John Ronald Stewart Brown, RN

Born  8 Oct 1900Wakefield, England, U.K.
Died  May 1989(88)Cheltenham, England, U.K.


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Ranks

1 May 1917 Mid.
15 Sep 1919 A/S.Lt.
15 May 1920 S.Lt.
15 May 1922 A/Lt.
15 Jun 1922 Lt.
15 Jun 1930 Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1937 Cdr.
14 Jan 1943 A/Capt.
30 Jun 1944 Capt.

Retired: 23 Aug 1953


Decorations

1 Jan 1946 Mentioned in Despatches (MID)

Warship Commands listed for John Ronald Stewart Brown, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Alecto (J 10)Cdr.Submarine Depot Ship20 Feb 1942early 1943
HMS Caledon (D 53)Capt.Light cruiser21 Nov 194427 Mar 1945
HMS Empress (D 42)Capt.Escort Carrier16 Apr 19459 Jan 1946

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Events related to this officer

Light cruiser HMS Caledon (D 53)


6 Dec 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) departed Taranto for Malta. (1)

7 Dec 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) arrived at Malta from Taranto. (1)

8 Dec 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) conducted gunnery exercises off Malta on completion of which course was set to proceed to Pireaus. (1)

9 Dec 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) arrived at Pireaus from Malta. She departed for Kavala later the same day. (1)

10 Dec 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) arrived at Kavala from Piraeus. At Kavala she was to serve as guard ship. (1)

19 Dec 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) departed Kavala for Thessaloniki. She was escorting several transports. (1)

20 Dec 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) arrived at Thessaloniki from Kavala. (1)

22 Dec 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) proceeded from Thessaloniki to Kavala. (1)

20 Jan 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) departed Kavala for Piraeus. (2)

21 Jan 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) arrived at Piraeus from Kavala. She departed for Alexandria later the same day. (2)

22 Jan 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) arrived at Alexandria from Piraeus. (2)

30 Jan 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) departed Alexandria for Chios. (2)

31 Jan 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) arrived at Chios from Alexandria. (2)

1 Feb 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) proceeded from Chios to Thessaloniki. (3)

5 Feb 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) proceeded from Thessaloniki to Kavala. (3)

7 Feb 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) proceeded Kavala to Mudros. (3)

15 Feb 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) proceeded Mudros to Piraeus. (3)

16 Feb 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) departed Piraeus for Alexandria. (3)

17 Feb 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) arrived at Alexandria from Piraeus. (3)

19 Feb 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) departed Alexandria for Malta.

HMS Caledon is to return to the U.K. to be reduced to reserve. (3)

21 Feb 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) arrived at Malta from Alexandria. (3)

1 Mar 1945
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) departed Malta for Gibraltar. (4)

3 Mar 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) arrived at Gibraltar from Malta. (4)

4 Mar 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) departed Gibraltar for Sheerness. (4)

8 Mar 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Caledon (Capt. J.R.S. Brown, RN) arrived at Sheerness from Gibraltar. (4)

Sources

  1. ADM 53/119069
  2. ADM 53/121059
  3. ADM 53/121060
  4. ADM 53/121061

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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