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Jackson, John	? - died between 08.1959 and 08.1973 ?	S.Lt. 13.10.1928 Lt. 15.11.1931 Lt.Cdr. 15.11.1939 (retd 1945/46) A/Cdr. < 07.1945 DSC 07.09.1943 destruction U-boat U-657 off Cape Farewell, Greenland 17.05.43 DSC 29.10.1944 U-boat U-302 probably sunk NW of the Azores 06.04.44 MID 29.02.1944 fftg [= firefighting?] SS Port Fairy 07.43 RD ? ?	06.01.1929 - (08.1929) HMS L 54 (submarine) 05.02.1940 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Scottish (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 08.08.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Heliotrope (corvette) 14.04.1942 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Swale (frigate) * (07.1945) Combined Operations HQ ** * Highest in rank aboard till 28.04.1943 when Cdr. R.C. Boyle, RN, boarded. As Jackson got major awards for actions of HMS Swale (and Boyle not), one might assume that Jackson remained in command of the ship and that Boyle, as senior in rank, was in command of a larger formation of which HMS Swale was the command ship. ** indexed, but not listed as such
Jackson, Leonard Richard Married ...; ... children (one son?).	11.06.1905 Brentford district, Middlesex - 10.1961 Bristol district, Gloucestershire	T/Lt. (E) 08.11.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) < 06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	Served Merchant Navy, as engineer on paddle steamer "Britannia". 08.11.1939 - (12.1941) engineer, HMS Skiddaw (paddle minesweeper) [ex-"Britannia"] 05.04.1943 - (08.)1943 engineer, HMS Whitehall (destroyer) 1944? - 1945? appointed to Admiralty [HMS President] for service with PLUTO (Pipe Line Under The Ocean) * * in Navy Lists of 10.1944, 01.1945 & 07.1945 no appointment listed
Jacobs, Cyril Heskil * Married Sybil ...; one daughter. * Birth registration shows Cyril Heskel.	(09?).1904 Newport district, Monmouthshire -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 22.07.1940 T/Lt. 22.10.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	Merchant Navy. ? - 26.08.1940 Admiralty [HMS President] * 26.08.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Ausonia (armed merchant cruiser) 01.09.1944 - (10.1944) Combined Operations Material Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (01.1945) - (07.1945) HM FDT 217 (fighter direction tender) * * indexed, but not listed as such
James, Albert William "Jimmy" Married ((06?).1942, Bournemouth district, Dorset) Eileen Beatty Delargy (26.09.1916 - 22.12.2007); one son, one daughter.	07.10.1901 Southampton, Hampshire - 22.04.1964 Poole, Dorset	Prob. T/Lt. 31.01.1940 T/Lt. ?, seniority 31.01.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld 01.11.1945)	Signal Boy in the First World War. Subsequently became a Trinity House Pilot at Poole Harbour in Dorset. 16.12.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 14.02.1940 - (08.)1940 HMS St Kenan (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 20.09.1940 - (10.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS King Sol (anti-submarine trawler) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 28.01.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon) (for mobile training units) (in lieu of specialist Anti-Submarine Officer) (12.1943)     no appointment listed 20.12.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Pennywort (corvette) 20.09.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon) (for mobile training units) (in lieu of specialist Anti-Submarine Officer) Resumed his position as a Pilot in Poole until he retired through ill health in 1962.
James, Bernard	? -	T/Lt. (E) 14.10.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) < 02.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	28.12.1940 - (02.)1941 staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 01.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Cutty Sark (yacht; submarine escort vessel) (10.1944) - (01.1945) Admiralty [HMS President] * (07.1945)     no appointment listed
James, John Harries	(12?).1908 Totnes district, Devon - 12.1962 Haverfordwest district, Pembrokshire / Wales	T/Skpr. 20.09.1939 [WS 3024 & TS 143] T/A/Skpr.Lt. 14.09.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 01.01.1945 New Year 45 [decoration posted] MID 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43	(04.1940)     no appointment listed (10.1940)     no appointment listed 16.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Libyan (minesweeping trawler) 10.11.1941 - (06.)1943 [Commanding Officer?], HMS Mount Keen (minesweeping trawler) 09.1943 - 17.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Mount Keen (minesweeping trawler) (07.1945)     HM BYMS 2024 (British Yard minesweeper) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Jameson, Percy Roland Married (23.02.1929, Norbury, London) Florence Amalia Fisher; two sons.	09.01.1893 Leeds, Yorkshire - 14.04.1975 Howick, New Zealnd	Prob. T/Lt. 20.03.1940 T/Lt. > 02.1941, seniority 20.03.1940 (reld 23.07.1945?)	Education: HMS Conway Served Merchant Navy. 20.03.1940 joined RNR (04.1940) no appointment listed 07.1940 - 20.01.1942 Boom Defence Depot, Gosport [Portsmouth] [HMS Victory III] 18.03.1942 - 25.05.1942 Commanding Officer, SS Tamaroa (in a convoy of 33 vessels from the Clyde to Suez) 30.05.1942 - 01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Burgonet (boom defence vessel) (based at Masawa, operations in Mediterranean, Suez, Port Said & Red Sea) 01.1943 - 29.04.1943 returned ill to the UK [poisoned arm?], hospitalized at RN Hospital Chatham to 08.04.1943, followed by some leave 30.04.1943 - 19.05.1943 HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth) 20.05.1943 - 30.06.1943 Boom Defence Depot, Gosport [Portsmouth] [HMS Victory III] 01.07.1943 - 01.08.1944 Boom Defence Depot, Greenock [Clyde] [HMS Orlando] 03.08.1944 - 07.09.1944 Boome Defence [Camp?] 08.09.1944 - 23.07.1945 Boom Defence Depot, Dover [HMS Lynx] Emigrated to New Zealand, 19.12.1957.
Jennings, William John Son of William Henry Jennings, and Ethel May Green, of Slough, Buckinghamshire.	(12?).1922 Slough, Eton district, Buckinghamshire - 25.11.1941 (KIA) [age 19] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60, column 1]	Prob. T/Midsh. 25.01.1940 T/Midsh. 1940?, seniority 25.01.1940 DSC 10.02.1942 minesweeping & air attacks Mediterranean [posthumously; presented to next-of-kin]	Education: Montem School in Slough; Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire (04.1940) no appointment listed (02.1941) no appointment listed 1941? - 1941? HMS Sotra (minesweeping trawler) 24.08.1941 - (11.)1941 HMS Raglan Castle (minesweeping trawler) (11.1941?) - 25.11.1941 HMS Barham (battleship) [ship torpedoed and sunk by U-331 in eastern Mediterranean]
Jensen, Hans Albert Son of Hans and Sene Jensen; husband of Annie Jensen, of Hull.	1886 ? - 02.05.1945 (KIA) [age 59] [Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 16, column 2]	T/Skpr. 28.09.1940 [TS 734] DSC 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 [investiture 21.11.44]	09.01.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Sycamore (minesweeping trawler) 06.1942 - 02.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Ebor Wyke (minesweeping trawler) [ship torpedoed and sunk by U-979 off Hrafneyri light, Iceland]
Jinks, Sidney George Married; ... children.	14.11.1904 Fleetwood area, Lancashire - 02.11.1965 Southern General Hospital, Glasgow	Prob. Skpr. 07.01.1939 [WS 2790] Skpr. 1940?, seniority 07.01.1939 A/Ch.Skpr. 06.01.1944 A/Skpr.Lt. 27.03.1944? (warrant terminated 01.09.1945) MID 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40: Dunkirk 06.40	Skipper, Merchant Navy (Board of Trade Certificate 18368), 24.04.1929. 25.09.1939 - 21.10.1939 HMS Pembroke X (RN Patrol Service base, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) 29.10.1939 - 02.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Pentland Firth (anti-submarine warfare trawler) [tender to HMS Watchful (anti-submarine base, Great Yarmouth)] 03.05.1940 - 30.09.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Hugh Walpole (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (Dunkirk; injured) [tender to HMS Pyramus (anti-submarine base, Orkney), from 28.05.1940 HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover)] 01.10.1940 - 12.11.1940 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (for disposal) 13.11.1940 - 01.09.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Terje II (ex-Norwegian whaler), renamed HMS Boarhound (anti-submarine warfare trawler) [tender to HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown)] 21.09.1942 - 24.08.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Southern Star [tender to HMS St Andrew (RN base, Oban)] 25.08.1943 - 01.09.1943 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (for disposal) 02.09.1943 - 26.02.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Lindisfarne (minesweeping trawler) [tender to HMS Beaver (RN base, Hull), from 16.09.1943 HMS Paris (trawler depot ship, Plymouth)] 27.02.1944 - 26.03.1944 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (for disposal) 27.03.1944 - 06.04.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Lord Stanhope (anti-submarine warfare trawler) [tender to HMS Paris (trawler depot ship, Plymouth), from 01.03.1945 HMS Marshal Soult (trawler base, Portsmouth)] 07.04.1945 - 13.05.1945 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (for disposal) 14.05.1945 - ? HMS Baldur (RN base, Iceland) (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Johansen, Carl Johan Married Karen Marie ...; ... children.	28.05.1888 Norway - 1969	T/Lt. 26.08.1940 (reld 16.8.1945) DSC 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 1945 [decoration posted]	(10.1940)     HMS Lochinvar (destroyer / minesweeper base, Port Edgar) * 18.10.1940 - (06.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Sasebo (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) 12.06.1941 - (04.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Ben Urie (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) (DSC) * indexed, but not listed as such
Johnson, James	? - 1940s ? * * no trace after 1946	Prob. A/S.Lt. ? A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 07.12.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. < 04.1946 DSC 29.02.1944 attack on U-boat Western Approaches 28.08.43 [award posted]	30.08.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS York (cruiser) (12.1941) no appointment listed 08.10.1942 - (06.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Jed (frigate) 03.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Verbena (corvette) (04.1946) HM LST 416 (landing ship, tank) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Johnson, Martin Challenor Page Married ((06).1941, Chatham district, Kent) Daphne N. Shelmerdine (? - 1991); one son, one daughter.	07.06.1911 Johannesburg, South Africa - 23.06.2004 South Gloucester district	Prob. T/S.Lt. 27.01.1941 T/Lt. 07.06.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 02.1944, < 04.1944 (transferred to reserve 01.11.1944) GM 08.12.1942 mine disposal * [investiture 09.02.1943] * For gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty during mine disposal in the UK between October 1941 and August 1942. He made safe four torpedoes in the only German submarine to be captured and brought to Britain during the Second World War. U-570 surrendered after being depth-charged and machine-gunned by an RAF Hudson south of Iceland in 1941, and was taken to Vickers' shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness.	Education: Christ's Hospital; Pangbourne Nautical College. Joined the Blue Funnel Line as an apprentice, and later worked for the New Zealand Shipping Company before selling second-hand cars at Tolworth, Surrey. Then civil servant housemaster (Prison Service). (04.1941)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 30.04.1941 - (06.)1941 Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.06.1941 - (10.)1944 Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] Returned to the Prison Service until 1956, then senior seamanship instructor at the National Nautical School at Portishead, near Bristol, finally retiring in 1974. Published: The churchyard carvers' art (1984). * indexed, but not listed as such
Johnson, Wilfred Norman Married; one son, one daughter.	18.09.1907 North Shields, Tynemouth, Northumberland - 03.1985 Tameside district, Greater Manchester	Prob. T/Lt. 29.01.1940 T/Lt. ?, seniority 29.01.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 OBE 01.01.1966 New Year 66 MID 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41 MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42 Awarded R.H.S. Testimonial on Parchment for risking his life rescuing Seaman Watts of H.M.D. Christmas Rose when ship was blown up (21.11.1940). Watchkeepers Certificate (15.05.1945).	Served in Chinese Customs Service, 1933-1940. 29.01.1940 joined RNR (04.1940) no posting listed 01.07.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Nemo (auxiliary patrol base, Brightlingsea) 18.08.1942 - (05.1945) HMS Invicta (emergency accommodation ship) (lastly First Lieutenant) 12.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, NS) (for miscellaneous duties) 15.09.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, LST 3511 (landing ship, tank) Chief Marine Superintendent of Atlantic Steam Navigation Co. and initiated the world's first roll-on/roll-off service for commercial vehicles in 1948.
Jonassen, Ragnar	19.04.1902 Norway - ?	T/Lt. (E) 22.07.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) < 07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	22.07.1940 joined RNR 12.12.1940 - 20.10.1941 HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) 20.10.1941 - 15.05.1942 HMS Newport (destroyer) [not in the RNR] 15.05.1942 re-entered RNR (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) no appointment listed
Jones, Ernest	? - 03.1963	T/Lt. 12.06.1942 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 01.01.1945 New Year 45 [decoration posted]	temporary officer serving under T.124T (rescue tugs) agreement 22.07.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (for rescue tugs)       HMS Mindful (rescue tug) 24.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for duty with rescue tugs)
Jones, Gerald Norman	30.05.1885 Llanarmon, near Ruthin, North Wales - 29.05.1958 [Westwinds, Deganwy, North Wales ?]	Cdr. 30.06.1929 (retd 30.05.1935) Capt. (retd) 30.05.1935 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd) 20.03.1944 CBE 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41; ocean convoys DSO 1917 ? MID 20.02.1945 3 years ocean convoys 41-44 RD ? ? Awarded Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society's silver medal and illuminated address, 1919, for gallantry in saving life at sea.	1902 apprenticed to the sea and sailed from Liverpool on first voyage in the clipper ship, Glenesslin was second mate and first mate in sailing ships and later joined White Star Line as an officer 1914 - 1919 served on Belgian Coast, Gallipoli, North Sea, and other areas in command of destroyers (DSO) 1930 studied at RN War College, Greenwich 01.1940 - 06.1945 Commodore of Convoys: 20.03.1944 - (06.1944) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (1945?) - (1946?) HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan) - 1948 late Master Mariner Cunard White Star Ltd, retired from sea employment lectured on naval history before the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall; Nautical Assessor under the Central Court of Passage, Liverpool; Lecturer on Nautical Subjects and free­lance journalist
Jones, Herbert Cavendish Son of Edward Lewis Jones, and Hannah Jones. Married (28.12.1913, All Saints, Stretford, Lancashire) Mabel Rose Vooght.	(06?).1882 Toxteth Park, Lancashire - 18.04.1943 [age 61] RN Auxiliary Hospital, Minterne, Dorchester, Dorsetshire (formerly of Norwood, Surrey) [Portland RN Cemetery, non-conformist portion, grave 732]	T/Boom Engineer 03.09.1939 T/Lt. (E) 01.01.1941 OBE 18.11.1918 Mesopotamia [to be dated 03.06.18]	(1918)     Lieutenant, Royal Indian Marine & Temporary Captain, Special List (Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport) (OBE) (02.1940) - (03.1940) no appointment listed 15.03.1940 - (08.)1941 HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (10.1941) - (10.1942) no appointment listed 02.11.1942 - 18.04.1943 Boom Defence Depot Portland [HMS Boscawen]
Jones, John Treasure Son (with two half-brothers, two brothers and five sisters) of Shrewsbury Treasure Jones (1872-1950), a hay & corn merchant, and Margaret Elizabeth Williams (1875-1957). Married (30.08.1933, Haverfordwest district, Dyfed, Pembrokeshire) Eulalie Isobel Lees (18.11.1909 - 23.05.1993), daughter (with two brothers and one sister) of William Edward Lees (1883-11.04.1955), and Elsie Margretta Thomas (1878-1939); three sons, one daughter.	18.08.1905 Pelcomb Cross, Haverfordwest, Dyfed, Pembrokeshire - 12.05.1993 Chandler's Ford, Southampton, Hampshire	Prob. Midsh. 11.09.1923 Midsh. 18.03.1926 A/S.Lt. 18.08.1926 S.Lt. 09.01.1928 Lt. 18.08.1929 Lt.Cdr. 18.08.1937 Cdr. 30.06.1943 A/Capt. 25.07.1945 (reld 01.03.1947) Capt. 31.12.1949 (retd 18.08.1960) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - & clasp North Africa 42-43 WM 39|45 - - MID 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 MID 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 Cor M - - RD 11.1941 - RD > 07.1954, < 01.1955 1st clasp	15.07.1925 - 28.11.1925 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) (for training) 29.11.1925 - 07.01.1926 HMS Velox (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) (for training) 08.01.1926 - 26.01.1926 HMS Ajax (battleship) (Reserve Fleet) (for training) 04.04.1927 - 15.05.1927 HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery training) 16.05.1927 - 03.07.1927 HMS Adventure (minelayer) (for training) 02.07.1929 - 30.07.1929 HMS Vivien (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) (for training) 01.11.1930 - 21.11.1930 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for signals training) 22.11.1930 - 05.12.1930 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (for torpedo training) 06.12.1930 - 02.01.1931 HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery training) 03.01.1931 - 04.07.1931 HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) (to complete 12 months' training) 05.07.1931 - 31.10.1931 HMS Viscount (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (for training) 10.03.1934 - 23.03.1934 HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) (for torpedo training) 24.03.1934 - 06.04.1934 HMS Wild Swan (destroyer) (Portsmouth Local Defence Flotilla) (for training) 25.11.1936 - 22.12.1936 HMS Wild Swan (destroyer) (Portsmouth Local Defence Flotilla) (for training) 09.09.1939 - 04.11.1940 Navigating Officer, HMS Laurentic (armed merchant cruiser) [ship torpedoed & sunk] 11.1940 - 04.12.1940 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 05.12.1940 - 17.12.1940 HMS Nimrod (training establishment, Campbeltown) 18.12.1940 - 19.02.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Sunflower (corvette) (despatches) 20.02.1943 - 03.03.1943 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 04.03.1943 - 15.06.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Wellington (sloop) 19.06.1943 - 29.08.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Bayntun (frigate) 30.08.1943 - 31.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Dart (frigate) [49th Escort Group] (despatches) 01.06.1945 - 23.06.1945 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 24.06.1945 - 24.07.1945 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) (for service at Newport) 25.07.1945 - 07.09.1945 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) 08.09.1945 - 01.03.1947 Divisional Sea Transport Officer Netherlands East Indies (Batavia, Java) under Sea Transport Department [HMS Hathi (RN base, Kandy, Ceylon), from 28.09.1945 HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore)] 13.04.1949     HMS President (Admiralty) (one day training) 28.03.1951 - 03.08.1951 senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich 17.09.1956 - 30.11.1956 senior officers' war tactical course, RN Tactical School, Woolwich Captain, Cunard Line (SS Vandalia, RMS Media, RMS Sylvania, RMS Saxonia, RMS Carinthia, RMS Mauretania, RMS Queen Elizabeth, RMS Queen Mary). Published: Tramp to Queen : the autobiography of Captain John Treasure Jones (2008).
Jones, Owen Medwyn Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Owen Henry Jones (1859-1909), and Elizabeth Ellen Williams (1865-1943). Married thrice. Children.	12.09.1890 Chester, Cheshire - (03?).1975 Bangor district, Gwynedd, Wales	T/Lt. 24.02.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 02.1942, < 04.1942 (reld > 07.1945, < 10.1945)	Merchant Navy Captain (2nd Mate 28.11.1914; 1st Mate 15.07.1916; Master 02.02.1920). WW1 T/S.Lt. & T/Lt. in RNR on Minesweepers, Island Prince and Nailsea. Captain of The Magregor, blockade buster in Spanish civil war. 24.02.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for various services) (12.1941) - (02.1944) no appointment listed 02.04.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for Naval Control Service)
Jones, Peter Morgan Married (08.1941); four sons, one daughter.	27.05.1916 Amlwch, Anglesey - 29.10.1990 Colchester, Essex	Prob. Midsh. 01.04.1935 Midsh. ?, seniority 01.04.1935 A/S.Lt. 27.05.1937 S.Lt. 24.09.1939 Lt. 11.06.1940 (reld from active service 03.03.1946) Lt.Cdr. 11.06.1948 (retd > 01.1957) DSC 05.01.1943 attack U-boat Western Approaches 14.10.42 MID 09.03.1943 convoy HX217 anti-submarine work 12.42 RD > 04.1946 < 07.1948 ?	06.07.1935 - 03.11.1935 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) (RNR training) 11.06.1939 - 22.07.1939 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (RNR training) 23.07.1939 - 30.07.1939 HMS Leda (minesweeper) (RNR training) 31.07.1939 - 30.06.1940 HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport) * 01.07.1940 - 19.01.1941 HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth) 20.01.1941 - 16.02.1941 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) ** 17.02.1941 - 20.05.1941 HMS Seagull (minesweeper) 21.05.1941 - 16.07.1941 HMS Leda (minesweeper) 17.07.1941 - 14.12.1941 HMS Niger (minesweeper) 15.12.1941 - 28.12.1941 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 29.12.1941 - 24.01.1942 HMS Conidaw [based at HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover)] 25.01.1942 - 30.01.1942 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 31.01.1942 - 21.02.1942 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) 22.02.1942 - 17.06.1942 HMS Vanquisher (destroyer) 18.06.1942 - 18.03.1943 Navigating Officer, HMS Fame (destroyer) 19.03.1943 - 14.07.1943 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 15.07.1943 - 07.10.1945 Navigating Officer, HMS Khedive (escort carrier) (till 07.09.1943 borne on HMS Asbury (shore etablishment, Asbury Park, USA)) 08.10.1945 - 03.03.1946 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 14.05.1950 - 27.05.1950 HMS Tintagel Castle (corvette) 21.11.1950 - 12.12.1950 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) After being demobilised in March 1946 he returned to service with P&O, gaining his Master’s ticket in around 1947. In 1948 he became a Trinity House pilot on the Harwich station and continued there until he retired in 1986, aged 70. * (04.1940) indexed as HMS Cardiff (cruiser), but not listed as such ** (02.1941) indexed as HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham), but not listed as such *** date of appointment according to Navy List: 08.08.1943
Jones, Stanley Edward Son of James Edward Jones, and Edith Margaret Wood. Married Christina May Lee; two sons, one daughter.	11.06.1912 Liverpool, West Derby district, Lancashire - 07.1988 Stockport district, Cheshire / Lancashire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 29.01.1940 T/Lt. 29.01.1941 (reld 28.03.1946; medically unfit)	(04.1940)     no appointment listed (02.1941)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 01.03.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Azalea (corvette) (10.1944) no appointment listed 26.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (for Naval Control Service duties) * indexed, but not listed as such
Jones, Thomas Frederick "Tommy" Son (with one sister and one brother) of Thomas Llewelyn Jones (1897-1945), and Gipsy Richie Seddon Smith (1888-1948).	17.04.1921 Birkenhead, Cheshire - 07.09.1949 The General Hospital, Singapore (formerly of Wallasey, Cheshire) [Kranji Military Cemetery, Singapore, 12.B.24]	Midsh. 01.05.1939 A/S.Lt. 17.04.1941 S.Lt. 04.05.1942, seniority 17.04.1942 Lt. 01.07.1943 Lt. RN 27.01.1947, seniority 01.07.1943 DSC 20.11.1945 war patrols Far East 02-08.1945 [decoration posted] 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Arc St - - Afr St - & clasp North Africa 1942-1943 Bur St - - It St - - WM 39|45 - -	Education: HMS Conway (09.1935-04.1939).  01.05.1939 - 18.08.1939 training, HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) & RN College, Greenwich 19.08.1939 - 13.11.1940 HMS Active (A class destroyer) 14.11.1940 - 08.11.1941 HMS Corinthian (ocean boarding vessel) 09.11.1941 - 14.01.1942 HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) (for training) 15.01.1942 - 01.04.1942 HMS Cyclops (depot ship for 7th Submarine Flotilla, Rothesay) (for training and qualifications) 02.04.1942 - 10.06.1943 Torpedo Officer, HMS P 45 (U class submarine), renamed HMS Unrivalled (U class submarine) (three war patrols Norwegian and Barents Seas and Mediterranean) 11.06.1943 - 13.07.1943 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (not to join; for leave) 14.07.1943 - 29.08.1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Sunfish (S class submarine) (in refit) 30.08.1943 - 13.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Sunfish (S class submarine) (in refit) 14.10.1943 - 14.01.1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Sunfish (S class submarine) (workup & training in UK waters) 15.01.1944 - 09.02.1945 First Lieutenant, HMS Visigoth (V class submarine) (twelve war patrols UK & Mediterranean) 10.02.1945 - 11.02.1945 HMS Wolfe (temporarily) 12.02.1945 - 23.11.1945 First Lieutenant, HMS Seadog (S class submarine) (DSC) (four war patrols Bay of Bengal, Anderman Sea and Malacca Strait) 24.11.1945 - 02.1946 ... 02.1946 - (04.)1946 HM LST 3524 (landing ship, tank) (07.1946)     no appointment listed 08.1946 - (10.1946) HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) (for Harbour Service Craft) (01.1947)     no appointment listed 27.01.1947     transferred to RN (04.1947)     no appointment listed (10.1947)     HMS Bigbury Bay 07.06.1948 - (10.1948) HMS Hartland Point (05.1949)     no appointment listed 06.1949 - 07.09.1949 HMS Terror (Singapore Naval Base) & attached to Malayan Naval Force (died as result of a car accident) * indexed, but not listed as such
Jones *, William John "Billy" Son (with two sisters) of Thomas William Jones (1868-1898), and Gwenllian Williams (1872-1934). Married (28.01.1928, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales) Phyllis Mary Henton (26.10.1901 - 12.01.1991), daughter (with two brothers) of Gwilym Henton (1871-1958), and Sarah Jane "Jennie" Hughes (1875-1949); one son, two daughters. * Surname change to Henton-Jones by deed poll of 13.03.1943.	22.12.1898 Porthcawl, Glamorganshire - 07.06.1959 Whitefield, Manchester	Prob. Lt. (E) 01.08.1927 Lt. (E) 02.07.1928, seniority 01.08.1927 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.08.1935 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1942 (dispersal 07.03.1946) (retd 22.12.1948; age) DSO 22.09.1942 Operation Harpoon [investiture 17.11.42] MID 08.07.1941 rescue crew "Cormorin" RD 02.02.1942 -	Education: Bridgend County School; Hills Dry Dock and Engineering Co. (1st Class B.O.T. Certificate), 1941-1917; Cardiff Technical College (Mechanical Engineering and extra 1st Class B. O. T. Certificate) (1924-1926). WW I     2nd Lt., Royal Flying Corps 25.10.1939 - 19.11.1939 HMS President (for special duties outside Admiralty) 20.11.1939 - 14.07.1940 HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (additional; for various services: for Fleet Tender B) 15.07.1940 - 12.12.1941 Engineer Officer, HMS Broke (Shakespeare class destroyer) (despatches) 13.12.1941 - 07.09.1942 HMS Cairo (Carlisle class cruiser) (DSO) 08.09.1942 - 26.04.1943 HMS Diomede (D class cruiser; boys' training ship, Devonport) 27.09.1943 - 07.03.1946 HMS Glory (Colossus class aircraft carrier) [tender to HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast), while under construction]

 

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