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1820 Naval Air Squadron

Aircrew and squadron personnel

The list below is complied from various sources: Commissioned officers are as they appear in the relevant editions of the Navy List [note, because of a time lag between appointments and the publication of the lists some officers are not included]. Names of Telegraphist Air Gunners are primarily drawn from incident reports. Maintenance and other squadron personnel from Admiralty Fleet Orders.

Abbreviations: A = Air Branch, P = Pilot, O = Observer, TAG = Telegraphist Air Gunner, RNVR = Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, RANVR = Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve, RCNVR = Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve, RNZNVR = Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve, Tpy = Temporary, Mid = Midshipman, KIA = Killed in Action, MPK = Missing Presumed Killed.

Dates: Dates for commanding officers are taken from Sturtivant, R & Balance, T., (1994)'Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm'  All other dates are taken from the Navy Lists and may not accurately reflect the exact date of appointment. Date of death is taken from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records.

April - December 1944

Rank

Name

Appointed

Notes

Lieut. Conn. (A), (P)

H. I. A. Swayne DSC

1 Apr 44

In command
  R. J. Grant-Sturgis

?

Killed, air crash 16 Feb 44.
       

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O)

 F. D. Walter (act)

30 May 44

 

       

Tpy. Sub-Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)

J. Duffell

- Feb 44

 
  D. F. Sidnell

1 Aor 44

 
  A. Pearson

1 Aor 44

 
  A. Penn

?

 
  E. B. A. Everett  19 Oct 44  
  A. J. Dawson ?  Killed, air crash 6 Jun 44
  A. E. Neville ?  Killed, air crash 6 Oct 44
       
Tpy. Sub-Lieut. (A), R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P)  J. Fenwick

 

  Feb 44  
  E. P. Jones   Feb 44  
       
 Tpy. act Sub-Lieut. (A), R.N.V.R. (O)  J. B. Goss  1 Apr 44  
  1. A. G. Gentle  1 Apr 44  
  J. D. Thompson 1 Apr 44  
  W. J. Orr  1 Apr 44  
  G. llswell 1 Apr 44  
       
Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)  A. G. Connabe

11 Apr 44

 
  A. E. Neville

1 Apr 44

 
       
Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O) A. W. Coombes 1 Apr 44  
  B. J. T. Dickinson 1 Apr 44  
  J. S. Campbell 1 Apr 44  
  H. Isherwood 1 Apr 44  

Information drawn from the Navy list July 1945 through July 1946 (final edition before squadron disbanded)

 


List last modified 01 September 2022


In Memoriam

The Fleet Air Arm memorial at Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire. Located outside the former Naval Air Station and Fleet Air Arm Barracks this records the names of almost 2,000 men of that service who died during the Second World War and who have no known grave.

Details taken from the records of the Commonwealth War Grave Commission

Name & Rank

CWGC details

Date of death

Cemetery/Memorial

Sub-Lieut. (A), (P) Albert John DAWSON, RNVR

CWGC Record

06 June 1944

EVERETT (WOODLAWN) CEMETERY USA
Lot 5199. Grave 335.

Air Mechanic (E) 1c, FAA/FX 103790 Stanley Clive WELLS

CWGC Record

06 June 1944

EVERETT (WOODLAWN) CEMETERY USA
Lot 5199. Grave 336.

Lieut. Cdr (A), (P) Robin Julian GRANT-STURGIS RN

CWGC Record

 

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

Addenda Panel

Sub-Lieut. (A), (P) Alan Edgar NEVILLE, RNVR

CWGC Record

06 October 1944

BURSCOUGH BRIDGE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD, ORMSKIRK

Sec. E. Grave 2567

 

 

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