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Raban-Williams,
Jocelyn
J. Raban-Williams
Son of Frederick Raban Williams (1874-1944), and Mabel Ione Foxwell.
Brother of Lt. Robin Raban-Williams, RN.
Married ((06?).1942, Hendon district, Middlesex) Margaret Pell-Dainty (31.05.1911 - (05?).2012), daughter (with one sister) of John Ernest Pell Dainty (1875-1960), and Elise Ann Hardwick (1878-1977); one child.
23.10.1916
Hartley Wintney district, Hampshire
-
14.12.2009
Petworth, West Sussex
Prob. S.Lt.
 		02.05.1938
S.Lt.
 		?, seniority 02.05.1938
A/Lt.
 		02.02.1940
Lt.
 		?, seniority 08.02.1940
A/Lt.Cdr.
 		17.02.1946?
Lt.Cdr.
 		08.02.1948 (retd 06.09.1948)
Education: Harrow (Small Houses & Home Boarder 1931).
(06.1938)
 -
 		(08.)1939
 		no appointment listed
23.12.1939
 -
 		(04.)1940
 		HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (for submarines)
06.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Osiris (submarine)
29.07.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Malaya (battleship)
16.06.1942
 -
 		(02.)1943
 		French Ship (FS) La Capricieuse
06.1943
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		HMS Campbell (destroyer)
04.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Venerable (aircraft carrier)
17.02.1946
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Loch More (frigate)
(07.1948)

no appointment listed
Raban-Williams,
Robin
R. Raban-Williams
Son of Frederick Raban Williams, and Mabel Ione Foxwell.
Brother of Lt.Cdr. Jocelyn Raban-Williams, RN.
Married ((06?).1951, Staincliffe district, West Riding of Yorkshire) ... Ozanne.
06.11.1922
Warwick district, Warwickshire
-
14.01.2017
Brook View Nursing Home, West Moors, Ferndown, Dorset
Midsh.
 		01.05.1940
S.Lt.
 		16.04.1942
Lt.
 		29.11.1943, seniority 16.08.1943
(retd 13.03.1949)
Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.05.1936-1939; Admiralty No. 1675; Exmouth House).
01.05.1940
 -
 		10.1941
 		HMS Revenge (battleship)
05.01.1942
 -
 		(01.)1942
 		promotion course, Portsmouth
15.07.1942
 -
 		(08.)1942
 		HMS Cyclops (depot ship)
11.1942
 -
 		(02.)1943
 		HMS P 225 (submarine)
23.03.1943
 -
 		(06.)1943
 		HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee) (for submarines)
14.06.1943
 -
 		(04.)1944
 		HMS Tantivy (submarine)
05.1944
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		HMS Sheba (naval shore base, Aden)
04.06.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Trouncer (escort carrier)
(04.1946)

HMS Victory
Radcliffe,
Donald William
D.W. Radcliffe (Photo courtesy of Mr M.J. Alston)
Son of ... Radcliffe, and ... Batson.		 20.06.1923
Amersham district, Buckinghamshire
-
29.12.1990
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Cadet
 		01.01.1941
Midsh.
 		01.09.1941
A/S.Lt.
 		01.05.1943
S.Lt.
 		1943?, seniority 01.10.1942
Lt.
16.04.1944
Lt.Cdr.
 		16.04.1952 (retd 30.09.1962)
01.01.1941

special entry cadet
01.09.1941
 -
 		(08.1942)
 		HMS Norfolk (cruiser)
01.1943
 -
 		(10.)1943
 		HMS Middleton (destroyer)
10.1943
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		HMS Rodney (battleship)
22.08.1944
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Whitehall (destroyer)
10.07.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Ranee (escort carrier)
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
16.01.1948
 -
 		(05.1949)
 		HMS Harrier
(05.1950)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
22.09.1952
 -
 		(05.1953)
 		HMS Newfoundland
18.04.1955
 -
 		(01.1957)
 		HMS Harrier (RN school of aircraft direction and meteorology, Kete, Pembrokeshire)
(01.1959)
  
 		 
 		HMS Bulwark *
(07.1961)
  
 		 
 		HMS Dryad (navigation and direction school, Portsmouth) *
* indexed, but not lsited as such
Rae,
John Bentham
 J.B. Rae 		?
-
?
... ...
Lt. (E) 01.12.1941
... ...
Cdr. (E) 30.06.1953 (retd 01.07.1964)
Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne.
... - ... ...
? - (10.1945) HMS Anson
... - ... ...
Raikes,
 [Sir] Iwan Geoffrey
I.G. Raikes I.G. Raikes

Son of Adm. Sir Robert Henry Taunton Raikes, RN, and Ida Guinevere Evans (?-1983).
Married (1947) Cecilia Primrose Hunt, daughter of Philip Gerald Benedict Hunt (?-1958), of Woodhayes, Woodlands, Southampton; one son, one daughter,

21.04.1921
Weymouth
-
27.12.2011
Aberyscir, Powys
... ...
S.Lt. 16.02.1941
Lt. 01.05.1942
A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1945, < 04.1946
Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1950
Cdr. 31.12.1952
Capt. 31.12.1960
R.Adm. 07.01.1970
V.Adm. 24.04.1973 (retd 1977)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 01.01.1976 New Year 1976
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE 10.06.1967 HM's birthday 1967
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 20.07.1943 ?
Education: RN College, Dartmouth.
... - ... ...
04.06.1941 - (08.)1941

HMS Beagle (B class destroyer) (Atlantic convoys)
(10.1941)     no appointment listed
10.11.1941 - (12.1941) long submarine course [HMS Elfin]
1942 - 1945 submarines Atlantic, Mediterranean and North Sea:
16.01.1942 - (02.)1942 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines)
01.02.1942 - (04.)1942 HMS Sealion (S class submarine)
29.04.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Saracen (S class submarine)
05.06.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines)
14.09.1943 - 28.03.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS H 43 (H class submarine)
30.03.1944 - 03.08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Vame (U class submarine)
03.08.1945 - (10.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Virtue (V class submarine)
01.10.1945 - (04.)1946 HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia)
03.04.1946 - (07.1946) HMS Golden Hind III (RN depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia)
     

commanded HM Submarine Talent 1948-49, Aeneas 1951-52; Cdr 1952, staff of C-in-C Allied Forces Mediterranean 1953-55, executive officer HMS Newcastle (Far East) 1955-57, JSSC 1957, Capt 1960, commanded HMS Loch lnsh (Persian Gulf) 1961-62, deputy director Undersurface Warfare MOD 1962-64, director of  Plans and Operations (Singapore) on staff of C-in-C Far East 1965-66, !DC 1967, commanded HMS Kent 1968-69, ADC to HM The Queen 1969-70, Rear Adm 1970, naval secretary MOD 1970-72, flag officer First Flotilla 1973-74, flag officer Submarines and Cdr Submarines Eastern Atlantic 1974-76
Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Powys, 1983.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Raikes,
Richard Prendergast
"Dick"
R.P. Raikes (© Imperial War Museum (A 14400)) R.P. Raikes (© Imperial War Museum (A 14407))
Married (1938) Joan Margaret Edgington (predeceased him); three daughters.
21.01.1912
India ?
-
24.05.2005
Salisbury district, Wiltshire
Cadet 01.05.1929
Midsh. 01.01.1930
A/S/Lt. 01.05.1932
S.Lt. 04.09.1933, seniority 16.01.1933
Lt. 16.03.1935
Lt.Cdr. 16.03.1943 (retd > 04.1946, < 07.1946)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 16.06.1942 destruction U-boat / successful patrols in HMS Seawolf [investiture 02.02.1943]
27.04.1929
 -
 		(08.1929)
 		HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean)
(04.1930)

no appointment listed
02.06.1930
 -
 		(01.1932)
 		HMS Warspite (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
01.05.1932
 -
 		(09.1932)
 		promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
16.12.1933
 -
 		(01.1934)
 		Third Officer, HMS L 22 (submarine) (Portsmouth)
09.02.1935
 -
 		(02.1936)
 		Third Officer, HMS Clyde (submarine)
(02.1937)

no appointment listed
06.03.1937
 -
 		(07.1937)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS H 31 (submarine) (Portland)
12.01.1938
 -
 		(08.1939)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Severn (submarine) (Mediterranean)
(04.1940)

no appointment listed
(02.1941)

HMS L 26 (submarine) *
09.10.1941
 -
 		(08.)1942
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Seawolf (submarine)
24.08.1942
 -
 		(02.)1943
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Tuna (submarine)
10.05.1943
 -
 		(06.)1943
 		HMS King Alfred (training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
07.06.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) (for submarines)
(04.1946)

HMS Pegasus (catapult trials & maintenance ship) *
* indexed but not listed as such
Raikes,
 Sir Robert Henry Taunton
R.H.T. Raikes R.H.T. Raikes
R.H.T. Raikes (© Imperial War Museum HU 124661)
Father of Lt. (later V.Adm.) I.G. Raikes, RN.
Brother of Maj.Gen. Sir Geoffrey T. Raikes.
Married (29.12.1917)...; three sons.

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23.08.1885
Bromley, Greater London
-
24.05.1953
[Mantley, Newent, Glos. ?]
Midsh. 15.03.1902
S.Lt. 15.05.1900
Lt. 31.12.1907
Cdr. 30.06.1917
Capt. 30.06.1923
Cdre. 1st cl. 20.06.1934?
R.Adm. 22.07.1935
V.Adm. 14.01.1939
Adm. 29.10.1942 (retd 30.10.1942) (reverted to retd 29.10.1944)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 01.01.1941 New Year 1941 [decoration presented]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 29.01.1937 ?
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO 16.07.1935 ?
Distinguished Service Order DSO 25.10.1916 ?
King Haakon VII's Liberty Medal (Norway) Hkn 26.08.1947 services to Norway
Education: Radley.
15.09.1900     entered RN
1908     submarine service
1914 - 1917 served European War: HMS Defence (1913-1915) (despatches, DSO and Bar, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour)
26.03.1929 - (08.1929) Commanding Officer, HMS Sussex (cruiser)
03.05.1930 - (02.1931) Commanding Officer, Boys' Training Establishment, Forton [HMS St. Vincent]
25.04.1932 - (01.)1934 Director of RN Staff College, Greenwich
20.06.1934 - (07.)1935 Commodore and Chief of Staff, Mediterranean [HMS Queen Elizabeth]
1935     also: Naval ADC to the King
1936     Admiral-in-Charge Alexandria (temp.)
10.12.1936 - 1938 Rear­Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin]
20.07.1939 - 28.08.1939 Vice-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet Destroyer Flotillas [HMS Cardiff]
29.08.1939 - 19.12.1939 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed)
20.12.1939 - 15.07.1940 Vice­Admiral Commanding Northern Patrol
01.08.1940 - 14.11.1941 Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station [assumed command 07.09.1940]
15.11.1941 - 26.11.1941 HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty; temporary)
10.04.1942 - 28.07.1944 Flag-Officer-in-Charge, Aberdeen HMS Bacchante]
28.07.1944 - 28.10.1944 HMS Victory IV (for disposal)
Ram,
George Digby Walter
 G.D.W. Ram 		17.03.1916
-
06.10.1953
... ...
Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1945 (retd)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 21.12.1943 ?
Mention in Despatches MID 11.07.1940 ?
Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne.
... - ... ...
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
... - ... ...
Ramsay,
 Hon. Sir Alexander Robert Maule
A.R.M. Ramsay A.R.M. Ramsay
A.R.M. Ramsay
Third son of Maj. Hon. C.M. Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie.
 Married (27.02.1919) HRH Princess Patricia  H.E. of Connaught; one son.

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Service record AVAILABLE upon request.
29.05.1881
London
-
08.10.1972
[Windlesham, Surrey ?]
Midsh. 15.07.1896
A/S.Lt. 29.05.1900
S.Lt. 1901?, seniority 29.05.1900
Lt. 29.05.1902
Lt. 29.05.1902
Lt.Cdr. 29.05.1910
Cdr. 31.12.1914
Capt. 30.06.1919
Cdre. 2nd cl. 01.11.1929
R.Adm. 19.10.1931
V.Adm. 02.01.1936
Adm. 15.12.1939 (retd 06.04.1942; own request)
Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO 28.07.1938 ?
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order KCVO 03.06.1932 ?
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 05.1937 HM's Coronation
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 01.01.1934 New Year 1934
Distinguished Service Order DSO 14.03.1916 Gallipoli
Education: HMS Britannia; RN College Dartmouth.
15.07.1894     entered RN
1896     Midshipman, HMS Majestic
10.1911 - 1913 Naval ADC to Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, Governor General of Canada
1913 - 1915 Gunnery Officer, HMS Indefatigable (battle cruiser) (served Dardanelles, 1914-1915  (DSO, promoted Captain))
1915 - 1916 Commander on staff of Adm. J.M. de Robeck [HMS Inflexible & HMS Lord Nelson]
1916 - 1919 Flag Commander, 2nd Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet
1919 - 1922 Naval Attaché in Paris
1922 - 1924 Commanding Officer, HMS Dunedin (cruiser)
1924 - 1926 Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, North American Station
23.04.1928 - (08.1929) Commanding Officer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)
01.11.1929 - (02.)1931 Commodore of Royal Naval Barracks at Portsmouth
1931     Naval ADC to the King
(09.192)     no appointment listed
15.09.1933 - 1936 Rear-Admiral Aircraft Carriers [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)]
15.05.1936 - 26.04.1938 Commander-in-Chief East Indies [HMS Norfolk]
21.06.1938 - 18.07.1938 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty)
19.07.1938 - 21.11.1939 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Naval Air Services (Fifth Sea Lord)
Ramsay,
 Sir Bertram Home
"Bertie"
B.H. Ramsay







Youngest (third) son of late Capt. William Alexander Ramsay, and Susan, daughter of William Minchiner, of Clontarf, co. Dublin.
Married (02.1929) Helen Margaret, only daughter of late Col Charles T. Menzies; two sons.
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20.01.1883
Hampton Court Palace, London
-
02.01.1945
Toussus- le-Noble, France (airplane crash)
Cadet
 		15.01.1898
Midsh.
 		15.09.1899
S.Lt.
 		15.09.1902
Lt.
 		15.12.1904
Lt.Cdr.
 		15.12.1912
Cdr.
 		30.06.1916
Capt.
 		30.06.1923
R.Adm.
 		09.05.1935 (retd 10.10.1938)
V.Adm. (retd)
 		12.01.1939 (reactivated 24.08.1939) (reinstated on active list 26.07.1944)
A/Adm.
 		18.06.1942
Adm.
 		27.04.1944
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
 07.06.1940
 Dunkirk [investiture 26.06.1940]
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
 21.12.1943
 Operation Husky [investiture 03.02.1944]
Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) CB
 23.06.1936
 ?
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th Class MVO
 17.02.1918
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 20.04.1943
 Operation Torch
- Ntce
 20.12.1940
 name brought to notice: operations in the field 03-06.1940
? Ush
 07.11.1944
 Normandy landings 06.1944
Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit (US) LM
 17.07.1945
 Normandy invasion 06.1944
Grand Officier de la Legion d'Honneur (France) LegH
 ?
 Normandy invasion 06.1944 [presented to next-of-kin]
15.01.1898
 		-
 		14.05.1899
 		HMS Britannia (RN College, Dartmouth)
15.05.1899
 		-
 		07.12.1902
 		HMS Crescent (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station)
08.12.1902
 		-
 		20.07.1903
 		HMS Revenge (battleship)
21.07.1903
 		-
 		04.10.1903
 		HMS Greyhound (destroyer)
05.10.1903
 		 -
 		13.04.1905
 		HMS Hyacinth (light cruiser) (East Indies Station)
14.04.1905
 		-
 		06.09.1905
 		HMS Good Hope (armoured cruiser)
07.09.1905
 		-
 		27.07.1906
 		HMS Terrible (armoured cruiser)
28.07.1906
 		-
 		11.09.1906
 		HMS Renown (battleship)
12.09.1906
 		-
 		05.02.1909
 		HMS Dreadnought (battleship)
06.02.1909
 		-
 		14.06.1909
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (to qualify in signals)
15.06.1909
 		-
 		27.08.1909
 		HMS Edgar (large cruiser)
28.08.1909
 		-
 		25.09.1910
 		Flag Lieutenant, HMS Albemarle (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
26.09.1910
 		-
 		31.05.1912
 		Flag Lieutenant, HMS Bacchante (armoured cruiser) (Mediterranean Fleet)
01.06.1912
 		-
 		01.07.1912
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for signals school)
02.07.1912
 		-
 		21.02.1913
 		lent as Flag Lieutenant, HMS Illustrious (battleship) (for manoeuvres)
22.02.1913
 		-
 		09.07.1913
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for war staff course; psc)
10.07.1913
 		-
 		12.01.1914
 		HMS Euryalus (S) (armoured cruiser) (for manoeuvres)
13.01.1914
 		-
 		30.06.1914
 		HMS Orion (battleship) (for war staff duties)
01.07.1914
 		-
 		18.12.1914
 		Flag Lieutenant, Signals Officer and War Staff Officer, HMS Dreadnought (battleship)
19.12.1914
 		-
 		06.02.1915
 		Flag Lieutenant, Signals Officer and War Staff Officer, HMS Benbow (battleship)
07.02.1915
 		-
 		08.1915
 		HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; for Signal Section, Admiralty War Staff)
08.1915
 		-
 		24.10.1917
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for command of M 25 (monitor)) (Dover Patrol)
25.10.1917
 		-
 		14.01.1919
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Broke (destroyer) (Dover Patrol)
15.01.1919
 		-
 		10.02.1919
 		HMS President (additional; for special service)
11.02.1919
 		-
 		29.08.1920
 		HMS New Zealand (battlecruiser) (additional; as Flag Commander and for War Staff Duties): accompanied Lord Jellicoe on his mission to India and the Dominions, 1919-1920
30.08.1920
 		-
 		19.11.1920
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time)
20.11.1920
 		-
 		04.1921
 		HMS Emperor of India (battleship)
04.1921
 		-
 		12.05.1923
 		HMS Benbow (battleship)
13.05.1923
 		-
 		06.01.1924
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time)
07.01.1924
 		-
 		07.03.1924
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for technical course)
08.03.1924
 		-
 		19.10.1924
 		HMS President (for senior officers' war course)
20.10.1924
 		-
 		07.03.1925
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Weymouth (light cruiser)
08.03.1925
 		-
 		22.05.1927
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Danae (cruiser)
23.05.1927
 		-
 		26.07.1929
 		staff, War College, Greenwich [HMS President]
27.07.1929
 		-
 		20.07.1931
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Kent (cruiser) & as Flag Captain & Chief of Staff, China Station
21.07.1931
 		-
 		24.11.1933
 		HMS President (for duty on Instructional Staff of Imperial Defence College)
25.11.1933
 		-
 		15.08.1935
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship)
16.08.1935
 		-
 		10.01.1937
 		HMS Nelson (battleship) (additional; as Chief of Staff, Home Fleet)
11.01.1937
 		-
 		09.01.1938
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for technical course)
10.01.1938
 		-
 		24.09.1938
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for tactical course)
25.09.1938
 		-
 		23.08.1939
 		HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional; as Staff of Commander-in-Chief [the] Nore)
24.08.1939
 -
 		22.04.1942
 		Flag Officer commanding Dover [HMS Pembroke (additional)]
23.04.1942
 -
 		17.06.1942
 		Flag Officer Expeditionary Force
18.06.1942
 -
 		31.10.1942
 		Naval Commander-in-Chief Expeditionary Force
01.11.1942
 -
 		19.07.1943
 		Deputy Naval Commander-in-Chief Expeditionary Force
1943

Naval Commander, Eastern Task Force, Mediterranean
20.07.1943
 -
 		02.01.1945
 		Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief, Expeditionary Force
Ramsay,
David Allan Robert Malcolm
D.A.R.M. Ramsay
David Ramsay went to school at Pangbourne and after three years there, left to join the Merchant Navy aiming to get a second mate's certificate with a view to going into the Royal Indian Navy. In 1932 he found no vacancies and then went out to China where he obtained an appointment with the Chinese Government Preventitive Service engaged mainly in smuggling and anti piracy patrols. He had his first command at 24. During the Sino-Japanese war, he was blockaded in Pagoda Anchorage so long that he applied for leave, returned to England and gained a commission as a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy. In 1939 he was appointed to H.M.S. Revenge on Atlantic convoys and later in 1940 was serving on H.M.S.Wessex when she was sunk by a German Stuka dive bombers off Calais on May 24th 1940. He survived the sinking and his next ship, a destroyer H.M.S. Impulsive was involved in mine laying off enemy coasts. From 1941 to 1943 he served on the cruiser H.M.S. Enterprise in the Far East, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, escorting the last convoy into Singapore. He also took part in the invasion of Madagascar in May 1942, and assisted other ships in picking up survivors of H.M.S. Cornwall and H.M.S. Dorsetshire which had been sunk by Japanese carrier based aircraft. His next ship was another cruiser, H.M.S. Spartan, and when he was on her when she was bombarding the beaches at Anzio in support of infantry landing craft. She was struck by an aerial torpedo and Spartan sank about an hour later. He was in hospital for about 12 months as he lost his left leg.
He recovered and whilst convalescing he persuaded a friend in command of a destroyer H.M.S. Duncan to let him go to sea. Having proved he was fit enough to stand a watch at sea and backed up by his friend he was given command of H.M.S. Sharpshooter, and from then on, mainly working in destroyers and minesweepers off the North Sea and off Southern Ireland. He was awarded an MID for Minesweeping duties and served another 13 years before being placed on the retired list in 1957. He was an active sailor and competed at Cowes as well as taking command of the Benjamin Bowring which was involved in an expedition to make the circumnavigation of the world longitudinally and also did scientific studies in the Polar regions, a trip which lasted 15 months.
16.11.1912
[Hong Kong ?]
-
10.01.1982
Aylesbury district, Buckinghamshire
Prob. S.Lt.
 		25.11.1938
S.Lt.
 		?, seniority 25.11.1938
Lt.
 		1940/41?, seniority 16.11.1936
Lt.Cdr.
 		16.11.1944 (retd 1957)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 31.05.1956
 HM's birthday 1956 [investiture 30.10.1956]

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 20.06.1944
 [gldr bm ht ?] West Coast Italy 01.1944 [decoration handed at Admiralty] *
Mention in Despatches MID
 12.06.1947
 HM's birthday 1947: minesweeping operations
1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star with Burma Bar; Italy Star; War Medal; Naval General Service 1915-62, one bar, Minesweeping 1945-51

* For courage, coolness and devotion to duty when HM Ships Inglefield and Spartan were lost.
 		Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne.
(02.1939)
 -
 		(08.1939)
 		short course of instruction
?
 -
 		?
 		HMS Revenge (battleship)
15.02.1940
 -
 		24.05.1940
 		HMS Wessex (destroyer) (sunk by German bombers off Calais)
1940?
 -
 		1941?
 		HMS Impulsive (destroyer)
20.01.1941
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		qualifying for gunnery duties, HMS Excellent
05.1941
 -
 		(02.)1943
 		HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (in lieu of specialist Gunnery Officer)
22.06.1943
 -
 		29.01.1944
 		HMS Spartan (cruiser) (sank at Anzio; wounded)
29.01.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		sick leave (about 12 months in hospital; lost left leg)
?
 -
 		?
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Sharpshooter (minesweeper)
?
 -
 		(1946)
 		HMS Cockatrice (minesweeper) *
10.11.1947
 -
 		(05.1949)
 		HMS Forth (submarine depot ship)
(05.1950)

no appointment listed
06.03.1953
 -
 		(04.1955)
 		HMS Royal Prince (RN parent ship Germany)
01.10.1955
 -
 		(01.1956)
 		HMS Royal Albert (RN base, Cuxhaven, Germany) (for miscellaneous duties)
(01.1957)

HMS Neptune (Reserve Fleet, Chatham) **
* (04.1946) indexed, but not listed as such
** indexed, but not listed as such
Ramsey,
 Sir Charles Gordon
C.G. Ramsey C.G. Ramsey
C.G. Ramsey
Married 1st (13.06.1912) Luleen Clare (died 1939), daughter of William Handcock; one daughter.
Married 2nd (1945) Helen, widow of George M‘Murtrie Godley of Long House, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.

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04.12.1882
Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
19.12.1966
Martin, Florida, USA
Cadet 15.01.1897
Midsh. 15.10.1898
S.Lt. 15.04.1902
Lt. 30.06.1904
Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1912
Cdr. 31.12.1915
Capt. 30.06.1922
R.Adm. 01.03.1944
V.Adm. 15.01.1938
Adm. 06.04.1942 (retd 15.09.1942; own request)
Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 15.10.1942 (reverted to retd 14.08.1945)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940 [investiture 06.08.1940]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 1935 ?
15.01.1897     entered RN
1914 - 1919 served European war: HMS Acheron (despatches, Jutland)
17.10.1917 - ? Commanding Officer, HMAS Vendetta
09.04.1923 - (08.1923) Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(01.1925)     no appointment listed
22.05.1925 - (05.1926) Captain (D), 3rd Flotilla [HMS Keppel (flotilla leader)] (Mediterranean)
30.06.1927 - (06.1928) Commanding Officer, HMS Impregnable (training establishment for boys, Devonport)
01.07.1929 - (08.)1929 Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
12.08.1929 - (02.)1931 Assistant to Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President]
04.12.1931 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean)
30.09.1933 - (01.)1934 also: Naval ADC to the King
(07.1934)     no appointment listed
29.04.1935 - (07.)1935 Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
18.07.1935 - (07.)1937 Rear-Admiral, 2nd Battle Squadron [HMS Royal Oak (battleship)] (Home Fleet)
(02.1938) - (09.)1939 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed)
03.08.1939 - 01.06.1942 Commanding Officer, Coast of Scotland, renamed: Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth
11.06.1942 - 15.09.1942 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed)
15.10.1942 - 02.05.1945 Commodore of convoys [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)]
03.05.1945 - 13.08.1945 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC) (additional)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Ranald,
Herbert Charles
H.C. Ranald (© Imperial War Museum (A 6967))

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27.03.1903
-
28.02.1973
... ...
Lt. 15.04.1926
Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1934
Cdr. 31.12.1939 (retd 27.03.1953; age)
A/Capt. ?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 14.10.1941 Bismarck action [investiture 28.09.1943]
15.09.1916     entered RN
... - ... ...
02.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Victorious (Illustrious class aircraft carrier)
Rance,
Victor
V. Rance V. Rance
V. Rance
Son (with one brother) of Charles Edward Rance (1881-1963), and Ellen ... (1882-).
Married (03.03.1930, St Mark, South Farnborough, Hampshire) Grace Warren (24.04.1908 - 10.12.1989), daughter (with one sister and one brother) of William Francis Alfred Warren (1860-1919), and Caroline Nunn (1871-1950); three daughters, one son.		 15.03.1908
South Farnborough, Hartley Wintney district, Hampshire
-
25.12.1967
Broughton, Pershore district, Worcestershire
Wt.Obs. 03.12.1939
A/Lt. 06.12.1942
Lt. ?, seniority 31.01.1941
A/Lt.Cdr. 04.01.1944?
Lt.Cdr. 31.01.1949 (retd 15.03.1953; age)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 30.05.1944 attack on Tirpitz 03.04.1944 [investiture 12.03.1946]
Mention in Despatches MID 25.07.1944 Operations Veritas & Ridge
Mention in Despatches MID 02.01.1945 attacks Emmahaven harbour, Padang 27.08.1944
28.08.1924     entered RN as Boy 2nd Class
... - ... ...
(12.1939) - (05.1940) Fleet Air Arm
(06.1940)     no appointment listed
08.06.1940 - (08.)1940 HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex)
17.09.1940 - (12.1941) instructional staff, HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad)
(02.1942) - (06.1942) no appointment listed
(08.1942) - (12.1942) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
05.01.1943 - (04.)1943 HMS Activity (escort carrier)
15.05.1943 - (12.1943) observer, 830 Squadron FAA
04.01.1944 - 12.02.1944 Commanding Officer, 831 Squadron FAA [52nd Naval TBR Wing]
13.02.1944 - (06.)1944 observer, HMS Victorious (Illustrious class aircraft carrier) (DSO, despatches twice)
22.08.1944 - (10.1945) instructional staff, HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad)
... - ... ...
Rand,
Frederick James
F.J. Rand (Photo courtesy of Mr Tony Rand)
Son of ... Rand, and ... Wicks.
Marrie ((09?).1939, Surrey SW district, Surrey) Winifred L. Wicks; ... children.		 23.06.1911
Windsor district, Berkshire / Surrey
-
07.12.1986
Surrey South Western district, Surrey
Prob. S.Lt. RNR 01.11.1935
S.Lt. RNR 15.04.1937, seniority 01.11.1935
Lt. RNR 23.01.1938
Lt. (Supplementary List) 02.03.1938, seniority 23.06.1935
Lt.Cdr. 23.06.1943 (retd 23.06.1956; age)
01.11.1935     entered RNR
10.01.1937     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
21.02.1937     HMS Winchester (destroyer) (Portsmouth)
25.04.1937 - 07.1937 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) (for 9 months' training)
09.07.1937     HMS Oxley (submarine)
02.03.1938     transferred, RN (Supplementary List)
03.03.1938 - (06.)1938 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) (and for duty with Admiral-Superintendent Contract Built Ships) (and on commissioning)
12.07.1938 - (05.)1939 HMS Hereward (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
(08.1939) - (09.1939) no appointment listed
(04.1940)     no appointment listed
22.07.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)
09.01.1941 - (12.1941) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (for Lancing Establishment)
(08.1942)     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) *
05.01.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Colombo (light cruiser)
07.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Antwerp (landing ship, fighter direction)
      The Germans left the Greek island of Kythera on the 27th of January 1945 and Lt.Cdr. Frederick Rand was in charge of a number of ships that anchored at Kapsali on the 4th of February 1945. Among the ships, there was a cargo ship, loaded with rice, wheat, flour and sugar. Lt.Cdr. Frederick Rand was appointed by the liberated Greek Government as a caretaker, to oversee the peaceful existence of all political parties in Kythera. Lt.Cdr. Rand ordered that the cargo ship should be unloaded in Kapsali for the Kytherian public. This was the first free food assistance on the island of Kythera after the Second World War. It was decided by Hora's Council, that a street should be named in Honour of Lt.Cdr. Rand.
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
27.09.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Pluto (Algerine class minesweeper)
26.11.1947 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Fada (frigate)
01.02.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMNZS Tutira (frigate) [lent to RNZN]
04.1951 - (05.1953) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
(07.1954) - (01.1956) Admiralty [HMS President] *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Ravenhill,
Richard William
R.W. Ravenhill

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04.12.1901
East Retford, Nottinghamshire
-
27.07.1978
Cdr.
 		30.06.1936
Capt.
 		30.06.1941 (retd 1940/50s)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 08.06.1944
 HM's birthday 1944 [investiture 24.10.1944]

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 05.08.1941
 sinking convoy escorts Mediterranean 16.04.1941 [investiture 10.03.1942]
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.07.1941
 HM's birthday 1941
Mention in Despatches MID
 11.06.1946
 wind up (Far East 1946)
15.09.1915     entered RN
(1925)

Lieutenant, HMS Wishart
31.10.1938
 -
 		(04.1941)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Nubian (destroyer)
10.02.1942
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		Deputy Chief of Staff & Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet]
12.1943
 -
 		1945
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Newfoundland (cruiser)
(07.1945)
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		no appointment listed
Ravenscroft,
Vernon Dudley
R.W. Ravenhill
Married ((09?).1936, Surrey North Eastern district) Nora Mary De Gruchy (11.03.1915 - 12.11.1972); one daughter.

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05.05.1909
Romford district, Essex
-
19.06.1979
Penpol Devoran, Truro district, Cornwall
Midsh. 01.09.1928
A/S.Lt. 01.01.1931
S.Lt. 04.04.1932, seniority 01.11.1930
Lt. 01.06.1932
Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1940 (retd 05.05.1954)
... - ... ...
20.09.1938 - (06.)1940 HMS Jervis (J class destroyer) (for anti-submarine duties)
16.07.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Orion (Leander class cruiser)
08.07.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services)
09.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for instructional duties)
(12.1942) - (03.1943) no appointment listed
27.03.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire)
(10.1943) - (02.1944) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *
01.04.1944 - (04.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Vesper (V&W class destroyer)
26.06.1945 - (07.1946) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire, from 01.01.1946 Portland) (for Anti-Submarine Experimental Establishment, Fairlie, Ayrshire)
... - ... ...
* indexed, but not listed as such
Raw,
 [Sir] Sydney Moffatt *
S.M. Raw S.M. Raw (© Imperial War Museum (A 10252))
S.M. Raw (© Imperial War Museum (A 10251)) S.M. Raw (© Imperial War Museum (A 9621))
S.M. Raw
Eldest son of Lt.Col. Dr Nathan Raw, CMG, JP, MD (1866-1940), and Annie Louisa Strong (died 1940), of Richmond, Surrey.
Married (26.04.1927, Bermuda) Grace Léonie Ward, eldest daughter of F. Gibson Ward, of Rosemont, Pembroke, Bermuda; two daughters.

* second Christian name also found as Moffat

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19.08.1898
West Derby district, Lancashire
-
04.02.1967
Farnham, Surrey South-Western district, Surrey
Midsh. 02.08.1914
A/S.Lt. 15.01.1917
S.Lt. 15.09.1917
Lt. 15.04.1919
Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1927
Cdr. 30.06.1933
Capt. 30.06.1940
Cdre. 2nd cl. 01.1947-28.06.1949
R.Adm. 08.07.1949
V.Adm. 15.08.1952 (retd 26.08.1954)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE 10.06.1954 HM's birthday 1954 [investiture 06.07.1954]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 07.06.1951 HM's birthday 1951 [investiture 31.10.1951]
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE 01.01.1942 New Year 1942 [investiture 28.07.1942]
Mention in Despatches MID 10.07.1945 Burma (operations Arakan coast 11.1944-03.1945)
Mention in Despatches MID 11.06.1946 Burma (wind up Far East)
Commander of the Order of the Yugoslav Crown (3rd class) Crwn 13.10.1942 assistance to Yugoslav Navy (Mediterranean)
Education: privately (Mr Churton, West Kirby); RN Colleges Osborne (05.1911-...) and Dartmouth (...-1914); Trinity College, Cambridge; Naval Staff College (1929); Staff College, Camberley (1934; psc).
08.1914     entered RN
08?.1914 - 08?.1914 HMS Good Hope (armoured cruiser)
08?.1914 - 10.1914 HMS Nottingham (light cruiser) (Heligoland Bight)
10.1914 - 1917 HMS Tiger (battlecruiser) (Dogger Bank, Jutland)
1917 - 1918 HMS Geranium (Mediterranean)
08.07.1918     joined Submarines (then almost continuously in Submarines in Baltic, China, Home Waters, and Mediterranean)
01.10.1918 - (01.1919) HMS Fearless (for submarines)
04.1923 - (08.1923) First Lieutenant, HMS L 7 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania]
15.02.1924 - (01.)1925 Commanding Officer, HMS H 52 (submarine) (3rd Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Maidstone]
14.06.1925 -  (02.)1927 HMS Calcutta (light cruiser) (North America and West Indies)
(07.1927)     no appointment listed
09.02.1928 - 31.12.1928 Commanding Officer, HMS H 33 (submarine) [tender to HMS Vulcan]
07.01.1929 -  (08.1929) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
14.01.1930 - 19.12..1930 Staff Officer (Operations), 1st Submarine Flotilla [HMS Douglas (submarine flotilla leader)] (Mediterranean)
07.01.1931 - (02.1931) Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)]
(01.1932)     no appointment listed
07.01.1932 - 04.11.1932 Commanding Officer, HMS L 56 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Dolphin]
05.11.1932 - 11.1933 Commanding Officer, HMS Rover (submarine) (Mediterranean) [tender to HMS Douglas]
(01.1934)     no appointment listed
21.01.1934 - (11.1934) staff course, Staff College, Camberley [HMS President]
03.01.1935 - 31.05.1937 Tactical Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President]
19.06.1937 - 18.06.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Douglas (flotilla leader) (1st Submarine Flotilla, Mediterranean) (and for duty with submarines)
19.06.1939 - 1939 Commander of Submarine Flotilla [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
(08.1939) - (09.1939) no appointment listed
29.08.1939 - 10.1939 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) [raising of submarine HMS Thetis that was sunk 01.06.1939]
10.1939 - 25.04.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) & as Captain (S/M) Colombo [8th Submarine Flotilla]
05.1940 - (06.)1940 Captain (S/M) Malta [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
09.07.1940 - 07.08.1940 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) 
08.08.1940 - 03/04?.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) & Captain (S/M) Mediterranean [1st Submarine Flotilla]
25.06.1942 - 12.1943 Chief Staff Officer (Operations) to Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)]
(02.1944) - (04.1944) no appointment listed
24.06.1944 - (10.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Phoebe (light cruiser) (despatches twice for operations on Burma coast)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
1946     served on an Admiralty Committee appointed to recommend on the organization and entry of RN Constructors
1946     Imperial Defence College
01.1947 - 28.06.1949 Commodore, RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake]
08.01.1949 - 08.07.1949 also: Naval ADC to the King
20.01.1950 - 01.1952 Flag Officer (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)]
02.1952     HMS Victory IV (accounting section)
02.1952 - 03.1954 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport [HMS President]
08.04.1954     Admiralty [HMS President]
(07.1954)     no appointment listed
President, Submarine Old Comrades' Association. Joined Federation of British Industries, 1955.
Rawle,
Percival Harry
P.H. Rawle

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04.12.1903
Devonport, Devon
-
23.06.1981
Seaman
 		? [J95407]
Boatsw.
 		01.04.1934
Lt.
 		1940?, seniority 01.01.1937
Lt.Cdr.
 		01.01.1945 (retd 04.12.1948)
Mention in Despatches MID
 28.11.1944
 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944)
...
 -
 		...
 		...
(04.1940)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
05.12.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth)
06.1941
 -
 		(02.)1943
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Barrymore (boom defence vessel)
(06.1943)
 -
 		(08.1943)
 		no appointment listed
(10.1943)
  
 		 
 		HMS Kellett (Hunt class minesweeper) *
23.11.1943
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Dornoch (Bangor class minesweeper)
16.05.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services)
...
 -
 		...
 		...
* indexed, but not listed as such
Rawlings,
Geoffrey Noel
G.N. Rawlings (Photo courtesy of Mr Dean Craig) G.N. Rawlings (© Imperial War Museum (A 23776))
G.N. Rawlings (© Imperial War Museum (A 30176)) mailto:j.n.houterman@wxs.nl?subject=inquiry RN officer G.N. Rawlings
Son of George Herbert and Ida Jeannie Rawlings.
Married (1929, New Zealand) Marjorie Home Morrison (Mrs Herberbert Boucher Dobbie) (27.06.1892 - ), daughter (with two sisters and two brothers) of William Beamish Austen Morrison (1857-1934), and Ada Eliza Home Monro (1853-1926)..

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25.11.1899
Salisbury, Wiltshire
-
29.12.1983
Salisbury, Wiltshire
... ...
A/S.Lt. 15.01.1921
S.Lt. 1922?, seniority 15.01.1921
A/Lt. 15.02.1923
Lt. 1924?, seniority 15.02.1923
Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1931 (retd 25.11.1944)
A/Cdr. < 12.1941
Cdr. (retd) 25.11.1944
A/Capt. > 06.1944, < 10.1944
Distinguished Service Order DSO 01.09.1942 minesweeping operations Channel 06.1942 [investiture 17.11.1942]
Distinguished Service Order DSO 02.05.1944 minesweeping Gulf of Gaeta supporting 5th Army [investiture 11.12.1945]

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 12.06.1945 minesweeping Naples leghorn 1944 [investiture 11.12.1945]
Mention in Despatches MID 06.06.1941 minesweeping operations area 9ZX 314
Mention in Despatches MID 14.08.1945 relief of Greece
14.06.1918     special entry, RN
... - ... ...
07.06.1939 - 09.1939 Instructional Officer, HMS Hastings (escort vessel)
09.1939 - (12.1939) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services)
(12.1939) - (02.1940) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) *
05.02.1940 - (02.)1941 Commander, Minesweeping Forces, Portsmouth [HMS Vernon II (trawler base, Portsmouth)] * (despatches)
05.02.1941 - (12.1942) HMS Marshal Soult (trawler base, Portsmouth) [for 12th Minesweeping Flotilla?] (DSO)
01.01.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers)
26.07.1943 - (10.)1943 Commander Minesweeping, Tunisia [HMS Hasdrubal]
10.1943 - 10.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Fly (Algerine class minesweeper) & as Senior Officer, 12th Minesweeping Flotilla (Bar to DSO, DSC, despatches)
15.01.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) & as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Harwich 
* indexed, but not listed as such
Rawlings,
 Sir Henry Bernard [Hughes]
H.B. Rawlings H.B. Rawlings
H.B. Rawlings H.B. Rawlings
H.B. Rawlings H.B. Rawlings
H.B. Rawlings H.B. Rawlings
H.B. Rawlings H.B. Rawlings
Son of William John Rawlings, accountant, and Marion Florence Hughes.
Married ((03?).1922, Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey) Eva Loveday Beaumont, daughter of William Hastings Beaumont, Esher; two sons, one daughter.

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21.05.1889
Downes, St Erth, Cornwall
-
30.09.1962
Clerkenwater, Helland, Bodmin, Cornwall
Midsh. 05.1905
A/S.Lt. 15.07.1908
S.Lt. 03.04.1909, seniority 15.07.1908
Lt. 15.01.1910
Lt.Cdr. 15.01.1918
Cdr. 30.06.1923
Capt. 31.12.1930
A/R.Adm. 24.10.1940
R.Adm. 15.01.1941
A/V.Adm. 20.03.1943?
V.Adm. 07.11.1943 (retd 23.08.1946)
Adm. (retd) 15.09.1946
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire GBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 1946 [investiture 09.07.1946]
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE 04.09.1945 surrender of Japan: for good services rendered whilst in command of the British Task Force operating in Japanese waters
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944 [investiture 22.11.1944]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete [investiture 28.07.1942]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 1920 British Military Mission in Poland
Mention in Despatches MID 04.10.1940 air operations in Mediterranean
Mention in Despatches MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 1942
War Cross, 3rd Class (Greece) GrkWC 11.08.1942 services belligerent Greece [decoration presented]
Commander of the Legion of Merit (US) LM 15.10.1946 for services to the USA during the war
Grand Officer of the Order of George I with Swords (Greece) Geo I 15.04.1947

for valuable services to the Royal Hellenic Navy during the war in Europe [decoration presented]
Education: Stanmore Park; HMS Britannia (01.1904-05.1905); Imperial Defence College (1935).
01.1904     entered RN
05.1905     HMS Goliath
01.01.1910     HMS Kennet [tender to HMS Blake]
1914 - 1918 served European War:
10.1914     Commanding Officer, Torpedo Boat No. 11 (Nore Flotilla)
02.1915     specialized in torpedoes, HMS Vernon
1915? - ? Torpedo Officer, HMS Antrim
? - ? Torpedo Officer, HMS Undaunted
? - 1918 Torpedo Officer, HMS Coventry
1918 - 03.1919 with Foreign Office
03.1919 - 1921 Naval Liaison Officer with British Military Mission in Poland (OBE)
1921?     Torpedo Officer, HMS Diomede (cruiser)
(08.1923)     no appointment listed
01.04.1924 - (05.1926) HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (for instructional duties)
28.09.1926 - (07.)1927 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
09.08.1927 - 21.10.1927 Fleet Torpedo Officer, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Revenge (battleship)]
21.10.1927 - (06.1928) Fleet Torpedo Officer, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)]
01.05.1929 - (02.1931) Executive Officer [from 12.1930? Commanding Officer], HMS Emperor of India (battleship)
04.05.1931 - 1931 Senior Officers' Tactical Course, Portsmouth
03.08.1931 - (01.)1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Active (destroyer) (Mediterranean) [as Divisional Leader in the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla]
12.03.1932 - (09.)1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Curacoa (cruiser) [Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer, 3rd Cruiser Squadron] (Mediterranean)
01.12.1932 - 10.1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Delhi (cruiser) [Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer, 3rd Cruiser Squadron] (Mediterranean)
(11.1934)     no appointment listed
15.01.1935 - (07.1935) Imperial Defence Course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President]
03.01.1936 - 31.12.1938 Naval Attaché, Tokyo & Peking [HMS President]
(02.1939) - (04.1939) no appointment listed
15.05.1939 - 25.08.1939 HMS President (additional; for miscellaneous service at Admiralty)
26.08.1939 - 10.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Valiant (battleship) (despatches)
[intended in 07.1939 to take command of HMS Norfolk (cruiser) on recommissioning, but got HMS Valiant in stead]
25.06.1940 - 15.01.1941 also: Naval ADC to the King
24.10.1940 - 11.05.1941 Rear-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Malaya (battleship)]
12.05.1941 - (12.1941) Rear-Admiral Commanding 7th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Ajax (cruiser)]
25.03.1942 - 07.04.1942 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty)
08.04.1942 - 22.02.1943 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, Foreign [HMS President]
20.03.1943 - 12?.1943 Flag Officer Commanding, West Africa [HMS Edinburgh Castle] (Freetown) (as A/V.Adm., from 07.11.1943 V.Adm.)
(12.1943)     no appointment listed
28.12.1943 - 30.10.1944 Flag Officer Eastern Mediterranean [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)]
12.1944 - 07.1945 Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron & Second-in-Command, British Pacific Fleet & Commanding British Task Forces [from 06.1945 HMS King George V]
14.12.1945 - 08?.1946 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed)
High Sheriff of Cornwall, 21.02.1950; Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Cornwall, 18.09.1951.
Rawlings,
Henry Clive
H.C. Rawlings
 Son of Edward Rawlings, Padstow, Cornwall.
Married (11.1909, Holy Trinity Church, London) Georgina Helen Watson; one son (Col. Anthony Clive Rawlings, MBE), one daughter.

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20.03.1883
Henton, Somerset
-
29.12.1965
[Yealmpton, S. Devon ?]
Midsh.
 		15.09.1899
A/S.Lt.
 		15.09.1902
S.Lt.
 		15.10.1902
Lt.
 		01.04.1905
Lt.Cdr.
 		01.04.1913
Cdr.
 		30.06.1917
Capt.
 		30.06.1925
R.Adm.
 		19.06.1936 (retd 20.06.1936) (dispersed 02.07.1946) (reld 24.09.1946) (reverted to retd 25.09.1946)
Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR
 		15.07.1942-(04?).1943
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 04.05.1943
 for distinguished services in the operations which led to landings in North Africa (Operation Torch) [investiture 13.02.1945]
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 08.03.1920
 for distinguished services as Senior Officer of advanced patrols in the Baltic
Mention in Despatches MID
 15.09.1916
 Battle of Jutland 31.05.1916
China Medal 1900; 1914-15 Star; War Medal; Victory Medal with MID emblem; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star with North Africa bar; Defence Medal; War Medal; Jubilee Medal Geo. V
 		Education: St Andrew's School, Eastbourne; HMS Britannia, Dartmouth
15.01.1898
 		 
 		 
 		entered RN
27.03.1900
 		-
 		15.09.1902
 		HMS Goliath (battleship) (China)
1914
 		-
 		1919
 		served European War (Battle of Jutland and Baltic (DSO, despatches))
20.01.1923
 		-
 		(01.1925)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Pegasus (aircraft carrier) (China)
(05.1926)
 		-
 		(07.1927)
 		Air Ministry
19.03.1929
 		-
 		(02.)1931
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
12.10.1931
 		-
 		(01.)1932
 		senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President]
29.03.1932
 		-
 		(01.)1934
 		Director, Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
01.05.1935
 		-
 		(02.)1936
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean)
01.01.1936
 		-
 		(02.1936)
 		also: Naval ADC to the King
09.1939
 -
 		05.1940
 		Commodore of Ocean Convoys
(04.1940)

HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) *
08.05.1940
 -
 		1942
 		Rear-Admiral on Staff of Commander-in-Chief Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)]
15.07.1942
 -
 		(02.)1943
 		Commodore of the Slow Assault Convoy [HMS Eaglet]
30.04.1943
 -
 		1945
 		Rear-Admiral Naval Air Stations, Indian Ocean [HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon)]
(07.)1945
 -
 		1946
 		Head of Admiralty Technical Mission, Canada [HMS President]
High Sheriff of Cornwall.

* indexed, but not lsited as such
Ray,
William Henry
"Bill"
W.H. Ray
From Alton.

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06.03.1909
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
23.02.1983
Alton district
ERA 2
 		? [D/M 38397]
A/Wt.Eng.
 		01.04.1943
Wt.Eng.
 		?, seniority 01.04.1943
Lt. (E)
01.08.1945, seniority 01.01.1944
Lt.Cdr. (E)
 		01.01.1952 (retd 06.03.1954)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 05.06.1945
 4 war patrols Far East 07.1944-01.1945 [decoration posted]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 04.05.1943
 4 war patrols eastern Mediterranean 08-11.1942 [decoration posted]
Mention in Despatches MID
 06.05.1941
 sinking 2 Italian supply ships
Mention in Despatches MID
 12.09.1944
 4 war patrols Eastern Fleet
(1941?)

HMS Pandora
(08.1942)
 -
 		(11.1942)
 		HMS P 46 (submarine)
15.04.1943
 -
 		(06.1943)
 		HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (for submarines)
07.06.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Engineering Officer, HMS Storm (submarine)
29.11.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Engineering Officer, HMS Tradewind (submarine)
01.11.1947
 -
 		(07.1948)
 		HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) (for submarines)
25.03.1949
 -
 		(05.1950)
 		Engineering Officer, HMS Acheron (submarine)
13.04.1952
 -
 		(05.1953)
 		Engineering Officer, HMS Totem (submarine)
Raynsford,
Anthony Edward Montagu
A.E.M. Raynsford		 22.09.1914
-
14.11.1993
Northampton district, Northamptonshire
Midsh.
 		01.09.1932
A/S.Lt.
 		01.01.1935
S.Lt.
 		01.05.1935
Lt.
 		01.10.1936
Lt.Cdr.
 		27.09.1944
Cdr.
 		31.12.1949
Capt.
 		30.06.1956 (retd 22.10.1958)
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.01.1940
 New Year 1940
16.01.1932
 		-
 		(09.1932)
 		HMS Valiant (battleship)
03.02.1933
 		-
 		(01.1934)
 		HMS Despatch (cruiser)
03.01.1935
 		-
 		(07.1935)
 		promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
01.02.1936
 		-
 		(07.1937)
 		HMS Berwick (cruiser)
04.01.1938
 		-
 		(08.1938)
 		anti-submarine course, HMS Osprey [HMS Vernon]
19.08.1938
 		-
 		(10.1938)
 		HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for Anti-Submarine School)
03.01.1939
 -
 		(1940)
 		Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Faulknor (flotilla leader) (Home Fleet) *
12.11.1940
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for miscellaneous duties)
01.06.1942
 -
 		(10.1943)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Venture
01.11.1943
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for miscellaneous duties)
27.12.1943
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Helmsdale (frigate)
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
01.01.1946
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)
02.03.1950
 -
 		(05.1950)
 		HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
02.1953
 -
 		(05.1953)
 		HMS Euryalus
(01.1956)

HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) **
Deputy Lieutenant
* (04.1940) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
* indexed, but not listed as such
 
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