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Kadwill, Horace	22.01.1897 Torpoint, Cornwall - 01.06.1981 Swindon district, Wiltshire	... ... Lt. 27.07.1942 (retd 31.03.1947; age)	... - ... ... 12.04.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school) ... - ... ...
Kalmanovsky, Alexander Changed name by deed poll of 16.06.1949 to: Kennaway, Alexander.	14.08.1923 - 05.2000	... ... T/S.Lt. (E) 14.02.1944 Lt. (E) 14.02.1946 (reld 1947?)	... - ... ... 06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) ... - ... ...
Kane, John	07.02.1923 - 12.2001 Chelmsford district, Essex	... ... Lt. 01.08.1943 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1951 (retd 01.06.1956; own request) MID 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. ... - ... ... (1943)     HMS Uganda (cruiser) (despatches) 28.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Zodiac (destroyer) ... - ... ...
Karn, George	1919 ? - 02.03.1969 Westminster district, London	... ... Gnr. 25.05.1943 Lt.Cdr. 14.03.1954 (retd 16.12.1958) MID 24.04.1945 Walcheren 11.1944	... - ... ... 11.10.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Roberts (monitor) (despatches) ... - ... ...
Kavanagh, Bernard Charles Henry [St John]	20.08.1906 Liverpool, Lancashire - 05.01.1966 Gosport district, Hampshire	... ... A/Cd.Gnr. (T) 18.06.1945 Lt. 01.04.1953 (retd 20.08.1956) Cmdn 24.03.1942 bomb disposal 04.1941	... - ... ... (1941)     HMS Witch (destroyer) (commendation) 11.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Marlborough (training establishment, Eastbourne) ... - ... ...
Kavanagh, Charles   Son of Lt. Charles Joseph Kavanagh, RN (1886-1942), and Sarah Walsh (1886-1942).	06.09.1919 Dublin, Ireland - 27.02.1991 Salisbury district, Wiltshire [Torquay Cemetery, Devon]	A/S.Lt. 22.07.1940 Lt. 16.07.1941 Lt.Cdr. 16.07.1949 Cdr. 30.06.1958 (retd 06.09.1969) MID 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.1942	01.09.1940 - (10.1940) promotion course, Portsmouth (02.1941)     promotion course, Portsmouth * 10.11.1941 - (12.)1941 long submarine course, HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) 09.12.1941 - 10.11.1942 HMS Martin (destroyer) (ship torpedoed & sunk by U-431 off Algeria) (despatches) 07.01.1943 - (02).1943 HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Castle Toward, Dunoon, Argyll) 24.03.1943 - 15.06.1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Blackwood (frigate) (torpedoed & sunk by U-764 off Portland) (10.1944)     HMS Blackwood * 05.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Glendower (training establishment, Pwllheli, North Wales) 19.11.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Cockatrice (Algerine class minesweeper) ... - ... ... 06.02.1967 - (02.)1969 on staff of Commodore Naval Drafting [HMS Centurion (Lythe Hill House, Haslemere, Surrey)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Kavanagh, Charles Joseph Son (with two brothers and one sister) of James Kavanagh (1858-), and Anne Styles (1861-). Married (10.01.1916, Dublin, Ireland) Sarah Walsh (03.03.1886 - (09?).1942); three sons (Lt. Charles Kavanagh, RN, S.Lt. James Patrick Kavanagh, RNVR [later Lt. RN]), one daughter.	05.03.1886 Dublin, Ireland - 26.12.1942 (illness) [Torquay Cemetery, Devon, Section C.1, grave 15096]	Boy 2nd cl. 05.03.1904 ... ... Cd.Gnr. 07.10.1926 (retd 01.04.1937) Lt. (retd) 14.10.1939	05.03.1904     enlisted, RN ... - ... ... 14.09.1936 - 19.10.1938 staff, Gunnery School, HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 20.10.1938 - 18.03.1940 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) 19.03.1940 - 05.05.1940 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (additional; supernumerary) 06.05.1940 - 31.07.1940 Naval Staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 01.08.1940 - 23.12.1942 HMS Britannia II (trawler base, Dartmouth) 24.12.1942 - 26.12.1942 HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Castle Toward, Dunoon, Argyll) (additional; intended to take up appointment 01.01.1943)
Kay, David Glassford Son od Walter Glassford Kay, and Maud Harriett Attneave.	12.11.1922 Hendon district, Middlesex - 30.12.2006 [age 84]	Cadet 01.01.1940 Midsh. 01.05.1940 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 01.01.1942 Lt. 01.09.1943 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1951 (retd 05.01.1962) DSC 14.12.1943 U-boat destroyed Western Approaches 08.1943 [investiture 12.12.1944]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 01.01.1940 - 30.04.1940 Cadet, undergoing training at RN College, Dartmouth 01.05.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Nelson (battleship) 05.01.1942 - (01.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth 05.07.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Rotherham (destroyer) 24.10.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Duke of York (battleship) 29.04.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Stork (sloop) (04.1944) no appointment listed 1944 - 05.1944 navigation course 29.05.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting base) (for Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP)) Officer Commanding, COPP6(1) (left UK for Mediterranean & South East Asia Command 12.02.1945; was, however, too late to be operational; returned 30.10.1945) (04.1946) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 01.08.1948 - (08.1948) HMS Resource (repair ship, Senior Officer Reserve Fleet) 03.11.1948 - (05.1949) RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 04.01.1950 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Onslaught (destroyer) 06.10.1952 - (05.1953) Executive Officer, HMS Wrangler (destroyer( (04.1955) no appointment listed 12.01.1956 - (01.)1956 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch More (frigate) 02.03.1956 - (01.)1957 Commanding Officer, HMS Launceston Castle (corvette) 20.05.1957 - (01.1959) Commanding Officer, HMS Blackwood (07.1961) HMS Cochrane (RN Barracks, Donibristle) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Kay, Ernest Edwin	06.04.1882 * Peckham, London - 24.04.1955 Portsmouth district, Hampshire * Date of birth in naval records: 06.04.1883	... ... Cd.Boatsw. 01.08.1924 (retd) Lt. (retd) 01.04.1937 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 01.09.1941 MBE ? ?	... - ... ... 16.02.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Moreta (RN base, Haifa) ... - ... ...
Kay, George	? -	... ... T/Schoolm. (Warrant Rank) 04.10.1943	... - ... ... 12.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire) ... - ... ...
Kay, Harry	? -	... ... T/Lt. (E) 01.11.1944	... - ... ... 17.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Diadem (cruiser) ... - ... ...
Kay, John Trevor	03.07.1921 - 11.1999	... ... Lt. 01.02.1942 (emgcy)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. ... - ... ... 12.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Ulster (destroyer) ... - ... ...
Kaye, Geoffrey Musgrove	(12?).1920 ? - 2004 Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland	... ... Sg.Lt. (D) 16.05.1939 (emgcy 16.05.1945) Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) (emgcy) 16.05.1945	LDSRCS Eng 16.03.1939. ... - ... ... 01.05.1945 - (07.1945) RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] ... - ... ...
Kaye, William Reginald	04.01.1909 - 12.1988 still alive ??	... ... T/Boatsw. (PRT) 31.10.1942	... - ... ... (07.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Kealy, John David Farquharson Son of ... Kealy, and ... Matthews.	(09?).1920 Chertsey district, Surrey - 12.1988 still alive ??	Cadet 01.01.1938 Midsh. 01.05.1938 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1940 S.Lt. 01.04.1940 Lt. 01.08.1942 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1950 (retd 07.09.1950; own request)	01.05.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.01.1940 - (04.)1940 promotion course, Portsmouth 13.10.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Adventure (minelayer) 10.03.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Bideford (sloop) 12.10.1943 - (10.)1944 First Lieutenant, French Ship Mistral 29.10.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Queen (escort carrier) 01.03.1948 - (07.)1948 HMS Diadem (cruiser) 18.10.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Nuthatch (RN Air Station, Anthorn, Cumberland) Published: (with E.C. Russell) A history of Canadian naval aviation, 1918-1962 (1965)
Kean, Brian Lenox-Conyngham Son of Michael Kean (?-1943), and Constance Dorothy Lenox-Conyngham (1898-).	1924 ? -	... ... S.Lt. 16.10.1944 Lt. 16.12.1946 (retd 25.02.1954)	... - ... ... (07.1945)     HMS Erne (sloop) * ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Kean, John Herbert	(12?).1926 Leeds district, West Riding of Yorkshire -	... ... Midsh. 01.01.1945 Lt. 16.02.1948 (emgcy)	... - ... ... 19.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) ... - ... ...
Keane, Stanley	16.07.1912 Salisbury, Wiltshire - 12.05.1954 North East Cheshire district, Cheshire (flying accident)	P/O (on prob) (RAF) 10.04.1931 ... ... F/Lt. (RAF) 02.06.1936 (reld 09.05.1939; on transfer to RN) Lt. (A) 09.05.1939, seniority 01.04.1934 Lt.Cdr. (A) 01.04.1942 A/Cdr. (A) < 07.1945 Cdr. 30.06.1948 DSC 25.06.1940 FAA Norwegian Coast while at HMS Furious [investiture 23.09.1941] MID 01.01.1942 New Year 1942	Education: Framlingham College (1928-1930). ... - ... ... 07.10.1939 - (06.)1941 pilot, 818 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier), for a short time at HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (DSC, despatches) 28.07.1941 - (02.)1942 pilot, 786 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)] 23.02.1942 - 15.12.1942 Commanding Officer, 825 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 02.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) 12.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Monck (HQ Combined Training, Largs & RN Barracks and landing craft base, Port Glasgow) 30.11.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkney) 16.07.1945 - (10.1945) Commander (Flying), HMS Corncrake (RN Air Station, Ballyhalbert, Co Down) ... - ... ...
Keaney, James	? -	... ... Prob. T/Schoolm. 25.10.1944	... - ... ... (07.1945)     HMS Ariel (air radio & air mechanics training establishment, Warrington, Lancashire) * ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Kearn, Albert Edward	30.09.1889 Stoney Creek, Yorkshire - 07.11.1974 Chelsea district, London	... ... Cd.Gnr. 22.06.1929 (retd 30.09.1939) Lt. (retd) 30.09.1939	... - ... ... 04.06.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Fortitude (RN base Ardrossan) ... - ... ...
Kearney, Richard Edward Neville	02.02.1912 Antwerp, Belgium - 23.01.1964 Camberley, Surrey North Western district, Surrey	... ... Lt.Cdr. 16.11.1942 A/Cdr. < 07.1945 Capt. 31.12.1951 (retd 07.01.1961) OBE 01.02.1944 Operations Avalanche & Husky [investiture 07.11.1944] MID 23.02.1940 Battle of the River Plate	... - ... ... (1939)     HMS Ajax (cruiser) (despatches) (1943)     HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier) (OBE) 01.02.1944 - (07.1945) Admiralty [HMS President] (as Assistant Chief Naval Representative for duty at Ministry of Aircraft Production) ... - ... ...
Kearsley, Robert Walter	25.12.1920 Hartley Wintney district, Hampshire - 21.12.2002 Kerrier district, Cornwall	Midsh. (A) 16.01.1939 A/S.Lt. (A) 02.06.1940 S.Lt. (A) 25.12.1941 Lt. (A) 02.12.1942 (Emgcy 20.01.1946) A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 02.12.1950 Cdr. 30.06.1958 (retd > 02.1970)	20.01.1939 - (03.)1939 HMS Frobisher (Hawkins class cruiser; cadet training ship, Portsmouth) 13.03.1939 - (04.)1939 HMS Courageous (Courageous class aircraft carrier) (for training) 01.05.1939 - (07.)1939 pilots' course, No. 20 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, Gravesend 03.07.1939 - (08.)1939 pilots' course, No. 7 Flying Training School, Peterborough (09.1939) - (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm 22.04.1940 - (10.)1940 pilot, 800 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] (12.1940)     Fleet Air Arm course * 09.12.1940 - (08.)1941 pilot, 774 Squadron FAA [HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall)] 19.08.1941 - 10.10.1941 pilot, 800 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 11.10.1941 - (08.)1942 pilot, 800 Squadron FAA [HMS Indomitable (Illustrious class aircraft carrier)] 14.09.1942 - (05.)1943 pilot, 762 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] 28.05.1943 - (08.)1943 pilot, 787 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] 09.1943 - (10.)1943 1841 Squadron FAA 02.10.1943 - (12.1943) 738 Squadron FAA [HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA)] (02.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed (10.1944)     HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall) * 11.1944 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, 898 Squadron FAA ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Kearvell, Edward Alfred George	28.11.1895 Tooting, Wandsworth district, London - 04.09.1970 Merioneth North district, Merionethsire, Wales	... ... T/Wt.Wardm. 12.08.1943	... - ... ... 08.09.1944 - (07.1945) RN Hospital Port Edgar ... - ... ...
Keast, Ronald Legge	30.04.1914 Devonport district, Devon - 02.04.1988 Plymouth district, Devon	... ... Prob. T/Schoolm. 07.11.1944 Instr.Lt.Cdr. ? (reld 31.10.1958)	... - ... ... 09.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield, Hampshire) ... - ... ...
Keate, Harry Robert	(03?).1926 Horsham district, Hampshire - 28.12.2013 Scotland	... ... S.Lt. 16.02.1945 ... ... Cdr. 30.06.1959 Capt. 31.12.1966 (retd 07.01.1979)	... - ... ... 26.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Exmoor (destroyre) ... - ... ...
Keating, Claude	(03?).1899 Limerick, Ireland - 26.04.1980	... ... Sg.Cdr. 15.01.1937 A/Sg.Capt. < 07.1945 Sg.Capt. 30.06.1946 (retd) CBE 01.01.1948 New Year 1948 [investiture 10.02.1948] MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 1942 LoP 1944? Operation Neptune	MSM, LRCP&S. ... - ... ... (1942)     HMS Rodney (battleship) (despatches) 12.1944 - (07.1945) RN Auxiliary Hospital, Brisbane, Australia [HMS Furneaux] ... - ... ... (1947)     RN Hospital Hong Kong (CBE)
Keating, John	? - 29.10.1995	... ... Wt.Mech. 01.07.1939 Eng.Lt.Cdr. (ME) 01.01.1957 (retd) MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944	... - ... ... 22.10.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Kent (cruiser) (despatches) ... - ... ...
Keays, Cyril Young Clairmonte	20.02.1896 India - 23.12.1969 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	... ... Lt. 15.10.1918 (retd) Lt.Cdr. (retd) ... Cdr. (retd) 20.02.1941	... - ... ... 05.08.1940 - (07.1945) HMS Vernon (in charge of Chemical Defence Department) ... - ... ...
Keble-White, Geoffrey Meredyth Keble Second son of Revd. Arthur Keble White (1862-1926) of Chevington, Suffolk, and Helen Maude Nutter (1867-1950). Married (19.04.1922, St Mary's, Bryanston Square, London) Violet Gertrude Alice Preston (1894-1963), daughter of Francis William Preston; two daughters, one son. Changed name from G.M.K. White to G.M.K. Keble-White by deed poll of 05.01.1923.	07.04.1895 Great Saxham, Suffolk - 02.06.1961 Southampton General Hospital, Hampshire	S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.09.1916 ?, seniority 15.04.1916 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1924 Cdr. 31.12.1928 Capt. 30.06.1936 (retd 12.02.1946) 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - 39|45 St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - Cor M 37 - - PolRest 22.12.1942 services to Polish navy OON 25.11.1947 in recognition of services rendered to the Royal Netherlands Navy during the war	Education: RN Colleges Osborne (15.01.1908-01.1910) & Dartmouth (01.1910-01.1912). 15.01.1908     entered RN 01.1912 - 09.1912 HMS Cornwall (boys' training ship) 09.1912 - 08.1914 HMS Britannia (training establishment) 08.1914 - 04.1915 HMS Drake 04.1915 - 10.1915 HMS TB 34 (torpedo boat) 10.1915 - 11.1915 HMS Mystic 11.1915 - 04.1916 HMS Martin 04.1916 - 06.1916 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship) 06.1916 - 09.1916 HMS C 10 (submarine)  [HMS Bonaventure (submarine depot ship)] 09.1916 - 04.1918 HMS E 23 (submarine) [HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship), from 03.1917 HMS Vulcan (submarine depot ship), from 12.1917 HMS Ambrose (submarine depot ship)] 04.1918 - 07.1918 HMS G 11 (submarine) [HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship)] 07.1918 - 10.1918 HMS C 28 (submarine) [HMS Thames (submarine depot ship)] 11.10.1918 - 01.1919 HMS H 8 (submarine) [HMS Vulcan (submarine depot ship)] 01.1919 - 02.1919 UB 28 (captured German submarine) 02.1919 - 12.1920 HMS H 30 (submarine) [HMS Vulcan (submarine depot ship), from 09.1919 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship)] 12.1920 - 10.1921 HMS L 25 (submarine) [HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship)] 05.10.1921 - 08.1923 HMS Warspite (battleship) 08.1923 - 05.1924 HMS L 71 (submarine) [HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship)] 05.1924 - 09.1924 Group "E" Submarines in reserve at Portsmouth (HMS L 71, L 21, L 11) 08.09.1924 - 09.1925 Commanding Officer, HMS H 22 (submarine) (3rd Submarine Flotilla) [HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship)] 15.09.1925 - 08.1926 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 19.08.1926 - 07.1928 Staff Officer (Operations) to Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship, Gosport)] (and for duty with submarines) 01.07.1928 - 11.1929 Commanding Officer, HMS L 21 (submarine) [HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship), from 05.1929 HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship)] (Mediterranean) 01.11.1929 - 08.1930 Commanding Officer, HMS Pigmy (special service vessel) & for command of Reserve Half Flotilla (and for duty with submarines) (Portsmouth) 05.08.1930 - 01.1933 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 22.01.1933 - 05.1933 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship) 04.05.1933 - 07.1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) (Home Fleet) 23.07.1935 - 02.1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) & Commander (S) 3rd Submarine Flotilla 08.02.1937 - 02.1939 Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship)] 24.02.1939 - 09.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) & Captain (S) 4th Submarine Flotilla (China) 09.1939 - 01.02.1940 Captain (S) 4th Submarine Flotilla [various HMS's] (Singapore) 01.02.1940 - 08.08.1940 Captain (S) 1st Submarine Flotilla [HMS Medway] (Malta & Alexandria) 20.11.1940 - 01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment) & in charge of A/S Training School (Dunoon) 01.1943 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship) [appointment cut short due to illness] (06.1943) - (11.1943) no appointment listed [illness] 11.1943 - 02.1944 Admiralty [HMS President] 18.02.1944 - 11.1945 Captain Radar Training & from ... [> 04.1945, < 07.1945] Commanding Officer, HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hants) 02.01.1945 - 05.07.1945 also: Naval ADC to the King
Keddie, John Roy	1918 ? - 09.09.1950 Cheshire	... ... S/Lt. (A) 01.05.1944 Lt. 01.08.1945	... - ... ... (07.1945)     1792 Squadron FAA * ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Keddie, Richard George Damyon Second son of Frederick Wallace Keddie, and Annie Emily Payne, of Downham, Essex. His brothers John Maitland Keddie and Wallace Arthur Robert Keddie also died on service.	(06?).1918 Rochford district, Essex - 29.08.1944 (KIA) [age 26] [Downham (St Margaret) Churchyard, Essex, joint grave]	Cadet 01.09.1935 Midsh. 01.09.1936 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1938 S.Lt. 21.06.1939, seniority 01.07.1938 Lt. 16.10.1939 DSC 30.09.1941 sinking Italian submarine "Glauco" 27.06.1941 [investiture 21.10.1941] MID 16.03.1943 Operation Torch; towing a US ship	01.09.1935     direct entry cadet ... - ... ... 14.06.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Jupiter (destroyer) 18.02.1941 - (02.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Wishart (destroyer) (DSC, despatches) (04.1943) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 06.1943 - 29.08.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Cattistock (destroyer)
Kedward, Neville Fredrick	01.06.1908 Hertford district, Hertfordshire - 04.07.1986 Gloucester district, Gloucestershire	... ... T/Chapl. (Meth.) 08.09.1943	... - ... ... 24.10.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services) ... - ... ...
Keeble, Frederick Charles	06.05.1915 - 11.11.1996 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	... ... Wt.Ordn.Offr. 03.03.1944 Eng.Lt.Cdr. (O/E) 01.10.1962 (retd) Cdr. (retd) ?	... - ... ... (07.1945)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Keeble, Leslie Arthur	15.06.1897 Windsor, Berkshire - (03?).1975 Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey	... ... S.Lt. 30.09.1917 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 30.09.1927	... - ... ... (07.1945)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Keeble, Peter Robert	? - 20.09.2007 ? Curdridge, Southampton, Hampshire ?	... ... Lt. (E) 01.06.1942 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.06.1950 (retd 29.08.1958) Cdr. (Hon.) 29.08.1958	... - ... ... (07.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Keelan, Patrick Robert Leatham	23.07.1913 Bedford district, Bedfordshire - 02.02.1973 Wandsworth district, London	... ... S.Lt. 16.05.1934 (retd 29.01.1937) A/Lt. (retd) ? Lt. (retd) 02.08.1942 A/Lt.Cdr. (retd) < 07.1945 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 03.09.1945	... - ... ... 03.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) ... - ... ...
Keeley, Harold Percy	26.01.1884 West Bromwich, Staffordshire - 11.02.1966 Battle district, Sussex	... ... Lt. 01.09.1913 (retd 06.07.1920; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 01.09.1921 Cdr. (retd) 26.01.1924 A/Capt. (retd) 12.1943 DSC 17.05.1918 Mediterranean * * (i) Was in command of "Ribble" when "Sakaki" (Japanese torpedo-boat destroyer) was torpedoed and successfully salved and towed into Suda Bay on 11/12th June 1917. (ii) In command of "Ribble" whilst destroying drifter off Enos under heavy enemy shell fire on 23rd and 27th December 1917.	... - ... ... 01.08.1916     Commanding Officer, HM TB 6 16.12.1916     Commanding Officer, HMS RIbble 02.09.1919     Commanding Officer, HMS Pasley ... - ... ... 01.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) 08.12.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Paragon (RN base, Hartlepool) (for duty at Middlesborough) 18.06.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) 14.09.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers, Algeria/Taranto, Italy) (additional; for miscellaneous duties) 12.1943 - (04.)1945 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (as Naval Control Service Officer Mediterranean Area) 06.1945 - (07.1945) Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services) ... - ... ...
Keeling, Charles	09.05.1881 Newport, Monmouthshire - 01.10.1941 (died of illness) [age 60] [Saint John (Fernhill) Cemetery, New Brunswick, Canada, lot 3893, grave 118]	... ... Wt.Eng. 01.09.1914 (retd) MM ? ? MID ? ?	... - ... ... ? - 01.10.1941 Consular Shipping Adviser, Philadelphia, USA
Keeling, Edward Ormsby Troubridge	26.05.1894 - (09?).1975 Westminster district, London	... ... Lt. 15.09.1916 (retd) Lt.Cdr. (retd) ? Cdr. (retd) 26.05.1939	... - ... ... (07.1945)     HMS Golden Hind (manning depot, Sydney, NSW) * ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Keeling, Geoffrey Philip	21.10.1921 - 02.2006 Bury St Edmunds district, Suffolk	... ... Lt. (E) 16.01.1943 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.01.1951 (retd 24.05.1955; own request)	... - ... ... 17.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Tapir (submarine) ... - ... ...
Keeling, Julian Philip John	17.01.1919 - 02.1999 Mid Surrey district, Surrey	... ... T/Lt. (E) 19.05.1942	... - ... ... 12.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Gorleston (escort) ... - ... ...
Keen, Donald Alexander Robert	22.03.1910 Greenwich district, London - 28.10.1974 Gloucester district, Gloucestershire	... ... Chaplain 01.09.1937	MA, FSA. ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) RM Training Group Wales ... - ... ...
Keen, Geoffrey Howard	16.03.1918 Castle Ward district, Cumberland - 12.2002 Hillingdon district, Middlesex	... ... T/Lt. (E) 28.07.1942	... - ... ... 24.04.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Bermuda (cruiser) ... - ... ...
Keen, Herbert	02.09.1898 - 14.01.1961 Plymouth district, Devon	... ... Lt. 14.09.1943 Lt.Cdr. 19.04.1955 (retd)	... - ... ... 25.02.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) ... - ... ...
Keen, Louis Clarence Raymond Brother of Cd.Ck.Offr. Sidney Daniel Keen, RN.	20.02.1901 Blean district, Kent - 09.01.1982 Canterbury district, Kent	... ... Wt.Ck.Offr. 20.08.1940 Sen.Cd.Ck.Offr. 01.10.1947 (retd 20.02.1951) Lt. (S) (retd) 20.02.1951 MBE 01.01.1944 New Year 1944 [investiture 07.03.1944]	... - ... ... (1943)     HMS Proserpine (RN base, Lyness, Scapa Flow) (MBE) 23.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) ... - ... ...
Keen, Sidney Daniel Brother of Lt. (S) Louis Clarence Raymond Keen, RN.	29.03.1905 Blean district, Kent - 28.05.1978 Canterbury district, Kent	... ... T/Wt.Ck.Offr. 29.05.1944 Cd.Ck.Offr. ? (reld)	... - ... ... 01.09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) ... - ... ...
Keenan, Norman Leslie	03.11.1901 Bermingham, Worcestershire - 24.03.1948 University College Hospital, St Pancras district, London (formerly of Gosport, Hampshire)	... ... T/Sign.Boatsw. 01.08.1940	... - ... ... (07.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Keep, Arthur Percival	11.07.1920 - 29.10.1991 South East Hampshire district, Hampshire	... ... Lt. (A) 07.12.1942 Lt.Cdr. 07.12.1950 (retd 20.07.1959)	... - ... ... (07.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Keeping, William Ernest Son of Ernest Charles and Annie Coulman Florence Keeping.	26.09.1905 Streatham, Wandsworth, London - 04.06.1985	... ... Cd.Eng. 01.10.1944 Lt. (E) 28.04.1951 (retd 22.01.1955; own request) DSC 23.01.1941 Operation Menace [investiture 18.07.1941]	... - ... ... (1941)     HMS Cumberland (DSC) ? - (07.1945) HMS Aberdeen ... - ... ...
Keer, Frederick Kemp	29.05.1901 Steyning district, Sussex - 14.04.1992 Deben district, Suffolk	... ... T/Lt. (E) 08.12.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) < 07.1945 T/A/Cdr. (E) < 07.1945	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Trevose Head ... - ... ...
Keevil, John Joyce	21.07.1901 - 16.12.1957	... ... Sg.Cdr. 09.07.1937 (retd 1946) DSO 17.06.1941 attacked by enemy aircraft 10.01.1941 [investiture 23.09.1941]	Education: Marlborough; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; MD, BCh, MRCS, LRCP, DTM&H ... - ... ... (1941)     HMS Illustrious (DSO) ? - (07.1945) HMS Implacable ... - ... ...
Kego, Robert William	1918 - 02.04.2009 Callington, Cornwall	... ... Lt. (S) 01.12.1940 Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.12.1948 Cdr. (S) 30.06.1954 (retd) OBE 11.06.1966 HM's birthday 1966	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Daedalus ... - ... ...
Kehoe, Cedric John Son of ... Kehoe, and ... Duggan.	10.11.1905 - 06.01.1985 Los Angeles, California, USA	... ... A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 03.08.1927, seniority 15.09.1926 (retd 05.09.1928) (emgcy 15.05.1940) A/Lt. (emgcy) 1940? Lt.Cdr. (emgcy) 26.05.1940 A/Cdr. (emgcy) 08.1943	Education: St Gregory's School, Downside. 15.05.1919     entered RN ... - ... ... 10.06.1940 - (07.)1940 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 10.09.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast) 17.10.1940 - (04.)1941 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] (06.1941) - (10.1941) no appointment listed 15.10.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Revenge (battleship) (02.1943) - (04.1943) HMS Revenge (battleship) * 04.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Revenge (battleship) 08.1943 - (10.)1943 Executive Officer, HMS Revenge (battleship) (12.1943)     no appointment listed 12.1943 - (10.1944) Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services) (01.1945)     Admiralty [HMS President] * (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Kehoe, Terence	1904 - (06?).1967 Cleveland district, North Riding of Yorkshire	... ... T/Lt. (E) 01.04.1940 T/A/Cdr. (E) < 07.1945 DSC 04.10.1940 Norwegian coast actions, enemy aircraft 07.1940 [investiture 09.08.1941] MID 01.01.1944 New Year 1944	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Hannibal ... - ... ...
Keighley, Maurice Ward	(04?).1906 Keighley district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 18.05.1966 Cartmel, Ulverston district, Lancashire	... ... T/Schoolm. 14.02.1944	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Daedalus III ... - ... ...
Keighly-Peach, Charles Lindsey   Son (with six sisters) of Adm. Charles.William Keighly-Peach, DSO, RN (1865-1943), and Emily Kathleen Dinnis (1877-1954). Married 1st (29.03.1924, St Peter's Church, Hampstead, London) Verena Beryl Cumbers (05.04.1894 - 04.03.1950), daughter (with one sister) of Frederick Cumbers (1866-1928), and Ethel Westerton (1866-1936); one daughter, one son [Lt.Cdr. Peter Lindsey Keighly-Peach, DSO, RN]. Married 2nd (31.08.1948) Beatrice Mary Harrison (24.01.1905 - 13.01.1974), daughter of Albert Harrison (1864-), and Edith Hizon Potts (1872-)..	06.04.1902 Weymouth, Dorset - 04.02.1995 Depwade, Norfolk	... ... A/S.Lt. 15.01.1922 S.Lt. 15.10.1922 Lt. 15.10.1924 Cdr. 31.12.1938 A/Capt. 03.04.1943 Capt. 31.12.1943 (retd 1953) DSO 11.09.1940 courage in recent engagements [investiture 25.11.1941] OBE 30.09.1941 sinking Italian destroyers Patra & Tigre [investiture 25.11.1941]	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth. 15.01.1916     entered RN ... - ... ... 24.05.1939 - (04.)1940 [Executive Officer?], HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) 12.04.1940 - (08.)1941 Commander Flying, HMS Eagle  (aircraft carrier) (DSO, OBE) (10.1941)     no appointment listed 12.10.1941 - (02.)1944 Naval Assistant (Air Section) to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.04.1944     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; not to join) 24.04.1944 - 07.05.1944 HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus) (additional; for course) 08.05.1944 - 22.05.1944 HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus) (additional; for refresher course) 23.05.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) 09.1945 - (10.)1945 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Singapore [HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India)] 03.10.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) ... - ... ...
Keighly-Peach, Peter Lindsey Son of Capt. Charles Lindsey Keighley-Peach,RN (1902-1995), and Verena Beryl Cumbers (1894-1950). Married (01.04.1958, Norfolk, Virginia, USA) Honora Deirdre "Dee" Gilmore (28.06.1934 - ), daughter of Patrick Crosby Gilmore (1900-1987), and Lila Selina Stroman (1899-1995); one son, two daughters.	12.09.1926 Dundee, Scotland - 23.12.2021 Norfolk, Virginia, USA	Midsh. 01.01.1944 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1945 S.Lt. 11.01.1946 Lt. 01.12.1947 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1955 (retd 07.10.1964) DSO 23.05.1952 Korea [investiture 24.07.1952]	Education: Arnold House prep school, Wales; RN College, Dartmouth (01.05.1940-1943; Admiralty No. 221a). 01.01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Berwick (Kent class cruiser) 24.06.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Howe (King George V class battleship) (07.1945) - (10.1945) HMS Quality (Q class destroyer) * (04.1946)     no appointment listed ... - ... ... Emigrated to Norfolk, Virginia, USA. * indexed, but not listed as such
Keill, Eric Oliver	21.06.1912 Coventry district, Warwickshire - 22.08.1986 Coventry district, Warwickshire	A/Boatsw. 25.01.1940 Boatsw. 1941?, seniority 25.01.1940 A/Lt. 10.06.1945 Lt.Cdr. 30.05.1950 (retd c. 1958)	(03.1940) - (02.1941) no appointment listed (04.1941) - (06.1941) HMS Resource (fleet repair ship) * (08.1941) - (10.1941) no appointment listed 30.10.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Duke (training establishment, Great Malvern, Worcestershire) (for miscellaneous service) 04.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Malaya (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) 10.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Valiant (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) (01.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed 15.07.1945 - (10.1945) HM LST 239 (landing ship, tank) (04.1946)     HMS Rapid * ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Keir, John Charles MacKintosh	see:	RNR Officers' section
Keir, Kenneth Mackenzie Son of ... Keir, and ... Price. Married ((09?).1948, Watford district, Hertfordshire) Josephine Stack.	26.08.1927 South Croydon, London - 08.11.2008 Shropshire	... ... Midsh. 01.05.1945 (reld 1946?)	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Anson ? - (04.1946) HMS Howe Joined the photogrammetric department at Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, 01.1947 (from 1962 manager computing department).
Keith, Alastair Francis	06.02.1920 - 04.1991 Southend on Sea district, Essex	... ... Lt. (A) 06.08.1943 (emgcy 16.01.1946) A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 07.1945	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Landrail ... - ... ...
Keith, Colin John Hilton	27.09.1925 - 20.05.1988 Salisbury district, Wiltshire	... ... Midsh. 01.05.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1955 (retd 04.09.1955; own request)	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Newfoundland ... - ... ...
Keith, William Bruce	15.04.1898 - 15.08.1974 Basingstoke district, Hampshire	... ... Lt. 30.08.1919 Cdr. (retd) 15.04.1943 A/Capt. < 07.1945 LM 16.07.1946 ?	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Anderson ... - ... ...
Keith, William Herbert John	31.12.1903 - 25.09.1991	Chief Petty Officer ? [D/J 95736] ... ... T/Gnr. (T) 25.07.1942 DSM 23.09.1941 patrols 06-07.1941 [investiture 24.03.1942]	... - ... ... (1941)     HMS Tigris (DSM) ? - (07.1945) no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Keith-Wright, James Anthony	02.11.1922 - 04.1999 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	... ... Lt. 16.04.1944 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1952 (retd 14.02.1956; own request)	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Kekewich, Piers Keane Son of Charles Granville Kekewich and Mary Marion Mackintosh. Married 1st (20.07.1916) Esmé Alexandra Benedicta Scott, daughter of the late Lt.Col. George John Scott, DSO (marriage dissolved 1939); one son, two daughters. Married 2nd (1940) Gertrude Lomax, daughter of Frederick George Lomax.	23.01.1889 Barnet, Greater London - 05.10.1967 London	A/S.Lt. 15.04.1908? S.Lt. 17.12.1908, seniority 15.04.1908 Lt. 11.02.1910, seniority 15.10.1909 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1917 Cdr. 31.12.1922 Capt. 31.12.1928 R.Adm. 06.01.1940 (retd 07.01.1940) (reverted to retd 15.04.1943) (dispersed 14.01.1946) (reverted to retd 11.04.1946) Cdre. 2nd cl. 20.11.1943 CB 01.01.1946 New Year 1946	Education: Cheame, Surrey 15.09.1903     entered RN       served European War, 1914-1918, Battle Cruiser Fleet (HMS Galatea and Cardiff) 04.01.1923 - (08.1923) Navigating Officer, HMS Barham (battleship) 08.12.1924 - (05.1926) Executive Officer, HMS Ganges (Shotley training establishment) (07.1927)     no appointment listed 01.08.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 23.08.1929 - (02.1931) Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral & Senior Naval Officer Yangtse, HMS Bee (gunboat) (China) (01.1932)     no appointment listed 12.04.1932 - (01.)1934 Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral in Charge, Gibraltar [HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar)] 18.12.1934 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Frobisher (cruiser; cadet training cruiser) 19.12.1936 - (10.1938) Captain of the Dockyard and Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, Devonport, Berehaven and Pembroke [HMS Drake] 09.01.1939 - 17.11.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Cochrane (depot ship) & Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet & King's Harbour Master, Rosyth 01.08.1939 - 05.01.1940 also: Naval ADC to the King 18.11.1939 - 28.09.1940 Commodore, Northern Patrol [HMS Spartiate (base depot ship, Glasgow), from 01.04.1940 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)] (as Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR) 10.10.1940 - 30.10.1940 HMS President (additional; for special service outside Admiralty) 31.10.1940 - 11.02.1943 Rear-Admiral, Coastal Forces [HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland)] 12.02.1943 - 15.04.1943 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed) 26.05.1943 - 13.10.1943 lent to Royal Canadian Navy as Captain Motor Launches Canada (temporary) (as Capt.) 14.10.1943 - 27.10.1943 HMS President (additional; for temporary duty inside Admiralty with Director of Dockyards) 28.10.1943 - 30.10.1943 HMS President (additional; for disposal) 31.10.1943 - 08.01.1946 Naval Superintendent, from 20.11.1943 Commodore Superintendent, HM Dockyard Malta [HMS St Angelo] (Cdre. 2nd cl.) 09.01.1946 - 14.01.1946 HMS President (additional; for disposal) 07.03.1946 - 15.03.1946 HMS President I (additional; for Admiralty Selection Board) (as R.Adm.) Citizen and Merchant Taylor. EStJ (13.07.1916), KStJ (03.06.1924).
Kelburn, Viscount; 9th Earl of Glasgow; Boyle, David William Maurice	24.07.1910 - 08.06.1984	Midsh. 01.01.1930 ... ... Lt. 01.03.1934 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1942 A/Cdr. < 04.1945 Cdr. 30.06.1945 ... ... R.Adm. 07.07.1961 (retd 08.07.1963) CB 01.01.1963 New Year 1963 DSC 14.10.1941 Bismarck action MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk	... - ... ... (12.1939)     HMS Resolution (Royal Sovereign class battleship) 10.01.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Signal School) 07.05.1941 - (02.)1942 Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron [HMS Norfolk] & as Squadron Signals and Wireless Telegraphy Officer 02.1942 - (06.)1942 Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas [HMS Tyne] & as Squadron Signals and Wireless Telegraphy Officer 19.06.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS President (additional; for special and miscellaneous services) (06.1943)     HMS President * (08.1943)     HMS Mercury (signal school, near Petersfield) * 26.08.1943 - (12.1943) on staff of Flag Officer, Ceylon [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 10.01.1944 - (04.)1945 on staff of Commodore (D), Eastern Fleet [HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship)] (07.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Kell, Christopher Thomas	03.10.1915 - 04.2003 Linconshire	... ... T/Instr.Lt. 12.09.1941	Education: BSc. ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS St Vincent ... - ... ...
Kell, George Victor	13.03.1916 -	... ... A/Schoolm. (CWO) 18.06.1945 Instr.Lt.Cdr. 24.11.1955 (retd 06.11.1959; own request)	Education: BSc. ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Kelland, Francis Henry	31.12.1898 - 26.09.1969 Plymouth district, Devon	... ... T/Gnr. 26.11.1941	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Impregnable ... - ... ...
Kellar, John Albert William	(01.)1915 Plymouth district, Devon - 08.01.1997	... ... Wt.Eng. 01.04.1943 Lt.Cdr. (E) ? (retd 23.11.1959) DSM	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Drake IV ... - ... ...
Keller, Hugh Gilbert Warwick	26.06.1900 Chertsey district, Surrey - 28.04.1992 Barnet district, Hertfordshire	... ... Lt. 15.02.1922 (retd) Lt.Cdr. (retd) ?	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Kelly, Alfred Henry Peters	20.09.1910 - 20.12.1996 St Germans district, Cornwall	... ... Boatsw. 01.01.1942	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind ... - ... ...
Kelly, Cyril James	12.03.1905 - 23.10.1975	... ... ? ? Lt. (E) ? (retd 12.03.1955; age)	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) ? ... - ... ...
Kelly, Dennis Patrick Wolfe "John" Son of ... Kelly, and ... Thompson.	14.07.1926 Chelsea district, London - 26.08.1957 Worthing district, Sussex [age 31] [St Mary Churchyard, Climping (Clymping), Arun District, West Sussex]	Midsh. 01.09.1943 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1945 S.Lt. 01.06.1945 Lt. 16.11.1946 Lt.Cdr. 16.11.1954	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.01.1940-09.1943; Admiralty No. 191; St Vincent House). Played rugby for United Services and the Royal Navy. 01.09.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Birmingham (Southampton class cruiser) 03.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Isis (I class destroyer) (06.1944) - (10.1944) HMS Orion (Leander class cruiser) * (01.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1945) - (10.1945) HMS Serapis (S class destroyer) * (04.1946)     HMS Largo Bay * ... - ... ... (04.1955) - 11.1955 Commanding Officer, 806 Royal Naval Air Squadron * 05.12.1955 - (01.1956) Britannia RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Dartmouth] (01.1957)     HMS Ursa * 1956? - 1957 Administrative Officer, HMS Britannia (royal yacht) ? - 26.08.1957 XE381 Sea Hawk FGA6 897 RN Air Squadron struck the ground and exploded at Ford, West Sussex during display practice for the Farnborough air show His sister writes: "My brother was nearing the end of his two year appointment as Lt.Cdr on m.v. Britannia, the Queen’s yacht. His funeral was supervised by Vice Admiral Conolly Abel Smith, then senior officer on the yacht, with a guard of honour from the crew. He was always called ‘John’, never Dennis. He had borrowed the plane he was practising in for a demo at the Farnborough Air Show the following month." * indexed, but not listed as such
Kelly, E	? -	... ... ? ?	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) ? ... - ... ...
Kelly, Edward Peter Craig Son of Instr.Capt. Harold Craig Kelly, RN (1898-1976), and Mary Grace Taylor (1896-1975). Married (03.04.1948, Surrey North Eastern district, Surrey) Nanette Elizabeth Cheale (19.07.1927 - ).	31.08.1923 Bramley district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 26.12.2005 Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset	Cadet (E) 01.05.1941 Midsh. (E) 01.01.1942 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.09.1943 S.Lt. (E) 14.02.1944, seniority 01.12.1942 A/Lt. (E) > 06.1944, < 10.1944 Lt. (E) 1946?, seniority 01.12.1943 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.12.1951 A/Cdr. (E) > 01.1956, < 01.1957 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1957 Capt. (E) 31.12.1965 (retd 07.01.1975)	(06.1941) - (04.1943) no appointment listed 29.04.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Howe (King George V class battleship) (12.1943) - (04.1945) no appointment listed 04.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Swiftsure (Swiftsure class cruiser) ... - ... ...
Kelly, F	? -	... ... ? ?	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) ? ... - ... ...
Kelly, F	? -	... ... ? ?	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) ? ... - ... ...
Kelly, F D	? -	... ... ? ? Lt.Cdr. ? (retd 19.09.1955; age)	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) ? ... - ... ...
Kelly, H	? -	... ... ? ?	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) ? ... - ... ...
Kelly, Harold Craig Son (with three brothers) of George William Calver Kelly (1869-1946), and Margaret Douglas Story (1865-1938). Married (04.04.1921, Collingham St Oswald, West Yorkshire) Mary Grace Taylor (31.03.1896 - 29.10.1975), daughter (with one brother) of William Wells Taylor (1871-), and Martha Hogg (1873-1956); three daughters, one son (Capt. (E) Edward Peter Craig Kelly, RN).	30.07.1898 Appleby St Lawrence, Westmorland - 16.08.1976 Bath district, Somerset	Instr.Lt. 16.09.1926 Instr.Lt.Cdr. 16.09.1932 Instr.Cdr. 16.09.1940 (retd 30.07.1950; age) (reverted to retd 28.10.1950) A/Instr.Capt. < 10.1944	Education: Tadcaster Grammar School (1909-1914); University of Leeds (1st Year Degree Course in Mechanical Engineering) (1915-1916); Manchester College of Technology (BSc Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, 1st Class Honours, Isabella Stoney Prize) (1919-1920). Apprenticeship with automobile engineers & electric traction construction company, 1913-1916. Served in World War I with Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force as a pilot in France and Italy, 1917-1919. From 1920 Demonstrator in Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds. ... - ... ... 25.04.1939 - (12.1942) RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 18.01.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Assegai (training establishment, nr Durban, South Africa) 01.1944 - (04.)1945 Staff Education Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] (07.1945)     no appointment listed 05.09.1945 - (10.1945) Education Department, Admiralty [HMS President] ... - ... ... Architect.
Kelly, J C	? -	... ... ? ?	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) ? ... - ... ...
Kelly,  James William Son of ... Kelly, and ... Pinnock.	13.07.1921 Brentford district, Middlesex - 10.08.1998 South Dorset district, Dorset	Midsh. 01.05.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1941 S.Lt. 16.02.1941 Lt. 16.05.1942 A/Lt.Cdr. < 04.1946 Lt.Cdr. 16.05.1950 Cdr. 31.12.1957 Capt. 31.12.1966 (retd 07.01.1976) OBE 01.01.1965 New Year 1965 [investiture 09.03.1965] DSC 18.12.1945 war patrols Far East 12.44-08.1945 [award posted]	(04.1940) HMS Rodney (battleship) * 06.01.1941 - (02.)1941 promotion course, Portsmouth 01.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS H 50 (submarine) 07.01.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Trident (submarine) 11.09.1942 - (06.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Taurus (submarine) (08.)1943 - (10.)1943 submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 04.10.1943 - (04.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS H 28 (submarine) 15.04.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Sea Scout (submarine) 02.03.1946 - (04.1947) HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) ... - ... ... (1964) HMS Heron ... - ... ... 07.07.1975 - 07.01.1976 also: Naval ADC to the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such
Kelly, Michael	? -	T/A/Gnr. 21.11.1942 (reld > 07.1945, < 10.1945) DSM ? ?	29.12.1942 - (07.)1945 HMS President III (HQ for personnel serving at defensively equipped merchant ships)
Kelly, R D	? -	... ... ? ?	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) ? ... - ... ...
Kelly, Thomas	19.09.1905 - 01.05.1978 East Cosham, Portsmouth	... ... Schoolm. (CWO) 26.08.1937 A/Sen. Master > 02.1942, < 04.1942 Instr.Lt. 17.09.1946, seniority 01.07.1939 Instr.Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1951 Instr.Cdr. 30.06.1956 (retd 19.09.1960)	Education: BSc. ... - ... ... 28.12.1937 - (12.)1939 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for signal school) 04.12.1939 - (04.)1941 HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester) 01.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, nr Portsmouth, Hampshire) 30.01.1942 - (12.)1943 HMS Formidable (Illustrious class aircraft carrier) 30.12.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Mercury (signal school, near Petersfield) 01.02.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) (for instructional staff) 19.09.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester) ... - ... ...
Kelly, T A	? -	... ... ? ?	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) ? ... - ... ...
Kelly, T A	? -	... ... ? ?	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) ? ... - ... ...
Kelly, T M	? -	... ... ? ?	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) ? ... - ... ...
Kelsey, Marcel Harcourt Attwood Youngest son of Edward Frederick Kelsey (1844-1920), solicitor, and Mary Margaret Blanche Kudge (1851-1909), of London. Married (14.01.1922, St Mary Abbot's, Kensington, London) Lilian Vera Hodgson (22.03.1896 - 24.07.1993), daughter of Charles G. Hodgson, of London; one son.	21.02.1894 Bideford, Devon - 27.08.1964 The Brompton Hospital, Chelsea district, London (formerly of 41 Wynnstay Gardens, London W5)	Midsh. 15.09.1911 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1914 S.Lt. 30.09.1914 Lt. 30.04.1916 Lt.Cdr. 30.04.1924 Cdr. 30.06.1930 Capt. 31.12.1936 Cdre. 2nd cl. 20.04.1942-11.1943, 18.01.1945-01.02.1946 R.Adm. 02.01.1946 (retd 15.01.1949) V.Adm. (retd) 20.03.1949 CB 10.06.1948 HM's birthday 1948 [investiture 20.07.1948] DSC 11.06.1919 for distinguished services whilst in command of a destroyer 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - MID ? ? 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) Cor M 37 - -	Education: Eastman's, Winchester; RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (15.01.1907-...). ... - ... ... 1911 - 1912 HMS Good Hope 1912 - 1913 HMS Monmouth 09.1913 - 1914 HMS Hampshire ... - ... HMS Triumph 1915 - 1916 HMS Defender 1916 - 1917 HMS Obdurate 1917 - 1918 HMS Valentine 19.03.1919 - 1920 HMS Warwick 01.12.1920 - 1922 HMS Warspite 1922 - 1923 HMS Espiegle 1923 - 1925 HMS Pembroke 1926 - 1927 HMS Repulse 1927 - 1928 HMS Suffolk 1928 - 1930 HMS Australia 10.10.1930 - 17.10.1930 HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (additional) 17.10.1930 - 23.11.1931 Drafting Commander, RN Barracks Devonport [HMS Vivid] 1932 - ... Admiralty [HMS President] 1934 - ... HMS London 09.12.1936 - 24.05.1937 Department of the Director of Personal Services (Personnel), Admiralty [HMS President] 19.06.1937 - 12.08.1937 HMS Victory (for full paid service leave) 13.08.1937 - 10.09.1937 Admiralty [HMS President] (additional; for duty inside Admiralty] 13.09.1937 - 19.09.1937 Admiralty [HMS President] (additional; for duty inside Admiralty] 20.09.1937 - 16.01.1940 Deputy Director of Personal Services (Personnel), Admiralty [HMS President] 17.01.1940 - 24.04.1940 Admiralty [HMS President] (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with 2nd Sea Lord) 25.04.1940 - 01.07.1940 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional; for HMS Naiad (light cruiser) & for duty with Admiral Superintendent Contract-Built Ships) 02.07.1940 - 11.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Naiad (light cruiser) & from 22.09.1941 as Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral Commanding 15th Cruiser Squadron [from 22.09.1941-31.10.1941 Senior Officer, 15th Cruiser Squadron] 26.03.1942 - 12.04.1942 HMS Victory IV (additional; for unemployed time) 13.04.1942 - 19.04.1942 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with D.L.D.D.) 20.04.1942 - 11.1943 Commodore-in-Charge, Freetown [HMS Eland] (02.1944)     no appointment listed 17.03.1944 - 28.08.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Warspite (battleship) 28.08.1944 - 14.09.1944 RN Hospital Haslar (fractured ribs) 14.09.1944 - 28.12.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Warspite (battleship) 18.01.1945 - 01.02.1946 Commodore-in-Charge, RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 05.07.1945 - 02.01.1946 also: Naval ADC to the King 02.02.1946 - 30.04.1946 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed) 01.05.1946 - 06.1948 Rear-Admiral-in-Charge Malta & Admiral Superintendent HM Dockyard Malta, from 01.02.1947 Flag Officer Malta 03.08.1948 - 13.08.1948 HMS President (additional; for Interview Board) 14.08.1948 - 10.09.1948 HMS President (additional; for leave) 11.09.1948 - 15.01.1949 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed)

 

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