Lieut.-Commander S. C. Dickinson, R.N.V.R., who was district inspector in Ireland before the war, was appointed to the Northern District last April on returning from the Navy. During the war he took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk, was in command of a mine-sweepet and was mentioned in despatches for sweeping, took part in the landing in Nerth Africa in 1942, was engaged in escort duty in the English Channel from 1943 to 1945, and was then in command of a fleet-sweeper..