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E.R. Bamber   to  H.M.A. Buckmaster
Bamber, Elizabeth Reid (née Halliday) (Mrs.) Married (27.03.1943, Cathedral Church of All Saints, Cairo) Lt. Alexander Thomson Bamber, RM.	16.07.1917 -	Wren ? 3/O 16.03.1941 A/2/O 01.12.1943 2/O 1944?, seniority 01.12.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	? - (12.1941) HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) 11.04.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Nile (RN Base, Alexandria, Egypt) 18.10.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Moreta (RN base, Haifa) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Barclay, Madeleine (Miss) Born as Madeleine Victorine Bayard. Daughter of Adele Suzanne Bayard, of Santeny, France.	21.02.1911 Paris, France - 01.01.1943 (KIA) [age 31] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 80, column 2]	1/O ?	1940 - 01.01.1943 was on the French merchant vessel "Le Rhin" with which she escaped to the UK, being renamed HMS Fidelity (special service vessel) and serving on SOE operations; she was commissioned in the WRNS and was killed when the ship was topedoed & sunk by U-435 off the Azores
Becquet, Joy May (Miss)	see:	Lough, Joy May (née Becquet) (Mrs)
Bell, Grace [Ellen Effingham] (née Laughton) (Mrs) Youngest daughter (with three brothers and one sister) of Sir John Knox Laughton, KCB (1830-1915), and his 2nd wife Maria Josepha de Los Angeles de Alberti (1863?-1946). Sister of Dir. Dame Vera Laugton Mathews, DBE, WRNS. Married 1st (1915) John Russell Little (1893-1917; killed in action). Married 2nd (26.08.1918, Broxwood, Herefordshire) Harry Graham Bell (20.10.1888 - 02.1950), eldest son of Maj. & Mrs Bell, of Chepstow; three sons (Maj. Hubert Graham Bell, MBE).	28.12.1889 Hammersmith, London - 10.12.1975 Fuengirola, Spain [English Cemetery, Malaga] (died following a fall when her walking stick broke)	1/O 07.09.1939 C/O 29.04.1940 Supt. 03.04.1942 CBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 [investiture 23.07.46]	Education: Convent Schools; King's College, London University. 1915 - 1919 Women's Forestry Corps (Travelling Officer for Wales and West of England) 09.1939 - 01.1946 Women's Royal Naval Service: (04.1940) - (02.)1941 HMS President III (HQ for personnel serving at defensively equipped merchant ships) 1941 - (12.1941) HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 03.04.1942 - (10.)1944 on Staff of Commander-in-Chief, The Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 17.11.1944 - (07.1945) on Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)]
Bell, Margaret Ruth (Miss) Daughter of Capt. Charles Courtenay Bell, DSO, RN (1883-1966), and Margaret Pattinson. Married 1st (26.08.1943, Gibraltar Cathedral; divorced 16.12.1949) Maj. Charles Ormond Loggie Salvesen, RA (24.03.1918 - 13.04.1989), son of Maj. Charles Emil Salvesen, RA (1891-1973), and Juliet Loggie (1893-1977). Married 2nd (24.12.1949, Westminster, London) Lt.Cdr. George Hammond Evans, RN, son of William A. Evans, and Edith Evans; one son.	24.05.1920 Weymouth, Dorset - 31.03.2014	A/3/O 11.10.1942 2/O 19.09.1944, seniority 31.07.1944	11.10.1942 - 20.06.1943 HMS Victory III (accounting section, Wantage, Berkshire) 21.06.1943 - 08.07.1944 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers, Algeria, later Taranto, Italy) 09.07.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) (04.1946) - (01.1947) no appointment listed 13.05.1947 - (10.1948) HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)
Binyon, Dorothy Perkins (née Tayler) (Mrs) Youngest daughter of Dr. Frederic Ernest Tayler, JP, and Mary Louisa Crisford, of Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Married 1st (30.01.1943, Parish Church, Trowbridge) Lt. Roger Basil Binyon, Royal Engineers (08.12.1914 - 24.09.1944); one son. Married 2nd (26.06.1953, Parish Church, Hayes, Bromley district, Kent) Eric W. Huggins (1918? - ).	10.12.1918 Melksham district, Dorset - 22.02.2010 Southwold district, Suffolk	A/3/O 14.12.1942 3/O 1943?, seniority 14.12.1942 (reld 06.06.1945; compassionate grounds)	(02.1943)     HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire) 28.02.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Victory III (accounting section, Wantage, Berkshire) (06.1944) - (04.1945) no appointment listed
Bishop, Marguerite Ruth (née Macnair-Smith) (Mrs)	see:	Macnair-Smith, Marguerite Ruth (Miss)
Blagrove, Edith Gordon (née Lowe) (Mrs) Daughter of William Duncan Lowe, writer to the signet, of Edinburgh. Married 1st  (06.04.1921) Cdr. (later R.Adm.) Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove, RN (1887-1939); two daughters (one of whom, Mary A. Blagrove, married Lt. Sir Anthony R.D. Twysden, Bt., and later Capt. Peter G.C. Dickens, RN). Married 2nd (21.01.1948, Chapel of RN College, Greenwich) Adm. Sir Eric James Patrick Brind, RN (1892-1963).	05.11.1895 St George district, Edinburgh, Scotland - 14.02.1979 Tonbridge district, Kent [St Michael and All Angels Churchyard Withyham, East Sussex]	1/O 23.11.1939 C/O 15.11.1940 Supt. 05.02.1945 (reld 25.01.1947)	(04.1940) - (06.)1941 HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth) 21.07.1941 - (08.)1943 Chief Officer WRNS, West of Scotland [HMS St Andrew (RN base, Oban)] 06.10.1943 - (04.)1944 in charge WRNS, HMS Beaver (RN base, Hull) & on staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Humber 02.05.1944 - (07.1945) in charge WRNS, HMS Pembroke V (secret base WRNS, Bletchley Park, London) 18.10.1945 - (04.1946) in charge WRNS, HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
Blundell, Daphne Mary (Miss)	19.08.1916 Northwood, Middlesex - 05.2004 Watford, Hertfordshire	2/O 01.04.1945 Supt. 1967 Comdt. 1970 (retd 1973)   CB 1972	Education: St Helen's School, Northwood; Bedford College, London.       worked for LCC as Child Care Organiser 11.1942     joined WRNS 1943     commissioned       served in Orkneys, HMS Lanka Ceylon, E Africa 1954 - 1956 Malta 1964 - 1967 Staff of Flag Officer Naval Air Command 1967 - 1969 Staff of Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth 1969 - 1970 Superintendent WRNS Training and Drafting 1970 - 1973 Director, Women's Royal Naval Service 1970 - 1973 Hon. ADC to the Queen
Blundell, Sheila Beatrice (Miss)	see:	Simon, Sheila Beatrice (Mrs)
Bois, Marjorie Gillespy (Miss) Youngest daughter (with one sister) of Percy Bois (1856-1946).	(12?).1900 Hastings district, Sussex - 08.11.1964 Verney Cottage, Liss, Hampshire	1/O 19.06.1939 C/O 01.10.1939 A/Supt. 27.03.1946 OBE 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45	24.08.1939 - (01.)1945 Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory III (accounting section, Portsmouth)] (07.1945)     HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) * 27.03.1946 - (04.1946) Superintendent WRNS, The Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Boyd, Violet Constance Sophie (Mrs)	? -	Supt. 12.04.1942   CBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46	15.11.1944 - (07.1945) Superintendent WRNS, The Nore [HMS Pembroke]
Brotherton, Joan Marie (Miss) Daughter of ... Brotherton, and ... Parker. Married ((03?).1950, Bromley district, Kent) Edward Wilfrid Heining (28.04.1922 - 03.2006); two sons.	(03?).1921 Bromley district, Kent - 03.04.2013	A/3/O 17.10.1943 3/O 1944?, seniority 17.10.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	17.10.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) 25.08.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) (07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed
Broughton, Margaret Lynette (Miss) Daughter of Arthur F. Broughton, and Gladys L. Connolly. Married ((06?).1947, Yeovil district, Somerset) T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) Mervyn John Morgan Dunscombe, RNVR (20.08.1925 - 02.01.1975);two daughters.	20.07.1924 Yeovil district, Somerset - 04.2018 still alive	A/3/O 28.01.1945 3/O 28.07.1945 (reld > 04.1946, < 07.1946)	05.03.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)
Browne, Fanny Tudor Imogen Gore (Miss) Daughter (with two brothers and one sister) of Sir Eric Gore Browne, DSO, OBE, TD (1885-1964), and Mary Imogen Booth (1882-1975). Married  (28.09.1946, Westminster, London) Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) John Antony Crawford Hugill, RNVR (15.01.1916 - 24.01.1987), son of Eng.R.Adm. Rene Charles Hugill, RN (1883-1962), and Winifred Fleming Backwell (1889-1970); three daughters, one son.	22.01.1923 Eaton Square, London - 28.09.2023 Hyperion House, Fairford	A/3/O 13.02.1944 3/O 06.10.1944, seniority 13.02.1944 (reld 06.04.1946) 39|45 St - - Fr&G St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - LegH 07.09.2016 liberation of France	early 1942 - 02.1944 WRNS Headquarters (London) [HMS Pembroke III] (04.1944) - (10.1945) no appointment listed 1944 - 1946 Headquarters Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief, Expeditionary Force (ANCXF), as personal assistant to Rear-Admiral Bill Tennant, whose title was “Rear-Admiral Mulberry/Pluto” (Norfolk House, St James’s Square, London; from 26.04.1944 Southwick House, north of Fareham in Hampshire; from 08.09.1944 Granville, France; from 18.10.1944 Saint-Germain-en-Laye; from 01.1945 Brussels, Belgium; from 05.1945 Minden, Germany)
Bruce, Catherine Jane Gibb (Miss) Daughter (with one brother and one sister) of William Gibb Bruce (1860-1931), and Jane Fleming Thomson (1873-1948). Married (21.06.1943, Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar) Capt. Thomas John, Army Dental Corps (1911-1979); two daughters, two sons.	12.07.1915 Edinburgh, Scotland - 03.02.1991 Edinburgh, Scotland	3/O 04.07.1941 (reld > 10.1944, < 01.1945)	WRNS Officers' Training Course, Greenwich 04.07.1941 - (06.)1942 HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) 18.06.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (12.1943) - (10.1944) no appointment listed
Buckmaster, Hilda Mary Adela (Miss)	(03?).1897 Acton, Middlesex -	C/O 12.03.1940
Burton, Peggy Gordon (Miss) Daughter of Lt. Eric Ray Burton, Indian Army, and [later Second Officer WRNS] Gladys [Maud] Gordon Burton (née Frazer) (03.11.1896 - 24.02.1975). Married ((09?).1941, Gosport district, Hampshire) John W. Payne.	19.04.1919 Bromley district, London - ?	3/O 01.09.1939	01.09.1939 - (02.)1940 non-administrative officer, Portsmouth (03.)1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (12.)1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Victory II (accounting section, Newbury/Portsmouth) (06.)1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Victory III (accounting section, Wantage, Berkshire) (10.)1941 - (02.)1942 no appointment listed (04.)1942 - (06.)1942 HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) (08.)1942 - (10.)1943 no appointment listed
Butterworth, Cicely Etheldreda "Audrey" (Miss) Daughter (with two brothers) of Joseph Leonard Butterworth (1887-1949), and Cicely Ellen Fenn (1885-1962). Married (06.05.1953, Bridge district, Kent) Lt. Charles Louis Patrick Swayne Taylor, RNVR (17.03.1920 - 26.12.1992); one daughter.	23.06.1915 Lewisham, London - 10.09.1994 Cottingham, North Humberside	A/3/O 05.03.1944 3/O 1945?, seniority 05.03.1944 (reld 26.06.1946)	Builders clerk & secretary. 19.03.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 29.05.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Victory III (accounting section, Wantage, Berkshire) 10.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Watchful (anti-submarine & minesweeper base, Great Yarmouth) 14.09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)

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