William Anthony JUNIPER

1909 -

• Name	William Anthony JUNIPER
  Birth	7 Dec 1909	Gillingham, Kent   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  1911 Census	At 1911 Census, he is 1  [1]
  1921 Census	Can't find in the 1921 Census
  Individual Note	Best match on birth is Oct qtr 1909, Medway, vol 2a, p760
  Individual Note 1	Best match on death is Jun qtr 1986, Stevenage, vol 10, p975
  Person ID	I1094	Webb
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	William Vey JUNIPER,   b. 29 Nov 1861, Portsmouth d. 25 Dec 1924, Ashburton Road, Totnes, Devon (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Grace Guartrude H HARVEY,   b. 1870, Anglesey, North Wales d. 26 Jun 1935, Courtfield Gardens Hotel, Earls Court, London (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1897  [3]
  Family ID	F366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Dec 1909 - Gillingham, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Navy records of 1932 say he was not married, and he entered service 15/9/1923, as a naval cadet, then a midshipman, then Sub Lt 16/10/1930 and then Lt 16/11/1932. On 21/10/1941 he was awarded the Polish Cross of Valour (Krzyz Walecznych) for recognition of services related to the Polish withdrawal from France in 1940 The Navy list of Oct 1942 says he was a Lt Commander at 16/11/1940, with a DSO The Navy list of 1958 says he was a Commander at 31/12/1944, with a DSO and DSC. A newspaper article from 1956 gives some other information about him... from Liverpool Echo Thurs May 10th 1956 *********************************** WAJ was Service Advisor to the permanent British delegate at the UN, appointed Liverpool's admiralty liaison officer in May 1956 from Mon 14 May..... ....entered Dartmouth college as a cadet at the age of 13. In 1927 he won the coveted King's Dick, after being commissioned in 1921. (Not clear exactly what this is, but believed to be a sword or other trophy for being the top scoring cadet of the year) During he war he commanded 5 destroyers, winning the D.S.O. in 1941, for the part he played in endeavouring to intercept the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, when in command of the destroyer Whitshed. in 1944 he was awarded the D.S.C. for successfully intercepting an armed raider in the destroyer Worcester, then under his command..... Married to a Frenchwoman, Commander Juniper has a daughter aged 17 and a son aged 8 ********************************* Two years later, the Liverpool Echo of 31 May 1958 said this ********************************* [He] retired today ....... Before taking up his appointment, ...[he] was in New York for two years as Service advisor to the British delegation at the United Nations. ********************************* He is recorded as sailing to NewYork on the Queen Elizabeth which left Southampton on 27 Aug 1953, with the last address given as "Ministry of Defence, London". His wife was Nicole, and his son was Daniel. In the 1954, 1955 and 1956 Civil Service list, he is described as "Military Advisor to the United Kingdom Representative, United Nations Organisation" The death index is presumably correct as it has the birth date on it. It is curious that probate for William Anthony Juniper was given in Ipswich to somebody who died 21 June 1986 at 124 College Road, Norwich. It is difficult to find other information on any different William Anthony Juniper, but Norwich is not Stevenage.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2056] 1911 Census :- "Studland", Spencer Rd., Herne Bay. [S2165] Navy records :- William Anthony Juniper (1932). [S2425] Marriage Licence :- William Vey Juniper - Grace GH Harvey (1897).