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1831 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.

1831 (1) July - December 1943

Rank

Name

Appointed

Notes

Tpy. Lieut.-Conn. (A), R.N.V.R. (P)

H. P. Allingham

- Jun 43 In command
       
Tpy. Sub- Lieut (A), R.N.V.R. (P)

A. S. Booth

1 Jul 43   
 

P. S. Cole 

-Jun 43

 
 

R. Fullarton

1 Jul 43

 
 

C. N. Lovely

1 Jul 43 Killed, air crash 21 July 1943
 

B. McLaren

1 Jul 43  
 

E. A. Rogers

27 Jul 43  
 

A. Vickers

1 Jul 43  
       
Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A), R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P) D. S. Byrne - Jun 43  
  K. Seebeck - Jun 43  
       
Tpy. Acting Sub- Lieut. (A), R.N.V.R. (P) D. B. Monteith 1 Jul 43  
       

Information drawn from the Navy list June 1943 through February 1944 (final edition before squadron disbanded)
 

 

1831 (2) November 1944 - August 1946

Rank

Name

Appointed

Notes

Lieut.-Conn. (A),  (P)

R. W. M. Walsh

25 Sep 44

In command

       
Acting Lieut.-Conn. (A), (P) R. T. Leggott MBE ? In command 28 Mar 1946
       
Tpy. Lieut. (A), R.N.V.R. (P) M. C. Tait 25 Aug 44  
       

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

A. T. Bohn ?

 

       
Lieutenant (P) D. S. MacKinnon 21 Mar 45  
       
Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A), R.N.V.R. (P) G. W. Blatchly 1 Nov 44  
  A. W. Findlay 1 Nov 44  
  F. T. Golightly 1 Nov 44  
  A. D. Horne 1 Nov 44  
  K. J. Toms 1 Nov 44  
       
Tpy. Act. Sub- Lieut. (A), R.N.V.R. (P) W. J. Anderson - Mar 46  
  J. Ashton 1 Nov 44  
  G. V. Behn 1 Nov 44  
  W. H. Boore 1 Nov 44 Killed, air crash 26.4.46
  R. W. H. Boyns - Mar 44 In command 2.8.45
  J. F. Burstall 1 Nov 44  
  M. Cummins 1 Nov 44  
  P. J. Duffy 21 Mar 45 Killed, air crash 7.2.46
  M. T. A. Green 1 Nov 44  
  C. Godsell 1 Nov 44  
  W. M. C. Hardy 1 Nov 44  
  W. R. Hqdkinson 21 Mar 45  
  F. R. Mottershead 21 Mar 45  
  R. Phillips 17 Jul 45  
  J. M. Stewart 1 Nov 44  
  P. W. Stone 1 Nov 44  
  R. N. Toseland 1 Nov 44  
  J. D. Wright 1 Nov 44  
  P. G. Young 9 Mar 45  
       
Tpy. Act. Sub- Lieut. (A), R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P) G. A. Beange 1 Nov 44  
       
Tpy.  Mid (A) R.N.V.R. (P) A. Jackson 1 Nov 44  

 

 

 

 

Information drawn from the Navy list October 1944 through July 1946 (final edition before squadron disbanded)

 

 


List last modified 25 December 2023


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) Derek Charles Newton LOVELY, RNVR

CWGC Record

21 July 1943

NEWPORT (ISLAND) CEMETERY

Navy Sec. Plots 172-177. Grave 19.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) William Harvey BOORE, RNVR

CWGC Record

26 April 1946

NEWCASTLE (SANDGATE) WAR CEMETERY

Plot E. Row B. Grave 7>

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Philip James DUFFY, RNVR

CWGC Record 

07 February 19463

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

Bay 6, Panel 6.

 

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