722 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.

September 1944 - October 1945

Rank	Name	Appointed	Notes
Tpy. Lieut. Comn. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	A. F. E. Payen	01 Sep 44	In command

Lieut. Com. (A) S.N.F(V). (P)	K.C. Johnson	23 Oct 44	In command


Lieut. Com (A)	L. G. Morris	06 Mar 45	In command

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	J. R. Dimsdale	01 Jan 45
	R. N. Hughff	02 Sep 44
	J. S. Myerscough	04 Sep 44	Killed, air crash 22.3.45

*Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)*	W. A. W. Brazier	24 Mar 45
	I. G. Dawson	01 Sep 44
	A. W. Everrett	10 Feb 45
	E. W. Hamblet	10 Apr 45
	T. E. R. Judd	08 Oct 44
	D. T. G. Kingham	10 Mar 45
	G. L. Robertson	24 Apr 45
	C. A. Watters	01 Sep 44
	R. J. Watson	07 Aug 45

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

List last modified 24 August 2022

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) Jack Stevens MYERSCOUGH, RNVR	CWGC Record	22 March 1945	KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY 2. J. 12