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K.A. Baal  to  R.D. Bazley
Baal, Keith Alfred Son of Herbert John Baal (1880-1963), and Amy Elizabeth Mollet (1883-1962). Married Anne Scicluna-Testaferrata (05.12.1920 - 14.08.1994), daughter of Carmel Scicluna (1887-1952), and Elvira Testaferrata (1891-1962); four children.	06.04.1908 St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands - 13.08.1973 Jersey, Channel Islands	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 24.04.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) < 10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	(12.1941)     HMS Proserpine (RN base, Scapa) * (10.1944)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 11.1944 - (04.1946) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta) Connetable de St Helier, Jersey, and president of the prison board from 1957-1973. * indexed, but not listed as such
Babb, Brian Osborne "Bob" Brother of Cdr. Dudley Austin Babb, RN (emgcy). Married ((09?).1926, Hampstead district, London) Mrs Joan Wood (née Rawson).	31.03.1900 Portsea Island district, Hampshire - 29.01.1971 Kent	P/O (prob) RAF 15.03.1924 (reld 26.11.1924) T/Lt. 11.01.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 12.1941 T/A/Cdr. > 10.1944, < 01.1945 (reld 21.10.1945) MBE 18.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [investiture 16.03.45]	15.01.1914     entered RN 15.03.1924 - 26.11.1924 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 121.10.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 24.04.1940 - (10.1940) First Lieutenant, HMS Primrose (corvette) 01.1941 - 07.02.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Southern Pride (anti-submarine warfare whaler) 03.11.1941 - (08.1943) HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) (10.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * Cricket secretary for the county of Surrey, 1958-1964. * indexed, but not listed as such
Babington, John Herbert	06.02.1911 Tai Chow Foo, China - 24.03.1992 West Oxfordshire	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.10.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) > 08.1942, < 02.1943 (reld 21.07.1945) GC  27.12.1940 mine disposal [investiture 18.07.41] OBE 08.06.1943 bomb disposal [investiture 15.02.44]	Education: Wyggeston School; St. Catharine's College, Cambridge (MA; BSc) Physics teacher, King's College School, Wimbledon. 19.09.1940 - (10.1944) Department of Unexploded Bombs [later: Bomb Disposal], Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty inside Admiralty) HMS Volcano (Bomb Disposal Training Establishment, Holmrook, Cumberland) (attached?) * (07.1945) no appointment listed Assistant education officer in Hertfordshire; headmaster of Diss Grammar School, 1947; headmaster of the Royal Hospital School at Holbrook, 1951; headmaster of Ashlyn's School, Berkhamsted, 1955; retd, 1980. * according to evidence given by a local resident
Backlog, Frederick James Son (with one brother) of Frederick George Backlog (1870-1930), and Eleanor Adelaide Blackton (1880-1937). Brother of P/O Cyril Peter Backlog, RAFVR. Married (30.06.1935, Holy Trinity, Stroud Green, Haringey, Essex) Edith Florence Beveridge; one daughter.	05.02.1911 Holborn district, London - 03.1988 Barnet district, London	T/S.Lt. 03.07.1942 T/Lt. 03.10.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) Lt. 29.07.1965, seniority 26.07.1961 Lt. (Sp.Br.) RNR 18.04.1966, seniority 26.07.1961 Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) RNR 26.07.1969 (removed from active list 05.02.1971) DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune 06.1944 (Normandy) [investiture 27.02.1945]	16.08.1942 - 05.1944 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for LCTs (landing craft, tank)) 05.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base): (06.1944)     Commanding Officer, HM LCI(S) 506 (landing craft, infantry (small)) (Normandy) (DSC) (11.1944)     Commanding Officer, HM LCI(S) ... (landing craft, infantry (small)) (Walcheren) 29.07.1965 - 05.02.1971 Permanent RNR
Bacon, David Edwin Nicholas Son (with one sister) of James Nathaniel Bacon (1870-1959), and Laura Clementina Cook (1871-1953). Married 1st ((09?).1938, Staines district, Middlesex; divorced) Madge Samways (18.07.1908 - 03.10.1982), daughter of William and Marie Samways; one son. Married 2nd (12?).1948, Kensington district, London) Sybil Goodhand (05.11.1922 - 27.12.2008), daughter of Sybil Goodhand, and Mabel Miller; one daughter, three sons.	26.03.1912 Ashford, Staines district, Middlesex - 21.12.1996 Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire	T/S.Lt. 12.03.1942 T/Lt. 12.06.1942 (reld 22.06.1946) T/A/Lt.Cdr. 05.11.1943? MID 11.06.1946 wind up Far East	Bank cashier. (04.1942)     no appointment listed 03.05.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for LCTs [landing craft, tank]) 05.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for major landing craft) 05.11.1943 - (10.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty): (1945)     Force W (despatches) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Baddeley, Philip Son of ... Baddeley, and ... Stagg.	01.05.1920 Northwich district, Cheshire - 13.06.2007 Ambleside, Cumberland	T/S.Lt. 01.05.1941 T/A/Lt. 24.10.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	1939? joined RNVR (12.1940) HMS Nigeria (cruiser) (Denmark Straits) HMS Duncan (destroyer) 15.11.1941 - (10.)1944 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 13.11.1944 - (10.1945) HM LST 371 (landing ship, tank) (Java)
Bagg, Sidney Cecil Son of John Bagg (1863-1907), and Mary Bealing (1861-1932). Married 1st (19.04.1921, Langham) Olive Annette Spencer (03.08.1899 - 23.12.1967), daughter of Walter Spencer (?-1922), and Annie Elizabeth Hudson (?-1924); one child. She remarried Francis P. Clarke. Married 2nd (16.10.1943, Hendon district, Middlesex; marriage dissolved 11.1946) Alda Joy Gear Evans (27.07.1907 - 26.02.2005), daughter of Albert Gear-Evans (1870-), and Edith C. Cayton (1875-1959); one son, one daughter.	27.07.1896 Weymouth, Dorset - (12?).1960 Beaminster, Weymouth, Dorset	Army: T/2nd Lt. (prob) 04.12.1916 T/Lt. 04.06.1918 (reld 01.05.1919; retaining the rank of Lt.) Lt. 12.10.1940 [123301] (reld 25.10.1943) RNVR: T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 25.10.1943 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 09.11.1943 (commissioned terminated 30.03.1945; medically unfit)	Commercial traveller engineer's equipment. 04.12.1916 commissioned, Army Service Corps 12.10.1940 commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission] 25.10.1943 commissioned, RNVR (Special Branch) (as Mechanical Engineer?) (10.1944) no appointment listed 02.11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Turtle (Combined Operations training establishment, Poole)
Baggott, John Charles Son (with one sister) of Samuel Charles Baggott (1883-1936), and Edith Maude Bayliss (1882-1960). Married ((03?).1949, Scunthorpe district, Lincolnshire) Jean Bell; one son. Brother-in-law of Maj. Frederick Edward McNelly.	14.04.1924 Swindon district, Wiltshire - 04.04.1980 Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire	T/S.Lt. 15.04.1944 T/Lt. 15.04.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	(10.1944) - (04.1946) HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Dunoon) * 04.04.1944 - 04.1945 Commanding Officer, HM LCT 7074 (landing craft, tank) Partner in the firm of solicitors Mason & Baggott in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire (from appr. 1955). He also became Lincs. Amateur Golf Champion. * indexed, but not listed as such
Bagnall, Rev. Roger Son of ... Bagnall, and ... Fleet. Married; ... children (one son?).	30.12.1915 Cannock district, Staffordshire - 04.1999 Hull district, Yorkshire	Prob. T/Chapl. 15.09.1944 T/Chapl. 1945?, seniority 15.09.1944 (reld 1946)	Education: BA. (10.1944)     no appointment listed 17.10.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Robin (RN Air Station, Grimsetter, Kirkwall, Orkneys) 1945 - (07.)1945 Holding Company, RM Engineers 26.07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Nabsmere (Mobile Naval Air Base IX, Middle Wallop, then Sembawang, Singapore)
Bagshaw, Arthur Sidney Son (with one sister) of George Bagshaw (1878-1957), and Ellen Chaston (1878-1976). Married ((03?).1944, Birmingham, Warwickshire) Ivy Sheila Waterman (13.08.1915 - 29.06.1975), daughter of John Carter Waterman (1874-), and Alice Phoebe Cadmore (1876-1959); one son.	30.04.1916 Kings Norton, Worcestershire - 09.10.1967 Birmingham, Warwickshire	T/El.S.Lt. 14.04.1940 T/El.Lt. 30.04.1941 (reld 22.02.1946)	14.04.1940 - (05.)1940 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for Degaussing Department) 06.05.1940 - (08.)1940 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 02.08.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Ocean Guide (auxiliary patrol drifter) 01.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Ocean Gain (auxiliary patrol drifter) 07.03.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Bluebell (Flower class corvette) 05.01.1942 - 05.01.1943 HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) 06.01.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Eland (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (10.1943)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 29.10.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) Institution of Electrical Engineers (graduate 1946, associate member 1947, member 1966). * indexed, but not listed as such
Bailey, Arthur Son (with one brother) of Harry Bailey (1885-1950), and Elizabeth Helsby (1885-1950). Married (24.03.1950, Maghull, Lancashire) Kathleen Joyce Fleming (1926 - 2012), daughter of William R. Fleming (1899-), and Hilda Beatrice Moscrop (1895-1966); one son, one daughter.	19.05.1920 West Derby, Lancashire - 29.06.1987 Douglas, Middle, Isle of Man	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 26.11.1942 (reld 17.05.1946) DSC 01.01.1946 New Year 1946 [decoration posted]	14.01.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Ameer (Ruler class escort carrier)
Bailey, Arthur Joseph [George]	07.10.1917 - 07.03.1986 Antony, St Germans district, Cornwall	Ord.Sea. 1939 T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 22.01.1945 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 22.07.1945 Lt. (L) RN 25.08.1946, seniority 07.10.1941 Lt.Cdr. (L) RN 07.10.1949 A/Cdr. (L) RN 06.04.1959 (retd 07.10.1962) Hon. Cdr. RN 07.10.1962 OBE 01.01.1963 New Year 63 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - GenSM - & clasp Palestine * Special Branch officer employed on scientific duties	1939     HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Torpoint, Cornwall)       went on the work with the fledgling naval radar 1942     HMS Edinburgh (surviving the sinking of the ship and spending the winter of 1942/3 in Murmansk awaiting repatriation to the UK) (04.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed 06.12.1945 - (10.1947) HMS Mauritius (cruiser) 14.07.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (05.1951)     HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) * 03.09.1951 - (05.)1953 HMS Mercury II (Admiralty signal and experimental establishment, Portsdown) 27.07.1953 - (04.)1955 instructional staff, HMS Collingwood (naval electrical school, Fareham, Hampshire) 13.06.1955 - (01.1956) HMS Delight (01.1957) - (01.1959) HMS Collingwood (naval electrical school, Fareham, Hampshire) * 06.04.1959 - (08.1962) administrative staff, HMS Vernon (torpedo and anti-submarine school, Portsmouth) * AMBritIRE * indexed, but not listed as such
Bailey, Donald Leigh Son (with two brothers) of Philip Bailey (1889-1971), and Ethel Leigh (1891-1985). Married (24.04.1954, Parish Church, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire) Jean Mary Cash (05.01.1924 - 18.05.2017); two daughters.	26.10.1920 Key West, Monroe, Florida, United States of America - 13.07.1985 Prestbury, Cheshire	T/A/S.Lt. 26.06.1941 T/S.Lt. 26.10.1941 T/Lt. 26.12.1943 (reld 25.06.1946)	(08.1941)     no appointment listed 10.08.1941 - (06.)1942 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 02.09.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Pytchley (Hunt class destroyer) (02.1943)     no appointment listed 22.03.1943 - (04.)1943 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for miscellaneous services) 05.04.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for 16th MTB Flotilla) 11.06.1943 - (10.)1944 HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) (for duty with MTBs) 21.11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for MGBs, MTBs, etc.) 07.02.1945 - (04.)1945 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services) 05.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS MTB 506 (motor torpedo boat) (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Bailey, Ernest John Leonard Son of Arthur Bailey, and Margaret Jane Rowlands. Married ((09?).1937, Crosby district, Merseyside) Ellen Moore (04.04.1914 - 02.01.2003), daughter of James Moore, and Myra Jones; one daughter.	18.11.1912 South Manchester, Chorlton district, Lancashire - 16.12.1967 Liverpool North district, Lancashire	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 18.11.1941 (reld 12.02.1946)	temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements: (02.1942) - (04.1943) HMS Ranchi (armed merchant cruiser)* 12.04.1943 - (06.)1944 HMIS El Hind (landing ship, infantry) 24.07.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Atheling (escort carrier) 17.06.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Northway (landing ship, dock) 24.07.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Patroller (escort carrier) * indexed, but not listed as such
Bailey, George Edward Son of Charles Frederick Bailey (1871-1943), and Catherine Cormack Sutherland (1870-). Married (15.06.1940, Wellington Church, Glasgow, Scotland) Lilias Stark Dunn (17.01.1917 - 04.1996), of South Harrow, Middlesex, daughter of David Stark Dunn (1879-1937), and Elizabeth Pearce Bain (1875-1957); two children.	30.07.1912 Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire, Scotland - 06.07.1944  (KIA) [age 31] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 88, column 1]	Prob. T/S.Lt. 26.04.1940 T/Lt. 26.04.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? DSO  29.09.1942 attack superior ship & E-boats 29.07.42 [investiture 17.11.42]	(02.1941) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) * 01.04.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 63 (motor gun boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] (07.1942) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 67 (motor gun boat) 1944 - 06.07.1944 HMS Trollope (frigate) (torpedoed off Normandy) * indexed, but not listed as such
Bailey, Harry Winston [Hardicker]	14.01.1904 Brentford district, Middlesex - 26.04.1965  Emery Down, Lyndhurst, Hampshire	T/S.Lt. (A) 08.09.1939 T/Lt. (A) 23.03.1940 (reld > 04.1946) A/T/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 12.1941 T/A/Cdr. (A) < 07.1945	(04.1940) no appointment listed 12.10.1940 - (02.)1941 pilot, 752 Squadron FAA [HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad)] 07.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS Buzzard (RN Air Station, Palisadoes, Kensington, Jamaica) (for some period perhaps as Executive Officer) 1943? - 1945? served at the Isle of Man (10.1944)     HMS Urley (RN Air Station, Ronaldsway, Isle of Man) * (07.1945) no appointment listed Company director. * indexed, but not listed as such
Bailey, Joseph William	? - ?	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 16.10.1944 T/S.Lt. (A) 16.04.1945 (reld 25.04.1946)	(01.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Bailey, Leslie James Son of Reginald Percy Bailey (1877-1956), and Maggie Edith B. Cooper (1876?-1950). Married (27.02.1949, Newton Abbot, Devon) Elizabeth Cornish-Bowden (02.08.1915 - 28.03.2005), daughter of William Cornish-Bowden (1869-1939), and Henrietta Edith Kitson (1875-1965) & sister of Lt. E.J. Cornish-Bowden, RN & Cdr. (S) W.K. Cornish-Bowden, RN; four daughters, one son.	19.10.1911 Pill, Long Ashton district, Somerset - 27.11.1965 Torquay, Devon	T/Sg.Lt. (D) 12.03.1943 T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) > 07.1945, < 04.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: LDS. 25.05.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Duke (RN training establishment, Great Malvern, Worcestershire) 21.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Fieldfare (RN Air Station, Evanton, Ross-shire) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Bailey, Richard John	? -	T/A/S.Lt. 1943? T/S.Lt. 08.01.1944 T/Lt. 01.07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	07.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Vigilant (destroyer) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 22.01.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Hotspur (destroyer)
Bailey, Richard Thurston Son of ...Bailey, and ... Smith. Married (17.03.1948, Rangoon, Burma) Gladys Sheppard.	23.08.1912 Amersham district, Buckinghamshire - 02.1997 Chichester district, Sussex	T/S.Lt. 15.11.1940 T/Lt. 15.11.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 04.1946 MID 13.03.1945 assault on Normandy	(02.1941) no appointment listed 10.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Arpha (armed merchant cruiser) (06.1944) - (05.1945?) Commanding Officer, [HD]ML 1001 ([harbour defence] motor launch) (Normandy, Arromanches; for hydrographic duties) (04.1946) no appointment listed
Bailey, William "Bill"	1918 Santos-o-Velho, Lisbon, Portugal - 11.03.1985 Lisbon, Portugal	Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 14.01.1940 T/El.S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 14.01.1940 T/El.Lt. 01.05.1942 (reld > 04.1946) CBE 1982 lifelong service to the British community in Lisbon DSC 13.03.1945 assault on Normandy [investiture 01.05.45] GM 29.12.1942 mine disposal 07.42 [investiture 15.02.44] GM 15.05.1945 invasion Normandy mine search [investiture 27.07.45]	(03.1940) - (06.1940) no appointment listed 14.07.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Tritonia (minesweeping drifter) 09.06.1941 - (08.)1943 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional; for various services: as Senior Diving Officer, Render Mines Safe Officer (RMSO)) (GM) (10.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 07.12.1943 - (04.1946) Department of the Director of Torpedoes and Mining (renamed late 1945 as Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons), Admiralty [HMS President] (1944)     Naval Party 1502/C (DSC) (1944)     Naval Party 1574 (GM)
Bailey, William John	? - ?	T/Mid. (A) 19.03.1944 T/A/S.Lt. (A) 04.06.1944 T/S.Lt. (A) 04.12.1944 (reld 24.06.1946)	13.04.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Macaw (FAA training establishment, Wellbank, Cumberland) 08.09.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Dipper (RN Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset) 11.1944 - (01.1945) pilot, 723 Squadron FAA [HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia)] 28.02.1945 - (07.)1945 pilot, 723 Squadron [HMS Nabberley (Mobile Naval Air Base II, Ludham, Norfolk, from 29.01.1945 Bankstown, nr Sydney, NSW, Australia)] (10.1945)     HMS Nabberley (Mobile Naval Air Base II, Ludham, Norfolk, from 29.01.1945 Bankstown, nr Sydney, NSW, Australia) * (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Bailey, William John	? - ?	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 13.12.1944 T/S.Lt. (A) 13.06.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	(04.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed 01.08.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Macaw (FAA training establishment, Wellbank, Cumberland) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Bain, Charles David Married Vera Harboe; two sons.	10.08.1910 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada -	T/S.Lt. 10.07.1941 T/Lt. 10.10.1941 T/A/Lt. Cdr. > 10.1944, < 01.1945 Hkn 26.08.1947 liaison on Norwegian ships Montbretia & Lincoln	(12.1941)     HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) * 07.1941 - ? British Naval Liaison Officer, "Montbretia" (Norwegian corvette) 18.11.1942 - 09.1943 British Naval Liaison Officer, "Lincoln" (Norwegian destroyer) (10.1944)     HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) * 20.01.1944 - 03.10.1944 British Naval Liaison Officer, "Piorun" (Polish destroyer) (01.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 04.10.1944 - 28.09.1946 British Naval Liaison Officer, "Conrad" (Polish light cruiser) * indexed, but not listed as such
Bainbridge, Richard Edward [Gordonston] Son of Gordon Bainbridge, and Amelia Lloyd. Married (22.07.1948, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa) Charmian Hindson Acutt; two daughters.	27.03.1915 Transvaal, South Africa - 20.04.1975 Dartmouth, Newton Abbot district, Devon	T/S.Lt. (E) 22.09.1941 T/Lt. (E) 22.09.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld > 04.1946) MID 30.11.1945 sweeping Irrawaddy River & assault Rangoon with HM LCQ 391	10.1941 - 11.1941 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) 02.11.1941 - (10.)1942 HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt) 10.11.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Kongoni (RN base, Durban, South Africa) 27.02.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary) 07.06.1943 - (02.)1944 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 28.02.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 03.10.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for MLC squadron duties) Engineer.
Bainsmith, Bruce Faed Son of Henry Bainsmith (1857-1893), and Sarah Georgina Bucknall (1858-1937). Married ((03?).1938, Penzance, Cornwall) Annie Louisa Wakefield Day (17.04.1898 - 13.11.1978), daughter of William Cave Day (1862-1924), and Kathleen Georgiana Mcclellan Smales (1868-1953).	20.06.1890 Willesden, London - 04.01.1981 Penzance, Cornwall	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 29.09.1941 T/Lt. (A) 02.1944, seniority 29.09.1941 (reld 27.10.1945) * Special Branch officer who is employed on staff, etc., duties ashore, has not received any training of an executive nature, but has undergone a short course at the RN College, Greenwich	12.11.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) 16.01.1942 - (02.)1943 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (04.1943)     no appointment listed 31.05.1943 - (10.)1943 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 27.10.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall) 13.03.1944 - (06.)1944) HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall) 12.09.1944 - (10.1944) Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.12.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)
Baird, Gilbert Maurice Married ((06?).1947, Worthing district, Sussex) Betty Marion Passmore (1912-2014).	23.03.1919 Burghead district, Scotland - 27.03.2012	... ... T/Sg.Lt. 02.04.1943 ... .... Sg.Cdr. RN 02.10.1954 (retd)	Specialty: Psychiatry. MB Edin 1942, MRCP Edin 1953, DPM 1959, FRCPsych 1971, FRCP Edin 1971. ... - ... ... (07.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Baird, Hugh Heriot   Eldest son of Douglas Heriot Baird (1883-1940), company chairman, of Esher, and his wife Dorothea Frances Prior. Married (1945) Madeleine Katharen Rose (30.01.1927 - 19.01.1994); four sons.	07.08.1915 Esher, Kingston district, Surrey - 25.08.1983 Nairn, Highland, Scotland	Prob. S.Lt. 22.07.1939 S.Lt. 28.09.1939, seniority 22.07.1939 Lt. 07.08.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	22.07.1939     commissioned, RNVR (London Division) 30.08.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Delhi (D class cruiser) (04.1941) - (06.1941) no appointment listed 06.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Malaya (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) 04.09.1941 - (12.)1941 HMS Witch (Thornycroft modified W class destroyer) 06.12.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Hurricane (Havant class destroyer) (01.1942)     no appointment listed 19.10.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Sandwich (Bridgewater class sloop) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) 20.03.1943 - (03.)1943 Navigating Officer, HMS Escapade (E class destroyer) 04.1943 - (07.)1943 Navigating Officer, HMS Keppel (Shakespeare class destroyer) 24.07.1943 - (02.)1944 Navigating Officer, HMS Towy (River class frigate) 02.04.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 20.04.1944 - (06.)1944 Navigating Officer, HMS Capetown (Carlisle class cruiser) 12.08.1944 - (01.)1945 Navigating Officer, HMS Hawkins (Hawkins class cruiser) 05.02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for Combined Operations Pilotage Parties) Company director.
Baker, Colin Spencer	25.08.1925 -	T/Midsh. 04.02.1944 T/A/S.Lt. 25.02.1945 T/S.Lt. 25.08.1945	12.03.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) 1946?     HMS Atmah (armed yacht) ?
Baker, Geoffrey Herbert	1918 ? / 1915 ? - 1996 ? / 1989 ?	T/S.Lt. 21.02.1941 T/Lt.  16.07.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 21.11.1944 Operation Neptune, Normandy 06.44 [investiture 18.05.45]	03.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) 13.03.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 250 (motor torpedo boat) 24.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Baker, James Douglas Son of ... Baker, and ... Nash. Married Betty ...; two sons, one daughter.	16.05.1926 Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside - 19.01.2010 Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest (formerly of Solva, Pembrokeshire)	T/Midsh. (A) 12.05.1945 T/A/S.Lt. (A) 12.11.1945 S.Lt. (A) RN 02.03.1948, seniority 12.05.1946 ... ... Cdr. RN 31.12.1961 (retd 24.10.1972)	(07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed 02.03.1948     transferred to RN ... - ... ...
Baker, John Arthur	? - ?	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 04.10.1943 T/S.Lt. (E) 01.11.1943 T/Lt. (E) 01.09.1945 (reld 15.05.1946)	25.10.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) 31.10.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) 21.04.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Nighthawk (RN Air Station, Drem, East Lothian)
Baker, Joseph Son of William John and Maud Annie Baker (née Hayes), of Alford.	(09?).1917 Spilsbury district, Lincolnshire - 13.01.1942 [age 24] [Alford Cemetery, Lincolnshire, V.53]	T/Paym.S.Lt. 25.08.1939 T/Paym.Lt.  25.08.1941	25.08.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Beaver (RN base, Humber) 01.07.1940 - (02.)1941 Confidential Book Officer, HMS Minos (RN base, Lowestoft) 25.03.1941 - 13.01.1942 HMS Europa (Patrol Service Central Depot, Lowestoft)
Baker, John Lindsay Allister Son of Dudley Molyneux Baker, and Jessie Mary Heiron.	29.04.1922 Steyning district, Sussex - 10.2004 Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 19.09.1943 T/Lt.  19.09.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	01.08.1943 - 23.01.1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 224 (motor torpedo boat) 24.01.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services) 09.01.1945 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 388 (motor torpedo boat) (04.1946)     HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Baker, L J [Lester James?]	? - ?	... ... T/Lt. 01.03.1945? Lt. RN ?, seniority 07.05.1944	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... (10.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Baker, Richard Douglas James	15.06.1925 Willesden, London -	T/Midsh. 03.03.1944 T/A/S.Lt. 15.12.1944 T/S.Lt. 15.06.1945 OBE 12.06.1976 HM's birthday 76: for services to broadcasting RD 24.10.1978 -	Education: Kilburn Grammar School; Peterhouse, Cambridge (MA) 1943 - 1946 served RN: (04.1944)     no appointment listed 01.05.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Peacock (sloop) (07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed 27.03.1946 - (07.)1946 HMS Merganser (RN Air Station, Rattray) Actor, 1948; Teacher, 1949; Third Programme Announcer, 1950-1953; BBC TV Newsreader, 1954-1982; broadcaster & author; Member, Broadcasting Standards Council, 1988-1993. Published: Here is the News (broadcasts), 1966; The Terror of Tobermory, 1972; The Magic of Music, 1975; Dry Ginger, 1977; Richard Baker's Music Guide, 1979; Mozart, 1982, rev. edn 1991; London, a theme with variations, 1989; Richard Baker's Companion to Music, 1993
Baker, Roderick Charles Wheeler Son of ... Baker, and ... Tamlyn. Known by last name of Wheeler-Baker. Married ((03?).1951, London City) Joan M. Harris.	23.09.1918 Edmonton district, Buckinghamshire - 04.04.1991 Norwich district, Norfolk	T/A/S.Lt. 09.07.1943 T/S.Lt. 09.01.1944 T/A/Lt. > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld 18.04.1946)	(08.1943)     no appointment listed (10.1943)     HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) * (12.1943)     French Ship "Torridge" * (02.1944) - (07.1945) French Ship "Braid" * 10.1944 - 12.1944 British Naval Liaison Officer, French frigate "L’Aventure" (10.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed Cripplegate Ward Club (elected 1948, Master 1964, Auditor 1958). * indexed, but not listed as such
Baker, Stanley Farmer Son of Alfred Baker, and Eliza Farmer. Married ((09?).1909, Penzance district, Cornwall) Amelia Laity Rowe.	02.03.1884 Hednesford, Cannock district, Staffordshire - 27.12.1974 Truro district, Cornwall	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.11.1942	WW I     served as Petty Officer in the RNVR (10.1944) - (04.1946) Sea Cadet Corps
Baker, William Richard	? - ?	Prob. T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 02.08.1943 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 1944, seniority 02.08.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) > 02.1944, < 04.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	20.09.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) 07.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for duty with Commodore Superintendent, Ceylon) 12.1944 - (04.1946) Chief Fire Officer, HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)
Bale, William Arthur Son of ... Bale, and ... Slater.	(12?).1920 Ormskirk district, Lancashire -	T/S.Lt. (A) 27.09.1941 T/Lt. (A) 14.12.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	15.10.1941 - (12.1941) pilot, 822 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] ? - 08.11.1942 pilot, 821 Squadron [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] [failed to return in his Albacore from a raid on La Senia airfield, Oran; was attacked and shot down by a Dewoitine Dw.520; captured] 08.11.1942 - 1943? POW in French captivity (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     HMS Nighthawk (RN Air Station, Drem, East Lothian) * (04.1946)     HMS Goldcrest (RN Air Station, Dale, Pembrokeshire) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Balfour, Harry Melville Married ((03?).1941, Hampstead district, London) Nancy Isobel Hornell (1917 - 15.12.2012), daughter (with two sisters) of Edward Brooking Cornish Hornell (1880-1960), and Emily Dorothy Dawson (1889-1971); two sons, one daughter.	02.06.1913 Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 08.02.2000 Sway, Lymington, New Forest district, Hampshire	T/Sg.Lt. 17.09.1940 T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. 02.08.1943? (commission terminated 27.09.1945; medically unfit)	Education: Christ Church College, Oxford (1932-1935); London (1935-1939) (MB, BCh; MRCS, LRCP 06.11.1939). 17.09.1940 - (10.)1940 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 15.10.1940 - (12.1940) Medical Officer, HMS Windsor (destroyer) 07.01.1941 - (10.)1941 Medical Officer, HMS Holderness (destroyer) (12.1941) - (12.1942) HMS President * 08.01.1943 - (06.)1943 Medical Officer, HMS Middleton (destroyer) 02.08.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary) (02.1944) - (04.1944) no appointment listed 21.04.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) 15.05.1945 - (07.1945) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] Occupational physician John Lewis Partnership. * indexed, but not listed as such
Balfour, John Valentine Son (with two sisters) of Archibald Roxburgh Balfour (1883-1958), and Pearl Isabel Alice Price (1882-1950). Married (02.07.1947, Maidstone district, Kent) Maureen Ethné David Rhodes, widow of Lt. Michael George Ralph Nevill (1917-1943), Scots Guards, and second daughter of Maj. Arthur Tahu Gravenor Rhodes (1894?-1947), MVO, Grenadier Guards, and Hon. Helen Cecil Olive Plunket (1895-1968); three sons.	29.08.1921 - 08.02.2001 Birling, Maidstone, Kent	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 01.07.1944 DSC 21.11.1944 various actions covering 2 years [investiture 03.07.45]	Education: Eton; University College, Oxford (MA). 31.08.1943 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 704 (motor torpedo boat) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 02.07.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 790 (motor torpedo boat) 08.10.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 5020 (motor torpedo boat) Solicitor.
Balfour, Keith Craig	20.04.1910 [Canada?] - 06.03.1986 Northallerton district, North Yorkshire	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 27.01.1941 T/Sg.Lt. 10.02.1941 T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	Education: MB, BCh. (02.1941)     no appointment listed 03.03.1941 - (06.1943) Assistant Medical Officer, HMS Aurora (cruiser) 20.01.1944 - (07.1945) Medical Officer, HMS Lochy (frigate)
Balfour, Ronald Egerton Son of Alfred Granville Balfour and Frances Elizabeth Simpson.  Married Deirdre Phyllis Ulrica Hart-Davis (24.04.1930); two daughters.	24.08.1896 Scotland - 17.04.1941 Surbiton Hospital (car accident) [Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 86]	T/Lt. 18.09.1939 A/T/Lt.Cdr. > 04.1940, < 04.1941	18.09.1939 - 17.04.1941 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
Balfour, William Son of James Murdoch McDonald Balfour (1879-1971), and Isabella Murray Kirkwood (1872-). Married (1940, Blythswood district, Scotland) Doris Irene Jolliffe (18.01.1916 - 08.07.2013), of Holyhead, Anglesey, daughter of Frederick James Jolliffe (1886-1954), and Fanny Short (1879-1968); ... children (one son?).	14.01.1912 Greenock East, Renfrewshire, Scotland - 02.07.1944 (KIA) [age 32] [Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 13, column 2]	T/S.Lt. 03.01.1940 T/Lt. 01.12.1940	03.01.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Marmion (Algerine class minesweeper) (06.1941)     HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith & Granton) * 09.06.1941 - (12.)1941 HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) (for miscellaneous duties) 05.12.1941 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Darwen (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) (12.)1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Nazareth (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) * 08.08.1943 - 02.07.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1019 (motor minesweeper) (killed in action when the ship struck a moored mine off Cherbourg and sunk within a few minutes) * indexed, but not listed as such
Balkwill, Robert Gowan Only son of Dr & Mrs Francis Balkwill, of Snaresboork, London E11 Married ((06?).1945, St Marylebone district, London) Betty M. Hopkins, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Morley Hopkins, of Tunbridge Wells..	14.11.1915 Pontypridd, Glamorgan - 18.05.2009	T/S.Lt. 07.08.1941 T/Lt. 07.08.1942 (reld 28.03.1946) DSC 10.10.1944 sunk on 6th war patrol [investiture 20.07.45]	18.09.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Hastings (Hastings class sloop) (04.1942)     no appointment listed 22.04.1942 - (06.)1942 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 26.06.1942 - 21.04.1943 HMS P 228 [renamed HMS Splendid] (S class submarine) (ship damaged by German surface craft off Corsica & scuttled) 21.04.1943 - 1945 POW in German captivity
Ballingal, Niel Cameron Son of Alexander Cameron Ballingal (1878-1930), and Beatrice Alice Ballingal (1886-1973), of Batavia and Wimbledon, London SW19. Married (04.06.1949, English Church, Batavia) Kathleen Mary Thomas; three sons, one daughter.	13.12.1924 - 22.01.1985 Surrey South-Eastern district. Surrey	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 13.06.1944 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 13.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946) * Special Branch officer employed on staff, etc. duties ashore, but has not received any training of an executive nature	Education: Harrow School (Moretons House; 1938.3-1942.1); SOAS. (10.1944) - (04.1946) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) * According to his son he spent most of the war in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Levant Flotilla in Turkey, Ankara, Istanbul, occupied Greece & Beirut (Lebanon). Managing director of the Scottish trading firm Maclaine Watson in Indonesia & Rhodesia; Chairman in London. Vice-Consul at Macassar, 02.02.1951. London Advisory Committee, HSBC. Member, British Numismatic Society, 1955-1985. * indexed, but not listed as such
Bankes, Henry John Ralph Only son (with two sisters) of Walter Ralph Bankes (1853-1904), and Henriette Jane Fraser (1867-1953), of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy, Wimborne, Dorset. Married (19.09.1935, Skirlaugh, East Riding of Yorkshire) Hilary Margaret Strickland-Constable ((12?).1908 - 11.09.1966), daughter (with two brothers) of Lt.Col. Frederick Charles Strickland-Constable (1860-1917), and Margaret Elizabeth Packenham (1873-1961); two sons, one daughter.	14.07.1902 St George Hanover Square district, London - 19.08.1981 Wimborne, Dorset	T/Lt. 04.09.1939 (reld 24.10.1945)	Education: Eton (1916.2-1920.2); Magdalen College, Oxford (BA). Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, 1925. Justice of the Peace (JP), Dorset, 1936. High Sheriff, Dorset, 1939. 04.09.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 15.03.1941 - (10.1942) Flag Lieutenant to Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] (12.1942) - (10.1943) HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) * (12.1943) - (06.1944) HMS Cricket (landing craft base, Burseldon) * (10.1944)     no appointment listed 09.11.1944 - (07.1945) Staff Officer (Operations) (3) to Naval Officer-in-Charge, Leith [HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith & Granton)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Banks, George Donald	(03?).1919 ? Birmingham district, Warwickshire ? - (09?).1958 ? Birmingham district, Warwickshire ?	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 27.01.1942	... - ... ... 20.02.1943 - (01.1945) on staff of Flag Officer Taranto and Adriatic [HMS Hannibal, later HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)] ... - ... ...
Banks, Ralph	? - ?	T/S.Lt. (A) 08.09.1942 MID 20.02.1945 Operations Steak & Handfast	... - ... ... 26.09.1943 - (04.1944) pilot, 896 Squadron FAA [HMS Pursuer (Archer class escort carrier)] ... - ... ...
Banks, Thomas Married ...; two daughters, one son.	05.11.1919 - 27.02.1990 Eastbourne district, Sussex	Ord.Sea. 08.05.1940 [JX 193657] T/S.Lt. 20.03.1941 T/Lt. 01.04.1943 (reld 20.05.1946)	may have served in HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall), HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport), HMS Thirlmere (Lake class trawler) [tender to HMS Mentor (minesweeper base, Stornoway)], HMS Punjabi (Tribal class destroyer)       HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (06.1941) - (08.1941) HMS Wastwater (anti-submarine warfare whaler) * (10.1941) - (04.1943) HMS Skirmisher (RN base, Milford Haven) * 21.04.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Conqueror (armed yacht) 06.11.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Findhorn (River class frigate) 09.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) 06.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) * indexed, but not listed as such
Banning, William Albert Lambert Son of William Henry Banning, and Emily Lambert, of Eclles, Lancashire.	(09?).1920 Birkenhead, Cheshire - 17.05.1945 [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, Hampshire, bay 6, panel 2]	T/S.Lt. (A) 27.05.1942 T/Lt. (A) 01.06.1944	Education: Eccles Secondary School; University of Manchester (BA (Hons) Geography 1941). (08.1942)     no appointment listed 12.10.1942 - (12.)1942 pilot, 762 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] 14.12.1942 - 17.05.1945 HMS Victorious (Illustrious class aircraft carrier) (died if injuries as result of a deck crash)
Baptie, George Alexander Son of ... Baptie, and ... Geddes. Married ...Smith; ... children (one son?).	14.07.1921 Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - 15.01.1985 Brent district, Middlesex	T/A/S.Lt. 21.05.1943 T/S.Lt. 21.11.1943 T/Lt. 21.11.1945 Lt. 19.11.1947, seniority 21.11.1945 (reld 13.09.1951) MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45	(08.1943)     no appointment listed 22.09.1943 - 01.1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 431 (motor torpedo boat) 24.01.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Cicala (Coastal Forces base, Dartmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 14.02.1945 - (10.1945) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 499 (motor torpedo boat) (despatches) 06.1946 - (07.1946) Commanding Officer, HM BYMS 2037 (British yard minesweeper) 11.1947     transferred, Permanent RNVR (Tay Division) (List I) 1950s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
Barber, Douglas Ralph William Son of ... Barber, and ... Grace.	04.02.1920 Brentford, Middlesex - ? South Africa	T/S.Lt. 28.08.1941 T/A/Lt. ? (reld 1943?, medically unfit?)	22.09.1941 - (06.1943) Department of Unexploded Bombs [later: Bomb Disposal] [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
Barber, Raymund	? -	T/A/S.Lt. 14.07.1944 T/S.Lt. 14.01.1945 T/A/Lt. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	(10.1944) - (07.1945) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) * (03.1945) British Naval Liaison Officer, "Miaoulis" (Greek destroyer) (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Barclay, William	? -	T/S.Lt. 03.05.1943 T/Lt. (E) 03.05.1945 (reld 04.05.1946)	03.05.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary) 01.07.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay) 23.02.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) 31.10.1944 - (07.)1945 Combined Operations Material Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 08.08.1945 - (10.1945) an Assistant Engineer Inspector, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President]
Bardner, Edward Erskine Son of James and Catherine Erskine Bardner, of Culross, Fife.	1924 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland - 06.04.1945 (MIA) [age 20] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 6, panel 3]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 19.06.1944 T/S.Lt. (A) 1945?	01.08.1944 - (10.1944) pilot, 1849 Squadron FAA ? - 06.04.1945 pilot, 1850 Squadron FAA [HMS Vengeance (aircraft carrier)] [Chance Vought FG-1A Corsair IV (KD 163) had low oil pressure in interception exercise from Hal Far, Malta. Bailed out but not found despite extensive air/sea search.]
Barfield, James Colin	08.02.1912 - 30.12.1971 Surrey South Eastern district, Surrey	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 04.03.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	07.10.1944 - ? HMS Pennywort (corvette) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Barge, Ronald [Jasper] Mansfield "Ronnie" Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Kenneth Barge (1883-1971), and Debonair Eva Ruth Mansfield (1891-1959). Married (26.07.1950, Townhead, Glasgow) Elizabeth Ann Lamberton; three sons, three daughters.	10.11.1920 Rawalpindi, Punjab, India - 16.01.1997 Rhu, Dumbartonshire, Scotland	Prob. Midsh. 02.06.1938 Midsh. 1939, seniority 02.06.1938 A/S.Lt. 10.11.1940 S.Lt. 10.11.1941 Lt. 01.01.1943 (reld < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1951 (removed from Active List 12.12.1951) DSC 13.10.1942 action against R-boats 16.08.42 [investiture 01.12.42] MID 14.07.1942 attack armed raider Dover Straits 13.05.42 MID 03.08.1943 action against trawlers & R-boats 28.05.43 MID 15.05.1945 action against E-boats 02.-03.45 VRD 02.08.1951 -	Education: Cargilfield; Glenalmond; Glasgow School of Art; Durham University; Royal College of Art, London. Painter. 02.06.1938     joined RNVR (Clyde Division) 06.09.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Revenge (battleship) 10.11.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HM MASB 63 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland)] 22.03.1941 - (08.)1941 First Lieutenant, HM MGB 62 (motor gun boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 09.08.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 9 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William), from 27.10.1941 HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)] 12.01.1942 - (02.)1942 HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland) 16.03.1942 - 30.05.1943 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base Gosport), from c. 06/07.1942 HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover): (05.1942)     Commanding Officer, HM MGB 9 (motor gun boat) (08.1942)     Commanding Officer, HM MGB 6 (motor gun boat) (02.1943) - 30.05.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 108 (motor gun boat) 24.07.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Bee (Coastal Forces base, Weymouth) 10.11.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 417 (motor torpedo boat) 31.01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Javelin (destroyer) 02.09.1944 - (10.)1944 on staff of Captain Coastal Forces, Channel [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)] 10.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services) (05.1945)     HMS Riou (frigate) 05.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 504 (motor torpedo boat) Got his aviator's licence (# 24603) on 23.06.1948, taken on a D.H.82A at the Newcastle-on-Tyne Aero Club. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Dumbarton, 14.01.1972. Chairman, Otter Ferry Salmon Ltd. since 1977. Chairman, Onshore Aquaculture Lts. since 1981. Past Chairman, Bitmac Ltd. Director, William Robertson Shipowners Ltd., Glasgow. Trustee, Royal Bank of Scotland. Farming at Argyll from 1971.Pioneer of salmon farming in Scotland. Director, Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Past Chairman, Glasgow and West of Scotland SPCA.
Barham, George Ernest Anley Son of ... Barham, and ... Painter.	06.12.1912 Croydon district, Greater London / Kent / Surrey -	T/S.Lt. 17.01.1941 T/Lt. 17.02.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	03.11.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (11.1943)     First Lieutenant, HM ML 106 (motor launch) ?? (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed 05.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Mariner (Algerine class minesweeper)
Barker, Colin Frank Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Frank Barker (1889-1945), and Mabel Nicholas (1888-1983). Married ((06?).1938, Bristol district, Gloucestershire) Betty Eileen Roberts (26.05.1911 - 08.1995); one daughter, one son.	19.11.1912 Bristol district, Gloucestershire - 16.01.2000 North Somerset district, Somerset	T/S.Lt. 25.12.1941 T/Lt. 19.11.1942 (reld 04.03.1946)	(02.1942)     no appointment listed 02.03.1942 - (10.)1944 HMS Safeguard (base for Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships, Calmore, Southampton) 25.11.1944 - (04.1946) HMS President III (accounting base for naval personnel allocated to Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships) His son writes: "His wartime experience started out with a spell at HMS Safeguard and finished with 12 months in Sydney, Australia looking after Naval service people on R & R. His ship called “The Navarino” was on the convoy around North Cape. It was sunk [04.07.1942] and dad spent some time at Archangel, Russia."
Barker, John Arthur	? - ?	T/A/S.Lt. 25.02.1944 T/S.Lt. 25.08.1944 (reld 15.06.1946)	(04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 08.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Evenlode (River class frigate) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Barker, Kenneth Only child of Albert Edward Barker (1886-1969), and Gertrude Annie Hood (1884-1972). Married (05.07.1941, Handsworth Parish Church, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Molly Wall, daughter of Mr & Mrs George Wall; two sons.	05.07.1917 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire - 21.10.2005 Scarborough, North Yorkshire	T/Sg.Lt. (D) 25.02.1941 (reld 27.04.1946)	LDS. (04.1941)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 29.04.1941 - (04.)1943 HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) 05.1943 - 31.10.1943 HMS Victorious (Illustrious class aircraft carrier) (12.1943)     HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) * 03.01.1944 - (10.1945) RN School of Music, Senior Wing (Norbeck Hotel, Scarborough) * indexed, but not listed as such
Barker, Lionel Ernest [Verry] "John" Son of Alfred Ernest Barker. Married ((09?).1940, Brighton district, Sussex) Joan A. Grant; ... children (one daughter?).	12.02.1909 Stellenbosch,, Western Cape, South Africa - 06.12.1975	Prob. T/S.Lt. 26.04.1940 T/Lt. 26.07.1940 T/Lt. SANF(V) 06.03.1944, seniority 26.07.1940 (reld > 04.1946)	28.05.1940 - (08.)1940 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 19.09.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Nemo (auxiliary patrol base, Brightlingsea) (06.1941)     HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)  * 14.06.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) (12.1941) - (12.1942) no appointment listed (02.1943) - (04.1943) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) * 26.04.1943 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 515 (motor torpedo boat) (12.1943)     HMS Cicala (Coastal Forces base, Dartmouth) * 09.01.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 680 (motor torpedo boat) 14.03.1945 - (03.)1945 HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (for motor launches, etc.) 29.03.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 758 (motor torpedo boat) (10.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Barlow, [Sir] George William Son of Albert Edward and Annice Barlow. Married (1948) Elaine Mary Atherton (née Adamson); one son one daughter.	08.06.1924 - 19.05.2012 Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire	T/El.S.Lt. 29.03.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	Kt 1977; BSc Tech, FEng, FIMechE, FIEE. Education: Manchester Grammar School; Manchester University (Kitchener Scholar, Louis Atkinson Scholar; BSc Tech. 1st cl. Hons Elec. Engrg, 1944). ... - ... ... 26.03.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Moreta (RN base, Haifa) President, Royal Academy of Engineering (formerly Fellowship of Engineering), 1991-1996; Chairman, Ericsson Ltd, 1981-1994. Various appointments, The English Electric Co. Ltd (in Spain, 1952-1955, Canada,  1958-1962); General Manager, Liverpool and Netherton, 1964-1967; Managing Director: English Electric Domestic Appliance Co. Ltd, 1965-1967; English Electric Computers Ltd, 1967-1968; Group Chief Executive, 1969-1977, Chairman, 1971-1977, Ransome Hoffman Pollard Ltd; Chairman, Post Office, 1977-1980, organized separation of Post Office and British Telecom, 1980; Chairman: Thorn EMI Engrg Gp, 1980-1984; BICC, 1984-1991 (Director, 1980-1991); SKF (UK), 1990-1992; Barking Power Ltd, 1992-1993; Director: Vodafone Group, 1988-; Waste Management International, 1992-; Chemring Group, 1994-. Chairman, NICG, 1980. Member: Industrial Develt Advisory Board, 1972-1979; Electronics EDC, 1981-1983; Council, IEE, 1969-1972 (Vice-President, 1978-1980, Deputy President, 1983-1984; Honorary Fellow, 1990); Council, IMechE, 1971-1974; National Electronics Council, 1982-1994; President: IWM, 1976-1977; BEAMA, 1986-1987; ORGALIME, 1990-1992; Chairman, Ferrous Foundries Advisory Committee, 1975-1978; Vice President, City and Guilds of London Inst., 1982-1992. Chairman: Design Council, 1980-1986; Engineering Council, 1988-1990. President, Association of Lancastrians in London, 1981 and 1992. Trustee, Brain Res. Trust, 1987-. Governor, London Business School, 1979-1992 (Honorary Fellow, 1991). Liveryman, Worshipful Company of Glaziers; Master, Worshipful Company of Engineers, 1986-1987. CIMgt (CBIM 1971). Hon. FUMIST 1978; Hon. FICE 1991; Hon. FCGI 1996. Hon. DSc: Cranfield, 1979; Bath, 1986; Aston, 1988; City, 1989; Hon. DTech: CNAA, 1988; Loughborough, 1993; Hon DEng UMIST, 1996.
Barlow, Peter Douglas From Colwyn Bay, North Wales.	? - died between 08.1973 and 08.1977 ?	Prob. T/S.Lt. 28.06.1940 T/S.Lt. 08.1941, seniority 28.06.1940 T/Lt. 01.05.1942 (reld > 04.1946) Lt. 25.02.1950, seniority 01.05.1942 Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1950 (retd) DSC 05.12.1944 Adriatic & Aegean coastal operations [investiture 20.07.45] 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - It St - - BWM 39|45 - - MID 30.05.1944 coastal forces actions Adriatic & Italian coasts 01.44 MID 21.11.1944 coastal forces actions West coast of Italy 06.44 VRD 16.08.1963 - CdeG ? raids of French commandos Tyrrhenian Sea 43-44	19.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for special service) 01.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) 20.01.1944 - 03.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 659 (motor gun boat) (07.1945)     HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) * (04.1946)     no appointment listed 25.02.1950     transferred, List II of permanent RNVR * indexed, but not listed as such
Barnard, Eric Thomas Son of Frederick George Barnard, and Ethel Morris. Married ((12?).1939, Kingswood district, Gloucestershire) Yvonne Joan Jamar ((06?).1919 - ), of Felixstowe.	25.07.1914 Bitton, nr Bristol, Keynsham district, Gloucestershire - 13.04.1945 (MPK) [age 31] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 6, panel 3] [remembered on his parents' grave in St Annes Church Cemetery, Bristol & at St Mary's Church Bitton Parish War Memorial 1939-1945]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 27.09.1943 T/S.Lt. (A) 27.03.1944	Aearonautical engineer. ARAeS. Gained civil aviator's certificate (No. 16246) on a Hornet Moth 130 at Ipswich Aero Club, 04.09.1938. 27.09.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) 13.03.1944 - (10.1944) pilot, 753 Squadron FAA [HMS Gannet, (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Co. Londonderry), later HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 01.02.1945 - 13.04.1945 pilot, 849 Squadron FAA [HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW)] * [Flying from Royal naval Air Station Bankstown, Sydney Sub Lieutenants ET Barnard and P Selwood failed to pull out of long shallow dive while test firing guns in Firefly Mk.1 DK440, and crashed into the sea off Malabar Point, Sydney, 13.4.45 both men were killed.] * Family thinks he was appointed to HMS Nabberley (Mobile Naval Air Base II, Bankstown nr Sydney, NSW) as from 05.04.1945.
Barnard, Ronald	? -	T/Lt. 11.06.1943 NorWM 22.05.1945 services to Norwegian Navy (Glaisdale)	12.11.1942 - 29.09.1944 British Naval Liaison Officer, "Glaisdale" (Norwegian escort destroyer) 07.10.1944 - 02.1945 British Naval Liaison Officer, "Eglantine" (Norwegian corvette) [invalided home] 23.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Europa (RNPS Central Depot, Lowestoft)
Barnes, Clifford William Stephen	08.08.1908 Hackney district, London / Middlesex - 09.1995 Norwich district, Norfolk	T/Lt. 15.01.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? (reld > 06.1944, < 07.1945)	20.01.1937 joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached London Division, RNVR) 01.03.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Badger (minesweeping base, Harwich) 01.01.1941 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Valesca (minesweeping trawler) 20.07.1942 - (06.1944) Department of Unexploded Bomb Disposal, Admiralty [HMS President] 20.07.1942 - (08.1942) for duty outside Admiralty (02.1943) - (06.1943) for duty inside Admiralty (08.1943) - (06.1944) for duty outside Admiralty
Barnes, Dennis Arthur Eustace Elder son of Arthur Eustace Barnes, and Marjorie Emily Smith, of Sanderstead. Married (15.01.1944, Cockington Church, Torquay, Newton Abbot district, Devon) Molly Josephine "Jo" Sibley (07.03.1919 - 08.2002), eldest daughter of Ernest W. Sibley, and Alice E. Oram, of Torquay; three sons, one daughter.	23.12.1920 Hampstead, Barnet district, London - 26.03.2008 Willowmead Residential Home, Essex [previously of "Casa Perro", West Hanningfield]	T/A/S.Lt. 10.04.1941 T/S.Lt. 23.12.1941 T/A/Lt. 01.09.1943 Lt. (L) 23.10.1947, seniority 01.09.1943 Lt.Cdr. (L) 01.09.1951 Cdr. 31.12.1957 (retd 31.12.1966) VRD ? - VRD 31.01.1967 1st clasp	Education: CEng; MIERE. ? - 10.04.1941 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 1941?     HMS Phoebe (cruiser) ? (06.1941)     HMS Pollux * (08.1941)     HMS Torch (minesweeper & Coastal Forces base, Holyhead) * 11.08.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Valkyrie (RDF training establishment, Regent Camp, Douglas, Isle of Man) 07.03.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Gambia (cruiser) 09.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (for miscellaneous duties) (04.1946)     HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) * 23.10.1947     transferred to List I of Permanent RNVR (London Division) * indexed, but not listed as such
Barnes, Francis John From Bristol.	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 23.08.1940 T/S.Lt. 1941?, seniority 23.08.1940 T/Lt. 23.08.1941 - - ? expression of appreciation from Commander-in-Chief South Africa: loss of Hr.Ms. Colombia OON 19.01.1943 services to Dutch Navy while serving at Hr.Ms. Z8 & Hr.Ms. Nautilus [decoration posted]	06.09.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) (02.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941) HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee) * ? - 27.02.1943 British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. Colombia (Dutch submarine tender) (survived sinking) 25.03.1944 - 1944 British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. Soemba (Dutch gunboat) 01.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for duty with Sea Transport Officers)
Barnes, John Walsh Son of ... Barnes, and ... Walsh. Married ...; ... children (one son?).	01.09.1921 Wellington district, Shropshire - 1989	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 01.10.1941 T/S.Lt. (A) 01.10.1942 T/A/Lt. (A) > 12.1943, < 02.1944 T/Lt. (A) 01.04.1944 (reld 31.03.1946) DSC 01.01.1944 New Year 1944: as pilot 815 Squadron FAA [investiture 27.07.1945]	(10.1941) - (12.1941) no appointment listed 12.1941 - (08.)1943 HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt) (DSC) 06.09.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) 24.10.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus) (for full flying duties and training)
Barnes, Raymond Charles Arthur Son of Charles Frederick Barnes, wire muzzle maker, and Ellen Matilda Black, of Teviotside, Mellow Close, Banstead, originally from East London.	05.05.1921 Romford district, Essex - 19.08.1942 [age 21] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 71, column 1] [commemorated at Banstead War Memorial]	T/A/S.Lt. ?	? - 19.08.1942 HMS Tormentor (Combined Operations base, Warsash) [probably killed in action during the Dieppe raid]
Barnes, Robert Varley Son of ... Barnes, and ... Varley.	25.04.1916 Ramsholt, Woodbridge district, Suffolk - 1981 Melbourne, Australia	T/S.Lt. (A) 29.08.1942 T/A/Lt. (A) < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945 [decoration posted]	01.03.1943 - (10.1944) observer, 842 Squadron FAA 06.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus) (for signal duties) b 53. deacon 18.02.1956 and priest 22.12.1956 56 Brisb. C of St Jas Toowoomba 56-57; V of Caboolture 57-62; on leave 62-63; Vice-Warden Newton Th Coll Dogura New Guinea 63-67; Chap St Aid Teacher's Tr Coll Dogurs 64-66; P-in-c of Taupota 67-73; Warden Bible Centre Awaiama Dig Papua from 75.
Barney, Stephen James Younger son of Edgar William Barney, and Evelyn Mary Rushbrooke, of Horsell, Woking, Surrey. Married ((09?).1949, Kensington district, Middlesex) Sheila Mary Parry (died 19.11.2009, aged 85), only daughter of Mr & Mrs E. Parry, of Aysgarth, Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire; one son, one daughter.	04.11.1922 "Guardswell", Ascot, Windsor district, Berkshire - 23.09.2017 West Byfleet, Weybridge, Surrey	T/Midsh. 10.1942? T/A/S.Lt. 1943? T/S.Lt. 04.05.1943 T/Lt. 04.05.1945 (reld > 04.1946) Lt. 1956?, seniority 29.04.1954 Lt.Cdr. RNR 29.04.1962 (retd 04.11.1982) RD 12.08.1966 - RD ? 1st clasp	Education: Charterhouse. Worked in his father’s advertising agency, joined the Local Defence Volunteers (LDV) and later the Home Guard. 01.1942 - 04.1942 HMS Atherstone (destroyer) (as OD and CW Candidate) 04.1942 - 10.1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 14.10.1942 - 10.1943 Correspondence Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean) [first a four-week anti-submarine course at Greenock; went to Londonderry to join his ship but it had left and he was seconded to other ships, on coastal convoys and to Iceland, for 3 months; he was then sent to Gibraltar on HMS Rother in the spring of 1943 to rejoin HMS Venomous] 03.12.1943 - (07.)1945 Correspondence Officer, HMS Urania (destroyer) (under construction at Barrow-in-Furness, Normandy (06.1944), from summer 1944 in the Pacific) autumn 1945     two months at the British Embassy at Tokyo (communications) late 1945? - 1946? First Lieutenant, HMS Sarawak (frigate) (04.1946)     no appointment listed 1956? - 04.11.1982 Permanent RNVR (London Division, List 2A) [from 1958 RNR]
Baron, Thomas Son of Thomas George Baron (1877-1948), and Maud Beatrice Walsh (1876-1959). Married (1946) Isobel Clara MacLaughlin (14.08.1914 - 08.11.1974), daughter of James McLaughlin (1875-1942); one daughter, one son.	20.06.1903 Darwen, Lancashire - 06.02.1981 Dublin, Ireland	T/A/S.Lt. 22.01.1943 T/S.Lt. 22.07.1943 (reld > 07.1946, < 10.1946)	(04.1943)     minesweeper course 07.05.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Foxglove (Flower class sloop) 17.08.1945 - (07.1946) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for Corsham Barracks) His daughter writes: "He volunteered from Ireland and served as an Ordinary Seaman in Operation Jubilee as a gunner on ML 190. He Was then promoted to Acting Sub Lieutenant. He served on corvettes guarding the Liberty Ships. He finished the war in Londonderry on minesweepers and met his wife Isobel McLaughlin here. He returned to Dublin in 1946 to continue his career Managing Director of Walpamur Paints."
Barons, Douglas Francis Son of Herbert Francis Barons (1895-1995), and Frances Ann Cane (1892?-1946). Married ((06?).1944, Salisbury district, Wiltshire) Phyllis Edris Kilford (11.05.1918 - 12.2004); two sons (one of whom died in infancy).	16.01.1921 Hackney district, London - 09.07.2009 Chippenham, Wiltshire	T/A/S.Lt. 1943? T/S.Lt. 29.04.1944	04.1942     general training, HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) 1942 - 1942 technical training, HMS President V (accounting base, Highgate School, London) 1942 - 1942 awaiting deployment, RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 1942 - 1942? HMS Mentor (minesweeper base, Stornoway) [recommended for commission and returned to RN Barracks, Portsmouth] 1942? - 1943 deck duties, HMS Vanessa (destroyer) [convoys from Liverpool to St Johns, Newfoundland] 1943 - 1943 HMS Sweetbriar (corvette) 1943 - 1943 officer training, HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) [including detachments to HMS President (Greenwich) for navigation training, and HMS Nimrod (Campbeltown) for anti-submarine warfare training)       HMS Tavy (frigate) [to complete practical training and achieve officer of the watch status, operating in escort group between Londonderry and Gibraltar] 02.04.1944 - 06.1944 HMS Western Isles (work up base, Tobermory) 06.1944 - 11.1944 HMS Hannibal & HMS Fabius (RN bases, Taranto) [posted onto a Z Craft 11.1944; sailed from Italy and landed on Poros, Greece] 11.1944 - 06.1945 HMS Gloxinia (corvette) [joined her in Port Said; escorted convoys up east coast of Italy into Bari, Brindisi and Rimini, then to English Channel] 06.1945 - 1946 HM LST 3504 (landing ship, tank) [joined in Devonport, sailed to Far East via India; 1946 compassionate leave & flown to UK] (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Barr, James Steven	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 23.09.1942 T/S.Lt. (A) 23.03.1943 T/Lt. (A) 23.03.1945 (reld 19.04.1946)	(12.1942)     HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) * (02.1943)     no appointment listed (04.1943)     HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) * 08.04.1943 - (06.)1943 pilot, 754 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 07.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Cormorant II (RN Air Station, Gibraltar) (for duty with pool) 27.09.1943 - (06.)1944 pilot, 836 Squadron FAA (10.1944) - (04.1945) no appointment listed 01.06.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * indexed, but not listed as such
Barr, Thomas Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Barr, of Clydebank, Dunbartonshire.	1922 Kilpatrick district, Dunbarton, Scotland - 10.01.1944 (MPK) [age 21] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 5, panel 4]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ? T/S.Lt. (A) 03.01.1943 T/A/Lt. (A) ? DSC 18.05.1943 torpedo attacks on enemy merchant vessels * [investiture 23.11.43] DSC 05.10.1943 17 recent operations, bombardment Syracuse ** [decoration presented to next-of-kin] * For outstanding bravery in operations from Malta against enemy shipping in the Mediterranean. ** For skill and efficiency in many air operations against the enemy while operating from Malta.	22.09.1942 - (06.)1943 pilot, 828 Squadron FAA (Malta) 26.07.1943 - 10.01.1944 pilot, 785 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)] (missing, presumed killed in an air crash)
Barradale-Steel, George	06.09.1909 -	T/Lt. 10.10.1942	31.08.1942 - (06.1944) Department of Unexploded Bomb Disposal [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 09.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) 15.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Warren (Combined Operations base, Largs)
Barratt, Peter Lockwood Son of ... Barratt, and ... Bridgeman.	17.08.1923 Chelmsford district, Essex - 09.2000 Waveney district, Suffolk	T/S.Lt. 17.02.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	(06.1944) took part in Operation Neptune (Normandy) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Barrett, Alan John	14.11.1912 - 08.04.1961	T/Sg.Lt. 22.10.1940 T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. 11.08.1941-(08.)1942, > 01.1945, < 04.1945 Sg.Lt. 29.05.1946, seniority 22.10.1940 Sg.Lt.Cdr. 22.10.1946 Sg.Cdr. 31.12.1955	MRCS, LRCP. 18.10.1940 - 11.1940 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 30.11.1940 - (08.)1941 HMS Dunedin (D class cruiser) 11.08.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Cheshire (armed merchant cruiser) 15.09.1942 - (04.)1943 HM Dockyard Malta [HMS St Angelo] (06.1943) - (01.1945) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) * (04.1945)     no appointment listed 09.06.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Boxer (fighter direction ship) (10.1945)     no appointment listed 10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) 29.05.1946     transferred RN ... - ... ...
Barrett, Anthony Richard Son of John Barrett and Sarah [Westlake?], of Bangor Erris, Co. Mayo, Ireland.. Married ((12?).1939, Dublin South district, Ireland) ...	02.05.1915 Ireland - 19.12.1941 (MPK) [age 26] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, panel 61, column 3]	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 12.07.1941	Education: University College, Galway (entered 07.10.1932); MB, BCh, BAO NUI (1938). Senior House Surgeon Caernarvon & Anglesey Infirmary, Bangor. Temporary Assistant (later Senior Assistant) Medical Officer West Ham Mental Hospital Goodmayes, Essex. 12.07.1941 - 08.08.1941 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 09.08.1941 - 19.12.1941 HMS Stanley (Town class destroyer) [missing, presumed killed when ship was torpedoed and sunk by U-574 in North Atlantic]
Barrett, Ian Hamilton Son of James Arthur Samuel Barrett. Married (22.12.1948) Hilary Mary Crickmay (widow of Sq.Ldr. Paul de Grey Horatio Seymour), daughter of Douglas Ernest Crickmay; one step-son.	25.02.1919 St Andrew district, Dundee, Scotland - 07.06.1985 Brough, Humberside, Beverley district, Yorkshire	T/S.Lt. 18.09.1941 T/Lt. 01.05.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	18.11.1941 - (04.)1943 HMS Sabina (auxiliary patrol trawler) 14.04.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Lewes (Town class destroyer) 01.05.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Marguerite (Flower class corvette) 12.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Assegai (training establishment, nr Durban, South Africa) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Barrett, Maurice Agar Son of Henry E.L. Barrett, and Jane Barrington Lockyer. Married ...; four daughters, one son. Residence: (1944) Pulborough.	28.04.1917 Gunnersbury, Ealing, Brentford district, West London - 07.03.1979 Nairobi, Kenya (as a result of an accident in Sudan) [buried at sea off Watamu, Kenya]	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 28.03.1942, seniority 07.06.1941 T/Lt. 12.03.1943 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946) MID 21.11.1944 actions covering 2 years	Education: University of Reading (BSc, dairying, 1937). 12.01.1943 - (01.)1945 HM MGB 3 (motor gun boat), renamed: HMS Grey Seal [HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland)] (07.1945)     no appointment listed (1945)     Commanding Officer, HMS Flying Wing (tug) Emigrated 1946 to Kenya and worked in agricultural education, at Egerton and at Kabete. Later he became a UN adviser and worked in Pakistan, Iraq, Uganda and Sudan.
Barrow, John	? -	T/S.Lt. 27.11.1942	(10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Barrow, Norman MacLehose Married ((06?).1946, Horsham district) Third Officer Joan Cooper, WRNS; one son, two daughters.	01.11.1913 Maryhill district, Glasgow, Scotland - 21.12.1979 Tonbridge district, Kent	T/A/S.Lt. 29.04.1943 T/S.Lt. 29.10.1943 T/A/Lt. 29.10.1945	29.04.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Effingham (Combined Operations base, Dartmouth) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 10.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Palomares (fighter direction ship) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Chairman and CEO of BPB Holdings Ltd (British Plaster Board Ltd) 1973-78.
Barry, Adrian Michael Son of Richard Alan Barry and of Gladys Isabel Barry (née Vander Byl), of Fransch Hoek, Cape Province, South Africa.	1912 ? - 01.05.1942 (KIA) [age 30] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 76, column 3]	A/S.Lt. ? A/T/Sg.Lt.Cdr.. 15.02.1940 T/Sg.Lt. ?, seniority 15.09.1939	Education: MB, BCh, double first Pathology (Cantab.), Gold Medallist University College Hospital. 21.11.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Carnarvon Castle (armed merchant cruiser) 28.09.1940 - (12.1941) HMS King George V (battleship) ? - 01.05.1942 HMS Punjabi (destroyer) [killed when battleship HMS King George V crashed into Punjabi's port side just abaft the engine room and went through her "like a butter knife at 25 knots". Punjabi's stern sank almost immediately.]
Barry, John Campbell	? -	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 03.06.1944 (reld 1945/46)	Ordinary Seaman, HMS Howe (battleship) (Sicily, 12.1943) 1944 HMS King Alfred (training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 1944 HM ML 222 (motor launch) (based at HMS Hornet, Gosport) (Channel convoys & working up for minesweeping) 01.05.1944 - (06.1944) First Lieutenant, HM ML 246 (motor launch) (navigating & escorting 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade from Southampton to Juno Beach, Normandy) 10.1944 - 01.1945 epic voyage with 20th ML Flotilla to Bombay, India (07.1945) no appointment listed 1945 Reserve Fleet MLs, Dartmouth
Barry, Robert Joseph Married ...; ... children.	01.01.1909 West Derby district, Lancashire - 12.1975 Birmingham district, West Midlands	T/S.Lt. 24.07.1942 T/Lt. 24.10.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr.. > 10.1945, < 04.1946 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Bur St - - BWM 39|45 - -	(10.1942)     no appointment listed 09.11.1942 - (06.)1943 HM MMS 200 (motor minesweeper) (08.1943)     HM MMS 200 (motor minesweeper) * 26.08.1943 - (01.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 196 (motor minesweeper) 03.03.1946 - (07.1946) HMS Loch Ruthven (frigate) * indexed, but not listed as such
Bartholomew, Thomas Gilbert "Jim" Only son of Archdeacon Graham Topley Bartholomew (1881-), and Florence Clara Foord.	12.05.1912 Bromley, Kent - 16.05.1950 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad (after a short illness)	T/S.Lt. 27.11.1941 T/Lt. 12.05.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	03.1944 - (01.)1945 First Lieutenant, HMS Othello (minesweeping trawler) 14.04.1945 - (08.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Hawthorn (minesweeping trawler)
Bartlett, Frederick William George Residence: (1945) Twickenham, Middlesex.	06.01.1913 - 27.07.2001 Bournemouth, Dorset	... ... T/El.Lt. 17.07.1940 T/A/El.Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945	Pre- & post-war engineering inspector, Post Office Engineering Department (Bristol Area, later possibly London).       on staff of SDG, Admiralty [HMS President] ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) SDG, Admiralty [HMS President]
Barton, Alan George	23.06.1907 Leyton, West Ham district, Essex - 25.04.1980 Bristol, Avon	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 17.04.1944 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 17.10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	(09.1941)     HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness)       HMS Anson (battleship) (03.1944)     HMS Vindex (escort carrier) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945) - (07.1945) HMS Mercury II (Admiralty signal establishment, Haslemere) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Barwell, Terence Edgar "Terry" Son of William J. Barwell, and Mary E.E. Whaits. Married ((09?).1940, Greenwich district, Kent) Patricia M. Carr; two sons, four daughters.	31.01.1916 Axbridge district, Somerset - 04.2012 Falmouth, Cornwall	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 01.08.1940 T/Sg.Lt. 1941?, seniority 01.08.1940 (reld 11.03.1946) Sg.Lt. 28.07.1950, seniority 24.09.1944 Sg.Lt.Cdr. 24.09.1952 MID 01.01.1946 New Year 46	Education: MB, BS, 1943; MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond 1939; registered 27.10.1939. 01.10.1940 - (08.)1941 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 16.09.1941 - 06.11.1942 Medical Officer, HMS Express (destroyer) 24.11.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Lochailort (Combined Operations base, Inverailort Castle, nr Inverness) 06.01.1944 - (10.1945) Medical Officer, HMS Nadder (frigate) 28.07.1950     transferred, permanent RNVR (List II) A daughter writes: "He rejoined the RNVR for the Suez crisis when he was appointed Lt Cmdr."
Bashford, Robert Frank Son of Everett Bashford (1877-1928), and Lily Mitchell (1893-1963). Married (07.1945, Belfast, Ireland) Doris Elizabeth Lingard; two daughters, one son.	29.12.1921 Greenwich district, London - 11.04.2004 Edinburgh, Scotland	T/A/S.Lt. 21.08.1942 T/S.Lt. 21.02.1943 T/Lt. 21.02.1945 (reld 31.08.1946)	1941     enlisted, RNVR 1941 - 1941 HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, nr Portsmouth, Hampshire) 10.1941 - 04.1942 HMS Weston (Falmouth class sloop) 1942 - 1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 1942 - 1942 RN College, Greenwich (10.1942) - (11.1942) no appointment listed 25.11.1942 - 11.10.1943 HMS Leonidas (RN base, Takoradi, Gold Coast): 30.12.1942 - 11.10.1943 First Lieutenant, HM ML 274 (motor launch) 12.10.1943 - (06.)1944 First Lieutenant, then Commanding Officer, HM ML 274 (motor launch) 08.07.1944 - (10.)1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 619 (motor torpedo boat) 09.10.1944 - (02.)1945 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 767 (motor torpedo boat) (04.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed * 19.11.1945 - 19.05.1946 Physical and Recreational Training Officer, HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire) * His daughter writes: "He had some leave in July-August 1945 to get married and then his first post-war posting was at the naval base in Portsmouth as a Physical and Recreational Training Instructor."
Basnett, John Edward Only son of Edward "Teddy" Basnett, and Eveline "Eve" M. Basnett (née Cooper). Married Helen Ellisdon; two daughters.	14.04.1919 Cardiff district, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire - 08.05.1995	T/S.Lt. 27.12.1940 T/A/Lt. 27.06.1943 (reld 31.01.1946)	(02.1941)     no appointment listed 20.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Pentstemon (corvette) 29.11.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Malahne (armed yacht)
Bassett, Kenneth Thomas Son (with one brother) of Thomas Bassett (1878-), and Ellen Louisa Richards (1888-1946). Married ((09?).1937, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire) Kathleen Margaret Sinclair (29.07.1916 - 08.12.2005), daughter of Charles Sinclair (1889-1977); two daughters, one son.	10.10.1910 Devonport, Devon - 23.05.1989 Brixton, Devon	Prob. T/S.Lt. 26.04.1940 T/Lt. 10.10.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 02.1944, < 04.1944 (reld 24.02.1946)	28.05.1940 - (02.)1941 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] (04.1941) - (06.1941) no appointment listed (08.1941) - (12.1941) HMS Puckeridge (Hunt class destroyer) * 12.1941 - (02.)1944 Squadron Gunnery Officer to Rear-Admiral, Minelayers [HMS Southern Prince (temporary HQ ship)] (04.1944) - (10.1944) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * (01.1945) - (10.1945) HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) * Dunlop transport group representative for tyres in the Wolverhampton district. Later stationed in South Africa. * indexed, but not listed as such
Batchelor, Grahame Sydney	02.04.1915 Aston district, Warwickshire - 05.1999 Ynys Mon, Gwynedd, Wales	Prob. T/S.Lt. 23.08.1940 T/Lt. 23.08.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945	HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) (10.1940)     no appointment listed ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
Bate, William Bruce Thornton	30.04.1908 Bristol district, Avon / Gloucestershire - 02.1987 Torbay district, Devon	T/Lt. 23.11.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? DSC 12.06.1945 offensive sweep Genoa 12.44 [decoration posted]	(1940) Commanding Officer, HM MTB ... (motor torpedo boat) (12.1944) HMS Minuet
Bate, William Osmund John Son of ... Bate, and ... Cobb.	(03?).1913 Brentford district, Middlesex - 23.06.1952 Exeter district, Devon	T/Lt. 31.01.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43	(1942) First Lieutenant, HM SGB 8 (steam gun boat) served 29th (Canadian) MTB Flotilla
Bates, Raymond Arthur	? -	T/S.Lt. ? T/A/Lt. 12.02.1943	16.03.1942 - (06.1944) Department of Unexploded Bomb Disposal [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 01.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (for mine disposal) (04.1946) no appointment listed
Bates, Sidney Edward Mills Son of Sidney Frank Bates, and Marion D. Mills, of Aldridge, Staffordshire. Married (1960) Dr. Thelma Dorothy Johnson, daughter of Mr & Mrs W.C.D. Johnson, of Ringwood, Hampshire.	03.04.1917 Walsall district, Staffordshire - 05.1996 Hereford district, Herefordshire / Monmouthshire	T/Sg.Lt. 19.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Hereford Cathedral School; Oxford University (BA, 1939); BM, BCh. 15.08.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Atheling (escort carrier) 30.10.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Atheling (escort carrier) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Honorary Secretary, Oxford University Medical Society, Brasenose College, Oxford (1939).
Bates, William James Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	25.01.1922 - 16.05.2005 Cheshire East district, Cheshire	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 02.01.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	(04.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed His daughter writes: "My Dad's resume says that he was a commissioned pilot and states he was in the R.A.F and R.N.V.R. from 1941 to 1945. I only know that he spent some time in the US, I think in Austin Texas."
Bateson, Eric Osment Son of Horace W. Bateson, and Annetta Elsie Osment (1881?-1963). Married 1st (06.09.1939, Reading district, Berkshire) Dorothy Lisbeth Godden (30.12.1918 - 15.08.1981). Married 2nd (27.03.1942, Trinidad) Eryl Hampden Holder (24.06.1916 - 07.01.1972); two sons. Married 3rd ((06?).1973, Petersfield district, Hampshire) Patricia Dorcas E. Thompson (31.08.1923 - 20.02.2003).	09.02.1915 Croydon district, Surrey - 29.10.1975 Havant, Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Writer (prob) 31.08.1939 Writer 1940?, seniority 31.08.1939 Paym.S.Lt. 12.07.1940 Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 12.07.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S) > 01.1945, < 04.1945 (reld 15.04.1946)	06.09.1939 - 16.11.1939 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 16.11.1939 - 22.04.1940 HMS Berwick (Kent class cruiser) 22.04.1940 - 16.05.1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 17.05.1940 - 11.07.1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 02.08.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Illustrious (Illustrious class aircraft carrier) 28.06.1941 - (06.)1944 HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 04.12.1944 - (10.1945) Captain's Secretary, HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Councillor & 1962 Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, Hampshire. Vice-Chairman, Hampshire County Council 1973-75. President, Association of Education Committees 1973-75.
Battenberg, William Alan Son of William A.N. Battenberg, and Ellenor C. Bollingbroke, of Melville Court, London. Married (1955, Middlesex) Mrs M. Unity Pallot, daughter of J.P. Purvis, and Mrs J.D.C. Curtis, of Wakefield, Jamaica.	26.11.1911 Willesden district, Middlesex - 15.08.1980	T/S.Lt. 04.03.1940 T/Lt. 12.01.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 25.10.1943? (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)	04.03.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Stella Capella (anti-submarine trawler) (10.1940)     HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) * 16.09.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services) 25.10.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) * indexed, but not listed as such
Battison, Douglas Frederick Son of ... Battison, and ... Sykes. Married; children.	22.04.1920 Sheffield district, Yorkshire - 02.01.2007 Felpham, West Sussex	T/S.Lt. (A) ? T/Lt. (A) 09.04.1945 Lt. (A) RN 03.07.1946, seniority 09.04.1945 Lt.Cdr. RN 09.04.1953 (retd 29.06.1959)	... - ... ... 23.06.1945 - (07.1945) pilot, 711 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)] 03.01.1946 - (04.1946) pilot, 778 Squadron FAA [HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex)] 03.07.1946 transferred to RN ... - ... ...
Battson, Harry Son of ... Battson, and ... Nock. From East Barnet.	08.02.1917 East Barnet, Greater London / Hertfodshire / Middlesex - 03.1992 Kettering distirct, Northamptonshire	T/S.Lt. 29.05.1942 T/Lt. 29.05.1943 DSC 30.05.1944 action off Dieppe 28.03.44 [investiture 21.09.44]	10.04.1943 - (11?).1943 [Commanding Officer?], HM MTB 499 (motor torpedo boat) * 01.11.1943 - (04.)1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 602 (motor torpedo boat) [from 19.05.1944 at Newhaven)] (10.1944)   HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) ** 05.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Wellesley (RN training establishment, Liverpool) * (06.1944) still [erroneously?] listed as such ** indexed, but not listed as such
Batty, James Married ...; two sons, one daughter.	19.07.1910 Barton upon Irwell district, Lancashire - 09.1990 Salford district, Greater Manchester	Writer ? T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 15.02.1943 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 15.08.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) * Special Branch officer employed on cypher duties	1941     joined RNVR       training, HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley)       HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (04.1943) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 18.06.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (for duty in office of Commander-in-Chief, Levant) 05.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (for base cypher duties) 09.07.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (for base cypher duties) (07.1945)     HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto, Italy) * (10.1945)     HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Batty, Joseph Son of ... Batty, and ... Wilkinson. Married ...; ... children (one son?).	09.12.1917 Ecclesall Bierlow district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 11.1985 Sheffield district, Yorkshire	T/A/S.Lt. 01.04.1943 T/S.Lt. 01.10.1943 T/Lt. 01.10.1945 (reld 04.01.1946) DSC 06.03.1945 Westkapelle, Walcheren 11.44 [investiture 18.05.45]	01.04.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Dartmouth III (Combined Operations training establishment, Dartmouth), renamed 19.07.1943 HMS Effingham (Combined Operations base, Dartmouth): (11.1944)     Commanding Officer, HM LCP(L)153 (landing craft, personnel (large)) (705th LCP(L) Flotilla) (Walcheren) (DSC)
Bawcutt, Roy Ernest Son (with two sisters and three brothers) of Amos Bawcutt (1879-1940), and Alice May (1879-1965). Married 1st ((03?).1941, Warwick district, Warwickshire) Joan Ellen Mary Ward (16.02.1920 - 08.01.1987); two children. Joan Bawcutt remarried (1953) Sidney W. Owen. Married 2nd ((12?).1954, St Pancras district, Middlesex) Olive Irene "Rene" Broad ((06?).1920 - 22.05.2012).	10.02.1920 Crayford, Dartford district, Kent - 04.06.1981 Westerham, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 17.07.1944 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 17.01.1945 (reld 12.05.1946) * Special Branch officer who is employed on cypher duties	Worked on headquarters staff of the Civil Service Clerical Association (CSCA). (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 17.02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Glenroy (landing ship, infantry) 1940s - 1950s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve Executive officer, CSCA, 1946-1948. Free-lance journalist. Political agent for Mr James Lawrie, the Belper Division liberal candidate, 1950. Advertisement manager & joint managing director, Highways & Road Construction International. * indexed, but not listed as such
Baxter, Bernard Albert Son of ... Baxter, and ... Watson.	28.10.1921 Romford district, Essex - 23.03.1993 Leeds, Yorkshire	T/A/S.Lt. 30.04.1942 T/S.Lt. 28.10.1942 T/Lt. 28.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946) Lt. 12.01.1954 Lt.Cdr. 12.01.1962 (retd 28.10.1971) VRD 22.04.1966 -	(06.1942)     no appointment listed 12.07.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Forte IV (Coastal Forces base, Falmouth) (for motor launches) (02.1943)     HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) * 03.1943 - (10.)1943 Third Officer, HM ML 277 (motor launch) 12.10.1943 - (06.)1944 [Commanding Officer?], HM ML 277 (motor launch) 21.08.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) (for motor launches) 04.10.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM ML 467 (motor launch) 29.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Porcupine (landing craft base, Stokes Bay, Portsmouth) 12.01.1954 - 28.10.1971 Permanent RNVR, later RNR (London Division, List IIA) * indexed, but not listed as such
Baxter, Noel Edward Lindesay Son of Ferdinand and Amelia Aytone Lindesay Baxter (née Hogg), of Chelsea, London.	25.12.1912 Kensington district, Greater London - 16.07.1942 (KIA) [age 29] [Aelxandria (Hadria) War Memorial Cemetery, 3.C.26]	Cadet RN 01.05.1930 Midsh. RN 01.01.1931 (reld 1933) Prob. T/S.Lt. 01.09.1939 T/A/Lt. 01.09.1940	26.04.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.09.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Durban (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 05.07.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Malaya (battleship) (Home Fleet) (05.1933)     no appointment listed 01.09.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth) (for duty at Inchkeith) (12.1941)     no appointment listed ? - 16.07.1942 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (additional; on passage) (killed on the launch Gulf Stream that exploded)
Baxter, William Duncan Son of William Farrington Baxter, merchant, and Maude Annie Sewell. Married ((06?).1944, St Pancras district, London) Pamela Gladys Kingsmill, widow of Lt.Cdr. Francis Charles Furlong (1911-1944).	04.08.1901 Islington, London - 1959/60 ? South Africa ?	RAF:   P/O (prob) 15.03.1923 P/O 15.09.1923 F/O 15.10.1924 (reld 15.03.1938) RNVR:   T/S.Lt. (A) 09.10.1939 T/Lt. (A) 23.04.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 12.10.1940 (reld > 04.1946)	15.03.1923     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 15.03.1929     transferred, Reserve of Air Force Officers (Class A) 15.03.1936     transferred, Reserve of Air Force Officers (Class C) (12.1939) - (03.1940) no appointment listed 27.03.1940 - (07.)1940 pilot, 781 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 22.07.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex) 12.10.1940 - (06.)1942 Assistant to Commander Flying, HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad) 10.07.1942 - 31.01.1943 Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.02.1943 - 03.02.1946 Naval Air Organization Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.02.1946 - (04.1946) Naval Air Organization and Training Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
Bayley, Kenneth Egremont Anson	15.09.1903 - 02.07.1975 Chichester district	Prob. T/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 03.08.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1943, < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946) DSC  08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 [investiture 12.12.1944] MID 16.09.1940 Dunkirk 05-06.40 1939-1945 War Medal; Africa Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star, 1939-1945 Star	(05/06.1940) MB Princess Lilly (Dunkirk) 13.08.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Defiance (torpedo school, Devonport) (additional; for miscellaneous services) (12.1941) no appointment listed 13.12.1942 - 24.06.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 648 (motor gun boat) [based at HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)] 25.06.1943 - 07.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 642 (motor gun boat) 08.09.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 659 (motor gun boat) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Baylis, Robert Goodwin "Bob" Son of Harold Goodwin Baylis and Evelyn May Whitworth. Married (1949)  Joyce Rosemary Churchill (died 1995); two sons, one daughter.	29.11.1925 Luton district, Bedfordshire / Hertfordshire - 29.05.2009 [Hill Head, Fareham, Hampshire?]	Prob. T/Midsh. (A) 17.09.1944 Prob. T/A/S.Lt. (A) 1945? T/S.Lt. (A) 10.02.1946 Lt. (L) RN 05.02.1947 Lt.Cdr. (L) RN 05.02.1955 Cdr. (L) RN 31.12.1961 Capt. RN 30.06.1970 R.Adm. RN 07.07.1979 (retd) CB 1984 ? OBE 08.06.1963 HM's birthday 63	Education: Highgate School; Edinburgh University; Loughborough College; RN Engineering College; Trinity College, Cambridge. MA Cantab. MRAeS. 1943     joined RNVR (01.1945) no appointment listed (07.1945) no appointment listed 18.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) various appointments at sea in Far East and Home Fleet and ashore in research and development and training establishments; Staff of Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and South America, 1958; British Navy Staff, Washington, and Special Projects (Polaris), 1964; Defence Fellow, Southampton University, 1969; Naval ADC to HM the Queen, 07.01.1979-07.07.1979; Staff of Vice Chief of Defence Staff, 1979; President, Ordnance Board, 1981-30.04.1984 CEng; FIEE. Chief Executive, R.G. Baylis & Associates, since 1984; Director, British Maritime Technology Reliability Consultants Ltd, since 1988. Member Steering Group, Solent Maritime, 1994-. Member, Nuffield Theatre Board, 1988- (Chairman, 1989-1993, 1995-1997). Member (Emeritus), Australian Ordnance Council; Member Council, IEE, 1984-1986; Member, Euro­Atlantic Group, 1989-.
Bazeley, Bonham Ley Son of Oswald Edward Selwyn Bazeley (1895-1979), and Dorothy Burr. Married (09.09.1944, Colchester, Essex) Phyllis Mary Oliver (15.04.1923 - 14.07.2014); three daughters, one son.	19.07.1922 Haverfordwest district, Wales - 22.11.2009 Standish, Gloucestershire	T/Midsh. 14.05.1942 T/A/S.Lt. 19.07.1942 T/S.Lt. 19.01.1943 T/Lt. 01.04.1944 (reld 26.06.1946) DSC  21.11.1944 Coastal Forces action 26.08.44 [investiture 06.03.45] MID 19.09.1944 Coastal Forces actions 03 & 13.07.44	27.07.1942 - 20.09.1942 HMS Minos II (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for 7th MGB Flotilla) 21.09.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for 7th MGB Flotilla) (08.1943) - (12.1943) HM MGB 87 (motor gun boat) * 24.01.1944 - 17.06.1945 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for 4th MTB Flotilla): (07.1944) - 02.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 468 (motor torpedo boat) (DSC, despatches) 20.02.1945 - 17.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 470 (motor torpedo boat) (07.1945)      no appointment listed 24.09.1945 - (10.1945) Torpedo Officer, HMS Woodbridge Haven (submarine depot ship) (04.1946)     HMS Landlock (Mobile Landing Craft Advanced Base (MOLCAB) 2, Singapore) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Bazley, Royden Douglas Son of ... Bazley, and ... Crush. Married ((09?).1938, Brentford district, Middlesex) Betty I. Simmons.	07.07.1913 Brentford district, Middlesex -	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 06.11.1944 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 06.05.1945 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 06.05.1947 (reld > 05.1947) * Employed on staff, etc., duties ashore	06.11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) (for service at Newport) (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) * * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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