Francis Cuthbert Platt

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Commander (retired) Francis Cuthbert Platt, D.S.O., R.N. (13 August, 1885 – 15 February, 1941) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The youngest son of Reverend G. M. Platt[1] of Seacroft Vicarage, Leeds joined the January 1901 intake term at H.M.S. Britannia. His first year after poassing out in May 1903 was spent in Prince George and Exmouth.[2]

Platt was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 July, 1907.[3]

Platt was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 July, 1915.[4]

He was appointed as gunnery officer in Glory on 13 July, 1916. He remained in this role for some time before being lent to Excellent. On 12 August 1917 he was assigned to H.M.S. Crocus, temporarily. On 7 November 1917 he was appointed to the sweeping sloop Wallflower.[5]

On May 8, 1918, Platt's sweeping sloop Wallflower sank U 32 forty miles northwest of Malta in a convoy action. He may not, however, have been in command prior to September 1918.[6]

Platt was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 1 June, 1927.[7]

World War II

After some service in New York as a Consular Shipping Adviser, he was in ill health and on 23 July 1940 his appointment was terminated and he reverted to the Retired List. He was sent to Penny Cottage [illeg] in Dorset.[8]

Platt died suddenly of angina. His funeral was held at Stapehill Abbey in Wimborne on 19 February, 1941.[9]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
George M. Skinner
Captain of H.M.S. Crocus
18 Aug, 1917 – 30 Oct, 1917
Succeeded by
Richard W. U. Bayly
Preceded by
Guy R. Livingstone
Captain of H.M.S. Wallflower
7 Nov, 1917[10] – 30 Jan, 1920
Succeeded by
Harold A. Knight
Preceded by
Arthur M. Y. Dane
Captain of H.M.S. Dwarf
6 Jul, 1920 – 13 Dec, 1922
Succeeded by
Stephen Phillimore

Footnotes

  1. "Deaths." The Times (London, England), 18 Feb. 1941, p. 1.
  2. Platt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/118. f. ?.
  3. Platt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/118. f. ?.
  4. Platt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/118. f. ?.
  5. Platt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/118. f. ?.
  6. Platt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/118. f. ?.
  7. Platt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/118. f. ?.
  8. Platt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/118. f. ?.
  9. "Deaths." The Times (London, England), 18 Feb. 1941, p. 1.
  10. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 941.