John Victor Findlay
Commander John Victor Findlay, (17 May, 1901 – ) served in the Royal Navy.
As with many men born c. 1899 or later, his Service Records at The National Archives do not reflect activity between 1931 and 1939 or so.
Life & Career
Findlay was a Special Entry from the Milnes Institution, Fochabers. He was appointed to the cruiser Hawkins in April, 1919.
Findlay was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 October, 1922.
On 15 March, 1926, he was appointed to Excellent for an Observer's Course.[1]
Appointed to Courageous on 22 September, 1929.[2]
Findlay was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 October, 1930. In about November 1931, he was moved from Courageous to the carrier Furious.[3]
In April, 1934 he was appointed to the heavy cruiser Kent, to serve in her as an observer and as her meteorological officer upon her commissioning.[4]
Findlay was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1935.[5]
Findlay took the newly completed destroyer Ivanhoe out toward the Mediterranean on 11 September 1937, destined to replace Arrow in the Third Destroyer Flotilla She was due at Malta on 17 September.[6]
World War II
On 27 February, 1939 he was appointed to the Royal Naval War College in Greenwich.[7]
See Also
Bibliography
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Francis H. M. Vaughan |
Captain of H.M.S. Walpole 15 Jul, 1936[8] |
Succeeded by Frank M. Walton |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Ivanhoe c. 5 Aug, 1937[9] |
Succeeded by Edward C. Bayldon |
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 1 Mar. 1926, p. 9.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 21 Aug. 1929, p. 7.
- ↑ "H.M.S. Furious." The Times (London, England), 17 Nov. 1931, p. 20.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 7 Apr. 1934, p. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 106.
- ↑ "Mediterranean Destroyers." The Times (London, England), 11 Sept. 1937, p. 15.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 572.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 4 July 1936, p. 19.
- ↑ "Command of the Ivanhoe." The Times (London, England), 5 Aug. 1937, p. 6.
