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Wartime Officers 1939-45





ALPHABETICAL

Temp Surg Lt E P Abson RNVR (
18 Apr 1942 – Sep 1943)
Wt Eng Ralph Apps RN (Jan 1941 - Dec 1943)

Temp Mid D A L F Beytagh RNVR (Sep 1943 – Jul 1944)
Temp Surg Lt G C R Blackman RNVR (20 Sep 1943 – 2 Mar 1945)
Lt (E) W J F Brading RN ( 7 Jan 1944 – 45)
Temp Sub Lt H H Brown RNVR (17 Feb 1942 – 43)
WO G. W. Butler RN, Gunner (T) (Dec 1944- 5)

Temp Surg Lt W A B Cooper RNVR (11 Jan 1940 – Jan 1941)
Lt Cdr G S Corlett DSO RN ( 1 Sep 1943 – Dec 1943)

Temp Surg Lt  D M l Doran  RNVR ( 2 Mar 1945 - 1945)

Lt J W France RN(VR) (Sep 1943 – 5)
Temp Lt A G C Franklin (A) RNVR (13 Apr 1944 – 5)

Lt D F Goodale DSC RN (18 Nov 1943 – May 1944)
Sub Lt J C Graham RN (15 Jun 1940  - )

Temp Gnr (T) E W L Harden RN (A) (22 Jun 1942 – Mar 1944)
Lt A L Harper RN (3 Oct 1944 – 45)
Sub Lt C R de B Harris RNVR (8 July 1940 – 41)
A/Sub Lt G F Holyer RN (5 Feb  1945 - 1945)
Sub Lt S M Howard RN (12 Jun 1940 - )
Lt Cdr T Hussey RN (Ret) (15 Jun 1939 – Jun 1940)

Temp Gnr (T) W J Irving (19 Jan 1941 – Jun 1942)

Cdr J H Jauncey RN (Ret) ( Jun 1940 – Mar 1941)
Lt Derek L. Jones RNVR (1944-5)

Temp Lt D Langston-Jones RNVR (13 Sep 1943 – 5)

Temp A/Sub Lt A S Marsh RNVR (22 Jul 1944 - 45)
Sub Lt David Mayne RNVR (14 Sep 1943 – 1945)
Sub Lt P T Miles RN (7 Jun 1941 –  end 1941)
Temp Sub Lt C Mounsey RNVR (2 Sep 1942 – 43)

Lt Cdr J B Palmer RN ( 24 Apr 1941 – Nov 1942)
Gnr (T) H H W Pearson  RN (A) (10 Mar 1944 – Dec 1944)
Sub Lt T G V Percy RN (18 Nov 1939 - )
Lt G C Potter RN (Dec 1943 – 3 Oct 1944)
Temp Surg Lt J Price RNVR (9 Jan 1941 – Apr 1942)

Lt E M Quarrie RNR (30 Jan 1941 – Nov 1943)

Gnr (T) J Reed RN (12 Jun 40 – Jan 1941)
Lt S Rule RNVR (28 Nov 1939 – 1942)
Lt J T Rushforth RN ( 26 Mar 1941 – 24 Apr 1941)

Lt P F C Satow RN (3 Feb 1944 – Nov 1944)
Lt G N Sellers RNVR (27 Dec 1944 – 5)
Cmd Eng Frederick I. Sharman RN (June - October 1940)
Mid C S I Shiach RNR (29 Aug 1939 – 40)
Lt J H M Sowry RNVR (23 Jun 1940 – 1)
Lt (E) W H Stubbings RN (2 July 1937 – Jan 1941)

Gnr (T) G L Turner RN (18 Jun 1939 – Jun 1940)

Temp Lt G F Webb RNVR (15 Oct 1940 – Sep 1943)
First Lt John M.A. Wilson RN (June 1939 - April 1940)
Lt R G Woodward RN (3 May 1940 – 41)
Lt D Hall Wright RN (Nov 1942 – Aug 1943)



BY BRANCH, RANK AND SENIORITY

Commanding Officers

Lt Cdr T Hussey RN (Ret)
Cdr J H Jauncey RN (Ret)
Lt J T Rushforth RN
Lt Cdr J B Palmer RN
Lt D Hall Wright RN
Lt Cdr G S Corlett DSO RN
Lt G C Potter RN
Lt A L Harper RN

First Lieutenants

Lt J M A Wilson RN
Lt R G Woodward RN
Lt E M Quarrie RNR
Lt D F Goodale DSC RN
Lt P F C Satow RN
Lt G N Sellers RNVR

Lt S Rule RNVR
Lt J H M Sowry RNVR
Lt J W France RN(VR)

Seamen Officers

T
emp Lt G F Webb RNVR
Temp Lt D Langston-Jones RNVR     
Temp Lt A G C Franklin (A) RNVR

Sub Lt T G V Percy RN
Sub Lt J C Graham RN
Sub Lt S M Howard RN
Sub Lt P T Miles RN
Sub Lt D E Mayne RN
A/Sub Lt G F Holyer RN

Sub Lt C R de B Harris RNVR
Temp Sub Lt H H Brown RNVR
Temp Sub Lt C Mounsey RNVR
Temp A/Sub Lt A S Marsh RNVR

Gnr (T) G L Turner RN
Gnr (T) J Reed RN
Temp Gnr (T) W J Irving
Temp Gnr (T) E W L Harden RN (A)
Gnr (T) H H W Pearson  RN (A)
Gnr (T) G W Butler RN

Mid C S I Shiach RNR
Temp Mid D A L F Beytagh RNVR

Engineer Officers

Lt (E) W H Stubbings RN
Cmd Eng F I Sharman RN
Temp Wrt Eng R Apps RN
Lt (E) W J F Brading RN

Medical Officers

Temp Surg Lt W A B Cooper RNVR

Temp Surg Lt J Price RNVR
Temp Surg Lt E P Abson RNVR
Temp Surg Lt G C R Blackman RNVR
Temp Surg Lt  D M l Doran  RNVR






15 Jun 1939 – Jun 1940
Jun 1940 – Mar 1941
26 Mar 1941 – 24 Apr 1941
24 Apr 1941 – Nov 1942
Nov 1942 – Aug 1943
1 Sep 1943 – Dec 1943
Dec 1943 – 3 Oct 1944
3 Oct 1944 – 45



6 Jun 1939 – 40
3 May 1940 – 41
30 Jan 1941 – Nov 1943
18 Nov 1943 – May 1944
3 Feb 1944 – Dec 1944
27 Dec 1944 – Apr 1945

28 Nov 1939 – 42
23 Jun 1940 – 41
Sep 1943 – 45



15 Oct 1940 – Sep 1943
13 Sep 1943 – Apr 1945
13 Apr 1944 – Apr 1945

18 Nov 1939 – 40   
15 Jun 1940  - 41
12 Jun 1940 - 41
7 Jun 1941 –  end 1941
14 Sep 1943 – Apr 1945
5 Feb 1945 – Apr1945

8 July 1940 – 41
17 Feb 1942 – 43
2 Sep 1942 – 43
22 Jul 1944 - 45

18 Jun 1939 – Jun 1940
12 Jun 40 – Jan 1941
19 Jan 1941 – Jun 1942
22 Jun 1942 – Mar 1944
10 Mar 1944 – Dec 1944
Dec 1944 – 45

29 Aug 1939 – 40
Sep 1943 – Jul 1944



2 July 1937 – Jun 1940
Jun 1940 – Dec 1940
2 Jan 1941 – Jan 1944
17 Jan 1944 – Apr1945



11 Jan 1940 – Jan 41
9 Jan 1941 – Apr 1942
18 Apr 1942 – Sep 1943
20 Sep 1943 – Mar 1945
2 Mar 1945 –  Apr 1945







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