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Plymouth Command

C-in-C Plymouth Devonport Dockyard RN Barracks Devonport Liverpool Falmouth Dartmouth Appledore
Milford Haven Cardiff Avonmouth Swansea Londonderry Isle of Man Greenock

 

Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [borne in HMS Drake]
24.10.1938 - (08.1939)
Adm. Sir Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith, RN
01.05.1941 - (06.1943)
Adm. of the Fleet Sir Charles M. Forbes, RN
24.08.1943 - (07.1945)
V.Adm. Sir Ralph Leatham, RN
27.11.1945 - (04.1946)
Adm. Sir Henry D. Pridham-Wippell, RN
Chief of Staff
09.01.1939 - (08.1939)
Capt. the Hon. C.P. Hermon-Hodge, RN
05.02.1942 - (08.1942)
Cdre. 2nd cl. T.B. Fellowes, RN (retd)
10.12.1942 - (06.1944)
Cdre. 2nd cl. C. Caslon, RN (retd)
09.1944 - (04.1946)
Cdre. 2nd cl. W.Y. La R. Beverley, RN
Flag Lieutenant[-Commander]
19.09.1938 - (08.1939)
Lt.Cdr. W.St.J. Ainslie, RN
08.04.1942 - (08.1942)
T/Lt. A.P. Moray, RNVR
? - (04.1944)
Lt.Cdr. N. de G. Waymouth, RN
04.1944 - (07.1945)
T/A/Lt. R.E. Harbord, RNVR
27.11.1945 - (04.1946)
T/Lt. J.E.H. Collins, RNVR
Secretary
24.10.1938 - (08.1939)
Paym.Capt. J. Dent, RN
01.05.1941 - (08.1943)
Paym.Capt. G.H. Bankart, RN
24.08.1943 - (07.1945)
A/Paym.Capt. [A/Capt. (S)] N.Y. Clay, RN
27.11.1945 - (04.1946)
A/Capt. (S) H. Prevett, RN

  
Devonport Dockyard [borne in HMS Drake]
Admiral Superintendent  
27.09.1938 - (07.)1945
R.Adm. A.N. Dowding, RN | RN (retd)
18.12.1945 - (04.1946)
R.Adm. R.S.G. Nicholson, RN
Secretary  
03.07.1939 - 07.1942
W.A. Griffiths (civ)
04.07.1942 - (04.1946)
G. Hawarth (civ)

 
RN Barracks Devonport [borne in HMS Drake]
Commodore RN Barracks  
14.04.1938 - (08.1939)
R.Adm. A.T.B. Curteis, RN
05.03.1942 - (06.1944)
Cdre. 2nd cl. L.C.P. Tudway, RN
31.08.1944 - (07.1945)
Cdre. 2nd cl. R.L.B. Cunliffe, RN
22.01.1946 - (04.1946)
Cdre. 2nd cl. D. Young-Jamieson, RN
Secretary  
01.04.1938 - (08.1939)
Paym.Lt. F.M.M. Ommanney, RN
05.03.1942 - (06.1944)
Paym.Lt.Cdr. J.E. Stevens, RN
15.09.1944 - (04.1946)
A/Lt.Cdr. (S) R.H.R. Dakeyne, RN

 
Liverpool  till 1939 ? [HMS President]
Liaison Officer for Naval Reserve & Merchant Navy duties  
24.03.1937 - (08.1939)
Cdr. C.J.L. Bittleston, RN

 
Falmouth  till 1945 ? [HMS Forte]
Flag Officer-in-Charge  
09.06.1942 - (12.1943)
Adm. Sir Bertram S. Thesiger, RN (retd)
01.03.1944 - (06.1944)
Adm. Sir G. Frederick Edward-Collins, RN (retd)
Chief Staff Officer
01.04.1942 - 07.1943
A/Capt. H.M. Spreckley, RN (retd)
29.07.1943 - (06.1944)
A/Capt. The Hon. Sir Archibald D. Cochrane, RN (retd)
Secretary  
25.08.1939 - (08.1942)
Paym.Lt.Cdr. A.R. Marshall, RNR
04.09.1942 - (08.1943)
Paym.Lt.Cdr. D.A.C. Price, RNVR
10.09.1943 - (06.1944)
A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. P. Murray, RNVR
Naval Officer-in-Charge  
25.06.1945 - (07.1945)
Capt. C.R. McCrum, RN (retd)
Secretary  
(07.1945) - (07.1945)
T/S.Lt. (S) A.T. Creery-Hill, RNVR

 
Dartmouth  till 1944 ? [HMS Britannia, later HMS Dartmouth]
Captain-in-Charge RN College & Naval Officer-in-Charge Dartmouth  
15.04.1942 - (08.1942)
Capt. E.A. Aylmer, RN
Secretary  
(08.1942) - (08.1942)
Paym.Lt. P.S. Price, RNVR
Naval Officer-in-Charge Dartmouth  
07.12.1942 - (02.1943)
Capt. The Lord Ashbourne, RN
01.02.1943 - 1945
V.Adm. The Hon. A.C. Strutt, RN (retd)
Secretary  
25.06.1940 - (02.1943)
Paym.Lt. F.N. Brockett, RNR
02.1943 - (06.1944)
T/A/Paym.S.Lt. L.O.V. Moore, RNVR

 
Appledore  till 1945 ? [HMS Appledore]
Naval Officer-in-Charge Appledore [& Commandant Combined Training Centre Appledore]  
07.1941 - (07.1945)
R.Adm. H.G.C. Franklin, RN (retd)
Secretary  
27.10.1942 - (06.1944)
Paym.Lt. R. Burmester, RNVR
09.1944 - (07.1945)
T/Lt. (S) B.D. Brown, RNVR

Milford Haven  since 1944 ?, till 1945 ? [HMS Skirmisher]
Flag Officer-in-Charge Milford Haven  
12.05.1942 - (07.1945)
V.Adm. B.W.M. Fairbairn, RN (retd)
Chief of Staff  
21.03.1942 - (07.1945)
A/Capt. F.W.D. Twigg, RN (retd)
Secretary  
24.08.1939 - (07.1945)
Paym.Cdr. [Cdr. (S)] L.B. Bishop, RN (retd)

Cardiff  since 1944 ?, till 1945 ? [HMS Lucifer]
Flag Officer-in-Charge Cardiff  
08.02.1944 - (06.1944)
Adm. Sir T. Hugh Binney, RN (retd)
04.07.1945 - (07.1945)
V.Adm. A.D. Read, RN (retd)
Chief of Staff  
24.07.1942 - (07.1945)
A/Capt. M.C. Despard, RN (retd)
Secretary  
07.1942 - (04.1944)
Paym.Lt.Cdr. R.J.V. Spurway, RN (retd)
03.05.1944 - (07.1945)
T/A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. R.W. Jefferies, RNVR

Avonmouth  since 1945 ?, till 1945 ? [borne in HMS Lucifer]
Naval Officer-in-Charge Avonmouth  
06.03.1944 - (07.1945)
Capt. G.M.R. Rayne, RN (retd)
Secretary  
05.08.1943 - (07.1945)
Lt. (S) F.A. Ansell, RNR

Swansea  since 1945 ?, till 1945 ? [borne in HMS Lucifer]
Naval Officer-in-Charge Swansea  
13.02.1942 - (07.1945)
A/Capt. C.S. Inglis, RN (retd)
Secretary  
30.11.1944 - (07.1945)
T/Lt. (S) A.F. Bailey, RNVR

Londonderry  since 1945/46 ? [HMS Ferret]
Naval Officer-in-Charge Londonderry  
10.1945 - (04.1946)
A/Capt. N.A. Prichard, RN
Secretary  
04.1946 - (04.1946)
Lt. (S) A. Pringle, RN

Isle of Man  since 1945/46 ? [HMS Valkyrie]
Naval Officer-in-Charge Isle of Man  
28.08.1945 - (04.1946)
R.Adm. C.H.G. Benson, RN (retd)
Secretary  
25.01.1946 - (04.1946)
T/Lt. (S) N.J.G. Ramsay, RNVR

Greenock  since 1945/46 ? [HMS Orlando]
Naval Officer-in-Charge Greenock  
15.02.1946 - (04.1946)
R.Adm. J.S.G. Fraser, RN (retd)
Secretary  
15.08.1945 - (04.1946)
Lt. (S) J.G. Treharne, RN