Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameCaptain Hugo ‘Meynell’ Cyril (Cyril) Ionides RN, GGGG Grandson
Birth26 Feb 1900, Highhead, Hampshire, England
Death19 Jun 1991, Ufford, Suffolk, England
MemoOr 1992?
Residenceabt 1950, Surrey House, Brockham Green, Surrey, England
Note 1Royal Navy Jan 1918. Specialised submarine commander Admiralty 1934. Captain 1940. Commander of 1st British Submarine Flotilla (Beirut) 1 Aug 1943 - 5 Nov 1943. 1946 USA Legion of Merit.
Note 2He inherited (with others) the £16,137.00 estate of Dorothea Butterworth (née Ionides). As a child he met his future wife when his parents’ Thames barge ‘The Golden Hope’ was moored near the home of the Rankin family.
Note 3He was the submarine flotilla commander who worked with Blondie Haslar to deliver commandos for the raid on Bordeaux in 1942 – see ‘Cocleshell Heroes’ by C E Lucas Phillips.
FlagsAvierino, Calvocoressi, Ionides, Mavrogordato, Petrocochino, Scanavi, Sevastopoulos
FatherCyril Constantine Luke (Luke) Ionides (1873-1960)
MotherMary Isabel (Frederick) Pigou (1867-1948)
Marriage13 Sep 1924, Rochford, Essex, England
Married MemoMary Rosalind Rankin according to the engagement announcement in The Times 4 Jun 1921.
SpouseMary Rosalind ‘Linda’ (Harold) Rankin
Birth7 Jan 1900, Rochford, Essex, England
Death25 Dec 1975, Ufford, Suffolk, England
FatherHarold Rankin (?-?)
MotherGrace Keightly (?-?)
Children
1 MJonathan Luke (Hugo) Ionides (Adopted), 5G Grandson
Birth15 May 1941, England
SpouseFrances Cherry (Francis) Merkl (1939-)
Marriage22 Mar 1967, Frome, Somerset, England
ChildrenTimothy Luke (Jonathan) (1969-)
Matthew Constantine (Jonathan) (1971-)
2 MNicholas George (Hugo) Ionides (Adopted), 5G Grandson
Birth31 Mar 1943, England