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Green, Alick Reginald "Bill" Son (with two brothers) of Malcolm Charles Andrew Green (1871-1914), and Elsie Guinevere Bisdee. Married ((09?).1938, South Eastern Surrey) Dora S. Harper.	21.05.1913 Latchford, nr Warrington - 28.04.2003 East Dorset	Cadet 01.09.1930 Midsh. 01.05.1931 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1933 S.Lt. 01.01.1934 Lt. 01.08.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1943 (retd 21.05.1956; own request) DSC 21.05.1942 attack St Nazaire 28.03.1942 [investiture 28.07.1942] DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) [decoration posted]	... - ... ... 13.09.1938 - (06.)1940 Navigating Officer, HMS Lowestoft (Grimsby class sloop) 24.07.1940 - (08.)1940 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 19.08.1940 - (01.)1941 Navigating Officer, HMS Adventure (minelayer) 30.01.1941 - (04.)1941 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 20.05.1941 - (02.)1942 Navigating Officer, HMS Adventure (minelayer) (03.1942)     HM MGB 314 (motor gun boat) (DSC) (04.1942)     no appointment listed 30.04.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Scylla (Dido class cruiser) (06.1944)     Staff Officer (Operations) on staff of Assault Group S3 (Normandy) (Bar to DSC) 06.1944 - (07.)1945 Navigating Officer, HMS Suffolk (Kent class cruiser) 03.09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) ... - ... ...
Green, Allen Thomas "Jimmy"	(09?).1920 ? Ampthill district, Bedfordshire ? - 26.09.1950 (KIA) (formerly of Totnes, Devonshire)	S.Lt. (A) 01.05.1942 Lt. (A) 01.11.1943	(02.1943)     HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) * 22.02.1943 - (06.1943) HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton) 10.06.1943 - (08.1943) 755 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)] 08.09.1943 - (06.1944) fighter leader, 825 Squadron FAA [HMS Vindex (escort carrier)] (07.1945) - (10.1945) HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton) * 02.1946 - (04.)1946 HMS Ukussa (RN Air Station, Katukurunda, Ceylon) 04.1946 - (07.)1946 pilot, 1846 Squadron FAA 27.08.1946 - (10.1948) 736 Squadron FAA [HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall)] ? - 26.09.1950 807 Squadron FAA [HMS Theseus (aircraft carrier)] (Korean War) [flying Sea Fury, carrying out ground attack exercise against British Army motor transport on hill in New Territories, Hong Kong, starboard wing hit Haddon Hill across the valley] * indexed, but not listed as such
Green, Philip Percival Mancha Youngest son of Mr & Mrs Charles Green, of Mavis Bank, Epping. Married (1940, Auckland, NZ) Gabrielle Mary Wilson (1918-), daughter of Joseph McCartney Wilson, and Mary Louisa Elmbranch, of Remura, New Zealand; one son, one daughter.	20.12.1909 Hove, Steyning district, Sussex - 16.06.1999 Cirencester district, Gloucestershire / Wiltshire	Cadet 01.05.1927 Midsh. 01.01.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1930 S.Lt. 16.11.1930 Lt. 16.06.132 Lt.Cdr. 16.06.1940 Cdr. (L) 31.12.1946 Capt. 30.06.1956 (retd 2012.1964) MID 23.02.1940 Battle of the River Plate Ogilvy Gold Medal	Education: RN Staff College (psc), Imperial Defence College (idc). 15.09.1923     entered RN ... - ... ...       specialized in torpedo duties 27.01.1939 - (10.)1941 Squadron Torpedo Officer, New Zealand Squadron [HMNZS Achilles (cruiser)] (despatches) (12.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed 08.02.1942 - (12.1943) Staff Officer (Torpedo and Mining), Navy Office, Wellington [HMNZS Philomel II] 11.01.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (for Mining Department) 17.04.1944 - 09.09.1945 Tactical, Torpedo and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.09.1945 - (04.1946) Torpedo, Anti-Submarine and Mine Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] ... - ... ... CEng, FIEE (AMIEE), AMBritIRE. Civil Defence Officer to the Emergency Water Committee for the London Region, Metropolitan Water Board, 1964.
Greene, John Dennis Son of ... Greene, and ... Grundy.	21.01.1914 Leeds district, Yorkshire - West Riding - 29.09.1998 Sudbury, Suffolk	Cadet 01.05.1931 Midsh. 01.01.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1934 S.Lt. 01.02.1935 Lt. 01.06.1937 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1945 (retd 01.03.1956) DSC 01.01.1940 New Year 40 [investiture 06.02.40]	25.04.1931 - (01.)1934 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.05.1934 - 06.01.1935 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 07.01.1935 - (07.1935) promotion course, Portsmouth 15.12.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (for submarines) 24.05.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Parthian (submarine) (China) (02.1938) no appointment listed 20.05.1938 - (04.1939) HMS Unity (submarine) (and for duty with submarines, 5th Submarine Flotilla) 07.07.1939 - (04.1940) First Lieutenant, HMS Ursula (submarine) 10.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) (for submarines) 1940 - 1941 British Naval Liaison Officer, "Surcouf" (French submarine) 12.09.1941 - 31.03.1942 HMS Quebec II (Combined Operations centre, Largs) 01.04.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Monck (HQ Combined Training, Largs) (02.1943) no appointment listed (06.1943) - (04.)1944 HMS Warren (Combined Operations base, Largs) * 29.04.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) 26.12.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Dido (cruiser) 16.06.1947 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, HMS Onslaught (destroyer) 03.01.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) 30.12.1952 - (01.1956) HMS Neptune (Reserve Fleet, Chatham) * indexed, but not listed as such
Greening, Charles Woollven Son of Benjamin Charles Greening (1867-1928), and Rosa Mary Fowler (1879-1955). Married ((06?).1927, Steyning district, Sussex) Molly Kate Flowers (21.04.1900 - 01.1997); two sons (son R.Adm. Sir Paul Woollven Greening).	13.07.1903 Hove, Steyning district, Sussex - 12.09.1958 Alverstoke, Hampshire	Midsh. 15.05.1921 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1923 S.Lt. 30.05.1924 Lt. 30.05.1926 Lt.Cdr. 30.05.1934 Cdr. 31.12.1940 Capt. 30.06.1946 (retd 07.07.1955) DSO 10.11.1953 Korea (7th list) [investiture 13.07.54] DSC 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 [investiture 13.02.45] DSC 26.06.1944 services Adriatic 10.43 [investiture 13.02.45] MID 15.12.1942 fall of Singapore OON 09.06.1942 withdrawal from Holland [decoration posted]	15.01.1917     entered RN 15.05.1921 - 14.08.1922 HMS Royal Oak 15.08.1922 - 03.12.1922 HMS Waterhen 04.12.1922 - 02.12.1923 HMS Royal Sovereign 03.12.1923 - 1924 technical courses [HMS Victory] ... - ... ... 20.10.1929 - 09.06.1931 HMS Poseidon (submarine) 06.1931 - (07.)1931 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 07.09.1931 - (12.)1931 HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 30.12.1931 - (02.)1932 HMS L 69 (submarine) (05.1932)     no appointment listed 09.05.1932 - (08.)1932 submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Alecto] 30.08.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) (01.1933)     no appointment listed 09.02.1933 - (01.)1934 First Lieutenant, HMS Dunoon (twin screw minesweeper) 08.02.1934 - (11.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS Folkestone (patrol sloop) (01.1937) - (02.1937) no appointment listed 05.04.1937 - (03.)1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Skate (destroyer) 09.05.1938 - (06.)1938 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 22.07.1938 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Hereward (destroyer) (Officer, Order of Oranje-Nassau) 02.1941 - (12.1941) Staff Officer (Operations) to Sea Transport Officer Singapore [HMS Sultan II (accounting base, Singapore)] 21.02.1942 - (08.)1942 staff Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (despatches) 30.08.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services) 15.02.1943 - 31.03.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Tyrian (destroyer) (DSC and Bar) (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 13.07.1944 - (07.)1946 Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 09.1946 - 10.01.1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Widemouth Bay ... - ... ... 01.1953 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS Birmingham (cruiser) (Korea) (DSO & UN medal)
Greening, Robert Joseph Illegitimate son of Mary Jane Greening (1873-). Married (1921, Christchurch, New Zealand) Ellen Beatrice "Nellie" Wallace (1893 - 1970), daughter of Augustus Wallace (1852-1928), and Anne Foster (1860-)..	15.08.1890 Woodville, New Zealand - 19.10.1974 Auckland, New Zealand	Boy 2nd cl. 15.08.1908 [679] Able Sea. 01.09.1909 ... ... Gnr. (T) 12.12.1917 Cd.Gnr. (T) 12.12.1927 Lt. 03.03.1939 (retd 15.08.1940) (reverted to retd > 07.1946) MBE 01.01.1941 New Year 41 [decoration posted] 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - Cor M 11 - - Cor M 37 - -	Porter. 15.08.1908     enlisted, Australasian Naval Forces (RN) [ANF 679]       HMS Powerful 01.09.1909?     HMS Pioneer 17.11.1909     HMS Vernon 28.03.1911 - 05.06.1912 HMS Vernon (torpedo training establishment, Portsmouth) 1912     HMS New Zealand (battlecruiser)       HMS Pyramus 1916     submarine service 12.12.1917     commissioned, RN 07.06.1918 - (06.)1920 HMS Talbot (light cruiser) 26.06.1920 - (08.)1920 HMS Saladin (destroyer) 23.08.1920 - (08.1923) HMNZS Philomel (light cruiser; training and depôt ship, Auckland) 07.04.1924 - (05.1926) HMS Westminster (destroyer) (6th Destroyer Flotilla) (Atlantic Fleet) 07.12.1926 - (04.)1927 HMS Tetrarch (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 26.04.1927 - (07.)1928 HMS Vulcan (submarine depot ship, Portland) 25.07.1928 - 10.01.1930 HMS Resource (repair ship) (and for duty with Captain Superintendent Contract-Built Ships) [while being under construction] 11.01.1930 - (05.)1932 HMS Resource (repair ship) (Mediterranean) (07.1932) - (09.1932) no appointment listed 06.09.1932     HMS Kate Lewis (trawler) [tender to HMS Vernon] 05.12.1932 - (02.)1935 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 08.03.1935 - (12.1941) HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (MBE) 22.01.1942 - (07.1946) HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (from c. 1943 showing as for DEMS duties)
Greenslade, Harry Married (23.07.1941, Whitechurch, nr Tavistock, Devon) Esther Anne Wilson.	25.10.1889 St Aubyn, Cornwall - 22.02.1961 Okehampton district, Devon	A/Gnr. (T) 14.12.1916 Gnr. (T) 29.12.1917, seniority 14.12.1916 Cd.Gnr. (T) 14.12.1926 (retd 25.10.1939; age) (reverted to retd 15.03.1940)	... - ... ... 29.08.1928 - 26.05.1931 HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) ... - ... ... 24.07.1937 - 14.03.1940 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)
Greenwood, Arthur Hugh Son of ... Greenwood, and ... Bebb.	09.02.1923 Guildford district, Surrey - 02.2002 Oxford district, Oxfordshire	Midsh. 01.09.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1942 S/Lt.  01.09.1942 Lt. 01.03.1944 (retd < 04.1946)	01.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Malaya (battleship) 28.04.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) 01.05.1942 - (08.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth 21.09.1942 - 22.03.1943 served submarine service 14.12.1943 - 22.03.1943 HMS Maidstone )submarine depot ship) (06.1943)     no appointment listed 20.07.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Nigeria (cruiser) 30.08.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Belfast (cruiser) 01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) 17.06.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) 05.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Warspite (battleship)
Greenwood, Leonard Edwin Son of ... Greenwood, and ... Silcox. Married ...; ... children (one son?).	08.09.1912 Wells district, Somerset - 14.01.1987 Bristol district, Gloucestershire	Schoolm. (Warrant Rank) 16.09.1935 Schoolm. (Acting Commissioned Officer from Warrant Rank) 18.06.1945 A/Senior Master 16.09.1945 Instr.Lt. 1947?, seniority 09.02.1942 Instr.Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1951 (retd 17.09.1956)	Education: University of Bristol (BSc, 1934); MIEE. ... - ... ... 19.12.1939 - (08.)1940 HMS Kelly (destroyer) [accommodated in HMS Kingston (destroyer), later HMS Kipling (destroyer)] (10.1940)     HMS Kelly (destroyer) * 10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Jervis (destroyer) (for flotilla duties) 28.02.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) (10.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed 11.04.1942 - (01.)1945 HMS Elfin (base for 6th Submarine Flotilla, Blyth) (04.1945)     no appointment listed 04.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Greeson, [Sir] Clarence Edward Son of Rev. John Greeson, of Auchterarder, Perthshire. Married 1st (1911) Katherine Whyte (?-1959); one daughter. Married 2nd (1959) Mrs Marion Meredith Edgecombe (?-1968). Married 3rd (1969) Hon. Mrs Michael Scott.	29.11.1888 - 10.06.1979	Sg.Lt.Cdr. ? Sg.Cdr. ? Sg.Capt. 30.06.1939 A/Sg.R.Adm. 13.01.1945 Sg.R.Adm. 09.07.1945 Sg.V.Adm. 31.12.1948 (retd 31.03.1952) KBE 08.06.1950 HM's birthday 1950 [investiture 04.07.1950] CB 18.12.1945 wind up Europe [investiture 26.03.1946]	Education: Aberdeen Grammar School; Aberdeen University (MB, ChB 1910; MD 1913). KHP 1946, QHP 1952. ... - ... ... 26.01.1927 - (07.1927) 12th RM Battalion ... - ... ... 12.07.1939 - 08.11.1941 Fleet Medical Officer, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth class battleship), accommodated in HMS Malaya] 01.06.1942 - (08.)1942 Base Medical Officer, HMS Louisburg (Combined Operations base, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire) 08.09.1942 - (04.)1943 Base Medical Officer, HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) (06.1943) - (04.1944) HMS Westcliff (Combined Operations base, Southend) * 05.1944 - (01.)1945 Base Medical Officer, HMS Westcliff (Combined Operations base, Southend) 13.01.1945 - (06.)1945 in charge of RN Auxiliary Hospital, Kingseat [HMS Bacchante] 25.06.1945 - (10.1945) in charge of RN Hospital, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 1948 - 1952 Medical Director-General of the Navy CStJ, 1948. * indexed, but not listed as such
Gregg, Walter	21.12.1883 Chorlton, Lancashire - 17.02.1952 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Boy II 11.06.1901 [203822] ... ... Gnr. (T) 12.09.1911 (retd) Cd.Gnr. (T) (retd) 05.05.1942 A/Lt. (retd) > 06.1944, < 10.1944	12.09.1911     commissioned, RN ... - ... ... 07.12.1930 - (04.)1942 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth, from 03.05.1941 Roedean School, Brighton) (for Whitehead Department) 05.05.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for base duties; for torpedo duties)
Gregory, Brian O'Farrell Son of Cdr. Joseph E. Gregory, RN.	20.11.1896 - 03.05.1978 Hampshire	Asst. Clerk 15.07.1914 Clerk 07.1915 Asst. Paym. 09.1917 Paym.S.Lt. 09.1919 ... ... Paym.Cdr. 30.06.1935 A/Paym.Capt. 11.11.1943? Capt. (S) 30.06.1945 (retd 29.09.1947) MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41 MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1937	Entered the Royal Navy as an Assistant Clerk in July 1914, joined the battleship Prince of Wales shortly before the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, in which ship he served in the Dardanelles in the following year - one of her first duties was to demolish the light house at Cape Helles, from which the Turks had been signalling, and her guns lent good service in bombarding other enemy batteries and positions in in the landings on 25 April 1915. Advanced to Clerk, Gregory remained in the Prince of Wales on the Adriatic Station until August 1916, latterly coming ashore to an appointment in Gibraltar. Between the Wars he served in Hong Kong in the early 1920s, was on the staff of Rear-Admiral Dunbar Nasmith, V.C. in Dolphin, and served as Secretary to the Chief of Naval Air Services in the late 1930s. ... - ... ... 04.12.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Carlisle (cruiser) (Norway 04-05.1940, Red Sea, Port Suez from 02.1941) (despatches twice) 24.06.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Phoenix (RN Aircraft Repair Yard, Fayid, Egypt) (02.1943) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 14.06.1943 - 10.11.1943 RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus] 11.11.1943 - (04.1946) Staff Accountant [later: Supply] Officer on staff of Flag Officer, Naval Air Stations [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] ... - ... ...
Gregory, [Sir] George David Archibald Son of late Lt­Col George Monro Allan Gregory, RA (retd), Tayfletts House, Perth. Married (1933) Florence Eve Patricia, younger daughter of late James Hill, Lambourne House, Bagshot; two sons.	08.10.1909 Tayfletts House, Perth - 21.03.1975 [Alyth, Perthshire ?]	Cadet 01.01.1927 Midsh. 01.09.1927 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1930 S.Lt. 16.10.1930 Lt. 16.10.1932 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1940 Cdr. 31.12.1942 Capt. 30.06.1951 R.Adm. 07.01.1960 V.Adm. 08.03.1963 (retd 24.08.1966) KBE 13.06.1964 HM's birthday 64 CB 01.01.1962 New Year 62 DSO 23.12.1939 successful actions against enemy submarines DSO 12.11.1940 good services on patrol MID 07.03.1944 sinking of Scharnhorst	Education: RN College Dartmouth (15.05.1923-). 15.01.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Atlantic) 03.01.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) 02.01.1930 - (04.)1930 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 11.08.1930 - (02.)1931 promotion course, Portsmouth 29.12.1931 - (09.1932) HMS L 16 (submarine) (Reserve, Portsmouth) 25.04.1933 - (07.)1935 HMS Odin (submarine) (China) 19.11.1935 - (02.)1936 First Lieutenant, HMS H 31 (submarine) (Portland) 05.09.1936 - (08.)1938 HMS Sunfish (submarine) (and for duty with submarines) 05.09.1938 - (10.)1938 submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth 16.12.1938 - 10.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Sturgeon (submarine) * 10.1940 - (02.1941) Staff Officer (Operations) to Senior Officer, Submarines [HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth)] (12.1941) HMS Oberon (submarine) ** 06.05.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 16.02.1943 - (06.1944) Staff Officer (M) to Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet [HMS Duke of York (battleship)] 07.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Constance (destroyer) 25.03.1948 - (05.1950) Directing Staff, RN Tactical School, Woolwich [HMS President] 14.01.1952 - (05.1953) Deputy Director Naval Training Department [HMS President] 14.09.1954 - (04.1955) Commanding Officer, HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship, Portland) & Captain (S/M) 2nd Submarine Flotilla 25.10.1955 - (01.1957) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) ? - 1957 Captain (S/M) 5th Submarine Squadron 1957 - 1960 Commodore, Hong Kong 29.09.1960 - 1964 Admiral Superintendent HM Dockyard, Devonport [HMS Drake] 1964 - 1966 Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland Member, Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers). * obviously still in command on the patrol of 26.10-08.11.1940 ** indexed, but not listed as such
Gregory, Leslie Son (with two sisters and two brothers) of Walter Gregory (1853-1939), and Jessie Lewis (1849-1944). Married (10.07.1919, Gosport, Hampshire) Lois Adele Mogg (24.08.1889 - 27.07.1988), daughter (with three sisters and one brother) of William George Mogg (1860-1929), and Ida Mary Symons Freathy (1864-1945); three daughters.	13.01.1885 Wellington, Somerset - 08.11.1963 Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, Gloucestershire (formerly of Wellington, Somerset)	... ... Eng.Lt. 01.10.1908 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1916 Eng.Cdr. 31.12.1922 Eng.Capt. (retd) 12.01.1930 (dispersed 12.09.1945) (reld 07.11.1945) (reverted to retd 08.11.1945) OBE 17.07.1919 for valuable services in HMS Revenge, 1st Battle Squadron	... - ... ... 23.11.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Resource (repair ship) 26.02.1940 - (08.)1941 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (10.1941) - (06.1942) no appointment listed (08.1942)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 02.09.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Proserpine (minesweeper and anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow) 23.02.1943 - (10.)1943 Department of the Director of Armamament Supply, Admiralty [HMS President] (for temporary service) 06.10.1943 - 12.09.1945 Torpedo Engineer Officer, Torpedo Depot, Antrim, Northern Ireland [HMS Caroline (additional)] (in rank of Eng.Cdr.) * indexed, but not listed as such
Gregory, Samuel Cooper Married ((09?).1930, Kinsgston district, Surrey) Doris Constance Elizabeth Wingrove; ... children (one son?).	22.03.1897 Bromley by Bow, Poplar district, London - 16.01.1973 Hampshire	Seaman ? [J29531] Gnr. (T) 01.07.1926 Cd.Gnr. (T) 01.07.1936 Lt. 17.07.1943 (retd 22.03.1947)	... - ... ... 26.04.1927 - (06.)1928 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 25.06.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 20.01.1930 - (04.1930) HMS Westminster (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) ... - ... ... 08.09.1938 - (12.1941) HMS Dido (cruiser) (08.1942)     no appointment listed (02.1943)     no appointment listed 19.04.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Roedean School, Brighton) (for duties at Portsmouth)
Gregory-Smith, William Frank Niemann   Changed surname officially from Smith to Gregory-Smith by deed poll of 10.04.1974. Married (10.1940) Jean Chalmers Sime (died 04.2006); one daughter, one son. photos	24.01.1910 Ashton-under-Lyne, Bucklow district, Cheshire - 04.05.2009 Lynde House, Richmond	Cadet 01.05.1927 Midsh. 01.01.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1930 S.Lt. 01.11.1930 Lt. 01.08.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1940 Cdr. 30.06.1944 Capt. 30.06.1952 (retd 12.06.1961) DSO 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.42 [investiture 11.05.43] DSO 29.09.1942 destruction of U-boat [investiture 11.05.43] DSC 25.11.1941 Operations Style & Substance [investiture 11.05.43] DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [decoration posted] MID 19.01.1943 brought ship to port when torpedoed 08.42	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (15.09.1923-...). 30.04.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Tiger (battlecruiser; seagoing gunnery firing ship) (Portsmouth) 04.01.1928 - (08.)1929 HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China) 03.09.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) 01.05.1930 - (02.)1931 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 16.09.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Warspite (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (09.1932)     no appointment listed 26.10.1932 - (02.)1935 First Lieutenant, HMS Cricket (gunboat) (China) (07.1935)     no appointment listed 09.09.1935 - (02.)1936 First Lieutenant, HMS Sable (destroyer) (Portland) 03.1936 - (02.)1938 First Lieutenant, HMS Foresight (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 22.04.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 31.10.1938 - (10.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Jaguar (destroyer) (Norway, Dunkirk) 14.11.1940 - 08.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Eridge (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (ship torpedoed) 30.09.1942 - 12.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Javelin (destroyer) 12.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Janus (destroyer) 04.1943 - (06.)1944 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 06.1944     Principal Beach Master, Assault Group G2 (Gold Beach, Normandy) (10.)1944 - (04.1946) Amphibious Warfare Branch [renamed: Assault Warfare Staff], Combined Operations HQ 06.1947 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, HMS Constance (destroyer) 24.01.1949 - (05.1950) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 07.04.1953 - (04.1955) Naval Attaché, Ankara [HMS President] (01.1956)     no appointment listed 15.03.1956 - (01.1957) Chief Staff Officer to Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President I] 30.09.1958 - (01.1959) Chief Staff Officer (1) on staff of Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean [HMS Phoenicia] 07.01.1961 - 07.07.1961 also: Naval ADC to the Queen Warden of Wilson House Hall of Residence, St Mary’s Medical School. Church warden at St Mary and All Saints, Ellingham, in the New Forest. Published: Red Tobruk : memoirs of a World War II destroyer commander (2009) * indexed, but not listed as such
Gregson, Edward Hilleary Gelson "Tiny" Son of Lt.Col. E.G. Gregson, CMG, CIE, and Mrs Gregson (née Hilleary) of Rake, Hampshire. Married (10.1931) Mabel MacGregor, daughter of Major and Mrs A.C.H. MacGregor; ... children (one son?).	22.12.1903 Peshawar, India - 24.05.1941 (MPK) [age 37] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]	Midsh. 15.01.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1924 S.Lt. 31.10.1925, seniority 15.02.1925 Lt. 15.02.1927 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1935 Cdr. 15.02.1941?	Education: RN College, Osborne (15.09.1917-...). 15.01.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Lowestoft (light cruiser) 25.09.1924 - (01.)1925 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 03.11.1925 - (07.1927) HMS Centaur (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 02.01.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 30.04.1929 - (08.)1930 HMS Iron Duke (battleship; sea-going gunnery firing ship) 25.09.1930 - (02.)1931 gunnery course [HMS Excellent] 03.10.1931 - (09.)1932 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 12.12.1932 - (06.1933) 2nd Gunnery Officer, HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) (01.1934) no appointment listed 22.01.1934 - (08.)1934 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) 05.09.1934 - (11.1934) Gunnery Officer, HMS Carlisle (cruiser) (Africa) (02.1935)     no appointment listed 23.05.1935 - (07.)1935 Gunnery School, Devonport [HMS Drake] 29.07.1935 - (02.)1936 Gunnery Officer, HMS Curacoa (cruiser; gunnery and torpedo school cruiser, Portsmouth) 10.1936 - (07.1937) First Lieutenant & Gunnery Officer, HMS Douglas (flotilla leader, 1st Submarine Flotilla) (Mediterranean) 11.01.1938 - (10.)1938 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 19.12.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 04.07.1939 - 24.05.1941 Gunnery Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (lastly also as Staff Gunnery Officer and Staff Officer (Operations), Battle Cruiser Squadron) [missing, presumed killed when the ship was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic]
Greig, Alexander Boyd Married (04.02.1919, Portsea, Portsmouth) Eileen Ethel Reynolds; one daughter, one son.	02.12.1888 Willesden, Hendon district, Middlesex - 31.05.1943 Weymouth, Dorset	... ... Lt. 22.06.1911 Lt.Cdr. 22.06.1919 Cdr. 30.06.1925 (retd 16.09.1935) Capt. (retd) 16.09.1935 (reverted to retd 31.01.1943) OBE 01.01.1936 New Year 36 DSC 22.06.1916 submarine service in the Baltic Sea * Fourth Class of the Order of St. Vladimir (07.07.1916) * * For sinking the German armoured cruiser SMS Prinz Adalbert on the 23-10-1915 off Libau.	15.01.1904     entered RN 05.1905     HMS Bulwark 06.1914 - 02.12.1916 HMS E 8 (submarine) (Baltic Sea) 1916? - 16.08.1917 Commanding Officer, HMS V 2 (submarine) [tender to HMS Alecto] 16.08.1917 - 09.09.1918 Commanding Officer, HMS E 53 [tender to HMS Maidstone (9th Submarine Flotilla's depot ship)] (Harwich) 09.09.1918 - (01.1919) Commanding Officer, HMS L 3 (submarine) [tender to HMS Ambrose (submarine depot ship)] (Berehaven, Ireland) 24.04.1923 - (08.)1923 HMS Alecto (submarine depot ship) (and for duty with submarines) 14.09.1924 - (01.)1925 Commanding Officer, HMS K 6 (submarine) (1st Submarine Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet) [tender to HMS Conquest] 13.11.1925 - (05.)1926 Commanding Officer, HMS K 26 (submarine) (1st Submarine Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet) [tender to HMS Conquest] 11.08.1926 - (07.)1927 Commanding Officer, HMS Fermoy (twin-screw minesweeper) (and for duty with submarines) (Portland) [tender to HMS Vulcan] 15.09.1927 - (06.)1928 Commanding Officer, HMS Fermoy (twin-screw minesweeper) (and for duty with submarines) (Portland) [tender to HMS Vulcan] 20.12.1928 - (08.)1929 Executive Officer, HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 04.09.1929 - (08.1930) Executive Officer, HMS Curacoa (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (02.1931)     no appointment listed 14.04.1931 - (09.1932) Executive Officer, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) 24.04.1933 - (06.)1933 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 10.07.1933 - (07.)1935 Drafting Commander, RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] Captain Superintendent of the Nautical College, Pangbourne, 1935-1939. 02.11.1939 - 03.1941 Naval Attaché on Staff of U.K. Representative to Eire, Dublin [HMS President] 15.04.1941 - (08.)1941 Department of the Director of Personal Services, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.09.1941 - 29.06.1942 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Weymouth [HMS Boscawen] (08.1942) - (12.1942) no appointment listed
Greig, Kenneth Beatson Septimus	14.11.1888 - 29.09.1948	... ... Paym.Lt.Cdr. 14.11.1919 (retd 18.05.1920; own request) Paym.Cdr. (retd) 14.11.1927 A/Paym.Capt. (retd) ? CBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 [investiture 20.05.47]	... - ... ... 24.08.1939 - (02.1943) HMS Spartiate (RN base, Clyde, Glasgow)
Greig, Morice Gordon	20.03.1914 - 13.01.1980	Cadet 01.05.1931 Midsh. 01.01.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1934 S.Lt. 01.09.1934 Lt. 01.10.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1943 Cdr. 30.06.1947 Capt. 31.12.1952 R.Adm. 08.01.1962 (retd 16.01.1965) CB 08.06.1963 HM's birthday 63: Chief of Staff and Deputy to Chairman, British Defence Staffs, Washington [decoration presented] DSC 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche [investiture 20.07.45]	01.05.1931     entered RN ... - ... ... 22.11.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) 31.07.1940 - (10.)1940 Gunnery Officer, HMS Keppel (destroyer) (and for flotilla gunnery duties) 13.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) 13.10.1941 - (08.)1943 Gunnery Officer. HMS Orion (cruiser) (DSC) 09.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 29.10.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed (10.1944) - (07.1945) Amphibious Warfare Branch, Combined Operations HQ ... - ... ... 12.1955 - (01.1958) Commanding Officer, HMS Girdle Ness ... - ... ...
Grenfell, Victor Cyril "Monkey" Youngest son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Lt.Col. John Pascoe Grenfell (1869-1948), and Adeline Octavia Lambart (1872-1958), of Wymondham, Melton Mowbray. Married 1st (06.12..1944, Westminster district, London; divorced 1958) Mary June Herron Weaver (19.06.1918 - 01.1999), widow of F/O Thomas Donald Little. AuxAF (18.08.1916 - 02.06.1940), and only daughter of Frederick William Herron Weaver, and Lucy May L. Woodsend, of Rogie, Hook Heath, Woking; one daughter. Married 2nd (04.05.1962, Windsor, Berkshire) Jeanette "Jean" Patricia Mary Henderson ((06?).1928 - 29.10.1996), only daughter of H.W. May, and S.P.A. Henderson.	25.09.1909 St Marylebone district, London - 21.12.1985 Stemster, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland	Cadet 01.01.1927 Midsh. 01.09.1927 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1930 S.Lt. 16.10.1930 Lt. 16.02.1933 Lt.Cdr. 16.02.1941 Cdr. 30.06.1947 (retd 25.09.1957) DSO 16.12.1941 Operation EF [investiture 10.02.42] MID 14.08.1945 Aegean operations relief of Greece	15.05.1923     entered RN ... - ... ... 10.07.1930     gained civil aviator's certificate (No. 9285) taken on a D.H. 60 "Moth" Cirrus III at Hanworth Club (N.F.S.) ... - ... ... (03.1939)     no appointment listed (04.1939)     short course of instruction (05.1939) - (07.1939) no appointment listed (08.1939) - (04.1940) FAA [no appointment specified] 22.04.1940 - (06.)1940 pilot, 763 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)] 23.06.1940 - (10.)1940 pilot, 826 Squadron FAA [HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex)] (12.1940)     HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) * 13.01.1941 - 26.06.1941 Commanding Officer, 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 03.07.1941 - 16.10.1941 Commanding Officer, 809 Squadron FAA [HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)] (12.1941)     no appointment listed 26.11.1941 - (04.)1942 RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] (06.1942)     Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President] * 23.07.1942 - 27.08.1942 RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] (10.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed 02.1943 - 06.12.1944 HMS Searcher (escort carrier) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 08.01.1945 - (04.1946) Airfield and Carrier Requirements Department, Admiralty [HMS President] ... - ... ... Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Caithness, 1977. * indexed, but not listed as such
Greswell, Brian Ernest "Ian" Son of Ernest Arthur Greswell (1885-1962), and Grace Lilian Egerton (1893-1970), of Oxford.	1918 ? India ? - 21.06.1940 (KIA) [age 22] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 3]	Cadet 01.01.1935 Midsh. 01.09.1935 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1938 S.Lt. 01.05.1938 Lt. 01.04.1939	Education: Horton Preparatory School, Ickwell Bury; RN College, Dartmouth (05.1931-1935). 01.01.1935 - (07.)1935 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.09.1935 - (02.)1937 HMS Delhi (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 01.05.1937 - (07.1937) HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 03.01.1938 - (08.)1938 promotion course, Portsmouth (10.1938)     no appointment listed       HMS Mackay (flotilla leader) 02.01.1939 - (04.)1939 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 05.1939 - (08.)1939 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) (for submarines) 27.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Cachalot (minelaying submarine) 1940 - 21.06.1940 British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. O13 (Dutch submarine) [ship lost 06.1940]
Gretton, [Sir] Peter William Son of Maj. George Foster Gretton (died 05.08.1950). Married (29.05.1943, St Mary's Church, Cadogan Street, London) Dorothy Nancy G. ('Judy') Du Vivier, WRNS (17.04.1920 - 05.10.2007), daughter of James Du Vivier, and ... Van de Venne, formerly of Belgium; three sons (one of them is V.Adm. Michael P. Gretton), one daughter. Main residences: Farnham, Surrey (1912-1943), Wimbledon (1944-1964) and Oxford (1964-1992).	27.08.1912 Farnham, Surrey - 11.11.1992 Oxford, Oxfordshire	Cadet 01.01.1930 Midsh. 01.09.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1933 S.Lt. 16.03.1934, seniority 01.05.1933 Lt. 01.06.1934 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1942 Cdr. 31.12.1942 Capt. 30.06.1948 Cdre. 2nd cl. (01.1956) R.Adm. 07.07.1958 V.Adm. 10.03.1961 (retd 30.05.1963; medically unfit) KCB 01.01.1963 New Year 63 [investiture 26.03.63] CB 01.01.1960 New Year 60 [investiture 09.02.60] OBE 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41 [investiture 29.07.41] DSO 10.11.1942 Operation Pedestal (Gibraltar-Malta convoy 11/16.08.42 [investiture 09.03.43] DSO 19.10.1943 defended convoy against U-boat attacks 05.05.43 [investiture 23.05.44] DSO 18.04.1944 operations against U-boats 10-11.1943 [investiture 23.05.44] DSC 05.11.1936 Arab rebellion in Palestine 36 MID 28.06.1940 2nd Battle of Narvik 04.40	Education: Roper's Preparatory School; RN College, Dartmouth (1926-1930; Prize for five First Class Certificates as S/Lt.); MA 07.01.1930 - (02.)1931 Midshipman, HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean & Atlantic Fleet) 15.04.1931 - (09.1932) Midshipman, HMS Dragon (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 21.08.1933 - (01.)1934 promotion course, Portsmouth summer 1934 HMS Victoria and Albert (HM's yacht) HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 09.11.1934 - (02.)1936 HMS Durban (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (Abyssinian crisis & Spanish Civil War) 11.12.1936 - (07.)1937 seamanship & sports officer, HMS Impregnable (boys' training establishment, St. Budeaux) 14.12.1937 - 09.1939 house officer, Royal Naval College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] (at Easter 1939 a one-week anti-submarine course, HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland)) 22.09.1939 - 04.1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Vega (destroyer) 04.1940 - 01.1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Cossack (destroyer) 11.01.1941 - 03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Sabre (destroyer) 03.03.1942 - 11.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Wolverine (destroyer) 19.11.1942 - 04.1943 Senior Officer, Escort Group B7 [HMS Tay (frigate)] 12.04.1943 - 11.1943 Senior Officer, Escort Group B7 & Commanding Officer, HMS Duncan (destroyer) 06.11.1943 - 12.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Vidette (destroyer) 01.12.1943 - 05.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Chelmer (frigate) 05.1944 - 08.1944 Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President] (as author of the Admiralty Convoy Instructions) 09.09.1944 - 05.06.1946 Joint Planning Staff to the Chiefs of Staff, based in the Cabinet Office (borne on Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President]) 01.07.1946 - 08.07.1948 Executive Officer, RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 25.10.1948 - 14.04.1949 Joint Services Staff Course, Latimer 01.08.1949 - 26.06.1950 US National War College, Washington, as observer (indicated as "duties with British Naval Staff, Washington") [HMS Saker (Joint Services Mission, Washington)] 19.09.1950 - 07.1952 Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord [HMS President] 15.09.1952 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS Gambia (cruiser) 16.06.1954 - 12.1955 Commanding Officer, HMS Saker (RN base, Washington, DC), Chief of Staff to the Admiral, British Joint Services Mission, Washington, DC and as Titular Naval Attaché, Washington, DC 01.1956 - 01.1957 Commodore commanding the task group for Operation Grapple (British atomic bomb tests near Christmas Island) [HMS Saker] 08.07.1957 - 07.07.1958 also: Naval ADC to the Queen 04.1958 - 26.07.1960 Senior Naval Member of Directing Staff of Imperial Defence College 29.08.1960 - 12.1961 Flag Officer, Sea Training and in command Portland Naval Base [HMS Osprey] 01.1962 - 01.1963 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff and Fifth Sea Lord Domestic Bursar, University College, Oxford, 1965-71, Senior Research Fellow, 1971-79. Vice-President, Royal Humane Society (Testimonial of Royal Humane Society, 1940) Published: Convoy escort commander (1964; memoirs); Maritime strategy : a study of British defence problems (1965); Former Naval Person : Churchill and the navy (1968); Crisis convoy : the story of HX231 (1974)
Grieve, Kenneth Campbell	22.08.1911 Emsworth, Hampshire - 24.04.1980 Canterbury district, Kent	... ... Lt. 01.06.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1943 A/Cdr. 07.1945 Cdr. 31.12.1948 (retd 22.08.1961) MID 14.01.1941 attack on Maritya 04.09.40 MID 20.05.1941 attack on Taranto 11.11.40	... - ... ... 22.06.1938 - (02.)1941 observer, 813 Squadron FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] (despatches twice) 29.05.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) (on instructional staff) 12.1942 - (12.)1943 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta) 01.12.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Monck (Combined Training HQ, Largs) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 07.1945 - (04.1946) Operations Officer, HMS Warrior ... - ... ...
Griffin, [James] Cecil Ruddick Son of Courtney Randolph James Griffin (1889-1976), and Mary Eveline Ruddick (1889-1948). Married 1st (25.07.1942, Newton Ferrers, Devon) Joan Margherita Vacqueriette Collier (21.03.1917 - 15.02.1981), daughter of Frederick Herbert Mark Collier (1890-1917), and Ethel Emma Butcher (1890-1961); one daughter. Married 2nd (16.12.1950, Portsmouth, Hampshire) Valerie Nancy Davis (19.09.1919 - 24.08.2010); four daughters.	28.12.1919 Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester - 11.02.1994 Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire	Cadet 01.05.1938 Midsh. (E) 01.05.1939 S.Lt. (E) 01.04.1942 A/Lt. (E) < 08.1942 Lt. (E) 26.04.1943, seniority 01.05.1942 (retd 09.03.1947; medically unfit)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 01.05.1939 - (08.1939) engineering course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.09.1939 - (08.)1942 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 03.09.1942 - (10.)1944 HMS Kent (cruiser) 14.11.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 10.1945 - (07.)1946 HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) (for duty with submarines, 4th Submarine Flotilla) 1945 - 1946 HMS Tally-Ho (submarine) (10.1946)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Griffin, Michael Harold Son of late Henry William Griffin, and Blanche Celia Griffin (née Michael). Married (1947) Barbara Mary Brewer (died 12.03.2008, aged 87); two daughters.	28.01.1921 Devonport district, Devon - 14.07.1995 Plymouth district, Devon	A/S.Lt. (E) 01.07.1942 Lt. (E) 28.01.1944, seniority 01.02.1943 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.02.1951 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1954 Capt. (E) 31.12.1962 R.Adm. 07.01.1972 (retd 30.07.1977)	Education: Plymouth Junior Technical College. CEng, FIMechE, FIMarE. MBHI. 1941     commissioned RN (02.1943) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 10.07.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Kent (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) * 1944 - ? HMS Trusty (submarine) ? - 1945 HMS Tactician (submarine) 06.07.1945 - (04.)1947 HMS Tally-Ho (submarine) 04.05.1947 - 1950 HMS Alderney (submarine) 1950 - 1952 Admiralty [HMS President] 1952 - 1954 HMS Eagle 1954 - 1957 staff Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth 1957 - 1960 HM Dockyard, Rosyth 1960 - 1962 Third Submarine Squadron 1963 - 1965 HM Dockyard, Chatham 1966 - 1969 HMS St Vincent 1969 - 1971 Commodore Superintendent, Singapore 1972 - 1977 Director of Dockyard Production and Support, Ministry of Defence Antiquarian horologist. Naval Adviser to Vosper Ship Repairers Ltd, 1977-81.
Griffiths, Frank Married Catherine Nellie Hindess (10.06.1904 - ).	30.09.1884 Bradford, Yorkshire - 19.01.1959 Fareham, Hampshire	A/Wt.Electr. 04.07.1919 Wt.Electr. 1920?, seniority 04.07.1919 Cd.Electr. 04.07.1929 (retd 30.09.1939; age) Electr.Lt. (retd) 30.09.1939 El.Lt.Cdr. (retd) 30.09.1942 (dispersal 06.10.19467) (reverted to retd 02.12.1947)	... - ... ... 03.12.1937 - 17.08.1938 HMS Iron Duke (training ship, Portsmouth) 17.08.1938 - 01.03.1947 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth, from 03.05.1941-06.1945 Roedean School, Brighton) (for Mining Department) 01.03.1947 - 26.09.1947 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for TAS duties)
Griffiths, George Son (with three sisters and two brothers) of John Griffiths (1849-), and Martha Page (1847-1923). Married (divorced) ...; ... children.	15.09.1884 Cressage, Shropshire - 13.01.1947 Kingston-upon-Hull [ashes cast into Bridlington Bay]	Boy 2nd cl. 13.01.1900 Boy 1st cl. 18.10.1900 Ord.Sea. 15.09.1902 Able Sea. 01.10.1903 Ldg.Sea. 23.03.1905 Petty Offr. 2nd cl. 27.08.1906 Petty Offr. 1st cl. 01.05.1910 Gnr. 19.10.1910 A/Mate 28.08.1913 Mate ?, seniority 28.08.1913 Lt. 28.08.1915 Lt.Cdr. 28.08.1923 (retd 15.09.1929; age) Cdr. (retd) 15.09.1929 (reverted to retd 26.11.1945) MVO 07.08.1927 escorting King's cutter "Britannia" to various regattas 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - MID 15.09.1916 ? SGM 22.11.1921 ? St Mau 11.08.1917 ? CdeG 02.11.1917 ? +     WW2 medals	28.08.1913     one of the first batch of 100 to be commissioned into the RN from the lower deck ... - ... ... 12.02.1915 - 11.11.1918 HMS Warspite (battleship) (Battle of Jutland 1916) ... - ... ... 22.03.1927 - 31.12.1927 Commanding Officer, HMS Tiverton (twin-screw minesweeper) (1st Minesweeping Flotilla) [selected to attend on the King's cutter "Britannia" during the racing season of 1927] (MVO) 31.12.1927 - 16.04.1928 Commanding Officer, HMS Boyne (fishery protection gunboat (trawler)) 17.04.1928 - 26.04.1929 Commanding Officer, HMS Selkirk (twin-screw minesweeper) [contrary to custom, again selected to attend on the King's cutter "Britannia" during the racing season of 1928] ... - ... ... 25.04.1939 - ??.??.1939 HMS Vernon (additional; temporary) 26.08.1939 - 14.01.1940 HMS Beaver (additional; as Equipment Officer on staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Humber) 15.01.1940 - (10.)1942 HMS Beaver (additional; as Senior Naval Equipment Officer (T) on staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Humber) 01.10.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (for mine and minesweeping equipment) 14.06.1943 - (07.)1945 Senior "Vernon" Trial Officer (Minelayers) & (Minesweeping), Northern Ireland [HMS Vernon]
George Griffiths was commissioned as a Mate, R.N., in August 1913 and joined the destroyer Amazon shortly before the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. That October, with Admiral Hood aboard to direct operations off the Belgian coast, Amazon ‘was so badly holed that she was put out of action’, following her full speed rush inshore to engage the enemy batteries at Westende Bains. But Griffiths was to witness a good deal more damage being caused his next ship, the Warspite, at Jutland, in which engagement, as part of the 5th Battle Squadron, she was hit by no less than 18 ‘large projectiles’, several of them when her helm jammed and forced her out of line, right in the face of incoming enemy fire. Notwithstanding this heavy punishment, and the resultant 14 fatalities and 32 wounded, she managed to fire around 250 shells from her 15-inch guns, causing severe damage to the Von der Tann, among others. A very full account of her experiences, written by her Executive Officer, appears in The Fighting at Jutland - together with an impressive series of “battle-damage” photographs - from which the following extracts have been taken: ‘ ... Went on the upper deck and had a look round. Main derrick was shot through and lying across the picket boat, mainmast holed by a 6-inch, and boats all smashed to atoms. Compass platform was riddled by splinters. Big hole starboard side by 6-inch gun, which we covered over with a collision mat and nailed down. Tried to “darken ship” as best we could, but the holes everywhere made this rather hopeless; plugged them w0ith canvas and deck cloths. A 12-inch shell had hit the communication tube of the after director tower, sheared all rivets, and spun the tube through 180 degrees, but only one man was killed and two wounded in the tower above - rather miraculous. “X” turret had a direct hit, looked like an 8-inch, but no damage whatever inside; in fact, they did not know they had been hit. The boats were a comic sight; launch absolutely smashed to blazes, all Carley rafts except two small ones broken up, and no sound boat left. First picket boat had just been painted, too, and new brass rails round casings were all cut to pieces. Both ladders to quarter deck had gone, and both life buoys blown away by blast from “Y” turret. All mainstays had been shot through except one the starboard side. Searchlights had not suffered very badly, except those on the after-superstructure; they were like scrap iron. There were many holes on the quarter deck, rather death-traps. Where the shell hit the deck, planks and fastenings were removed as cleanly as if they were shovelled away, in several places over an area of 10 or 12 square feet ... We had not time before the action to strip the sick-bay, and a 12-inch had come clean through from port to starboard, completely wrecking sick-bay, which was in an awful state of confusion, due to fire and water, chemicals, broken glass, etc. Having got this fire out, went and saw fleet surgeon, who was very busy in fore distributing station. Large numbers of burnt men were in a dreadful state ... By this time one felt one wanted something inside, so repaired to the ward-room; found they had got some food of sorts going, sardines and tinned tongue; everybody was very cheery. A funny hit here; 6-inch shell had come through ward-room table, making a clean round hole, dented deck, and gone through other side, having wrecked stove, armchair and piano. We hope to sell piano for a good price as a souvenir, although it has no inside left, but the outside is all right ... ’ But it was really in the night action that followed that Southampton faced her most challenging time, when, at about 10.30pm, Goodenough’s Second Light Cruiser Squadron was surprised in the dark by the German 4th Scouting Group. Suddenly switching on their searchlights, at point-blank range, the illuminated Southampton and Dublin were heavily shelled. In returning fire, the enemy ships were also hit and the light cruiser Frauenlob was sunk by a torpedo fired by the Southampton. In this violent action, which lasted but two or three minutes, Southampton received 20 hits, and raised her casualty count to 35 men killed and 40 wounded. An indication of the enemy’s rate of fire may be gleaned from the fact the Munchen expended nearly 100 of her 4.1-inch shells in this two or three minute period, while the range wavered from 800 to 2,500 yards; see The Fighting at Jutland, by Fawcett and Hooper, for extensive commentary on Southampton’s experiences. Goodenough was mentioned in despatches by Jellicoe, who stated that he had displayed ‘great tenacity’ in keeping touch with the enemy’s battle fleet during the afternoon of 31 May and, moreover, that he would have been recommended for an honour, ‘had he not so recently received the C.B.’ He was, however, awarded the Russian Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class, with swords (London Gazette 5 June 1917 refers), the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class (London Gazette 20 January 1918 refers) and the French Croix de Guerre. Following Jutland, in late 1916, he took command of the Orion in the Second Battle Squadron, in which capacity he served until the end of the War, and was created a K.C.B. (London Gazette 1 January 1919 refers). His subsequent appointments, prior to being placed on the Retired List in 1930, comprised Rear-Admiral Superintendent Chatham Dockyard 1919-20, Vice-Admiral C.-in-C. Africa Station 1920-22, C.-in-C. Nore 1924-27 and, as a full Admiral, First and Principal Naval A.D.C. to the King 1929-30, in which latter year he was created G.C.B. The Admiral, who died in January 1945, served as President of the Royal Geographical Society 1930-33; sold with a copy of his autobiography, A Rough Record. Griffiths was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 15 September 1916 refers), in addition to receiving the Italian Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, 5th class (London Gazette 11 August 1917 refers), and the French Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 2 November 1917 refers). Having remained in the Warspite until the end of the War, he served in the flotilla leader Stuart as Gunnery Officer and “Jimmy the One” 1918-20, and commanded the fishery protection vessel Cherwell 1921-23, and it was while serving in this latter capacity that he won the Sea Gallantry Medal (S.G.M.): ‘The schooner Faithful of Bristol stranded on Catrick Rock near Wexford Bay on 22 November 1921, in very bad weather, a confused sea and on a black night. The skiff Julia, manned by naval ratings [and Griffiths], managed to get alongside and took off the crew of five. Considerable risk was incurred’ (official records refer). Having received his S.G.M. from the King on 8 July 1922, Griffiths went on to command a brace of minesweepers in the mid-to-late 1920s, including the Tiverton, aboard which ship he added the M.V.O., 4th class to his accolades following the King’s visit to Cowes in 1927. Placed on the Retired List in the rank of Commander in September 1929, Griffiths was recalled on the renewal of hostilities, and held appointments in a parent ship on the Humber 1939-42, at Hull 1942-43, and in Northern Ireland from June 1943, and was latterly Senior Trial Officer for Minelayers and Minesweepers at Vernon.
Griffiths, Ian Raymond "Griff" Son of ... Griffiths, and ... Monk. Married ((03?).1941, Tiverton district, Devon / Somerset) Margaret E. Dennis; two daughters, one son.	(12?).1916 West Ham district, Essex - 29.01.1949 The Isolation Hospital, Eastbourne (formerly of Seaford, Sussex) (died of poliomyelitis) [age 32]	Prob. S.Lt. 31.07.1939 S.Lt. ?, seniority 16.03.1939 Lt. 21.10.1941, seniority 01.03.1940 ?, seniority 01.03.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 08.08.1947, seniority 01.03.1947 DSC 08.09.1942 attack on R-boats Boulogne DSC 15.05.1945 action against E-boats 02-03.45 MID 11.10.1940 blocking Zeebrugge Canal or Dieppe MID 25.08.1942 action Cap Barfleur 18.06.42 MID 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee	Joined the Merchant Navy straight from school at the age of 17, and became an officer on ships of the B.I. Line. (04.1940) no appointment listed 01.09.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, MASB 43 [HMS Drake IV]  12.12.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Spartiate (parent ship, Glasgow) (06.1943) - (08.1943) HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven): (07.1942? ) - (1943) Commanding Officer, HM SGB 8 (HMS Grey Wolf) 07.09.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Dauntless (cruiser) 02.03.1944 - (06.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Brissenden (destroyer) 11.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Riou (frigate) 23.12.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Easton (destroyer) Commanding Officer, HMS Opportune 28.01.1947 - (07.)1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Amethyst (Malaya)
Griffiths, James Paul Kinner Son (with two sisters) of James Paul Griffiths (1849-1899), and Louisa Jackson (1853-1903). Married (05.05.1906, Plymouth district, Devon) Ethel Alice Robins (17.10.1884 - 1962); one daughter, two sons.	05.04.1882 Senglea, Malta - 02.12.1964 District Hospital, Paignton, Totnes district, Devon	Wt.Eng. 01.11.1912 Cd.Eng.. 01.11.1922 Lt. (E) 05.07.1929 (retd 05.04.1932) Lt.Cdr. (E) (retd) 05.07.1937 (reverted to retd 13.08.1945) OBE 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 [investiture 21.10.41]	05.11.1912     commissioned RN ... - ... ... 24.07.1939 - 12.06.1940 HMS Calypso (cruiser) (OBE) [ship sunk by Italian submarine Bagnolini in Mediterranean] (08.1940) - (02.1941) no appointment listed (04.1941) - (10.1941) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) * 20.10.1941 - (12.1941) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] (02.1942) - (08.1942) Boom Defence Depot, Plymouth [HMS Drake] * 19.10.1942 - (12.1942) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 08.01.1943 - (04.)1945 HMS Nemo (auxiliary patrol base, Brightlingsea) * indexed, but not listed as such
Griggs, George Philip   Son (with one sister) of John William Griggs (1881-1951), and Dorothy Cecil Langley (1894-1962). Married (29.08.1952, Westminster district, London) Joanna Harben (28.06.1931 - ), daughter of Maj. Henry Eric Southey Harben (1900-1971), and Helen Prudence Ramsay; one son, three daughters.	(12?).1919 Epsom district, Kent - 12.09.1965 Orpington Hospital, Bromley district, Kent (formerly of Sevenoaks)	Midsh. 01.01.1938 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1940 S.Lt. 06.1940, seniority 01.04.1939 Lt. 01.07.1940 (retd 13.02.1942) (reverted to retd > 06.1944, < 10.1944)	01.01.1937     mercantile marine entry cadet, RN 11.01.1937 - 1937 HMS Erebus (turret drill ship, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Excellent] 07.09.1937 - 1937 HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1938 - (12.1939) HMS Shropshire (London class cruiser) 01.01.1940 - (02.)1940 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (03.1940) - (05.1940) no appointment listed 29.05.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Wivern (modified W class destroyer) (02.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed 13.02.1942 - (04.)1944 Press Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (06.1944)     no appointment listed Worked in public relations. Published: Destroyer at war (1943) ["a true and vivid picture of the drama, the thrill, the tragedy and the humour which forms the lot of men of the destroyers in these grim days of ceaseless warfare at sea; with 15 illustrations"]; The readiness is all : a novel (1945) ["a remarkable first novel which describes a week in the life of a young M.T.B. captain at sea and on leave"]
Grindle, John Annesley Son of George Annesley Grindle (1859-1904), and Eveleen Ferrar (1866-1956), of London and Manchester. Married (25.09.1925, St Mary Abbots, Kensington, London) Joyce Lilian Alton Batchelor (16.02.1903 - 05.1997), daughter of J.W. Alton Batchelor, of Blackheath, London SE3; two sons (one being Capt. John Robin Grindle, RN).	17.09.1900 Prestwich district, Lancashire - 20.02.1991 South East Hampshire district	Midsh. 01.01.1917 A/S.Lt. 15.11.1918 S.Lt. 15.07.1919 A/Lt. 15.07.1921 Lt. ?, seniority 15.10.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1928 Cdr. 31.12.1934 Capt. 30.06.1941 (retd 07.07.1950) Cdre. 2nd cl. < 07.1948 CBE 21.12.1943 for distinguished services in the planning and execution of operations which led to the capture of Sicily by Allied Forces (Operation Husky) [investiture 28.10.1947] MID 26.07.1940 preventing war materials to fall into enemy hands MID 20.03.1945 minelaying French coast 04-05.1944 MID 21.08.1945 minelaying Western Approaches Command 01-04.1945	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth; Pembroke College, Cambridge. 15.09.1913     entered RN ... - ... ... 16.01.1939 - 18.04.1940 Executive Officer, HMS Warspite (battleship) 19.04.1940 - 09.06.1940 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (despatches) 10.06.1940 - 05.07.1940 HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty, for special service) 06.07.1940 - (06.)1941 Executive Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (08.1941)     no appointment listed 22.08.1941 - 06.02.1942 an Assistant Director of Plans Division for Joint Planning Staff, Admiralty [HMS President (additional)] 07.02.1942 - 21.02.1942 Admiralty [HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Inter-Service Planning Staff (ISPS)) 22.02.1942 - 15.11.1942 British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA [HMS President (additional), from 01.04.1942 HMS Saker II (accounting base, Washington, DC, USA) (additional)] 28.12.1942 - 02.1943 HMS Excellent II (for HMS Evolution, as Naval Liaison Officer, Algiers) 02.1943 - 14.04.1943 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers) (additional; for duty on staff of Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean, as Captain Landing Craft) 15.04.1943 - 11.1943 Captain (Landing Craft) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station [HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers)] (CBE) 29.11.1943 - 13.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Apollo (minelayer) (despatches twice) 15.06.1945 - 12.1945 HMS Braganza (additional; as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Naval Party 2436) 01.1946 - (04.)1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Glenearn (landing ship, infantry (large)) 1946 - 1946 Commander, Force C [HMS Commonwealth (RN base, Kure, Japan)] 1946 - (07.)1948 Director of Combined Operations (Naval), Combined Operations Headquarters [HMS President] (05.1949)     no appointment listed 16.07.1949 - 03.1950 Commanding Officer, HMS Victorious (Illustrious class aircraft carrier) 24.03.1950 - (05.)1950 Commanding Officer, HMS Indefatigable (Implacable class aircraft carrier) Justice of the Peace (JP), Hampshire, 1952. * indexed, but not listed as such
Grindle, John Robin Son of Capt. John Annesley Grindle, CBE, RN, and Joyce Lilian Alton Batchelor. Married Margaret ... (predeceased him); two daughters.	08.07.1926 27, Welbeck Street, St Marylebone district, London - 17.02.2012 hospital (formerly of Portchester, Dockenfield and Winchester)	Midsh. 01.09.1943 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1945 S.Lt. 1946?, seniority 16.04.1945 ... ... Capt. 30.06.1970 (retd 27.04.1979)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.01.1940-...; Hawke House; Admiralty No. 187). 01.09.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS King George V (battleship) 22.11.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (01.1945)     HMS Racehorse (destroyer) * (07.1945)     HMS Wessex (destroyer) * 10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Anson (battleship) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Grogan, Robert Terence Son of Capt. John Hubert Grogan, and of Alice Evelyn Manners Grogan, of Lower Walmer, Kent.	20.09.1899 Ireland - 24.05.1941 (MPK) [age 41] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 2]	Midsh. 01.02.1918 Lt. (E) 15.07.1921 Lt.Cdr. (E) 15.07.1929 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1933 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41	Education: Haileybury School (1913-1915) 07.09.1917     entered RN 01.10.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Warspite (battleship) (additional; for ER duties) 08.05.1924 - (01.)1925 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 08.09.1925 - (02.)1927 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 03.05.1927 - (04.)1928 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 05.1928 - (06.)1928 HMS Castor (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) 13.09.1928 - (08.)1929 staff, RN Engineering College, Keyham 23.09.1929 - (02.1931) 2nd Engineer Officer, HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China) (01.1932)     no appointment listed 17.03.1932 - (06.)1933 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 17.12.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Emerald (cruiser) (East Indies) (02.1936)     no appointment listed 01.04.1936 - (10.)1938 Engineer Officer, HMS Sheffield (cruiser) 06.12.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS President (for Air Matériel Department, Admiralty) 05.05.1939 - 24.05.1941 Engineer Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) [missing, presumed killed when the ship was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic]
Groom, John Holdsworth	07.12.1919 - 22.11.1991	... ... Lt. 01.03.1942 ... ... Cdr. 31.12.1954 (retd 07.12.1972) MID 14.09.1943 ?	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Jamaica ... - ... ...
Grout, Henry James "Jimmy"	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. (E) RNVR ? T/Lt. (E) 12.1941, seniority 24.11.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) 30.09.1945 (reld 05.03.1946)	28.11.1941 - (10.1943) Engineer Officer, 1st SGB Flotilla [HMS Aggressive] * 22.11.1943 - (07.1945) Assistant Engineer Inspector, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President] * Navy List of June 1943: 28.11.1941, Navy List of August 1943 and later: 01.01.1943
Groves, John Robert Walter "Johnnie" Married ((06?).1949) Lurleen Revell-Smith (died 04.01.2014); one son, one daughter	27.06.1918 - 29.06.1990 Wickham, Droxford district, Hampshire	... ... Lt. 20.02.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 ... ... Capt. 31.12.1958 (retd)	... - ... ... (07.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Gudgeon, Donald John Son of ... Gudgeon, and ... Spence. Married ((06?).1939, Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire) Brenda Louvain Prosser (06.10.1917 - 07.12.1983); three sons, one daughter.	06.06.1911 Brighton, Sussex - 13.05.1985 Eastbourne district, Sussex	Lt. (A) 09.10.1938 Lt.Cdr. (A) 09.10.1946 (retd 06.06.1956)	Worked in insurance. Gained civil aviator's certificate (No. 12778) taken on D.H. Moth at Insurance Flying Club, 10.05.1935. 17.10.1938 - (12.1938) FAA Training Squadron, RAF Station, Gosport [HMS Victory] 06.01.1939 - (02.)1939 TSR Squadron 822 FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] 21.02.1939 - (04.)1939 FAA Training Squadron, RAF Station, Gosport [HMS Victory] 17.04.1939 - (10.)1940 pilot, 820 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] 19.11.1940 - (12.1940) pilot, 755 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)] (02.1941)     no appointment listed 02.1941 - (02.)1944 pilot, 750 Squadron FAA [HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad)] (04.1944) - (10.1944) no appointment listed 29.10.1944 - (10.)1945 HMS Searcher (escort carrier) 21.11.1945 - (04.1946) on staff of Flag Officer, Naval Air Stations [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Gueritz, Edward Findlay "Teddy" Son of Elton Lawrence Gueritz (1884-1931), officer of the Colonial Service, and Eleanor Dixon Valentine Findlay (1881-1960). Married (1947) Pamela Britton; one son, one daughter.	08.09.1919 Newport M district, Glamorgan / Gwent / Monmouthshire - 21.12.2008 Salisbury	Midsh. 01.05.1938 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1940 S.Lt. 1940, seniority 01.08.1939 Lt. 16.04.1941 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1949 Cdr. 31.12.1953 Capt. 30.06.1959 Cdre. ? R.Adm. 07.01.1969 (retd 15.01.1973) CB 12.06.1971 HM's birthday 71 [investiture 20.07.71] OBE 13.06.1957 Suez operations [investiture 12.11.57] DSC 25.08.1942 Operation Ironclad (assault & capture of Diego Suarez 05-07.05.42) [decoration posted] DSC 29.08.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [decoration posted]	Education: Cheltenham College. 01.05.1937 - 13.04.1938  special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 13.04.1938 - 01.05.1938 HMS Ramillies (battleship) 01.05.1938 - 01.05.1939 HMS Newcastle (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 01.05.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 04.09.1940 - 02.05.1941 HMS Jersey (destroyer) (ship mined & lost in Malta harbour) 12.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Quebec II (Combined Operations centre, Largs) 05.1942 - (08.1942) on staff of NACOI [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] (05.1942)     Principal Beachmaster at capture of Diego Suarez aboard HMS Keren (Madagascar) (02.1943)     HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) * 01.04.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Monck (Combined Training HQ, Largs) (12.1943) - (06.1944)  no appointment listed (06.1944)  - 26.06.1944  Principal Beachmaster, Sword Area, Quwwn Sector, "F" RN Beach Commando (Normandy [passage in HM LCI 185]; wounded) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 22.10.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS St George (training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man) 18.12.1945 - 22.10.1946 Executive Officer, HMS Saumarez (destroyer) (Corfu Channel incident) 01.1948 - (007.1948) Army Staff College, Camberley [HMS President] 03.01.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Devonshire (05.1953)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 07.04.1954 - (01.)1956 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic, and Junior Naval Liaison Officer to UK High Commissioner, South Africa [HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown)] 04.08.1956 - (01.1957) on staff of Flag Officer (Air) Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 1957?     staff CTF 345 08.04.1958 - (01.)1959 Executive Officer, HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Gosport) 1959 - 1961 Deputy Director, RN Staff College, Greenwich 05.06.1961 - (02.)1963 Deputy Director, Tactical and Weapons Policy Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 1964     Imperial Defence College (02.1964)   HMS President * 1965 - 1966 Captain of Fleet, Far East Fleet 1967 - (02.)1968 Director of Defence Plans (Navy) 1968 - 1968 Director, Joint Warfare Staff, Ministry of Defence 03.09.1968 - 1970 Admiral-President, Royal Naval College, concurrently first President, Royal Naval War College 12.1970 - 1972 Commandant, Joint Warfare Establishment Director and Editor-in-Chief, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, 1979–81; Specialist Adviser, House of Commons Select Committee on Defence, 1975–95; Chief Honorary Steward, Westminster Abbey, 1975–85; President, Society for Nautical Research, 1974–90, Honorary Vice President, 1990. Published: contributor to The third world war (Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1978); joint editor, Ten years of terrorism (Royal United Services Institute, London, 1979); joint editor, Nuclear attack: civil defence: aspects of civil defence in the nuclear age, a symposium (Brassey, Oxford, 1982); editor, RUSI and Brassey's defence year book (Brassey's, London, 1977-1978, 1978-1979, 1980, 1981)
Guernsey, Hugh Crawford Son of Harriet Mary Guernsey (?-1949).	29.08.1900 Eastry district, Kent - 01.05.1995	Midsh. 01.05.1917 S.Lt. 15.05.1920 Lt. 15.05.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1930 (retd 29.08.1945) A/Cdr. > 12.1943, < 04.1944 Cdr. (retd) 29.08.1945 MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 MID 01.01.1944 New Year 44	15.05.1914     entered RN ... - ... ... 01.06.1937 - (08.)1943 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Rodney, HMS Nelson 1938? - 01.01.1940, HMS Rodney 01.01.1940 - 24.07.1940, HMS Nelson 24.07.1940 - 01.04.1941, HMS King George V 01.04.1941 - 05.05.1942, HMS Duke of York 05.05.1942 - 08.07.1942, HMS King George V 08.07.1942 - 14.05.1943, HMS Duke of York 14.05.1943 - 14.06.1944] (10.1943)     no appointment listed 11.1943 - (02.)1944 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 10.02.1944 - 24.11.1944 HMAS Cerberus (for Navy Office (Monterey), as interpreter French) 11.1944     returned to Colombo by air (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) * (07.1945)     Royal Australian Navy * 01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Sultan Joined the clergy (deacon 1950, priest 1951). Westcott Ho, Cambridgeshire. Kilmallock, 1955-1971 (retired). Published: A naval career (1992). * indexed, but not listed as such
Gulvin, Arthur Lewis Son of Alfred Charles Gulvin (1860-1928), and Emily Jane Martin (1863-1937). Married (1935, Orsett) Ethel Muriel Farrington (born 1909); one son.	02.02.1909 Rainham, Kent - 04.03.1980 Chatham district, Kent	A.Boatsw. 01.03.1938 Lt. 17.03.1939 Lt.Cdr. 17.03.1947 (retd 02.02.1954)	... - ... ... 23.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Westcott (destroyer) 03.12.1940 - 22.11.1943 HMS Hebe (minesweeper) [ship mined in Adriatic] * (12.1943)     no appointment listed (06.1944) - (06.1944) HMS Algerine ** 08.1944 - 04.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Mary Rose (minesweeper) 02.07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services) ... - ... ... * although the ship was mined 11.1943, the ship remained to be borne on the Navy List at least till 07.1945, giving Lt. Gulvin as "in command" ** indexed, but not listed as such (minesweeper HMS Algerine had been sunk 15.11.1942 ...)
Gunn, Phillip Leonard Son of Chief Gunner James Gunn. Married 1st (13.04.1919, Richmond upon Thames, Middlesex, London; 20.10.1930 divorced) Bertha Lucy Kemp (25.12.1894 - (09?).1975), daughter of Cornelius Kemp (1856-1905), and Emma Lawrence (1857-1915); one son. Married 2nd (16.12.1930, Paddington, London) Majorie Florence Pearce (1907-1998), daughter of Capt. Edwin John Pearce, RA (1880-1938), and Florence Mary Brown (1882-1959); one son.	05.04.1895 Southsea, Portsea Island district, Hampshire - 27.02.1983 Sudbury district, Suffolk	Boy Seaman 16.01.1911 Ordinary Seaman 05.04.1913 Able Seaman 11.09.1913 Leading Seaman 11.09.1915 Petty Officer 19.04.1917 A/Mate 22.06.1918 A/Lt. 22.06.1921 Lt. 02.11.1922, seniority 22.10.1920 Lt.Cdr. 22.10.1928 Cdr. 30.06.1933 (retd 05.04.1945; granted war service rank of Capt.) A/Capt. 20.08.1940 DSM 12.01.1916 action against Turks, Kut-el-Amarah, River Tigris 27.09.15	16.01.1911 - 16.12.1911 HMS Impregnable (battleship; boys' training ship) 17.12.1911 - 16.10.1912 training & passage 17.10.1912 - 17.01.1916 HMS Clio (sloop) (China & Mesopotamia) 10.08.1916 - 08.01.1918 HMS Centaur (cruiser) (Harwich Naval Force) 10.04.1919 - 04.04.1921 HMS Danae (light cruiser) (raid on Kronstadt) 05.04.1921 - 23.10.1922 courses 23.10.1922 - 07.09.1924 HMS Diligence (destroyer depot ship) 07.09.1924 - 09.12.1924 HMS Sandhurst (destroyer depot ship) 20.04.1925 - 31.03.1926 HMS Princess Margaret (mine-laying vessel) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.04.1926 - 10.08.1928 First Lieutenant, HMS Wren (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 01.12.1928 - 13.02.1930 First Lieutenant, HMS Winchester (destroyer) (Portsmouth) 14.02.1930 - 02.01.1933 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (flagship Mediterranean Fleet) 02.05.1933 - 10.07.1933 HMS Iron Duke (battleship; training ship) (temporarily) 06.01.1934 - 31.08.1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Dunoon (twin screw minesweeper) (1st Minesweeping Flotilla) 09.09.1935 - 04.09.1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Speedwell (sloop minesweeper) (1st Minesweeping Flotilla) 12.10.1936 - 19.02.1937 senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 08.03.1937 - 04.07.1939 Maintenance Commander, The Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] (and for physical & recreational training duties) 08.07.1939 - 21.08.1941 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Aden [HMS Gloucester III, from 01.04.1940 HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden, Arabia)] (10.1941) - (12.1941) no appointment listed 30.12.1941 - 16.03.1942 HMS Howe (battleship) 23.03.1942 - 09.04.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) 19.05.1943 - 13.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMNZS Achilles (cruiser) 24.09.1943 - 23.10.1945 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty as Duty Captain) On retirement became Secretary of Association of Royal Navy Officers, then a landscape painter for his last thirty years. 34 of his oil paintings of life aboard ship before the First World War are owned by the R.N. Museum, Portsmouth.
Guppy, Frederick James Son (with one brother and one sister) of William Samuel Guppy (1856-), and Annie Guppy (1859-). Married (20.12.1913, St Mary Magdalen, Stoke Bishop, Gloucestershire) Rose Elfrida Pinkard (16.12.1889 - 21.03.1980), daughter (with one sister and two brothers) of Frank Pinkard (1861-1940), and Elizabeth Ann Henton (1868-1935); one son (Lt. (E) Lionel Frederick Guppy, RN), one daughter.	05.08.1889 Bristol, Gloucestershire - 20.11.1978 Exeter, Devon	Schoolmaster 21.03.1915 Sen. Master 05.04.1920 Headmaster Lt. 07.12.1932 Headmaster Lt.Cdr. 07.12.1940 Headmaster Cdr. 23.07.1942 (retd 05.08.1944) (reverted to retd > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	... - ... ... 05.04.1937 - (08.)1939 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] (09.1939) - (12.1939) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 04.01.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS St George (training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man) 10.03.1941 - (06.)1944 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] & as Port Education Officer, Chatham (10.1944)     no appointment listed 25.11.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for Mechanical Training Establishment) * indexed, but not listed as such
Guppy, Lionel Frederick Son (with one sister) of Headmaster Cdr. Frederick James Guppy, RN (1889-1978), and Rpse Elfrida Pinkard (1889-1980), of Sidmouth, Devon.	(06?).1919 St Germans district, Devon - 16.06.1942 south off Crete (formerly of Gillingham, Kent) (KIA) [age 23] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, panel 63, column 1]	Cadet (E) 01.05.1937 Midsh. (E) 01.05.1938 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.01.1940 S.Lt. (E) 15.07.1940, seniority 01.06.1939 A/Lt. (E) > 02.1941, < 04.1941 Lt. (E) 01.1942, seniority 16.01.1941	01.05.1937 - 04.1938 HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1938 - (08.)1941 course of instruction in engineering, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 24.08.1941 - 16.06.1942 HMS Hermione (Dido class cruiser) [ship torpedoed and sunk by U-205 south of Crete]
Gwinner, Clive Younger son of Harry Ernest Gwinner (1866-1918), and Mrs Gwinner. Married ((09?).1933, Gosport district, Hampshire) Betty Doreen Hartman (14.01.1912 - 06.1998), elder daughter of Frederick William Hartmann, and Dorothy Rose Nye (from 1922 Mrs Horace Nettleship Soper), of Nepcroft, Findon, Sussex.	15.10.1908 - 09.03.1998 British Columbia, Canada	Cadet 15.01.1926 Midsh. 15.09.1926 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1929 S.Lt. 22.03.1930, seniority 16.09.1929 Lt. 16.06.1931 (emgcy 18.09.1933) Lt.Cdr. (emgcy) 16.06.1939 (active list > 02.1943, <06.1943) A/Cdr. 31.01.1944? Cdr. 30.06.1944 A/Capt. 1946? (reverted to retd 1945/46) (General List 01.01.1957) DSO 20.10.1942 sinking of U-boat 07.42 [investiture 01.12.42] DSO 06.06.1944 destruction U91 25.02.44 [investiture 24.10.44] DSC 22.02.1944 destruction 2 U-boats 06.11.43 [investiture 24.10.44] MID 13.10.1942 protection convoy SL109 05.42 MID 15.08.1944 attack on U-boat 16.03.44 MID 10.10.1944 probable sinking U-boat 25.06.44	15.05.1922     entered RN 15.01.1926 - (06.1928) HMS Frobisher (cruiser) (China & Mediterranean) 03.01.1929 - (08.1929) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 08.03.1930 - (10.1930) HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 05.01.1931 - (02.)1931 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 20.04.1931 - (06.)1933 HMS L 53 (submarine) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 23.08.1936     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for course) 30.08.1937     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for course) 01.03.1939 - 22.12.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Alresford (minesweeper) 02.1940 - 12.07.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Duncan (destroyer) 26.08.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Seaborn (accounting base for 3rd Battle Squadron, Halifax, NS) 10.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Clare (destroyer) 06.1941 - 24.02.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Lulworth (escort) (DSO & despatches) 10.03.1943 - 01.04.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Duncan (destroyer) 27.04.1943 - 31.01.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Woodcock (sloop) (DSC) 31.01.1944 - 01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Affleck (frigate) & Senior Officer, 1st Escort Group (Bar to DSO, despatches twice) 10.01.1945 - 06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Balfour (frigate) & Senior Officer, 1st Escort Group (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) * * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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