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by Brian Holmes
Mon May 12, 2014 8:51 pm
Forum: Personnel
Topic: MTB 640
Replies: 6
Views: 19302

Re: MTB 640

MTB_640 Wallasea Bay Yacht Station Ltd, Wallasea Bay, Nr Rochford 1/11/42 For good service while commanding a ship engaged in amti-submarine operations (Gazette Date - 14/5/46) MID Tlt Richard Routledge Smith RNVR Known Crew TLt Francis William Carr RNVR TLt 1/3/41 32nd MTB Flotilla MTB 640 24/9/42 ...
by Brian Holmes
Mon Apr 14, 2014 6:16 pm
Forum: Motor Torpedo Boats
Topic: MTB 495
Replies: 17
Views: 29027

Re: MTB 495

MTB_495 British Power Boat Co, Hythe Hampshire 15/11/44 For an attack on E Boats off the Thames Estuary 22/1/45 DSC TLt Robert George Eburah RNVR DSM TLSea Dudley Hope Wade P/JX296830 MID SLt Stanley James Pickard RNVR MID CMtrMch Clifford Bertram Thomas P/MX99181 MID TALSto John Fairbrother P/KX155...
by Brian Holmes
Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:14 pm
Forum: Motor Launches
Topic: ML 466
Replies: 10
Views: 36643

Re: ML 466

I have heard that there was one survivor ML 466 Itchenor Shipyard 31/3/42 For anti midget submarine patrols in the assault area 6/44 - 2/45 MID TLt Charles Maclennan Smith RNVR (Post) Known Crew TLt Charles Maclennan Smith RNVR Commanding Officer ML 466 20/10/43 Killed in action Sunday 25 March 1945...
by Brian Holmes
Mon Mar 10, 2014 7:56 pm
Forum: Personnel
Topic: R M Marshall RNVR (Mike)
Replies: 10
Views: 31123

Re: R M Marshall RNVR (Mike)

MGB_502 Camper & Nicholson, Northam 7/43 For special operations at sea (Gazette Date - 15/8/44) DSM PO Frederick Shepherd Smith C/JX143074 For special operations off the French coast in 1944 (Gazette Date - 27/3/45) DSM ACMtrMch Charles Frederic Hearn C/MX76073 DSM PO George Christopher Chambers...
by Brian Holmes
Mon Mar 10, 2014 7:52 pm
Forum: Personnel
Topic: R M Marshall RNVR (Mike)
Replies: 10
Views: 31123

Re: R M Marshall RNVR (Mike)

MGB_509 Camper & Nicholson, Northam Known Crew TLt Robert Michael Marshall RNVR TSLt HMS Cape Passaro (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 3/2/40 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) 17/6/40 HMS St Christopher for MLs 24/6/41 TLt 1/2/42 HMS Midge for minelayers 4/42 Commandin...
by Brian Holmes
Mon Mar 10, 2014 7:43 pm
Forum: Personnel
Topic: R M Marshall RNVR (Mike)
Replies: 10
Views: 31123

Re: R M Marshall RNVR (Mike)

MGB_503 Camper & Nicholson, Northam For special operations at sea (Gazette Date - 15/8/44) DSM PO William Webb D/MD/X2399 For special operations off the French coast in 1944 (Gazette Date - 27/3/45) DSC* TLt Robert Michael Marshall RNVR "His first task was to get his ship into reliable runn...
by Brian Holmes
Mon Mar 10, 2014 7:24 pm
Forum: Personnel
Topic: R M Marshall RNVR (Mike)
Replies: 10
Views: 31123

Re: R M Marshall RNVR (Mike)

MGB_607 James A Silver Ltd, Rosneath, Scotland 6/42 For an action with E Boats off Smith’s Knoll 24/10/43 DSC TLt Robert Michael Marshall RNVR DSC TSLt John Norman Arkell RNVR DSM PO Hugh Baggott Merriman D/JX133563 DSM AB Leslie Cousins P/JX350038 DSM AB Arthur Hinchcliffe P/JX262382 DSM AB Robert ...
by Brian Holmes
Mon Mar 10, 2014 7:21 pm
Forum: Personnel
Topic: R M Marshall RNVR (Mike)
Replies: 10
Views: 31123

Re: R M Marshall RNVR (Mike)

TLt Robert Michael Marshall RNVR TSLt HMS Cape Passaro (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 3/2/40 HMS Dolphin (for Fort Blockhouse) 17/6/40 HMS St Christopher for MLs 24/6/41 TLt 1/2/42 HMS Midge for minelayers 4/42 Commanding Officer MGB 607 25/5/42 Commanding Officer MGB 503 22/11/43 Commanding Offic...
by Brian Holmes
Mon Mar 10, 2014 7:16 pm
Forum: Motor Torpedo Boats
Topic: MTB 622
Replies: 7
Views: 24628

Re: MTB 622

MGB_622 Brooke Marine Ltd, Oulton Broad, Nr Lowestoft 10/11/42 For an action with an enemy convoy off the Dutch coast 9/3/43 DSC TLt Francis William Carr RNVR For skill and courage in controlling damage and fighting a fire in action 9/3/43 DSM AB Harry John Leader P/JX296408 MID POMtrMch Charles Nic...
by Brian Holmes
Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:19 pm
Forum: Motor Torpedo Boats
Topic: MTB 633
Replies: 12
Views: 28664

Re: MTB 633

MTB_633 Dorset Yacht Co Ltd, Hamworthy, Poole 23/11/42 For Operation Husky - Invasion of Sicily MID Lt Alexander Primrose Graham Joy RCNVR MID ACMtrMch Eric James Stanton Hollis P/MX89677 For an action off Kelibia and Cap Bon 28/4/43 MID TSLt Kenneth Dunstan Golding RNVR Known Crew TLt Clifford Jack...
by Brian Holmes
Sun Feb 23, 2014 8:02 pm
Forum: Motor Launches
Topic: ML 149 / ML(A) 3 and ML 919 information
Replies: 8
Views: 28909

Re: ML 149 / ML(A) 3 and ML 919 information

ML _919 James N Miller & Sons, East Shore, St Monance 9/10/44 Wind up of the war in Europe (Gazette Date - 11/12/45) MID AB Raymond Vernon Mizen D/JX305620 Birthday Honours 1946 BEM LTel Walter George Lewry C/JX269013 Known Crew TLt J B Lockett SANF(V) TSLt HMS Edinburgh Castle for MLs 7/10/42 M...
by Brian Holmes
Sun Feb 23, 2014 8:00 pm
Forum: Motor Launches
Topic: ML 149 / ML(A) 3 and ML 919 information
Replies: 8
Views: 28909

Re: ML 149 / ML(A) 3 and ML 919 information

ML_149 Vosper, Portsmouth 20/2/41 Known Crew TLt W H Mitchell RNVR HMS Minos II 6th ML Flotilla 2/2/42 13th ML Flotilla 22/2/43 Commanding Officer ML 149 23/2/43 TLt 1/11/43 TSLt Donald Clement Lefevre RNVR HMS Raleigh 24/6/42 HMS King Alfred TMid First Lieutenant ML 149 15/9/43 TASLt 3/11/43 TSLt 3...
by Brian Holmes
Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:18 pm
Forum: News & Events
Topic: Australia remembers Coxswain Rogers
Replies: 2
Views: 17328

Re: Australia remembers Coxswain Rogers

MTB_698 Wallasea Bay Yacht Station Ltd, Wallasea Bay, Nr Rochford 7/43 For an attack on enemy shipping off Gravellines 14/3/44 DSC* TLt Howard Owen Turner Bradford RNVR DSC TLt James Dunlop Dempster RNVR DSM CMtrMch Leslie Frederick Jarvis P/MX96574 DSM LMtrMch Rland Henry Charles Goldney P/MX99933 ...
by Brian Holmes
Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:11 pm
Forum: Personnel
Topic: Donald George Dowling MTB 606
Replies: 7
Views: 20717

Re: Donald George Dowling MTB 606

MTB_786 Solent Shipyards Ltd, Burseldon Bridge, Sarisbury Green, Nr Southampton 12/7/45 Known Crew TALtCdr Donald George Dowling RNVR TLt 15/5/40 HMS Midge for minelayers 29/9/42 Commanding Officer MTB 503 19/7/43 Commanding Officer MGB 606 19/7/43 TALtCdr HMS Midge for MLs 22/11/43 Commanding Offic...
by Brian Holmes
Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:10 pm
Forum: Personnel
Topic: Donald George Dowling MTB 606
Replies: 7
Views: 20717

Re: Donald George Dowling MTB 606

MTB_790 Boat Construction Co Ltd, Barracks Ope, Falmouth 7/45 Known Crew TALtCdr Donald George Dowling RNVR TLt 15/5/40 HMS Midge for minelayers 29/9/42 Commanding Officer MTB 503 19/7/43 Commanding Officer MGB 606 19/7/43 TALtCdr HMS Midge for MLs 22/11/43 Commanding Officer MTB 790 & Senior Of...
by Brian Holmes
Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:08 pm
Forum: Personnel
Topic: Donald George Dowling MTB 606
Replies: 7
Views: 20717

Re: Donald George Dowling MTB 606

Reference to MTB 503 may be an error in Navy List MGB_606 Wallasea Bay Yacht Station Ltd, Wallasea Bay, Nr Rochford 7/7/42 For an action in the Nore area 27/3/43 MID CMtrMch Joseph Howard Thompson P/MX98650 For an action in which an enemy merchant ship was sunk 19/9/43 MID TLt Donald George Dowling ...
by Brian Holmes
Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:54 pm
Forum: Motor Launches
Topic: HMML 129
Replies: 8
Views: 39758

Re: HMML 129

ML_132 Itchenor Shipyard 9/11/40 Known Crew MtrMch Harold Stapenhill C/MX 67524 Died cause unknown 1/11/40 Age 20 Son of George and Harriett Stapenhill, of Chatham. Buried in Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery E57.1 Wartime Activities 3rd ML Flotilla at Portsmouth ML 121, ML 123, ML 126, ML 129, ML 130, ML...
by Brian Holmes
Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:51 pm
Forum: Motor Launches
Topic: HMML 129
Replies: 8
Views: 39758

Re: HMML 129

ML_130 Frank Curtis Ltd, Looe, Cornwall 9/10/40 For an action with enemy light forces off Malta in which the boat was sunk after a stout defence 7/5/42 DSC TLt David Robert Hamilton Jolly RNVR DSC TLt Frederick Roy Price-Fox RNVR DSM LSto Victor James Fisher P/KX88846 DSM AB James McNeill Wilson P/S...
by Brian Holmes
Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:49 pm
Forum: Motor Launches
Topic: HMML 129
Replies: 8
Views: 39758

Re: HMML 129

ML_129 Mashford Brothers, Cremyll 14/10/40 Known Crew TSLt Roy Penrose Cottrell RNVR HMS Cormorant for MLs 25/12/41 ML 129 Killed in action 21/3/42 Age 24 Son of Arthur Penrose Cottrell and Clarice Isabelle Cottrell, of Prenton, Cheshire MtrMch Brian Joseph Watson C/MX 67522 (Killed in action 21/3/4...
by Brian Holmes
Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:48 pm
Forum: Motor Launches
Topic: HMML 129
Replies: 8
Views: 39758

Re: HMML 129

ML_126 James N Miller & Sons, East Shore, St Monance 19/9/40 For minesweeping operations in the Mediterranean 5 - 6/42 DSC TLt Gordon Wilson Stead RCNVR MID PO Alfred Charles Almond P/J110717 New Year Honours 1943 MID TLt John Norman Barfield RNVR MID AStoPO Henry James Ernest Fowler D/KX88408 F...
by Brian Holmes
Mon Jan 20, 2014 8:01 pm
Forum: Actions & Operations
Topic: MTB 256 action 26 July 1944
Replies: 13
Views: 38844

Re: MTB 256 action 26 July 1944

MTB_786 Solent Shipyards Ltd, Burseldon Bridge, Sarisbury Green, Nr Southampton 12/7/45 Known Crew TALtCdr Donald George Dowling RNVR TLt 15/5/40 HMS Midge for minelayers 29/9/42 Commanding Officer MTB 503 19/7/43 Commanding Officer MGB 606 19/7/43 TALtCdr HMS Midge for MLs 22/11/43 Commanding Offic...
by Brian Holmes
Mon Jan 20, 2014 7:59 pm
Forum: Actions & Operations
Topic: MTB 256 action 26 July 1944
Replies: 13
Views: 38844

Re: MTB 256 action 26 July 1944

MTB_790 Boat Construction Co Ltd, Barracks Ope, Falmouth 7/45 Known Crew TALtCdr Donald George Dowling RNVR TLt 15/5/40 HMS Midge for minelayers 29/9/42 Commanding Officer MTB 503 19/7/43 Commanding Officer MGB 606 19/7/43 TALtCdr HMS Midge for MLs 22/11/43 Commanding Officer MTB 790 & Senior Of...
by Brian Holmes
Mon Jan 20, 2014 7:57 pm
Forum: Actions & Operations
Topic: MTB 256 action 26 July 1944
Replies: 13
Views: 38844

Re: MTB 256 action 26 July 1944

MTB _5007 S B Hall, Galmpton, Brixham 3/45 Birthday Honours 1945 DSC TLt Eric Edwin James White RNVR Known Crew TLt Eric Edwin James White RNVR Commanding Officer MGB 86 15/6/42 MTB 470 Commanding Officer MTB 5007 1/45 DSC TSLt John Ainsley Peters RNVR TSLt 9/1/44 MTB 256 DSC 1944 MTB 5007 18/12/44 ...
by Brian Holmes
Mon Jan 20, 2014 7:56 pm
Forum: Actions & Operations
Topic: MTB 256 action 26 July 1944
Replies: 13
Views: 38844

Re: MTB 256 action 26 July 1944

MTB_256 J S White, Cowes Isle of Wight 21/9/43 For an action in the Channel 5/7/44 DSC TSLt John Ainsley Peters RNVR Known Crew TLt Albert William Bryan Hawkes RNVR TSLt HMS St Christopher for MLs 14/7/41 Commanding Officer MTB 247 25/1/43 TLt 16/6/43 Commanding Officer MTB 256 8/43 HMS Aggressive 2...
by Brian Holmes
Fri Jan 10, 2014 3:38 pm
Forum: Motor Torpedo Boats
Topic: MTB 440
Replies: 7
Views: 26821

Re: MTB 440

MTB_442 British Power Boat Co, Hythe Hampshire For an action in which four E Boats were damaged in the Nore area 14/2/44 DSM AB Harold Ernest Danks P/JX359095 MID AB William Henry Glover D/JX305955 MID AB James Alfred Wynn C/JX376150 For an action with E Boats off Smith’s Knoll 24/10/43 DSM Ord Thom...
by Brian Holmes
Fri Jan 10, 2014 3:35 pm
Forum: Motor Torpedo Boats
Topic: MTB 440
Replies: 7
Views: 26821

Re: MTB 440

MGB_121 British Power Boat, Hythe 3/5/43 For an action with enemy forces in the Nore area 22/7/43 MID AB Ivor Arthur Poole C/JX349437 Known Crew AB Ivor Arthur Poole C/JX349437 War Activities 22/7/43 MGB 121 and MGB 122 are in an action with German forces in the Nore area. Two German Minesweepers ar...
by Brian Holmes
Fri Jan 10, 2014 3:32 pm
Forum: Motor Torpedo Boats
Topic: MTB 440
Replies: 7
Views: 26821

Re: MTB 440

MTB_440 British Power Boat Co, Hythe Hampshire For an action in which four E Boats were damaged in the Nore area 14/2/44 DSC TLt William Leverrier Fesq RANVR MID LSea Walter George Jarrett P/JX346539 MID AB John Joseph Lanigan P/JX323131 For an action against German trawlers in the Nore area 24/6/44...
by Brian Holmes
Sun Dec 15, 2013 7:56 pm
Forum: Motor Gunboats
Topic: MGB 608
Replies: 3
Views: 23068

Re: MGB 608

MGB_608 James A Silver Ltd, Rosneath, Scotland 8/42 For an action off Le Havre 15/4/43 DSC TLt John Hartly Hodder RNVR MID ACMtrMch Ernest Scott P/MX66902 DSM AB Roy Eric Dearing P/JX325829 For an action off Dieppe 28/3/44 DSM PO Norman Crompton D/JX140746 DSM ALSea Frederick Howard Abram C/JX167321...
by Brian Holmes
Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:57 pm
Forum: Motor Launches
Topic: HDML Medusa
Replies: 6
Views: 18664

Re: HDML Medusa

Not quite 1944 but it looks close
by Brian Holmes
Tue Nov 26, 2013 8:11 pm
Forum: Motor Gunboats
Topic: Information please about MGB 57
Replies: 5
Views: 24775

Re: Information please about MGB 57

MGB_57 British Power Boat, Hythe Known Crew Lt A J T Harris RN Commanding Officer MASB 57 13/9/40 MGB 57 SLt The Honourable M A Tennyson RN MASB 57 20/9/40 MGB 57 TSLt Edmund Fitzgerald Smyth RNVR TSLt MASB 57 13/9/40 MGB 57 HMS Minos II 14/8/41 5th or 7th MGB Flotilla 14/8/41 TLt 1/5/42 Commanding ...

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