Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) officers 1939-1945 -- V

Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) Officers
1939-1945

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Van Dyck,
Julius Pieter Ludovica
"Jules"
J.P.L. Van Dyck
29.08.1919
Antwerp, Belgium
-
07.12.1995
Belgium

T/Midsh. 15.09.1941

T/S.Lt. 1942?, seniority 16.09.1941

T/Lt. 01.07.1943 (transferred to Belgian Navy 31.01.1946)

01.05.1941 - 09.1941 HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) (Royal Navy Section Belge)

(10.1941) - (04.1942) no appointment listed

15.09.1941 - 03.1942 RN College, Greenwich

22.03.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Ilfracombe (Bangor class minesweeper) (Dieppe landings)

(06.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed

05.1943 - 08.1943 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth)

21.08.1943 - 19.11.1944 Navigating Officer, HMS Lyme Regis (Bangor class minesweeper) (Normandy landings)

(01.1945) - (10.1945) HMS Lyme Regis (Bangor class minesweeper) *

01.1945 Admiralty Berthing Officer, RN Barracks Antwerp (Belgium)

Retired in 1980 from Belgian Navy, having reached rank of V.Adm., having been Navy Chief of Staff from 1973-1980.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Van Geffen,
Adrian Denis Auguste

Child of Violet Ellen van Geffen (of Dutch origin, naturalized 10.09.1931).
Married 1st ((06?).1938, Southampton district, Hampshire) Olive E. Reed.
Married 2nd ((06?).1940, Romsey district, Hampshire) Olive E. Reed.
Married 3rd ((06?).1951, Leicester district, Leicestershire; divorced 1963) Rosaleen May Lawton, or Kavanagh. ?
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T/S.Lt. 27.05.1940

T/Lt. 27.05.1941 (reld < 04.1946)

02.12.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Alcantara (armed merchant cruiser)

01.09.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Vindex (escort carrier)

(10.1944) - (07.1945) no appointment listed

Vaughan,
Frederick Herbert Edmund
(09?).1904
Putney, Wandsworth district, London
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14.09.1961
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire (formerly of 57 Boulevard du Fayal St Adresse, Seine Maritime, France)

T/Lt. 22.07.1940

T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 02.1944

... - ... ...

09.02.1944 - (06.1944) Miscellaneous Weapon Development Department, Admiralty [HMS President]

(06.1944) on staff of Rear-Admiral Mulberry/Pluto on staff of ANCXF (Invasion of Normandy, 1944) [HMS Odyssey]

... - ... ...

Vaughan,
Philip
P. Vaughan
Younger son of Herbert Lawrence Vaughan, and Lucy May Hooker.
Husband of Violet Annie Sherriff; one daughter. 27.07.1907
Wandsworth district, Greater London / London / Surrey
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02.1990
Brighton district, Sussex

Prob. S.Lt. 02.10.1933

S.Lt. 09.02.1934, seniority 02.10.1933

Lt. 02.10.1935 (removed 01.01.1939)

Prob. T/Lt. 22.07.1940

T/Lt. 07.1941, seniority 22.07.1940

T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)

12.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Glenroy (stores ship/carrier)

09.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Glenroy (landing ship, infantry (large))

(10.1944) no appointment listed

19.06.1945 - (07.1945) on staff of flag Officer-in-Charge, Newcastle [HMS Calliope]

Vine,
Colin Frank

Son of Douglas C. Vine, and Gwladys M. Alder.
Twin brother of Cdr. Peter Douglas Vine, RD, RNR.
Married (1959) Elizabeth Jo Colpoys (died 1986); two sons.

09.11.1915
Paddington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
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09.05.2007
[Farnham Crematorium, Surrey]

A/S.Lt. 30.10.1937

S.Lt. 30.10.1938

Lt. 15.05.1940 (reld from active service 1944)

Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1948 (retd 01.07.1950) (re-instated on Active List 06.10.1951)

Cdr. 31.12.1954

Capt. 31.12.1967 (retd 31.12.1967)

DSC 01.01.1945 New Year 45: taking ships' surgeon to tend an injured seaman at a merchant ship

RD 01.11.1948 -

RD 19.05.1960 -

Education: HMS Worcester (1928-1932).
Served BP Tankers (Merchant Navy), 1932-1939 (lastly as 2nd Officer).

26.09.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Crescent Moon (Admiralty steel drifter; boom defence vessel/minesweeper) (Port Said, Egypt)

09.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt)

27.02.1942 - 26.11.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Crescent Moon (Admiralty steel drifter) & Senior Officer, 400th Minesweeping Flotilla

06.07.1943 - (10.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Chelmer (frigate)

Suez Canal Pilot (promoted 1st Class Pilot in 1949), 1944-1956. North Sea pilot, 1957-1964. Captain Superintendent Prince of Wales Sea Training School, 1964-1975. Pilot, 1975-11.1985. Member of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners and the Institute of Navigation (Master, 1985-1986).

Vine,
Peter Douglas
P.D. Vine
Son of Douglas C. Vine, and Gwladys M. Alder.
Twin brother of Capt. Colin Frank Vine, DSC, RD, RNR.
09.11.1915
Paddington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
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07.1998
Canterbury district, Kent

Prob. A/S.Lt. 01.05.1937

A/S.Lt. ?

S.Lt. 11.09.1938

Lt. 07.07.1940

Lt.Cdr. 07.07.1948 (retd 01.07.1950) (reinstated on active list 30.07.1951)

Cdr. 31.12.1954 (retd 09.11.1965)

RD 09.11.1949 -

RD ? -

12.06.1937 - (07.1937) HMS Iron Duke (battleship; training ship, Portsmouth) (for 3 months' training)

31.10.1937 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet)

18.11.1939 - (10.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Landfall (Admiralty steel drifter; boom defence vessel/minesweeper) (Port Said, Egypt)

(02.1941) - (12.1941) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) *

(10.1944) - (04.1946) no appointment listed

23.04.1957 senior officers' tactical course

Suez Canal Pilot.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Vittle,
Edgar Asquith
E.A. Vittle (Photo courtesy of Mr Tom Barnett)
Married ((03?).1939, Haverfordwest district, Dyfed / Pembrokeshire) Katie Jones; one daughter. 11.02.1910
Haverfordwest district, Dyfed / Pembrokeshire
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10.1993
Dover district, Kent

Prob. Lt. 01.12.1937

Lt. 22.04.1938, seniority 01.12.1937

A/Lt.Cdr. 10.1942?

Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1945 (retd)

RD 14.07.1949 -

(04.1940) no appointment listed

(02.1941) HMS St Adrian (armed yacht) *

09.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Malines (auxiliary escort)

10.1942 - 05.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Bagshot (Hunt class minesweeper)

07.02.1944 - (10.1944) [Commanding Officer?], HMS Porcupine II (Combined Operations base, Stokes Bay, Portsmouth)

(07.1945) no appointment listed

Suez Canal Pilot.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Vittle,
George Dawson
G.D. Vittle
Son of Henry B. and Elizabeth A. Vittle.
Married ((12?).1931, Plymouth district, Devon) Phyllis L. Williams. (12?).1899
Plymouth, Devon
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(09?).1965
Plymouth district, Devonshire

T/Lt. 12.02.1943

01.1945 - (07.1945) Boom Defence Depot Plymouth

Vivian,
Joseph
J. Vivian ?
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died between 07.1962 and 08.1973

Lt.Cdr. 27.04.1926 (retd)

Cdr. (retd) 21.04.1943

OBE ? ?

RD ? ?

07.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Mull of Kintyre

Voller,
Leslie Eli Arthur
L.E.A. Voller
Son of ... Voller, and ... Palmer.
Married 1st ((03?),1940, Birkenhead district, Cheshire) Edna Thornley.
Married 2nd ((12?).1965, Birkenhead district, Cheshire) Ida Stott. (09?).1911
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
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(03?).1970
Birkenhead district, Cheshire

T/Lt. (E) 21.12.1942

(07.1945) no appointment listed

Vyvyan-Robinson,
Arthur Frederick
A.F. Vyvyan-Robinson
Son of ... Vyvyan-Robinson, and ... MacDonnell. 27.11.1925
East Preston district, Sussex
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01.1999
Truro district, Cornwall

T/A/S.Lt. 27.05.1945

Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 30.04.1965 (retd)

RD ? ?

16.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Teazer

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