1830 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.

June 1943 - July 1945

Rank	Name	Appointed	Notes
Lieut. Conn. (A), (P)	D. B. M. Fiddes, DSO	01 Jun 43	In command Killed, air crash,12 Dec 43

Lieut. Conn. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	A. M. Tritton, DSC	18 Dec 43	In command Ex C.O. 1834 Sqn

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.C.N.V.R. (P)	J. E. Gaunt	01 Jun 43	Killed, air crash, 03.06.43
	A. W. Sutton	15 Jun 43	KIA, Operation MERIDIAN One 24.1.45

Tpy. *Sub-Lieut.* (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	J. L. Apted	24 Aug 44	Ex 1838 Sqn
	R. W. H. Boyns	- Jan 45
	W.J. R.Christie	24 Aug 44	Ex 1838 Sqn
	P. S.Cole	18 Nov 43	Ex 1831 Sqn
	B. R. Guy	01 Jun 43	Killed, air crash, 31.5.44
	R. Fullarton	18 Nov 43	Ex 1831 Sqn
	D. F. Hadman	01 Jun 43
	A. M. L. Harris	01 Jun 43	Killed, air crash 14.6.43
	D. W.Howe	15 Jan 45
	G. McHardy	15 Jun 43
	B. McLaren	18 Nov 43	Ex 1831 Sqn
	A. T. Millard	01 Jun 43
	D. H. Morgan	01 Jun 43
	D. B. Monteith	?	Killed, sir crash 11. 1.44
	S. Newton	06 Nov 44
	J. L. D. Roberts	24 Aug 44	Ex 1838 Sqn
	G. S. P. Salmon	24 Aug 44	Ex 1838 Sqn
	H. G. Seott	24 Aug 44	Ex 1838 Sqn
	J. A. O. Shaw	06 Nov 44
	H. D. Whelpton	05 May 44

*Tpy. Sub-Lieut. (A), R.C.N.V.R. (P)*	D. H. Pawson	05 May 44

Tpy. act Sub-Lieut. (A), R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P)	B. D. E. Quigg	18 Nov 43	Ex 1831 Sqn

Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	A. H. Brown	01 Jun 43	KIA, Operation MERIDIAN One 24.1.45
	C. Facer	01 Jun 43
	A. T. Graham-Cann...	01 Jun 4301 Jun 43	DOI after deck landing crash 13.1.45
	L. H. E. Retallick

Information drawn from the Navy list July 1943 through July 1945

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.

Name & Rank	CWGC details	Date of death	Cemetery/Memorial
Lieut-Cdr (A) (P) Donald Brian Milner FIDDES RN	CWGC Record	12 December 1943	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 4, Panel 3.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) James Ernest GAUNT, RCNVR	CWGC Record	03 June 1943	EVERETT (WOODLAWN) CEMETERY USA Lot 5199. Grave 336.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Anthony Max Leslie HARRIS, RNVR	CWGC Record	14 June 1943	NEWPORT (ISLAND) CEMETERY USA Navy Sec. Plots 172-177. Grave 17.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) David Bremner MONTEITH, RNVR	CWGC Record	11 January 1944	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 5, Panel 6.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Brian Rebbeck GUY, RNVR	CWGC Record	24 January 1945	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 5, Panel 5.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Albert Henry BROWN, RNVR	CWGC Record	24 January 1945	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 6, Panel 3.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Anthony Provan GRAHAM-CANN, RNVR	CWGC Record	13 January 1945	TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY 2. D. 19.
Lieut. (A) (P) Arthur William SUTTON, RCNVR	CWGC Record	24 January 19454	JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY 3. D. 18.

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