Some unknown martial people

[HFK]

Hello and good morning, Herbert Bain Knowles, 1894-1976, promoted Commodore Oct 1944. Spent the entire war in Naval Transport Division. Retired June 1949. Harry

[HFK]

Hello again, Cannot find a USMA General Clement. I think the correct name is William Tardy Clement, 1894-1955. He was Asst CO of 6th Marine Division, and in 1945 commanded Third Fleet landing force in Japan. He was physically present in Japan area in 1944 and 1945, and could be the name you are looking for. Harry

[histan]

Hi ttvon

Just looked at your post of 9 October. A superb photo of Fighter Command CinC and his senior staff officers. The Group Captain on the right is most probably Group Captain J O W Oliver.

Regards

John

[ttvon]

Hi,
Thank you very much!
Another unknow man: Commodore Harry A. McClure

But who is he?
What is his full name?
Sorry I can not find any information about him on the Internet. The source is on the pic.

Best

[ttvon]

HI,
happy new year!
Here is a pic from gettyimages.
The note: 1944 - Rear Admiral George Creasy (1895-1972) of the Royal Navy, with Captain G. C. Phillips and Captain George Fawkes, discussing their plans during World War Two, December 1944.

But who is Captain G. C. Phillips?
What is his full name? What is his last rank?
Sorry I can not find any information about him on the Internet.
Thanks.

ttvon

[ttvon]

Hello,
Here is a pic from gettyimages.
The note: ASCENSION ISLAND, BRITISH TERRITORY: JUNE 1943: (L) Colonel John C Millinex of the US Air Force and Colonel J.N. Tomlinson a British Governor stand over the bases on Ascension Island a British Overseas Territory. A joint US Air Force base and Royal Air Force base

But who are Colonel John C Millinex of the US Air Force and Colonel J.N. Tomlinson a British Governor?
What are their full names? What are their last ranks?
Sorry I can not find any information about both them on the Internet.
Thanks.

ttvon

[R Leonard]

But who is Captain G. C. Phillips?
What is his full name? What is his last rank?
Sorry I can not find any information about him on the Internet.

George Chesterman Phillips, Captain, RN, GM, DSO. According to the Feb 1944 Navy List he was serving at HMS Dolphin, the Royal Naval shore establishment sited at Fort Blockhouse in Gosport. HMS Dolphin was the home of the Royal Navy Submarine Service from 1904 to 1999, and location of the Royal Navy Submarine School. Retired 22 Oct 1947, Captain. Commanded HMS Ursula in an attack on the German cruiser Leipzig.
Also see https://uboat.net/allies/commanders/1978.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ursula_(N59)
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item ... /205147648
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... A14487.jpg

[R Leonard]

Another unknow man: Commodore Harry A. McClure
But who is he?
What is his full name?
Sorry I can not find any information about him on the Internet. The source is on the pic.

Harry Adrian McClure. Born 31 May 1894. USNA Class of 1907. Retired 1 August 1946, Commodore. Died 7 January 1971.

Date of rank as Commodore on the retired list shows in the 1949 register of commissioned officers as 9 August 1944. His promotion to Captain came 30 June 1935. By July 1945 he had reverted to Captain, evidently no longer being in a position warranting an appointment as a Commodore. The status code for his listing as a retired list Commodore in the 1949 register is IN; the letter I signifies a retirement due to service connected injury, the N signifies recognition of his highest wartime rank held, Commodore. See Title 34 US Code, 1925-1946 et. seq. and Register of Commissioned Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 1 July 1945, page 40 and 1 January 1949 pages 546 and 552.

McClure was awarded the Navy Cross during WWI for distinguished service as a destroyer commander, however, not for actual combat, so it did not result in a retirement promotion to Rear Admiral. The rules are convoluted to say the least.

[R Leonard]

But who are Commodore Herbert B Knowles and Brigadier General George Clements ?
Sorry I can not find any information about them on the Internet.

Herbert Bain Knowles. Born 20 March 1894. USNA Class of 1917. Retired, Rear Admiral, 1 September 1947. Died 3 March 1976. He was a qualified submarine commander.

Date of rank as Rear Admiral on the retired list shows in the 1949 register of commissioned officers as 20 October 1944, however the 1947 register shows him as a Captain with date of rank of 30 June 1942. The status code for his listing as a retired list Rear Admiral in the 1949 register is FNO; the F signifies retirement at his own request after 30 years of service, the N signifies recognition of his highest wartime rank, Captain, and the O signifying his promotion to the next highest rank, Rear Admiral, came at time of retirement on the basis of combat decoration(s), in his case the Legion of Merit with a combat V device. The discrepancy in listed dates of rank due to his recorded promotion date to Rear Admiral merely being a matter of lineal precedence as his temporary posting as a Commodore is shown in the 1 July 1945 register of commissioned officers was 20 October 1944. See Title 34 US Code, 1925-1946 et. seq. and Register of Commissioned Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 1 July 1945, page 19; 1 July 1947, page 18; and 1 January 1949 page 546 and 549.

Remember, in the WW2 USN a Commodore was a temporary rank signifying a command of a group of ships or aviation activities and had no bearing on active duty lineal precedence, these were appointments, not promotions. There were but 107 Commodores in July 1945, in 1947 there were none.

[R Leonard]

But who are Colonel John C Millinex of the US Air Force and Colonel J.N. Tomlinson a British Governor?
What are their full names? What are their last ranks?

I don’t know about any John C Millinex of the USAAF, but there was one

John Charles MULLENIX (O4605) DSM. Born 3 Jan 1889. Pvt, Corp, Sgt, Hospital Corps, 10 Sep 1914 to 4 Dec 1916. 2Lt, Cavalry 26 Nov 1916, accepted 5 Dec 1916; 1Lt eff 26 Nov 1916; Capt (temp) 5 Aug 1917; Capt 12 Oct 1917; Maj 19 Oct 1918; honorable discharge 22 Mar 1920. Maj USAR 25 Jan 1928; LtCol USAR 1 Jun 1928; Col AUS 14 Oct 1941; Col USA 1 Sep 1945. General Staff Corps, USA, 1 Jul 1940 to 30 Mar 1943, 29 Aug 1944 to 19 Oct 1944. Army War College, 1935; Command & General Staff School 1930; Cavalry School Training Officers Course 1922; Infantry School Company Officers Course, 1925; Chemical Warfare School Line & Staff Officers Course 1928; BS Foreign Service Georgetown Univ 1938. Retired 30 Sep 1946, Col, disability in line of duty. Died 19 Aug 1986.

He was apparently commanding officer at Ascension Island, see
https://www.worldcat.org/title/john-c-m ... c/48961411
and
http://www.davidfmitchell.com/uploads/4 ... d_war_.pdf where Mullenix is first mentioned on page 19. A quick perusal shows him in command at Ascension from 1 Apr 1943 (page 19) to 19 Apr 1944 (page 21). And a reference to your friend Tomlinson appears on page 13. Several photos in this booklet are from the Mullenix Photo Collection referenced above.

So, the photo caption is incorrect. He was not USAAF, his branch was Cavalry and his name was spelled Mullenix, not Millinex.