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Weall, George Offley Graham	21.04.1920 - 07.07.2002	... ... Lt. (E) 01.01.1942 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.01.1950 (retd 18.02.1958)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... (07.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Weatherall, David Alan Patrick	22.10.1918 - 10.01.2004 Astley Care Centre, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	Cadet 01.01.1936 Midsh. 01.09.1936 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1938 S.Lt. 18.11.1939, seniority 01.04.1939 Lt. 01.07.1940 (retd 11.09.1947; own request) A/Lt.Cdr. 12.08.1942?	Education: RN College, Dartmouth; commoner, Hertford College, Oxford (1947) 01.01.1936 - 31.08.1936 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.09.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies) 25.02.1937 - (07.)1937 HMS Norfolk (cruiser) (Devonport) 25.08.1937 - (08.)1938 HMS Sheffield (cruiser) 05.09.1938 - (04.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth (09.1939)     no appointment listed 19.08.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Bulldog (destroyer) 01.07.1940 - 05.1941 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 24.03.1942 - 11.08.1942 acting observer, 813 Squadron FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] 12.08.1942 - 10.1943 Commanding Officer, 813 Squadron FAA 11.1943 - (10.1944) SO [= Staff Officer?] Air, HMS Nabob (escort carrier) (07.1945)     HMS Flycatcher (RN Air Station, Middle Wallop, Hampshire) * 06.02.1946 - (04.)1947 observer, HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) Schoolmaster.
Webb, Alan Scott	01.12.1908 - 30.05.1974	... ... Cdr. 31.12.1944 Capt. 30.06.1951 (retd)	... - ... ... 29.11.1943 - (07.1945) Naval Air Warfare and Flying Training Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
Webb, Arthur Brooke Married (1949) Rachel Marian Gerrish; three daughters.	13.06.1918 - 25.09.2008 Western Isles Hospital, Stornoway	... ... Paym.S.Lt. 01.09.1938 Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 01.09.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. (S) < 04.1946 Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.09.1948 Cdr. (S) 30.06.1954 Capt. (S) 31.12.1963 R.Adm. 07.01.1973 (retd 07.04.1975) CB  01.01.1975 New Year 75	1936 joined RN ... - ... ... 24.04.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (for duty in Admiral's Office [= Rear-Admiral Alexandria]) 15.05.1942 - (04.1946) HMS Howe (battleship) ... - ... ...
Webb, Charles Leslie Fortescue * * initially registered in the RNR as C.F. Webb	16.02.1913 - 03.07.1975 Aberconwy, Gwynedd, Wales	Prob. A/S.Lt. RNR 01.03.1934 A/S.Lt. RNR 16.02.1935 S.Lt. RNR 28.11.1937 Lt. RNR 16.02.1938 Lt. 20.10.1938, seniority 16.02.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. > 02.1943, < 06.1943 Lt.Cdr. 16.02.1945 Cdr. 30.06.1950 Capt. 31.12.1956 (retd 29.04.1966) DSC 07.08.1945 Operation Judgement (air strike in U-boat base at Kilbotn, Norway 04.05.45) [decoration posted]	01.03.1934     joined Royal Naval Reserve 17.11.1934 - (02.)1935 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) (for 3 months' training) 20.10.1938     transferred to Royal Navy 24.10.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 19.06.1939 - (08.1939) observers' course [HMS Excellent] 23.02.1940 - (12.1940) acting observer, 821 Squadron FAA [HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkney)] 20.01.1941 - (08.)1942 observer, 824 Squadron FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] 09.09.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh, Southampton) 04.09.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) (for observer duties and course) 10.1944 - 05.1945 Commanding Officer, 846 Squadron FAA [HMS Trumpeter (escort carrier)] 30.10.1945 - (10.1947) HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) 05.01.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS Theseus 05.10.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, nr Padstow, Cornwall) 23.10.1951 - (05.1953) HMS President (Admiralty) (for miscellaneous services) 29.01.1954 - (04.1955) Executive Officer, HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (01.1956)     no appointment listed (01.1957)     no appointment listed 29.04.1958 - (01.1959) Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Alvie ? - (07.)1961 HMS Seahawk (RN Air Station, Culdrose) 22.08.1961 - (02.)1964 Director of Air Equipment and Naval Photography (DAE), Aircraft Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.05.1964 - (03.)1965 Commanding Officer, HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halfar, Malta) & as Captain (Air) Mediterranean 07.07.1965 - 07.01.1966 Naval ADC to the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such
Webb, Edward James Son of Clarence James Webb (1871-1921), and Alice Marion Webb (1870-1926). Married Janet Edwards Dozier (23.09.1912 - 02.09.1972), daughter of Melville Dozier (1874-1949), and Elizabeth Kinsey Dozier (1881-1953); two children.	10.05.1910 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil - 16.06.1981 Algarve, Portugal	Paym.S.Lt. 01.06.1930 Paym.Lt. 01.12.1931 Paym.Lt.Cdr. = Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.12.1939 A/Paym.Cdr. = A/Cdr. (S) 31.05.1943 Cdr. (S) 31.12.1945 (retd 15.12.1958)	... - ... ... 21.01.1931 - (03.1931) HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) ... - ... ... 30.08.1939 - (10.)1941 Captain's Secretary, Rosyth Escort Force [HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth)] 10.11.1941 - (04.)1943 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for duty in Admiral's office, Flag Officer-in-Charge, Malta) 31.05.1943 - 03.05.1945 HMS Bellona (improved Dido class cruiser) 21.06.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Furneaux (RN depot, Brisbane, Australia) (04.1946)     no appointment listed ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Webb, Reginald Peter Son of Herbert Alfred Webb, and Florence Mary Derrick, of Redland, Bristol.	(12?).1915 Bristol district, Gloucestershire - 13.03.1943 (MPK) [age 27] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 72, column 3]	Midsh. 01.01.1935 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1937 S.Lt. 1937?, seniority 01.01.1937 Lt. 16.01.1938	... - ... ... 03.02.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Proteus (submarine) 01.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Seawolf (submarine) 04.04.1942 - 19.06.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS H 44 (submarine) 07.1942 - 07.11.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS P 555 (submarine) 15.11.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Medway II (base for 1st Submarine Flotilla, Beirut) 03.02.1943 - 18.02.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Trooper (submarine) (temporarily) 02.1943 - 13.03.1943 HMS Thunderbolt (submarine) (ship sunk by Italian surface craft near Sicily)
Webb, William Frank Broughton Son of ... Webb, and ... Corbett. Married Brenda Mary ... (died 04.03.1978); two (?) sons.	16.03.1913 Southam district, Northamptonshire / Warwickshire - 28.07.1983 Droitwich district	Cadet 01.05.1930 Midsh. 01.01.1931 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1933 S.Lt. 16.01.1934 Lt. 16.10.1936 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1944 (retd > 12.1944, < 07.1945) DSC 01.12.1942 Operation EV (North Russian convoy PQ 18 / QP14, 09.42) [award posted]	26.04.1930 - (10.)1930 HMS Barham (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 02.12.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Valiant (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.02.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) 04.05.1933 - (01.1934) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich 25.10.1934 - (02.1936) HMS Diana (destroyer) (China) (02.1937) no appointment listed 25.03.1937 - (10.1938) HMS Escapade (destroyer) (Home Fleet) (02.1939) - (04.1939) no appointment listed (08.1939) - (09.1939) HMS Amazon (destroyer) * 12.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Amazon (destroyer) 04.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Mashona (destroyer) 19.06.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Onslow (destroyer) 01.02.1943 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Charlestown (destroyer) 16.10.1943 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Ripley (destroyer) 04.11.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (additional, for various servies) (04.1944) - (06.1944) HMS Belvoir (destroyer) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Webber, John Clarence "Jack"	1915 ? - 22.11.2016 Notting Hill Gate [aged 101]	... ... T/Lt. (L) 22.10.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (L) < 04.1946 Lt.Cdr. (L) 22.05.1947 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1951 (retd)	Education: Aldenham School (1929-1932). ... - ... ... ... - ... ...
Webster, John Son of Lilian Catherine Taylor. Married (21.07.1940, The Congregational Church, Penarth) Doris; one son, one daughter.	25.09.1916 Islington, London - 05.08.1987 Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex [buried St Peter’s Churchyard, Iver, Buckinghamshire]	Boy 2nd class 25.05.1932 [JX137181] Boy 1st class 12.11.1932 Ordinary Seaman 26.03.1934 Ablebodied Seaman 25.06.1935 A/Leading Seaman 11.04.1938 Leading Seaman 11.04.1939 A/Petty Officer 21.05.1939 Petty Officer 27.06.1940 A/Gnr. (T) 15.05.1943 Gnr. (T) ?, seniority 15.05.1943 Wt. El. Offr. (L) = Cd. El. Offr. 1948?, seniority 15.05.1943 A/Cd. El. Offr. (L) = A/Sen. Cd. El. Offr. < 07.1948 Sen. Cd. El. Offr. (L)  01.04.1952 El. Lt. (L) (Special Duties List) 01.01.1957  El. Lt.Cdr. (L) 01.10.1962 (retd 25.09.1966) 39|45 St - - Afr St - - Atl St - - (Arctic emblem) Bur St - - Kor M - - UN SerM - -	Education: Gibbs Nautical Training School in Penarth (1930-1932) 25.05.1932 - 02.08.1934 HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 03.08.1934 - 29.11.1934 HMS Iron Duke (training ship) (Home Fleet) 30.11.1934 - 25.06.1935 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 09.12.1935 - 09.01.1936 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 10.01.1936 - 27.03.1936 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 28.03.1936 - 14.10.1936 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (for electrical & wiring examinations) 15.10.1936 - 31.12.1936 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 01.01.1937 - 06.09.1939 HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (Far East) 07.09.1939 - 16.04.1940 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (torpedo course examinations) 17.04.1940 - 11.05.1940 SS Montclare (troop transport ship?) 12.05.1940 - 06.12.1940 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (torpedo course examinations) 07.12.1940 - 02.11.1941 HMS St Vincent (training establishment, Forton) 1941 - 1941 HMS Dainty (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 03.11.1941 - 23.08.1942 HMS Cairo (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean & Atlantic) 23.08.1942 - 21.09.1942 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 22.09.1942 - 15.06.1943 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Roedean School, Brighton) [course at HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) from 04.11.1942] 18.06.1943 - 04.09.1945 HMS Landguard (escort) 05.09.1945 - 18.09.1945 HMS Hotspur (destroyer) 23.10.1945 - 29.09.1946 HMS Diadem (cruiser) 30.09.1946 - 27.04.1947 HMS Marlborough (battleship) 28.04.1947 - 25.05.1947 HMS Collingwood (radar & electrical school, Fareham, Hampshire) * 26.09.1947 - 19.10.1947 HMS Defiance (torpedo and electrical school, Devonport) 20.10.1947 - 07.02.1948 HMS Collingwood (radar & electrical school, Fareham, Hampshire) 08.02.1948 - 18.12.1949 HMS Broadsword (destroyer) 19.12.1949 - 02.01.1950 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 03.01.1950 - 29.01.1950 HMS Crossbow (destroyer) 30.01.1950 - 02.01.1951 HMS Sanderling (RN Air Station, Abbotsinch, Paisley, Scotland) 03.01.1951 - 02.08.1953 HMS Glory (aircraft carrier) (Korea) (08.1953?) - (10.1953?) HMS Collingwood (radar & electrical school, Fareham, Hampshire) 26.10.1953 - 19.06.1955 HMS Dryad (navigation and direction school, Portsmouth) 20.06.1955 - 02.03.1958 HMS Ranpura (destroyer depot ship) (Malta) 03.03.1958 - 04.01.1962 HMS Collingwood (naval electrical school, Fareham, Hampshire) 05.01.1962 - 15.02.1965 HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) 16.02.1965 - 17.06.1965 HMS Collingwood (radar & electrical school, Fareham, Hampshire) 18.06.1965 - 27.07.1965 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 28.07.1965 - 25.09.1966 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) On retiring from the navy he went into industry working for Constructors John Brown Personnel Manager at the time the North Sea oil and gas fields were being developed. He was responsible for all the field employees tasked with laying the network of gas pipelines that now straddle the country. On the completion of the pipelines he joined Walls, the meat processing company, as in sausages, as their Personnel Manager. Then latterly with Hillingdon Borough Council as a Training Officer for their apprentice scheme.
Weekes, Peter	21.10.1912 - 10.11.1998	... ... Paym.Lt. 01.12.1934 T/Paym.Lt.Cdr. < 08.1942 Paym.Lt.Cdr. = Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.12.1942 A/Cdr. (S) < 07.1945 Cdr. (S) 30.06.1948 T/Capt. (S) < 07.1948 Capt. (S) 31.12.1957 (retd 10.01.1966) OBE 08.06.1950 HM's birthday 50 DSC 01.12.1942 Operation EV [investiture 22.06.43]	... - ... ... 05.03.1942 - (12.1942) Secretary to Rear Admiral (D) Commanding Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas [HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship)] ... - ... ...
Welby, Richard Nigel Lyon	12.02.1921 - 10.02.2012	... ... Lt. 01.02.1942 Lt.Cdr. ? Cdr. 31.12.1956 (retd) DSC ? ?	... - ... ... ? - ? ? ... - ... ...
Welby-Everard, Philip Herbert Earle Son of Edward Everard Earle ('Evvy') Welby-Everard (1870-1951), solicitor, and Gwladys Muriel Petra Herbert (died 1946). Brother of Maj.Gen. Sir Christopher E. Welby-Everard. Married Mai ...; two (?) sons (Lt. Roger E. Welby-Everard, RN). Residence: Grantham (c. 1944); Glebe House, Muston (c. 1957); Frieston Old Place, Caythorpe, Grantham (c. 1969-1972).	07.05.1902 St George Hanover Square district, London - 15.03.1985 Grantham, Lincolnshire	Cadet 01.1916 Midsh. ? A/S.Lt. 15.01.1922 S.Lt. 15.08.1923, seniority 30.07.1922 Lt. 30.04.1924 Lt.Cdr. 30.04.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1939 A/Capt. 15.04.1945? Capt. 30.06.1946 (retd 07.07.1955) OBE 14.06.1980 HM's birthday 80 DSC 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 (Scharnhorst action) [investiture 07.11.44]	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth (01.1916-12.1918) 1922 - 1922 HMS Venomous (torpedo-boat destroyer) (08.1923) short course of instruction 15.08.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Dublin (cruiser) (Africa) 25.05.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Atlantic) 23.05.1929 - (04.)1930 Gunnery School, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 12.04.1930 - (02.)1931 2nd Gunnery Officer, HMS Tiger (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 29.12.1931 - (09.1932) Gunnery Officer, HMS Mackay (flotilla leader) (and for flotilla duties, 1st Flotilla) (Mediterranean) 08.05.1933 - (01.)1934 Gunnery Officer, HMS Duncan (flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) 05.05.1934 - (07.)1935 Gunnery School, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 02.12.1935 - (02.)1936 Gunnery Officer, HMS Kent (cruiser) (China) 05.11.1936 - (07.1937) Gunnery Officer, HMS Danae (cruiser) (China) 14.01.1938 - (08.1939) Gunnery Officer, HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet) 15.02.1940 - (02.)1941 Naval Ordnance Department, Fire Control Section [HMS President] 26.06.1942 - (12.1943) Executive Officer, HMS Belfast (cruiser) (04.1944) no appointment listed 09.05.1944 - 15.04.1945 Deputy Director of Air Equipment, Admiralty [HMS President] 15.04.1945 - 1946 Director of Air Equipment, Admiralty [HMS President] (04.1946) no appointment listed 16.12.1947 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, Gunnery School, Devonport [HMS Drake] 01.06.1949 - (05.1950) Director of Standardisation Division, Admirlaty [HMS President] (05.1953) no appointment listed ? - ? Captain of HM Dockyard Rosyth (temp. Commodore Superintendent) ? - 07.07.1955 Naval ADC to the Queen Deputy Lieutenant (DL), County of Lincoln, 01.06.1957. OStJ, 01.1964. CStJ, 01.1970. KStJ, 01.1973. Sheriff, Lincolnshire, 1969-1972. Published: The British Empire (speech for The Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, DC, 9 Apr. 1947)
Weld, James Joseph Son of Joseph Edward Weld (1867-1946), and Frances Gertrude "Fanny" Brown (1862?-1940). Married (17.05.1924) Kathleen Mary Eleanor Davison Bland (1901 - 1971), daughter of Col. Frederick Millbanke Davison Bland, and Julia Mary Talbot.	17.05.1899 Mitcham, Surrey - 21.11.1957 London	Midsh. 02.08.1914 A/S.Lt. 15.07.1917 S.Lt. 15.08.1918 A/Lt. 15.08.1920 Lt. ?, seniority 15.12.1919 Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1927 Cdr. 30.06.1934 Capt. 31.12.1940 (retd 11.10.1950; medically unfit) MVO 29.01.1936 ? MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) LegH ? invasion South of France	05.1912     entered RN ... - ... ... 04.01.1938 - 06.09.1940 Executive Officer, HMS Liverpool (cruiser) 07.09.1940 - 07.02.1941 HMS Victory (additional; for full pay service leave) 08.02.1941 - 05.08.1942 Chief of Staff to Flag Officer Commanding Orkneys and Shetlands [HMS Proserpine (RN base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)] 30.08.1942 - 13.09.1942 HMS Victory (additional; whilst unemployed) 14.09.1942 - 18.09.1942 HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty at Damage Control School) 19.09.1942 - 16.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Ajax (cruiser) 09.11.1944 - 13.11.1944 HMS Victory IV (additional; whilst unemployed) 26.02.1945 - 10.04.1945 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Chief of Naval Information) 11.04.1945 - 17.05.1945 HMS Victory IV (additional; whilst unemployed) 18.05.1945 - 05.09.1945 HMS Royal Albert (RN base, London / Berlin; for Naval Party 1749) (additional; as Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer-in-Charge, Germany) (04.1946)     no appointment listed ... - ... ... 1948 - 1950 Naval Attaché, West Coast, South America
Wellby, Roger Stanley Only son (with two sisters) of Dr Stanley Wellby (1870-1952), and Marian Schwann (1871-1971), of Wimbledon. Married (1936) Elaine Heathcote-Smith (21.12.1914 - 01.2005), daughter of Sir Clifford Heathcote-Smith (18831963), and Helene Spiegelthal (1888-1967), of Blackboys, nr Uckfield; three sons.	28.04.1906 Liss, Hampshire - 25.10.2003 Kingston upon Thames, Surrey	A/S.Lt. 15.09.1926 S.Lt. 15.03.1927 Lt. 15.04.1928 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1936 Cdr. 30.06.1939 A/Capt. 31.07.1944 Capt. 31.12.1946 R.Adm. 07.01.1956 (retd 01.06.1959) CB 01.01.1958 New Year 1958 [decoration presented] DSO 05.07.1940 naval minelaying expedition [investiture 30.06.1942] CdeG 1940? ? MID 08.04.1941 torpedoed by aircraft 14.10.1940	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. ... - ... ... 1931     qualified as Torpedo Officer ... - ... ... (12.1939) - (02.1940) Department of Torpedoes and Mining, Admiralty [HMS President] * (03.1940) - (08.1940) HMS President (Admiralty) * 1940     special service in France, in charge of Operation Royal Marine (laying mines in the Rhine, Meuse and Moselle rivers) (DSO, Croix de Guerre) 02.08.1940 - 01.01.1941 Executive Officer, HMS Liverpool (light cruiser) (despatches) (02.1941) - (08.1941) no appointment listed 08.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services; organising local defence patrols) 13.01.1942 - (02.)1944 Executive Officer, HMS King George V (King George V class battleship) 13.03.1944 - 30.07.1944 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 31.07.1944 - (07.1945) Assistant Director of Plans (P.H.P.), Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] ... - ... ... 1955 - 1956 Naval ADC to HM the Queen 1956 - 1959 Head of UK Services Liaison Staff in Australia and Senior Naval Adviser to UK High Commissioner Deputy Commissioner-in-Chief, St John Ambulance Brigade, 1963-1971; Commissioner, St John Ambulance Brigade, Bucks, 1971-1975. DL Bucks 1972. KStJ 1966.
Wellham, John Walter George Son of George (in Royal Navy) and Nell (a homemaker; maiden name, Currie) Wellham. Married (26.02.1946) Marion R.M. Christie (in Women's Royal Naval Services, then a book shop manager); one daughter, one son.	02.01.1919 Isle of Bute, Scotland - 09.05.2006	... ... Lt. (A) 21.08.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 08.10.1942? Lt.Cdr. 21.08.1947 (retd 14.01.1954) DSC 14.01.1941 torpedo attack El Gazala 23.08.40 [investiture 25.11.41] MID 11.09.1940 courage in recent engagements MID 20.05.1941 attack Taranto 11.11.40	Education: Scottish Grammar School; RN College. 27.05.1939 - (02.)1941 pilot, 824 Squadron FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] (DSC, despatches twice) 08.10.1941 - 11.1941 pilot, 767 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 29.11.1941 - (08.)1942 pilot, 769 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 08.10.1942 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, 815 Squadron FAA 27.08.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Biter (escort carrier) 28.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Empress (escort carrier) 25.03.1946 - (04.1946) Lieutenant-Commander (Flying), HMS Merlin ... - ... ... Area manager, Hadrian Paints, Haltwhistle, England, 1953-61; national sales manager, Vaux Breweries, Sunderland, England, 1962-68; partner and investment consultant, Albion Investment Management, Sunderland, 1969-90. Principal actor in the naval training film Find, Fix, and Strike, Ealing Studios, 1942. Chairperson of local Neighborhood Watch and County Durham branch, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Published: With naval wings : the autobiography of a Fleet Air Arm pilot in World War II (1995); The attack on Taranto (with Thomas P. Lowry; 1995)
Wells, John Gerard Only son of V.Adm. Sir Gerard Aylmer Wells, KBE, Wells Pasha (1879-1943), and Jocelyn Mary Mort (1888?-1968). Married (06.12.1947, St Paul's, Knightsbridge) Diana Schreiber, younger daughter of Lt.Gen. Sir Edmond Charles Acton Schreiber, KCB, DSO, DL (1890-1972), and Phyllis Barchard (1889-1977); two sons.	22.09.1915 Hambledon district, Surrey - 16.02.1997 Petersfield district, Hampshire	Cadet 01.01.1933 Midsh. 01.09.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1936 S.Lt. 01.07.1936 Lt. 16.10.1937 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1945 Cdr. 31.12.1949 Capt. 30.06.1955 (retd 07.07.1964) CBE 13.06.1964 HM's birthday 64 [investiture 22.07.64] DSC 02.08.1940 withdrawal troops from Le Havre [investiture 03.09.40]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. ... - ... ... 1937     HMS Victoria and Albert (HM's yacht) ... - ... ... 22.08.1939 - (05.)1940 HMS Acheron (destroyer) 14.05.1940 - (06.)1940 qualifying for gunnery duties, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 26.06.1940 - (12.)1940 qualifying for gunnery duties, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 20.12.1940 - (08.)1941 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 08.09.1941 - (12.1943) Gunnery Officer, HMS Phoebe (cruiser) 02.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 30.07.1945 - (04.1946) Gunnery Officer, HMS Swiftsure (cruiser) ... - ... ... 1959     Commanding Officer, HMS Dainty 1961     Commanding Officer, HMS Excellent 1963     Commanding Officer, HMS Kent Published: Whaley : the story of HMS Excellent (1980); The immortal Warrior : Britain’s first and last battleship (1987); The Royal Navy : an illustrated social history 1870-1982 (1994).
Wells, Sir Lionel Victor "Nutty" Third son of Thomas Wells, of Moxley, Staffortdshire, and Ellen Wells, later of Ealing. Married (08.09.1915, St James's, Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland) Aline Margaret Munro (22.10.1892 - 31.05.1977), youngest daughter of Sir Hector Munro, 11th Bart of Foulis; one son (Capt. Thomas Alexander Wells, RN).	28.11.1884 The Leveretts, Handsworth, West Bromwich district,  Staffordshire - 22.04.1965 Itchen Abbas Cottage, nr Winchester, Hampshire [buried Itchen Abbas Church, nr  Winchester, Hampshire]	Cadet 15.09.1899 Midsh. 15.01.1901 A/S.Lt. 15.03.1904 S.Lt. 25.08.1905, seniority 15.03.1904 Lt. 01.03.1906, seniority 15.03.1905 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1913 Cdr. 31.12.1916 Capt. 31.12.1924 R.Adm. 02.01.1936 V.Adm. 31.07.1939 Adm. 22.10.1943 (retd 31.12.1943; at own request to facilitate the promotion of younger officers) (dispersed 31.12.1945) (reverted to retd 29.02.1946) KCB 01.01.1943 New Year 1943 [investiture 02.02.43] CB  01.01.1938 New Year 1938 DSO  14.01.1921 for services in Asia Minor 1920 MID 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940 MID 06.01.1942 coolness & resource in Home Fleet operations, esp. Norwegian waters St Olav 27.03.1945 services to Norwegian navy	Education: Stubbington House; Britannia. 15.09.1899 - 15.01.1901 entered RN, HMS Britannia (training ship) 15.01.1901 - 15.01.1902 HMS Majestic (battleship) (Channel Squadron) 15.01.1902 - 19.05.1902 HMS Endymion (cruiser) (China) 19.05.1902 - 15.03.1904 HMS Glory (battleship) (China) 14.07.1904     lent Commander-in-Chief for torpedo boat manoeuvres 01.09.1905 - 06.03.1906 HMS Cherwell (torpedo-boat destroyer) [tender to HMS Leander (cruiser; depot ship)] 06.03.1906 - 08.12.1906 HMS Leviathan (armoured cruiser) (Mediterranean) 12.1906     HMS Bacchante (armoured cruiser) [appointment cancelled] 10.01.1907 - 05.03.1907 HMS Ariadne (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 05.03.1907 - 17.08.1907 HMS King Edward VII (battleship) (Channel) 17.08.1907 - 30.06.1908 qualifying for gunnery duties, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (additional) 30.06.1908 - 23.09.1908 HMS Prince George (battleship) (manoeuvres) 23.09.1908 - 01.10.1908 gunnery duties on junior staff, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 01.10.1908 - 01.03.1910 advanced gunnery course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.03.1910 - 02.09.1910 gunnery duties, HMS Revenge (battleship; gunnery training ship, Portsmouth) [tender to HMS Excellent] 02.09.1910 - 11.1910 gunnery duties on junior staff, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (temporarily) 13.12.1910 - 13.06.1913 gunnery duties, HMS Highflyer (cruiser) (served Persian Gulf, 1911 (medal, one clasp)) 06.1913 - 09.1913 requalifying for gunnery duties, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) [lent 15.07.1913 to HMS Argonaut (armoured cruiser) for manoeuvres] 1914 - 1918 served European War, North Sea & Black Sea: 09.1913 - 06.03.1916 Gunnery Officer, HMS Shannon (armoured cruiser) (Grand Fleet) 06.03.1916 - 02.07.1919 Executive Officer, HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Grand Fleet) 02.07.1919 - 27.03.1920 special service as member of Committee of Special Post-War Questions [HMS President (additional)] 27.03.1920 - 09.04.1920 leave 09.04.1920 - 16.01.1921 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (operations Asia Minor) 16.01.1921 - 15.05.1923 Squadron Gunnery Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron [HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (additional)] 16.05.1923 - 15.10.1923 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time) 16.10.1923 - 30.01.1924 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (additional)] 31.01.1924 - 15.09.1924 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for unemployed time) 16.09.1924 - 09.01.1925 HMS Hecla (special torpedo vessel) (Nore) (additional; for command of group of destroyers in reserve) 25.02.1925 - 08.03.1925 Admiralty [HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty)] 09.03.1925 - 14.03.1927 naval member, Ordnance Committee, Woolwich [HMS President] 14.03.1927 - 11.08.1927 senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 12.08.1927 - 24.10.1927 lent to New Zealand Division 25.10.1927 - 14.02.1930 Commanding Officer, HMS Diomede (cruiser) & Assistant Commander, New Zealand Division (04.1930)     no appointment listed 05.05.1930 - 15.06.1930 tactical course, HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth; additional) 16.06.1930 - 25.07.1930 senior officers' war course [HMS President (additional)] 26.07.1930 - 16.01.1933 on staff of Admiral Commanding RN War College, Greenwich for senior officers' war course [HMS President (additional)] 17.01.1933 - 14.03.1933 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (additional) (temporarily) 15.03.1933 - 31.05.1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (China) 11.06.1935 - 23.07.1935 tactical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (additional)] 24.07.1935 - 25.03.1937 Director Senior Officers' Tactical Course [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 03.10.1935 - 02.01.1936 also: Naval ADC to the King 26.03.1937 - 31.03.1939 Rear-Admiral Commanding 3rd Cruiser Squadron [HMS Arethusa (cruiser), from ... 1937 HMS Despatch (cruiser), from 22.11.1937 HMS Delhi (cruiser), from 01.1938 HMS Arethusa (cruiser)] 16.07.1939 - 25.07.1939 HMS President (additional; for unemployed time) 26.07.1939 - 20.08.1940 Rear-/Vice-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] (despatches twice) 25.09.1940 - 30.09.1940 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional; for special service) 01.10.1940 - 06.01.1942 HMS President (additional; for unemployed time) 07.01.1942 - 15.04.1944 Flag Officer Commanding Orkneys and Shetlands [HMS Iron Duke / HMS Proserpine] 16.04.1944 - 27.07.1944 HMS President (additional; for disposal) 28.07.1944 - 29.10.1944 Flag Officer-in-Charge, Aberdeen [HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) (additional)] 30.10.1944 - 31.12.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) & Naval Officer-in-Charge Aberdeen (to serve in the rank of Capt.)
Wells, Richard Frederick   Elder son of Capt. Norman ffolliott Wells, RNVR (1876-1946), and Maud Caroline Wallroth (1878-1958). Brother of Capt. Walter Reginald Wells, OBE, DSC, RN. Married (12.09.1942, Church of St John the Baptist, Shedfield, Hampshire) Margaret Caroline Phillimore (04.11.1914 - 08.1987), only daughter of Adm. Sir Richard Fortescue Phillimore, GCB, KCMG, MVO, JP (1864-1940), and Violet Gore Turton (?-1963); four sons, one daughter.	25.08.1913 Staines district, Middlesex - 10.07.1997 Droxford district, Hampshire	Cadet 01.01.1931 Midsh. 01.09.1931 A/S.Lt. 01.06.1934 S.Lt. 1935?, seniority 01.05.1934 Lt. 01.06.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1943 Cdr. 31.12.1947 (retd 25.08.1963) OBE 11.06.1960 HM's birthday 60 [investiture 15.11.60] DSC 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.42 [investiture 03.11.42] DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [decoration posted] MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 MID 17.11.1942 Operation MG2 (interception of Italian convoy to North Africa 11.05.42), towing "Jackal"	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. ... - ... ... 25.04.1939 - (04.)1940 Flotilla Signals Officer, 7th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Jervis (flotilla leader)] 11.04.1940 - (10.1940) Signals Officer, HMS Woolwich (destroyer) (02.1941) - (06.)1942 HMS Jervis (destroyer) (14th Destroyer Flotilla) (DSC, despatches twice) * 09.07.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield) (06.1943) - (10.1943) HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield) * 30.10.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield) (06.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield) *       Staff Allied Naval Command Expeditionary Force (Bar to DSC) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 19.01.1946 - (04.1946) Squadron Commands Officer, 4th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Swiftsure] ... - ... ... 30.03.1950 - (05.)1951 Executive Officer, HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield, Hampshire) 01.12.1951 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS Chieftain (destroyer) ... - ... ...       Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe (OBE) County Commissioner Boy Scouts for Hants. * indexed, but not listed as such
Wells, Walter Reginald Son of Capt. Norman ffolliott Wells, RNVR (1876-1946), and Maud Caroline Wallroth (1878-1958). Brother of Cdr. Richard Frederick Wells, OBE, DSC, RN.	15.04.1919 Staines district, Middlesex - 31.03.1986 Bawdsey, Woodbridge, Deben district, Suffolk	Cadet 01.09.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 16.05.1939 Lt. 01.09.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1948 Cdr. 31.12.1951 (retd 12.02.1966) A/Capt. < 07.1961 Capt. (Hon.) 12.02.1966 OBE 01.01.1966 New Year 66 [investiture 22.03.66] DSC 27.08.1940 Dutch, Belgian & French coasts 05.40 [decoration posted] MID 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) 39|45 St - - Atl St - & rosette Afr St - & rosette Bur St - - It St - - WM 39|45 - - NavGSM - - Kor M - - UNSM(Kor) - -	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 01.09.1936 - 31.12.1936 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1937 - (02.)1937 HMS Neptune (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 10.04.1937 - (12.1938) HMS Newcastle (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 02.01.1939 - (04.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth 31.07.1939 - 26.12.1941 HMS Venomous (destroyer) 28.12.1941 - 1942 destroyer Gunnery Officers' course, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (08.1942) - (02.1943) HMS Panther (destroyer) * (06.1943) - (12.1943) signals course, HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield) 01.03.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield) (06.1944)     HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield) * (06.1944)     525th LCA Flotilla (Normandy) 08.08.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) 10.1944 - (07.1945) for communications, wireless telegraphy and radio direction finder duties on staff of Flag Officer, Eastern Mediterranean [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)] (04.1946)     HMS Chequers (destroyer) * 22.06.1947 - (07.1948) RN Signal School, Fort Southwick [HMS Mercury] (05.1949)     no appointment listed 02.05.1949 - (05.)1953 HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 07.09.1953 - (01.1956) Signal Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (01.1957)     Signal Division, Admiralty [HMS President] * 18.06.1958 - 07.12.1959 Executive Officer, HMS Forth 19.01.1960 - (07.1961) HMS President (for duty with the Ministry of Defence) 26.03.1962 - (08.)1962 HMS Mercury (signal school, East Meon, nr Petersfield, Hampshire) 17.09.1962 - (02.1964) HMS President (for duty with the Ministry of Defence as Deputy Controller, Government Signal Service Planning Staff, Cabinet Office) * indexed, but not listed as such
Welman, Arthur Eric Pole Son of late Col. Arthur Pole Welman and late Lady Scott. Married 1st (1920) Eileen Maltby, daughter of late Lt.Cdr. G.R. Maltby, MVO, and late Hersey Maltby, daughter of late Admiral Sir George Elliot; one son. Married 2nd (1950), Irene King, daughter of late Vincent King, Southsea, Hants.	13.03.1893 Woolwich district, London - 07.03.1966 [Middle Chinnock, nr. Crewkerne, Somerset ?]	Lt. 15.11.1915 (emgcy 30.12.1920) Lt.Cdr. (emgcy) 15.11.1923 A/Cdr. (emgcy) 27.10.1940? Cdr. (emgcy) 03.09.1945 (reverted to emgcy 18.12.1949) A/Capt. (emgcy) 02.1945 DSO  23.07.1918 blocking Zeebrugge/Ostend 22-23.04.18 * DSO  28.08.1918 second blocking of Ostend 09-10.05.18 ** DSC 02.11.1917 gallantry in action off the Belgian coast DSC 26.07.1940 preventing of war materials falling into enemy hands [investiture 06.08.40] LegH 27.05.1919 for distinguished services * During the action the units of the coastal motor-boat flotilla under his command were handled in a masterly manner, rendering the greatest service in screening and rescue work. He, himself, was in a coastal motorboat, and was always in the most exposed positions across the harbour entrance covering "Vindictive", "Iris II", and "Daffodil" by smoke screen. ** The part played by the Coastal Motor Boats during the operation was all-important. Lieut. Welman organised and led them in a coastal motor boat in a most spirited manner. He encountered an enemy torpedo boat near the entrance to Ostend, which switched on searchlights and opened fire. He at once closed with her, and engaged her with Lewis guns to such good effect that she withdrew and left the channel clear for the approach of the blockships.	15.01.1906     entered RN 1914 - 1916 served in Destroyer Flotilla, Harwich 17.07.1916 - (01.1919) HMS Arrogant (light cruiser) (for charge of CMB's) [in command of Coastal Motor Boat Flotilla operating upon Belgian Coast and during Blocking Operations against Zeebrugge and Ostend (despatches thrice, DSO and bar, DSC, Croix de Guerre, Legion of Honour, recommended for early promotion [21.05.1918])] 01.02.1940 - (06.)1940 Anti-Submarine Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 05.1940     Officer Commanding, "G" Party of Operation XD (demolition party at Boulogne) (Bar to DSC) 27.10.1940 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, Training Establishment for Coastal Forces (Fort William, Scotland) [HMS St. Christopher] 15.04.1943 - (06.1943) HMS Hannibal (Mediterranean Station) (additional for miscellaneous duties) 30.06.1943 - (06.1944) Executive Officer, HMS Razorbill (Coastal Forces base, Algiers) 06.03.1945 - 06.1945 Staff, Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean [HMS Byrsa] 18.06.1945 - 26.05.1947 Naval Attaché Belgrade [HMS President] 09.06.1947 - (07.1948) Inspecting Officer Sea Cadet Corps, Office of Admiral Commanding Reserves Commandant Metropolitan Special Constabulary, Thames Division, 1936-1939. Vice­President, Royal Free Hospital, 1932 (Life Governor, 1929).
Wemyss, David Edward Gillespie "Dicky"   Married ((06?).1924 , Cambridge) Edith Mary Digges La Touche; three sons. From Saltash.	21.02.1900 - 01.06.1989	S.Lt. 15.09.1918 A/Lt. ? Lt. 14.02.1921, seniority 15.06.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1928 A/Cdr. 31.07.1939?, till 1941 & 07.1944-31.12.1944 Cdr. 31.12.1944 (retd 21.02.1950; age) DSO 13.06.1944 6 U-boats sunk in 10 days [investiture 01.05.45] DSC 23.11.1943 sinking 2 U-boats Western Approaches 07.43 [investiture 01.05.45] DSC 22.02.1944 destruction 2 U-boats Western Approaches 06.11.43 [investiture 01.05.45] DSC 03.07.1945 destruction U-boat Plymouth & Prb 27.02.45 [investiture 13.11.56] MID 14.09.1943 destruction U202 Western Approaches 02.06.43 MID 20.06.1944 U-boat probably sunk Western Approaches MID 01.08.1944 destruction U473 Western Approaches 06.05.44 MID 14.11.1944 sinking U736 Plymouth Area 06.08.44	20.01.1916 - (01.1919) HMS Valiant (battleship) specialised as a submariner & commanded several submarines between the wars 12.1921 - (08.1923) HMS L 4 (submarine) (01.1925) short course of instruction 18.11.1926 - (07.1927) Commanding Officer, HMS H 43 (submarine) (Portsmouth) 15.07.1929 - (04.)1930 Commanding Officer, HMS H 30 (submarine) (Portsmouth) 26.11.1930 - (02.)1931 Commanding Officer, HMS L 25 (submarine) (Portsmouth) 06.10.1931 - (09.1932) British Naval Mission to Greece 15.11.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Douglas (submarine flotilla leader) (for submarines) (Mediterranean) 20.06.1935 - (07.)1937 HM Dockyard Devonport [HMS Drake] 03.11.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Colombo (cruiser) (for destroyers in reserve) (Reserve Fleet) 01.04.1938 - (08.)1938 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) 25.09.1938 - (04.01939 HMS Colombo (cruiser) (for destroyers in reserve) (Reserve Fleet) 01.07.1939 - 31.07.1939 HMS Colombo (cruiser) (for destroyers in reserve) 31.07.1939 - (02.1941) HMS Diomede (cruiser) 1941 - 1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Folkestone (sloop) (08.1942) HMS President * 18.01.1943 - 19.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Wild Goose (sloop) & [from 07.1944] Senior Officer, 2nd Escort Group [for some time on HMS Starling] ** (12.1945) - (02.1946) probably Commander (D), Plymouth [HMS Drake IV] 21.03.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Northway (landing ship, dock) 20.02.1947 - (07.1948) Maintenance Commander, HMS Cochrane (RN base, Pitreavie, Dunfermline, Fife) Chairman, Union Jack Association. Member of Fife Fire Area Joint Committee. Elected independent representative to Fife County Council for Cupar, 1964. Elected to Fife County Council for Cupar and Monimail, 05.1967. Appointed Chairman of Letham Community Council, 10.1967. Elected to Fife County Council for Abdie, 04.1970.  Published: Walker's Group in the Western Approaches (1948) [republished as: Relentless pursuit] * indexed, but not listed as such ** (07.1945) still indexed as HMS Wild Goose, but no longer listed as such
West, Harold Married 1st ((12?).1922, Medway district, Kent) Mary Kathleen Keogh (1900 - (03?).1926); ... children (daughter Mary Keogh West married Lt.Cdr. Charles Philip Bowers, RN). Married 2nd (12.10.1946, St George's Church, RN Barracks, Chatham) Mary Henrietta Forbes, 2nd Officer WRNS, daughter of William Henry K. Forbes (1874-1958), and Mrs Forbes, of Muswell Hill.	05.04.1892 St Pancras, London - 12.03.1967 Chichester district	Seaman ? [J907] A/Gnr. 01.03.1918 Gnr. ?, seniority 01.03.1918 Cd.Gnr. 01.03.1928 Lt. 08.03.1939 (retd 05.04.1942) A/Lt.Cdr. (retd) > 08.1942, < 02.1943 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 08.08.1947 A/Cdr. (retd) < 07.1945 DSC 24.04.1940 stripping live enemy mines [investiture 07.05.40] DSC 04.03.1941 German parachute mine [RN Barracks, Portsmouth] [investiture 08.04.41] MID 24.04.1940 rescue liner survivors MID 20.12.1940 mine disposal	28.06.1918 - (01.1919) HMS TB 92 (torpedo boat) 12.08.1920 - (04.1922) HMS Versatile (torpedo-boat destroyer) 13.01.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Hecla (special torpedo vessel; depot ship) (01.1925)     no appointment listed 26.04.1927 - (07.)1928 HMS Wild Swan (destroyer) (for torpedo duties) (China) 10.10.1928 - (08.1929) HMS Ambuscade (destroyer) (for torpedo duties) (Mediterranean) 03.1930 - (04.1930) HMS Woolston (destroyer) (for torpedo duties) (Mediterranean) (01.1931) - (03.1934) no appointment listed 05.03.1934 - (05.)1934 HMS Cardiff (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) 28.09.1934 - (02.)1938 HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) (for torpedo duties) (building at Govan, then Mediterranean) (06.1938) - (08.)1938 no appointment listed 15.08.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Caledon (cruiser) (for minesweepers in reserve) (for torpedo duties) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) (1939?) - (1940) HMS Escort (destroyer) 09.01.1940 - (04.1946) Torpedo School, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] [in command since > 06.1944, < 07.1945]
West, John Leslie   Only son of Harold West, and Daisy Pearson. Married (06.1940) Hilda Evelyn Haggis (died 10.04.2009); two daughters.	03.02.1913 Barnet district, Hertfordshire - 16.10.2002 Alton, Winchester district, Hampshire	Prob. S.Lt. RNR 18.01.1938 S.Lt. RNR 03.05.1938, seniority 18.01.1938 Prob. S.Lt. 02.05.1938 S.Lt. 1939, seniority 02.05.1938 Lt. 02.1940, seniority 03.02.1937 ?, seniority 03.02.1936 Lt.Cdr. 03.02.1944 Cdr. 30.06.1950 (retd 03.02.1963) DSC 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.42 [investiture 03.11.42] MBE 01.01.1976 New Year 76: as Retired Officer I, Directorate of Naval Warfare, Ministry of Defence MID 28.06.1940 2nd Battle of Narvik 04.40 MID 07.03.1944 sinking of Scharnhorst 12.43	13.02.1938 - 1938 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (06.1938) - (10.1938) no appointment listed 16.01.1939 - (02.)1939 HMS Basilisk (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 06.02.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Eskimo (destroyer) 29.07.1940 - (10.1940) long navigation course [HMS Dryad] 01.1941 - (02.)1941 Navigating Officer, HMS Shoreham (sloop) 06.1941 - (03.)1942 Navigating Officer, HMS Carlisle (cruiser) 07.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 28.10.1942 - 31.01.1943 Navigating Officer, HMS Belfast (cruiser) & Squadron Navigating Officer, 10th Cruiser Squadron 31.01.1943 - (10.1944) Navigating Officer, HMS Jamaica (cruiser) & Squadron Navigating Officer, 10th Cruiser Squadron (01.1945)     no appointment listed (10.1945)     no appointment listed 03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Royalist (cruiser) (04.1946) HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) * (07.1948)     no appointment listed 27.09.1948 - (05.1950) First Lieutenant Commander, HMS Devonshire (cruiser) ? - 1953? HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) ? 15.05.1953     Master of the Fleet, Home Fleet [HMS Vanguard, from 27.07.1953 HMS Tyne] 27.06.1955 - (01.)1957 Navigation and Direction Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 24.06.1957 - 01.08.1957 Admiralty [HMS President] 01.08.1957 - 06.08.1959 Deputy Captain of the Port of Sydney and Master Attendant [HMAS Kuttabul (naval depot, Garden Island, Sydney)] [Exchange Officer on loan to RAN] 07.08.1959     HMS Drake (additional; for passage to UK & foreign service leave) 05.10.1959 - (07.1961) Assistant Queen's Harbour Master, HM Dockyard Portsmouth [HMS Victory] * indexed, but not listed as such
West, Sydney Greville	03.02.1890 Toddington, Bedfordshire - 11.04.1969 Amersham district, Buckinghamshire	Mate (E) 06.08.1917 Eng.Lt. 06.02.1919 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 06.02.1927 Eng.Cdr. 31.12.1930 (retd 03.02.1940) Eng.Capt. (retd) 03.02.1940 DSC 23.07.1918 ? OBE 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 1943	... - ... ... 19.07.1937 - (11.)1940 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (and for flotilla duties with Captain A/S) 24.11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) 25.03.1941 - (04.)1943 HMS Hawkins (Hawkins class cruiser) (OBE) (06.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed 16.11.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall) (for artificers' training establishment)
West, William George Son of James West, of Coburg, Bray, Ireland. Residence: (1947) Ringmore, Kingsbridge, Devon.	06.03.1897 - 19.06.1985 Plymouth district, Devon	T/Instr.Lt. 07.08.1920 Instr.Lt.Cdr. 07.08.1926 Instr.Cdr. 07.08.1934 Instr.Capt. 01.04.1943 (retd 22.05.1946) CBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 [investiture 20.05.47] OBE 01.01.1941 New Year 41 [investiture 01.04.41]	Education: Dublin University (MA, 1922) 1923 - 1923 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) (08.1923) no appointment listed 20.12.1923 - (01.1925) instructor mathematics, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] (temporary) 01.01.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) ? - (08.)1929 instructor navigation, RN College, Dartmouth 19.10.1929 - (01.)1932 lent to Chilean Navy 28.04.1932 - (09.)1932 course in advanced science for Instructor Officers 28.09.1932 - (01.)1934 instructor mathematics, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 27.09.1934 - (07.)1935 instructor navigation, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 05.09.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 05.10.1936 - (02.)1938 Fleet Education Officer, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)] 20.06.1938 - (08.)1938 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 05.09.1938 - (10.1938) HMS President (for miscellaneous service at Admiralty) 09.01.1939 - (08.)1939 RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 01.09.1939 - (04.1940) Naval Assistant, Naval Meteorological Branch, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 09.04.1942 - (12.1943) Instructor Commander [later: Captain], HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 27.03.1944 - 31.01.1945 Education Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.02.1945 - (07.1945) Deputy Director of Education Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Western, James Guy Trench Son of George Trench Western (1877-1948), and Augusta Sophia Carter. Married (01.06.1949, Kings Lynn) Elizabeth Squires; three sons, one daughter.	13.07.1912 London - 22.11.1988 Chichester district, Sussex	Cadet 01.09.1929 Midsh. 01.05.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1932 S.Lt. 20.12.1933, seniority 01.05.1933 Lt. 01.05.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1943 Cdr. 30.06.1948 Capt. 31.12.1955 (retd 29.03.1959) CBE 01.01.1958 New Year 58: Operation Grapple [investiture 18.02.58] MID 19.05.1953 Korea LM 15.02.1955 Korea 02-05.52	09.08.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Barham (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 12.08.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Danae (cruiser) (America and West Indies) 28.06.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Warspite (battleship) (Home Fleet) 27.12.1933 - (07.)1935 HMS Achates (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 27.09.1935 - 24.05.1938 lent to RAN (as Exchange Officer): 27.09.1935 - 17.04.1937 HMAS Sydney (cruiser) (Australia) 18.04.1937 - 26.04.1937 HMAS Canberra (cruiser) (Australia) 27.04.1937 - 24.05.1938 HMAS Sydney (cruiser) (Australia) (07?).1938 - (09?).1938 HMS Venomous (destroyer) 29.09.1938 - (08.)1939 qualifying for gunnery duties [HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)] 28.08.1939 - (04.)1940 gunnery school, Devonport [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] 25.10.1940 - (02.1941) Gunnery Officer, HMS Galatea (cruiser) (and as Squadron Gunnery Officer, 2nd Cruiser Squadron) 02.03.1942 - (08.1942) gunnery school, Devonport [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] (02.1943) - (06.)1943 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * 26.07.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 08.03.1945 - (04.1946) Gunnery Officer, HMS Vanguard (battleship) 07.07.1947 - (07.)1948 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 18.10.1948 - (05.1950) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 30.12.1951 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HMS St Brides Bay (frigate) (Korea) 10.03.1954 - (01.1956) Tactical Ship Requirements and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 1957? - 1959? Naval Task Group Commander, Task Force "Grapple" (H-bomb tests on Christmas Island) * indexed, but not listed as such
Westmacott, Richard Evelyn Son of the Revd. Canon Lewis Westmacott, MA (Cantab), and Evelyn Westmacott, of Malton, Yorkshire.	17.05.1915 Dewsbury district, West Yorkshire - 15.05.1940 * (KIA) [age 25] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 37, column 1] * probably 09.05.1940	Cadet 01.09.1932 Midsh. 01.05.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1935 S.Lt. 16.05.1936 Lt. 16.06.1938	Education: West Downs School, Winchester (1923); RN College, Dartmouth 01.10.1932 - (07.)1935 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) 26.09.1935 - (02.)1936 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 11.1936 - (02.)1938 HMS Hasty (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (06.1938) -  (08.1938) no appointment listed 05.09.1938 - (10.1938) submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 16.01.1939 -  (09.1939) HMS Seal (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) * ? - 09.05.1940 British Naval Liaison Officer, French Ship "Doris" (submarine) [HMS Cyclops (depot ship 3rd Submarine Flotilla, Harwich)] (ship sunk by U-9 thirty miles west of Terschelling Bank) * (04.1940) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Weston, Geoffrey Lee Son (with four brothers & four sisters) of Brig.Gen. Spencer Vaughan Percy Weston (1883-1974), and Henrietta Valerie Compton-Smith. Residence: (1940s) Weybridge, Surrey.	15.08.1921 Uxbridge district, Middlesex - 17.05.1993 Camden district, London	Cadet 01.01.1939 Midsh. 01.09.1939 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 01.08.1941 Lt. 01.02.1943 (retd 14.10.1950) Army:   Capt. 10.10.1955 [444843] T/Maj. 14.08.1956-09.10.1962 Maj. 10.10.1962 T/Lt.Col. 07.10.1964-31.12.1966 Lt.Col. 09.05.1967, seniority 07.10.1964 Col. 30.06.1973 Brig. 30.06.1978 (retd 06.04.1981) DSC 14.08.1945 for distinguished service, efficiency and zeal whilst serving in HMS Catterick in the clearance of the Aegean and the relief of Greece during the period 1944-1945 [decoration posted] DSC 06.05.1949 in recognition of outstanding services when HMS Amethyst was fired upon by Chinese military forces when proceeding to Nanking (Yangtze River 04.49)  [investiture 17.11.49] * MID 23.11.1943 for gallant and distinguished services in successful attacks on U-boats while serving in HMS Hastings (Western Approaches 04.43) * For gallantry and outstanding devotion to duty. Although dangerously wounded, he continued to exercise command of HMS Amethyst after the death of her Commanding Officer, until relieved in his command some 56 hours later. He refused to leave his ship until his relief had been ordered.	Education: RN College, Dartmouth; Clare College, Cambridge University (1950, MA). 01.01.1939 - 03.08.1939 HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 04.08.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Durban (cruiser) 10.10.1941 - (08.)1943 HMS Hastings (sloop) (10.1943) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 08.1944 - (07.)1945 First Lieutenant, HMS Catterick (destroyer) 03.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) 01.03.1948 - 03.1950 HMS Amethyst (sloop) (First Lieutenant, from 11.1949 Commanding Officer) 10.10.1955 - 29.05.1956 commissioned, Army Legal Services [short service commission] 30.05.1956 - 06.04.1981 commissioned, Army Legal Services Staff List (later: Army Legal Corps) [permanent commission]
Weston, Lewis Henry   Son (with one sister) of Henry Weston (1879-1965), and Florence Elizabeth Bunker (1876-1949). Married ((03?).1931, Plympton St Mary, Plymouth, Devon) Iris Doreen Turpin Lawrence (23.12.1912 - 21.10.2008), daughter (with one brother) of John Bird Lawrence (1885-1947), and Beatrice Daisy Turpin (1889-1960); two sons.	06.01.1910 Plympton St Mary, Plymouth, Devon - 05.04.2008 Stranraer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland	A/Wt.Shipwr. 01.06.1939 Wt.Shipwr. 1940?, seniority 01.06.1939 Wt.Aircr.Offr. 1942, seniority 01.06.1939 Lt. (A) 27.11.1944, seniority 31.01.1942 Lt. (E) ?, seniority 31.01.1942 Lt.Cdr. (E) 31.01.1950 (retd 06.01.1955; age) MID 01.01.1942 New Year 1942 MID 06.01.1942 Home Fleet operations, esp. Norwegian waters	07.089.1925     entered RN as Naval Shipwright Apprentice (service number M39506) ... - ... ... 17.07.1939 - (02.)1942 HMS Norfolk (Norfolk class cruiser) (despatches twice) (04.1942) - (12.1942) no appointment listed 04.01.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) 27.01.1944 - 02.1945 HMS Implacable (Implacable class aircraft carrier) 15.02.1945 - (10.)1946 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) 05.12.1946 - (10.1947) RN Air Training Establishment, Arbroath [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] (10.1948)     HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) * 01.02.1950 - (05.1951) HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Co. Londonderry) 1948: He returns as Lieutenant (Engineering) to HMS Heron. Feb 1950: Moves as a Lieutenant Copmmander (Engineering) to teh RN Aircraft Repair Yard, Belfast. July 1952: he is in the Air Engineering Department at HMS Gannet (RNAS Prestwick). Feb 1954: The final record is a movement to the 737 Squadron.
Weston, Tobin Subremont "Toby" Son of ... Weston, and ... Clarke. Married; at least one son.	10.04.1919 Bristol district, Avon / Gloucestershire - 28.09.2014	Cadet 01.01.1937 Midsh. 01.01.1938 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1940 S.Lt. ? Lt. 01.11.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1948 Cdr. 30.06.1951 (retd 13.04.1959) DSO 15.08.1944 destruction U-noat northern Waters 15.06.44 [investiture 22.06.45] DSC 25.07.1944 7 Norwegian patrols 43-44 [investiture 22.06.45]	01.01.1937 - (07.1937) special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) (Portsmouth) 01.01.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 25.01.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) (04.1940) no appointment listed 22.11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Otway (submarine) 24.06.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS P 34 (submarine) 23.10.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS H 28 (submarine) 22.03.1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Satyr (submarine) 28.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Sandhurst (depot ship) 03.1946 - (10.1947) Commanding Officer, HMS Aeneas (submarine) (07.1948) - (05.1949) RN College * 04.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for miscellaneous duties) 02.1952 - (04.)1955 Staff Officer (Submarines), British Joint Services Mission, Washington, DC [HMS Saker] 15.08.1955 - (01.)1957 Executive Officer, HMS Kenya (cruiser) 09.09.1957 - (01.)1959 Executive Officer, RN Barracks, Londonderry [HMS Sea Eagle (joint anti-submarine school, Londonderry)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Wethered, Harold Edmund Son (with three sisters) of  Rev. Edmund Peel Wethered (1863-1940), and Adelaide Constance Foyster (1868-1943). Married (24.02.1927), Daventry, Northamptonshire) Joan Fearis (03.08.1901 - 24.08.1982), daughter of William Henry Fearis (1869-1942), and Jessie Helen Brigg (1863-1946)., Residence: (1945) Maidenhead, Berkshire.	17.02.1901 Hollinfare, Rixton, Lancashire - 01.09.1977 Haverfordwest district, Dyfed, Wales	Midsh. 15.08.1917 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1920 S.Lt. 15.06.1921 (retd 19.07.1923; medically unfit as a result of a motor accident) A/Lt. 15.01.1923 Lt. (retd) 19.07.1923 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 19.07.1931 (reverted to retd > 10.1945, < 04.1946) A/Cdr. (retd) > 02.1943, < 04.1943 The following awards to Naval personnel have been approved by the Lott Naval Trust Fund Committee (04.02.1943): Lieutenant-Commander H.E. Wethered, R.N. Range device. (S.D.G.A.307/42.) £12 Later (1950s) awarded £1,000 by Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors for inventing Degaussing Range Equipment (Claimant 294-302).	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne (15.09.1914-1916) & Dartmouth (1916-08.1917). 06.09.1917 - 01.1919 HMS Iron Duke 31.01.1919 - 01.06.1919 HMS Venetia [tender to HMS Columbine] 01.06.1919 - 06.01.1920 HMS Renown 06.01.1920 - 14.01.1920 HMS Warspite 14.01.1920 - 04.1922 HMS Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) 19.04.1922 - 07.1923 HMS President (additional; for course at Trinity College, Cambridge University) AMIEE. Faraday House, 1923-1925. Pre- & post-war commercial electrical engineer, British Thomson Houston (B.T.H.) Co., Aldwyck, London WC2 (tester at Rugby, 1923-1925; joined Export Department at Rugby 04.1927; rejoined Export Co. (London Office) in 1934; Manager Eastern Sales 1950s, from 04.1955 Executive Director).       Naval Control Service Officer (NCSO) Gibraltar Fixed & borehole ranges; Superintending Inspector of Degaussing (Electrical) (SIDG(L)) (specializing in generation, distribution & commercial consumption, particularly electrical drives): 22.08.1939 - 22.04.1940 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (for Naval Control Service duties) 20.06.1940 - 15.09.1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 16.09.1940 - 30.01.1941 HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow) 31.01.1941 - 30.11.1942 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (for duty with Assistant Superintendent of Degaussing, ASDG Department, Helensburgh) 01.12.1942 - 01.1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services) 01.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (on staff of Flag Officer, Levant/Eastern Mediterranean)
Whale, Gordon Moncrieff	1921? - 03.02.1979 West Kilbride district, Scotland	... ... Lt. (E) 16.02.1942 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.02.1950 (retd)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Howe ... - ... ...
Wharton, Eric Lloyd Second son of R.Adm. Sir William James Lloyd Wharton, KCB, FRS (1843-1905). Married (10.05.1922, St Stephen's Church, Hammerwood, East Grinstead district, Sussex) Margarita Lucy "Rita" Whidborne (born 1895), eldest daughter of Rev. & Mrs George Feiris Whidborne, MA, FGS, of Hammerwood, East Grinstead, Sussex.	29.10.1882 Dorking, Surrey - 15.07.1951 Tonbridge district, Kent	Midsh. 15.01.1898 A/S.Lt. 29.10.1901 S.Lt. 14.01.1903, seniority 29.10.1901 Lt. 17.07.1903, seniority 29.04.1903 (from early 1914 automatically Lt.Cdr. with seniority 29.04.1911) Cdr. 31.12.1914 (retd 01.01.1924) Capt. (retd) 29.10.1927 A/Capt. 01.06.1943 (dispersed 01.09.1947) (reld 12.11.1947, reverted to retd) MID 31.01.1941 British military mission to Poland 39 KW 01.08.1944 British military mission to Poland 39 [award posted] LegH ? North African campaign [presented 12.05.45] CdeG ? Naval Liaison Officer, Operation Dragoon [presented 12.05.45]	15.07.1896     entered RN, HMS Britannia 15.01.1898     HMS Cordelia (North America Station) 15.01.1899 - 05.12.1899 HMS Ramillies (Channel Squadron) 05.12.1899   01.01.1900 HMS Canopus (Mediterranean) 09.05.1900 - 29.10.1902 HMS Diadem (Channel Squadron) 31.12.1902 - 01.07.1903 HMS Minerva (cruise) 01.07.1903 - 10.11.1903 HMS Minerva (additional) 03.12.1903 - 01.02.1905 HMS Bonaventure (Pacific) 15.03.1905 - 20.03.1906 HMS Vernon (to qualify for torpedo duties) 20.03.1906 - 14.07.1906 HMS Vernon (additional; for torpedo duties) 14.07.1906 - 08.05.1907 HMS Vernon (for torpedo duties & junior staff) 08.05.1907 - 02.02.1909 Torpedo Officer, HMS Warrior [till 01.06.1907 tender to HMS Pembroke] (5th Cruiser Squadron) 02.02.1909 - 1909 Torpedo Officer, HMS Andromeda 1909 - 15.09.1910 Torpedo Officer, HMS Bedford 11.1910 - 12.01.1911 Torpedo Officer, HMS Sutlej 12.01.1911 - 05.1912 Torpedo Officer, HMS Triumph 05.1912 - 25.05.1912 HMS Vernon (additional; (T) to requalify) 25.05.1912 - 19.12.1912 Torpedo Officer, HMS Diamond (5th Flotilla) 19.12.1912 - 28.01.1913 HMS Vernon (additional; (T) to requalify) 28.01.1913 - 06.09.1914 HMS Vernon (for staff) [15.07.1913 HMS King Alfred for manoeuvres] 06.09.1914 - 04.01.1915 HMS Victory (for ... Kent on commissioning) 04.01.1915 - 26.07.1915 HMS Vernon (additional) 26.07.1915 - 02.03.1916 HMS Vernon (additional; for torpedo duties) 02.03.1916 - 20.03.1918 HMS Vernon (additional; as Inspecting Commander of Paravanes) 20.03.1918 - 08.08.1918 HMS Highflyer (as Flag Commander to V.Adm. Grant) 30.09.1918 - 18.10.1918 HMS President (for temporary service under DTM for torpedo duties) 18.10.1918 - 23.06.1919 HMS Bellerophon 23.06.1919 - 01.09.1919 HMS President (additional; for special service inside Admiralty [Polish Mission]) 01.09.1919 - 07.01.1921 HMS President (additional; for special service outside Admiralty [Polish Mission]) 07.01.1921 - 15.01.1921 HMS President (additional; for service in Intelligence Division inside Admiralty) 01.05.1921 - 15.05.1921 HMS President (additional; temporarily for service in Intelligence Division) 15.05.1921 - 01.02.1922 Naval Attaché at The Hague, the Netherlands (08.1923)     no appointment listed 17.08.1939 - 04.10.1939 HMS President (additional; for special duty outside Admiralty as Naval Attaché Poland) 04.10.1939 - 08.10.1939 HMS President (additional) 09.10.1939 - 21.05.1940 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (in charge of Information Section) 21.05.1940 - 04.06.1940 HMS President (additional; not to join) 04.06.1940 - 13.09.1940 HMS President (additional; for liaison duties with French Navy) 13.09.1940 - 14.09.1940 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Naval Intelligence Division) 14.09.1940 - 30.05.1942 HMS President (for miscellaneous services at Admiralty: for duty outside Admiralty with R.Adm. Chalmers)  30.05.1942 - 31.01.1943 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Naval Intelligence Division) 01.02.1943 - 13.09.1944 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers/Taranto) (additional; on staff of Naval Commander Expeditionary Force as Naval Liaison Officer between Allied Force Headquarters & French Navy, from ... 1944 on staff of Flag Officer Western Mediterranean as Naval Liaison Officer) 13.09.1944 - 08.03.1945 HMS President (additional; for duty as Naval Adviser Paris) 08.03.1945 - 01.06.1946 Assistant Naval Attaché, Paris & as British Naval Representative of SHAEF Mission [HMS President] 1946 - 19.08.1946 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (additional; not to join) 19.08.1946 - 11.04.1947 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with Director of Tactical and Staff Duties Division) 11.07.1947     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (additional; not to join) Published: Wine-dark seas (1937).
Whatley, Noel Hugh Son (with two sisters) of William Hughes Whatley (1875-1952), and Eleanora Hartje (1882-1955). Married 1st (20.12.1928, Havant district, Hampshire) Edith May Gallon (29.05.1899 - 10.1990), daughter (with two sisters and one brother) of Thomas Gallon (1858-1931), and Florence Eleanor Ell (1862-1949); two sons. Married 2nd (22.09.1987, Pinelands, Western Cape, South Africa) Phoebe Howard Stevenson-Coates (12.09.1920 -).	25.02.1901 Kensington, London - 25.12.2002 Pinelands, Western Cape, South Africa	... ... A/S.Lt. 15.09.1920 S.Lt. 15.01.1921 Lt. 15.04.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1931 A/Cdr. > 12.1941, < 02.1942 (retd 25.02.1946; age) Cdr. (retd) 25.02.1946 (removed from retd list 01.06.1952) OBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945 MID 01.01.1943 New Year 1943	15.09.1914     entered RN ... - ... ... 22.04.1938 - (02.)1939 HMS Dragon (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) 09.02.1939 - (07.)1939 HMS Curlew (anti-aircraft ship) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore) 28.07.1939 - (12.)1940 Executive Officer, HMS Erebus (Erebus class monitor) (in command 12.10.1939-11.11.1939 & 03.02.1940-01.07.1940) 17.12.1940 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Lancaster (Town class destroyer) [possibly not in command for the whole period] (despatches) 02.03.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Castle Toward, Dunoon, Argyll) 01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for beach duty) 23.08.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) 06.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) (Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean; for miscellaneous services) (OBE) 12.1945 - (07.)1946 HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) 17.09.1946 - (10.1947) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (in charge of Victoria Barracks)
Whatley, Roderick Bedford Son (with one sister) of Fabian Henry Whatley (1882-1969), and Inez Mcconnochie (1897-1954). From Wellington, New Zealand.	26.11.1920 Los Angeles, California, USA - died between 08.1989 and 08.1991 ?	Cadet 01.09.1938 Midsh. 01.09.1939 S.Lt. 01.08.1940 Lt. 16.10.1941 Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1949 (retd 27.05.1950) MID 26.12.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) CdeG ? Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	01.09.1938 - 03.08.1939 special entry cadet (under the Dominion Scheme), HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 04.08.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Dragon (cruiser) 09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Rodney (battleship) 27.03.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Woolston (destroyer) 19.04.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Tanatside (destroyer) (01.1945)     HMS Attacker (escort carrier) * 06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS King George V (battleship) 04.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Vindex (escort carrier) 01.1948 - (07.)1948 HMS Narvik 14.09.1948 - (05.)1950 HMS Resource
Wheele, William Ernest	12.01.1891 Leytonstone, London - 05.08.1966 Kent	Petty Officer ? [238091] Gnr. (T) 01.03.1918 Cd.Gnr. (T) 01.03.1928 Lt. 31.10.1939 (retd 12.01.1941) DSM 23.05.1917 ?	... - ... ... 15.03.1922 - (08.)1923 HMS Hecla (special torpedo vessel (depot ship)) (for emergency destroyers) 01.10.1923 - (03.)1926 HMS Venomous (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (05.1926)     no appointment listed 18.01.1927 - (02.1927) HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (to requalify) ... - ... ... 12.101.937 - (09.)1939 HMS Cochrane (depot ship, Coast of Scotland Command) (for reserve destroyers) 08.12.1939 - (04.1946) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for torpedo school)
Wheeler, Gerald Mardon Mowbray Cato Son of Capt. Philip John Wheeler, R.F.A., and Constance Lalage Wheeler.	18.01.1918 - 24.09.1940 (KIA) [age 22] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 1, panel 3]	A/S.Lt. (A) 16.01.1939 S.Lt. (A) 16.01.1939	(02.1939) - (04.1939) short course of instruction (08.1939) - (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm ? - 24.09.1940 810 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] [failed to return when shot down by shore batteries on Cap Manuel on approach to attack warships in Dakar harbour; crew baled out, but Wheeler did not survive]
Wheeler, Hugh Volant Second son (with three brothers and three sisters) of James Volant Wheeler, and Hon. Sibyl Grace Tyrwhitt, of Bitterley Court, Ludlow. Married 1st (04.1938, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia) Pauline C. Johnston, daughter of Maj. D.J. Johnston, of Bournemouth, and Mrs Wane, of Salisbuey, Southern Rhodesia. Lived at Calgary, Salisbury, Rhodesia.	12.05.1901 Ludlow district, Herefordshire / Shropshire - 06.07.1992 Harare, Zimbabwe	Midsh. 15.09.1917 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.05.1921 (retd 19.09.1922; own request) Lt. (retd) 15.05.1924 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 05.05.1940 A/Cdr. (retd) > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reactivated 05?.1940) (reverted to retd > 01.1944, < 01.1945) Cdr. (retd) 08.05.1946 DSC 04.05.1943 Operation Torch (North Africa landings 11.42) [investiture 01.02.44] DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy landings 06.44) [decoration presented] MID 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche (Salerno landings 09.43)	15.01.1915     entered RN 03.05.1940 - (10.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Rosemary (sloop) 20.12.1940 - (02.)1941 Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.06.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Quebec (Combined Operations training centre, Inveraray) (02.1943) - (08.1943) HMS Quebec (Combined Operations training centre, Inveraray) * 10.08.1943 - (10.)1943 Staff Officer Landing Craft on staff of Commodore Force "N" [HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers)] (Salerno landings) (12.1943) - (10.1944) no appointment listed (06.1944)     Assault Group G2 (Normandy)
Whinney, Reginald Fife "Bob" Married ((12?).1939, Dorchester district, Dorset) Dorothy N.M. Reade. Married 2nd (30.07.1959, Kensington district, London) Bridget Coote (04.02.1924 - 2004).	08.02.1909 Rathdown, Ireland - 22.12.1992 Lymington, New Forest district, Hampshire	Midsh. 01.01.1927 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1929 S.Lt. 16.01.1930 Lt. 01.04.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1940 Cdr. 31.12.1944 Capt. 31.12.1951 (retd 30.11.1961) DSC 15.02.1944 destruction U523 25.08.43 [investiture 13.02.45] DSC 20.06.1944 attack U-boat Western Approaches 11.01.44 [investiture 13.02.45] DSC 10.10.1944 destruction U390 Plymouth Area 05.06.44 [investiture 13.02.45]	09.12.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.05.1929 - (08.1929) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] (01.1932)     no appointment listed (02.1931) - (09.1932) no appointment listed 19.07.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China) 02.01.1936 - (02.1936) anti-submarine course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Osprey] 14.08.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Echo (destroyer) (and for Flotilla duties) (home Fleet) (02.1938)     no appointment listed 15.03.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for Anti-Submarine School) 10.04.1939 - (08.1939) Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Duncan (flotilla leader) (and for Flotilla A/S duties) 03.1940 - (04.)1940 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Nimrod (training establishment, Campbeltown) 26.05.1940 - (02.1941) Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Cossack (flotilla leader) (and for Flotilla A/S duties) 11.03.1942 - (08.1942) Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Eland (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (02.1943)     no appointment listed 20.04.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Wanderer (destroyer) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 28.07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) (for Fort Blockhouse, Gosport) 13.10.1947 - (07.1948) Underwater Weapons Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.01.1949 - (05.1950) Executive Officer, HMS Euryalus 21.07.1952 - (05.1953) Deputy Director of Underwater Weapons (Bath), Admiralty [HMS President] 30.08.1954 - (01.1957) staff, Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo] 08.10.1959 - (07.)1961 Naval Attaché, Belgrade Published: The U-boat peril : an anti-submarine commander's war (1986).
Whitaker, Geoffrey Charles Francis Married 1st Monica Celeste Wedd Genevieve (née ...); one daughter, one son. Married 2nd (1965) Enid Rosamond Love, OBE (15.05.1911-06.11.1979), head mistress of various schools.	17.08.1904 Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - 05.06.1986 Bracknell district, Berkshire	Midsh. 15.09.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1925 S.Lt. 08.09.1926, seniority 30.08.1925 Lt. 30.01.1927 (emgcy 01.11.1928) Lt.Cdr. (emgcy) 30.01.1935 Cdr. (L) 02.01.1946 Capt. (L) 31.12.1951 (retd 24.08.1959)	15.09.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) 01.09.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 10.1925 qualified as interpreter in French 11.01.1926 - (05.)1926 promotion course, Portsmouth 11.10.1926 - (02.)1927 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] 14.02.1927 - (07.)1927 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (China) (for submarines) 09.1927 - 03.1928 HMS L 15 (submarine) (China) [tender to HMS Ambrose] 03.1928 - (06.)1928 HMS L 33 (submarine) (China) [tender to HMS Ambrose] 11.08.1940 - 02.1942 HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) (02.1942?) - 29.07.1942 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) 30.07.1942 - (02.)1943 on staff of Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet [HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya)] (06.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 15.03.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) 10.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Vindictive (fleet repair ship) 01.10.1945 - (04.1946) an Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President] 1946?     transferred to Active List RN - Electrical Branch 17.01.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS Mercury II (Admiralty signal and radar establishment, Haslemere) 15.08.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) 02.04.1952 - (04.)1955 Assistant Captain Superintendent, Admiralty Signal and Radar Establishment, Haslemere [HMS Mercury II] 26.09.1955 - (01.)1956 fleet Electrical Officer on staff of Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Cleopatra] 24.07.1956 - 16.08.1956 London Depot RAN [lent to RAN] 17.08.1956 - 16.09.1956 HMAS Lonsdale (additional; for passage to Australia) [lent to RAN] 17.09.1956 - 30.11.1958 Director Naval Electrical Branch (DNL, later DEE), Navy Office (Melbourne) [HMAS Lonsdale] [lent to RAN] 01.12.1958 - 07.12.1958 HMAS Lonsdale (additional; to await passage) [lent to RAN] 08.12.1958 - 17.03.1959 HMAS Cerberus II (additional; for passage to UK & foreign service leave) [lent to RAN] 18.03.1959 - 13.05.1959 HMS Collingwood 14.05.1959 - 24.08.1959 Admiralty (Bath) - Fleet Maintenance MIERE, MIEE.
White, Archibald John Ramsay "Jock"   Youngest son (with two brothers) of Sir Archibald Woollaston White, 4th Bt (1877-1945), and Gladys Becher Love Pitman (1878-1954), of Trewhitt Hall, Thropton, Morpeth. Brother of Capt. Richard Taylor White, RN. Married (07.07.1949, St Mark's, North Audley Street, Westminster district, London) Marguerite Elise Bennett ((03?).1922 - ), only daughter of Sir Ernest Nathaniel Bennett, MP (1868-1947), and Marguerite Wilhelmina Kleinwort (1888-1963).	17.09.1910 Tickhill Castle, Doncaster district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 04.12.1991 North Cotswolds district, Gloucestershire	Cadet 01.01.1928 Midsh. 01.09.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1931 S.Lt. 01.06.1932, seniority 16.10.1931 Lt. 16.04.1934 Lt.Cdr. 16.04.1942 Cdr. 31.12.1947 Capt. 30.06.1953 (retd 30.03.1963) CBE 01.01.1963 New Year 63 [investiture 05.02.63] DSC 18.09.1945 Japanese heavy cruiser sunk 16.05.45 [decoration posted] MID 21.04.1942 action with E-boat Nore Command 19.02.42 MID 06.01.1944 sinking of Scharnhorst	Education: RN College, Dartmouth. 15.05.1924     entered RN 14.01.1928 - (08.)1930 HMS Frobisher (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 16.09.1930 - (10.1930) HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) (02.1931)     no appointment listed 17.08.1931 - (01.)1932 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 04.04.1932 - 1932 course, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 07.06.1932 - (08.)1934 HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (11.1934)     no appointment listed 03.01.1935 - (02.)1937 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 16.04.1937 - (02.)1939 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) (04.1939)     no appointment listed 15.04.1939 - (09.)1939 Flag Lieutenant to Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Gloucester (cruiser)] 27.11.1939 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Hesperus (destroyer) 02.03.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Georgetown (destroyer) 13.01.1942 - 24.08.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Holderness (escort destroyer) (despatches) 18.09.1943 - 15.12.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Virago (destroyer) (DSC, despatches) (04.1946)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 17.02.1948 - (05.1949) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) (05.1950)     no appointment listed 21.04.1952 - (05.1953) Executive Officer, HMS Gamecock (RN Air Station, Bramcote, Nuneaton) 10.05.1954 - 08.06.1956 Naval and Military Attaché at Santiago, and Naval Attaché at Lima, Bogota, Quito and Panama with residence at Santiago 24.08.1956 - (01.)1959 Commanding Officer, Physical Training School & as Director of Physical Training [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] 18.09.1959 - (01.1960) Commanding Officer, HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Gosport, Hampshire) 06.02.1961 - 11.02.1963 Captain of the Dockyard, Queen's Harbour Master and Deputy Superintendent, HM Dockyard Rosyth [HMS Cochrane] (CBE) (02.1963)     no appointment listed Chairman, RN Football Association, 1957-1959. * indexed, but not listed as such
White, Charles Everard Hughes Married ((12?).1909 at Portsmouth).	14.08.1884 - 17.01.1968 Truro district, Cornwall	A/S.Lt. 15.08.1904 S.Lt. 30.08.1905, seniority 15.08.1904 Lt. 31.12.1906 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1914 (retd 28.10.1926; own request) A/Cdr. (retd) 27.07.1939? Cdr. (retd) 14.12.1942 A/Capt. (retd) 04.1944? DSO 29.11.1918 for services in action with enemy submarines DSC 08.06.1944 HM's birthday [investiture 12.12.44]	15.01.1900     entered RN 14.08.1917 - (01.1919) Commanding Officer, HMS Melampus (ex-Greek destroyer) (08.1923) Officer Instructor, Scottish Division RNVR [HMS Columbine] 08.07.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) (additional for destroyers in reserve) 27.07.1939 - (1944) HMS PC 74 (escort group training ship / special service ship) 04.1944 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Ranpura (destroyer depot ship) 20.06.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) (04.1946) no appointment listed
White, Dudley Graham	28.06.1915 - 05.08.1974	... ... Lt. 14.02.1939 Lt.Cdr. 14.02.1947 (retd 04.07.1958)	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne. ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Empress ... - ... ...
White, Frank Neville Married; at least one daughter. Home town (1945): Maidstone, Kent (where he further lived after retirement till his death).	22.07.1909 Grantham, Lincolnshire - 22.09.1981 Brompton Hospital, London	A/Engine Room Artificer (ERA) 05.12.1933 ERA 06.09.1934? [05.12.1934?] ERA 4th class 01.10.1936? [05.12.1935?] ERA 3rd class 05.12.1936 ERA 2nd class 05.12.1940 A/Chief ERA 05.01.1942 Chief ERA 05.01.1943 Wt.Eng. [later renamed: Wt.Aircr.Offr., then: Cd.Air Eng.] 01.04.1943 Sen.Cd.Air Eng. 01.04.1951 Eng.Lt. (Special Duties List) 01.01.1957, seniority 01.04.1951 (retd 22.07.1959) DSC 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 [award posted]	05.12.1933 - 05.09.1934 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 06.09.1934 - 23.06.1936 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 24.06.1936 - 30.09.1936 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 01.10.1936 - 31.03.1939 HMS Westcott (destroyer) (China) 01.04.1939 - 27.07.1939 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 28.07.1939 - 04.01.1942 HMS Bandit (fleet tug) [based at HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham), from 16.10.1939 HMS Proserpine (RN base, Scapa Flow)] 05.01.1942 - 25.02.1943 HMS Mendip (destroyer) [from 05.02.1942 based at HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 26.02.1943 - 31.05.1943 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 12.06.1943 - 27.08.1945 HMS Ajax (cruiser) [Navy Lists gives 19.05.1943 as date of posting] 05.09.1945 - 14.11.1945 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 15.11.1945 - 20.07.1946 HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, near Winchester) 02.09.1946 - 28.10.1948 HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Warrington, Lancashire) 24.01.1950 - 18.05.1953 HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Londonderry) (for RN Aircraft Yard, Belfast) 13.07.1953 - 08.09.1957 HMS Sanderling (RN Air Station, Abbotsinch, Paisley, Scotland) 18.09.1957 - 22.07.1959 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
White, Hugh Robert	10.10.1904 Kensington, London - 28.11.1981 Yeovil district, Somerset	Midsh. 15.09.1922 S.Lt. 15.09.1925 Lt. 15.01.1928 Lt.Cdr. 15.01.1936 (retd 10.10.1949; age) Cdr. (retd) 10.10.1949 MID 07.04.1942 destruction 3 U-boats Western Approaches 12.41 MID 04.05.1943 Operation Torch	15.09.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Ajax (battleship) 03.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Mediterranean) 14.02.1927 - (07.1927) HMS L 54 (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla) 15.04.1929 - (08.)1929 First Lieutenant, HMS H 50 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) 27.11.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 11.12.1930 - (02.1931) First Lieutenant, HMS L 16 (submarine) (Mediterranean) 07.01.1932 - (09.1932) First Lieutenant, HMS Otus (submarine) (China) (01.1934) no appointment listed 08.05.1934 - (02.)1936 First Lieutenant, HMS Skipjack (sloop minesweeper) (1st Minesweeping Flotilla) 02.09.1936 - (07.1937) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (02.1938) - (08.1938) no appointment listed 13.09.1938 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Moth (river gunboat) (China) * 03.05.1941 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Deptford (sloop) 18.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) 15.11.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Rooke (Boom Defence Central Depot, Rosyth) 02.06.1947 - (07.1948) Staff Officer (M) to Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] * (02.1941) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
White, Reginald Mons	15.10.1917 - 20.04.1974 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	... ... Wt.Tel. 19.01.1943	... - ... ... 31.01.1943 - (10.1943) HMS Belfast (cruiser) ... - ... ...
White, Richard Taylor "Dick" Middle son (with two brothers) of Sir Archibald Woollaston White, 4th Bt (1877-1945), and Gladys Becher Love Pitman (1878-1954), of Trewhitt Hall, Thropton, Morpeth. Heir­presumptive to Sir Thomas Astley Woollaston White, 5th Bt (brother). Brother of Capt. Archibald John Ramsay White, RN. Married (02.09.1936, Church of the Blessed Virgin and All Saints, Boxley, Kent) Gabrielle Ursula Style (28.02.1911 - 01.1999), youngest daughter of Robert Henry Style, JP (1881-1945), and Grace Winifred Bazley-White (1883-1977), of Boxley, Maidstone, Kent; three sons, two daughters.	29.01.1908 Tickhill Castle, Worksop district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 03.03.1995 West Malling, Kent	Midsh. 15.01.1926 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1928 S.Lt. 01.12.1928 Lt. 01.09.1930 Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1938 Cdr. 30.06.1941 A/Capt. < 07.1945 Capt. 31.12.1945 (retd 07.07.1955) DSO 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40: for destruction of U-41 05.02.40 [investiture 06.08.40] DSO 14.01.1941 attack enemy submarine U-31 02.11.40 [investiture 15.03.41] DSO 22.12.1942 attempt to save SHKH 09.42 [investiture 09.07.46] MID 20.10.1942 destruction enemy submarine U-372 Mediterranean 04.08.42 MID 11.06.1946 wind up Far East MID 02.02.1951 Korea Phx 06.03.1945 services to Greek navy [award posted]	Education: Lockers Park Preparatory School near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire; RN College, Dartmouth (15.09.1921). 15.05.1925 - 01.05.1927 HMS Benbow (battleship) (Atlantic) 01.05.1927 - 01.08.1927 HMS Walpole (destroyer) (Atlantic) 01.08.1927 - 25.04.1927 HMS Benbow (battleship) (Atlantic) 26.04.1928 - 05.07.1929 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 14.08.1929 - 13.03.1930 HMS Pegasus (aircraft carrier) (Reserve Fleet) [tender to HMS Carlisle (cruiser)] (invalided) 24.05.1930 - 11.1931 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (additional) 30.11.1931 - 16.05.1933 Flag Lieutenant to Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional)] (06.1933)     no appointment listed 02.09.1933 - (01.)1937 third hand, HMS Brilliant (destroyer) (Mediterranean & Home Fleet) 30.01.1937 - (08.)1938 First Lieutenant, HMS Impulsive (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 24.09.1938 - (02.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Antelope (destroyer) (Portsmouth Local Destroyer Flotilla) (DSO) (04.1940)     no appointment listed 04.1940 - 26.02.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Antelope (destroyer) (Bar to DSO) 01.07.1941 - 16.02.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Beagle (destroyer) & as Senior Officer, 4th Escort Group 17.02.1942 - 28.04.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Tartar (destroyer) 28.04.1942 - 14.09.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Zulu (destroyer) (ship sunk by Italian aircraft off Tobruk) (Second Bar to DSO, despatches) 01.10.1942 - 05.03.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Hyacinth (corvette) [upon transfer of the ship to Royal Hellenic Navy] (06.1943) - (04.1944) no appointment listed (serving as a Liaison Officer to the Royal Hellenic Navy) (Order of the Phoenix) 04.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Despatch (light cruiser) 05.01.1945 - 07.10.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Terpischore (destroyer) (despatches) (04.1946)     Commanding Officer, HMS King George V (battleship) * ? - 20.10.1946 for duty with Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] 21.10.1946 - (07.1948) Naval Assistant to Admiral Commanding Reserves 02.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Cossack (destroyer) & as Captain (D) 8th Destroyer Squadron (despatches) 18.04.1951 - (05.)1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Britannia & in Charge of RN College, Dartmouth (07.1954)     no appointment listed 06.08.1954 - ? senior officers' war course (01.1955)     no appointment listed (04.1955)     no appointment listed 07.01.1955 - 07.07.1955 also: Naval ADC to the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such
White, William Feaks Son of William John White (1862-1900), and Margaret Feaks (1865-1934). Married Ethel Mary Round McNae (09.12.1901 - 18.04.1992); two sons.	30.10.1899 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 22.01.1988 Dumfries, Scotland	Seaman ? [J 48996] T/Gnr. (T) 24.06.1940 T/A/Cd.Gnr. (T) 18.06.1945 MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe	pre-war     HMS Berwick (cruiser) (Far East) (07.1940)     no appointment listed 10.08.1940 - (02.)1942 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (04.1942) - (06.1943) HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) * 06.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) * (04.1945) - (07.1945) HMS Laurel (trawler) * (despatches) (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Whitehorn, Ivan Walter	22.05.1892 Hampstead, London - 16.03.1971	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.01.1913 Lt. 15.01.1915 Lt.Cdr. 15.01.1923 Cdr. 30.06.1925 (retd 22.05.1942) A/Capt. 12.10.1939? Capt. (retd) 22.05.1942 Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 23.10.1942 (reverted to retd 1946?)	15.01.1905     entered RN 23.09.1918 - (01.1919) Commanding Officer, HMS Mosquito (destroyer) (08.1923) no appointment listed 12.12.1923 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS Cockchafer (gunboat) (China) 14.05.1927 - (07.1927) Executive Officer, HMAS Adelaide (cruiser) [lent to RAN] 19.03.1929 - (04.1930) Executive Officer, HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 12.01.1931 - (02.)1931 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.05.1931 (10.1932) Commanding Officer, HMS Albury (twin screw minesweeper) (1st Minesweeping Flotilla) (01.1934) no appointment listed 06.07.1934 - (02.)1936 Executive Officer, HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (and as Assistant to Maintenace Captain) 06.11.1936 - (10.1938) Commanding Officer, HMS Terror (monitor; base ship, Singapore) (02.1939) - (04.1939) no appointment listed 04.07.1939 - (08.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Delhi (cruiser) 12.10.1939 - 21.10.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Aurania (armed merchant cruiser) [ship sunk] 23.03.1942 - (08.)1942 Chief Staff Officer to Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet] 23.10.1942 - (06.1944) Convoy Duties, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet] 01.04.1945 - (07.1945) Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf [HMS Jufair] (Bahrein)
Whitehouse, Holly Reuben Son (with one sister) of Joseph Whitehouse (1860-1927), and Martha Pearce (1861?-1900). Married (04.10.1922, Alverstoke, Hampshire) Marjorie Netta Temple Sinclair (04.09.1898 - 02.08.1983), of Havant, Hampshire; one son, one daughter.	14.04.1893 Gornal, Dudley district, Staffordshire - 25.11.1941 (MPK) [age 48] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 2]	Seaman ? [M 532] ... ... Mate (E) 07.05.1917 Eng.Lt. 07.05.1919 Eng.Lt.Cdr. 07.05.1927 Eng.Cdr. 30.06.1932	... - ... ... 29.12.1936 - (09.)1939 Engineer Officer Reserve Fleet [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)] 12.09.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) 12.02.1940 - (10.)1941 HMS Resource (fleet repair ship) 15.10.1941 - 25.11.1941 HMS Barham (Queen Elizabeth class battleship) [ship torpedoed and sunk by U-331 in eastern Mediterranean]
Whiteway-Wilkinson, Reginald Denis Son of Reginald Hampton Whiteway-Wilkinson and Margaret Emily Whiteway-Wilkinson (née Martin), of Newton Abbot, Devonshire.	(06?).1914 Newton Abbot, Devonshire - 20.08.1941 [age 27] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 2]	Cadet 01.05.1931 Midsh. 01.01.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1934 S.Lt. 16.09.1934 Lt. 16.04.1936 DSC 09.05.1940 successful submarine operations against enemy [investiture 02.07.40] ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY MEDAL. Award of Merit. Silver hallmarked Birmingham 1930-31. Awarded to R D Whiteway- Wilkinson. 1930. Grade II.	25.04.1931 - (01.1934) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) 07.01.1935 - (07.)1935 promotion course, Portsmouth 15.12.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) (China) 06.03.1936 - (07.1937) HMS Rainbow (submarine) (China) (02.1938) no appointment listed 20.05.1938 - (08.)1938 HMS Lucia (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) (Home Fleet) 26.09.1938 - (08.)1939 First Lieutenant, HMS H 32 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) 09.1939 - (04.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Truant (submarine) 12.10.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS H 31 (submarine) (07).1941 - 20.08.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS P 33 (submarine) (vessel lost)
Whitford, Quintin Pasco	22.05.1902 Liverpool, West Derby, Lancashire - 29.01.1971 London	Seaman ? [J88395] ... ... Lt. 01.06.1927 Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1935 Cdr. 31.12.1942 (retd) A/Capt. (retd) < 05.1953 OBE 12.06.1947 HM's birthday 47: minesweeping operations Mediterranean	... - ... ... 10.05.1939 - (02.)1941 Torpedo Officer, HMS Devonshire (cruiser) 30.09.1941 - (08.1942) Torpedo Officer, HMS Jamaica (cruiser) 15.02.1943 - (07.)1945 Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.1945 - 18.03.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Fly (Algerine class minesweeper) & Senior Officer, 12th Minesweeping Flotilla 19.03.1946 - (10.)1947 Commanding Officer, HMS Welfare (Algerine class minesweeper) & Senior Officer, 5th Minesweeping Flotilla [from 03.1946-12.1946; after that 2nd Senior Officer] 29.12.1947 - (05.1949) Boom Defences Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (05.1950) HMS Vernon * 13.09.1950 - (05.1953) HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (for miscellaneous duties) (04.1955) Boom Defence Depot, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane] * indexed, but not listed as such
Whittington-Ince, Edward Watkins Son of late Rev. E.J.C. Whittington­Ince, late of Marrick Abbey, Yorks. Married (1919), Rosalind Mary, elder daughter of E.L. Baker, Rochester, Kent; one son, one daughter. Residence: (1947) Shorne, Kent; (1970s) Axminster, Devon	03.10.1886 Weymouth district, Dorset - 05.06.1976	Clerk ? Assist. Paym. 03.10.1907 Paym. ? A/Staff Paym. ? Staff Paym. 03.10.1918 Paym. Lt.Cdr. ?, seniority 03.10.1916 Paym. Cdr. 03.04.1924 Paym. Capt. = Capt. (S) 30.06.1936 (retd 03.10.1941) CBE 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 [investiture 28.09.43]	Education: Eastman's, Southsea; Burney's, Gosport 15.01.1904 joined RN 1915 - 1916 served on staff of Admiral Commanding Eastern Mediterranean during Dardanelles Campaign 1917 in Harwich Force 1917 - 1919 staff of Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean 21.04.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Cambrian (light cruiser) 20.10.1924 - (01.)1925 for instruction of new entry writers, HMS Virxtoy [RN base, Portsmouth] 30.10.1925 - (07.)1927 Admiral's Secretary, Commander-in-Chief East Indies [HMS Effingham (cruiser)] 23.07.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) 01.08.1931 - (01.1934) HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 04.04.1934 - 02.1936 Registrar, Royal Fleet Reserve [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 15.02.1936 - (02.)1937 RN Barracks Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.04.1937 - 01.1941 RN Barracks (Division II), Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 27.01.1941 - (02.)1943 Command Supply Officer [renamed: Command Accountant Officer] & Port Librarian, Nore Command [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 21.06.1943 - (06.1943) Store Officer and Cashier, Naval Hospital Chatham [HMS Pembroke] [ 1943 - 1944 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, The Nore ?] (08.1943) - (07.1945) no appointment listed 01.09.1945 - (04.1946) Registrar, Royal Fleet Reserve [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
Whitworth, Alexander Stephen	17.02.1912 Chorlton district, Lancashire - 08.11.1984 Malta	Cadet 01.05.1929 Midsh. 01.01.1930 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1932 S.Lt. 01.05.1933 Lt. 01.02.1936 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1944 A/Cdr. < 07.1945 Cdr. 30.06.1949 Capt. 31.12.1955 (retd 15.03.1958) DSC 29.07.1941 Battle of Cape Matapan [investiture 25.11.41] MID 14.10.1941 air attack Tripoli 07.07.41	... - ... ... (1941)     830 Squadron FAA [HMS Formidable] (DSC) ... - ... ... 09.01.1945 - (07.1945) Commander (Flying), HMS Gannet ... - ... ...
Whitworth, William "Jock" Of Trudder, Co. Wicklow. Married ...; ... children )two daughters?).	? -	Cadet ? Midsh. 01.05.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1931 S.Lt. 01.05.1932 Lt. 01.05.1934 Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1942 Cdr. 30.06.1949 (reld 1953/54 ??) DSC 10.11.1942 Operation Pedestal [investiture 02.02.43] MID 01.01.1946 New Year 46	... - ... ... 28.12.1939 - (02.)1941 Navigating Officer, HMS Arethusa (cruiser) 08.1941 - (08.1942) Navigating Officer, HMS Somali (destroyer) (and for flotilla duties) 01.08.1942 - (10.)1942 Navigating Officer, HMS Ashanti (destroyer) (DSC) 30.10.1942 - (12.1942) Navigating Officer, HMS Eskimo (destroyer) (02.1943)     no appointment listed 18.05.1943 - (07.1945) Squadron Navigating Officer, 5th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Ceylon (despatches)] ... - ... ...
Whitworth, Sir William Jock   Son of late Maj. Augustus William Whitworth, Earls Barton, Northants.  Married (15.09.1910) Marguerite Ethel Augusta (died 1970), daughter of late Lt.Col. Allen Henry Maclean, RA; one son, one daughter (and one son, one daughter deceased).	29.06.1884 Chatham, Kent - 25.10.1973 Bognor Regis	A/S.Lt. 15.04.1904? S.Lt. 10.04.1905, seniority 15.04.1904 Lt. 01.10.1906 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1914 Cdr. 30.06.1918 Capt. 31.12.1925 R.Adm. 20.07.1936 V.Adm. 01.01.1940 Adm. 31.12.1943 (retd 15.09.1946; own request) (dispersed 15.09.1946) (reld 10.11.1946) KCB 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41 [investiture 18.07.41] CB 09.06.1938 HM's birthday 38 DSO 08.03.1918 for service in destroyer & torpedo boat flotillas MID 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 StOlav 13.01.1948 services to Norway	15.09.189     joined RN 1914 - 1918 served European War: 1914 HMS Cockatrice (destroyer) (despatches, DSO) (01.1919)     HMS Vidette (torpedo-boat destroyer) 05.01.1923 - (08.1923) Commanding Officer, HMS Wryneck (torpedo boat destroyer) 30.07.1924 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS Valkyrie (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) (05.1926)     no appointment listed 07.01.1927 - (06.)1928 Commanding Officer, Physical and Recreational Training School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 19.12.1928 - 1931 Commanding Officer, HMS Stuart (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 2nd Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) (02.1931)     no appointment listed 1931 - 1931 Captain (D) Reserve Destroyer Flotilla 14.12.1931 - (06.)1933 Director of Physical Training and Sports, and Head of the Naval Personnel Committee, Admiralty, from ... 1932/33?: Deputy Director of Personal Services (Personnel), Admiralty [HMS President] 27.07.1933 - (07.)1935 Captain of the Fleet to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] 01.02.1936 - 24.07.1936 Flag Captain, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 12.10.1936 - 19.02.1937 Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] 20.02.1937 - 23.05.1937 HMS President (additional; for period not exceeding 6 months) 24.05.1937 - 30.04.1939 Naval Secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty [HMS President] 01.05.1939 - 07.05.1939 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed) 08.05.1939 - 31.05.1939 HMS Victory (additional; for tactical course) 01.06.1939 - 18.05.1941 Rear-Admiral/Vice­Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron, 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 & from 13.11.1940 Second-in-Command, Home Fleet (2nd Battle of Narvik) 19.05.1941 - 31.05.1941 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty) 01.06.1941 - 07.03.1944 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty & Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel [HMS President] 08.03.1944 - 31.05.1944 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed) 01.06.1944 - 15.07.1946 Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)] 17.07.1946 - 14.09.1946 HMS President (additional)
Whyatt, John Henry Son of John Henry Whyatt (1876-1959), and Mabel Emily Louisa D'Oyly (1882-1973). Married ((09?).1926, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Gladys May Mason (25.12.1902 - 17.09.1984), daughter (with two sisters) of William Mason (1874-1944), and Eliza Brown (1873-1970); two daughters.	08.03.1902 Depwade, Norfolk - 22.07.1982 Kings Lynn, Norfolk	A/Gnr. 01.10.1935 Gnr. 1936?, seniority 01.10.1935 Cd.Gnr. = Sen.Cd.Gnr. 01.04.1944 Lt. 27.08.1949 (retd 08.03.1952) DSC 01.01.1945 New Year 1945 [investiture 03.07.1945]	(01.1936) - (02.1936) no appointment listed 03.03.1936 - (03.)1938 HMS Faulknor (F class destroyer) 09.05.1938 - (09.)1939 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for direction finding duties) 19.09.1939 - (06.)1941 HMS Fiji (Fiji class cruiser) (for direction finding duties) (08.1941) - (09.1941) no appointment listed 15.09.1941 - (12.)1941 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 06.12.1941 - (03.)1942 HMS Charybdis (Dido class cruiser) 24.03.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Bermuda (Fiji class cruiser) (DSC) 03.07.1944 - (04.)1947 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 19.05.1947 - (05.)1949 HMS Vanguard (battleship) 20.09.1949 - (05.1951) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties)

 

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