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Ackery, B.L.  to Archdale, M.K.
Ackery, Betty Lilian (née Gladstone) (Mrs.) Daughter of Capt. Frederick Thomas Gladstone (1859-?), and Nellie Violet Ogden (1872-1946). Married 1st ((06?).1938, Staines district, Middlesex) Lt. (E) John Esmond Ackery, RN (1912-1940). Married 2nd (22.12.1945, Chapel, RN College, Greenwich, Kent) Cdr. (later Adm. Sir) Royston Hollis Wright, (GBE, KCB), DSC and Bar, RN; no children.	26.10.1910 Richmond upon Thames district, Surrey - 01.01.1988 Salisbury district, Wiltshire	3/O 02.09.1940 2/O 31.08.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	(10.1940)     Admiralty [HMS President] (in training) 26.12.1940 - (10.1944) HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 02.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
Alden, Alice Mary (née Savage) (Mrs.) Daughter (with one brother) of Samuel Joseph Savage (1868-1915), and Charlotte Stella Cunningham (1868-1947). Married (05.09.1928, St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, Oxfordshire) John Wenham Alden (24.07.1890 - 14.09.1953), son (with four sisters and one brother) of Ebenezer Wenham Alden (1849-1913), and Sarah Annie Gardiner (1860-1954); two sons.	19.10.1901 West Ham district, London - 08.05.1966 Royal Infirmary, Chester, Cheshire	Wren ? 3/O 18.01.1942 2/O 17.06.1942 1/O 25.01.1943 (reld 19.11.1945)	18.01.1942 - (08.)1943 WRNS Headquarters [HMS Pembroke III] 27.09.1943 - (04.)1945 in charge of WRNS, HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Alers-Hankey, Penelope Alethea (née Longden) (Mrs.) Daughter of Lt.Col. James Morley Longden (1873-1948), and Kathleen Morgan, of Castle Eden, County Durham. Married (05.09.1934, Durham Cathedral; divorced) then Lt. (later Capt.) Conrad Byron Alers-Hankey, RN (20.02.1904 - 27.11.1984), third son (with three brothers and three sisters) of Gerald Cramer Alers-Hankey (1870-1943), and Mary Manley Spinks (1878-1979), of Vernon, British Columbia; one son, two daughters.	26.06.1916 Darlington district, Co. Durham - 20.01.1992 Brighton	3/O 25.09.1941 2/O 16.04.1943 (reld 22.08.1945; compassionate grounds)	(12.)1941 - (06.)1942 HMS Pyramus (minesweeper & anti-submarine base, Orkney) (08.)1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkneys) 04.03.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 10.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast) (01.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Andrews, Mary Romaine (Miss) Daughter (with one brother and one half-brother) of Frederick Charles Andrews (1884-1966), and Cecilia Jane Roden (1886-1956). Married (05.02.1945, Ceylon) Sg.Lt. Peter Pattison, RNVR; .. children (two sons, one daughter?).	31.01.1923 Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales - 07.11.2007 Wokingham, Berkshire	A/3/O 11.06.1944 3/O 1945?, seniority 11.06.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	(09.1944)     no appointment listed 29.09.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) 05.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) (10.1945)     no appointment listed
Archdale, Helen Elizabeth "Betty" (Miss) Daughter of Lt.Col. Theodore Montgomery Archdale (1873-1918) and Helen Alexander Russel (1876-1949), a suffragette. Sister of Lt.Cdr. Alexander Mervyn Archdale, RNVR. Home address (1944): Borough Green, Kent.	21.08.1907 Paddington, London - 11.01.2000 Killara, Sydney, NSW, Australia	3/O 22.01.1940 2/O ? A/1/O 26.01.1944 1/O 05.12.1944, seniority 26.01.1944 (reld 1946) MBE 01.01.1944 New Year 44	Education: Bedales, School, Hampshire, and St Leonards, Scotland (1920-1925); McGill University, Canada (BA (First Class Honours in Economics) 1929); London University (LLB, LLM 1934) Sydney University (Hon LLD). Macquarie University (LLD hc 02.05.1995) 1937 Barrister-at-Law, Grays Inn (02.1941)   HMS President in charge of first party of Wrens to serve overseas, in Singapore on the staff of Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet; withdrew to Colombo and then Kilindini, Kenya 1942 moved to the Persian Gulf 1943 returned to England 25.10.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Pembroke III (WRNS accounting base, London) 18.06.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Watchful (RN base, Yarmouth) 19.08.1945 - (04.1946) led another party of Wrens to Australia [HMS Golden Hind (for disposal)] Principal of Women's College within Sydney University, 1946-1957. Headmistress at Abbotsleigh, 1958-1970 (retd). Fellow of the Senate, Sydney University, 1959-1984. College Principal Sydney University, President Eden Sydney University (for WEA). Member Council of Macquarie University. Captained first English Women's Cricket Team overseas tour to Australia and NZ 1934-35. Made an honorary member of the MCC in March 1999 (one of the first group of ten women so honoured).  Published: Girls at school (1970); Indiscretions of a headmistress (1972)
Archdale, Mary Katherine (née Gilbert) (Mrs.) Daughter of Robert Leslie Gilbert. Married (26.05.1944) Capt. Humphreys Archdale, RN; one son.	? - 15.05.1975	3/O 07.11.1940 2/O 22.03.1943 (reld 1945/46)	(02.1941) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 08.11.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Hopetoun (landing craft and minesweepers base, Port Edgar) (07.1945) no posting listed
Ashmore, Elizabeth Mary Doveton (née Sturdee) (Mrs)	see:	Sturdee, Elizabeth Mary Doveton (Miss)

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