page_title: Royal Naval Reserve
section_title: Selected men of the RNVR
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Naval Reserve / Selected men of the RNVR
caption_attribution_description: BRISBANE, QLD. 1944. AFTER THE RETURN FROM Z FORCE'S OPERATION JAYWICK, THREE OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY OF THE KRAIT ENJOY A BEER. LEFT TO RIGHT: LIEUTENANT R. C. PAGE, AIF, MEDICAL OFFICER AND OPERATIVE; MAJOR IVAN LYON MBE, THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS, OFFICER COMMANDING AND OPERATIVE; LIEUTENANT D. M. N. DAVIDSON, ROYAL NAVY VOLUNTEER RESERVE, 2ND IN CHARGE AND OPERATIVE. ALL MEMBERS OF THE OPERATION WERE DECORATED, PAGE, LYON AND DAVIDSON EACH RECEIVING THE DSO. (DONOR: R. P. GREENISH)
context_page_description: The Royal Naval Reserve is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve, they form the Maritime Reserve. The present RNR was formed by merging the original Royal Naval Reserve, created in 1859, and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, created in 1903. The Royal Naval Reserve has seen action in World War I, World War II, the Iraq War, and Afghanistan.
context_section_description: Ian Fleming, James Bond author/creator, served in Naval Intelligence during the Second World War, reached the rank of commander.
  Alec Guinness, sub-lieutenant commanded a landing craft during the Second World War invasion of Sicily.
  James Robertson Justice actor, invalided out in 1943.
  Laurence Olivier, served as a Fleet Air Arm pilot during the Second World War, reached the rank of lieutenant.
  James Callaghan, joined as ordinary seaman 1942 and left as lieutenant 1945; Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty 1950–51; Prime Minister 1976–79.
  Duncan Carse, 1942–1945, British explorer and actor.
  Erskine Childers, novelist, 1914–1918. Mentioned in Despatches for the Cuxhaven Raid; Distinguished Service Cross for the Gallipoli Campaign.
  Lionel Crabb, (well known as "Buster" Crabb), served World War II as a frogman – RN mine and bomb clearance and MI6 diver.
  A.J. Cronin, served during the First World War as a surgeon.
  James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose, founder of the Scottish National Party. Founded the RNVR in 1903.
  Sir John Edward Jackson, diplomat.
  Sir Harry Charles Luke, served World War I as commander of the RNVR on the Syrian Coast and as political officer on the staff of Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, he was awarded the Italian medal for military valour.
  Merlin Minshall, prewar explorer and racing driver, reached the rank of commander.
  Nicholas Monsarrat, frigate commander during World War II, author of The Cruel Sea, reached the rank of lieutenant commander
  Ewen Montagu, served during the Second World War as a lieutenant commander, where he helped conceive Operation Mincemeat, i.e., "The Man Who Never Was"
  Sir Richard Pim, Inspector-General of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
  Jeffrey Quill, Spitfire test pilot during the Second World War, reached rank of lieutenant commander.
  Denys Arthur Rayner, escort group commander during World War II, author of The Enemy Below, reached the rank of commander
  Ralph Richardson, served during the Second World War, reached the rank of lieutenant-commander.
  C. W. A. Scott served during the Second World War as a lieutenant and was involved in Operation MENACE.
  Peter Scott, served during the Second World War, reaching the rank of lieutenant-commander, and was awarded the DSC and bar.
  Peter Bull, served during the Second World War, commanding a Landing craft (Flak) in the Mediterranean. His memoirs of the war are recorded in "To Sea in a Sieve".
  Sir Lawrence Weaver, architect and founder of National Institute of Agricultural Botany, was an A.B. in the Anti-aircraft service during the First World War.
  Oliver John Whitley, BBC administrator.
  Robert Owen Wilcoxon, brother of actor Henry Wilcoxon, killed in the Dunkirk Evacuation.
  Frank Wild, Antarctic explorer and holder of a four-bar Polar Medal.
  Rodger Winn, intelligence analyst and commander of the Submarine Tracking Room during the Second World War.
  Henry Witherby, Ornithologist and publisher. Served 1917–18 and was mentioned in dispatches.
  Herbert Penny (founder of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in Cape Town which ultimately led to the formation of the South African Navy).
  R.C. Anderson, maritime historian and a founder of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, reached the rank of lieutenant-commander during the First World War.
caption: Lieutenant D. M. N. Davidson (right) of the RNVR enjoying beer with members of Z Special Unit in Brisbane after the completion of Operation Jaywick
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