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A.J. Boyall  to  R.H. Bristowe
Boyall, Anthony John "Tony" Son of ... Boyall, and ... Nelson. Married Midge (née ...); two sons, one daughter.	16.04.1921 Williton district, Somerset - 13.11.2006	Cadet 01.09.1938 Midsh. 01.05.1939 S.Lt. 16.02.1941 Lt. 01.09.1942 A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1950 Cdr. 31.12.1957 (retd 16.04.1971) OBE 12.06.1971 HM's birthday 1971 [investiture 20.07.1971] DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945 [decoration posted]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 01.09.1938 - 30.04.1939 HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Glasgow (cruiser) 08.08.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Arrow (destroyer) 06.01.1941 - (02.)1941 promotion course, Portsmouth 01.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, Malta) 08.07.1942 - (08.1942) HMS L 23 (submarine) (02.1943)     no appointment listed (06.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Ullswater (minesweeping trawler) * [ship was lost 19.11.1942 !!] (04.1944) - (06.1944) HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) * 1944 - (10.)1944 submarine Commanding Officer's course 03.12.1944 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Upshot (submarine) 14.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (and for duty with submarines) ... - ... ...
Boyd, Christopher Denis	14.07.1925 - 01.1991	Midsh. ? ... ... S.Lt. 01.10.1944 ... ... Lt. 01.12.1946 (resignation accepted 05.03.1954) DSC 07.08.1945 sinking submarine 20.02.1945 [decoration posted]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (Blake House; 01.01.1939-1943; Admiralty No. 45). ... - ... ... (07.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Boyd, Sir Denis William Son of William John and Emily Eva Charlotte Boyd, Manchester. Married (14.08.1915) Audrey Edoline Shakespear, daughter of Lt.Col. A.B. Shakespear, RM Artillery; one son, two daughters (and one son deceased).	06.03.1891 Manchester - 21.01.1965 [Southsea Terrace, Southsea, Hants ?]	Midsh. 1906 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 07.04.1911, seniority 15.07.1910 Lt. 13.08.1912, seniority 15.10.1911 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1919 Cdr. 31.12.1924 Capt. 31.12.1931 A/R.Adm. 18.02.1941 R.Adm. 08.07.1941 V.Adm. 30.06.1944 Adm. 21.01.1948 (retd 22.06.1949) KCB 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 1945 [investiture 20.07.1945] CB 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 1943 [investiture 22.06.1943] CBE 01.01.1941 New Year 1941 [investiture 01.12.1942] DSC 17.04.1918 submarine service MID 17.06.1941 attack by enemy aircraft 10.01.1941	Education: RN College Dartmouth. 1914 - 1918 served European War 09.09.1916 - (01.1919) Torpedo Officer, HMS Fearless (light cruiser) (and for duty with submarines) 02.01.192 - (01.)1925 First Lieutenant, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (on her world cruise) 1926 - 1928 lent to Royal Australian Navy: 11.1926 - (07.1927) HMAS Sydney (cruiser) 03.08.1928 - (08.1929) Fleet Torpedo Officer, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] 12.01.1931 - (01.1932) Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 08.07.1932 - (09.1932) Commanding Officer, HMS Valentine (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 21.08.1933 - (01.1934) naval staff, Tactical Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 23.05.1934 - (07.1935) Director of Tactical Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 13.01.1936 - (02.1936) Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth 07.10.1936 - (02.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Hardy (destroyer) & Captain (D) 2nd Destroyer Flotilla (Malta and in the Mediterranean during Spanish Civil War) (07.1937) - (02.1938) no appointment listed 21.04.1938 - 29.11.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Vernon (Torpedo School and Experimental Establishment, Portsmouth) & in charge of Torpedo School 30.11.1939 - 26.01.1940 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with R.A. (ML)) 29.01.1940 - 15.03.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) & as Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral, Mediterranean Aircraft Carriers 16.03.1940 - 29.03.1940 HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) (additional; temporary) 30.03.1940 - 17.02.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) & as Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral, Mediterranean Aircraft Carriers 18.02.1941 - 23.02.1942 Rear-Admiral Commanding Mediterranean Aircraft Carriers 24.02.1942 - 12.1942 Rear-Admiral, Eastern Fleet Aircraft Carriers [HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier)] 17.12.1942 - 13.01.1943 HMS President (additional; for special service outside Admiralty) 14.01.1943 - 05.1945 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty & Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Equipment [HMS President] 01.06.1945 - 31.03.1946 Admiral (Air) [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 01.04.1946 - 31.05.1946 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed) 01.06.1946 - 1948 Commander-in-Chief British Pacific Fleet 15.09.1948 - 22.06.1949 Commander-in-Chief Far East Station Principal of Ashridge College, 1950-1957.
Boyd, Robert Son (with one sister) of William Boyd (1884-1941), and Margaret Ross (1885-1965). Married (22.06.1940, St Donald's Church of Ireland, Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland) Margaret Elizabeth Kerr (03.03.1914-), daughter of Robert Kerr, and Adaline Harris.	23.05.1913 Islandmagee, Co. Antrim, Ireland - 10.02.1985 Portugal (formerly of Islandmagee, Co. Antrim, Ireland)	Prob. S.Lt. RNR 02.08.1938 Prob. S.Lt. 10.06.1939 S.Lt. 06.07.1940, seniority 01.03.1939 Lt. 03.1941, seniority 23.05.1937 Lt.Cdr. 23.11.1944 Cdr. 31.12.1949 Capt. 31.12.1956 (retd 10.06.1959) DSO 11.07.1944 operations in Mediterranean, minelayer, 4 coasters destroyed DSC 12.05.1942 patrols 04-09.1941 MID 05.05.1942 2 supply ships sunk, 5 landings	10.06.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (Home Fleet) 19.02.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Walker (destroyer) 25.10.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Utmost (submarine) 27.11.1942 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS H 43 (submarine) 07.02.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Untiring (submarine) 13.05.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Otway (submarine) 20.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Frobisher (cruiser) (05.1950)     HMNZS Philomel * 03.1953 - (05.1953) HMS Forth 29.07.1955 - (01.1956) Executive Officer, HMS Seahawk (RN Air Station, Culdrose)
Boyd, Walter Michael Stewart Son of Robert Reginald Boyd (1880-1959), and Agnes Maria Dorothea Harrison (1884-1964). Married (15.09.1951, Westminster district, London) Janet Ethelwyn Brown, daughter of Harold Mallows Brown.	19.09.1924 Chertsey district, Kent - 03.03.2006 Glenside, Australia	Midsh. 01.01.1942 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1943 S.Lt. 14.02.1944, seniority 16.08.1943 Lt. 16.04.1945 (retd 24.04.1947; medically unfit)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (Grenville House; 01.05.1938-12.1941; Admiralty No. 1916). 01.01.1942 - (04.)1942 HMS Kenya (Fiji class cruiser) (06.1942)     no appointment listed 23.06.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Kenya (Fiji class cruiser) 30.04.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Resolution (Royal Sovereign class battleship) (10.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Redoubt (R class destroyer) * (02.1944) - (04.)1944 submarine course 23.04.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Safari (S class submarine) 15.08.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Sirdar (S class submarine) (07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed 12.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Tradewind (T class submarine) 21.05.1946 - (07.1946) HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) (for duty with submarines) Studied medicine at Guy's Hospital. MB, BS Lond 1953; MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond 1953; DObst RCOG 1957. Emigrated to Adelaide, Southern Australia. * indexed, but not listed as such
Boyer, Francis Louis	25.12.1915 ? West Derby district, Lancashire ? - 25.10.1993	A/S.Lt. RNR 06.12.1937 Prob. S.Lt. 02.05.1938 S.Lt. 1939, seniority 02.05.1938 Lt. 25.06.1939 (retd 20.04.1946; medically unfit)	(06.1938) - (10.1938) no appointment listed 16.01.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 24.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS H 50 (submarine) 18.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Undaunted (submarine) 17.04.1941 - ? British Naval Liaison Officer, "Surcouf" (French submarine) 09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 09.1942 - (02.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS P 554 (submarine) 15.04.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Kite (sloop) 09.1943 - 27.12.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Roxborough (destroyer) 17.03.1944 - 11.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Riou (frigate) 03.12.1944 - 01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Bentley (frigate) 24.04.1945 - (07.1945) Naval Liaison Officer, HMS Saker [British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, USA]
Boyes, Hector Son of late V.Adm. Sir George Henry Thomas Boyes. Married (29.12.1919, St Matthias Church, London SW5) Eleanora de Bille, daughter of Consul­General H. Falsen, Oslo; one son.	20.02.1881 Plymouth, Devon - 23.10.1960 Bognor Regis, Chichester district, Sussex	Midsh. 15.06.1897 A/S.Lt. 15.12.1900 S.Lt. 23.01.1902, seniority 15.12.1900 Lt. 15.09.1902 Cdr. 31.12.1915 Capt. 31.12.1922 R.Adm. 23.11.1934 (retd 24.11.1934) (dispersed 01.12.1946) (reverted to retd 31.03.1947) CMG 03.06.1918 valuable services rendered during the war CIE 01.01.1931 New Year 1931 OCwn 15.04.1912 valuable services rendered at the time of the earthquake in Southern Italy in the year 1908	15.01.1895     entered RN 1900     Midshipman, HMS Centurion (Boxer Campaign, China) 1901     RN College, Greenwich 1904 - 1905 Lieutenant, HM Signal School, Portsmouth 1905     Flag Lieutenant to R.Adm. Robert Leonard Groome [HMS Albemarle] (Channel Fleet) 1914 - 1919 served European War (despatches, CMG, 2nd Class Order of Aviz of Portugal) 1914     Flag Lieutenant-Commander and Signals Officer on staff of V.Adm. Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram [HMS Minotaur] (1916)     Commanding Officer, HMS Thistle (gunboat) 23.12.1919 - 15.10.1921 Commanding Officer, HMS Hollyhock (sloop) [initially tender to HMS Vivid] (08.1923)     no appointment listed 20.05.1924 - 1926 lent to Australian Government as Captain of Flinders Naval Depôt & Captain Superintendent of Training [HMAS Cerberus] (07.1927)     no appointment listed 28.01.1928 - (04.)1930 Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf [HMS Triad (special service vessel)] (East Indies) 05.01.1931 - (02.)1931 tactical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 14.05.1931 - 1933 Captain-in-Charge, Simonstown & Captain-in-Charge of Naval Establishments, Cape of Good Hope Dockyard [HMS Fora (gunboat; depot ship, Simonstown)] 11.08.1933 - (01.)1934 Chief of Staff and Maintenance Captain to Commander-in-Chief The Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 1934 - 23.11.1934 also: Naval ADC to the King 09.08.1939 - 23.08.1939 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Naval Intelligence Division) 24.08.1939 - 09.06.1940 Naval Attaché, Oslo (Norway) and Stockholm (Sweden) [HMS President] 10.06.1940 - 02.07.1940 HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty) 03.07.1940 - 04.05.1941 Naval Attaché to to British Minister to Norwegian Government in England & as Liaison Officer to Royal Norwegian Navy [HMS President] 05.05.1941 - 20.05.1941 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Naval Intelligence Division) 21.05.1941 - 06.12.1941 Naval Attaché, Tokyo (Japan) [HMS President] 07.12.1941 - 09.10.1942 no appointment listed 10.10.1942 - 14.12.1942 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Naval Intelligence Division) 15.12.1942 - 18.11.1946 Naval Attaché, Bogota (for Venezuela & Colombia, from 02.07.1943 also for Ecuador, and from 14.12.1943 also for Haiti & the Dominican Republic) [HMS President (additional)] 19.11.1946 - 30.11.1946 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Naval Intelligence Division)
Boyle, Edward Courtney Son of Lt.Col. Edward Boyle.	23.03.1883 Carlisle, Cumberland - 16.12.1967 Ascot, Berkshire (road accident) [Woking Crematorium, Surrey]	... ... Lt. 15.12.1904 Cdr. 30.06.1915 Capt. 30.06.1920 R.Adm. 18.10.1932 (retd 19.10.1932) (reverted to retd > 06.1943, < 08.1943) VC 1915 operations in sea off Marmora * Officer Legion of Honour and St Maurice and St Lazarus, 1915. * For most conspicuous bravery, in command of Submarine E. 14, when he dived his vessel under the enemy minefields and entered the Sea of Marmora on the 27th April, 1915. In spite of great navigational difficulties from strong currents, of the continual neighbourhood of hostile patrols, and of the hourly danger of attack from the enemy, he continued to operate in the narrow waters of the Straits and succeeded in sinking two Turkish gunboats and one large military transport.	Education: Cheltenham College; HMS Britannia (1897). (1915)     Commanding Officer, HMS E 14 (submarine) (VC) ... - ... ... 27.03.1926 - 31.03.1928 Captain of the Dockyard & Deputy Superintendent & King's Harbour Master, Devonport and Berehaven [HMS Vivid] ... - ... ... 24.08.1939 - 03.02.1942 Flag Officer-in-Charge, London [HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames)] (02.1943) - (06.1943) Admiralty [HMS President] * * indexed, but not listed as such
Boyle, Richard Courtenay Son of Lionel Richard Boyle. Married Guen Boyle.	20.05.1902 - 26.10.1986 Bury St Edmunds district, Suffolk (formerly of Pegsdon, nr Hitchin, Hertfordshire)	A/S.Lt. 15.10.1922? S.Lt. 15.08.1923, seniority 15.10.1922 Lt. 15.05.1924 Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1932 Cdr. 30.06.1938 Capt. 30.06.1945 (retd 26.06.1954) DSC 05.07.1940 loss French Torpedo Boat Destroyer Bison	15.01.1916     entered RN 15.08.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Durban (cruiser) (China) 28.04.1926 - (05.1926) HMS Newark (twin screw minesweeper) 01.1927 - (07.)1927 qualifying as Torpedo Officer, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Vernon] 15.08.1927 - (06.1928) qualifying for torpedo duties [HMS Vernon] 14.03.1929 - (04.)1930 Torpedo Officer, HMS Durban (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) (10.1930) no appointment listed 01.12.1930 - (06.)1933 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 10.10.1933 - (02.1936) Torpedo Officer, HMS Exeter (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 12.01.1937 - (06.)1938 staff, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (and for instructional duties) 26.07.1938 - 29.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Grenade (destroyer) [ship sunk at Dunkirk after dive bomber attacks] 08.07.1940 - (08.)1942 Anti-Submarine Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.10.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Havelock (destroyer) 28.04.1943 - (06.1944) Senior Officer, Escort Group B5 [HMS Swale (frigate)] * 20.01.1945 - (07.1945) an Assistant Director of the Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (04.1946) HMS President ** 11.1947 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, HMS Black Swan (sloop) (05.1949) no appointment listed 18.07.1949 - (05.1950) Director of Boom Defences Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (05.1953) no appointment listed 07.01.1954 - 07.07.1954 also: Naval ADC to the Queen * Highest in rank aboard, which usually indicates the post of Commanding Officer. But as Lt.Cdr. J. Jackson, RNR, got major awards for actions of HMS Swale it might be assumed that he was actually in command. Boyle was definitely in command of an Escort Group, with HMS Swale as command vessel. ** indexed, but not listed as such
Boys, Frank Cecil	21.06.1918 Kensington district, London - 27.03.2003 West Surrey district	... ... Lt. 01.03.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1948 Cdr. 31.12.1953 (retd 27.05.1957) MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945	... - ... ... 28.12.1943 - (07.1945) Gunnery Officer, HMS Sirius (cruiser) (despatches twice) ... - ... ...
Bracken, Hugo Hastings Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Sir Geoffrey Thomas Hirst Bracken, KCIE, CSI (1879-1951), and Beatrice Hastings Farrington (1877?-1964). Married Marion Doreen Knightly (17.04.1918 - predeceased him); one daughter.	26.06.1912 Coonoor, Nilgiri Hills, Madras Presidency, India - 24.06.2008 Tunbridge Wells, Kent	... ... Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1942 ... ... Capt. 31.12.1954 (retd) CBE 10.06.1961 HM's birthday 1961 [investiture 13.07.1961] MID 26.09.1940 Norwegian coast 04-06.1940	... - ... ... (07.1945)     HMS Victorious * (1961)     HMS Duncan
Bradbury, [Sir] Eric Blackburn Son (with two brothers) of Adam Blackburn Bradbury (1874-1961), and Eleanor Johnston (1878-), of Maze, Co. Antrim. Married (1939) Elizabeth Constance Austin (22.03.1916 - 23.07.1991), daughter of J.C. Austin, of Armagh; three daughters.	02.03.1911 Belfast, Northern Ireland - 06.01.2003 Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells Borough, Kent	Sg.Lt. 01.08.1934 Sg.Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1940 Sg.Cdr. 30.06.1949 Sg.Capt. 30.06.1959 Sg.R.Adm. 25.03.1966 Sg.V.Adm. 14.07.1969 (retd 26.09.1972) KBE 12,06.1971 HM's birthday 1971 [investiture 20.07.1971] CB 01.01.1968 New Year 1968 [investiture 13.02.1968] MID 11.06.1946 wind up Far East	Education: Royal Belfast Academical Institution; Queen's University,  Belfast (MB, BCh 1934); DMRD (London) 1949. 1934     joined RN (Medical Service) 1935 - 1935 HMS Barham (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) 30.08.1935 - (10.1935) HMS Endeavour (survey ship) 08.1936 - 1938 HMS Cumberland (Kent class cruiser) 10.01.1939 - (02.)1939 Royal Hospital, Plymouth [HMS Drake] 02.02.1939 - (09.)1939 Boom Defence Depot, Scapa Flow [HMS Cochrane] 21.10.1939 - (06.)1941 HMS Proserpine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow) 16.07.1941 - (10.)1941 Royal Hospital, Plymouth [HMS Drake] 06.11.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Charybdis (Dido class cruiser) 11.02.1943 - (10.)1943 Royal Hospital, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (12.1943)     no appointment listed 03.02.1944 - (10.)1945 HMS Oxfordshire (hospital ship) (despatches) 07.01.1946 - (10.1947) Royal Hospital, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (10.1948)     no appointment listed 26.10.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Bruce 14.02.1950 - (05.1951) Royal Hospital, Malta [HMS St Angelo] 25.09.1953 - (01.)1954 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 14.05.1954 - (04.)1955 RN Hospital, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 06.10.1955 - (01.)1957 RN Hospital, Plymouth [HMS Drake] 02.04.1957 - (01.)1959 Medical Department, Admiralty 29.09.1959 - (01.1960) RN Hospital, Chatham 01.04.1961 - (02.1963) Port Medical Officer, Chatham & Staff Medical Officer, Medway [HMS Pembroke] 13.05.1963 - (07.1965) RN Hospital, Haslar 01.04.1966 - (02.)1969 Medical Officer-in-Charge, RN Hospital, Haslar (and for duty on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth as Command Medical Officer) (CB) 14.07.1969 - 1972 Medical Director-General of the Navy (KBE) FRCS 1972. Chairman, Tunbridge Wells District Health Authority, 1981-1984. QHP 1966-1972. Hon. LLD 1973. CStJ.
Bradbury, John Roger Son of Arthur Rodgers Bradbury, and Alice Lunn. Married (08.08.1941, Hailsham district, Sussex) Barbara Jean Bridgen (20.12.1921 - 06.1987), daughter of Sydney R. Bridgen, and Helen Perkins; three sons, three daughters.	17.09.1916 Marsden, Huddersfield district, West Yorkshire - 18.01.2011 Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire	T/S.Lt. (E) RNVR 23.10.1939 T/S.Lt. (E) 1940?, seniority 23.10.1939 T/Lt. (E) 17.09.1941	23.11.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) 14.02.1940 - (05.)1941 HMS Malaya (battleship) 06.06.1941 - (06.)1944 HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) 09.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Assistance (aircraft depot and repair ship) Retired as Technical Director, John Edward Crowther, Marsden, West Yorkshire.
Bradbury, Thomas Henry "Tom"	04.12.1922 - 29.12.2021	Paym.Cadet 01.01.1940 Paym.Midsh. 01.09.1940 A/Paym.S.Lt. 01.09.1942 Paym.S.Lt. 01.05.1943 Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 01.02.1944 Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.02.1952 Cdr. (S) 30.06.1960 Capt. (S) 31.12.1967 R.Adm. 07.07.1977 (retd 08.07.1979) CB 1979 ?	01.05.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Liverpool (Southampton class cruiser) (08.1941)     no appointment listed 27.08.1941 - (10.)1942 HMS Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) (for duty in Admiral's office) 24.10.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services) (06.1943)     HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) * 01.07.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Hasdrubal (RN base Bizerta & Ferryville and Port Parties from Sousse and Sfax) 20.11.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Scylla (Dido class cruiser) 17.09.1944 - (07.)1945 Captain's Secretary, HMS Merganser (RN Air Station, Crimond/Rattray, Aberdeenshire) 15.10.1945 - 1948 HMS Theseus (aircraft carrier) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Bradford, George Francis Norton Son (with one sister) of Maj. William Hamilton Bradford (1867-), and Georgiana Edith Longman (1875-1942), of Bursted Manor, Upper Hardres, Canterbury. Married (01.12.1936, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai) Ethelwynne Anne Spence (25.07.1911 - 11.1997), only child of Mr & Mrs Herbert Marshall Spence, of Shanghai; one son, one daughter. Ethelwynne Bradford remarried (1961) Col. Ronald James Frier McAlister, OBE, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.	22.07.1900 Whyteleafe, Godstone district, Surrey - 25.11.1941 (MPK) [age 41] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]	Midsh. ? A/S.Lt. 15.05.1918 S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.12.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1928 Cdr. 30.06.1935	Education: RN College, Osborne (05.1913-...). 05.1913     entered RN ... - ... ... 11.01.1938 - (02.)1940 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 02.1940 - (05.)1940 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (06.1940)     no appointment listed 06.07.1940 - 25.11.1941 Executive Officer, HMS Barham (battleship) (torpedoed & sunk by U-331 in eastern Mediterranean)
Bradley, Charles Robert Son of Arnold Bradley, and ... Matthews, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and Kenya. Engaged (1945) Third Officer Dorothy Kirker Hanna, WRNS, younger daughter of Capt. & Mrs. Robert G. Hanna, of Belfast. Married (23.04.1949, Weymouth) Mrs Helga Lucia Appleton (née Collins).	13.05.1923 Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge district, Kent - ?	Midsh. 01.09.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1942 S.Lt. 01.09.1942 Lt. 01.11.1944 (retd 1951/52?)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (Hawke House; Admiralty No. 1729a; 01.01.1937-08.1940). 01.09.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Newcastle (cruiser) 01.05.1942 - (08.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 14.12.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Medway II (1st Submarine Flotilla base, Beirut) 26.07.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Trident (submarine) 13.02.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Surf (submarine) 11.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Sandhurst (destroyer depot ship) 25.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) 30.04.1947 - (07.)1948 HMS Ambush (submarine) 09.08.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Thorough (submarine) (05.1950)     no appointment listed 11.12.1950 - (05.1951) Commanding Officer, HMS Ambush (submarine)
Bradley, Frederic Cyril Son of Frederick Livingstone Bradley, merchant,  and Florence Bradley, Cardiff. Married (21.09.1912) Phyllis Ethel, daughter of the late William Wood, manufacturer at Highgate; no children.	20.09.1888 Wimbledon, Surrey - 09.04.1957 [Bournemouth, Hampshire ?]	... ... Lt. 01.11.1911 Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1919 Cdr. 31.12.1923 Capt. 31.12.1930 R.Adm. 15.01.1941 (retd 16.01.1941) (dispersed 17.12.1946) (reverted to retd 19.03.1947)	Education: private; Littlejohns. 15.01.1904     Naval cadet, HMS Britannia 1914 - 1918 Destroyer service ... - ... ... 07.08.1931 - 21.08.1934 on loan to RAN: 07.08.1931 - 20.08.1931 London Depot RAN 21.08.1931 - 26.09.1931 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage per RMS Narkunda from UK to Sydney) 27.09.1931 - 31.05.1933 Commanding Officer, HMAS Australia 01.06.1933 - 18.04.1934 Commanding Officer, HMAS Canberra & as Chief Staff Officer to R.Adm. Commanding HM Australian Squadron 19.04.1934 - 21.08.1934 London Depot RAN (additional; for passage to UK per Wanganella & Rangitata, and for foreign shore leave) 19.06.1935 - (02.)1938 Naval Attaché, Washington (USA) [HMS President] (06.1938) - (08.1938) no appointment listed 26.09.1938 - (10.1938) tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 15.02.1939 - 14.12.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Edinburgh (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 18.01.1940 - 28.01.1940 HMS Victory (additional; whilst unemployed) 29.01.1940 - 07.04.1940 HMS Skirmisher (additional; as Captain (D) 17th Destroyer Flotilla) 08.04.1940 - 17.09.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Cabot (RN training establishment, Ashley Down, Bristol) 18.09.1942 - 24.09.1942 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (additional) 25.09.1942 - 01.03.1944 Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer-in-Charge, Greenock [HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)] 01.03.1944 - 12.03.1944 HMS President (additional; for disposal) 13.03.1944 - 28.03.1944 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Naval Intelligence Division) 29.03.1944 - 07.08.1946 Naval Attaché, Lisbon (Portugal) [HMS President] 26.09.1946 - 10.10.1946 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Director of Naval Intelligence) * indexed, but not listed as such
Bradshaw, Alan Rousseau Younger son of Mr. and Mrs. James Moore Bradshaw, of Myrtlefield Park, Belfast. Married 1st ((03?).1925, Barnet district, Middlesex; marriage dissolved 1941) Madeline Davies, daughter of Edgar Owen Davies; two sons, two daughters. Married 2nd (23.01.1941, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire) Daphne Mary Sercombe (1912-), younger daughter of Athelstan Cornforth Sercombe and Mrs. O.H.d'A. Steward, of Sheringham.	21.12.1898 Belfast, Northern Ireland - 24.11.1987 Baily, Co. Dublin, Ireland	Paym.Midsh. 15.07.1917 Paym.Lt. 15.07.1920 Paym.Lt.Cdr. 15.07.1928 Paym.Cdr. 31.12.1936 (retd 21.12.1938; own request) (recalled 03.09.1939)  A/Paym.Capt. (retd) 1944 (demobilized 03.05.1945) CBE 01.01.1945 New Year 1945: employed in a department of the Foreign Office [investiture 02.02.1945]	Education: Ecole Moyenne, Brussels (Belgium); Dungannon Royal School. 15.07.1916     entered RN 1916 - 1916 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 1916 - 1917 on staff of Adm. Sir Charles E. Madden [HMS Revenge & HMS Marlborough] 1917 - 1920 HMS Galatea (Baltic) 1920 - 1921 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) 1921 - 1922 on staff of R.Adm. Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt [HMS Cardiff (light cruiser)] (evacuation of Smyrna) 08.04.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Calliope (light cruiser) (for duty with Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet)  1923? - 1924 HMS Ajax (battleship) 22.09.1924 - (01.)1925 Admiralty [HMS President] (for 4 months' study in France) 09.02.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Impregnable (boys' training establishment, Devonport) 01.11.1926 - (06.)1928 Secretary to Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Coventry (cruiser)] 1928 - 01.1929 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 03.01.1929 - (04.)1930 Secretary to Captain of the Fleet, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)] (08.1930)     no appointment listed 09.08.1930 - (07.)1932 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (08.1938)     no appointment listed 05.08.1932 - (05.)1934 Assistant Secretary to Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Revenge (battleship)] (Mediterranean) (07.1934) - (08.1934) no appointment listed 23.08.1934 - (08.)1938 Admiralty [HMS President] (for Naval Intelligence Division) (10.1938) - (12.1938) no appointment listed Secretary of the radio company Pye (Ireland), 1939, later  Director of Aberdare Electric Ltd. 11.1939 - 1945 in charge of administration at Government Code and Cypher School, Bletchley Park, initially with title as General Administrative Officer, then as Assistant Director (Administration), and finally as Deputy Director (Administration): 03.09.1939 - (02.)1941 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (12.1941)     Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] * 1942 - 1945 lent to Foreign Office  Chairman, Alliance and Dublin Consumers' Gas Co., Machinery Services Ltd., Thomas Pearson and Co. Ltd., and other companies. Director, Pye (Ireland) Ltd., Wire Ropes Ltd., Wright Machinery Co. Ltd., and other companies. Deputy chairman, Unidare Ltd. Published: English-French naval terms (1932). * indexed, but not listed as such
Brady, Gerald Hepburn	25.08.1882 - 28.06.1959	... ... Cdr. 30.06.1915 (retd 08.09.1928) Capt. (retd) 08.09.1928	15.07.1896     commissioned, RN ... - ... ... 09.10.1942 - (07.1945) Chief Staff Officer on Administrative Staff of Commander-in-Chief Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)]
Braine, Richard Michael Allix	24.08.1924 Stroud district, Shropshire -	Midsh. ? ... ... S.Lt. 16.10.1943 Lt. 16.06.1945 (retd 26.09.1948; medically unfit)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (St Vincent House; 01.05.1938-1942; Admiralty No. 1917). ... - ... ... 07.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Mayina (for destroyers) ... - ... ...
Bramah, Henry George Kenelm Son (with three brothers) of James Henry Bramah (1893-1959), and Florence Mardell (1895-1969). Married 1st ((03?).1942, Surrey) Alma Charlotte Winifred Dalley ((03?).1903 - 17.08.1950). Married 2nd ((06?).1949, Westminster, London) Ada Nora Thelma Bertha Beal (29.12.1917 - 03.2004); one son, two daughters.	26.10.1918 London - 31.03.1972 Penistone, Yorkshire	Midsh. (A) 13.03.1939 A/S.Lt. (A) 06.1940, seniority 13.01.1940 S.Lt. (A) 14.03.1940 Lt. (A) 13.07.1942 A/Lt. 12.02.1946, seniority 13.07.1941 Lt. 16.10.1946, seniority 13.07.1941 Lt.Cdr. 13.07.1949 Cdr. 31.12.1952 (retd 11.09.1955)	... - ... ... 26.06.1939 - 03.09.1939 No. 20 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School 04.09.1939 - 13.01.1940 No. 1 Flying Training School (Leuchars) (for No. 5 Course) 15.06.1940 - 15.07.1940 attached to RAF [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for special service)]: 17.06.1940 - 30.06.1940 7 Operational Training Unit RAF (Hawarden) 01.07.1940 - 15.07.1940 213 Squadron RAF (Exeter) (badly wounded) (12.1940) - (12.1942) no appointment listed (02.1943) - (04.1943) Admiralty [HMS President] * (06.1943)     no appointment listed 21.06.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall) 20.04.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) 21.08.1944 - (04.)1945 Airfield and Carrier Requirements Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.04.1945 - (10.1945) Fighter Direction Officer, HMS Glasgow (Southampton class cruiser) 01.1946 - (04.1946) Fighter Direction Officer, HMS Glory (Colossus class aircraft carrier) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Bramwell, Hugh Peter	29.08.1908 Llantrisant, Pontypridd district, Glamorgan - 17.05.1975 South Africa	Midsh. 15.09.1926 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1929 S.Lt. 16.09.1929 Lt. 01.10.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1939 Cdr. 31.12.1942 (retd 21.10.1950; own request) DSO 25.06.1940 FAA coast of Norway [investiture 20.05.1941] DSC 25.06.1940 FAA coast of Norway [investiture 20.05.1941]	... - ... ... 01.1940 - 04.1940 Commanding Officer, 801 Squadron FAA (DSO, DSC) 28.06.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Daedalus (additional; for various services) 18.11.1940 - 07.1941 Commanding Officer, 759 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron] 21.07.1941 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, 778 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor] 03.1943 - (12.1943) Commander Flying, HMS Pretoria Castle 02.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Formidable ... - ... ... Farmer; Director, Seafire Investments Ltd. Johannesburg.
Branson, Cecil Robert Peter Charles Son of Cecil Branson and Marcelle Branson. Mrried (1946) Sonia Moss; one daughter.	30.03.1924 St Malo, France - 01.01.2011 Hull	Midsh. 01.05.1941 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1943 S.Lt. 1943, seniority 16.12.1942 Lt. 01.10.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1952 Cdr. 31.12.1957 Capt. 31.12.1965 R.Adm. 07.01.1975 (retd 31.03.1977) CBE 01.01.1975 New Year 1975	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (Admiralty No. 1832; Exmouth House; 01.09.1937-...).       served, HMS Dragon, W Africa, S Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Far East (present during time of fall of Singapore and Java), 1941-1942; Sub-Lieutenant's Courses, 1942-1943; qualified as submarine specialist (12.1941) - (08.)1943 no appointment listed 01.10.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) 14.02.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Sea Rover (submarine) (Far East) 13.06.1945 - 08.09.1945 [Commanding Officer?], HMS Unsparing (submarine)       various appointments in submarines, 1945-1953; First Lieutenant, HMS Defender, 1953-1955; jssc; CO, HMS Roebuck, Dartmouth Training Squadron, 1957;  Staff, Flag Officer Flotillas Mediterranean, 1959-1960; Joint Planning Staff, MoD, 1960-1962; Exec. Officer, HMS Victorious, Far East, 1962-1964; CO, HMS Rooke, Gibraltar, 1965; NATO Def. Coll., 1965; Defence Planning Staff, MoD, 1966-1968; CO, HMS Phoebe, and Captain (D) Londonderry Squadron, 1968-1970; Naval Attaché, Paris, 1970-1973; CO, HMS Hermes, 1973-1974 (Hermes headed RN task force evacuating Brit. and foreign subjects from Cyprus beaches after Turkish invasion, 1973); Asst Chief of Naval Staff (Ops), MoD, 1975-1977 Managing Director, UK Trawlers Mutual Insurance Association, 1977-1985.
Branson, Cyril Montague Chimms Youngest son of Maj. & Mrs. Branson, of Chimmo, Winchester. Married (29.10.1943, Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, London) Elizabeth Mary "Betty" Blunt, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Leslie Blunt, of Hackington Haven, Canterbury.	24.02.1919 - 11.07.2008 Pickering, North Yorkshire	Cadet 01.05.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 16.09.1939 (retd 03.10.1940) A/Lt. (retd) < 08.1942 KW 21.10.1941 as liaison officer ORP Wilk	01.09.1936 - 31.12.1936 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.01.1937 - (10.1938) HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) [ship 25.05.1937 commissioned] 02.01.1939 - (04.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth 31.07.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Witch (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 03.02.1940 - ? British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Wilk (Polish submarine) 24.02.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Forth (submarine depot ship, Rosyth) (for submarines) (08.1942) - (02.1943) HMS President * (06.1943) - (08.1943) Naval Tactics, Training and Staff Duties, Combined Operations HQ ** (12.1943) - (06.1944) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such ** (10.1943) still indexed, nut no longer listed as such
Brass, John Ernest Padwick Son of Capt. Ernest Henry Brass, and Amy Bertha Ernestine Pepper-Staveley. Married ((09?).1929, Chelsea district, London) Millicent Evelyn Roche.	03.07.1899 - 06.04.1976	... ... Lt. 15.10.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1927 (retd 07.09.1934; own request) Cdr. (retd) 03.07.1939	05.1912     entered RN ... - ... ... 01.10.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Beaver (RN base, Hull, Humber) (04.1940)     HMS Beaver (RN base, Hull, Humber) * 20.05.1940 - (08.)1940 Assistant Naval Attaché to Rumania & Yugoslavia at Bucharest [HMS President] 08.08.1940 - (10.)1940 Naval Attaché to Rumania at Bucharest [HMS President] 07.11.1940 - 01.1941 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services) 27.01.1941 - (04.)1941 Assistant Naval Attaché to Greece & Bulgaria at Athens [HMS President] (06.1941) - (10.1941) no appointment listed 01.10.1941 - (06.)1944 staff, HMS Duke (RN training establishment, Great Malvern, Worcestershire) 24.07.1944 - (04.)1945 Personal Services Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Bratt, Thomas Leslie Younger son (with two brothers) of Alfred Edward Bratt (1871-1948), and Ethelwyn May Graham (1870-1951). Married (01.03.1945, St Michaels and All Angels Church, Tettenhall, Bilston district, Staffordshire) Section Officer Pamela Muryel Bayliss, WAAF (01.08.1913 - 19.06.1977), younger daughter of Mr & Mrs F.W. Bayliss, of Beechcroft, Tettenhall, Staffordshire; one son.	16.10.1903 Tettenhall, Wolverhampton district, Staffordshire - 15.04.1971 Westminster district, London (formerly of Woodbridge, Suffolk)	Midsh. 15.09.1921 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1924 S.Lt. 15.08.1924 Lt. 15.09.1925 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1933 Cdr. 30.06.1938 Capt. 31.12.1944 (retd 07.01.1954) R.Adm. (retd) 09.02.1954 DSC 01.01.1943 New Year 1943 MID 01.01.1942 New Year 1942 GrkWC 11.08.1942 services to belligerent Greece	15.05.1917     entered RN ... - ... ... 15.09.1921 - 02.1924 HMS Malaya 04.02.1924 - 26.06.1925 promotion courses, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] & RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] ... - ... ... 09.05.1930 - 09.10.1930 staff, HMS Vivid ... - ... ... 07.1938 - 02.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Bulldog (B class destroyer) 02.1939 - 08.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Wishart (Thornycroft modified W class destroyer) 08.1939 - (04.)1941 Squadron Gunnery Officer, Destroyer Flotillas, Mediterranean Fleet (redesignated Light Forces Mediterranean Fleet) [HMS Galatea (Arethusa class cruiser), from 03?.1940 HMS Delhi (D class cruiser), from ... 1940 HMS Orion (Leander class cruiser)] 12.05.1941 - (04.)1942 Squadron Gunnery Officer, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth class battleship), from ....1941 HMS Barham (Queen Elizabeth class battleship), from 25.11.1941 HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship)] (despatches) 26.04.1942 - (08.)1942 staff, Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)] (DSC) (10.1942) - (04.1943) no appointment listed 01.04.1943 - 10.09.1944 Executive Officer, HMS Bermuda (Fiji class cruiser) 11.09.1944 - 10.11.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Bermuda (Fiji class cruiser) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 20.03.1945 - (10?).1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Pursuer (Archer class escort carrier) ... - ... ...
Brayne, John Goble Second son (with three brothers and two sisters) of Col. Frank Lugard Brayne, CSI, CIE, MC (1882-1952), and Iris Goodeve Goble (1891?-1961), of Ashill, Norfolk. Married (23.08.1947, St Peter and Paul's Church, Swaffham, Wayland district, Norfolk) Mary Elizabeth Townend, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs O. Townend, of Swaffham, Norfolk.	29.07.1923 India - 27.05.1982 Leicestershire Central district, Leicestershire	Cadet ? Midsh. 01.09.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1942 S.Lt. 01.07.1942 Lt. 01.05.1944 (retd 24.12.1948)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.01.1937-...; Admiralty No. 1730; St Vincent House). 01.09.1940 - (04.)1942 HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) 01.05.1942 - (10.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (12.1942)     HMS Westminster (destroyer) * (02.1943)     no appointment listed 22.02.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 07.07.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Sportsman (submarine) 01.03.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Medway II (base for 1st Submarine Flotilla, Malta) 23.08.1944     British Naval Liaison Officer, Greek escort destroyer "Kriti" (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) * 20.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Sabre (destroyer) (04.1946)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 15.07.1948 - (07.)1948 HMS Flint Castle * indexed, but not listed as such
Brayne-Nicholls, Francis Brian Price Eldest son of Dr George Edmund Eyre Brayne-Nicholls (1885-1968), and Dorothy Anne Brain (1885-1964), of Fairways, Addington, Surrey. Married 1st ((03?).1939, Surrey South Eastern district) Yvonne Wendy Donnelly (21.08.1920 - 19.04.1983), second daughter of Ivan Arthur Donnelly (1890-1951), of Tientsin, and Muriel Madge Jones (1889-1979), of Shanghai; one daughter. Married 2nd (1986) Mimi M. Scott.	01.12.1914 Croydon district, Surrey - 04.03.1998 Kensington and Chelsea district, London	Cadet 01.05.1932 Midsh. 01.01.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1935 S.Lt. 01.11.1935 Lt. 01.12.1936 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1944 Cdr. 14.01.1949 Capt. 30.06.1954 R.Adm. 08.07.1963 (retd 06.11.1965) CB 01.01.1965 New Year 1965 [investiture 21.10.1965] DSC 26.05.1942 minelaying 02.1942 [investiture 12.12.1944] MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky (Sicily)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1927).  23.04.1932 - (05.)1934 HMS Sussex (cruiser) 15.06.1934 - (03.)1935 HMS Leander (cruiser) 02.05.1935 - (01.)1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 06.01.1936 - (08.)1936 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 17.08.1936 - (04.)1939 HMS Bee (river gunboat) (Yangtse River) 17.04.1939 - (08.)1939 specialist navigation course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 22.08.1939 - 02.1940 Assistant Navigating Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) 02.1940 - (07.)1940 Assistant Navigating Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (as Assistant Master of the Fleet) 30.07.1940 - (09.)1940 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 24.09.1940 - (06.)1941 Assistant Navigating Officer, HMS Cardiff (Ceres class cruiser) 23.06.1941 - 03.1943 Navigating Officer, HMS Manxman (Abdiel class minelayer) (DSC) (during many mining operations, Malta convoys and Madagascar operation) 1943 - 1944 Combined Operations (taking part in Sicily [HMS Hamilcar] (despatches), Salerno, and Normandy landings): 03.1943 - (07.)1943 HMS Hamilcar (Combined Operations base, Djedjelli, Algeria) 16.07.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers, Algeria) (as Force Navigating Officer,  Force "N") (Operation Avalanche in HQ ship HMS Hilary) 15.11.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (02.1944)     HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) * (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed (was Force Navigating Officer, Force "J" during the Normandy landings 06.1944) (10.)1944 - (04.)1946 Navigating Officer, HMS Glory (Colossus class aircraft carrier) ... - ... ... 1948     Navigating Officer, HMS Vanguard (battleship) 1952 - 1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Gravelines (destroyer) 1953 - 1954 Commanding Officer, HMS St Kitts (destroyer) 04.1954 - 12.1955 Naval Assistant to First Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] 1955 - 1957 Commanding Officer, HMS Apollo (minelayer) 1957 - 1959 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Standing Group, Washington DC, USA 10.1959 - 10.1961 Captain of Navigation Direction School [HMS Dryad] 11.1961 - 07.1963 Director of Naval Training, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.1963 - 07.1965 Chief of Staff, Commander Far East Fleet (CB) General Secretary, Office Pensions Society, 1966-79. Younger Brother, Trinity House. * indexed, but not listed as such
Breaks, John Horton	16.09.1890 - 16.11.1967	... ... Eng.Cdr. 31.12.1924 Eng.Capt. 30.06.1935 (retd 01.12.1941) (dispersed 22.05.1946) (reverted to retd 11.08.1946)	... - ... ... 19.06.1941 - 22.05.1946 British Admiralty Repair Mission, USA [HMS Saker] 04.03.1941 - 01.12.1941 also: Naval ADC to the King ... - ... ...
Breese, John Edward "Ben" Son of ... Breese, a gardener, and ... Cotton. Married (1939) Doris Freeland (predeceased him); one son, three daughters.	23.07.1914 Chislehurst, Bromley district, Kent - 26.06.2009 Sedlescombe, East Sussex	Boy 2nd class 1930 Leading Seaman (1938) Chief Petty Officer ? S.Lt. (A) 01.09.1944 Lt. (A) 01.09.1945 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1953 (retd 23.07.1959) DFC 04.05.1954 operations in Malaya [investiture 20.07.1954]	Education: grammar school, Bromley; training ship "Mercury" on the Hamble (2 years). 1930 joined RN 1938 No 1 Flying Training School at Leuchars, Fife (04.1940) - (07.1940) HMS Valiant (battleship) (as Swordfish pilot) (Norway & Mediterranean) spent much of the later war years training squadrons (23.08.1944)     Cochrane Course, Final Selection Board, Upper Yardmen & Upper Yardmen (Air), HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, nr Portsmouth, Hampshire) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed 1947? - 1951? instructor and examiner in instrument flying for four years 30.10.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, nr Padstow, Cornwall) 07.02.1949 - (05.)1949 HMS Seahawk (RN Air Station, Culdrose) 16.11.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for miscellaneous duties) 1952 848 (Helo) Squadron FAA (Malaya) 29.10.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Simbang (for miscellaneous services) 03.05.1954 - (07.1954) HMS Gamecock (RN Air Station, Bramcote, Nuneaton) (for duty at RAF Valley) (04.1955) - (01.1956) HMS Gamecock (RN Air Station, Bramcote, Nuneaton) * (1956) HMS Ocean (carrier) (during the Suez invasion he flew Whirlwind helicopters) (01.1957) - (01.1959) Admiralty [HMS President] (writing pilots' notes for various aircraft at the Ministry of Aviation) * Served in civilian duty with the Ministry of Aviation, 1959-1978. * indexed, but not listed as such
Bremner, Eric Gordon Nelson Married Rosamund Daphne Brock; two daughters, one son.	11.05.1917 St Columb, Cornwall - 18.09.1983 Hong Kong (while helping with the Boat People)	Cadet 01.09.1934 Midsh. 01.05.1935 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1937 S.Lt. 01.03.1938 Lt. 16.05.1939 ?, seniority 16.11.1938 Lt.Cdr. 16.11.1946 (retd 27.06.1948)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 01.09.1934 - 30.04.1935 cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) 13.04.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (China) 15.05.1937 - (07.)1937 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet) 30.08.1937 - (02.)1938 promotion course, Portsmouth 14.05.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Hasty (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 10.07.1939 - (08.)1939 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for motor torpedo boats) 12.08.1939 - (09.1939) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 8 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)] (04.1940) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) * 10.12.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 42 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)] 01.09.1941 - (12.1941) qualifying for signal duties, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Mercury] 11.04.1942 - (08.)1942 Signals Officer, HMS Mackay (destroyer) 24.08.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Dundonald II (Combined Operations training establishment, Auchengate) 31.01.1944 - (06.1944) Signals Officer, HMS Vigilant (destroyer) (06.1944)     [Signals Officer?], HMS Kempenfelt (destroyer) (Normandy) 09.07.1944 - (10.1944) [Signals Officer?], HMS Myngs (destroyer) 26.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Braganza III (Combined Signal Centre, Bombay, India) (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Brennan, Joseph Roland Son of J. Brennan, whose address in 1923 is given as The Shrubberies, Kenmare, Co Kerry. Married (02.08.1938, Medway district, Kent) Clarice Rovena Mortimer (née Lawrence) (1898-1974?).	05.09.1894 Kenmare district, Ireland - 02.03.1953 Annacloon, Oughterard, Co Galway, Ireland	T/Sg.Lt. 09.03.1918, seniority 28.02.1918 Sg.Lt.Cdr. 28.02.1924 Sg.Cdr. 28.02.1930 Sg.Capt. 30.06.1943 (retd 06.11.1944; medically unfit) 14|20 BWM - - VM - - 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Def Med - - 39|45 WM - - 35 Jub M - - 37 Cor M - -	Education: University of Dublin (BA); MB, BCh 21.12.1917. 09.03.1918     entered RN Medical Service, based at Plymouth Hospital 22.04.1918     HMS Clacton Belle (paddle minesweeper) 30.09.1918     HMS Aberdare (twin screw minesweeper) 15.09.1919     HMS Gilia (sloop) [tender to HMS Caesar (depot ship)] 26.02.1920     HMS Mars (battleship), later HMS Crescent V (depot, Invergordon) 16.05.1920     volunteers for service under the New Zealand Government 15.09.1920     HMS Kellett (survey ship) 24.11.1920     HMS Conqueror (battleship) 05.01.1921     HMS Crocus (sloop) 26.03.1923     leaves Bushire in Persia for Karachi and Bombay in the s.s. Bamora, arriving on 27 July 19.10.1923     HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (additional) 15.11.1923     posted to Plymouth Hospital 07.04.1925     HMS Diligence (depot ship) 20.12.1925     HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (additional) 13.02.1926     Admiralty [HMS President] (additional; for five-month course of instruction) 30.06.1926     HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (additional; for course) 01.09.1926     HMS Castor 29.12.1926     HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (additional) 06.01.1927     RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport)] 20.04.1927     RN Hospital, Plymouth [HMS Vivid] (and for instruction of sick berth staff) 18.02.1929     course at RAF Medical Officers’ School of Instruction 09.03.1929 - 09.09.1931 HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (4th Cruiser Squadron, East Indies) 17.10.1931 - (01.)1932 Medical Officers' Post-Graduate Course [HMS President] 20.02.1932 - (01.)1934 RN Hospital, Chatham (and as specialist in bacteriology)[HMS Pembroke] 03.01.1934 - (08.)1936 Fleet Medical Officer, America and West Indies Station [HMS York (cruiser)] (10.1936)     no appointment listed 16.11.1936     RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 04.01.1937 - (02.)1937 short course of instruction 10.04.1937 - (05.)1939 RN Hospital, Plymouth [HMS Drake] 18.05.1939     RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 19.06.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) [from 14.09-24.09.1940 Squadron Medical Officer] 09.11.1940     short course of instruction 06.01.1941 - (08.)1942 RN Hospital, Plymouth [HMS Drake] 01.09.1942?     RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] (for duty at the cadets' sick quarters) 20.10.1942 - (06.)1943 RN College, Bristol [HMS Bristol (training establishment, Ashley Down, Bristol)], from early 1943 RN College, Eaton Hall, Chester [HMS Britannia] 17.07.1943 - (06.)1944 RN Auxiliary Hospital, Rainhill [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] (and as Principal Medical Officer, East Lancashire) (10.1944)     no appointment listed
Brent, Charles Roy	06.03.1893 Portsea Island, Hampshire - 29.07.1981 Greenwich	Midsh. 15.01.1911 A/S.Lt. 15.03.1913 S.Lt. 15.03.1914 Lt. 29.02.1916 Lt.Cdr. 29.02.1924 (retd 16.04.1936; own request) Cdr. (retd) 16.04.1936 (reverted to retd 03.04.1946) 14|15 St ? ? 14|20 BWM ? ? VM ? ? 39|45 St ? ? Afr St ? ? Def Med ? ? 39|45 WM ? ?	15.01.1906     entered RN 06.02.1914 - 1916 HMS Gossamer (torpedo boat destroyer) 16.06.1917 - 1920 HMS Caradoc (light cruiser) (Baltic) (03.1920) HMS Vendetta (torpedo boat destroyer) 30.11.1922 - (01.1925) HMS Iroquois (surveying vessel) 11.1925 - (07.1927) First Lieutenant, HMS Beaufort (surveying vessel) 04.01.1928 - (02.1936) a Naval Assistant, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.09.1938 - (08.)1942 a Naval Assistant, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.09.1942 - (07.1945) Superintendent, Chart Depot, HM Dockyard, Alexandria (Egypt) [HMS Nile]
Brereton, William Hector Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Col. Cyprian Bridge Brereton (1876-1962), and Margaret Irene Guy (1893-1977). Married (22.03.1952, Malta) Elaine Reynolds Hampton (13.02.1921 - 27.03.1999), daughter of Arthur Charles Hampton; two daughters.	19.01.1919 New Zealand - 21.09.2009 Auckland Hospital, New Zealand	Cadet 01.09.1936 Midsh. 01.05.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1939 S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 01.03.1939 Lt. 01.09.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1948 (retd 20.07.1959) MBE 13.06.1959 HM's birthday 1959 [investiture 20.10.1959]	Education: Nelson College. 01.09.1936 - (02.)1937 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 24.04.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.05.1939 - (08.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 23.08.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Valorous (destroyer) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 21.07.1942 - (08.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS Obdurate (destroyer) (10.1943) - (01.)1945 no appointment listed: 04.1944 - 06.1944 Staff Officer, HMS Prince Charles (landing ship) 06.1944 - 09.1944 in charge of the Gooseberry at Juno Beach (Normandy) [Naval Party 1732] 10.01.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Speaker (escort carrier) (07.1948)     lent to RAN 04.02.1949 - (05.)1949 HMNZS Taupo [lent to RNZN] 12.1949 - (05.1950) HMNZS Tamaki [lent to RNZN] (1952)     HMS Dieppe 07.07.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Orion (for service with Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Plymouth) 14.05.1954 - (01.)1956 HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (for miscellaneous duties) 05.11.1956 - (01.)1959 Staff Movements Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] (MBE)
Breton, David Charles Geoffrey Son of ... Breton, and ... Walker. Married ((09?).1951, Kensington district, London) Joan De Sancha (née Pitt); one son, three daughters.	21.11.1924 Farnham district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 08.06.1994 Westminster district, London	Midsh. (E) 01.01.1942 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.09.1943 S.Lt. (E) 01.10.1943 A/Lt. (E) 01.04.1945 Lt. (E) 01.06.1945 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.06.1953 (retd 17.04.1964)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (St Vincent House; 01.05.1938-16.12.1941; Admiralty No. 1918). (02.1942) - (04.1943) no appointment listed (06.1943) - (08.1943) HMS Berwick (cruiser) * (10.1943) - (04.1945) no appointment listed 27.05.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Jamaica (cruiser) 24.09.1945 - (04.1947) HMS Glasgow (cruiser) (10.1947)     no appointment listed 13.11.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Sirius (cruiser) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Brewer, Arthur Leslie "Bill" / "Jub" Son of ... Brewer, and Edith M. Lewis. Married ((06?).1936, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Maggie Driver (14.10.1913-01.1985); twin daughters, one son.	05.09.1911 West Ham district, Greater London - 16.12.2009 Hayling Island, Hampshire	ERA 2 ? [C/MX 45995] A/Wt.Eng. 01.10.1941 Wt.Eng. 1942?, seniority 01.10.1941 Lt. (E) 17.07.1944, seniority 01.01.1943 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.01.1951 (retd 05.09.1956) DSM 28.06.1940 submarine actions against the enemy [decoration posted] MID 05.09.1944 4 supply ships sunk & 2 special operations	1930s     HMS Cumberland (cruiser) & HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (1940?)     HMS Thames (submarine) (1940)     HMS Narwhal (minelaying submarine) (DSM) (12.1941)     submarine course * (08.1942)     no appointment listed 14.10.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Sceptre (submarine) (06.1944)     no appointment listed 25.07.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Trespasser (submarine) (despatches) 10.01.1946 - (04.)1947 HMS Alderney (submarine) 05.05.194 - (07.1948) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) 25.02.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Vernon (training establishment, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties) 03.09.1951 - (05.1953) HMS Savage (destroyer) 14.06.1954 - (07.)1954 HMS Bellerophon (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 07.1954 - (01.)1956 HMS Cavalier (destroyer) Worked for Goulandris Shipping, Foster Wheelers, and the predecessor to Portsmouth University.
Brewer, Godfrey Noel From Bromborough, Cheshire (1943).	17.03.1901 Gloucester, Gloucestershire - 05.04.1988 Oxted, Surrey	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.01.1921 Lt. 15.06.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1930 Cdr. 30.06.1935 Capt. 30.06.1943 (retd 08.07.1952) DSO 19.10.1943 attacks on U-boats 05-06.1943 MID 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940 MID 06.04.1943 Operation Torch (landing North Africa 12.1942) Hkn 26.08.1947 services to Norway	Education: Glyngarth Preparatory School in Cheltenham. 15.09.1914     entered RN 01.09.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Wallace (flotilla leader) 29.08.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Tiger (battlecruiser; seagoing gunnery firing ship, Portsmouth) 02.10.1926 - (08.1929) First Lieutenant, HMS Vanessa (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 02.01.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for training duties) 22.09.1931 - (09.1932) Commanding Officer, HMS Wrestler (destroyer) 03.02.1933 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Whitehall (destroyer) (China) (07.1935) no appointment listed 11.10.1935 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS Vanquisher (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 12.01.1937 - (07.1937) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 10.01.1938 - (02.)1938 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 06.04.1938 - (08.)1938 HMS Southampton (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 15.10.1938 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Maori (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 26.08.1940 - (02.1941) Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.08.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Stork (escort sloop) 02.04.1943 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Pelican (escort sloop) & SO 1st Support Group (Atlantic Fleet) (10.1943) no appointment listed 11.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Defender (ocean escort base, Liverpool) & Captain (D), Liverpool 14.10.1944 - (04.)1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Caesar (destroyer) & Captain (D) 6th Destroyer Flotilla 25.11.1946 - (07.)1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Gamecock (RN Air Station, Bramcote, Nuneaton) 28.10.1948 - (05.1950) Director of Naval Recruiting, Admiralty [HMS President] 23.10.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore) (for miscellaneous duties)
Brewerton, Howard Cuthbert Son of John R. Brewerton, woodworker, and Catherine M. Howard. Married ((09?).1943, Keighley district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Alma Kathleen Smith (04.01.1917 - (03?).1981); one daughter, one son. Residence: (1945) Bierley, Bradford, Yorkshire.	09.03.1912 Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - 2000 Brougham Village, Christchurch, New Zealand	Sg.Lt. (D) 16.11.1936 09.03.1937, seniority 16.05.1936 Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) 16.05.1942 (emgcy 16.11.1942)	Education: University of Leeds (LDS, 27.03.1936). 29.12.1936 - (02.)1937 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 22.06.1937 - (07.)1937 RM Infirmary, Deal [HMS Pembroke] 10.11.1937 - (06.)1940 HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (07.1940)     no appointment listed 16.08.1940 - (12.1942) HMS Badger (minesweeper base, Harwich) 28.01.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers/Taranto) (06.1944)     no appointment listed 29.07.1944 - (10.)1944 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 14.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Westcliff (Combined Operations base, Southend) Emigrated to New Zealand in 1952 and practiced as a dentist in Geraldine before moving to Christchurch in 1970. Retired to Brougham Village.
Bridge, [Sir] Arthur Robin Moore Son of late Robert Moore and Mary Frances Bridge. Married (1933) Ida Nancy, eldest daughter of George Tulk Shepherdson, of Santiago, Chile; one son, one daughter.	15.02.1894 Weymouth, Dorset - 19.02.1971 Emsworth, Hampshire	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 30.08.1914 Lt. 30.11.1915 Lt.Cdr. 30.11.1923 Cdr. 31.12.1928 Capt. 30.06.1936 Cdre. 1st cl. 17.03.1944 R.Adm. 05.07.1945 V.Adm. 26.09.1948 (retd 15.08.1951) Adm. (retd) 10.04.1952 KBE 08.06.1950 HM's birthday 1950 [investiture 04.07.1950] CB 01.01.1948 New Year 1948 [investiture 02.11.1948] CBE 01.01.1941 New Year 1941 [investiture 25.11.1941]	Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth. 15.01.1907 joined Royal Navy 1914 - 1918 World War I: Lt, HMS Marlborough (battleship), Grand Fleet 1916 1917 - 1918 Navigating Officer, HMS Lupin (fleet sweeping sloop) 08.07.1918 - (01.1919) Navigating Officer, HMS Royalist (light cruiser) 20.05.1920 - 25.10.1922 lent to RAN: 20.05.1920 - 27.05.1920 London Depot RAN 28.05.1920 - 25.10.1921 HMAS Sydney (light cruiser) 26.10.1921 - 12.07.1922 HMAS Platypus (fleet repair ship) 13.07.1922 - 28.07.1922 HMAS Penguin (depot ship, Sydney, NSW) 29.07.1922 - 25.10.1922 London Depot RAN 09.04.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (01.1925) no appointment listed 05.03.1925 - (05.1926) Navigating Officer, HMS Lowestoft (cruiser) 03.01.1927 - (06.1928) Navigating Officer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) 07.01.1929 - (08.)1929 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 20.12.1929 - (02.)1931 Navigating Officer, HMS Despatch (cruiser) & Fleet Navigating Officer / Staff Officer (Operations), America and West Indies Station 16.05.1931 - (01.)1932 Navigating Officer, HMS Delhi (cruiser) (and as Fleet Navigating Officer and Staff Officer (Operations), America and West Indies Station) 27.06.1932 - (01.)1934 staff, RN Staff College [HMS President] 20.11.1934 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS Lowestoft (sloop) (China) (02.1937) no appointment listed 03.05.1937 - (04.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Dryad (HM Navigation School, Portsmouth) 16.06.1939 - 24.04.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) 02.09.1941 - (02.)1943 Director, Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 24.05.1943 - 1944 Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer, Carrier Training and Administration [HMS Monck (HQ combined training, Largs)] 17.03.1944 - (07.)1945 Second-in-Command Naval Air Stations and Commodore Naval Air Stations (North) [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)] 02.01.1945 - 05.07.1945 also: Naval ADC to the King 12.1945 - (04.)1946 Flag Officer Commanding Aircraft Carriers and Naval Air Stations, East Indies [HMS Ukussa (RN Air Station, Katukurunda, Ceylon)] 1946 - 1947 Flag Officer (Air) British Pacific Fleet and East Indies 1947 - 1948 Senior Naval Representative, British Element of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Australia (07.1948) no appointment listed 31.08.1948 - (05.)1950 Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Duke of York]
Briggs, Charles David Hilton Son of Col. William Hilton Briggs (1871-1951), and Doris Kathleen Benskin (1880-1956). Married Barbara Helen Rintoul (09.05.1911 - 21.03.1973), of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, daughter of Peter Rintoul (1871-1933), and Margaret MacDonald Tulloch (1877-1945); four children. Barbara Bruggs remarried (1946) David Ronald Ainslie; one child.	15.03.1905 Ecton, Northamptonshire - 23.01.1943 Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex (died of illness) [age 38] [Golders Green Crematorium, Middlesex, panel 1]	Midsh. (E) 15.01.1923 A/S.Lt. (E) ? S.Lt. (E) 30.12.1925 Lt. (E) 30.09.1927 Lt.Cdr. (E) 30.09.1935 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1940	... - ... ...       HMS Resolution, HMS Valiant ... - ... ... 09.04.1929 - (03.)1931 HMS Rodney (battleship) ... - ... ... 27.09.1933 - (08.)1935 HMS Dragon (cruiser)       HMS Resolution (battleship) (10.1935) - (02.1936) no appointment listed 24.03.1936 - (12.)1938 HMS Southampton (cruiser) 02.12.1938 - (04.)1940 HMS Ivanhoe (I class destroyer) 25.04.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Napier (N class destroyer) 11.1940 - (10.)1942 HMS Laforey (L class destroyer) (12.1942) - (01.1943) no appointment listed
Briggs, Edmund William Younger son of Adm. Sir Charles John Briggs (1858-1951), and Frances Mary Wilson (1880-1963), of Willow House, Biddestone, Wiltshire. Married (10.06.1950, St Cyriac's, Lacock, Chippenham district, Wiltshire) Janet Margaret Jackson, only daughter of Lt.Col. Maurice A. Jackson, Royal Artillery, and Mrs Jackson, of Lacock, Wiltshire; one son.	11.11.1912 Biddestone, Chippenham district, Wiltshire - 23.10.1995 Lacock, Chippenham district, Wiltshire	Cadet 01.01.1929 Midsh. 01.09.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1933 S.Lt. 01.07.1933 Lt. 01.08.1934 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1942 Cdr. 30.06.1948 Capt. 30.06.1956 (retd 29.06.1966) DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune [investiture 27.02.1945]	... - ... ... 08.02.1939 - (03.)1940 Gunnery Officer, HMS Coventry (cruiser) 11.03.1940 - (12.1941) Gunnery Officer, HMS Ajax (cruiser) (later also as Squadron Gunnery Officer) 03.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) (06.1943) - (08.1943) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 08.1943 - (12.1943) Gunnery Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station [HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers/Taranto)] (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 10.10.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Belfast (cruiser) (DSC) ... - ... ...
Briggs, Gerald Andrew	20.04.1925 - 02.03.2000	Midsh. ? ... ... S.Lt. 16.08.1944 ... ... Lt.Cdr. 16.08.1954 (retd 28.02.1963)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (St Vincent House; 01.01.1939-1943; Admiralty No. 46). ... - ... ... 01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Redoubt ... - ... ...
Briggs, Hugh Francis One of four sons of Harry Beecham Briggs (MRCS in 1875, Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries 1875 and MB London 1876) (died 1914). Married (21.12.1938, Worthing) Mary E.R. Heard [or Tozer or Carling].	08.11.1884 Satara, south of Bombay and Poona, India - 18.10.1957 Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey	Sg. 14.05.1909 Staff Sg. = Sg.Lt.Cdr. 14.05.1917 ?, seniority 05.1915 Sg.Cdr. 14.05.1921 Sg.Capt. 01.05.1934 (retd 18.11.1941; age) (reverted to retd 27.05.1946)  14|15 St ? ? 14|20 BWM ? ? VM ? ? Jub M 35 ? ? Cor M 37 ? ? Def Med ? ? 39|45 BWM ? ?	Education: Dollar Academy, Scotland (1894-1901); Edinburgh University (from 10.1901; MB, ChB Ed 1907); FRCS Ed 1923 14.05.1909 RN Hospital, Haslar 04.12.1909 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) [lent temporarily to HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)] 30.03.1910 HMS Leander (depot ship, Devonport) 20.04.1910 HMS Tyne (iron steam storeship, then depot ship for 5th Destroyer Flotilla, Malta) 12.04.1911 HMS Forte (2nd class cruiser) (The Cape) [travelled on HMS Vindictive, leaving on 04.03.1911] 12.07.1913 HMS Prince of Wales (battleship) (5th Battle Squadron) 31.01.1914 HMS President (for a five-month promotion course) 01.07.1914 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 01.08.1914 HMS Glory (battleship) (8th Battle Squadron) (The Channel, Halifax, NS, North America, Atlantic, Dardanelles, Suez Canal, East Indies, Egypt, North Russia) 11.04.1916 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 05.1916 HMHS Rewa (hospital ship) (torpedoed & sunk 04.01.1918) [recommended for a DSO] 06.01.1918 HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) 05.03.1918 RN Hospital, Granton (Firth of Forth) 26.05.1919 RN Hospital, Invergordon [HMS Thalia; also listed under HMS Mars (depot ship, Invergordon)] 15.01.1920 HMHS Berbice (hospital ship) 19.01.1922 RN Sick Quarters, South Queensferry (Firth of Forth) 13.09.1922 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time, not exceeding six months) 12.03.1923 - 31.03.1923 HMS Pembroke IV (for RN Hospital Yarmouth, for survey of stores) 01.04.1923 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time) 01.06.1923 HMS Sandhurst (destroyer depot ship) (Mediterranean) 02.11.1923 HMS Dauntless (light cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) (Empire Cruise from 29.11.1923-28.09.1924) 15.02.1926 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time; not exceeding six months) 01.07.1926 RN Hospital, Haslar (Gosport) [HMS Victory] 25.06.1928 Senior Medical Officer, HMS Kent (cruiser) & as Fleet Medical Officer (China) 27.07.1931 HMS President (for PG course) 27.11.1931 RN Hospital, Haslar (Gosport) [HMS Victory] 18.01.1932 RN Hospital, Portland [HMS Victory XI, later HMS Boscawen] [Jan 1932 Navy List: 'short course of instruction'] 10.10.1934 RN Hospital, Cape of Good Hope [HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown)] (left UK in Dunluce Castle 25.10.1934) 05.02.1938 three-month Medical Officers’ Post-Graduate course at Cape Hospital [HMS President] 07.07.1938 Professor of Surgery, RN Hospital, Haslar (Gosport) [HMS Victory] 04.09.1939 - 02.1942 specialist in surgery, RN Auxiliary Hospital, Barrow Gurney [HMS Drake] 23.02.1942 - 12.1943 Medical Officer, HMS Glendower (seamanship training establishment, Pwllheli, North Wales) 18.12.1943 - 28.03.1946 Commanding Officer, RN Hospital, Port Edgar [HMS Cochrane] Member of a pensions appeal tribunal and was later made chairman till early 1957.
Briggs, Thomas Vallack Eldest son (with three sisters and two brothers) of late Admiral Sir Charles John Briggs, KCB (1858-1951), and Frances Mary Wilson (1875-1963). Married (17.09.1947, Mt Vernon Church, Boston, USA) Estelle Margaret Burland Willing (22.08.1903 - 13.12.1997), daughter (with one brother and one sister) of James Burland Willing (1878-1958), and Margaret L Dix (1875-1917); one step son.	06.04.1906 Alverstoke, Hampshire - 11.07.1999 Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA	Midsh. 15.09.1925 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1928 S.Lt. 25.03.1929, seniority 01.11.1927 Lt. 29.11.1929, seniority 01.12.1928 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1936 Cdr. 30.06.1940 Capt. 30.06.1947 R.Adm. 07.07.1956 (retd 01.09.1958) CB 12.06.1958 HM's birthday 1958 [investiture 15.07.1958] OBE 01.01.1946 New Year 1946 MID 30.01.1945 for distinguished services in the planning and execution of a successful air strike at Nancowry and a bombardment at Car Nicobar (Operation Millet) MID 18.09.1945 for service at East Indies Station & sinking of Japanese destroyer	Education: The Grange, Stevenage, Herts; Imperial Service College, Windsor (05.1920-06.1924; "C" House; School Prefect; 1st IX; 2md XI 1924; 2nd XV 1923; Sgt. Officer Training Corps; passed 16th into RN). 06.1924     special entry cadet, Royal Navy  1924 - 1937 HMS Thunderer, HMS Hood, HMS Wishart, HMS Antelope, HMS Wolsey, HMS Nelson (2nd Gunnery Officer 1934), HMS Excellent, and HMS Faulkner; Prize Advanced Gunnery Course, RN College Greenwich 1935 03.08.1937 - (08.)1940 Gunnery Officer, HMS Ark Royal  (aircraft carrier) & as Squadron Gunnery Officer (engaged in campaign against the "Graf Spee", South Atlantic and in Norway and Oran operations) (10.1940)     no appointment listed 11.11.1940 - 07.1942 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for special service) 07.1942 - (10.)1942 Anti-Aircraft (Experimental) Commander, Anti-Aircraft Department, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 29.11.1942 - (12.)1943 HMS Newcastle (Southampton class cruiser) 15.12.1943 - 03.12.1944 Staff Officer (Operations) on staff of Flag Officer Commanding 1st Battle Squadron and 2nd in Command Eastern Fleet [HMS Renown (Repulse class battlecruiser)] 04.12.1944 - (10.1945) Staff Officer (Operations) on staff of Flag Officer Commanding 3rd Battle Squadron [HMS Renown (Repulse class battlecruiser), then HMS Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth class battleship), then HMS Nelson (Nelson class battleship)] (OBE, despatches twice) 1946 - 1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Comus (C class destroyer) 07.1946 - 1947 US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island (USA) 1947 - 1949 Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance (G), Admiralty [HMS President] 1949 - 1950 Captain (D), 5th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Solebay] 1951     Imperial Defence College 1952 - 1953 Chief of Staff: to Commander-in-Chief Plymouth 1953 - 1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Cumberland (trials cruiser) 1955 - 1956 on staff of Controller of the Navy, Admiralty 07.01.1956 - ? also Naval ADC to HM the Queen 07.1956 -   Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet 1958     Assistant Controller of the Navy A Vice-Patron, Royal Naval Association (President, 1971-1976). Director: Hugh Stevenson & Sons Ltd, 1958-1969; Hugh Stevenson & Sons (North East) Ltd, 1964; Bowater-Stevenson Containers Ltd, 1969-1971; Free-Stay Holidays Ltd, 1971; International Consumer Incentives Ltd, 1974-1983; Meru Group Ltd, 1978-1983. Vice-Chairman, City of Westminster Society for Mentally Handicapped Children, 1969; Member, Management Committee, Haileybury and ISC Junior School, Windsor, 1959-1980 (Chairman, 1978-1980); Life Governor, Haileybury and Imperial Service Coll., 1959 (Member Council, 1959-1980); President, Haileybury Society, 1973-1974. Fellow, Inst. of Marketing, 1970-1083. Chairman, Aldeburgh Festival Club, 1979-1980. DL Greater London, 1970-1082 (Representative DL, Kingston upon Thames, 1970-1979).
Bright, Morris Moss "Morry" Married ((03?).1918, London) Golda Gertrude "Gertie" Wisberg (09.08.1890 - (06?).1977); two daughters, two sons.	06.08.1889 Bethnal Green, Hackney,  London - 24.12.1965 Hammersmith Hospital, London [Western Jewish Cemetery, Edmonton]	Boy 2nd cl. 22.06.1905 [233960] Boy 1st cl. 22.01.1906 Ord.Sea. 06.08.1907 AB Sea. 07.10.1908 Ldg. Sea. 29.11.1910 Petty Offr. 01.11.1913 A/Wt.Offr. 14.06.1914 A/Mate 12.02.1915 Mate 08.03.1916, seniority 12.02.1915 A/Lt. 1918 Lt. 10.09.1918, seniority 15.06.1917 (retd 1920) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.06.1925 (reverted to retd 13.03.1945; invalided) A/Cdr. (retd) 16.10.1943? DSC 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 1941 [investiture 15.07.1941] 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Def Med - - WM 39|45 - -	22.06.1905 - 25.09.1905 HMS Boscawen I (training ship) 26.09.1905 - 17.05.1906 HMS Ganges (training ship) 18.05.1906 - 09.09.1906 HMS Euryalus (armoured cruiser) 10.09.1906 - 14.12.1908 HMS Repulse (battleship) 15.12.1908 - 02.06.1909 HMS Pembroke I (RN base, Chatham) 03.06.1909 - 18.11.1910 HMS Blenheim (armoured cruiser) 19.11.1910 - 27.01.1911 HMS Pembroke I (RN base, Chatham) 28.01.1911 - 31.07.1911 HMS Victory I (RN base, Portsmouth) 01.08.1911 - 04.09.1911 HMS Pembroke I (RN base, Chatham) 05.11.1911 - 06.03.1914 HMS Falmouth (cruiser) 07.03.1914 - 02.08.1914 HMS Pembroke I (RN base, Chatham) [from 15.06.1914 lent to HMS Excellent & HMS Vernon for courses to qualify for A/Mate] 03.08.1914 - 31.12.1917 HMS Minerva (light cruiser) (bombardment of Akaba, Suez Canal & Dardanelles) 27.10.1918 - 06.11.1918 HMS Marlborough (battleship) 06.02.1919 - 30.06.1919 RN College 07.07.1919 - 06.09.1919 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 06.09.1919 - 26.04.1920 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 03.09.1939 - 11?.1939 rejoined RN at Harwich [HMS Badger?] 16.11.1939 - 03.06.1940 Staff Officer, Minesweeping Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 20.08.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) (for minesweeping duties) 16.10.1940 - 24.04.1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Miranda (minesweeping base, Great Yarmouth) (12.1941)     HMS Pembroke IV (base supply organization, Chatham) * 14.03.1942 - 05.04.1942 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional; for 'time only') 06.04.1942 - (08.)1942 staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 30.09.1942 - 10.10.1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) 16.10.1943 - (06.)1944 Executive Officer, HMS Cabot (RN training establishment, Wetherby, Yorks.) 29.07.1944 - 13.03.1945 Executive Officer, HMS Mylodon (Combined Operations base, Lowestoft) President, East London Branch & National Vice-President, Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (AJEX). * indexed, but not listed as such
Brightman, Ernest Edward	13.05.1894 - 31.08.1961	... ... Paym.Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1924 Paym.Cdr. = Cdr. (S) 31.12.1932 (retd 1944?) A/Paym.Capt. = A/Capt. (S) (retd) < 02.1943	15.07.1911     entered RN ... - ... ... 01.11.1926 - (06.1928) Division II, RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 04.07.1929 - (02.)1931 Admiral's Secretary to Rear-Admiral & Commanding Officer Coast of Scotland [HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship)] 02.11.1931 - (01.1932) Commodore's Secretary to Commodore RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] ... - ... ... 22.11.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (04.1940) no appointment listed 23.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (12.1941) RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (2) (MNBDO(2)) 15.01.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) 05.11.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for miscellaneous duties) (12.).1943 - (06.1944) Royal Indian Navy (07.1945) no appointment listed 07.1945 - (04.1946) on staff of Commander-in-Chief South Atlantic [HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, S Africa)]
Brigstocke, John Michael Son of ... Brigstocke, and ... Craig.	11.1917 Rugby district,  Leicestershire / Northamptonshire / Warwickshire - 11.07.1970 Hendon district, Middlesex	Prob. Midsh. RNR 31.12.1935 Midsh. RNR ?, seniority 31.12.1935 Prob. S.Lt. 10.06.1939 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.03.1939 Lt. 03.1941, seniority 26.05.1940 Lt.Cdr. 26.05.1948 (retd 18.03.1953)	29.05.1937 - (07.1937) HMS Revenge (battleship) (to complete 4 months' training) (Home Fleet) 10.06.1939 - (07.1939) HMS Eskimo (destroyer) (08.1939) short course 20.01.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Penelope (cruiser) 04.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Vanquisher (destroyer) 15.10.1942 - (02.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS Whimbrel (sloop) 23.03.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 07.02.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, ML 461 & SO 24th ML Flotilla 10.01.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Stormcloud
Brind, [Sir] Eric James Patrick "Daddy"   Third son of Col. Edward Agincourt Brind (1877-1919), 88th Connaught Rangers, and Florence Lund. Married 1st (23.01.1918, Kensington) Eileen Margaret Apperly (1895-1940), daughter of Rev. Josiah Marling Apperly, rector of Tonge, Sittingbourne, Kent; one daughter. Married 2nd (21.01.1948, Chapel of RN College, Greenwich) Superintendent Edith Gordon Lowe, WRNS (05.11.1895 - 14.02.1979), widow of R.Adm. Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove (1887-1939) & daughter of William Duncan Lowe, writer to the signet. Lived at The Forge, Lye Green, near Crowborough.	12.05.1892 Paignton, Devon - 04.10.1963 Lye Green, near Crowborough, Sussex [memorial in Withyham church]	Cadet 15.01.1905 Midsh. 15.09.1909 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1912 S.Lt. 30.12.1912 Lt. 30.09.1914 Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1922 Cdr. 30.06.1927 Capt. 31.12.1933 Cdre. 1st cl. 02.12.1940? R.Adm. 06.02.1942 V.Adm. 16.10.1945 Adm. 20.03.1949 (retd 22.06.1953) GBE 01.01.1951 New Year 1951 [investiture 08.05.1951] CBE 14.10.1941 Bismarck sunk [investiture 30.06.1942] KCB 13.06.1946 HM's birthday [investiture 09.07.1946] CB 25.07.1944 planning & executing landings Normandy [investiture 10.10.1944] LM 03.12.1946 ?	Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth. 1914 - 1915 HMS Excellent (gunboat) 1916 - 1918 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Battle of Jutland 05.1916) 08.10.1918 - (01.1919) Gunnery Officer, HMS Sir John Moore (monitor) 15.12.1921 - 1924 Gunnery Officer, HMS Cardiff (cruiser) & as Squadron Gunnery Officer 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron (Mediterranean) 10.08.1924 - (05.)1926 Gunnery Officer, HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 12.07.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Excellent (Gunnery School, Portsmouth) (04.1928) - (06.1928) no appointment listed 05.02.1929 - (10.1930) HMS London (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 13.01.1931 - (01.)1932 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich 27.07.1932 - (01.)1934 Commander [= Executive Officer], HMS Excellent (Gunnery School, Portsmouth) 16.05.1934 - 1936 Tactical Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 25.03.1936 - (02.)1937 Flag Captain, HMS Orion (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 01.06.1937 - (07.1937) Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Nore & Maintenance Captain [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 03.01.1938 - 04.03.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Birmingham (cruiser) (China) (04.1940) no appointment listed 02.12.1940 - 07.04.1942 Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship), from 01.04.1941 HMS King George V (battleship)] 28.05.1942 - 08.1944 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home), Admiralty [HMS President] 10.1944 - 01.1946 Rear-Admiral Commanding 4th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Swiftsure (cruiser)] (British Pacific Fleet) (04.1946) HMS President * 03.10.1946 - 09.1948 President of Royal Naval College, Greenwich [HMS President] 11.01.1949 - 1951 Commander-in-Chief, Far East Station [HMS Terror] 1951 - 1953 Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces, Northern Europe * indexed, but not listed as such
Brind, Maurice Arthur Married Olive ...	01.01.1894 - 14.07.1960 Leamington Spa	Lt. 15.03.1916 (retd 15.02.1924) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.03.1924 Cdr. (retd) 10.03.1934, seniority 01.01.1934 (reverted to retd 1945?) MID 11.07.1940 HM's Birthday 1940 Recommended for commendation for service in the Battle of Jutland (15.09.1916).	15.09.1906     entered RN 14.12.1918 - (01.1919) Commanding Officer, HMS Iris (sloop) 09.10.1939 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Melfort (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler) (02.1941) HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) * 15.11.1941 - 04.05.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) 07.1944 - (1945?) Commanding Officer, Coastal Forces Mobile Unit 1 (CFMU1), Arromanches (07.1945) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Brislee, Michael	31.05.1924 - 18.07.1979	Midsh. ? ... ... Lt. 16.03.1945 Lt.Cdr. 16.03.1953 (retd 29.01.1958)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (Hawke House; 01.01.1938-29.07.1941; Admiralty No. 1873; Cadet Captain 1941). ... - ... ... 12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Rover ... - ... ...
Brister, H P	? - ?	... ... Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1935 Cdr. ?	... - ... ... 04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Perseus (aircraft maintenance ship) ... - ... ...
Bristowe, Robert Henry "Bobbie" Married Margaret "Margy" Inglis (1911-1994); no children.	10.01.1906 Epsom district, Surrey - 07.08.1978 Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, Crawley district, Sussex	Midsh. 15.05.1924 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1926 S.Lt. 30.04.1927 Lt. 16.06.1929 (emgcy 06.04.1933) Lt.Cdr. (emgcy) 16.06.1937 (mobilized 28.08.1939) Cdr. (emgcy) 03.09.1945  (demobilized < 04.1946) (resigned commission 12.11.1968) DSO 06.09.1940 attack on French battleship Richelieu, Dakar 08.07.1940	15.09.1919     entered RN 15.05.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Dublin (cruiser) (Africa) (05.1926) no appointment listed 30.12.1926 - (07.1927) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.03.1928 - (04.)1928 HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar) (for emergency destroyers) (temporary) 16.04.1928 - (06.)1928 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 10.11.1928 - (04.)1930 HMS Caledon (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 28.07.1930 - (01.)1932 First Lieutenant, HMS Gannet (river gunboat) (China) (09.1932)     no appointment listed 28.08.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) 31.01.1942 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Castleton (destroyer) 12.01.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Chanticleer (sloop) 21.01.1944 - 06.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Waveney (frigate) (badly injured; taken off the ship at Normandy) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945) no appointment listed Stockbroker.