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1939-1945

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Iago,
John Martindale
Photo: HMS Hood Association
Son of George Martindale Iago and Beatrice Mary Iago, of Northwood, Middlesex.
(03?).1916
Hendon, Middlesex
-
24.05.1941
KIA a/b HMS Hood [age 25]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60, column 3]
Prob. S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
29.08.1939
T/El.S.Lt.
1940?, seniority 29.08.1939
T/El.Lt.
?
Education: BSc, ACGI
14.09.1939
-
01.10.1940
special branch officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser)
01.10.1940
-
24.05.1941
electrical officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) [ship sunk by German battleship Bismarck in North Atlantic]
Published: ...and home there's no returning : letters of Lieutenant John Martindale Iago RNVR from HMS "Hood", 1939-41 (ed. by Bee Kenchington; 2004)
Illingworth,
Arthur
A. Illingworth
1916 ?
-
11.2011 still alive
T/A/S/Lt. 26.02.1943
T/S.Lt. 26.08.1943
T/Lt. 26.08.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
(04.1943)     no appointment listed
15.06.1943 - 26.08.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Strephon (minesweeping trawler)
(12.1943) - (02.1944) no appointment listed
23.02.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Haig (Combined Operations base, Rye)
04.12.1944 - 26.07.1945 HMS Vestal (Algerine class minesweeper) (sunk by Japanese aircraft off Puket, Siam)
02.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Freesia (corvette)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Illingworth,
Walter
W. Illingworth
?
-
T/S.Lt. (A) 15.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
15.08.1944 - (01.)1945 observer, 756 Squadron FAA [HMS Ukussa (RN Air Station, Katukurunda, Ceylon)]
(05.1945)     HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) ?
[lost at sea 12.05.1945, being rescued by USS Bluefish on her 8th war patrol]
(07.1945)     pilot, 849 Squadron FAA *
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Ingham,
Leslie
L. Ingham
Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).
(06?).1919 ?
Halifax district, West Riding of Yorkshire ?
-
07.04.2009

T/El.Lt. 14.05.1940
T/A/El.Lt.Cdr. 19.07.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
21.06.1940 - (06.)1942 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for miscellaneous duties)
08.06.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Dartmouth (RN base, Dartmouth)
(06.1943)     no appointment listed
19.07.1943 - (04.)1945 HMCS Avalon (RCN barracks, St John's, Newfoundland) (for anti-submarine duties) (on loan to RCNVR)
(07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed
AMIEE.
Ingle,
Charles William Harry
C.W.H. Ingle
Son of ... Ingle, and ... Watson.
Married ((09?).1939, Bristol district, Gloucestershire) Josephine Dinah Parnell (24.10.1914-09.1997).
25.04.1914
Chelmsford district, Essex
-
08.2002

Colchester district, Essex
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 05.06.1942
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 05.06.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
01.07.1942 - (04.1946) HMS Waxwing (RN camp, Townhill, Dunfermline, Fife)
Ingle,
Douglas Baines
D.B. Ingle
Son of William R. Ingle, and Adeline Baines.
(09?).1922
Dewsbury district, West Yorkshire
-

Colby, Isle of Man
T/A/S.Lt. 1943?
T/S.Lt. 09.06.1944
09.12.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(06.1944) - 05.1945 First Officer, HM LCT 455 (14th LCT Flotilla) (Normandy)
Ingledew,
Peter Murray
P.M. Ingledew
Son of Norman Murray Ingledew (1880-1963), and Vera I'anson Cail (1883-1935).
Married (23.07.1938, St Briavels) Isabelle Mary Tyler (died 04.05.1997); five daughters, one son.
10.09.1912
Cardiff, Glamorgan
-
30.11.1962
[St Arvans Cemetery, Chepstow]
Prob. T/S.Lt.
04.12.1939
T/S.Lt.
1940?
T/A/Lt.
04.12.1940
T/Lt.
1941?, seniority 04.12.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
1943? (reld < 04.1946)

Mentioned in Despatches

MID
01.01.1943
New Year 43
Education: Lickey Hills School near Birmingham (1921-1926); Marlborough (1926-1929)
Joined Trinidad Asphalt Co., and took Civil Engineering course. Joined Cardiff Naval Brigade as a Lieutenant, 1931.
10.02.1940
-
(04.)1940
HMS Hampton (minelayer)
15.04.1940
-
(10.)1943
HMS Agamemnon (minelayer)
22.10.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Renown (battlecruiser)
In the 50's he owned several quarries in the district of Chepstow, Monmouth & Newport.
Instone,
Ernest
E. Instone
?
-

T/S.Lt.
25.09.1941
T/Lt.
25.12.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
< 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
(12.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
(10.1944)
-
(07.1945)
HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) *



Gunnery Officer at "Mauretania" & "Pasteur"
* indexed, but not listed as such
Instone,
Geoffrey Ireland
G.I. Instone
Married ((09?).1944, Weymouth district, Dorset) Christine M. Powell; ... children (one daughter?).
02.05.1918
Australia
-
(06?).1982

Truro district, Cornwall
T/S.Lt. 06.11.1941
T/Lt. 02.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
(1941?)     HMS Hermione (cruiser)
(12.1941)     no appointment listed
26.01.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Sardonyx (destroyer)
02.02.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Sardonyx (destroyer)
20.12.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA)
(04.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Hargood (frigate) *
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Ionides,
Theodore Alexander Maurice
T.A.M. Ionides
Son of Alexander George Ionides (1870-1945), and Alice Wynne Phillips (1876-1972), of Markyate, Hertfordshire.
Married (17.04.1934, St Marylebone district, London) Anne Joyce Cooke, FRIBA (10.06.1903 - 11.08.1984), of Highgate, Middlesex, eldest daughter of Philip Henry Cooke, and Frances Simpson; two daughters. She remarried (1960) Conrin Robinson, DSc, FRIC.

22.04.1900
Burry Port Urban, Llanelly district, Wales
-
11.06.1944
(DOW) [age 44]
[Bayeux War Cemetery, France, V.C.8]
T/Lt. ?
Education: Oxford (1921?).
1918 - 1920 served RN
1942     joined RNVR and served in mine disposal
      served in Naval Intelligence & 30 Assault Unit
? - 11.06.1944 Admiralty [HMS President]
Irvine,
Peter Geoffrey Annesley
P.G.A. Irvine
Married ((03?).1952, Chanctonbury district, Sussex) ... Gray.
03.10.1920
Eastbourne district, Sussex
-
04.1989
Torbay district, Devon
T/Lt.
22.11.1943

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
19.06.1945
action E-boats Nore 07.04.45
(06.1944)


Commanding Officer, HM MTB 205 (motor torpedo boat)
(04.1945)


Commanding Officer, HM MTB 454 (motor torpedo boat)
Irving,
Charles Edgar
C.E. Irving
Son of Albert Charles William Irving, schoolmaster, and Isabella Annie Irving (née ...).
29.08.1905
Croydon, Surrey
-
06.1982
Worthing district, West Sussex
T/S.Lt. 26.06.1941
T/Lt. 26.09.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
(06.1941)     HMS President III (accounting base) *
21.07.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Safeguard (anti-aircraft guard base, Calmore, Southampton)
10.03.1942 - 22.03.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Leicester City (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
(04.1943) - (06.1943) HMS Leicester City (anti-submarine warfare trawler) *
01.06.1943 - 29.10.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Leicester City (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
(01.1945)     HMS Leicester City (anti-submarine warfare trawler) *
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Irving,
Stanley William Charles Trelawny
S.W.C.T. Irving
20.08.1908
Fulham district, London
-
06.1990
Fulham district, London
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
?
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
01.06.1945
(07.1945)
-
(04.1946)
no appointment listed
Employed on staff, etc. duties ashore, had not (yet) received any training of an executive nature, but had undergone a short course at RN College, Greenwich.
Isaac,
Paul William
P.W. Isaac (Photo courtesy of Mr Robert Isaac)
Son (with one brother and three sisters) of Bryan William Isaac (1877-1962), and Ella Bulstrode (1875-1973).
Married (30.06.1941, Battersea district, London) Enid Estelle Sharp (15.10.1918 - 07.1995); two sons, two daughters.
24.01.1914
Ipswich district, Suffolk
-
01.06.2011
Alton, Hampshire
T/Sg.Lt. 01.07.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 08.09.1942 Japanese air attack 05.04.1942 [investiture 15.12.1942]
Education: University of Cambridge & St Bartholomews Hospital (MA (Camb) 1940; MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond 1939; MB, BCh 1939).
01.07.1941 - (07.)1941 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
23.07.1941 - 05.04.1942 HMS Cornwall (Kent class cruiser) [ship sunk by Japanese aircraft off Ceylon] (MBE)
(06.1942) - (08.1942) no appointment listed
28.08.1942 - (09.)1943 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)
22.09.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Pickle (Algerine class minesweeper)
27.11.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Chameleon (Algerine class minesweeper)
Isherwood,
Charles Medcalfe
C.M. Isherwood
Residence: (1945) Liverpool.
(09?).1917
Haslingden district, Lancashire
-
... ...
T/El.Lt. 26.07.1942
Pre- & post-war employed with Mertz-McLellan.
      minesweeping electrical officer (specializing in transmission & distribution)
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)
Issaverdens,
Jack Peter [Henry]
J.P. Issaverdens J.P. Issaverdens

Son of Henry Alexandre Jean Edouard Issaverdens (1875-1947), and Suzanne Juliette Eugénie Cardon (1877-1968).
Married (06.02.1947, Paris, France) Jeanne Marguerite Azan (14.05.1923 - ?), daughter of Paul Jean Louis Azan (1874-1951), and Henriette Preveraud de la Boutresse (1884-); one daughter.
10.05.1915
Chelsea district, London
-
1992
Prob. T/S.Lt. (A) 15.07.1940
T/Lt. (A) 15.07.1941 (reld 24.08.1946)
Education: Downing College, Cambridge.
Obtained civil aviator's certificate (No. 11934) taken on D.H. 60 Gipsy I 85/100 h.p. at Kent Flying Club, 30.05.1934.
(08.1940) - (10.1940) HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh) *
25.09.1940 - 12.03.1941 pilot, 755 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)]
13.03.1941 - (04.)1942 pilot, 756 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)]
(06.1942) - (08.1942) no appointment listed
01.09.1942 - (02.)1943 pilot, 700 Squadron FAA [HMS Uganda (Uganda class cruiser)]
(04.1943)     HMS Uganda (Uganda class cruiser) *
(06.1943)     HMS Kipanga (RN Air Station, Kilindini, Kenya) *
19.07.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for RN Air Station, Lawrenny Ferry)
05.11.1943 - (12.1943) pilot, 783 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)]
17.01.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus) (for full flying duties and training)
22.05.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Emperor (Ruler class escort carrier)
28.12.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)
03.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Bherunda (Royal Naval Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon) (for miscellaneous duties)
(04.1946)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
1950s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
* indexed, but not listed as such
Ivey,
John Ross
J.R. Ivey (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster) J.R. Ivey (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
?
-
T/Sg.Lt. 19.05.1944
MRCS Eng , LRCP Lond 23.10.1943; MB, BS Lond 1946.
... - ... ...
18.07.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Cassandra (destroyer)
17.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness)
... - ... ...
Izzard,
Ralph William Burdick
R.W.B. Izzard R.W.B. Izzard
R.W.B. Izzard R.W.B. Izzard
Son (with one sister) of Percy Izzard, and Florence Burdick.
Married 1st (1931; marriage dissolved 1946) Ellen Schmidt-Klewitz (deceased); one daughter, and one son by Marianna Hoppe.
Married 2nd (1947) Molly Crutchleigh-FitzPatrick; two sons, two daughters., 

27.08.1910
Billericay, Essex
-
02.12.1992
Pembury, Kent
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 27.06.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE  01.01.1946 New Year 46
Mention in Despatches MID 27.02.1945 invasion operations 06.44
Education: Leys School; Queens' College, Cambridge.
      Special Branch officer employed on staff, etc. duties ashore, but has not received any training of an executive nature
27.03.1941 - (07.1945) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
(1944) - (1945) Commanding Officer, RN Forward Interrogation Unit [HMS Odyssey (despatches), later HMS Royal Albert (OBE)]
Journalist (foreign correspondent) with the Daily Mail.


 
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