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Dawnay, [Sir] Peter Son of Maj. Hon. Hugh Dawnay and Lady Susan de la Poer Beresford. Married (28.04.1936) Lady Angela Christine Rose Montagu-Douglas-Scott, daughter of 7th Duke of Buccleuch; one son, one daughter.	14.08.1904 St Marylebone district, Greater London / London - 01.07.1989 Wield, Alresford, Hampshire	Midsh. 15.09.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1925 S.Lt. 30.09.1925 Lt. 30.06.1927 Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1935 Cdr. 31.12.1940 Capt. 31.12.1946 R.Adm. 07.01.1956 V.Adm. 07.01.1959 (retd 01.02.1962) KCVO 02.12.1961 Royal tour of Ghana [investiture 02.12.1961] CB 01.01.1958 New Year 1958 [investiture 11.02.1958] MVO 22.06.1939 ? DSC 07.03.1944 sinking of Scharnhorst [investiture 22.06.1945] LM 28.05.1946 services in Far East	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth. 15.05.1918     entered RN 15.09.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Centurion (battleship) 03.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Mediterranean) [07.1927 seconded to HMS Venomous (destroyer)] 11.01.1926 - (05.)1926 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Excellent] 03.12.1926 - (07.)1927 HMS Renown (battlecruiser)  15.08.1927 - (06.)1928 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.12.1928 - (08.1929) qualifying for signal duties, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 04.01.1930 - (10.1930) Signals Officer, HMS Effingham II (RN base, Ceylon) & for charge of Aden W/T Station 20.01.1931 - (09.1932) Flag Lieutenant to Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station & as Flees Signals and W/T Officer [HMS Cardiff (cruiser)]  (05.1933)     no appointment listed (06.1933)     short course of instruction 09.06.1933 - (07.)1935 Flag Lieutenant to Vice Admiral Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron & as Squadron Signals and W/T Officer [HMS London (cruiser)] (Mediterranean) 12.1935 - (02.1936) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for signal school) 05.01.1937 - (02.)1939 Signals Officer, HMS Leander (cruiser) & as Squadron Signals Officer, New Zealand Squadron (04.1939)     no appointment listed 10.07.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for signal school) 20.01.1941 - (02.)1941 Signal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 17.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS President (Admiralty) (for special and miscellaneous services) 01.04.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, USA) 18.10.1943 - (10.1944) Fleet Wireless Officer, HMS Duke of York (battleship) (07.1945) - (04.1946) Executive Officer, HMS Liverpool (cruiser)* 15.03.1948 - (05.1949) Deputy Director of Signal Division (V/S and W/T), Admiralty [HMS President] (05.1950)     no appointment listed 1950 - 1951 Commanding Officer, HMS Saintes and 3rd Destroyer Flotilla 06.10.1951 - (05.)1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Mercury (HM Signal School) 20.05.1954 - 10.11.1955 Commanding Officer, HMS Glasgow 20.02.1956 - 01.1958 Deputy Controller of the Navy, Admiralty [HMS President] 30.01.1958 - 25.01.1962 Flag Officer, Royal Yachts [HMS Britannia] An Extra Equerry to the Queen since 1958. President, London Association for the Blind, 1968-. High Sheriff, Hampshire, 29.03.1973; Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Hampshire 21.11.1975. * indexed, but not listed as such
Dawson, Miles Delwaide Son of Alan Delwaide Dawson (1889-1976), and Muriel Marguerite Angier (1892-1962).	19.01.1922 Kingston district, Surrey - 15.10.1987 Chalybeate Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire	Cadet 01.05.1939 Midsh. 01.09.1939 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 16.06.1941 Lt. 01.02.1943 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1951 (retd 29.09.1963) OON 24.06.1955 rescue work Dutch floods 02.1953	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.09.1935-04.04.1939; St Vincent House; Admiralty No. 1555). 01.05.1939 - 25.08.1939 Cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 26.08.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 03.07.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Echo (destroyer) 10.1941 - 01.1945 HMS Tetcott (destroyer) [from early 1944 as First Lieutenant] 12.07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Frobisher (cruiser) 02.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Whirlwind (destroyer) 12.04.1949 - (05.1950) First Lieutenant, HMS Armada (destroyer) 24.07.1951 - (05.1953) HMS Royal Prince (RN base, Krefeld, Germany) 03.01.1955 - (01.)1956 Commanding Officer, HMS Venus 22.11.1956 - (01.1957) Staff Officer (P), HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) 24.10.1960 - (07.1961) BIO Gibraltar & Naval Attaché Rabat [HMS Rooke (RN base, Gibraltar)] ? - (02.1963) HMS Collingwood (naval electrical school, Fareham, Hants.) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Dawson, Sir Oswald Henry Son of W.H. Dawson, MD, Malvern, Worcs. Married (1922) Grace Swannell, daughter of J.T. Lefeaux, of Cheltenham; one son, two daughters.	09.03.1882 Malvern, Worcestershire - 11.05.1950 [Chalford Hill, Gloucestershire ?]	A/S.Lt. 15.04.1902? S.Lt. 27.03.1903, seniority 15.04.1902 Lt. 30.06.1904 Cdr. 1916 Capt. 30.06.1923 R.Adm. 21.07.1935 (retd 22.07.1935) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 11.1939 (reverted to retd 1945) KBE 01.01.1944 New Year 1944 MID 17.11.1942 ocean convoys 1939-1942	15.09.1898 entered RN 15.12.1924 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS Diligence (destroyer depot ship) (Atlantic Fleet) 15.05.1926 - (07.1927) Commanding Officer, HMS Capetown (cruiser) (North America and West Indies) 15.11.1927 - 1930 Director of Navigation, Admiralty [HMS President] 26.04.1930 - (02.)1931 Flag Captain, HMS Warspite (battleship) and Chief Staff Officer, 2nd Battle Squadron (Atlantic Fleet) 12.10.1931 - (01.1932) Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 20.06.1932 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Dryad (Navigation School, Portsmouth) 02.03.1935 - 21.07.1935 Naval ADC to the King 11.1939 - (08.1942) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]
Day, [Sir] Archibald Son of late Donald D. Day, FRCS, and Henrietta S. Blaxland. Married (1929) Eunice Cassellah Pitt; one son, two daughters.	19.07.1899 Norwich - 17.07.1970 [Wye, Ashford, Kent ?]	Lt. 15.08.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1927 Cdr. 30.06.1934 Capt. 30.06.1940 R.Adm. 08.07.1949 V.Adm. 27.01.1953 (retd 13.06.1955) KBE 01.01.1954 New Year 1954 CBE 01.01.1943 New Year 1943 CB 07.06.1951 HM's birthday 1951 DSO 20.11.1945 minesweeping Rangoon Approaches & planning assault	Education: HMS Comway; RN College, Dartmouth. 05.1914     entered RN 1914 - 1918 HMS Lowestoft, HMS Britannia, and HMS Courageous as cadet and midshipman, and in the destroyer HMS Welland in Mediterranean as a Sub­Lieutenant at the end of the war and on completion of courses which included two terms at Cambridge University specialised in Hydrographic surveying 23.06.1922 - (01.1925) HMS Fitzroy (surveying vessel) (for navigating duties in lieu of specialist Lieut.) 30.01.1925 - (07.1927) HMS Iroquois (surveying vessel) (for navigating duties in lieu of specialist Lieut.) (China) 10.09.1928 - (08.1929) Naval Assistant, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 28.10.1929 - (02.1931) First Lieutenant, HMS Endeavour (surveying vessel) 08.12.1931 - (01.1932) Naval Assistant, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.06.1932 - (09.1932) Commanding Officer, HMS Fitzroy (surveying vessel) Commanding Officer, HMS Iroquois (surveying vessel) 21.08.1933 - (07.1935) Commanding Officer, HMS Ormonde (surveying vessel) 01.1936 - (02.1936) HMS Resource (repair ship) (for charge of survey) (Mediterranean) 11.01.1937 - (02.1939) Superintendent of Chart Branch, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 23.02.1939 - (04.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Scott (surveying ship) 10.07.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Victory (Portsmouth), for charge of South Coast of England Survey 31.08.1939 - 1943 staff, Flag Officer Commanding Dover (later: Vice-Admiral Dover), since ... (02.1942) Chief Staff Officer 02.02.1943 - (06.1944) Assistant Hydrographer, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.06.1945 - (07.)1945 Fleet Hydrographic Officer, East Indies [HMS Lanka] 20.08.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS White Bear (surveying ship) Assistant Hydrographer, Admiralty, Whitehall, and in command of HMS Dalrymple 1949 - 1950 Flag Officer Commanding British Naval Forces in Germany and Chief British Naval Representative in the Allied Control Commission 05.1950 - 1955 Hydrographer of the Navy, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] Hydrographic Survey, Lake Nyasa, 1955-1956; Co­ordinator of Operations for International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958; Acting Conservator, River Mersey, 1961-1970; Chairman, Dover Harbour Board, 1965. Hereditary Freeman of City of Norwich, 1920. Published: The Admiralty Hydrographic Service, 1795-1919 (1967)
Day, Peter Alexander Coryton Son of ... Day, and ... Betley. Married Betty; two sons.	23.12.1919 Brentford district, Middlesex - 21.02.2007 Winchester, Hampshire [age 87]	Cadet 01.05.1938 Midsh. 01.05.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1941 S.Lt. 01.06.1940 A/Lt. ? Lt. 01.12.1941 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1949 (retd > 02.1963, < 02.1969)	01.05.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Cumberland (cruiser) 06.01.1941 - (02.1941) promotion course, Portsmouth (12.1941) no appointment listed (08.1942) HMS Skirmisher (RN base, Milford Haven) * 09.10.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Taku (submarine) 01.03.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Nigeria (cruiser) 09.04.1946 - (04.1946) First Lieutenant, HMS Romola (minesweeper) 26.02.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Collingwood 18.12.1950 - (05.1953) HMS Glory (01.1956) HMS Bellerophon * 08.06.1960 - (07.1961) First Lieutenant, HMS Bellerophon 26.01.1962 - (02.1963) S.Mor.O., Staff, Commander-in-Chief Plymouth [HMS Drake] * indexed, but not listed as such
Day, Sidney David	10.07.1899 Deal, Eastry district, Kent - (12?).1973 Weymouth district, Dorset	ERA1 ? [ M11509] T/A/Wt.Eng. 1943?, seniority 11.03.1942 T/Wt.Eng. 1945?, seniority 11.03.1942 (reld < 04.1946) LSGCM 09.1932 -	(1932)     HMS Albury (twin screw minesweeper) 05.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Aberdare (Hunt class minesweeper) (08.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed 19.11.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Badger (minesweeper base, Harwich) 14.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) (for service at Weymouth)
de Candole, Reverend Charles Patrick   Middle son of the Rev. James Alexander de Candole and Mary Paterson, of Toft, Cambridgeshire. Married (07.1946, Toft, Cambridge) Audrey Imogen Nicholson (02.06.1924 - 09.1996), WRNS, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs L.H. Nicholson, of Grassendale, Liverpool; two sons, three daughters.	27.01.1907 Holton St. Mary, Ipswich, Suffolk - 23.09.1992 Canford Magna, Dorset	Chapl. 21.09.1937 (retd 27.01.1962)	01.01.1938 - (09.)1939 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 15.12.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 27.02.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Morgan (RN base, Kingston, Jamaica) (02.1943)     no appointment listed 24.04.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Gosling (training establishment, Risley, nr Warrington, Lancashire) 29.11.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Good Hope (training establishment, Port Elizabeth, South Africa) (06.1944)     no appointment listed 09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) 28.02.1946 - (04.)1946 HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) 27.12.1946 - (07.)1948) HMS Vernon (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Portsmouth) (12.1948)     RN Hospital Haslar [HMS Victory] 17.03.1949 - (05.)1951 HMS Caledonia (RN apprentice training establishment, Rosyth) 11.05.1951 - (05.1953) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous duties) ? - (04.1955) Naval Hospital Haslar [HMS Victory] 25.11.1955 - (01.1957) Naval Hospital Malta [HMS St Angelo] 28.07.1958 - (01.1960) HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) 19.04.1961 - (07.1961) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] ? - 1962 HMS Tyne (accommodation ship for the Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Devonport) Rector of Witchampton, Dorset, for 22 years, before he retired from that, to live in Wimborne.
de Chair, Henry Graham Dudley Eldest son (with one sister and one brother) of Adm. Sir Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair, KCB, KCMG, MVO (1864-1958), and Enid Struben (1881-1966). Married 1st (12.12.1936, Westminster district, London) Patricia Annette Maud Gertrude Gordon Ramsey (15.11.1913 - 14.12.1987), daughter of Adm. Sir Charles Gordon Ramsey, KCB, and Lucy Clare Hancock; one daughter, two sons. Patricia de Chair remarried Col. Lachlan Cecil Gordon-Duff. Married 2nd ((06?).1961, Kensington district, London) Lady Stella Janet Harcourt (née Waghorn) (18.11.1909 - 03.05.1998), widow of Adm. Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt (1892-1959).	10.09.1905 Winchester, Hampshire - 06.01.1995 Gravesend, Kent (formerly of Ranelagh Gardens, London)	Midsh. 15.09.1923 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1926 S.Lt. 30.08.1926 Lt. 16.10.1928 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1936 Cdr. 31.12.1943 (retd 10.09.1955; age) DSC 22.12.1942 action with U162 03.09.1942 [investiture 06.04.1943] DSC 18.09.1945 Japanese heavy cruiser sunk 16.05.1945 [decoration posted] 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Atl St - & clasp North Africa 1942-1943 Bur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - Nav GSM - & clasp S. Asia 1945-1946 Cor M - -	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (15.05.1919-1923). 15.09.1923 - 02.1926 HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Mediterranean) 22.02.1926  - 15.01.1927 courses, Portsmouth [HMS Victory & HMS Excellent] 16.01.1927 - 08.07.1927 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]       HMS Wivern (destroyer)  28.07.1927 - 02.1929 HMS Laburnum (sloop) 09.04.1929 - 07.09.1930 ADC to Governor of New South Wales (his father Adm. Sir Dudley de Chair) 08.09.1930 - 03.11.1930 HMS Victory (additional; for unemployed time) 04.11.1930 - 06.11.1931 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 02.12.1931 - 06.12.1931 HMS Victory (additional; for unemployed time) 07.12.1931 - (09.)1932 signal course, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 26.09.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Achates (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 31.08.1934 - (02.)1936 First Lieutenant, HMS Venetia (destroyer) (Mediterranean, Abyssinia) 11.1936 - (07.)1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Wrestler (destroyer) (Portsmouth Local Destroyer Flotilla) 02.12.1937 - (02.)1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Scout (destroyer) (The Nore) [court-martialled, dismissed his ship and reprimanded after HMS Scout ran aground in the Thames Estuary] 08.02.1938 - (08.)1938 gas and ventilation officer, HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Home Fleet) 18.08.1938 - 12.11.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Thracian (destroyer) (Hong Kong Local Defence Flotilla) (12.1940) - (04.1941) no appointment listed 20.05.1941 - 01.12.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Vimy (destroyer) (02.1943)     no appointment listed 28.04.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS King Alfred (training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 05.1944 - (06.)1944 Chief Naval Instructor, CTC, Royal Naval Establishments India (Bombay) [HMS Braganza] 16.10.1944 - 16.12.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Venus (destroyer) 29.01.1946 - (10.1946) HMS Rosneath (Combined Operations base, Rosneath) (04.1947)     no appointment listed (10.1947)     no appointment listed 19.07.1948 - (07.1948) Staff Officer (Intelligence), Hong Kong [HMS Tamar] (05.1949)     no appointment listed 15.07.1949 - (05.)1950 Executive Officer, HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, nr Padstow, Cornwall) 20.11.1950 - (05.)1951 HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 22.10.1951 - (05.)1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Montclare (depot ship) 27.11.1953 - (04.)1955 Commanding Officer, Reserve Fleet, Rosyth [HMS Jupiter] Published: Let go aft : the indiscretions of a salt horse commander (1993; memoirs).
de Courcy-Ireland, Stanley Brian Son of the Rev. E.S. & Mrs de Courcy-Ireland, of Homemead, Northam, North Devon. Married (01.12.1927, St Mary's Church, Alverstoke, Hampshire) Ruth Rhys Jones (died 03.2007, aged 74), only daughter of Capt. Harry Jones, RN, of Clonkeen, Alverstoke; one son, two daughters.	05.05.1900 Aldwick-le-Street, Doncaster, Yorkshire - 11.11.2001 Badgeworth. Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire	Midsh. 01.01.1916 S.Lt. 15.09.1918 Lt. 15.08.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1928 Cdr. 30.05.1935 Capt. 30.06.1942 (retd 07.07.1951)	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne (01.1913-1914) & Dartmouth (1914-1915). 01.01.1916     entered RN 01.01.1916 - 1918 HMS Bellerophon (Grand Fleet; Scapa Flow & Battle of Jutland) 1918 - 1919 HMS Westcott (torpedo-boat destroyer) (witnessed scuttling of captured German Fleet, Scapa Flow) 1919 - 1920 Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 1920 - 1921 HMS Venomous (destroyer) 31.01.1922 - 28.02.1922 London Depot RAN [lent to RAN] 01.03.1922 - 25.04.1924 Gunnery Instructor, HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Sydney, NSW) [lent to RAN] 26.04.1944 - 08.08.1924 London Depot RAN (for passage to UK & foreign service leave) [lent to RAN] 22.09.1924 - 1926 HMS Frobisher (cruiser) (Mediterranean & Balkans) 14.03.1926 - (05.)1926 observers' course [HMS Excellent] 22.11.1926 - 1928 observer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) 03.01.1928 - (04.)1928 observer, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) (05.)1928 - 1929 formed a squadron at Leuchars in Scotland before becoming a ground instructor [lent to RAF] 20.06.1929 - (08.)1929 observer, HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) 12.12.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (China) (invalided home after a heart attack) 12.1931 - (01.)1934 observer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) 01.05.1934 - 29.08.1935 senior observer, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 30.08.1935 - 18.02.1936 Staff Officer (Operations) to Rear-Admiral Aircraft Carriers [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (home Fleet) 19.02.1936 - 07.12.1936 Staff Officer (Operations) to Vice-Admiral Aircraft Carriers [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) 14.12.1936 - (10.)1938 attached officer in the Directorate of Operations (Naval Cooperation), Air Ministry [HMS President] 10.01.1939 - 17.01.1941 Executive Officer, HMS Newcastle (cruiser) (02.1941)      no appointment listed 05.06.1941 - (08.)1942 Air Ministry [HMS President] 22.09.1942 - 02.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn) 02.1944 - (07.)1945 Deputy Director of Combined Operations (Naval), Combined Operations HQ 19.03.1946 - 26.02.1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Ajax (cruiser) (07.1948)     no appointment listed 01.08.1948 - 1951 Deputy Director of Naval Equipment, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.01.1951 - 07.07.1951 also: Naval ADC to the King Published: A naval life (1990).
de Halpert, Michael Francis Son of Roger V. de Halpert, and Chloris J. Streatfeild. Married Anne ...; two sons, one daughter.	01.1919 St Marylebone district, Greater London / London - 12.02.2008 [age 89]	... .... S.Lt. 01.03.1939 Lt. 01.06.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1948 (retd 24.03.1958) DSC 11.06.1946 wind up Far East [decoration posted]	... - .... ... 06.10.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Seagull (Halcyon class minesweeper) (02.1941) - (12.1941) HMS Polruan (Bangor class minesweeper) * (08.1942)     HMS Afrikander V (RN base, Diego Suarez) * 16.12.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Vanquisher (destroyer) 19.02.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Terpischore (destroyer) .... - ... ....
de Jersey, Gilbert Carey Son of J. Esten de Jersey. Married (1932) Patricia Wyndham Lee, daughter of Eng.Cdr. R.A. Lee, RN, of Newton Abbot, Devon; two sons, three daughters.	05.10.1905 Guernsey - 14.12.1974 Gurnsey	Midsh. (E) 1923 ... .... Lt. (E) 15.07.1928 Lt.Cdr. (E) 15.07.1936 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1941 Capt. (E) 30.06.1950 R.Adm. (E) 07.01.1958 (retd 29.01.1960) CB 1959 ?	Education: Elizabeth College, Guernsey; RN Colleges, Osborne, Dartmouth & Keyham. 1919     joined RN ... - .... ... 14.05.1931 - (07.1931) HMS Rodney (battleship) ... - .... ... 1936     Portsmouth Dockyard ... - .... ... 12.08.1938 - (08.)1940 HMS Malaya (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) (10.1940) - (02.1941) no appointment listed 20.02.1941 - (04.)1945 an Engineer Inspector under the Chief Inspector of Gun Mountings, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1945)     no appointment listed 15.09.1945 - (04.1946) an Assistant to the Chief Engineer, Singapore Dockyard [HMS Sultan] .... - ... .... 1948     HMS Illustrious 1950     Admiralty Overseeing 1952     Admiralty 1956     Singapore Dockyard 1957 - 1958 Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty 1958 - 1960 Director Surface Division, Weapons Department (formerly Director of Naval Ordnance), Admiralty Jurat of Royal Court, Guernsey, 1960.
de Labalmondière, Arthur Victor Married (28.04.1927) Geraldine St. Maur Ingham, daughter of Brig.-Gen. Charles George St. Maur Ingham and Phyllis Geraldine Betton-Betton-Foster.	21.05.1900 Isle of Wight - 14.08.1969 Mere	A/Lt. ? Lt. 14.02.1921, seniority 15.08.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1928 (retd 21.05.1945) A/Cdr. 01.1943 Cdr. (retd) ? LoP ? Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944)	15.07.1916     entered RN 27.09.1923 - (01.1925) torpedo course, HMS Vernon 12.05.1927 - (07.1927) Torpedo Officer, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) 16.04.1928 - (08.1929) Torpedo Officer, flotilla staff, 1st Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Mackay (flotilla leader)] (Mediterranean) 10.01.1930 - (04.1930) Torpedo Officer, HMS Hawkins (cruiser) & as Squadron Torpedo Officer (temporary), 2nd Cruiser Squadron (Atlantic Fleet) 12.04.1930 - (01.1932) HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) 28.07.1932 - (01.1934) Torpedo Officer, HMS Cairo (cruiser) & as Squadron Torpedo Officer, Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas (Home Fleet) 20.07.1934 - (02.1936) Tactical School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 30.04.1936 - (08.1942) Torpedo Officer, for duty at Portland, later Weymouth [HMS Vernon] 02.01.1943 - (04.1944) Tactical Commander, Coastal Forces [HMS Bee] (Holyhead) 08.05.1944 - (06.1944) staff, Flag Officer-in-Charge, Portland [HMS Boscawen] 12.1944 - (07.1945) Torpedo Maintenance Duties, HMS Golden Hind (Australia)
de Labilliere, Claud Denis Delacour Son of the Revd. C.E.D. de Labilliere and Mrs. de Labilliere. Married ((06?).1933, St George Hanover Square district, London) Frances Christine Wright Lawley; two sons. Father of Gen. Sir Peter de la Billiere.	1904 ? - 23.05.1941 (KIA) [age 37] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 3]	Sg.Lt. 01.10.1930 Sg.Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1936 MRCS, LRCP	01.01.1931 - (01.1932) Medical Officer, HMS Tern (river gunboat) (China) 10.04.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) 05.08.1933 - (01.1934) RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] (temporary) 10.07.1934 - (02.1936) Medical Officer, HMS Leith (patrol sloop) (New Zealand) (02.1937) no appointment listed 17.05.1937 - (07.1937) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 15.12.1937 - (04.1939) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 10.05.1939 - (08.1939) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) 05.03.1940 - 23.05.1941 HMS Fiji (cruiser) (sunk off Crete)
de la Pasture, Gerard Roger Malherbe Son of Marquis Gerard Hubert de la Pasture (1886-1962), and Ida Mosley, of Stable Cottage, Street End, Canterbury. Married (17.08.1964, Roman Catholic church of St Thomas, Canterbury, Kent) E. Jane Wallis, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs W. Wallis, of Oakleigh, Bekesbourne.	29.08.1922 - 28.07.1979 Hereford and Worcester	Cadet 01.01.1940 Midsh. 01.05.1940 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 16.04.1942 Lt. 16.08.1943 Lt.Cdr. 16.08.1951 Cdr. 31.12.1955 (retd 04.12.1965)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (Admiralty No. 1644; Grenville House; 09.1936-01.1940). 01.01.1940 - 30.04.1940 training, RN College, Dartmouth 01.05.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Devonshire (cruiser) 05.01.1942 - (01.1942) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 12.05.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Impulsive (destroyer) (08.1943)     no appointment listed (10.1943)     HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers) * 06.12.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Urania (destroyer) (04.1944) - (10.1944) HMS Urania  (destroyer) * (01.1945)     no appointment listed 22.02.1945 - (04.1946) First Lieutenant, HMS Widemouth Bay (frigate) 06.07.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Loch Veyatie 01.04.1949 - (05.1949) HMS Merlin (05.1950)     HMS Merlin * 06.08.1952 - (07.)1954 HMS Ganges 16.08.1954 - (01.)1956 Commanding Officer, HMS Termagent 28.11.1956 - (01.1957) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for training duties) 24.03.1958 - (01.1959) Commanding Officer, HMS Undaunted 24.04.1961 - (07.1961) Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer Middle East (Bahrein) [HMS Jufair] 12.06.1962 - (02.1964) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
De Las Casas, Oswald Manuel Blaxland	(12?).1921 - 01.04.1993	... ... Lt. 16.10.1943 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1951 (reld 15.05.1952; medically unfit) LVO 30.12.1978 ? MID 02.05.1944 ? MID 01.01.1946 ?	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (10.1945) HMS Garth ... - ... ...
de Meric, Martin John Coucher   Married (15.05.1914) ...; one son, one daughter.	26.11.1887 - 11.06.1943	... ... Lt. 01.10.1910 Cdr. 31.08.1923 Capt. 31.12.1929 R.Adm. 25.06.1940 (retd 26.06.1940) MVO 08.08.1920 ?	15.05.1903     entered service ... - ... ... 24.11.1938 - 30.11.1938 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty) 01.12.1938 - 17.09.1939 Assistant Director of Naval Equipment, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.09.1939 - 11.04.1940 HMS President (additional; for special service outside Admiralty) 19.05.1940 - 07.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Carnarvon Castle (armed merchant cruiser) (temporary) 08.08.1940 - 11.06.1943 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Director of Naval Equipment) (as Capt., from 25.08.1942 a R.Adm.)
de Pass, Daniel Son of Alfred Aaron de Pass (1861-1952), and Ethel Phoebe Salaman (1869-1910). Married Eleanor Jean Fleming; two sons.	06.10.1891 - 09.08.1963	Midsh. 15.09.1908 S.Lt. 15.10.1911 Lt. 15.10.1913 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1921 Cdr. 31.12.1926 Capt. 31.12.1934 (retd 08.01.1944) Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd) 15.04.1941? CBE 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944 [investiture 09.07.1946]	... - ... ... 28.12.1937 - 29.12.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Cossack (destroyer) 10.01.1940 - (02.)1941 Deputy Director of Personal Services (Personnel), Admiralty [HMS President] 15.04.1941 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service Central Depot, Lowestoft) 08.07.1943 - 08.01.1944 also: Naval ADC to the King 01.04.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Braganza (for duty with Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command) (06.1944)     HMS Hathi * 01.09.1944 - (07.1945) Chief Staff Officer (Personnel) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] * indexed, but not listed as such
de Pass, Robert Eliot Frank Only son of Harold de Pass (1885-), and Jean Ralston Holms-Kerr (1900-1990). Married (20.04.1955, Holy Trinity, Brompton, Kensington district, London) Philippa Cobbold, elder daughter of Maj. Robert Cobbold, and Mrs Peter Clifton, of Clifton House, Nottingham.	29.11.1921 42, Lowndes Street, Chelsea district, London - 11.2016 still alive	Cadet 01.01.1939 Midsh. 01.09.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1941 S.Lt. 10.1941,, seniority 16.04.1941 Lt. 01.07.1942 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1950 (retd 25.04.1955) MID 14.09.1943 destruction U559 Mediterranean 30.10.1942	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.09.1935-20.12.1938 ; Grenville House; Admiralty No. 1526). 01.01.1939 - (08.)1939 HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 03.08.1939 - (08.)1940 HMS Nelson (Nelson class battleship) 20.08.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Duncan (D class destroyer) 22.01.1941 - (04.)1941 HMS Sheffield (Southampton class cruiser) 05.05.1941 - (08.)1941 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 28.08.1941 - (06.)1942 HMS Ambuscade (A type destroyer) 06.06.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Petard (P class destroyer) (10.1944)     HMS Petard (P class destroyer) * 25.02.1945 - (04.)1945 HMS Cheviot (C class destroyer) (10.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed ? - (07.1946) HMS Cheviot (C class destroyer) [date of appointment shown as 25.02.1945] ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
de St. Croix, Bernard Jasper Son of Frederick Alexander de St. Croix (1862-1921) and Lucy Elizabeth Tuck (1877-1914). Married (29.06.1925) Helenora Margaret Stehn; one son, one daughter. De St. Croix family website	28.08.1903 - 20.02.1965 [buried at St Andrew's Church, Bishopstone nr Seaford]	Midsh. 15.09.1921 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1924 S.Lt. 30.08.1924 Lt. 30.08.1926 Lt.Cdr. 30.08.1934 Cdr. 31.12.1939 (retd 22.10.1952; medically unfit) DSC 19.12.1944 successful action with enemy light forces 1944 MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944)	09.1921 - (08.1923) HMS Hawkins (light cruiser) 10.04.1924 - (01.1925) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich 21.07.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Leamington (twin-screw minesweeper) (07.1927) no appointment listed 01.08.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Ceres (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 07.01.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 17.08.1932 - (09.)1932 First Lieutenant, HMS Wolsey (destroyer) 01.12.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Frobisher (cruiser; cadet training cruiser) 20.11.1934 - (02.1936) First Lieutenant, HMS Lowestoft (patrol sloop) (China) 12.01.1937 - (07.1937) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.01.1938 - (08.)1939 Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station [HMS Amphion (cruiser), later HMS Neptune (cruiser)] 02.09.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Afrikander V (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (02.1941) no appointment listed 05.11.1941 - 11.08.1942 Executive Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) [torpedoed & sunk in the Mediterranean] 01.1943 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Salisbury (destroyer) (10.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) * 21.12.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Tanatside (destroyer) 01.05.1945 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) 28.02.1948 - (05.1950) Boom Defence Officer, Nore [HMS Pembroke]
de Ste. Croix *, David Austin * also found as: de St. Croix Son of Maj. Leslie Lawson de Ste. Croix, MBE, Royal Army Service Corps (?-1975). Married (28.09.1950, Pymble, New South Wales) Margaret Castle; one son, one daughter.	1927 - died between 08.1989 and 12.1991 ?	Midsh. 01.01.1945 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 01.09.1946  Lt. 01.04.1948 (retd 24.01.1950; medically unfit)	(07.1945) HMS Berwick (cruiser) * (04.1946) HMS Veryan Bay (frigate) * 07.07.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Aurochs (submarine) 08.11.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Astute (submarine)
de Ste. Croix, John Arthur Married; five children (one of which is Lt. Ronald Arthur de Ste. Croix, RN).	18.08.1890 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 25.05.1963 Portsmouth, Hampshire	Seaman ? [237065] A/Gnr. ? Gnr. 13.07.1917 Cd.Gnr. 13.07.1927 Lt. 01.12.1938 (retd 18.08.1940) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 01.12.1946 CdeG 17.01.1919 for distinguished services rendered during the war	06.02.1918     commissioned RN 27.08.1923 - (01.)1925 HMS Tiger (battlecruiser; seagoing gunnery firing ship, Portsmouth) (for DF & I duties) 27.04.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (for DF & I duties) (02.1927)     no appointment listed 15.03.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (building at Portsmouth Dockyard) (for DF & I duties) (and on commissioning) 07.02.1928 - (04.)1930 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) (for DF & I duties) (08.1930) - (10.1930) no appointment listed 19.11.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Restless (destroyer) (Portsmouth) (for direction finding duties) 04.01.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 12.03.1934 - (02.)1935 HMS Iron Duke (training ship) (for direction finding duties) 24.06.1935 - (07.)1935 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 09.10.1935 - (06.)1938 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (UK & Mediterranean) (for direction finding duties) (08.1938) - (10.1938) no appointment listed 13.10.1938 - (02.)1939 HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 27.02.1939 - (04.)1939 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 30.05.1939 - (09.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Shearwater (patrol vessel) [while under construction at Cowes, Isle of Wight, also for duty with Admiral-Superintendent Contract-built Ships] 21.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) [in charge while being refitted at Portsmouth] 27.05.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Pegasus (catapult trials and maintenance ship) 13.01.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 24.02.1944 - (04.)1944 Gunnery Maintenance Officer, HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) 23.05.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire)
de Ste. Croix, Ronald Arthur Son of Lt.Cdr. John Arthur de Ste. Croix, RN.	23.12.1918 London - 17.02.1996 Sidcup, Bexley, Kent	Gnr. 01.04.1940 A/Cd.Gnr. 18.06.1945 Sen.Cd.Gnr. 01.04.1949 Lt. (Special Duties List) 01.01.1957 (retd 1957/58?)	09.08.1940 - 14.09.1942 HMS Coventry (cruiser) (and for direction finding duties) (ship sunk by German & Italian aircraft off Tobruk) 14.09.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Glenroy (landing ship infantry) 11.02.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 07.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Scylla (cruiser) 01.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Sirius (cruiser) 07.03.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 17.01.1949 - (05.1953) HMS Redjacket (RN nominal depot ship, Bombay) 24.08.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Duchess (destroyer) (01.1957) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
de Salis, Rodolph Henry Fane Married Madelaine Marion Catherine Heath, daughter of Adm. Sir Herbert Leopold Heath; no children.	25.05.1890 Windsor, Berkshire - 01.06.1972	Midsh. 15.05.1906 A/S.Lt. 15.07.1909 S.Lt. ?, seniority 15.07.1909 Lt. 17.05.1911, seniority 15.07.1910 Lt.Cdr. 15.07.1918 Cdr. 30.06.1923 (retd 25.05.1936; own request) Capt. (retd) 25.05.1936 Cdre. 2nd cl. < 07.1945 OBE 03.06.1935 HM's birthday 1935 DSC 25.10.1916 ? DSC 01.10.1917 ? MID 01.01.1943 New Year 1943 MID 13.03.1945 assault Normandy 06-09.1944	15.01.1905     entered RN 02.01.1923 - (08.)1923 HMS Vernon (torpedo school ship) (additional; for miscellaneous duties) 02.10.1923 - (01.)1925 Torpedo Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 15.09.1925 - (05.)1926 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.10.1926 - (06.1928) Commanding Officer, HMS Veronica (sloop) (New Zealand) 31.12.1928 - (04.1930) Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (02.1931)     no appointment listed 21.10.1931 - (07.1934) on staff (for anti-gas duties) of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 26.01.1935 - (02.1936) Superintendent of Mine Design [HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth)] 02.10.1939 - (12.1941) Deputy Director of Operations Division (Mining), Admiralty [HMS President] 15.01.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Menestheus (minelayer) 22.11.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Southern Prince (auxiliary minelayer) (as A/Capt.) (07.1945) - (04.1946) Principal Sea Transport Officer, South East Asia Command, Sea Transport Department
De Villiers, Lindsay Son of James Henry and Marie Josephine De Villiers. Married Pamela Margaret De Villiers, of Durban, South Africa & Stubbington, Hampshire; one son. She remarried (02.01.1941, St Austin's Church, Nairobi, Kenya) Lt.Col. B.J.D. Gerrard, The Gordon Highlanders & The Nigeria Regiment.	21.07.1904 Cape Town. South Africa - 10.04.1940 (KIA) [age 35] [Plymouth War Memorial, panel 36, column 1]	Midsh. 15.05.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1924 S.Lt. 15.05.1925 Lt. 15.02.1927 Lt. Cdr. 15.02.1935 MID 07.06.1940 1st Battle of Narvik [posthumously]	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne (01.1918-...) & Dartmouth (...-07.1921). 15.01.1918     entered RN 07.1921 - 08.1922 HMS Thunderer 14.08.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Lowestoft (light cruiser) (Africa Station) 1923? - 1924 HMS Dublin (light cruiser) (Africa Station) 01.01.1925 - (01.)1925 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 15.02.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Walrus (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 12.1926 - (02.)1927 HMS Walrus (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 07.05.1927 - (07.)1927 HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (additional; for miscellaneous services [temporarily]) 30.11.1927 - (06.1928) Executive Officer, HMS Peterel (river gunboat) (China) (08.1929)     no appointment listed (04.1930)     no appointment listed 09.05.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Verity (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 20.04.1931 - (06.)1933 HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Africa) 18.10.1933 - (10.)1936 Executive Officer, HMS Basilisk (destroyer) (Mediterranean & Home Fleet) 15.12.1936 - (02.)1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Amazon (destroyer) (Portsmouth) 09.05.1938 - (06.)1938 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 27.07.1938 - (04.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Blanche (destroyer) (Home Fleet) (08.1939)     no appointment listed 22.08.1939 - 10.04.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Hunter (destroyer) (ship sunk in collision at Narvik)
de Voil, Leonard Charles Married ((06?).1917, Chertsey district, Surrey) Florence Gilbey.	31.01.1896 Ware district, Hertfordshire - 17.11.1971 Sussex	A/Gnr. (T) 01.04.1925 Gnr. (T) 1926?, seniority 01.04.1925 Cd.Gnr. (T) 01.04.1935 Lt. 13.09.1941 (retd 28.03.1946)	11.08.1925 - (03.)1926 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) 30.04.1926 - (06.)1928 HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 24.10.1928 - (08.1930) HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (02.1931) - (03.1931) no appointment listed (01.1932)     no appointment listed (09.1932)     no appointment listed (01.1933)     no appointment listed (05.1933) - (06.1933) no appointment listed 02.01.1934 - (02.)!936 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 14.07.1936 - (08.)1938 HMS Glasgow (cruiser) (Home Fleet) (10.1938)     no appointment listed 11.11.1938 - (12.1941) HMS King George V (battleship) 26.07.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Assegai (training establishment, nr Durban, South Africa) (for torpedo school) (12.1943) - (04.1944) no appointment listed 06.04.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Roedean School, Brighton) 13.12.1944 - (07.1945) Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty with Admiral Superintendent of Contract-built Ships)
De Winton, Francis Stephen Walter	07.05.1896 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - 04.04.1985 Chichester, West Sussex (formerly of Craigwell, Bognor Regis)	Midsh. 1913 S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.11.1917 Lt.Cdr. 15.11.1925 Cdr. 31.12.1931 Capt. 31.12.1938 (retd 08.01.1948)	15.01.1909     entered RN 1915 served in the North Sea 1915 - 1916 served in the English Channel 1917 - 1918 served off the west coast of Ireland 1922 served in Turkey 29.08.1924 - (01.1925) First Lieutenant, HMS Valentine (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 09.03.1925 - (07.1927) HMS Somme (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet & China) (08.1929) no appointment listed 02.12.1929 - (02.1931) Commanding Officer, HMS Whirlwind (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) (01.1932) no appointment listed 04.07.1932 - (09.1932) Commanding Officer, HMS Frobisher (cruiser) (temporary) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 06.04.1933 - (01.1934) Executive Officer, HMS Centurion (target vessel) 02.11.1934 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Basilisk (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 18.01.1937 - (04.1939) [Executive Officer?,] RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 31.05.1939 - 01.12.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Keppel (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 17th Destroyer Flotilla (Reserve Fleet, The Nore & Mediterranean) 01.12.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional for various services) 1941 - 1942 served in the North Sea: 18.01.1941 - (02.1941) SO Rosyth Escort Force [HMS Cochrane II] 1942 - 1944 served in the Indian Ocean: 23.06.1942 - 03.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Rotherham (destroyer) (06.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed (04.1944) - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Rotherham (destroyer) 09.10.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Defender (destroyer base) & Captain (D) Liverpool 1945 - 1946 Captain-in-Charge, West Africa (04.1946) no appointment listed 1946 - 1947 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Hamburg 08.07.1947 - 7.1.1948? Naval ADC to the King 1950 - (1966??) Commodore of Convoys
Dean, Michael John Norman Son of Sir John Norman Dean (1899-1988), and Ivy Dorothy Andrews (1901?-). Married ...; ... children (one son?).	25.05.1925 Bromley district, Kent - 21.01.1969 Rotorua, New Zealand	Midsh. 01.09.1942 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1944 S.Lt. 23.10.1944, seniority 16.04.1944 Lt. 16.01.1946 (Emgcy List 12.10.1952)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.01.1939- 28.07.1942; Admiralty No. 51; Exmouth House; Cadet Captain "Drake"1941). 01.09.1942 - 28.01.1945 HMS Cumberland (Kent class cruiser) 29.01.1945 - 17.03.1945 HMS Unruffled (U class submarine) 18.03.1945 - 20.12.1945 HMS Upright (U class submarine) 21.12.1945 - 25.09.1947 HMS Sirdar (S class submarine) 26.09.1947 - (10.1947) HMS Montclare (submarine depot ship) ... - ... ...
Dearden, Lionel Humphrey Lucas Son of Cdr. R.L. Dearden, RN, and Hilda Marjory Ward-Humphrey, of Winterbourne Houghton, Blandford, Dorsetshire. Husband of Phyllis Gordon Dearden.	(09?).1917 Knaresborough district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 27.10.1940 (KIA) [age 23] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 37, column 1]	Prob. S.Lt. 29.07.1939	(09.1939)     short course of instruction 1939 - 1940 HMS Campbell (destroyer) * 19.08.1940 - 23.09.1940 submarine course [HMS Dolphin] 24.09.1940 - 27.10.1940 HMS H 49 (submarine) [tender to HMS Elfin] (killed when ship was sunk by German surface force near Terschelling, the Netherlands, 18.10.1940) * (04.1940) indexed, but not listed as such
Dearden, Richard Lionel Married ((06?).1914, Knaresborough district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Hilda Marjory Ward-Humphrey (? - 1964); three sons, one daughter (son S.Lt. Lionel Humphrey Lucas Dearden, RN).	16.07.1883 Medway district, Kent - 01.02.1955 Hampshire	Prob. S.Lt. 01.07.1911 S.Lt. 13.01.1913, seniority 01.07.1911 Lt. 01.09.1913 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1921 (retd 16.07.1923; own request) Cdr. (retd) 16.07.1923 (reverted to retd < 04.1946)	01.09.1913     entered RN (01.1919)     HMS Castor (light cruiser) (04.1940)     no appointment listed 29.04.1940 - (07.1945) HMS Beaver (RN base, Humber) (initially for miscellaneous duties, later for duty at Grimsby base) Published: The autobiography of a crook (1925); Christopher Parkins, RN (1925); Jim of the "Valfreya" (1925); Ships that pass ... (1930); Watch on deck (1934; memoirs); A seafarer's harvest (1935); Maiden voyage (1938); Care of the Commander (1939); Great circle trek (1939).
Debenham, Alan James "Jim" Son of Horace Allan Debenham (1864-1951), and Maude Constance Debenham (1874-1951). Unmarried.	21.05.1905 Presteigne, Knighton district, Radnorshire, Wales - 08.03.1987 Isle of Man	Midsh. 15.05.1923 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1925 S.Lt. 30.03.1926 Lt. 30.10.1927 Lt.Cdr. 30.10.1935 (retd 1945?) A/Cdr. 15.01.1942 to (08.1942) Cdr. (retd) 1945? DSC 11.09.1940 courage in recent engagements [investiture 14.02.1942] MID 14.01.1941 leading attack on Maritza 04.09.1940	15.01.1919     entered RN ... - ... ... 04.04.1937 - (05.)1939 School of Naval Co-operation, RAF Station Ford, nr Arundel, Sussex [HMS Victory] 06.1939 - (12.)1941 Commanding Officer, 824 Squadron FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] (DSC, despatches) 05.01.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) 15.01.1943 - (12.1943) instructional staff, HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad) (04.1944)     HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad) * (06.1944)     no appointment listed 05.07.1944 - (10.1944) instructional staff, HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) (01.1945) - (07.1945) HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Delamore, Adrian Rhodes Son of A.W. Delamore. Married (1950) Joan Louise Mizen, daughter of Edward Ernest Mizen and Daisy Cochrane; three sons. Once of Waiheke Island.	04.11.1924 Auckland, New Zealand - 01.1987	Cadet 01.05.1942 Midsh. 01.01.1943 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1944 S.Lt. 01.08.1945, seniority 01.04.1944 Lt. 15.04.1946, seniority 01.12.1945 (retd 1950)	Education: Wanganui Collegiate School (1937-1941).       served Far East, Mediterranean, Atlantic, Russian convoys, later Palestine: 01.05.1942     special entry cadet (under the Dominion Scheme) (02.1943)     no appointment listed 05.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Mauritius (cruiser) 06.05.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Meteor (destroyer) (10.1944) - (01.1945) no appointment listed 02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Battler (escort carrier) (04.1946)     HMS President III (accounting base) * 03.04.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Chaplet (05.1949)     HMNZS Philomel * 06.06.1949 - (05.1950) HMNZS Tamaki Farmer. * indexed, but not listed as such
Deneys, James Godfrey Wood Son of late J.P. Deneys and Mrs Myburgh. Married ((09?).1920, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Nora Winifred Mackenzie (died 04.03.1967); two sons.	30.07.1897 - 25.10.1962 [Hayling Island, Hampshire ?]	S.Lt. 15.09.1917 A/Lt. ? Lt. 14.01.1922, seniority 15.02.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1927 (retd 30.07.1942) A/Cdr. ? Cdr. (retd) 30.07.1942 DSO 06.05.1941 sinking of U100, U99? & U29 OBE 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 1945 Geo I 15.12.1942 escorting King to UK	Education: Haileybury. 01.02.1916 joined RN 1916 - 1917 HMS Shannon 1918 HMS Tormentor 1918 - 1931 served in submarines: ? - (01.1919) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 02.02.1923 - (08.1923) First Lieutenant, HMS L 18 (submarine) [tender to HMS Lucia] 15.10.1924 - (05.)1926 Commanding Officer, HMS R 10 (submarine) (Portland) 20.07.1926 - (07.)1927 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) 07.11.1927 - (06.)1928 HMS Champion (cruiser) (Portsmouth) 11.08.1928 - (04.)1930 Commanding Officer, HMS L 52 (submarine) 01.04.1930 - (08.)1930 in command of Group "M" Submarines in Reserve at Portsmouth [HMS L 14 (submarine)] (10.1930)    no appointment listed 11.1930 - (02.1931) Commanding Officer, HMS L 23 (submarine) (Mediterranean) (01.1932) no appointment listed 30.07.1932 - (06.)1933 Commanding Officer, HMS Vidette (destroyer) (Home Fleet) (01.1934) no appointment listed 05.04.1934 - (11.)1934 HMS Effingham (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 19.12.1934 - (02.)1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Tyrant (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth & Portsmouth Local Destroyer Flotilla) 08.05.1938 - (02.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Danae (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 09.02.1939 - 15.12.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Vanoc (destroyer) 30.12.1941 - (07.1945) Assistant to Naval Assistants to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] (04.1946) no appointment listed
Denham, Henry Mangles Son of Henry Mangles Denham and Helen Clara Lowndes. Married (1924) Estelle Margaret Sibbald Currie; one son, two daughters.	09.09.1897 Harrow - 15.07.1993 London	Lt. 15.09.1918 Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1926 Cdr. 30.06.1932 (retd 09.09.1947) A/Capt.  28.12.1939? CMG 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 1945 OON 13.08.1946 services to the Netherlands * ChrX ? services to Denmark Hkn 26.08.1947 services to Norway * same award gazetted at 02.11.1948	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (1910-...) 10.1910     entered RN 1914 - 1915 Midshipman, HMS Agamemnon (battleship) (Dardanelles) 1915? - 1917? HMS Racoon (destroyer) occupation of the Rhine in HM Rhine Flotilla 1919 on a year's course at Magdalene College, Cambridge [HMS President] 1921 HMS Renown (cruiser) (round the world cruise with the Prince of Wales) HMS Centurion (battleship) (Mediterranean) spent a brief period in Austria in order to learn German 01.09.1924 - 1926 Divisional Officer, HMS Impregnable (boys' training ship at Devonport) 28.04.1926 - (07.)1927 Flag Lieutenant[-Commander] to Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 20.09.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 30.11.1929 - (04.1930) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 27.05.1930 - (01.1932) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) (09.1932) no appointment listed 19.04.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship) (for Fort Blockhouse) 15.01.1935 - (07.1935) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich 16.01.1936 - (04.)1939 Commander [= Executive Officer], HMS Penelope (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 1939 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (08.1939) no appointment listed 28.12.1939 - (04.)1940 Naval Attaché, Scandinavian Countries (Copenhagen, Denmark) [HMS President] 21.05.1940 - 1947 Naval Attaché, Stockholm (Sweden) [HMS President] Published: The Aegean, 1963, 5th edn 1983; Eastern Mediterranean, 1964; The Adriatic, 1967; The Tyrrhenian Sea, 1969; The Ionian Islands to Rhodes, 1972; Southern Turkey, the Levant and Cyprus, 1973; Ionian Islands to Anatolian Coast, 1982; Dardanelles : a Midshipman's Diary, 1915-16 (1981); Inside the Nazi Ring : a Naval Attaché in Sweden 1940-1945, 1984
Denison, Edward Conyngham Only son of late Captain Hon. Henry Denison, and grandson of 1st Lord Londesborough; cousin and heir­presumptive to 6th Baron Londesborough. Mrried (1919) Betty, youngest daughter of late Sir Charles Heaton Ellis, CBE; (one son killed in action, 1945), one daughter.	06.09.1888 - 13.11.1960 [London ?}	... ... Lt. 01.10.1910 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1918 Cdr. 31.12.1924 Capt.  31.12.1931 (retd 09.07.1941) (dispersed 18.08.1945)  (reverted to retd 14.10.1945) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 12.08.1941-09.07.1944 Cdre. 2nd cl. 20.08.1944-18.08.1945 MVO 1931 ? MID 03.10.1944 3 years ocean convoys	Education: HMS Britannia 15.05.1903     entered RN 1914 - 1918 served European War 21.12.1922 - (01.1925) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 15.06.1925 - (07.1927) Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty 26.08.1927 - (08.1929) Executive Officer, HMS Lowestoft (cruiser) (Africa) 15.01.1930 - (01.1932) Executive Officer, HM Yacht Victoria and Albert 25.03.1932 - (01.1934) HMS Bideford (sloop) (Persian Gulf) 01.10.1934 - (02.1936) Deputy Director of Personal Services (Manning), Admiralty [HMS President] 21.10.1936 - (07.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Malabar (steam pinnacle; for RN Barracks) & in charge of HM Naval Establishments, Bermuda (02.1938) - (10.1938) no appointment listed 16.12.1938 - (02.1939) HMS President I (for miscellaneous service at Admiralty) 10.02.1939 - 04.06.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) & as Flag Captain & [until 24.07.1940] Chief Staff Officer to Vice-Admiral-in-Charge, Malta 12.08.1941 - 09.05.1944 Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for Liverpool Convoy Pool)] (as Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR) 10.05.1944 - 27.05.1944 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) (additional; for Convoy Pool)] (as Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR) 28.05.1944 - 09.07.1944 HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) (additional; for Convoy Pool)] (as Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR) 10.07.1944 - 19.08.1944 HMS Victory IV (additional; for disposal) 20.08.1944 - 21.06.1945 lent to RIN as Commodore Bay of Bengal (as Cdre. 2nd cl.) 22.06.1945 - 18.08.1945 HMS Victory (additional; for disposal) (as Cdre. 2nd cl.)
Denison, Keith Baird   Son of ... Denison, and ... Hunter. Married ((12?).1954, Romford district, Essex) Evelyn M. Parrish.	09.1926 West Ham district, Essex - 29.02.2012	Cadet (E) 09.09.1944 Midsh. (E) 01.01.1945 S.Lt. (E) 01.12.1945 A/Lt. (E) 01.12.1946 Lt. (E) 01.1949, seniority 01.02.1947 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.02.1955 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1963 Capt. (E) 31.12.1972 (retd 26.09.1981)	Education: Britannia RN College (evacuated to Eaton Hall, Chester). (10.1944) - (10.1947) no appointment listed: completed Engineering training at RN Engineering College, Keyham; which included serving in HMS Birmingham, HMS Bellona and HMS Solebay in 1946 10.05.1948 - 1949 HMS Norfolk (based in Trincomalee) 1949 - 1951 RN College, Greenwich 1951 - 1952 HMS Mauritius (based at Trincomalee)       on board HMS Campania (command ship for Operation Hurricane) for testing of the first British atomic bomb on the Monte Bello Islands off western Australia 1953 - 1955 Engineer-in-Chief's department at Admiralty,  Bath (working on tools of gas turbine propulsion) 1955 - 1957 HMS Ark Royal 1957? - 1961 Senior Marine Engineer at RN Engineering College, Manadon 1961 - 1963 Assistant Inspector Flight Deck Machinery Section at Admiralty, Bath 1964 - 1967 submarine development (ASR1 Diesel engine) at Chatham Dockyard 1967 - 1968 Naval Air Department, Bedford 06.02.1969 - (02.)1970 M.E.O. [= Mechanical Engineer Officer?], HMS Eagle       Project Manager for de-activation of HMS Albion and HMS Eagle, conversion of HMS Hermes to assault ship and HMS Ark Royal refit 1974 - 1976 Captain Fleet Maintenance and Chief Staff Officer (E) to FOSNI at Cochrane 1976 - 1978 Admiralty, Bath 1978 - 1979 oversaw transfer of Fleet Maintenance from Commander-in-Chief Fleet to the Fleet Maintenance Base Devonport 1979 - 1981 Planning Manager including a period as Aide-de-Camp to the Queen in Scotland 1979-07.07.1981. AMIMarE, MIMechE. * indexed, but not listed as such