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Lamont, Archibald	24.10.1891 Bunessan, Isle of Mull - 10.1975	T/Boom Skpr. ? T/Lt. 01.05.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944	04.09.1939 - 01.03.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Bayonet (boom defence vessel) 01.03.1940 - 08.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Barnehurst (boom defence vessel) 08.1942 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Barwick (boom defence vessel) 14.03.1944 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Barthorpe (boom defence vessel) 10.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Moorsman (mooring vessel) Served Merchnat Navy (his final ship was mv Tay and he paid off from her on 07.09.1965) * indexed, but not listed as such
Landon, Martyn Arthur Jermyn Son of Capt. Arthur Jermyn Landon, RN (1883-1931), and Eilie Emily Evans (1890-1976). Married ((03?).1953, Winchester district, Hampshire) Claudine A. Bamber.	29.03.1920 Woking, Guildford district, Surrey -	Prob. Midsh. 31.12.1936 A/S.Lt. 29.03.1940 S.Lt. 07.1941, seniority 29.03.1941 Lt. 29.09.1942 Lt.Cdr. 29./09.1950 (retd 10.03.1963) MID 24.11.1942 special service Mediterranean, loss ship 13.06.42 RD 24.06.1950 - RD 11.06.1963 1st clasp	? - 21.11.1939 HMS Gipsy (destroyer) (ship mined off Harwich; slightly injured) 17.02.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Jaguar (destroyer) ? - 13.06.1942 HMS Farouk (Q-ship) (ship sunk by U-83 off Ramkin Island) long navigation course [HMS Dryad] 10.02.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services [Navigation Officer for 50 ML Flotilla]) 06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Hind (sloop) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) (04.1946) HMS Manxman (minelayer) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Lane, Harry Robertson	(09?).1899 Toxteth Park district, Lancashire - (12?).1965 Liverpool South district, Lancashire	Lt. 31.12.1924 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1938 Capt. 30.06.1943 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 10.08.1943 Cdre. 2nd cl. 29.01.1945 (retd 28.08.1954) OBE 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 RD ? -	Joined Elder Dempster Lines as Second Officer 1928, serving various units of the fleet until 1938 when he was promoted Chief Officer again serving aboard various units of the fleet until a few days prior to the outbreak of WWII he was appointed Chief Officer of the Abosso. On leaving the Abosso Harry Lane was appointed Master of the 'Bodnant’ for a coastal voyage before being called up for active service with the Royal Navy. (04.1940) - (10.1940) HMS Loch Tulla (anti-submarine warfare trawler) * 18.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) 01.10.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) 10.08.1943 - (07.1945) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (04.1946)     no appointment listed ? - 09.12.1953 RNR ADC to the Queen On cessation of hostilities Captain Lane rejoined ED’s and subsequently relieved Captain Webster as Marine Superintendent a position he held until his retirement in 1963. * indexed, but not listed as such
Langer, Edward Frederick Son of ... Langer, and ... Budd. Married Minnie Mary Langer (09.12.1913-09.1995), of Worksop, Nottinghamshire.	06.02.1913 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 10.1984 Ipswich, Suffolk	T/S.Lt. 27.01.1941 T/Lt. 27.01.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	29.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Ambrose (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 24.10.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS P 556 (submarine) 17.03.1943 - 29.05.1944 on loan to RANR(S): 17.03.1943 - 18.03.1943 London Depot RAN 19.03.1943 - 05.1943 HMAS Penguin 05.1943 - 21.06.1943 HMAS Penguin (additional; for duty with K 9 (submarine)) 22.06.1943 - 31.03.1944 First Lieutenant, HMAS K 9 (submarine) [based at HMAS Penguin, from 29.07.1943 HMAS Rushcutter] 01.04.1944 - 29.05.1944 HMAS Penguin (addtional; for passage to UK per SS [Nellor ?]) (07.1945) HM LST 323 (landing ship, tank) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Langridge, Richard Lionel	(09?).1891 Mile End Old Town, London, Middlesex - 17.12.1940 [age 49] [Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Naval Reservation, grave 1240]	T/Lt. 12.02.1940	(04.1940) no appointment listed (10.1940)     HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) * ? - 17.12.1940 HMS Thomas Conolly (armed trawler) * indexed, but not listed as such
Larkin, N [Norman?]	? -	T/Lt. 01.11.1939	officer holding a temporary commission under T.124 agreements 01.11.1939 - (04).1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Gracie Fields (paddle minesweeper)
Larose, Maurice Albert François	19.04.1906 Schaarbeek, Belgium - 11.06.1994 Oostende (Ostend), Belgium	T/Lt. 28.04.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 30.03.1944 (transferred to Belgian Navy 31.01.1946) KrO 18.07.1946 * CdeG 18.07.1946 * MID 01.01.1944 New Year 1944 [not gazetted] * "Zeeofficier van grote waarde, merkwaardig kalm en koelbloedig. Commandant van de korvet Godetia, bij een geweldig treffen met vijandelijke duikboten in het noorden van de Atlantische Oceaan heeft hij door zijn vastberadenheid en aanvalsgeest de vijand afgeslagen en hem gedwongen af te trekken, beschermde aldus het konvooi handelsschepen dat hem was toevertrouwd, en boekte voor de Belgische Marine een duikboot, waarschijnlijk tot zinken gebracht." [Naval officer of great worth, strangely calm and cold-blooded. Commander of the Corvette Godetia, in a tremendous encounter with enemy submarines in the North Atlantic Ocean, by his determination and spirit of attack he repelled the enemy and forced him to withdraw, thus protecting the convoy of merchant ships entrusted to him, and booking for the Belgian Navy a submarine, probably sunk.]	Served as officer of cross-channel mail boat Prince Charles. 28.04.1941 - 11.02.1942 HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) 12.02.1942 - 18.02.1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Godetia (Flower class corvette) 19.02.1943 - 05.01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Godetia (Flower class corvette) 12.02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
Latch, Cyril Clive Telford	(12?).1923 King's Norton district, Staffordshire / Warwickshire - 05.11.1940 (MPK) [age ± 17] [Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 40, column 1]	Prob. Midsh. 26.08.1939 Midsh. 1940, seniority 26.08.1939	08.10.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser) [missing, presumed killed when ship was sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer]
Law, John Alexander	(09?).1882 Gateshead, Co. Durham - (12?).1963 North Western Durham district, Co. Durham	T/Bm.Eng. 07.10.1939	... - ... ... 22.05.1943 - (06.1944) French Ship "Balise" ... - ... ...
Law, William James Son of William James Law, and Eleanor Yates.	06.08.1910 West Derby district, Lancashire - 04.06.1995 Watford district, Hertfordshire	Lt. 07.12.1936 A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1942, < 08.1942 Lt.Cdr. 07.12.1944 (demobilized > 10.1945, < 04.1946) Cdr. 31.12.1950 Capt. 30.06.1957 (retd 06.08.1965) RD 21.11.1946 -	27.09.1939 - (03.)1941 HMS Ausonia (heavy repair ship) 31.03.1941 - (10.)1942 HMS Princess Beatrix (landing ship infantry (medium)) 12.1942 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Invicta (landing ship infantry (hand hoisting)) (10.1945)     no appointment listed 28.04.1964 - 28.04.1965 RNR ADC to HM the Queen Captain, RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (1970-1973).
Lawn, James William Married; ... children (one son?).	22.08.1912 ? Mutford district, Norfolk ? - 07.1984 ? Great Yarmouth district, Norfolk ?	Skpr. 24.01.1939 A/Skpr.Lt. 10.01.1944 [WS 2809] (reld < 04.1946) Ch.Skpr. ? Lt. (PS) 22.11.1951, seniority 17.05.1947 Lt.Cdr. (PS) 17.05.1955 (retd 27.08.1962) RD 17.02.1953 -	27.12.1939 - 13.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Lord Hood (minesweeping trawler) 10.01.1944 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 300 (motor minesweeper) 22.11.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 300 (motor minesweeper)
Laws, William Hall Son of William Richardson Laws (1876-), police court missionary, and Jane Hall. Married ((06?).1940, Crosby district, Lancashire) Dorothy Joan Hadcock (17.05.1913 - 02.2003); one daughter, two sons.	23.09.1903 Widnes, Prescot district, Lancashire - 05.10.1979 Gloucester district, Gloucestershire	Prob. S.Lt. 13.03.1930 S.Lt. 24.09.1930, seniority 13.03.1930 Lt. 22.06.1932, seniority 13.03.1932 * Lt.Cdr. 13.03.1940 (retd < 05.1950) A/Cdr. < 05.1943 RD 22.05.1943 - * officially retired 07.08.1939, but most probably re-instated on the Active List of the RNR	14.06.1930 - 25.07.1930 HMS Vivid 26.07.1930 - ? HMS Marlborough 29.11.1930 - (03.1931) HMS Revenge (battleship) (to complete 12 months' training) (Mediterranean) 16.06.1934 - 29.06.1934 HMS Defiance 30.06.1934 - ? HMS Drake 19.09.1936 - ? HMS Woolston 21.08.1938 - ? HMS Drake 29.08.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (additional for various services) (10.1940)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 31.12.1940 - (06.)1942 HMS Dunnottar Castle (armed merchant cruiser) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 06.08.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) 08.1943 - 09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS LST 430 (landing ship, tank) (12.1943) - (01.1945) no appointment listed 13.02.1945 - (04.)1945 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
His daughter provided the following details on Cdr. W.H. Laws, RNR: "Attended the Liverpool Institute from where he could see the funnels of the Blue Funnel line.Taken on as an apprentice by the Kyle Transport Co. Sailed from the Tyne 9 November 1920. EARLY CAREER. 1920 SS Coya. 1921 SS Coya – a second voyage. 1922 SS Tregothnan and sister ship SS Trebatha. Moved to Haines Line. 1925 Qualified with 2nd Mates Ticket [11.03.1925]. Signed on with Cunard Line. Joined Franconia. 1927 SS Trekiev. Signed on as 3rd Officer, then 2nd Officer and studied for his 1st Mate's Ticket. 1928/9 Completed 4 voyages with SS Trekiev then left to study for his Masters Certificate and Extra Masters Certificate (Nautical Technical School Liverpool). 1930 Joined RNR. Royal Mail Ship Orita (one of the passenger ships owned by Pacific Steam Navigation Company) as Sub Lieutenant. Appointed to HMS Revenge in December 1930 and whilst on a signal course on HMS Victory he was sent to London with the Royal Naval Reserve Guard for Armistice Day at the Cenotaph. Then sent to HMS Glorious for the first RNR Officers Short Air Course. 1931 Secured a position with the Bibby Line running between Liverpool and Rangoon. Signed on with the Staffordshire on 27 November 1931. After 3 round voyages was promoted to Lieutenant RNR. 1932 October 10 joined the Transport Lancashire as 4th Officer After a spell on HMS Oxfordshire returned to the Lancashire as 3rd Officer eventually returning to the Liverpool to Rangoon run as 2nd Officer. 1936 Joined HMS Videt. 1938 Attended the Gunnery School at Devonport for the Executive Officers Advanced Course. THE WAR. 1939 Fleet mobilised. HMS Caledonia - appointed to Examination Service. 1940, 13 March promoted to Lieutenant Commander on the Ocean Boarding Vessel HMS Maron. 3 December joined MS Dunnottar Castle (luxury liner of Union Castle fitted out as armed vessel). Sailed and escorted a convoy to Freetown then a home bound convoy to the Clyde. Then return to Freetown. 1941 The Taking of SS Bamfora. On April 12 the Bamfora with French Vichy colours was sited leaving Dakar for Casablanca and Marseilles with many Americans on board trying to get home. Was sent in charge of a boarding party with the Dunnottar Castle following behind. The Boarding party consisted of men with an armed guard and a steamer party. The Bamfora was escorted safely to Freetown, under British control. A court ruled she had been taken as a prize (one of my fathers medals relates to this episode.) 1942. Left the Dunnottar Castle and proceeded to Baltimore in the USA to help oversee the building of a fleet of Landing Craft LSTs and a period with the Atlantic Conveys. 1943 Battle or Salerno. Sailed on 6 September 1943. Badly wounded during the landings by an 88mm shell from a German tank stationed on the low hills. Invalided out first to Alexandria and Sicily and then a troop ship home. After a long recovery he returned to the Merchant Navy. RETURN TO MERCHANT NAVY. 1947 Chief Officer of SS Corabank with Bank Line. 1948 Joined a new service carrying vehicles between Preston, Lancashire and Larne in Co. Antrim, Ireland. The ships were converted LSTs, similar to those he had been involved with during The War and were already running between Tilbury and Antwerp. Appointed as Chief Officer and joined the Empire Cedric. 1949 Promoted to Master of the Empire Cedric. 1951 Cairo Riots. Master of the HMS Empire Doric taken over by the army and sailed to Cyprus transporting army reinforcements between Port Said, Cyprus and Malta. The Empire Doric then resumed service on the Preston to Larne run expanding to Belfast with the Empire Cedric, Empire Nordic and Empire Gaelic. SUEZ. 1956 August. Master of the HMS Empire Cedrick which was requisitioned by the Navy for the Suez Crisis. Joined a convoy of ships sailing to Port Said for the landing at Suez. RETIREMENT. Captain Laws' last days at sea were spent on the Bardic and Ionic Ferries. He retired early as war wounds were always a problem. He died in 1979 as a result of multiple war wounds sustained at Salerno."
Leach, Harold Frederic Son of Frederic Priestley Leach. Married 1st Kathleen Dorcas Pearce (born (03?).1913, Bristol district, Gloucestershire; died (06?).1945), Oxford district, Oxfordshire); two sons. Married (1959) 2nd Moira Gertrude Lee.	08.07.1910 Bradford district, West Yorkshire - 22.11.1993 Bristol, Gloucestershire	Prob. Paym.S.Lt. 09.02.1932 Paym.S.Lt. 30.08.1932, seniority 09.02.1932 Paym.Lt. 09.02.1934 Paym.Lt.Cdr. = Lt.Cdr. (S) 09.02.1942 (retd 08.07.1955; age) A/Cdr. (S) 30.06.1945? (demobilized < 04.1946) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - & clasp North Africa 42-45 Def M - - WM 39|45 - - RD ? -	ASAA (1930), later FCA. 02.07.1932 - 1932 training, HMS Concord (signal school cruiser, Portsmouth) 1934 - 1934 training, HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) (42 days) 1935 - 1935 training, HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (14 days) 19.09.1936 - 1936 training, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 21.07.1939 - 1939 training, HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (Home Fleet) (04.1940) HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) * 1940 - 1940 HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) 09.05.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) 15.03.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) 23.11.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Tern (RN Air Station, Twatt, Orkney) 11.12.1944 - 29.06.1945 HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) 30.06.1945 - (07.1945) Staff Officer (Supply & Secretariat), HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) Chartered accountant. * indexed, but not listed as such
Leadbetter, Charles William Son of ... Leadbetter, and ... Manning.	19.11.1913 Fylde district, Lancashire - 08.2003 Blackpool district, Lancashire	Prob. A/S.Lt. 01.09.1935 A/S.Lt. 24.03.1937 S.Lt. 15.10.1939 Lt. 24.03.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1943, < 04.1944 Lt.Cdr. 24.03.1948 (retd 19.11.1958) MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 MID 21.08.1945 destruction U-Boat Western Approaches 04.02.45 RD 21.11.1946 -	25.08.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 05.1942 - 10.04.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Oxlip (corvette) (despatches) 16.04.1944 - (10.)1944 Commanding Oficer, HMS Pevensey Castle (corvette) 13.11.1944 - 01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Shin (frigate) 26.01.1945 - 27.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Papua (frigate) (despatches) 09.06.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Scavaig (frigate)
Leddra, Morris Reynolds Son of Thomas William and Elizabeth Grace Leddra, of Plymouth; husband of Edith Blanche Mary Leddra, of Mannamead, Plymouth.	(03.)1887 Plymouth, Devon - 05.11.1940 (KIA) [age 53] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 2, column 1]	Lt.Cdr. (E) 15.09.1939	serving under the T.124 agreement 15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (auxiliary merchant cruiser)
Lees, Andrew Robertson Son of James and Elizabeth Lees, of Aberdeen. Husband of Ann Buchanan Lees, of Aberdeen.	1905 ? - 15.09.1940 (KIA) [age 35] [Dover (St James's) Cemetery, C.1]	Skpr. 10.06.1937	20.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Dalmatia (armed trawler) 1940 - 15.09.1940 HMS Botanic (armed trawler)
Legassick, George Victor Married (31.10.1938, Chelsea Register Office) Pauline Powis (née Lucas), of Woodley, Berkshire.	(12?).1904 Cardiff district, Glamorgan - 27.04.1964	S.Lt. 23.02.1928 Lt. 23.02.1931 Lt.Cdr. 23.02.1939 Cdr. 03.06.1943 Capt. 26.02.1951 (retd 23.09.1959) DSC 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 [investiture 30.10.45] RD 01.08.1942 -	Education: HMS Worcester (1921). 27.09.1937     HMS Osprey (04.1940)     HMS Romola * (06.1940)     took part in the evacuation of Dunkirk at "San Antonio" from Poole 19.05.1940 - 06.09.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Godetia (corvette) (10.1940)     HMS Pascholl * 16.12.1940 - 12.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Petunia (corvette) 12.12.1941 - 31.01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Saladin (DSC) 01.02.1943 - 20.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Berry (frigate) (12.1943)     Commanding Officer, HMS Exe (frigate) 26.02.1944 - 03.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Pink (corvette) 22.03.1944 - 03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Hesperus (destroyer) (07.1945)     no appointment listed Emigrated to South Africa, 1945. Captain Superintendent of the “General Botha” the training establishment in South Africa, 1947-17.12.1958.
Leggett, Arthur Abel Son of Thomas and Charlotte Leggett; husband of Hilda May Leggett, of Hakin, Milford Haven.	17.03.1904 - 07.03.1943 [age 38] [Milford Haven Cemetery, section C, grave 561]	Skpr. 10.01.1939 [WS 2804] A/Lt.Skpr. < 12.1941	Trawler skipper, fishing out of Milford Haven. (04.1940) HMS Milford Duke (boom defence vessel) * 16.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Suma (minesweeping trawler) 14.02.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Blighty (minesweeping trawler) 19.02.1942 - 07.03.1943 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) (for service at Barry) * indexed, but not listed as such
Leigh, Frederick Haworth Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	1913 - 1970 at sea	Midsh. 01.01.1930 A/S.Lt. 19.06.1933 S.Lt. 03.01.1936, seniority 31.12.1934 Lt. 16.08.1936 A/Lt.Cdr. > 04.1943, < 06.1943 Lt.Cdr. 16.08.1944 (retd 02.05.1957) RD 13.02.1945 -	Joined Training ship Worcester in 1927 and left in 1929 to join White Star Line. He held a Master Foreign Going Certificate. 19.08.1939 - (12.1939) HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (additional; for various services) 03.02.1940 - (06.)1943 HMS Worcestershire (armed merchant cruiser) (in lieu of specialist Gunnery Officer) (08.1943) - (04.1946) no appointment listed Chief Officer on a tanker in 1970 and fell overboard when going on morning watch.
Leslie, John Aim Shearer Only son of Captain John Spence Leslie (1871?-1929), and Mary Ann Shearer (1870-). Married ((09?).1937, South Shields district, Dutham) Grace L. Henderson; ... children.	31.01.1908 South Shields district, Durham - 28.05.1984 Meols, Wirral, Birkenhead district, Cheshire	T/Lt. 24.11.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) MBE 11.12.1945 wind up, Europe 45	(02.1942)     no appointment listed 23.03.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Kodumaa 28.08.1942 - (12.)1942 HMS Tarana (auxiliary patrol trawler) (Mediterranean) 17.12.1942 - 03.05.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Prodigal (Professor class trawler) (06.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed 21.09.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Borde (repair vessel) 25.05.1944 - (07.)1945 Staff Officer (Operations), HMS Fox (RN base, Lerwick) (10.1945)     no appointment listed Rejoined merchant fleet, Furness Withy (Prince Line) (master mariner)
L'Estrange, Henry Owen Second son of Henry George L’Estrange, and his wife Evelyn,  who was the second eldest daughter of Owen Wynne of Hazelwood, Sligo, and the grandson of Christopher Carleton L’Estrange of Kevinsfort, Sligo, and Market Hill, Co.Fermanagh. biography	1912 Lisnalurg, Sligo - 12.1972 on board his ship RFA Stromness in the Singapore naval base [St. Anne’s Churchyard Knocknarea, Strandhill Co. Sligo]	S.Lt. 01.02.1938 Lt. 21.12.1940 Lt.Cdr. 21.12.1948 Cdr. 30.06.1955 DSC 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 [investiture 22.09.42] RD ? ?	(04.1940) no appointment listed 15.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Northern Sun (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler) 20.07.1941 - 02.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Kingston Agate (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler) 11.1943 - 08.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Kilbride (escort) (10.1944) no appointment listed 02.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Berry Head (escort repair ship) Served Royal Fleet Auxiliary pre- & post-war.
Le Sueur, John Alexander	? -	Prob. T/Midsh. 29.09.1939 T/Midsh. 1940?, seniority 29.09.1939	(04.1940) - (02.1941) HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) * 29.11.1941 HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic, 24.11.1941] ** * indexed, but not listed as such ** intended, but not substantiated appointment
Letty, Angus Son of Duncan Letty, and Isabella McKenzie. Married (04.05.1940, Liverpool district, Lancashire) Ethel B. Mann (18.11.1917 - ); one daughter, one son.	14.07.1913 Thirkleby, Thirsk district, North Riding of Yorkshire - 23.12.1985 Sidmouth, Honiton district, Devon	Prob. S.Lt. 06.07.1939 Lt. 18.10.1940 1941/42?, seniority 18.10.1939 * A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 Lt.Cdr. 18.10.1947 Cdr. 30.06.1955 (Supernumerary List 22.01.1957) Capt. 31.12.1959 (retd 14.07.1968) DSO 30.03.1943 distinguished services [investiture 19.10.43] DSC 05.07.1940 naval minelaying expedition [investiture 03.09.40] RD 13.07.1948 - RD 12.01.1959 1st clasp * Granted 12 months additional seniority for ‘Meritorious War Service’ [ADM12/1768]	Education: HMS Conway (merchant navy school ship) 09.1927-08.1929. Served Merchant Navy (Alfred Holt & Co [The Blue Funnel Line], 1929-1938; Cunard White Star Steamship Company, 1939). 23.10.1939     mobilised (12.1939)     no appointment listed 11.12.1939 - 03.02.1940 HMS Ilsenstein (mine bumper) 04.02.1940 - 20.06.1940 Admiralty [HMS President] (for irregular operations) (DSC) * [with the Naval Expeditionary Force to France in 1940 for Operation Royal Marine – floating fluvial mines down the Rhine] 02.07.1940   03.09.1941 HMS Broke (Shakespeare class destroyer) [leading boarding party on 26.10.1940 to ‘Empress of Britain’ which was on fire and later to be torpedoed; took off survivors from burning armed merchant cruiser HMS Cormorin 07.04.1941] (10.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941)     French Ship "Gustave Denis" * 01.12.1941 - 11.1943 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty with Deputy Director Operations Division (Irregular)) (DSO) 13.12.1943 - (10.)1945 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for duties with Sea Transport Officers) ** 01.10.1945 - 02.1946 Commanding Officer, HM LST 352 (landing ship, tank) 12.02.1946     demobilised 01.1961     HMS Eaglet (in command of Mersey Division RNR) 01.01.1963 - 01.01.1964 RNR ADC to the Queen Served Merchant Navy (Cunard Steamship Company, 1946-...; Assistant Marine Superintendent, Liverpool, 12.1953; Principal Marine Superintendent, 08.1964; Director of Cunard Line Limited, 02.1965). * indexed, but not listed as such ** according to Navy List; service records seem to give different details: 11.12.1943-13.01.1944  HMS Mourne (River class frigate) 00.02.1944-00.06.1944  short staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich 00.07.1944-00.07.1945  Staff Officer (Operations), Freetown Escort Force
Lewis, Eric Walter "Rex" Son (with two sisters) of Thomas Walter James Lewis (1867-1956), and Fanny Mainwaring Ansdell (1866-1926). Married (03.08.1936, Wallasey, Cheshire) Norah Minnie Lavin (29.03.1904 - 26.10.1999); one daughter.	16.06.1902 New Brighton, Birkenhead district, Cheshire - 18.10.1975 Wallasey district, Merseyside	Prob. T/S.Lt. 29.09.1941 T/Lt. 1942?, seniority 29.09.1941 (reld < 04.1946) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - WM 39|45 - -	Education: HMS Conway (Merchant Navy training ship). (12.1941)     no appointment listed 23.12.1941 - (08.)1942 French Ship "Mammouth" (rescue tug) 08.1942 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Pingouin (harbour service rescue tug) 24.07.1943 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Velda (escort vessel) (07.1945)     HMS Sheppey (trawler) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Lewis, John Dudley Edward Son of ... Lewis, and ... Jewell.	12.07.1916 Westhampnett district, Sussex / Isle of Wight - 01.2003 Dacorum district, Hertfordshire	Prob. A/S.Lt. 01.04.1937 A/S.Lt. 31.01.1938 S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 09.09.1940 Lt.Cdr. 09.09.1948 Cdr. 30.06.1955 (Supernumerary List 06.07.1957) (retd 12.07.1966) RD ? - RD ? 1st clasp RD 22.04.1966 2nd clasp	20.02.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Breda (auxiliary patrol armed yacht) (12.1941) no appointment listed 19.01.1944 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Verbena (corvette) (07.1945) no appointment listed 10.11.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry)
Linder, Charles John	(12?).1886 ? Sunderland, Durham ? - 1958 ?	T/Lt. 03.10.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 08.1942	05.11.1940 - (02.)1941 Boom Defence Depot, Scapa Flow (Lyness, Orkneys) [HMS Proserpine (RN base, Scapa)] 09.10.1941 - 06.07.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Fernmoor (boom defence vessel) 06.07.1943 - (06.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Fernmoor (boom defence vessel) 05.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Linfield, Frederick Roy Son of Fredrick William Linfoeld, and Mary Barclay Roy. Husband of Alice Cameron Minter Linfield, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.	(09?).1910 East Preston district, Sussex - 29.01.1942 [age 31] [Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 8, column 1]	T/Lt. 20.08.1940	(04.1941) - (06.1941) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 28.07.1941 - 29.01.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Sotra (minesweeping whaler) [torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-431 about 80 nautical miles east of Tobruk, Libya] * indexed, but not listed as such
Linwood, Norman James Shaw Son of American parents. Married (1940, Alexandria, Egypt) Kathleen Baker, of Banksia, Widley, Hampshire;... children (one son?).	10.11.1907 Harrismith, Orange Free State, South Africa -	Prob. Lt. 19.07.1938 Lt. 27.04.1939, seniority 19.07.1938 (reld < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 19.07.1946 (retd 01.07.1950) RD ? -	Education: British public schools. Sea-going apprentice, 1922-1926. 05.02.1939     HMS Kempenfelt (flotilla leader, Portsmouth Local Destroyer Flotilla) 12.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Fiona (armed boarding vessel) (10.1940) - (02.1941) HMS Fiona (armed boarding vessel) * (12.1941)     HMS Nile (RN base. Alexandria) * 01.05.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Nile (RN base. Alexandria) (additional; as Assistant Fuelling Officer) (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed Control Officer, Control Commission for Germany, 1945-1947. Manager of a chemical agency in Peru, 1947-1948. Appointed acting US consular agent at Mollendo, 16.06.1948. US Consular agent, 20.12.1948. * indexed, but not listed as such
Lloyd, Norman Mostyn Son of Alfred Norman Mostyn Lloyd (1868-1941), and Alice Rivière Condron (1874-1944). Married (02.04.1941) Ethel Kathleen Crouch (25.06.1910 - 08.1986), daughter of Edward Crouch; one son, one daughter.	27.04.1911 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa - 04.1986 Poole district, Dorset	A/S.Lt. 27.04.1932 S.Lt. 18.11.1933 Lt. 26.08.1935 Lt.Cdr. 26.08.1943 Cdr. 31.12.1950 (retd 27.04.1961) RD 21.09.1944 -	Joined Union Castle Company aged 17. 13.12.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Bulolo (armed merchant cruiser) (02.1941)     HMS Bulolo (armed merchant cruiser) * 24.04.1941 - (06.)1942 HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (08.1942) - (12.1942) no appointment listed 07.12.1942 - (01.)1945 HMS Kongoni (RN base, Durban) 21.06.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, NS, Canada) (for miscellaneous services) 15.08.1945 - 23.10.1945 Commanding Officer, HM LST 3512 (landing ship, tank) First Commodore of the Safmarine fleet and Master of the SA Vaal, retiring 1971. * indexed, but not listed as such
Locke, John Vivian Married; ... children (one daughter?).	29.01.1896 Southampton district, Hampshire - (09?).1972 Exeter [cremated in Plymouth]	S.Lt. 06.03.1919, seniority 11.12.1917 Lt. 03.10.1922, seniority 15.03.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1928 Cdr. 31.12.1935 (retd 29.01.1946; age) RD 24.07.1931 -	14.09.1939 - 21.10.1941 HMS Aurania (armed merchant cruiser) (torpedoed & damaged by U-123) 01.05.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) 08.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) Served the Cunard White Star Line for about 50 years, the last ten of them as a Captain.
Lockey, Henry Thompson "Harry"   Son (with one sister and one brother) of George Stanley Lockey (1879-1946), and Sarah Jane Petler (1888-1980). Married ((12?).1941, Ilford, Essex) Jean Florence Minnie Barber (06.07.1915 - 20.07.1990).	21.08.1913 Sunderland, Co. Durham - 20.11.1987 Thorpe Bay, Southend on Sea distrcit, Essex	T/S.Lt. (E) 12.09.1939 T/Lt. (E) 01.05.1943 (reld 15.05.1946)	Served Merchant Navy.       temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements: 12.09.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Aurania (armed merchant cruiser) 01.10.1940 - (04.)1942 HMS Aurania (armed merchant cruiser) 06.05.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Battler (Archer class escort carrier) (04.1943)     no appointment listed (06.1943)     HMS Mersey (T124X depot, Liverpool) 10.07.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Stalker (Archer class escort carrier) Worked for oil company Esso, retiring 1973.
Lockyer, Henry Charles John Married Patricia Meredith Denholm (25.01.1921 - 03.06.2004), daughter of Francis Darcey Denholm (1882-1967), and Caroline Matilda Isabelle Parkinson (1893-1982); one daughter.	09.08.1911 Cork, Ireland - 08.07.1955 Adelaide, South Australia	T/S.Lt. 02.09.1940 T/Lt. 09.08.1941 (dispersal 19.02.1947) (reld 20.05.1947)	(10.1940)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 22.11.1940 - (04.)1944 HMS Atreus (minelayer base ship) 15.05.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Vindex (escort carrier) Transferred to RANVR as Lt. after WWII. * indexed, but not listed as such
Longhurst, John Michael Son of John Henry and F.W. Muriel Longhurst, of Farnborough, Hampshire.	(12?).1921 Farnborough, Farnham district, Hampshire - 24.09.1942 (MIA) [age 21] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 71, column 1]	Prob. Midsh. 01.09.1938 Midsh. ?, seniority 01.09.1938 A/S.Lt. 22.09.1941 MID 01.12.1942 Operation EV (North Russian convoy PQ18 & QP14 09.42) [posthumously]	15.02.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Mashona (destroyer) 01.08.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Ashanti (destroyer) 1942 - 24.09.1942 HMS Somali (destroyer) (missing in action after ship was torpedoed by U-70 in North Atlantic)
Louw, Peter	see:	South African Naval Forces (Voluntary) (SANF(V)) Officers section
Lowe, Thomas Albert "Tom"	? -	Prob. T/Lt. 27.01.1941 T/Lt. 1942?, seniority 27.01.1941 (reld 04.01.1946; on medical grounds) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - WM 39|45 - -	Served Merchant Navy (First Mate (SS) certificate, no 007834 dated March 1916) 23.06.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) (for Examination Service) 09.03.1944 - ? HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (additional; for training with Admiralty Berthing Officer, Clyde) (10.1944) no appointment listed (07.1945)   no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Lowein, John Charles Son of Arthur Edmund Lowein and Kathleen Minnie Yates. Brother of S/Lt. (Sp.Br.) Robert Trevor Lowein, RNVR [later: Sg.Lt. (D) RN].	04.02.1924 Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - 06.11.1992 London (brain tumour)	T/Midsh. 09.05.1941 T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944 T/Lt. 01.12.1945 CBE 14.06.1986 HM's birthday 86: Chairman Mobil Oil	Education: Pangbourne Naval College served Mediterranean, Baltic & north Russian convoys (Murmansk): 08.08.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Sheffield (cruiser) 06.04.1943 - (10.1944) HMS King George V (battleship) (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMS King George V (battleship) * Company secretarial course, London. Served Guiness Breweries. Joined Mobil Oil in America (late 1940s?) (attended Harvard School of Business), later South East Asia Manager in Tokyo. Former chairman and chief executive, Mobil Oil. Sailed at the Olympics? * indexed, but not listed as such
Lowrey, William Sutton	01.02.1908 Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire - (12?).1981 Waveney district, Suffolk	T/Lt. 09.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [decoration posted]	temporary officer serving under T.124T (rescue tugs) agreement 05.02.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for duty with rescue tugs) (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Jaunty (Assurance class tug)
Loyns, Bertie Horace Married ((03?).1915, Cardiff district, Glamorgan) Olive Eleanor M. Martin ((06?).1892 -).	(09?).1893 Cardiff, Glamorgan - mid 1970s ??	T/S.Lt. 28.06.1918 T/Lt. 21.09.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 01.1945 DSC 24.04.1945 minesweeping East coast of Italy (Ancona) 07-08.44 [decoration posted] MID 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche (Salerno landings) WW I Mercantile Marine medals	(10.1940) - (02.1941) HMS Glen Avon (paddle minesweeper) * 10.04.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for various services) 04.07.1943 - (01.)!945 Commanding Officer, HM BYMS 209, from early 1944 BYMS 2209 (British yard minesweeper) 15.07.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional; for various services) * indexed, but not listed as such
Lucas, Charles Henry Son (with three brothers and two sisters) of George Charles Lucas (1874-1951), and Ada Firth (1872-1958). Married (25.08.1917, All Souls' Church, Halifax) Gladys Smith (1896? - (12?).1960), widow of Pte. Wilfred Shaw (1/4th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) (Territorial Force)), and daughter of Sgt.Maj. Dan Smith, MPSC; one son, two daughters.	08.07.1896 Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire - 28.09.1975 Royal Halifax Infirmary, Halifax, West Yorkshire	Boy 2nd cl. RN 03.04.1912 [J16778] Boy Signalman RN 21.10.1912 Ordinary Signalman RN 08.07.1914 Signalman RN 08.01.1915 (reld 05.05.1915; medically unfit [otitis media, double]) T/S.Lt. 26.10.1942 T/A/Lt. 26.01.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) OBE 09.06.1955 HM's birthday 55: for political and public services in Halifax 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - MerM WM - - VM - - Def Med - - 39|45 WM - -	Tailor's assistant. 03.04.1912 - 11.04.1913 HMS Ganges (training ship) 12.04.1913 - 19.08.1913 HMS Vivid I (RN base, Devonport) 20.08.1913 - 08.08.1914 HMS Blake (cruiser) 09.08.1914 - 27.11.1914 HMS Active (cruiser) 28.11.1914 - 23.02.1915 HMS Blake (cruiser) 24.02.1915 - 31.03.1915 HMS Vivid I (RN base, Devonport) 01.04.1915 - 05.05.1915 HMS Victory I (RN base, Portsmouth) Served Merchant Marine (Anchor Line) (2nd Mate 25.10.1919). Chairman of B M Sugden Ltd, 1930. Conservative councillor for the Akroydon Ward on Halifax Borough Council, 1934-1961. 23.11.1942 - (07.)1945 HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow) (for Naval Control Service) (10.1945)     no appointment listed ["After the end of the war in Europe, he served in Northern Scandinavia in a Naval department directing repatriation of Russian and German prisoners-of-war."] Mayor of Halifax, 11.1946-1947. Halifax Borough Alderman, 1949. Justice of the Peace (JP), 1954-1970. Freeman of the Borough of Halifax, 1964.
Lyall, James McLaren "Will"	? -	T/Skpr 13.11.1939 [WS 3100 & TS 219] T/A/Ch.Skpr. 06.01.1944 T/A/Skpr.Lt. 16.02.1944? (reld < 04.1946) MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43 MID ? Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	21.01.1940 - (10.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Tilly Duff (minesweeping trawler) 26.10.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Star of Briatin (minesweeping trawler) 01.03.1941 - (10.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Silver Seas 16.02.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 214 (motor minesweeper)
Lyle, James Branthwaite Son of George Trevor Lyle, and Dorothy Nina Branthwaite. Married (31.07.1940, Christchurch district, Hampshire) Joanna M. Diamond; one son.	30.06.1915 Lymington district, Hampshire - 30.07.1987 Bournemouth district, Hampshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 24.02.1941 T/S.Lt. 1941?, seniority 24.02.1941 T/Lt. 24.02.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 (reld 30.09.1947) MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42	Served Merchant Navy. (04.1941)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 08.05.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Vansittart (destroyer) (despatches) (04.1942) - (06.1942) no appointment listed 23.06.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Puckeridge (destroyer) (10.1943)     no appointment listed 23.11.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Erne (sloop) 05.03.1945 - (04.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Dianthus (corvette) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 14.11.1945 - ? Commanding Officer, HM LST 3525 (landing ship, tank) (04.1946)     HM LST 173 (landing ship, tank) * (06.1946)     Commanding Officer, HM LST 3043 (landing ship, tank)
Lynch-Blosse, [Sir] Robert Geoffrey; 14th Bt. Succeeded father 1951.	01.04.1915 - 21.04.1963	... ... T/Lt. 26.02.1941 Lt. RN 22.01.1947, seniority 26.02.1941 Lt.Cdr. RN 26.02.1949 (extended service commission terminated 29.06.1951)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Indefatigable ... - ... ...

 

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