Royal Naval Career in detail

  Date Rank Ship or Shore Establishment
 
     
WW1    
1914, Aug. Cadet R.N. College, Osborne
1916, Aug. Cadet R.N. College, Dartmouth
1917, Sept. Midshipman HMS COLOSSUS, Battleship, Grand Fleet
1918-1938
1918, Nov. Midshipman HMS VIVACIOUS, Destroyer, Baltic
1919, Oct. Midshipman HMS MALAYA, Battleship, Home Fleet
1920, June. Sub-Lieutenant HMS CLEMATIS, Sloop, Red Sea
1923, Jan. Lieutenant Trinity Hall College, Cambridge University
1924, Jan Lieutenant Submarines L8, L19, China Station
1926-1928 Lieutenant Submarine M2
1928-1929 Lieutenant HMS TIGER, Battle Cruiser, Home Fleet
1929-1932 Lieutenant Submarine H27 - 1st Command, L54
1932-1934 Lieutenant-Commander HMS ROYAL OAK, Battleship, Home Fleet
1934-1936 Lieutenant-Commander HMS RAINBOW, (Submarine), China Station
1936-1937 Commander RN Staff College, Greenwich
1937-1938 Commander RAF Staff College, Andover
WW2
1938-1939 Commander HMS VETERAN, Destroyer, Atlantic Convoys
1939-1942 Commander HMS KEPPEL, Destroyer, Escort Group Leader
1942-1946 Captain HMS BEGUM Esc. Carrier, Home/Eastern Flt.
1945-1946 Captain HMS RAMILLIES, Battleship
1946 Retired From Royal Navy