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Read,
Arthur Duncan
A.D. Read
Son of the late Edward R. Read, of Dublin.
Married (1922) 
Hon. Rosamond Vere Monckton (1892-1976), daughter of late William Henry Monckton; three daughters.

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23.04.1889
Ireland
-
29.10.1976
Shorne Ridgeway, nr Gravesend, Kent
A/S.Lt. 30.04.1909
S.Lt. 02.12.1909, seniority 30.04.1909
Lt. 19.01.1911, seniority 30.10.1910
Lt.Cdr. 30.10.1918
Cdr. 30.06.1924
Capt. 30.06.1932
R.Adm. 06.02.1942 (retd 01.06.1945)
V.Adm. (retd) 01.06.1945 (reverted to retd 04.08.1946)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944 [investiture 18.05.1945]
Mention in Despatches MID 30.05.1944 Operations Thwart & Covered (operations in Indian Ocean 03.1944)
Mention in Despatches MID 31.10.1944 Operation Crimson (air strike & bombardment of Sabang 25.07.1944)
15.09.1904     joined RN
1914 - 1918 served in European War
07.12.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school)
05.08.1924 - 18.08.1924 Admiralty [HMS President]
19.08.1924 - (05.)1926 an Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President]
17.12.1926 - (06.1928) HMS Curacoa (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
09.01.1929 - (08.1929) Admiralty [HMS President] (for Director of Training and Staff Duties Division's Department)
08.01.1930 - (01.)1932 Executive Officer, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
(09.1932)     no appointment listed
06.03.1933 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) (Reserve Fleet, Nore)
15.05.1934 - (02.)1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Folkestone (sloop) (China)
(07.1935)     no appointment listed
13.01.1936 - (02.)1936 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth
04.05.1936 - (07.1937) in charge of Gunnery School, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
(02.1938)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *
05.05.1938 - 26.10.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Liverpool (cruiser) (till commissioning 02.11.1938 also for duty with Admiral-Superintendent Contract-Built Ships while being built at Govan, UK, then East Indies) & from ... until 05.06.1940 as Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Senior Officer Red Sea Forces & from 19.07.1940 as Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral Commanding 7th Cruiser Squadron
27.10.1940 - 23.09.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship)
08.07.1941 - 06.02.1942 also: Naval ADC to the King
03.10.1941 - 18.02.1942 HMS Victory (additional; whilst unemployed)
19.02.1942 - 1942 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty)
1942 - 03.05.1942 Flag Officer-in-Charge, Port T
04.05.1942 - 12.05.1942 Flag Officer-in-Charge, East Africa
14.05.1942 - 10.1943 Flag Officer, Ceylon [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
15.10.1943 - 07?.1945 Rear-Admiral Commanding 4th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Sussex (cruiser), later (12.1943?) HMS Newcastle (cruiser), later (06.1944?) HMS Kenya (cruiser), later HMS Nigeria (cruiser)]
04.07.1945 - (10.1945) Flag Officer-in-Charge, Cardiff [HMS Lucifer (RN base, Cardiff)]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Read,
Christopher Holditch
C.H. Read
Son of Arthur Bellamy Holditch Read (1881-1953), and Muriel Hanson (1883-1960).
Married (14.03.1944, St Baldred's Church, North Berwick, Scotland) Aileen Rosemary Bell (1919 - 1998), daughter of Captain Charles Courtenay Bell DSO, RN.
13.05.1919
Tiverton, Devon
-
18.03.2005
Brighton, Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex
Cadet 01.09.1936
Midsh. 01.05.1937
A/S.Lt. 01.05.1939
S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 01.01.1939
Lt. 01.02.1940
Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1948 (retd 26.05.1949)
Mention in Despatches MID 02.09.1941 war patrols 01-05.1941
Education: Hurstpierpont College; Queen's College, Birmingham (1950).
01.09.1936 - 04.1937 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher
01.05.1937 - (05.)1937 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship)
01.06.1937 - (10.)1937 HMS Revenge (battleship)
26.10.1937 - (03.)1939 HMS Norfolk (Norfolk class cruiser)
(04.1939)     no appointment listed
01.05.1939 - (09.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
11.11.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Erebus (Erebus class monitor)
04.03.1940 - (05.)1940 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
09.05.1940 - (08.)1940 HMS L 26 (L class submarine)
15.09.1940 - (10.)1941 HMS Upholder (U class submarine) (despatches)
20.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS H 32 (H class submarine)
(02.1942)     no appointment listed
16.03.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth)
14.01.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Sardonyx (S class destroyer)
(08.1943)     no appointment listed
04.08.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall)
30.03.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Hawkins (heavy cruiser)
02.01.1945 - (01.)1945 HMS Mauritius (light cruiser)
(04.)1945 - (10.1945) specialist torpedo course
28.02.1946 - (10.1947) HMS Defiance (torpedo and electrical school, Devonport)
01.05.1948 - 1949 HMS Hornet (MTB base, Gosport) (from 18.10.1948 as Experimental Officer, Torpedoes) [commanded HM MGB 2009 on full speed trial on 01.07.1948]
Joined the clergy, Church of England (deacon 1953 (Taunton, for Bath & Wells); priest 1954 (Bath & Wells). Curate of Portishead (1953-1956), Walton-onTrent (1956-1958), Rosliston (1956-1958). Rector of Bonsall (1958-1963). Vicar of Cromford (1958-1963), Rector of Grangemouth, Diocese Edingburgh (1963-1972), Parwich with Alsop en le Dale, Derby (1972-1987). Priest-in-Charge of Tissington (1977-1978) and Fenny Bentley, Thorpe and Tissington (1978-1987).
Read,
Eric Norman
E.N. Read
Son of ... Read, and ... Mason.
Married ...; ... children.
20.11.1914
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
16.10.1992
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
Petty Officer Tel. ?
A/Wt.Tel. 07.02.1942
Wt.Tel. 1943, seniority 07.02.1942
Lt. 10.06.1945
?, seniority 06.06.1943
Lt.Cdr. 06.06.1951 (retd 06.11.1959)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 13.06.1957 Suez Operations salvage 10-12.1956 [decoration presented]
Mention in Despatches MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky (invasion of Sicily 07.1943)
02.03.1942 - (10.)1943 on flotilla staff, HMS Jervis (despatches)
(12.1943) - (06.1944) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) *
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
(01.1945) - (07.1945) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(04.1946)     HMS Black Prince (cruiser) *
20.10.1947 - (05.1949) HMS Zest
20.03.1950 - (05.1951) Commanding Officer, HMS Watchful
05.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (for miscellaneous duties)
(07.1954)     HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) *
24.10.1954 - (01.)1956 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties)
22.08.1956 - (01.1957) Commanding Officer, HMS Kingarth (salvage vessel) (MBE)
(01.1959)     HMS Brantingham (Ham-class minesweeper)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Read,
Everard Robert
"Bob"
E.R. Read (Photo courtesy of Dr Anthony Bull) E.R. Read (Photo courtesy of Dr Anthony Bull)


Son (with four sisters and four brothers) of Edward Richard Read (1875-1948), and Mary Elizabeth Smith (1873-1948).
His sister Dorothy Blanche Read married Wt.Eng. Leonard Hanson Bull, RN.
Married 1st ((03?).1926, Brentford district, London) Ellen "Nell" Lewis (17.12.1903 - 12.07.1963); three sons.
Married 2nd ((12?).1965, Weymouth district, Dorset) Elsie Janischewsky (1907 -).

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19.01.1901
Folkestone, Elham district, Kent
-
15.06.1977
hospital, Portland, Weymouth district, Dorset
Boy Artificer 01.01.1917 [M24951]
Engine Room Artificer 3rd class ?
Wt.Eng. 01.10.1930
Cd.Eng. = Sen.Cd.Eng. 01.04.1941
A/Lt. (E) 02.1944
Lt. (E) 12.05.1949 (retd 11.01.1951; medically unfit)
Mention in Despatches MID 04.05.1943 bombing of ship off Bone, Algeria 02.01.1943
01.01.1917     HMS Fisgard (boy artificers' training establishment, Portsmouth)
... - ... ...
? - 01.11.1928 HMS Egmont (RN base, Malta)
01.11.1928 - ? HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean)
07.01.1930 - ? HMS Marlborough (battleship)
(01.1931)     short course of instruction
06.01.1931 - 06.1934 HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean) [sailed from Chatham to Malta on SS City of Calcutta on 21.01.1931, arriving there 10.02.1931]
(07.1934) - (11.1934) no appointment listed
18.12.1934 - (07.)1937 HM PC 74 (patrol vessel) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) [tender to HMS Woolston (destroyer)]
07.1937 - 08.1937 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham), HMS Cornwall (cruiser) & HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
18.08.1937 - 12.1937 HMS Birmingham (cruiser) (while under construction at Devonport; commissioned 16.11.1937 for service at China Station)
(01.1938)     no appointment listed
03.01.1938 - (02.)1938 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)]
15.04.1938 - 05.1938 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (Home Fleet) (for submarines)
31.05.1938 - 02.1939 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (for submarines)
02.02.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Otus (submarine) (China)
(02.1941)     HMS Otus (submarine) *
20.06.1941 - 01.1943 HMS Alarm (Algerine class minesweeper) (despatches)
19.01.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Cannae (RN base, Bone, Algeria)
02.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Cleveland (destroyer)
(07.1945)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *
08.1945 - (07.)1946 an Assistant Engineer Inspector, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
03.07.1946     admitted to British General Hospital #67 at Rendsburg, Germany after a serious motor car accident; he had a broken femur and lacerations of his scalp and body; on 5th he was moved to BGH #94 at Hamburg; on the 10th he was removed from the serious ill list and scheduled for evacuation to the UK at the first opportunity
? - 16.07.1947 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
08.08.1947 - 09.1947 HMS Campania (escort carrier)
10.09.1947 - 02.1949 HMS Whirlwind (destroyer)
19.02.1949 - 04.1949 HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)
06.04.1949 - 06.11.1950 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship, Portland)
Continued working in civil capacity at the Underwater Weapons Establishment at Portland until 1966.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Redman,
William Richard Jeffries
W.R.J. Redman
Married ((12?).1932, Kensington district, London) Gabrielle G.J.H. Leybourne-Popham.

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27.10.1905
Weymouth district, Dorset
-
24.12.1971
Somerset
S.Lt. 01.11.1926
Lt. 01.11.1928
Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1936
A/Cdr. 04.03.1940 (retd 27.10.1948)
Cdr. (retd) 27.10.1948
Capt. (retd) ?
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE 31.12.1960 New Year 1961
15.09.1923     entered RN
... - ... ...
16.04.1928 - (06.)1928 HMS Danae (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
29.11.1928 - 15.09.1929 HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
16.09.1929 - (04.1930) HMS Verity (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
... - ... ...
29.11.1935 - 03.03.1940 an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Woolwich [HMS President]
04.03.1940 - 14.11.1943 an Assistant to the Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President]
15.11.1943 - 28.02.1944 Assistant Superintendent, Small Arms Experimental Establishment, Pendine [under Ministry of Supply] (under Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty) [HMS President]
29.02.1944 - (04.1946) Deputy Superintendent, Small Arms Experimental Establishment, Pendine [under Ministry of Supply] (under Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty) [HMS President]
Reed,
Johnson
J. Reed

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23.12.1907
Berwick district, Durham / Northumberland
-
15.03.1991
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
Gnr. (T) 18.12.1939
Lt. 19.12.1943
Lt.Cdr. 09.08.1949 (retd 23.12.1952; age)
11.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Wessex (destroyer)
13.06.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Versatile (destroyer)
(12.1941)     no appointment listed
07.07.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Panther (destroyer)
(06.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed
(10.1943) - (12.1943) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
01.02.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Vindex (escort carrier)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Sansovino (landing ship, infantry)
... - ... ...
Reed,
Leslie Joseph Manning
L.J.M. Reed
Son of Edward Charles Reed, and Rose May Manning.
Married ((09?).1929, Long Ashton district, Somerset) Emily Wilmott (06.021907 - 10.1989); one daughter.

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10.05.1906
Burnham, Axbridge district, Somerset
-
19.08.1959
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
A/Wt.Mech. 01.04.1938
Wt.Mech. 1939?, seniority 01.04.1938
Lt. (E) 30.03.1940
Lt.Cdr. (E) 30.03.1948 (retd 10.05.1951; age)
A/Cdr. 25.10.1948-(08?).1950
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 19.05.1944 Italian mainland & Salerno [investiture 22.06.1945] *
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - -
Afr St - & clasp North Africa 1942-43
It St - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
* Recommendations for Honours and Awards dated 27th September 1943 made by Capt W.G. Andrewes, endorsed by Rear Admiral Commanding 15th Cruiser Squadron and confirmed by Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham: "This Officer was in charge of the damage Control Organisation of the ship. When the ship was struck by a heavy bomb, which caused considerable damage to the ships structure, heavy flooding and loss of life, the damage Control Parties worked efficiently and calmly in limiting the danger and controlling the flooding. That they did so well, initially in darkness and working in compartments heavily contaminated by fuel oil, was in large measure due to Lieut. Reed’s training and organisation. From the moment the bomb hit the ship Lieut. Reed was personally directing and controlling the activities of the Damage Control Organisation which he did with the greatest efficiency and devotion to duty."
21.05.1938 - 05.1941 HMS York (cruiser) [ship damaged by Italian explosive boats in Sua Bay 26.03.1941, abandoned 05.1941)
19.06.1941 - 12.1941 HMS Warspite (battleship)
15.12.1941 - 08.05.1942 HMS Quorn (destroyer)
(06.1942)     no appointment listed
08.07.1942 - (10.)1944 HMS Uganda (cruiser) (DSC)
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
06.02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Majestic (light fleet carrier)
05.01.1946 - (07.1946) HMS Birmingham (cruiser)
13.03.1947 - (10.1947) training staff, HMS Imperieuse (stokers' training establishment, Devonport)
06.01.1948 - (07.)1948 HMS Raleigh (stokers' training establishment, Torpoint, Cornwall)
25.10.1948 - (08?).1950 HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) (for service with Royal Pakistan Navy) [attached to HMPNS Bahadur, from 01.12.1949 Commanding Officer, Mechanical Training Establishment Karsaz]
14.08.1950 - (05.)1951 HMS Orion (Reserve Fleet, Devonport)
(07.1951)     HMS Mars (for duty with SORF Harwich)
Reeder,
Herbert John
H.J. Reeder
25.09.1906
Wandsworth, London
-
23.05.1941
(KIA) [age 34]
[Chatham Naval Memorial]
Paym.Lt.
01.11.1928
Paym.Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1936
Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1942
New Year 1942
22.04.1929
-
(08.1929)
for duty in Admiral's Office, Commander-in-Chief America and West Indies Station [HMS Despatch]
02.01.1931
-
(09.1932)
Secretary to Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Frobisher, later HMS Vindictive]
08.05.1933
-
(01.1934)
Secretary to Captain (D), 1st Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Duncan]
17.12.1934
-
(07.1935)
Secretary to Captain (D), 1st Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Keppel]
22.04.1936
-
(02.1937)
for duty in Admiral's Office, Commander-in-Chief Nore [HMS Pembroke]
10.07.1939
-
23.05.1941
Secretary to Captain (D), 5th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Kelly]
Reep,
Ernest William
E.W. Reep (Photo courtesy of Mr Nicholas Parks Young)

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15.10.1900
-
22.05.1981
Poole district, Dorset
Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1931
A/Cdr. ?
18.12.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire)
... - ... ...
Rees,
Archibald Thomas
A.T. Rees
Son of ... Rees, and ... Grimes.
Married 1st ((03?).1943, Surrey South Western district, Surrey) Margaret E. Gray; one daughter, one (adopted) son.
Married 2nd ((03?).1971, Thanet district, Kent) Vera Crowhurst.
06.03.1917
Alverstoke district, Hampshire
-
06.03.2002
Thanet district, Kent
A/Paym.S.Lt. 22.06.1942
Paym.S.Lt. 1943?, seniority 22.06.1942
Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 22.03.1944
A/Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.03.1949
Lt.Cdr. (S) 19.09.1950, seniority 06.03.1949
A/Cdr. (S) 02.06.1948-(05.1949),
08.08.1955-29.06.1956
Cdr. (S) 30.06.1956 (retd 13.10.1958)
23.07.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Cumberland (cruiser)
(02.1943)     HMS Cumberland (cruiser) *
25.03.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon)
08.09.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
19.09.1946 - (10.1947) Captain's Secretary, HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier)
02.06.1948 - (05.1949) Secretary to Deputy Controller, Admiralty [HMS President]
(05.1950)     no appointment listed
29.08.1950 - (05.1951) Secretary to Flag Officer Commanding 2nd Cruiser Squadron (V.Adm. C.A.L. Mansergh) [HMS Swiftsure]
11.02.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Siskin (RN Air Station, Gosport, Hampshire)
19.09.1953   (07.1954) Secretary to Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel (Training), Admiralty [HMS President]
12.07.1954 - (01.)1955 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous duties)
(04.1955)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
08.08.1955 - (01.1956) Secretary to Flag Officer (Air) Mediterranean (V.Adm. M. Richmond) [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
(01.1957)     no appointment listed
28.02.1957 - (01.1958) HMS Ceres (RN Supply and Secretariat School, Wetherby, Yorkshire)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Reeves,
Frank Edmund
F.E. Reeves

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11.07.1896
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
(12?).1952 ?
Weymouth district, Dorset ?
Seaman
? [M33059]
Chief ERA
(1936)
T/A/Wt.Eng.
22.06.1943
T/Wt.Eng.
1944?, seniority 22.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
(08.1943)
 
 
no appointment listed
09.09.1943
-
(07.1945)
(Assistant) Engineer Officer, HMS Lochy (frigate)
Reid,
Alexander Gordon

A.G. Reid
Son of Harry Durand Reid (1873-1959), and Ada Marie Jeggo (1877-1945).
Married Maren Gudrun Helene "Judy" Jokstad (21.10.1909 - 25.11.2004).
13.04.1909
Lambeth district, London
-
28.07.1981
Oxshott, Surrey Northern district, Surrey
Midsh. (E) 01.09.1928
S.Lt. (E) 01.11.1930
Lt. (E) 01.01.1933
Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.01.1941
Cdr. (E) 31.12.1946, seniority 31.12.1944
Capt. (E) 31.12.1956 (retd 13.04.1964)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 31.05.1956 HM's birthday 1956 [investiture 23.10.1956]
Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne.
... - ... ...
02.03.1937 - 22.081939 Chemical Defence Experimental Station, Porton [HMS President (additional)]
23.08.1939 - 10.04.1940 Engineer Officer, HMS Hunter (H class destroyer) [ship sunk in collision at Narvik] (captured)
(05.1940) - (04.1943) no appointment listed while POW in German captivity (POW No. 1222) at Marlag und Milag Nord
12.04.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Kempenfelt (W class destroyer)
(10.1944) - (10.1945) no appointment listed
04.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire)
... - ... ...
19.10.1953 - (04.1956) Department of the Director of Aircraft Maintenance and Repair (DAMR) (OBE)
... - ... ...
Reid,
Christopher Gordon Lestock

C.G.L. Reid
Son (with one sister and one brother) of Claude Lestock Reid (1888-1954), and Dorothea Joan Steward-Taylor (1892-1959).
Married ((03?).1946, Central Northumberland district) Alwine Gertrude Straker (15.01.1926 - 20.03.2003); one daughter.
12.10.1920
Haslemere, Hambledon district, Surrey
-
04.01.1988
Morpeth, Northumberland
Cadet 01.05.1938
Midsh. (E) 01.05.1939
A/S.Lt. (E) 01.01.1941
S.Lt. (E) 05.1941, seniority 01.06.1940
A/Lt. (E) < 08.1942
Lt. (E) 10.05.1943, seniority 16.01.1942
Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.01.1950 (retd 02.02.1955; own request)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE 31.12.1984 New Year 1985: Chief Commissioner for England, Scout Association
Mention in Despatches MID 19.05.1953 Korea
Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne.
01.05.1939 - (08.)1942 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham
26.08.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Orion (Leander class cruiser)
(10.1944) - (01.1945) no appointment listed
02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Superb (Switftsure class cruiser)
... - ... ...
Reid,
[Sir] John Peter Lorne
J.P.L. Reid
2nd son of Sir James Reid, 1st Baronet of Ellon, and of Susan, daughter of 1st Baron Revelstoke.
Married (19.04.1933) Jean (26.07.1909-07.12.1971), only daughter of Sir Henry Dundas, 3rd Bt of Arniston, and of Beatrix, daughter of 12th Earl of Home; one son, one daughter.

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10.01.1903
St George Hanover Square district, London / Middlesex
-
26.09.1973
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
A/S.Lt.
15.05.1923
S.Lt.
?
Lt.
15.12.1924
Lt.Cdr.
15.12.1932
Cdr.
31.12.1935
A/Capt.
10.1940
Capt.
31.12.1941
R.Adm.
08.01.1951
V.Adm.
08.09.1954
Adm.
07.01.1958 (retd 1961)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
10.06.1961
HM's birthday 1961 [investiture 05.07.1961]
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
01.01.1957
New Year 1957 [investiture 12.02.1957]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
11.06.1946
wind up Far East [investiture 28.01.1947]
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO
16.07.1953
Coronation Naval Review 1953 [investiture 27.10.1953]
Mention in Despatches MID
03.02.1942
Battle of Cape Matapan
Mention in Despatches MID
02.02.1943
good service in SW Pacific
Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth
15.09.1916


joined RN
...
-
...
...
1935
-
1936
Fleet Wireless Officer, Abyssinian War
15.04.1939
-
(12.)1941
HMS Valiant (operations off Norway 1940 ; operations off Oran, Algeria 1940 ; battle of Cape Matapan 1941)
1941
-
1942
Chief Signal Officer to Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Java, during defence of East Indies
1942
-
?
Captain on staff of Sir James Fownes Somerville, Commander-in-Chief East Indies
(08.1942)
 
 
no appointment listed
(02.1943)
 
 
no appointment listed
03.03.1943
-
(10.)1944
Deputy Director (V/S and W/T), Signal Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
01.12.1944
-
(07.1945)
Chief Staff Officer to Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron [HMS King George V (battleship)]
1947


Commanding Officer, HMS Dido
1948
-
1949
Commanding Officer, HMS Cleopatra
1951
-
1953
Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth
1953


Rear-Admiral (Review) on Staff of Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth
1954
-
1955
Flag Officer (Air) Mediterranean, and Flag Officer Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet
10.1956
-
1961
a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty (Third Sea Lord) and Controller of the Navy
Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom and of the Admiralty, 12.10.1962-11.03.1966. Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and of the Admiralty, 11.03.1966-11.01.1973. President, Royal British Legion, Scotland. DL, East Lothian, 1962; Vice-Convener, E. Lothian CC, 1969-. Vice-Lieutenant, East Lothian, 1964 and since 1967; 
Reid,
Robert Askey
F.E. Reeves
Son (with one sister and one brother) of William Reid (1863-), and Annie Sophie Andrews (1866-).

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12.04.1906
Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
-
28.04.1990
Seaman ? [J106293]
Gnr. 01.04.1935
Lt. 1940?, seniority 01.07.1937
A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944
Lt.Cdr. 06.02.1946, seniority 01.07.1945
Lt.Cdr. (L) 25.09.1946, seniority 01.07.1945
Cdr. (L) 31.12.1950 (retd 12.04.1956; age)
... - ... ...
07.01.1938 - (09.)1939 HMS Punjabi (destroyer) (6th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet) (for torpedo duties)
(12.1939) - (03.1940) no appointment listed
09.03.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Emerald (E class cruiser) (for torpedo duties)
(02.1941) - (04.1941) no appointment listed
25.04.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services)
(02.1942) - (02.1944) HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) *
02.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) (for torpedo duties)
07.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) (for torpedo duties)
22.02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) (for Escort Force, Brisbane)
(04.1946)     HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) *
... - ... ...
Rendel,
Herbert Leopold
H.L. Rendel (Portrait painting courtesy of Mr Colin Hales)

Son of Leopold Joseph Rendel, and Gertrude Maria Beadon.
Married (02.06.1920, St Jude's, Mapperley, Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire) Marjorie Rowan Powell (06.12.1898 - 13.12.1981); two sons (Lt. Reginald Aubrey Rendel, RNVR, killed in action 26.12.1944 & S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) Guy Dacres Rendel, RNVR).

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04.04.1894
Pozzeroli, Italy
-
28.12.1959
Bishop's Waltham, Droxford district, Hampshire
[cremated; ashes committed to the sea from the minesweeper HMS Gavington]
... ...
Lt. 15.10.1915 (retd 16.02.1920)
Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.10.1923
Cdr. (retd) 04.04.1934 (reverted to retd 24.08.1945)
Mention in Despatches MID 16.04.1918 for submarine service
Cavalier, Order of the Crown (Italy) It Crwn 07.08.1918 for distinguished services rendered during the war
15.01.1907     entered RN
... - ... ...
13.11.1939 - 25.11.1939 Admiralty [HMS President]
25.11.1939 - (02.)1941 Boom Defences Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
12.05.1941 - (01.1945) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for motor launches and miscellaneous duties)
Justice of the Peace (JP).
Renouf,
Edward de Faye
E. de F. Renouf
E. de F. Renouf
Son of late Edward Binet Renouf (1862-1929), and Lilian Mary De Faye, Jersey, Channel Islands.
Unmarried.

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28.07.1888
St. Helier, Jersey
-
15.09.1972
Manleys, St Peters, Jersey
Cadet 1903
S.Lt. ?
Lt. 08.11.1909, seniority 28.02.1909
Lt.Cdr. 28.02.1917
Cdr. 31.12.1921
Capt. 31.12.1928
R.Adm. 05.01.1940 (retd 03.04.1943)
V.Adm. (retd) 03.04.1943 (dispersed 09.10.1945) (reverted to retd 05.12.1945)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944 [investiture 06.03.1945]
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO 03.06.1931 HM's birthday 1931
Silver Medal of the Royal Humane Society RHSSi 12.1914 for gallantry in rescuing a signal boy from drowning in the North Sea 14.10.1914
15.05.1903     Cadet, HMS Britannia
1914 - 1919 served European War
(1914)     Torpedo Officer, HMS Conqueror (battleship)
07.06.1918 - (01.1919) HMS Vernon (torpedo school) (for torpedo duties)
? - (03.1921) Commanding Officer, HMS Thames (on voyage from UK to Cape Town, South Africa)
26.07.1922 - (08.1923) Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
16.09.1924 - (01.)1925 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
26.08.1925 - (07.)1927 Fleet Torpedo Officer, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Revenge (battleship)]
01.11.1927 - (06.1928) Executive Officer, HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies)
05.1929 - (04.)1930 Commanding Officer, HMS Vampire (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
15.08.1930 - (06.)1933 Naval Attaché, Buenos Aires (Argentina) [HMS President]
16.01.1934 - 25.03.1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Orion (cruiser) & from 1934/35 Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer, 2nd Cruiser Squadron (Home Fleet)
25.07.1936 - 08.1938 staff, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President]
09.08.1938 - 13.12.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (Home Fleet)
01.08.1939 - 05.01.1940 also: Naval ADC to the King
22.12.1939 - 04.01.1940 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Director of Torpedoes and Mines, for period not exceeding 6 months)
05.01.1940 - 01.05.1940 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Rear-Admiral Controlled Mining)
02.05.1940 - 17.07.1940 Rear-Admiral Commanding 3rd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Gloucester (cruiser)]
18.07.1940 - 04.03.1941 Rear-Admiral Commanding 7th Cruiser Squadron
14.03.1941 - 27.03.1941 HMS Victory (additional; for full pay service leave)
28.05.1941 - 04?.1942 Naval Staff Officer to Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces [HMS President]
06.04.1942 - 02.11.1942 HMS President (additional; for duty with Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (W); not to exceed 6 months)
03.11.1942 - 02.04.1943 HMS President (additional; for duty with Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (W) as Adviser in Miscellaneous Weapons) (as R.Adm.)
20.011.1944 - 29.09.1945 Naval Assistant to Deputy First Sea Lord [HMS President] (as R.Adm.)
In command of Jersey Sea Cadet Corps.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Renshaw,
Maurice Frank
M.F. Renshaw
24.06.1918
-
25.10.1987
Bournemouth district, Hampshire
Cadet
01.01.1936
Midsh.
01.01.1937
A/S.Lt.
01.01.1939
S.Lt.
1940?, seniority 01.11.1938
Lt.
01.01.1940
A/Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1945
Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1948
Cdr.
31.12.1951 (retd 1960?)
Commander of the Military Order of Aviz (Portugal) Aviz
?
state visit Portugal 02.1957
01.01.1936


special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
01.01.1937
-
(06.)1938
HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet)
22.07.1938
-
(10.1938)
HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet)
02.01.1939
-
(03.)1939
promotion course, Portsmouth
31.07.1939
-
(02.1941)
HMS Colombo (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport)
12.01.1942
-
(08.1942)
qualifying for gunnery duties [HMS Excellent]
01.09.1942
-
(02.1943)
Gunnery School, Devonport [HMS Drake]
30.04.1943
-
(06.1944)
Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) (Scapa Flow, then Portsmouth)
28.11.1944
-
(04.1946)
Gunnery Officer, HMS Jamaica
15.01.1948
-
(07.1948)
Radio Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
(05.1949)


no appointment listed
10.1949
-
(05.1950)
on staff of Flag Officer Destroyers, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Forth]
10.04.1952
-
(05.1953)
HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
(04.1955)


no appointment listed
27.07.1955
-
(01.1957)
Commanding Officer, HMS Chaplet
* indexed, but not listed as such
Renwick,
George Fisher
G.F. Renwick

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31.01.1901
Cardiff, Glamorgan
-
31.03.1968
...
...
Cdr.
30.06.1936
Capt.
31.12.1942 (retd)
15.09.1914     entered RN
... - ... ...
20.06.1939
-
(09.1940)
Commanding Officer, HMS Rochester (sloop)
(02.1941)


no appointment listed
15.04.1941
-
09.03.1943
Deputy Director of Air Matériel, Admiralty [HMS President]
10.03.1943
-
(06.)1944
Director of Airfields and Carrier Requirements Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
13.11.1944
-
01.1946
Commanding Officer, HMS Attacker (escort carrier)
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
...
-
...
...
Repard,
John David Latimer
J.D.L. Repard
Son of William John Repard (1882?-1929), and Edyth Louise Latimer (1889-1967).
Married (24.04.1947) Hon. Peggy Bowyer (18.05.1925 - ), daughter of George Edward Wentworth Bowyer, 1st Baron Denham (1886-1948), and Hon. Daphne Freeman-Mitford (1895-1996); three daughters, one son.

02.06.1921
Sidmouth, Honiton district, Devon
-
17.09.2011
Watford General Hospital
Cadet 01.09.1939
Midsh. 01.05.1940
A/S.Lt. 01.01.1942
S.Lt. 1942, seniority 01.06.1941
Lt. 16.01.1943
Lt.Cdr. 16.01.1951
Cdr. 31.12.1954 (retd 16.04.1966)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire OBE 01.01.1966 New Year 1966 [investiture 08.03.1966]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche [decoration posted]
01.09.1939 - (04.)1940 special entry cadet, RN College, Dartmouth
01.05.1940 - (10.)1941 HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (North Sea, Atlantic & Mediterranean)
05.01.1942 - (04.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
30.05.1942 - (12.)1943 HMS Tartar (destroyer) (DSC)
(02.1944) - (04.1944) no appointment listed
05.04.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Byron (frigate)
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
25.10.1945 - 09.1947 Boys Divisional Officer, HMS Ganges (boys' training establishment, Shotley, Ipswich, Suffolk)
30.09.1947 - (10.)1947 Boys Divisional Officer, HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall)
1947 - 1966

served aboard HMS Rodney, 1947-1948; served as torpedo and anti-submarine officer at HMS Osprey,1949-1950; served as TAS officer aboard HMS Battleaxe, 1950-1952; served as TAS officer at HMS Vernon, 1952-1953; served as TAS officer aboard HMS Superb, 1954-1955; served as mine counter-measures officer at HMS Vernon, 1955-1957; served as staff officer at Directorate of Naval Intelligence, Admiralty, 1957-1958; served as executive officer aboard HMS Belfast, 1958-1961; served as TAS staff officer at Underground Headquarters, Northwood, UK, 1961-1963; served as Assistant Director Underseas Warfare, Naval Staff Admiralty, 1963-1966 (OBE)

Reyne,
Sir Cecil Nugent
C.N. Reyne
2nd son of late Col. J.F. Reyne, Hampshire Regiment.
Married (1917) Gladys Mary, daughter of Capt. H.C. Savory, Seaforth Highlanders, of Edinburgh; one son, three daughters.

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23.12.1881
Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire
-
19.02.1958
Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire
A/S.Lt.
23.12.1900?
S.Lt.
29.03.1902, seniority 23.12.1900
Lt.
23.03.1903
Cdr.
30.06.1916
Capt.
30.06.1922
R.Adm.
01.06.1934 (retd 02.06.1934)
Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR
12.09.1939-(07.1945)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
01.01.1944
New Year 1944 [investiture 23.05.1944]
Mention in Despatches MID
17.11.1942
ocean convoys 1939-1942
Education: HMS Britannia.
15.07.1895
 
 
entered RN



Gunnery specialist
1899
-
1902
served in South Africa
1914
-
1918
Gunnery and Executive Officer, HMS Dreadnought
18.12.1918
-
1920
Commander, HMS Royal Oak (battleship)



[Staff/Squadron?] Gunnery Officer (SGO) to late Admiral Sir R.F. Phillimore, commanding Reserve Fleet
15.05.1923
-
(01.)1925
Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer 2nd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Curacoa (light cruiser)]
1925


Commanding Officer, HMS Effingham (cruiser)
08.03.1926
-
(05.)1926
senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President]
07.1926
-
(07.)1927
Chief Staff Officer to Commodore in Command of New Zealand Station [HMS Diomede (cruiser)] (at Navy Office, Wellington)
09.1926
-
03.1929
also: 2nd Naval Member, New Zealand Naval Board
(08.1929)


no appointment listed
29.12.1929
-
(02.)1931
Commanding Officer, HMS Cleopatra (cruiser) & as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Nore
21.08.1931
-
(01.)1932
Commanding Officer, HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China)
02.07.1932
-
(09.1932)
Commanding Officer, HMS Caledon (cruiser) & as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport
(10.1932)
-
?
Commanding Officer, HMS Comus (cruiser)) & as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport
08.12.1933
-
(01.1934)
Commanding Officer, HMS Caledon (cruiser) & as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport
11.10.1933
-
01.06.1934
also: Naval ADC to the King
12.09.1939
-
(07.1945)
Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]
10.1942
-
11.1942
Convoy SL 125 (Suez - Manchester) [SS Nagpore] (ship torpedoed & sunk 28.10.1942)
14.07.1943
-
30.07.1943
Convoy ... (Liverpool - New York) [SS Pacific Shipper]
20.08.1943
-
04.09.1943
Convoy HX 253 (New York - Liverpool) [SS Ruahine]
25.07.1944
-
08.08.1944
Convoy HX 301 (New York - Liverpool) [SS Reinholt]
Reynolds,
George Henry
G.H. Reynolds

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04.09.1908
-
27.05.1997
Trowbridge, Wiltshire
... ...
A/S.Lt. 01.01.1929
S.Lt. 16.09.1929
Lt. 16.06.1931
Lt.Cdr. 16.06.1939 (retd 04.09.1953)
A/Cdr. > 12.1943, < 02.1944
... - ... ...
17.12.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Ramillies (Royal Sovereign class battleship)
22.06.1940 - (12.)1941 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship):
22.06.1940 - (10.)1941 Staff Officer (Operations), 1st Submarine Flotilla (in lieu of a specialist; and for duty with submarines)
1941 - (12.)1941 for submarines
13.12.1941 - 08.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Rover (R class submarine)
13.10.1943 - 05.02.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Wuchang (submarine depot ship)
03.1944 - (01.)1945 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
09.04.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Battler (Archer class escort carrier)
04.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship)
... - ... ...
Rhodes,
Philip Montague
P.M. Rhodes
Son of Montague John Rhodes, and Amy Clemson.
(06.)1914
Lymington district, Hampshire
-
07.02.2008
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Cadet
01.09.1931
Midsh.
01.05.1932
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1934
S.Lt.
01.05.1935
Lt.
01.07.1937
A/Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1944
Lt.Cdr.
07.02.1946, seniority 01.07.1945 (reld 07.05.1946; medically unfit)
05.09.1931
-
(01.)1932
HMS Warspite (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
29.08.1932
-
(08.)1934
HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
27.09.1934
-
(02.)1935
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
01.04.1935
-
(07.)1935
promotion course, Portsmouth
09.11.1935
-
(08.1936)
HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet)
04.01.1937
-
(02.)1937
submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
13.05.1937
-
28.06.1937
HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) (for submarines)
29.06.1937
-
(08.1939)
HMS Salmon (submarine) (Mediterranean) [tender to HMS Maidstone]
05.01.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines)
04.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Nettle (for submarines)
20.04.1942
-
(08.)1942
HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for miscellaneous duties)
23.08.1942
-
(01.)1945
on staff of Rear-Admiral (S) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] & for anti-submarine duties
04.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) (for duty with submarines)
Antiques dealer.
Rhodes,
Philip Wood
P.W. Rhodes

Son of Sir George Wood Rhodes, 1st Bt. (1860-1924), and Margaret Catherine Phillips (?-1915).
Married 1st (15.05.1919) Judith Beresford Martin, daughter of Trevelyan Martin; two daughters.
Married 2nd (12.07.1944) Elspeth Tod, daughter of Thomas Tod.

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28.11.1894
Chorlton district, Lancashire
-
02.01.1956
Lt. 15.09.1916 (retd 05.11.1919)
Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.09.1924
A/Cdr. (retd) > 12.1941, < 08.1942
Cdr. (retd) 08.05.1946
09.1907     entered RN
... - ... ...
(04.1940) - (12.1941) Admiralty [HMS President] *
(08.1942) - (06.1943) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] *
30.08.1943 - (06.)1944 Naval Attaché on Staff of UK Representative to Eire (Dublin) [HMS President]
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Rich,
Lawrence St George
L.St.G. Rich

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10.05.1908
Kensington, Greater London
-
21.05.1990
Towcester, Northants.
Midsh.
15.05.1926
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1928
S.Lt.
16.05.1929
Lt.
16.09.1931
Lt.Cdr.
16.09.1939 (retd 20.12.1949)
A/Cdr.
< 07.1948
Cdr. (retd)
20.12.1949

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
04.05.1943
sinking U205 E Mediterranean 17.02.1943 [investiture 22.06.1943]

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
27.07.1943
action with 2 Italian destroyers E Mediterranean 15.04.1943 [investiture 28.09.1943]
Mention in Despatches MID
24.03.1942
sinking U131 17.12.1941
Mention in Despatches MID
14.04.1942
convoy escort destruction U-boat 01-02.1942
15.01.1922     entered RN
09.12.1926
-
(07.1927)
HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship)
04.1929
-
(08.1929)
Lieutenant's course, Portsmouth
06.01.1930
-
(04.1930)
submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
10.11.1930
-
(01.1932)
HMS Pandora (submarine) (China)
(09.1932)


no appointment listed
27.03.1933
-
(01.1934)
First Lieutenant, HMS Torrid (destroyer) (Portland)
23.10.1934
-
(02.1936)
First Lieutenant, HMS Sturgeon (submarine)
04.01.1937
-
(02.1937)
submarine commanding officer's course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
17.04.1937
-
(07.1937)
Commanding Officer, HMS H 50 (submarine)
14.10.1937
-
(02.1938)
Commanding Officer, HMS H 44 (submarine)
16.04.1938
-
(06.1938)
HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet)
22.07.1938
-
(08.1939)
HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet)
02.1940
-
(04.1940)
Commanding Officer, HMS H 43 (submarine)
26.09.1940
-
(02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Proteus (submarine)
06.1941
-
(08.1942)
Commanding Officer, HMS Exmoor (destroyer)
04.01.1943
-
(06.1943)
HMS Paladin (destroyer)
30.07.1943
-
(10.1943)
Training Establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex [HMS King Alfred]
04.11.1943
-
(06.1944)
Officer-in-Charge, Landing Craft Maintenance Base, Port Glasgow [HMS Monck]
16.10.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Carysfort (destroyer)
(04.1946)


HMS President *
(07.1948)


Admiral Commanding Reserves' Office *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Rich,
William Charles Baker
W.C.B. Rich

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02.03.1890
Devonport, Stoke Damerel district, Devon
-
11.04.1987
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
Boy 16.07.1906 [236908]
... ...
Lt. 11.05.1920 (retd 15.12.1922)
Lt.Cdr. (retd) 11.05.1928

1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal; 1939/45 Star; Africa Star with bar, 'North Africa 1942-43'; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45

      Joined RN 1906. Leading Seaman in HMS Challenger from 30 July 1914 to 30 Dec. 1915. At the start of the war she was part of the 9th Cruiser Squadron, based at Portland. Her duty was to guard against minelayers at the entrance to the Bristol Channel, and also to seize German shipping. During this period she captured the German steamer Ulla Boog, bringing a cargo of pit props from Archangel to south Wales. In September she was sent to West Africa, to form part of the naval squadron assisting the attack on the Cameroons (with HMS Cumberland and the French cruiser Bruix). On 25 September she was used to cross the barrier at the entrance to Duala, having been lightened to reduce her draft. Two days later Duala surrendered, but the campaign went on into 1915. By January 1915, she was engaged in the blockade of Edea. At the end of April, she was relieved by the Astraea. Commissioned Gunner from 31 December 1915, and Mate from 11th December 1917. Served on Torpedo boat TB108 in 1916, then Destroyers.
... - ... ...
28.09.1938 - 10.1939 Boom Defence Depot, Mediterranean (for Alexandria Boom Defences) [HMS St Angelo]
10.1939 - (12.1941) Boom Defence Depot, Alexandria [HMS Nile]
13.07.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Exmouth (accommodation ship)
01.01.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers / Taranto) (additional; for miscellaneous duties)
28.09.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Drake IV (destroyer office, Plymouth)
28.11.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth)
Richards,
George Dick Kendall
"Dicky"
G.D.K. Richards
Son of George Westley Richards and Nora Ellen Mitchelson, of Weeke, Hampshire.
Husband of Sylvia Elizabeth Mary Richards.
27.08.1918
Reading district, Berkshire
-

29.05.1943
(KIA) [age 25]
[Chatham Naval Memorial, 67, 3]
Midsh.
01.09.1936
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1938
S.Lt.
01.01.1939
Lt.
01.01.1940

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
13.07.1943
action trawlers Belgian coast 04.04.1943 [presented to next-of-kin]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
25.08.1942
action Channel 14.06.1942 [investiture 01.12.1942]
Mention in Despatches MID
03.03.1942
action enemy ship Boulogne 16.11.1941
Mention in Despatches MID
13.10.1942
action R-boats Channel 16.08.1942
Mention in Despatches MID
19.02.1944
action trawlers Dunkirk 28.05.1943
01.09.1936
-
(08.1938)
HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China)
05.09.1938
-
(04.1939)
promotion course, Portsmouth
12.06.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Ivanhoe (destroyer)
(02.1941)


HMS Drake IV *
15.09.1941
-
(08.1942)
HMS Wasp:
(1941)


Commanding Officer, MGB 60
(11.1941)


Commanding Officer, MGB 68
(06.1942)


Commanding Officer, MGB 113
(08.1942)


Commanding Officer, MGB 10 & SO 2nd MGB Flotilla
(08.1942)
-
29.05.1943
Commanding Officer, MGB 110 & SO 9th MGB Flotilla [& SO MGBs]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Richards,
Noel Lawrence Clifford
N.L.C. Richards

Younger son (with one brother and one sister) of Eng.Capt. Thomas William Richards (1874-1961), and Gertrude May Giles (1880-1959), of Rochester, Kent, later of Forrest Lodge, Winnersh, Wokingham.
Married (18.06.1940, St Margaret's, Northam, Devon [following a civil ceremony in Edinburgh]) Wren Margaret Wybrants "Margot" Hamilton, WRNS (14.03.1917 - 18.06.2002), of Liverpool, only daughter of Lt.Col. & Mrs H.W. Hamilton, of Northam, Devon. Margot Richards remarried (1944) Lt. Thomas Crane McLaughlin, RCNVR.
(03?).1915
Medway district, Kent
-
11.01.1941
(KIA) [age 26]
[Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 42, column 2]
Paym.Cadet 01.09.1932
Paym.Midsh. 01.09.1933
A/Paym.S.Lt. 09.10.1935, seniority 01.09.1935
Paym.S.Lt. 16.12.1935, seniority 01.06.1935
Paym.Lt. 01.06.1937
16.09.1932 - (05.)1933 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
02.05.1933 - (03.)1935 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet)
26.04.1935 - (09.)1937 HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
(10.1937)     no appointment listed
10.10.1937 - (08.)1939 staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Drake]
18.08.1939 - 11.01.1941 HMS Southampton (Southampton class cruiser) (ship badly damaged by German aircraft near Malta & sunk by RN next day)
Richards,
Robert John
R.J. Richards (Photo courtesy of Mr Robin Richards) R.J. Richards (© Imperial War Museum (A 29175))
R.J. Richards (© Imperial War Museum (A 28793)) R.J. Richards (© Imperial War Museum (A 28792))

Son of Henry George Richards, KBE, KC, MA (1861-1928), and Frances Maud Lyster Smythe, OBE (1865-1931).
Married (1929) Ellen Frances Lister (1895-1997); one son.

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30.12.1897
Dublin, Ireland
-
06.06.1991
Midsh. 02.08.1914
A/S.Lt. 15.09.1916
S.Lt. 15.05.1917
A/Lt. 15.09.1918
Lt. 15.10.1918 (retd 31.12.1922?; own request)
Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.10.1926
A/Cdr. (retd) 03.02.1942 (reverted to retd 16.04.1946)
Education: RN College, Dartmouth (09.1910-08.1914).
27.08.1914 - (10.)1916 HMS Erin (battleship)
24.11.1916 - (08.)1917 HMS Snowdrop (Flower class sloop)
09.12.1917 - (12.)1918 HMS Spenser (flotilla leader)
1918 - 1919 HMS Redgauntlet (armed trawler)
15.01.1919 - (09.)1919 HMS President (for course of instruction at Cambridge University)
(10.1919) - (12.1919) short course of instruction
26.12.1919 - (01.)1921 Navigating Officer, HMS Magnolia (China Station)
10.10.1921 - (10.1921) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (qualifying for navigating duties)
19.04.1922 - 01.1923 Assistant Navigating Officer, HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (temporarily)
25.08.1939 - (08.)1940 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown) (as Assistant King's Harbour Master, Simonstown & for meteorological duties)
(10.1940) - (02.1942) HM Dockyard Simonstown [HMS Afrikander] * [probably as Assistant King's Harbour Master, Simonstown & for meteorological duties]
03.02.1942 - 11.1944 King's Harbour Master, Deputy Superintendent of HM Dockyard, Simonstown [HMS Afrikander]
(01.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed [training courses in London & from late May 1945 to late Nov./early Dec. 1945 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Eckernforde (the German Torpedo Experimental Base on the Baltic)]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Richardson,
Donald George
D.G. Richardson
?
?
-

died between 08.1973 and 08.1975 ??
Midsh. (A)
16.01.1939
A/S.Lt. (A)
20.06.1940
Lt. (A)
20.12.1942 (Emgcy List 03.06.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
31.07.1945
Operation Iceberg [decoration presented]
16.01.1939
-
(04.)1939
HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (Devonport) (for training)
15.05.1939
-
(08.1939)
observers' course [HMS Excellent]
(04.1940)


Fleet Air Arm
?
-
24.09.1940
observer, 810 Squadron FAA
[failed to return when shot down by Curtiss H.75C-1 in bombing attacks on ships in Dakar harbour; captured]
24.09.1940
-
1943?
POW in French captivity
28.06.1943
-
(12.1943)
observer, 823 Squadron FAA
17.01.1944
-
(06.)1944
HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh, Southampton) (for instructional duties)
04.09.1944
-
(07.1945)
observer, 848 Squadron FAA
Richardson,
Hector du Plessis
H. du P. Richardson
Married 1st (03.08.1929, Parish Church, Sidmouth) Joy Hopwood, of Sidmouth.
Married 2nd ((06?).1947, Reading district, Berkshire) Elizabeth A. Arengo-Jones, formerly married to Alexander Alan Coull Walker, and daughter of Mr & Mrs C. Arengo-Jones, of Wrington.

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14.08.1900
-

01.01.1967
Northamptonshire
... ...
Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1930
Cdr. 30.06.1937 (retd 13.08.1950)

Distinguished Service Order

DSO  16.08.1940 Dunkirk [investiture 03.09.1940]
Mention in Despatches MID 22.01.1946 ship lost in action Surabaya 01.03.1942
Officer, Order of Oranje-Nassau (The Netherlands) OON 07.09.1948 Battle of the Java Sea
15.05.1914     entered RN
... - ... ...
09.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school)
(05.1940)     served with Beach Party at Malo & Bray beaches, Dunkirk (DSO)
10.09.1940 - 01.03.1942 Executive Officer, HMS Exeter (cruiser) (ship sunk by Japanese forces in the Battle for the Java Sea; captured) (despatches, Order of Oranje-Nassau)
01.03.1942 - 1945 POW in Japanese captivity
27.05.1947 - (05.1949) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services)
(05.1950)     no appointment listed
Published: Contract bridge in thirteen lessons (1960).
Richardson,
Herbert John Carbray
H.J.C. Richardson
Second son of Eng.Capt. Norman Shepherd Richardson, RN, and Felice Mary Georgina Cecilia Carbray (1883-).
Married (10.08.1940, St Gregory's Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire) Barbara D'Arcy-Benson (04.01.1915 - 05.07.2009), daughter of Dr John Robinson Benson, FRCS (1869-1952), and Enid Whishaw (1891-1936). Barbara Richardson remarried (1946) Herbert Peter Kent, divorced, and remarried a second time (1954) Anthony Vivien White.
(03?).1915
Plymouth, Devon
-

16.05.1941
(KIA) [age 26]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 2, panel 1]
Cadet 01.05.1932
Midsh. (E) 01.01.1933
A/S.Lt. (E) 01.05.1935
S.Lt. (E) 16.01.1936
Lt. (E) 16.05.1938
23.04.1932 - (01.)1933 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean)
12.01.1933 - (02.)1936 course of instruction in engineering, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake]
01.09.1936 - (05.)1939 HMS York (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station)
(06.1939) - (07.1939) no appointment listed
(08.1939) - (05.)1940 Fleet Air Arm
(06.1940)     no appointment listed
11.07.1940 - (08.)1940 pilot, 808 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)]
08.08.1940 - (10.)1940 pilot, 760 Squadron FAA [HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh)]
06.10.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Nile II (FAA air station, Alexandria, Egypt)
04.1941 - 16.05.1941 pilot, 805 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, near Alexandria, Egypt)]
Richardson,
Hugh Nicholas Aubyn
H.N.A. Richardson

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23.08.1903
Gorey, Jersey, Channel Islands
-

30.10.1978
St Martin, Jersey, Channel Islands
...
...
S.Lt.
15.10.1924
Lt.
15.04.1927
Lt.Cdr.
15.04.1935 (retd 23.08.1948)
A/Cdr.
12.09.1944?
Cdr. (retd)
23.08.1948

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
01.09.1942
Operation Harpoon (Gibraltar-Malta convoy 06.1942) [investiture 09.07.1946]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
16.08.1940
Dunkirk 06.1940 [investiture 09.07.1946]
Mention in Despatches MID
09.02.1943
German ship "Ulm" sunk 08.1942
15.05.1917     entered RN
... - ... ...
(10.1938)     no appointment listed
(02.1939) - (04.1939) no appointment listed
29.05.1939
-
(09.)1939
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for training duties)
27.11.1939
-
25.09.1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Shikari (destroyer) (DSC)
(12.)1941
-
(02.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Marne (destroyer) * (DSO, despatches)
(06.1943)
 
 
no appointment listed
06.07.1943
-
(06.)1944
RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
12.09.1944
-
(07.)1945
Executive Officer, HMS Valluru (RN Air Station, Tambaran, Madras)
16.12.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Garuda (RN Aircraft Repair Yard, Coimbatore, India)
(07.1948)
 
 
no appointment listed
Richardson,
John Sherbrooke Morris
J.S.M. Richardson

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13.05.1907
Sevenoaks district, Kent
-

23.12.1986
Canterbury district, Kent
...
...
Lt.Cdr.
16.02.1938
Cdr.
30.06.1941
Capt.
30.06.1949 (retd 07.07.1958)

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
11.02.1941
sinking [F?] Nullo 21.10.1940 [investiture 07.07.1942]
Mention in Despatches MID
27.01.1942
Operation Demon
Mention in Despatches MID
09.05.1944
Operation FW
Mention in Despatches MID
14.11.1944
Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944)
...
-
...
...
14.03.1939
-
(04.)1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Bulldog (destroyer)
01.05.1940
-
(12.1941)
Commanding Officer, HMS Kimberley (destroyer)
23.06.1942
-
(06.)1943
Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
19.07.1943
-
15.10.1944
Commanding Officer, HMS Venus (destroyer)
(10.1944)
 
 
no appointment listed
12.1944
-
(04.1946)
Staff Officer (Q) on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
...
-
...
...
Richardson,
Llewelyn George
"Rich"
L.G. Richardson (Photo courtesy of Mr Mark Rosenthal) L.G. Richardson (Photo courtesy of Mr Mark Rosenthal)
L.G. Richardson (Photo courtesy of http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk) L.G. Richardson (Photo courtesy of http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk)
L.G. Richardson (Photo courtesy of Mr Caspar Graham) L.G. Richardson (Photo courtesy of Mr Caspar Graham)
L.G. Richardson (Photo courtesy of Mr Caspar Graham) L.G. Richardson (Photo courtesy of Mr Mark Rosenthal)

Second son (with two brothers and one sister) of Capt. Ernald Edward Richardson, Royal Carmarthen Artillery (1869-1909), and Irene Caroline Burges (1874-1937), of Glanbrydan Park, Carmarthenshire.
Married (01.06.1938, Cathedral, Inverness) Auriol Violet Hay (18.04.1913 - 04.2005), elder daughter of Capt. E.G. Hay, the Seaforth Highlanders, and Mrs Hay, of Glenrossal, Lairg, Sutherland; one son (who died in infancy), three daughters.

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23.04.1902
Eton district, Buckinghamshire
-
09.01.1985
Trowbridge district, Wiltshire
A/S.Lt. 15.01.1922
S.Lt. 30.07.1922
Lt. 30.06.1924
Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1932
Cdr. 30.06.1939 (retd 07.10.1951)
A/Capt. 01.1944
RAF:  
F/O 27.04.1925
F/Lt. 01.01.1933
Sq.Ldr. 06.01.1936, seniority 01.01.1936
15.01.1916     entered RN
... - ... ...
12.04.1922 - (04.1922) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich
(08.1923)     short course of instruction
01.08.1923 - (01.)1925 HMS Vancouver (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet)
27.04.1925 - 16.11.1925 third pilot's course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon, Wiltshire [attached to RAF]
16.11.1925 - (03.)1926 pilot's course, RAF Base, Gosport [HMS Victory] [attached to RAF]
06.04.1926 - (08.)1929 pilot, No. 462 Flight FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] [attached to RAF]
01.08.1929 - (03.)1931 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton, Gosport)
10.08.1931 - (07.)1934 HMS Enterprise (cruiser) [attached to RAF] [possibly also in command of No. 406 Flight FAA]
(08.1934)     no appointment listed [attached to RAF]
03.09.1934 - 09.1934 course, RAF Base, Gosport [HMS Victory]  [attached to RAF]
09.1934 - (11.1934) S/R Squadron 821 FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF]
15.01.1935 - (07.1935) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
06.01.1936 - (02.)1936 Training Squadron FAA (RAF Station, Gosport) [HMS Victory] [attached to RAF]
26.02.1936 - 12.1937 Squadron Commander, Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance Squadron 811 FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) [attached to RAF]
13.12.1937 - (07.)1940 Staff Officer (Operations) (2) to Rear/Vice-Admiral Aircraft Carriers [HMS Courageous, from 01.07.1939 HMS Ark Royal]
17.09.1940 - (12.1942) Executive Officer, HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad)
18.01.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA)
(12.1943)     HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) *
01.1944 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Smiter (escort carrier)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
11.07.1947 - (05.1949) RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus]
16.01.1950 - (03.)1951 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services)
Richardson,
Richard Brakell
R.B. Richardson
Son of ... Richardson, and ... Brakell.
(09?).1919
West Derby district, Lancashire
-
31.10.1981

Lt.
01.11.1939
Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1947 (retd)
Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne.
...
-
...
...
?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Hannibal
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
...
-
...
...
09.02.1954
-
(04.1955)
Flag Lieutenant-Commander & Staff Communications Officer to Flag Officer (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin]
Riches,
Gordon William John
G.W.J. Riches
Second son of William John Riches, and Margaret Tolfrey (née Rayfield).
Married 1st (14.09.1935, Medway district, Kent) Margaret Amy Fielder (after adoption named Course); one daughter, one son.
Married 2nd (23.10.1982, Maidstone district, Kent) Gladys Vera Tyler.

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03.01.1911
Hollingbourne, Kent
-
14.09.2001

Plymouth district, Devon
A/Wt.Shipwr. 15.09.1939
Wt.Shipwr. 1940?, seniority 15.09.1939
A/Cd.Shipwr. 18.06.1945
Sen.Cd.Shipwr. 01.10.1946
Shipwr.Lt.Cdr. 05.04.1956 (retd 03.01.1961)
Chatham Dockyard Apprentice, 04.08.1926-04.08.1931.
04.08.1931     joined RN
04.1932 - 11.1934 HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
? - ? HMS Medway (submarine depot ship)
15.09.1939 - 13.02.1940 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
02.1940 - (06.)1943 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) *
(08.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed
06.12.1943 - 14.02.1945 HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) [at a RN Unit in a Government Training Centre in Slough as technical Officer responsible for the training of Shipwrights for Combined Operations]
03.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Ajax (cruiser)
28.04.1947 - 11.05.1948 HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) (Harwich)
25.05.1948 - (05.)1950 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services)
20.07.1950 - 06.02.1952 HMS Cleopatra (cruiser) (mainly Mediterranean)
07.1952 - 11.1952 HMS Neptune (Reserve Fleet, Chatham)
11.11.1952 - (07.1954) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for RN Barracks)
14.02.1955 - (01.1956) HMS Bulwark (light fleet carrier)
04.07.1956 - 06.09.1957 HMS Jupiter (Reserve Fleet, Gareloch)
06.09.1957 - 10.01.1958 Reserve Fleet, Rosyth
? - (01.1959) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
22.06.1959 - 31.03.1961 Barracks Master, RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
* His 'flimsies' indicate until 23.10.1943.
Richmond,
[Sir] Maxwell
M. Richmond (1942).
Eldest son of Robert Richardson Richmond, and Bernadette Farrel).
Married (1929) Jessie Messervy Craig (died 1985); one son, three daughters (and one son deceased).

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19.10.1900
Wellington, New Zealand
-
15.05.1986
McLeod Bay, Whangarei Heads, New Zealand
A/S.Lt.
15.05.1921
S.Lt.
15.08.1923, seniority 15.05.1921
Lt.
?, seniority 15.12.1922
Lt.Cdr.
15.12.1930
Cdr.
30.06.1936
Capt.
31.12.1942
R.Adm.
08.01.1952
V.Adm.
16.12.1954 (retd 1957)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
13.06.1957
Suez operations
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
01.01.1954
New Year 1954 [investiture 16.02.1954]

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
30.07.1942
4 Murmansk-Reykjavik convoys [investiture 27.07.1943]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
01.01.1940
New Year 1940 [investiture 06.02.1940]
Mention in Despatches MID
25.10.1940
Operation Dynamo (Dunkirk evacuation 06.1940)
Mention in Despatches MID
07.08.1945
Senior Officer allied destroyers bombarding France
Order of the Red Banner (Soviet Union) RB
17.11.1942
Russian convoys 1941-1942 [award presented]
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
1945
wind up Europe
Education: New Zealand State Schools; Westminster
25.10.1918


Cadet Royal Navy (under the Dominion scheme), specialised navigation
(08.1923)


short course of instruction
03.1924
-
(01.1925)
HMS Witch (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
16.01.1926
-
(05.)1926
Navigating Officer, HMS Alecto (submarine depot ship) (3rd Submarine Flotilla)
18.11.1926
-
(06.1928)
Navigating Officer, HMS Laburnum (sloop) (New Zealand)
(08.1929)


no appointment listed
24.02.1930
-
(04.)1930
Navigating Officer, HMS Harebell (fishery protection cruiser (sloop))
20.06.1930
-
24.03.1931
Navigating Officer, HMS Codrington (flotilla leader) (and for Navigation duties in flotilla) (Mediterranean)
24.03.1931
-
18.10.1932
Navigating Officer, HMS Codrington (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean)
24.10.1932
-
(06.)1933
HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad]
28.12.1933
-
21.12.1935
Navigating Officer, HMS Cairo (cruiser) & as Squadron Navigation Officer, Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas (temporary)
22.12.1935
-
(08.)1936
HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad]
10.1936
-
23.08.1938
Commanding Officer, HMS Hostile (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
(10.1938)


no appointment listed
10.01.1939
-
(04.)1939
staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
29.07.1939
-
01.06.1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Basilisk (destroyer) (Dover Patrol, Norway and Dunkirk) [sunk]
23.10.1940
-
(12.)1941
Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
28.01.1942
-
18.12.1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Bulldog (destroyer) & Senior Officer, Escort Group (Atlantic and Russian Convoys)
12.1942
-
09.03.1944
Chief Staff Officer to Commodore, Londonderry [HMS Ferret]
12.04.1944
-
08.12.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Milne (destroyer) & Captain (D) 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (Home Fleet, Russian Convoys and Flank Force, Mediterranean)
(04.)1946

  no appointment listed
01.06.1946
-
1948
Assistant Chief of Supplies, Admiralty [HMS President]
17.06.1948
-
(05.)1950
Naval Liaison Officer, Wellington, NZ [HMS Terror]
1951


Senior Naval Officer, Northern Ireland
07.1952
-
1955
Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel (Training) [HMS President]
(04.1955)


no appointment listed
18.08.1955
-
24.10.1956
Flag Officer (Air), Mediterranean, and Flag Officer Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS St Angelo]
(01.1957)


no appointment listed
Rickard,
Allan
A. Rickard (Photo courtesy of Alison Stitt)
Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Martin Henry Rickard (1842-1906), and Mary J. Rickard (1846-).
Married 1st ((06?).1909, Sheppey district, Kent) Letitia Elizabeth Rowe (19.05.1887 - (03?).1976); one son.
Married 2nd ((09?).1947, St Pancras district, London) Constance M. Clowes.

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06.12.1882
New Brompton, Medway district, Kent
-
05.06.1948
St Pancras district, London
Seaman ? [344202]
Wt. Supply Offr. 26.07.1923
Cd. Supply Offr. 11.10.1930
Paym.Lt. 20.01.1931 (retd 06.12.1932)
Paym.Lt.Cdr. (retd) 20.01.1939 (reverted to retd > 06.1944, < 10.1944)
01.09.1924 - (07.1927) HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean)
(04.1928) - (06.1928) no appointment listed
(08.1929)     no appointment listed
28.02.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Cleopatra (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Nore)
18.03.1931 - (09.)1932 HMS Cambrian (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Nore)
06.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Proserpine (RN base, Lyness, Scapa)
06.05.1940 - (04.)1944 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services, later for RN Barracks)
(06.1944)     no appointment listed
Rigge,
John Loftus
J.L. Rigge J.L. Rigge
J.L. Rigge J.L. Rigge
 

01.03.1918
Shanghai
-
03.06.2012
... ...
Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 01.05.1940
Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.05.1948
Cdr. (S) 30.06.1953 (retd 02.04.1966)
... - ... ...
26.08.1942 - (07.1945) Assistant Secretary to Senior British Naval Officer Western Atlantic [HMS Malabar]
... - ... ...
Joined RN Reserve 1932, winning the King’s Gold Medal and as Chief Cadet Captain at the age of 17 he joined the RN. Because of short-sightedness he began his service as paymaster cadet in Frobisher in the West Indies. Later joining London he evacuated British nationals the day after the Spanish Civil War erupted 1936, as the only Spanish speaker he acted as liaison officer. At outbreak of WW2 he was aboard Sussex seeking Graf Spee, then transferred to Galatea where he volunteered his linguistic services to the boarding party to seize the French destroyer Mistral, where his prompt action prevented the ship from being scuttled and blocking Plymouth Harbour. Thereafter he was at sea constantly in a succession of ships on patrol duties in the North Sea and Atlantic North-West approaches and the Russian convoys to Murmansk. 1942-47 he was based in Bermuda under the British Naval Officer, Western Atlantic, where he assisted in exposing the only attempted Nazi sabotage mission on United States soil. Promoted lieutenant commander 1952 and posted to Hong Kong as Commodore’s secretary; promoted to commander 1954. Naval attaché in Madrid from 1962, appointed OBE 1964 and retired 1966.
Riley,
Gerard Brook
G.B. Riley G.B. Riley (almost completely hidden behind the face of HM King Geoge VI)
Son (with one brother and three sisters) of Maj. Alfred James Riley, Somerset Light Infantry, and Edith Mary Knight
Married ((06?).1914, Hardingstone district) Margery Ethel Polwhele ((09?).1890 - 1965), of Musbury, Devon, daughter of the Rev. Arthur Baskerville Polwhele (1858-1926), and Mary Robinson Porter (1861-1953); two sons (Capt. John Francis Riley, RA & Capt. Paul Brook Riley, RAMC), two daughters.
Lived at Ituna, Ashtead, Surrey, England, prior to retirement.

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05.04.1881
Kensington, Greater London
-
01.09.1943
Hartgrove, M
usbury, Axminster, Devon
Midsh. ?
A/S.Lt. 15.07.1900?
S.Lt. 28.11.1901, seniority 15.07.1900
Lt. 23.05.1902
?, seniority 15.07.1901 (retd 15.05.1911)
Lt.Cdr. 1913?, seniority 15.07.1909
A/Cdr. (retd) < 01.1919
Cdr. (retd) 05.04.1921
Capt. (retd) 22.07.1936
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 01.01.1919 New Year 1919
15.01.1895     entered RN
01.06.1899     HMS Mars
15.03.1900     HMS Dolphin [based at HMS Boscawen]
01.11.1901     HMS Electra [based at HMS Victory]
11.02.1902     HMS Teazer [based at HMS Victory]
04.1902     HMS Syren [based at HMS Victory]
25.04.1902     HMS Barham
12.01.1903     HMS Empress of India
01.09.1903     HMS Vernon (additional; to qualify in torpedo duties)
01.09.1904     HMS Vernon (for torpedo duties)
(1905)     HMS Prince George
07.04.1908     Torpedo Officer, HMS Natal
... - ... ...
10.12.1919 - 02.10.1939 Head of Torpedo Inspection and Deputy Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance (Torpedoes), Admiralty [HMS President]
Rimington,
Michael Gordon
M.G. Rimington

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21.05.1904
-

31.12.1984
Newton Abbot district, Devon
Midsh.
15.09.1923
A/S.Lt.
15.01.1926
Lt.
15.08.1927
Lt.Cdr.
15.08.1935
Cdr.
31.12.1940 (retd 21.05.1954; age)

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
11.09.1940
sinking Italian submarine [investiture 10.03.1942]

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 
07.10.1941
7 patrols Mediterranean & sank French submarine Le Souffleur 25.06.1941 [investiture 10.03.1942]
Mention in Despatches MID
24.04.1945
war patrols Far East 02-12.1944
15.09.1922     entered RN
15.09.1923
-
(01.1925)
HMS Valiant (battleship) (Mediterranean)
08.04.1926
-
15.01.1927
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
16.01.1927
-
(07.1927)
promotion course, Portsmouth
03.1928
-
(06.)1928
HMS L 1 (submarine) [tender to HMS Ambrose]
24.09.1928
-
(08.)1929
HMS M 3 (submarine) (Reserve, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Ross]
09.12.1929
-
(08.)1930
First Lieutenant, HMS H 48 (submarine) (Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Alecto] [earned his aviators' certificate [#8967] 1930 at Hampshire Aero Club]
01.09.1930
-
(02.)1931
HMS Centaur (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
16.10.1931
-
(06.1933)
First Lieutenant, HMS Phoenix (submarine) (China) [tender to HMS Medway]
(01.1934)
 
 
no appointment listed
30.04.1934
-
(08.)1934
submarine commanding officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Alecto]
27.08.1934
-
(07.)1935
Commanding Officer, HMS H 32 (submarine) (Portland) [tender to HMS Titania]
30.08.1935
-
(07.)1937
HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet)
23.08.1937
-
(02.)1938
HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (for submarines)
05.1938
-
09.1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Parthian (submarine)
(12.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
01.01.1942
-
23.05.1943
Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
24.05.1943
-
(12.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Tantivity (submarine)
(07.1945)
-
(04.1946)
HMS Dolphin *
01.1947
-
(07.)1948
Commanding Officer, HMS Jamaica
14.12.1948
-
(05.)1949
Commanding Officer, HMS Glory
25.08.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
1950/51?
-
(05.1953)
on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)]
 
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