731 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.

Rank	Name	Appointed	Notes
Tpy. Lieut. Comn. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	K. Stilliard	5 Dec 43	In command
	R. Pridham-Wippell	1 Jan 45	In command

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	R. H. Ayrton	? 45
	S. T. David	9 May 44
	P. G. Comber	18 Dec 44
	J. A. Higginson	1 July 44
	D. K. Jordan	12 Apr 44
	H. Kirby	— May 44
	F. C. Muir	9 May 44
	H. J. Mortimore	— May 44
	A. C. Pitman	— May 44
	H. Van-Staverin	18 Sept 44

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P)	A. W. Lawrence	30 Mar 44
	A. C. Parry	5 Dec 43

*Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)*	K. W. Atkinson	17 June 45
	J. B. W. Broadbent	17 Mar 44
	E. A. Barnes	18 Sep 45
	F. M. Batten	6 Nov 44	Killed, air crash 5.12.44
	V. B. Bristow	29 Dec 44
	G. Chadwick	11 Mar 44
	D. J. Demus	25 May 44
	H. N. J. Gardiner	17 June 45
	K. C. Hutton	16 Mar 44
	H. G. Jones	4 Nov 44
	J. W. Johnston	9 May 44
	B. A. N. King	28 Aug 44
	P. M. King	3 Aug 44
	H. Marsh	28 Jul 45
	F. H. Montgomery	9 May 44
	F. A. Morris	7 Jan 45
	R. H. Parker	17 Jun 45
	F. H. Montgomery	9 May 44
	F. A. Morris	7 Jan 45
	R. H. Parker	17 Jun 45
	M. H. Redrup	9 May 44
	G. D. Roberts	7 Feb 44
	J. L. D. Roberts	13 Aug 45
	J. A. Robertson	25 May 44
	G. S. Thomson	6 Mar 44
	M. F. Wheeler	8 Feb 45
	D. Wormald	? 45

Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P)	A. S. Anderson	21 Dec 43
	J. Harrell	22 Jul 45
	E. W. Hunt	23 Mar 44
	B. F. O'Neill	5 Dec 43
	D. R. Shadbolt	5 Dec 43
	H. Van-Staverin	18 Sep 44
	F. N. Wilson	29 May 45

Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	c. A. Bevan	21 Mar 45
	K. Davis	6 May 44
	K. Herring	6 May 44
	B. E. Holford-Walker	1 Aug 44
	A. H. G. Kynaston	28 July 44
	G. S. Macartney	6 May 44
	J. H. H. Shell	22 Nov 44
	A. S. J. Thome	25 May 44
	R. L. Turnbull	25 May 44

Information drawn from the Navy list April 945 through April 1946 (final edition which mentions the squadron)

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) Frederick Moncrieff BATTEN, RNZNVR	CWGC Record	05 Dec 1944	ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY Compt. D. North Border, Grave 26.

Name & Rank

CWGC details

Date of death

Cemetery/Memorial

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Frederick Moncrieff BATTEN, RNZNVR

CWGC Record

05 Dec 1944

ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY

Compt. D. North Border, Grave 26.

731 Naval Air Squadron

Aircrew and squadron personnel

December 1943 - November 1945

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.