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Van der Byl, Voltelin James Howard Second son of Lt.Col. Voltelin Albert William van der Byl, OBE (1872-1941), and Constance Margaret Jackson (1877?-), of Capetown, South Africa. Married (13.01.1940, St Thomas's Cathedral, Portsmouth, Hampshire) Yvonne Doris Croker (18.03.1919 - 14.09.1984), daughter (with one brother) of Eng.Capt. George Fitzgerald Croker (1885-1966), and Amy Edwards (?-1953), of Quartertown, Fareham; two daughters, one son.	04.05.1907 South Africa - 21.09.1968 Gosport district, Hampshire	Cadet 15.01.1924 [1921?] Midsh. 15.05.1925 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1927 S.Lt. 01.04.1928 Lt. 01.11.1929 Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1937 Cdr. 30.06.1942 Capt. 31.12.1948 (retd 31.01.1958) DSC 28.06.1940 submarine service (HMS Taku)	09.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Mediterranean) 18.03.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Lowestoft (cruiser) (Africa) 15.04.1929 - (02.1931) HMS Odin (submarine) (China) (01.1932)     no appointment listed 15.03.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 20.06.1933 - (01.1934) First Lieutenant, HMS Sturgeon (submarine) 24.10.1934 - (07.1935) First Lieutenant. HMS Rover (submarine) (China) (02.1936)     no appointment listed 08.08.1936 - (07.)1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Salmon (submarine) (Mediterranean) 02.08.1937 - (09.)1939 HMS Neptune (cruiser) (Africa) 09.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) 24.02.1940 - 08.10.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Taku (submarine) 15.10.1940 - (06.)1942 Staff Officer (Operations) (2) to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship), later: HMS King George V (battleship)] 25.07.1942 - (02.)1943 Staff Officer (M) to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Duke of York (battleship), later: HMS King George V (battleship)] 09.03.1943 - 01.07.1943 Anti-Submarine Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.07.1943 - (06.)1944 Anti-U-Boat Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 27.09.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Cyclops (for submarines) 20.08.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Medway II (submarine base, 1st Submarine Flotilla, Malta) & as Commander (S/M) 1st Submarine Flotilla (04.1946)     HMS Wolfe * 06.10.1946 - (07.1948) Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Highflyer] 15.08.1949 - (05.1950) on staff of Flag Officer (Air) (Home) [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent] (05.1953)     no appointment listed 08.10.1953 - (04.)1955 Second Naval Member, New Zealand Naval Board 04.11.1955 - (01.1956) Commanding Officer, HMS Forth 08.07.1957 - 07.01.1958 also: Naval ADC to the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such
Vanneck, Hon. [Sir] Peter Beckford Rutgers Youngest son of 5th Baron Huntingfield (William Charles Arcedeckne Vanneck), KCMG (1883-1969) and Margaret Eleanor (1884-1943), daughter of Judge Ernest Crosby, NY. Married 1st (08.04.1943, St Margaret's, Westminster, London; marriage dissolved 1984) Cordelia Errington, youngest daughter of Capt. Reginald Hugh Errington, RN (retd), of Bury St Edmunds; one daughter (and one daughter deceased). Married 2nd (02.1984, Kensington and Chelsea district, London) Mrs Elizabeth Lechmere Forbes (née Macaskie); one step son, one step daughter.	07.01.1922 Chelsea district, London - 02.08.1999 Kensington and Chelsea district, London [St Andrew's Church burial ground, Tostock, Suffolk]	Cadet 01.01.1940 Midsh. 01.09.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1942 S.Lt. 10.10.1942, seniority 01.08.1941 Lt. 25.05.1943, seniority 01.12.1942 (resigned 24.05.1949) RAFVR:   F/O 17.11.1949 [205378] RAuxAF:   F/O 18.12.1950, seniority 09.10.1950 F/Lt. 04.09.1951, seniority 09.10.1950 Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1958 Gp.Capt. 1963 Air Cdre. 1967? GBE 18.10.1977 Lord Mayor of London OBE 01.01.1963 New Year 1963 CB 02.06.1973 HM's birthday 1973 AFC 09.06.1955 HM's birthday 1955 AEA 1954 ? Hon. DSc City Univ. CStJ, 06.01.1959. KStJ, 11.01.1965 (former Member, Chapter General). Commander, Legion of Honour (France), 1981; Grand Officer, Order of the Crown (Belgium), 1983	Education: Geelong Grammar School; Stowe School (Scholar); Trinity College, Cambridge (MA; DSc); Harvard; IEng; MIAgrE. 01.01.1940 - (08.)1940 special entry cadet, RN College, Dartmouth       HMS Nelson (battleship) 01.10.1940 - (04.)1942 upper gun range finder, HMS King George V (battleship)  ? - ? HMS Eskimo (destroyer) ? - ? commanded a landing craft, 55th LCA Flotilla (North Africa) 01.05.1942 - (12.)1942 promotion course, Portsmouth 19.12.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Wren (sloop) (06.1944)     HMS Bee (Coastal Forces base, Holyhead) 08.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 696 (motor torpedo boat) 30.09.1945 - (04.1946) FIS Church, Lawford [HMS Heron]       pilot, 771 Squadron FAA 18.08.1947 - (07.1948) pilot, 807 Squadron FAA Cambridge University Air Squadron, 1949; 601 (County of London) Squadron RAuxAF, 1950-1957 (101 Squadron Mass. Air National Guard, 1953); No. 3619 (County of Suffolk) Fighter Control Unit, 1958-1961 (in command 28.06.1959-01.02.1961); No 1 Maritime HQ Unit, 1961-1963; Inspector RAuxAF, 1963-1973, Hon. Inspector-General 1974-1983; ADC to the Queen, 1963-1973; Hon. Air Cdre, No 1 (Co. Hertford) Maritime HQ Unit, RAuxAF, 1973-1987. Gentleman Usher to the Queen, 03.10.1967-1979. Member, Stock Exchange Council, 1968-1979 (Dep. Chm., 1973-1975). Member (C) Cleveland, 1979-1984, Cleveland and Yorks N, 1984-1989, contested (C) Cleveland and Yorks N, 1989, European Parliament; Member, Energy, Research and Technology Committee, 1979-1989; Vice-Chairman, Political Affairs Committee, 1984-1989. Prime Warden, Fishmongers' Co., 1981-1982; Past Master: Gunmakers' Co., 1977 and 1988; Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, 1976-1977; Freeman, Watermen's and Lightermen's Co., 1978; Alderman of Cordwainer Ward, City of London, 1969-1979; Deputy Lieutenant, Greater London, 19.05.1970. Supernumerary Justice of the Peace, City of London. Sheriff, City of London, 1974-1975; Lord Mayor of London, 1977-1978. High Sheriff, Suffolk, 1979.
Varley, Gilbert Alec Son of Gilbert Varley (1873-1933), and Marion Emily Dim Duncan (1876-1953). Brother of Capt. John Francis Varley, RAMC. Married ((06?).1944, Maldon district, Essex) Patricia Ethel Barber (18.12.1921 - 22.04.1999); two sons.	16.07.1916 Angmering, East Preston district, West Sussex - 02.12.1996 Douglas, Isle of Man	Prob. T/S.Lt. (E) RNVR 29.12.1940 T/Lt. (E) 16.07.1941	Education: Cambridge (BA in engineering). Returned from the Argentine at the beginning of the war.       joined RNVR as a stoker 29.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 07.03.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan) 07.1941     transferred, RN 06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan) 02.1942 - 05.1943 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (for ML Flotillas) 30.05.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Iskra (Coastal Forces base, Gibraltar) (04.1944)     no appointment listed 05.05.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven) (05.1945)     gunnery course, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 10.09.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) (for RN Depot, Wooloomooloo) 03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) (for miscellaneous services) Senior Engineer, BP Trading Ltd., London.
Vaughan-Lewis, John Reginald Mervyn Son (with one sister) of Cdr. William Mervyn Vaughan Lewis, RN (1883-1937), and Georgine Marie Louise Neild (?-1958). Married 1st (divorced) Wendy Heywood; two sons, two daughters. Married 2nd ((12?).1977, Newton Abbot district, Devon) Betty L. Pritchard ((09?).1929 - ).	18.02.1919 - 30.05.1983 Devonshire	Cadet 01.05.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 01.05.1939 Lt. 16.07.1940 Lt.Cdr. 16.07.1948 (retd 17.02.1964)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (?-31.03.1936; 11th "Drake" Term Cadet Captain). 01.05.1936 - 31.08.1936 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.09.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 22.04.1937 - (08.)1938 HMS Emerald (cruiser) (Nore) 30.08.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 02.01.1939 - (05.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 31.07.1939 - (12.1940) Navigating Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer) 06.01.1941 - (02.)1941 long navigation course, HM Navigation School, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 04.1941 - 06.1941 Navigating Officer, HMS Delhi (cruiser) (Atlantic crossing to New York) 15.07.1941 - (02?.)1942 Navigating Officer, HMS Caradoc (cruiser) 15.04.1942 - (08.)1943 Navigating Officer, HMS Adventure (minelayer) 18.08.1943 - (04.)1945 Navigating Officer, HMS Onslow (destroyer) (07.1945)     no appointment listed mid-1945 - late-1945 HMS Odyssey (accounting base for naval parties) (for Naval Parties in the East Indies) [during this time served on Persimmon and Nith and was Harbour Master at Padang immediately after the formal surrender there] (04.1946)     HMS Sultan * [04.1946 to c. 06.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Gawler - Australian refit and then took it to the Turkish Navy] 27.01.1947 - 31.08.1947 Navigating Officer, HMS Wakeful 01.09.1947 - (07.)1948 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 27.09.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties) 08.12.1949 - 07.1952 HMS Gambia 29.09.1952 - (05.)1953 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 1953 - 1953? HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) 31.05.1954 - (01.1956) HMS Theseus Spring 1956 -   HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) (served on small boats) 05.1958 - (10?).1960 HM Dockyard Singapore [HMS Terror] * 11.1960 - (02.1963) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) * [as Senior Officer, Coastal Forces Trials and Special Service Squadron, during which time he was first Commanding Officer of HMS Brave Borderer and HMS Brave Swordsman (and for a while HMS Bold Pathfinder). He had written a book for the Admiralty which led to the design and commissioning of the Braves.] (02.1964)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Vaux, Michael Philip Only son of Cdr. & Mrs. Philip Vaux, DSC, of London W4. Married (1949) Pamela Roach, younger daughter of Mr C.H. Roach, of Sydney, Australia, and the late Mrs Roach.	(06?).1922 Rathdown district, Ireland - died between 08.1989 and 12.1991 ?	Cadet 01.05.1939 Midsh. 01.09.1939 S.Lt. 01.04.1941 Lt. 01.08.1942 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1950 (retd 18.12.1955; own request) DSC 03.04.1942 Operation Archery (raid on Vaagso Islands 27.12.41) MID 27.04.1943 convoy JW518 12.42	31.08.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Norfolk (cruiser) 03.07.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Jervis (flotilla leader) 23.09.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Onslow (destroyer) 10.04.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Bulldog (destroyer) 05.12.1943 - (04.)1944 Preliminary Air Training Establishment, Gosport [HMS St Vincent] (for preliminary air training) (06.1944)     no appointment listed 01.10.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HMS Tumult (destroyer) (04.1946)     no appointment listed 01.01.1948 - (07.1948) Damage Control School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 03.1950 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Striker (05.1953)     no appointment listed (04.1955)     Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
Vavasour, [Sir] Geoffrey William; 5th Baronet, of Haslewood, Yorkshire Son of Captain Sir Leonard Pius Vavasour, 4th Bt, RN, and Ellice Margaret Nelson. Succeeded father, 1961. Married 1st (23.01.1940) Joan Millicent Kirkland Robb (marriage dissolved 1947); two daughters. Married 2nd (1971) Marcia Christine, daughter of late Marshall Lodge, Batley, Yorks (marriage dissolved 1980).	05.09.1914 Queenstown, Co. Cork, Ireland - 28.07.1997 Wandsworth, Greater London	Cadet 01.01.1932 Midsh. 01.09.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1935 S.Lt. 16.09.1935 Lt. 16.09.1937 ?, seniority 16.03.1937 Lt.Cdr. 16.03.1945 Cdr. 31.12.1949 (retd 17.02.1958) DSC 02.05.1944 operations Adriatic [investiture 11.05.45] MID 31.03.1942 attack battlecruisers 12.02.42 MID 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 04.01.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 09.03.1933 - (07.1934) HMS Danae (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 03.01.1935 - 01.09.1935 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 02.09.1935 - (02.)1936 promotion course, Portsmouth 12.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Hereward (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 04.01.1938 - (08.)1939 HMS Iron Duke (training ship) (Portsmouth) 22.08.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Wrestler (destroyer) (02.1941)     no appointment listed 01.09.1941 - (08.)1942 Gunnery Officer, HMS Mackay (destroyer) 10.09.1942 - (12.1943) Gunnery Officer, HMS Quilliam (destroyer) 22.02.1944 - (10.1944) Gunnery Officer, HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) 31.01.1945 - (04.1946) Gunnery Officer, HMS Mauritius (cruiser) (07.1948)     HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * 18.12.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Belfast 28.03.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous duties) 29.07.1951 - (05.1953) Executive Officer, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia] 15.02.1954 - (07.1954) Commanding Officer, HMS Plucky (04.1955)     no appointment listed (01.1956)     no appointment listed (01.1957)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * A Director of W.M. Still & Sons, 1962-1980. Played First-Class cricket, 1947.
Veal, Stephen Ernest Married; at least one son.	14.11.1892 Devonport, Devon - 02.03.1977	Seaman ? [J2237] A/Gnr. 01.11.1918 Gnr. ?, seniority 28.09.1918 Cd.Gnr. 28.09.1928 Lt. 31.12.1933 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1941 (retd 14.11.1942) MBE 01.01.1942 New Year 42 MID 30.01.1945 towing Mulberry harbour sections to France & rescue work during the invasion 06.44	(01.1919) no appointment listed 21.08.1922 - (08.1923) Royal Australian Naval College, Jervis Bay [HMAS Franklin] [lent to Royal Australian Navy] 26.09.1924 - (01.1925) HMS P.31 (patrol boat) (Portland) 11.1925 - (07.1927) HMS Fermoy (twin-screw minesweeper) (Portland) 12.01.1929 - (04.1930) HMS Doon (fishery protection gunboat (trawler)) (Portland) 01.07.1930 - (09.1932) HMS Hastings (sloop) (Red Sea) [ship commissioned 27.11.1930] (01.1934) short course of instruction 18.05.1934 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HM Tug St. Issey (Mediterranean) 18.09.1936 - (02.1937) Gunnery School, Devonport [HMS Drake] 01.06.1937 - (07.1937) HM Dockyard Devonport [HMS Drake] 09.11.1937 - (04.1941) Commanding Officer, HM Tug Buccaneer 09.11.1941 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM Tug (later HM Rescue Tug) Buccaneer
Veasey, Robert Francis Married; at least one daughter.	27.05.1883 Gosmore, Hitchin, Hertfordshire - 08.10.1964	A/S.Lt. 15.04.1902 S.Lt. 27.03.1903, seniority 15.04.1902 Lt. 30.06.1904 (retd 16.01.1912) [from 19193?: Lt.Cdr. (retd)] Cdr. (retd) 27.05.1923 (reverted to retd 1943) A/Capt. 1941?	15.01.1897 - 1912 served in RN 1914 - 1918 rejoined RN and attached to Government Steel Inspection Unit (01.1919) Assistant Inspector of Steel 1925 retired from RN and started a career in farming in Kenya > 04.1940 rejoined RN 10.06.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) ("also borne on the books of this ship") 1941 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Mogadishu, Somalia 08.06.1941 - (02.1943) Sea Transport Officer, later Divisional Sea Transport Officer, Aden [HMS Sheba] (06.1943) - (08.1943) Divisional Sea Transport Officer, Port Said, Egypt (10.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed
Venables, Gilbert Henry Son (with two sisters and two brothers) of Robert Edward Stopford Venables (1870-1952), and  Juliette Camille Suzanne De Guymuller (1873-1930). Married (15.03.1937, Chelsea, Kensington, London) Muriel Joan Haes (23.04.1908 - 05.11.1990).	02.06.1904 - 10.01.1987 Liphook, Petersfield district, Hampshire	Midsh. (E) 15.05.1922 A/S.Lt. (E) 15.09.1924 S.Lt. (E) 30.04.1925 Lt. (E) 30.04.1927 Lt.Cdr. (E) 30.04.1935 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1939 (retd 02.06.1954) DSO  04.10.1940 action aircraft Norwegian coast 07.1940 [investiture 15.07.1941] OBE 01.01.1946 New Year 1946	... - ... ... 15.04.1937 - (06.)1939 HMS Maori (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (07.1939) - (08.1939) no appointment listed 21.08.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Suffolk (Kent class cruiser) (DSO) 27.06.1940 - (04.)1944 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) 07.05.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Bonaventure (midget submarine depot ship) (OBE) 07.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Howe (King George V class battleship) ... - ... ...
Verdon, Henry George Son of ... Verdon, and ... Hendley. Married ((06?).1946, Surrey North Eastern district) Pattie Elizabeth Bradfield (01.11.1921 - 02.2003); three sons.	02.02.1923 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire - 01.06.2014 Emsworth, Hampshire	Cadet 01.09.1941 Midsh. 01.05.1942 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1944 S.Lt. 06.1944, seniority 01.04.1943 A/Lt. 01.08.1944 Lt. 01.08.1945, seniority 01.08.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1952 (retd 03.11.1959) Ushakov Medal (Russia; 2015) (in recognition of his service on the Arctic convoys (including PQ17))	(10.1941) - (04.1942) no appointment listed 01.05.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Norfolk (cruiser) 15.04.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Kent (cruiser) 10.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Vigilant (destroyer) (04.1944)     HMS Vigilant (destroyer) * 05.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Mauritius (cruiser) 26.02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Oakley (destroyer) (04.1946) - (07.1946) no appointment listed 24.03.1947 - (10.1947) HMS Wild Goose (sloop) 28.03.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Boxer (radar training vessel) (Persian Gulf) 04.01.1951 - (05.1952) HMS Harrier (RN Aircraft Direction Centre, Kete, Pembrokeshire) 05.03.1953 - (01.)1954 HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier) (Korea) 05.03.1954 - (04.1955) HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth) (01.1956)     no appointment listed (01.1957)     HMS Bulwark (light fleet carrier) * 17.06.1957 - (01.)1959 HMS Sheffield (light cruiser) (Cyprus, Suez) Teacher, Portsmouth Grammar School, 1961-1988. * indexed, but not listed as such
Verschoyle, Henry Denys Son of Maj. Henry Prittie Cosby Verschoyle, ASC (1887-1967), and Doris Sophia L. Collings (1891-1987). Married (04.06.1940, Alexandria, Egypt) Isobel Margaret Joyce Wilson Goode (14.10.1918 - 18.11.2009), daughter of James Lowndes Wilson Goode (1882-), and Helen May "Maida" MacGregor (1888-); one son, one daughter.	01.09.1915 69, Warrington Crescent, Paddington, London W - 22.06.1956 Surrey South Eastern district, Surrey	... ... Lt. 01.09.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1945 DSC 07.10.1941 7 war patrols Mediterranean, sunk Souffleur [investiture 03.02.42] MID 11.09.1940 sinking Italian submarine	... - ... ... 12.1937 - (02.)1941 HMS Parthian (submarine) 08.11.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Ambrose (base 9th Submarine Flotilla, Dundee) (for submarines) 10.01.1942 - 06.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS L 26 (submarine) 29.07.1942 - 02.08.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS L 26 (submarine) 08.08.1943 - 13.03.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Proteus (submarine) (06.1944)     no appointment listed 13.07.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Inconstant (destroyer) 01.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Veryan Bay (frigate) ... - ... ...
Vertue, Marcus Brooke Son of Charles Brooke Vertue and Maude Evelyn Vertue.	21.04.1901 Kingston, Middlesex - 12.02.1945 [age 43] [Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, naval reservation, grave 1650]	... ... Lt. 15.05.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1931 (retd 20.07.1934; own request) Cdr. (retd) 21.04.1941 PolMC 21.10.1941 good services in Polish ships	... - ... ... 12.1940 - (02.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Tonbridge (corvette) (10.1941) British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Błyskawica (Polish destroyer) 10.06.1942 - (04.)1944 Department of the Director of Boom Defences, Admiralty [HMS President] 03.04.1944 - 12.02.1945 for Naval Affairs on Staff of Press Division at Ministry of Information [HMS President]
Vian, Sir Philip Louis Son of late Alsager and Ada Vian, of Gilridge, Cowden Pound, Kent. Married (02.12.1929) Marjorie, daughter of late Col David Price Haig, OBE, Highfields Park, Withyham, Sussex; two daughters.	15.06.1894 London - 27.05.1968 Ashford Hill near Newbury, Berkshire [St. Paul's Cathedral, London]	Cadet 1911 Midsh. 15.01.1912 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1914 S.Lt. 15.01.1915 Lt. 05.07.1916 ?, seniority 15.02.1916 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1924 Cdr. 30.06.1929 Capt. 31.12.1934 R.Adm. 08.07.1941 V.Adm. 08.05.1945 Adm. 26.09.1948 Adm. of the Fleet 01.06.1952 (retd 01.06.1952) GCB 01.01.1952 New Year 1952 [investiture 08.07.1952] KCB 25.07.1944 Normandy landings [investiture 25.10.1944] CB 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944 [overtaken, while being awarded KCB] KBE 31.03.1942 Malta convoy [investiture 03.02.1944] DSO  12.04.1940 Altmark incident [investiture 11.06.1940] DSO  03.12.1940 Operation DN [investiture 17.10.1941] DSO  14.10.1941 Bismarck action [investiture 17.10.1941] MID 19.07.1940 withdrawal from Namsos MID 01.01.1943 New Year 1943 MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky MID 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche MID 01.05.1945 Operation Meridian LegH ? liberation of France [decoration posted] CdeG ? liberation of France [decoration posted] LM 17.07.1945 Normandy landings [decoration presented] DSM 13.08.1946 service with US 5th Fleet StOlav 20.07.1948 services to Norway [decoration posted] Dbg - ?	Education: RN College Osborne (15.05.1907-...) & Dartmouth (...-14.01.1912). 15.01.1912 - 04.1914 HMS Lord Nelson (battleship) 1914 - 1918 served European War: 29.10.1914 - 13.09.1915 HMS Argonaut (cruiser) 30.09.1915 - 25.09.1916 HMS Morning Star (destroyer) (witnessed Battle of Jutland, 1916) 26.09.1916 - 22.11.1917 First Lieutenant, HMS Ossory (destroyer) 05.08.1918 - (01.1919) qualifying for gunnery duties [HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)]       First Lieutenant, HMS Sorceress (destroyer)       Gunnery Officer, HMS Australia 12.01.1923 - (08.1923) Gunnery Officer, HMS Thunderer (battleship) 07.10.1924 - (01.)1925 Gunnery School, Devonport [HMS Vivid] 09.05.1925 - (05.1926) Gunnery Officer, HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Atlantic) 17.02.1927 - (07.)1927 Gunnery Officer, HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) 17.11.1927 - (08.1929) Gunnery Officer, HMS Kent (cruiser) (China) 01.03.1930 - (01.)1932 Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 28.06.1932 - (09.1932) Director of Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 31.03.1933 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Active (destroyer) & Divisional Leader of 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) (07.1935)     no appointment listed 07.10.1935 - 02.1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Douglas (submarine flotilla leader) & Captain (D), 19th Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) 1936 - 1936 Captain (D), 1st Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) 12.10.1936 - (02.)1937 Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich 26.03.1937 - 30.06.1939 Flag Captain, HMS Arethusa (cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral Commanding 3rd Cruiser Squadron 08.1939 - 26.09.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Mackay (destroyer) & as Captain (D) 11th Destroyer Flotilla (Plymouth) 27.09.1939 - 13.12.1939 HMS Eaglet (additional; as Captain (D) 11th Destroyer Flotilla) 01.01.1940 - 17.01.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Afridi (destroyer) & Captain (D) 4th Destroyer Flotilla 18.01.1940 - 28.03.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Cossack (destroyer) & Captain (D) 4th Destroyer Flotilla 29.03.1940 - 04.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Afridi (destroyer) & Captain (D) 4th Destroyer Flotilla 05.05.1940 - 08.07.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Cossack (destroyer) & Captain (D) 4th Destroyer Flotilla (he led a daring rescue of 300 British seamen held on board the German supply ship Altmark (1940), and played a leading role in the destruction of the German battleship Bismarck (1941)) 12.07.1941 - 24.07.1941 HMS President (additional; for special service outside Admiralty) 25.07.1941   09.1941 Commander Force A [HMS Nigeria] (Arctic) 15.10.1941 - 12.09.1942 Commanding 15th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Naiad (cruiser) till 03.1942, then HMS Cleopatra (cruiser)] (Mediterranean Fleet) (he distinguished himself with his skilful handling of escort forces in the hazardous convoy operations for the relief of Malta) 07.10.1942 - 18.01.1943 HMS Victory IV (additional; for full pay service leave; illness) 19.01.1943 - 23.04.1943 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed) 24.04.1943 - 29.04.1943 Chief of Staff (X) to Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 30.04.1943 - 19.09.1943 HMS Excellent (additional; for special service for duty outside Admiralty with Deputy Commander Expeditionary Force & from 27.08.1943 as Rear Admiral, Force V / Task Force 88) [HMS Hilary] (Salerno) 20.09.1943 - 29.09.1943 Flag Officer Western Italy 08.11.1943 - 10.11.1943 HMS Odyssey (additional) 11.11.1943 - 21.01.1944 Naval Force Commander, Force J (for the Normandy invasion) [HMS Odyssey) 22.01.1944 - 30.06.1944 Naval Commander, Eastern Task Force (Normandy) [HMS Odyssey] 01.07.1944 - 24.08.1944 HMS Odyssey (additional) 25.08.1944 - 14.11.1944 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed) 15.11.1944 - 22.02.1945 Flag Officer Commanding, Aircraft Carriers, British Pacific Fleet 23.02.1945 - 05.1946 Flag Officer Commanding, 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron, British Pacific Fleet & from 27.10.1945 as Second-in-Command British Pacific Fleet [HMS Formidable] 23.09.1946 - 1950 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Fifth Sea Lord for Air & 1947 Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Air) 12.01.1950 - 01.06.1952 Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet [HMS Vanguard, later HMS Implacable] Director, Midland Bank, since 1952; Director, North British and Mercantile Insurance Co.. Published: Action this day (1960)
Villar, George Married (1919) Monica Estelle Cook; one son (Capt. George Roger Villar, RN), two daughters.	30.05.1887 Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire - 18.04.1970	Eng.S.Lt. 01.08.1907 Eng.Lt. 01.05.1909 23.09.1910, seniority 01.08.1908 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1916 Eng.Cdr. 31.12.1921 Eng.Capt. 31.12.1932 (retd 09.05.1939) CBE 01.01.1954 New Year 54: as General Manager, Southampton, and Director, John I. Thornycroft and Company, Ltd. OON 25.11.1947 ? MID 01.04.1919 ?	Education: RN Engineering College, Devonport; RN College, Greenwich 02.06.1903 - 01.08.1907 engineer cadet (08.1923)     no appointment listed 05.08.1924 - (01.)1925 Naval Air Section, Admiralty [HMS President] 17.02.1925 - (05.1926) HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) (07.1927)     no appointment listed 29.08.1927 - (06.1928) Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 16.04.1929 - (02.)1931 for charge of machinery at Fort Blockhouse and Floating Deck [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 11.08.1931 - (09.1932) Assistant Naval Attaché, Berlin (and for duty as Assistant to Naval Attachés Paris & Rome) [HMS President] 01.04.1933 - (02.)1935 for duty with Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] * 04.10.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Norfolk III (RN base, Aden) 22.10.1936 - (02.)1938 Gun Mounting Overseer, Woolwich Arsenal (Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty) [HMS President] 08.03.1938 - (04.)1939 Fleet Engineer Officer, Reserve Fleet [HMS Effingham (cruiser)] (Portsmouth) 19.12.1938 - (04.1939) also: Naval ADC to the King (04.1940) - (04.1946) no appointment listed: 1939 - 1959 with John I. Thornycroft (shipbuilding firm) * (07.1935) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Villar, George Roger Son of Eng.Capt. George Villar, RN (1887-1970), and Monica Estelle Cook. Married Diana (née ...); one son, one daughter.	14.05.1922 Chertsey district, Surrey - 20.09.2007 Portsmouth, Hampshire	Midsh. 01.01.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1941 S.Lt. ?, seniority 16.08.1941 Lt. 16.12.1942 Lt.Cdr. 16.12.1950 Cdr. 31.12.1955 Capt. 31.12.1964 (retd 07.01.1974) Cdre. ? DSC 04.04.1944 destruction U-boat Western Approaches 23.05.43 [decoration posted]	... - ... ... 01.01.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Glasgow (cruiser) 01.09.1941 - (12.1941) promotion course, Portsmouth 24.02.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Bleasdale (destroyer) 07.01.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Active (destroyer) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 05.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Teazer (destroyer) ... - ... ... Published: Merchant ships at war: the Falklands experience (1984) ; Piracy today : robbery and violence at sea (1985).
Villiers, [Sir] John Michael	22.06.1907 Greenwich district, Greater London / Kent / London - 01.01.1990 Gipping and Hartismere district, Suffolk	... ... Lt. 01.05.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1939 Cdr. 30.06.1942 ... ... V.Adm. 15.10.1960 (retd 26.11.1963) KCB 02.06.1962 HM's birthday 62 [investiture 18.07.1962] CB 11.06.1960 HM's birthday 60 [investiture 12.07.60] OBE 21.12.1943 Operation Husky MID 28.06.1940 2nd Battle of Narvik	... - ... ... 01.06.1939 - (02.)1941 Flag Lt.Cdr. to Rear-Admiral/Vice­Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron & as Squadron Signal and Wireless Telegraphy Officer, aboard: HMS Hood 01.06.1939 - 11.03.1940 HMS Renown 11.03.1940 - 13.04.1940 HMS Warspite 13.04.1940 - ??.04.1940 HMS Renown ??.04.1940 - 10.08.1940 HMS Hood 10.08.1940 - 12.05.1941 (2nd Battle of Narvik) 23.05.1941 - (08.)1942 Flag Commander to Admiral (S) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] 26.10.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services) (Fleet Signal Officer at Operation Husky) 29.11.1943 - (10.1944) Staff Signal Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] (07.1945)     no appointment listed 10.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Ursa (destroyer) ... - ... ...
Vincent-Jones, Desmond [Vincent*] Son of late Sir Vincent Strickland Jones, KBE and Mary, daughter of Col Joscelyn Fitzroy Bagot. Married 1944, Jacqueline, eldest daughter of Col A.J.H. Sloggett, CBE, DSO; two daughters. * assumed second Christian name by deed poll of 1944.	13.02.1912 - 09.02.1992 Wandsworth, London	Cadet 01.05.1929 Midsh. 01.01.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1932 S.Lt. 16.01.1933 Lt. 16.10.1935 A/Lt.Cdr. < 08.1943 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1943 ?, seniority 16.01.1943 A/Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 Cdr. 31.12.1946 Capt. 31.12.1954 (retd 10.02.1964) DSC 25.06.1940 bombing raids Bergen 40 DSC 08.04.1941 many actions versus enemy aircraft as observer	Education: Beacon School, Crowborough; RN College, Dartmouth; graduate of US Armed Forces and British Services Staff Colleges 30.04.1929 - (04.)19230 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 07.04.1930 - (01.1932) HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 01.05.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 29.07.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Norfolk (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 22.01.1935 - (07.1937) HMS Wellington (escort vessel) (New Zealand) (02.1938) no appointment listed 25.04.1938 - (10.1938) observers' course [HMS Excellent] 28.12.1938 - (04.)1939 acting observer, HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) (08.1939) - (09.1939) Fleet Air Arm 23.02.1940 - (02.1941) 806 Squadron FAA [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] ? HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier) 20.10.1941 - (08.1943) HMS Archer (escort carrier) 23.08.1943 - (08.1944) Fleet Air Arm Liaison Officer 2, staff Commander-in-Chief Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] (08.1944) detached as Air Staff Officer to V.Adm. Dalrymple-Hamilton [HMS Vindex (escort carrier)] (for convoy JW59) 19.03.1945 - (07.1945) Naval Air Warfare and Flying Training division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Theseus (aircraft carrier) 15.09.1947 - (07.1948) Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 06.02.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Saker (for duties with British Naval Staff, Washington) (05.1953) HMS President * (04.1955) no appointment listed 09.06.1955 - (01.1956) Commanding Officer, HMS Seahawk (RN Air Station, Culdrose) 1958 - 1960 Naval and Military Attaché, Buenos Aires & Montevideo 17.10.1960 - 1964 Director Naval Air [Warfare] Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 07.07.1963 - 07.01.1964 Naval ADC to the Queen Joined Marine Consortiums as consultant. * indexed, but not listed as such
Vivian, John Guy Protheroe   Son (with three sisters and one brother) of Rev. Charles Henry Gerald Vivian (1853-1938), and Constance Margaret Smith (1860-1899), of Grampound, Cornwall. Married 1st (1919) Margaret Annie Yates ((06?).1890 - 29.10.1923), daughter of Col. Henry Townley Scott Yates (1846-1915), and Sophia Olivia Richardson (1852-); one daughter. Married 2nd (03.10.1928, Northam Church, Devon) Mary Kathleen Bennet, daughter of Col. F.W. Bennet, of Northam, North Devon.	25.06.1887 Ruan Minor - 10.04.1963 Taunton, Somerset	... ... Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1916 Cdr. 31.12.1920 Capt. 30.06.1928 R.Adm. 01.08.1939 (retd 29.10.1942) V.Adm. (retd) 29.10.1942 (dispersed 03.01.1946) (reverted to retd 01.03.1946) CB 01.01.1941 New Year 41 [investiture 20.05.41] StOlav 29.06.1943 bringing Norwegian gold to UK [investiture 05.07.43]	Education: HMS Britannia. 15.05.1902     entered RN 1914 - 1919 served Great War ... - ... ... 17.07.1937 - (05.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Newcastle (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 10.01.1939 - (08.1939) also: Naval ADC to the King 01.08.1939 - 31.12.1939 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed) 01.01.1940 - 19.03.1940 HMS President (for miscellaneous services at Admiralty) 20.03.1940 - 11.10.1940 Admiral Commanding Anti-Aircraft Ships [HMS Coventry (cruiser), from (08.)1940 HMS Cairo (cruiser)] 12.10.1940 - 03.11.1940 HMS Victory (additional; for full pay service leave) 14.11.1940 - 15.12.1940 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 16.12.1940 - 12.01.1941 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 13.01.1941 - 25.03.1941 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 26.03.1941 - 28.05.1945 Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President] 29.05.1945 - 06.10.1945 Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel & Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President] 07.10.1945 - 03.01.1946 HMS President (additional; for disposal)
Voelcker, George Arthur Wallis   Eldest son of Dr. Arthur Francis Voelcker, MD, FRCP, and Katarine Isobel Voelcker, of Marhamchurch, Cornwall. Married 1st (18.11.1926, Chudleigh Parish Church, Newton Abbot district, Devon; divorced 1928) Dorothy Mary Cotterill Scholefield (01.01.1903-03.09.1947), daughter of Ernest Edward Scholefield and Mary Olive Perks; ... children (two sons?). Married 2nd Peggy Voelcker, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.	26.10.1898 St Marylebone district, London - 23.10.1943 (KIA) [age 44] [Dinard English Cemetery, France, G.20]	S.Lt. 15.11.1917 Lt. 15.02.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1927 Cdr. 30.06.1933 Capt. 30.06.1939 OON 28.04.1942 good services to Dutch submarines [decoration posted]	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (09.1911-08.1914). 08.1914     entered RN 08.1914 - 1917 HMS Prince of Wales (battleship) ? - (01.1919) HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) 1919     junior officers' course, Cambridge University 19.04.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Vulcan (submarine depot ship) (for periscope course) 03.12.1924 - (05.)1926 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 20.11.1926 - (06.1928) Commanding Officer, HMS L 53 (submarine) [tender to HMS Lucia] 15.11.1928 - 15.02.1929 HMS President (additional; for passage to Australia in "Canberra") 16.02.1929 - 15.08.1929 HMAS Platypus (destroyer depot ship, fleet repair ship & submarine depot ship) (as Senior Submarine Officer and for First Lieutenant duties) [lent to RAN] 16.08.1929 - 10.05.1930 HMAS Penguin (depot & submarine parent ship, Sydney) (as Senior Submarine Officer and for First Lieutenant duties) [lent to RAN] 11.05.1930 - 03.07.1930 HMAS Penguin (depot & submarine parent ship, Sydney) (for First Lieutenant duties) [lent to RAN] 04.07.1930 - 08.07.1930 HMAS Penguin (additional; to await passage to UK per "Mongolia") [lent to RAN] 30.10.1930 - 11.1932 Commanding Officer, HMS Perseus (submarine) (China) [tender to HMS Medway] (05.1933) - (06.1933) no appointment listed 10.08.1933 - (07.1935) Commanding Officer, HMS L 23 (submarine) [tender to HMS Mackay] 14.01.1936 - (08.)1936 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 18.12.1936 - (10.1938) Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief, China Station [HMS Kent (cruiser), later HMS Cumberland (cruiser), later HMS Kent (cruiser)] (02.1939) - (08.1939) no appointment listed 25.09.1939 - (04.)1940 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services at Admiralty) 28.04.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) 10.03.1941 - 06.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) & Captain (S), 8th Submarine Flotilla (Gibraltar) 06.1942 - 23.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Charybdis (cruiser) (went down when his ship was torpedoed & sunk by German torpedo boats off North France)
von Bergen, Mark Allen Son (with one brother) of Carl Wahlgren von Bergen (1876-1959), MB, BS, and Mary Barbara Satow Allen (1894-1939), of Leatherhead, Surrey.	16.01.1921 Devon House, Leatherhead, Epsom district, Surrey - 11.08.1943 (MPK) [age 22] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, panel 72, column 3]	Cadet 01.01.1939 Midsh. 01.09.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1941 S.Lt. 10.1941, seniority 01.12.1940 Lt. 16.07.1942	Education: Radley College (1934.3-1938.3). 17.01.1939 - 01.05.1939 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 02.05.1939 - 30.08.1939 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 31.08.1939 - 17.04.1940 HMS Norfolk (Norfolk class cruiser) 18.04.1940 - 28.11.1940 HMS Berwick (Kent class cruiser) 29.11.1940 - 04.03.1941 HMS Wolfhound (W class destroyer) 05.03.1941 - 04.05.1941 HMS Prince of Wales (King George V class battleship) 05.05.1941 - 09.11.1941 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 10.11.1941 - 14.01.1942 long submarine course, HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) 15.01.1942 - 22.02.1942 HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) 23.02.1942 - 08.09.1942 HMS Traveller (T class submarine) 09.12.1942 - 11.08.1943 HMS Parthian (P class submarine) [ship lost off Sicily]

 

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