RN CDOS Gregory-Smith, William Frank Niemann

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Gregory-Smith ​

• FORENAME

William Frank Niemann ​

• UNIT

R.N. T Commando ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

bar to Distinguished Service Cross ​

• PLACE

Normandy 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 24.1.1910 Ashton-under-Lyne,Cheshire​

Dartmouth Naval College 1922​

HMS Tiger 1927 (Cadet)​

Midshipman​

HMS Cumberland​

HMS Suffolk​

Lieutenant 1932​

HMS Warspite​

HMS Cricket​

HMS Foresight 1936​

HMS Jaguar 1939​

Lieutenant Commander​

HMS Eridge 1940-42​

award D.S.C. (Malta convoy 1941)​

award D.S.O. (Battle of Sirte 1942)​

award bar to D.S.O. (sinking of submarine U-568 - 1942)​

Captain​

Combined Operations HQ,London 1943​

Senior Staff and Training Officer,Force G​

Principal Beachmaster,Gold Beach,Normandy 6.6.1944​

award bar to D.S.C.​

Combined Operations​

British delegation,Yalta Conference 1945​

staff appointments postwar,including​

Naval Attache to the Non-Arab Middle East,Ankara,Turkey​

Chief Staff Officer (Intelligence) to Commander-in-Chief,Mediterranean​

retired 1960​

warden of Wilson House Hall of Residence,St Mary's Medical School,Paddington​

married Jean Chalmers Sime October 1940 in Dundee,Scotland (died April 2006) (2 children)​

died 4.5.2009​

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