 06.1946)	Served Merchant Navy (Royal Mail Lines).       initially (up to 08.03.1941) temporary officer serving under T.124 Agreements: 07.08.1940 - 08.03.1941 HMS Asturias (armed merchant cruiser) 08.03.1941 - (02.)1944 HMS Asturias (armed merchant cruiser) (for navigating duties) (04.1944)     no appointment listed (06.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 03.1945 - (10.1945) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Fisher, James Archibald	? -	T/S.Lt. 30.10.1941 T/Lt. 01.05.1945 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)	temporary officer serving under T.124T (Rescue Tugs) Agreements: 30.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine establishment, Campbeltown) (for duty with rescue tugs) (06.1943)     HMS Tana * 27.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) (for duty with rescue tugs)
Fitzgerald, William Thomas	? - 07.1962 still alive	Lt. 31.12.1924 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1938 Capt. 31.12.1943 (reld 1940/50s) RD ? ?	01.10.1941 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Engadine (aircraft transport) 02.1944 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Engadine (aircraft transport) 16.07.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Moray Firth (maintenance ship)
Flaaten *, Ansgar * Officially Flaatten Son of Kristan Abrhamsen Flaatten (1884-1966), and Martina Flaatnes (1882-1976). Married Jean Fraser Pennycook (21.01.1923 - 25.12.1988), daughter of William Pennycook, and Helen Fraser; one daughter, one son.	04.10.1906 Nøtterøy, Vestfold, Norway - 30.07.1988 Cape Town, South Africa	T/Lt. 05.07.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld 20.09.1945) DSC 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 1941 [investiture 29.07.1941] MID 09.06.1942 4th MS Flotilla (recommended by Admiral Commanding Orkney & Shetlands) [not gazetted]	Served on a whaler in the Antarctic, and as he was unable to reach Norway in time before the surrender, he joined British naval forces.       HMS Lochinvar (RN base, Port Edgar) * 18.12.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Daniel Clowden (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) 07.1941 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Cape Nyemetski (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) * Returned to the whaling trade as an elite harpooner in the two Norwegian shipping companies, Salvesens Rederi and William Barents Rederi. * indexed as such in (02.1941), so probably previous appointment, or the home base for HMS Daniel Clowden ** indexed, but not listed as such
Flanagan, Arthur Married ((12?).1930, Richmond district, South Surrey) Florence May Harrison (03.12.1905 - 16.03.1999); ... children (two daughters?).	24.01.1903 Gateshead on Tyne, Durham - 22.06.1949 Florence, Italy (formerly of Stanmore, Middlesex)	T/Lt. 29.04.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1941, < 12.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	Served Merchant Navy (Mate 03.12.1923; First Mate, 07.12.1926; Master late 1920s?). Sales manager automobiles. (06.1940)     no appointment listed (08.1940) - (12.1940) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) * 14.01.1941 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS May (cable looplayer) 05.02.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Lasso (cable ship) * indexed, but not listed as such
Flåtten *, Olaf Johan Son of Olav and Hanna Flåtten, of Sandefiord, Norway; husband of Mary Flåtten, of Sandefiord. * also written as: Flaatten	24.05.1908 Norway - 18.10.1942 [Tehran War Cemetery, Iran, 2.C.13]	T/S.Lt. (E) 19.08.1940 T/Lt. (E) 19.08.1941	(02.1941) HMS Southern Gem (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) * ? - 18.10.1942 HMS Billow (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) * indexed, but not listed as such
Flint, George James	02.01.1905 Stamford, Lincolnshire - 12.12.1966 Sevenoaks, Tonbridge district, Kent	... ... Paym.Lt.Cdr. = Lt.Cdr. (S) 04.04.1947 A/Cdr. (S) < 01.1945 Cdr. (S) 31.12.1946 Capt. (S) 31.12.1954 (retd 02.01.1958) RD ? - RD ? 1st clasp	... - ... ... 01.01.1944 - (01.1945) on staff of Flag Officer Taranto and Adriatic [HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)] ... - ... ...
Ford, Arnold Son of John Ford (1875-), and Emily Aldridge Skinner (1879-1920). Married ((09?).1925, Grimsby district, Lincolnshire) May Overan (27.05.1901 - 17.10.1974), daughter of John David William Overan (1879-1942), and Lily Flintham (1879-1958); three daughters, one son.	12.11.1903 Grimsby, Lincolnshire - 08.05.1962 Grimsby, Lincolnshire	T/Skpr. 04.12.1939 [WS 3141] (reld 31.03.1944; medically unfit) MID 03.09.1940 minesweeping coasts of Holland, Belgium & France	(02.1940) - (03.1940) no appointment listed 30.03.1940 - 15.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS St Melante (minesweeping trawler) (despatches) [wounded during an air attack while dealing with magnetic mines off Hook of Holland, the Netherlands; hospitalized at The Hague, the Netherlands; captured] 05.1940 - 12.1943 POW in German captivity (in five prison camps and hospitals) [probably due to his medical condition repatriated in a POW exchange]
Ford, Charles Musgrave	11.06.1887 Chorlton, Lancashire - 19.12.1974 [Bournemouth ?]	Lt.Cdr. 02.08.1923 Cdr. 30.06.1930 Capt. 31.12.1936 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 1940? (retd > 08.1939, < 07.1944) Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd) ? CBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 1946 RD ? ? Order of St Anne, 3rd Class, 1915 (Russian); Commander Legion of Merit, 1949 (USA)	1912 joined Cunard Co. Ltd 1914 - 1918 served European War 1940 - 1942 Commodore of Ocean Convoys 19.02.1942 - 24.08.1942 also: RNR ADC to the King commanded several Cunard vessels, including SS Queen Mary and SS Queen Elizabeth; Commodore of Cunard White Star Fleet, retired
Forrest, Geoffrey Cornish Son (with two brothers) of William Forrest (1863-1951), an Examiner of Masters and Mates, and Annie Frances Quicke (1862-1951). Married ((12?).1941, Newton Abbot district, Devonshire) Monica Clemens ((12?).1889 - 1973).	14.10.1898 South Shields, Co. Durham - 21.04.1966	T/Midsh. 26.09.1916 Lt. 30.09.1925 Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1933 Cdr. 30.06.1939 (reld 08.10.1945) (retd 14.10.1948) RD 11.03.1940 -	Education: South Shields Grammar Technical College; Thames Nautical Training College (the Worcester). 25.11.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) (for Naval Control Service, Thames) 11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) 17.02.1941 - (06.)1941 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Eagle (RN base, Liverpool)] (08.1941)     no appointment listed 02.09.1941 - 21.05.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Princess Astrid (landing ship, infantry) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 27.08.1942 - (07.1945) HMS President III (accounting base for personnel serving on Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships) Master of P & O vessel Arcadia from her completion in Jan. 1954 until Oct. 1956; Commodore P & O Fleet, 1955-1956.
Forster, William Hay "Bill"	19.09.1899 Gateshead district, Durham - 27.11.1988 Seaview, Isle of Wight (formerly of Hamble, Hampshire)	T/Lt. (E) 19.10.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) > 10.1945, < 04.1946 (reld 23.06.1946)	WW I     Temporary 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Air Force (12.1942)     no appointment listed 17.01.1943 - (06.)1944 Engineer Officer, HMS Vansittart (modified W class destroyer) 26.06.1944 - (10.1945) Engineer Officer, HMS Lauderdale (destroyer) 16.03.1946 - (04.)1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Ascension (frigate)
Forster, William Redvers Son (with two sisters and one brother) of William Forster (1877-1937), and Harriet Ann Elliss (1878-1970). Married (15.02.1932, Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland) Sarah Louise Heaney (21.06.1901 - 12.1983); three sons.	03.04.1900 Gateshead, Durham - 15.11.1975 Exmouth, Devon	RAF:   2nd Lt. 18.10.1918 (unemployed list 17.06.1919) RNR:   T/Lt. (E) 04.10.1943 (dispersal 21.05.1946) (reld 16.07.1946) BWM 14|20 - - VM - - 39|45 St - - Atl St - - WM 39|45 - -	27.04.1918     enlisted RAF 31.05.1918 - 16.08.1918 training, No 7 (Observer) School of Aeronautics (Bath) 16.08.1918 - 17.10.1918 training, School for Anti-submarine Inshore Patrol Observers (Aldeburgh) 17.10.1918 - 06.01.1919 posted as Observer Gunner to Houton Bay (part of 28 Group) (Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands) [flew Short 184 seaplanes on anti-submarine patrols] 06.01.1919 - 17.06.1919 staff member of No. 1 Marine Observers' School (Aldeburgh)       returned to Wallsend Shipyard and Engineering Co. to complete an apprenticeship as a fitter 14.08.1921     joined the Eagle Oil Transport Co. as 6th Engineer on the oil tanker, San Fraterno 1921 - 21.03.1939 remained in the Merchant Navy (from 1933 onwards as Chief Engineer) [Engineer "Skytteren" (whaling factory ship), 1930] 1942 - 1943 tested Merlin aircraft engines for Rolls Royce at Crewe 04.10.1943 - 24.10.1943 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for divisional course) 25.10.1943 - 05.12.1943 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional; for internal combustion engine course) 06.12.1943 - 15.03.1944 HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) (temporarily; to assist Engineer Officer Falmouth) 16.03.1944 - 09.01.1945 Engineer Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer) (acting as Fleet Air Arm target vessel for air launched torpedos) [Operation Apostle, 05.1945 (accepted surrender of German forces in Kristiansand, Norway)] 07.07.1945 - 13.07.1945 HMS Atmah (armed yacht)  (temporarily) 13.07.1945 - 23.07.1945 on leave at Cullercoats near Whitley Bay 23.07.1945 - 09.01.1946 in charge of HMS Venomous before being paid off for disposal 10.01.1946 - 13.01.1946 HMS Kent (cruiser) (for disposal by Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet) 14.01.1946 - 21.05.1946 HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) (to assist Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Sheerness, for duty with KILS) Returned to sea as marine engineer until retirement due to ill health in 1961, after which he retired to Exmouth, Devon.
Forsyth, Hugh Caldwell Codrington	(03?).1892 Lambeth, Greater London, Surrey - 07.1962 still alive	Lt.Cdr. 02.04.1926 Cdr. 30.06.1934 Capt. 31.12.1941 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 1945? (retd) Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd) 01.01.1947 RD ? ?	17.08.1942 - (06.1944) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (07.1945) - (04.1946) Naval Assistant to Admiral Commanding Reserves
Fortin, Gordon Chalmers Son (with one sister) of Herbert William Fortin (1879-1939), and Sarah Chalmers (1882-1960). Married 1st (22.08.1939, Teddington, Middlesex) Nancy Avant Chivers (07.09.1916 - 12.04.1969), daughter (with one sister) of Cyril Elliott Chivers (1886-1938), and Gladys Annie Boxall (1893-1978); one son, three daughters. Married 2nd (11.06.1971, Chelsea, London) Alison Patricia Hawkins (05.08.1924 - 09.02.2014), daughter of Brigadier Victor Francis Staples Hawkins, and Violet Beryl Ware.	14.06.1914 Merton Park, Surrey - 22.05.1995 Lavenham, Sudbury, Suffolk	Prob. Paym.S.Lt. 01.04.1937 Paym.S.Lt. 15.10.1937, seniority 01.04.1937 Paym.Lt. 01.04.1939 A/Paym. Lt.Cdr. = A/Lt.Cdr. (S) 16.08.1943 A/Cdr. (S) > 10.1945, < 04.1946 (reld 01.01.1947) Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.04.1947 (retd 14.06.1959) RD 10.04.1946 -	Education: Kingston Grammar School. Joined Bank of England 1932 (1953 staff manager, printing works; 1955 principal, casher's department (HO); 1959 works manager, printing works; 1963 deputy general manager, printing works; 1964 general manager, printing works; 1972 retired). 19.08.1939     mobilized RNR 19.08.1939 - (02.)1942 HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) [evacuated to Australia] 03.1942 - 03.1942 HMAS Lonsdale (RAN depot, Melbourne) (additional) [lent to RAN] 14.03.1942 - 31.03.1942 HMAS Huon (RAN base, Hobart, Tasmania) (as Assistant Staff Officer (Operations and Intelligence) & for CDH duties) [lent to RAN] 01.04.1942 - 21.12.1942 HMAS Huon (RAN base, Hobart, Tasmania) (as Staff Officer (Intelligence) & for CDH Liaison duties) [lent to RAN] 22.12.1942 - 15.08.1943 HMAS Cerberus (RAN base (Flinders Naval Depot), Williamstown, Victoria) (additional; for Navy Office (Intelligence)) [lent to RAN] 16.08.1943 - 08.1944 HMAS Magnetic (RAN base, Townsville, Queensland) (additional; for BS Thursday Island) [lent to RAN] 08.1944 - 30.08.1944 HMAS Cerberus (RAN base (Flinders Naval Depot), Williamstown, Victoria) (additional; for reversion to RN) [lent to RAN] 31.08.1944     reversion to service in RN (10.1944)     no appointment listed 02.12.1944 - (10.1945) for intelligence duties on staff of Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet [HMS Howe (King George V class battleship), later HMS Duke of York (King George V class battleship)] (04.1946)     HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Fortune, Thomas [Ian Moodie]	19.04.1916 Fife, Scotland -	T/S.Lt. 12.09.1939 T/Lt. 23.01.1942 T/Lt. SANFV 1944/45?, seniority 23.01.1942 DSC 06.06.1941 action against armed merchant raider 05.12.1940 [investiture 03.02.1942]	12.09.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Carnarvon Castle (armed merchant cruiser) (12.1941) no appointment listed 01.09.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Emperor (escort carrier) 1944/45? transferred to South African Naval Forces (Temporary Forces) (1945?) - (1946?) HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (04.1946) HMA Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Francis, Roy Wallace Son of Col. Aubrey Nathaniel Francis (1890-1976), The Berkshire Regiment, and Hilda Martha Knight (1890-1982). Married ((06?).1943, Epping district, Essex) Marie E. Bartlett; one son, one daughter.	02.07.1922 Chingford, Essex - 26.01.2015	Prob. T/Midsh. 17.01.1941 T/A/S.Lt. 02.07.1942 T/S.Lt. 01.07.1943 T/A/Lt. 1945? T/Lt. 08.1945, seniority 02.01.1945 Lt. 1946/47?, seniority 02.01.1945 (Emgcy List 26.11.1951) Lt.Cdr. (Emgcy) 02.01.1953 (reld 1956)	(04.1941)     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) * 29.04.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Manchester (Southampton class cruiser) 25.09.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Duke of York (King George V class battleship) (04.)1942 - 05.1942 HMS Edinburgh (improved Southampton class cruiser) [torpedoed by U-456 and destroyers Z-24 and Z-25 in Barentz Sea, sunk by RN two days later 02.05.1942] (06.1942) - (08.1942) no appointment listed 01.09.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Waveney (River class frigate) (12.)1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) * 15.03.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Papua (Colony class frigate) 1946/47?     transferred to RN ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Fraser, Charles Robertson "Bob" / "Crash" Residence: (war years) Middleton-on-Sea.	25.07.1910 - 14.01.1984 Wantage, Berkshire	T/Lt. 17.11.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 30.11.1942? T/A/Cdr. 19.04.1945? (reld > 04.1946) DSC 07.12.1943 Operation Antidote (minesweeping Galita to Sousse, Tunisia, 05.1943) DSC 27.03.1945 operation Dragoon (invasion of South of France, 08.1944)	Education: Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe 1925 - 1927 Cadet, HMS Worcester (destroyer) 1927 - 1939 joined as a Cadet and served P & O S.N.Co.Ltd 17.11.1939 - (02.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Hazard (Halcyon class minesweeper) 25.10.1941? - ? HMS Acute (Algerine class minesweeper) ? - ? HMS Polruan (Bangor class minesweeper) 30.11.1942 - (10.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Stornoway (Bangor class minesweeper) 11.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Espiégle (Algerine class minesweeper) (08.44) Commanding Officer, HMS Aries (Algerine class minesweeper) 19.04.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Grecian (Catherine class minesweeper)
Fraser, Ian Edward	18.12.1920 Ealing, London - Wallasey, Merseyside	Lt. 01.03.1943 Lt.Cdr. 1951 (retd 1965) VC 13.11.1945 Operation Struggle * DSC 06.04.1943 sinking U-boat & several supply ships RD 1948? ? RD 1948 ? LM 02.12.1946 Operation Struggle * * On 31st July, 1945 in the Johore Strait, Singapore, Lieutenant FRASER, in command of HM Midget Submarine XE3, went up to attack the Japanese cruiser Takao, which was located after a long and hazardous journey. Lieutenant Fraser slid the submarine under the target which lay over a depression in the sea bed, and his diver * went out to fix the limpet mines to the bottom of the ship. The two side charges then had to be released, but the starboard charge stuck and the diver climbed out again and after a nerve-racking five minutes released the charge. XE3 then made for home.	Education: Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe (09.1933-12.1935); HMS Conway 1937 - 1939 merchant navy 1939 - 1947 Royal Navy: (1943) HMS Sahib 07.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Bonaventure (Commanding Officer, HMS XE3) 16.01.1946 - (04.1946) for submarines, HMS Dolphin Managing Director, Universal Divers Ltd, 1947-1965 and since 1983 (former Chairman);  Younger Brother of Trinity House, 1980; JP Wallasey, 1957; Hon. Freeman, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, 1993 Published: Frogman VC (1957)
Fraser, John Henderson Married ((09?).1939, Runcorn, Cheshire) Gertrude May Cuthbertson (13.03.1919 - 28.03.2018); one son, three daughters.	10.02.1911 - 27.07.1975 Barry, South Glamorgan	T/Lt. (E) 05.07.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	Chemical plant draughtsman. (10.1943) - (04.1944) no appointment listed 05.04.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Frolic (Catherine class minesweeper) 1950s     Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve A grandchild writes: "He was a merchant seaman Chief Engineer before WW2 with Prince Lines serving on SS Malayan Prince, he travelled extensively. He travelled to Seattle in USA to collect the new lease loan HMS Frolic from the Americans and check it mechanically and for seaworthiness. They brought it to UK through the Panama Canal, stopping off at Bermuda, they encountered a U-boat when passing through the Caribbean into the Atlantic, apparently it fired a torpedo at them but they managed to take avoiding action, they pursued it and fired depth charges at the submarine (I have photographs of the encounter and the depth charges being fired and exploding near the submarine - My grandfather shouldn't have taken these photos but he did) but the U-boat escaped as HMS Frolic only had a few depth charges for training and a small quantity of live rounds for the canon for the trip to England."
Fraser, William "Willie"	07.1878 Dunfermline, Scotland - ?	T/Lt. (E) 14.06.1940 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	14.06.1940 - (07.)1945 HMS Lady Sharazad (armed yacht) (10.1945)     no appointment listed
Fraser, William John Son of William Fraser, and Claudia Margaret Brown. Married ((06?).1936, Poplar district, London) Ethel Mabel Lane (15.04.1914 - 10.1995); three sons.	05.04.1910 Poplar, London - 18.10.1993 Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea district, Essex	T/Lt. (E) 19.10.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) > 07.1945, < 04.1946 DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945: for personally diving to release a mine that was attached to his ship's hull [decoration posted]	30.11.1942 - (02.)1944 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) 11.02.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Strenuous (Catherine class minesweeper) (06.1944) - (10.1944) HMS Strenuous (Catherine class minesweeper) * 18.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Tattoo (Catherine class minesweeper) (DSC) (04.1946)     HMS Catherine (Catherine class minesweeper) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Freaker, Ronald Clifford "Ron" Married Beatrice ...; two daughters.	25.06.1903 Wandsworth, London, Surrey - 19.12.1991 New Forest, Hampshire	Prob. S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 26.10.1927, seniority 11.04.1927 Lt. 15.05.1930 Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1938 (retd 25.06.1948) Cdr. (retd) < 07.1952 DSO 09.09.1941 destruction 2 U-boats 25 & 27.06.1941 DSO 19.10.1943 convoy destruction 2 U-boats DSC 01.02.1944 U-boat hunt & aircraft action 27.08.1943 DSC 15.05.1945 action against U-boats 02.1945 RD 08.04.1942 ? Bronze Polar Medal (07.10.1941)	apprenticed at 16 Blue Star Line, served on 'Andora  Star' 20.07.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Caledon (cruiser) 1934 - 1938 RRS William Scoresby (Chief Officer, later Master) 11.12.1939 - (02.1941) Navigation Officer, HMS Albatross (seaplane  carrier) (06.1941) HMS Nasturtium (corvette) 08.09.1942 - 11.04.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Jed (frigate) (02.1945) - (07.1945) HMS Loch Eck (frigate) * (04.1946) no posting listed Post-war a pilot, then the Senior Pilot with the Suez Canal Pilotage Service and left in 1956 to become a Board of Trade examiner of Masters and Mates at Southampton. After retirement coached candidates for their Yacht Master's Certificate. * (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Freeman, Cecil	? - 23.01.1942 [Stanley Military Cemetery, Hong Kong, 1.A.95]	Cd.Eng.Skpr. 01.01.1918 (retd) Eng.Lt. (retd) 07.12.1928	03.09.1939 - (04.)1940 Boom Defence Depot, Colombo, Ceylon [HMS Gloucester II (RN base, Colombo)] 05.1940 - 23.01.1942 Boom Defence Depot, Kowloon, Hong Kong [HMS Robin (boom defence depot ship, Hong Kong)] [died as POW after being wounded during the defence of Hong Kong]
Freeman, James Robert Married (22.10.1934, South Shields, Gateshead district, Co. Durham) Gladys Watson; one daughter, two sons.	16.04.1908 South Shields, Gateshead district, Co. Durham - 21.06.1987 Dewsbury, Yorkshire	Prob. Lt. 16.02.1938 Lt. 17.06.1938, seniority 16.02.1938 ?, seniority 14.11.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 05.11.1943? Lt.Cdr. 14.11.1945 (reld from active service 30.04.1946) (retd 01.07.1950; own request) RD 01.03.1946 -	24.06.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) 04.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Fitzroy (minesweeper) (06.1941)     HMS Nimrod (training establishment, Campbeltown) * 06.06.1941 - (08.)1942 First Lieutenant, HMS Malines (auxiliary escort) (10.1942)     no appointment listed 10.1942 - 07.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Verbena (corvette) (08.1943) - (10.1943) HMS Assegai (training establishment, nr Durban, South Africa) * 05.11.1943 - 09.10.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Knaresborough Castle (corvette) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 05.04.1945 - (04.)1945 Executive Officer, HMS Caledon (cruiser) 15.06.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, NS, Canada) (for miscellaneous duties) (10.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Fritzen, Hans [Anton Fredrik]	04.02.1913 Norway - ?	T/Lt. 23.07.1943 (reld 25.07.1946)	20.12.1941 joined RNR 23.07.1943 re-entered RNR as Temp. Lieut. ? - (07.1945) HMS Bardsey (minesweeping trawler) * ? - (04.1946) HMS President (Admiralty) * Served in Royal Norwegian Navy after the war from 7.3.1953 to 22.8.1953 as U/Lt. (equal to T/Lt.). * indexed, but not listed as such
Fryer, Leonard George Son of ... Fryer, and ... Soutghgate. Married; two sons.	09.05.1924 West Ham district, London - 20.12.2007 Broomfield Hospital	T/Paym.S.Lt. = T/S.Lt. (S) 24.07.1944 (reld 22.02.1945; medically unfit)	Clerk at the British Steamship Company.       temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements 22.08.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Bulolo (amphibious headquarters ship) * 24.07.1944 - (01.1945) HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool)* * (10.1944) & (01.1945) double appointments showing in Navy List; the index of (10.1944) shows HMS Bulolo, that of (01.1945) HMS Mersey
Fuller, William John Cottam Married ((06?).1919, Thanet district, Kent) Dorothy M. Setterfield. Residence: (1945) Romford.	20.10.1896 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 13.01.1974 Havering district, London	T/Lt. RNVR 21.09.1939 T/Lt. 02.01.1941, seniority 21.09.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1942, < 12.1942 DSC 01.01.1945 New Year 1945 [investiture 18.05.1945]	19.12.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Brighton Belle (paddle minesweeper) 13.06.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Medway Queen (paddle minesweeper) 02.01.1941     transferred from RNVR to RNR 29.05.1941 - (09.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Glen Usk (paddle minesweeper) 25.09.1941 - (04.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Duchess of Fife (paddle minesweeper) 09.06.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Bunting (auxiliary patrol base, Harwich) (06.1943)     no appointment listed 09.06.1943 - 30.08.1943 HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for B.A.M. 100 Class) 31.08.1943 - 06.03.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Celerity, from ... 1943 HMS Pique (Catherine class minesweeper) (Pacific, Panama Canal, home waters, Normandy) (DSC) 13.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) (staff appointment in connection with minesweeping operations)

 

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