Henry Richard Rycroft was born on 28 December 1911, the son of Sir Richard Nelson Rycroft, 5th Baronet, and his second wife Emily Mary Lowry-Corry. Richard entered the Royal Navy as a cadet on 1 May 1929 and, on the outbreak of war in 1939 he was posted to the destroyer HMS Highlander as First Lieutenant. HMS Tetcott was to be his first posting as Captain, being sent to the ship on commissioning on 28 October 1941. Receiving his promotion to Lieutenant Commander on 16 August 1942, he received a Mention in Despatches on 20 October 1942 for his part played in the sinking of U-372, and was awarded the DSC on 21 December 1943 for his part in the Sicily landings. Leaving the ship in early 1944, he was posted to HMS King Alfred - RNVR Officer Training Establishment, Hove – as an Instructor.

Hubert James Watkins was born on 9 January 1913 in Chester and appears to have entered the Royal Navy in June 1939. HMS Tetcott was to be his first posting as Captain. Joining the ship in March 1944 (promoted to Lieutenant Commander on 9 January 1945); he remained with her until June 1945 when he was posted to HMS Pembroke – the Royal Naval Base, Chatham. Post-war, Watkins was appointed as Commanding Officer to the Algerine Class minesweeper HMS Chameleon in 1947. His last posting was to HMS Drake - the Royal Naval Base, Devonport - moving there on 25 April 1955. He finally retired from the Royal Navy on 9 January 1958.

Dudley Leslie Davenport was born on 17 August 1919 in Alverstoke, Hampshire, son of Vice Admiral Robert Clutterbuck Davenport CB (1882-1966) and Gwladwys Gwatkin-Williams (1886-1973) of Catherington, Hampshire. He entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet in 1935, serving first aboard HMS Iron Duke and later on HMS Frobisher. Davenport was posted to HMS Tetcott - fitting out on the Isle of White - in October 1940 (being promoted to Lieutenant in the same month) and remained with the ship until early 1944. He was Mentioned in Despatches in the New Year Honours List of 1944 for his actions during the Sicily landings. From 1962 to 1964 Davenport was at the Admiralty, as Director of Officers Appointments (Seaman Officers). Returning to the sea, he was appointed Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious in 1964 and held this position until 1966. On 7 January 1967 he was promoted to Rear Admiral and his last appointment came six months later on 5 June 1967, when he was made Flag Officer, Malta and NATO Commander, South Eastern Area, Mediterranean. Rear Admiral Dudley Davenport retired from the Royal Navy on 25 September 1969 having been made a Commander of the Bath in the New Year Honours of 1969.

Miles Delwarde Dawson appears to have entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet on 1 May 1939. By the outbreak of war he had become a Midshipman aboard the battleship HMS Renown which he served on until April 1940, then being posted to the destroyer HMS Echo. In the last quarter of 1941 Dawson (promoted to Sub Lieutenant on 16 June 1941) was posted to HMS Tetcott. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 February 1943, becoming First Lieutenant on Tetcott after Lieutenant Naylor had left the ship. Post-war, Dawson is listed as First Lieutenant aboard the destroyer HMS Armada from April 1949 to May 1950, before moving to HMS Royal Prince – the Royal Naval Base at Krefeld, Germany where he remained until the beginning of 1955 when he became Commanding Officer of HMS Venus. On 24 October 1960 Dawson was posted to HMS Rooke – the Royal Naval Base at Gibraltar, where he stayed for just under a year before receiving his final posting – to HMS Collingwood. He retired from the Royal Navy on 29 September 1963.