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Service in Royal Navy, [1931]-1956; Sub Lt, 1932; served on HMS VAMPIRE, 1933, and HMS DUNCAN, 1933-1934; Lt, 1934; served on HMS SEAMEW, 1938-1939; service in World War Two, 1939-1945, including the Mediterranean, 1940-1943, the Arctic, 1942-1943 and the Normandy invasion, 1944; Lt Cdr, 1942; lent to Royal Australian Navy, 1945, and served as Lt Cdr, Damage Control and Firefighting School, HMAS PENGUIN, Naval Depot, Balmoral, Sydney, Australia, 1945-1955; service on HMAS RUSHCUTTER, 1955-1956; retired 1956; publication of The gilded image, an autobiography (privately published, 1978).

Born 1903; joined Sun Life Assurance Company, 1935; commissioned, Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 1937; Manager, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, South East Asia, 1940; escaped from Singapore to Australia, 1942; served on staff of Adm Sir Guy Royle, Australia, 1942; Watchkeeping Officer, armed merchant cruiser DOMINION MONARCH, sailing from Australia to UK, Nov-Dec 1942; appointed to Combined Operations, Dec 1942; Commanding Officer, 22 Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) Flotilla, Apr 1943, for operations in Mediterranean, including Sicily landings, capture of Syracuse and assault on Reggio; Senior Officer, Composite Assault Force, Operation DEVON and Operation POLYGON, for the capture of Termoli, Italy, Oct 1943; Staff College, Greenwich, Jan-Mar 1944; Commanding Officer, 334 Support Flotilla, Arromanches, Normandy, D Day, Jun 1944; assault on Walcheren Island, River Scheldt, Nov 1944; Cdr, RNVR, Apr 1945; Commanding Officer, 'M' Support Squadron, for the planned recapture of Malaya, Apr-Aug 1945; Manager, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, South East Asia, 1946-1960; Officer Commanding Singapore Division, Malayan RNVR, 1947-1957; awarded OBE, 1950; Capt, RNVR, 1952; awarded CBE, 1958; retired from Sun Life, 1961; retired from RNVR, 1964; died 1999.

Born 1928; commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1953; service with Nigerian Military Forces, 1958; Assistant Director of Medical Services, Northern Ireland, [1974-1975]; Col, 1975; Assistant Director of Medical Services, North East District, York, 1975-1982; retired, 1982; died, 2000.

Born in 1895; Clerk, HMS INFLEXIBLE, 1912-1915; died in 1983.