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Walford, Lyndon Son of Russell Walford (1882-1946), and Ellen Louisa Lyndon (1881-1965). Married (23.09.1941, St John's Episcopal Church, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA) Mercie Tarbell Clay (28.06.1919 - 12.01.2011), daughter of Henry Sellers McKee Clay (1890-), and Tarbell Mercie Clay (1895-), only child of Henry Sellers McKee (1890-) and Tarbie Mercie Clay (1895-), of Newcastle, New Hampshire, USA.	(03?).1918 West Bromwich district, Warwickshire - 01.04.1942 (MPK) [age 24] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 71, column 1]	Prob. Midsh. 01.02.1936 A/S.Lt. 03.12.1938 S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 03.06.1941	Served with the Cunard's White Star Line from 1934. 07.1938     HMS Rodney (battleship) (for training) 08.1938     HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (for training) 10.1939     HMS Iron Duke (RN base, Scapa Flow) 03.1940     HMS Chitral (armed merchant cruiser) (04.1940)     no appointment listed 06.05.1940 - (06).1940 submarine course [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 06?.1940 - 15.06.1940 HMS H 31 (submarine) 15.06.1940 - 01.04.1941 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (spare officer for submarines) 01.04.1941 - 01.04.1942 Sixth Hand, HMS Pandora (submarine) (ship sunk in air attack at Malta)
Walgate, Richard	03.09.1912 ? Sculcoates, Yorkshire ? - 01.07.1996 ? Budleigh Salterton, Exeter, Devon ?	Prob. A/S.Lt. 01.09.1934 A/S.Lt. 11.08.1936 S.Lt. 11.08.1937 Lt. 14.11.1939 02.1941, seniority 03.10.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. > 04.1946 Lt.Cdr. 03.10.1947 (retd 03.09.1957) MID 16.12.1941 attack submarine U452 Orkneys & Shetlands 25.08.1941 RD 19.04.1948 - 1939, Atlantic with France and Germany bar, Africa with North Africa 1942-43 bar and Italy Stars, War Medal	01.09.1934     joined RNR (04.1940)     no appointment listed 28.11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Kingston Onyx (anti-submarine trawler) (08.1941)     HMS Vascama (anti-submarine trawler) 23.10.1943 - (06.1944) Navigating Officer, HMS Latimer (cable ship) [involved in the Pipeline under the ocean (PLUTO) scheme] 06.1945 - (07.1945) Navigating Officer, HMS Dungeness (landing craft repair ship) 27.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Chaser (escort carrier) Served Merchant Navy. Staff Commander, "Empress of England" (Canadian Pacific Steamship Company), 1957.
Walker, Stanley Hope	? - 01.01.2001	Paym.S.Lt. 06.01.1935 Paym.Lt. 06.01.1937 Lt.Cdr. (S) 06.01.1945 Lt.Cdr. (S) RN 03.12.1946, seniority 06.01.1945 Cdr. (S) RN 31.12.1952 (retd 12.03.1964) OBE 01.01.1964 New Year 1964 [investiture 17.03.1964] DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945 RD 1945? ?	24.08.1939 - (08.1942) Secretary to Naval Officer-in-Charge, Methil [HMS Cochrane II (RN base, Rosyth)] 18.01.1943 - (1945) HMS Sheffield (cruiser) * 22.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Mullion Cove (repair ship) 03.12.1946     transferred, RN 07.10.1947 - (07.)1948 HMS Mercury (signal school, nr. Petersfield) 25.09.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS Royal Rupert (Naval Party 1735, Wilhelmshaven) 01.10.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Royal Prince (RN parent ship Germany, Krefeld) 21.05.1951 - (05.1953) HMS Lochinvar (destroyer / minesweeping base, Port Edgar) 26.10.1954 - (01.)1956 HMS Harrier (RN school of aircraft direction and meteorology, Kete, Pembrokeshire) 27.02.1956 - (01.1957) SSO [= Senior Supply & Secretariat Officer ?], Persian Gulf & Resident Naval Officer, Bahrein [HMS Jufair] 06.05.1960 - (02.1964) SSO [= Senior Supply & Secretariat Officer ?] on staff of Flag Officer Scotland & Northern Ireland [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)] * (07.1945) indexed, but not listed as such
Walker, William John	1909 - 14.07.1953 Port Sudan (died of sunstroke on the bridge of a ship)	Prob. T/Lt. 02.09.1940 T/Lt. ?, seniority 02.09.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 08.12.1942 Russian convoy PQ18 09.1942	(10.194)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 08.11.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Lasso (cable ship) (02.1942)     HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith and Granton) * (04.1942)     HMS Explorer * (06.1942)     no appointment listed 03.06.1942 - (10.)1942 Commanding Officer, MMS 212 (motor minesweeper) (DSC) 26.11.1942 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, MMS 243 (motor minesweeper) 27.09.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (04.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Wall, John Newlands Son (with one sister) of John Henry Wall (1877-1930), and Ann McCulloch Anderson (1881-1976). Married (11.08.1931, All Saints, Carshalton, Surrey) Marjorie Buckingham (18.07.1898 - 12.1989).	12.04.1905 Wallington, Surrey - 02.02.1966 Ferring, Sussex	T/Lt. 19.02.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (08.1941)-(10.1943) T/A/Cdr. (12.1943)-(10.1944) T/A/Lt.Cdr. 27.11.1944-(10.1945) (reld 28.03.1946)	19.02.1941 - 03.04.1941 HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad) 04.04.1941 - (02.)1944 HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) (for duty at Curaçao) (04.1944) - (10.1944) HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) * 27.11.1944 - (04.)1945 Naval Control Service Officer (NCSO), Lyness [HMS Proserpine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)] (07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Walley, Rupert Healey	12.10.1887 Chester, Cheshire - 25.02.1962 Sidcup district, Kent	Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1922 Cdr. 31.12.1929 Capt. 30.06.1936 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 14.11.1940 (retd) Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd) 12.10.1945 OBE 01.01.1949 New Year 1949 RD ? ?	14.11.1940 - (08.1942) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] 15.12.1941 - 12.10.1942 also: RNR ADC to the King (07.1945)     no appointment listed Commodore of the United Baltic Corporation's fleet.
Walls, Alexander Kidd	? -	T/S.Lt. (E) 06.10.1939 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	temporary officer serving under T.124X Agreements: 06.10.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Holdfast (cable ship) 23.07.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Troubadour (armed yacht) 18.01.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Troubadour (armed yacht) 05.02.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS St Sunniva (accommodation ship for Contraband Control Service) 14.09.1942 - (12.)1942 HMS Mersey (T124X depot, Liverpool) 11.12.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Ethiopian (boom carrier) 01.10.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Laomedon (boom carrier; depot ship, Aden)
Walton, John Married (1914) Lilian Blanche Normandale; two daughters, one son.	1893 - 14.12.1956	Skpr. 01.07.1924 [WS 2337] Ch.Skpr. 01.07.1934 (retd 03.07.1941; medically unfit) Skpr.Lt. (retd) 03.07.1941	Merchant Navy skipper, North Shields. 05.11.1939 - 04.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Waveflower (minesweeping trawler) (07.1940) - (10.1940) HMS Waveflower (minesweeping trawler) * 23.07.1940 - (06.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Sabreur, renamed 1941: HMS Badinage (minesweeping trawler) * indexed, but not listed as such
Ward, Geoffrey Villiers Married Emily Janet Burden (? - 1994); one son.	23.11.1913 France - 07.12.1996 Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand [All Saints Anglican Church Cemetery, Howick, Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand]	Prob. A/S.Lt. 01.05.1935 A/S.Lt. 18.01.1937 S.Lt. 30.06.1940, seniority 19.02.1940 Lt. 10.1940, seniority 18.03.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 Lt.Cdr. 18.03.1948 MBE 11.12.1945 wind-up Europe 1945 [decoration presented] DSC 16.03.1943 Operation Torch [investiture 15.02.1944] RD 10.01.1946 -	Education: Pangbourne Nautical College (1927-1930). Joined Union-Castle Line. Later he switched to Shaw Savill & Albion Line as a deck officer on the New Zealand-Australia-UK route. ... - ... ... 12.06.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Palomares (fighter direction ship) (DSC) 03.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Canada (RN base, Halifax, Nova Scotia) (for miscellaneous services) 28.07.1943 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Rosebay (modified Flower class corvette) (12.1943)     no appointment listed 28.12.1943 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Dahlia (Flower class corvette) (MBE) During World War II he had an incident-strewn military career including five trips to Dunkirk beaches in 1940 to rescue troops as commander of a small Dutch coastal vessel taken over by the Royal Navy. After Dunkirk, he was appointed port control officer for Oban and the Isle of Skye. During this posting he was knocked down by a crane and suffered severe injuries. Found unfit for further service, he discharged himself from hospital and took his records file with him. Later Geoffrey saw active service during the North African landings during which his ship was heavily damaged and he won a DSC for his actions in restoring his ship’s operations and assisting a depleted medical team. He also saw service on several convoys to Russia aboard an anti-aircraft cruiser. In 1944 he was appointed commander of a frigate and proceeded to the Far East for the Ceylon station At the end of the war he was part of a team searching for allied personnel who had escaped or evaded the Japanese in the Dutch East Indies. After leaving the RNR and returning to New Zealand, Geoffrey re-joined Union Steamships for a time before taking a job in 1948 with the NZ Forestry Service. He remained with the Service until his retirement to Howick, near Auckland, in the early 1960s. In the 1990s Geoffrey was one of those awarded a Russian medal by the Russians for their service in the convoys to Murmansk. Naturalized New Zealand citizen, 14.12.1981.
Ward, Sidney John	? -	Skpr. 01.07.1924 Ch.Skpr. 01.07.1934 Skpr.Lt. 30.06.1939 [WS 2338] Skpr.Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1947 (retd 25.01.1948) DSC 01.01.1940 New Year 1940 [investiture 06.02.1940] MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 1942 RD 20.09.1939 -	21.09.1939 - 09.07.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Stafnes (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (DSC) 30.09.1940 - (06.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Stella Polaris (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (despatches) 01.07.1941 - (08.)1943 HMS Antrim (trawler base, Belfast) (10.1943) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 09.07.1944 - (04.1946) an Assistant Salvage Officer, Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Warman, Francis Ethelbert Son (with three brothers and four sisters) of William Wales Warman (1853-1914), and Desdemonia Williams (1872-1946). Brother of Skpr. Frederick Bernard Warman, RNR. Married (01.01.1914, Old Clee Church, Grimsby, Lincolnshire) Amy Coral Carless (1891-).	(06?).1895 Caistor district, Lincolnshire - 14.02.1964 Grimsby, Lincolnshire	T/Skpr. 01.09.1940 [TS 667] (reld < 10.1944)	Trawler skipper, Grimsby. 31.08.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Ampulla (armed patrol trawler) (12.1941)     no appointment listed
Warman, Frederick Bernard Son (with three brothers and four sisters) of William Wales Warman (1853-1914), and Desdemonia Williams (1872-1946). Brother of Skpr. Francis Ethelbert Warman, RNR. Married (26.12.1922, St Andrew's Church, Grimsby, Lincolnshire) Jessie Bellamy (26.05.1903 - 01.1991), daughter of William Bellamy; one son, one daughter.	19.04.1904 Grimsby, Lincolnshire - 03.02.1981 Grimsby, Humberside	T/Skpr. 14.09.1940 [TS 676] (reld < 04.1946)	Trawler skipper, Grimsby. 14.06.1940 - (10.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Louis Botha (minesweeping trawler) (02.1941)     HMS Louis Botha (minesweeping trawler) * 25.04.1941 - 10.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Doonie Braes (minesweeping trawler) 26.04.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS General Birdwood (minesweeping trawler) 04.02.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Sunlight (minesweeping trawler) * indexed, but not listed as such
Warwick, Richard Colin Weblog on HMS Rushen Castle	30.08.1912 Surbiton, Surrey - 20.04.2002 Washington, DC, United States of America	Prob. T/S.Lt. 31.01.1940 T/S.Lt. 05.08.1940, seniority 31.01.1940 T/Lt. 04.1941, seniority 31.01.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1943? (reld < 04.1946) DSC 16.08.1940 15th Anti-Submarine Striking Force, Norwegian coast DSC 01.01.1941 New Year 1941	Left Pangbourne College as a cadet Captain to become an Indentured Cadet with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company to learn the duties of a seaman and a ship's officer. Junior partner with the Wallace Attwood group of management and industrial consultants, engaged in essential war production work. (04.1940)     no appointment listed 17.04.1940 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS St Loman (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 01.12.1943 - 25.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Rushen Castle (corvette) [ship commissioned 14.02.1944] 06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, NS, Canada) (for miscellaneous duties)       on leave from his ship between convoys, he worked with the Admiralty Press Division visiting Royal Navy suppliers, and made two broadcasts for the BBC Overseas Programmes. Later he pursued a very successful career as an international marketing consultant based in Washington, DC, USA. Published: Really not required : memoirs, 1939 to 1945 (1997).
Warwick, William Eldon "Bill" Eldest son of Eldon Warwick, architect, and Gertrude Florence Gent. Married ((03?).1939, Medway district, Kent) Evelyn King (née Williams) (12.03.1908 - 07.2003), daughter (with one sister and one brother) of John Burt Williams (1878-), and Evelyn B. MacNaughton (1882-1919); three sons.	12.11.1912 Birkenhead, Cheshire - 27.02.1999 Thorpe, Surrey Northern district, Surrey	Prob. S.Lt. 01.08.1937 S.Lt. 31.05.1939, seniority 01.08.1937 Lt. 30.05.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. (12.1941)-(02.1942), 21.11.1943?-29.05.1948 Lt.Cdr. 30.05.1948 Cdr. 31.12.1953 Capt. 30.06.1960 (retd 30.06.1965) CBE 01.01.1971 New Year 1971: Commodore Master, s.s. " Queen Elizabeth 2", The Cunard Steam-Ship Company Ltd. MID 21.08.1945 3 U-boats destroyed Kola Inlet 04.1945 RD 24.09.1947 - RD 20.08.1965 1st clasp	Education: Birkenhead School; HMTS Conway. 25.10.1939 - 16.06.1940 HMS Andania (armed merchant cruiser) [ship sunk by German U-boat U-A] 27.06.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland, from 15.01.1941 Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for miscellaneous duties) 01.07.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) (for motor launches/small craft) (04.1942) - (10.1943) HMS Lurcher (anti-submarine warfare whaler) * 21.11.1943 - 21.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Celandine (Flower class corvette) 14.10.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Farnham Castle (Castle class corvette) (despatches) His son writes: "As a result, he was sent to a naval training vessel and found a home for life. Joining the British Merchant Service in 1928, he earned his Master Mariner's Certificate in 1936 and joined Cunard in 1937, as third officer on the Lancastria. He was commissioned in the Royal Naval Reserve the same year, and after the outbreak of World War II in 1939 served for six years at sea, first on coastal patrol, then on North Atlantic convoy duty and eventually in support of the Normandy landings. Along the way, one of his ships was torpedoed south of Iceland but sank so slowly that in a gesture befitting a future Cunard master, before abandoning ship he went to his cabin and put on his best uniform. He returned to Cunard after the war, achieving his first command, of the cargo ship Alsatia, in the early 1950's, and commanding his first passenger ship, the Carinthia, in 1958." Commodore, Cunard Line Ltd, 1970–75; First Master, RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, 1966–72. Younger Brother of Trinity House; Liveryman, Hon. Co. of Master Mariners (Master, 1976-1977); Freeman of City of London. * indexed, but not listed as such
Watkins, Jesse Charles Elder son of Jesse Joseph Watkins (1873-1926), and Florence Annie Kate Rann (1872-1965).	31.12.1899 Gravesend, Kent - 01.10.1980 Rincón de la Victoria, Málaga province, Andalucía, Spain (while on holiday)	Prob. T/Lt. 27.05.1940 T/Lt. 1941, seniority 27.05.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 22.04.1943 [acting rank] T/A/Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1943 [appointed rank] (reld 01.02.1946) T/A/Cdr. 16.04.1945	27.05.1940 - 05.02.1941 HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven) (for Examination Service) 06.02.1941 - 29.10.1941 HMS Britannia II (trawler base, Dartmouth) (additional; as Boarding Officer) 30.10.1941 - 11.01.1942 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for duty with Naval Control Service Officer, Mersey) 12.01.1942 - 15.03.1945 Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 16.03.1945 - 06.04.1945 HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) (additional; for training as Commodore of Coastal Convoys) 07.04.1945 - 01.02.1946 HMS Osborne (RN base, Ryde, Isle of Wight) (additional; as Commodore of Coastal Convoys) Founded Anchor Building Products, Ltd., a company which manufactured concrete roofing tiles. Also became a successful sculptor.
Watson, John Raymond	? -	T/Midsh. 06.01.1944 MBE 11.09.1945 sinking U-1024 Western Approaches 12.04.1945	12.07.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Emerald (cruiser) 14.10.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Loch More (frigate)
Watson, William Albert	? -	Skpr. 26.11.1917 [WS 2382] Ch.Skpr. 26.11.1927 Skpr.Lt. 30.06.1940 MBE 04.09.1945 rescue of US airman from a minefield DSC 01.01.1940 New Year 1940: for minesweeping & anti-submarine duties [investiture 07.02.1940] RD 19.12.1934 -	1939 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Akita (minesweeping trawler) * (01.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed 1945?     ST Retako (trawler) * (04.1940) & (02.1941) no appointment listed; date of appointment given as 02.1941
Watson, William Frederick	08.03.1895 Uckfield, Sussex - 28.06.1973 Nailsea, Somerset	Signalman WW I [J 10489] T/Lt. 19.10.1939 [temporary commission under T.124 agreements] T/Lt. 02.09.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy invasion 06.1944) [investiture 13.11.1945] 1914-15 War Medal	(04.1940)     no appointment listed 17.09.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Commiles (minesweeping trawler) 15.06.1942 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 140 (motor minesweeper) 28.11.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 175 (motor minesweeper) 01.04.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 218 (motor minesweeper) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed Worked for P.A. Cambell on the paddle steamers Ravenswood, Bristol Queen, Cardiff Queen etc. Retired Master Mariner.
Watts, Geoffrey	? - [1959 still alive]	Lt. 08.03.1929 (retd > 08.1929, < 02.1931) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 08.03.1937	02.1942 - (1945?) Commanding Officer, Prince of Wales Training School (Stalham, nr Norfolk)
Wavell, Harry Montague "Pip" Son of Harry Alfred Wavell (1868-1943), and Florence Harriet Willis (1875-1919). Married 1st ((09?).1927, Shalfleet, Isle of Wight; marriage dissolved) Norah Jenvey Mills (19.06.1906 - 06.1987), daughter of John Mills, and Edith Jenvey, of Yarmouth. She remarried ... Shuttleworth. Married 2nd (16.05.1944, Isle of Wight) Barbara Mary Moore (28.08.1921 - 23.10.1988), daughter (with one sister) of Douglas Moore (1889-1936), and Louise Beatrice Stammer (1880-1942); two daughters, two sons.	06.01.1906 Cowes, Isle of Wight - 02.07.1992 Yarmouth, Isle of Wight	Prob. T/S.Lt. 24.02.1941 T/Lt. 24.05.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 04.09.1944 (reld < 04.1946) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	Grew up in Shanghai and Wei Lai Wei, China, where his father worked as a sea captain. Returned to the UK, aged 13, to join HMS Worcester. Served Merchant Navy (Second Mate's Certificate, 04.05.1926). (04.1941)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 13.05.1941 - (10.)1943 HMS Alynbank (anti-aircraft ship) 12.11.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Stuart Prince (landing ship, fighter direction) (02.1944)     no appointment listed 04.02.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Tasajera (landing ship, tank) (in lieu of specialist navigating officer) 04.09.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM LST 180 (landing ship, tank) (10.1945)     no appointment listed Ran the Mills & Sons high class grocery store in Yarmouth. Town councillor & harbour commissioner, Yarmouth in the 1950s. * indexed, but not listed as such
Webster, Arthur Wallace	? -	T/S.Lt. 24.09.1939 T/A/Lt. 24.09.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	Served Merchant Navy. (04.1940)     HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) * 24.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 19.05.1941 - (12.1943) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said) (additional; for various services) (10.1944)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * (07.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Webster, Francis James Cousin of Lt.Cdr. F.W.S. Roberts, RNR.	09.12.1902 Toxteth Park districit, Lancashire - 03.07.1991 Penzance district, Cornwall	Prob. S.Lt. 25.04.1927 S.Lt. 07.11.1927, seniority 25.04.1927 Lt. 09.08.1930 Lt.Cdr. 09.08.1938 (reld < 04.1946) (retd 09.12.1947) Cdr. (retd) 09.12.1947	01.12.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Afrikander V, from 03.1940 HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) 09.07.1941 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS St Modwen (armed yacht; anti-submarine duties) 27.04.1943 - (10.1944) on staff of Vice-Admiral Malta [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 18.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire)
Weeks, Alan Frederick Son of late Capt. Frederick Charles Weeks, MN, and Ada Frances Weeks. Married (1947) Barbara Jane (née Huckle); one son (and one son, one daughter deceased).	08.09.1923 Brighton - 11.06.1996 Hove, Sussex	T/Midsh. 1941 T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944 T/Lt. 01.04.1945 (reld 04.1946)	Education: Hove & Sussex Grammar School, Brighton Cadet, Merchant Navy, 1939-1941. ?     HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 04.06.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Rother (frigate) 01.02.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Rushen Castle (corvette) (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Helmsdale (frigate) * PRO, Sports Stadium, Brighton, 1946-1965; Secretary, Brighton Tigers Ice Hockey Club, 1946-1965; Director, London Lions Ice Hockey Club, 1973-1974; first Director, Sports Aid Foundation, 1976-1983. BBC Commentator: Ice Hockey, 1951-1988; Football, 1956-1978; Ice Skating, 1958-1996; Gymnastics, 1962-1989; Swimming, 1971-1990; Presenter: Summer Grandstand, 1959-1962; Olympics, 1960, 1964; BBC Commentator: Winter Olympics: 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994; Olympics: 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988; World Cup: 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978; Commonwealth Games: 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986; Presenter, Pot Black, 1970-1984. Life Mem., Nat. Skating Assoc. of GB, 1984 (Chm. Trustees, 1993-); Mem. Council, British Ice Hockey Association, 1983-; inducted British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame, 1988. Life Pres., Brighton and Hove Entertainment Managers' Assoc., 1985. Hon. Mem., Amateur Swimming Assoc., 1990. Governor, Sports Aid Foundation, 1983-1996. * indexed, but not listed as such

Weeks, Albert Clifford	see:	RNVR section
Weir, Hector Norman Married ((06?).1922, Romford district, Essex) Dorothy Beatrice Burdick; two daughters. From Dawlish.	27.04.1894 Tynemouth district, Northumberland - 05.1985 Croydon district, London / Surrey	T/Cdr. (E) 29.05.1940 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 1945 [decoration posted] Comdn 1944? for services in repair work during action with enemy submarines 09.05.1944	29.05.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Port Napier (auxiliary minelayer) 17.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Avenger (escort carrier) 01.03.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Vindex (escort carrier) Engineering superintendent in Port Line Ltd until his retirement in the 1950s.
Welford, Page Son of William Welford (1870-1949), and Priscilla Gray (1872-1965). Married ((12?).1919, Whitby district, North Riding of Yorkshire) Gertrude Dunning ((03?).1901 - 07.03.1945), daughter of Fred Barr Dunning (1860-1938), and Susannah Jefferson (1861-1932); ... children (one son, two daughters?).	(09?).1893 Hull, Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire - 27.08.1964 Middlesborough, North Riding of Yorkshire (latterly of Eston, Yorkshire)	T/Lt. 12.02.1941 (commission terminated 26.01.1944; medically unfit)	Merchant Navy (Second Mate's Certificate, 11.07.1914; First Mate's Certificate, 11.12.1916; Master's Certificate, 11.11.1919). 12.02.1941 - (04.)1941 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 23.05.1941 - 11.1941 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 28.11.1941 - (02.1942) HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) (04.1942) - (10.1942) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) * 10.10.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Bacchante (minesweeper and anti-submarine base, Aberdeen) (for Sea Transport) 05.01.1943 - 26.01.1944 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) (for service at Avonmouth) * indexed, but not listed as such
Wells, Augustus Widdicombe Stenson "Gus" Son of ... and Amelia Elizabeth (Stenson) Wells. Married (1912, Cardiff) ... Groves; two sons.	1887 - 21.09.1957 Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire	Ldg.Sign. ? [O.N. 225676 (R.F.R. Dev./B4666)] T/S.Lt. RNVR 12.06.1918 T/Lt. 01.04.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 02.1943, < 06.1943 (reld 1946?) MID 20.09.1918 Mediterranean	WW I served Royal Navy & Merchant Navy (all over the world) 1918 joined Merchant Navy WW II served in Turkey, North Africa & Western Approaches (wounded) (02.1941) no appointment listed 07.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria): 07.1942 - (02.1943) for various services (06.1943) - (12.1943) Navy Control of Shipping (NCS) Officer, Tripoli [wounded] (07.1945) HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) * (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such Publican in Aylesbury, Bucks. and ran a branch of the Sea Cadets.
Welsh, Peter	? - died between 07.1962 and 07.1967	Skpr. 01.06.1939 [WS 2919] (retd 01.07.1950) A/Skpr.Lt. 24.01.1944 (reld 13.02.1946)	30.05.1940 - 20.06.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Retako (minesweeping trawler) 06.11.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 233 (motor minesweeper)
West, Andrew	? -	Skpr. 18.11.1940 [TS 837] T/A/Ch.Skpr. 31.12.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	WW I     served under personal number WSA785 (02.1941)     HMS Europa (RNPS depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) * 22.06.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Shila (auxiliary minesweeping trawler ?) 14.01.1943 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Hercules (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) (07.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Whayman, Jackson	27.11.1905 West Derby district, Lancashire - 02.1987 Banbury district, Oxfordshire	S.Lt. 14.02.1928 Lt. 24.02.1929 Lt.Cdr. 24.02.1937 Cdr. 30.06.1942 A/Capt. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 Capt. 30.06.1947 (retd 02.02.1962) Cdre. ...-02.02.1962 CBE 01.01.1960 Newy Year 1960 [investiture 22.03.1960] DSC 25.01.1944 crossing Volturno river 1943 [decoration posted] DSC 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche (Salerno landings 09.1943) [decoration posted] MID 13.10.1942 assistance to Sylvan Arrow 05.1942 MID 08.02.1944 Operation Husky (Sicily 07.1943) MID 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) RD  02.1942 -	11.10.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Derbyshire (armed merchant cruiser) (02.1941)     HMS Derbyshire (armed merchant cruiser) * 25.03.1941 - 06.07.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Lavender (corvette) (1943)     Staff of Flag Officer Western Italy (07.1943)     Assistant Naval Officer, Operation Husky (Sicily) (09.1943)     Senior Naval Officer Landing (Quartermaster), Operation Avalanche (Salerno) 04.01.1944 - 20.01.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Wallace (destroyer) (06.1944)     Force J, Operation Neptune (Normandy) (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Empire Battleaxe (landing ship, infantry) * (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Lothian (landing ship, headquarters (large))* Commodore master of the Booth Line. * indexed, but not listed as such
Wheeler, George James	? -	Lt. (1919) A/Cdr. (1919) T/Cdr. 21.09.1939 OBE 14.01.1941 for courage and devotion to duty when attacked by the enemy while engaged on salvage work [investiture 09.03.1943] MID 10.07.1919 ?	21.09.1939 - (10.1940) Salvage Officer, Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 1940 - 1941 Principal Salvage Officer, Mediterrean Fleet  (based in Alexandria, Egypt) (02.1941) - (12.1941) Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President] *
Whichello, George Alfred [Blandford] "Toby" Son of George and Edie Whichello. Husband of Lilian Elizabeth Whichello, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.	19.07.1907 Thanet, Kent - 22.10.1943 (KIA) [age 36] [Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 11, column 1]	T/Skpr. 10.11.1939 [WS 3098, TS 217] A/T/Skpr.Lt. < 12.1941 DSC 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 1942 * [award presented to next-of-kin] * For a rescue mission whilst escorting a convoy, which was attacked by German aircraft. One ship was lost [probably SS Ratula], and a difficult rescue was initiated by Whichello, in launching a small boat to rescue sailors from the burning ship loaded with aviation fuel which was about to explode at any time.	(04.1940) no appointment listed 22.08.1940 - (06.)1942 HMS Leeds United (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler) 08.1942 - 22.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Orfasy (Isle class trawler) (torpedoed)
White, Duncan Frederick Son of Lt.Col. George Henry White, RAPC (1876-1953), and Helen Mackenzie (1878-1932). Brother of Lt. Kenneth John White, RNR, and Brig. Denis White, Royal Signals. Married Carrie Mary Hardy, who was a direct descendant of Admiral Nelson's Flag Captain - Sir Thomas Hardy; one son, one daughter.	23.09.1900 Urray, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland - 12.06.1970 Hove, Sussex	Prob. S.Lt. 11.04.1927? S.Lt. 19.11.1927, seniority 11.04.1927 Lt. 04.08.1930 (retd 03.11.1934) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 04.08.1938 A/Cdr. (retd) > 10.1944, < 01.1945 (reverted to retd < 04.1946) OBE 12.06.1965 HM's birthday 1965: Inspector Coastguard RD 14.08.1943 -	(04.1940)     no appointment listed (02.1941)     no appointment listed 05.1941 - 1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Veronica (corvette) 27.07.1943 - 09.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Antigua (frigate) 15.09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) Post-war Chief Inspector of HM Coastguard, Board of Trade (1962-1965), later being promoted to Deputy Director of HM Coastguard.
White, Ernest Woodeson Son of William Henry and Laura Susannah White; husband of Marguerite Jane White, of Waterlooville, Hampshire.	1881 ? - 05.11.1940 (KIA) [age 59] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 3, column 1]	T/Paym.Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1939	15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (auxiliary merchant cruiser)
White, Kenneth John Son of Lt.Col. George Henry White, RAPC (1876-1953), and Helen Mackenzie (1878-1932). Brother of Cdr. Duncan Frederick White, RNR, and Brig. Denis White, Royal Signals. Married Gladys Dove. Residence: Dundee, Scotland.	16.09.1906 Dublin, Ireland - 13.03.1979 Scotland	Prob. T/Lt. 20.11.1939 T/Lt. 01.05.1940, seniority 20.11.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 (reld < 07.1945)	20.11.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) 18.09.1940 - 06.05.1941 HMS Camito (ocaean boarding vessel) [ship torpedoed & sunk by U-97 west-southwest of Cape Clear] 25.06.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS St Briac (Fleet Air Arm target ship) 06.10.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing barge (LB) duty) Post-war he accepted a commission in the Royal Indian Navy.
White, Leonard Arthur	? -	Prob. S.Lt. 31.12.1936 S.Lt. 1937/38, seniority 31.12.1936 Lt. 20.08.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 29.03.1941? (reld from active service 20.04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 20.08.1946 (retd or died > 05.1950, < 05.1953) DSC 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 1943 [investiture 15.02.1944] RD 10.04.1946 ?	05.09.1939 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Kingston Turquoise (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 29.03.1941 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Widgeon (sloop) 04.06.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM LST 303 (landing ship, tank)
White, Samuel Norman Son (with two brothers and three sisters) of Edmund David White (1851-1923), and Lydia Anne "Lily" Whitehead (1851-1937), of Broughshane, Caldy, Wirral. Married (03.06.1912, St John the Divine, Fairfield, Lancashire) Heather Louisa White ((09?).1884 - 15.07.1959), daughter of Charles White (1854-1926), and Louisa Simpson (1858-1929); one son, one daughter.	06.08.1884 West Derby, Liverpool district, Lancashire - (06?).1972 Southend on Sea district, Essex	... .... Capt. 31.12.1932 (retd 06.08.1939) A/Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd) 22.04.1941 Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd) 13.09.1945 CBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945 MID 27.06.1944 3 years service RD 05.07.1921 -	Education: Liverpool College. Master Mariner, Booth Steamship Co. Ltd. 28.10.1938 - 06.08.1939 also: RNR ADC to the King 22.04.1941 - (06.1944) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (07.1945)     no appointment listed
White, Sidney Alexander	? -	T/Skpr. 27.09.1939 [W.S. 3046, T.S. 165] A/T/Ch.Skpr. 08.11.1944 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 01.01.1940 New Year 1940	04.12.1939 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Silver Dawn (armed drifter) 28.09.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Almandine (minesweeping trawler) 12.11.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Colonsay (RN base for minesweeping force, Humber)
Whitehouse, Geoffrey Thomas	18.08.1891 Bosmere, Suffolk - (12?).1979 Winchester district, Hampshire	... ... Lt. 01.09.1916 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1924 (retd 16.12.1924) Cdr. (retd) 18.08.1931 A/Capt. (retd) 1941? CBE 1960/70s ? ? DSC WW I ? ? RD 11.1942 ? Distinguished Service Decoration (Greece) (24.11.1942; for services to the Greek Navy)	(04.1940) no appointment listed 14.06.1940 - (02.1941) Naval Officer-in-Charge, Port Sudan [HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said)] (12.1941) HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) * 17.08.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for AND duties) * indexed, but not listed as such
Whitfield, Edwin Son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Casson) Whitfield. Married Margaret Connell (1911-95), of Dundas, Ontario, Canada; two sons, one daughter.	10.02.1902 Austwick, Yorkshire - 30.10.1997 Canada	T/S.Lt. 29.08.1939 T/Lt. 28.11.1939 (reld > 04.1946)	Lived in Bermuda since 1927. 29.08.1939 - 28.08.1940 HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda) (for service at Bermuda) 29.08.1940 - (07.1945) Examination Service, St George [HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda)] (04.1946)     no appointment listed After the war he and his family moved to Canada, where he led an active life until the age of 95.
Whitfield, William	? -	Lt. 27.07.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 02.10.1941? (reld 1945/46) DSC 02.10.42 Operation Jubilee MID 11.06.42 HM's birthday 1942	02.10.1941 - 23.08.1943 Commanding Officer, ML 194 & SO 11th ML Flotilla [HMS Beaver III] 07.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Fleetwood (sloop)
Whyte, John Married (1942, Cape Town, South Africa) Olive Harper; one son.	1917 ? Lanarkshire, Scotland -	T/S.Lt. 12.08.1943 T/Lt. > 04.1946	temporary officer serving under T.124T (Rescue Tugs) Agreement 22.03.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Eland (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (01.1945) - (07.1945) HMS Eland (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) * 01.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) (for rescue tugs)
Wilkinson, Henry Randolph	27.12.1897 New Brighton, Birkenhead district, Cheshire - (09?).1970 Wirral district, Cheshire	Lt. 27.12.1920 Lt.Cdr. 27.12.1928 (retd 03.03.1933; own request) Cdr. (retd) 27.12.1937 MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945 RD  08.1940 -	27.01.1916     entered RN (04.1940) - (06.1940) no appointment listed 13.06.1940 - (07.)1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 03.08.1940 - (08.)1941 HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) (for Naval Control Service, Thames) 01.08.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for various services) 15.05.1942 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Laird's Isle (armed boarding vessel) 20.08.1942 - (10.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Manxmaid (training ship) 27.10.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Laird's Isle (armed boarding vessel) 30.11.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for examination service) 14.02.1944 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Kernot (auxiliary patrol vessel) 30.10.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) (despatches)
Wilkinson, Thomas Son of William and Esther Wilkinson, of Widnes, Lancashire.	01.08.1898 Widnes, Lancashire - 14.02.1942 (KIA) [age 52] Malayan Straits, Java [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 1, column 2]	T/Lt. 29.06.1940 VC 17.12.1946 attack Japanese convoy 14.02.1942 * * On 14th February, 1942, HMS Li Wo, a patrol vessel of 1,000 tons, formerly a passenger steamer on the Yangtse River, was on passage from Singapore to Batavia. Her company consisted of eighty-four officers and men, mainly survivors from HM ships and Army and Air Force units. Her armament was one 4-inch gun (with 13 practice shells) and two machine-guns. Since leaving Singapore she had beaten off four air attacks and had suffered considerable damage. Late in the afternoon she sighted two enemy convoys, the larger being escorted by Japanese fleet units, including a heavy cruiser and some destroyers. Lieutenant Wilkinson, with the unanimous backing of his mixed company, decided to engage the convoy and to fight to the last, inflicting what damage he could. He knew that his ship faced certain destruction. In the action that followed the machine-guns were used effectively, and a volunteer gun-crew fought the 4-inch gun to such purpose that they hit and set on fire a Japanese transport. After a little more than an hour, HMS Li Wo was critically damaged and was sinking. Lieutenant Wilkinson decided to ram the damaged transport. It is known that this ship burned throughout the night and was probably sunk. Having ordered his ship to be abandoned, Lieutenant Wilkinson himself went down with her. Lieutenant Wilkinson's valour was equalled only by the skill with which he fought his ship. The Victoria cross is bestowed upon him posthumously in recognition of the heroism and self-sacrifice displayed not only by himself but by all who fought and died with him.	Master, Li Wo (passenger steamer on the Yangtse river). 29.06.1940 - 14.02.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Li Wo (auxiliary patrol vessel)
Williams, David Thomas Morgan	11.05.1899 Brecknock district, Breconshire / Powys - (03?).1972 Wirral district, Cheshire	Lt. 20.04.1923 Lt.Cdr. 20.04.1931 Cdr. 30.06.1938 Capt. 30.06.1943 (reld 1945/46) MID 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 1941 RD ? ?	(1941) Nore Command [HMS Pembroke] 01.01.1944 - (07.1945) Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Williams, Patrick Michael Cay	? -	S/Lt. ? Lt. ? DSC 29.09.1942 air-sea rescue Dover 15.01.1942 MID 02.12.1941 air-sea rescue Dover	(1942) - 18.01.1943? Commanding Officer, HM ML 141 (motor launch)
Williams, Stanley Arthur	see:	RNVR officers' section
Williams, Thomas Edward	? - 1960s ?	S.Lt. 28.05.1931 Lt. 26.11.1933 A/Lt.Cdr. 04.07.1940 Lt.Cdr. 26.11.1941 (retd 01.04.1949) DSC 07.12.1943 Operation Antidote (minesweeping Galita to Sousse, Tunisia 05.1943) [investiture 10.07.1945] MID 26.12.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) RD 04.1943 ?	08.12.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Lormont (auxiliary guardship) 16.04.1940 - (02.)1941 Executive Officer, HMS Saltash (Hunt class minesweeper) (04.1941)     HMS Saltash (Hunt class minesweeper) * 21.04.1941 - (06.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Romney (Bangor class minesweeper) (08.1941)     no appointment listed 06.08.1941 - 02.02.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Beaumaris (Bangor class minesweeper) 10.07.1942 - 13.12.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Speedwell (Halcyon class minesweeper) 20.01.1945 - (04.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM LST 301 (landing ship, tank) 05.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM LST 3038 (landing ship, tank) * indexed, but not listed as such
Williamson, Hugh Son of John and Helen Williamson, of Fordyce, Portsoy, Banffshire; husband of Pearl Grant Williamson (nee Robertson), of Keith, Banffshire.	1898 ? - 05.11.1940 (KIA) [age 42] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 15, column 1]	First Radio Officer ? [913236]	Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy), serving under the T.124 agreement 15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940 Chief Radio Officer, HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Willis, William Austin Son of Frederick William Willis. Married (1950) Frances Thompson; one son, one daughter.	17.05.1914 Belfast, Northern Ireland - 04.1986	T/Lt. 25.05.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 08.1944?	06.08.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Ulster Queen (auxiliary anti-aircraft ship) 08.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM LSE 2 (landing ship, emergency repair) Master Mariner. Master of Esso tankers. Went to Namibia, 29.12.1951. He was a Director of Willis Lund and Company Shipping Line. Mayor of Walvis Bay for 7 years. Master of the fish factory ship L'Interpeche, c. 1970-1978.
Wilson, John Son of John Watson Wilson and Margaret Wilson. Married Jane Farquharson Wilson; two sons. website	15.02.1899 Newhaven, Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 27.09.1967 Edinburgh	Deck Hand 15.02.1917 [DA14647] Skpr. 08.09.1924 [WS 2354] Ch.Skpr. 08.09.1934 Skpr.Lt. 31.12.1941 (reld 24.11.1945) (retd 15.02.1949; age limit) DSC 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940 RD 27.11.1939 ? British War Medal; Victory Medal; 1939-45 Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45	15.02.1917 entered RNR 15.02.1917 - 06.12.1917 HMS Boadicea 2 (Auxiliary Patrol Parent Ship, Dublin) 07.12.1917 - 26.04.1918 HMT Emley (hired trawler) 27.04.1918 - 03.06.1918 HMT Trumpeter (hired trawler) 04.06.1918 - 31.12.1918 HMT Grosbreak (hired trawler) 01.01.1919 - 09.02.1919 HMS Gunner (Auxiliary Patrol Base, Granton) 09.02.1919 - 29.08.1939 demobilised, returning to his civilian occupation (trawling); remained in the RNR, having training for a few weeks every few years, until being recalled for actual service with the Royal Naval Patrol Service (RNPS) 29.08.1939 - 21.09.1939 HMS Pembroke X (RNPS base, Lowestoft) 22.09.1939 - 08.11.1939 HMT Regal (anti-submarine trawler) 09.11.1939 - 05.12.1939 HMS Romola (minesweeping base, Lowestoft) 06.12.1939 - 20.04.1940 HMT Rutlandshire (anti-submarine trawler) 21.04.1940 - 08.06.1940 HMS Europa (RNPS base, Lowestoft) 09.06.1940 - 23.08.1943 HMS Pembroke IV (RN accounting base, Great Yarmouth) 24.08.1943 - 09.10.1943 HMS Europa (RNPS base, Lowestoft) 10.10.1943 - 17.09.1945 HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast) 18.09.1945 - 24.11.1945 HMS Europa (RNPS base, Lowestoft)
Wilson, Joseph Havelock Son of Joseph Havelock Wilson, and Jane Ann Watham. Married (16.10.1917, Paris, France) Pauline Berthe Marguerite Féron (17.01.1894 - 07.02.1974), daughter of Victor Constant Féron, and Zoé Amélie Crucifix; ... children (son Capt. Philip Joseph Wlson, Indian Army [later Brig., Royal Army Service Corps]).	12.06.1888 Sunderland, Co. Durham and Tyne and Wear - 23.06.1942 (illness) [age 54] [Camberwell New Cemetery, London, square 15, grave 7343]	A/Asst.Paym. ? Asst.Paym. 07.02.1916, seniority 25.08.1914 Paym.Lt. 25.08.1916 Paym.Lt.Cdr. 25.08.1924 Paym.Cdr. 31.12.1932 (retd 12.06.1938) RD  24.07.1931 -	may have been connected with running a prisoner of war camp for German naval personnel in WW1 15.04.1941 - 23.06.1942 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for various services)
Wilson, Robert James Son (with three brothers and four sisters) of David Wilson (1890-1967), and Adelaide Matilda Magilton (1889-1961). Married Alice Clough (02.02.1918 - 12.10.2014); one son, two daughters.	31.01.1916 Tullyveery, County Down, Northern Ireland - 25.12.2003 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa	T/Lt. (E) 15.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 10.1946)	01.1940 - 12.1940 HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) 05.1941 - 10.1942 HMS Carnarvon Castle (armed merchant cruiser)       temporary officer serving under T.124X Agreements: 15.03.1943 - (01.)1944 HMS Pretoria Castle (armed merchant cruiser, from 07.1943 escort carrier/training aircraft carrier) 24.01.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Glenearn (landing ship, infantry (large))
Wilson, Robert Mitchell "Bob" One of eight children.	10.10.1901 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland - 13.02.1942 [age 41] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 2, column 2]	T/Lt. (E) 23.01.1941	In his younger years he had been a highly talented footballer – several large and professional clubs had competed to sign him up – but in view of the relatively short career span of footballers and the need for additional skills to last him through his life he chose to take up an apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer. He had been living in South East Asia for several years. 23.01.1941 - 13.02.1942 HMS Giang Bee (patrol vessel) (ship sunk by Japanese destroyer off Singapore)
Wilson, Wallace Franklin Son of William and Flora Wilson, of Hull. Husband of Florence Wilson, of Gipsyville, Hull; one son, one daughter.	(12?).1904 Sculcoates district, Yorkshire - 24.07.1942 (accident) [age 37] [Haltemprice (Hessle) Cemetery, Comp. 53, plot 8, Grave 1]	Skpr. 14.06.1939 [WS 2930]	01.12.1939 - 12.09.1940 HMS Welcome Home (minesweeping trawler) * 12.11.1941 - 24.07.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS John Stephen (minesweeping trawler) * (02.1941) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Winder, Ralph Spearing Son of Ralph Humphreys Winder, and Florence Edith Winder. Husband of Florence May Winder, of St. John's Wood, London.	1907 ? - 22.06.1941 (KIA) [age 34] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60, column 1]	Prob. Lt. 01.07.1937 Lt. 15.06.1938, seniority 01.07.1937 17.04.1939, seniority 18.02.1937 DSO  22.07.1941 destruction U-boat [presented to next-of-kin] OBE 01.01.1941 New Year 1941 [investiture 20.05.1941]	19.03.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Kingston Peridot (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (03.)1941 - 22.06.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Visenda (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
Windram, John	13.12.1903 Eyemouth, Scotland - 13.07.1983 Northumberland	Skpr. 15.11.1937 [WS 2719] A/Skpr.Lt. 10.02.1943 (reld < 04.1946) (retd) (removed from retd 29.05.1958) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - WM 39|45 - -	16.10.1939 - 05.03.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Cape Chelyuskin (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 09.03.1940 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Mary A. Purdy (balloon barrage vessel) 27.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 10.02.1941 - 31.01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Bretwalda (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 12.02.1943 - 11.08.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Lady Philomena (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 11.08.1943 - 30.05.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Thornwick Bay (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 16.07.1944 - (10.1944) an Assistant Salvage Officer, Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (01.1945)     no appointment listed 16.05.1945 - 02.09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Windermere (anti-submarine warfare whaler) Returned to the fishing trade out of Aberdeen.
Winfield, Arthur Herbert Vincent "Bert" Married ((09?).1930, Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire) Hilda Langford; ... children.	19.01.1909 - 11.1991 Great Yarmouth district, Norfolk	T/Skpr. 01.06.1940 [WS 3462 & TS 537] T/A/Skpr.Lt. 06.01.1943	14.07.1940 - 01.08.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Clotilde (minesweeping trawler) 01.08.1940 - 17.02.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Larch (minesweeping trawler) (04.1942) - (06.1942) no appointment listed 02.07.1942 - 09.1944 Commanding Officer, HM BYMS 2024 (British Yard minesweeper) (10.1944) - (07.1945) no appointment listed 30.09.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1012 (motor minesweeper) Trawler skipper out of Hull and returned to fishing after WW2 but then took his Master Mariners certificate in mid 1950's and went to work for Cresscent Line (Lond & Rochester Shipping) captaining Luminence until 1962 and Resurgence plying between Esbjerg and Whitstable. He then moved in 1970 to Lowestoft to take a new ship Dangeld on a new route from there again to Esbjerg. He came ashore late 70's, learned to drive and was assistant harbour master at Lowestoft for a while.
Wood, Albert Edward "Bill"	12.03.1924 Huddersfield - 13.01.2013 Debenham	T/S.Lt. 12.03.1944	HMS Nelson (battleship) 22.09.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Verulam (destroyer) 02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Loch Katrine (frigate) * indexed, but not listed as such
Wood, Edmund Son of Captain George E. Wood and Lucy Wood. Husband of Beatrice Mary Wood.	1897 ? - 11.02.1945 (KIA) [age 48] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 1, column 1]	Lt. 28.02.1920 Lt.Cdr. 28.02.1928 (retd 26.10.1935) Cdr. (retd) 20.04.1936 RD  ? ?	(04.1940) no appointment listed (02.1941) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said) * 17.10.1943 - 11.02.1945 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) [on board SS Persier when torpedoed] * indexed, but not listed as such
Wood, Norman Edgar	? -	T/Lt. 15.09.1939 (reld 05.11.1940; commission terminated) DSO  23.01.1941 action with enemy raider 05.11.1940	serving under the T.124 agreement 15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser) (ship sunk)
Wood, Thomas Albert Edward	28.07.1901 Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire - (09?).1974 Haverford West district	T/Bm.Skpr. 01.07.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	Trawler skipper at Milford Haven. (12.1941) HMS Barstoke (boom defence vessel) * 02.1943 - (08.1943) HMS Barrier (boom defence vessel) 04.02.1944 - (07.1945) HMS St Columba (boom defence depot, Greenock) * indexed, but not listed as such
Woods, Sidney Richard James Married; at least one son.	14.10.1906 Plymouth - 16.02.1968 Glasgow (died of emphysema)	Midsh. 01.01.1924 A/S.Lt. 14.10.1927 S.Lt. 15.03.1930 Lt. 06.02.1932 Lt.Cdr. 06.02.1940 Cdr. 31.12.1944 (demobilized 06.1946) (retd 14.10.1956) DSC 01.08.1944 destruction U473 Western Approaches 06.05.1944 MID 14.11.1944 attacks U605 & U385 Plymouth Area RD 05.1942 ? RD ? ?	Served Clan Line. 05.09.1939 - 17.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Aquamarine (trawler; armed boarding vessel) (05?).1940 - 30.09.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Comet (minesweeping trawler) (sunk) 11.1940 - 07.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Burwell (destroyer) 07.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Witch (destroyer) 08.11.1943 - (04.)1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Wren (destroyer) 1946 - 06.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Sansovino (infantry landing ship) Returned to Clan Line and commanded a number of vessels until retirement, 11. 1967.
Woodward, Horace James Married ((09?).1957, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Iris K. Hall; ... children (one son?).	17.09.1922 - 22.05.1995 Seaford, Lewes district, Sussex	Midsh. 01.05.1939 A/S.Lt. 17.09.1942 S.Lt. 01.07.1943 Lt. 01.09.1944 (reld 26.08.1946) Lt. RN 01.08.1945,seniority 01.09.1943 (retd 01.07.1950) (removed from retd 29.11.1954)	Education: King's College, London (AKC 1949); Warminster. 01.09.1939 - (06.)1943 HMS Renown (Repulse class battlecruiser) 01.07.1943 - (10.)1944 Navigating Officer, HMS Sandwich (Bridgewater class sloop) 12.1944 - (01.)1945 Navigating Officer, HMS Evenlode (River class frigate) (04.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed (10.1945)     HMS Nelson (Nelson class battleship) 31.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Implacable (Implacable class aircraft carrier) (for navigating duties on staff of Rear Admiral (Aircraft Carriers)) Deacon, 1950. Priest, 1951. Portsmouth Curate of St Mary, Portsea, 1950-1956. Vicar of St Michael Wandsworth Common, 1956-1962.Vicar of North Sheen, 1962-1967. Vicar of St Matthew Redhill, Diocese Southwark, 1967-1974. Vicar of Warlingham with Chelsham and Farleigh, 1974-1984. Honorary Canon Southwark Cathedral, 1979-1984. Rural Dean, Caterham, 1983-1984. Vicar of Glynde, West Firle and Beddingham, 1984-(1986). His son writes: "He was in training on HMS Worcester on the Thames prior to the war and then joined the RNR.  At some point he took a full commission.  He did the long navigators course at (I think) Greenwich."
Woolcock, Francis Roland	15.03.1908 Plymouth, Devon - (03?).1982 Southward district, London	Lt.Cdr. 07.09.1941 RD  ? -	... - ... ... 03.1944 - (01.1945) on staff of Flag Officer Taranto and Adriatic [HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)] ... - ... ...
Wooldridge, Edward Arthur Son of ... Wooldridge, and ... Johnson.	11.11.1912 Kingston upon Hull - (03?).1973 Holderness district, East Riding of Yorkshire	T/Skpr. 20.08.1940 [TS 716] (reld < 10.1944)	(01.1941)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 04.01.1941 - (04.1944) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said) * indexed, but not listed as such
Woolfenden, Joseph Eric Son (with three brothers and two sisters) of Henry Leyland Woolfenden (1871-1940), and Hannah Richardson (1872-1951). Married ((03?).1936, Southport, Lancashire) Marian Plaskett Davies (10.06.1909 - 01.07.1993); ... children (one daughter?).	20.04.1909 Denton, Ashton under Lyne district, Lancashire - 09.04.1978 Tonbridge district, Kent (formerly of Etchingham, East Sussex)	Midsh. 01.09.1926 A/S.Lt. 20.04.1930 S.Lt. 04.07.1934, seniority 30.10.1933 Lt. 22.01.1936, seniority 28.11.1935 13.03.1937, seniority 23.11.1935 A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1942, < 02.1943 Lt.Cdr. 25.05.1943 Cdr. 31.12.1950 Capt. 31.12.1957 (retd 02.06.1964) DSC 25.11.1941 attacks U-boats Western Approaches 03.08.1941 [investiture 11.05.1943] RD 09.1942 - RD 1950s? first clasp RD 15.11.1963 second clasp	Education: HMS Conway (1924-1926). Joined Cunard White Star Line 13.06.1938. (03.1940)     HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) * 27.03.1940 - 14.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Monteith (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 14.06.1940 - 18.10.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Oskaig (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 10.1940 - 01.05.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Hydrangea (corvette) (DSC) 24.05.1943 - 30.12.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Ettrick (frigate) (02.1944)     no appointment listed 03.04.1944 - 01.10.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Halladale (frigate) Re-joined Cunard after war service and went on to command passenger vessels including Caronia & Queen Elizabeth 2. * indexed, but not listed as such
Woolston, Henry Eli	15.12.1885 Gorleston - (12?).1956 Tynemouth district, Northumberland	T/Ch.Bm.Skpr. 31.12.1942	... - ... ... 08.08.1943 - (06.1944) Boom Defence Depot, Clyde [HMS Orlando] ... - ... ...
Wright, George Murdoch	see:	RNVR section
Wright, James Alfred "Jimmy"	25.10.1912 - 03.01.2001 Devon	Prob. T/Lt. 30.12.1940 T/Lt. ?, seniority 30.12.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld > 04.1946) OBE  31.08.1945 3 U-boats destroyed [KolaInIt ?] 04.1945 MID 10.07.1945 North Russian convoys 1944-1945	(02.1941) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * (05.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Northern Foam (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 30.10.1941 - (08.1943) HMS Northern Duke (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (eventually as First Lieutenant) 13.02.1944 - 1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Honeysuckle (corvette) 07.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM LST 3027 (landing ship tank) * indexed, but not listed as such
Wright, James Hutchinson	12.07.1907 Langwathby, Penrith district, Cumberland - 29.06.1985 Birkenhead, Cheshire	S.Lt. 02.05.1929 Lt. 20.08.1932 Lt.Cdr. 20.08.1940 Cdr. 30.06.1945 (demobilized > 10.1945, < 04.1946) Capt. 30.06.1954 (retd 18.02.1963) RD 15.10.1943 - RD 25.04.1963 1st clasp	31.07.1939 - (12.1942) HMS Revenge (Royal Sovereign class battleship) (02.1943)     no appointment listed 13.03.1943 - (08).1943 Executive Officer & Gunnery Officer, HMS Dart (River class frigate) 02.09.1943 - 26.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Bayntun (Captain class frigate) * 26.10.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) (02.1944) - (04.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Pasley (Captain class frigate) ** 27.06.1945 - (07.)1945 Executive Officer, HMS Moray Firth (maintenance ship) (10.1945)     no appointment listed 29.04.1960 - 29.04.1961 RNR ADC to the Queen * in Dec 1943 Navy List still showing under HMS Bayntun as well; we might assume that's incorrect ** indexed, but not listed as such
Wright, John Banks Son (with four siblings) of Joseph Banks Wright (1865-), and Ellen Louisa Melling (1870-). Married (01.03.1930, Parish Church, Blackpool, South Shore, Lancashire) Amy Edna Nicholas (23.06.1903 - 03.1993), daughter (with one brother) of Henry Nicholas (1866-1944), and Amy Elizabeth Duncan (1880-1967); two children.	18.07.1904 Egremont, Wallasey, Cheshire - 30.03.1987 The Breck, Wallasey, Birkenhead district, Merseyside	Prob. S.Lt. 05.08.1930 S.Lt. 17.06.1931, seniority 05.08.1930 Lt. 05.08.1932 Lt.Cdr. 05.08.1940 (demobilized 26.05.1946) Cdr. 30.06.1947 Capt. 31.12.1953 (retd 18.07.1959) OBE  01.01.1941 New Year 1941 [investiture 18.02.1941] RD 10.1942 -	Served Merchant Navy (Second Mate, 28.01.1925; First Mate, 31.03.1927). 05.09.1939 - 28.11.1940 Commanding Office, HMS Kingston Onyx (auxiliary trawler; armed boarding vessel) (OBE) (02.1941)     HMS Kingston Onyx (auxiliary trawler; armed boarding vessel) * 26.02.1941 - (10.1944) Convoy Routeing Officer in the Convoy Section, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] (01.1945)     HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) * (04.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed 07.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) (for duty at Naples) * indexed, but not listed as such
Wright, Percival Murdoch Son of Richard Thwaites and Fanny Wright, of Liverpool.	(06?).1893 West Derby, Lancashire - 22.03.1941 [age 47] [Roodeweg Cemetery, Island of Curaçao, A.156]	T/Lt. (E) 14.01.1941	(02.1941) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * ? - 22.03.1941 HMS Black Bear (armed yacht) * indexed, but not listed as such
Wright, William Duncan Ward	(09?).1910 Woolwich district, Greater London -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 15.04.1940 T/Lt. 1941?, seniority 15.07.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	(10.1940)     HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) * 12.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Carnarvon Castle (armed merchant cruiser) (10.1944) - (01.1945) no appointment listed 07.02.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM LST 538 (landing ship, tank) * indexed, but not listed as such
Wykes, Frederick Edgar Married 1st ((03?).1942, Wigton district, Cumberland) Madeleine F. Derosville (née Rouillon); ... children (one daughter?). Married 2nd (24.11.1947, Antwerp, Belgium) Jeanne Lemmens, daughter of Oscar Lemmens and Mme. Lemmens-de Lattre.	29.01.1907 Elgin, Moray, Scotland - 30.03.1966 Antwerp, Belgium	T/Lt. 30.10.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 02.1941, < 101941 T/A/Cdr. 1945? (reld > 04.1946) T/A/Capt. (1946) OBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945 MID 13.03.1945 assault Normandy 06-11.1944 CdeG ? Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) LeoI ? liberation of Belgium	01.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 02.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for flotilla duties) 29.04.1941 - (10.1943) HMS Clio (RN base, Barrow) (from c. 06.1943 shown as for sea transport duties at Silloth) (06.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Odyssey (accounting base for naval parties) * (06.1944)     Naval Party 1502A (Port-en-Bessin) ? - (04.1946) Divisional Sea Transport Officer, Antwerp * indexed as HMS President, but not listed as such
Wylie, Munro Don Son (with one brother) of Alexander Wylie (1856-), and Margaret ... Married  Mary Mackay Leishman (1878 - ); two sons.	21.06.1879 Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire - 13.10.1962 Sheffield. West Riding of Yorkshire	T/Lt. 12.11.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	Served Merchant Navy (Second Mate 30.03.1903; First Mate 25.07.1904; Master 07.07.1906). 16.02.1942 - (04.)1942 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) 13.05.1942 - (06.)1942 HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven) 09.06.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) 10.11.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) (02.1943) - (06.1943) HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) * 07.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) (for Examination Service) (10.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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