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Radcliffe, Albert Victor	01.09.1890 - (03?).1972	Lt. 02.04.1917 Lt.Cdr. 02.04.1925 Cdr. 31.12.1932 Capt. 31.12.1939 (retd 01.09.1945?) RD ? ?	(07.1945?) HMS Fervent (RN base, Ramsgate) 25.10.1944 - 01.09.1945 also: RNR ADC to the King
Radford, Thomas George	? - 1989	Prob. S.Lt. 01.02.1939 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.02.1939 Lt. 20.05.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld 1945/46) Lt.Cdr. 20.05.1948 (retd 27.06.1958) RD 1940s ? RD 11.02.1958 ?	1929 going to sea as an apprentice in the Merchant Navy (04.1940) HMS Revenge (battleship) * 01.05.1940 - (02.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS White Bear (auxiliary surveying vessel) 25.08.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Genista (corvette) * indexed, but not listed as such Published: Captain Radford's diary (1992).
Rainey, Thomas Alfred Son of Thomas Rainey, and Annie Mccluggage Rainey. Married ((03?).1908, Southampton district, Hampshire) Dorothy Treleavon Jones; ... children.	10.09.1879 Kirconriola, Antrim, Ireland - 30.12.1955 The Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester (formerly of Kingsworthy, Hampshire)	Prob. T/Lt. 31.07.1940 (reld > 10.1942, < 12.1942)	Served Merchant Navy (2nd Mate's Certificate, 18.11.1905; 1st Mate's Certificate, 24.03.1908; Master's Certificate, 05.07.1912). Gained civil aviator's licence (No. 474) taken on a Bristol Biplane at the Eastbourne Aviation School, 02.05.1913. Served WWI as a RNAS pilot in 1914, interned and escaped from The Netherlands and served in the Eastern Mediterranean. 31.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) (additional; for miscellaneous services) 12.03.1941 - (10.)1942 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for various services)
Rainforth, Stanley Son (with four brothers) of James William Rainforth (1873-1955), and Eleanor Bertha Herzberg (1873-1945). Married ((12?).1926, Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire) Eileen Mary Clubley (07.02.1908 - 1989); one son.	(03?).1901 Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire - 09.01.1962 Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire	T/Lt. 13.12.1940 (reld < 04.1946)	Served Merchant Navy (2nd Mate's Certificate, 03.08.1923). 13.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) 25.02.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland) (04.1942)     no appointment listed (06.1942) - (02.1943) HMS Helicon (RN base, Aultbea) * (04.1943) - (06.1944) HMS Secuta * (10.1944) - (07.1945) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Rankin, James Gavin	03.10.1902 - 02.1985 Southam district, Warwickshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 14.02.1940 T/Lt. 15.05.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 10.01.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 26.01.1943 escort Russian convoy 07.1942 [investiture 16.02.1943] MID 11.05.1943 Operation Torch	29.02.1940 - (10.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Lady Elsa (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 03.01.1941 - 04.01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Dianella (corvette) (DSC, despatches) 10.01.1943 - 06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Trent (frigate) (07.1945)     HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Rattray, James Thomson	16.10.1897 Forfar - 1943	Paym.S.Lt. 01.08.1928 Paym.Lt. (Reg Cl) 01.08.1930 Paym.Lt.Cdr. (Reg Cl) 01.08.1938	19.08.1913 for registration as Temporary Boy Clerk, Civil Service 30.11.1920 transfer as Assistant Clerk (Abstractor Class) from Admiralty to Board of Trade 1928? - 1943 Office of Registrar of RNR, Glasgow
Rayer, Samuel	27.12.1890 Cardiff district, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire - (12?).1973 Mid Glamorgan district,  Glamorganshire / Wales	T/S.Lt. RNVR ? T/Lt. RNVR 12.09.1917 T/Lt. 08.09.1918 (reld 1919?) T/Lt. 13.11.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 13.08.1940 (reld < 04.1946) OBE 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 1942 [investiture 03.11.1942] DSC 20.09.1918 minesweeping operations 01-06.1918 MID 17.04.1918 minesweeping operations 04-12.1917 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 1941 MID 01.01.1942 New Year 1942	World War I     served on minesweeping operations (DSC, despatches) Bristol Channel pilot. 30.11.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 1940 - 1940 Commanding Officer, HMS St Melante (minesweeping trawler) (despatches) 13.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) 01.06.1941 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Moonrise (minesweeping trawler) (OBE, despatches) 18.09.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Porcupine (landing craft base, Stokes Bay, Portsmouth) 10.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS St Clement (Combined Operations base, Coal House Fort, Tilbury, Essex)(for landing craft duties) (07.1945)     HMS Onset (Combined Operations base, Birkenhead) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Reed, Arthur Hugh Benton	(03?).1891 Southampton, Hampshire -	T/Lt.Cdr. (E) 25.09.1939 DSC 27.12.1940 good services action with German raider	officer holding temporary commission under T.124X agreements: (1940)     HMS Alcantara 25.08.1943 - 29.06.1944 HMS Speaker (escort carrier) 19.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Ameer (escort carrier)
Reed, William Hector	? -	T/Paym.Lt. 03.05.1940 T/Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.08.1944 (reld < 04.1946) MBE 01.01.1944 New Year 1944 [investiture 03.07.1945]	offficer holding temporary commission under T.124X agreements: 01.07.1940 - (10.)1943 HMS Agamemnon (auxiliary minelayer) 24.11.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Trouncer (escort carrier) (10.1945)     HMS Mersey (T124.X depot, Liverpool) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Rennison, Cyril Patrick	16.03.1907 - 02.1989 Bolton district, Lancashire / Lincolnshire	T/Lt. 01.07.1941 (reld > 04.1946)	01.07.1941 - (07.1945) Trade Convoy Plotting Room, Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (routeing & convoy plans of defensively armed merchant ships) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Renny, Frederick Thomas	1904 ? - 30.01.1943 (KIA) [age 39] [Chatham Naval Memorial]	S.Lt. 18.12.1929 Lt. 18.12.1932 Lt.Cdr. ? DSC 16.08.1940 Dunkirk DSC 16.03.1943 Operation Torch MID 07.04.1942 convoy destroyed 3 submarines Western Approaches 12.1941 RD ? ?	(06.1940) Skoot Hondsrug 27.05.1941 - 30.01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Samphire (corvette)
Renwick, James	? -	T/Lt. 29.05.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 DSO 27.01.1942 sinking U-boat 16.11.1941 [investiture 10.03.1942]	06.1940 - late 1940 Commandng Officer, HMS Ayrshire (anti-submarine warfare trawler) ... - ... ... (10.1941) - 25.04.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Marigold (Flower class corvette) ... - ... ... 17.05.1943 - 06.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Saxifrage (Flower class corvette) (10.1944) - (04.1945) no appointment listed 06.1945 - 30.09.1946 Commanding Officer, HM LST 3001 (landing ship tank)
Reynolds, Cyril Charles	18.04.1911 ? Cardiff, Glamorgan ? - 04.11.1972 ? Gravesend, Kent ?	Prob. T/Lt. 21.04.1941 T/Lt. 1942?, seniority 21.04.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1943-16.02.1944, > 01.1945, < 07.1945 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946) MID 01.08.1944 Operation Shingle (Anzio landings 22.01.1944)	(06.1941)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 24.07.1941 - (10.)1942 HMS Karanja (landing ship, infantry) (12.1942)     no appointment listed 01.01.1943 - 08.1943 Commanding Officer, HM LST 42 (landing ship, tank) [initially at HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA)] 08.1943 - 16.02.1944 Commanding Officer, HM LST 418 (landing ship, tank) (despatches) (torpedoed & sunk by U-230 off Anzio) 25.05.1944 - (06.)1944 an Assistant to Director of Naval Ordnance, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 21.08.1944 - (07.1945) Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Rhimes, Richard Blundell	06.11.1908 - 28.01.1959	Skpr. 01.07.1940 [WS 3496] ?, seniority 01.05.1940 (retd 10.03.1952) A/Ch.Skpr. 16.07.1945 (reld from active service < 04.1946)	(02.1941) HMS Lord Plender (anti-submarine warfare trawler) * (12.1941) no appointment listed 05.07.1942 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Sphene (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 08.11.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM HDML 1276 (harbour defence motor launch) * indexed, but not listed as such
Rhodes, Alec Gordon	26.07.1927 -	... ... T/Midsh. 05.01.1945 A/S.Lt. RN ? S.Lt. RN 10.02.1948, seniority 26.07.1947 Lt. RN 26.07.1949	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne? [unclear; might concern RNVR officer A.G. Rhodes]. ... - ... ... (10.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ... Lt.Cdr., New Zealand Navy.
Rhodes, Paul Levick Son of John Walter Rhodes, and Helena Kate Walton Levick, of Leeds.	30.04.1924 Dewsbury district, West (Riding of) Yorkshire - 10.11.1942 (MPK) [age18] [Chatham Naval Memorial, 65, 3]	T/Midsh. 09.05.1941	20.11.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Wolsey (destroyer) 1942 - 10.11.1942 HMS Martin (destroyer) (ship torpedoed & sunk by U-431 off Algeria)
Richman, Harry Son (with one sister and two brothers) of John Richman (1866-1933), and Frances Wright (1872-1934). Married ((06?).1928, Anlaby Road Methodist Church, Hull) Maisie Theodora Herbert (25.05.1906 - 02.1991), daughter (with one brother) of Ernest Twidle Herbert (1868-1948), and Amelia Winterburn (1869-1966); one son.	17.10.1903 Hull district, Yorkshire - 03.1996 Taunton Deane, Somerset	S.Lt. 14.04.1926 Lt. 14.04.1928 Lt.Cdr. 14.04.1936 A/Cdr. > 04.1941, < 06.1941 Cdr. 30.06.1942 A/Capt. > 04.1945, < 07.1945 (reld 01.06.1946) OBE 03.07.1945 opening port of Ostend 11.1944 [investiture 16.10.1945] MID 24.07.1945 firefighting & damage control Ostend 14.02.1945 RD 28.05.1941 - LeoII 12.03.1946 liberation of Belgium	Education: St George's Road School; Trinity House Navigation School, Hull. Served Merchant Navy (Second Mate 09.03.1923; First Mate 24.09.1925). 28.08.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Cathay (armed merchant cruiser) 29.10.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow) 01.07.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) 11.08.1941 - (04.)1943 HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 01.04.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) (12.1943) - (10.1945) no appointment listed: 1944 - 1945 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Ostend [HMS Royal Edmund (port party, Ostend, Belgium)] (OBE, despatches, Ordre de Léopold II) River pilot, Goole. Retired 10.1964. Ran the Park Beck Hotel at St Leonards-in-Sea.
Riggall, Albert	? -	T/Skpr. 04.06.1940 (reld 1941)	officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements: (10.1940)     no appointment listed (02.1941)     no appointment listed
Riley, Richard James Fox	25.09.1918 - 09.2001 Worthing district, West Sussex	T/A/Lt. ? T/Lt. 14.12.1943 (reld < 04.1946) 39|45 St ? ? Atl St ? & N Africa Bar 1942-43 Afr St ? & France & Germany Bar Bur St ? ? It St ? ? WM ? ?	08.10.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Ulysses (destroyer) 29.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Pytchley (destroyer) Published:  Stanford's sailing companion (with F.S. Campbell, 1972); Stanford's voyaging companion (1976)
Risberg, Egil Son (with one brother) of Olav Risberg (1883-1934), and Ingeborg gift Risberg (1884-). Married ... Hjortnes; two children.	13.11.1908 Elverum, Hedmark, Norway - 17.12.1982	Prob. T/Lt. 19.01.1942 T/Lt. 1943?, seniority 19.01.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 04.1945	(02.1942) - (04.1942) no appointment listed 18.05.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Lyme Regis (Bangor class minesweeper) 01.08.1942 - (12.1943) HM BYMS 55 (British Yard minesweeper) 16.01.1944 - (02.)1944 HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for B.A.M. 100 class) 11.02.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) (for HMS Saker, accommodation barracks, New York) (10.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     Admiralty [HMS President] * * indexed, but not listed as such
Robb, Alexander	? -	Skpr.Lt. 30.06.1940 [WS 2548]	28.08.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Grampian (minesweeping trawler) 06.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Avanturine (minesweeping trawler)
Robb, David Douglas Married ((06?).1926, Nantwich district, Cheshire) Dorothea A. Connor; ... children.	(09?).1895 South Stoneham district, Hampshire - (03?).1954 Southampton district, Hampshire	T/Lt. (E) 20.01.1942 T/Lt.Cdr. (E) 05.02.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 16.08.1940 Dunkirk 06.1940 [investiture 01.04.1941]	Served Merchant Navy. Chief Engineer, HM Hospital Carrier "Isle of Guernsey" (DSC). 22.01.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Isle of Sark (auxiliary training ship for RDF training) 20.08.1943 - 11.01.1944 HMS Chaser (escort carrier) (04.1944) - (01.1945) no appointment listed 26.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Isle of Sark (auxiliary training ship for RDF training)
Robb, Thomas	10.01.1893 - (06?).1971 Carlisle district	T/Lt. 01.05.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	served in RNR during World War I 20.03.1940 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Barnstone (boom defence vessel) 04.1942 - (02.)1943 [First Lieutenant?], HMS Barcross (boom defence vessel) 03.05.1943 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Barholm (boom defence vessel) 25.06.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Barnehurst (boom defence vessel) 03.02.1944 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Barnehurst (boom defence vessel) 10.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Baldur III (RN base, Hvitanes, Iceland) (for boom defences)
Roberts, Francis William Sutton Son of Capt. William E Roberts, and ... Roberts (née ...). Married (1936); two sons. Cousin of Lt.Cdr. F.J. Webster, RNR.	30.07.1906 West Ham district, Essex / Greater London - 29.07.1992	Prob. S.Lt. 01.12.1930 S.Lt. 1931?, seniority 01.12.1930 Lt. 01.12.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1940 (reld < 04.1946) (retd 30.07.1951) RD 04.1943 - 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - & clasp ? ? ? two other medals (unknown)	01.12.1930     joined RNR 09.09.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Cilicia (armed merchant cruiser) 28.05.1941 - 01.1943 HMS Vindictive (fleet repair ship) (Freetown, Sierra Leone) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) 01.1943 - 13.07.1944 HMS Vindictive (fleet repair ship) (Freetown, Sierra Leone) 08.08.1944 - (02.1946) HMS Montclare (for navigation duties) Served pre-war with and returned post-war to Canadian Pacific Steamships in 1946, retirng on his 60th birthday as Senior Captain/Commodore of the company; commands included the Empresses of Canada, England and Britain as well as various Beavers.
Roberts, James Edward	? -	Prob. T/Skpr. 01.09.1940 [TS 841] T/Skpr. 1941, seniority 01.09.1940 T/A/Ch.Skpr. 27.11.1945 MID 17.03.1942 minesweeping North Sea MID 07.12.1943 Operation Antidote (minesweeping Galita to Sousse, Tunisia 05.1943)	01.09.1940 - 01.01.1941 HMS Europa (RN base, Lowestoft) 02.01.1941 - 31.03.1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Garola (minesweeping trawler) 01.04.1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Filey Bay (minesweeping trawler) (07.1945) HMS Libyan (minesweeping trawler) * (04.1946) HMS Carisbrooke (minesweeping trawler) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Roberts, Philip James	? -	T/A/Lt. ? T/Lt. 14.07.1942	... - ... ... 18.08.1942 - (06.1943) HMS Snowflake (corvette) ... - ... ...
Roberts, William John Pierce	11.02.1906 - 02.06.1984	Prob. S.Lt. 10.01.1930 S.Lt. 17.07.1933, seniority 10.01.1930 Lt. 23.12.1933 A/Lt.Cdr. < 12.1941 Lt.Cdr. 23.12.1941 (retd 11.02.1951) RD ? -	Served Merchant Navy (1939 3rd Officer at SS Empress of Australia). 01.04.1933     HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (for course) 25.11.1933     Pangbourne Nautical College 01.10.1939 - (06.)1943 HMS Alcantara (armed merchant cruiser) (in lieu of specialist Gunnery Officer) 05.11.1943 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Lochy (frigate) (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Robertson, Arthur Ian Son of J.W. Robertson, MA, Dalbeattie, Scotland. Unmarried.	22.11.1898 Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright, Scotland - 24.03.1961 Kenley, Surrey	Midsh. 19.09.1916 T/A/S.Lt. 22.11.1918 S.Lt. 15.05.1919 Lt. 31.12.1923 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1931 Cdr. 31.12.1938 (mobilized 1940) Capt. 30.06.1943 (demobilized < 07.1945) (retd 22.11.1953) Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd) 22.04.1952 CB 01.06.1953 Coronation List 1953 [investiture 07.07.1953] RD 27.01.1938 - RD 23.05.1957 1st clasp	Education: Lincoln City School. Went to sea as apprentice, Prince Line, 12.1912. 19.09.1916     entered RNR as midshipman       16.03.1917 HMS Shannon (2nd Cruiser Squadron); 23.03.1918 on board of the trawler Joseph Connell for hydrophone duties; demobilized, 25.04.1919; from 15.05.1919 to 11.12.1919 took part in N. Russian Relief Force New Zealand Shipping Company, 1918; was Chief Officer of liner Rangitata at outbreak of war of 1939-1945. 08.03.1940 - 05.05.1940 Senior Officer East Coast Trade Shipping [HMS Beaver (RN base, Hull)] 06.05.1940 - 30.12.1940 HMS Pembroke IV (base supply organization, Chatham) (05.1940)     Naval Berthing Officer, Tilbury, during collapse of Low Countries 31.12.1940 - 08.01.1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional) 09.01.1941 - 09.10.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Mona’s Isle (armed boarding vessel; AA Guardship for coastal convoys to the Tyne) [tender to HMS Cochrane II] 10.10.1941 - 05.11.1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (additional; not to join) 06.11.1941 - (06.)1942 in command of the cargo Empire Peregrine and various major war vessels: E. Coast Convoy Protection, special service to Persian Gulf, and USA 23.06.1942 - 02.07.1942 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 03.07.1942 - 02.10.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Invicta (in combined operations, Dieppe Raid) 03.10.1942 - 22.08.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Princess Josephine Charlotte (also combined operations in Force "J"; landed first American troops at Orange Beach, Sicily 1943) 22.08.1943 - 21.09.1943 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; not to join) 22.09.1943 - 05.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Thane (escort carrier) 15.10.1943 - 21.05.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Patroller (escort aircraft carrier) (USA, worked in Pacific, ferrying aircraft to India, Pearl Harbour) 17.07.1944 - 28.07.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Lothian (HQ ship)  24.08.1944 - 01.1945? HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 21.01.1945 - 23.02.1945 Merchant Navy Liaison Officer to Flag Officer Fleet Train in Pacific [HMS Montclare (destroyer depot ship)] 24.02.1945 - 21.03.1945 HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) 22.03.1945 - 27.08.1945 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) Re­joined NZS Co. in command. RNR ADC to King George VI, 1950, to the Queen, 14.06.1950-14.06.1952. Senior Officer on active list of RNR, retired, 1953; Master of RMV Ruahine (18,000 ton liner), New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd, retired, 17.01.1954. Younger Brother of Trinity House, 1942; Member Honourable Company of Master Mariners, 1950. Member Royal Naval Sailing Association.
Robertson, Arthur John	? -	T/Lt. (E) 25.09.1939 (reld 05.11.1940; commission terminated)	serving under T.124 agreement (04.1940) no posting listed ? - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Robertson, Douglas Muir Son of Alan Robertson, and Charlotte Georgina Dale Robertson. Married (11.07.1928, Portsmouth) Daisy Gertrude Barr (14.10.1898 - 03.08.1987); one son.	09.01.1900 Galveston, Texas, USA - 02.10.1942 (MIA) [Chatham Naval Memorial, 65, 3]	Eng.Lt. 25.02.1928 Eng.Lt.Cdr. = Lt.Cdr. (E) 25.02.1936 A/Cdr. (E) > 06.1942, < 08.1942 RD 1942 - 39|45 St - - BWM 14|20 - -	Education: Parkfield School, Liverpool (1909-1912); Tupelo High School, Mississippi, USA (1912-1915); Birkenhead School (1915-1916); Royal Technical College, Glasgow (1917-1918; evening classes); Heriot Watt College, Edinburgh (1920-1921; evening classes). Apprenticeship: David Rowan and Co., Ltd., Glasgow (1917-1918; 18 months), C. and H. Crichton, Ltd., Liverpool (1920; 7 months), Hawthorns and Co., Ltd., Leith (1921-1922; 19 months). Served 1918-1919 in H.M. Forces (Royal Tank Corps, A/Sgt. [314192]; fitting and turning I.C. engines), 1920-1927 as marine engineer, City Line (4th Engineer, SS "City of Milan" and "City of Venice" [3 years]; 2nd Engineer, TSMV "Cedarbank" [1 year]; 1st Class B.O.T. Certificate and Motor Ship Endorsement), 1928 as Engineer Lieutenant RNR, 1928-(1930) as Engineering Draughtsman, Liverpool Corporation Electric Supply Department, Liverpool (preparing preliminary lay-outs and specifications, dealing with technical correspondence, checking Contractors' drawings, in connexion with construction of new Base Load Power Station at Clarence Dock, resp. to Chief Technical Assistant). 1928 - 1928 HMS Tiger (battlecruiser; Seagoing Gunnery Firing Ship) (Portsmouth) [3 months] 16.06.1928 - 12.1928 HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) [for 6 months' training] 12.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (03.1940) - (06.1940) no appointment listed 08.07.1940 - (04.)1942 HMS Boadicea (B class destroyer) 05.1942 - 10.1942 HMS Curacoa (Ceres class cruiser) [ship lost in collision with liner "Queen Mary" off Bloody Foreland]
Robertson, Harold Son of Charles Robertson, and Winifred A. Dearlove. Married ((03?).1951, Westminster district, London) Olgalita "Lee" Mayne (11.09.1929 - 07.07.2013), ballerina, daughter of Walter Clifton Mayne (1890-), and Olga ...; one son.	(09?).1921 Eton district, Oxfordshire - 31.01.1970 New York, USA	Midsh. 12.10.1938 A/S.Lt. 25.07.1941 (dismissed HM Service by sentence of a Court Martial 26.09.1942 *) * Summary return for Courts Martial at National Archives, Kew (ADM 194/71): Ship: HMS Philante. Substance of Charge Preferred: First. With intent to defraud forging a certain document purporting to be an authority to draw money from the Accountant Officer, HMS Beaver. Second. With the intent to defraud, obtaining money from the Base Accountant Officer, HMS Beaver. Third. Absence without leave. Finding & Sentence: Accused pleaded guilty. Ajudged to be imprisoned for the term of one year and to be dismissed from His Majesty’s Service.	29.08.1939 - (08.)1941 HMS Beagle (destroyer) 03.10.1941 - 09.1942 HMS Landguard (escort) (09.1942?)     HMS Philante (armed yacht; anti-submarine (training) vessel) Journalist & writer under the name Terence Robertson. Went to South Africa where he worked for the South African Press Association. Returned to London in 1949 as news editor of the Sunday newspaper Reynolds News. Emigrated to Canada about 1959 and joined the editorial staff of The Hamilton Spectator. Found dead in a New York hotel. Published (as Terence Robertson): The golden horseshoe [: the wartime career of Otto Kretschmer, U-Boat ace] (1955); Walker, R.N. : the story of Captain Frederic John Walker C.B., D.S.O. and three Bars, R.N. (1956); The ship with two captains (1957; on submarine HMS Seraph); Channel dash : the drama of twenty-four hours of war (1958); Full speed to heaven (1960; novel); Dieppe : the shame and the glory (1963); Crisis : the inside story of the Suez conspiracy (1965).
Robertson, John William Baillie Married ((03?).1935, Bournemouth district, Dorset / Hampshire) ... Holmes.	21.06.1897 Lewisham district, Greater London - 28.07.1955	Lt. 30.09.1925 Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1933 Cdr. 30.06.1939 Capt. 30.06.1944 (reld 1945/46) RD ? ?	(07.1945) Sea Transport Department, Admiralty
Robertson, Terence	see:	Robertson, Harold
Robinson, Albert	? -	Skpr. 23.05.1939 [W.S. 2937] A/Skpr.Lt. [acting rank] > 02.1941, < 12.1941 A/Skpr.Lt. [appointed rank] 01.08.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 21.03.1941 bringing down enemy aircraft 05.02.1941 [investiture 20.05.1941] MID 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940 MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 1942 [possibly aboard HMS Zulu (destroyer)]	22.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Stoke City (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (despatches) 23.07.1940 - 13.02.1943 HMS Lady Philomena (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (DSC, despatches) 30.04.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Skomer (minesweeping trawler)
Robinson, David Samuel	20.12.1888 - 02.01.1972 [Ebford, Topsham, Devon ?]	S.Lt. 1914 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1924 Cdr. 31.12.1931 Capt. 30.06.1938 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 03.11.1939 (retd [< 07.]1944) CBE 01.01.1941 New Year 1941 RD ? ?	Education: Hull Trinity House Navigation School 1913 Master Mariner (extra) 1913 joined Cunard Steamship Company Ltd 1914 - 1918 on active service throughout War War I (light cruisers) - 1939 continued in Cunard Atlantic passenger service to outbreak of War, serving in Queen Mary and in new Mauretania 1939 - 1944 on active service: 03.11.1939 - (08.1942) Commodore of Convoys [HMS Eaglet] 1944 - 1953 Marine Superintendent Cunard White Star Line in New York
Robinson, Norman Walker	05.09.1909 North Brierley, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 08.02.1940 T/Lt. 09.05.1940 (reld < 04.1946)	08.02.1940 - 11.06.1940 HMS Salvonia (rescue tug) 12.06.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 30.03.1942 - 11.08.1942 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 12.08.1942 - 02.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 25 (motor minesweeper) 02.1943 - 06.1944 HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada) 27.06.1944 - 03.1946 HMS Eland (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (for Naval Pilotage Service)
Robinson, Philip	? -	Second Hand ? [X 7367C] A/Skpr. 04.10.1943 [WS 3750] Skpr. 1944?, seniority 04.10.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSM 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940 [investiture 07.11.1941]	(1940)     HMS Kingston Olivine (minesweeping trawler) (DSM) (12.1943)     no appointment listed 31.12.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Kingscourt (minesweeping trawler) (06.1944) - (10.1944) no appointment listed (01.1945)     HMS Dale Castle (minesweeping trawler) * (07.1945)     no appointment listed ?     HMS Sir Galahad (trawler) * indexed, but not listed as such
Roden, Michael	06.03.1926 - 08.04.1972	... ... T/A/S.Lt. 06.09.1945 S.Lt. RN 1947?, seniority 06.03.1946 Lt. RN 06.03.1948 (emgcy)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne (1940-1942). ... - ... ... ? - (10.1945) HMS Caistor Castle ... - ... ...
Roe, George Leslie Son of Charles Rueben Roe and Ethel Mary Roe. Husband of Edith Roe, of Hendon, Middlesex.	06.06.1907 Whitby district, North Riding of Yorkshire - 05.11.1940 (KIA) [age 33] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 1, column 1]	T/Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1939	serving under T.124 agreement 15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Roe, John Stanley	10.06.1898 - 20.01.1975	T/Lt. RNVR 23.10.1939 T/Lt.  28.05.1941, seniority 23.10.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? T/Cdr. 31.07.1944 (reld 1946?) DSC 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 1942 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 1941 MID 01.01.1942 New Year 1942 MID 13.11.1945 minesweeping Elbe & Weser 03-06.1945	16.11.1938 joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached London Division RNVR) 04.11.1939 - (02.1941) [Commanding Officer?], HMS Aronia 28.05.1941 transferred from RNVR to RNR 01.07.1941 - (08.1943) HMT St Tudno (trawler) (for minesweeping duties) 05.02.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Liberty (minesweeper) & 2nd Senior Officer 10th Minesweeping Flotilla
Rogers, Benjamin Andrew "Ben" Residence: (1945) Yedington. Married (1954) Helen Leonard (died 1991); one stepson).	05.08.1906 Newton Ferrers, Devon - 09.09.1998 Newton Ferrers, Devon	Midsh. 30.07.1925 A/S.Lt. 05.08.1927 Lt. 28.03.1931 Lt.Cdr. 28.03.1939 Cdr. 31.12.1944 (reld < 04.1946) (retd 05.08.1956; age) OBE 08.06.1963 HM's birthday 1963 DSC 03.07.1945 destruction U-boat & one probable Plymouth area 27.02.1945 [award posted] MID 14.11.1944 attacks U608 & U385 Plymouth area RD 01.1943 - RD 1950s? -	Merchant seaman. 11.05.1931 - (01.1932) HMS H 34 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Titania] 06.02.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 04.02.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Fada (frigate) Commodore of the British India Steam Navigation Company fleet (Captain, SS Chindwara 1950-58, SS Dilwara 1958-60, SS Dunera 1960-66.).
Rogers, John Neville	? -	T/S.Lt. 08.02.1943 T/Lt. 01.08.1945 MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945	24.07.1943 - (06.1944) Navigating Officer, HMS Keppel (destroyer) ? - 07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Aphis (river gunboat)
Rogerson, Raymond Kerr Married ((12?).1930, Paddington district, London) Blanche B. Elliott.	19.02.1896 Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire - died between 07.1962 and 08.1972 ?? Australia	Midsh. ? A/S.Lt. (acting) ? S.Lt. 19.02.1917 A/Lt. ? Lt. 21.02.1921, seniority 19.02.1919 Lt.Cdr. 19.02.1927 (retd 30.06.1934) Cdr. (retd) 19.02.1936 (reverted to retd < 04.1946) (removed from retd list 29.11.1954) A/Capt. (retd) < 12.1943 MID 02.11.1917 ? RD 01.11.1932 -	29.11.1930     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (04.1940) - (12.1941) no appointment listed (12.)1943 - (07.1945) Sea Transport Department (Ministry of War Transport, London): (12.)1943 - (01.)1945 Divisional Sea Transport Officer, Alexandria 1945 - (07.1945) Sea Transport Officer-in-Charge, Port Said
Romyn, Leopold Dickson Married (17.07.1933, Bridlington) Gudrun Alette Anthi of Vardo; three daughters, one son. Lived at Bridlington, North Humberside, from 1916.	05.06.1902 "Firlands", Burgess Hill, Near Cuckfield - 03.10.1975 Scotton, Yorkshire [Farnham Churchyard, Yorkshire]	Prob. T/Skpr. 04.11.1939 [W.S. 3076] T/Skpr. ?, seniority 04.11.1939 [T.S. 195] T/A/Skpr.Lt. 06.01.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 01.01.1941 New Year 1941 DSC 27.01.1942 minesweeping in bad weather Nore area MID 28.10.1941 mining HMS Corfield 08.09.1941 Cmdn 28.06.1940 as trawler skipper * * "On 3rd November last [= 03.11.1939], at Bridlington, Mr. Romyn entered the sea and towed a mine clear of the sea wall, at great personal risk."	Education: The Wick, Hove and Lancing College, Sussex 24.02.1940 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMT Rowan (minesweeping trawler) (02.1941) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * 04.04.1941 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMT Rolls Royce (minesweeping trawler) * indexed, but not listed as such After the war he returned to trawling. He was skipper of Swanella when she was arrested by the Russians off Murmansk in 1951 (Cold war days) and held for 5 days. Also skipper of Fairtry, the first commercial factory freezing trawler.
Rose, Cecil Jonathan "John" Married (28.10.1935, Felixstowe, Suffolk) Winifred Joyce Horne.	28.05.1910 Colchester, Essex - 16.05.2003 Gorge Road Hospital, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	T/Lt. 06.12.1940 (reld 02.02.1946) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - F&G St - - WM - -	29.10.1940 - (02.1941) minesweeper unit officer in training under Captain M/S Harwich 29.07.1941 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Firefly (minesweeping trawler) * 05.09.1942 - 24.07.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Lord Melchett (minesweeping trawler) 02.11.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM BYMS 284 (later: BYMS 2284) (British Yard minesweeper) [based at HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover)] * up till 1944 shown at HMS Firefly, but also at HMS Lord Melchett
Rose, John Ninian	see:	RINR officers' section
Roughton, Frederick Arthur Son (with one sister and one brother) of John William Roughton (1876-1935), and Lilian Augusta Simpson (1874-1922). Married (26.03.1938, Saltburn Methodist Church, Cleveland district, North Riding of Yorkshire) Ella Fletcher (24.02.1915 - 10.02.2013), daughter (with one sister and two brothers) of Edwin Lancelot Fletcher (1878-), and Rhoda Jane Hallimond (1885-1958); one son, one daughter.	09.03.1913 Saltburn, Guisborough district, North Riding of Yorkshire - 11.03.2013 Saltburn, Yorkshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 10.02.1941 T/Lt. 10.02.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) MBE 01.01.1950 New Year 1950: for services as Ship's Master, Marine Contractors Ltd., Southampton MID 09.10.1945 PLUTO operations 01.1945	04.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Skyrack (patrol vessel) (10.1941) - (12.1941) no appointment listed 12.11.1941 - (08.)1943 HMS Empire Pintail (Ministry of War transport) (10.1943)     no appointment listed 20.10.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Latimer (cable laying ship) (involved with PLUTO = Pipe Line Under The Ocean) (despatches) (04.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed Captain, Merchant Navy.
Rounce, Sydney Robert Married 1st ((09?).1917, Mutford district, Suffolk) Mildred Rose Lowe (1898-1922); one son, two daughters. Married 2nd (06.07.1940, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) Laura Eunson Manson (née Brown) (12.08.1898 - 06.12.1995), wife of James William Manson (who went missing in action), and daughter of Robert and Sarah Brown, of Lerwick, Shetland Islands; one stepdaughter.	28.02.1898 Oulton Broad, Mutford district, Suffolk - 26.10.1968 Norwich district, Norfolk [Norwich Cemetery]	Seaman ? [DA 8509] T/Skpr. 1939? DSC 01.01.1940 New Year 1940	(1939/40)     Commanding Officer, HMS Forethought (drifter) 1940? - 1945? civilian batman, RAF
Rowland, Charles Ernest	23.03.1901 Shrewsbury, Atcham district, Montgomeryshire / Shropshire - 23.09.1976 Southport district, Merseyside	Prob. T/Lt. 29.04.1940 T/Lt. 1941, seniority 29.04.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	Served Merchant Navy. (10.1940) - (02.1941) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) * 08.1941 - (08.)1942 Executive Officer, HMS Aquila (auxiliary cable ship) 01.11.1942 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Castlerock (auxiliary cable ship) * indexed, but not listed as such
Russell, Geoffrey	13.09.1882 Worcester, Worcestershire - 03.07.1962 Barbados, British West Indies	Prob. T/Lt. 07.01.1941 T/Lt. ?, seniority 07.01.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	22.01.1941 - (02.1942) Naval Control Service, Trinidad [HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad)] (04.1942) - (07.1945) HMS Thorvard (ex-Norwegian whale catcher) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Ryan, James	? -	T/Lt. 03.07.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) GM 04.01.1941 air attack; destruction enemy aircraft * * The ship was attacked by an enemy aircraft, which came upon her from astern, circled round and three times attacked her from ahead. Mr Ryan, at his gun, held his fire until the last moment and brought down the aircraft. Meanwhile, the Master, Captain Jones, out-manoeuvred the enemy, and his good seamanship undoubtedly helped to save the ship.	(1941)     SS Seaman (as Mate in the Merchant Navy) 03.07.1942 - (09.)1942 HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) (for duty with rescue tugs) 15.09.1942 - (02.)1944 HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) (for duty with rescue tugs) 04.03.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for duty with rescue tugs) 04.05.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Marshal Soult (trawler base, Portsmouth) (for duty with rescue tugs) 01.05.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) (for duty with rescue tugs)

 

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