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Waterman, Dennis Stanton Son (with one sister and one brother) of Charles Frederick Waterman (1868-1958), and May Hannah Moore (1875-1911). Married (28.08.1937, Clifton, Bristol) Kathleen Maud Gough; three sons, one daughter.	02.12.1907 West Ealing, Brentford district, Middlesex - 03.08.1972 Torquay Hospital, Torbay district, Devon	Prob. T/S.Lt. 27.09.1940 T/Lt. 27.12.1940 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42	(12.1940)     no appointment listed 01.01.1941 - (08.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Solon (minesweeping trawler) 10.09.1941 - (02.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Hortensia (trawler) (despatches) 05.03.1942 - (04.)1942 an Assistant to Duty Commanders, Area Combined Headquarters Operations Staff, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)] 25.05.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Elgin (Hunt class minesweeper) 12.08.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Pickle (Algerine class minesweeper) (02.1944)     no appointment listed 15.03.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Gozo (Algerine class minesweeper)
Waters, Benjamin Weston "Ben" Son of John Waters (1876-), and Sophie Mary Dunn (1878-). Married ((06?).1935, Lewisham district, London) Kate Emily Westbrook Tyler.	16.02.1907 Wisborough Green, Petworth district, Sussex - 07.03.1964 Steyning, Cranctonbury district, Sussex [age 57]	T/Lt. 07.09.1940 (reld 12.1946) DSC 03.06.1941 in charge of "A" lighters, evacuation of Greece [investiture 27.11.45] DSC 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete [investiture 27.11.45]	Chartered accountant. HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said)
Waters, Gordon Edmund Second son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Arthur Alexander Waters, and Isabella Mary Elliott. Married (1941) Joan Seignior (? - 05.2010); one son.	07.01.1917 Southall, Uxbridge district, Middlesex - 01.04.2011 Halifax, N.S., Canada	Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 02.10.1939 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)  23.01.1940, seniority 02.10.1939 T/El.S.Lt. 01.10.1940, seniority 02.10.1939 T/El.Lt. 07.01.1942 A/T/El.Lt.Cdr. 12.09.1944 (reld 26.03.1946)	Education: Southall County School (1929-1932); Southall Technical College (1933-1938). Worked at BBC Television Station at Alexandra Palace. 02.10.1939 - 26.10.1939 anti-submarine training [HMS Osprey (RN base, Portland)] 26.10.1939 - 15.11.1939 trawler base, Sheerness [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 15.11.1939 - 15.01.1940 anti-submarine duties, HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) 15.01.1940 - 01.03.1940 anti-submarine maintenance duties at trawler base, Invergordon [HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon)] 01.03.1940 - 02.04.1940 anti-submarine maintenance duties at trawler base, Aberdeen [HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen)] 02.04.1940 - 01.10.1940 anti-submarine trawler base staff, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)] 01.10.1940     transferred to the Electrical Branch, RNVR 01.10.1940 - 24.06.1941 Rosyth Escort Force [HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth)] 24.06.1941 - 08.12.1941 Port Anti-Submarine Officer, Swansea [HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea)] 08.12.1941 - 15.03.1942 anti-submarine maintenance duties at Cardiff [HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea)] 15.03.1942 - 01.01.1944 Commanding Officer, Mobile Anti-Submarine Training Unit 30 [HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland)] 01.01.1944 - 24.01.1944 refresher course [HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland)] 24.01.1944 - 16.04.1944 additional at HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) 16.04.1944 - 12.12.1945 Port Anti-Submarine Officer, Colombo, Ceylon [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 12.12.1945 - 26.03.1946 Spare Parts Distributing Centre (Ships), Ceylon [HMS Mayina (transit & holding camp, Colombo, Ceylon)] Emigrated in 1952 to Canada, and joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in their engineering division, eventually becoming the Chief Studio System Engineer, retiring in 1977.
Waters, Philip Henry Francis Married (14.07.1945, Brisbane, Australia) Marjorie Jean Shaw (1923 - 1983); five children.	01.05.1923 - 09.06.1986 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Boy 20.06.1939 [MX 93524] Leading Writer ? T/A/Paym.S.Lt. 24.05.1944 T/S.Lt. (S) 24.11.1944 T/A/Lt. (S) > 01.1945, < 04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	20.06.1939 - 30.10.1940 HMS St Vincent (training establishment, Gosport) & HMS St George (training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man) 31.10.1940 - 22.11.1940 HMS Victory I (accounting base, Goodings, nr Newbury) 23.11.1940 - ? HMS Despatch (D class cruiser) ? - ? HMS Ophir (auxiliary store carrier) (06.1944)     no appointment listed 28.06.1944 - (07.)1945 Secretary to Flag Captain, Force X (Pacific) [HMS Lothian (landing ship, infantry (headquarters))] 22.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Golden Hind II (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) (for disposal)
Waters, William Frederick Son (with five sisters and one brother) of Valentine William Waters (1879-1934), and Emily Maud Hayward (1879-1963). Married (28.09.1940, Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey) Betty Marjorie Toogood (05.07.1916 - ), daughter of Stephen Toogood, and Marie Godfrey; two sons.	03.07.1908 Croydon district, Surrey - 01.01.1987 Yeovil district, Somerset	T/A/S.Lt. (S) 27.09.1944 T/S.Lt. (S) 27.03.1945 (reld 08.04.1946)	HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 27.10.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast)
Watkins, John Francis Elton Son of Charles John Watkins (1891-1964), and Ada Lillian Payne (1897-1986).. Married (1943) Œnone Mary St John (1917 - ), daughter of Cdr. Arthur Beauchamp St John (1884-1948), and Lucinda Mary Stanley French (1888-); ... children (one daughter).	20.09.1918 Monknash, Bridgend district, Glamorgan - 14.07.2001 Belhaven Rest Home, Dunedin, New Zealand	T/S.Lt. 17.01.1941 T/A/Lt. 25.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	17.03.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS Devonshire (cruiser) 27.07.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Birmingham (cruiser) (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Watson, Alasdair Macdonald Eldest of five children of Alexander Pirie Watson, a surgeon in the First World War, and Ann (née) Macdonald, a nursing sister, who served in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service in Salonika. Married (1960) Elizabeth "Elsie" Crawford of Comrie (died 1994).	24.02.1920 Edinburgh, Scotland - 25.03.2007 Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland [buried at Cille Choirill, Roy Bridge]	Ord.Sea. 02.08.1940 T/S.Lt. 21.08.1941 T/Lt. 01.12.1943 Lt. 12.06.1951, seniority 16.10.1948 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1956 A/Cdr. 25.06.1958 Cdr. 30.06.1959 Capt. 31.12.1963 (retd 27.12.1970) DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 [award posted] MID 06.07.1943 Combined Operations raid VRD 27.12.1960 [gazetted 15.05.1961] VRD 27.12.1970 clasp [gazetted 09.03.1971]	Education: Edinburgh Academy; Fort Augustus Abbey School; medical student, Edinburgh University (1939) 02.08.1940 joined RNVR at Rosyth 07.1941 - 21.08.1941 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove & Lancing) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) 04.02.1942 - (02.1943) HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth): 01.1942 - (08.1942) First Lieutenant, HM MGB 326 (motor gun boat) (Bruneval raid [Operation Biting] 02.1942 & Dieppe raid 08.1942) 1943? or 1944? HM MGB 505 (motor gun boat) 31.05.1943 - (10.)1943 First Lieutenant, HM MGB 317 (motor gun boat) 11.10.1943 - (04.)1944 First Lieutenant, HM MGB 312 (motor gun boat) 10.04.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 330 (motor gun boat) (Normandy) (04.1945) - 07.04.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 5001 (motor torpedo boat) [boat sunk by German gunfire] 21.05.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 764 (motor torpedo boat) 1945 senior officer German E-Boats, based at HMS Hornet, Portsmouth 1945? Commanding Officer, HM MTB 2012 (motor torpedo boat) (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 2017 (motor torpedo boat) * 12.06.1951 transferred to List I of Permanent RNVR [late 1950s amalgamated into RNR], Forth Division [HMS Claverhouse] 1958 - 15.11.1966 Commanding Officer, HMS Scotia (Maritime Headquarters RNR, Rosyth, Fife) 01.01.1967 - 01.01.1968 RNR ADC to the Queen 19.04.1968 - (02.)1969 Commanding Officer, Forth Division RNR [HMS Claverhouse] Teacher math and science and coach of rugby and athletics at Dalhousie Castle, Melville House, Ladybank and Clifton Hall schools from 1946 on. President of the Combined Operations Association based near Furnace. * indexed, but not listed as such
Watson, the Rev. Arthur Reginald Anderson Lived in Kastrup, Denmark (1965/66).	04.02.1889 Glasgow, Scotland - 31.03.1967	T/A/Chaplain RN 19.01.1917 Chaplain RAF 01.05.1930-01.05.1936 T/Chaplain 10.07.1940 (reld 1948?)	Education: Exeter College, Oxford (MA) ? - ? HMS Conqueror (battleship) 16.09.1918 - (01.1919) HMS China (hospital ship) 1923 - 1924 Chaplain, Mission to Seaman, Port of London (civilian) 1924 - 1925 Chaplain, Mission to Seaman, Dunkirk (civilian) 13.07.1925 - 09.1928 Chaplain, Greenwich Hospital Living of Alston-with-Garrigall [civilian appointment, but under the Admiralty] 09.1928 - 01.1929 housemaster at Shawnigan Lake School, Vancouver Island (civilian) 1929 - 1930 housemaster at Repton School (civilian) 1930 - 1930 housemaster at West Buckland School (civilian) 01.05.1930 - 01.05.1936 Chaplain (Church of England), RAF (Chaplains Branch) [short service commission] (with the relative rank of Squadron Leader) (RAF Cranwell, 1930-1931; RAF Calafrana, Malta, 1931-1935; Sealand, 1935-1936) 1936 - 1940 Chaplain at Copenhagen, Denmark (civilian) 01.08.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) 01.01.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven) 22.09.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Dundonald (Combined Operations base, Auchengate) (07.1945) no appointment listed ? - (04.1946) HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) * Ministre Desservant at St John Jersey, 1948-51. Rector of Fornham St. Martin (with Timworth from 1958), 1951-1962. Fellow of the Royal Economic Society, c. 1920/25. * indexed, but not listed as such
Watson, the Rev. Basil Alderson	21.08.1916 Nova Soctia - 27.10.2004 Lewisham, London	Prob. T/Chaplain 07.01.1944 T/Chaplain 06.1944, seniority 07.01.1944 Chaplain RN 21.02.1947, seniority 07.01.1944 (retd 29.04.1970; own request) OBE 12.06.1965 HM's birthday 65	Education: MA (BA) 05.02.1944 - 12.1945 HMS Attacker (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic, Mediterranean, Allied landings in southern France, liberation of Greece, and the Far East) 14.12.1945 - (07.1948) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) [21.02.1947 transferred from RNVR to RN] 1949? - 1950? HMS Vernon (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Portsmouth) 13.04.1950 - (05.1950) Chaplain, HMS Seahawk (RN Air Station, Culdrose, Cornwall) 22.09.1952 - (04.)1955 Chaplain, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 05.08.1955 - 1958 Chaplain, 1st Submarine Squadron (Malta) [HMS Forth] Chaplain, HMS Devonshire (training cruiser) 25.07.1960 - 1962 Chaplain, HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) 14.04.1962 - (01.1964) Chaplain, Royal Marines Barracks, Eastney (and for Pay and Records Office, Royal Marines) 03.09.1965 - (01.)1968 Chaplain, The Britannia RN College, Dartmouth 29.07.1968 - (01.1969) Chaplain, RN College, Greenwich Chaplain to the Corporation of the City of London, 1970-1986.
Watson, David James Falshaw Son of Graham Lander Watson (1891-1931), and Dorothy Sorby, of South Kensington, London. Married (22.06.1942, Chelsea district, London) Veronica Josephine Y. Rodgers (27.07.1917 - (06?).1979). Veronica Watson remarried (1944) Joseph J. Donahue, then (1950) Robin K. Watson.	18.11.1918 St Pancras, London - 03.10.1943 (air crash) [age 25] [Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Cemetery, New Hampshire, USA, lot 137]	T/S.Lt. (A) 30.12.1940 T/Lt. (A) 30.06.1943	Education: Sedburgh School (1933-1938); Oxford University. Played cricket, C.F. Tufnell's XI (1934), Sedburgh School (1935-1937), Minor Counties (1939), Oxford University (1939). (02.1941)     HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) * 18.03.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt) 03.07.1941 - (04.)1942 pilot, 805 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt)] 11.05.1942 - ()6.)1942 pilot, 762 Squadron FAA [HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn)] 07.1942 - 01.03.1943 pilot, 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 01.03.1943 - (06.)1943 pilot, 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire)] 01.08.1943 - 03.10.1943 pilot, 1837 Squadron FAA [HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA)] (killed in a mid-air collision flying Corsairs with the plane of Lt.Cdr. A.J. Sewell during a training exercise out of Brunswick Naval Air Station, Maine; the planes crashed at New Gloucester, Maine) * indexed, but not listed as such
Watson, David Lowe Second son (with one brother and one sister) of Maj. William Henry Lowe Watson (1891-1932), and Ruth Barbara Wake Walker (1894-1988). Married (22.09.1951, Hampstead, London) Valerie Dawn Sparkes (12.06.1929 - 12.01.2012), daughter of George Lindley Sparkes (1905-1977), and Delia Holford Bottomley (1907-2003); three sons.	22.10.1919 Harrow, Middlesex - 06.06.2007 Seaford, East Sussex	Prob. T/Midsh. 07.12.1939 T/A/S.Lt. 11.01.1940 T/S.Lt. 22.10.1940 T/Lt. 11.07.1942 (reld 14.03.1946)	Education: Eastbourne; Balliol College, Oxford (1938-1939; 3rd Math. Mods. 1939); HT, Oxford (1946-1947; 2nd P.P.E. (short) & BA 1947; OU Fencing (half-blue) and Sailing).  1939 - 1940 convoys to Halifax & Gibraltar: 07.12.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (08.1940)     no appointment listed  1940 - 1942 escort duty Belfast, Scottish Coast & Channel: 13.08.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Hugh Walpole (anti-submarine trawler) 19.01.1941 - (06.)1942 HMS Ellesmere (Lake class trawler) 1942 - 1943 Western Approaches, Ireland, landing in North Africa, Russian convoy, West Africa, Freetown: 25.07.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Bulldog (B class destroyer) (12.1943)     HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 04.01.1944 - (02.)1944 HMS Clare (Town class destroyer) 1944 - 1944 Rosyth: 12.03.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Newport (Town class destroyer)  1944 - 1944 1st Lt., Fleet Air Arm Training 03.01.1945 - (01.)1945 HMS Capel (Captain class frigate)  1945 - 1945 Channel: (04.1945)     HMS Bideford (Shoreham class sloop) *  1945 - 1945 Hong Kong; anti-piracy patrol: 29.06.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Spragge (Captain class firgate) Market researcher. British Export Trade Research, 1948, UK & Canada.  S.H. Benson, Ltd. (manager, market research,1952; associate director, 1958; director of research and marketing, 1962). Market Research Society (chairman, 1963; vice-president, 1964-1967). Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd. (market research adviser, 1964); retired from Esso 1981. External examiner, University  of Strathclyde, 1979. Independent market research consultant, 1981-1987. * indexed, but not listed as such
Watson, Douglas MacMillan Married (1943, Hillhead district, Scotland) Mary Helen Caldwell.	1917 ? - 21.11.1986 Glasgow	S.Lt. 24.05.1939 Lt. 29.11.1941 (reld 22.02.1946) (commission terminated 10.12.1956)	Education: B.L., LL.B. (1962) 24.05.1939     commissioned RNVR (Clyde Division, List 2) 19.08.1939 - (08.)1940 HMS Kent (Kent class cruiser) 01.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) 03.03.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) (08.1941) - (10.1941) HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) * 11.1941 - 23.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS George Adgell (minesweeping trawler) 24.03.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Bunting (auxiliary patrol base, Harwich) 16.09.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Epping (minesweeper base, Harwich) 26.10.1942 - (10.)1944 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for training duties) 10.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Cockchafer (Insect class river gunboat) 01.1945 - 06.07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Scarab (Insect class river gunboat) (07.1945)     HMS Scarab (Insect class river gunboat) * 10.09.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Valiant (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) Solicitor, Glasgow. Formerly partner of and latterly consultant to the firm of Messrs Digby Brown & Company, 24 Drury Street, Glasgow. * indexed, but not listed as such
Watson, Eric Edmeston Married 1st (21.04.1920, Batum, Russian Empire) Tatiana Istamanoff. Married 2nd ((03?).1947, Surrey Mid Eastern district) Winifred Lucy Knight.	15.07.1892 - 24.03.1948 General Hospital, Croydon, Surrey (formerly of Purley, Surrey)	Prob. T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 02.12.1940 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 31.03.1941, seniority 02.12.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 29.021944 (reld < 07.1945)	02.12.1940 - (10.1944) HMS President III (accounting base for personnel serving at Defence Equipped Merchant Ships)
Watson, Frank George Howard	05.04.1917 - 08.05.1975 Salisbury district, Wiltshire	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 01.01.1943 T/Sg.Lt. 1944?, seniority 01.01.1943	Education: MRCS, LRCP. ... - ... ... 04.02.1943 - (10.1943) HMS Belfast (cruiser) ... - ... ...
Watson, George Bell Smith Son (with six brothers and two sisters) of William Watson (1874-1949), and Mary Brimer Smith (1880-1938). Married (04.1935, Broughty Ferry, Angus, Scotland) Esther Ferrier (14.02.1912 - 1997), daughter (with one brother and seven sisters) of William Ferrier (1870-1962), and Margaret Lawson Davidson (1871-1960); five sons.	13.11.1912 Broughty Ferry, Angus, Scotland - 31.10.1969 Dundee, Scotland	Second Hand ? [LT/JX 184542] T/S.Lt. 30.10.1942 T/Lt. 30.07.1943 (reld > 07.1946) DSM 01.09.1942 minesweeping Channel 06.42 [investiture 06.07.43] MID 13.03.1945 assault Normandy 06-09.44	(1942)     HM MMS 7 (motor minesweeper) (DSM) (12.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed 17.03.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Sylvana (danlaying yacht) 04.11.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Orestes (Algerine class minesweeper) (despatches) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 09.12.1944 - (10.)1945 First Lieutenant, HMS Lingay (trawler) 11.1945 - (07.1946) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for miscellaneous duties) Fisherman, sailing out of Granton and Aberdeen.
Watson, John Gordon	? -	T/S.Lt. 13.03.1941 T/Lt. 13.03.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	06.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) 13.03.1942 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM ML 451 (motor launch) 25.03.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM ML 451 (motor launch)
Watson, John Mortimer Son (with five sisters and two brothers) of Henry Allan Watson (1871-1941), and Kathleen Alice Crowe (1874-1951), of Worcester.	20.11.1913 Worcester, Worcestershire - 27.04.1941 (KIA) [age 27] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 61, column 3]	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 21.02.1940	Education: Epsom College; Trinity Hall, Cambridge; King's College Hospital (1935-1938; MRCS, LRCP). Soon after qualifying he took a six months appointment as Resident Surgical Officer and House Surgeon to Mr. Joll at the Royal Bucks Hospital, Aylesbury. Following this he returned to King’ s in July 1939 as House Surgeon to Mr. Hunken and Mr. Kendall. With the outbreak of war he was put in charge of the new first aid post at King’ s, where he was a great success due, amongst other things, to his tact. He left King’ s early in 1940 to take up his commission in the Navy and his last visit to the Hospital was in February, just before he was sent out to the Mediterranean. 01.03.1940 - 27.04.1941 Medical Officer, HMS Diamond (destroyer) (sunk by German & Italian aircraft, Gulf of Nauplia)
Watson, [Sir] Philip Alexander Younger son of A.H.St.C. Watson. Married (1948) Jennifer Beatrice Tanner; one son, two daughters.	07.10.1919 Belfast, Northern Ireland - 08.12.2009 Banbury, Oxfordshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 10.03.1940 T/El.S.Lt. ?, seniority 10.03.1940 T/Lt. 10.09.1942 Lt. (L) RN 01.1946, seniority 10.09.1941 Lt.Cdr. (L) RN 10.09.1949 Cdr. RN 31.12.1955 Capt. RN 30.06.1963 R.Adm. RN 07.01.1971 V.Adm. RN 13.05.1974 (retd 31.03.1977) KBE 12.06.1976 HM's birthday 76 LVO 01.01.1960 New Year 60	Education: St Albans School. 10.03.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for Minesweeping Department)  29.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Seagull (minesweeper) 01.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Hebe (minesweeper) 04.05.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) 1943     qualified as Torpedo Specialist 1943?/44?     Assistant Torpedo Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) 20.07.1944 - (07.1945) Torpedo Officer, HMS Berwick (cruiser) 01.1946     transferred, Royal Navy (04.1946)     no appointment listed 1946?     Naval Assistant to Adm. Bateson       long radio course, HMS Collingwood 29.03.1947 - (10.)1947 HMS Solebay (destroyer) 1947?     HMS Gabbard (destroyer) 05.11.1947 - (07.1948) Naval Electrical Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (05.1949)     no appointment listed 17.01.1950 - (05.1950) Assistant to the Training Commander, HMS Collingwood (for miscellaneous duties) 1951? - 1953? radio section, HM Dockyard, Malta [HMS St Angelo] (05.1953)     no appointment listed 26.04.1954 - (01.1956) Electrical Officer, HMS Decoy (destroyer) 05.03.1956 - (01.)1957 Naval Electrical Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 29.04.1957 - (01.)1959 Electrical Officer, HM Yacht Britannia 27.09.1959 - 1962 Electrical Engineer, HM Dockyard Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (in charge of the electrical shops and the weapon section) 05.10.1962 - (02.)1963 Weapon Electrical Engineer Officer, HMS Lion (cruiser) 15.07.1963 - (02.1964) Electrical Engineering Division, Ship Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (borne in lieu) 1966     Senior Officers' War Course 10.05.1967 - (02.)1969 Commanding Officer, HMS Collingwood (RN weapon and electrical engineering school, Fareham, Hampshire) 1969     Deputy Director of Engineering (Ship Department), Ministry of Defence 11.1970 - 1977 Director General Weapons (Naval), Ministry of Defence 1974 - 1977 Chief Naval Engineer Officer * indexed, but not listed as such FIEE 1963; CIMgt (CBIM 1973). Director: Marconi International Marine Co. Ltd, 1977-1986; Marconi Radar Systems Ltd, 1981-1986 (Chm., 1981-1985); Consultant, GEC-Marconi Ltd, 1986-1987. Member Council, IEE, 1975-1978, 1982-1991, Chm. South East Centre, 1982-1983. Adm. Pres., Midland Naval Officers Assoc., 1979-1985, Vice Pres., 1985-.
Watson, William Brown	? - died between 1964 and 08.1973 ??	Prob. Lt. 24.05.1939 Lt. 1940?, seniority 24.05.1939 (reld from active service < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 24.05.1947 (retd 30.05.1963) VRD 16.05.1957 - MID 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43	15.12.1936     joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached Clyde Division RNVR) 24.05.1939 joined RNVR, Clyde Division (List 2) 07.11.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Medina (training establishment, Puckpool Camp near Ryde, Isle of Wight) 07.04.1941 - 07.1942 HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) 04.07.1942 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM ML 110 (motor launch) 07.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Bahamas (frigate)
Watt, [Sir] James Son of Thomas Watt, master confectioner, and Sarah Alice Clarkson. Unmarried.	19.08.1914 Morpeth, Northumberland - 28.12.2009 Wimbledon, London	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 09.01.1941 T/Sg.Lt. 1942?, seniority 09.01.1941 T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 Sg.Lt. RN ?, seniority 30.03.1942 Sg.Lt.Cdr. RN 30.03.1950 Sg.Cdr. RN 30.06.1956 Sg.Capt. RN 30.06.1965 Sg.R.Adm. RN 22.09.1969 Sg.V.Adm. RN 01.08.1972 KBE 01.01.1975 New Year 75 [investiture 04.03.75] MID 11.06.1946 wind up Far East	Education: King Edward VI School, Morpeth; University of Durham. MB, BS 1938; MS 1949. FRCS 1955. MD 1972. FRCP 1975. 09.01.1941 - 29.01.1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 30.01.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Emerald (cruiser) (Indian Ocean) 23.10.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Roxborough (destroyer) (North Atlantic convoys) 07.03.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Arbiter (escort carrier) (despatches) (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed       transferred, RN 1947     Surgical Registrar, Royal Vic. Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne 1949     Surgical Specialist: Northern Ireland 1954     RN Hosp., Hong Kong 1956     Consultant in Surgery, RN Hospital Plymouth 1959     Consultant in Surgery, RN Hospital Haslar 1961     Consultant in Surgery, RN Hospital Malta 1963     Consultant in Surgery, RN Hospital Haslar 1965 - 1969 Jt Prof. of Naval Surgery, RCS and RN Hospital., Haslar 1969 - 1972 Dean of Naval Medicine and Medical Officer-in-Charge Inst. of Naval Medicine 1972 - 1977 Medical Director­General (Navy) (KBE) Chairman, RN Clinical Research Working Party, 1969-1977; Chairman Board of Trustees, Naval Christian Fellowship, 1968-1975; President: Royal Naval Lay Readers Society, 1973-1983; Institute of Religion and Medicine, 1989-1991. QHS 1969-1977. Member, Environmental Medicine Res. Policy Committee, MRC, 1974-1977. Thomas Vicary Lecturer, RCS, 1974; University House Visiting Fellow, ANU, 1986. FICS 1964; Fellow: Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland; Medical Society of London (Member Council, 1976; Lettsomian Lecturer, 1979; President, 1980-1981; Vice-President, 1981-1983); FRSocMed (President, 1982-1984); FSA 1991; Hon. FRCSE; Member: British Society for Surgery of the Hand; International Society for Burns Injuries; Corr. Member, Surgical Research Society, 1966-1977; Member Editorial Board, British Journal of Surgery, 1966-1977. FRGS 1982; Mem. Council, RGS, 1985-1988. Pres., ECHO, 1989-; Vice-President, Churches' Council for Health and Healing, 1987-. Trustee: Marylebone Centre Trust, 1989-1993; Medical Society of London, 1986-. Governor, Epsom College, 1990-. President, Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers, 1996 (Hon. Mem., 1978-). Hon. Freeman, Co. of Barbers, 1978. Hon. DCh Newcastle, 1978. Errol­Eldridge Prize, 1968; Gilbert Blane Medal, 1971. CStJ 1972. Published: Edited: Starving Sailors, 1981; Talking Health, 1988; What  is Wrong with Christian Healing?, 1993; The Church, Medicine and the New Age, 1995; papers on: burns, cancer chemotherapy,  peptic ulceration, hyberbaric oxygen therapy, naval medical history.
Waugh, John Eadon	? -	Prob. Lt. 24.08.1939 Lt. 18.06.1941, seniority 24.08.1939 (demobilized 21.03.1946) Lt.Cdr. 24.08.1947 (retd 17.08.1964) VRD ? -	(12.1939)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 27.11.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Gallant (destroyer) 06.02.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) 21.01.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 01.12.1941 - (10.)1942 HMS Elfin II (Coastal Forces base, Blyth) 02.11.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Iron Duke (RN base, Scapa Flow) 02.07.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Cardiff (cruiser) 10.04.1945 - (10.1945) HMS King George V (battleship)
Waylen, Donald Campbell Son of Frank Arthur Waylen (1864-c. 1940), and Jessie Gertrude Campbell. Married (26.11.1912) Lucille Maude Turpin (01.07.1895 - 30.01.1978), both living in France in 1954; one son (Lt. Malcolm Campbell Waylen, DSC, RNZNVR).	10.11.1893 Kensington, Greater London - 01.11.1967	T/Lt. 31.07.1915 T/Prob. Flight S/Lt. RNAS ? T/Flight S.Lt. RNAS 22.11.1915 (reld 1918?) T/Lt. 11.11.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 (reld > 04.1946) MBE 03.06.1919 HM's birthday 19	11.01.1941 - (01.)1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) (for Fort Blockhouse) 11.01.1941 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM [HD]ML 1001 ([harbour defence] motor launch) 06.05.1944 - (04.1946) French Ship "Courbet"
Wearing, John Son (with one sister) of Walter Wearing (1890-1958), and Edith Sutcliffe (1891-1978). Married Margot Sara Scott (11.12.1921 - 08.08.2011), daughter (with one brother) of George Stanley Scott (1887-1950), and Jean "Jane" Gilmore (1889–1951); one daughter.	05.09.1921 Haslingden, Lancashire - 16.04.1984 Truro, Cornwall	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 30.10.1942 (reld 18.02.1946) * Special Branch officer who has qualified for, and is undertaking general duties of an executive nature on shore	(12.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed 02.1943 - (04.)1945 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services) (07.1945) - (10.1945) HMS Beaconsfield (RN base, Seaman's Mission, Port Melbourne, Australia) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Webb, Bruce Anthony Son of ... Webb, and ... Gregory. Married 1st ((06?)/1946, Gosport district, Hampshire) Natalie M. Dudley; two daughters, one son. Married 2nd Lidia ...	27.03.1921 Hampstead, London - 30.06.2011 New Zealand	T/Midsh. 12.06.1941 T/A/S.Lt. 23.07.1941 T/S.Lt. 23.07.1942 T/Lt. 23.01.1944 (reld 22.06.1946) MID 01.01.1944 New Year 1944	(08.1941) - (06.1943) no appointment listed (1943)     HM ML 285 (motor launch) (despatches) 13.07.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Philoctetes II (accounting base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (06.1944)     no appointment listed 10.07.1944 - (10.1945) Flag Lieutenant to Senior Officer RN Establishments, India [HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India)] (04.1946)     HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) * 1940s - 1950s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached Severn Division RNVR) * indexed, but not listed as such
Webb, Frank Sydney Married; one daughter.	07.10.1905 King's Norton district, Staffordshire / Warwickshire / Worcestershire - (03.)1982 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	T/Lt. 20.02.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	14.01.1942 - (07.1945) HMS President III (accounting base for personnel serving on Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships)
Webb, George Frank	09.10.1910 Carshalton, Epsom district, Surrey - 20.04.2009 Haywards Heath, West Sussex	Prob. T/S.Lt. 11.07.1940 T/Lt. 11.10.1940 (reld > 04.1946)	(10.1940)     no appointment listed 05.10.1940 - (02.)1943 HMS Versatile (destroyer) 01.05.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional for various services; in lieu of specialist Anti-Submarine Officer) 09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Montclare (submarine depot ship) (in lieu of specialist Anti-Submarine Officer)
Webb, Robert Maurice Glanville Only son of Henry John Webb, and Flory Anne P. Malin (1876-1964), of Courtfield Gardens, London SW5. Married (07.06.1933, Chapel of the Savoy, St Martin, London) Gladys Mary Geen ((12?).1902 - 1989?), daughter of  George Geen, and Mabel Harriett Wood of "Dunedin", Chiswick; one daughter.	03.06.1907 Woolwich district, London - 08.2002 Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex	Prob. Midsh. RNR 01.05.1924 (reld 28.11.1924; under Art. 141, RNR Regulations (Officers)) Prob. T/S.Lt. 20.09.1940 T/Lt. 20.12.1940 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	05.11.1940 - (02.)1942 HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh, Southampton) 01.02.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) 26.10.1942 - (04.)1943 Minesweeping Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (06.1943)     no appointment listed 14.07.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Sutton (Hunt class minesweeper) 06.03.1944 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 81 (motor minesweeper) 1940s - 1950s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve [attached London Division RNVR]
Webb, William Son of William Webb. Married ((09?).1948, Kensington district, London) Kathleen Matilda Richards (née Spencer-Nairn) (12.07.1913 - 09.2003), eldest daughter of Maj. Sir Robert Spencer-Nairn, 1st Bt. (1880-1960), and Clara Kathleen Smith (1885-1966), of Leslie House, Fife; three sons.	30.10.1911 - 01.1991 Gipping and Hartismere district, Suffolk	Lt. 01.09.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1942, < 02.1943 (reld 18.02.1946)	01.09.1939     joined RNVR (Unattached List) 06.11.1939 - (08.)1941 HMS Isis (I class destroyer) 15.09.1941 - (02.)1942 qualifying for anti-submarine duties [HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire)] 16.03.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) 30.11.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (for flotilla duties) (04.1944)     HMS Bickerton (Captain class frigate) * 10.05.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for miscellaneous duties) 05.06.1944 - (10.1945) Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Caradoc (Caledon class cruiser) Electrical engineer for A.E. Reyrolle & Co. * indexed, but not listed as such
Webb, William Percival	19.09.1914 ? - 05.1998 ? Canterbury district, Kent ?	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 10.07.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 10.07.1942 39|45 St - - Atl St - - It St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - GrkWC 01.02.1949 liaison services 43-45	(12.1941)     no appointment listed (08.1942)     no appointment listed (10.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) * 1943 - 1945 British Naval Liaison Officer, "Pipinos" (Greek submarine) (04.1946) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Websper *, Frederick Dennis Son of Frederick Clifford Websper (1897-1955), and Gladys Priscilla Stoneham (1898-1992). Married ((09?).1948, Kensington district, London) Peggy Mary Cooper (1923 - 10.12.2013); one daughter, one son. * in Navy Lists shown under last name Webster	27.03.1925 Montevideo, Uruguay - 19.11.2003 North Somerset district, Somerset	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 14.07.1945 T/S.Lt. (A) 14.01.1946	? - ? ? (10.1945)     no appointment listed 09.04.1946 - (10.1946) HMS Goldcrest II (RN Air Station, Brawdy) (for observer duties)
Webster, Frederick Dennis	see:	Websper, Frederick Dennis
Webster, Thomas Renton Married (1953, St Giles district, Scotland) Georgina Annie Smith; ... children (one son?).	23.02.1924 Dalry and Gorgie district, Scotland -	T/Midsh. 29.04.1943 T/A/S.Lt. 01.09.1943 T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944 T/Lt. 01.03.1946 (reld > 07.1946)	(06.1943) - (10.1945) Combined Operations Headquarters * (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Wedge, John Francis Newdigate "Bill" Son of Frederick James Newdigate Wedge (1884-1954), and Maude H. Driscoll. Married (10.10.1946, Bromley district, Kent) Laura Jacqueline "Jackie" Roberts; one son, two daughters.	13.07.1921 Lewisham district, London - 07.01.2020 Carshalston, Surrey	Ord.Tel. ? [LT/LD/X 5458] T/Midsh. 01.05.1941 T/A/S.Lt. 13.07.1941 T/S.Lt. 13.07.1942 T/Lt. 13.01.1944 (reld > 04.1946) Lt. 21.06.1953 MID 03.09.1940 minesweeping coasts of Holland, Belgium & France	(06.1941)     no appointment listed 02.06.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Worcester (modified W class destroyer) 05.03.1942 - (08.)1942 French Ship "Mistral" (10.1942) - (12.1942) no appointment listed 02.12.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Iron Duke (RN base, Scapa Flow) 07.1943 - (09.)1943 HMS Foley (Captain class frigate) 13.09.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Garlies (Captain class frigate) 16.08.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Wheatland (Hunt class destroyer) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Banker. Poet. Published: contributions to anthologies Poems from the Forces; Poems of the Second World War; The terrible rain; Verse of valour; In time of war; Poetry pot pourri; Echoes of war; Memories of war (2007); Poetry Review; Literary Review, etc.
Weeden *, John Son of ... Weeden, and ... Coten. Married ...; ... children (one son?). * in several sources also found (incorrectly) as: Weedon	25.12.1917 Westcliffe on Sea, Rochford district, Essex - 19.08.1950 at sea on passage from Calais to England [buried on the Island of Texel, The Netherlands*] * He and a number of Sea Scouts were buried on the island after the accident in which 10 Scouts were drowned while returning from France to England in August 1950. More details here. Official Board of Trade wreck report for "Wangle III" here.	T/S.Lt. 05.11.1939 T/Lt. 01.03.1942 (reld 17.03.1946) DSC 21.04.1942 attack convoy Dover Command 03.03.42 [investiture 14.07.42] MID 13.04.1943 action Dutch coast 18.01.43	19.01.1937 joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve [attached London Division RNVR] 05.11.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Floreat III (harbour defence patrol craft) 15.09.1940 - (02.)1941 Spare Officer, 1st MTB Flotilla [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 01.07.1941 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 31 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 09.12.1942 - 03.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 34 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] & Senior Officer, 4th MTB Flotilla 05.1943 - 12.1943 commissioning officer for MTBs built under license in the USA [HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, NJ)] (1943?) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 70 (motor torpedo boat) 29.02.1944 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Musketeer (destroyer) (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945) no appointment listed 1945 Assistant to the Chief of Staff (Capt C W Brock RN) of Flag Officer, Schleswig Holstein (FOSH), Germany
Weedon, Frank	1920 ? - 22.01.2004 [aged 83]	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 04.12.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	26.07.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Sir Galahad (minesweeping trawler) (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Gunner (minesweeping trawler) * (07.1945)     no appointment listed Served 30 years with the Thames Valley District, retiring with the rank of Divisional Chief Superintendent. Chief Constable of the Isle of Man Constabulary, 07.02.1972-1986. * indexed, but not listed as such
Weekes, Noel Robert	(03?).1911 Hendon, Greater London, Middlesex -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 03.05.1940 T/Lt. 25.12.1940	16.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (08.1942)     HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) * (1942) Commanding Officer, MGB ... 04.1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM ML 260 (motor launch) * indexed, but not listed as such
Weekes, William Charles Tinnoth Married (22.06.1904, Sheppey district, Kent) Ethel Sarah Maxted  (30.07.1882 - 25.02.1964); four sons, one daughter.	14.03.1878 Halling, North Aylesford district, Kent - 06.09.1958	T/Lt. 01.1941, seniority 12.11.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSO 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 [investiture 19.10.43]	15.01.1941 - (02.)1941 HMS Queen of Kent (paddle minesweeper) (12.1941)     HMS Libyan (minesweeping trawler) * 22.12.1941 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 53 (motor minesweeper) 07.09.1942 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 69 (motor minesweeper) (DSO) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Weeks, Alfred Clifford	? * - [* perhaps: (09?).1906 Edmonton, Essex]	T/Lt. 04.10.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. RNR < 12.1941 DSC 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 (Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk) [investiture 23.09.1941]	04.11.1939 - 30.05.1940 HMS Gracie Fields (paddle minesweeper) [ship sunk off Dunkirk] transferred RNR 14.10.1941 - (12.1941) Navigating Officer, HMS Dunluce Castle (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer)
Weighill, Francis Herbert Married; ... children.	15.07.1915 ?? Birkenhead, Cheshire ?? - 12.1993 ?? Chester, Cheshire ??	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 12.03.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	Worked at Camel Lairds shipbuilders. joined RNVR probably pre-war ? - 17.03.1941 mobilized & sent to Devonport to train as a gun layer – to be posted to HMS Mollusc (armed yacht) (bombed by German aircraft off Blyth) HMS Tarantella (trawler) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) HMS Sister Anne (armed yacht) 12.03.1943 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HMS St. Silio (examination service vessel)
Weir, Matthew McCauley Son of William Weir (1864-1942), and Ester Reid Rutherford (1871-1950). Married (09.12.1944, Rugby School Chapel, Warwickshire) Anne Pamela Johnson, WRNS (06.12.1921 - 09.08.2013); three daughters, one son.	08.05.1916 Dundonald. Co. Down, Northern Ireland - 16.08.1990 Weymouth, Dorset	T/Sg.Lt. 12.03.1940 (reld 15.04.1946)	Education: Queen's University, Befast; MB, BCh, BAO 1939. 02.04.1940 - (10.)1941 HMS Protector (net layer) 11.1941 - (06.)1942 HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 16.09.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Maine (hospital ship) (02.1943)     no appointment listed 02.1943 - (04.)1943 HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt) (06.1943)     HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt) * (08.1943) - (06.1944) RM Training Group Wales, Towyn * (10.1944) - (01.1945) no appointment listed 29.01.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Implacable (Implacable class aircraft carrier) General practitioner in Coventry until the early 1970s. * indexed, but not listed as such; his son writes: "We are pretty sure he was never at Towyn, when he came back from Egypt he was at HMS Pembroke (London), HMS Quebec (Inverary), HMS Lochailort, HMS Nighjar (Inskip)."
Weir, Thomas Endacott Married ...; ... children (one son?).	29.12.1913 - 17.04.1983 [Cille Choirill Churchyard, Fort William, Scotland]	T/Lt. 22.11.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	14.10.1938     Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached Clyde Division RNVR) 29.12.1941 - (04.)1943 Department of Miscellaneous Weapon Development, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 18.04.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Jeanne et Genevieve (auxiliary trawler) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 10.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Helicon (RN base, Aultbea, Ross-shire) (10.1945)     no appointment listed
Weir, William James Alexander	? - c. 2004/05 ?	T/S.Lt. 01.05.1941 T/Lt. 01.05.1942 (reld 1945) MID 11.09.1945 action Seine 18.06.42	22.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) ? - 19.06.1942 First Lieutenant, HM SGB 7 (steam gun boat) [responsible for the scuttling of the ship because of its new design and set charges and blew it up; spent 1 hour in the water] 06.1942 - 1945 prisoner of war in German captivity (Marlag prison camp)
Welch, Eric Michael Son of ... Welch, and ... Pilkington. Married ((06?).1943, Fylde district, Lancashire) Henrietta Patricia Fielding; one daughter.	19.11.1921 Manchester, Chorlton district, Lancashire - 14.09.1950 (accident at RNAS Lee-on-Solent)	T/Midsh. (A) 09.08.1941 T/A/S.Lt. (A) 19.11.1941 T/S.Lt. (A) 19.11.1942 T/Lt. (A) 19.05.1944 A/Lt. RN 1946?, seniority 19.05.1943 Lt. RN 11.04.1947, seniority 19.05.1943 DFC 06.06.1943 air attacks on enemy shipping Atlantic 01.05.43 * [investiture 19.10.43] AFC 01.01.1948 New Year 48: service with RAF * This officer has participated in many attacks on enemy shipping and has invariably displayed great determination to ensure accurate bombing. One night in May, 1943, in an attack on a number of enemy R boats, Sub-Lt. Welch accomplished excellent work.	(10.1941) - (02.1942) HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) * 02.1942 - (04.)1942 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties) (06.1942) - (08.1942) no appointment listed 04.08.1942 - (12.1943) pilot, 823 Squadron FAA (02.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 24.08.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Slinger (escort carrier) 22.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) (04.1946)     no appointment listed 05.04.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Onslaught 31.03.1949     gained his civil aviator's licence (No. 25951) being a qualified service pilot 05.04.1949 - 14.09.1950 HMS Implacable (for miscellaneous duties) [died at a display for Argentinean cadets at RNAS Lee-on-Solent when he failed to recover from a loop near ground level] * indexed, but not listed as such
Welch, Peter Edwin Son of ... Welch, and ... Empson. Married ...; ... children (one son?).	08.02.1916 Ware district, Oxfordshire - 31.12.2002 Colchester district, Essex	Ord.Sea. 1939 ... ... T/S.Lt. 04.12.1941 T/Lt. 04.12.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 10.1945 Lt. RN 25.03.1947, seniority 04.12.1942 A/Lt.Cdr. RN 25.03.1947, seniority ... Lt.Cdr. RN 04.12.1950 (Emgcy List 28.02.1952) (reverted to Emgcy List 09.10.1953) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - It St - - WM 39|45 - - Gen SM - -	HMS St George (training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man) 17.02.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Keppel (Shakespeare class destroyer) 28.10.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Leeds (Town class destroyer) 15.01.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Blankney (Hunt class destroyer) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 22.12.1944 - (07.)1945) HMS Tobago (Colony class frigate) 06.10.1945 - (05.)1953 HMS Ariel (air radio & air mechanics training establishment, Warrington, Lancashire) * indexed, but not listed as such
Wells, Clifford Bruce Son of Horace G. Wells (1896-1975), and Sarah A. Westgate. Married ((06?).1949, Eastbourne district, Sussex) Ellen Winifred Taylor (1922-2002); one son, two daughters.	14.03.1925 Eastbourne district, Sussex - 28.08.1993 Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 21.12.1944 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 21.06.1945 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 21.07.1948 (reld > 10.1948) * Special Branch officer qualified and undertaking general duties of an executive nature on shore	1942 - 1944 Signaller, Combined Operations (01.1945)     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) * (04.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth) * 23.04.1946 - (07.1946) Boom Defence Depot, Trincomalee [HMS Highflyer] 1950s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve * indexed, but not listed as such
Wells, John Cyril	? -	T/S.Lt. (A) 23.02.1944 T/Lt. (A) 23.02.1946	01.04.1944 - (07.1945) pilot, 1842 Squadron FAA [HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)] [28.07.1945 shot down in Kii Suido, entrance to Japanese Inland Sea, flying a F4U Corsair; rescued at 12:57 hrs after 1-1/2 hrs in the water, uninjured by the submarine USS Sterlet on its 5th War Patrol] 01.04.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) (for disposal)
Wells, [Sir] John Julius Only child of Rev Arthur Reginald Kemble Wells (1883-1964), and Margaret Evelyn "Mardie" Hodgson (1891-1984), of Marlands, Sampford Arundel, Somerset. Married (31.07.1948, Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire) Lucinda Mary Helen Francis Meath-Baker ((03?).1922 - ), eldest daughter of Francis Ralph Meath-Baker (1886-1940), and Madeleine "Susan" Bryan, JP (1901-1988), of Hasfield Court, Gloucester; two sons, two daughters.	30.03.1925 Kensington district, London - 08.02.2017 Mereworth, Kent	Ord.Sea. 1942 T/Midsh. 26.11.1943 T/A/S.Lt. 30.09.1944 T/S.Lt. 30.03.1945 (reld > 04.1946) Kt 16.06.1984 HM's birthday 84: for political service Knight Commander, Order of Civil Merit (Spain), 1972; Commander, Order of Lion of Finland, 1984.	Education: Eton College, Berkshire; Corpus Christi College, Oxford University (MA). 1942     enlisted RNVR 10.01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (and for duty with submarines) 12.09.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Uproar (submarine) 18.12.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Safari (submarine) 07.05.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (and for duty with submarines) 15.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Sturdy (submarine) Commanded the Leamington Spa Sea Cadet detachment 1953-55. Contested (C) Smethwick Division, General Election, 1955. Member of Parliament (MP) (C) for Maidstone, Kent, 1958-1987. Chairman: Conservative Party Horticulture Committee, 1965-1971, 1973-1987; Horticultural subcommittee, Select Committee on Agriculture, 1968; Parly Waterways Group, 1974-1980; Vice-Chairman, Conservative Party  Agriculture Committee, 1970; Member, Mr Speaker's Panel of Chairmen, 1974. Honorary Freeman, Borough of Maidstone, 1979. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Kent, 1992.
Wells, Norman ffolliott Eldest son of Adm. Sir Richard Wells, KCB (1833-1896), and Augusta Jane Norman (1849?-1926). Married (25.07.1912, St Mary's, Sunbury-on-Thames, Staines district, Middlesex) his 3rd cousin Maud Caroline Wallroth (1878-1958), daughter of Frederick Anthony Wallroth, JP (1847-1920), barrister, and Caroline Sibella Wells (1848?-1929), of Sunbury Lodge, Middlesex; four sons, one daughter.	27.09.1876 St George Hanover Square district, London - 02.04.1946 Deben district, Suffolk [age 69] [buried SS. Peter and Paul, Felixstowe Churchyard, row 18, grave 4]	Lt. 14.02.1910 06.05.1912 T/Lt.Cdr. 07.11.1914 Cdr. 30.06.1921 Capt. 29.10.1930 (retd 1933; ill-health) OBE 03.07.1926 HM's birthday 26 VRD 07.05.1925 -	Education: Wellington College, Berkshire (Penny's House, 1891.3-1894). Went to Argentine. 14.02.1910     joined RNVR (London Division)       served WWI 1914-18, with RN Division Belgium and Gallipoli, 2i/c Drake Battalion (wounded 1915, despatches 11.12.1915, Chevalier Legion of Honour 1916) 1930 - 1933 Commanding Officer, London Division RNVR [HMS President] 27.12.1940 - (02.)1944 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) [probably as Training Commander and as President Naval Air Interview Board] 17.03.1944 - 02.04.1946 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services)
Wells, William George Paul Son (with one sister and one brother) of George John Wells (1872-1947), and Emma Wilkinson (1874-1948), of Dickfield House, Parkhead. Married (04.06.1932, St. Lawrence Church, Hatfield, Thorne district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Gertrude Mary Crowther (1907 - 1996); one daughter.	24.01.1903 Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire - 03.11.1980 Royal Hospital, Chesterfield, Derbyshire	T/Sg.Lt. 17.10.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	Education: Holm Leigh, Buxton; Repton School (09.1917-07.1921; Orchard House); University of Sheffield (MB, ChB 1927); medical registration 05.07.1925. 14.11.1941 - 05.1942 HMS Devon City (boom carrier) 18.05.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Quantock (destroyer) 09.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) 28.07.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Macaw (training establishment, Wellbank, Cumberland) General practitioner, Wingfield, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Welsh, Eric Married to a Norwegian.	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 06.01.1941 T/Lt. 06.04.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1941, < 10.1944 CMG 01.01.1952 New Year 52: serving under Ministry of Supply [investiture 05.03.52] OBE 08.06.1944 ? StOlav 17.10.1944 ?	Chemist at Bitterfeld, Germany. Manager of the International Paint Company's factory in Norway. (02.1941)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 17.03.1941 - (04.1946) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) [Assigned to Norwegian Military Intelligence Service as SIS (MI-6) liaison officer, also indicated as Chief of the Norwegian country section of MI-6. Masterminded the sabotage of Norsk Hydro in Norway in 1943 to prevent the Germans from getting heavy water and completing an operating reactor at Stadtilm. In 1940 he had been instrumental in smuggling the great nuclear physicist Niels Bohr out of occupied Denmark.] * indexed, but not listed as such
Wenyon, Louis Morley Only son (with three sisters) of Lt.Col. Herbert John Wenyon, DSO (1888-1944), and Jessie Clark Forrester, of Montigny, Felpham, Sussex.	(12?).1919 Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - 17.07.1945 [age 25] [Yeovilton Churchyard RNAS Extension, F.3]	T/S.Lt. (A) 28.10.1942 T/Lt. (A) 15.11.1944 DSC 14.08.1945 Aegean operations, relief of Greece [presented to next-of-kin]	Education: Old Merchants' School; BSc. 12.06.1944 - (01.)1945 pilot, 800 Squadron FAA [HMS Emperor (escort carrier)] 04.01.1945 - 17.07.1945 pilot, 759 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] (killed in a flying accident in Somerset)
Wesby, Bernard Geoffrey Son of David C. Wesby, and Florence H. Watling. Married ((06?).1951, Norwich district, Norfolk) Anne D. Rodger.	27.09.1922 Norwich district, Norfolk - 01.08.1994	T/A/S.Lt. (S) 29.11.1944 T/S.Lt. (S) 29.05.1945 T/Lt. (S) 01.11.1946 (dispersal 01.1947) (reld 12.05.1947)	01.07.1942     mobilized at Skegness 12.1942     HMS Quadrant (destroyer) 05.1943     transferred, Supply Branch 1943 - 1944 HMS Bull (RN base, Massawa, Eritrea) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 28.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Vernon (training establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (for duties at Portsmouth) posted to Ceylon (passage on MS Nieuw Amsterdam) (04.1946)     no appointment listed 1946 - 1947 HMS Derby Haven (Coastal Forces depot ship, Singapore)
Wesley, Raymond Arthur Yeldall Son of Arthur F. Wesley, and Amy G. Jones, of Leamington Spa. Married (12.06.1948, St Mary Abbot's, Kensington, London) Elizabeth Ruth Mostyn (04.04.1920 - 05.11.1958), daughter of Jacob Sydney Moses, and Ruth Bertha Schlesinger, of Kensington.	25.12.1918 Brentford district, Middlesex - 02.2005 Bristol, Avon	T/Paym.S.Lt. 04.10.1940 T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 01.09.1942 (reld > 04.1946) Lt. (S) RNVR/RNR 16.03.1956, seniority 24.10.1951 Lt.Cdr. (S) RNR 24.10.1959 (retd 01.05.1966) VRD 05.11.1965 -	15.11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Eaglet III (T124X central depot, Liverpool) (04.1941) - (10.1941) HMS Eaglet III (T124X central depot, Liverpool) * 10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Mersey (T124X depot, Liverpool) (02.1942) - (06.1943) HMS Mersey (T124X depot, Liverpool) * (08.1943) - (06.)1944 Combined Operations Headquarters: (08.1943) - (02.)1944 an Assistant Secretary 1944 - (04.)1944 Confidential Books Officer 1944 - (06.)1944 Confidential Books Officer and Conference Secretary (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Empress (escort carrier) * 26.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) 25.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Merganser (RN Air Station, Rattray, Aberdeenshire) 16.03.1956     transferred, Permanent RNVR [later: RNR] (Unattached List) * indexed, but not listed as such
West, Donald Son of Reginald Henry West, and Constance Eunice Pickering, of Lincoln.	(06?).1923 Lincoln, Lincolnshire - 31.05.1945 [age 21] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 6, panel 5]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 03.11.1944 T/S.Lt. (A) ?	(04.1945)     no appointment listed ? - 31.05.1945 767 Squadron FAA [HMS Merganser (RN Air Station, Rattray, Aberdeenshire)] (killed in an air crash)
West, Lindsay Brewis	? -	T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944 MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45	served on a destroyer 28.09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Grey Owl (steam gun boat) (04.1946)     HMS Lioness (Algerine class minesweeper) * * indexed, but not listed as such
West, Michael Walter	? -	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 21.01.1944 T/Sg.Lt. 14.07.1944, seniority 21.01.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: MRCS, LRCP (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Kent (cruiser) * 17.04.1945 - (07.1945) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Westlake, Ronald "Pluto" Son of Herbert Westlake (1881-1953), and Edith Florence Forder (1896-1979). Married ((09?).1946, Liverpool district, Lancashire) Kathleen Jean "Kay" Thomas; one son, one daughter.	28.09.1919 Rangoon, Burma - 06.2001 North East Hampshire	Prob. Midsh. 24.10.1938 A/S.Lt. 11.01.1940 S.Lt. 28.09.1940 Lt. 04.05.1942 (removed from active list 29.06.1949) A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1945, < 04.1946 DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945 [decoration posted]	Education: Shoreham-by-Sea Grammar School. 24.10.1938     joined RNVR (Mersey Division) 04.11.1939 - (08.)1940 HMS Windsor (W class destroyer) 09.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Windsor (W class destroyer) 15.01.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Walker (W class destroyer) (04.1942)     no appointment listed 22.04.1942 - (06.)1942 HMS Cyclops (depot ship for 7th Submarine Flotilla, Rothesay) (for submarines) 15.07.1942 - 27.06.1944 HMS P 217, renamed HMS Sibyl (S class submarine) 27.06.1944 - 03.07.1944 Commanding Officer (acting), HMS Sibyl (S class submarine) 03.07.1944 - (10.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Safari (S class submarine) 06.11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) (DSC) 14.02.1945 - 21.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS H 50 (H class submarine) 21.03.1945 - 09.08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Upstart (U class submarine) (10.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Wolfe (destroyer depot ship) * Post-war Inland Revenue surveyor, police superintendent in Singapore, Uganda & Sandakan, North Borneo, and finally with the security department of the Bank of England. * indexed, but not listed as such
Weston, Edward [Charles]	30.03.1920 -	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 29.07.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements 16.02.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Trouncer (escort carrier) (04.1946)     HMS Ravager (escort carrier) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Weston, Raymond Vincent Rouen	? -	T/S.Lt. 12.06.1942 T/Lt. 12.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	14.07.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for miscellaneous services) 06.04.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Tobago (frigate) 25.06.1945 - (07.1945) HM LST 323 (landing ship, tank)
Weston, Roy Osmond Son of ... Weston, and ... Reece.	(12?).1920 Willesden district, Middlesex -	T/S.Lt. 29.05.1942 T/Lt. 01.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	(08.1942)     no appointment listed 17.07.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Spiteful (submarine) (07.1945) no appointment listed * 15.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Gorleston (escort) * indexed as HM LST 323, but that's mixed-up with R.V.R. Weston
Westwood, Bryan Percy   Son (with three brothers) of Percy James Westwood (1878-1958), architect, and Edith Bessie Lucking (1884-1972). Married ((09?).1943, Wycombe district, Buckinghamshire) Lavender Mary Bruce (18.06.1916 - ), daughter of ... Bruce, and ... Brown; two daughters, one son.	01.11.1909 Weybridge, Chertsey district, Surrey - 10.1990 Reading and Wokingham district, Berkshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 13.09.1940 T/Lt. 13.12.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 11.1943? (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	Education: Sidcot School; Architectural Association School. Architect. FRIBA, AADip(Hons). 26.11.1940 - (08.)1941 HMS Lady Madeline (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler) (10.1941)     no appointment listed 07.11.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Mercury (signal school, Haslemere) 25.02.1942 - (10.)1943 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 11.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for duty with Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command) 28.02.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)
Westwood, Derrick Joseph Son of ... Westwood, and ... Bennett. Married ((12?).1952, Westminster district, London) Valerie M. Dobbin (née Robinson); two sons, one daughter.	09.06.1924 West Bromwich district, Warwickshire / Staffordshire / Shropshire / Worcestershire - 04.04.1993 Severn Stoke, Hereford and Worcester	T/A/S.Lt. 09.12.1943 T/S.Lt. 09.06.1944 T/A/Lt. 09.06.1946? (reld > 07.1946)	Education: HMS Worcester (Thames Nautical Training College). 07.1943 - 09.1943 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley Gate, Ipswich, Suffolk) (Blake Division, No 8 Mess (Hostilities Only New Entry Training for Ratings)) 25.11.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty):       HM LCH 275 (landing craft, headquarters) 01.07.1946 - (07.1946) HM LCI(L) 505 (landing craft, infantry (large))
Westwood, Harold John "Cherry"	1921 ? - 01.02.2012	... ... T/Lt. (A) 22.11.1944	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Daedalus
Whalley, James Bertram   Son (with one sibling) of Harry Bertram Whalley (1891-1966), and Alice Fletcher Evans (1879-1951). Married (20.12.1937, Christ Church, Frome, Somerset) Jessie Mary Huett (06.12.1911 - 06.01.1997), daughter of Charles Wesley Sheppard Huett (1873-1944), and Eliza "Lillian" Young (1880-1976); two children.	20.02.1916 Colwyn Bay, Conway district, Wales - 19.05.1990 Redhill, Surrey	T/S.Lt. 16.04.1942 T/A/Lt. 16.04.1943 T/Lt. 24.12.1943, seniority 16.04.1943 (reld 24.07.1946)	31.05.1942 - (10.)1944 HMS Nelson (Nelson class battleship) 21.11.1944 - (04.)1946 HMS Peacock (modified Black Swan class sloop) 1950s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
Wheatcroft, Stephen Frederick Son (with one brother) of Percy Wheatcroft, and Fanny Eliza Stephens. His brother F/Sgt. Albert J. Wheatcroft, RAFVR (serving with 455 (RAAF) Squadron) was killed 24.05.1943. Married 1st (01.07.1943, Lambeth district, London) Joyce Amy "Joy" Reed (21.06.1920 - (03?).1974), daughter of Cecil Reed; two sons, one daughter. Married 2nd (01.11.1974, Kensington district, London) Alison Dessau Grandfield, daughter of Arnold Dessau; two sons.	11.09.1921 Edmonton district, Buckinghamshire - 26.04.2016 East Tidily	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 25.06.1943 T/S.Lt. (A) 25.12.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946) OBE 01.01.1974 New Year 74: Member, Economic Development Committee for the Movement of Exports	Education: Latymer School, Edmonton; London School of Economics (President of the Union; BSc 1942).       flying training in Canada (10.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) * 20.12.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus) (for full flying duties and training) 10.02.1944 - (04.)1944 pilot, 796 Squadron FAA [HMS Kilele (RN Air Station, Tanga, Tanganyika) 09.04.1944 - (06.)1944 pilot, 756 Squadron FAA [HMS Ukussa (RN Air Station, Katukurunda, Ceylon)] 27.06.1944 - (04.)1945 pilot, 817 Squadron FAA [HMS Indomitable with the Far East Fleet based in Trincomalee, and took part in the bombing of Japanese oil fields in Sumatra] (07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed Commercial Planning manager, British European Airways, 1946-1953. Simon Research Fellow at Manchester University, 1953-1955. Independent consultant in civil aviation, 1956-1972. Board member, British Airways (Director of Economic Development), 1972-1982. Director, Aviation and Tourism International, 1982-2000. Governor, London School of Economics, 1970-2003. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Chartered Institute of Transport (president 1978-1979), Royal Aeronautical Society. Published: Economics of European Air Transport, 1956, Air Transport Policy, 1966 (with others) Air Transport in a Competitive European Market, 1986, European Liberalisation and World Air Transport, 1990 * indexed, but not listed as such
Wheatley, Fred Son of Horace Wheatley, retired master plumber, of Skegness. Married (16.02.1946, Grimsby) Hazel Goodhand, WAAF, of Grimsby.	13.02.1916 - 24.03.1991 Worthing district, West Sussex	T/A/S.Lt. (S) 1943? T/S.Lt. (S) 24.09.1943	14.08.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire) (04.1946)     HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire) * Solicitor. * indexed, but not listed as such
Wheatley, Oscar Frank Son of Oscar Wheatley, and Dora Carr. Husband of Hilda Rose Wheatley, of Kenilworth, Warwickshire.	(03?).1918 Coventry district, Warwickshire / West Midlands - 20.06.1945 (KIA) [age 27] [Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia, 2.F.5]	Prob. T/S.Lt. (A) 29.07.1940 T/Lt. (A) 29.01.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 20.05.1945? MID 22.05.1945 Operation Stacey (photo reconniassance Far East 22.02-07.03.45)	03.01.1941 - 27.03.1941 pilot, 807 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester), then HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] [failed to return in a Fulmar after being unable to locate ship on return from reconnaissance; landed at Dakar and was captured]  27.03.1941 - 1943? POW in French captvity 07.1944 - (10.1944) pilot, 804 Squadron FAA 20.05.1945 - 20.06.1945 Commanding Officer, 808 Squadron FAA [HMS Ameer (escort carrier)]
Wheeler, Morley Francis Married ((12?).1944, Battersea district, London) Irene "Renee" Dutton; one son, one daughter.	(09?).1921 Wandsworth district, London - 06.10.2012 Woodhouse, Leicestershire	... ... T/Lt. (A) 01.04.1945 (reld 1946)	Served 1942-46. Pilot training at US Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida (1942), 846 Squadron Avengers, Ravager (1943), Tracker on Atlantic and Russian convoys (1944), Trumpeter laying mines off Norway (1944), 731 Squadron, Peewit (1945). He ditched five times. ... - ... ... 08.02.1945 - (07.1945) pilot, 731 Squadron FAA [HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus)] Upon retirement he was an active member of the FAAOA visiting Russia and Norway to help locate crash sites where crew lay with their aircraft and some of his memories were recorded for a TV programme earlier this year (2012).
Whiddon, John Son of Henry Whiddon, and Lilian May Berner. Married Audrey May Bennett (she re-married and now carries last name Martin); two sons.	(06?).1925 Edmonton district, Essex - 28.07.1954 Malta [age 29]	T/Midsh. 11.11.1943 T/S.Lt. 22.04.1945 T/S.Lt. RN 22.04.1945 A/Lt. RN 1947? Lt. RN 29.10.1947, seniority 22.04.1947 (emgcy 09.12.1951)	11.11.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) 31.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Stamshaw Camp) 22.01.1947 transferred to RN 14.06.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Constance (destroyer) (05.1953) HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Londonderry) 23.04.1952 short service commission 27.10.1953 - 28.07.1954 observer, 728 Squadron FAA [HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halfar, Malta)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Whistler, Claude Harold Son of Harold Alfred Whistler (1896-1940), and Helene Julie Marguerite Gottignies (1896-1994). Married (09.06.1945, Wirral district, Cheshire) Ann Katherine Knight (07.09.1921 - ?; predeceased him); one daughter.	21.12.1921 Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire - 28.09.2009	T/Midsh. (Sp.Br.) * 20.03.1941 T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 21.12.1941 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.12.1942 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 21.06.1944 (reld > 04.1946) CBE 01.01.1982 New Year 82 OBE 01.01.1969 New Year 69 * Special Branch officer qualified and undertaking general duties of an executive nature on shore	09.04.1941 - 07.1944 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 07.1944 - (07.1945) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] (04.1946)     HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire) * British Council Representative, Chile (OBE) & Belgium (CBE). * indexed, but not listed as such
Whitaker, Frederick Stanley	? -	T/S.Lt. 21.05.1942 T/Lt. 1943?, seniority 21.08.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 10.1945	(10.1942) - (02.1943) HMS Ararat (Combined Operations training centre, Castle Toward, Dunoon, Argyll) * (04.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Castle Toward, Dunoon, Argyll) * 20.12.1943 - (04.)1946 Combined Operations Personnel Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.04.1946 - (07.1946) Manning Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Whitaker, William Winter "Bill" Son of George Whitaker (1890-1953), and Edith Mary Winter (1885-1935). Married (15.12.1940, Aldershot, Hampshire) Jennie Beatrice Moss (25.08.1916 - 25.06.2007); two sons.	04.03.1915 Wadworth, Yorkshire - 27.05.1986 Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire	T/S.Lt. (E) 06.10.1941 T/Lt. (E) 06.10.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) > 04.1944, < 06.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	Service engineer for fuel inspection equipment for HSCO Engr. 10.1941 - (11.)1941 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) 02.11.1941 - (10.)1943 HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt) 25.11.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) 21.07.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Porcupine (landing craft base, Stokes Bay, Portsmouth) 06.11.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for Major Landing Craft Squadron duties)
Whitby, John Arthur Humphrey	? -	T/Lt. 31.08.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	(06.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 621 (motor torpedo boat) 02.07.1945 - (1945) staff Reserve Fleet [HMS Scarborough]
White, Arthur	? -	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 29.07.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.10.1942 T/Lt. (A) 1943?, seniority 01.10.1942 (reld > 01.1945, < 07.1945)	(10.1941) - (02.1942) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 21.04.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) (12.1943) - (01.1945) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
White, Arthur Vivian Son (with one sister) of Arthur Stanley White (1883-1952), and Leonora Boulton (1889-1974) ?	22.07.1922 ? Wheatenhurst district, Shropshire ? - (03?.)1980 ? Gloucester district, Gloucestershire ?	T/A/S.Lt. 06.08.1943 T/S.Lt. 06.02.1944 T/A/Lt. > 10.1944, < 01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	(10.1943)     HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) * (12.1943) - (06.1944) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) * (10.1944) - (10.1945) no appointment listed 15.08.1944 - (12.1944) British Naval Liaison Officer, Free French minesweeper Chevreuil * indexed, but not listed as such
White, Cyril Geoffrey "Snowy"	15.12.1907 - 1975 Gipping district, Suffolk	Prob. T/S.Lt. 27.09.1940 T/Lt. 27.12.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	15.01.1941 - (12.1941) French Ship "Charles Vaillant" 25.04.1942 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 192 (motor minesweeper) (10.1944)     HMS St Tudno (minesweeper depot, Sheerness) * 15.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya) * indexed, but not listed as such
White, Dennis Chancellor Barrington Son (with three brothers) of Harold White (1896-1932), and Kathleen Isabel Chancellor (1898-1980). Married 1st (30.07.1952, St Andrew district, Edinburgh, Scotland) Patricia J.M. McBride (17.03.1930 - ); one daughter, thee sons. Married 2nd (24.10.1986, Chichester, Sussex) Jennifer Penelope Silver (née Pixley) (1927 - 10.08.2009).	02.02.1923 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 02.11.2007 Sherborne, Dorset	T/Midsh. (A) 12.09.1942 T/A/S.Lt. (A) 02.02.1943 T/S.Lt. (A) 02.08.1943 T/Lt. (A) 02.08.1945 Lt. (A) RN 14.03.1946, seniority 02.08.1945 Lt.Cdr. RN 02.08.1953 Cdr. RN 31.12.1960 (retd 02.08.1976) OBE 01.01.1976 New Year 1976	(02.1943)     no appointment listed 22.03.1943 - (05.)1943 pilot, 762 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] 24.05.1943 - (10.)1943 pilot, 790 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] 15.11.1943 - (02.)1944 pilot, 748 "B" Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] 17.03.1944 - (10.)1944 pilot, 842 Squadron FAA 19.10.1944 - (04.)1945 pilot, 827 Squadron FAA (07.1945)     no appointment listed 07.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon) (for disposal) 14.03.1946     transferred to RN (04.1946)     no appointment listed ... - ... ... MRAeS. Director of the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton.
White, Douglas Buteux Son of ... White, and ... Welch. Married ...; ... children (one son?).	24.11.1918 Croydon district, Kent - 06.2004 North Dorset district, Dorset	Prob. T/A/El.S.Lt. 02.04.1945 Prob. T/El.S.Lt. 02.10.1945 (reld 03.07.1946)	(1943)     HMS Magpie (sloop) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 16.07.1945 - (10.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) 12.11.1945 - (04.)1946 HMS Appledore (Combined Operations base and training establishment, Fremingham Camp, Appledore) 1940s - 1950s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
White, Douglas Roy George Son of George Henry White (1894-1972), and Dorothy Sage (1900-1997). Married ((06?).1950, Ealing, Middlesex) Yvonne Ellen Seddon (12.09.1926 - 06.2016), daughter (with two brothers and one sister) of John Edward Seddon, MBE (1894-1957), and Bridget Hellen Fowler (1903-1974); two daughters, two sons.	06.06.1920 Kensington district, London - 28.10.2007 Harrow, Middlesex	T/A/S.Lt. 22.01.1943 T/S.Lt. 22.07.1943 T/Lt. 22.07.1945 (reld 22.08.1946)	Stock clerk. 1942 - 1943 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 19.03.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Harrier (Halcyon class minesweeper) (04.1946)     no appointment listed A son writes: "He joined the RNVR as a signalman near the outbreak of the war and I believe he went to HMS King Alfred in 1942 for his officer training."
White, Harry Ernest Son of Harry Ernest William White and Alice White, of Broadstairs, Kent.	19.11.1917 - 01.06.1990 Canterbury, Kent	Ord.Sea. 21.06.1940 [JX/209381] AB Sea. 21.09.1940 A/Ldg.Sea. 11.07.1941 T/S.Lt. 20.05.1942? T/Lt. 21.08.1943 Lt. RN 16.04.1947, seniority 21.08.1943 Lt.Cdr. 21.08.1951 (emgcy 29.03.1952) DSC 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche (Salerno landings, 09.43)	21.06.1940 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)  03.07.1940 - 11.07.1940 HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) (for boom defence duties) 12.07.1940 - 14.10.1940 HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon) 15.10.1940 - 09.11.1940 HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth) 10.11.1940 - 16.12.1940 HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, nr Portsmouth) 17.12.1940 - 13.02.1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 14.02.1941 - 31.07.1941 HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth) 01.08.1941 - 01.08.1941 HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, nr Portsmouth) 02.08.1941 - 14.08.1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 15.08.1941 - 15.10.1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 16.10.1941 - 18.05.1942 HMS Holderness (destroyer) 19.05.1942 - 19.05.1942 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 20.05.1942 - 21.08.1942 HMS King Alfred (training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 01.1943 - 09.1943 LCT 391 [HMS Dinosaur] 08.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Castle Toward, Dunoon, Argyll) 16.04.1947 transferred to RN 16.10.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Duke of York (battleship) 14.11.1950 - (05.1953) HMS Neptune (Reserve Fleet, Chatham) (for miscellaneous duties)
White, Kenneth Martin Son of ... White, and ... Martin.	24.04.1920 Warwick district, Warwickshire - 30.11.1988 Chichester district, Sussex	T/S.Lt. 06.11.1941 T/Lt. 06.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 09.03.1943 destruction U-boat Western Approaches 26.12.42 [investiture 11.05.43]	(12.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed 22.03.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Vanessa (V class destroyer) (DSC) 19.06.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Viscount (Thornycoft V class destroyer) (06.1944)     no appointment listed 04.07.1944 - (04.1945) HMS Wivern (modified W. class destroyer) 09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Cawsand Bay (Bay class frigate)
White, Leslie George Walsh Son of Charlie Ernest White, and Bessie Walsh. Unmarried.	(12?).1901 Dartford, Kent - (03?).1963 Tonbridge district, Kent	Prob. T/S.Lt. 02.02.1940 T/Lt. 01.04.1940 (reld < 04.1946)	Served Merchant Navy. (03.1940) - (04.1940) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) * 01.04.1940 - (07.)1940 HMS Troubadour (armed yacht) 29.08.1940 - (10.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Lea Rig (auxiliary patrol trawler) 31.10.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) 04.01.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth, later Roedean School, Brighton) (for Whitehead Department) 07.09.1942 - (10.1944) HMS Eland (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (01.1945)     HMS Eland (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) * 07.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (for Boat Pool duties) Published: Ships, coolies and rice (1936; autobiographical reminiscences). * indexed, but not listed as such
White, Louis Stuart	? -	Prob. T/El.S.Lt. 02.11.1942 T/El.Lt. 02.03.1943	(12.1942) - (02.1943) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) * 02.03.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow) 07.04.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) (for Anti-Submarine Warfare) (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
White, Terence William "Terry" Son (with three brothers and one sister) of William George White (1896-1977), civil servant, and Millicent May Bugg (1899-1968). Married ((06?).1950, Wolverhampton) Betty Mayhew (1925 - 15.11.2013); one daughter.	03.04.1924 Norwich, Norfolk - 20.09.2015 Emsworth, Hampshire (formerly of Spinney Hill, Northampton, Northamptonshire)	Ordinary Seaman ? T/Midsh.. (Sp.Br.) * 16.04.1943 T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 03.10.1943 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 03.04.1944 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 03.04.1946 (reld 19.09.1946) MBE 01.01.1978 New Year 1978 * Special Branch officer who has qualified for, and is undertaking general duties of an executive nature on shore	Education: St John's Choir School, Cambridge; Soham Grammar School (1937-1941). Junior clerk, National Westminster Bank.       HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness)       HMS Balsam (Flower class corvette) (06.1943)     no appointment listed 30.06.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) 03.11.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Turtle (Combined Operations training establishment, Poole, Dorset) (06.1944) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * Schoolmaster (deputy headmaster; retired 1987 as headmaster, Parkland Middle School, Northampton). Honorary treasurer & founder member, National Schools Sailing Association. Honorary secretary, Northampton and Country Schools Sailing and Canoeing Association. Published: articles in educational and yachting journals about school sailing * His brother indicates he served at Kiel Canal (Germany), possibly with a Naval Party.
Whitehead, Walter Edward Son (with two sisters) of Walter and Amy Whitehead. Married ((09?).1940, Westminster district, London) Adinah "Tommy" Thomas (14.11.1912 - (09?).1976), who was earlier (1933) married to Eric G. Tate; one son, one step daughter.	20.05.1908 Aldershot, Hampshire - 16.04.1978 Petersfield, Hampshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 23.02.1940 T/Lt. 23.04.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 04.1943, < 06.1943 T/A/Cdr. > 10.1945, < 04.1946 (reld > 07.1946, < 04.1947) CBE 10.06.1967 HM's birthday 67: Chairman, British Exports Marketing Advisory Committee, New York OBE 02.06.1962 HM's birthday 62: President of Schweppes (USA) Ltd,	Education: Aldershot County High School. General Accident Assurance Company, 1925-1939. (04.1940)     no appointment listed 23.04.1940 - (02.)1944 HMS Impregnable (boys' training establishment, St Budeaux, Plymouth, Devon) 25.04.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 23.08.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Valkyrie II (training establishment, Central Camp. Douglas, Isle of Man) 08.12.1944 - (07.1946) Service Conditions Department, Admiralty [HMS President] General Secretary, British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education, 1946; HM Treasury, 1947-1950; joined Schweppes Ltd, 1950; President, Schweppes (USA) Ltd, 1953-1967, later Chairman Former Director: Cadbury Schweppes Ltd; Cunard Steam¬Ship Co. Ltd; General Cigar Co. Inc., etc. On board of Bahamas Development Corporation and other Bahamian companies. Published: How to Live the Good Life (1977); various articles.
Whitehouse, Arthur Harold Son (with six brothers and four sisters) of Charles "Henry" Whitehouse (1881-1968), and Edith Jane Somerfield (1880-1954). Married ((06?).1934, Birmingham, Warwickshire) Hinda Emma "Chick" Bennet (1912 - 27.06.1995); eight children.	02.10.1909 Birmingham, Warwickshire - 21.10.1976 St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	T/S.Lt. (A) 09.08.1941 T/Lt. (A) 09.11.1941 (reld 30.04.1946)	Salesman. (10.1941) - (12.1941) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 29.12.1941 - (02.)1942 pilot, 756 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)] 24.03.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad) (for pilot duties) 28.06.1943 - (12.1943) pilot, 755 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)] 01.02.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) 22.06.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire) (for photographic duties) 11.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Formidable (Illustrious class aircraft carrier) (for photographic duties) * indexed, but not listed as such
White-Smith, Ian Kirkpatrick Eldest & twin son of Sir Henry White-Smith, CBE (1878-1943), aircraft industrialist, and Lady White-Smith (Winifred Agnes, née Kirkpatrick) (1886-1947). Unmarried.	19.11.1917 Winterbourne, Gloucestershire - 05.04.1942 (MIA) [age 24] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 4, panel 2]	Prob. T/S.Lt. (A) 30.12.1940	Education: Stowe School (1931.3-1936.1; Bruce House, Monitor); Trinity College, Cambridge (Pensioner, 01.10.1936; BA 1939). (02.1941)     HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton) * 11.03.1941 - 09.11.1941 HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, near Alexandria, Egypt) 10.11.1941 - (04.)1942 pilot, 803 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, near Alexandria, Egypt)] (04.).1942 - 05.04.1942 pilot, 806 Squadron FAA [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] (missing in action on air operations) * indexed, but not listed as such
Whitham, George Henry Son of Henry Walter and Ada Whitham. Married ...; ... children.	17.10.1907 Ealing, Brentford district, Middlesex - 28.11.1984 Whitton, Middlesex	T/Lt.  (Sp.Br.) * 22.03.1943 (reld 28.08.1946) * Special Branch Officer who is employed on staff, etc., duties ashore, but has not received any training of an executive nature	22.03.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) (for duty at Newport) 17.06.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (as Sea Transport Officer III Greenock) 15.09.1943 - (03.)1944 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers, Algeria) (for Sea Transport duties, Algiers) 30.03.1944 - (09.)1944 HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (for duties with Sea Transport Officer) 21.09.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) 07.05.1945 - (10.)1945 HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) (for Sea Transport duties) 10.1945 - (04.)1946 HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for disposal)
Whitnell, Edwin	26.11.1920 Pontypridd district, Wales - 09.10.1996 Bristol district, Gloucestershire	T/A/S.Lt. 16.10.1941 T/Lt. 01.02.1944	... - ... ... 08.12.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Westminster (W class destroyer) ... - ... ...
Whitney, John Desmond	? -	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 21.07.1944	(07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Whitney-Smith, Charles Alexander Only son of Edwin Whitney-Smith (1880-1952), RBS, sculptor, and Rachel E. Pitt (1879-1950), of Kilburn. Married 1st (21.04.1943, Hampstead district, Middlesex; marriage dissolved 1949) Patricia Ann Booth, daughter of Edgar Booth, of Hythe, Kent. Married 2nd (1954) Michaelina Majali Laporte; one daughter.	16.01.1913 Bristol district, Gloucestershire - 01.1984 Salisbury district, Wiltshire	T/S.Lt. 05.01.1940 T/A/Lt. 01.12.1940 (transferred to the reserve 08.05.1945) MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45	Education: Westminster College (21.09.1926-; Homeboarder's House); elected to an exhibition at Christ Church College, Oxford University (matric. Michaelmas 1931; MA 1936; fenced against Cambridge (captain) and for England 1936; British Universities Foil Champion 1934; British Junior Epée Champion 1936). 05.01.1940 - (03.)1940 HMS Cochrane (additional; for various services) 01.03.1940 - 01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Goodwill (naval auxiliary vessel) 24.01.1941 - (06.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Whinchat (naval auxiliary vessel) (08.1941) - (12.1941) no appointment listed 18.05.1941 - ? British Naval Liaison Officer, French minesweeper "La Moqueuse" (02.1942) - 08.05.1945 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] * [1944/45 attached to Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF)] HM's Foreign Service (Officer (Branch B), 19.12.1957). Served at Lyons, Paris, Marseilles and Medan. Consul Attaché at Rangoon since 1953.
Whitten, Sidney Bartholomew Son of ... Whitten, and ... Welton. Married 1st ((12?).1939, Hackney district, London) Violet J. Rolph; one daughter. Married 2nd ((06?).1964, St Marylebone district, London) Margot H. Dixon-Robinson.	(09?).1916 Hackney district, London -	T/A/S.Lt. 19.08.1943 T/S.Lt. 19.02.1944 (reld > 04.1946) MID 13.03.1945 assault Normandy 06-09.44	19.08.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for motor landing craft) 03.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base): (06.1944)     HM LCT 2289 (landing craft, tank) (despatches)
Whittle, Bernard Arthur George * Son of Arthur Whittle (1883-1977), and Sara Ann Watts (1890-1974). Married ((12?).1943, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Mary Rhoda Findlay (07.04.1915 - 17.02.1986). daughter of John Findlay (1878-1959), and Peggy Tuach McLeod (1879-1943); three sons, one daughter. * Birth registration as: Whittle, George Arthur Bernard.	26.01.1914 Birmingham, Kings Norton district, Warwickshire - 23.07.1973 Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire (formerly of Kings Heath, Birmingham)	T/S.Lt. 12.02.1942 T/A/Lt. 12.02.1943 (reld 11.04.1946)	02.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS President III (HQ for personnel serving at defensively equipped merchant ships) (10.1943) - (10.1945) HMS President III (HQ for personnel serving at defensively equipped merchant ships) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Whittle, Eric Son of Charles R. Whittle (1893-), and Esther ... (1890-). Married ...; ... children (one son?).	21.03.1916 - 11.04.1991 Exmouth, Exeter district, Devon	T/A/Paym.S.Lt. 10.09.1943 T/Paym.S.Lt. = T/S.Lt. (S) 10.03.1944 T/Lt. (S) 10.03.1946 (reld 20.08.1946)	Bank clerk (on administrative staff, head office 1939). (10.1943)     HMS Good Hope (training establishment, Port Elizabeth, South Africa) * (12.1943)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 12.01.1944 - (02.)1944 HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) (04.1944) - (10.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Whitwell, Francis Son of ... Whitwell, and ... Moore. Married ((12?).1939, Westminster district, London) Elsa Mary Barlow (27.12.1915 - 09.1987); one daughter, two sons.	27.08.1915 Birkenhead district, Cheshire - 12.07.1988 Birkenhead district, Cheshire	T/Sg.Lt. 21.04.1940 (reld 11.12.1944; medically unfit) MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk 06.40	Education: Whitgift, Croydon, Surrey; St Thomas's Hospital, London (MB, BS 1939); MRCS, LRCP. 21.04.1940 - (05.)1940 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 06.05.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Worcester (destroyer) (despatches) 21.05.1941 - (06.)1942 HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh, Southampton) 08.07.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Battler (escort carrier) (10.1944)     no appointment listed After working in various hospitals and the university department, he was appointed consultant pathologist at Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool, in 1949.
Whyte, John Married Lena ...; no children. Residence: Blackpool, then Poulton-le-Fylde.	09.11.1911 Sutton, Surrey - 11.1976	Ord. Sea. 31.07.1941 [JX 260651] A/Able Sea. 23.04.1943 T/A/S.Lt. 12.11.1943 T/S.Lt. 12.05.1944 (reld 04.04.1946) 39|45 St - - Atl St - & France & Germany clasp WM 39|45 - - Arc St - -	31.07.1941 - 11.12.1941 HMS Worcestershire (armed merchant cruiser) [North Atlantic convoys HX146, ON012 & SC051] 24.04.1943 - 26.08.1943 HMS Goathland (destroyer) [15th Destroyer Flotilla, English Channel] 08?.1943 - 11?.1943 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 28.12.1943 - 16.11.1944 Gunnery Officer, HMS Charlock (corvette) [support Normandy landings, 16 England/France convoys, 2 Arctic convoys (JW59 & RW59A)] 07.12.1944 - 01.06.1945 HMS Dianella (corvette) 10.10.1945 - 08.03.1946 HMS Kimberley (destroyer) [tender to HMS Excellent] 09.03.1946 - 04.04.1946 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Whale Island, Portsmouth) (additional; for demobilisation)

 

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