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Quail, Bernard Joseph Son of Lt.Col. Reginald Thomas Lionel Quail (1896-1958), and Edith Grace Tunstill (1893-1961). Married (18.02.1945, St Mary's Church, Falmouth, Cornwall) Norah Madeleine Deidre "Betty" Blagden (02.10.1913 - 03.10.1998), daughter of Thomas Blagden, and Winnifred Cope-Proctor; three sons.	17.02.1924 Woolwich district, London -	T/Midsh. 19.03.1943 T/A/S.Lt. 01.09.1943 T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	01.05.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS London (cruiser) 12.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Javelin (destroyer) (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Javelin (destroyer) * 01.02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Ameer (escort carrier) 03.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Dodman Point (landing craft repair ship) * indexed, but not listed as such
Quarterman, Stanley Albert Son of Albert Edgar Quarterman (1869-1930), and Florence Kennett (1876?-1943). Married ((12?).1943, Plymouth district, Devonshire) Melita Joan Walker.	16.12.1904 Paddington district, London - 12.03.1961 Leamington Spa, Warwick district, Warwickshire	T/Sg.Lt. (D) 18.06.1940 T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) > 12,1942, < 02.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - WM 39|45 - -	Edcuation: University of London. LDS RCS Eng 1927. Registered 15.12.1927. Active in rowing, 1920s. 18.06.1940 - (09.)1940 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 30.09.1940 - (10.)1941 HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 01.12.1941 - (10.)1943 HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) 28.10.1943 - (01.)1944 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 28.01.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Defiance (torpedo training establishment, Devonport)
Quill, Jeffrey Kindersley	see:	RAF officers' section
Quilter, Harold Keith	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 20.08.1943 T/S.Lt. (A) 20.02.1944 T/Lt. (A) 19.11.1947, seniority 01.12.1945	(12.1943) - (02.1944) no appointment listed 01.04.1944 - (07.1945) pilot, 1842 Squadron FAA [HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)] [28.07.1945 shot down; rescued by the submarine USS Scabbardfish on its 5th War Patrol] 19.11.1947     transferred, Permanent RNVR (Air Branch) (07.1948) - (05.1951) 1832 Squadron FAA (RN Air Station, Culham, Abingdon, Berskhire) 04.07.1952     reversered to Temporary RNVR
Quilter, Ian MacPherson	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 22.05.1943 T/S.Lt. (A) 22.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	1943     qualified as an observer at Blake 54th Naval Observers' Course, Class 6 22.05.1943 - (10.)1943 observer, HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad) (12.1943)     no appointment listed (02.1944)     HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire) 17.03.1944 - (04.)1944 observer, 744 Squadron FAA [HMS Shrike (RN Air Station, Maydown, Northern Ireland] 24.04.1944 - (10.1944) observer, 811 Squadron FAA (01.1945)     811 Squadron FAA * (04.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Quincey, Kenneth Harry Residence: (1945) Norbury, Croydon, Surrey.	15.09.1916 St Marylebone district, London - 03.2000 Bournemouth district, Hampshire	... ... T/El.Lt. 03.03.1942	Pre- & post-war a mains engineer with the Croydon Corporation Electricity Department.       degaussing duties at Hull & Alexandria (with specialism in generation and distribution) ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)
Quinn, Charles Leonard Son of Charles A. Quinn, and Mary G. Leonard. Married ((09?).1934, Kensington district, London) Vera Gwendoline Woods (29.06.1909 - 02.1988); two sons.	19.06.1903 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - 22.01.1966 Westminster, London SW1	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 18.12.1943 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	19.07.1943 - (07.1945) Miscellaneous Weapon Development Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) Company director.
Quinn, John Lodwick Married 1st ... (marriage dissolved); one son, one daughter. Married 2nd ... (died 1966).	05.02.1912 - 20.02.1995	? ? [P/MX 80366] T/Lt. 05.02.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	1940? Class II9, HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) [his "Sailor's pay & identity book" was issued at HMS Royal Arthur 27.11.1940; "advanced in rating" 24.02.1941] (29.03.1941) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 15.09.1943 - (06.1944) third hand, HMS Veleta (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 01.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, NS) most probably served at (dates unknown): HMS Royal Marine (anti-submarine warfare trawler) HMS Blencathra (escort destroyer) "During the war he served in the Royal Navy, experiencing very hard times on the perilous Russian convoys to Murmansk. He also served in the submarine Thetis after it was salvaged and renamed [to Thunderbolt], following the tragedy to the vessel which occurred during its trials. He also commanded ships in the Atlantic convoys."
Quinton, Arthur Robert	01.07.1924 -	Prob. T/Midsh. (Sp.Br.) 18.09.1944 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.10.1945	Education: Ph.D. (Yale 1954) 1944 W/T course at HMS Mercury (HM Signal School, Petersfield) (07.1945) HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport) FDT 13 (Fighter Direction Tender) (Mediterranean and Inveraray) 05.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Mervyn) Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts (emeritus since 1994)

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