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Gilbert, Charles Aubrey Of Hersham, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.	? - 10.06.1944 (MPK) [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 81, column 1]	A/Gnr. (T) 05.06.1942	(08.1942)     no appointment listed 01.08.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Despatch (D class cruiser) (12.1943) - (04.1944) no appointment listed 1944 - 10.06.1944 HMS Despatch (D class cruiser) (missing, presumed killed due to an explosion)
Gilbert, Dennis Philip Arthur Son of ... Gilbert, and ... Swann.	07.07.1920 Monmouth district, Gloucestershire / Herefordshire / Monmouthshire - 04.2005 Bromley district, Kent	Seaman ? [C/JX 151519] Wt.Gnr. ? A/Gnr. 30.07.1944 Gnr. = Cd.Gnr. 1946?, seniority 30.07.1944 Lt. 16.04.1948 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1956 (retd) DSM 16.08.1940 Dunkirk 06.1940 [investiture 16.03.1943]	(06.1940)     HMS Wolsey (destroyer) (10.1944)   no appointment listed ? - (1945?) Gunnery Officer, HMS Puffin (sloop) 20.05.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Dido (cruiser)
Gilbert, Henry Lionel Son (with one older sister) of Henry Herbert Gilbert (1871-1954), and Blanche Marie Powles (1870-1952). Married (05.10.1940, St Giles' Parish Church, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire) Second Officer Muriel Mary Valentine Walley (14.02.1901 - 13.12.1972), daughter (with two brothers) of Samuel Smallwood Walley (1874-1947, and Helen Maud Bennett (1873-1968); one son.	30.03.1904 Hackney district, London - 12.02.1972 Sedgewell, Bigbury-on-Sea, Plymouth district, Devon	Midsh. 15.01.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1924 S.Lt. 15.01.1925 Lt. 15.08.1926 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1934 (retd 22.06.1947) A/Cdr. 29.04.1944 Cdr. (retd) 22.06.1947 MBE 01.01.1969 inspector Coast Guard	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne (1918); RN College, Osborne (15.09.1918-12.1919). 15.01.1922 - 05.1924 HMS Benbow (battleship) 16.06.1924 - 24.09.1924 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 25.09.1924 - 16.10.1925 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.11.1925 - 22.10.126 HMS Verbena (sloop) (Africa) 22.11.1926 - 05.01.1927 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time) 06.01.1927 - 03.1927 HMS Wolverine (destroyer) [tender to HMS Egmont II (destroyer base, Malta)] 03.1927 - 05.1929 First Lieutenant, HMS Aphis (river gunboat) (China) * 20.11.1929 - 11.1930 HMS Warwick (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 11.1930 - 13.08.1931 HMS Vesper (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 02.10.1931 - (06.)1933 First Lieutenant, HMS Whitehall (destroyer) (China) 31.10.1933 - (07.)1934 HMS Barham (battleship) (Home Fleet) (and as Squadron Physical & Recreational Training Officer, 2nd Battle Squadron) 15.10.1934 - (02.)1935 Physical and Recreational Training Course [HMS Victory] (07.1935) - (02.1936) no appointment listed 21.08.1936 - (04.)1939 HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China & Home Fleet) [while at China also Fleet Physical & Recreational Training Officer] 17.04.1939 - (03.)1940 School of Physical and Recreational Training, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 07.03.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for physical training duties) 25.02.1941 - (10.)1943 HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) 09.11.1943 - (04.)1944 Executive Officer, HMS Armadillo (Combined Operations camp, Glenfinnart) 29.04.1944 - (10.1946) Executive Officer, School of Physical and Recreational Training, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] (04.1947)     no appointment listed Joined Coast Guard, becoming an Inspector, Cambrian Division, HM Coast Guard, Board of Trade, retiring in 1968. * (08.1929) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Gilbert, William Edward Son (with two brothers) of William Gilbert (1840-1899), and Mary Elizabeth Garland (1845-1929).	15.08.1884 Dublin, Ireland - 12.04.1964 Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia	Clerk ? Asst. Paym. 15.08.1905 Paym.Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1915 (retd) Paym.Cdr. (retd) = Cdr. (S) (retd) 15.08.1923 A/Paym.Capt. (retd) > 02.1943, < 06.1943	27.08.1939 - (12.1941) Secretary to Naval Liaison Officer, Capetown [HMS Afrikander III] 01.10.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Assegai (training establishment, nr Durban, South Africa) 09.06.1944 - (07.1945) RN Depot, Simonstown [HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa)]
Giles, Geoffrey Lorimer Son (with one sister and two brothers) of Edward Lionel Giles (1885-1935), and Winifred Ada Lorimer (1888-1974), of Church Stretton. His brother P/O Malcolm John Giles, RAF was killed 22.05.1940.	23.04.1918 Dorking district, Kent - 23.10.1943 (MPK) [age 24] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 78, column 1]	Cadet 01.09.1935 Midsh. (E) 01.05.1936 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.05.1938 S.Lt. (E) 18.02.1939, seniority 01.09.1938 A/Lt. (E) ? Lt. (E) 01.1941, seniority 16.10.1939	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (Robert Roxburgh Memorial Prize). 01.09.1935 - (04.)1936 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1936 - (08.)1936 HMS Rodney (battleship) 01.09.1936 - (02.)1940 course of instruction in engineering, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 08.02.1940 - (08.)1941 HMS Royal Sovereign (Royal Sovereign class battleship) 11.09.1941 - (06.)1942 course of instruction in engineering, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] (08.1942)     no appointment listed 20.08.1942 - 23.10.1943 HMS Charybdis (Dido class cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by German torpedo boats T.23 and T.24 off Triagoz Island, France]
Giles, [Sir] Morgan Charles Eldest son of late F.C. Morgan­Giles, OBE, MINA, and ... Carus-Wilson, of Teignmouth, Devon. Married 1st (1946) Pamela (died 1966), daughter of late Philip Bushell, Sydney, New South Wales; two sons, four daughters Married 2nd (1968), Marigold (died 1995), daughter of late Percy Lowe. Later known as: M.C. Morgan-Giles.	19.06.1914 Newton Abbot district, Devon - 04.05.2013 Bristol, Gloucestershire	Cadet 01.09.1932 Midsh. 01.09.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1936 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.09.1935 Lt. 01.01.1936 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1944 Cdr. 30.06.1947 Capt. 31.12.1953 R.Adm. 07.01.1963 (retd 20.02.1964) Kt 31.12.1984 New Year 1985: for political services DSO 24.04.1945 bombardment Lussin Island 03.12.1944 [investiture 28.10.1947] OBE 11.07.1944 air attack Bari 02.12.1943 [investiture 02.02.1945] MBE 01.01.1944 New Year 1944 GM 02.09.1941 Suez Canal [investiture 02.02.1945] MID 01.01.1942 New Year 1942 MID 30.05.1944 operations Dalmatia with Yugoslav partisans MID 05.09.1944 operations against Mljet & Brac MID 20.02.1945 Quarnarolo Channel	Education: Clifton College 01.09.1932 special entry cadet 15.12.1933 - (07.)1934 HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China) 30.11.1934 - (02.)1935 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) 06.1935 - (07.1935) HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) 01.01.1936 - 30.08.1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 31.08.1936 - (02.)1937 promotion courses, Portsmouth 10.04.1937 - (02.1938) HMS Echo (destroyer) (Home Fleet) (06.1938) - (04.1939) no appointment listed 31.07.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Emerald (cruiser) * (Atlantic convoys) 17.12.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services) [Tobruk garrison and Western Desert] 04.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt) 01.1943 - (02.)1943 Staff Officer (Operations), HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria) 04.1943 - (08.)1943 Assistant Fleet Torpedo Officer, Levant [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)] 09.1943 - (10.)1944 Senior Naval Officer, Vis (Dalmatia) and liaison with Commandos and Marshal Tito's Partisan Forces [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services)] (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) ** 26.04.1948 - (05.1949) Commanding Officer, RN Base Trieste & as Naval Liaison Officer [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] (05.1950) no appointment listed 16.01.1952 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) (04.1955) no appointment listed 1955 - 1956 Chief of Naval Intelligence, Far East (01.1956) no appointment listed (01.1957) no appointment listed 1957 - 1958 Captain (D) Dartmouth Training Squadron (01.1959) no appointment listed 24.06.1961 - 1962 Commanding Officer, HMS Belfast 24.10.1962 - 1964 President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich [HMS President] Member of Parliament (MP) (C) Winchester, May 1964-1979. Vice-Chairman, Conservative Defence Committee, 1965-1975. Chairman, HMS Belfast Trust, 1971-1978; Life Vice-President, RNLI, 1989. Prime Warden, Shipwrights' Company, 1987-1988. Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Hants, 1983. * (04.1940) still indexed, but no longer listed as such ** indexed, but not listed as such
Giles, the Rev. Thomas Aloysius Son of Thomas and Mary Giles.	15.05.1887 Elphin, Co. Roscommon - 14.04.1963 St Jeannes Convent, Oakdown, Burwash Common, Sussex	Army:   T/Chaplain to the Forces 4th class (RC) 18.09.1915 (reld 01.04.1922) RN:   T/Chaplain (RC) 25.08.1925, seniority 11.09.1919 Chaplain (RC) 06.01.1944, seniority 11.09.1919 (retd 15.05.1947) 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - Cross of the Holy Land	Education: Passionist Monastery at Mount Argus, Dublin. Professed as a Passionist, 08.12.1905. Ordained as a priest, 23.09.1911. Incardinated (instituted) into the Liverpool diocese and was a curate at St Patrick’s, 1922-1927. 18.09.1915 - 01.04.1922 served the (Royal) Army Chaplains Department as RC Chaplain (served Mudros & Egypt) 25.08.1925 - 19.08.1928 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 20.08.1928 - 07.03.1935 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, China Station [HMS Hawkins (cruiser), then HMS Suffolk (cruiser), then HMS Medway (submarine depot ship), then HMS Kent (cruiser) (accommodated in HMS Medway) ] 08.03.1935     HMS Valiant (battleship) 06.1935 - 24.07.1935 HMS Valiant (battleship) (Home Fleet) 25.07.1935 - (10.)1935 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean & Home Fleet) 1935 - 1935 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) 11.1935 - 15.11.1937 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 16.11.1937 - 15.01.1939 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 16.01.1939 - 05.11.1939 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 06.11.1939 - 18.06.1940 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 19.06.1940 - 14.01.1946 HMS St George (boys' training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man) [06.01.1944 transferred to Permanent List] 15.01.1946 - 09.09.1946 HMS Valkyrie (RDF training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man) 10.09.1946 - 25.02.1949 HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth, Morayshire) Went to live in York. Went 1953 to recuperate at the convalescent home run by the Sisters of Charity at Oakdown, Burwash Common, near Battle in Sussex. Remained there as chaplain until his death.
Gillespie, Thomas Patrick Married (17.02.1940, St James's, Weybridge, Surrey North Western district) Helen Diana Ching (10.05.1917 - 08.1995); two sons.	05.11.1914 Trail, British Columbia, Canada - 05.04.2007 Guildford, Surrey	Paym. Cadet 01.01.1932 Paym,Midsh. 01.01.1933 Paym.S.Lt. 01.08.1934 Paym.Lt. 01.08.1936 Paym.Lt.Cdr. = Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.08.1944 ?, seniority 01.11.1943 A/Cdr. (S) > 01.1945, < 07.1945 Cdr. (S) 30.06.1949 Capt. (S) 30.06.1959 (retd 28.08.1967) CBE 01.01.1967 New Year 1967 [investiture 14.02.1967] MBE 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 1943 [investiture 09.11.1943] MID 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete	... - ... ... 17.07.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Effingham (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) (for duty in office of Vice Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet) (04.1940) - (10.1940) HMS Pyramus (RN base, Kirkwall) * 28.11.1940 - (08.1942) Captain's Secretary, HMAS Napier (despatches) 01.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya) (MBE) (08.1943)     no appointment listed 17.09.1943 - 08.09.1944 Admiral's Assistant Secretary to Flag Officer, Naval Air Stations [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] (01.1945)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 01.05.1945 - (07.)1945 Admiral's Assistant Secretary to Flag Officer, Naval Air Stations [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Bonaventure (submarine depot ship) ... - ... ... (1966)     Chief Staff Officer (Administration) to Flag Officer Submarines [HMS Dolphin] (CBE)
Gillingham, Antony Francis	05.05.1916 - 05.01.1994	... ... Lt. (E) 01.09.1938 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.09.1946 (retd 17.09.1955; own request)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Sussex ... - ... ...
Gilmour, David	08.08.1897 - 07.07.1975	... ... Capt. 31.12.1939 (retd)	... - ... ... 01.05.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Suffolk (cruiser)
Giordan, Alfred Louis	24.06.1903 North End Portsmouth, Hampshire - 30.12.1999 Powys, Newtown district, Montgomeryshire	A/Wt.Eng. 01.04.1934 Wt.Eng. 1935, seniority 01.04.1934 Cd.Eng. 01.10.1942 A/Lt. (E) > 07.1945, < 04.1946 Lt. (E) 08.07.1949 (retd 24.06.1953) MBE 01.06.1953 Coronation List 1953 [investiture 14.07.1953] DSC 13.11.1940 good service recent patrols [investiture 18.02.1941] MID 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940	(07.1934) - (08.1934) short course of instruction 30.08.1934 - (11.1934) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 03.01.1935 - (02.)1935 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 13.04.1935 - (07.1937) HMS Pandora (submarine) (China) 29.01.1938 - (08.)1938 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship, 6th Submarine Flotilla) (and for duty with submarines) 12.09.1938 - (04.)1940 HMS Sturgeon (submarine) 28.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship, 2nd Submarine Flotilla) (for submarines) 10.10.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Graph (submarine; ex-U570) 15.02.1943 - (07.1945) staff of Submarine Officer, Philadelphia [HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, USA)] 23.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) 06.11.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for miscellaneous duties) (1953?) HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship, Portland) (05.1953)     HMS Royal Albert (RN base, Cuxhaven, Germany) * Member, Institute of Marine Engineers. * indexed, but not listed as such
Glanville, Herbert	20.07.1896 - 03.07.1957	Paym.Lt. 15.07.1919 (retd 01.03.1921; own request) A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. (retd) ? Paym.Lt.Cdr. (retd) 05.12.1939 A/Paym.Cdr. (retd) = A/Cdr. (S) (retd) 31.03.1942?	1914 HMS Lion 1916     HMS Conqueror (Battle of Jutland) Spent 1921-1925 in Hong Kong and then moved to Southern Rhodesia from 1926-1939. 05.12.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) 19.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (12.1941)     HMS Afrikander III (RN base, Capetown, South Africa) * 31.03.1942 - (04.)1944 Base Administrative Officer, Capetown [HMS Afrikander III, from 01.11.1942 HMS Gnu (RN base, Capetown, South Africa)] 28.04.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Malagas (RN Air Station, Wingfield, nr Capetown, South Africa) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 22.10.1945 - (04.1946) RN Depot, Simonstown [HMS Afrikander] Probably ended up running the State Lotteries in Rhodesia before he died.
Glasfurd, Charles Eric Son of Lt.Col. Duncan John Glasfurd (1873-1916), and Agnes Guinevere Gilmour (1877-1933). Married (16.10.1931) Caroline Lawrence.	28.11.1902 Renfrewshire, Scotland - 08.06.1940 (KIA) [age 37] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 3]	Midsh. ? A/S.Lt. 15.09.1922 S.Lt. ? Lt. 30.09.1924 Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1939 MID 16.08.1940 loss of HMS Glorious [posthumously]	Education: Geelong Church of England Grammar School 1916     joined RN 03.01.1923 - (08.1923) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich 01.03.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS Laburnum (sloop) (New Zealand) 23.11.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar) (additional; for training duties) 13.11.1926 - 07.01.1927 on passage to Australia (per SS Ormuz) 08.01.1927 - 21.12.1928 exchange officer at RAN College, Jervis Bay [HMAS Franklin] 22.12.1928 - 1929 passage to UK per SS Oronsay and SS Orama 20.04.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 12.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Vampire (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 19.07.1932 - (09.1932) First Lieutenant, HMS Worcester (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (05.1933) - (06.1933) no appointment listed 12.06.1933 - (07.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Stronghold (destroyer) 05.09.1934 - (07.1937) HMS Carlisle (cruiser) (Africa & Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 06.08.1937 - (08.)1939 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 28.11.1939 - 08.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Acasta (destroyer) [sunk in action with German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau near Narvik]
Glazier, John Richard Payne Eldest son (with one brother) of CPO John Richard Glazier (1875-1917), and Cecilia Eliza Payne (1884-1967). Married ((06?).1935, Portsmouth, Hampshire) Constance Joan Heckman (06.06.1910 - (09?).1981); ... children (two sons?).	18.11.1907 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 15.03.1997 Teignbridge district, Devon	Ordnance Artificer Apprentice 30.07.1923 [Po./M 37690] Ordnance Artificer 5th class 01.01.1928 ... ... Wt. Ordn. Offr. 12.10.1938 A/Cd. Ordn. Offr. 18.06.1945 Sen. Cd. Ordn. Eng. 01.10.1947 (retd 10.01.1955; own request)	Joined navy directly from school. 30.07.1923 - 03.08.1926 HMS Fisgard (depôt for training of Artificer Apprentices, Portsmouth) 04.08.1926 - 20.01.1928 HMS Pembroke II (accounting base, Chatham) 21.01.1928 - 04.09.1928 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 05.09.1928 - 05.1929? HMS Renown (battlecruiser, Atlantic Fleet) 05.1929? - 12.04.1930 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 12.04.1930 - 05.1930? HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 05.1930? - 02.1931? HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 02.1931? - 04.1932? HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 04.1932? - 07.1932? HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 27.07.1932 - 04.1935? HMS Dauntless (cruiser) ?? 04.1935? - 1935? HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 1935? - 1936? HMS B.... 08.1936? - 10.1937? HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 10.1937? - 1937? HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 1937? - 1938? HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) ?? 07.11.1938 - 07.1939 HMS Effingham (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 31.07.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Victory IV (accounting section, Portsmouth) 02.1940 - (07.)1940 HMS Vindictive (repair ship) 09.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (06.1941) - (12.1942) HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) * 13.01.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Ausonia (heavy repair ship) (04.1946) - (10.1947) no appointment listed 04.11.1947 - (05.1949) HMS Newcastle (05.1950)     no appointment listed 22.05.1950 - (05.1952) HMS Excellent (for miscellaneous duties) 03.1953 - (07.1954) HMS Diligence * indexed, but not listed as such
Gledhill, Thomas Harold * Son of Thomas Ratcliffe Gledhill (1865-?), warehouseman, and Mary Elizabeth Watman (1863-?). Married Blanche Lucille ... (1887 - 05.07.1966). * in the Navy List given as: Thomas Harry	21.09.1885 Manchester, Lancashire - 28.05.1953 The Wold, Kingskerswell, Newton Abbot district, Devon	Seaman ? [212515] A/Gnr. ? A/Lt. 15.02.1918 Lt. 02.08.1921, seniority 15.08.1917 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1925 (retd 10.03.1926) Cdr. (retd) 10.03.1926 (reld < 04.1946)	11.02.1915     commissioned       HMS Blanche (Jutland) ? ? - (01.1919) HMS Birmingham (light cruiser) (08.1923)     no appointment listed (01.1925)     no appointment listed 30.07.1939     commissioned, Royal Air Force Reserve (Class CC) with rank of F/Lt. 23.11.1939 - (06.)1942 Executive Officer, HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan) 14.06.1942 - (07.1945) HMS President III (accounting base of DEMS (Defence Equipped Merchant Ships) personnel)
Gleed, Frederick William Spurrell   Son of William Gleed (1852-1903), and Gertrude Manning Spurrell (1861-1912). Married (13.12.1913, St Paul's. Old Charlton, London; divorced) Ellen Joyce Chevallier (09.06.1890 - (03?).1971), elder daughter (with one sister) of Capt. Barrington Henry Chevallier, RN (1851-1930), and Janet Fison (1853-1930); one son, two daughters. Ellen Gleed remarried (1944) Peter Brownlow Hughes (1894-1969).	13.04.1889 Greenwich, Greater London, Kent - 12.06.1966 St Mary's Hospital, Paddington district, London [West London Crematorium]	A/S.Lt. 30.08.1908 S.Lt. 14.04.1909, seniority 30.08.1908 Lt. 27.12.1910, seniority 30.11.1910 Lt.Cdr. 30.11.1918 (retd 28.05.1932; own request) Cdr. (retd) 28.05.1932 A/Capt. (retd) > 07.1945, < 10.1945 (reverted to retd > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	15.01.1904     entered RN 15.05.1905     HMS Commonwealth 28.05.1907     HMS Commonwealth 04.02.1908     HMS Hindustan 23.12.1912 - (04.)1913 Assistant to Navigating Officer, HMS Duncan (battleship) 01.04.1913 - (01.)1915 Navigating Officer, HMS Beaver (torpedo-boat destroyer)       HMS Britomart (China) 27.07.1917 - (01.)1920 Navigating Officer, HMS Galatea (light cruiser) (02.1920) - (04.1920) short course of instruction 28.04.1920 - (01.)1921 Navigating Officer, HMS Erebus (monitor)  1921 - 1921 Navigation School, Portsmouth 05.12.1921 - (04.)1922 Navigating Officer, HMS Cordelia (light cruiser) 09.08.1922 - (08.1923) Navigating Officer, HMS Cambrian (light cruiser) 13.05.1924 - (01.)1925 Navigating Officer, HMS Canterbury (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 17.01.1925 - (03.)1925 Navigating Officer, HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) (Mediterranean) 11.01.1926 - (07.1927) Navigating Officer, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) 11.02.1928 - (08.1929) Superintendent of Chart and Chronometer Depôt, HM Dockyard Malta [HMS Egmont] (and for HA Marking range, Malta) (04.1930)     no appointment listed 30.07.1930 - 22.11.1931 Navigating Officer, HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship; parent ship of Maintenance Reserve and depot ship for Scottish Command, Rosyth) (and as Assistant King's Harbour Master, Rosyth) (12.1931) - (05.1932) no appointment listed 25.08.1939 - (06.)1941 Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 23.07.1941 - (12.1941) Duty Commander, HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) 23.01.1942 - (08.)1943 Executive Officer, HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) 27.08.1943 - (10.1945) Commander Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, HM Dockyard Dover [HMS Lynx]
Glennie, Sir Irvine Gordon Son (with one sister) of Capt. Gordon Glennie RN (1850-1931), and Edith Mitchell (1863-1958), daughter of late Gen. J. Mitchell, RMLI, of South Brent. Married (26.09.1928, Reigate district, Surrey) Gwendoline Margaret "Gwen" Evans (08.07.1898 - 27.01.1986), daughter of Edmund Wilfred Evans (1869-1943), and Caroline Leah Van Staveren (1871-1911), of London; two sons.	22.07.1892 Mablethorpe, Louth district, Lincolnshire - 08.09.1980 Lymington, Hampshire	... ... A/S.Lt. 15.09.1912 S.Lt. 30.04.1913 Lt. 15.04.1915 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1923 Cdr. 30.06.1928 Capt. 31.12.1933 Cdre. 2nd cl. 08.06.1938-14.11.1938 R.Adm. 15.01.1941 V.Adm. 31.12.1943 (retd 31.01.1947) Adm. (retd) 16.05.1947 KCB 01.01.1945 New Year 1945 CB 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 1943 [investiture 09.05.1944] MID 01.01.1941 New Year 1941	Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth; Staff College (1929); Imperial Defence College (1935). 15.06.1905     entered RN 1910 - 1914 served Home Fleet and China 1915 - 1918 in destroyers, Grand Fleet 15.11.1922 - (07.)1924 staff, RN College, Dartmouth 28.11.1924 - (04.)1925 HMS Douglas (flotilla leader) (Atlantic Fleet) 05.05.1925 - (02.)1927 Commanding Officer, HMS Westminster (destroyer) 08.04.1927 - (06.1928) Commanding Officer, HMS Wishart (destroyer) (China) 07.01.1929 - (08.1929) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich (04.1930)     no appointment listed 16.06.1930 - (02.)1932 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 06.08.1932 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Blanche (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (07.1934) - (11.1934) no appointment listed 15.01.1935 - (10.1935) Imperial Defence Course, Imperial Defence College 13.01.1936 - (02.)1936 Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth 24.03.1936 - 08.06.1938 Commanding Officer, HMNZS Achilles (cruiser) & Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Commanding New Zealand Station 08.06.1938 - 01.1939 Commanding Officer, HMNZS Achilles (cruiser) & till 14.11.1938 Commodore Commanding New Zealand Squadron (02.1939) - (04.1939) no appointment listed 03.05.1939 - 18.01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) & as Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Vice-Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet (despatches) (02.1941)     no appointment listed 06.03.1941 - (04.)1941 Rear-Admiral Commanding 3rd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Gloucester (Southampton class cruiser)] 12.05.1941 - 24.08.1942 Rear-Admiral Destroyers, Mediterranean [HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship)] (despatches?) (10.1942) - (12.1942) no appointment listed 12.01.1943 - 19.07.1944 Vice-Admiral Commanding Home Fleet Destroyers [HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship)] 11.10.1944 - 23.12.1945 Senior British Naval Officer, Western Atlantic [HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda)] 24.12.1945 - 10.1946 Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station [HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda)]
Glenny, John Edward Maxwell Married ((12?).1934, Blean district, Kent) Sheila Olivia Garland (24.10.1912 - 10.1988); ... children (one son, one daughter?).	10.09.1908 Kilkenny, Thomastown, Ireland - 13.01.1992 Canterbury district, Kent	Seaman ? [J109479] A/S.Lt. 01.09.1933 S.Lt. 14.03.1935, seniority 01.01.1934 Lt. 01.08.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1941 Cdr. 31.12.1943 Capt. 31.12.1948 (retd 07.01.1958) DSO 04.10.1940 stripping enemy mines [investiture 25.02.1941] DSC 23.12.1939 securing & stripping live enemy magnetic mines [investiture 19.12.1939]	28.09.1933 - 08.1934 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 13.08.1934 - (03.)1935 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 12.04.1935 - (08.)1935 HMS Barham (battleship) (Home Fleet) 02.09.1935 - (10.)1935 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 14.12.1935 - (07.)1937 HMS Oberon (submarine) 30.09.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 05.05.1938 - 07.1939 qualifying for torpedo duties, HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) & RN College, Greenwich 27.07.1939 - 27.11.1940 Mining Department, Torpedo School and Experimental Establishment, Portsmouth [HMS Vernon] 28.11.1940 - 22.05.1941 Torpedo Officer, HMS Exeter (cruiser) 18.07.1941 - (10.)1941 Mining Department, Torpedo School and Experimental Establishment, Portsmouth [HMS Vernon] 29.12.1941 - 01.1944 Torpedo Officer, HMS Howe (battleship) (02.1944) - (04.1944) no appointment listed (06.1944)     RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] * 03.07.1944 - (07.1946) Combined Operations Division, Admiralty (London) 27.06.1947 - (07.1948) Executive Officer, HMS Bulawayo 15.03.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Bluejacket (Indian Navy) (05.1951)     no appointment listed 1951     Commanding Officer, HMS Zephyr & as Captain (D), 2nd Training Flotilla (05.1953)     no appointment listed 17.08.1953 - (04.1955) Deputy Director of Underwater Weapon Materials Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (01.1956)     no appointment listed 02.05.1956 - (01.1957) Commodore, RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus] (as Cdre. 2nd cl.)
Glover, Philip Foster	09.02.1894 Altrincham, Cheshire - 26.04.1957 King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, Beaumont House, St Marylebone district, London W1 (formerly of Woking, Surrey)	S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.02.1916 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1924 Cdr. 30.09.1929 Capt. 30.06.1936 (retd 1945/46?) Cdre. 2nd cl. 1942?	15.01.1907     entered RN (01.1925)     no appointment listed 14.04.1926 - (07.1927) Squadron W/T Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron [HMS Hood (battlecruiser)] (Atlantic Fleet) 03.11.1928 - (08.1929) Fleet W/T Officer, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)] 14.01.1930 - (04.1930) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 05.01.1931 - (02.1931) tactical course, Portsmouth 04.05.1931 - (01.1934) Signal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 05.02.1934 - (07.1935) Executive Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 25.07.1935 - (02.1936) Executive Officer, HMS Valiant (battleship) (Mediterranean) (02.1937)     no appointment listed 31.05.1937 - (07.1937) tactical course, Portsmouth 13.09.1937 - (02.1941) Director of Signal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 06.1942 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Dragon (cruiser) 12.05.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Saker (RN base, Washington, US) 02.01.1945 - 05.07.1945 also: Naval ADC to the King
Glover, Sidney Edward "The Butch" Son of Chief Petty Officer George David Glover, former Chief Quartermaster of HM's Yacht Victora and Albert, and Mary Ann L. Glover (née Penfold). From Portsmouth. Married; one son.	12.03.1905 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 14.08.1996 Portsmouth, Hampshire	Boy 2nd class 1920 [J98829] Petty Officer Gunner's Mate 1927? A/Gnr. 01.10.1930 Gnr. 1931?, seniority 01.10.1930 A/Lt. 12.05.1940 Lt. 1941?, seniority 01.04.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1943 (retd 12.03.1950; age) OBE 01.01.1967 New Year 1967 [investiture 21.02.1967] MBE 02.01.1950 New Year 1950 DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945 [award posted] MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) CdeG ? Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) * * possibly (unconfirmed yet) a second Croix de Guerre for the landings in Southern France	Education: Milton & Wimborne Road Schools; Greenwich Royal Hospital School (1917) 1920     HMS Impregnable (training establishment for boys, Devonport) 1921 HMS Barham (battleship) 1925     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 1925/26 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 1926     HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 1928     HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 1930     HMS Iron Duke (battleship; sea-going gunnery firing ship) 1930     HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (02.1931)     short course of instruction (rated Director Gunner) 25.03.1931 - (05.)1933 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 16.05.1933 - (02.)1935 HMS Ouse (trawler) (Mediterranean) (07.1935)     no appointment listed 1935     HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (02.1936)     short course of instruction (rated Dagger Gunner) 07.09.1936 - (08.1939) HMS Neptune (cruiser) (Home Fleet & Africa) (09.1939)     no appointment listed (04.1940) - 1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 1940 - 10.1940 seconded as Gunnery Staff Officer, Northern Command (Army) (on the staff of General Ironside for East Coast Defences) 10.1940 - 01.1942? Gunnery Officer & First Lieutenant, 4th Minesweeping Flotilla (East & South Coasts of the UK & Faroes): 17.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Niger (Halcyon class minesweeper) 1941 - 1941 HMS Elgin (Hunt class minesweeper) 06.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Fitzroy (Hunt class minesweeper) (for flotilla duties in lieu of specialist Gunnery Officer) 03.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 12.09.1942 - (08.)1943 Gunnery Officer, HMS Western Isles (working up base, Tobermory) 09.1943 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant & Squadron Gunnery Officer, 15th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Orion (cruiser)] (04.1946)     Commanding Officer, Anti-Aircraft Range, Eastney [HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)] * 1947     Superintendent, Anti-Gas School [HMS Excellent] 13.01.1948 - 1950 Principal Training Officer, HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) (Training Squadron, Portland) Staff Superintendent, Lord Great Chamberlain's Office, 13.11.1950-01.06.1972. * indexed, but not listed as such
Godber, John Patrick Moore "Pat" Son of Ven. John Godber (1871-1957), and Euphie Moore (1890-1944), of West Tarring, Sussex. Married (27.07.1940, St Andrew's, Tarring, Worthing district, Sussex) Margaret Winifred "String" Strand-Jones (1914? - 06.12.2011), daughter of the Rev. John "Jack" Strand-Jones (1877-1958), of Pyllaucrynion, Lampeter; one son, one daughter.	06.08.1916 Darjeeling, India - 01.08.2004 Chichester district, Sussex	... ... Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 01.09.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.11.1945 Lt.Cdr. (S) 1949 Cdr. (S) 31.12.1951 (retd 06.08.1966) OBE 12.06.1976 HM's birthday 1976: for services to the Royal Naval Sailing Association	Education: Marlborough (1930.3-1933.2). ... - ... ... 30.04.1938 - (12.1939) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) 15.01.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Fiji (cruiser) 03.10.1940 - (02.)1943 HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) 04.06.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 18.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Duke of York (battleship) ... - ... ...
Godden, Arthur Ernest Son of Ernest Godden, and Florence K. Haskell.	23.04.1916 Alverstoke district, Hampshire - 26.10.1993 Hampshire	A/Wt.Eng. 01.04.1944 Wt.Eng. 1945?, seniority 01.04.1944 Lt. (E) 22.11.1947, seniority 31.12.1945 Lt.Cdr. (E) 31.12.1953 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1960 (retd 06.08.1966) OBE 01.01.1965 New Year 1965 [investiture 09.03.1965] DSC 18.12.1945 war patrols Far East 01-08.1945 [decoration posted]	? - (06.)1944 submarine course (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Selene (submarine) * 01.03.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Selene (submarine) 03.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) ... - ... ... [ served at HMS Nelson, HMS Erebus, on submarines, as well as HM Albion] * indexed, but not listed as such
Godfrey, Derek Charles	21.05.1922 - 16.05.1999	... ... Lt. 01.02.1943 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1951 (retd 29.05.1958)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (10.1945) HMS Truant ... - ... ...
Godfrey, John Henry Youngest son of Godfrey Henry Godfrey, of Banbury. Married (15.12.1921, Church of the Messiah, Birmingham) Bertha Margaret Hope, daughter of H. Donald Hope, of Moseley, Birmingham; three daughters.	10.07.1888 Aston, Warwickshire - 29.08.1971 Eastbourne	A/S.Lt. 30.07.1907? S.Lt. 09.04.1908, seniority 30.07.1907 Lt. 19.07.1909, seniority 30.10.1908 Lt.Cdr. 30.10.1916 Cdr. 30.06.1920 Capt. 30.06.1928 R.Adm. 22.02.1939 V.Adm. 15.09.1942 (retd 25.09.1945) Adm. (retd) 25.09.1945 (dispersed 05.07.1946) (reverted to retd 07.10.1946) CB 02.01.1939 New Year 1939 LegH ? ? ONile ? ?	Education: King Edward's School, Birmingham; Bradfield College; HMS Britannia. 15.01.1903     entered RN       specialised in navigation; served in HMS Euryalus, Dardanelles, 1915: present at re­occupation of Sollum, bombardment of Smyrna and Red Sea ops in support of Arab forces; on staff of C-in-C Mediterranean, 1916-1919 10.09.1923 - (01.1925) RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 31.08.1925 - (07.1927) HMNZS Diomede (cruiser) 15.03.1929 - (02.1931) Deputy Director, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 1931 - 1931 Commanding Officer, HMS Kent (cruiser) 20.06.1931 - 1933 Commanding Officer, HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) 17.11.1933 - (07.)1935 Deputy Director, Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 02.01.1936 - 1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean & Portsmouth) 02.01.1939 - 06.02.1939 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty) 07.02.1939 - 11.1942 Director of Naval Intelligence, Admiralty [HMS President] (removed from post after clashes on the Joint Intelligence Committee) 28.11.1942 - 07.12.1942 HMS Victory IV (additional; for full pay service leave) 27.12.1942 - 21.02.1943 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed) 22.02.1943 - 28.03.1946 Flag Officer Commanding Royal Indian Navy, Naval Adviser to His Excellency The Commander-in-Chief and Defence Member, and Principal Sea Transport Officer, India Chairman, Chelsea Hospital Management Committee, 1949-1960; formerly Member of the  Board of Governors: Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Chelsea Hospital for Women; Member Council: Roedean School; King Edward's Hospital Fund for London. Founder, Centre for Spastic Children, Chelsea Published: Corsica 1794: edited from the Nelson-Hood letters by Admiral J.H. Godfrey (1952); The naval memoirs of Admiral J.H. Godfrey (1964) Literature: Patrick Beesly, Very special admiral : the life of J.H. Godfrey (1980)
Goff, Reginald Stannus 2nd son of late Lt­Col Trevor Goff. Married (1918) Vera Colville (died 22.07.1963), widow of Col A.D. Geddes, The Buffs.	27.02.1882 Lymington, Hampshire - 12.11.1965 [Crondall, Hampshire ?]	Midsh. 1897 A/S.Lt. 15.04.1901? S.Lt. 07.05.1902, seniority 15.04.1901 Lt. 30.06.1903 [Lt.Cdr.] 30.06.1911 Cdr. 30.06.1916 * (retd 11.08.1922; own request) Capt. (retd) 1927 CBE 01.01.1946 New Year 1946 DSO 08.03.1918 service in destroyer of torpedo boat flotillas 1917 Hkn 26.08.1947 services rendered to Norway Russian Order of St Anne with crossed swords (1916) * special promotion in recognition of services at the Battle of Jutland (London Gazette, 15.09.1916)	15.01.1896 entered HMS Britannia 07.1911 qualified as Japanese interpreter (1916) HMS Garland (Battle of Jutland, 31.05.1916) 09.04.1941 - (07.1945) convoy duties [HMS Eaglet]
Going, George Robert Marshal	20.08.1913 - 19.07.2001 Andover, Hampshire	Midsh. 01.09.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1935 S.Lt. 07.04.1936, seniority 01.11.1934 Lt. 01.12.1935 A/Lt.Cdr. < 08.1943 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1943 (retd < 05.1950) A/Cdr. 10.05.1945? DSO 20.05.1941 attack on Taranto 11.11.1940 OBE 31.10.1944 Operation Crimson (air strike & bombardment of Sabang 25.07.1945) MID 17.06.1941 attack by enemy aircraft 10.01.1941	03.09.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Exeter (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 22.04.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 03.01.1935 - (07.1935) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 02.09.1935 - (02.1936) promotion courses, Portsmouth 10.11.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Starfish (submarine) 11.10.1937 - (06.1938) observers' course [HMS Excellent] 22.06.1938 - (04.1939) HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (for observer duties) (Mediterranean) (08.1939) Fleet Air Arm 05.02.1940 - (02.1941) observer, 819 Squadron, FAA [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] * 08.06.1942 - (08.1942) HMS President (for miscellaneous services at Admiralty) 05.09.1942 - (08.1943) HMS Activity (escort carrier) (for observer duties) (10.1943) no appointment listed 22.11.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 10.05.1945 - (04.1946) Training Commander and Chief Instructor, RN Air Station Kete [HMS Goldcrest] * although indicated as pilot, it is more likely to be observer
Goldfinch, Edward Membry "Ted" Son of William Robert and Emma Amelia Goldfinch; husband of Irene Ada Goldfinch, of Fulham, London.	21.02.1907 Havant, Hampshire - 27.11.1941 [age 34] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 3]	Seaman ? [J106220] A/Gnr. 01.10.1938 Gnr. 1939?, seniority 01.10.1938	Education: RN College served at HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) & HMS Durban (cruiser) (02.1939) no appointment listed 27.03.1939 - 08.1939 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 23.08.1939 - 24.11.1941 HMS Dunedin (cruiser) (for D/F duties) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
Goldrich *, Robert * initially: Goldreich [probably of Czech origin]	09.05.1895 - 13.02.1986 Eastbourne district, Sussex	Midsh. RNR ? A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 22.03.1917 Lt. 22.10.1918 (retd 15.08.1922; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 22.10.1926 A/Cdr. (retd) 20.04.1943? (reverted to retd < 04.1946) Cdr. (retd) 08.05.1946	served RNR 12.1913 - 12.1916 HMS Thunderer (battleship) (Grand Fleet; Battle of Jutland) 08.1916 transferred RN 02.1917 - 06.1918 HMS Poppy (sloop) (anti-submarine patrol and convoy escort duties on the Coast of Ireland station & then on anti-submarine hydrophone patrols with the Northern Patrol based on Scapa Flow) 25.08.1939 - (12.1941) Trade Convoy Plotting Room, Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (routeing & convoy plans of defensively armed merchant ships) 30.03.1942 - (10.1944) Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (routeing & convoy plans of defensively armed merchant ships) (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Goldsmith, Derek Richard George Son of Eng.Cdr. John Frederick "Jack" Goldsmith (?-1932), and Midge Kersley. Married ((06?).1952, Kensington district, London) Joan H. Groves (1926? - 12.2018); two sons.	09.10.1922 Gillingham, Medway district, Kent - 14.01.2001 Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France	Midsh. 01.01.1941 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1942 S.Lt. 01.02.1943, seniority 01.02.1942 Lt. 16.01.1944 Lt.Cdr. 16.01.1952 (retd 30.04.1962; own request) Cdr. (temporary rank) 1955?	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. 04.01.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) (02.1942)     no appointment listed 28.02.1942 - (06.)1942 HMS Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) 24.08.1942 - (10.)1943 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 05.10.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Southdown (Hunt class destroyer) (10.1944)     HMS Quickmatch (Q class destroyer) * 10.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Cavendish (CA class destroyer) (04.1945)     HMS Cavendish (CA class destroyer) * 28.04.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Roebuck (R class destroyer) ... - ... ... His son writes: "He served at various times in HMS Loch Quoik and HMS Contest. He was assistant naval attaché in Greece as acting Commander in 1955 and served in Aden in 1958 before retiring from the RN in 1962. His last job was the 1st Lt of RNC Greenwich as a Lt Cdr." * indexed, but not listed as such
Goldsmith, Frank	01.03.1885 Sevenoaks, Kent - 13.08.1961 Liskeard [age 76]	Seaman ? [211862] Gnr. 01.08.1914 Cd.Gnr. 01.08.1924 Lt. 08.06.1934, seniority 21.04.1934 (retd 01.03.1935)	08.1914     commissioned (1916) HMS Talbot (actions against German East Africa) 22.10.1918 - (01.1919) HMS Tirade (Admiralty modified R Class destroyer) (for torpedo duties) (temporary) 01.06.1924 - (01.1925) Torpedo Officer, HMS Concord (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 26.07.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Douglas (flotilla leader) (for destroyers in reserve) (additional, for torpedo duties) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 15.02.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) (for torpedo duties) 20.03.1930 - (09.1932) Torpedo Officer, HMS Danae (cruiser) (Mediterranean & America and West Indies) 02.06.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) (and as President of Warrant Officer's Mess) 04.11.1936 - 10.1938 HMS Colombo (cruiser) (for destroyers in reserve) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 11.10.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Broke (flotilla leader) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) (04.1940) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Goldsmith, Sir Malcolm Lennon Eldest son of J.P. Goldsmith and Elizabeth Mills. Married Ellen Mary, daughter of F.A. Gray, MRCS, Ottery St Mary, Devon; four daughters.	22.08.1880 Lexden, Plymouth - 04.10.1955 [Lymington, Hants. ?]	Cdr. 21.10.1914 Capt. 30.06.1919 (retd 07.10.1931) R.Adm. (retd) 07.10.1931 V.Adm. (retd) 02.01.1936 Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 09.1939 KBE 01.01.1943 New Year 1943; ocean convoys DSO 1917 ? DSO 1918? ? MID 17.11.1942 ocean convoys 1939-1942 Comdn 15.09.1916 Battle for Jutland Order of Sword of Sweden (Chevalier) (01.1908); Orders of Stanislas and St Vladimir of Russia	Education: Pencarwick House, Exmouth 15.07.1894 entered RN 1914 - 1919 Heligoland, special promotion to Commander and DSO while commanding HMS Laertes (torpedo boat destroyer) (1913-1916); Dogger Bank; Lowestoft (put out of action); Jutland in command of HMS Lydiard (despatches); Crimea (Bar to DSO) 26.08.1924 - (01.1925) Captain (D), HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 12.10.1926 - (07.1927) Captain of Dockyard and King's Harbour Master, Malta [HMS Egmont] 11.01.1929 - (04.)1930 Captain of Fishery and Minesweeping Flotillas [HMS Harebell] (02.1931) HMNZS Diomede (cruiser) * 1931 - 07.10.1931 Naval ADC to the King 09.1939 mobilized 02.1940 - (07.1945) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] * indexed, but not listed as such
Goodenough, Frederick Cockerell Son of ... Goodenough, and ... Axbridge.	10.03.1911 Burnham, Axbridge district, Somerset - 06.10.1951 Lee-on-Solent, Gosport district, Hampshire (formerly of Setley, Brockenhurst, Hampshire)	Midsh. 01.01.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1931 Lt. 01.04.1933 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1941 Cdr. 31.12.1944 MID 09.08.1940 attack on enemy light forces 05.1940	19.03.1929 - (08.1929) Midshipman, HMS Durban (cruiser) (America & West Indies) 06.01.1930 - (04.1930) Midshipman, HMS Wistaria (sloop) (America and West Indies) 02.12.1930 - (02.1931) Midshipman, HMS Valiant (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 30.04.1931 - (01.1932) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.01.1932 - (09.1932) promotion courses, Portsmouth 10.10.1933 - (02.1936) HMS Exeter (cruiser) (America & West Indies) 30.12.1936 - (02.1937) HMS Walpole (destroyer) (Portland) 29.04.1937 - (07.1937) qualifying for torpedo duties, RN College, Greenwich 02.08.1937 - (06.1938) qualifying for torpedo duties, HMS Vernon 29.06.1938 - 23.05.1941 Torpedo Officer, HMS Kelly (destroyer) (and for flotilla duties) (sunk) 20.08.1941 - (10.1943) Torpedo Officer, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 10.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Jackdaw (aircraft carrier) (torpedo duties) 02.1945 - (07.1945) Torpedo Officer to Flag Officer Naval Air Stations Australia [HMS Golden Hind] 01.1946 - (04.1946) staff, Commander-in-Chief British Pacific Fleet [HMS Tamar] 15.09.1948 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Reclaim
Goodenough, Michael Grant Third son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Dr. Frederick Craufurd Goodenough (1866-1934), DCL, Chairman of Barclays Bank, and Maive Macnamara (1879-1953), of Firkins Hall, Lechlade, Gloucestershire. Married (14.11.1934, Pembroke Church, Bermuda) Nancy Waterfield Slater (15.09.1910 - 04.02.1997), second daughter (with two brothers and two sisters) of Sir Alexander Ransford Slater, GCMG, CBE (1874-1940), and Dora Waterfield Ward (1887?-1965), of Bicton Croft, Godalming, Surrey; two sons, one daughter.	18.06.1904 Cobham, Epsom district, Surrey - 31.12.1955 Henley Squash and Badminton Club, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire (formerly of Lower Woodlands, Shiplake, Oxfordshire) [buried at sea off the Isle of Wight]	Midsh. 15.05.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1924 S.Lt. 30.03.1925 Lt. 30.06.1926 Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1934 Cdr. 30.06.1939 A/Capt. 11.1943? Capt. 30.06.1945 R.Adm. 07.07.1954 CBE 01.01.1946 New Year 1946 [investiture 20.07.1948] DSO 26.07.1940 preventing war material from falling into enemy hands [investiture 03.09.1940] OON 12.05.1942 withdrawal from Holland [decoration posted] BSM 07.01.1947 services South East Asia Commander of the Order of St Charles (Monaco), 1947.	Education: St Aubyns (Rottingdean); RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (15.01.1918-14.05.1922); RN Staff College (psc). 15.05.1922 - 09.1924 HMS Benbow (battleship) 10.11.1924 - 31.12.1925 promotion courses, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.01.1925 - 16.08.1925 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 17.08.1925 - 05.02.1926 promotion courses, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.05.1926 - 29.05.1926 HMS Winchester (additional) [tender to HMS Vernon] 30.05.1926 - 12.11.1928 HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (China) 03.01.1929 - 08.05.1930 qualifying for gunnery duties, HMS Excellent 09.05.1930 - 18.11.1931 staff, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 19.11.1931 - (01.)1933 2nd Gunnery Officer, HMS Warspite (battleship) (Home Fleet) 09.03.1933 - (07.1935) Gunnery Officer, HMS Danae (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 14.01.1936 - (10.)1936 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 28.12.1936 - (02.)1938 Staff Officer (Operations) on staff of Vice Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Galatea (cruiser)] 19.05.1938 - (06.)1938 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 11.07.1938 - (05.)1939 Gunnery Officer, HMS Norfolk (cruiser) & as Fleet Gunnery Officer, East Indies Station (08.1939)     HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) * 28.08.1939 - 05.1940 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 05.1940 - 05.1940 in charge of Demolition Party "A" (IJmuiden, the Netherlands) as part of Operation "XD" 05.1940 - 03.06.1940 Principal Assistant to Flag Officer, Dover during Operation Dynamo (evacuation of British and allied forces from Dunkirk) 04.06.1940 - (12.1941) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 1941     Staff Officer (Operations) & (Intelligence), HMS Prince of Wales (King George V class battleship) ** 04.04.1942 - (10.)1943 Executive Officer, HMS Cumberland (Kent class cruiser) (Home Fleet) 10.11.1943 - 11.1944 HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for duty with Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command) 11.1944 - (10.1945) Director of Plans (N), South East Asia Command [HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi, India & Kandy, Ceylon)] (04.1946)     HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi, India & Kandy, Ceylon) * 30.08.1946 - (10.)1947 Captain Frigate Squadron [HMS Pelican] (Mediterranean) 20.05.1948 - (05.)1949 Deputy Director of Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 28.01.1950 - 1952 Assistant Chief of Supplies and Transport, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.10.1952 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS Newfoundland (East Indies) (07.1954)     no appointment listed 04.08.1954 - 31.12.1955 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President] (also 'Chairman of the 'Way Ahead' Committee for reorganisation of the Navy 1955) * indexed, but not listed as such ** in name index of Navy List of Febr 1942 no appointment shown; in ships' listings under HMS Pembroke (from 09.05.1940); in name index of Navy List of Apr 1942 shown as HMS Lanka; in ships' listings under HMS Pembroke (from 09.05.1940)
Goodman, Frederick James Edwin Son (with four sisters and two brothers) of Charles William Goodman (1883-1952), and Ethel Symons (1890-1960). Married ((03?).1942, Plymouth district, Devonshire) Mary A. Cox; one son, one daughter.	29.01.1917 Plymouth district, Devonshire - 02.03.1981 Plymouth district, Devonshire	A/Gnr. 14.03.1942 Gnr. 1943?, seniority 14.03.1942 Cd.Gnr. = Sen.Cd.Gnr. 01.10.1948 Lt.Cdr. (Special Duties List) 01.04.1957 MBE 02.01.1956 New Year 1956 [investiture 06.03.1956]	(06.1942)     no appointment listed 19.06.1942 - (01.)1945 HMS Nelson (Nelson class battleship) (04.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed 03.09.1945 - (10.1945) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 01.1946 - (07.1946) HMS Kenya (Fiji class cruiser) 18.08.1947 - (05.1949) HMS Raleigh (stokers training establishment, Torpoint, Cornwall) ... - ... .... 06.03.1950 - (05.1952) HMS Bermuda (Fiji class cruiser) (05.1953) - (01.1954) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 26.03.1954 - (04.1955) HMS Triumph (MBE) 17.01.1956 - (01.1956) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous duties) (01.1957)     HMS Cambridge (gunnery school, Wembury, nr Plymouth) (01.1958) - (01.1959) HMS Chichester (01.1960) - (07.1961) HMS Cambridge (gunnery school, Wembury, nr Plymouth) (08.1962) - (07.1965) Weapons Department, Admiralty
Goodwin, Ernest St George Sagar	10.02.1887 The Parade, St John's Road, Battersea, Surrey - 15.07.1953 RN Hospital Haslar, Gosport district, Hampshire (formerly of Denville, Havant, Hampshire)	Sg.Capt. 31.12.1934	Education: Dulwich College; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; MD, BCh, DPH. 20.11.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) ... - ... ...
Goodwin, Thomas Edwin "Tommy"	05.07.1915 - 28.11.1973 Sheerness, Sheppey district, Kent	... ... Gnr. (T) 29.01.1940 Lt. 30.11.1941 Lt.Cdr. 30.11.1949 (retd)	... - ... ... 16.06.1941 - (12.1941) Torpedo Officer, HMS Ambuscade 02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Sainfoin ... - ... .... 1954 - 1956 Commanding Officer, HMS Barfoil
Goodyear, George Nicholas Son of George and Mary Elizabeth Goodyear. Husband of Ethel Gwendoline Goodyear, of Rhiwbina.	26.01.1890 Stonehouse, Devon - 29.04.1944 [age 54] [Whitchurch (Pantmawr) Cemetery, Glamorganshire, A.90]	Seaman ? [271995] ... ... Wt. Eng. 01.10.1923 Cd.Eng. 01.10.1933 Lt. (E) 23.12.1937 (retd 1939/40) (reverted to retd > 12.1943, < 04.1944)	... - ... ... 12.02.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Huntley (twin screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean) (01.1933)     no appointment listed 21.03.1933 - (02.)1935 HMS Dart (fishery protection gunboat) 26.07.1935 - 14.09.1936 in charge of HMS Venomous (destroyer) while in maintenance reserve, Rosyth 01.12.1936 - (02.1937) HMS Derby (twin screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean) (07.1937)     no appointment listed 17.01.1938 - 15.01.1940 HMS Hastings (escort vessel) 15.01.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Cochrane II (RN base, Rosyth) (for mechanical training establishment) 10.03.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional; for various services) 13.04.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Ariguani (fighter catapult ship) 19.12.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional; for various services) (06.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed ? - 29.04.1944 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
Goolden, Francis Hugh Walter Son of E.R. Goolden, Cookham Grove, Berks, and Eva Sophia, daughter of William Massey, Caher- villahow, Tipperary. Married (1911) Dorothy Melian, daughter of Savage French, Cuskinny, Queenstown, Ireland; one son, two daughters.	22.08.1885 Cookham Grove, Berks. - 13.06.1950 [Bedhampton, Hants. ?]	Midsh. 1901 A/S.Lt. 15.12.1904? S.Lt. 30.03.1906, seniority 15.12.1904 Lt. 01.04.1907 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1915 Cdr. 1918 Capt. 30.06.1926 R.Adm. 29.05.1937 (retd 30.05.1937) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 28.11.1939-(04.1940?) CB 01.01.1942 New Year 1942	Education: Bradfield College; HMS Britannia 15.05.1900     entered RN 1904 - 1905 HMS Cressy 1914 HMS Iron Duke (battleship) 15.05.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 26.07.1926 - 15.10.1927 Commanding Officer, HMAS Sydney (cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer to Commodore Commanding HM Australian Squadron 27.07.1929 - (02.1931) RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.08.1931 - (09.1932) Deputy Director of Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 1932 - 1933 Director of Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (01.1934) no appointment listed 1934 Tactical Course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth 17.04.1934 - 20.01.1937 Flag Captain (Commanding Officer, HMS London (cruiser)) and Chief Staff Officer to Vice Admiral commanding 1 Cruiser Squadron (Mediterranean) (02.1937) no appointment listed 14.07.1936 - 29.05.1937 Naval ADC to the King 28.11.1939 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Ganges (RN training establishment, Shotley) 20.01.1941 - 14.02.1942 Flag Officer-in-Charge, Harwich [HMS Badger] 12.03.1942 - (02.1943) Naval Assistant to First Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] 06.02.1943 - 28.07.1943 Naval Assistant (Mails) to Fourth Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] 28.07.1943 - 31.08.1944) for special and miscellaneous services [HMS President] 31.08.1944 - (04.1946) for miscellaneous services at Admiralty [HMS President]
Goolden, Massy	01.10.1887 London, UK - 08.07.1971 Saanich, BC, Canada	A/S.Lt. 15.04.1907? S.Lt. 09.04.1908, seniority 15.04.1907 Lt. 31.12.1909 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1917 Cdr. 30.06.1924 (retd 15.05.1931; own request) Capt. (retd) 01.10.1932  (reactivated RN 01.1945?; reverted to retd 1946?) T/Cdr. RCN 25.08.1939 T/Capt. RCN 01.07.1940 Capt. RCN 07.02.1944 (retd 1944) DSC 16.08.1915 Gallipoli 04.1915	15.09.1902     entered RN (1915) HMS Prince of Wales 03.09.1916 - (01.1919) First Lieutenant, HMS Courageous (battlecruiser) 03.01.1923 - (07.1924?) First Lieutenant, HMS Constance (light cruiser) 18.12.1924 lent to RCN [HMCS Stadacona] 05.05.1927 - (07.1927) First Lieutenant, HMS Danae (cruiser) (China) (08.1929) no appointment listed (04.1930) no appointment listed (02.1931) no appointment listed 28.08.1939 reactivated with the RCN 28.08.1939 - 31.07.1942 Naval Officer-in-Charge, HMC Naval Base at Sydney, NS [HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS), later, HMCS Venture (RCN base, Halifax, NS), from 23.09.1940 HMCS Protector II (RCN base, Sydney, NS)] (from ... also: in command of Auxiliary Vessels at Sydney) 19.08.1942 - 07.02.1944 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Esquimalt, BC [HMCS Givenchy (RCN Base, Esquimalt, BC)] * 01.1945 - (07.1945) staff, British Admiralty Delegation to Washington [HMS Saker] (04.1946) no appointment listed * (04.1944) & (06.1944) still indexed, but no longer listed as such

 

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