Edye Kington Boddam-Whetham

Captain Edye Kington Boddam-Whetham, D.S.O. (4 February, 1887 – 27 March, 1944) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Bakewell, Derby the son of a landowner.

Boddam-Whetham was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1908.

Boddam-Whetham was appointed in command of the destroyer Janus on 21 October, 1912.

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Virago on 20 February, 1913.

Great War

Boddam-Whetham was appointed in command of the destroyer Locust on 25 June, 1914.

Boddam-Whetham was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1916.

Boddam-Whetham was appointed in command of the destroyer Swallow on 1 September, 1918.

Post-War

Boddam-Whetham was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1920.

He was appointed to Cygnet, additional to become Captain (D), Second Destroyer Flotilla on 26 May, 1932. On 7 June, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Kempenfelt to continue as Captain (D) of 2 D.F..

Boddam-Whetham was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1928 and retired on 2 August, 1939.

World War II

Boddam-Whetham fell ill with smallpox on 13 March, 1944 and was landed at Gibraltar. He seemed better on the 20th, but by the 24th he was paralyzed. Boddam-Whetham succumbed on the 27th of March at age 57.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia
• Materials in the Liddle Collection

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Wellwood G. C. Maxwell	Captain of H.M.S. Janus 21 Oct, 1912 – 20 Feb, 1913[Inference]	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Francis G. Brickenden	Captain of H.M.S. Handy 21 Oct, 1912 – 20 Feb, 1913	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Harold D. Adair-Hall	Captain of H.M.S. Virago 20 Feb, 1913 – 1913	Succeeded by Harold F. B. Handley
Preceded by Richard W. U. Bayly	Captain of H.M.S. Kennet 1913 – 15 Jan, 1914	Succeeded by Frederic A. H. Russel
Preceded by Clement R. Dane	Captain of H.M.S. Locust 25 Jun, 1914 – 23 Nov, 1915	Succeeded by Alfred H. D. Young
Preceded by Clement R. Dane	Captain of H.M.S. Lennox 2 Dec, 1915 – Mar, 1917	Succeeded by William R. Leycester
Preceded by William R. Leycester	Captain of H.M.S. Sharpshooter Mar, 1917 – Oct, 1917	Succeeded by Cecil R. E. W. Perryman
Preceded by Gerald C. Harrison	Captain of H.M.S. Ulleswater Oct, 1917 – 15 Aug, 1918	Succeeded by Vessel Lost
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Swallow 1 Sep, 1918 – Jan, 1920	Succeeded by Edmund H. Hopkinson
Preceded by Astley D. C. Cooper-Key	Captain of H.M.S. Witherington 15 Jan, 1926	Succeeded by William E. B. Magee
Preceded by Marshal L. Clarke	Captain of H.M.S. Tarantula 27 Jul, 1929 – Nov, 1931	Succeeded by Kenneth H. L. MacKenzie
Preceded by Alfred H. Taylor	Captain (D), Second Destroyer Flotilla 26 May, 1932 – Aug, 1934	Succeeded by Cedric S. Holland
Preceded by Francis S. W. de Winton	Captain of H.M.S. Kempenfelt 7 Jun, 1932 – Aug, 1934	Succeeded by Cedric S. Holland
Preceded by Francis H. G. Walker	Captain in Charge, H.M. Naval Establishment, Bermuda 6 Nov, 1934 – 17 Nov, 1936	Succeeded by Edward C. Denison
Preceded by Charles G. Stuart	Captain of Chatham Dockyard 21 May, 1937 – 31 Jul, 1939	Succeeded by Cecil S. Sandford