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1939-1945

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A
Anderson,
Arthur James		 ?
-		 T/Lt.Cdr. (06.11.1939); reld (1945/46)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45
15.04.1941 - (08.1942) CO HMS Jeanie Deans (auxiliary AA ship)
14.10.1942 - (10.1943) CO HMS Queen Eagle
10.11.1943 - (06.1944) CO HMS Northway (landing ship dock)
(07.1945)     no posting listed
Armstrong,
James Davison		 ?
-
[1959 still alive]		 S.Lt. (23.04.1930); Lt. (08.07.1933); Lt.Cdr. (08.07.1941); retd (1945/46)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 04.05.1943 Operation Torch
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? ?
19.01.1942 - 07.1943 CO HMS Royal Scotsman
(12.1943) - (06.1944) no posting listed
(07.1945)     HMS Orlando (base, Greenock)
Ashdown,
Thomas Aubrey		 ?
-		 T/Lt. (13.06.1940); T/A/Lt.Cdr. (27.12.1942?); reld (01.05.1946)

Distinguished Service Order

 DSO 13.07.1943 minelaying & actions against E-boats
King Haakon VII's Liberty Cross (Norway) Hkn 26.08.1947 services to Norway
12.05.1941 - (08.1942) Plymouth Command (for miscellaneous services) [HMS Drake]
27.12.1942 - (06.1943) HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover):
27.12.1942 - 06.12.1943 CO ML 104 & SO 50th ML Flotilla
(04.1944)     no posting listed
04.05.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Atreus
[ (07.1945)     CO LST 157 ? ]
Atkinson,
[Sir] Robert		 07.03.1916
-
[2003 still alive]		 A/S.Lt. (31.01.1938); Lt. (01.05.1940, backdated 01.05.1939); A/Lt.Cdr. (25.06.1945?); Lt.Cdr. [(retd) ?] (01.05.1947); retd (1945/46?)
- Kt 1983 ?
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 04.03.1941 sinking of U-boat 21.11.40
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 19.10.1943 defence of convoy 05.05.43
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 11.09.1945 U-boat probably sunk 10.04.45
Mention in Despatches MID 1943 ?? (own statement)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD 1947 ?
FIMechE, CEng, FEng 1983 		Education: London University (BSc(Eng) Hons)
(11.1940)     HMS Rhododendron (corvette)
  - 07.1942 CO HMS Anemone (corvette)
20.1.1942 - (12.1943) CO HMS Pink (corvette)
01.02.1944 - (04.1945) CO HMS Tintagel Castle (corvette)
25.06.1945 - (07.1945) CO HMS Tay (frigate)
Managing Director: Wm Doxford, 1957-1961; Tube Investments (Eng), 1961-1967; Unicorn Industries, 1967-1972; Chm., Aurora Holdings, Sheffield, 1972-1984; Dir, Stag Furniture Hldgs, 1973-1992. Chm., British Standards (Engrg and Shipbuilding), 1984-1987. Gold Medal, 1961. Chairman, British Shipbuilders, 1980-1984
Published: technical books & papers
Ayre,
Albert		 ?
-
[1959 still alive]		 S.Lt. (13.08.1928); Lt. (13.08.1930); retd (> 07.1935, < 02.1937); Lt.Cdr. (retd) (13.08.1938); A/Cdr. (retd) (1944?)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 19.10.1943 convoy HX237
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1044 New Year 44
Mention in Despatches MID 20.06.1944 torpedoed Atlantic 20.09.43
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? ?
12.02.1941 - (08.1942) CO HMS Primrose (corvette)
24.09.1942 - (10.1943) CO HMS Lagan (frigate)
(12.1943)     no posting listed
(04.1944) - (06.1944) HMS Leigh
29.05.1945 - (07.1945) Grimsby base [HMS Beaver]

 

B
Ball,
Malcolm John		 1922 ?
-
18.08.1942 (KIA) [age 20]
[Chatham Naval Memorial]		 prob. Midsh. (01.05.1938); A/S.Lt. (10.01.1942)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 16.08.1940 Dunkirk
Mention in Despatches MID 20.10.1942 attack on convoy 17.08.42
(1940)     HMS Scimitar (destroyer)
26.10.1941 - (08.1942) First Lieutenant, MTB 218
  - 18.08.1942 CO MTB ...
Barker,
Wallace Hamilton		 ?
-
S.Lt. (24.06.1929); Lt. (24.06.1931); Lt.Cdr. (24.06.1939); reld (1945/46)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? ?
18.08.1941 - (06.1943) CO HMS Fritillary (corvette)
(08.1943) - (12.1943) no posting listed
03.12.1943 - (06.1944) Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
10.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Cormorant (base, Gibraltar) (for coastal forces)
Barry,
Joseph William Philip		 1902 ?
-
05.11.1940
(KIA) [age 38]
[Liverpool Naval Memorial]		 Eng.Lt. (?)
  - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (auxiliary merchant cruiser)

 

Bartle,
Arnold Herbert William		 1911 ?
-
05.11.1940
(KIA) [age 29]
[Chatham Naval Memorial]		 A/S.Lt. (08.04.1933); Lt. (26.11.1937)
  - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (auxiliary merchant cruiser)

 

Beverley,
Herbert James		 ?
-		 T/Lt. (13.03.1940); T/A/Lt.Cdr. (07.1941?)

Distinguished Service Order

 DSO 30.07.1942 destruction of U252

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 01.01.1941 New Year 41
Mention in Despatches MID 13.03.1945 destruction of U-boat 25.05.44
(1940) - (1941) HMT St. Kenan
07.1941 - (06.1943) CO HMS Vetch (corvette)
(08.1943) - (12.1943) no posting listed
01.03.1944 - (06.1944) CO HMS Bideford (sloop)
(07.1945) - (04.1946) no posting listed
Bigg,
Dudley James Henry		 1897 ?
-
05.11.1940
(KIA) [age 43]
[Liverpool Naval Memorial]		 Eng.Lt. (?)
  - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (auxiliary merchant cruiser)

 

Billot,
Godfrey Philip		 ?
-
[1959 still alive]		 S.Lt. (30.05.1930); Lt. (30.05.1932); Lt.Cdr. (30.05.1940); A/Cdr. (1945?); retd (1940/50s)

Distinguished Service Order

 DSO 18.05.1943 Oran Harbour 08.11.42
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? ?
05.1941 - 08.11.1942 CO HMS Hartland (escort) (sunk)
22.03.1943 - (06.1944) Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
18.12.1944 - (07.1945) Naval Control Service, Ramsgate [HMS Fervent]
[ (04.1946)     HMS Robertson ?]
Birch,
John Dudley		 ?
-
[1959 still alive]		 Lt. (29.10.1928); Lt.Cdr. (29.10.1936); Cdr. (30.06.1942); retd (1945/46)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 04.07.1944 sinking U536 19.11.43
Mention in Despatches MID 14.11.1944 rammed by Skeena 12.08.44
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? ?
(08.1942)     no posting listed
28.01.1943 - (12.1943) CO HMS Nene (frigate)
(04.1944)     HMCS Waskesiu (frigate)
(08.1944)     HMCS Qu'Appelle (destroyer)
(07.1945)     no posting listed
Boyd,
Neil Kenneth		 ?
-
[1959 still alive]		 Lt. (12.12.1940); A/Lt.Cdr. (14.06.1943?); retd (1945/46)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 26.01.1943 escorting Russian convoy 07.42

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 11.05.1943 Operation Torch & action with U-boat
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? ?
06.12.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Curlew (cruiser) (to complete 12 months' training)
03.03.1942 - 05.1943 CO HMS Poppy (corvette)
14.06.1943 - (06.1944) CO HMS Aire (frigate)
10.03.1945 - (07.1945) Training Establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall [HMS Raleigh]
Boys-Smith,
Humphrey Gilbert		 20.12.1904
-
1999		 Midsh. (1921); S.Lt. (1925); Lt. (17.11.1929); Lt.Cdr. (17.11.1937) (retd); reactivated; Cdr. (31.12.1941); A/Capt. (01.09.1943?); Capt. (31.12.1946); retd (1952)

Distinguished Service Order

 DSO 16.08.1940 Dunkirk

Distinguished Service Order

 DSO 04.03.1941 sinknig U-boat 06.01.41
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 16.03.1943 Operation Torch, 700 troops delivered
Citation for Meritious Service (US) CitMS ? landing US troops transport Algiers
Mention in Despatches MID 03.11.1942 attacks on U-boats 11 & 14.07.42
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? ?
Education: Pangborne Naval College
1921     joined Royal Naval Reserve
06.1940     Skoot Twente (Dunkirk)
1940 - 1942 CO HMS Anemone (corvette) (Western Approaches)
25.03.1942 - (08.)1943 CO HMS Spey (frigate) (Western Approaches)
01.09.1943 - (07.)1945 Office of Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty (mainly concerned with Officer Appointments in Western Approaches escort ships) [HMS President]
1950 - 1951 War Course, Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Served in Merchant Navy, Commonwealth and Dominion Line (later renamed the Port Line), 1922-1929, Cunard 1929-1934, Extra Master's Certificate, 1930; Colonial Maritime Service, 1935-1940 (Palestine) and 1946-1950 (Marine Superintendent, Western Pacific High Commission, based in Fiji); Courtaulds Ltd, Central Staff Dept 1951-1968
Bradford,
Donald Gould
© Photo: Peter Scott, "The battle of the narrow seas" © Drawing: Peter Scott, "The battle of the narrow seas"		 ?
-		 T/Lt. (27.05.1941); T/A/Lt.Cdr. (01.09.1943?); T/A/Cdr. (1944/45?); reld (1945/46?)

Distinguished Service Order

 DSO 10.10.1944 action with enemy 04.07.44

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 01.06.1943 action E-boats 28.03.43

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 21.12.1943 action 19.10.43

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 29.08.1944 Operation Neptune, Normandy 06.44
Mention in Despatches MID 07.03.1944 2 trawlers sunk & E-boats damaged 03.11.43
Mention in Despatches MID 14.11.1944 actions 04.44
(08.1942)     no posting listed
08.10.1942 - (06.1943) HMS Midge (for minelayers):
(03.1943)     CO MGB 333
01.09.1943 - (07.1944) CO MTB 617 & SO 31st MTB Flotilla
(07.44)     SO 55th MTB Fllotilla [ty. aboard MTB 632]
(08.1944)     Staff Officer, Coastal Forces, British Assault Area (Courseulles)
04.06.1945 - (07.1945) Coastal Forces Mobile Unit 2 [HMS Fox (Lerwick)]
Brooke-Smith,
Francis Haffey
Navy List: Smith, F.H.B.

George Cross Database 		21.09.1918
Hasketon, near Woodbridge, Suffolk
-
03.12.1952
Woodbridge, Suffolk		 Prob. Midsh. (01.05.1936); S.Lt.; Lt. (01.03.1942)

George Cross

 GC 27.06.1941 mine disposal
18.03.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (for 4 months training)
  - 18.10.1941 HMS Broadwater (destroyer)
10.06.1945 - (04.1946) LST 324
Butler,
Henry Eric		 ?
-		 T/S.Lt.; T/Lt. (11.09.1940); T/A/Lt.Cdr. (1945/46?); reld (30.03.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 03.12.1940 successful attacks U-boats 21.06.40
Mention in Despatches MID 14.08.1945 relief of Greece
(06.1940)     HMS Viva II
27.01.1942 - (08.1942) CO MTB 43 [HMS Wasp]
23.01.1943 - (05.1943) CO MTB 633 [HMS St. Christopher]
08.07.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Nile:
08.07.1943 - (10.1943) for service with Naval Officer in Charge Mersa Matruh
10.1943 - (07.1945) duty in Office of Commander-in-Chief Levant, later Flag Officer Eastern Mediterranean
Butler,
Ronald Alfred Gardyne		 ?
- 		Prob.Midsh. (01.05.1939); Midsh. (?); Lt. (01.10.1943)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 23.01.1941 action against enemy raider 05.11.40
(11.1940)     HMS Jervis Bay (auxiliary merchant cruiser)
16.12.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Apollo (minelayer)
Byron,
John		 1891 ?
-
07.05.1944
(KIA) [age 53]
(Portsmouth Naval Memorial)		 Lt.Cdr. (07.11.1925) (retd); A/Cdr. (retd) (11.1943)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 07.04.1942 protection convoy Western Approaches

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 22.02.1944 attack U-boat Western Approaches 22.09.43
Mention in Despatches MID 06.04.1943 Operation Torch
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? ?
21.04.1941 - (02.1943) CO HMS Pentstemon (corvette)
26.04.1943 - (08.1943) CO HMS Towy (frigate)
(09.1943) - 11.1943 CO HMS Keppel (destroyer)
11.1943 - (12.1943) CO HMCS Assiniboine (destroyer) [on loan to RCN]
  - 07.05.1944 aboard HMCS Valleyfield (frigate) [on loan to RCN]

 
C
Cameron,
Donald


Victoria Cross Reference		 18.03.1916
Carluke, Lanarkshire
-
10.04.1961
RN Hospital Haslar, Portsmouth
[Portchester Crematorium]		 Lt. (18.03.1941); Cdr.

Victoria Cross

 VC 22.02.1944 Operation Source - attack on Tirpitz *
* On 22 September 1943 at Kaafjord, North Norway, Lieutenant Cameron, commanding Midget Submarine X.6, and another lieutenant (PLACE, B.C.G.) commanding Midget Submarine X.7, carried out a most daring and successful attack on the German Battleship Tirpitz. The two submarines had to travel at least 1,000 miles from base, negotiate a minefield, dodge nets, gun defences and enemy listening posts. Having eluded all these hazards they finally placed the charges underneath the ship where they went off an hour later, doing so much damage that the Tirpitz was out of action for months.
(08.1942)     no posting listed
11.09.1942 - (10.1943) HMS Varbel (CO HMS X6 (midget submarine)
(12.1943)     no posting listed
(07.1945)     no posting listed
29.10.1945 - (04.1946) HM Subm Stoic
Case,
Richard Vere Essex		 13.04.1904
-
30.10.1991
[Liverpool ?]		 Lt. (03.04.1929); Lt.Cdr. (03.04.1937); Cdr. (30.06.1942); reld (1945/46); Capt. (31.12.1953); retd (1950s)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 13.04.1943 Operation Torch

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 16.08.1940 Romsdal Fjords
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? ?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? ?
Education: Thames Nautical Training College; HMS Worcester
1920     joined RNR
1920     commenced service in merchant navy
1928     Master's Certificate of Competency
[ (08.1939)     HMS Verity (destroyer) ?]
1940     HMT Stella Capella
(08.1941)     CO HMS Campanula (corvette)
16.01.1942 - 09.1943 CO HMS Rother (frigate)
(12.1943)     HMS Watu (auxiliary rescue tug)
26.04.1945 - (07.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Irwell (trawler base, Birkenhead)
Royal Naval Reserve ADC to the Queen, 1958; Chief Marine Superintendent, Coast Lines Ltd and Associated Companies, 1953-69
Chappell,
James Harold George		 1895 ?
-
05.11.1940
(KIA) [age 45]
[Liverpool Naval Memorial]		 Eng.Cdr.
  - 05.11.1940 Engineering Officer, HMS Jervis Bay (auxiliary merchant cruiser)
Charlton,
George Walter		 ?
- 		T/Lt. (26.06.1941); reld (1945/46)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 11.05.1943 Operation Torch & action with U-boat
10.05.1941 - (12.1943) HMS Starwort (corvette)
29.07.1944 - (07.1945) CO HMS Camellia (corvette)
Cherry,
Ronald Albert		 ?
- 		T/Lt. (27.08.1940); T/A/Lt.Cdr. (> 08.1942, < 02.1943); reld (1945/46)
04.12.1940 - (06.1943) CO HMS Freesia (corvette)
18.07.1943 - (06.1944) CO* HMS Chelmer (frigate) [* from 01.12.1943 to [04.1944?] First Lieutenant]
14.10.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HMS Loch Katrine (frigate)
Chesterman,
Harold Geeves		 ?
- 		A/S.Lt. (31.01.1938); Lt. (21.07.1940, backdated 21.07.1938); A/Lt.Cdr. (02.1945?)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 19.10.1943 defence convoy U-boat damaged
Mention in Despatches MID 27.01.1942 attempt to save SS CP Rodney
(1941)     HMS Zinnia (corvette)
20.10.1941 - (08.1943) CO HMS Snowflake (corvette)
(10.1943) - (12.1943) no posting listed
02.1945 - (07.1945) CO HMS Ambuscade (destroyer)
28.09.1945 - (04.1946) CO HMS Loch Achray (frigate)
Collings,
Patrick Varwell		 ?
-
[1959 still alive]		 Prob.A/S.Lt. (31.10.1938); Lt. (30.04.1941); A/Lt.Cdr. (> 10.1943, < 07.1945); retd (1945/46)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? ?
08.03.1942 - 11.1943 CO HMS Celandine (corvette)
05.07.1944 - (07.1945) CO HMS Swale (frigate)
Collinson,
Frank Bentley		 ?
-
[1959 still alive]		 Lt. (27.11.1927); Lt.Cdr. (27.11.1935); retd (> 02.1937, < 08.1939); Cdr. (retd) (?; post-war)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 30.11.1943 sinking of U-boat 26.05.42
Mention in Despatches MID 09.06.1940 successful submarine patrols
Mention in Despatches MID 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.42
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD pre-WW II ?
(1940)     HMS Tetrach (submarine)
(04.1942)     HMS Oxlip (corvette)
01.10.1942 - (06.1944) CO HMS Test (frigate)
(07.1945) - (04.1946) no posting listed
Connell,
Richard Sinclair		 ?
- 		T/Lt. (10.04.1940); T/A/Lt.Cdr.; reld (1945)
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43
21.01.1941 - (08.1942) CO HMS Convolvulus (corvette)
01.02.1943 - (10.1943) French Ship La Melpomene
16.12.1944 - (07.1945) Training Establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall [HMS Raleigh]
Cooper,
Jack Winston		 ?
-
[1959 still alive]		 S.Lt. (01.07.1936); Lt. (18.02.1938); retd; A/Lt.Cdr. (retd) (15.04.1943?); 
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 19.09.1944 sinking of U765 06.05.44
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 11.09.1945 U-boat sunk 21.04.44
06.08.1941 - (02.1943) CO HMS Sweetbriar (corvette)
15.04.1943 - 10.1943 CO HMS Derg (frigate)
(04.1944)     HMS Bazely (frigate)
(05.1944)     HMS Bligh (frigate)
(07.1945)     no posting listed
Corneby,
Charles George Vernon		 ?
- 		T/Lt. (24.02.1941); T/A/Lt.Cdr. (> 04.1944, < 07.1945); reld (1945/46)
03.06.1941 - 08.1942 CO HMS Camellia (corvette)
15.08.1942 - (04.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Inchmarnock (traw