Biografie
He was a well-known amateur jockey who won 99 of his 400 races at tracks in Gibraltar, Malta, Ceylon and Hong Kong.
He emigrated to Canada in 1947.
Militärdienst
He was appointed as a Naval Cadet RN 1915.
He served in the Royal Naval College Dartmouth 1915.
He served in RNC Greenwich For Training.
He attended Cambridge University for Training 1920.
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RN.
He served in H.M.S. Iron Duke.
He served in H.M.S. Whitehall.
He served in H.M.S. Malaya.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant RN.
He served in H.M.S. Lupin.
He served in H.M.S. Colombo.
He served in HMS Manchester.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RN.
He was appointed as a Commander (N) RN (With seniority dated 31/12/1937).
He served in H.M.S. Hood as Navigating Officer.
He served in H.M.S. Barham as Navigating Officer.
He served in H.M.S. Royal Oak as Navigating Officer.
He served in H.M.S. Tamar as Staff Officer Operations 1940.
He was captured and was a Prisoner of War in Hong Kong (he was the senior naval officer) 1941-45. (He resigned in 1945.) (Transferred to RCN(R) 1947).
He was appointed as a Commander (CND) RCN(R) 1953 (With seniority dated 20/11/1941).
He served in Royal Roads (Canadian Services College) for Duty as Senior Navigational Instructor 1955.
He served in HMCS Naden as Sea Training Commander.
He served in HMCS Crescent.
He served in HMCS Ontario. (He was retired in 1958.)
Referenzen
- Starshell VI - 3 Fall 1996 Obituaries
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- The Daily Telegraph Book of Naval Obituaries (Ed. David Davies)
