Edward Geldard Stanley

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Captain Edward Geldard Stanley, D.S.C., R.N., Retired (31 May, 1889 – 23 June, 1942) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Devonport, the son of Major Edward Stanley of the North Staffordshire Regiment and of Mary Louisa Deane. Edward listed his older brother, Lt. (eventually, Captain) A. Stanley,[1] then at Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport, as his guardian upon joining the September 1904 intake term at H.M.S. Britannia.

Having recently served in the T.B.Ds. Rattlesnake and Lyra, Stanley was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1911 and was superseded in Lyra. In February 1912 he was appointed to the battleship Dominion for five months before being sent to Arrogant for instruction in submarines. His service in the type commenced in November 1912.[2]

In late 1914, Stanley was appointed to the depot ship Maidstone for service in E 14, under the command of Lt. Cdr. Edward Courtney Boyle. Boyle would be awarded the V.C. after taking the submarine through minefields into the Sea of Marmora and torpedoing two Turkish gunboats and the large transport Gul Djemal. Stanley received the D.S.C. for his part in these actions.[3]

He was invalided from E 14 in August, 1915 and was sent to hospital in Malta where he was diagnosed with "debility". In September, he was evacuated to Britain in the hospital ship Plassy and sent to Plymouth hospital where he was diagnosed with dysentery. Declared fit in October 1915, Stanley was appointed to H.M.S. Dolphin and sent to Petrograd, where he was placed in command of the small coastal submarine A 6.[4]

From February 1916 to August 1917, Stanley commanded the larger "C" Class submarine C 35 in continued operations in the Baltic. He was sent to command the newly completed G 4 in September 1917.[5]

Stanley was appointed in command of the submarine L 56 on 1 May, 1919.[6]

Stanley was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1919.[7]

Stanley was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1925.[8]

Stanley was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 9 July, 1935. In 1936 he accepted a post at the Air Ministry, and around April 1937 proceeded to Spain to serve on a Non-Intervention Committee. Upon returning, he informed the Admiralty of his availability for service.[9]

World War II

Stanley was called up in 1939 for several appointments that are illegible due to damage in his Service Record. He wasreverted to the Retired List as medically unfit on 21 October, 1941 and would die in June of the coming year.[10]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Henry E. Smyth 		Captain of H.M.S. A 6
16 Oct, 1915 – 17 Jan, 1916 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Christopher P. Satow 		Captain of H.M.S. C 32
17 Jan, 1916 – Feb, 1916 		Succeeded by
Christopher P. Satow
Preceded by
A. Gordon Hine 		Captain of H.M.S. C 35
Feb, 1916 – 7 Aug, 1917 		Succeeded by
Leslie H. Ashmore
Preceded by
Andrew Wilmot-Smith 		Captain of H.M.S. G 14
Sep, 1917 – 21 Nov, 1917 		Succeeded by
Maurice W. Bailward
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. L 56
1 May, 1919[11] 		Succeeded by
James A. P. Blackburn
Preceded by
Charles G. Brodie 		Captain of H.M.S. M 1
10 Jul, 1922[12] – 1 Sep, 1924[13] 		Succeeded by
Jermyn Rushbrooke
Preceded by
James L. Boyd 		Captain of H.M.S. M 2
20 Aug, 1922[14] – 1 Sep, 1924[15] 		Succeeded by
Jermyn Rushbrooke
Preceded by
Alexander B. Greig 		Captain of H.M.S. Alecto
7 Sep, 1924[16] 		Succeeded by
Charles H. Allen
Preceded by
Walter A. C. Dickson 		Captain of H.M.S. L 71
23 Feb, 1926[17] – 19 Nov, 1926[18] 		Succeeded by
Henry B. Crane
Preceded by
Arthur L. Noakes 		Captain of H.M.S. Marazion
8 Nov, 1928[19] – Sep, 1930 		Succeeded by
Edward A. Aylmer
Preceded by
Ronald W. Blacklock 		Captain of H.M.S. Alecto
5 Jan, 1931[20] – 31 Jan, 1931[21] 		Succeeded by
Charles H. Allen
Preceded by
Hugh R. Marrack 		Captain of H.M.S. Titania
2 Feb, 1931[22] – 6 Feb, 1933 		Succeeded by
Edward A. Aylmer
Preceded by
Hugh R. Marrack
as Captain (S), Sixth Submarine Flotilla 		Commander (S), Sixth Submarine Flotilla
2 Feb, 1931 – 6 Feb, 1933 		Succeeded by
Edward A. Aylmer
as Captain (S), Sixth Submarine Flotilla

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Email from great-nephew Crispian Beattie on 20220717.
  2. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/185. f. 553.
  3. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/185. f. 553.
  4. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/185. f. 553.
  5. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/185. f. 553.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 799.
  7. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/185. f. 553.
  8. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/185. f. 553.
  9. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/185. f. 553.
  10. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/185. f. 553.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 799.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 252.
  13. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/185. f. 553.
  14. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/185. f. 553.
  15. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/185. f. 553.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 215.
  17. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/185. f. 553.
  18. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/185. f. 553.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 253.
  20. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/185. f. 553.
  21. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/185. f. 553.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 278.

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