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Oakes, John Percy Roland Son of Capt. Montague Percy Rowland Oakes (1865-1948), late 5th Irish Lancers, of Hole Head, Dawlish, and Ellen Winifred Louise Cawston (1882-), of Beacon View, Exeter. Married (05.09.1941, St Peter's, Vere Street, St Marylebone district, London W1) Mary Audrey Walker (10.09.1916 - 1998), daughter of Maj. & Mrs Rollo Walker, of Bushey, Hertfordshire; ... children (two sons?).	03.06.1910 Plymtree, Honiton district, Devon - 07.01.1985 South Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	P/O (prob) 13.03.1930 (commission terminated on cessation of duty 02.07.1930) 2nd Lt. ? (reld 27.10.1934) T/S.Lt. 02.01.1940 T/Lt. 26.07.1940	Education: Pembroke College, Oxford (MA). Barrister-at-law. 13.03.1930   02.07.1930 commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Officers (General Duties Branch) (Class AA(ii)) ? - 27.10.1934 commissioned, General List (University Candidates) (04.1940)     no appointment listed (06.1940)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * (07.1940)     HMS Vernon II * (10.1940)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 10.10.1940 - (02.)1941 French Ship "La Cordelière" (04.1941) - (06.1941) no appointment listed 12.07.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast) 16.05.1942 - (08.)1942 British Naval Liaison Officer, Greek destroyer "Pindos" [ex-HMS Bolebroke] (10.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed ? - 12.1942 British Naval Liaison Officer, Norwegian destroyer "Glaisdale" 03.1943 - (06.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS New Comet (minesweeping trawler) 01.07.1943 - 13.08.1943 HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for BYMSs) 14.08.1943 - (12.1943) First Lieutenant, HM BYMS 35 (British Yard minesweeper) (02.1944)     no appointment listed (04.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland) * (04.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed 1945 - (10.1945) RN Barracks, Colombo, Ceylon [HMS Lanka] * indexed, but not listed as such
Oakey, John Graham Elder son of Mr & Mrs John William Oakey, of Addison Road, London. Married (20.02.1937, Holy Trinity, Brompton, Kensington district, London) Delphine Gordon Bird (06.08.1914 - 06.1992), elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Gordon Bird, of Cromwell Road, London.	25.09.1911 Kensington district, London - 10.1999 Surrey South-Eastern district, Surrey	Prob. T/S.Lt. 27.06.1940 T/S.Lt. 10.1940, seniority 27.06.1940 T/A/Lt. 27.06.1941 T/Lt. 1942?, seniority 27.06.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	08.07.1940 - 10.1940 HMS Fandango (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 10.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast) 01.07.1941 - 06.06.1943 HMS Antrim (trawler base, Belfast) 07.06.1943 - (04.)1945 HMS Irwell (trawler base, Birkenhead) (07.1945)     HMS Irwell (trawler base, Birkenhead) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Oakley, Malcolm Gray "Drip" Son of ... Oakley, and ... Gray.	09.11.1919 West Derby district, Lancashire - 19.08.1987 Tunbridge Wells, Kent	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ? T/S.Lt. (A) 03.03.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	Sturdent. 17.04.1944 - (10.1944) observer, 825 Squadron FAA [initially at HMS Vindex (escort carrier)] (07.1945) no appointment listed
Oakley, Ronald Son (with one brother) of Horace Oakley (1890-1966), and Florence Janes Downes (1891-1948). Married (16.04.1949, Edmonton district, Middlesex) Hilda Rosemary Northfield, WRNS (09.02.1926 - 17.11.1977), daughter of Frank Northfield (1883-1972), and Bertha Louise Thompson (1887-1970); one daughter, two sons.	13.04.1920 Bearwood, Birmingham district, Warwickshire - 21.08.2005 Shenstone, East Staffordshire	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 13.03.1941 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 13.04.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.08.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) > 04.1945, < 07.1945 (reld > 10.1946) * Special Branch officer employed on scientific duties	21.03.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for signal school) 09.06.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Penelope (cruiser) (06.1942) - (08.1942) no appointment listed 25.08.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Unicorn (aircraft maintenance ship) 23.11.1943 - (04.)1945 HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) (07.1945)     HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) * 07.1945 - (10.)1945 HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) 14.11.1945 - (10.1946) HMS Goldcrest (RN Air Station, Dale, Pembrokeshire) * indexed, but not listed as such
Oakley, Thomas Henry Residence: (1945) Newcastle-upon-Tyne.	? -	... ... T/El.Lt. 05.02.1944	Pre-war employed with Messrs. Parsons, Newcastle.       general degaussing duties including UK, Haifa & Alexandria ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames)
Oatten, Francis George Son of Arthur Joseph George Oatten (1888-1971), and Frances Mabel Williams (1889-1977). Married 1st ((09?).1942, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales; divorced) Clara Joan Bowman (01.05.1920 - 01.2007); one daughter, one son. Clara Oatten remarried (1954) Malcolm T. Gilbert, Married 2nd ((12?).1954, Plymouth, Devon) Audrey Margaret Milford (18.02.1930 - 11.2001).	26.06.1921 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales - 11.08.1995 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 31.01.1942 T/S.Lt. (A) 26.06.1942 T/Lt. (A) 31.07.1944 (reld 25.04.1946)	(04.1942)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * (06.1942) - (08.1942) no appointment listed 24.08.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Malagas (RN Air Station, Wingfield/Wynberg, nr Capetown, South Africa) (for "pool") 01.05.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall) 11.06.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Urley (RN Air Station, Ronaldsway, Isle of Man) 21.08.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall) 28.10.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Flycatcher (RN Air Station, Ludham, Norfolk) * indexed, but not listed as such
O'Bryen, William Stanislaus Son of John Gibson Patrick and Ivy Charlotte O'Bryen, of Fynnland, Natal, South Africa.	1916 Natal, South Africa - 26.11.1942 [age 26] [Yeovilton Churchyard, RNAS extension]	T/S.Lt. (A) ?	Education: Glenwood High School, Durban, South Africa (1929-1930) ? - 26.11.1942 HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton) (died in service)
O'Carroll, Michael St John Son (with two brothers) of Claude St. John O'Carroll (1880-1962), stockbroker, and Edith Bywater Bywater-Ward (1886-1959). Married (27.04.1943, Bridgetown, Barbados) Clara Jocelyn Gall (19.10.1923 - 11.10.2008); one daughter, one son.	23.06.1914 Headington district, Oxfordshire - 13.03.1968 Paddington district, London W1	T/S.Lt. 28.02.1940 T/Lt. 05.01.1941 (reld 22.07.1946)	Education: Dragon School, Oxford; Kings College School, Wimbledon. Joined Whitehall Securities, an electrical firm, but later became a stockbroker. 06.07.1938     enrolled Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached London Division RNVR) 28.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Royal Scot (troop ship) 15.05.1940 - (07.)1945 HMS Black Bear (armed yacht; serving as a safety ship for the Fleet Air Arm training in the Carribean and anti-submarines) (sailed on her from England to the West Indies, then operating out of Trinidad, finally ending as a First Lieutenant) 25.09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad)
O'Connor, Austin Henry Married; one son.	04.09.1910 London - 10.12.1986 Chichester, West Sussex	Prob. T/S.Lt. 02.02.1940 T/Lt. 04.09.1940 (reld < 04.1946) T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? 1945?	(04.1940)     training, HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 26.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Watchful (RN base, Yarmouth) (for HM ML 107 (motor launch)) 1941? served at Larne (Northern Ireland) [HMS Racer?] 07.09.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) after developing serious eye problems at sea, he spent the period from late 1942 to end of war attached to US 8th Air Force lecturing US bomber crews on US bases in East Anglia on recognition of enemy/friendly shipping:  16.07.1943 - (07.1945) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
Offord, Eustace John "Jock" Son of ... Offord, and Marion Ellen ... Brother of Lt.Col. Eric Francis Offord, DSO, MBE, RTR. Married (07.1940, Newton Abbot district, Devon) Joan B. Taylor.	22.11.1913 - 25.02.1985 Canterbury, Kent	T/Paym.S.Lt. 29.05.1941 Paym.Lt. 29.05.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S) > 10.1944, < 01.1945 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 01.01.1944 New Year 44 [investiture 10.07.45]	17.06.1941 - (04.)1944 HMS Aurora (cruiser) (06.1944)     no appointment listed 12.09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Demetrius (RN Supply & Secretariat School, Wetherby, Yorkshire) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Ofield, Graham Son of John William Ofield, and Annie Maude Marshall. Brother of Lt. J.W. Ofield, RNVR. Married Third Officer Joan Harvey Williams, WRNS; one daughter, one son.	10.12.1914 Leicester district, Leicestershire - 16.10.1986 St Columb, St Austell district, Cornwall	T/A/Lt. 25.12.1942	26.09.1943 - (10.1944) on staff of Vice-Admiral Malta [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (for service at Ancona) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Ofield, John William "Jack" Son of John William Ofield, and Annie Maude Marshall. Brother of Lt. G. Ofield, RNVR. Married Esther Beatrice Rudd (11.10.1907-11.1997); no children.	03.12.1907 Leicester district, Leicestershire - 24.10.1986 Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire	T/A/Lt. ? T/Lt. 23.07.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	served on North Atlantic routes & armed trawlers in Scottish waters (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Ogden, Frank Son of a lay preacher. Married (1948) Heather Robson (predeceased him); one son.	27.12.1921 - 23.05.2006 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	T/S.Lt. 11.12.1943 T/Lt. 25.12.1945 (dispersal 31.12.1946) (reld 25.02.1947) MBE 13.11.1945 Operation Struggle (midget submarine attack Johore Strait 31.07.45) MID 13.06.1944 Operation Guidance (midget submarine attack Laksevaag, Bergen 14.04.44)	Education: Sheffield Grammar School 1939     joined RN 11.07.1943 - 18.11.1943 HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Pt Bannatyne) (for submarine service) 18.11.1943 - 15.01.1944 HMS Exmouth (accommodation ship, Scapa Flow) (for training)  15.01.1944 - 07.12.1944 HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Pt Bannatyne) (for submarine service) (04.1944)     HMS X 24 (midget submarine) 07.12.1944 - 10.09.1945 HMS Bonaventure (midget submarine depot ship) (for submarine service) (07.1945) HMS XE 3 (midget submarine) 10.09.1945 - 17.11.1945 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 17.11.1945 - 15.01.1946 general service 15.01.1946 - 28.06.1946 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarine service) 28.06.1946 - 3012.1946 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 30.12.1946 - 31.12.1946 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (as spare crew) Clerk, Southern Electricity Board. Worked at Cheltenham fruit and vegetable market and later for the south-west farmers' co-operative at Dorchester.
Ogden, William Graeme Son of William Barker Ogden (1866-1906), and Margaret Scott (1872-1958), of Liverpool. Married 1st (15.01.1930, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London) Sheila Edith Julia Faber (08.07.1908 - 01.1997), daughter of Mr & Mrs Alfred Faber, of Forest Row, Sussex; one daughter. Married 2nd (26.08.1946, New York, NY, USA) May Howes, of Wilmington & New York, NY. Married 3rd (05.12.1969, Chelsea district, London) Mrs Ethel Florence Macartney-Filgate (née Liddell) (died 18.06.2006, aged 94; she remarried 1985 Sir Francis Sykes), daughter of Lt.Col. John Sinclair Liddell (1879?-1922), and Baroness Porcelli.	29.09.1903 Barnet district, Greater London - 13.01.1984 Ludlow, Shropshire	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 18.09.1939 T/Lt. 24.06.1940, seniority 18.09.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 T/A/Cdr. > 04.1945, < 07.1945 (reld 16.10.1945) DSC 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.42 [investiture 23.03.43] 39|45 St - - Atl St - - It St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42	Education: Eton (1917.3-1922.2); Trinity College, Cambridge (BA). Worked in the family tobacco business. Advertising agent. 18.09.1939 - (06.)1940 Signal Department, Admiralty (and for duty with Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty) [HMS President] (08.1940)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 06.09.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast) 26.10.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Cape Mariato (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 27.02.1941 - 02.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Lady Madeleine (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (DSC, despatches) (04.1943)     no appointment listed 05.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for Mobile Training Units) (in lieu of specialist Anti-Submarine Officer) (02.1944) - (04.1944) no appointment listed 25.04.1944 - 10.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Allington Castle (corvette) 15.01.1945 - (04.)1945 Department of the Chief of Naval Information, Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1945)     no appointment listed Published: My sea lady : the story of H.M.S. Lady Madeleine from February 1941 to February 1943 (1963). * indexed, but not listed as such
Ogle, David Slingsby Second son of Christopher Ogle (1884-1951), and Henrietta Grant (1882?-1918), of Reigate, Surrey. Married (08.1945, Kensington district, London) Dawn Dupre Wilson, WRNS ((03?).1926 - 08.12.2010), daughter of ... Wilson, and ... Oakes; two daughters, two sons. She remarried (1976) Norman K. Bennett.	30.05.1921 Reigate, Surrey - 25.05.1962 Digswell Hill, Welwyn, Hatfield district, Hertfordshire (car accident) (formerly of Stevenage, Hertfordshire)	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 30.08.1941 T/S.Lt. (A) 30.05.1942 T/Lt. (A) 29.02.1944 (reld 18.03.1946) MBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 1946 DSC 27.03.1945 Operation Dragoon (invasion Southern France) [investiture 03.07.1945] MID 14.08.1945 Aegean operations relief of Greece	Education: Rugby (05.1935-01.1939; Tudor House; Paddison Art Prize 1936-1938); New College, University of Oxford (studied law briefly); Central School of Art and Design (1946?). (10.1941) - (12.1941) HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) * 31.12.1941 - (02.)1942 pilot, 771 Squadron FAA [HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkneys)] 05.03.1942 - (01.)1942 HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt) 01.10.1942 - (02.)1943 pilot, 795 Squadron FAA [HMS Kilele (RN Air Station, Tanga, Tanganyika)] 22.03.1943 - (10.)1944 pilot, 809 Squadron FAA [HMS Stalker (Archer class escort carrier), from 02.1944 HMS Goldcrest (RN Air Station, Dale, Pembrokeshire, from 05.1944 again HMS Stalker] (DSC, despatches) 16.12.1944 - (10.1945) pilot, 715 Squadron FAA [HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall)] (MBE) Industrial and car designer & consultant. Member, Society of Industrial Artists, 1952. * indexed, but not listed as such
Ohlenschlager, Valentine [Jones] "Val" / "O" Son of .. Ohlenschlager, and ... Percy.	14.12.1921 Midhurst district, Hampshire / Sussex - 24.04.1975 Helston, Truro district, Cornwall (killed (shot five times) by a disaffected employee)	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 05.12.1942 T/Lt. 05.12.1944 (reld 1946?) DSC 13.07.1943 attack shipping enemy coast Nore 13.05.43	10.1942 - (02.)1943 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 72 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 19.04.1943 - (10.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 232 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 17.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Ursa (destroyer) 05.05.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM ML 834 (motor launch) (04.1946) HMS Maid Marion (armed yacht) * Owned the Angel Hotel in Helston, Cornwall. * indexed, but not listed as such
Okey, Derek Son of William Okey, cargo superintendent, and Ethel Jessie Brett (1887-1973), of Chislehurst, later Sevenoaks, Kent.	(06?).1923 Rochford district, Essex - 27.07.1944 (DOW) [age 21] [Haslar RN Cemetery, G.11.2]	T/Midsh. 27.11.1942 T/A/S.Lt. 03.06.1943 T/S.Lt. 03.12.1943	Education: Ardingly College, Sussex (1932-1941). (02.1943)     no appointment listed 08.03.1943 - (06.)1943 spare officer, 6th Motor Gun Boat Flotilla [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 07.1943 - 12.1943 HM MGB 81 (motor gun boat) 12.1943 - (01.)1944 HM MTB 416 (motor torpedo boat) 24.01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Cicala (Coastal Forces base, Dartmouth) (for MTB duties): ? - 27.07.1944 HM MTB 412 (motor torpedo boat) [died of wounds as a result of the collision with MTB 430 during an engagement with the enemy off the coast of Normandy]
Oldfield, Neville Gordon Son of Leslie Gordon Oldfield, and Ada Madeline Williams. Married (14.03.1942, St Mark's Northend, Portsmouth, Hampshire) Norah Grace Woolfe (06.03.1920 - 07.09.2010); ... children (one son, two daughters?).	05.12.1919 Southsea, Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 08.01.1990 Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, Hampshire	T/S.Lt. 21.05.1942 T/Lt. 1945? (reld < 04.1946)	06.1942 - 1942 Spare Officer. HM MTB 38 (motor torpedo boat) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 24.08.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) 25.10.1942 - (04.)1943 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 226 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)] 26.04.1943 - (08.)1943 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 251 (motor torpedo boat) 20.09.1943 - (02.)1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 256 (motor torpedo boat) (04.1944) - (10.1944) no appointment listed (06.1944)     Commanding Officer, HM MTB 249 (motor torpedo boat) 14.12.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for MGBs, MTBs, etc.) 28.05.1945 - 25.08.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 380 (motor torpedo boat)
Oldham, Reginald Francis Son of Frank Oldham, and Gertrude Louisa Cocks (1887-). Married ((06?).1946, Wallasey district, Cheshire) Margaret P. Mullock; one son. From Bishops Hichington, near Leamington Spa.	12.06.1919 Fakenham, Walsingham district, Norfolk - 2003 ? Saint Kitts ? / South Africa ?	T/S.Lt. 24.07.1942 T/Lt. 01.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946) DSO 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [investiture 02.02.45] OBE 11.06.1966 HM's birthday 66: Senior Assistant Secretary (Development), Swaziland 39|45 St - - Atl St - & clasp France and Germany Bur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - Swz Ind M - -	Education: Morland Grove School, Middlesex; Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts; London School of Journalism; Royal Naval College, Greenwich. (10.1942) - (06.1944) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) * ? - (10?).1943 serving in 38th LCT Flotilla (11.1943)     serving under Captain Minor Landing Craft (06.1944)     Commanding Officer, HM LCT 532 (landing craft, tank) (DSO) (09.1944) - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) * 22.09.1944 - (11.1945) Commanding Officer, HM LCQ 389 (landing craft, administration) Assistant dstrict officer, Swaziland, 1946, Malaya, 10.1950. Collector land revenue, Penang, 1953. District officer, Swaziland, 1958. Senior assistant secretary (development), Swaziland, 1962. Deputy Permanent Secretary (Commerce and Industry), Ministry of Finanace, Commerce and Industry (1968). * indexed, but not listed as such
Oldland, Frederick Langridge Son (with one brother) of Frederick William Oldland (1861-1925), and Alice Mary Fairbank (1864-1945). Married ((12?).1940, Reading district, Berkshire) Ada Margaret Hill (29.08.1915 - 04.11.1962); one son.	(12?).1911 Reading district, Berkshire - 06.07.1944 (MPK) [age 32] (formerly of Caversham, Reading, Berkshire) [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 88, column 1]	T/S.Lt. 17.01.1941 T/Lt. 05.10.1941	Accountant. (03.1941)     no appointment listed 25.03.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Queen Empress (paddle steamer, auxiliary minesweeper) 25.02.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Princess Elizabeth (paddle steamer, auxiliary minesweeper, from 06.1942 anti-aircraft ship) 04.09.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for B.A.M. 100 Class) (12.1943) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 1944 - 06.07.1944 HMS Magic (Catherine class minesweeper) [ship sunk off Normandy]
Oliver, Alan Geoffrey Son of ... Oliver, and ... Crabb. Married Marjorie ...; two sons, one daughter.	21.08.1920 Lewisham district, Kent - 31.07.2009 Pilgrims Hospice, Ashford, Kent	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 22.01.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	officer serving under T.124X agreements 1942     HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool) 22.01.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Prince Charles (landing ship, infantry (small) 04.11.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Brigadier (landing ship, infantry (hand-hoisting))       HMS Searcher (escort carrier) 18.06.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Thane (escort carrier) 1945     HMS Battler (escort carrier)
Olivier, Gerard Dacres "Dickie" Son of late Rev. Gerald Kerr Olivier, and Agnes Louise Crookenden. Brother of Lt. (A) Laurence Kerr Olivier, RNVR.	05.09.1904 Dorking district, Surrey - 28.11.1958	Skpr. ? T/Lt. 24.04.1941 (reld < 04.1946) DSM 16.08.1940 Dunkirk [investiture 04.11.41]	(06.1940) Motor Yacht Marsayru (Dunkirk) (1943) Commanding Officer, HM ML ... 15.11.1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 713 (motor torpedo boat) 14.03.1945 - (07.1945) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
Oliver, Kenneth Harry Son (with three sisters and one brother) of Herbert William Oliver (1870-1918), and Mabel Blanche Ball (1874-1942). Married ((06?).1942, Plymouth district, Devon) Margaret Elizabeth Curtis (29.10.1910 - 11.08.1990), daughter (with two siblings) of Charles Ernest Curtis (1876-1957), and Bessie Down (1882-1957); two children.	08.11.1909 Hartley Compton, Plymouth, Devon - 27.06.1947 Crownhill, Plymouth, Devon	Prob. T/S.Lt. 15.12.1939 T/Lt. 11.01.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 30.11.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	Bank employee, Lloyd's Bank. 15.12.1939 - 10.01.1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 11.01.1940 - 09.10.1941 HMS William Scoresby (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) [tender to HMS Abbeydale (Abbeydale class oiler) ?] 22.10.1941 - 10.12.1941 HMS Birmingham (Southampton class cruiser) 03.01.1942 - 13.12.1943 HMS Carnarvon Castle (armed merchant cruiser) 18.01.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Duke of York (King George V class battleship)
Olivier, Laurence Kerr; Baron Olivier of Brighton (created 1970; Life Peer)  Son of late Rev. G.K. Olivier and Agnes Louise Crookenden. Brother of Lt. Gerald Dacres Olivier, RNVR. Married 1st (1930) Jill Esmond (marriage dissolved, 1940); one son. Married 2nd (1940) Vivien Leigh (marriage dissolved, 1961; she died 1967). Married 3rd (1961) Joan Plowright, CBE; one son, two daughters.	22.05.1907 Dorking, Surrey - 11.07.1989 Steyning, West Sussex [buried at Westminster Abbey, London]	T/S.Lt. (A) ? T/Lt. (A) 14.07.1941 (resigned 12.05.1944) OM 1981 ? Kt 1947 ?	Education: St Edward's School, Oxford. MA Hon. Tufts, Mass, 1946; Hon. DLitt: Oxon, 1957; Manchester, 1968; Sussex, 1978; Hon. LLD Edinburgh 1964; Hon. DLitt London, 1968; Fellow, BAFTA, 1976. 1941 - 12.05.1944 in two to three years' service Olivier became a lieutenant in the Fleet Air Arm; he stepped unhurt out of a number of forced or crash landings, gave ground and gunnery instruction, but never saw combat Actor; Director, 1962-73, Associate Director, 1973-74, National Theatre; Member, South Bank Theatre Board, since 1967 (South Bank Theatre and Opera House Board, 1962-67; Olivier Theatre opened, 1976, in presence of the Queen). Published: Confessions of an actor (1984)
Olsen, George Normann Married (09.03.1946, Windermere, Westmorland South district) Kathleen Mullen (08.2012 still living, aged 94); three daughters, one son.	10.03.1913 Oslo, Norway - 05.06.1995 Adelaide, South Australia	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 26.01.1944 T/S.Lt. (E) 26.07.1944 (reld 09.08.1946)	Marine engineer (diesel) in the Norwegian merchant navy. 22.05.1940     volunteered, RNVR [perhaps 22.08.1940?] 22.05.1940 - 20.10.1940 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service Central Depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) [perhaps from 22.08.1940?] 21.10.1940 - 31.03.1941 HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) 01.04.1941 - 07.05.1941 HMS Skirmisher (RN base, Milford Haven) 08.05.1941 - 04.06.1941 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service Central Depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) 05.06.1941 - 31.01.1942 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) 01.02.1942 - 30.04.1942 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) 01.05.1942 - 13.01.1944 HMS Euphrates (depot ship, Basra, Iraq) 14.01.1944 - ? HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (06.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Bulan (boom carrier) *       HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India)       HMS Emperor (escort carrier) 04.12.1945 - ? HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Gained British Citizenship, 24.01.1948. * indexed, but not listed as such
O'Mahoney, Bernard Michael [E.]	27.09.1919 - 30.10.1990 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk	Lt. 27.03.1942 (reld 1945/46)	? Commanding Officer, MGB ... (1945) HMS Flycatcher
Ommanney, Cecil John Manaton Son (with one sister) of Harold Manston Ommanney (1885-1964), and Sybil Maude Haigh Bury. Married 1st (1940; divorced 1961) Catherine Bridget Stewart, daughter of Angus M. Stewart, of Ardpatrick, Argyll; one son, one daughter. Married 2nd (1961) Penelope White, daughter of Walter Reginald Hollist White, of Horsham, Sussex; one son. Residences: (1945) London SW3; (later) Burkham House, Alton, Hampshire.	27.12.1913 - 08.1995 Cirencester district, Gloucestershire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 17.05.1940 T/S.Lt. 03.1941, seniority 17.05.1940 T/A/Lt. 17.05.1941 T/Lt. 07.1941, seniority 17.05.1941 (reld < 04.1946) MID 21.08.1945 3 U-boats destroyed Kola Inlet 04.45	27.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Newcastle (cruiser) 06.08.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS Sweetbriar (corvette) 08.07.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Anguilla (frigate)
Orford, Roy Chalice Son (with one sister and one brother) of William Chalice Orford (18851939), and Nellie Barwis Bice (1884-1959). Married ((06?).1947, Norwich district, Norfolk) Thelma Mary Williamson (21.10.1923 - 11.06.2016), daughter (with three siblings) of Albert William Williamson (1898-1967), and Mary Tully (1897-1991); four children.	05.04.1923 Truro, Cornwall - 20.10.2009 Budleigh Salterton, Devon	Prob. T/El.Midsh. 23.08.1943 T/A/El.S.Lt. 08.04.1944 T/El.S.Lt. 08.10.1944 (reld 11.04.1946)	Education: University of Bristol (MSc). IEE Students' Premium. CPA , CEng , FIEE , FRAS. (10.1943)     HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) * (12.1943)     no appointment listed (02.1944) - (04.1944) HMS Ringtail (RN Air Station, Burscough, nr Ormskirk, Lancashire) * 04.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Ringtail (RN Air Station, Burscough, nr Ormskirk, Lancashire) 07.08.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Gadwall (RN Air Station, Sydenham, Belfast) 17.10.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon) (for disposal) Commercial manager, Dev . & Engineering Group, 1957-1960. Head, Commercial and Overseas Relations Department, Reactor & engineering Groups, UKAEA, 1960-1964. Commercial manager, BSE Ltd, 1964-1966. Commercial director, Bristol Engine Division, Rolls-Royce Ltd., 1966-1971. Group contracts director, Rolls Royce (1971 Ltd., 1971-1973. Company commercial director, Rolls Royce (1971) Ltd., 1973-... * indexed, but not listed as such
Organ, Cyril Graham Son (with three brothers) of Richard Organ (1879-?), and Christina Elizabeth Graham (1884-?). Married ((06?).1942, Gloucester, Gloucestershire) Mary Shapcott (16.05.1919 - 11.09.1968), daughter (with three brothers) of Henry William Shapcott (1892-1972), and Henrietta Annie Munday (1895-1959); three sons.	16.05.1914 Gloucester, Gloucestershire - 19.01.1974 Wick, Sodbury district, Gloucestershire	T/S.Lt. 07.08.1942 T/Lt. 07.08.1943 (reld 31.01.1946)	(10.1942)     no appointment listed 09.11.1942 - 08.08.1943 Commanding Officer, HM ML 117 (motor launch) [HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven)] 28.08.1943 - (04.)1944 First Lieutenant, HM ML 223 (motor launch) 01.05.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM HDML 1029 (harbour defence motor launch) 09.04.1945 - (04.)1945 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (for educational duties) 10.07.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Castle Toward, Dunoon, Argyll)
O'Riordan, Michael Noel	(03?).1917 Cork, Ireland - 02?.1991	T/Sg.Lt. 28.02.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	Education: Trinity College, Dublin (BA, MB, BCh, BAO (Dub 1940)). 1941 - (12.1941) Medical Officer, HQ Group, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (MNBDO) (2) [wounded or injured, 1941] (10.1944) - (01.1945) Medical Officer, RM Detachment 375, RM Engineers (07.1945)     HMS Avonvale or HMS Drake General practitioner (Reid & O'Riordan, Forton, Lancashire). Late Medical Officer in charge Rossall Hospital Fleetwood. Assistant Police Surgeon, Borough Blackpool.
Ormerod, Leslie Roy [E] Son of Roy James Ormerod (1893-), and Minnie Gertrude Worrall (1900-1979). Married 1st (02.1945, Lambeth district, London) Elizabeth Dakin; one son, one daughter. Married 2nd ((09?).1949, Crewe district, Cheshire) Joan M. Hines. Married 3rd ((12?).1957, Wallingford district, Berkshire) Phyllis Anchors (née Leeson); three sons, two daughters.	27.09.1920 Brighton district, Sussex - 19.05.1988 Truro district, Cornwall	Engine Room Artificer 4th Class ? [P/MX 96538] T/S.Lt. 20.04.1945 (reld 28.07.1946) 39|45 St - - Afr St - - Fr&G St - - WM 39|45 - - MID 01.08.1944 Operation Shingle (landing at Anzio 22.01.44)	22.01.1941     enlisted RNVR (01.1944)     HM LST 303 (landing ship, tank) (despatches) 20.04.1945     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 01.06.1945     HM LST 412 (landing ship, tank) 29.08.1945     HM LST 394 (landing ship, tank) 20.04.1946     Admiralty [HMS President] 1940s - 1950s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached to London Division RNVR) Reactor Fuel Elements Development Engineer, UKAEA, AERE, Harwell, Didcot, Berks.
Orr, Ronald Mervyn Son of Samuel Orr (1894-), a cashier of the Northern Bank, and Mary King (?-1924), later of Armoy, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.	12.07.1922 Ballymoney - 08.11.1944 Le Treport (KIA; mining) [age 22] [Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Hautot-sur-Mer, France, M.46]	T/A/S.Lt. 04.02.1944 T/S.Lt. 04.08.1944 GM 13.03.1945 rendering safe a mine at a hospital ship 10.44 [posthumously; presented to next-of-kin 07.1945]	Education: Belfast High School; Queen’s University (1939). 28.02.1944 - (10.1944) Department of the Director of Unexploded Bomb Disposal, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) ? - 08.11.1944 HMS Royal Edward (port party, Dieppe) [borne on the books of HMS Odyssey (accounting base for naval parties)] Commemorated on a family memorial in Dundonald Cemetery. In addition to being commemorated on the Ballynahinch War Memorial, he is commemorated on Queen's University War Memorial and on the memorial tablets for the Queen’s University Officers' Training Corps and Edengrove Presbyterian Church in Ballynahinch.
Orr, Stanley Gordon "Stan" Married (1940) Myra Page (died 1999); two sons.	28.09.1916 West London - 11.08.2003 South East Hampshire	Prob. S.Lt. (A) 28.02.1939 S.Lt. (A) 1940, seniority 28.02.1939 Lt. (A) 28.08.1941 A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 1944? A/Lt. RN 1945?, seniority 28.08.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. RN < 07.1945 Lt. ?, seniority 28.08.1940 Lt.Cdr. 28.08.1948 Cdr. 30.06.1954 (retd 1966) DSC 08.04.1941 many attacks on enemy aircraft DSC 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41 DSC 30.05.1944 attack on Tirpitz 03.04.44 AFC 01.01.1948 New Year 48 MID 18.07.1944 Operation Potluck (air operations Norway 12-16.05.44)	Education: Paxton Park boarding school; Regent Street Polytechnic Engineering apprentice. ? - 1940 HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) 22.04.1940 - (02.)1941 pilot, 806 Squadron FAA [HMS Illustrious] 03.11.1941 - (12.1941) pilot, 759 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron] 01.10.1942 - 03.1943 Commanding Officer, 896 Squadron FAA [HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA), later HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) (Pacific Fleet) [stricken with poliomyelitis] 1943 - 08.1943? HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) 10.08.1943 - 06.1944 Commanding Officer, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Emperor] 1944 - ? Chief Flying Instructor 1945 transferred to RN (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed 10.02.1947 - (07.1948) RN Air Section, Boscombe Down [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 21.03.1949 - (05.)1949 HMS Triumph (aircraft carrier) 14.11.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) 04.03.1953 - (05.1953) HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex) (for miscellaneous services) 24.08.1953 - (01.1956) HMS President (for duty at Ministry of Supply) 29.10.1958 - (07.1961) HMS President (for duty at Ministry of Aviation) 12.11.1962 - (02.1964) Officer-in-Charge, Flight Safety Centre [HMS Daedalus (HQ Flag Officer Air (Home), Lee-on-Solent)] ? - 1966 in command of the Interservice Hovercraft Trials Unit AFRAeS
Orr-Ewing, Arthur George	05.04.1893 - 13.02.1975 Verwood, Poole district, Dorset	T/Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 31.08.1943	Education: BA (Cantab.).       MBE; Army in India Reserve of Officers ... - ... ... (12.1944)     on staff of Flag Officer Taranto and Adriatic [HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)] [as Civil Officer a Civil Engineer Western Mediterranean Works District 16.09.1943-(01.1945)] ... - ... ...
Orton, Christopher Nelson Glendinning "Peter" Son (with one brother) of Christopher Wallis Orton (1888-1969), and Florence Elsie Wood (1884-1961). Married ((09?).1965, Battle district, Sussex) Thora Margaret Colson (29.05.1913 - 07.1993), daughter of  Cecil Colson (1885-1916), and Gladys Ruth Reynolds (1888-1964).	24.05.1912 Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire - 03.05.1989 Weston-super-Mare district, Somerset	T/S.Lt. 03.05.1940 T/Lt. 03.05.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	29.06.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Proserpine (RN base, Lyness, Scapa) 15.01.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Lunar Bow (patrol escort) 23.07.1941 - (10.)1942 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for training duties) (12.1942) - (04.1944) Combined Operations HQ * 04.1944 - 31.06.1944 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto, Italy) 01.07.1944 - (01.)1945 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy)] 03.1945 - (10.1945) on staff of representative of Flag Officer, Taranto, Adriatic and Liaison in Italy, in Rome, and Chief Naval Sub-Commission, Allied Commission [HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Orton, Richard Antony	13.06.1919 - 05.09.1989 Barnstaple district, Devon	T/S.Lt. 13.06.1940 T/Lt. 01.07.1942 (reld > 04.1946) MID 31.10.1944 Operation Crimson (air strike & bombardment of Sabang 25.07.44)	13.06.1940 - (02.)1943 HMS Orchis (corvette) 24.05.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton) * 04.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (as FDO (Fighter Direction Officer?)) * indexed, but not listed as such
Orton, Ronald Archer "Ron"   Son of Sydney Orton, and Dorothy L. Payne. Married (11.11.1944, St. Stephens, Barbados) Dorothy Helen Mary Mandeville, daughter of Father Gay Lisle Griffith Mandeville (Anglican priest and in the late 1950 was Bishop of Barbados) and Mary Ifill Buhot (Glegg) Mandeville, of Nevis; two daughters.	12.01.1922 Canterbury, Kent - 13.02.2002 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Canada	T/S.Lt. 01.12.1942 T/Lt. 12.07.1944 (reld < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. RCN(R) 15.04.1953 Lt. RCN 1954?, seniority 11.02.1950 [short service commission] Lt. RCN 14.01.1954 Lt.Cdr. RCN 14.01.1962 (retd > 02.1968, < 02.1969)	Education: Simon Langton School for Boys, Canterbury, Kent (1933-07.1939);signed on for study at University of London, but interrupted by war. 01.07.1940 - 18.08.1940 Naval Airman, Collingwood Pilots' Course. HMS Vincent (Air Branch officers' training establishment, Forton Barracks, Gosport) (10.1944) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) * 11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) (for motor launches) 26.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Ulster Queen (auxiliary anti-aircraft ship) 22.04.1953 - (01.1956) HMCS Malahat (RCN Reserve Division, Esquimalt, BC) (01.1957)     HMCS Sussexvale (frigate) * ? HMCS Esquimalt (01.1959)     HMCS Naden (RCN depot ship, Esquimalt, BC) * (07.1961)     Commanding Officer, HMCS James Bay (minesweeper) * (02.1963) - (02.1964) HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Halifax, NS) (in charge of New Entry training) * HMCS Queen Charlotte (RCN base, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island)  (in charge of recruiting) (02.1968)     no appointment listed Emigrated to Canada, 1951. * indexed, but not listed as such
Osborn, John Arthur Son of Iver Dennis Osborn and Dora Sweetland Osborn, of Bristol. biography at Clifton Rugby Football Club website	17.10.1917 - 29.05.1941 (KIA) [age 23] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 61, column 3]	Prob. S.Lt. 27.03.1939 S.Lt. ?, seniority 27.03.1939	27.03.1939 commissioned, RNVR (Severn Division) 01.09.1939 - 29.05.1941 HMS Orion (cruiser) (killed in action during bombing of the ship)
Osborn-Smith, Roland Ivor Son (with two brothers and three sisters) of Erle Osborn Smith (1891-), and Margaret McClennan. Whole family assumed surname of Osborn-Smith instead of Smith, 11.1941.	(12?).1920 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 18.01.2017 St Brelade, Jersey	T/S.Lt. 24.07.1942 T/Lt. 24.01.1945 (reld > 07.1946) MID 14.11.1944 3 vessels destroyed Plymouth area 12.08.44 LegH 08.2010 ?	Education: Portsmouth Grammar School (1934-1937). (10.1942) - (12.1942) no appointment listed 29.01.1943 - (04.)1945 Gunnery Control Officer, HMS Albrighton (destroyer) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 04.09.1945 - (07.1946) HMS Consort (destroyer)
Osborne, Edward Francis	? -	T/S.Lt. (E) 18.05.1941 T/Lt. (E) ?, seniority 18.10.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	19.06.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) 19.03.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Iskra (Coastal Forces base, Gibraltar)
Osborne, Gordon Son of Sidney and Ethel Osborne. Husband of Gertrude Osborne, of New Brighton, New York, USA.	? - 15.01.1943 (DOW) [St John's Anglican Cemetery, Newfoundland, Canada, plot 5, section O, grave 6]	T/S.Lt. 23.08.1940 T/Lt. 23.08.1941 MID 19.01.1943 saving damaged ship convoy 06.1942	29.08.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Seaborn (accounting base for 3rd Battle Squadron, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) 11.1940 - 15.01.1943 HMS Roxborough (Town class destroyer) (died of wounds after the bridge was crushed by a wave in stormy weather)
Osborne, Ronald Frederick	? -	T/A/S.Lt. 18.02.1944 T/S.Lt. 18.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	(06.1944) - (04.1945) no appointment listed (07.1945) - (10.1945) HMS Azur (armed yacht; harbour defence patrol craft) * (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
O'Sullivan, John Philip Francis	11.10.1923 Devonport district, Devon - 10.06.2011 Beaconsfield	T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	10.07.1944 - ? HMS Pennywort (corvette) (07.1945) no appointment listed 16.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Start Bay (frigate)
Ott, Frank Cyril	05.01.1922 Dover - 30.01.2022	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 13.02.1943 T/S.Lt. (A) 13.08.1943 T/A/Lt. (A) > 04.1945, < 07.1945 (reld 14.09.1945) DSC 10.07.1945 destruction Japanese cruiser 15.05.1945 [investiture 27.11.1945]	(06.1943)     no appointment listed 13.08.1943 - (10.)1943 observer, 738 Squadron FAA [HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, USA)] 01.10.1943 - (10.1944) observer, 851 Squadron FAA [at Squantum, USA, from 01.1944 HMS Shah] 02.01.1945 - (07.)1945 observer, 851 Squadron FAA [HMS Emperor (Ruler class escort carrier)] (DSC)
Outhwaite, Cedric Robert Leonard Married Helen Kennedy, daughter of Capt. Arthur Herbert Kennedy; at least one son (Capt. Brian Robert Outhwaite, RN).	1898 Melbourne, Australia - 02.10.1945 [South London Crematorium, Mitcham, panel 27]	T/S.Lt. 15.06.1917 T/Lt. 10.09.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 02.1941, < 12.1941 T/A/Cdr. > 10.1944, < 07.1945 DSC 23.07.1918 Zeebrugge * MID WW I ? ? * In command of a Coastal Motor Boat. Under considerable gunfire from shore defences, torpedoed an enemy destroyer proceeding eastward from Zeebrugge harbour.	(1918) Commanding Officer of a Coastal Motor Boat (Zeebrugge) 23.08.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) (for Motor Torpedo Boats) 07.09.1943 - 02.10.1945 Coastal Forces Materiel Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * * Was going to be promoted and go to command a coastal forces depot ship in Gibraltar in 1943, but he was found to have high blood pressure for which there was no cure in those days.
Over, Maurice John Son of Frank Over (1885-), and Caroline ... Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	19.04.1909 Sandhurst, Easthampstead district, Berkshire - 04.11.1964 Donnybrook, Western Australia	T/S.Lt. (E) 15.02.1943 T/Lt. (E) 01.01.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	15.03.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon)
Overbury, Thomas Son of Thomas Overbury (1878-1957), architect, and Mary Katharine Walker (1876-1945). Married (10.06.1950, Portishead, Weston super Mare district, Somerset) Mary Greene; one son, three daughters.	20.12.1914 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - 24.10.2001 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	T/S.Lt. 06.09.1940 T/Lt. 06.09.1941 (reld < 04.1946) OON 28.09.1943 liaison officer "Tjerk Hiddes" [decoration posted]	Architect.       MV Malahne       HMS Portsmouth       HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 21.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Ambrose (base for 9th Submarine Flotilla, Dundee) 29.04.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) 25.04.1942 - ? possibly British Naval Liaison Officer, Norwegian submarine "B-1" or "Uredd" 04.05.1942 - (10.1945) British Naval Liaison Officer, HMNethS Tjerk Hiddes (ex-HMS Nonpareil) (destroyer)
Ovey, Richard Henry Son (with two sisters) of Lt.Col. Richard Lockhart Ovey, DSO, TD (1878-1946), and Rachel Emma Chapman (1875-1951). Married (25.06.1936, St James Protestant Episcopal Church, Manhattan, New York, USA) Elizabeth Henderson Danforth (03.11.1901 - 04.08.1974), daughter of George Henry Danforth (?-1923); one daughter, one son.	29.05.1908 Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire - 04.08.1947 War Memorial Hospital, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire	T/S.Lt. (A) 27.09.1939 T/Lt. (A) 16.02.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) > 04.1941, < 06.1941 T/A/Cdr. (A) ? (reld 20.12.1945)	Education: Eton (1926); Magdalen College, Oxford University. In business in the UK. 16.11.1939 - (12.1942) HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester) 15.01.1943 - 05.11.1944 Commanding Officer, 745 Squadron FAA [HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, NS, Canada)] (01.1945)     Canada * 31.01.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall) * indexed, but not listed as such A grandchild indicates that while at HMS Seaborn he was Commander Flying at No 1 Naval Air Gunners School, Yarmouth, NS.
Owen, Ifor Gwynn	14.05.1915 - 28.08.1994 De Meirionnydd, Gwynedd	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 10.1942, seniority 10.04.1942	28.07.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Express (destroyer) 27.04.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Hotspur (destroyer) ? - (07.1945) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Owen, John Armstrong Son of John Armstrong Owen, and Phyllis McGregor. Married Grace Nind; three sons, one daughter.	03.05.1913 Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 02.1985 Glasgow, Scotland [Linn Crematorium, Glasgow]	Able Seaman ? [JX 235316] T/Paym.S.Lt. 26.03.1942 T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 26.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(05/06.1940)     HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) (1941?)     HMS Sharpshooter (minesweeper) (?) ? - 26.03.1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 04.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Euphrates (depot ship, Basra, Iraq) (10.1942) - (02.1943) HMS Euphrates (depot ship, Basra, Iraq) * 26.03.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Euphrates (depot ship, Basra, Iraq) (10.1944)     HMS Euphrates (depot ship, Basra, Iraq) * 30.10.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Daedalus II (RN Aircraft Training Establishment, Newcastle under Lyme) 01.04.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Berry Head (escort maintenance ship) * indexed, but not listed as such
Owen, Lewis	? -	T/Paym.S.Lt. 29.05.1941 T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 29.05.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S) > 07.1945, < 04.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	11.07.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Northman (RN base, Faroes) 18.07.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Hamilcar (Combined Operations base, Djedjelli, Algeria, from 23.06.1944 Messina) (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Owen, Robert Hogarth Married ...; ... children (one son?).	22.11.1915 - 21.09.1973 Sutton Coldfield district, Warwickshire	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 05.02.1943 T/S.Lt. (A) 05.08.1943 T/A/Lt. (A) > 06.1944, < 10.1944 T/Lt. (A) 05.08.1945 (reld 19.03.1946) MBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45	19.04.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) (additional; for full flying duties and training) 27.09.1943 - (04.)1945 pilot, 836 Squadron FAA [HMS Shrike (RN Air Station, Maydown, Northern Ireland)] (MBE) 01.06.1945 - 07.1945 pilot, 798 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 25.07.1945 - (10.1945) pilot, 783 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)]
Owen, William Son of Thomas and Daisy Owen. Husband of Mary Owen, of Hoyland, South Yorkshire.	1915 ? - 26.06.1942 (KIA, air crash)[age 27] [Port of Spain (St. James) Military Cemetery, Trinidad and Tobago, Western Portion, grave 30]	Prob. T/S.Lt. (A) 16.01.1941 T/S.Lt. (A) ?, seniority 16.01.1941 T/Lt. (A) 16.01.1942	13.03.1941 - (06.)1941 pilot, 756 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)] (08.)1941 - 26.06.1942 HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Owen, William Albert Residence: (1945) Birkenhead, Cheshire.	? -	... ... T/El.Lt. 11.12.1942	Pre- & post-war schoolmaster.       general degaussing duties including HMS Ganges, HMS Anthony, SIDG Leith, DGO Port Said ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)
Owens, John Alfred Married ...; ... children (one son?).	09.12.1923 - 25.04.2001	Prob. T/Midsh. (A) * 28.03.1945 T/A/S.Lt. (A) 17.11.1945 T/S.Lt. (A) 17.05.1946 (reld > 10.1946) * appointed for Aeronautical Technical Duties in the Fleet Air Arm	(04.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed 20.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire) (10.1946)     no appointment listed
Oxby, Dennis Herbert * Son of Frederick William Oxby, and Dorothy Oxby (née Wheeler). * birth registered as Herbert Dennis Oxby	07.10.1924 Lincoln district, Lincolnshire - 29.08.1944 [age 19] [Faughanvale (St Canice) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Eglinton, Londonderry, NW Extension]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ?	Education: Bulwell Hall Estate School (...-1935); won a scholarship to High Pavement Grammar School (1935-1940) Worked with Nottingham Corporation Transport Department. ? - 29.08.1944 HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus) [in his last week of training he was flying a Fairey Barracuda II [DP872] which took off from Maydown for East Haven, spun into bog five miles from airfield - Blackhead Moss near Enagh Lough, Waterside, Londonderry; S.Lt. D.H. Oxby RNVR, S.Lt. F.R. Dobbie RNVR and Ldg.Airm. D.A.T. Mew were all killed]

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