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Ulyat, E.S.
 to
Usherwood, E.M.

 
E.S. Ulyat   to   E.M. Usherwood
Ulyat,
Edward Stewart
E.S. Ulyat 		(06?).1887
Kimbolton, St Neots district, Huntingdonshire
-
07.06.1954
hospital, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Chapl. 11.09.1912 (retd)
Education: MA.
?
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
Umfreville-Moore,
Charles D'Olier
C.D'O. Umfreville-Moore
Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Lt.Col. Harry Kirwan Umfreville, DSO (1873-1956), Duke of Wellington's Regiment, and Enid Sybil Elizabeth George (1877-1936).
Married ((09?),1932, Clonmel district, Ireland) Beryl Ethnie Best ((03?).1908 - 22.03.1978), only daughter of Lt.Col. T.A.D. Best, DSO, Royal Inniskillins; three sons.

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22.09.1906
Dublin South district, Ireland
-
1967
Guernsey
Cadet 15.09.1924?
Midsh. 15.01.1925
A/S.Lt. 01.05.1927
S.Lt. 16.02.1928 (emgcy 17.04.1930)
Lt. (emgcy) 16.08.1930
Lt.Cdr. (emgcy) 02.12.1939, seniority 16.08.1938
A/Cdr. (emgcy) > 02.1944, < 04.1944
Cdr. (emgcy) 12.08.1946, seniority 08.05.1946
24.02.1943 - (02.)1944 RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
(04.1944) - (10.1945) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) *
04.12.1945 - (07.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Daedalus III (RNAS camp, Lee-on-Solent/Bedhampton)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Umpleby,
Herbert
H. Umpleby

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31.12.1903
-
16.12.1978
T/A/Wt.Mech. 30.06.1944
?
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Sussex
Underhill,
John Norman
J.H. Underhill 		12.07.1926
Farnham district, Surrey
-
30.03.2009
Midsh. 01.09.1943
... ...
Cdr. 30.06.1961 (retd)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE ? ?
?
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Kenya
Underhill,
Lewis George
 L.G. Underhill
Son of George Underhill, and Minnie Lewis.
Married ((12?).1939, Penzance district, Cornwall) Euphemia R. "Fay" Laird (? - 05.10.2008); ... children (one son?).		 08.06.1913
-
09.12.1986
Hillingdon district, Middlesex (formerly of Maidenhead, Berkshire)
Paym.Midsh. 01.09.1930
Paym.Midsh. 01.09.1931
Paym.S.Lt. 01.06.1933
Paym.Lt. 01.06.1935
A/Paym.Lt.Cdr > 10.1942, < 12.1942
Paym.Lt.Cdr 01.06.1943
A/Paym.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944
Cdr. (S) 31.12.1948 (retd 08.06.1963)
... - ... ...
06.04.1939 - (10.)1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for duty in Admiral's Office of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth)
04.12.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for duty in Admiral's Office of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Liverpool)
(10.)1942 - (12.1942) an Assistant Secretary to Combined Operations Headquarters
(02.1943) - (10.)1943 Secretary to Chief of Combined Operations, Combined Operations Headquarters
11.1943 - (06.)1944 on staff of Rear-Admiral (Q), East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
10.1944 - (10.)1945 HMS Phoebe (Dido class cruiser)
26.11.1945 - (04.1946) HMS London (London class cruiser)
... - ... ...
Underhill,
Sydney William
S.W. Underhill
Later known by last name: Fraser-Underhill.
Married ...; ... children.		 01.08.1907
Isle of Wight, Hampshire
-
17.07.1981
Canada
Cadet (E) 01.02.1925
Midsh. (E) 15.09.1925
A/S.Lt. (E) 01.01.1928
S.Lt. (E) 01.09.1928
Lt. (E) 01.11.1930
Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.11.1938
A/Cdr. (E) 06.05.1944? (retd 1947?)
Education: engineering diploma, RN Engineering College, Keyham; CEng, FIMechE, FIMarE, MEIC, PEng.
... - ... ....
23.06.1939 - (01.)1940 HMS Devonshire (London class cruiser)
29.01.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Proserpine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)
17.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Hawkins (Hawkins class cruiser)
15.01.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Euphrates (depot ship, Basra, Iraq) (from 07.1942 for divisional duties) *
06.05.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Rotherham (R class destroyer) (and as Flotilla Engineer Officer, 11th Destroyer Flotilla)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
(10.1946)     HMS Arethusa (Arethusa class cruiser) **
07.1947 - (10.1947) HMS Arethusa (Arethusa class cruiser)
Chief Engineer, Southern District, South Persian Oilfields, Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., 1950-1952. Senior Engineer (Mechanical Superintendent), Kuwait Oil Co. Ltd., 1952-1954. General Manager & Director, Ewbank & Partners (Canada) Ltd., 1954-1959. Superintendent, Mechanical & Electrical Division Engineering Department, Post Office Department, Canada, 1960-1972. Engineering Consultant.
* during this period also shown as: HMS Seabelle (RN base, Persian Gulf)
** indexed, but not listed as such
Unwin,
Edward Owen
"Ted"
E.O. Unwin (Photo: Dunedin Society) E.O. Unwin (Photo courtesy of Mr Andrew Wilkinson)
Son of Guy Harold Unwin, and Sage Peregrine Hallowes.
Married (17.04.1934) Vivian Mary Unwin (née Stock), of Petersfield, Hampshire; one daughter, one step-daughter.

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05.03.1905
London
-
27.11.1941
[age 36]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]
Midsh.
 15.01.1923
A/S.Lt.
 15.05.1925
S.Lt.
 15.11.1925
Lt.
 15.04.1927
Lt.Cdr.
 15.04.1935
Cdr.
 31.12.1939

Spanish Order of Naval Merit; Jackson Everett Prize for Signals and W/T

Education: RN Colleges, Osborne (09.1918) & Dartmouth (1920)
15.01.1923
 -
 		(01.)1925
 		HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Mediterranean)
12.04.1926
 -
 		(05.1926)
 		promotion course, Portsmouth
15.04.1927
 -
 		(07.)1927
 		HMS Ceres (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
17.10.1927
 -
 		(06.)1928
 		observers' course [HMS Excellent]
07.1928
 -
 		1929
 		Observer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet)
08.04.1929
 -
 		(03.)1931
 		Observer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean)
1931
 -
 		1931
 		Observer, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)
07.12.1931
 -
 		(09.)1932
 		qualifying for signal duties, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
20.12.1932
 -
 		(01.)1934
 		Observer, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) (and for Signal Duties)
02.05.1934
 -
 		02.1936
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Signal School)
17.02.1936
 -
 		1936
 		Flag Lieutenant-Commander, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (and for Signals & W/T Duties)
1936
 -
 		07.1937
 		Flag Lieutenant-Commander, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (and as Squadron Signals & W/T Officer, Aircraft Carriers) (Home Fleet)
28.07.1937
 -
 		(10.1938)
 		Squadron W/T Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron [HMS Hood (battlecruiser)] (Mediterranean)
1938?
 -
 		1939?
 		Admiralty [HMS President]
(02.1939)
 -
 		(04.1939)
 		no appointment listed
24.05.1939
 -
 		16.01.1940
 		Flag Lieutenant-Commander to Rear-Admiral R.B. Davies (R.Adm. Naval Air Stations) [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
(04.1940)

Signal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] *
(02.1941)

no appointment listed
28.03.1941
 -
 		24.11.1941
 		Executive Officer, HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Unwin,
Harold
H. Unwin (Photo courtesy of Mrs Catherine Anderson)
Married Mary Chambers; three daughters.
Lived in Wales.
 27.03.1908
Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire
-
09.05.1971
Talsarnau, Wales
Prob. A/S.Lt. RNR
 30.09.1932
S.Lt. RNR
 1933?, seniority 30.09.1932
Lt. RNR
 30.04.1934
Lt.
 08.03.1938, seniority 27.03.1932
Lt.Cdr.
 27.03.1940
Cdr.
 30.06.1945 (retd 01.11.1952)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 07.06.1940
 Dunkirk [investiture 06.08.40]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 21.04.1942
 action with E-boats, Nore 19.02.42 [investiture 03.11.42]
30.09.1932
  
 		 
 		entered RNR
08.03.1938

transferred from RNR to RN
08.03.1938
 -
 		(08.1939)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Niger (minesweeper)
07.03.1940
 -
 		09.1940
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Leda (minesweeper)
26.09.1940
 -
 		04.1943
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Pytchley (destroyer)
04.1943
 -
 		02.1945
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Obedient (destroyer)
04.1945
 -
 		(04.)1947
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Lagos (destroyer)
30.04.1948
 -
 		05.1949
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Bermuda (cruiser)
14.12.1948
 -
 		05.1949
 		also: Commanding Officer, HMS Cumberland (trials cruiser)
24.05.1949
 -
 		(05.1950)
 		[Executive Officer ?], HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Unwin,
John Harold
 J.H. Unwin (© National Portrait Gallery, London NPG x185796) J.H. Unwin
Son (with one brother and one sister) of Guy Harold Unwin (1875-1937), and Sage Peregrine Unwin (1882-1911), of London.
Married (05.08.1939, Edinburgh, Scotland) Elizabeth Strong Henderson (04.09.1919 - 01.1997), daughter of Prof. Sir David Kennedy Henderson, MD, FRCP, and Margaret van Veanken Mabon, of Edinburgh; three sons, one daughter.

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13.11.1906
Kensington, London
-
31.12.1970
Tiverton district, Devon
Cadet 15.01.1924?
Midsh. 15.09.1924
A/S.Lt. 01.01.1927
S.Lt. 28.02.1928, seniority 16.07.1927
Lt. 16.10.1928
Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1936
Cdr. 30.06.1942
Capt. 30.06.1948
Cdre. 06.1955
R.Adm. 08.07.1957 (retd 14.02.1961)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 13.06.1959 HM's birthday 1959 [investiture 07.07.1959]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 29.07.1941 Battle of Cape Matapan [investiture 07.07.1942]
Mention in Despatches MID 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.1942
Legionnaire of the Legion of Merit (US) LM 13.08.1954 Korea
Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (15.05.1920-...).
... - ... ...
15.09.1924 - 12.1926 HMS Marlborough
30.12.1926 - 09.03.1928 HMS Victory
... - ... ...
12.04.1930 - 23.08.1931 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)
26.09.1931 - ? gunnery course [HMS Excellent]
... - ... ...
20.04.1939 - (10.)1941 Gunnery Officer, HMS Valiant (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) (DSC)
(12.1941)     HMS Valiant (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) *
01.1942 - (02.)1942 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
(03?.)1942 - (06?.)1942 HMS Dido (Dido class cruiser) (despatches)
(08.)1942 - (06.)1944 Combined Operations Headquarters:
(08.1942)     no exact position showing
(10.)1942 - (12.)1942 on staff of Chief Naval Planner, Combined Operations
(02.)1943 - (06.)1943 a Naval Operational Planner, Gunnery Section
(08.)1943 - (02.)1944 for Naval Tactics, Training and Staff Duties
1944 - (04.)1944 Amphibious Warfare Section
1944 - (06.)1944 Amphibious Warfare Branch
23.09.1944 - (10.1945) Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services: for duty with Ministry of War Transport)
26.03.1946 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, HMS Indefatigable (Implacable class aircraft carrier)
... - ... ...
(1953)     Commanding Officer, HMS Mounts Bay (frigate) (Legion of Meir)
... - ... ...
10.1954 - 1955 Captain of Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
06.1955 - 03.1957 Commodore Hong Kong
10.1957 - 01.1961 Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
Managing director, Product Knowledge Ltd. Formerly joint managing director, Furness Shipbuilding Company.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Usher,
Robert Ronald Harry
"Robin"
R.R.H. Usher (Photo courtesy of Mr Andrew Nichol)
Son of Ronald James Usher and Alice Margaret Usher.
Husband of Jane Usher, of Ryton-on-Tyne, Co. Durham.		 1924
-
29.04.1947
(died of illness) [age 23]
[Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, naval reservation, grave 1709]
Midsh.
 01.09.1941
A/S.Lt.
 01.05.1943
S.Lt.
 01.06.1943
Lt.
 16.01.1945
Mentioned in Despatches MID
 24.07.1945
 war patrols Far Eat 07.44-04.45
01.09.1941
 -
 		(08.)1942
 		HMS Diomede (cruiser)
12.1942
 -
 		(10.)1943
 		HMS Norfolk (cruiser)
(12.1943)

HMS Norfolk (cruiser) *
20.02.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Telemachus (submarine)
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) *
?
 -
 		29.04.1947
 		HMS Sentinel (submarine)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Usherwood,
Edward Maurice
 E.M. Usherwood (Photo courtesy of Mr Lionel King) E.M. Usherwood
E.M. Usherwood (Photo courtesy of Mr Andrew Wilkinson)
Son (with one brother and one sister) of Edward Cuthbert Usherwood (1877-1957), and Evelyn Frances Martin (1875-1931).
01.12.1911
Bembridge, Isle of Wight
-
08.09.2011
Ipswich, Suffolk
Cadet 01.09.1929
Midsh. 01.05.1930
A/S.Lt. 01.09.1932
S.Lt. 20.12.1933, seniority 16.05.1933
Lt. 16.02.1936
Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1944
Cdr. 31.12.1949
Capt. 31.12.1954 (retd 07.07.1964)
Officer, Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE 11.06.1994 HM's birthday 94: Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 20.02.1945 Operation Mercerised (operations off Corfu & Saranda 09.44) [investiture 30.10.45]
09.08.1929 - (08.)1930 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship)
01.12.1930 - (03.)1931 HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean)
(12.1931)     no appointment listed
26.12.1931 - (09.)1932 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean)
29.09.1932 - 02.04.1933 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
03.04.1933 - (06.)1933 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
28.12.1933 - (03.)1935 HMS Walpole (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
04.06.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Firedrake (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
03.03.1936 - (10.)1936 HMS Fury (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
31.12.1936 - (02.)1937 qualifying for anti-submarine duties [HMS Osprey]
(07.1937)     no appointment listed
06.08.1937 - (01.)1938 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland)
19.01.1938 - (06.)1938 HMS Walpole (destroyer) (Portland) (and for anti-submarine duties)
25.07.1938 - (09.1939) Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Greyhound (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (for flotilla duties, 1st Destroyer Flotilla)
03.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for miscellaneous duties)
31.07.1940 - (10.)1940 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Keppel (destroyer) (and for flotilla duties)
13.10.1940 - (12.1941) Anti-Submarine Officer on staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Greenock [HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)]
07.1942 - (02.)1943 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Bulldog (destroyer)
06.05.1943 - (10.)1943 Staff Officer (Operations) on staff of Flag Officer Commanding Gibraltar [HMS Cormorant] (and for anti-submarine duties)
10.1943 - (12.1943) Anti-Submarine Officer on Flotilla Staff, HMS Jervis (destroyer)
29.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (DSC)
07.01.1945 - (01.)1945 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for miscellaneous duties)
30.04.1945 - (07.1945) Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Vindictive (fleet repair ship)
(04.1946)     HMS Loch Arkaig (frigate) *
03.02.1948 - (05.1949) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services)
(05.1950)     no appointment listed
(05.1953)     no appointment listed
05.08.1953 - (07.)1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Verulam (anti-submarine frigate)
07.1954     on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
02.05.1955 - (01.)1957 Assistant Director Underwater Weapons Materials Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
17.12.1957 - (01.)1959 Commanding Officer, HMS Torquay (frigate) & as Captain (F) 5th Frigate Squadron
02.1959 - ? Commanding Officer, HMS Scarborough (frigate)
03.1960 - 1960 senior officers' war course
24.09.1960 - (07.1961) Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence), Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) (NATO)
04.10.1962 - (02.)1964 Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland, COMNORECHAN and COMNORLANT (NATO) [HMS Cochrane]
07.01.1964 - 07.07.1964 also: Naval ADC to the Queen
Vice-president, Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association, Suffolk.
* indexed, but not listed as such
       
 
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