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THE TIME OF YOUR LIVES
1968
1988
Lt Cdr Ian Fraser, DSC VC RD and Bar. succeeded in torpedoing an armed trawler Trevor ‘Henry’ Hooper. CPO Submariner.
Wartime submariner. Attended HMS Conway at 1,500 yards; he was awarded a DSC and Served 1958-83 joining at Ganges and serv-
training ship in the Mersey and joined the Bar. In 1945 he took command of MTB 392 ing on submarines Astute, Acheron, Ther-
Blue Funnel Line going to sea as a cadet in and after becoming senior offi cer of 31st mopolae, Valiant and in later years Repulse
1938. At the outbreak of war he joined the MTB Flotilla he retired in 1946 to found the and Revenge (Stbd crews) at Faslane; fi nally
October 1968
Royal Navy and trained in Royal Oak as a MTB/MGB Offi cers’ Association and he or- submarine stores at Devonport. Plymouth
midshipman RNR then served in Keith, Mon- ganised reunions for the next 60 years. July RNA. September 8. Aged 65. A Russian presence added unexpected realism to
trose (Dunkirk) and Malcolm mostly in the 8. Aged 91.
Atlantic. He volunteered for the submarine WO1 Coxswain Simon James Slater.
SUBMARINERS ASSOCIATION
a NATO maritime exercise which was taking part
service in 1942 and was awarded the DSC Submariner. Served 1974-2008; starting at
J D ‘James’ Carter. CRS. Served 1940-54 from the North Sea to the Atlantic coasts. More
after a year of intensive operations with the Ganges as a Junior Assistant Steward Sec-
in submarines Cachalot, Thrasher, Supreme,
than 100 ships and aircraft of nine nations took
submarine Sahib when she sank U301 and ond class; Pembroke for his professional
Seanymph, Alderney, Tantalus, Seascout,
several Axis supply ships. Appointed fi rst training then Osprey and Fyfe; Dolphin for
Sidon, Trenchant and Talent. Colchester.
part in the manoeuvres, which were shadowed by
lieutenant of H44 then volunteered for X-craft submarine training (rated Leading Steward)
Aged 87. Soviet reconnaissance bombers, in association with
in response to a signal for “special and haz- then Spartan, (rated PO) served in Otus and
F ‘Frank’ Golding. Ck. Served in subma-
seven ships. Nevertheless, the constant surveillance
ardous service with submarines”. Won the Superb (Coxswain training at Dolphin), Tire-
rine Scythian. London branch.
Victoria Cross as captain of the midget sub- less, Talent, Upholder and Trafalgar; (promot-
D C ‘Don’ Lydon. LME. Served 1958-70
from the vessels provided the NATO forces with an
marine XE3 in Operation Struggle, a daring ed WO Coxswain), CSST WO Coxswain and
in submarines Totem, Astute and Osiris. Lon- excellent training opportunity.
attack on the Japanese heavy cruiser Takao Raleigh as WOSMS. Awarded MBE for con-
don and N. Ireland branches. Aged 72.
in the Jahore Straits, just before the end of ceiving, planning and establishing a subma-
A M K ‘Tony’ Morgan. AB GL. Served
World War 2. 1945 he was appointed an Of- rine heritage centre in Raleigh. Retired April
1954-57 in submarines Tradewind (P3) and
fi cer of the US Legion of Merit. Discharged after 34 years service. August. Aged 50.
Alaric (54-57). Welsh branch. Aged 76. October 1978
1947 he remained on the Reserve list until Frank Balcombe. AB. Served in Eagle,
ASSOCIATION OF RN OFFICERS
1965. His memoirs, Frogman VC, were pub-
A Sea King helicopter of 814 Squadron turned into
Malta Convoys (Pedestal) and Vienna. HMS
Capt J C Appleyard-List. Served in
lished in 1957. He was awarded the Reserve Eagle Survivors Association. August 20.
a different type of vessel after it ditched in the sea
Cheviot, Maryton, Bermuda, Kent, Mercury,
Decoration with Long Service Bar, was vice- Aged 87.
Cleopatra and Glamorgan.
while returning to HMS Hermes from Plymouth. A
president of the Merseyside Branch of the Thomas Henry Freeman. CPO. Last
Cdr P T Bryant. Served in Aurora, Nile,
Submarine Old Comrades’ Association and
major gearbox oil leak caused the helicopter to hit
served Antrim and at Dolphin. August 17.
Raleigh, Gravelines, Sirius, Tamar, Vigo, Sul-
a Younger Brother of Trinity House. Since Aged 74.
the water, but the skill of the pilot, Lt Keith Dudley,
tan and Victory.
2002 he had been UK vice-chairman of the Lt Dennis ‘Knocker’ White FAA. Served
Cdr R L Edwards. Served in Stopford,
kept the HMS Sea King upright and floating.
VC/GC Association. September 1. Aged 87. 1945-65. Last served as second in command
Berrry Head, Theseus, Nuthatch, Alert, Bel-
Rear Admiral Anthony Albert Murphy. 759 Naval Air Squadron at RNAS Brawdy in
lerophon, Blackcap, Aphrodite and Presi-
Joined the RN in 1942 as hostilities only
Pembrokeshire. August 13. Aged 80.
dent.
rating. In 1944 commissioned in the RNVR
Robert Bryan ‘Buckeye’ ‘Bobby’ Lewis
Capt J R Gower DSC. Served in Queen October 1988
and served as a radar offi cer at Western Ap-
(brother of Smiler below). AB. Served in
Elizabeth, Barham, Shropshire, St Vincent,
proaches Command. Promoted to lieutenant
Consort (Yangste and Korea), Zambezi and
Albury, Bedouin, Orwell, Eaton College, HMS Active (pictured right) was called upon to
in the electrical branch, serving in Vanguard
Veryan Bay (South Atlantic). February 11.
Highfl yer, Devonshire, President, Diana and
until 1949; then Instructor at Collingwood,
Aged 77.
provide disaster relief in the Caribbean in the wake of
Ganges.
Senior Divisional Offi cer Fisguard, Chatham
William George ‘Smiler’ Lewis (brother of
Lt Cdr H Walker. Served in Goldcrest,
Hurricane Gilbert. The ship’s work included clearing
dockyard, Bulwark (Suez crisis) and Naval
Buckeye above). AB. Served 1942 until end
Murray, Collingwood, Lion and President. debris, re-roofing buildings, helping restore power
Assistant to Director Naval Electrical depart-
of war in Loch Lomond, Far East; present at
Cdr I A S Wedderburn. Served in Ajax,
ment. Promoted to commander 1960 and
the signing of surrender of Tokyo Bay. Part of
supplies and providing thousands of hot meals to the
Malabar, Boxer, Dryad, Tyne, Eagle, Terror
appointed Squadron Electrical Offi cer in Yar-
boarding party to tow U862 from Jahore to
and Heron.
devastated regions.
mouth (Kuwait), Admiralty Surface Weapons
be sunk. August 25. Aged 82.
Establishment and Weapons Electrical Offi cer
Kenneth ‘Dusty’ Mellor. Ldg Stoker. ALGERINES ASSOCIATION
Eagle. Promoted to captain 1967 he served
Served 1939-45 in West Indies Fleet,
Sub Lt Robert Pratt. Served in Ossory.
on the staff of Director General Weapons at
Caradoc and Mediterranean. Landings on
Aged 85.
Bath until 1970 when he was appointed to
LCI. August 30. Aged 89.
Peter J Tooley. OD. Served in Loyalty.
Defence Procurement. CO of Collingwood
Edward Barry ‘Baz’ Nixon. L/S (Sonar).
Aged 83.
NOTICEBOARD
1973 he was promoted to Rear Admiral 1977
Served 1952-64 at Dolphin and in subma-
Alan Sweeney. L/Sig. Served in Lennox.
and was Special Projects Director at Directo-
rines Vanguard, Aeneas and Oberon. August
May 31.
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rate General of Weapons 1977-83 when he
22. Aged 71.
William Peyton. Sig. Served in Marvel.
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retired. August 9. Aged 84.
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July 10. Aged 79.
Cdre ‘Black Sam’ Dunlop RFA DSO. Fred Potter. Able Seaman. Served in
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tered Ganges 1965 and served until 1982 at
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Thomas Mackie. L/Sea. Served in
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Roy Wilson. Sto.Mech. Served in Pickle.
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Cdr Douglas Hunt DSC*. Joined the Aged 83.
RNVR in 1939 and served in Renown, part Peter Wicks. Frinton and Walton. August
of Force H. Commissioned in 1941 and 27.
served in small craft; in 1944 as a sub lieu- Lt Jim Jarman RNVR. Served Lochailort,
tenant he was 2iC of MTB 83 landing agents Medina, Armadillo, St Kilda, LBE 49 and 47 PASS IT ON!
on the Dutch coast when he engaged with during Normandy landings. Author of Wal-
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fi cer of four MTBs fi ghting a superior force Mike P Pearson. L/Sea(TM). Served
of armed trawlers off Scheveningen when 1948-60 at Ganges and in Comus and New-
the thin wooden hull of his MTB 245 was foundland. City of Inverness RNA. Septem-
smashed by a 3in shell. The inrush of water ber 6. Aged 77.
The Captain of Naval Recruiting is currently seeking
through the hole doused the fl ames but the Paul Cutler. Associate member (ex-Army)
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