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H.N.E. Kemball   to   A.E. Kingswell
Kemball, Harold Noel Eric	03.01.1915 - 31.01.1990	... ... A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 04.03.1946, seniority 16.11.1945 (retd 27.02.1956)	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) ? ... - ... ...
Kemball, Vero Elliot Son of Maj.Gen. Sir George Vero Kemball, KCMG, CB, DSO (1859-), and Hattie Elliot. Married ((09?).1925, Chelsea district, London) Janet M. Russell.	23.01.1893 - 09.06.1963	... ... Lt. (E) 15.12.1915 Lt.Cdr. (E) 15.12.1923 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1927 (retd 23.01.1943) Capt. (E) (retd) 23.01.1943	15.01.1906     entered RN ... - ... ... 07.11.1933 - (11.1934) HMS Ajax (cruiser) [until 11.09.1934 in charge while being under construction] (02.1935)     short course of instruction 02.02.1935 - (01.)1937 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 18.01.1937 - (06.)1938 HMS Effingham (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 25.07.1938 - (10.)1940 Assistant Drafting Officer, RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 28.11.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship (08.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed 03.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Effingham (cruiser) 01.03.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven) (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) * (04.1946)     HMS Furneaux * / ** * indexed, but not listed as such ** according to an "Appendix (termination of commissions, releases etc.) to return of appointments etc. dated 10 August 1945" he was by that time serving aboard HMS Furneaux in rank of Cdr. (E), prior to posting to HMS President I for Class 'A' Release on relief, date to be reported
Kempson, Francis Kenelm Son of F. Kempson, mechanical engineer, of West Kensington. Married 1st ((09?).1909, Bedford district, Bedfordshire) Gertrude Alice Franklin ((06?).1877 - 23.01.1936). Married 2nd (14.03.1939, Holy Trinity, Kensington) Phyllis Nichols, second daughter of Mrs H. Nichols, of Hunstanton, Norfolk.	13.04.1884 - 28.12.1961 Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire	Asst. Clerk 15.01.1902 Clerk 15.01.1903 Asst. Paym. 13.04.1905 Paym. 03.08.1914 Staff Paym. = Paym.Lt.Cdr. 13.04.1917 Paym.Cdr. 13.04.1923 Paym.Capt. = Capt. (S) 31.06.1933 (retd 13.04.1939; age) (reverted to retd 25.02.1946) BWM 14|20 - - JubM35 - - CorM37 - -	Education: St Paul's School (...-07.1900). 15.01.1902     HMS Empress of India (battleship; flagship Queenstown) 07.06.1902     HMS London (battleship) (Mediterranean) 16.12.1903     Clerk to Flag Officer's Secretary, HMS Albemarle (battleship; flagship Channel Fleet) 15.11.1905     Clerk to Flag Officer's Secretary, HMS Prince George (battleship; flagship Home Fleet) 04.01.1909     HMS Impregnable (boys' training establishment, Devonport) (for duty with Inspecting Captain) 08.02.1909     Clerk to Flag Officer's Secretary, HMS Leviathan (cruiser; 4th Cruiser Squadron) 21.02.1911     HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) 10.12.1912     Clerk to Secretary of Admiral Commanding Coast Guard and Reserves [HMS President] 12.1917     Secretary to Fourth Sea Lord [HMS President] (holding rank of Acting Fleet Paymaster) 01.08.1919     Secretary to Commander-in-Chief, West Indies [HMS Southampton (light cruiser)] 13.02.1922     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for courses) 05.07.1922 - 01.07.1923 HMS Carysfort (light cruiser) (Portsmouth) 24.07.1923 - 29.07.1925 Secretary to Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President] (as Acting Paymaster Captain) 01.02.1926 - 18.06.1928 Secretary to Rear-Admiral-in-Charge, Malta [HMS Egmont (RN base, Malta)] 20.12.1928 - 12.04.1930 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) 19.04.1930 - 10.06.1932 Chief Paymaster, Malta [HMS Egmont (RN base, Malta)] (09.1932)     no appointment listed 01.11.1932 - 17.07.1933 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) 01.08.1933 - 01.01.1934 HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) & as Squadron Accountant Officer, Aircraft Carriers (03.1934)     no appointment listed 11.04.1934 - 11.04.1939 Store Officer & Cashier, RN Hospital Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 01.09.1939 - 05.05.1944 RN Auxiliary Hospital, Kingseat [HMS Bacchante] 12.06.1944 - 25.02.1946 HMS St Vincent (preliminary air training establishment, Gosport, Hampshire)
Kempson,  Nicholas Lawrence Turner Son of Eric William E. Kempson, and Beatrice Hamilton Ashwell. Married 2nd ((08?).1989, Chichester, Sussex) ... Stileman.	20.05.1914 Rugby, Leicestershire / Northamptonshire / Warwickshire - 23.06.1996 Kirdford, West Sussex	Cadet 01.09.1932 Midsh. 01.09.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1936 S.Lt. 1937?, seniority 01.01.1936 Lt. 16.02.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1945 Lt.Cdr. 12.02.1946 Cdr. 30.06.1951 Capt. 31.12.1956 (retd 09.05.1958)	01.09.1932 - 09.08.1933 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 10.08.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.01.1936 - (02.)1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 31.08.1936 - (02.)1937 promotion course, Portsmouth 10.04.1937 - (10.)1938 HMS Firedrake (destroyer) (Home fleet) 21.12.1938 - (04.1940) HMS Ashanti (destroyer) (02.1941)     HMS Vivacious (destroyer) * 08.08.1941 - (12.1941) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane] 19.01.1942 - (08.)1942 Signals Officer, HMS Pakenham (destroyer) (for signals and wireless telegraphy duties) 04.10.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional ;as Fleet Wireless Assistant) 17.04.1943 - (09?.)1943 Signals Officer, HMS Hurworth (destroyer) 01.09.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (for signals, wireless telegraphy & radio detection finding duties) (06.1944)     no appointment listed 01.07.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield) (07.1945) HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield) * (04.1946)     no appointment listed 27.05.1947 - 04.1949 Flag Lt.Cdr. to Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron and as Squadron Signal Communications Officer [HMAS Shropshire, from 16.06.1947 HMAS Australia, from 18.08.1947 HMAS Hobatt, from 12.12.1947 HMAS Australia] [lent to RAN] 12.04.1949 - 14.04.1949 HMAS Penguin (additional) [lent to RAN] (05.1949)     no appointment listed 08.08.1949 - (05.1950) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 30.06.1951 - (05.1953) RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 21.04.1954 - (07.1954) Commanding Officer, HMS Magpie 14.02.1955 - (01.1957) Chief Staff Officer to Commodore-in-Charge, Hong Kong and Commodore Superintendent, HM Dockyard Hong Kong [HMS Tamar] * indexed, but not listed as such
Kendall,  Bernard Edward Married (07.01.1927, Kensington, London) Margaret Hamilton Mortlock Culver (born 05.12.1900), daughter of William Robert Richard Culver and Edith Bruce Mortlock OBE.	02.09.1901 - 02.03.1969 Cobham, Chatham district, Kent [age 67]	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.09.1921 A/Lt. 15.04.1923 Lt. 15.06.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1931 (retd 02.09.1946) A/Cdr. 01.05.1942? Cdr. (retd) 02.09.1946	15.06.1923 - (08.)1923 HMS Caledon (light cruiser) 22.09.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Walpole (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 24.09.1925 - (05.)1926 qualifying as anti-submarine officer, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Osprey] 17.07.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) (for Anti-Submarine School) 31.08.1928 - (04.1930) HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China) 01.05.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) (for Anti-Submarine School) 27.07.1931 - (01.)1932 Executive Officer, HMS Thruster (destroyer) (Portland) & for flotilla duties, 1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla 02.01.1932 - (09.1932) Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Campbell (flotilla leader) (Home Fleet) 05.05.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) 25.10.1934 - (02.)1937 Anti-Submarine Officer, Flotilla Staff, 8th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Duncan (flotilla leader)] (China) (07.1937) no appointment listed 04.08.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for Anti-Submarine School) 08.06.1939 - (02.1941) HMS Terror II, later HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) (initially for anit-submarine duties, later for duty with Rear-Admiral, Malaya) 01.05.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for miscellaneous duties) (12.1943) - (06.1944) HMS Machlimar (RIN torpedo & anti-submarine school, Venduruthi/Bombay) * (07.1945) HMS Jasper (minesweeper) * 08.1945 - (04.1946) Superintendent, Anti-Gas School, Devonport [HMS Drake] * indexed, but not listed as such
Kendall, Bryan Harold Maule Only son of Capt. Charles James Cole Kendall, and Lilian Mary Maule (1864-), of Glencar, Co. Kerry. Married (16.05.1931, St Mary's, Shalford, Guildford) Iris Mary Gillan (29.11.1907 - 12.1988), only daughter of Sir Robert Woodburn Gillan (1867-1943), and Mary Emma Caroline van Baerle (1864-1936), of Camlarg, Guildford.	14.02.1906 - 06.06.1984 Kingsclere & Whitchurch district, Hampshire	Midsh. 15.01.1924 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1926 S.Lt. 30.01.1927 Lt. 16.05.1929 Lt.Cdr. 16.05.1937 (retd 16.10.1946) A/Cdr. > 10.1944, < 01.1945 Cdr. (retd) ? RAF:   F/O ? F/Lt. 10.03.1936, seniority 01.01.1934 Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1938 OBE 01.01.1945 New Year 1945: for non-operational flying [investiture 13.11.1945]	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth. 15.09.1919     entered RN 15.01.1924 - (05.)1926 HMS Durban (cruiser) (China) 23.09.1926 - (02.)1927 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 11.04.1927 - (07.)1927 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.11.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Sesame (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 08.04.1929 - (03.)1931 pilot, No. 460 Flight FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] 04.05.1931 - (01.)1932 pilot, No. 460 Flight FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] 30.06.1932 - (09.)1932 RAF Station, Gosport [HMS Victory] (for course with Base Training Squadron, Gosport) [attached to RAF] 02.11.1932 - (06.)1933 pilot, 800 Fighter Squadron FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] [attached to RAF] 27.12.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Shamrock (destroyer) (Gibraltar) (02.1936)     no appointment listed 10.03.1936     re-attached RAF 04.1936 - 18.07.1938 Second-in-Command, 800 Fighter Squadron FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] 18.07.1938 - 22.11.1938 Commanding Officer, 800 Fighter Squadron FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] 22.11.1938 - 02.03.1939 Commanding Officer, 803 Fighter Squadron FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier), from 1939? HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] 02.03.1939 - 27.03.1939 RAF Station, Gosport [HMS Victory] (for training squadron) [attached to RAF] 27.03.1939 - 03.04.1939 return to Naval duty 03.04.1939 - (05.)1939 RAF Station, Worthy Down [HMS Victory] (for FAA Pool) [attached to RAF] (08.1939) - (09.1939) FAA 01.11.1939 - (10.)1940 Commanding Officer, 759 Squadron FAA [HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh, Southampton)] 14.11.1940 - 03.1941 Commanding Officer, 804 Squadron [HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkney)] 05.03.1941 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, 787 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] (OBE) (07.1945)     HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) * 15.01.1946 - (04.)1946 Commanding Officer, 787 Squadron FAA [HMS Hornbill (RN Air Station, Culham, Abingdon)]
Kennedy,  Alexander Robert "Alec" Son (with several brothers and one sister) of Robert Sinclair Kennedy (1874-1947), and Annie Flora Ross (1879-1977). Married ((03?).1937, Worthing district, Sussex) Oonagh Frances "Buzz" Ziesler (30.05.1910 - 09.03.2003); three sons.	03.08.1908 Islington district, London - 12.11.1986 Greenwich district, London [St Peter Churchyard, Bredhurst, Maidstone Borough, Kent]	Midsh. 01.01.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1930 S.Lt. 01.03.1930 Lt. 01.04.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1939 A/Cdr. 10.05.1942-08.1942 Cdr. 31.12.1942 Capt. 31.12.1948 (retd 07.01.1958) CBE 13.06.1964 HM's birthday 1964: commanding Royal Nigerian Navy [investiture 12.11.1964] OBE 18.12.1945 Task Group 111.2: administration Hong Kong Island 08.1945 MID 25.08.1942 Operation Ironclad (assault & capture of Diego Suarez 05.1942)	15.01.1927     special entry cadet 03.01.1928 - 04.1930 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.05.1930 - 12.1930 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 05.01..1931 - 07.1931 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.08.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Waterhen (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (01.1933)     no appointment listed 13.03.1933 - (06.1933) long navigation course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] (01.1934)     no appointment listed 23.02.1934 - (03.)1935 Navigating Officer, HMS Laburnum (sloop) (New Zealand) 28.05.1935 - (08.)1936 Navigating Officer, HMS Folkestone (patrol sloop) (China) (10.1936) - (07.1937) no appointment listed 13.09.1937 - (10.)1937 first class ship course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 07.12.1937 - (09.)1939 Navigating Officer, HMS Vindictive (cruiser) 17.11.1939 - (10.)1940 Navigating Officer, HMS Fiji (cruiser) 15.10.1940 - (04.)1942 Navigating Officer, HMS Birmingham (cruiser) 10.05.1942 - 08.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Freesia (corvette) (despatches) 08.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Shropshire (cruiser) 07.01.1943 - 13.12.1943 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 14.12.1943 - (04.)1944 Plans Division (Q), Admiralty [HMS President] (06.1944)     no appointment listed 03.08.1944 - (07.)1946 Executive Officer, HMS Anson (battleship) 02.12.1946 - (07.1948) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (05.1949)     no appointment listed 09.05.1949 - (05.)1951 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) 07.1951 - 01.1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Fierce (Algerine class minesweeper) (Malta) 03.03.1953 - (05.1953) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties) 01.04.1954 - (07.1954) Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services) (01.1955)     HMS Victory * (04.1955)     NATO * 17.11.1955 - (01.1957) Commanding Officer, HMS Newcastle Commanding Officer (as Commodore), Royal Nigerian Navy, 1957-1963 (CBE). * indexed, but not listed as such
Kennedy,  Edward Coverley "Bulldog" Son of Edward Briggs Kennedy (1842-1914) and Caroline Edith Jackson died 1935). Married (21.09.1918) Rosalind Margaret Innes Grant (1893-1977), daughter of Sir Ludovic James Grant, 11th Bt.; one son (Lt. Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy, RNVR), two daughters.	31.08.1879 Ringwood, Hampshire - 23.11.1939 (KIA) [age 60] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 33, column 1] Remembered on a wooden panel in Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace & an altar rail at All Saints Church, Farringdon.	Lt. 09.11.1900 * Cdr. 31.12.1912 Capt. 31.12.1917 (retd 01.03.1923) MID 11.07.1940 loss of ship 23.11.1939 LegH 15.09.1916 ? * Special promotion for services in China	15.01.1893     entered RN served China served World War I (despatches, Légion d'Honneur): 1913 HMS Antrim 1918 HMS Angora 1918 HMS Cassandra 1919 HMS Constance court-martialled and found guilty of conduct prejudicial to the good order of naval discipline 1921 and denied flag captaincy of HMS Courageous, but later reinstated 09.1939 - 23.11.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Rawalpindi (armed merchant cruiser) (sunk southeast of Iceland) (despatches)
Kennedy-Purvis,  Sir Charles Edward Married (14.03.1908) Ethel May Conquest, daughter of George Conquest, of Newport, Isle of Wight.	02.05.1884 Clifton, Barton Regis district, Gloucestershire - 26.05.1946	A/S.Lt. 15.07.1903 S.Lt. 11.01.1905, seniority 15.07.1903 Lt. 01.07.1905, seniority 15.01.1904 Capt. 31.12.1921 R.Adm. 30.09.1933 V.Adm. 28.06.1937 Adm. 15.02.1942 GBE 01.01.1946 New Year 1946 KCB 08.06.1939 HM's birthday 1939 CB 01.01.1935 New Year 1935 LM 16.07.1946 services 02.1942-10.1945	Education: imperial defence course. 15.01.1899     entered RN (08.1923) - (01.1925) Naval Member, Main Committee, Wireless Telegraphy Board & from 05.03.1920 Naval Member, Experimental Sub-Committee, Wireless Telegraphy Board 22.02.1927 - (08.1929) Director of Signal Department, Admiralty 17.03.1930 - (04.1930) senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.01.1931 - (02.)1931 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 14.03.1931 - (10.1932) Commanding Officer, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 05.01.1933 - 30.09.1933 also: Naval ADC to the King (01.1934)     no appointment listed 02.07.1934 - (02.)1936 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff 02.10.1936 - (08.)1938 Rear-Admiral / Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron [HMS Sussex (cruiser), later HMS London (cruiser)] (Mediterranean Fleet) 07.10.1938 - 1940 President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and Vice-Admiral Commanding RN War College 03.04.1940 - 17.07.1942 Commander-in-Chief, America and West-Indies Station [HMS Malabar] 29.07.1942 - 26.05.1946 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Deputy First Sea Lord
Kennell, Sidney Charles Married ((06?).1919, Sunderland district, Co. Durham / Tyne and Wear) Sarah Ellen F. Adamson (born 1891).	03.05.1884 * Sherborne, Dorset - 14.02.1951 Samford district * Naval records have his year of birth as 1883	Gnr. 01.08.1914 Cd.Gnr. 01.08.1924 (retd 01.04.1937) Lt. (retd) 29.04.1938, seniority 01.04.1937 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 07.04.1944 (reverted to retd < 07.1945)	11.07.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Greenwich (destroyer repair ship) 17.11.1924 - (01.)1925 HMS Blenheim (cruiser; CRMS depot ship, Sheerness) (additional; for duty with Central Reserve Minesweepers) 03.07.1925 - (02.)1927 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) (temporarily) 01.06.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 03.01.1930 - (02.1931) HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) (01.1932)     HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) * 1932 - 1932 HMS Vindictive (cruiser) 08.03.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Effingham (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 20.02.1934 - (02.)1936 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (08.1936) - (02.1937) no appointment listed 02.03.1937 - 01.04.1937 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 01.12.1942 - (10.1944) Staff Officer (Operations), HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (01.1945)     no appointment listed
Kenny, Lionel Desmond Bryan Son of Sg.Capt. Edward Bryan Kenny, RN, and Lilian Jane Conyngham Denison, of Cadogan Gardens, London SW1. Married (1949) Hazel Rosemary Hethey, daughter of the late Mr B. Hethey, and Mrs Bristowe Tidd (stepdaughter of Capt. Bristowe Tidd, RN, British Embassy, Tokyo, Japan). Brother-in-law of Maj. Harold Frederick Louis Nockolds, RASC.	24.09.1911 Plymouth district, Devon - 13.12.1977 Chelsea, London (died on the street of a heart attack at King's Road)	Cadet 01.01.1929 Midsh. 01.09.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1932 S.Lt. 01.09.1932 Lt. 01.09.1934 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1942 (retd 24.09.1956)	20.03.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Emperor of India (battleship) 23.04.1930 - (08.1930) HMS Tiger (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) (02.1931)     HMS Malaya (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) * 31.12.1931 - 21.08.1932 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 22.08.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 19.04.1933 - (08.)1934 HMS Crescent (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 23.10.1934 - (02.)1937 HMS Delhi (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 08.06.1937 - (07.)1937 First Lieutenant, HMS Wanderer (destroyer) (The Nore) 06.12.1937 - (02.)1938 First Lieutenant, HMS Scout (destroyer) (The Nore) 02.1938 - (02.)1941 HMS Thanet (destroyer) 27.11.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Sirius (cruiser) 01.1943 - (02.)1943 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional; for various services) (06.1943) - (08.1943) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) * 20.08.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) 17.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Stalker (escort carrier) 07.02.1946 - (10.1947) HMS Scotia (signal training establishment, Doonfoot, AYr, then Lowton St Mary's, Warrington) (07.1948)     no appointment listed 08.1948 - (05.1950) Executive Officer, HMS Birmingham (cruiser) 09.02.1953 - (01.)1956 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Kent, Barrie Harcourt	12.09.1922 - 02.2007	... ... Lt. 16.02.1943 ... ... Capt. 31.12.1963 (retd) MID 01.01.1942 ?	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne (1936-1939). ... - ... ... ? - (10.1945) HMS Trumpeter ... - ... ...
Kent, H.R.H. the Duke; George Edward Alexander Edmund Married (29.11.1934) Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (13.12.1906 - 27.08.1968), Commandant WRNS; two sons, one daughter. titles	20.12.1902 - 25.08.1942	Lt. 15.02.1926 Cdr. 15.02.1934 Capt. 01.01.1937 R.Adm. 08.06.1939 KG, KT, GCMG, GCVO	15.01.1921     entered service 02.09.1939 - 16.01.1940 Staff Officer (Intelligence) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane (additional; for special service)] 17.01.1940 - (06.)1940 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Director of Naval Intelligence) (temporary)  23.06.1936 - 25.08.1942 also: Personal Naval ADC to the King Served 1940-1942 with RAF Training Command. Killed on active service in Dunbeath air crash.
Kenyon, Frank	? -	Lt. 04.08.1932 (retd)	01.12.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) ... - ... ...
Keppel, Hon. Walter Arnold Crispin Second son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Walter Egerton George Lucian Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle (1882-1979), and Lady Judith Sydney Myee Wynn-Carington (1889-1928). Married (05.11.1941) Aline Lucy Harington (27.02.1918 - 20.04.2007), daughter of Brig.Gen. John Harington (1873-1943), and Lady Frances Aline Temple-Gore-Langton (1877-1951); one daughter, two sons.	06.12.1914 Wycombe district, Buchinghamshire - 20.11.1986 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Cadet 01.05.1932 Midsh. 01.01.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1935 S.Lt. 16.01.1936 Lt. 16.04.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. > 04.1945, < 07.1945 [acting rank] A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 [substantive rank] Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1946 (retd 29.01.1958) DSC 15.09.1942 20 air operations against enemy shipping from Malta [investiture 27.07.1943]	... - ... ... 03.10.1939 - (08.)1940 observer, 816 Squadron FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] 08.1940 - (02.)1941 observer, 700 Squadron FAA [HMS Kenya (cruiser)] (04.1941)     HMS Rodney (battleship) * 08.04.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for special service) 09.1941 - (10.)1941 observer, 832 Squadron FAA [HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) 10.1941 - (06.)1942 observer, 830 Squadron FAA [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] (08.1942)     no appointment listed (10.1942)     HMS Saker II (accounting base, Washington, DC, USA) * (12.1942) - (02.1943) HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) * 26.04.1943 - (10.1944) instructional staff, HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) (01.1945)     HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn) * (04.1945)     816 Squadron FAA * (07.1945)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Glory (aircraft carrier) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Kerans,  John Simon Married (1946) Stephanie Campbell Shires; two daughters.	30.06.1915 - 12.09.1985 Oxted, Surrey	Cadet 01.09.1932 Midsh. 01.05.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1935 S.Lt. 01.06.1936 Lt. 16.06.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 Lt.Cdr. 16.06.1946 Cdr. 31.12.1949 (retd 28.01.1958) DSO 05.08.1949 escape Yangtze River 30.07.1949	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 27.08.1932 - 1933 Cadet and Midshipman, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 29.11.1933 - 1935 Midshipman, HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) 06.1935 - (07.1935) Midshipman, HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) 26.09.1935 - (02.)1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 23.12.1936 - (02.1937) HMS Aberdare (twin screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean) 04.04.1937 - (04.)1939 HMS Lowestoft (escort vessel) (China Station) 1939 Staff, Chief of Intelligence Staff, Far East (Hong Kong and Singapore) (08.1939) - (04.1940) no appointment listed 01.05.1940 - 1942 HMS Naiad (cruiser) (Home and Mediterranean Stations) 12.03.1942 - 20.02.1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (for various services) 20.02.1943 - (06.)1943 Staff Officer (Intelligence), Staff Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean and Levant [HMS Nile] 17.10.1943 - 1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Icarus (destroyer) (N Atlantic) 1944 Staff, Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth (04.1944) no appointment listed (06.1944) anti-submarine course 06.08.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Blackmore (destroyer) 18.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Bermuda 1947 Security Intelligence, Hong Kong 1948 on loan to Malayan Police, Kuala Lumpur 06.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Sussex (cruiser) 1949 Assistant Naval Attaché, Nanking 1949 joined HMS Amethyst (frigate) after her attack by Communist forces (DSO) 1950 RN Staff Course, Greenwich (05.1950) HMS President * 1950 - 1952 Head Far East Section, Naval Intelligence Admiralty 16.01.1953 - 1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Rinaldo 1954 - (04.)1955 British Naval Attaché, Bangkok (& Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Saigon and Rangoon) (01.1956) no appointment listed 1957 Senior Officers' Technical Course Portsmouth MP (C) The Hartlepools, 1959-64; Civil Servant, Pensions Appeal Tribunals, 1969-80. * indexed, but not listed as such
Kerr, Ralph Only son of Lt.Col. Sir Russell James Kerr, Kt., DL, JP (1863-1952), and Lady Kerr (Miriam Matilda Pine-Coffin) (died 1931) of Newnham on Severn, Glos. Married Margaret Augusta Kerr; one son (Capt. Russell Kerr, RA; killed in action 24.03.1945), one daughter. Residence: St. John's Wood, London.	16.08.1891 Chelsea, London - 24.05.1941 a/b HMS Hood (KIA) [age 49] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1] Remembered at Newnham on Severn, Glos., and Hood Chapel, Church of St John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire.	Midsh. ? S.Lt. 30.03.1912 Lt. 28.02.1914 Lt.Cdr. 28.02.1922 Cdr. 30.06.1927 Capt. 30.06.1935 CBE 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940 MID 14.10.1941 Bismarck action 05.1941	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth 15.05.1904     entered RN 1914 - 1918 served European War: HMS Benbow (torpedo boat destroyer) (Battle of Jutland) 30.04.1918 - (01.1919) Commanding Officer, HMS Cossack (torpedo-boat destroyer) 20.01.1922 - (08.1923) Commanding Officer, HMS Valkyrie (torpedo-boat destroyer) 09.10.1923 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS Vanity (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) (05.1926) no appointment listed (07.1927) no appointment listed 12.1928 - (08.1929) Commanding Officer, HMS Windsor (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) (04.1930) no appointment listed 16.04.1930 - (02.1931) Commanding Officer, HMS Thruster (destroyer) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) 30.06.1931 - (01.)1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) 02.09.1932 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Decoy (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 07.05.1935 - (07.1935) tactical course, Portsmouth 06.09.1935 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Campbell (flotilla leader) & Captain (D), 21st Destroyer Flotilla (Home Fleet) 20.07.1936 - (07.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Colombo (cruiser) & Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet 09.10.1937 - (02.)1938 senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 25.02.1938 - (07.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Hardy (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 2nd Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) 31.07.1939 - (09.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Broke (flotilla leader) (Reserve Fleet) (04.1940) no appointment listed 15.02.1941 - 24.05.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (sunk)
Kerr, Thomas "Tommy" From Kitale, Kenya.	23.11.1887 - 06.08.1975 Guildford, Surrey	A/S.Lt. 15.10.1907 S.Lt. 14.04.1908, seniority 15.10.1907 Lt. 30.06.1910 Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1918 (retd < 08.1923) Cdr. (retd) 23.11.1927 A/Capt. 01.03.1945? OBE 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944 [investiture 07.11.1944]	15.01.1903     entered RN served Great War: 09.10.1909 - 13.11.1912 First Lieutenant, HMS C 29 (submarine) (Dundee) 14.11.1912 - 08.03.1914 Commanding Officer, HMS A 9 (submarine) 04.08.1914 - 07.10.1915 Commanding Officer, HMS B 5 (submarine) [tender to HMS Forth] (10th Submarine Flotilla, Devonport) 13.11.1915 - 11.1916 Commanding Officer, HMS C 23 (submarine) 12.1916 - 01.1918 Commanding Officer, HMS E 8 (submarine) (Baltic) 03.1918 - 11.11.1918 Commanding Officer, HMS L 8 (submarine) (1919) Commanding Officer, HMS K 2 (submarine) 04.09.1939 - (10.)1940 Executive Officer, HMS Shoreham (sloop) 12.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) 29.07.1941 - 01.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) 01.03.1945 - (07.1945) Staff, Commander-in-Chief East-Indies Station [HMS Lanka] (04.1946) no appointment listed
Kershaw, Cecil Ashworth	03.02.1895 - 01.11.1972 Worthing	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.02.1917 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1925 Cdr. 31.12.1930 (retd 14.07.1933; own request) Capt. (retd) 03.02.1940 (reverted to retd < 04.1946) MID 12.08.1941 Lofoten raid 02.1941 MID 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune 06.1944	Education: W[harfe?]dale School; RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth Played rugby for England, 1920-1923. 15.01.1908     entered RN 19.04.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Barham (battleship) & as Squadron Physical & Recreational Training Officer, 1st Battle Squadron (Atlantic Fleet) 28.07.1924 - (01.1925) RN College, Greenwich (for Physical & Recreational Training duties) [HMS President] 08.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) & as Squadron Physical & Recreational Training Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron (Atlantic Fleet) 30.04.1928 - (04.1930) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 21.01.1931 - (09.1932) Executive Officer, HMS Dragon (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 08.12.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) 02.1941 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Queen Emma (troop carrier) 01.10.1941 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Alaunia (armed merchant cruiser / repair ship) 1943 - (06.)1943 Royal Indian Navy 06.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay) 20.12.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Bulolo (armed merchant cruiser) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Kettle,  Randal von Tempsky Bernau Son of Ferdinand von Tempsky Kettle (1883-1951), and Glady May Bernau (1894-1969). Married ((12?).1952, Uckfield district, Sussex) June Elizabeth Eastwick (predeceased him), daughter of A.J. Eastwick; one son, two daughters.	26.12.1924 New Zealand - 04.07.2014 Minilva, Malaga, Spain	Cadet 01.01.1943 Midsh. 01.09.1943 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1945 S.Lt. 12.02.1946, seniority 01.10.1944 Lt. 16.10.1946, seniority 01.06.1946 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1954 Cdr. 31.12.1958 (retd 03.06.1967) MID 13.06.1957 Suez operations	Education: Wanganui Collegiate School (1939-1942; XI, 1941; XV, 1942; Senior Athletics Champion 1942). 01.01.1943     special entry cadet (under the Dominion Scheme) (10.1943) - (10.1944) no appointment listed (01.1945)     HMS Queenborough (destroyer) (04.1945) - (07.1945) HMS Avon (frigate) * 02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Belfast 16.06.1948 - (07.1948) HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth) 31.03.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Triumph (05.1953)     HMS Peregrine * 16.03.1954 - (04.1955) Britannia RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Dartmouth] (01.1956)     HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth) * (01.1957)     804 Squadron FAA [HMS Bulwark] * 15.01.1959 - (01.1959) Commanding Officer, HMS St Bride's Bay 07.1960     courses 09.01.1961 - (07.1961) Commander (Air), HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) 14.11.1962 - (02.1964) Commander (Air), HMS Centaur (07.1965)     Directorate-General, Ships, Admiralty [HMS President] Farmer, Somerset. * indexed, but not listed as such
Keyes, Lord Roger John Brownlow; 1st Baron of Zeebrugge and Dover, cr. 22.01.1943; Baronet, cr. 1919 Son (with four brothers and four sisters) of Gen. Sir Charles Patton Keyes, GCB (1823-1896), and Katherine Jessie Norman (1847-1916). Married (10.04.1906, Holy Trinity, Chelsea, London) Eva Mary Salvin Bowlby (13.07.1882 - 30.08.1973), Red Cross Order of Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, daughter of Edward Salvin Bowlby, DL (1830-1902), and Elizabeth Vans-Agnew (1854-1937), of Gilston Park, Herts, and Knoydart, Inverness­shire; two sons (eldest son Lt.Col. Geoffrey C.T. Keyes, VC, MC, killed 1941, leading commando raid; youngest son Lt. Roger G.B. Keyes, RN), three daughters.	04.10.1872 Tundiani Fort, India - 26.12.1945 Buckingham [St James Cemetery, Dover]	Lt. 28.08.1893 Cdr. 09.11.1900 Capt. 30.06.1905 Cdre. 2nd cl. 31.08.1912 R.Adm. 10.04.1917 A/V.Adm. 01.01.1918-01.01.1919 V.Adm. 16.05.1921 A/Adm. 15.05.1925 Adm. 01.03.1926 Adm. of the Fleet 08.05.1930 (retd 08.05.1935) (reinstated on Active List 06.02.1940) - Barony 22.01.1943 New Year 1943 Baronet 1919 ? GCB 03.06.1930 HM's birthday 1930 KCB 26.04.1918 ? KCVO 10.12.1918 ? CB 19.06.1911 HM's coronation CMG 01.01.1916 naval war operations CVO 30.03.1918 ? MVO 24.04.1906 Naval Attaché, Athens DSO 03.06.1916 for services rendered in the prosecution of the war MID 14.03.1916 Gallipoli LegH 05.04.1916 ? DSM 16.09.1919 ?  Leo 02.08.1921 ? Leo 23.07.1918 Zeebrugge / Ostend 04.1918 CdeG 23.07.1918 Zeebrugge / Ostend 04.1918 Second Class of the Order of the Iron Crown (Austria- Hungary) (24.02.1908; Naval Attaché, Vienna); Second Class of the Imperial Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh (Turkey) (04.06.1908; Naval Attaché, Constantinople); Commander of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus (Italy) (22.06.1908, Naval Attaché, Rome); Third Class of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece) (24.06.1909; Naval Attaché, Athens)	Education: HMS Britannia (15.07.1885-07.1887); DCL Oxford; LLD Cambridge, Aberdeen, St Andrews, and Bristol. 15.07.1885     entered RN 30.07.1887 - 27.01.1890 HMS Raleigh (cruiser) (Cape Town) 27.01.1890 - 04.02.1891 HMS Turquoise (corvette) (anti-slavery patrol, Witu) (medal, clasp) 28.03.1891 - 28.08.1893 various ships of the Channel fleet, including HMS Martin (28.03.1891), HMS Iris (27.07.1892), HMS Immortalité (12.01.1893), HMS Victoria and Albert (01.07.1893) 25.09.1893 - 17.04.1896 HMS Beagle (South America) 02.06.1896 - 31.12.1897 HMS Curacoa (training ship for new recruits) 01.01.1898 - 14.09.1898 Commanding Officer, HMS Opossum (torpedo-boat destroyer) [tender to HMS Vivid] 15.09.1898 - 06.01.1899 Commanding Officer, HMS Hart [tender to HMS Centurion] 07.01.1899 - 14.11.1900 Commanding Officer, HMS Fame [tender to HMS Centurion] (China during the Boxer rising) (despatches, promoted to Commander, medal, two clasps) 26.02.1901 - 04.1901 signals course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.05.1901 - 04.01.1902 Commanding Officer, HMS Bat (destroyer) [tender to HMS Nile] (Portsmouth) & Second-in-Command, Destroyer Flotilla Devonport 05.01.1902 - 12.05.1902 Commanding Officer, HMS Falcon [tender to HMS Triumph] 13.05.1902 - 07.01.1903 Commanding Officer, HMS Sprightly [tender to HMS Triumph] 08.01.1903 - 07.04.1903 Commanding Officer, HMS Express [tender to HMS Triumph] 08.04.1903 - 01.05.1903 Commanding Officer, HMS Gipsy [tender to HMS Triumph] 16.07.1903 - 31.07.1903 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty) 01.08.1903 - 01.01.1905 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.01.1905 - 01.01.1908 Naval Attaché at Rome (for Rome, Vienna, Athens, and Constantinople) 11.02.1908 - 29.05.1908 war course [HMS President (additional)] 01.06.1908 - 10.06.1908 gunnery course 18.08.1908 - 10.10.1910 Commanding Officer, HMS Venus (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 11.10.1910 - 13.11.1910 HMS Mercury (additional) 14.11.1910 - 08.1912 Commanding Officer, HMS Mercury & as Inspecting Captain of Submarines [from 01.07.1911 HMS Arrogant] 31.08.1912 - 07.02.1915 Commodore-in-Charge of the Submarine Service [HMS Dolphin (additional)] 15.09.1914 - ? also: Naval ADC to the King 08.02.1915 - 10.05.1916 Chief of the Staff to Vice-Admiral Commanding Mediterranean [HMS Inflexible, from 13.05.1815 HMS Lord Nelson] (despatches, CMG, DSO, and Commander Legion of Honour) [prominent in planning naval operations and army landings; pressed unsuccessfully in Oct. 1915 for second naval attempt to force Narrows] 21.05.1916 - 22.06.1917 Commanding Officer, HMS Centurion (battleship) (Grand Fleet) 23.06.1917 - 24.09.1917 Rear-Admiral, 4th Battle Squadron [HMS Colossus] 25.09.1917 - 31.12.1917 Director of Plans, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.01.1918 - 20.03.1919 Acting Vice-Admiral in command of Dover Patrol [HMS Arrogant (light cruiser) "or where convenient"] [in command of operations against Zeebrugge [successful] and Ostend [unsuccessful], 23.04.1918 (KCB, KCVO, Grand Cross Order of Leopold, Grand Officer Legion of Honour, Croix de Guerre, French and Belgian, American DSM)] 21.03.1919 - 31.03.1921 Rear-Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Area, Grand Fleet & from 08.04.1919 Rear-Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Lion (battlecruiser), from 18.05.1920 HMS Hood (battlecruiser)] 26.10.1921 - 30.10.1921 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty) 01.11.1921 - 15.05.1925 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty & Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [HMS President] [reached agreement with RAF on dual control of Naval Air Service] 15.05.1925 - 08.06.1928 Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Warspite (battleship)] [assumed command 08.06.1925] 29.04.1929 - 09.06.1931 Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 10.05.1940 - 30.05.1940 additional Naval Attaché, Belgium (Special Liaison Officer to King of Belgium) [HMS President (additional)] 18.07.1940 - 18.10.1941 Director of Combined Operations [HMS President (additional)]       parliament (till 1943), tour of lectures in the US, Canada, Australia & New Zealand (summer 1944) & observer during the Leyte landings (10.1944) MP (Nat. C.) Portsmouth (North) division, 1934-1943. Honorary Colonel Commandant of Portsmouth Division Royal Marines, 31.03.1932-1943. Published: The naval memoirs of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes (1934); Adventures ashore & afloat, etc. (1939); Amphibious warfare and Combined Operations ... Lees Knowles Lectures, 1943 (1943); The Keyes papers : selections from the private and official correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge (ed. by Paul G. Halpern) (1972-1981, 3 vols.) Literature: C.F. Aspinall-Oglander, Roger Keyes : a biography of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Keyes of Zeebrugge and Dover, G.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.M.G., D.S.O. (1951).
Keyes, [Lord] Roger George Bowlby; 2nd Baron of Zeebrugge and Dover, cr. 1943; Baronet, cr. 1919 (since 1945) 2nd son of Admiral of the Fleet Baron Keyes, GCB, KCVO, CMG, DSO (1872-1945), and Eva Mary Salvin Bowlby (1882-1973), Red Cross Order of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. Brother of Lt.Col. Geoffrey C.T. Keyes, VC, MC. Succeeded father, 26.12.1945. Married (1947) Grizelda Mary (died 1993), 2nd daughter of late Lt.Col. William Packe, DSO; three sons, two daughters.	14.03.1919 Dover district, Kent - 04.03.2005 Kent district, Kent	Cadet 01.05.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 01.12.1939 ?, seniority 01.07.1939 Lt. 01.06.1941 (retd 23.07.1949)	Education: King's Mead School, Seaford; RN College, Dartmouth 01.09.1936 - 31.12.1936 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 01.01.1937 - (02.)1937 HMS Orion (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 07.04.1937 - (07.1937) HMS Southampton (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 01.01.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Ajax (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 02.01.1939 - (04.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth 31.07.1939 - 30.07.1939 HMS Witherington (destroyer) 31.07.1939 - (09.1939) HMS Vansittart (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Rosyth) 17.01.1940 - (06.)1940 HMS Wivern (destroyer) 30.06.1940 - (08.)1940 HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) (10.1940) - (12.1940) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) ** 07.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services) 16.09.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Arethusa (cruiser) 01.01.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 60 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria)] * 24.02.1944 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 374 (motor torpedo boat) * (10.1944)     HM MTB 85 (motor torpedo boat) * (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) ** 15.05.1948 - (07.1948) First Lieutenant, HMS Loch Quoich (frigate) Worked, first, in advertising and later was on the board of a number of companies. Published: Outrageous fortune : the tragedy of Leopold III of the Belgians, 1901-1941 (1984) * also listed as: 26.09.1942-(10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 75 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 20th MTB Flotilla ** indexed, but not listed as such
Kidd, James Walter	21.06.1886 St George district, Edinburgh, Scotland - 16.07.1965 Canongate district, Edinburgh, Scotland	Gnr. (T) 13.06.1918 (retd 1919?) Cd.Gnr. (T) (retd) 09.06.1941 Lt. (retd) 09.06.1944 (reverted to retd > 04.1946)	... - ... ... 10.11.1939 - (04.)1945 HMS Lochinvar (RN base, Port Edgar) (for training duties) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Kiddell, John Bartram Elder son of Capt. Harry Morbhanj Bartram Kiddell and Blanche Mary Vialou Kiddell, of Alderton, Hartfield, Sussex.	1919 ? - 01.07.1943 (in captivity) [age 24] [Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery]	Midsh. (A) 19.04.1938 A/S.Lt. (A) 28.05.1939 S.Lt. (A) ? Lt. (A) 28.11.1941	19.04.1938 - (06.)1938 HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 27.06.1938 - (08.)1938 pilots' course, No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School, Sywell 10.09.1938 - (04.1939) pilots' course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon Fleet Air Arm (served at HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)) ? - 02.07.1940 shot down as pilot of a Swordfish of 825 Squadron, FAA [operating from HMS Kestrel, RN Air Station at Worthy Down], while attacking Schiphol airfield, near Amsterdam (The Netherlands)  02.07.1940 - 01.07.1943 prisoner of war (died from gunshot wound whilst attempting to escape from Stalag Luft 3)
Kiggell, Launcelot John Son (with one brother and one sister) of Launcelot Spencer Kiggell (1890-1977), and Katherine Christabel Walker (1890-1965). Married ((12?).1939, Winchester district, Hampshire) Mollie Sagar (09.11.1917 - 03.2002), from Burley, Ringwood, Hampshire;  two sons.	25.07.1916 Alnmouth, Northumberland - 07.02.1980 Salisbury district, Wiltshire	RAF:   (A) P/O (prob) 16.04.1935 P/O 16.04.1936 F/O 16.11.1937 RN:   Lt. (A) 29.01.1939, seniority 16.11.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 06.1944 [acting rank] A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 01.05.1945 [appointed rank] Lt.Cdr. (A) 16.11.1945 Cdr. (A) 31.12.1948 (retd 18.11.1958) DSC 20.05.1941 attack on Taranto MID 04.05.1943 operations Eastern Mediterranean 11-12.1941 MID 28.101952 Korea (4th list): devotion to service aboard HMAS Sydney on operational service in Korean waters LM 13.08.1954 Korea	16.04.1935 - 29.01.1939 short service commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 29.01.1939     joined RN (04.1939)     short course of instruction (08.1939)     Fleet Air Arm 24.11.1939 - 01.1941 pilot, 815 Squadron FAA [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] 20.01.1941 - (12.1941) pilot, 815 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, near Alexandria)] 01.07.1942 - (08.1942) pilot, 766 Squadron FAA [HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire)] 10.1942 - 12.1942 Commanding Officer, 841 Squadron FAA (02.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed 19.08.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn) (06.1944)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 10.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon) (04.1946)     no appointment listed 14.04.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for RN Air Section, Boscombe Down) ? - (05.1949) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for miscellaneous duties) (05.1950)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 27.08.1950 - 05.01.1952 Commander (Air), HMAS Sydney & from 21.02.1951 also as Staff Officer (Air) to Flag Officer Commanding Australian Fleet [on loan to RAN] 06.01.1952 - 01.1953 HMAS Lonsdale (additional; for Navy Office) [on loan to RAN] 01.01953 - 02.1953 HMAS Penguin (additional; for passage to UK per SS Oronsay) [on loan to RAN] 02.1953 - 03.1953 HMAS Cerberus II (additional; for foreign shore leave) [on loan to RAN] 03.1953 - 06.10.1954 Staff Officer (Air), RAN Naval Liaison Officer London [HMAS Cerberus II] [on loan to RAN] 15.10.1954 - (01.1957) Fleet Air Officer, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Kilroy, Guy Philip	15.03.1909 Harrow Weald, Hendon district, Middlesex - 07.08.1994 Portesham, Weymouth district, Dorset	Midsh. 01.09.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1931 S.Lt. 1932?, seniority 01.11.1930 Lt. 01.11.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1940 (retd 15.03.1954; age)	... - ... ... 11.08.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for Minesweeping Department) 27.06.1940 - (10.)1940 Torpedo Officer, HMS Malcolm (Scott class destroyer) (and for flotilla duties) 24.10.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) 06.08.1941 - (02.)1942 Torpedo Officer, HMS Laforey (L class destroyer) 03.1942 - (08.)1943 Torpedo Officer, HMS Malaya (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) (10.1943) - (02.1944) Admiralty [HMS President] * 03.04.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (additional; for miscellaneous duties) 10.06.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Howe (King George V class battleship) 01.12.1944 - (01.)1945 Squadron Torpedo Officer, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS King George V (King George V class battleship)] (04.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Kilroy, Robert Alexander "Robin" Son of Sg.Capt. & Mrs Kilroy.	27.06.1904 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire - 01.02.1961 Salcombe, Kingsbridge district, Devonshire	Midsh. 15.05.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1924 S.Lt. 15.06.1925 Lt. 15.12.1927 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1935 Cdr. 30.06.1940 (retd 27.06.1954) RAF: (temporary commission) F/O 04.01.1927 F/Lt. 01.01.1934 Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1938 DSC 05.07.1940 France & Channel [investiture 21.10.1941] ONM 02.12.1929 rescue crew of flying boat * * For helping to rescue four men including Major Ramon Franco, the son of General Franco, from their downed flying boat.	15.05.1922 - 01.10.1923 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) 02.10.1923 - 03.01.1924 HMS Warwick 04.01.1924 - 09.1924 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) 01.01.1925 - (01.1925) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 20.10.1924 - 06.02.1926 promotion courses, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.03.1926 - 04.1926 HMS Truant 15.04.1926 - 06.10.1926 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 04.01.1927 - (07.1927) [5th] pilot's course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon 11.1927 - 1928 [8th] pilot's course 25.01.1928 - (03.)1928 pilot, Headquarters Flight, FAA [HMS Courageous (cruiser)] (Mediterranean) (temporary) 19.03.1928 - (06.)1928 HMS President (for 2 months' study in France) 20.06.1928 - (02.1931) pilot, No. 402 Flight FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] (01.1932)     no appointment listed [attached to RAF] 19.03.1932 - (06.)1933 pilot, HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) [attached to RAF] 01.11.1933 - (01.)1934 pilot, No. 443 Flight, FAA (Lee-on-Solent) [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] [attached to RAF] (07.1934)     no appointment listed [attached to RAF] 08.10.1934 - 25.04.1936 Second-in-Command, S/R Squadron 824, FAA [HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier)] (China) [attached to RAF] 22.06.1936 - 26.08.1936 ...  [attached to RAF] 27.08.1936 - 24.05.1939 Second-in-Command, from 01.01.1938 Squadron Commander, TSR Squadron 823, FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] (08.1939)     no appointment listed ? - (04.)1940 Fleet Air Arm 04.1940 - 08.1940 Commanding Officer, 815 Squadron FAA [RAF Coastal Command, then HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] (minelaying in English channel, support for Dunkirk operation) 24.11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 06.03.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) 03.1942 - 31.01.1943 Staff Officer (Air) on staff of Commodore-in-Charge Naval Air Stations, Ceylon [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 01.02.1943 - 30.09.1943 Staff Officer (Air) on staff of Rear-Admiral Naval Air Stations Indian Ocean [HMS Ukussa (RN Air Station, Katukurunda, Ceylon)] 01.10.1943 - (06.1944) Staff Officer (Air) on staff of Rear-Admiral Naval Air Stations Indian Ocean [HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon)] 04.1945 - (04.1946) Commander (Flying), HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier) 03.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore) (for miscellaneous duties) (05.1950)     no appointment listed ? - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, Western Area, Sea Cadet Corps (Bath)
Kimmins,  Anthony Martin	10.11.1901 - 19.05.1964	... ... S.Lt. ? Lt. ? Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1931 (retd) Cdr. (retd) ? A/Capt. (retd) 04.1945? OBE 1946 ? MID 1943 ?	15.05.1915     entered RN ... - ... ... 10.11.1941 - (01.)1945 Press Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) * indexed, but not listed as such
Kimpton, John Townshend Son of ... Kimpton, and ... Brown.	29.11.1912 Pembroke district, Pembrokeshire - 25.10.1961 Kingston, Surrey (formerly of Clayton, Surrey)	Midsh. ? A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 16.07.1933 Lt. 16.09.1935 Lt.Cdr. 16.09.1943 Cdr. 31.12.1947 Capt. 30.06.1954 (retd 29.01.1958) DSC 12.10.1943 destruction Italian submarine Ascianghi 07.1943 [investiture 07.03.1944] DSC 23.12.1952 Korea (5th List) [at HMS Cockade] [investiture 03.03.1953] LM 15.02.1955 Korea 02-05.1952 [at HMS Cockade]	... - ... ... 26.09.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (08.1940)     no appointment listed 02.08.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland, from 15.01.1941 Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for miscellaneous duties) 20.06.1941 - (08.)1943 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Laforey (L class destroyer) (DSC) (10.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 20.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) ... - ... ...
Kinahan, [Sir] Harold Richard George Son of V.Adm. R.G. Kinahan, Belfast. Married (1919) Mary Kathleen Downes (died 1970); two daughters.	04.06.1893 Belfast - 22.03.1980 [Almondsbury, Bristol]	Lt. 15.10.1914 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1922 Cdr. 30.06.1927 Capt. 30.06.1934 Cdre. 2nd cl. 1943 R.Adm. 08.07.1943 V.Adm. 10.09.1947 Adm. 01.12.1950 (retd 15.05.1952) KBE 01.01.1949 New Year 1949 CBE 01.01.1942 New Year 1942 CB 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 1945 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 1941	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth. 15.01.1906 entered RN 1910 - 1913 Midshipman, HMS Hindustan and HMS Cochrane 1914 - 1918 Lieutenant, HMS Queen Elizabeth, in Eastern Mediterranean and with Grand Fleet (Dardanelles, 1915) 1918 - 1920 Gunnery School 1920 - 1922 Gunnery Officer, HMS Repulse (battleship) 06.07.1923 - (01.)1925 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 1925 - 1927 Gunnery Officer, HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 22.06.1927 - (08.)1929 Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 14.10.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 04.07.1931 - (01.)1934 Tactical School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.10.1934 - 09.03.1936 Assistant Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 09.03.1936 - (02.)1937 Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 29.06.1937 - 1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Orion (cruiser) 21.03.1940 - 1942 Captain of the Fleet, on staff of Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet [HMS Nelson] 10.02.1942 - (08.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Anson (battleship) & Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer, 2nd Battle Squadron 12.01.1943 - 08.07.1943 also: Naval ADC to the King (10.1943) no appointment listed 10.12.1943 - (07.)1945 Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel and Director of Personal Services, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.1945 - (04.1946) Rear-Admiral Commanding 15th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Orion] 1946 - 25.06.1947 Flag Officer Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet 15.10.1947 - 1949 Senior Naval Member and Vice-President (Naval), Ordnance Board 1949 - 1950 President, Ordnance Board, Admiralty 03.03.1950 - 1952 President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich [HMS President]
King, Claude Beevor Married ((09?).1904, Devonport).	24.07.1881 Cambridge - 04.04.1949	Seaman ? [271554] Lt. 01.04.1917 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1925 (retd 24.07.1926) (reactivated 26.08.1939) (reverted to retd > 12.1941, < 08.1942)	02.05.1913     commissioned RN (08.1923)     no appointment listed 21.10.1023 - (01.)1925 HMS Wakeful (destroyer) (Devonport) 18.08.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Venturous (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 26.08.1939 - 07.02.1941 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 19.02.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Victory V (RN base, South Western Hotel, Southampton)
King, Edgar Husband of Cpl. Freda M. King, WAAF, of Docking, Norfolk.	30.11.1884 Downingtown Chester, Pennsylvania, USA - 09.02.1940 (KIA) [age 54] [Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 1, column 2]	Seaman ? [209461] Mate 14.12.1918, seniority 11.12.1917 A/Lt. ? Lt. 17.03.1921, seniority 11.03.1920 (retd 25.05.1922; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 11.03.1928	? - 09.02.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Fort Royal (minesweeping trawler) (sunk by German aircraft off Aberdeen, Scotland)
King, Edward Leigh Stuart Eldest son of Charles James Stuart King, of Hook, chard, later of Chardstock. Married (1917) Lilian Alice (died 26.09.1944), daughter of Edward Strickland, Clifton; no children.	22.02.1889 Chardstock - 08.05.1971 Helston, Cornwall	A/S.Lt. 15.03.1908 S.Lt. 21.12.1908, seniority 15.03.1908 Lt. 05.02.1910, seniority 15.09.1908 Cdr. 31.12.1919 Capt. 31.12.1926 Cdre. 1st cl. 12.04.1938 R.Adm. 10.08.1938 V.Adm. 30.05.1941 (retd 15.06.1944) Adm. (retd) 08.05.1945 (dispersed 30.09.1946) (reverted to retd 27.11.1946) CB 01.01.1940 New Year 1940 MVO 16.10.1925 Prince of Wales' African and S. American Tour MID 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete LegH ? ? LegH ? ? Geo I 03.06.1947 ? OON 25.11.1947 ? OCwn 01.02.1949 ?	Education: HMS Britannia; Imperial Defence College (idc). 15.09.1903     joined RN 1914     Gunnery Officer, HMS Southampton       Gunnery Officer, HMS Erin 15.08.1922 - (08.1923) War Staff Officer to Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] 27.12.1924 - (05.1926) Commander [= Executive Officer],  HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) during Prince of Wales' African and S. American Tour 17.01.1927 - (07.1927) Imperial Defence Course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President] 12.03.1928 - (04.)1928 Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich 24.04.1928 - (04.)1930 Assistant Director of Plans, Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 06.08.1930 - (02.)1931 Flag Captain, HMS Coventry (cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Mediterranean Fleet (01.1932)     no appointment listed 08.08.1932 - (09.)1932 Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 08.12.1932 - 24.12.1933 Deputy Director of Plans, Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 24.12.1933 - (07.)1935 Director of Plans, Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.12.1935 - (02.)1936 Chief Staff Officer to Vice-Admiral-in-Charge Malta [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] 20.04.1936 - (02.)1937 Flag Captain, HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) (07.1937)     no appointment listed 02.07.1937 - 20.12.1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Despatch (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 10.01.1938 - (02.)1938 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 11.01.1938 - 10.08.1938 also: Naval ADC to the King 12.04.1938 - 15.06.1940 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship), from 06.12.39 HMS Warspite (battleship), from 01.01.1940 HMS Rodney (battleship)] 16.06.1940 - 23.06.1940 HMS Victory II (additional; for service leave) 24.06.1940 - 17.07.1940 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed) 18.07.1940 - 15.10.1941 Rear-Admiral Commanding 15th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Naiad (cruiser)] (Mediterranean) 16.10.1941 - 20.10.1941 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty) 21.10.1941 - 06.12.1942 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Trade) [HMS President] 07.12.1942 - 19.01.1943 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed) 20.01.1943 - 22.01.1943 for duty with Principal British Naval Liaison Officer to Allied Navies (PNLO), Admiralty [HMS President] 23.01.1943 - 31.03.1946 Principal British Naval Liaison Officer to Allied Navies (PNLO), Admiralty [HMS President] 01.04.1946 - 30.09.1946 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty) (as V.Adm.) Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Cornwall, 24.07.1953.
King, Henry Alexander Son of Henry Thomas Firmstone King.	18.03.1901 Trowbridge, Wiltshire - 28.07.1986 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Lt. 15.08.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1931 Cdr. 30.06.1936 Capt. 30.06.1942 (retd 07.07.1951) CBE 01.01.1952 New Year 1952 DSO 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete MID 23.12.1939 for successful actions against enemy submarines	07.12.1936 - (08.1939) Head, Experimental Department, Gunnery School, Portsmouth [HMS Excellent] (1939) HMS Kashmir (destroyer) 23.03.1942 - (12.1943) Deputy Director, Gunnery Division (Gunnery), Admiralty 01.05.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Nigeria (cruiser) 01.04.1946 - (04.1946) Chief Staff Officer, Staff of Naval Representative, United Nations [HMS Saker] (1952) Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty
King, Hugh Valentine portrait unconfirmed Son of Stewart King and Millicent C. King. Husband of Brenda Grace King, of Cheltenham, Glos.	22.02.1901 Poole, Dorset - 17.01.1947 [age 45] [Chatham Naval Memorial, 82, 2]	A/Lt. 15.04.1923 Lt. 03.10.1923, seniority 15.04.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1931 Cdr. 31.12.1936 A/Capt. > 06.1944, < 07.1945 DSO 09.11.1943 U-boat sunk convoy OS51 Western Approaches 07.1943 OBE 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940	15.04.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 01.01.1924 - (01.1925) First Lieutenant, HMS L 20 (submarine) (China) (05.1926)     no appointment listed (07.1927) short course of instruction 07.11.1927 - (06.1928) Commanding Officer, HMS H 23 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Alceto] 20.04.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 18.05.1931 - (09.1932) Staff Officer (Operations), IV submarine Flotilla [HMS Medway (submarine depot ship)] (China) 11.04.1933 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS L 54 (submarine) (Portsmouth) 24.04.1934 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS Odin (submarine) (China) 14.01.1937 - (02.)1937 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (07.1937) no appointment listed 15.09.1937 - (09.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Olympus (submarine) (China) 24.03.1940 - (12.1941) Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 21.01.1942 - 01.09.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Ambrose (base for 9th Submarine Flotilla, Dundee) 10.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Rochester (sloop) 23.04.1943 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Scarborough (sloop) 20.06.1943 - (04.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Rochester (sloop) 03.05.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Towy (frigate) (07.1945) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 24.09.1945 - 17.01.1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Beachy Head (escort maintenance ship) * indexed, but not listed as such Serving Brother of the Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
King, Leonard William Married (29.12.1927, Alverstoke district, Hampshire) Eva Mary Attwell; ... children (four sons, two daughters?).	19.11.1903 Chelsea, London - 25.09.1951 Wallasey, Cheshire [age 47] [Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery] (formerly of Lockhams, Silverlake, Curdridge, Hampshire)	Ordinary Seaman RNVR 20.09.1922 [from 24.10.1923-08.04.1924 Ordinary Signalman] [247] Stoker 2nd cl. 12.01.1925 [P/K65538] Stoker 1st cl. 26.11.1925 A/Leading Stoker 23.05.1930 A/Stoker Petty Officer 31.10.1930 Stoker Petty Officer 31.10.1931 Mech. 2nd cl. 01.07.1934 Mech. 1st cl. 30.12.1935 A/Ch.Mech. 18.12.1940 Ch.Mech. 16.01.1942 T/A/Wt.Mech. 16.07.1945 T/Wt.Mech. = T/Cd.Mech. 1946?, seniority 16.07.1945 (reld > 10.1947, < 07.1948) DSM 13.04.1943 Operation Torch [investiture 04.12.1945] LSGCM 22.02.1940 -	Carpenter & cabinet maker. 20.09.1922 - 12.01.1925 served RNVR (London Division) 12.01.1925 - 05.05.1925 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 06.05.1925 - 30.06.1926 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) 01.07.1926 - 31.08.1926 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) 01.09.1926 - 16.09.1926 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 17.09.1926 - 14.11.1927 HMS Spenser (flotilla leader) 15.11.1927 - 28.11.1927 HMS Seymour (flotilla leader) [tender to HMS Dartmouth (cruiser)] 29.11.1927 - 10.01.1928 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 11.01.1928 - 06.08.1928 HMS Concord [till 13.02.1928 tender to HMS Constance] 07.08.1928 - 08.10.1928 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 09.10.1928 - 23.01.1930 HMS Concord (signal school cruiser, Portsmouth) 24.01.1930 - 30.06.1930 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) 01.07.1930 - 05.08.1930 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 06.08.1930 - 12.11.1930 HMS Fisgard (depot for training of artificer apprentices) 13.11.1930 - 15.03.1931 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 16.03.1931 - 30.06.1932 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) 01.07.1932 - 31.12.1933 HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport), renamed: 01.01.1934 - 30.06.1934 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 01.07.1934 - 17.08.1934 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 18.08.1934 - 04.02.1936 HMS Revenge (battleship) 05.02.1936 - 07.09.1936 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 08.09.1936 - 04.03.1937 HMS Malaya (battleship) [till 29.12.1936 tender to HMS Drake] 05.03.1937 - 24.05.1937 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Home Fleet) 25.05.1937 - 15.08.1941 HMS Malaya (battleship) 16.08.1941 - 15.01.1942 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 16.01.1942 - 04.05.1942 HMS Paragon (minesweeper base, Hartlepool) 05.05.1942 - 15.07.1943 HMS Spey (frigate) [tender to HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry)] (DSM) 16.07.1943 - 21.10.1943 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 22.10.1943 - 30.06.1944 HMS Betony (corvette) [tender to HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 01.07.1944 - 29.07.1944 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) 30.07.1944 - 15.07.1945 HMS Newcastle (cruiser) 25.09.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Barrhead (boom defence vessel) 25.03.1946 - (04.)1946 Boom Defence Depot, Clyde [HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)] 01.06.1946 - (07.)1946 HMS Barcarole (boom defence vessel) 16.10.1946 - (04.)1947 Boom Defence Depot, Southampton [HMS Victory III] 12.07.1946 - (10.1947) Boom Defence Depot, Southampton [HMS Victory IV] 04.1951     recalled to service during Korean Crisis 13.04.1951 - (05.)1951 HMS Bellerophon (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 1951 - 25.09.1951 Engineer Officer for the refit of HMS Middleton at Liverpool in the Borough of Wallasey, Cheshire
King, Roger [name of choice for service with the RN] Real name: Roger Le Roux.	? -	T/Lt. 15.07.1940 DSC ? action Channel 03.1942 MID 31.03.1942 attack on battle cruisers 12.02.1942 LM 20.03.1945 Battle of the Seine 06.1944	Frenchman, who joined the Royal Navy after the fall of France.       HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William), later HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover): (03.1941)     Commanding Officer, MGB 341 28.10.1941 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, MGB 41 & SO 3rd MGB Flotilla 31.05.1943 - (08.1943) Commanding Officer, MGB 117 01.09.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Grey Shark
King, Richard Matthew	02.11.1883 Bath district, Avon / Somerset - 15.12.1969 [Torquay, Devon ?]	A/S.Lt. 02.11.1902? S.Lt. 25.03.1904, seniority 02.11.1902 Lt. 02.11.1904 Cdr. 1916 Capt. 31.12.1922 R.Adm. 18.12.1934 (retd 1934) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 1942 (reverted to retd 08.1945) DSO 08.03.1918 for services in Destroyer and Torpedo Boat Flotillas 1917	Education: Stubbington House, Fareham; HMS Britannia 15.01.1898 entered RN 1914 - 1918 served European War in Grand Fleet Destroyer Flotillas (DSO) 1924 - 1926 Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral (D) Mediterranean Fleet 1928 - 1930 Assistant Director, Mobilization Department of Admiralty 1930 - 1932 Captain of Dockyard, Devonport, and Deputy Superintendent 1932 - 1933 Commanding Officer, HMS Iron Duke 1933 - 1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Cardiff & Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, the Nore 1934 ADC to the King 24.08.1939 - 22.10.1942 Flag Officer-in-Charge Belfast [HMS Caroline] 15.02.1943 - (07.)1945 Commodore of Convoys [HMS Eaglet] * * Navy List gives 15.02.1942
King, William Donald Aelian "Bill" Only son of Lt.Col. William Albert de Courcy King (1875-1917), and Georgina Marie MacKenzie [remarried: Uzielli] (1885-1969). Married (12.01.1949, private chapel of Castle Leslie, Glaslough, County Monaghan, Ireland) Anne ("Anita") Theodosia Moira Leslie (21.11.1914 - 05.11.1985), writer, daughter of Sir John Randolph Shane Leslie, 3rd Bt. (1885-1971), and Marjorie Ide (1882-1951); one son, one daughter.	23.06.1910 Farnborough, Hartley Wintney district, Hampshire - 21.09.2012 Oranmore Castle, County Galway, Ireland	Cadet 01.09.1927 Midsh. 01.05.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1930 S.Lt. 01.03.1931 Lt. 01.12.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1940 Cdr. 30.06.1943 (retd 06.02.1948) DSO 09.05.1940 successful submarine operations against the enemy [investiture 06.08.1940] DSO 16.01.1945 destruction U-boat Far East 17.07.1944 [investiture 30.10.1945] DSC 06.09.1940 successful submarine patrols [investiture 18.02.1941] Blue water trophy; Sir Francis Chichester Award.	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1923-1927). 01.09.1927 - (12.)1927 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 31.12.1927 - (08.)1930 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 25.09.1930 - 13.04.1931 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 13.04.1931 - (12.1931) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (01.1932)     no appointment listed 23.04.1932 - (05.)1932 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (for submarines) 15.06.1932 - (08.)1934 HMS Orpheus (submarine) (China) (11.1934)     no appointment listed 01.01.1935 - (03.)1935 HMS Mackay (flotilla leader, 2nd Submarine Flotilla) (Home Fleet) (for submarines) 12.04.1935 - (07.)1935 First Lieutenant, HMS Pigmy (special service vessel, for reserve group of submarines) (Portsmouth) 13.08.1935 - (08.)1936 First Lieutenant, HMS Starfish (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] 31.08.1936 - (08.)1938 First Lieutenant, HMS Narwhal (submarine) [tender to HMS Lucia] 05.09.1938 - (12.)1938 Submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 16.12.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 16.04.1939 - 23.12.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Snapper (submarine) (02.1941)     no appointment listed 15.03.1941 - 08.04.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Trusty (submarine) (08.1942) - (10.1942) no appointment listed 10.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, Malta) 08.01.1943 - (06.)1943 Executive Officer, HMS Medway II (submarine base, Beirut) 21.07.1943 - 20.08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Telemachus (submarine) 01.09.1945 - (04.)1946 Executive Officer, HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) Circumnavigated the globe solo at his third attempt, passing five of the great capes. Published: The stick and the stars (1958; memoirs) [republished as: Dive and attack : a submariner's story (1983)]; Capsize (1969; yachting); Adventure in depth (1975; yachting voyage around the world); The wheeling stars : a guide for lone sailors (1989); Kamikaze : the wind of God (1997; fiction).
King-Church, John Bassett Second son of Maj. W. King-Church, and ... Robertson. Married ((06?).1937, St Marylebone district, London) Alice M. "Queenie" Sherry, of Beaconsfield.	(12?).1913 Torrington district, Devon - 15.12.1941 [age 28] (KIA) [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 44, column 3]	Cadet 01.01.1931 Midsh. 01.09.1931 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1934 S.Lt. 16.09.1934 Lt. 16.01.1937	10.01.1931 - (09.1932) HMS London (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (01.1934) no appointment listed 07.01.1935 - (07.1935) promotion course, Portsmouth 07.09.1935 - (02.1936) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 19.11.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Vulcan (trawler) (Portsmouth) (for 1st MTB Flotilla) 25.07.1938 - (04.1939) third hand, HMS Express (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 04.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Jervis (destroyer) 02.09.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 70 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 11th MTB Flotilla [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)] ? - 15.12.1941 HMS Galatea (cruiser)
King-Harman, Robert Douglas Second son of Sir Charles Anthony King-Harman, KCMG (1851-1939), and Constance Biddulph (died 1961), of Ouse Manor, Sharnbrook, Bedford- shire. Married, firstly (11.01.1916) Lilly Moffatt (marriage dissolved 1926; died 1966), daughter of Alexander Moffatt; one son. Married, secondly (22.04.1927) Elizabeth Lilian Davis (died 1974), daughter of William James Davis. Married, thirdly (1975) Eva Mary Palmer, daughter of Archdale Stuart Palmer.	18.08.1891 Barbados, BWI - 30.05.1978 [Great Gransden, Cambs. ?]	Midsh. ? S.Lt. 15.02.1912 Lt. 15.02.1914 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1922 (retd 02.09.1929) Cdr. (retd) 18.08.1931 A/Capt. (retd) 10.11.1942? DSO 14.01.1941 good service in minelayers DSC 10.05.1917 action between destroyers HMS Swift and HMS Broke and German destroyers DSC 22.01.1920 minesweeping after the Armistice of 1918	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 15.05.1904 entered RN 1914 - 1918 served in destroyers, Grand Fleet and Dover Patrol (Jutland) (despatches): (1917) HMS Swift (destroyer) 06.12.1918 - (1919) First Lieutenant / Navigating Office, HMS Totnes (Paddle minesweeper) 23.12.1924 - (01.1925) Navigating Officer, HMS Carlisle (cruiser) (China) (07.1927) no appointment listed (08.1929) no appointment listed 1929 - 09.1939 Singapore pilotage 09.1939 - 1946 reactivated RN: 28.09.1940 - (04.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Teviotbank (auxiliary minelayer) (08.1942) no appointment listed 10.11.1942 - (06.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Cheshire (armed merchant cruiser) 12.07.1943 - (12.1943) Naval Officer-in-Charge, Tees-Hartlepool [HMS Paragon] 25.02.1944 - 1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Lusitania (base, Terceira, Azores) (as such Senior British Naval Officer of the forces in the Azores) (07.1945) no appointment listed ? - 12.1945 HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi) 1946 - 1948 Singapore pilotage
King-Joyce,  Tobias James Alphonsus "Spike" Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of John Edward Joyce (1865-1920), and Anastasia Mary O'Brien (1881-1971).	(06?).1916 Newhall, Ennis, Loughrea district, Co. Clare, Ireland - 22.06.1948 (killed in an air crash at Durrington, Amesbury, Wiltshire) [Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire]	RAF:   (A) P/O (prob) 09.08.1937 RN:   A/S.Lt. (A) 23.01.1939 S.Lt. (A) 23.01.1940 Lt. (A) 23.09.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. (A) > 10.1944, < 01.1945	09.08.1937     commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Officers (General Duties Branch) (08.1939) - (12.1939) Fleet Air Arm 09.01.1940 - 08.05.1941 pilot, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkney) 09.05.1941 - 11.1941 pilot, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast)] 28.11.1941 - (08.)1942 pilot, 813 Squadron FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] 20.11.1942 - (02.)1943 pilot, 800 Squadron FAA [HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire)] (06.1943)     HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) * (08.1943)     800 Squadron FAA * 09.1943 - 11.1943 HMS Goldcrest (RN Air Station, Dale, Pembrokeshire) (for instructional duties) 22.11.1943 - (10.1944) pilot, 759 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovil, Somerset)] 01.12.1944 - 09.1945 Commanding Officer, 1835 Squadron FAA * 09.1945 - 1946 Commanding Officer, 883 Squadron FAA (04.1946)     no appointment listed 02.06.1946 - 22.06.1948 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services; attached C Squadron A&AEE TP) [Aircraft Supermarine Attacker TS413 took off from Boscombe Down, Wiltshire for a measured take-off, stability, climb stalling speed and stick forces per g at 30,000ft trials with 270gal ventral tank fitted. Also investigation of Mach number effect at Mach 0.79 at 20,000ft. Aircraft crashed 57min after take-off probably owing to rudder overbalance with ventral tank fitted. The pilot had jettisoned the tank but the aircraft immediately bunted throwing the pilot against the canopy roof, which shattered.] * indexed, but not listed as such
Kingcome,  [Sir] John	20.04.1890 Calcutta, India - 15.07.1950 [Bath ?]	Eng.S.Lt. 01.08.1909 Eng.Lt. ? 22.08.1912, seniority 01.08.1910 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1918 Eng.Cdr. 30.06.1924 Eng.Capt. 30.06.1935 Eng.R.Adm. 04.03.1941 Eng.V.Adm. 25.01.1945 (retd 1947) KCB 01.01.1946 New Year 1946 CB 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 1943 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 1941	Education: Plymouth; RNE College, Keyham 1905 joined RNE College & RN College, Greenwich (1909) 1914 - 1918 served European War 24.07.1939 - 1940 Fleet Engineer Officer, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson] 14.01.1941 - 1947 Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President]: 09.03.1942 - 25.01.1945 Deputy Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet, Admiralty 25.01.1945 - 1947 Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet, Admiralty
Kingsley-Rowe,  Charles Alfred Son (with four siblings) of Alfred Rowe (1853-1912; died in Titanic disaster), ranchowner in Peru & Texas, USA, and Constance Ethel Kingsley (1865-1948), of Glandwr Hall, Barmouth, Merioneth. Married (06.07.1935, Holy Trinity, Brompton, Kensington district, London) Mairi Irving Robertson, younger daughter of John Cameron Robertson, and Mrs Robertson, of Newmore, Invergordon, Scotland; two daughters, two sons.	29.01.1904 Kensington district, London - 31.07.1970 Milford-on-Sea, New Forest district, Hampshire	Midsh. 15.01.1922 S.Lt. 15.02.1925 Lt. 15.04.1927 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1935 (retd 06.08.1948; own request) Cdr. (retd) 06.08.1948 RAF:   F/O 19.04.1927 Sq.Ldr. 01.09.1938, seniority 01.01.1938	15.01.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Lowestoft (light cruiser) 25.09.1924 - (01.)1925 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 03.11.1925 - (02.)1927 HMS Mistley (twin screw minesweeper) 19.04.1927 - (07.)1927 pilot's course, No. 1 Flying Training School, RAF (Netheravon) 01.11.1927 - (06.)1928 pilot's course, RAF Base, Leuchars 1928     HMS Furious (and for D.L. training in 405 Flight and for F.F.D. (on completion of D.L. training)) 08.04.1929 - (03.)1931 pilot, No. 402 Flight FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] 13.08.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 30.05.1932 - 07.07.1932 ... [attached to RAF] 08.07.1932 - 16.07.1933 HMS Emerald (cruiser) (East Indies) [attached to RAF] 16.08.1933 - (07.)1935 pilot, Fighter Squadron 800 FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] 03.11.1935 - (02.)1936 observer, 2nd Battle Squadron [HMS Nelson (battleship)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF] 01.05.1936     HMS Victory (for RAF Farnborough) [attached to RAF] 19.06.1936 - (10.1938) observer, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship), then HMS Warspite (battleship)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] (02.1939)     no appointment listed [attached to RAF up to 11.02.1939] 06.03.1939 - 23.05.1939 Fighter Squadron 801 FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF], unit renumbered: 24.05.1939 - 01.12.1939 Commanding Officer, 769 Squadron FAA [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle), deck landing training at HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) 06.1939, 07.1939 & 09.1939] 15.01.1940 - 12.10.1940 Commanding Officer, 750 Squadron FAA (Observers Training) [HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex)] 20.10.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) 06.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) (additional; for various services) 16.02.1942 - 06.1942 788 Squadron FAA [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 14.06.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Kipanga (RN Air Station, Kilindini, Kenya) 21.01.1943 - (04.)1946 HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire) 01.07.1946 - (10.1946) HMS Daedalus (additional; for various services) 27.06.1947 - (10.1947) HMS Fieldfare (07.1948)     no appointment listed
Kingswell,  Albert Edgar Son of ... Kingswell, and ... Salter. Married 1st Gladys (née ...); three daughters. Married 2nd Barbara (née ...); three sons (one died as an infant), three daughters.	02.07.1914 Isle of Wight - 14.04.1992	S.Lt. (A) 01.01.1945 Lt. (A) 01.01.1946 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1954 (retd 02.07.1959)	28.02.1945 - (07.1945) observer, 828 Squadron FAA (04.1946) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 24.02.1948 - (05.)1949 observer, 719 Squadron FAA [HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Londonderry)] 12.12.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, nr Padstow, Cornwall) 19.11.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Siskin (RN Air Station, Gosport, Hampshire) (for miscellaneous services) 15.03.1954 - (04.)1955 Second-in-Command, 845 Squadron FAA 20.06.1955 - (01.1959) HMCS Shearwater (for miscellaneous duties) [lent to RCN] * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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