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C.H. Ringrose-Wharton  to  W.G.A. Robson

Ringrose-Wharton, Christopher Hildyard	13.11.1890 - 02.03.1974	... ... Cdr. 31.12.1926 Capt. (retd) 13.11.1935	... - ... ... 15.05.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Merlin (for administrative duties)
Ritchie, George Lee Married (1914, Poplar, London); at least two sons (one of whom is Lt.Col. George Lee Ritchie, OBE, MB, DPH, RAMC).	12.11.1889 Aberdeen, Scotland - 29.07.1973 Aberdeen, Scotland	T/Sg. [later: T/Sg.Lt.] 12.01.1915 Sg.Lt. 04.05.1920, seniority 08.01.1915 Sg.Lt.Cdr. 08.01.1921 Sg.Cdr. 08.01.1927 (retd 12.11.1944) Sg.Capt. (retd) 12.11.1944 MC 26.01.1917 attached to RND * MID 09.08.1940 for untiring devotion to duty in attending to casualties after having himself been rescued * For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He displayed great courage and determination in collecting and attending to the wounded under very heavy fire.	Education: MB, ChB 02.03.1923 - (08.1923) Medical Officers' course, Naval Medical School, Greenwich [HMS President] 29.09.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Impregnable (training establishment for boys, flagship, Devonport) 28.01.1926 - (05.)1926 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (Devonport) 23.11.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Lowestoft (cruiser) (Africa) (08.1929) no appointment listed 04.12.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) (and as Naval Health Officer & Medical Transport Officer) (Rosyth) 08.12.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) 30.12.1933 - (01.)1934 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (temporary) 08.02.1934 - (02.1936) HM Dockyard, Hong Kong [HMS Tamar] 14.10.1936 - (02.1938) HMS Iron Duke (training ship) (Portsmouth) 18.05.1938 - (06.1938) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 25.07.1938 - (08.1938) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.09.1938 - 14.10.1939 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (sunk at Scapa Flow) 04.12.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) 26.07.1940 - (08.1942) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 21.11.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon) 09.10.1945 - (04.1946) HM Dockyard, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane]
Ritchie, George Stephen "Steve" Son of Sir John Douglas Ritchie, MC, and late Margaret Stephen, OBE 1946, JP, Officer of the Order of Orange­Nassau, daughter of James Allan, Methlick, Aberdeenshire. Married (1942) Mrs Disa Elizabeth Smith (née Beveridge); three sons, one daughter.	30.10.1914 Burnley, Lancashire - 08.05.2012 Collieston, Aberdeenshire, Scotland	Cadet 01.01.1932 Midsh. 01.09.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1935 S.Lt. 01.09.1935 Lt. 01.11.1937 A/Lt.Cr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 Cdr. 30.06.1950 Capt. 31.12.1956 R.Adm. 07.01.1966 (retd 10.04.1971) CB 10.06.1967 HM's birthday 1967 [investiture 19.07.1967] DSC 29.12.1942 secret reconnaissance Cyrenaica [investiture 01.05.1945] MID 21.08.1945 surveys North Africa, Sicily, Italy & NW Europe	... - ... ... 02.06.1939 - (12.)1941 HMS Franklin (survey ship, converted to minelayer) 12.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS Endeavour (survey ship) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) (DSC) 07.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services) 12.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) 05.02.1944 - (10.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Scott (Halcyon class minesweeper) (despatches) (04.1946)     HMS Sharpshooter * ... - ... ... From Dartmouth he joined the battleship Valiant. During the pre-war Palestine crisis as temporary CO of the trawler Lilac; joined the survey ship Herald on the China Station. At the outbreak of war he was in the newly-built survey ship Franklin which was converted to a minelayer and 1942 was appointed to Endeavour tasked to surveying the ports of North Africa. He trained with the SBS and carried out clandestine surveys of beaches behind enemy lines using a two-man folding canvas boat and was awarded a DSC. On D-Day as first-lieutenant of Scott he surveyed the ports of Europe from Bordeaux to Antwerp. Post-war he commanded four survey ships; 1950-51 he took Challenger on a circumnavigation of the globe during which, using echo sounding, he measured the Challenger Deep, in the Pacific Ocean; modern science has not been able to improve upon his accuracy. 1953-56 he commanded HMNZS Lachlan and the New Zealand survey service; 1959 CO of the British Dalrymple; 1963-65 CO of Vidal. Promoted to rear-admiral 1966 he became the 19th Hydrographer of the Navy and as ‘Droggy’ commanded the RN survey squadron and oversaw the production of Admiralty charts; introducing automation in their production instead of engraving, he merged his headquarters with the chart printing office at Taunton and began the widespread introduction of computers and the metrication of charts; he also campaigned for a new class of survey ships. He was appointed CB in 1967. President of the International Hydrographic Bureau 1972-82 and received numerous international awards including the Founder’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society and the Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of Navigation. He wrote several books, including an autobiography No Day too Long (1992) and The Admiralty Chart (1967). * indexed, but not listed as such
Ritchie, James Stuart McLaren Son of late J.M. Ritchie, Dunedin, New Zealand. Married (04.04.1929, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London) Joan Karslake, daughter of late Lt.Col. John Preston Karslake; one son, two daughters.	12.03.1884 Dunedin, New Zealand - 17.05.1955 Headley, Newbury, Berkshire	... ... S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.05.1905 Cdr. 31.12.1916 Capt. 31.12.1923 R.Adm. 31.08.1935 (retd 01.09.1935) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 1939 CB 01.01.1945 New Year 1945 [investiture 16.03.1945] StOlav 06.11.1945 services to Norway	Education: Wanganui Collegiate School, Wanganui, NZ (1896-1899); HMS Britannia (1899-1900). 15.05.1899     joined RN (06.1901)     HMS Royal Arthur 09.11.1905     HMS Leander 17.08.1907     specializing in gunnery, HMS Excellent       HMS Dunedin 1914 - 1917 Gunnery Officer, HMS St Vincent (battleship) (1st Battle Squadron, Portland) 1917     Gunnery Officer, HMS Iron Duke (battleship) 1917 - 1918 Anti-Submarine Division, Admiralty 01.10.1921 - (08.1923) Gunnery Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 25.08.1924     senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth 13.12.1924 - 09.03.1925 Member, Ordnance Committee       war course, RN War College, Greenwich       senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth 01.10.1925 - 1927 Commanding Officer, HMS Diomede (cruiser) (New Zealand Division) 25.01.1927 - (07.1927) Commanding Officer, HMS Dunedin (cruiser) (New Zealand) 07.03.1928 - (02.)1931 Naval Attaché, Washington, USA [HMS President] 10.08.1931 - 19.06.1933 Director of Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 19.06.1933 - 30.08.1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 19.07.1935 - 01.09.1935 also: Naval ADC to the King 19.08.1939 - 02.1940 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional; for various services [convoys]) 02.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Eaglet II (RN base, Birkenhead) (additional; for various services [convoys]) 12.03.1940 - 21.03.1940 Vice Commodore, Convoy HG 22 (Gibraltar - Liverpool) (aboard "Calchas") 28.08.1940 - 12.09.1940 Commodore, Convoy HX 69 (Halifax - Liverpool) (aboard "Ulysses") 14.12.1940 - 15.08.1944 Flag Officer-in-Charge, Liverpool [HMS Eaglet] 06.09.1944 - 15.10.1945 HMS Odyssey (additional; for Naval Party 1736) & (from 05.1945?) as Flag Officer, Norway
Ritchie, John Duff "Jock" Son (with two sisters) of George Southern Ritchie (1880-1954), and Elizabeth Helen Duff (1880-). Married ((03?).1939, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Phyllis Helena Round (22.10.1914 - 21.12.2009), daughter of William Henry Round (1886-1939), and Helena Emily Salter (1886-1968); two daughters.	06.06.1917 Burnley, Lancashire - 29.11.2005 Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Cadet. 01.09.1934 Midsh. 01.09.1935 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1938 S.Lt. 20.10.1938, seniority 01.09.1937 Lt. 07.06.1939, seniority 01.01.1939 ?, seniority 01.10.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1946 (retd 16.10.1948; medically unfit) CBE 12.06.1976 HM's birthday 1976: For services to British commercial interests in the United States DSC 08.09.1942 attack R-boats Boulogne [investiture 17.11.1942] MID 25.08.1942 action Cap Barfleur 18.06.1942 MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945	... - ... ... 20.09.1938 - (05.)1939 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) 10.05.1939 - (08.)1941 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland, from 15.01.1941-01.01.1946 Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for Motor Anti-Submarine Boats): 10.05.1939 - (12.1940) MA/SB No. 3 (motor anti-submarine boat) (02.1941) - (08.1941) MA/SB No. 5 (motor anti-submarine boat) (10.1941) - (12.1941) no appointment listed 16.01.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow) (06.1942)     Commanding Officer, HM SGB 4 (steam gun boat) 04.08.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 16.11.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland) 04.02.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Bee (Coastal Forces base, Holyhead) 09.1943 - (02.)1944 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Mackay (Scott class destroyer) (04.1944)     no appointment listed 28.04.1944 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Lancaster (Town class destroyer) 27.12.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Wensleydale (Hunt class destroyer) 01.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Catterick (Hunt class destroyer) ... - ... ...
Ritchie, Richard Duncan	05.01.1916 - 22.02.1975 Surrey South Eastern district	... ... A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Capt. 31.12.1956 (retd) CBE 1966 ? MVO 1952 ?	... - ... ... 12.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
Rivaz, Percy Montgomery Son of Hon. Sir Charles Montgomery Rivaz (1845-1926), and Emily Mcgarel Agnew (1853-1941). Married (06.1930) Teresa Evelyn Clanchy; one daughter.	1879 * Punjab, India - 03.09.1950 Blackheath, Greater London * baptized 11.11.1879	Sg. 29.11.1904 Sg.Lt.Cdr. 21.11.1912 Sg.Cdr. 01.10.1917 (retd 11.11.1929) Sg.Capt. (retd) 11.11.1929	Education: MD, BS, DPH 14.05.1923 - (01.)1925 HMS Curacoa (cruiser) & as Squadron Medical Officer, 2nd Cruiser Squadron (Atlantic Fleet) 11.05.1925 - (07.)1927 Naval Health Officer, Mediterranean [HMS Egmont (RN base, Malta)] 01.12.1927 - (04.)1928 HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) 14.04.1928 - (08.)1929 Naval Health Officer, Portsmouth Command [HMS Victory] 31.08.1939 - (07.1945) Medical Officer, HM Dockyard Chatham & as Certifying Factory Surgeon [HMS Pembroke] (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Rivers-Smith, Stanley Gordon Only son of Stanley Gordon Rivers-Smith, CBE, and Marguerite Rivers-Smith,  West Byfleet, Surrey. Married (30.07.1938, Effingham) Sheila Dorothy Hay Robertson, of Happisburgh, Norfolk (she remarried 1947? William Lothian Wilson); one daughter.	22.04.1910 Kings Norton district, Staffs. / Warcs. / Worcs. - 13.04.1946 Norfolk (illness, contracted on active service) [age 35] [Norwich and Norfolk Crematorium]	Midsh. 01.05.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1930 S.Lt. 16.05.1931 Lt. 16.05.1933 Lt.Cdr. 16.05.1941 (retd 05.04.1944) MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky	15.01.1924     entered RN 20.03.1929 - (08.1929) HMS Malaya (battleship) 25.09.1930 - (02.1931) Lieutenant's course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.12.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Valiant (battleship) 17.08.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Frobisher (cruiser) (1937) ADC to Governor-General of Canada 02.11.1938 - (08.1939) First Lieutenant, HMS Jackal (destroyer) 26.01.1941 - 02.10.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Aberdeen (sloop) (02.1943) - (04.1944) no appointment listed: (06.1943) HMS Hilary (additional?) (1945) Commanding Officer, Prince of Wales Sea Training School, Stalham, nr Norfolk
Rivett-Carnac, James William Second son of Rev. Sir Clennel George Rivett­Carnac, 6th Bart (1850-1932), and Emily Louisa Crabbe (1854-1894). Brother and heir­ presumptive of Sir Henry George Crabbe Rivett­Carnac, 7th Bt. (1889-1972). Married (20.04.1922, St Mark's, North Audley Street, St George Hanover Square district, London) Isla Nesta Blackwood (15.08.1899 - 22.03.1974), 2nd daughter of Major Harry Blackwood, JP, of Kincurdy, Ross­shire; two sons, one daughter.	12.02.1891 Windsor district - 09.10.1970 Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk	Midsh. 17.01.1907 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 19.12.1910, seniority 15.05.1910 Lt. 01.10.1912 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1920 Cdr. 30.06.1926 Capt. 30.06.1934 Cdre. 2nd cl. > 10.1939, < 04.1939 R.Adm. 08.07.1943 (retd 03.05.1947) A/V.Adm. 06.1945 V.Adm. (retd) 03.05.1947 CB 18.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945 [investiture 28.01.1947] CBE 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) [investiture 16.03.1945] DSC 08.03.1920 for distinguished services as First and Gunnery lieutenant of HMS Cleopatra MID 04.05.1943 Operation Torch MID 18.01.1944 dissolution Force H 11.1943 LegH ? liberation of France CdeG ? liberation of France	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 15.09.1905     entered RN 1914 - 1919 served European War (1919)     First Lieutenant & Gunnery Officer, HMS Cleopatra (Baltic) 15.03.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Carysfort (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 08.11.1926 - 15.11.1926 Admiralty 15.11.1926 - (07.1927) Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 19.07.1929 - (02.1931) HMS Kent (cruiser) (China) 24.06.1931 - (09.1932) Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord [HMS President] 29.09.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) (borne as additional) 29.04.1935 - (07.1935) Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 15.10.1935 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS Coventry (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 14.11.1936 - 01.01.1940 Commanding Officer, HMNZS Leander & Commodore Commanding New Zealand Squadron (03.1940)     no appointment listed 26.03.1940 - 01.04.1940 Admiralty [HMS President (additional)] 02.04.1940 - 13.07.1941 Director of Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 14.07.1941 - 21.07.1941 HMS Rodney (battleship) (additional) 22.07.1941 - 10.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) & from 02.10.1941-24.10.1941 as Flag Captain to V.Adm. Sir James F. Somerville & from 25.10.1941-26.05.1942 as Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer Commanding Force "H" & from 27.05.1942-03.06.1942 as Flag Captain & Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer Commanding 2nd Battle Squadron & from 27.08.1942-20.09.1942 Flag Captain to Flag Officer Commanding Force "F" 12.01.1943 - 08.07.1943 also: Naval ADC to the King 08.11.1943 -  23.06.1944 Chief Naval Administrative Officer (CNAO) to Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force (ANCXF) & Flag Officer British Assault Area (FOBAA) (designate) [HMS Odyssey (additional)] (Normandy landings) 24.06.1944 -  31.12.1944 Flag Officer British Assault Area (FOBAA) [HMS Odyssey (additional)] 01.01.1945 - 16.04.1945 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed) 17.04.1945 - 06.1945 HMS President (additional; for special duties outside Admiralty) 06.1945 - (04.1946) Rear-Admiral / Vice-Admiral (Q) British Pacific Fleet [HMS Beaconsfield, from 01.12.1945 HMS Golden Hind II] (04.1947)     no appointment listed Chairman, Thingoe RDC, 1958-1961. DL Suffolk, 1958.
Robb, James Moffat	28.08.1907 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - 31.08.1981	Prob. S.Lt. RNR 13.12.1932 S.Lt. RNR 15.05.1933, seniority 13.12.1932 Lt. RNR 13.12.1934 Lt. (Supplementary List) 14.11.1937, seniority 28.08.1931 Lt. 1938?, seniority 28.08.1931 Lt.Cdr. 28.08.1939 A/Cdr. 11.10.1943 Cdr. 31.12.1944 (retd 02.09.1956) Cdr. RAN (Emergency List) 05.08.1959, seniority 31.12.1944 (retd 28.08.1967) MID 11.11.1941 Greek withdrawal 04.1941 MID 13.07.1943 defensive work air raids Benghazi	25.11.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Delight (destroyer) (to complete 9 months' training) 14.04.1937 - (08.1939) HMS Penelope (cruiser) 21.08.1939 - (08.1942) HMS Coventry (cruiser) (02.1943) HMS Moreta (RN base, Haifa) * 01.03.1943 - (08.1943) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (for various services) 11.10.1943 - (06.1944) Executive Officer, HMS Campania (escort carrier) (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMS Gosling (training establishment, Risley, nr Warrington, Lancs) * 03.11.1948 - (05.1950) HMS President 28.10.1951 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS Highflyer * indexed, but not listed as such
Roberts, Cedric Kenelm	see:	RNVR section
Roberts, Gilbert Howland Second son of Sir Howland Roberts, 12th Baron Glassenbury of Kent and 5th Baronet of Britfieldstown in Cork. Married 1st (15.10.1930; divorced) Marjorie Brooks, daughter of John Boultbee Brooks; one son, one daughter. Married 2nd (23.08.1947) Jean Warren, daughter of Edward Warren, of Yelverton, Devon.	11.10.1900 Kensington, London - 01.1986 Torbay district, Devon	... ... Lt. 15.10.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1928 Cdr. 30.06.1935 (retd 28.10.1938) (dispersed 10.08.1945) (reld 05.10.1945) (reverted to retd 06.10.1945; medically unfit; granted war service rank of Capt.) A/Capt. (retd) 23.02.1942? Capt. RNR 16.01.1957 (retd 17.01.1964) CBE 01.01.1944 New Year 1944 [investiture 15.02.1944] RD 1964 - Pol Rest 02.08.1944 anti-U-boat warfare instruction [investiture 09.08.1944] St Olav 03.12.1946 service to Norway Leg H ? ?	15.09.1913     entered RN ... - ... ... 29.05.1940 - (02.)1941 Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 09.02.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for bookwriting duties) 23.02.1942 - (07.)1945 Director of Tactical Table Unit, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] (CBE, Polonia Restituta, Order of St Olav, Légion d'Honneur) 1945 - 10.08.1945 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (additional; for full pay service leave) Literature: Mark Williams, Captain Gilbert Roberts R.N. and the Anti-U-Boat School (1979).
Roberts, Peter Scawen Watkinson	28.07.1917 Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire - 08.12.1979 Newton Ferrers [Holy Cross Churchyard, Newton Ferrers (Efford Crematorium, Plymouth)]	Midsh. 01.09.1936 S.Lt. 01.07.1938 Lt. 16.11.1939 Lt.Cdr. 16.11.1947 (retd 28.07.1962) VC 09.06.1942 removing unexploded bombs Mediterranean 16.02.1942 [investiture 30.06.1942] * DSC 30.06.1942 8 war patrols Mediterranean 06.1941-03.1942 [investiture 23.05.1944] * On 16th February 1942, HM Submarine Thrasher attacked and sank, in daylight, a supply ship under heavy escort. She was immediately attacked by aircraft and bombs and depth charges from the escorts. On surfacing, after dark, the submarine began to roll and it was discovered that two unexploded bombs were in the gun casing. Lieutenant Roberts and Petty Officer Gould * immediately volunteered to remove them. They were of an unknown type. The removed the first bomb, wrapped it in sacking and manhandled it to the bows, where they dropped it overboard. To reach the second bomb they had to go through the casing, it being so low that they had to lie flat, at full length, in order to move inside it. In complete darkness, they pushed and pulled the bomb for around 20 feet or so before it could be lowered over the side. This act of courage was made more difficult, because HM Submarine Thrasher's whereabouts were known to the enemy. Had the submarine been attacked, it would have dived and the two men would have been drowned.	Education: King's School, Canterbury. 1935     entered RN 01.09.1936 - 1938 HMS Shropshire (cruiser) 06.06.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Saltburn (minesweeper) 09.1939     submarine service 02.1940 - (04.1940) third hand, HMS H 32 (submarine) 06.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Tribune (submarine) 01.01.1941 - (04.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Trasher (submarine) 03.05.1942 - (06.)1942 submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] (08.1942)     no appointment listed 16.08.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Beagle (destroyer) 18.05.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for LCTs) (08.)1943 - 07.1945 HMS Vernon (training establishment, Portsmouth): (08.1943) - (12.1943) torpedo course 09.01.1944 - (06.1944) instructional department 15.06.1945 - 07.1945 for miscellaneous duties 07.1945 - (04.)1946 HMS Black Prince (cruiser) 1946 - 1948 HMS Defiance 1948     HMS Eagle 1950     HMS Gorregan 1952     HMS Apollo 1953     HMS Cardigan Bay 1955     HMS Dingley 1956 - 1957 HMS Vernon, 1956 (HM Underwater Countermeasures and Weapons Establishment, 1957) 1959     HMS Drake
Roberts, Philip Quellyn Only son of Ambrose Oakes Roberts, and Edith Annie Selby. Married 1st (06.10.1944, Maidstone, Kent) Primrose Phyllis Salt, widow of Capt. A. Hope-Osborne, and elder daughter of Maj.Gen. H.F. Salt, CB, CMG, DSO, and Mrs Salt, of Dolphin Square, London SW1. Married 2nd (11.10.1955, Altrincham, Cheshire) Mrs Betty Marchington, daughter of Richard Mills-Roberts, of Liverpool.	04.04.1904 Chester, Cheshire - 02.03.1977 Chapel House, Poulton, Chester	... ... Lt. 30.01.1927 Lt.Cdr. 30.01.1935 Cdr. 31.12.1939 (retd 17.09.1947) A/Capt. 17.04.1943?	15.01.1918     entered RN ... - ... ... 15.11.1939 - 22.08.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Porpoise (submarine) 02.09.1940 - (12.)1941 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] [The PQ convoys were named after Cdr. Roberts' initials.] 17.12.1941 - (02.)1943 Executive Officer, HMS Sirius (cruiser) 17.04.1943 - 01.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Bonaventure (submarine depot ship) 07.01.1944 - 21.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship) 25.11.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Port Bannatyne) 03.07.1945 - (07.1945) Acting Captain (S/M) Surrendered U-Boats Lishally [HMS Ferret IV] 03.1946 - 01.1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Wolfe (destroyer depot ship) & Captain (S/M), 1st Submarine Flotilla
Roberts, William John Mervyn	11.11.1924 - 05.12.1988	... ... Lt. 01.01.1945 Lt.Cdr. 01.01.1953 (retd 11.11.1964)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne (1939-1941). ... - ... ... ? - (10.1945) HMS Talybont ... - ... ...
Robertshaw, [Sir] Ballin Illingworth "Bir" Son of Sydney Robertshaw, and Gladys Gewndoline Robertshaw, of Woodbine, Sidmouth. Married 1st (05.08.1932, Hartley Wintney district, Hampshire) Hannah Catherine Luard (20.11.1910 - 25.04.1948), daughter of Maj.Gen. C.C. Luard, CB, CMG, of Yateley, Hampshire; two sons, two daughters. Married 2nd (25.02.1949, Holy Trinity Church, HMS Tamar, Hong Kong) Margaret MacLaren (25.02.1906 - 13.02.2002), daughter of Lt.Col. MacLaren, of Melrose.	11.09.1902 Ilkley, Wharfedale district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 14.07.1971 Moonhills Gate, Beaulieu, Gosport district, Hampshire	Midsh. 15.05.1920 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1922 S.Lt. 30.04.1923 Lt. 30.04.1925 Lt.Cdr. 30.04.1933 Cdr. 30.06.1938 Capt. 30.06.1943 Cdre. 2nd cl. 13.07.1947-(05.1949) R.Adm. 08.01.1953 V.Adm. 29.02.1956 (retd 01.04.1958) KBE 01.01.1958 New Year 1958 [investiture 25.02.1958] CB 01.01.1955 New Year 1955 [investiture 08.02.1955] CBE 14.11.1944 Force G, Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) [investiture 06.03.1945] OBE 08.06.1943 Inshore Squadron with 8th Army advance [investiture 09.11.1943]	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (15.05.1916-1920). 1920     HMS Centurion ... - ... ... 1924 - 1926 HMS Eagle 1927     specialized in navigation [HMS Dryad] 1927 - 1930 HMS Cornflower ... - ... ... 1932     HMS Wallace 1933 - 1936 HMS Resolution 1936     RN Staff College (psc) ... - ... ... 1938     Executive Officer, HMS York ... - ... ... 16.02.1939 - (08.)1939 on staff of RN Staff College [HMS President] 22.09.1939 - (02.)1940 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services at Admiralty) 21.02.1940 - 11.09.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Wallace (Shakespeare class destroyer) 18.09.1940 - (02.)1942 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 02.1942 - 19.02.1942 for special service on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)] 20.02.1943 - 08.09.1943 Fleet Navigating Officer on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Levant [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)] 02.11.1943 - 28.11.1943 HMS Victory (additional; whilst unemployed) 29.11.1943 - 1944 Naval Assault Group Commander, Group L2 [HMS Odyssey (additional)] 1944 - (06.1944) Chief Staff Officer to Naval Commander, Force "G" [HMS Odyssey (additional) (Normandy) (CBE) 01.09.1944 - 08.05.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Cleopatra (Dido class cruiser) 14.06.1946 - (07.1946) Tactical and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 17.01.1947 - (04.)1947 Naval Training Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 13.07.1947 - (07.1948) Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer, Malaya [HMS Terror] 12.1949 - 12.1951 Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord [HMS President] 12.1951 - 04.1952 Commanding Officer, HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) 04.1952 - 07.1952 Commander, Training Squadron 1952 - 1953 also: Naval ADC to the Queen 02.1953 - 05.1955 Flag Captain & Chief of Staff, to Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth (CB) 07.1955 - 01.1958 Chief of Staff, Allied Naval Forces, Mediterranean * indexed, but not listed as such
Robertson, Charles Livingston Only son of Dudley Maryon Robertson (1874?-1910), and Maud Elizabeth Livingston (1872-1909). Married (21.04.1928, Parish Church, Buckland Brewer, Bideford district, Devon) Mary Graham Stokes, (19.01.1906 - 03.2000) (she remarried 1939 R.Adm. Vernon St Clair Lane Magniac, RN (1908-1994), and 1951 Capt. Barrington Lungley Moore, RN (1901-1985)), younger daughter of Graham Stokes, and Esther Frances Bath (from 1925 Mrs Francis Arthur Magniac) (1880-1959), The Glen, Buckland Brewer, Bideford, and sister of Cdr. Edward Henry Graham Stokes, RN & R.Adm. Graham Henry Stokes, RN.	02.09.1900 Kingston district, Surrey - 22.02.1991 Yeovilton district, Somerset	... ... Lt. 15.06.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1928 Cdr. 31.12.1933 Capt. 30.06.1940 (retd 08.07.1949)	05.1913     entered RN ... - ... ... 30.01.1933 - (01.)1934 Torpedo Officer, HMS Kent (cruiser) & as Fleet Torpedo Officer, China Station 30.07.1934 - (01.)1937 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (in charge of Whitehead Department) 12.01.1937 - (07.1937) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 04.01.1938 - 15.11.1939 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Home Fleet) (04.1940)     Admiralty [HMS President] * [Minesweeping Division, Admiralty?] 10.08.1940 - (08.)1942 Assistant Director of the Torpedo and Mining Department (Bath), Admiralty [HMS President] 11.1942 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Capetown (light cruiser) 03.09.1943 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Kenya (light cruiser) 06.1945 - 06.05.1947 Director of Tactical, Torpedo and Staff Duties Division (later: Tactical and Staff Duties Division), Admiralty [HMS President] 06.1947 - 06.1949 Commodore-in-Charge, Hong Kong, and Commodore Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Hong Kong [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Robertson, Charles Patrick	08.02.1902 Elham district, Kent - 30.09.1989 Chichester district, Sussex	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.08.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1931 (retd 14.09.1934) Cdr. (retd) 08.02.1942 Capt. (retd) ?	15.09.1915     entered RN 08.05.1924 - (01.1925) First Lieutenant, HMS H 33 (submarine) (Portland) 04.1927 - (07.1927) First Lieutenant, HMS L 26 (submarine) (Mediterranean) 22.02.1929 - (08.1929) Commanding Officer, HMS H 23 (submarine) (Portsmouth) (04.1930) no appointment listed 14.05.1930 - (01.1932) HMS Norfolk (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 17.05.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Alecto (submarine depot ship) 01.05.1933 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS L 69 (submarine) (Portsmouth) 20.12.1938 - (08.1939) Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty 03.01.1940 - (04.1946) Assistant to the Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty * indexed, but not listed as such
Robertson, Ewart Gladstone Son of James Forrest Robertson (1860-1940), and Elizabeth Freeborn (1861-1939).	17.05.1898 Colombo, Ceylon - 01.02.1990 East York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 14.12.1917 A/Lt. ? (retd 05.07.1920) Lt. (retd) 15.03.1921, seniority 14.12.1919 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 14.12.1927 A/Cdr. (retd) < 07.1945 Cdr. (retd) 08.05.1946	(04.1940) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * (02.1941) no appointment listed (08.1942) no appointment listed 11.09.1942 - (02.1943) Executive Officer, HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Pt Bannatyne) 06.04.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for LCTs) 01.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Castle Toward, Dunoon, Argyll) * indexed, but not listed as such
Robertson, Ian Greig Married Elizabeth Aitken Robertson.	09.04.1907 Eastbourne, Sussex - 07.07.1987	... ... Lt. 01.06.1930 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1938 A/Cdr. < 02.1943 Cdr. 30.06.1944 Capt. 31.12.1950 (retd 07.01.1960) DSO  01.11.1949 Yangtze River 20.04.1949 [investiture 17.11.1949] DSC 11.11.1941 Greek withdrawal [investiture 14.04.1942] DSC 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete [investiture 14.04.1942] MID 26.09.1940 Norway 04-05.1940	15.06.1925     entered RN ... - ... ... 28.04.1939 - (08.)1939 Signals Officer, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Barham (battleship)] (Mediterranean) 09.12.1939 - (04.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Curlew 04.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services) (12.1941) no appointment listed 12.12.1941 - (08.)1942 Signals Officer, HMS Quebec (RN base, Inverary) * 01.04.1942 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Dundonald II (Combined Operations training establishment, Auchengate) * (08.1943) - (06.1944) Combined Operations HQ * ? - (07.1945) Chief Signal Officer Combined Operations & Chairman Combined Operations Communications Committee, Combined Operations HQ ... - ... ... 05.1948 - (05.1949) Commanding Officer, HMS Consort ... - ... ... * either starting date for HMS Dundonald II is incorrect, or the appointment at HMS Quebec is incorrectly carried on too long **  indexed, but not listed as such
Robertson, James Ian From Tiverton, Devon.	08.02.1902 Elham district, Kent - 31.05.1976 South East Hampshire district, Hampshire	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.05.1922 Lt. 15.12.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1931 Cdr. 31.12.1937 A/Capt. > 08.1942, < 02.1943 Capt. 31.12.1943 (retd 08.01.1953) RAF: F/O 16.06.1924 F/Lt. 01.07.1931 Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1935 W/Cdr. 01.09.1938 CBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945 [investiture 10.06.1947] MID 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 1941 MID 01.01.1944 New Year 1944	15.09.1915     entered RN served in World War I 22.01.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Valerian (sloop) 16.06.1924 - (01.1925) pilot's course (for Fleet Air Arm) at No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon, Wilts. 12.01.1926 - (05.)1926) HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar) (for Fleet Air Arm) 01.05.1926 - (02.)1927 pilot, No. 421 Flight, FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) 25.03.1927 - (04.)1928 pilot, No. 421B Flight, FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] 05.1928 - (06.)1928 pilot, No. 421 Flight, FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) [attached to RAF] 16.10.1928 - (08.)1929 HMS Broke (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) 27.12.1929 - (04.)1930 Second-in-Command, No. 449 Flight, FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) [attached to RAF] 01.07.1930 - (02.)1931 Second-in-Command, No. 449 Flight, FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) [attached to RAF] 17.12.1931 - 20.09.1932 Flight Commander, No. 449 Flight, FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] [attached to RAF] 20.09.1932 - 11.12.1933 naval duty: 12.12.1932 - (06.)1933 First Lieutenant, HMS Sutton (twin-screw minesweeper) 11.12.1933 - 17.01.1934 attached to RAF: 17.01.1934 - (07.)1935 Second-in-Command, S/R Squadron 820, FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Home Fleet) (07.1937 temporarily detached) [attached to RAF] 01.09.1935 - 04.02.1938 Squadron Commander, TSR Squadron 825, FAA [HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) [attached to RAF] 04.02.1938 returned to naval duty 23.03.1938 - (08.)1938 Executive Officer, HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (Portsmouth) 30.08.1938 - (02.)1939 Air Personnel Department, Admiralty 15.02.1939 - (04.)1939 Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty with Admiral Superintendent of Contract-Built Ships) 31.08.1939 - (02.)1941 Commander Flying, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 10.1941 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Archer (escort carrier) (06.1943) no appointment listed 26.07.1943 - (10.)1943 Training Captain, HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) 10.1943 - (10.1944) Training Superintendent, HMS Monck (RN carrier training & administration base) (07.1945) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) 27.09.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Patroller (escort carrier) 08.09.1947 - (07.1948) Captain-in-Charge, RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus] 12.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halifax, Malta) & as Captain (Air), Mediterranean * (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Robertson, Wilfrid James Cameron	19.07.1902 - 15.07.1961 Westminster district	A/S.Lt. 15.01.1922 S.Lt. 1923?, seniority 15.09.1922 Lt. 15.06.1924 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1932 Cdr. 30.06.1936 Capt. 30.06.1942 (retd 31.03.1951) DSC 14.10.1941 Bismarck action [investiture 22.09.1942] BWM 14|20 - - VM - - 39|45 St - - Atl St - - WM 39|45 - - MID 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940 Medals at the National Maritime Museum	15.01.1916     entered RN ... - ... ... 24.08.1939 - 06.01.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Walker (destroyer) (1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) 14.01.1940 - (12.1941) Staff Officer (Operations) to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS King George V (battleship)] (08.1942) HMS King George V (battleship) * 31.08.1942 - (12.1943) Deputy Director of Operations Division (Home), Admiralty [HMS President] 02.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire) 12.04.1946 - 10.1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Nigeria (cruiser) (later also Flag Captain) ... - ... ... *  indexed, but not listed as such
Robertson-Macdonald, Alan David James	25.07.1895 - 22.03.1972	... ... Lt. 15.11.1917 (retd 21.12.1922; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.11.1925 Cdr. (retd) 02.1940, seniority 25.07.1935 MID 23.05.1917 ?	15.05.1908     entered RN ... - ... ... 11.04.1922 - 1922 HMS Venomous (torpedo-boat destroyer) 26.08.1939 - (08.)1942 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.12.1942 - (06.)1943 on staff of FLO, Delhi [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 06.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya) 11.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Braganza (for duty with Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command) 12.03.1945 - (04.1946) SNALO (Senior Naval Air Liaison Officer?) at HQ East Asia Command [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
Robin, Alastair Douglas Son of ... Robin, and ... Arnold.	07.01.1912 Honiton, Devon - 08.07.1999 Guildford, West Surrey district, Surrey	Cadet 01.05.1929 Midsh. 01.01.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1932 S.Lt. 01.11.1932 Lt. 01.12.1933 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1941 A/Cdr. 22.11.1944? Cdr. 31.12.1945 Capt. 31.12.1951 (retd 17.05.1961) DSC 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete [investiture 11.05.1943] MID 09.08.1940 attack enemy light forces 05.1940	07.08.1929 - (05.)1932 Midshipman, HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.05.1932 - 09.01.1933 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 09.01.1933 - (06.)1933 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 17.08.1933 - (08.)1934 HMS Carlisle (cruiser) (Africa) 10.1934 - (11.)1934 HMS Decoy (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 17.12.1934 - (08.)1936 HMS Witch (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 24.09.1936 - (07.)1937 gunnery course [HMS Excellent] 01.11.1937 - (12.1938) staff, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 03.01.1939 - (04.)1939 HMS Southampton (cruiser) (Home Fleet)) (for gunnery duties) 12.04.1939 - (05.)1939 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school) 12.06.1939 - 23.05.1941 Gunnery Officer, HMS Kelly (destroyer) (and for flotilla duties) 15.08.1941 - (08.)1943 Gunnery Officer, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 09.1943 - (01.)1944 staff, Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 27.01.1944 - (10.)1944 staff officer, 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Renown (battlecruiser)] 22.11.1944 - (10.1945) Gunnery Officer, staff, Commander-in-Chief East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] (04.1946)     no appointment listed ... - ... ... 30.04.1959 - (01.1960) Commanding Officer, HMS Bermuda Secretary of the Westminster Medical School, London.
Robins, Stuart	17.03.1889 - ?	... ... Eng.Cdr. 30.06.1925 Eng.Capt. 31.12.1936 (retd 10.05.1943)	... - ... ... 23.11.1939 - 07.05.1946 HMS President (additional; as Engineer Overseer, Scotland District) 01.08.1942 - 10.05.1943 also: Naval ADC to the King ... - ... ...
Robinson, Cecil Edmund Charles	11.09.1898 Portsea Island, Hampshire - 29.05.1940 (KIA) [age 41] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 1]	Lt. 15.04.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1927 Cdr. 31.12.1932	08.1914     entered RN 02.07.1923 - (08.1923) Gunnery Officer, HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar) (and for duty with 6th Destroyer Flotilla) 15.08.1924 - (01.1925) Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) 29.01.1926 - (07.)1927 Gunnery Officer, HMS Despatch (cruiser) (China) 13.12.1927 - (08.)1929 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 21.10.1929 - (10.1930) Gunnery Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) (02.1931) no appointment listed 03.04.1931 - (01.)1932 Gunnery Officer, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 30.07.1932 - (09.1932) Gunnery Officer, HMS Vindictive (cruiser) (and for gunnery duties in Reserve Fleet) (05.1933) no appointment listed 02.05.1933 - (06.)1933 Senior Officers' Technical Course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 28.07.1933 - (07.1935) Squadron Gunnery Officer, Destroyer Flotillas of the Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Coventry (cruiser)] (02.1936) no appointment listed 12.01.1937 - (10.1938) Commanding Officer, HMS Electra (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 03.01.1939 - (09.1939) an Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 18.01.1940 - 29.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Grafton (destroyer) (damaged off Dunkirk by U-62 and sunk by RN [killed in action])
Robinson, Edward Cordeux Son of R.Adm. Eric Gascoigne Robinson, VC, OBE, and Edith Gladys Robinson (née Cordeux), of Liss, Hampshire.	07.05.1922 Liss, Petersfield district, Hampshire - 19.12.1941 (KIA) [age 19] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]	Paym. Cadet 01.09.1939 Paym. Midsh. 01.05.1940	01.01.1940 - 15.05.1940 HMS Malaya (battleship) 16.05.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Warspite (battleship) (for duty in Admiral's office of the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station) 11.09.1941 - 19.12.1941 HMS Neptune (cruiser) (sunk off Libyan coast by a mine)
Robinson, Eric Gascoigne "Kipper" Son of Rev. John Lovell Robinson, MA, RN (1849-1939), and Louisa Aveline Gascoigne (1846-1934). Married (1913) Edith Gladys Cordeux (1891-1938); two sons (both killed in War of 1939-1945: Midsh. (S) Edward Cordeux Robinson, RN & P/O Patrick John Noble Robinson, RAFVR), one daughter.	16.05.1882 Greenwich - 20.08.1965 Royal Hospital, Haslar [buried at St John’s Church, Langrish, Hampshire]	Midsh. ? A/S.Lt. 15.11.1901 S.Lt. 27.03.1903, seniority 15.11.1901 Lt. 15.08.1903 * Cdr. 20.04.1915 ** Capt. 31.12.1920 R.Adm. 03.01.1933 (retd 04.01.1933) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 24.08.1939 VC 16.08.1915 *** OBE 11.11.1919 for valuable services in command of the Coastal Motor Boats in the Caspian Sea MID 09.1900 China Hkn 26.08.1947 in recognition of services rendered to Norway during the war China War Medal & Clasp "Relief of Pekin" (1900). 1914-1915 Star. British War Medal 1914-1920. Victory Medal. 1939-19145 Star. Atlantic Star. Defence Medal. British War Medal 1939-1945. King George VI Coronation Medal (1937). Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (1953). Fourth Class Order of the Nile (Egypt) (04.12.1916). Knight, Order of St Anne (Russia). Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japan).Knight, Legion of Honour (France). Croix de Guerre (France). * Special promotion. ** Special promotion: in recognition of the distinguished service rendered by him on the night of the 18th April, 1915, as Commanding Officer of the force which torpedoed and rendered useless Submarine E.15, thus preventing that vessel from falling into the enemy's hands in a serviceable condition. *** Lieutenant-Commander Robinson on the 26th February advanced alone, under heavy fire, into an enemy's gun position, which might well have been occupied, and destroying a four-inch gun, returned to his party for another charge with which the second gun was destroyed. Lieutenant-Commander Robinson would not allow members of his demolition party to accompany him, as their white uniforms rendered them very conspicuous. Lieutenant-Commander Robinson took part in four attacks on the mine fields - always under heavy fire.	Education: St John's, Leatherhead; The Limes, Greenwich; HMS Britannia (1897) 15.01.1897     joined RN (HMS Victory)       HMS Majestic (battleship) (1900)     Midshipman, HMS Endymion (light cruiser) (served with the International Expedition under the command of Sir E.H. Seymour for the relief of the Pekin Legations & in subsequent operations at Tientsin; wounded in action at the taking of Pei-Yang Arsenal) (1907)     qualified for torpedo duties [HMS Vernon] 19.12.1922 - (08.)1923 HMS Shakespeare (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 6th Destroyer Flotilla 01.11.1923 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS Spenser (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 2nd Destroyer Flotilla (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) (05.1926)     no appointment listed 18.07.1926 - (06.)1928 Commanding Officer, HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) 10.08.1928 - (08.1929) Commanding Officer, HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China) (04.1930)     no appointment listed 22.09.1930 - (10.1930) tactical course [HMS Victory] 19.01.1931 - (02.)1931 course at Senior Officers' School, Sheerness [HMS President] 04.05.1931 - (01.)1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Fisgard (depot for training of Artificer Apprentices) & as Inspecting Captain of Mechanical Training Establishments 11.04.1932 - (09.1932) Captain of the Dockyard, Devonport & Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, Devonport, Berehaven and Pembroke [HMS Vivid] 14.10.1932 - 03.01.1933 also: Naval ADC to the King 11.1939 - (02.1941) HMS Eaglet II (RN base, Liverpool) (addtional; for various services) * 07.06.1942 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Cressy (RN base, Dundee) & Naval Officer-in-Charge, Dundee * (12.1941) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Robinson, Terence Corin One of two children of George Edward James Antoine Robinson (born 1869), WWI artillery officer, and Alice Maud Fox. No children.	14.06.1903 Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire - 25.03.1987 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Midsh. 15.05.1921 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1923 S.Lt. 15.06.1924 Lt. 15.10.1926 Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1934 Cdr. 31.12.1941 (retd 14.06.1953) DSC 24.04.1945 bombardment Gothic Line Adriatic 09.1944 [decoration posted]  MID 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 1941 MID 11.06.1946 wind up Far East	15.01.1917     entered RN 04.12.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) 18.08.1924 - (01.)1925 promotion course, Portsmouth 13.03.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Lowestoft (cruiser) 19.05.1927 - (07.)1927 HMS Wakeful (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 31.08.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Viceroy (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 06.01.1930 - (10.)1930 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 12.12.1930 - (09.1932) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 11.01.1933 - (01.)1934 First Lieutenant, HMS Watchman (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 09.05.1934 - 30.11.1934 in charge of HMS Eclipse (destroyer) while under construction & for duty with Commander Superintendent of Contract-Built Ships 01.12.1934 - (02.)1935 First Lieutenant, HMS Eclipse (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 01.05.1935 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Restless (destroyer) (Portsmouth) 23.12.1936 - (02.)1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Harrow (twin screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean) 11.04.1937 - (02.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Diamond (destroyer) (China) (04.1939)     no appointment listed 06.07.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 06.07.1940 - 13.01.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Fury (destroyer) (deployed off the Libyan coast to bombard positions to the rear of Sollum) 14.01.1942 - (02.1943) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (06.1943) - (08.1943) Combined Operations HQ * 11.10.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Undine (destroyer) 21.03.1946 - (10.1947) Executive Officer, HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex) 20.06.1948 - (05.)1949 Manning Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 14.06.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Osiris (05.1953)     no appointment listed
Robson, Humphrey Maurice	27.01.1889 - 15.04.1940 Tonbridge, Kent	... ... Cdr. ? (retd 11.02.1935; own request) Capt. (retd) 11.02.1935	... - ... ... 10.04.1940 - 15.04.1940 ? [exact appointment missing on page of his service record; only date visible]
Robson, [Sir] William Geoffrey Arthur Son of Maj. John Robson (1872-1936), and Jennie Mories Clark (1875-1927). Married 1st (1925) Sylvia Margaret Forrester (died 1968); one son. Married 2nd (1969) Elizabeth Kathleen, widow of Lt.Col. V.H. Holt.	10.03.1902 Ceylon - 25.12.1989	Midsh. 1918 ... ... Lt. 15.03.1924 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1935 Capt. 31.12.1941 V.Adm. 26.08.1954 (retd 07.07.1958) KBE 31.05.1956 HM's birthday 1956 [decoration posted] CB 01.01.1953 New Year 1953 [investiture 24.07.1953] DSO 11.02.1941 sinking Torricelli 12.06.1940 [investiture 12.05.1942] DSO 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete [investiture 12.05.1942] DSC 11.11.1941 Greek withdrawal 04.1941 [investiture 12.05.1942] MID 22.11.1940 capture Galilei 19.06.1940 MID 09.05.1944 Operation FW MID 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche StOlav 19.02.1957 rescue Dovrefjell 03.02.1956 [decoration presented]	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth. 1918 Midshipman, HMS Malaya 1922 - 1937 served in destroyers 1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Rowena 1935 - 1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Wren 1937 RN Staff Course 1938 RAF Staff Course 08.05.1939 - (08.1939) Tactical Course, Portsmouth 1939 - 1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Kandahar (destroyer) 02.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Monck 1942 - (02.)1943 Captain Combined Training and Staff, Combined Operations HQ 01.05.1943 - (07.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Hamilcar 25.07.1943 - (10.1943) Chief Staff Officer, Commodore Force "N" (Mediterranean) [HMS Hannibal] 10.12.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Hardy (destroyer) 31.01.1944 - (04.1944) Captain (D) 26th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Tyne] (06.1944) no appointment listed 1945 - 06.1945 Captain Coastal Forces, Nore (Chatham) 06.1945 - 1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Superb 1948 - 1950 Commanding Officer, HMS Ganges 1950 - 1951 President of Admiralty Interview Board 1951 - 1953 Flag Officer (Flotillas), Home Fleet 1953 - 1956 Flag Officer, Scotland 1956 - 1958 Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic 1958 - 1964 Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Guernsey

 

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