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Honnywill, Richard Buston "Dick" Son of Montague John and Phyllis Honnywill. Married ((12?).1933, Kensington district, London) Eleanor S. Biscoe; two daughters.	20.10.1906 Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23.10.1972 Silton, Sturminster district, Dorset	Cadet 15.05.1920 Midsh. 15.09.1924 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1927 S.Lt. 16.07.1927 Lt. 16.02.1929 Lt.Cdr. 16.02.1937 Cdr. 30.06.1941 Capt. 30.06.1948 (retd 08.07.1957)	... - ... ... (1937) - ... HMS Faulknor (F class destroyer) ... - ... ... 31.07.1939 - (02.)1940 Navigating Officer, HMS Diomede (D class cruiser) & as Squadron Navigating Officer 27.02.1940 - (06.)1941 Navigating Officer, HMS Resolution (Royal Sovereign class battleship) 06.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Dryad (Navigation School, Portsmouth) 09.1941 - (04.)1942 Squadron Navigating Officer, 18th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Edinburgh (Improved Southampton class cruiser)] (06.1942)     no appointment listed 01.07.1942 - (04.)1944 Senior Intelligence Officer, Combined Operations, Delhi [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 12.04.1944 - (01.)1945 Staff Officer (Plans), Delhi [HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi, India)] (04.1945)     HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi, India) * 01.05.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Theseus (Colossus class light fleet aircraft carrier) ... - ... ... 07.1952 - 03.1954 Chief of Staff, Rosyth 06.1954 - 11.1955 Commanding Officer, HMS Newcastle (Town class light cruiser) 09.05.1956 - 06.1957 Commanding Officer, HMS Dryad (Navigation and Directional School)
Hood, Alexander Hugo Evelyn Only son (with two sisters) of Lt.Gen. Sir Alexander Hood, GBE, KCB, KCVO (1888-1980), from 1949-1955 Governor & Commander-in-Chief, Bermuda, and Evelyn Dulcia Ellwood, CStJ (1887-1971). Married (18.12.1954, St Michael's, Chester Square, Westminster district, London) Angela Mary Warwick (1930-), only daughter of Mr & Mrs Cyril Warwick, of Northwood, Middlesex; two daughters, two sons.	12.10.1919 Wandsworth district, Greater London / London / Surrey - 02.09.2007 London Clinic	Cadet 01.01.1937 Midsh. 01.05.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1939 S.Lt. 01.07.1939 Lt. 16.05.1941 Lt.Cdr. 16.05.1949 (retd 08.09.1958)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (?-22.12.1936; Hawke Term; Admiralty No. 1310). 01.01.1937 - 01.05.1937 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1937 - 09.1937 HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 09.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 01.05.1939 - (08.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 11.09.1939 - (10.)1942 HMS Woolston (destroyer) 08.11.1942 - (02.)1944 HMS Totland (escort) (04.1944)     HMS Totland (escort) * (06.1944) - (10.1944) qualifying for navigation duties 10.10.1944 - 12.1944 HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier) (for navigation duties) 15.12.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) (for navigation duties) 05.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Rotherham (destroyer) 29.01.1946 - (07.1946) HMS Caesar (destroyer) 09.03.1947 - 13.12.1947 HMAS Hobart (from 18.08.1947 also as Squadron Navigating Officer) 14.12.1947 - 08.07.1948 HMAS Cerberus (for navigating or directing duties) 09.07.1948 - 06.1949 HMAS Warramunga & and as Flotilla Navigating Officer 06.1949 - 22.07.1949 HMAS Penguin (additional; for passage home, 23.07.1949) 14.11.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Londonderry) (05.1951)     no appointment listed 01.1953 - (05.1953) HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier) 08.02.1954 - (04.)1955 HMS Dryad (navigation and direction school, Portsmouth) 02.09.1955 - (01.1957) HMS Cochrane (Rosyth Maritime HQ, Pitreavie, Dunfermline, Fife) * indexed, but not listed as such
Hood, Basil Frederick Second son of the Rev. John Fulton Hood, BA, and Maria Christina du Plat Hood (née Richardson Griffiths), of Craigweil-on-Sea, Bognor Regis, Sussex. Brother of Chaplain to the Forces the Rev. Canon John Charles Fulton Hood.	20.09.1886 Stockport - 10.01.1941 [age 55] [Haslar RN Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, H.18.3]	Clerk ? Assistant Paym. 20.09.1907 A/Paym. 1911 Paym.Lt.Cdr. 1917, seniority 27.08.1915 * Paym.Cdr. 27.08.1923 T/Paym.Capt. 15.08.1922? Paym.Capt. 30.06.1934 CBE 11.05.1937 HM's coronation 1937 DSO 14.03.1916 evacuation Gallipoli ** MID 16.08.1915 Gallipoli MID 1915/16? Gallipoli * Special promotion. ** "Has carried out very heavy duties under arduous conditions."	Education: St John's School, Leatherhead, Surrey (till 1904). 15.07.1904 entered RN 1912 - 1914 Secretary to Admiral of Patrols 1915 - 1916 Secretary to Vice-Admiral Commanding Eastern Mediterranean Squadron (V.Adm. De Robeck) (served at Gallipoli) 15.08.1922 - (08.1923) Secretary, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] 14.10.1924 - (01.1925) Admiral's Secretary, Rear-Admiral 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Barham (battleship)] (Mediterranean) 09.02.1926 - (05.1926) secretaries' course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.04.1927 - (04.)1930 Secretary to Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President] 19.09.1930 - (01.)1932 Admiral's Secretary, Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron  & Second-in-Command, Mediterranean [HMS Revenge (battleship)] (09.1932) no appointment listed 12.10.1932 - (02.)1936 Admiral's Secretary, Commander-in-Chief,  Mediterranean [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] 13.07.1936 - (07.)1937 Admiral's Secretary, Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 20.07.1937 - (06.)1938 for supply duties, RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 01.06.1938 - 10.01.1941 Port Accountant Officer & Port Librarian, HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
Hook, Thomas Hubert Son (with six brothers and two sisters) of Walter Henry Hook (1872-1944), and Margaret Nelson (1875-1962). Married (10.1923, Blackpool district, Lancashire) Florence Mary Nelson (24.12.1897 - 12.03.1962), daughter (with one siter) of George Alexander Nelson (1869-1931), and Sarah Elizabeth Lomas (1868-1944); four sons.	30.12.1897 Burslem, Staffordshire - 03.07.1970 Blackpool district, Lancashire	Ord.Sea. ? [J27661] ... ... Cd.Gnr. 01.07.1936 Lt. 29.12.1942 (retd 30.12.1947; age)	... - ... ... 14.08.1937 - (12.1939) Torpedo Officer, HMS Zulu (destroyer) (02.1940)     no appointment listed 02.02.1940 - (02.)1943 HMS Charybdis (cruiser) (06.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed 30.08.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Caroline II (trawler base, Belfast) (for torpedo duties) 10.01.1946 - (04.1946) Underwater Weapons Department, Admiralty [HMS President] ... - ... ...
Hooker, John Joseph Symonds Only son of the late Lt.Col. Joseph Symonds Hooker (1877-1940), and Constance Bell (1881-1977), of Pendock, Worcestershire. Married (16.09.1941, Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset) Pamela Bowring Toms, WAAF (25.05.1917 - 05.2017), elder daughter (with one brother and one sister) of Edward Bowring Toms (1884-1967), and Dulcie Carrie Deacon (1896-1971); two sons, one daughter.	24.03.1915 Quetta, Bengal, India - 03.08.1993 Pyrton Watlington, Bullingdon district, Oxfordshire	Cadet 01.05.1932 Midsh. 01.01.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1935 S.Lt. 01.09.1935 Lt. 01.02.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1945, seniority 01.02.1945 (retd > 10.1947, < 07.1948) MID 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.1942 MID 14.11.1944 3 vessels destroyed Plymouth area 12.08.1944	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 23.04.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (05.1933) - (06.1933) no appointment listed 23.11.1933 - (03.)1934 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 03.05.1934 - (08.)1934 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.09.1934 - 01.05.1935 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.05.1935 - 05.01.1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 06.01.1936 - (08.)1936 promotion course, Portsmouth 31.08.1936 - (02.)1939 HMS Duchess (destroyer) (China) (03.1939) - (07.1939) no appointment listed 13.07.1939 - (10.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Foxhound (destroyer) 11.11.1941 - (08.)1942 First Lieutenant, HMS Martin (destroyer) (despatches) 06.10.1942 - (08.)1943 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 20.09.1943 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Albrighton (destroyer) (despatches) 27.09.1945 - (07.)1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Falmouth (sloop) (10.1946)     no appointment listed 05.06.1947 - (10.1947) HMS Rosneath (landing craft base, Dumbartonshire)
Hope, Frank Stanley Son of George Hope (1886-1940), and Alice Dowling (1883-1972). Married (02.10.1947, Isle of Wight) Hazel Guy (28.11.1920 - 09.2000), daughter of Clifford James Guy (1885-1964), and Sarah Florence Love (1888-1970), of Newport, Isle of Wight; one daughter.	08.10.1921 Ilford, Romford district, Essex - 31.03.2008 Chichester, West Sussex	Cadet 01.01.1939 Midsh. 01.09.1939 S.Lt. 01.08.1940 Lt. 16.02.1942 Lt.Cdr. 16.02.1950 Cdr. 31.12.1956 Capt. 30.06.1963 (retd 22.03.1976; own request) MID 03.07.1945 Operation Acumen (anti-U-boat operation, Norway 12.1944) (damage control)	02.05.1939 - (08.1939) special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 05.05.1941 - (06.)1941 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (08.1941) - (10.1941) no appointment listed 10.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) 16.02.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) 28.08.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Byrsa (RN base, Bougie [Algeria] & Castellamare / Naples [Italy]) (04.1944)     HMS Cassandra (destroyer) * 08.05.1944 - (01.)1945 First Lieutenant, HMS Cassandra (destroyer) (despatches) (04.)1945 - (07.1945) specialist navigation course [HMS Dryad] 19.03.1946 - (04.)1947 Navigating Officer, HMS Welfare (Algerine class minesweeper) 01.09.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services) 24.03.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Harrier (RN School of Aircraft Direction, Kete, Pembrokeshire) 24.11.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Harrier (RN School of Aircraft Direction, Kete, Pembrokeshire)       HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) 11.01.1954 - (04.1955) HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (01.1956) - (01.1957) HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) * 18.03.1957 - (01.1959) Commander (ND), HMS Mercury II (Admiralty Signal and Radar Establishment, Portsdown)       HMS Saker (British Joint Services Mission, Washington, DC, USA)       HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS, Canada) (07.1961)     no appointment listed 03.09.1962 - (02.1963) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.07.1963     Admiralty [HMS President] (for language study) (02.1964)     Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.07.1966 - (02.1968) Deputy Director, Naval Plans, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.01.1969 - (02.1969) Imperial Defence College [HMS President] 23.01.1970 - (08.1971) Director of Naval Manpower Structure Planning, Ministry of Defence [HMS President] 17.07.1972 - ? Director General of Naval Personal Services, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.01.1972 - 07.07.1972 also: Naval ADC to the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such
Hope, John David Son of Lt.Cdr. Dr Richard Henry Kenard Hope (1886-1962), and the Hon. Margaret Lucy Atkin (1900-1979), of East Harting, Petersfield, Hampshire. Married (22.12.1956, Talland Church, nr Looe, Cornwall) Margaret Daphne Boutwood, daughter of R.Adm. & Mrs Laurence Boutwood, of Trewinny, Polperro, Cornwall; one son, two daughters.	10.08.1923 Kensington district, London - 14.03.2005 Redhill, East Surrey	Cadet 01.01.1942 Midsh. 01.09.1942 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1944 S.Lt. 20.11.1944, seniority 01.08.1943 Lt. 1945?, seniority 01.10.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1952 Cdr. 30.06.1957 Capt. 31.12.1964 (retd 30.04.1971)	01.01.1942     special entry cadet 01.09.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) 11.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (06.1944) - (10.1944) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * (01.1945)     HMS Wolfhound (destroyer) * 17.03.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Tuscan (destroyer) ... - ... ... ARICS. * indexed, but not listed as such
Hopkins, [Sir] Frank Henry Edward	23.06.1910 - 14.04.1990	... ... Cdr. 30.06.1945 ... ... Adm. 1966 (retd 1966) KCB 13.06.1964 ? CB 10.06.1961 ? DSO 17.02.1942 ? DSC 01.01.1941 ? MID 29.07.1941 ? MID 29.06.1951 ?	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) ... - ... ...
Hopkins, Harold Sinclair Son of Mr & Mrs H.S. Hopkins, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. Married ((09?).1936, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Emily Taylor, younger daughter of Capt. J.S. Taylor, USN; three sons.	20.04.1906 - 23.03.1975 Guy's Hospital, Southwark district, London	Midsh. 15.05.1924 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1926 S.Lt. 15.05.1927 Lt. 15.10.1928 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1936 Cdr. 31.12.1941 A/Capt. 01.1945 Capt. 31.12.1946 (retd 01.09.1955) CBE 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 1945: liaison duties, US Pacific Fleet LM 22.01.1946 British Naval Liaison Officer, US Pacific Fleet 10.1943-07.1945	... - ... ... 07.10.1939 - (05.)1940 on staff of HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 03.06.1940 - (12.1941) Gunnery Officer, HMS Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) (02.1942)     no appointment listed 30.03.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Cleopatra (Dido class cruiser) (08.1943)     no appointment listed 08.1943 - 01.1945 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) (from 10.1943 for duty at Pearl Harbor) 01.1945 - 07.1945 Naval Liaison Officer in US Pacific Fleet [HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia)] (CBE) (07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) - (10.1946) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley Gate, Ipswich, Suffolk) * ... - ... ... 07.1949 - 11.1950 HMS Unicorn (aircraft repair carrier) ... - ... ... 09.1951 - 02.1953 Deputy Director of Plans, Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] ... - ... ... 07.1953 - 09.1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Cossack & as Captain (D), 8th Destroyer Squadron ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Hopkins, Jack Gethin Youngest son (with two brothers and one sister) of Francis Gethin Hopkins (1865-1916), and Marian Josephine ... (1874-). Married 1st ((09?).1933, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Kathleen Mary Grimshaw, youngest daughter of R.J. Grimshaw, of Alverstoke, Hampshire. Married 2nd ((09?).1943, Westminster district, London) Florence Edwards.	08.10.1908 Westbury on Trym, Bristol district, Gloucestershire - 20.06.1967 King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst, Sussex	Cadet 15.01.1926 Midsh. 15.09.1926 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1929 S.Lt. 16.10.1929 Lt. 01.02.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1940 (retd 08.10.1953) A/Cdr. 11.03.1945-27.02.1946, late 1947-mid 1948	15.05.1922     entered RN 15.01.1926 - 10.1926 HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Atlantic) 01.11.1926 - 11.10.1927 HMS Effingham (cruiser) (East Indies) 12.10.1927 - 18.12.1928 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 21.03.1928 - 06.05.1928 possibly: HMS Witu [?? = HMS Witch (destroyer) ?] 07.05.1928 - 13.12.1928 possibly: HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 03.01.1929 - 11.08.1929 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.08.1929 - 28.03.1930 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 29.03.1930 - 04.05.1930 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time only) 05.05.1930 - 21.09.1930 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 22.09.1930 - 12.09.1932 HMS Regent (submarine) [tender to HMS Cyclops] [Watchkeeper certificate 24.01.1931] 21.09.1932 - 15.10.1932 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time only) 18.10.1932 - 14.09.1933 First Lieutenant, HMS H 30 (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 16.09.1933 - 19.09.1933 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time only) 09.10.1933 - 14.09.1934 First Lieutenant, HMS Wrestler (destroyer) 15.09.1934 - 28.08.1935 First Lieutenant, HMS L 56 (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 29.08.1935 - 06.10.1935 spare crew, HMS Mackay (flotilla leader, 2nd Submarine flotilla) (Home Fleet) 11.11.1935 - 12.1936 First Lieutenant, HMS Shark (submarine) [tender to HMS Cyclops] (01.1937) - (02.1937) no appointment listed 26.04.1937 - 17.08.1937 submarine Commanding Officer's course [HMS Dolphin] 18.08.1937 - 07.08.1938 Commanding Officer, HMS L 27 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] 12.09.1938 - 09.05.1940 HMS Rodney (battleship) (as Divisional Officer & Officer of Quarters of a 16” Turret) 10.05.1940 - 06.1940 submarine Commanding Officer's refresher course [HMS Dolphin] 14.06.1940 - 19.08.1940 spare submarine CO, HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee) 20.08.1940 - 21.08.1940 HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) 22.08.1940 - 24.09.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Porpoise (submarine) [tender to HMS Elfin, then HMS Forth, then from 19.04.1941 HMS Titania] 25.09.1941 - 07.12.1941 spare submarine CO, HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) 08.12.1941 - 11.10.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Taku (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin, then from 03.1942 HMS Medway, then Medway II] 27.10.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) 28.01.1943     passage to UK 22.03.1943 - 17.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Truant (submarine) [tender to HMS Forth, then from 08.1943 HMS Dolphin] 17.10.1943 - 24.11.1943 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (additional; for time only) 25.11.1943 - 01.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Thorough (submarine) (initially while under construction) [from 16.02.1944 tender to HMS Forth] 01.02.1945 - 02.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Rover (submarine) 11.03.1945 - 27.02.1946 Executive Officer, from 20.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Slinger (escort carrier) 03.04.1946 - 04.12.1950 First Lieutenant, HMS Siskin (RN Air Station, Gosport, from 12.1948 Recognition School, Gosport) 04.12.1950 - 30.07.1954 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) [12.1950-12.1952 Gunnery & Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division]
Hopper, Robert Sydney Last of five children of George Ernest Hopper (1879- 1940), Master Mariner, and Ann Eleanor Campbell Westbrook (1875- 1938). His brother George Richard Campbell Hopper (1901–1940) was an electrician on a merchant ship and died in a U-boat attack on 2 December 1940.	20.12.1908 West Derby, Lancashire - 23.03.1972	Prob. S.Lt. RNR 03.03.1933 S.Lt. RNR 14.10.1933, seniority 03.03.1933 Lt. RNR 03.03.1936 07.12.1937, seniority 19.02.1936 Lt. 1938, seniority 20.12.1932 Lt.Cdr. 20.12.1940 (retd 20.12.1953) DSC 26.05.1942 minelaying 02.1942 MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 1942	early 1938     transferred from RNR to RN 11.04.1938 - (06.)1938 First Lieutenant, HMS Anthony (destroyer) (The Nore) 28.07.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 01.11.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 23.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Atreus (minelayer) 10.09.1940 - (02.)1943 HMS Manxman (minelayer) (lastly as Executive Officer) (06.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed 28.09.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Gardiner (frigate) 20.01.1944 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Wallace (destroyer) 24.04.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Oribi (destroyer) 01.11.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Romola (destroyer) 29.09.1947 - (07.1948) for duty on staff of Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard Rosyth [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)] (05.1950)     HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) * 14.04.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Jamaica (light cruiser) * indexed, but not listed as such
Horan, Henry Edward Married (17.11.1916) Ruth Bidwell; one daughter.	12.08.1890 - 15.08.1961	Midsh. 15.05.1907 S.Lt. 15.07.1910 Lt. 15.07.1911 Lt.Cdr. 15.07.1919 Cdr. 30.06.1924 Capt. 31.12.1930 Cdre. 2nd cl. 22.04.1938-30.04.1940 R.Adm. 08.07.1941 (retd 09.07.1941) (reverted to retd 1946) CB 01.01.1947 New Year 1947 DSC 08.1914 ?	15.01.1906     entered service ... - ... ... 22.04.1938 - 23.09.1940 lent to New Zealand Government: 22.04.1938 - 07.06.1938 Commodore Commanding New Zealand Station & First Naval Member of Naval Board [HMS Achilles (cruiser)] 08.06.1938 - 31.12.1940 Chief of Naval Staff, New Zealand, and First Naval Member of the Naval Board [Navy Office, Wellington] 01.01.1940 - 30.04.1940 Chief of Naval Staff and First Naval Member of Naval Board and Commodore Commanding New Zealand Squadron [HMS Leander (cruiser)] 01.05.1940 - 23.09.1940 Commanding Officer, HMNZS Leander (cruiser) 02.07.1941 - 09.12.1941 HMS President (additional; as [ADCO (N)?] [= Assistant Director of Combined Operations (N)?]) 15.01.1941 - 08.07.1941 also: Naval ADC to the King 10.12.1941 - 30.04.1943 Rear-Admiral Landing Craft and Bases at Combined Operations HQ [HMS President (additional)] 01.05.1943 - 18.08.1943 Rear-Admiral Commanding Combined Operational Bases Western Approaches and Rosyth Commands [HMS Warren (Combined Operations base, Largs)] 19.08.1943 - (10.)1946) Rear-Admiral Commanding Combined Operational Bases Western Approaches Command (later: Western Area) [HMS Warren (Combined Operations base, Largs)]
Hordern, Michael Married Elizabeth (née ...); at least two daughters, one son. Residence: (1949) Southsea, Hampshire.	15.09.1919 Maidstone, Kent - 02.2006 still alive	Cadet 01.01.1937 Midsh. 01.05.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1939 S.Lt. 16.06.1939 Lt. 16.04.1941 A/Lt.Cdr. 08.12.1943? Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1949 (General List 01.01.1957) (retd)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (joined 05.1933). 01.01.1937 - (02.)1937 cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 27.04.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet) 09.05.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Southampton (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 01.05.1939 - (08.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth 09.1939 - 09.1941 under training: 23.09.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Foxglove (sloop) (02.1941) HMS Walpole (destroyer) * 03.11.1941 - (12.1941) pilot, HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, near Alexandria, Egypt) pilot, 803 Squadron FAA ? ** - (08.)1942 pilot, 806 Squadron FAA [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 13.08.1942 - (12.)1943 pilot, 888 Squadron FAA (12.1943?) pilot, 893 Squadron FAA 08.12.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, 1832 Squadron FAA 01.08.1944 - 01.12.1945 Commanding Officer, 1850 Squadron FAA *** 01.1946? - 02.1946? 762 Squadron FAA 02.1946 - 07.1946 Twin & SNAW Course 07.1946? - 09.1946? 736 Squadron FAA 09.1946 - 03.1947 OFS (Senior Instructor), 741 Squadron FAA [HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn)] 18.04.1947 - 12.1947 Commanding Officer, 802 Squadron FAA [HMS Vengeance & at Malta] 02.1948 - 03.1948 Commanding Officer, 800 Squadron FAA [HMS Triumph] (temporary) 01.1949 course, School of Land/Air Warfare 02.1949 course, School of Combined Operations 19.03.1949 - (05.)1949 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for miscellaneous duties) 07.06.1949 - 15.12.1951 on loan to RAN: 21.06.1949 - 20.07.1949 HMAS Cerberus II (additional; for passage per SS Orcades from Tilbury (21.06.1949) to Sydney (20.07.1949)) 21.07.1949 - 13.09.1951 HMAS Penguin (RAN base, Sydney, NSW) (additional; for School of Land/Air Warfare, RAAF Williamstown) & HMAS Albatross (RAN Air Station, Nowra) 14.09.1951 - 15.12.1951 HMAS Cerberus II (additional; for passage to UK per SS Strathaird; disembarked 20.10.1951, followed by 56 days foreign shore leave) 16.12.1951 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional) 10.01.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (04.1954) HMS President * (01.1956) no appointment listed (01.1957) HMS Droxford * * indexed, but not listed as such ** starting date given as 03.11.1941, which conflicts with earlier appointment *** (04.1946) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Hordern, Philip	22.10.1885 Rangoon, Burma - 20.04.1950 Isle of Wight, Hampshire	A/S.Lt. 15.03.1905 S.Lt. 28.09.1906, seniority 15.03.1905 Lt. 30.04.1907, seniority 15.06.1906 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1914 Cdr. 30.06.1919 (retd 02.11.1931) Capt. (retd) 02.11.1931	15.09.1900     entered RN 04.1918 - (01.1919) Gunnery Officer, HMS Inflexible (battlecruiser) 01.09.1924 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS Veronica (sloop) (New Zealand) (07.1927) no appointment listed 01.02.1929 - (02.1931) Commanding Officer, HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) (04.1940) - (02.1941) no appointment listed 29.06.1942 - (08.1942) Naval Officer-in-Charge, Weymouth [HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland)] 01.09.1942 - (02.1943) Naval Officer-in-Charge, Weymouth & Commanding Officer, HMS Bee (Coastal Forces base, Weymouth) 22.02.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Lizard (Combined Operations landing craft base, Shoreham)
Horne, John Bremner Richards	21.01.1918 Barnsley district, West Riding of Yorkshire  - 10.09.1986 Islington district, London	S.Lt. 01.02.1939 Lt. 01.04.1940, backdated 01.10.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1947 Cdr. 30.06.1951 (retd 21.01.1968) DSC 05.05.1942 action against E-boats Nore 15.03.1942 MID 05.07.1940 loss French TBD Bison	21.01.1939 - (1940) HMS Grenade (destroyer) (03.1942)  Commanding Officer, MGB 88 & Senior Officer, 7th MGB Flotilla (08.1942) HMS St. Christopher (02.1943) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 07.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Troubridge (destroyer) (07.1945) no appointment listed 11.1945 - (04.1946) Staff Communications Officer, HMS Sultan
Horne, Richard Henry Married (06.06.1904, St Matthias Church, Plymouth, Devon) Mary Maria Jane C. Tovey (23.02.1884 - 18.04.1963), daughter (with one brother) of Isaac James Tovey (1860-1900), and Paulina Jane May "Plena" Cann (1864-1937); two daughters, two sons.	10.12.1883 Carkeel, St Germans district, Cornwall - 06.10.1948 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Gnr. 05.06.1914 Cd.Gnr. 05.06.1924 (retd 10.06.1933) Lt. (retd) 10.06.1933 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 22.06.1943 (reverted to retd early 1944)	05.06.1914     commissioned RN ... - ... ... 29.09.1939 - 29.03.1942 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 30.03.1942 - 16.04.1942 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 17.04.1942 - 11.08.1942 HMS Mercury (signal school, RN Barracks, Portsmouth) 12.08.1942 - 09.11.1942 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 10.11.1942 - 28.01.1943 HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland) 29.01.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
Hornell, Denis Arthur Hawker Son of V.Adm. Robert Arthur Hornell, RN, and May Augusta Emmerson Sheean. Marired (24.08.1940) Heather Veronica Hornell (née Kincaid Lennox), of Campsie Glen, Stirlingshire; one son.	02.04.1907 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 23.05.1941 (KIA) [age 34] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]	RN: Cadet 15.01.1924 Midsh. 15.05.1925 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 01.04.1928 Lt. 01.11.1929 Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1937 RAF: (T) F/O 08.09.1929 MVO 29.01.1936 ? MID 20.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete	09.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Mediterranean) 18.03.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Lowestoft (cruiser) (Africa) 06.12.1928 - (08.)1929 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 08.09.1929 - (04.)1930 pilot's course, RAF Base, Leuchars [attached to RAF] 11.09.1930 - (02.)1931 pilot, No. 404 Flight FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) [attached to RAF] 03.06.1931 - (09.1932) pilot, HMS Kent (cruiser) (China) [attached to RAF] ? - 28.09.1933 ... [attached to RAF] 28.09.1933 - (01.)1934 qualifying for gunnery duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Excellent] 03.12.1934 - (07.)1935 Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 12.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 28.05.1936 - (02.)1938 Flotilla Gunnery Officer, 8th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Duncan (flotilla leader)] (China) (06.1938) no appointment listed 08.07.1938 - (08.)1939 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 21.08.1939 - (04.)1940 Gunnery Officer, HMS Fiji (cruiser) 11.1940 - 23.05.1941 Gunnery Officer, HMS Fiji (cruiser) (destroyed by enemy aircraft off Crete [killed in action])
Hornell, Sir Robert Arthur Eldest son of late Robert Hornell, barrister­at­law, and Elizabeth Brooking Cornish. Married (1902) May Augusta Emmerson Sheean (c. 1880-...); one son (Lt.Cdr. Denis Arthur Hawker Hornell, RN), one daughter.	23.10.1877 Larkhall Rise, Clapham, SW - 04.05.1949 Lower Bourne, Farnham, Surrey	A/S.Lt. 15.10.1897 S.Lt. 19.07.1898, seniority 15.10.1897 Lt. 30.06.1900 Cdr. 30.06.1912 Capt. 31.12.1917 R.Adm. 19.05.1929 (retd 20.05.1929) V.Adm. (retd) 11.02.1934 (reactivated 11.1939) (reverted to retd 1944) KBE 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 1941 [investiture 08.07.1941] DSO 08.03.1918 for services in destroyer and torpedo boat flotillas 1917 CdeG 1918? ? MID 23.05.1917 for service in destroyer patrol flotillas, armed boarding steamers, &c	Education: Cheam School; HMS Britannia. 15.01.1892 entered RN 1894 - 1928 served continuously at sea: 1907/08 HMS Arrogant (?) (1917?) Commanding Officer, HMS Patrol (light cruiser) 1918 - 1919 Commanding Officer, HMS Orion 06.03.1923 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS Princess Margaret (minelaying vessel) (Atlantic Fleet) 21.04.1925 - (02.)1927 Chief of Staff and Maintenance Captain on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Impregnable (training establishment for boys, Devonport)] (07.1927) no appointment listed 10.03.1928 - (06.1928) senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich 28.02.1929 - 19.05.1929 also: Naval ADC to the King 11.1939 - 02.06.1942 Commodore of Convoys [HMS Eaglet II] (as Commodore 2nd class RNR) 23.07.1940 - 07.08.1940 HX 60 (Halifax - Liverpool) [in Manchester Citizen] 23.09.1940 - 25.09.1940 Commodore-in-Charge of 12 merchant ships in Operation Menace (attack on Dakar) [in Ocean Coast] 23.02.1941 - 27.02.1941 OB 290 (Liverpool - Halifax) [in Samuel Bakke] [convoy dispersed] 27.03.1941 - 15.04.1941 HX 117 (Halifax - Liverpool) [in Sicilian Prince] 02.06.1942 - (04.)1944 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Avonmouth [HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea)] (06.1944) - (10.1944) no appointment listed Vice-Chairman NB Apostleship of the sea.
Hornsby, Frederick William	19.05.1901 Devonport, Devon - 28.05.1994 Petersfield, Hampshire	Seaman ? [M24891] ... ... Lt. (E) 01.07.1927 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.07.1935 (retd 19.05.1945) A/Cdr. (E) < 12.1941 Cdr. (E) (retd) 19.05.1945	... - ... ... (04.1930) no appointment listed 22.07.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Concord (cruiser; signal school cruiser, Portsmouth) 11.1931 - (01.1932) HMS Westminster (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) ... - ... ... 09.01.1939 - (04.1940) an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Birmingham Area, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty 04.01.1941 - (06.1944) Deputy Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Birmingham Area, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty (07.1945) - (04.1946) Inspecting Torpedo Officer, Weymouth Area, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty AMICE, FIMechE, FRSA.
Hornyold-Strickland, Thomas Henry; 7th Count della Catena Son of Henry Albert Hornyold (1890-1975), and Hon. Mary Constance Elizabeth Christina Strickland (1896-1970). Succeeded to title 1940. Married (20.01.1951) Angela Mary Engleheart (born 31.05.1928); four sons, two daughters.	26.04.1921 Chelsea district, Greater London - 07.04.1983 [Kendal, Cumbria ?]	Cadet 01.05.1938 Midsh. 01.05.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1941 S.Lt. 1941, seniority 01.04.1940 Lt. 16.07.1941 Lt.Cdr. 16.07.1949 (retd 31.07.1963) DSC 11.06.1946 wind up Far East [award posted] Recommended for an MBE, but due to early retirement (for family reasons) the recommendation was withdrawn.	01.05.1938 - 30.04.1939 special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 17.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Forester (destroyer) 02.07.1940 - 1940 HMS Ajax (cruiser) 03.09.1940 - 1940 HMS Manchester (cruiser) ? - ? served in the period 1939/41 also at HMS Erebus (monitor) & HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 06.01.1941 - (02.)1941 promotion course, Portsmouth 17.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Lamerton (destroyer) 23.06.1942 - (12.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS Wolsey (destroyer) 02.1944 - 1944 short course of instruction (04.)1944 - (10.)1944 signals course [HMS Mercury (signal school, nr. Petersfield)] 20.12.1944 - (04.)1946 Communications Officer, 24th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Troubridge (flotilla leader)] ? - ? served in the period 1942/46 also at HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) & HMS Vernon (anti-submarine establishment, Roedan School, Brighton) 12.07.1946 - (07.)1948 HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halfar, Malta) * 16.08.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Montclare (submarine depot ship) 27.03.1950 - (05.1950) Signals Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 03.1952 - 1953 HMS Euryalus (cruiser) 24.03.1953 - (05.1953) HMS Bermuda (cruiser) 03.05.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Dryad (navigation and direction school, Portsmouth) ? - (01.1957) HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) (01.1959) - (02.1963) Weapons Department, Admiralty [HMS President] ? - ? served in the period 1946/63 also at HMS Condor, HMS Boscawen, HMS Woodbridgehaven, HMS Newcastle, HMS Superb & HMS Ceylon Deputy Lieutenant (DL), County of Westmorland, 04.05.1964. High Sheriff of Westmorland for 1973 (29.03. 1973; was nominated 1971 & 1972). * indexed, but not listed as such
Horrigan, John Frederick	13.04.1895 Weston super Mare, Axbridge district, Somerset - (03?).1979 Pembroke district, Dyfed, Wales	Ch.Mech. 2nd cl. ? [D/K 87465] T/Wt.Mech. 18.06.1940 A/T/Cd.Mech. = A/Lt. (E) 18.06.1945 (retd 30.07.1948) MID 05.07.1940 for good service when one of HM's ships was sunk by a mine	? - (08.1942) Boom Defence Depot Aden [HMS Sheba] * (02.1943) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 07.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Barrhead (boom defence vessel) (04.1944) - (06.1944) HMS Baldur III (RN base, Hvitanes, Iceland) * 15.06.1945 - (07.1945) Boom Defence Depot Clyde [HMS Orlando] 01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Moorpout (mooring vessel) * indexed, but not listed as such
Horswell, Claude Henry Married Lilian; ... children (one daughter?).	26.03.1886 Devonport, Devon - 10.12.1966 Newton Abbot district, Devon	Seaman ? [M1150] Wt.Eng. 15.07.1925 Cd.Eng. 15.07.1935 (retd 26.03.1936) Lt. (E) (retd) 20.10.1941 (reverted to retd 28.08.1945)	29.09.1925 - (02.1927) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) 14.02.1928 - (08.1930) HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) [ship 19.03.1929 commissioned] 12.01.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) (09.1932)     no appointment listed 01.05.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Snapdragon (sloop) (Home Fleet) 03.05.1934 - (07.)1934 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for mechanical training establishment) 10.07.1934 - (07.1935) HMS Dunoon (twin screw minesweeper) (02.1936)     no appointment listed 03.07.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Speedwell (minesweeper) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) 21.03.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Beaver (RN base, Humber) (02.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941)     no appointment listed 14.01.1942 - (10.1944) HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich)
Horton, Sir Max Kennedy Second son (of four children) of Robert Joseph Angel Horton, a member of the London Stock Exchange, and Esther Maud Goldsmid, of Minster, Thanet.	29.11.1883 Maelog Lake Hotel, Rosneigr (Insel Anglesey, Wales) - 30.07.1951 London	Naval Cadet 15.09.1898 Midsh. 15.02.1900 S.Lt. 15.02.1903 Lt. 15.02.1905 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1913 Cdr. 31.12.1914 Capt. 30.06.1920 R.Adm. 17.10.1932 V.Adm. 19.08.1936 Adm. 09.01.1941 (retd 16.10.1945; own request, to facilitate the promotion of younger officers) GCB 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 1945 [investiture 27.06.1945] KCB 02.01.1939 New Year 1939 CB 04.06.1934 HM's birthday 1934 DSO 21.10.1914 highly successful attacks on German men-of-war DSO 02.11.1917 for long and arduous services in command of overseas submarines DSO 08.03.1920 distinguished service in command of the Baltic submarine flotilla MID 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940 Russian Order of St George, 4th Class (LG 15.11.1915); silver medal for saving life on occasion of loss of the Delhi off Cape Spartel, 1911; Grand Officer Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre (with Palmes) (?); 4th Class Order of St Vladimir with swords; 2nd Class St Anne with swords and diamonds; 2nd Class St Stanislaus of Greece; Grand Cross of Orange Nassau (12.05.1942; investiture 03.11.1942); Chief Commander of Legion of Merit (28.05.1946) (USA); Grand Cross of the Order of St Olaf (Norway) (13.01.1948; services to Norway)	15.09.1898 - 14.01.1900 HMS Britannia 15.01.1900 - 31.01.1900 HMS Duke of Wellington 01.02.1900 - 01.01.1901 HMS Majestic 02.01.1901 - 11.03.1901 HMS Blenheim 12.03.1901 - 30.06.1901 HMS Hermione 01.07.1901 - 14.02.1903 HMS Eclipse 15.02.1903 - 27.02.1903 HMS Goliath 28.02.1903 - 30.04.1903 HMS Duke of Wellington 01.05.1903 - 21.02.1904 HMS Excellent 22.02.1904 - 27.05.1904 HMS Cambridge 28.04.1904 - 30.09.1904 HMS Vivid 01.10.1904 - 14.02.1905 HMS Thames (for submarine training) 15.02.1905 - 15.06.1907 HMS Thames (for submarine boats & HMS Mercury) 16.06.1907 - 17.01.1910 HMS Bonaventure and HMS Mercury (for HMS A 1 (submarine) & HMS C 8 (submarine)) 18.01.1910 - 07.01.1912 HMS Duke of Edinburgh 08.01.1912 - 14.10.1912 HMS Arrogant & HMS Bonaventure (for submarines: HMS D 6) 15.10.1912 - 15.03.1914 HMS Maidstone (for submarines: HMS D6) 16.03.1914 - 30.06.1914 HMS Dolphin (for submarines: HMS E 9) 1914 - 1918 served European War, 1914-1918 ; when in command of Submarine E9 torpedoed light cruiser Hela at Heligoland, September 1914, and German cruiser Prinz Adalbert in Baltic, July 1915; also sunk 3 German destroyers besides 2 transports and several merchant ships 01.07.1914 - 30.12.1914 HMS Maidstone (for HMS E 9) 31.12.1914 - 24.01.1916 HMS Maidstone 25.01.1916 - 15.08.1916 HMS Dolphin (for HMS J 6) 16.08.1916 - 03.12.1917 HMS Titania (for HMS J 6) 04.12.1917 - 15.09.1918 HMS Dolphin (for HMS K 18, then HMS M 1) 16.09.1918 - 17.10.1918 HMS Titania (for HMS M 1) 18.10.1918 - 13.08.1919 HMS Vulcan 14.08.1919 - 30.07.1920 HMS Maidstone 31.07.1920 - 21.07.1921 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines and as assistant to Rear-Admiral (Submarines)) 22.07.1921 - 13.03.1922 Chief Staff Officer, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 14.03.1922 - 14.04.1924 Commanding Officer, HMS Conquest (light cruiser) & as Captain (S) 1st Submarine Flotilla 15.04.1924 - 03.08.1925 Captain (Submarines), HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) [for Fort Blockhouse] & in command of Submarine Flotilla 04.08.1925 - 07.08.1925 HMS Victory (additional; for leave) 17.08.1925 - 16.10.1925 HMS Victory (additional; for course) 17.10.1925 - 26.02.1926 HMS President (additional; for war course) 27.02.1926 - 14.03.1926 HMS Victory (additional; for leave) 26.03.1926 - 04.04.1926 HMS President (for duty inside Admiralty) 05.04.1926 - 03.04.1928 Assistant Director of Mobilisation, Admiralty [HMS President] 20.04.1928 - 18.04.1930 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, and Maintenance Captain [HMS Victory] 05.05.1930 - 04.07.1930 tactical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 30.11.1930 - 25.10.1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Resolution (battleship) 12.12.1933 - 17.07.1935 Rear-Admiral 2nd Battle Squadron [HMS Malaya, from 17.03.1934 HMS Barham] 18.07.1935 - 01.11.1936 Vice-Admiral Commanding First Cruiser Squadron [HMS London (cruiser)] (01.1937) - (07.1937) no appointment listed 26.07.1937 - 26.07.1939 Vice-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Hawkins (cruiser), from 24.06.1938 HMS Effingham (cruiser)] 09.09.1939 - 19.12.1939 Vice-Admiral Commanding Northern Patrol [HMS Pyramus (RN base, Kirkwall, Orkney)] 20.12.1939 - 08.01.1940 Admiralty [HMS President] (additional; whilst unemployed) 09.01.1940 - 09.11.1942 Flag Officer Submarines, from 09.01.1941 Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 19.11.1942 - 15.08.1945 Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 15.08.1945 - 15.10.1945 Admiralty [HMS President] (additional) 1945 Bath King of Arms; 1946 Hon. Freeman of City of Liverpool; 1947 Hon. LLD of Queen's University, Belfast. Literature: W.S. Chalmers, Max Horton and the Western Approaches (1954).
Hotham, Charles Ernest	16.09.1891 Christchurch, Hampshire - 31.01.1940 Kalkara, Southern Harbour, Malta	... ... Lt. 15.04.1913 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1921 Cdr. 30.06.1926 Capt. 30.06.1933 DSC 11.12.1918 ?	17.01.1904     entered service ... - ... ... 12.03.1938 - 31.01.1940 Captain of the Fleet to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Warspite (battleship), from 01.11.1939 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
Hotham, the Hon. John David Married Aileen Coates (died 01.11.2009, aged 93); one son. She remarried Lt.Cdr. Colin Edward Hugh Smith, RN (1897-1975).	19.04.1911 Teesdale district, Co. Durham / Yorkshire - 24.03.1962 Chester district, Cheshire	... ... Lt. 16.04.1935 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1943 (retd 19.04.1956) DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) [investiture 02.02.1945]	... - ... ... 20.08.1937 - (04.)1940 HMS Neptune (cruiser) 17.07.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Gloucester (cruiser) (02.1941) - (12.1941) HMS Icarus (destroyer) * 15.04.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Hawkins (cruiser) 01.05.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Vectis (RN base, Seaview, Isle of Wight) 02.06.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Dinosaur (combined training establishment, Troon) (06.1944)     Senior Officer, 1st Support Squadron Force J (Normandy) 20.11.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Sussex (cruiser) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Houston, David Arthur   Son (with one brother and one sister) of Bertram Beaman Houston, MC (1883-1944), chemical manufacturer, and Winifred Muriel McGregor (1890-1959). Brother of Second Officer Roxane Mary Houston, WRNS, and Capt. Anthony Bertram McGregor Houston, Royal Engineers.	(06?).1923 Brentford district, Middlesex - 19.12.1941 [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 44, column 3]	Cadet 01.05.1940 Midsh. 01.09.1940	01.09.1940 - 19.12.1941 HMS Neptune (Leander class cruiser) [ship sunk off Libyan coast by mine]
Howard, Alan Frederic William   Son of late William Howard. Married (1921) Kathleen Jocelyn, daughter of Charles Campbell Riley; two sons.	11.04.1883 Colchester, Essex - 19.11.1971 Hazelgrove, Slindon, nr Arundel, Sussex	A/S.Lt. 15.06.1902 S.Lt. 25.06.1903, seniority 15.06.1902 Lt. 31.12.1904 Cdr. 30.06.1916 (retd 19.05.1929) Capt. (retd) 19.05.1929 (reverted to retd < 04.1946) DSO 04.10.1940 for good services in directing Sea Transport MID 22.06.1917 ? MID 08.03.1918 ? CdeG 17.05.1918 ?	Education: Late Mr C. Luton, Farnborough Park, Hants; HMS Britannia. 15.09.1897     entered RN (01.1919)     HMS Stork (torpedo-boat destroyer) 06.11.1919 - 02.12.1919 London Depot RAN [lent to RAN] 03.12.1919 - 30.01.1920 HMAS Cerberus [lent to RAN] 31.01.1920 - 26.04.1920 Commander (D), HMAS Swan (torpedo-boat destroyer) [tender to HMAS Australia, from 01.04.1920 to HMS Anzac] [lent to RAN] 27.04.1920 - 12.03.1922 Commanding Officer, HMAS Anzac (flotilla leader) [lent to RAN] 13.03.1922 - 23.11.1922 Commanding Officer, HMAS Tingira (boys' training ship) [lent to RAN] 24.11.1922 - 15.12.1922 HMAS Penguin (RAN depot, Sydney) (additional; awaiting passage to UK) [lent to RAN] 16.12.1922 - 13.05.1923 London Depot RAN [lent to RAN] (08.1923)     no appointment listed (01.1925)     no appointment listed (05.1926) - (07.1927) Commander for RNR and Merchant Marine duties, Liverpool Area [HMS President] 10.04.1928 - (06.1928) senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth 01.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 16.09.194   (07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Fervent (RN base, Ramsgate) & Naval Officer-in-Charge, Ramsgate
Howard, Francis "Frank" Married 1st Violet ... Married 2nd ((06?).1922, Kensington district, London) Grace Flora Wilson (1889? - (06?).1938); one daughter (Eve Lilian Howard, who married Lt.Cdr. George Hugo Digby Legard, MBE, RN, and later Lt. (S) Guy Alexander Hughes, RNVR). Married 3rd ((06?).1947, Uckfield district, Sussex) Corona Elsie Standley(Mrs Hugh De Laine Standley)  (née Crawford) (20.06.1902 - 03.1994); one son.	31.12.1889 London - 23.08.1966 Tonbridge district, Kent	... ... Lt. 01.04.1912 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1920 Cdr. 31.12.1925 (retd 10.04.1935; own request) Capt. (retd) 10.04.1935 (reverted to retd > 01.1945, < 04.1945) DSC 17.04.1918 ?	? - (01.1919) HMS Restless (torpedo-boat destroyer) 20.04.1921 - (04.1922) Commanding Officer, HMS Walrus (torpedo-boat destroyer) 02.07.1923 - (01.1925) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (05.1926)     no appointment listed 26.07.1926 - (07.)1928 Commanding Officer, HMS Amazon (destroyer) 05.11.1928 - (01.)1931 Commanding Officer, HMS Sandwich (sloop) (China) (02.1931)     no appointment listed 19.10.1931 - (01.)1932 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS President] 27.02.1932 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Winchester (destroyer) (Portsmouth) & in command of "Vernon" Flotilla (03.1934) - (05.1934) no appointment listed 28.07.1934 - 09.04.1935 Assistant to Captain of the Dockyard and Assistant King's Harbour Master, HM Dockyard, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 22.08.1939 - 08.08.1940 Chief of Staff to Flag Officer-in-Charge, Liverpool [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 22.08.1940 - (04.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Hector (armed merchant cruiser) 03.04.1942 - (10.)1943 Captain Superintendent Colombo [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 22.11.1943 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Abatos (training establishment & Senior Naval Officer, PLUTO [Pipeline under the Ocean], Norfolk House, Woolston) Raised the Ward of the then Lady Harlech in Wales.
Howard, Henry Edmund Son of Cdr. Henry Mowbray Howard (1873-1953), and Norah Florence Annie Dunlop-Watson (died 1974). Married (06.01.1945, Glasgow) Sheila Brown (died 14.08.2007), daughter of Colin McNab Brown and Gladys Elsey Reynolds; one son, one daughter.	03.03.1923 Kensington district, London - 11.06.1999 Basingstoke district, Hampshire	Midsh. 01.09.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1942 S.Lt. 01.09.1942 Lt. 01.03.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1952 Cdr. 30.06.1959 Capt. 31.12.1967 (retd 07.01.1977) DSC 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche [investiture 21.09.1944]	01.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Valiant (battleship) (12.1941)     HMS Valiant (battleship) * 01.05.1942 - (08.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth 03.10.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Loyal (destroyer) (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 10.06.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for minor landing craft) 19.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Trumpeter (escort carrier) (04.1946)     no appointment listed ... - ... ... 07.07.1976 - 07.01.1977 also: Naval ADC to the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such
Howard, Henry Gerald Percival   Son (with one brother and one adopted sister [wife of Maj. Nicholas Robert Ogle, Northamptonshire Regiment]) of Cdr. Robert John Howard, RN (1878-1965), and Violet Mary Collins (1889-1930), of Chard, Somerset.	09.06.1922 St Germans, Cornwall - 01.11.1942 (MPK) [age 20] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 62, column 1]	Cadet 01.09.1939 Midsh. 01.01.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1941 S.Lt. 01.03.1942	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.01.1936-01.08.1939; Admiralty No. 1610; Blake House). 01.09.1939 - (12.1939) training, RN College, Dartmouth 01.01.1940 - (02.)1940 HMS Neptune (Leander class cruiser) (03.1940) - (05.1940) no appointment listed 28.05.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Shropshire (London class cruiser) 01.09.1941 - (02.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 10.02.1942 - 01.11.1942 HMS Frobisher (Hawkins class cruiser) 01.11.1942     missing, presumed killed while on passage on the steamship "Mendoza" when the ship was lost
Howard, Sydney Michael Married Elizabeth (née ...) (pedeceased him); three daughters, one son.	28.07.1920 - 17.12.2008 Slimbridge, Gloucestershire	... ... Lt. 16.10.1941 A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 Lt.Cdr. ? Cdr. 31.12.1953 (retd)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. ... - ... ... 19.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Smiter (escort carrier) ... - ... ...
Howard-Johnston, Clarence Dinsmore "Johnny" Son of John Howard Johnston (1850-1913), an American engineer & miner, and Dorothy Florence Baird (1881-?), remarried as Comtesse Pierre Marie Jules Moreau du Breuil, de St Germain. Married 1st (28.06.1928, St John's, Southwick Crescent, Paddington district, London; marriage dissolved 1940) Esmé Muriel Fitz-Gibbon (31.05.1904 - 11.1994), youngest daughter of Philip John Fitz-Gibbon (1859-1928), and Ruth Mary Hearn, late of Crohana, County Cork; one son deceased. She remarried (15.02.1943) then Lt., later Cdr. Michael Gustavus Fowke, RN (1919-1977). Married 2nd (10.06.1941, St Saviour's, Walton Street, Chelsea district, London SW; marriage dissolved 1954) Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (09.03.1907 - 15.08.1997), daughter of 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928), and Hon. Dorothy Maud Vivian (1879-1939); two sons, one daughter. She remarried (04.10.1954) Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper (1914-2003). Married 3rd (03.06.1955, Paris, France) Paulette Helleu (08.1904 - 12.06.2009), daughter of Paul César Helleu (1859-1927), and Alice Louis-Guerin (1870-1933).	13.10.1903 St George Hanover Square district, London - 26.01.1996 France	Midsh. 1921 S.Lt. 30.09.1924 Lt. 30.12.1925 Lt.Cdr. 30.12.1933 Cdr. 30.06.1937 Capt. 30.06.1943 R.Adm. 08.01.1953 (retd 01.07.1955) CB 01.01.1955 New Year 1955 [investiture 12.07.1955] DSO 06.01.1942 sinking U-651 Western Approaches [investiture 03.11.1942] DSC 16.08.1940 Romsdal Fjords [investiture 25.11.1941] MID 26.07.1940 preventing of war material falling into enemy hands MID 07.10.1941 action against enemy submarines Order of Phœnix (Greece), 1940; Officer, Legion of Merit (USA), 28.05.1946.	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth. ... - ... ... 1938 - 02.1940 Director of Studies, Greek Naval War College, Athens (Order of the Phoenix) (04.1940)     no appointment listed 05.05.1940 - (10.)1940 Anti-Submarine Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 1940 - 1940 detached to set up anti-submarine training, Quiberon (France) 1940 - 1940 in charge of operations for destruction port facilities St Malo, evacuation British troops St Malo and Jersey (despatches) 1940 - 1940 anti-submarine operations, Norwegian fjords, evacuation troops and wounded, Molde and Andalsnes (DSC) 28.12.1940 - 23.06.1942 in command Anti-Submarine Escort Group, North Atlantic [HMS Malcolm (destroyer), from 15.02.1942 HMS Hurricane (destroyer)] (escorted 1,229 ships (DSO for sinking U-651)) 23.06.1942 - 23.02.1943 Staff Officer (A/S), Western Approaches Command [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 24.02.1943 - (06.)1943 Administrative Staff, Western Approaches Command [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] (08.1943)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 27.10.1943 - (07.)1945 Director, Anti-U-boat Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (anti-submarine specialist, Prime Minister's Cabinet U­boat meetings) 10.12.1945 - 1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Bermuda (cruiser) (British Pacific Fleet and occupation of Japan forces) 1947 - 1950 Naval Attaché, Paris 1952     Naval ADC to the Queen 1953 - 1955 Chief of Staff to Flag Officer, Central Europe Inventor of simple hydraulic mechanisms; commended by Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for invention and development of anti­submarine training devices including Johnston Mobile A/S target, 1937. Participated in and prepared maritime historical programmes on French TV, 1967-1981.
Howes, Peter Norris	01.07.1916 St Marylebone district, London - 09.09.1983 Heytesbury, Wiltshire	Lt. 01.11.1938, seniority 16.08.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1945 Lt,Cdr, 16.05.1946 Cdr. 31.12.1949 Capt. 30.06.1955 R.Adm. 07.07.1964 (retd 11.12.1966) CB 11.06.1966 HM's birthday 1966 DSC 19.08.1941 action with E-boats Apr & June 1941 MID 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee Aviz - funeral president of Portugal 51	Education: St. Peter's Court, Broadstairs; RN College, Dartmouth.       served in HM Ships Hood, Furious, Fortune, Albury, Westminster, Newcastle, Liverpool; Chaplet; Mercury; Dartmouth Training Sqdn; HMS Devonshire 08.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Aberdeen (escort vessel) 12.1940 - 08.1941 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 61 (motor gun boat) & Senior Officer, 6th MGB Flotilla 1942     specialised as Communications Officer 12.04.1942 - (08.)1942 Signals Officer, HMS Dundonald II 12.10.1942 - (06.)1944 Signals Officer, HMS Vectis 18.07.1944 - (04.1946) Signals Officer, HMS Admant (submarine depot ship) 1947     Senior Aide-de-Camp to Viceroy of India 1955 - 1958 Naval Assistant to First Sea Lord 1962 - 1964 Commanding Officer, HMS Devonshire 1964 - 1966 Flag Officer, Middle East Station 1968 - 1972 Private Secretary to Lord Mayor of London Published: The Viceregal Establishments in India (1948).
Howlett, Ronald Stanley Son of Horace John Howlett (1881-1973), and Edith Maria Hughes (1881-1952). Husband of Catherine Jean Howlett, of Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.	09.05.1907 Ashley, Bristol, Avon - 15.03.1942 (KIA) [age 34] [Lowestoft (Beccles Road) Cemetery, section 25, grave 511]	Prob. S.Lt. RNR 23.05.1930 Lt. RNR 30.01.1935 Lt. 30.03.1937, seniority 09.05.1931 Lt.Cdr. 09.05.1939 DSC 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 1942 [decoration presented to next-of-kin]	26.11.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Codrington (destroyer; flotilla leader 3rd Destroyer Flotilla) (Mediterranean) 25.03.1937 - (10.)1938 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean & Portsmouth) 25.11.1938 - (09.1939) Executive Officer, HMS Douglas (destroyer; flotilla leader 1st Submarine Flotilla) (Mediterranean) 02.01.1940 - 15.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Vortigern (destroyer) [killed in action when ship was torpedoed and sunk off Cromer by the German motor torpedo boat (E-boat) S-104)]
Howson, John Son of George Howson, and Mary Howson, of Glasgow, Scotland. Married ((12?).1937, Strood district, Kent) Evangeline Collins (07.06.1907 - 10.03.1994), daughter of Rev. G. Grantham Collins, of Luddesdowne, Kent; one son, one daughter.	30.08.1908 Old or West Kilpatrick district, Glasgow, Scotland - 24.01.1992 Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire	Cadet 15.01.1926 Midsh. 15.09.1926 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1929 S.Lt. 01.07.1929 Lt. 01.08.1930 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1938 A/Cdr. 13.10.1944? Cdr. 30.06.1945 A/Capt. 04.10.1950 Capt. 31.12.1951 R.Adm. 07.01.1951 (retd 17.04.1964) CB 01.01.1963 New Year 1963 [investiture 05.02.1963] DSC 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) [investiture 06.03.1945] MID 18.01.1944 dissolution Force H, Mediterranean 11.1943	Education: Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow; RN College, Dartmouth (15.05.1922-1925).  06.01.1926 - 11.1926 HMS Royal Sovereign 11.1926 - 01.1929 HMS Lowestoft ... - ... ... 1934     specialized in gunnery ... - ... ... 1936 - 1938 Gunnery Officer, HMS Furious ... - ... ... 21.07.1939 - (08.)1941 Gunnery Officer, HMS Newcastle (Southampton class cruiser) 08.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 26.01.1942 - (12.1942) an Assistant to Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] (02.1943)     no appointment listed 02.1943 - (06.)1944 Gunnery Officer, HMS Nelson (Nelson class battleship) (DSC, despatches) 10.07.1944 - (10.)1944 Secretary of the Accuracy of Gunfire Committee, Admiralty [HMS President] 13.10.1944 - (04.1946) an Assistant to Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 1947 - 1948 Fleet Gunnery Officer, British Pacific Fleet 1948 - 1949 Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Far East Station 1949 - 1950 Executive Officer, HMS Superb 1950 - 1952 Ordnance Board 1952 - 1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Tamar 1955 - 1957 at Supreme HQ Allied Powers in Europe (SHAPE) [UK National Military Representative, RN, 1955-1958] 05.1958 - 01.1961 Flag Captain & Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth 01.07.1960 - 07.01.1961 also: Naval ADC to the Queen 1961 - 1962 Commander, Allied Naval Forces, Northern Europe 01.01.1963 - 01.1964 Naval Deputy to Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces, Northern Europe (CB) Regional Officer, North Midlands, British Productivity Council, 1964-1971. FRSA.
Howson, John Montagu Son of Edmund Whytehead Howson, and Agnes Isobel Butler. Married (1922) Betty Frances Clare Luard; one son, two daughters (Jennifer Luard Howson married Capt. Trevor Arthur Anthony Whitaker, The Rifle Brigade).	01.06.1893 Hendon district, Middlesex - 19.03.1959 Lyme Regis, Dorset	... ... A/S.Lt. 15.09.1913 S.Lt. 15.05.1914 Lt. 15.12.1915 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1923 Cdr. 31.12.1928 Capt. 31.12.1936 (retd 1946) Cdre. 2nd cl. 01.01.1944 CBE 01.01.1944 New Year 1944 [investiture 09.07.1946] MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk 06.1940 MID 25.08.1942 Operation Ironclad (assault and capture of Diego Suarez 05-07.05.1942) MID 18.01.1944 dissolution Force H	Education: Stonehouse, Broadstairs; St Aubyns, Rottingdean; Royal Naval Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth; Imperial Defence College (1938). 15.05.1906     entered RN 1914     Grand Fleet: 06.05.1914 - (10.)1914 HMS Devonshire (cruiser) 1914 - 1917 Harwich Striking Force: 10.11.1914 - (10.1916) HMS Milne (torpedo-boat destroyer) 04.1917 - (08.1917) HMS Recruit 01.03.1918 - (09.)1920 Flag Lieutenant to Commander-in-Chief, The Nore (Admiral Sir F.C. Doveton Sturdee) [HMS Pembroke] (10.1920)     short course of instruction 02.10.1920     qualifying for signal duties [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 01.05.1923 - (08.1923) Squadron Wireless Telegraphy Officer, 1st Battle Squadron, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Barham (battleship)] 15.08.1924 - (05.)1926 Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.08.1926 - (07.)1927 HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 08.08.1927 - (04.)1928 Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 09.04.1928 - (06.1928) Squadron Wireless Telegraphy Officer, 1st Battle Squadron, Mediterranean [HMS Warspite (battleship)] 03.06.1929 - (02.1931) Signal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.01.1932 - (09.1932) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 03.05.1933 - (07.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Witch (destroyer) (China) (02.1935)     no appointment listed (07.1935)     no appointment listed 23.09.1935 - 19.01.1937 Staff Officer (Operations) and (Intelligence) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] (02.1937)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 17.06.1937 - (07.1937) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 18.01.1938 - (10.1938) imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President] 23.01.1939 - (02.)1939 tactical investigation, Tactical School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 17.04.1939 - 18.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Effingham (cruiser) & Chief of Staff, Reserve Fleet 26.05.1940 - (06.)1940 Naval Officer-in-Charge of the Beaches at Bray (Operation Dynamo – evacuation of Dunkirk) 10.06.1940 - 16.02.1941 on staff of Commander-in-Chief Western Approaches [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 17.02.1941 - 10.02.1942 Deputy Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 15.02.1942 - (12.)1943 Chief Staff Officer to Admiral Commanding Force "H" (Madagascar, N. Africa and Italian Campaigns) [HMS Malaya (battleship), from 27.08.1942 HMS Nelson (battleship)] 01.01.1944 - (06.)1944 Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf [HMS Euphrates (depot ship, Basra, Iraq] 09.1944 - (10.)1945 Senior Officer, East Indies Fleet at Delhi [HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi)] 05.07.1945 - 02.01.1946 also: Naval ADC to the King (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Hubback, [Sir] Arthur Gordon Voules   Son (with one sister) of Brig.Gen. Arthur Benison Hubback, CMG, DSO (1871-1948), and Margaret Rose Frances "Daisy" Voules (1875-1953). Married 1st (05.06.1930, St Mark's Church, North Audley Street, London) Elizabeth Jane Pearson Rogers (03.04.1908 - 17.05.1949); one son. Married 2nd (05.11.1949, Malta Dockyard) Sheila Mary Roberton (26.08.1906 - 07.04.2008).	11.09.1902 Federates Kuala Lumpur, Malay States - 25.08.1970 Christchurch, Hampshire	Midsh. 15.05.1920 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1922 S.Lt. 15.03.1923 Lt. 15.04.1924 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1936 Capt. 30.06.1942 R.Adm. 07.07.1951 V.Adm. 16.12.1954 (General List) (retd 03.11.1958) KBE 13.06.1957 HM's birthday 1957 [investiture 16.07.1957] CB 01.06.1953 Coronation List 1953 [investiture 30.06.1953] CBE 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) [investiture 18.05.1945] MID 26.09.1940 Norway 04-06.1940 CdeG 1940 capture of Narvik	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth (15.05.1916-...). ... - ... ... 21.11.1938 - (04.)1940 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.1940 - 06.1940 co-ordinated Norway operations in conjunction with French staff (Croix de Guerre, despatches) 29.06.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) 02.01.1941 - (02.1941) Executive Officer, HMS Galatea (cruiser) 29.10.1941 - 07.09.1942 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for duty on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean) 08.09.1942 - 26.12.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria, Egypt) & as Captain Coastal Forces in command of all MTB Fairmile & Motor Launch Flotillas in Eastern Mediterranean 27.12.1942 - 06.01.1943 HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; as Captain Commanding Coastal Forces Mediterranean) 07.01.1943 - 04.03.1943 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (additional; as Captain Coastal Forces in command of all MTB Fairmile & Motor Launch Flotillas in Mediterranean) 05.03.1943 - 19.04.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) & as Captain Commanding Coastal Forces Mediterranean 20.04.1943 - 29.06.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Razorbill (Coastal Forces base, Algiers) & as Captain Commanding Coastal Forces Mediterranean 30.06.1943 - 25.07.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) & as Captain Commanding Coastal Forces Mediterranean 30.07.1943 - 30.11.1943 Captain Coastal Forces Eastern Theatre on staff of Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) 01.12.1943 - 14.12.1943 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for foreign service leave) 15.12.1943 - 17.12.1943 HMS Lynx (temporary) (additional; not to join) 01.02.1944 - 09.02.1944 HMS Odyssey (additional) 10.02.1944 - (06.)1944 Chief Staff Officer to Naval Commander, Force "J" (Normandy) [HMS Odyssey (additional)] 24.07.1944 - (07.)1945 Assistant Director of Plans (SPS), Admiralty [HMS President (additional)] (also indicated as: Joint Planning Staff, Cabinet Offices) 22.11.1945 - 1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Glasgow (cruiser) 1947 - 1950 Commodore Superintendent, Malta 1950 - 1951 Commodore RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus] 1951 - 1954 Admiral Superintendent HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 1954 - 1957 Director of Dockyards, Admiralty 1958 - 1958 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Fourth Sea Lord, Admiralty 1958 - 1959 Managing Director, Dockyard, Malta OStJ 1949.
Hubbard, Edward Haynes Tarrant   Son (with one brother) of William Tarrant Hubbard (1862-1900), and Julia Robinson (1868-1930). Married (23.03.1925, St Lukes, Chelsea, London) Teresa Margaret Akers (23.02.1906 - 17.09.1986), daughter (with one sister and one brother) of Charles Edmonds Akers (1861-1915), and Charlotte Mabel Dwight (1873-1936); one son.	02.11.1892 Streatham, Wandsworth district, London - 02.05.1962 Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, Oxfordshire (formerly of Fawley, Wantage, Berkshire)	Midsh. 15.05.1910 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1912 S.Lt. 15.09.1913 Lt. 15.05.1915 Lt.Cdr. 15.07.1923 (retd 10.02.1937; own request) Cdr. (retd) 10.02.1937 A/Capt. (retd) 12.12.1942 (dispersed 01.06.1946) (reld 05.08.1946; granted War Service Rank of Capt.)	15.09.1905     entered RN ... - ... ... 01.03.1939 - 22.03.1939 HMS Hebe (Halcyon class minesweeper) (additional; for course of instruction in minesweeping duties) 29.08.1939 - 1939 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional; for duty as Minesweeper Trawler Group Officer Yarmouth) 1939 - 02.10.1939 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional; for duty as Port Minesweeper Officer Humber) 03.10.1939 - 22.02.1940 HMS Watchful (anti-submarine & minesweeper base, Great Yarmouth) (additional; as Port Minesweeper Officer Yarmouth) 23.02.1940 - 26.03.1940 HMS Watchful (anti-submarine & minesweeper base, Great Yarmouth) (additional; as Commander  Minesweepers Yarmouth) 27.03.1940 - 05.10.1940 HMS Watchful (anti-submarine & minesweeper base, Great Yarmouth) (additional; as Port Minesweeper Officer Yarmouth) 06.10.1940 - 09.06.1941 HMS Watchful (anti-submarine & minesweeper base, Great Yarmouth) (additional; on staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge Yarmouth) 10.06.1941 - 31.12.1942 HMS Watchful (anti-submarine & minesweeper base, Great Yarmouth) (additional; on staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge Yarmouth for P.D. duties) 01.01.1943 - 25.08.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Scipio (RN base, Oran, Algeria) & British Naval Resident Officer, Oran 26.08.1943 - 27.08.1943 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (additional; for Party Pantaloon) 28.08.1943 - 11.06.1944 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto, Italy), from 01.01.1944 HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) (additional; as Command Engineer Officer RN Barracks) 12.06.1944 - 27.03.1945 Commanding Officer, RN Barracks, Naples, Italy [HMS Byrsa] & as Maintenance Captain, Naples Area 28.03.1945 - 05.08.1945 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional; not to join) 06.08.1945 - 04.09.1945 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; as Officer-in-Charge, Naval Detention Quarters Preston Prison) 05.09.1945 - 01.06.1946 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (additional; for command of HMS Europa II (overflow camp, Bungay))
Hudson, Palliser Alfred Milbanke "Boffin" Only child of Capt. Ralph Palliser Milbanke Hudson (1891-1920), The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, and Anne Charleston Goninan (1893-1955). Married ((12?).1952, Blandford, Dorset) Dorothy Deirdre Hilborne (30.01.1921 - 12.03.2015); one son, one daughter.	12.08.1919 Manich, Roxborough, Scotland - 18.07.2013 Cornwall	Cadet 01.09.1937 Midsh. 01.09.1938 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1940 S.Lt. 1941?, seniority 01.10.1939 Lt. 01.09.1941 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1949 Cdr. 30.06.1957 (retd) DSC 30.05.1944 attack on Tirpitz 03.04.1944 [decoration posted]	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... 10.09.1943 - (06.)1944 pilot, 829 Squadron FAA [HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)] (DSC) 13.07.1944 - (10.1944) pilot, 831 Squadron FAA (01.1945)     no appointment listed 17.04.1945 - (07.1945) pilot, 704 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] ... - ... ...
Hudson, Roland Keith	04.11.1909 Penzance district, Cornwall - 04.01.1998 Kensington and Chelsea district, London	.. ... Lt. 01.12.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1939 (retd 04.11.1954) DSO 08.03.1940 exp work with enemy mines [investiture 27.02.1940] DSC 22.01.1946 ship lost Surabaya 01.03.1942 [decoration posted]	... - ... ... 28.11.1939 - 27.01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Borde (minesweeper) 01.02.1941 - 01.03.1942 Navigating Officer, HMS Exeter (cruiser) (sunk by Japanese forces in the Battle of the Java Sea; captured) 1942 - 1945 POW in Japanese captivity
Hughes, Albert William "Bill"   Husband of Alice Hughes, of Glan Conway, Denbighshire; one son, one daughter.	13.09.1902 Liskard, Wallasey - 27.11.1941 [age 39] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 2]	Prob. T/S.Lt. (E) RNVR 23.10.1939 T/Lt. (E) 02.05.1940 A/T/Lt.Cdr. (E) < 11.1941 DSC 25.06.1940 capturing enemy ships MID 01.01.1942 New Year 1942	Apprenticeship at Cammell Lairds shipyard and sailed as Engineer with the Bibby Line until enlisting in the RNVR in 1939, after which he transferred to RN. 23.10.1939 - 22.11.1939 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 23.11.1939 - 24.11.1941 HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
Hughes, Arnold Rowland Son of Oswald Hughes and Florence Hughes (née Wagstaff), of Kiveton Park, Yorkshire.	(12?).1912 Sheffield district, South Yorkshire / Yorkshire - West Riding - 26.11.1941 [age 29] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 46, column 1]	Schoolm. Candidate 24.04.1938 Schoolm. 1938?, seniority 24.04.1938	Education: University of Sheffield (BSc). (06.1938) no appointment listed (08.1938) short course of instruction 05.08.1938 - (04.)1940 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 15.11.1940 - 24.11.1941 HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
Hughes, Edward Glyn de Styrap Jukes-	see:	Jukes-Hughes, Edward Glyn de Styrap
Hughes, Richard Hosking	28.08.1916 - 16.09.1994 London	Wt.Tel. 09.01.1944 A/Lt. 04.09.1948 Lt. 23.03.1949, seniority 20.11.1945 Lt.Cdr. 20.11.1953 (retd 28.08.1961)	12.02.1944 - (10.)1945 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (for flotilla duties) 10.12.1945 - (07.)1946 Signal Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 30.09.1946 - (04.1947) HMS Vengeance (Colossus class aircraft carrier) ... - ... ... (01.1958)     HMS Sanderling (RN Air Station, Abbotsinch, Paisley, Scotland) * (1961?)     Aircraft Control Officer, HMS Seahawk (RN Air Station, Culdrose) * indexed, but not listed as such
Hughes, Robert Walker Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	02.12.1912 - 12.07.1971 Surrey South Western district, Surrey	Cadet 01.05.1930 Midsh. 01.01.1931 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1933 S.Lt. 01.11.1933 Lt. 01.01.1936 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1944 (retd 02.12.1957) DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) [investiture 10.07.1945] MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk	... - ... ... 12.05.1939 - (09.)1939 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for Signal Training Centre, Malta) (12.1939) - (03.1940) HMS Resource (fleet repair ship) * 07.03.1940 - (04.)1940 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 13.04.1940 - (06.)1940 HMS Keith (B class destroyer) (for signal and wireless transfer duties) (despatches) 25.06.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) 07.05.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for signal school) 28.07.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Cossack (Tribal class destroyer) (for flotilla signal and wireless transfer duties) (12.1941) - (04.1942) no appointment listed 20.04.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Mercury II (experimental signal establishment, Haslemere) 16.08.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Mercury (signal school, near Petersfield) (06.1944)     HMS Mercury (signal school, near Petersfield) * (06.1944)     HM LCI(S) 518 (landing craft infantry (small)) (DSC) 24.07.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Lothian (landing ship, infantry (headquarters)) (01.1945)     HMS Lothian (landing ship, infantry (headquarters)) * 14.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Mercury (signal school, near Petersfield) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Hughes-Hallett, John Son (with two brothers, two half-brothers and one half-sister) of Col. Wyndham Hughes­Hallett (1843-1905), and Clementina Mary Loch (1853-1948). Unmarried.	01.12.1901 - 05.04.1972 Slindon, Arundel, Sussex	Midsh. 01.05.1918 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1921 S.Lt. 15.05.1922 Lt. 15.04.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1931 Cdr. 31.12.1934 Capt. 30.06.1940 Cdre. 1st cl. 08.05.1943? V.Adm. 02.02.1953 (retd 09.1954) CB 04.09.1945 Operation Overlord (Normandy 06.1944) DSO 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee (Dieppe) MID 11.03.1941 goods services since the outbreak of war MID 06.01.1944 sinking of the Scharnhorst LoP 1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944)	Education: Bedford School; RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. 05.1918 midshipman, HMS Lion ... - ... ... 08.9.1933 - (02.)1935 Torpedo Officer, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) & as Squadron Torpedo Officer on staff of Rear-Admiral Aircraft Carriers 01.05.1935 - 29.10.1935 HMS President (for Plans Division, Admiralty) 30.10.1935 - (07.)1937 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 30.09.1937 - (04.)1940 Executive Officer, HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Norwegian campaign) 20.05.1940 - 22.09.1940 Admiralty [HMS President] 23.09.1940 - (12.)1941 Deputy Director of Local Defence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]  15.12.1941 - (08.)1942 Naval Adviser on Combined Operations, Combined Operations Headquarters, Admiralty 08.1942     Naval Force Commander at Dieppe Raid 12.10.1942 - (04.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Vectis (RN base, Seaview, Isle of Wight) 08.05.1943 - (08.)1943 on staff of Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 16.08.1943 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Vectis (RN base, Seaview, Isle of Wight) & Senior Officer, Force "J" [Commodore Commanding Channel Assault Force and Naval Chief of Staff (X)] 07.12.1943 - 01.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Jamaica (cruiser) 01.1946 - 1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Vernon (Torpedo School, Brighton) 1948 - 1949 Commanding Officer, HMS Illustrious 1950 - 1952 Vice-Controller of the Navy 1952 - 1953 Flag Officer, Heavy Squadron, Home Fleet Conservative candidate. MP (C) East Croydon, 1954-1955, North­East (constituency altered), 1955-1964; British Representative at the Council of Europe, 1958-1960; Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport for Shipping and Shipbuilding, 1961-1964. Governor Westminster Hospital, 1957-1960. Consultant Director, British Shippers' Council, 1964-1969. W. Sussex CC, 1969-1970.
Hugill, René Charles Son (with one sister) of Charles Richard Hugill (1854-1938), and Harriet Catherine Spary (1852-1934), of Beverley, Yorks. Married (02.01.1915, Parish Church, Portsmouth, Hampshire) Winifred Fleming Backwell, daughter. of Rev. H. Backwell, RN, RN Hospital Haslar; two sons (Lt.Cdr. John Antony Crawford Hugill, DSC, VRD, RNVR & Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) Michael James Hugill, RNVR), one daughter.	19.12.1883 Chapel Allerton, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire - 11.02.1962 St John's Hospital, Lewisham, London	Eng.S.Lt. 01.07.1905 Eng.Lt. 01.01.1908 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1916 Eng.Cdr. 31.12.1920 Eng.Capt. 31.12.1930 Eng.R.Adm. 02.12.1936 (retd 12.11.1938; own request) (recalled to service 14.01.1941) (reverted to retd 03.02.1941) (recalled to service 26.03.1941) (dispersal 01.02.1946) (reverted to retd 29.03.1946) CB 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944 [investiture 10.10.1944] MVO 03.06.1916 ? OBE 11.08.1919 ?	Education: Beverley Grammar School; RN Engineering College, Devonport (1900-1905).       qualified as interpreter in French (1908) & Italian (1928) 1914 - 1918 served European War 01.07.1911 - 01.08.1914 HM Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert (MVO) 13.12.1914 - 16.12.1915 HMS Calliope 17.12.1915 - 01.1921 HMS Renown (OBE) 20.12.1926 - 01.1929 HMS Cardiff (Mediterranean Fleet) 31.08.1932 - 13.12.1935 Chief Engineer. Hong Kong [HMS Tamar] 13.09.1936 - 02.12.1936 ADC to HM the King 21.03.1936 - 10.10.1938 Engineer Manager, Malta Dockyard [HMS St Angelo] 1938 - 1940 Technical Director of Portuguese Naval Arsenal at Alfeîte Lisbon 14.01.1941 - 02.02.1941 HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty) 26.03.1941 - 11.03.1942 HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty as Emergency Repair Overseer Clyde) 12.03.1942 - 01.02.1946 HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty with Director of Dockyards as Principal Emergency Repair Overseer (Engineering) Clyde Area) (CB) Chairman of Council of Society of Yorkshiremen in London and of Yorkshire Society, 1952-1953.
Hugonin, Rowland Etienne Sinclair Married ((06?).1923, St Marylebone district, Greater London / London) ... Carter.	14.11.1900 - 05.10.1963	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.05.1920 Lt. 15.06.1922 (emgcy 27.11.1929) Lt.Cdr. (emgcy) 15.06.1930 A/Cdr. (emgcy) 19.10.1943 (reverted to emgcy 1944/45) Cdr. (emgcy) ? DSC 13.10.1942 protection convoy SL109 Western Approaches 05.1942 DSC 23.11.1943 sinking 2 U-boats Western Approaches 07.1943 MID 14.09.1943 destruction U202 Western Approaches 02.06.1943	07.05.1917     entered RN qualified in submarine duties 01.01.1923 - (08.1923) HMS K 6 (submarine) 05.01.1924 - (01.)1925 First Lieutenant, HMS H 44 (submarine) (Portland) 01.10.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Atlantic) 21.11.1926 - (07.1927) First Lieutenant, HMS M 2 (submarine) (Reserve, Portsmouth) (08.1929) no appointment listed 25.08.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Glasgow (cruiser) (02.1941) no appointment listed 02.1942 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Landguard (escort) * 11.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Woodpecker (sloop) 19.10.1943 - (06.1944) Commander [= Executive Officer], HMS Western Isles (work up base, Tobermory) * (12.1941) already indexed, but not listed as such
Hull, Francis Albert	02.10.1882 Gillingham, Shaftesbury district, Dorset - 23.06.1971	Lt. 01.08.1917 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1925 (retd 28.06.1927?) Cdr. (retd) 28.06.1927 Capt. RNZNVR ?, seniority 01.07.1936	06.04.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) 15.08.1924 - (05.1926) First Lieutenant, HMS Laburnum (sloop) (New Zealand) (02.1941) HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental department, Portsmouth) * 19.03.1941 - (06.1944) Assistant Director, Wreck Dispersal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1945) - (04.1946) Wreck Dispersal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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