Aubrey Fergusson
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24.06.1968
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| Capt. (E) | 31.12.1938 (retd 07.12.1945) (reverted to retd 02.10.1949) |
| ... | - | ... | ... |
| 19.07.1944 | - | 07.12.1945 | also: Naval ADC to the King |
| ... | - | ... | ... |
Edmund Rodenhurst
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29.11.1975
| Midsh. | 15.05.1913 |
| A/S.Lt. | 15.09.1915 |
| S.Lt. | 15.04.1916 |
| A/Lt. | 15.05.1917 |
| Lt. | ?, seniority 15.02.1917 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 15.02.1925 (retd 24.08.1931) |
| Cdr. (retd) | 30.12.1935 (dispersed 11.09.1945) (reverted to retd 07.11.1945) |
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| 25.08.1939 | - | 29.02.1940 | HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Naval Intelligence Division) (as Lt.Cdr.) |
| 01.03.1940 | - | 03.06.1941 | HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty at Coastal Command HQ) |
| 04.06.1941 | - | 11.09.1945 | Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty at Coastal Command HQ as Naval Officer of staff of Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief) |
Gerald Roberts
"Mickey"
Son of Alfred Archer Dolan, and Violet Edgeworth Hanrick, of Milan, Italy.
His brother Capt. Henry Eric Dolan, a World War I flying ace, was killed in that war.
Married (01.06.1932, St Patrick's Church, Sliema, Malta) Yvonne Mackenzie Hardy, edler daughter of Capt. H.N.M. Hardy, DSO, RN, and Mrs J.F. Hardy, of Haywards Heath; ... children (one son?).
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14.10.1981
Brighton district, East Sussex
| A/S.Lt. | 15.05.1921 |
| S.Lt. | 15.05.1921 |
| Lt. | 11.03.1924, seniority 15.10.1922 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 15.10.1930 |
| Cdr. (retd) | 10.07.1943 |
| A/Capt. (retd) | 01.10.1953? |
| Capt. (retd) | ? |
| special entry cadet | |||
| (09?).1921 | HMS Valiant (battleship) | ||
| (08.1923) | short course of instruction | ||
| 15.05.1924 | - | 16.11.1925 | HMS Calliope (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| 04.12.1925 | - | 03.12.1927 | HMS Tiger (battlecruiser; seagoing gunnery firing ship, Portsmouth) |
| 05.01.1928 | - | 05.1929 | qualifying for gunnery duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Excellent] |
| 23.05.1929 | - | 10.1929 | HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) |
| 10.1929 | - | 19.11.1929 | HMS Curlew (cruiser) |
| 20.11.1929 | - | 08.05.1930 | HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) |
| 09.05.1930 | - | 02.06.1930 | HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (additional; temporary) |
| 03.06.1930 | - | (09.1932) | Gunnery Officer, HMS Codrington (flotilla leader, 3rd Destroyer Flotilla) |
| 09.01.1933 | - | (01.)1934 | HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) |
| 08.01.1934 | - | (07.)1935 | Gunnery Officer, HMS Valiant (battleship) (Home Fleet) |
| 25.07.1935 | - | (01.)1937 | Gunnery Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean, Home waters) |
| 13.01.1937 | - | (07.)1937 | Gunnery Officer, HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Devonport) |
| 19.07.1937 | - | (08.)1938 | HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) |
| 05.09.1938 | - | (07.)1948 | Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 05.09.1938 | - | (10.)1940 | an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, initially at Woolwich, then Sheffield Area, finally Sheffield Area (Leeds) |
| 27.12.1940 | - | (08.)1943 | a Naval Ordnance Inspecting Officer, Crombie Area (RNA Depot) |
| 17.09.1943 | - | (10.1944) | a Deputy Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Birmingham Area (Birmingham) |
| (01.1945) | - | (04.1946) | detached for special duties |
| 25.03.1947 | - | (10.1947) | a Deputy Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Trincomalee |
| ? | - | (07.)1948 | a Deputy Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Woolwich (temporarily) |
| 22.11.1948 | - | (05.1950) | Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 01.10.1953 | - | 13.06.1954 | Director, Naval Armaments Inspectorate India [HMS President] |
| 14.06.1954 | - | (01.1957) | Director, Naval Armaments Inspectorate India [HMS Bluejacket] * |
* (01.1959) & (07.1961) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
George Verner Motley
Son of Capt. George Manaton Dolphin, RN (1856-1929), and Anne Clare Savory (1864-1945).
Married ((09?).1926, Midhurst district, Sussex) Phyllis Margaret Dickinson (23.09.1903 - 23.09.1974); one son.
Residence: (1944) Fernhurst, Sussex.
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Bournemouth, Poole district, Dorset
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10.07.1979
Ewell, Surrey
| Midsh. | 15.05.1920 |
| A/S.Lt. | 15.09.1922 |
| S.Lt. | 1924?, seniority 15.06.1923 |
| Lt. | 15.07.1925 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 15.07.1933 |
| Cdr. | 30.06.1940 |
| A/Capt. | 06.1944? |
| Capt. | 30.06.1945 |
| R.Adm. | 07.01.1955 (retd 30.10.1958) |
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CB | 01.01.1957 | New Year 1957 [investiture 12.02.1957] |
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DSO | 14.11.1944 | Operation Neptune (Normandy landings 06.1944) [investiture 03.07.1945] |
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MID | 01.01.1942 | New Year 1942: Malta convoys |
| 05.1916 | joined RN | ||
| 03.01.1923 | - | (08.1923) | promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] |
| (01.1925) | no appointment listed | ||
| 15.07.1925 | - | (10?.)1926 | HMS Montrose (flotilla leader, 1st Destroyer Flotilla) (Mediterranean) |
| 21.10.1926 | - | 01.12.1926 | HMS Victory (additional; for unemployed time) |
| 01.12.1926 | - | 22.11.1927 | First Lieutenant, HMS Winchester (destroyer) (Portsmouth) |
| 23.11.1927 | - | 01.1930 | First Lieutenant, HMS Walker (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| 02.01.1930 | - | 28.02.1930 | HMS Vivid (additional; for unemployed time) |
| 01.03.1930 | - | 22.11.1931 | Term Lieutenant, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] |
| 25.01.1932 | - | (08.)1934 | First Lieutenant, HMS Crusader (destroyer) (Home Fleet) |
| (11.1934) | no appointment listed | ||
| 08.12.1934 | - | 13.01.1935 | passage to Australia per "Ormonde" |
| 14.01.1935 | - | 05.02.1937 | on naval staff, Royal Australian Naval College [HMAS Cerberus] [on loan to RAN as Exchange Officer] |
| 06.02.1937 | - | 1937 | passage to UK per "Melbourne Star" |
| 14.07.1937 | - | (06.)1940 | HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (Northern Patrol) |
| 19.07.1940 | - | 16.06.1942 | Executive Officer, HMS Hermione (cruiser) (Malta convoys) [ship torpedoed and sunk by U-205 south of Crete] |
| (08.1942) | no appointment listed | ||
| 16.09.1942 | - | (12.1943) | Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services) |
| 12.01.1943 | - | (04.)1944 | HMS Ramillies (battleship) (East Africa) |
| 01?/02?.1943 | - | 07.1943 | Commanding Officer * |
| 07.1943 | - | (04.)1944 | Executive Officer |
| (06.1944) | - | (07.1945) | no appointment listed |
| 06.1944 | Senior Officer Assault Group G3 & Naval Officer-in-Charge, "Gold" beach area, Normandy landings [HQ ship HMS Albrighton, on the books of HMS Mastodon] | ||
| 19.09.1945 | - | (04.)1946 | Commanding Officer, HMS Merganser (RN Air Station, Rattray) |
| 11.1946 | - | 1948 | Assistant Director of Naval Equipment, Admiralty (Bath) [HMS President] |
| (07.1948) | no appointment listed | ||
| 18.12.1948 | - | (05.)1950 | Deputy Superintendent, Captain of the Dockyard and King's Harbour Master, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
| 01.05.1951 | - | (05.)1953 | Senior Officer (Afloat), New Zealand Navy & Commanding Officer, HMNZS Bellona & HMNZS Black Prince |
| 1953 | - | 1954 | Commodore, Harwich |
| 07.07.1954 | - | 07.01.1955 | also: Naval ADC to the Queen |
| 06.10.1954 | - | 15.10.1958 | Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Chatham |
William Thomas
Son (with three brothers and three sisters) of David Dommett (1857-1933), a (general) labourer, and Fanny Hansford (1860-1928), a beer retailer.
Married ((06?).1911, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Alice Eliza L. Harding (09.11.1886 - (09?).1974); one son.
Residence: (1917) Copnor, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
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Portsea, Portsmouth district, Hampshire
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19.04.1972
Birmingham district, Warwickshire
* Registered as year of birth 1883 upon joining the Navy
| Boy 2nd class | 01.01.1899 [202860] |
| Boy 1st class | 12.10.1899 |
| Ordinary Seaman | 26.04.1901 |
| Able Seaman | 19.10.1902 |
| Leading Seaman | 06.12.1909 |
| Petty Officer (New Scheme) | 01.01.1914 |
| A/Boatsw. | 25.06.1917 |
| Boatsw. | 22.08.1918, seniority 25.06.1917 |
| Cd.Boatsw. | 25.06.1927 (retd 01.04.1937; re-employed for home "shore and harbour service" appointment) |
| Lt. (retd) | 01.04.1937 |
| Lt.Cdr. (retd) | 01.09.1941 (dispersal 21.06.1946) (reld 03.09.1946) (reverted to retd 04.09.1946) |
| 01.01.1899 | - | 27.06.1900 | HMS St Vincent (training ship) |
| 28.06.1900 | - | 12.09.1900 | HMS Agincourt (ironclad frigate) |
| 13.09.1900 | - | 11.11.1901 | HMS St George (cruiser) |
| 12.11.1901 | - | 02.04.1902 | HMS Australia (cruiser) |
| 03.04.1902 | - | 19.07.1902 | HMS Aboukir (armoured cruiser) |
| 20.07.1902 | - | 17.09.1902 | HMS Cruizer (sloop) |
| 18.09.1902 | - | 08.10.1905 | HMS Aboukir (armoured cruiser) |
| 09.10.1905 | - | 31.01.1905 | HMS Excellent (training establishment, Whale Island, Portsmouth) |
| 01.02.1905 | - | 04.02.1905 | HMS Firequeen? (general depot, Portsmouth) [hard to read] |
| 05.02.1905 | - | 11.10.1907 | HMS Powerful? (cruiser) [hard to read] |
| 12.10.1907 | - | 10.11.1907 | HMS Europa (cruiser) |
| 11.11.1907 | - | 19.11.1907 | HMS Edgar (cruiser) |
| 20.11.1907 | - | 16.05.1908 | HMS Excellent (training establishment, Whale Island, Portsmouth) |
| 17.05.1908 | - | 21.12.1908 | HMS Victory I (RN base, Portsmouth) |
| 22.12.1908 | - | 26.03.1909 | HMS Prince George (battleship) |
| 29.03.1909 | - | 31.07.1911 | HMS King Edward VII (battleship) |
| 01.08.1911 | - | 31.08.1911 | HMS Ariadne (cruiser) |
| 01.09.1911 | - | 06.09.1911 | HMS Terrible (armoured cruiser) |
| 07.09.1911 | - | 20.12.1911 | HMS Jupiter (battleship) |
| 21.12.1911 | - | 10.01.1912 | HMS Victory I (RN base, Portsmouth) |
| 11.01.1912 | - | 29.04.1912 | HMS Ariadne (cruiser) |
| 30.04.1912 | - | 08.06.1912 | HMS Crescent (cruiser) |
| 09.06.1912 | - | 30.06.1912 | HMS Ariadne (cruiser) |
| 01.07.1912 | - | 14.08.1912 | HMS Royal Arthur (cruiser) |
| 15.08.1912 | - | 13.11.1912 | HMS Victory I (RN base, Portsmouth) |
| 14.11.1912 | - | 31.03.1914 | HMS Princess Royal (battlecruiser) |
| 01.04.1914 | - | 11.10.1914 | HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) |
| 12.10.1914 | - | 24.06.1917 | HMS Emperor of India (battleship) |
| 25.06.1917 | - | 17.07.1917 | HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) |
| 17.07.1917 | - | 07.1919 | HMS Hyacinth (cruiser) (additional; on commissioning) |
| 20.11.1919 | - | 29.09.1920 | HMS Temeraire (battleship) (for QDD) (to be discharged to depot) |
| 15.03.1921 | - | 02.07.1922 | HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for [Antrim??.... illegible]) |
| 03.07.1922 | - | 03.07.1924 | HMS Ettrick (fishery protection trawler) [tender to HMS Harebell (fishery protection cruiser (sloop))] |
| 26.11.1924 | - | 25.11.1926 | HMS Fisgard (depot for training of artificer apprentices, Portsmouth) |
| (02.1927) | no appointment listed | ||
| 30.04.1927 | - | 10.1928 | HMS Garry (fishery protection gunboat (trawler)) [tender to HMS Harebell (fishery protection cruiser (sloop))] |
| 10.1928 | - | 28.06.1929 | HMS Cherwell (fishery protection gunboat (trawler)) [tender to HMS Harebell (fishery protection cruiser (sloop))] |
| 19.08.1929 | - | 09.1932 | HM Dockyard, Malta [HMS Egmont] (for duty with Captain of Dockyard as Master Rigger [vice Cd.Boatsw. C.L. Scarlett]) |
| 09.1932 | - | 07.02.1933 | HM Dockyard, Malta [HMS Egmont] (for duty with Captain of Dockyard [vice Cd.Boatsw. E.E. Kay]) |
| 10.04.1933 | - | 10.04.1935 | HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) |
| 15.06.1935 | - | 25.08.1935 | HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (additional; for fleet target service [vice Boatsw. C. Tredray]) |
| 26.08.1935 | - | 07.10.1935 | Commanding Officer, HMS Widnes (twin screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean) [tender to HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] (temporarily; whilst ship is serving on harbour duties only) |
| 07.10.1935 | - | 17.07.1936 | Commanding Officer, HMS Westgate (boom gate vessel) (Mediterranean) [tender to HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] |
| 18.07.1936 | - | (04?).1937 | HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (additional; for fleet target service) |
| 23.11.1937 | - | 17.01.1938 | HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) [vice Boatsw. W.L. Bawler] |
| 18.01.1938 | - | 10.06.1938 | RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] [vice Boatsw. W.E.J. Dolphin] |
| 11.06.1938 | - | 01.07.1938 | HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (additional; for boom defence course) |
| 24.09.1938 | - | 01.06.1939 | HMS Victory (additional; for Boom Defence Depot, Gosport, for training) |
| 02.06.1939 | - | 09.07.1939 | HMS Gloucester II (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (additional) |
| 10.07.1939 | - | (08.)1943 | Boom Defence Depot, Colombo, Ceylon [HMS Gloucester II, from 01.04.1940 HMS Lanka] |
| (10.)1943 | - | 17.02.1944 | HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth) (additional, not to join, on relief) [in Navy List shown without appointment] |
| 18.02.1944 | - | 14.04.1944 | HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth) (additional, for boom refresher course) |
| 15.04.1944 | - | 21.06.1946 | HMS Victory III (accounting base, Woolley Park, Wantage, Berkshire, by late 1945 Portsmouth; additional, for boom defence special duties [possibly at HMS Belfast (cruiser) when the atomic bombs were dropped 09.1945)] |
George Robert Anderson
Married ((09?).1946, New Forest district, Hampshire) Betty Joan Tibbatts (died 04.09.2009).
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08.07.1978
Tonbridge district, Kent
[buried at St Peter & St Paul Graveyard, Seal, NW Plot, row 4, plot 7]
| ... | ... |
| Lt. | 01.06.1936 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 01.06.1944 (retd 05.08.1959; granted war substantive rank of Cdr.) |
| A/Cdr. | ? |
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DSC | 08.09.1942 | Malta convoy 22.03.1942 [investiture 23.11.1943] |
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| (04.1940) | HMS Sandwich (sloop) * | ||
| 31.07.1940 | - | (10.)1940 | Navigating Officer, HMS Keppel (destroyer) & for Flotilla navigating duties |
| 13.10.1940 | - | (02.)1941 | navigating duties, HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) |
| 18.03.1941 | - | (10.)1943 | Navigating Officer, HMS Euryalus (cruiser) |
| 29.11.1943 | - | (01.)1945 | Assistant Navigating Officer, HMS Nigeria (cruiser) |
| (07.1945) | no appointment listed | ||
| 09.10.1945 | - | (04.1946) | Navigating Officer, HMS Theseus |
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Robert William Douglas
Son of William Gilbert Don and Jeannette Elizabeth Edith Grizel Don, of Maulesden, Brechin, Angus.
Forfar district, Angus, Scotland
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20.01.1942
(KIA)
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 62, column 1]
| Cadet | 01.05.1937 |
| Midsh. | 01.05.1938 |
| A/S.Lt. | 01.01.1940 |
| S.Lt. | 07.1940, seniority 01.08.1939 |
| Lt. | 10.1941, seniority 16.06.1941 |
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DSC | 20.01.1942 | 5 war patrols Mediterranean 02-07.1941 [presented to next-of-kin] |
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DSC | 05.05.1942 | 3 war patrols Mediterranean autumn 1941 [presented to next-of-kin] |
| 01.05.1937 | - | 01.05.1938 | special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) |
| 01.05.1938 | - | (12.1939) | HMS Exeter (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) |
| 01.01.1940 | - | (06.)1940 | HMS Exeter (cruiser) |
| 17.06.1940 | - | (08.)1940 | submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] |
| 22.08.1940 | - | 20.01.1942 | HMS Triumph (submarine) (sunk in the Aegean) |
Colin George Walter
Son of Thomas W. and Sarah Gertrude Donald, of Grendon, Sitrling.
Married (19.12.1936, Chelsea district, London) Kyriena Andreeva, daughter of the late Nicholas Andreev, Staff Captain & Engineer Officer Imperial Russian Navy, and Anna Jerebtzova-Andreeva, Professor of Singing at the St Petersburg Conservatoire; ... children (one son?).
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23.05.1940
Dover (died of wounds received in action at Boulogne)
[age 35]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 3]
| Midsh. | 15.05.1922 |
| A/S.Lt. | 15.09.1924 |
| S.Lt. | 30.05.1925 |
| Lt. | 28.02.1927 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 28.02.1935 |
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MID | 27.08.1940 | French coast 05.1940 [posthumously] |
| 15.01.1918 | entered RN | ||
| 15.05.1922 | - | (08.1923) | HMS Malaya (battleship) |
| 01.01.1925 | - | (01.1925) | promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] |
| 01.03.1926 | - | 22.03.1928 | HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean) |
| HMS Restless (destroyer) | |||
| (04.1928) | - | (06.1928) | no appointment listed |
| 06.1928 | - | (04.)1930 | HMS Barham (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| 26.07.1930 | - | (01)1933 | HMS Versatile (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet & Home Fleet) |
| 01.1933 | - | (06.)1933 | HMS President (additional; for study of foreign languages; for 6 months' study in Germany) (qualified as interpreter in German 06.1933) |
| 19.08.1933 | - | (07.1935) | First Lieutenant, HMS Milford (sloop) (Africa) |
| 14.01.1936 | - | (10.)1936 | staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] |
| 18.12.1936 | - | (04.)1939 | Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station [HMS York (cruiser)] |
| (05.1939) | no appointment listed | ||
| 06.07.1939 | - | (09.)1939 | HMS Iron Duke (training ship, Portsmouth) |
| 08.11.1939 | - | 23.05.1940 | Commanding Officer, HMS Vimy (destroyer) |
William Spooner
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Keswick, Cumberland
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15.04.2002
Cockermouth, Cumberland
| Midsh. | 01.05.1928 |
| A/S.Lt. | 01.09.1930 |
| S.Lt. | 16.01.1931 |
| Lt. | 16.01.1933 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 16.01.1941 (retd 30.05.1949; medically unfit) |
| A/Cdr. | 28.06.1945 |
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DSC | 25.06.1940 | Norwegian coast [investiture 08.04.1941] |
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DSC | 01.02.1944 | destroyer action 03.10.1943 [investiture 12.12.1944] |
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| 29.05.1939 | - | (12.1940) | HMS Black Swan (Black Swan class sloop) (DSC) |
| 28.01.1941 | - | 11.07.1941 | Commanding Officer, HMS Guillemot (Kingfisher class patrol vessel) |
| 12.07.1941 | - | 04.05.1943 | Commanding Officer, HMS Verdun (V & W class destroyer) |
| 27.05.1943 | - | 25.10.1944 | Commanding Officer, HMS Ulster (U class destroyer) (Bar to DSC, despatches) |
| 18.11.1944 | - | (04.)1945 | HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) |
| 28.06.1945 | - | (04.1946) | Executive Officer, HMS Glengyle (landing ship, infantry) |
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Charles Montague
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Macclesfield district, Cheshire
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08.11.1984
Oxford district, Oxfordshire
| Midsh. | 15.09.1925 |
| A/S.Lt. | ? |
| S.Lt. | 25.09.1929, seniority 16.07.1928 |
| Lt. | 16.10.1929 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 16.10.1937 |
| Cdr. | 30.06.1940 (retd 01.11.1957) |
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OBE | 01.01.1957 | New Year 1957 [investiture 05.03.1957] |
| 15.04.1927 | - | (07.1927) | HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| 05.06.1929 | - | (08.1929) | HMS Woolston (destroyer) (Mediterranean) |
| 08.1929 | - | (02.1931) | HMS Amazon (destroyer) (Mediterranean) |
| (01.1932) | no appointment listed | ||
| 28.04.1932 | - | (09.1932) | torpedo course, HMS Vernon |
| 17.06.1933 | - | (01.1934) | HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (miscellaneous duties) |
| 04.07.1934 | - | (02.1936) | Torpedo Officer, HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
| 14.03.1936 | - | (02.1938) | Instructional Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) |
| 27.06.1938 | - | (04.1940) | Commanding Officer, MTB No. 1 & SO 1st MTB Flotilla [HMS Vulcan (Coastal Forces depot ship)] (Mediterranean & Felixstowe) |
| 10.09.1940 | - | (02.1941) | Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 15.07.1942 | - | (12.1943) | HMS Vernon (RN establishment, Brighton) |
| 27.03.1944 | - | (07.1945) | Commander, HMS Berwick (cruiser) |
| 28.02.1946 | - | (04.1946) | HMS Defiance III (torpedo school ship, Devonport) |
| 01.03.1948 | - | (05.1950) | HMS President (for miscellaneous services) |
| 28.05.1951 | - | (01.1956) | Staff Officer (Operations) to Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President] |
Rickard Charlie
Son of Richard Donovan, JP, DL, of Ballymore, Camolin, co. Wexford.
Married (1926) Edith Margaret, daughter of Alexander MacKay, of Glencruitton, Oban, Argyll.
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12.09.1952
St Marylebone district, London
| A/S.Lt. | 15.11.1916 |
| S.Lt. | 15.07.1917 |
| A/Lt. | 15.03.1918 |
| Lt. | 15.04.1919 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 15.04.1927 (retd 08.06.1927; medically unfit) |
| Cdr. (retd) | 28.04.1938 |
| A/Capt. (retd) | 12.08.1943 (dispersal 13.03.1946) (reverted to retd 09.05.1946) (granted War Substantive rank of Capt.) |
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CBE | 14.06.1945 | HM's birthday 1945 [investiture 20.05.1947] |
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LoP | 1944? | Operation Neptune (Normandy invasion 06.1944) |
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LM | 28.05.1946 | ? |
| 01.1911 | entered RN | ||
| served European War in Persian Gulf, Suez Canal, and Dardanelles | |||
| 18.04.1922 | - | (08.1923) | HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (additional) |
| 01.11.1924 | - | 31.08.1926 | HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| 17.07.1940 | - | 01?.1946 | HMS President (additional; for duty within Admiralty): |
| 17.07.1940 | - | 26.01.1941 | with Director of Combined Operations (to serve in rank of Lt.Cdr.) |
| 27.01.1941 | - | 14.06.1942 | with Training and Staff Duties Division (Combined Operations Section) (to serve in rank of Lt.Cdr., from 14.07.1941 Cdr.) |
| 15.06.1942 | - | 11.08.1943 | with Director of Plans, Plans Division (Q) Section (to serve in rank of Cdr.) |
| 12.08.1943 | - | 16.12.1943 | as Assistant Director of Plans (Combined Operations), Plans Division (to serve in acting rank of Capt.) |
| 17.12.1943 | - | 01?.1946 | as Deputy Director of Combined Operations Division (to serve in acting rank of Capt.) |
| 01?.1946 | - | 13.03.1946 | HMS Victory IV (additional; not to join) |
Andrew Edward [Peter]
Elder son of Mr & Mrs A.E. Doran.
Married ((12?).1946, Surrey Mid Eastern district) Caroline Sara Backus, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs J. Backus, of Ashtead, Surrey; ... children (one daughter, one son?).
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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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19.01.1975
St Marylebone district, London
| Seaman | ? [J106957] |
| A/Mate | 01.12.1930 |
| A/S.Lt. | 1930? |
| S.Lt. | 03.12.1931, seniority 01.12.1930 |
| Lt. | 01.12.1933 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 01.12.1941 (retd 24.05.1952) |
| A/Cdr. | > 02.1943, < 06.1943 |
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DSC | 02.06.1943 | HM's birthday 1943 [decoration posted] |
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DSC | 20.11.1945 | minesweeping Puket Island, Salang 07.1945 [decoration posted] |
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MID | 22.09.1942 | Operation Harpoon |
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MID | 10.11.1942 | Operation Pedestal |
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MID | 24.07.1945 | destruction U-boat 19.02.1945 |
| 01.01.1931 | - | (02.1931) | Mates course for rank of Lieutenant, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] |
| 01.01.1932 | - | (09.)1932 | HS Warspite (battleship) (Home Fleet) |
| 21.11.1932 | - | (01.)1934 | HMS Winchester (destroyer) (Portsmouth) |
| 08.02.1934 | - | (07.1935) | HMS Bruce (flotilla leader, 4th Submarine Flotilla) (China) |
| (02.1936) | HMS Tern (river gunboat) (China) * | ||
| 23.03.1936 | - | (02.)1937 | HMS Bruce (flotilla leader, 4th Submarine Flotilla) (China) |
| (07.1937) | no appointment listed | ||
| 27.08.1937 | - | 15.10.1940 | HMS Sharpshooter (Halcyon class minesweeper) |
| 27.08.1937 | - | 06.12.1939 | First Lieutenant |
| 06.12.1939 | - | 15.10.1940 | Commanding Officer |
| (10.1940) | no appointment listed | ||
| 10.12.1940 | - | 07.07.1943 | Commanding Officer, HMS Speedy (Halcyon class minesweeper) |
| 07.07.1943 | - | (12.1943) | Commanding Officer, HMS Sharpshooter (Halcyon class minesweeper) |
| (04.1944) | - | (06.1944) | HMS Acute (Algerine class minesweeper) * |
| (10.1944) | no appointment listed | ||
| 09.11.1944 | - | (04.1946) | HMS Recruit (Algerine class minesweeper) (despatches) |
| (07.1945?) | HMS Plucky (Algerine class minesweeper) (Bar to DSC) | ||
| 20.01.1947 | - | (07.)1948 | RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] |
| 25.11.1948 | - | (05.)1949 | HMS Ausonia |
| 01.12.1949 | - | (05.1950) | Staff Officer, London Division RNVR & Commanding Officer, HMS Isis |
* indexed, but not listed as such
Henry Taprell
"Taffrail"
Second son of Col. Francis Dorling, late Royal Sussex Regiment, of Farnborough, Hants.
Brother of V.Adm. James Wilfred Sussex Dorling, CB, RN.
Married (01.09.1909) Evelyne MacDonald (died 1968), daughter of late Roderick MacDonald, Kew, Surrey; one son.
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Duns, Berwickshire
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01.07.1968
Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex
| Midsh. | 15.05.1899 |
| A/S.Lt. | 15.06.1902 |
| S.Lt. | 15.07.1902 |
| Lt. | 31.12.1904 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 03.1914, seniority 31.12.1912 |
| Cdr. | 31.12.1916 (retd 08.09.1929; own request) |
| Capt. (retd) | 08.09.1929 (reactivated 1939) (dispersal 24.06.1946) (reverted to retd 30.08.1946) |
| A/Capt. | 01.06.1943-24.06.1946 |
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DSO | 24.09.1918 | minelaying operations |
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QSAM | - | & clasp Natal |
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ChWM | - | & clasp relief of Pekin |
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14|15 St | - | - |
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BWM 14|20 | - | & clasps Mine laying, Belgian coast, North Sea 1918, Narrow Seas 1917, Narrow Seas 1916, Narrow Seas 1915, North Sea 1914 |
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39|45 St | - | - |
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Afr St | - | - |
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It St | - | - |
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Def M | - | - |
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WM 39|45 | - | - |
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CorM 11 | - | - |
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CorM 53 | - | - |
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LM | 24.10.1944 | North Africa |
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SwLSM | 04.1919 | rescue of crews of Swedish S.V. "Esmeralda" 13.10.1917 |
| 15.09.1897 | entered RN | ||
| served HMS Terrible (South Africa and China, including Relief of Pekin, 1900) | |||
| 01.12.1908 | - | 10.1909 | Commanding Officer, HMS Lynx [tender to HMS Leander] |
| 19.10.1909 | - | 31.10.1911 | Commanding Officer, HMS Leven [tender to HMS Blake, later HMS Hecla] |
| 17.01.1914 | - | 03.11.1914 | First Lieutenant, HMS Patrol & for War Staff duties |
| 03.11.1914 | - | 30.05.1917 | Commanding Officer, HMS Murray (torpedo-boat destroyer) [tender to HMS Vivid, later HMS Dido] |
| 30.05.1917 | - | 05.08.1918 | Commanding Officer, HMS Telemachus (torpedo-boat destroyer) [tender to HMS Vivid] (DSO, despatches) |
| 05.08.1918 | - | 06.1921 | Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 17.06.1921 | - | 08.07.1923 | Commanding Officer, HMS Telemachus (torpedo-boat destroyer) & for instructional duties at Port Edgar Base |
| 09.07.1923 | - | 29.07.1923 | HMS Victory (additional; for unemployed time) |
| 30.07.1923 | - | 13.02.1924 | Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 14.02.1924 | - | 29.03.1925 | HMS Victory (additional; for unemployed time) |
| 30.03.1925 | - | 03.06.1925 | HMS Victory (additional; for Senior Officers' Technical Course) |
| 04.06.1925 | - | 24.01.1928 | instructor, RNVR (Tyne Division) [HMS President] |
| 25.01.1928 | - | 08.09.1929 | HMS Victory (additional; for unemployed time) |
| 28.08.1939 | - | 08.10.1939 | HMS President (additional; for duty with Officer-in-Charge of Naval Affairs Section, News Division, Ministry of Information) |
| 09.10.1939 | - | 30.11.1942 | HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Naval Press Section of Press Bureau) |
| 01.12.1942 | - | 07?.1945 | Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Hannibal, from 01.08.1944 HMS Byrsa] |
| 01.12.1942 | - | 07.02.1945 | Press Officer & to serve with Allied Force HQs North Africa (Legion of Merit) |
| 08.02.1945 | - | 07?.1945 | Staff Officer Naval Information |
| 07?.1945 | - | 04.07.1945 | HMS Victory (additional; for passage to UK & upon arrival) |
| 05.07.1945 | - | 19.05.1946 | HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Chief of Naval Information) |
| 20.05.1946 | - | 24.06.1946 | HMS Victory IV (additional; not to join) |
Published: Under pseudonym Taffrail, Pincher Martin, OD; Michael Bray; Sea Ventures of Britain; Sea Escapes and Adventures; Pirates, 1929; Men o' War, 1929; Kerrell; Endless Story; The Scarlet Stripe, 1932; Dover-Ostend, 1933; The Man from Scapa Flow, 1933; Seventy North, 1934; Second Officer; Swept Channels, 1935; Mid-Atlantic, 1936; Mystery at Milford Haven; Mystery Cruise; Operation MO; The Shetland Plan, 1939; The Navy in Action, 1940; Chenies, 1943; Battle of the Atlantic, 1946; Western Mediterranean, 1942-1945, 1948; Blue Star Line, 1948; Toby Shad, 1949; The Jade Lizard, 1951; The New Moon, 1952; Eurydice, 1953; Arctic Convoy, 1956; enlarged editions Ribbons and Medals (first published, 1916), 1956, 1957; other books on naval and nautical subjects; late Naval Correspondent of The Observer; has done considerable broadcasting; written many naval feature programmes for the BBC.
James Wilfred Sussex
Son of late Col. Francis Dorling, Farnborough, Hants.
Brother of Capt. Henry Taprell "Taffrail" Dorling, DSO, RN.
Married (30.07.1914) Dorothy Burnett, daughter of Colonel J.G. Panton, CMG; no children.
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Preston, Lancashire
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12.05.1966
[Fareham, Hampshire ?]
| A/S.Lt. | 30.07.1908? |
| S.Lt. | 03.04.1909, seniority 30.07.1908 |
| Lt. | 10.06.1910, seniority 30.07.1909 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 30.07.1917 |
| Cdr. | 30.06.1921 |
| Capt. | 30.06.1928 |
| R.Adm. | 01.08.1939 (retd 30.10.1942) |
| V.Adm. (retd) | 30.10.1942 (reverted to retd 11.04.1946) |
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CB | 01.07.1941 | HM's birthday 1941 [investiture 24.10.1944] |
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| 15.01.1904 | joined RN | ||
| 1914 | - | 1918 | served European War |
| 15.11.1922 | - | (01.1925) | Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 05.05.1927 | - | (07.1927) | Experimental Commander, Signal School (Experimental), Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
| 14.01.1929 | - | (08.1929) | Imperial Defence Course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President] |
| 10.03.1930 | - | (01.1932) | Director of Signal Department, Admiralty |
| 08.08.1932 | - | (09.1932) | Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth |
| 18.10.1932 | - | (07.1935) | Commanding Officer, HMS Codrington (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) |
| 24.08.1935 | - | (07.1937) | Commanding Officer, Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
| 10.01.1938 | - | (02.1938) | Commanding Officer, HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet) |
| 18.02.1938 | - | (04.1939) | Flag Captain, HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Home Fleet) |
| 10.01.1939 | - | 01.08.1939 | also: Naval ADC to the King |
| (08.1939) | - | (09.1939) | no appointment listed |
| 28.08.1939 | - | 20.04.1941 | Deputy Controller, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 21.04.1941 | - | 30.04.1941 | HMS President (additional; for unemployed time) |
| 01.05.1941 | - | 03.1942 | HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty as Representative Head of British Admiralty Technical Mission to Canada) |
| 01.04.1942 | - | 04.1944 | British Admiralty Supply Representative Washington on staff of British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC [HMS Saker II] |
| 24.05.1944 | - | 14.08.1944 | HMS Victory IV (additional; for disposal) |
| 15.08.1944 | - | 10.04.1946 | Flag Officer-in-Charge, Liverpool [HMS Eaglet] |
Kenneth John
Son (with one brother) of Maj. Douglas Ernest Mannering Douglas-Morris (1888-1973), and Violet Muriel Bressey (1893-1973).
Married (17.09.1943, St Peter's, Vere Street, St Marylebone district, London W1) Peggy Doreen Dinham (10.11.1919 - 15.09.2011), daughter of George Albert Dinham, and Marion Dorothy Watson; one son, three daughters.
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25.05.1993
Lambeth district, London
| S.Lt. (E) | 01.06.1939 |
| A/Lt. (E) | < 10.1941 |
| Lt. (E) | 01.04.1942 |
| Lt.Cdr. (E) | 01.04.1949 |
| A/Lt.Cdr. (E) | > 01.1945, < 07.1945 |
| Cdr. (E) | 30.06.1953 |
| Capt. (E) | 31.12.1962 (retd 05.04.1972) |
| 01.05.1938 | - | (08.)1941 | course of instruction in engineering, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] |
| (10.1941) | - | (06.1942) | no appointment listed |
| 06.1942 | - | (12.)1943 | HMS Revenge (battleship) |
| 13.12.1943 | - | (04.)1945 | HMS Rodney (battleship) |
| 05.1945 | - | (04.1946) | HMS Diadem (cruiser) |
| ... | - | ... | ... |
| 1966 | - | 1967 | Captain, HMS Caledonia |
| 07.07.1971 | -- | 07.01.1972 | also: RN ADC to HM the Queen |
[the Hon. Sir] Cyril Eustace
Son and heir of 5th Baron Penrhyn, Frank Douglas- Pennant (1865-1967) and Maud Eleonora Hardy.
Married 1st (16.01.1917; divorced 1936) Phyllis Constance Leigh, daughter of late Colonel Oswald Mosley Leigh; one daughter.
Married 2nd (05.04.1937) Sheila Brotherhood, daughter of late Stanley Brotherhood, Thornhaugh Hall, Peterborough.
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Westminster, London
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03.04.1961
Westminster, London
| Midsh. | 15.09.1911 |
| A/S.Lt. | 15.01.1914 |
| S.Lt. | 09.12.1914, seniority 15.07.1914 |
| Lt. | 15.10.1915 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 15.10.1923 |
| Cdr. | 30.06.1928 |
| Capt. |
30.06.1935 ?, seniority 31.12.1934 |
| Cdre. 2nd cl. | 25.06.1940 |
| Cdre. 1st cl. | 21,02,1944 |
| R.Adm. |
07.07.1944 ?, seniority 08.01.1944 |
| V.Adm. | 13.07.1948 |
| A/Adm. | 09.08.1950 |
| Adm. | 26.01.1952 (retd 15.09.1953; medically unfit) |
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KCB | 02.01.1950 | New Year 1950 [investiture 04.07.1950] |
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CB | 18.12.1945 | wind up, Europe 1945 [investiture 23.07.1946] |
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CBE | 21.12.1943 | Operation Husky, Sicily 07.1943 [investiture 09.05.1944] |
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DSO | 14.11.1944 | Operation Neptune, Normandy 06.1944 [investiture 23.07.1946] |
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DSC |
08.03.1918 |
services in destroyer and torpedo boat flotillas 1917 |
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MID | 20.04.1943 | Operation Torch, North Africa 11.1942 |
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LM | 17.07.1945 | Operation Neptune, Normandy 06.1944 |
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LegH | 1948 | Operation Neptune, Normandy 06.1944 |
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CdeG | 1948 | Operation Neptune, Normandy 06.1944 |
| 15.01.1907 | entered Royal Navy | ||
| served European War, 1914-1918 | |||
| 16.09.1924 | - | (01.1925) | staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] |
| 15.03.1927 | - | (07.1927) | Executive Officer, HMS Capetown (cruiser) (North America and West Indies) |
| 05.02.1929 | - | (02.1931) | Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 18.12.1931 | - | (09.1932) | staff, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] |
| 25.07.1933 | - | (01.1934) | Executive Officer, HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (Africa) |
| 20.06.1935 | - | (07.1935) | Commanding Officer, HMS Deptford (sloop) [under construction, Chatham] |
| 07.10.1935 | - | 17.09.1936 | Commanding Officer, HMS Exeter (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) |
| 09.10.1936 | - | (07.1937) | Commanding Officer, HMS Iron Duke (training ship) (Portsmouth) |
| 07.10.1937 | - | (04.)1939 | staff, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] |
| 24.07.1939 | - | 17.09.1939 | Captain of the Fleet to Vice-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet (Portsmouth) [HMS Effingham (cruiser; HQ of Senior Officer Reserve Fleet)] |
| 18.09.1939 | - | 20.06.1940 | Chief Staff Officer to Vice-Admiral Commanding Northern Patrol [HMS Pyramus (RN base, Kirkwall)] |
| 25.06.1940 | - | 17.03.1942 | Commanding Officer, HMS Despatch (cruiser) & as Commodore, West Coast of South America, from 06.08.1940-(02?).1942 Commodore, West Indies |
| 21.04.1942 | - | 18.08.1942 | HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty, as Naval Staff Officer to Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces) |
| 19.08.1942 | - | 31.10.1942 | HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty, as additional Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Expeditionary Force (C-in-C XF)) (Sicily, Salerno) |
| 01.11.1942 | - | 09.12.1942 | HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty, as additional Chief of Staff to Deputy Naval Commander Expeditionary Force (DNCXF)) |
| 10.12.1942 | - | 19.07.1943 | HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty, as Chief of Staff to Deputy Naval Commander Expeditionary Force (DNCXF)) |
| 20.07.1943 | - | 20.02.1944 | Commodore, Force "F" [HMS Excellent II (additional), from 01.11.1943 HMS Odyssey (additional)] |
| 21.02.1944 | - | 24.07.1944 | Naval Force Commander, Force "G" [HMS Odyssey (additional)] (Normandy invasion) |
| 25.07.1944 | - | 05.11.1944 | HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed) |
| 06.11.1944 | - | 09.08.1945 | Chief Naval Staff Officer to Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command (SACSEAC) [HMS Hathi (additional)] |
| 10.08.1945 | - | 12.06.1946 | Deputy Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command (SACSEAC) & as Representative of Commander-in-Chief East Indies at HQ South East Asia Command (SEAC) [HMS Hathi (additional)] |
| 1947 | - | 1949 | Commandant Joint Services Staff College, Chesham |
| 1948 | - | 08.04.1950 | Flag Officer (Air) Mediterranean, and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Station |
| (05.1950) | no appointment listed | ||
| 1950 | - | 1952 | Admiral, British Joint Services Mission in Washington, DC [HMS Saker] |
| 11.1952 | - | (05.)1953 | Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke] |
Francis
Son of Francis Douglas-Watson, a telephone company superintendent,
and his wife, Elizabeth Cunningham.
Married (13.09.1922, Glasgow) Mary Fedora St Ledger (1899-1977); one son (S.Lt. Francis Douglas-Watson, RNVR).
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Glasgow, Scotland
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07.04.1941
[age 44]
[Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece, 4.E.4]
| A/S.Lt. | ? |
| S.Lt. | 15.09.1916 |
| Lt. | 15.03.1918 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 15.03.1926 |
| A/Cdr. | > 04.1939, < 08.1939 |
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DSO | 25.10.1940 | Operation Dynamo (Dunkirk) [presented to next-of-kin] |
| 15.05.1911 | entered RN | ||
| 11.11.1919 | - | 14.08.1922 | lent to RAN (2 years): |
| 11.11.1919 | - | 20.01.1920 | London Depot RAN (HMAS Anzac) |
| 21.01.1920 | - | 22.03.1922 | HMAS Anzac |
| 23.03.1922 | - | 09.04.1922 | HMAS Penguin |
| 10.04.1922 | - | 14.08.1922 | London Depot RAN |
| 07.12.1922 | - | (01.)1925 | First Lieutenant, HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean) |
| 25.05.1925 | - | 04.07.1927 | lent to RAN (2 years): |
| 25.05.1925 | - | 25.05.1925 | London Depot RAN |
| 25.05.1925 | - | 08.07.1925 | HMAS Cerberus |
| 09.07.1925 | - | 09.01.1927 | HMAS Penguin [11-13.01.1926 temporarily in command] |
| 10.01.1927 | - | 08.05.1927 | Commanding Officer, HMAS Yarra (destroyer) [based at HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Westernport)] |
| 09.05.1927 | - | 28.06.1927 | Commanding Officer, HMAS Parramatta (destroyer) [based at HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Westernport)] |
| 29.06.1927 | - | 04.07.1927 | HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Westernport) (additional; for passage to UK per RMS Mongolia) |
| 07.11.1927 | - | (06.)1928 | HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| 12.09.1928 | - | (02.)1931 | Commanding Officer, HMS Witherington (destroyer) (Mediterranean) |
| 11.08.1931 | - | (01.1932) | Commanding Officer, HMS Vortigern (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| (09.1932) | no appointment listed | ||
| 03.1933 | - | (06.)1933 | Commanding Officer, HMS Vivacious (destroyer) |
| 23.10.1933 | - | (07.)1935 | HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, the Nore) |
| 30.11.1935 | - | (07.)1937 | HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, the Nore) (for minesweepers in reserve) |
| 19.07.1937 | - | 31.10.1938 | Commanding Officer, HMS Pangbourne (twin-screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean) |
| 01.11.1938 | - | (04.1939) | HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for command of minesweepers in reserve [probably HMS Pangbourne as command vessel]) |
| (08.1939) | - | (06.1940) | Commanding Officer, HMS Pangbourne (twin-screw minesweeper) |
| 16.10.1940 | - | (02.)1941 | Executive Officer, HMS Miranda (minesweeping base, Great Yarmouth) |
| ? | - | 07.04.1941 | HMS Nile
(RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) [British steamer CLAN FRASER (7529grt) of convoy |
Peter John
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09.05.2000
South Hams district, Devon
| Paym.Cadet | 01.09.1935 |
| Paym.Midsh. | 01.09.1936 |
| Paym.A/S.Lt. | ? |
| Paym.S.Lt. | 01.03.1938 |
| Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) | 01.03.1940 |
| A/Lt.Cdr. (S) | 09.04.1943? |
| A/Lt.Cdr. (S) | 01.05.1945 [quasi-permanent rank] |
| Lt.Cdr. (S) | 01.03.1948 (retd 08.01.1954) |
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DSC | 02.06.1943 | HM's birthday 1943 [investiture 02.02.1945] |
| 01.05.1936 | - | (09.1939) | HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) |
| 01.03.1940 | - | (04.)1940 | HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) |
| 20.09.1940 | - | (02.)1941 | HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (Captain's Secretary for flotilla duties) |
| (12.1941) | HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) * | ||
| 04.02.1942 | - | (02.)1943 | Captain's Secretary, HMS Pakenham (destroyer) |
| 09.04.1943 | - | (01.)1945 | Secretary to Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Levant [later: Flag Officer Eastern Mediterranean] [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)] |
| (07.1945) | HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * | ||
| 02.03.1946 | - | (10.1947) | Assistant Secretary to Head of British Admiralty Delegation, Washington [HMS Saker] |
| (07.1948) | no appointment listed | ||
| 05.04.1949 | - | (05.1950) | HMS Triumph (light fleet aircraft carrier) |
| 13.10.1952 | - | (05.1953) | Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) |
Sir Arthur Ninian
Middle son (with two brothers and one sister) of Arthur John Caswall Dowding (1855?–1932), founder and headmaster of St Ninian's preparatory school in Moffat, and his wife, Maud Caroline (1855?–1934), daughter of Lieutenant-General Charles William Tremenheere, chief engineer in the public works department, Bombay presidency.
Brother of Air Chief Marshal Lord Hugh C.T. Dowding, RAF.
Married 1st (01.05.1915) Kathleen Charlotte Hamilton (died 1961), daughter of late Capt. J.H. Drummond, 34th Regt (Border); one son (died of wounds in France, 1940). Married 2nd (1964) Penelope Wilhelmina, only daughter of late Charles Onslow Master of Flax Bourton, Somerset, and widow of John Statter.
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Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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26.11.1966
Wimbledon, London
| A/S.Lt. | 15.04.1905? |
| S.Lt. | 08.10.1906, seniority 15.04.1905 |
| Lt. | 15.07.1906 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 15.07.1914 |
| Cdr. | 31.12.1918 |
| Capt. | 30.06.1926 |
| R.Adm. | 19.08.1936 (retd 06.05.1940) |
| V.Adm. (retd) | 06.05.1940 (dispersed 18.12.1945) (reverted to retd 13.02.1946) |
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KBE | 01.01.1945 | New Year 1945 [investiture 02.02.1945] |
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CB | 09.06.1938 | HM's birthday 1938 |
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LM | 28.05.1946 | ? |
| 15.09.1900 | joined RN | ||
| 15.06.1922 | - | (08.1923) | Executive Officer, HMS Despatch (light cruiser) |
| (01.1925) | - | (07.)1927 | Air Ministry |
| 18.11.1927 | - | 14.03.1929 | Commanding Officer, HMS Sandhurst (destroyer depot ship) (Mediterranean) |
| 13.06.1929 | - | 02.03.1931 | Commanding Officer, HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China Station) |
| 30.03.1931 | - | 02.01.1933 | Commandant, Gunnery School, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] |
| 03.01.1933 | - | (11.1934) | HMS President (for Directorate of Organisation and Staff Duties, Air Ministry) |
| 07.01.1935 | - | (02.)1935 | tactical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
| 16.03.1935 | - | (07.)1935 | Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] |
| 15.08.1935 | - | 02.01.1937 | Commanding Officer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) |
| 12.07.1936 | - | 19.08.1936 | Naval ADC to the King |
| 11.01.1937 | - | (02.)1937 | Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
| (07.1937) | no appointment listed | ||
| 01.02.1938 | - | (08.)1938 | HMS President (for miscellaneous or special service) |
| 27.09.1938 | - | 18.12.1945 | Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard Devonport [HMS Drake] |
William Keith Dene
Married (23.06.1920) Mary Dunlop.
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22.12.1964
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| Lt. | 15.11.1913 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 15.11.1921 |
| Cdr. | 30.06.1927 |
| Capt. | 30.06.1935 (retd 07.07.1944) |
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DSC | 02.07.1917 | ? |
| 15.01.1904 | entered service | ||
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| 27.03.1941 | - | 02.04.1941 | HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty) |
| 03.04.1941 | - | 31.03.1943 | Deputy Director of Personal Services (P) [HMS President (additional)] |
| 08.01.1944 | - | 07.07.1944 | also: Naval ADC to the King |
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Dudley Burdett
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Brentford district, Middlesex
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14.05.1987
Parkview, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
| A/S.Lt. | ? |
| S.Lt. | ? |
| Lt. | 15.08.1921 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 15.08.1929 (retd 28.10.1945) |
| A/Cdr. | 31.03.1943 |
| Cdr. (retd) | 28.10.1945 |
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OBE | 01.01.1943 | New Year 1943 [investiture 21.09.1944] |
| 07.05.1917 | entered RN | ||
| 13.08.1922 | - | (08.1923) | HMS Sikh (torpedo-boat destroyer) |
| (01.1925) | no appointment listed | ||
| 08.04.1926 | - | (07.1927) | HMS Lowestoft (cruiser) (Africa) |
| 21.11.1928 | - | (04.)1930 | HMS Canterbury (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| 09.06.1930 | - | (01.)1932 | Commanding Officer, HMS Seamew (river gunboat) (China) |
| (09.1932) | no appointment listed | ||
| 13.09.1933 | - | (01.1934) | Commanding Officer, HMS Dundalk (twin screw minesweeper) (1st Minesweeping Flotilla) |
| 03.01.1935 | - | (02.)1936 | HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) |
| 31.07.1936 | - | (07.)1937 | HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) |
| 21.07.1937 | - | (10.1938) | HMS Durban (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) |
| 06.01.1939 | - | (04.)1940 | HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for training duties) |
| 17.09.1940 | - | (02.)1943 | HMS King George V (battleship) |
| 31.03.1943 | - | (10.)1943 | Executive Officer, HMS Saunders |
| 15.11.1943 | - | (07.1945) | Executive Officer, HMS Queen (escort carrier) |
[Sir] John Rochfort;
13th Baronet
Son of Sir Hastings Hadley D'Oyly, 11th Bt, and Beatrice, daughter of late Francis Bingham Clerk, JP.
Succeeded brother, Sir Charles Hastings D'Oyly, 12th Bt, 1962.
Married (09.08.1930, All Souls, Langham Place, St Marylebone district, London) Kathleen Gillespie (marriage dissolved 1944; she died 1978), elder daughter of late Robert Brown Gillespie, of Halgolle, Yatiyantota, Ceylon; two daughters, one son deceased.
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Portsea Island district, Hampshire
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29.04.1986
Brighton district, Sussex
| T/Midsh. RNR | 01.08.1916 |
| Midsh. | 14.02.1917 |
| A/S.Lt. | 15.03.1919 |
| S.Lt. | 15.07.1919 |
| Lt. | 15.08.1921 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 15.08.1929 (retd 19.04.1945; age) |
| A/Cdr. | 15.09.1939 |
| Cdr. (retd) | 19.04.1945 (dispersal 15.03.1946) (reld 12.06.1946) |
| 08.1916 | entered RNR | ||
| 14.02.1917 | transferred, RN | ||
| 01.08.1916 | - | 01.06.1919 | HMS Renown (with Grand Fleet) |
| 01.06.1919 | - | 17.06.1919 | HMS Excellent (additional; for torpedo-boat destroyer gunnery course) |
| 17.06.1919 | - | 06.02.1920 | HMS Vanoc [tender to HMS Leander] (Baltic operations) |
| 19.02.1920 | - | 25.08.1920 | HMS Vivien [tender to HMS Columbine] |
| 08.10.1920 | - | 17.04.1921 | HMS President (additional; for course a Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge) |
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1921 17.10.1921 |
HMS Dryad (additional; for navigation course for rank of Lt.) |
| 17.10.1921 | - | 31.12.1921 | HMS Victory (additional; for unemployed time) |
| 31.12.1921 | - | 10.03.1922 | HMS Victory (for Physical and Recreational Training School for short course) |
| 10.03.1922 | - | 11.04.1922 | HMS Victory (additional; to resume former period of unemployed time) |
| 11.04.1922 | - | 11.08.1922 | HMS Newark |
| 11.08.192 | - | 28.12.1922 | HMS Victory (for Physical and Recreational Training School for long course) |
| 28.12.1922 | - | 01.1923 | HMS Victory (additional; for unemployed time) |
| 01.1923 | - | 04.1925 | HMS Cardiff (and for physical and recreational training duties) (Mediterranean) |
| 10.08.1925 | - | 30.09.1925 | HMS Dolphin (for physical and recreational training duties) (temporary) |
| 30.09.1925 | - | 01.11.1925 | HMS Victory (for Physical and Recreational Training School) (additional) |
| 01.11.1925 | - | 20.12.1927 | HMS Britannia (for RN College, Dartmouth) (additional; from 16.12.1925 for physical and recreational training duties) |
| 20.12.1927 | - | 03.03.1930 | HMS Effingham (additional) (and as Fleet Physical and Recreational Training Officer) (East Indies) |
| 26.04.1930 | - | 07.04.1932 | HMS St Vincent (Boys' Training Establishment) (for physical and recreational training duties) |
| 01.10.1932 | - | 04.1933 | HMS Resolution (additional) (for Fleet physical and recreational training duties) |
| 04.1933 | - | 1935 | HMS Queen Elizabeth (as Fleet Physical and Recreational Training Officer, Mediterranean) |
| 01.10.1935 | - | 13.01.1936 | HMS Victory (for Physical and Recreational Training School) |
| 13.01.1936 | - | 01.07.1937 | Assistant Superintendent, RN School of Physical and Recreational Training, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
| 05.07.1935 | - | 05.07.1938 | HMS Victory (for physical and recreational training duties at RN Barracks and as Assistant to Maintenance Commander) |
| 05.07.1938 | - | 30.03.1942 | RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] (for physical and recreational training duties & from 15.09.1939 as Executive Officer) |
| 30.03.1942 | - | 21.08.1942 | Executive Officer, HMS Hecla (destroyer depot ship) [02.04-06.04.1942 temporarily in command] |
| 21.08.1942 | - | 02.11.1942 | Commanding Officer, HMS Hecla (destroyer depot ship) |
| 17.11.1942 | - | 01.1943 | Commanding Officer, HMS Lowestoft (sloop) (temporarily) |
| 25.01.1943 | - | 01.02.1943 | HMS President (additional; for Damage Control course) |
| 01.02.1943 | - | 11.1943 | Executive Officer, HMS Pretoria Castle (escort carrier) [tender to HMS Calliope] |
| 11.1943 | - | 01.02.1946 | Executive Officer, HMS Unicorn (aircraft maintenance carrier) |
| 01.02.1946 | - | 23.02.1946? | Commanding Officer, HMS Unicorn (aircraft maintenance carrier) |
| (04.1946) | no appointment listed |
Guy
![G. D'Oyly-Hughes [UNCONFIRMED] (Photo courtesy of Mr Michael Brothers)](bio/british/D'Oyly-Hughes_G_05_s.JPG)
Eldest son of late Dr Samuel D'Oyly Hughes (died 1937), and Keziah Hughes, of New Milton, Hampshire.
Married (04.09.1920, All Souls, Westminster, St Marylebone district, London) Anne Margaret Gwladys Crawford, daughter of John Alexander Oag Crawford, Co. Down; two daughters.
Lived at London.
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Utah, USA
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08.06.1940
(KIA) [age 48]
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 1]
| Midsh. | 15.01.1909 |
| A/S.Lt. | 21.02.1912 |
| S.Lt. | 30.04.1912 |
| Lt. | 30.09.1913 |
| Lt.Cdr. | 30.09.1921 |
| Cdr. | 31.12.1925 |
| Capt. | 31.12.1932 |
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DSO | 08.10.1915 | Dardanelles * |
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DSO | 14.09.1918 | for services in action with enemy submarines |
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DSC | 24.06.1915 | destroying Turkish ships Sea of Marmora |
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RHSMsi | 1915 | ? |
* For his services on the 21st August, 1915, when he voluntarily swam to the shore alone from a submarines and blew up a low brickwork support to the Ismid railway line, in spite of the presence of an armed guard within 150 yards of him. After a running fight of about a mile, he dived into the sea, and was finally pulled on board the submarine utterly exhausted, having had to swim nearly a mile in his clothes.
| 15.05.1904 | entered service | ||
| served European War (DSC, DSO and bar) | |||
| First Lieutenant, HMS E 11 (submarine) | |||
| 30.06.1922 | - | (08.1923) | HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for War Staff duties) |
| 27.07.1924 | - | (01.)1925 | Commanding Officer, HMS K 12 (submarine) |
| 13.11.1925 | - | (04.)1928 | Commanding Officer, HMS Oberon (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) |
| (05.1928) | - | (06.1928) | no appointment listed |
| (08.1929) | no appointment listed | ||
| (04.1930) | no appointment listed | ||
| 07.07.1930 | - | (10.1930) | HMS President (lent to RAF) |
| 09.01.1931 | - | (02.)1931 | Executive Officer, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| 07.12.1931 | - | 01.1934 | Directorate of Training, Air Ministry [HMS President] |
| (01.1934) | no appointment listed | ||
| 01.05.1934 | - |
05.1936 |
Captain (S) 1st Submarine Flotilla [HMS Douglas (submarine flotilla leader), from 24.09.1935 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship)] |
| 30.11.1936 | - | 11.01.1938 | Chief of Staff and Maintenance Captain to Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] |
| 18.01.1938 | - | 16.12.1938 | imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President] |
| 17.12.1938 | - | 22.01.1939 | HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; whilst unemployed) |
| 23.01.1939 | - | 19.041939 | HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for Tactical School, for tactical investigation) |
| 20.04.1939 | - | 29.04.1939 | HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty) |
| 30.04.1939 | - | 18.05.1939 | HMS Victory (additional; whilst unemployed) |
| 19.05.1939 | - | 18.06.1939 | HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (additional) |
| 19.06.1939 | - | 08.06.1940 | Commanding Officer, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean Fleet) [sunk in action with German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau] |
