Melville Adams Hawes
Captain (retired) Melville Adams Hawes (12 December, 1886 – ) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Shanghai and raised by merchant uncle C. E. Hawes, Melville was destined to become an interpreter in German and a gunnery specialist.[1]
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1907.[2]
He served in Venerable as gunnery officer and German interpreter from 8 January, 1913 to 6 January, 1914 and moved directly to Colossus.
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1915.[3]
He continued to serve in Colossus until 11 January, 1918 and finished the war assigned to the Operations Division.[4]
Hawes was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1919.[5]
He married Dorothy Stanhope Hobart Kay on 31 January, 1920 and ceased work at the Operations Division on 1 October, 1920.
Service in Barham, Dunedin, Chatham, Southampton and Calcutta took him into 1924. He then switched to work in the Naval Intelligence Division and remained there until 1933.[6]
Hawes was placed on the Retired List with the rank of Captain on 26 June, 1934.[7]
Hawes was still alive and doing work with the Navy into 1945, but September of that year featured a stay in Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham for Bell's Palsy.[8]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Arthur Marsden |
Captain of H.M.S. Erne 2 Jul, 1912[9] |
Succeeded by John P. Landon |
| Preceded by The Hon. Alexander R. M. Ramsay |
Captain of H.M.S. Southampton 16 Aug, 1924[10] – late 1924[11] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Geoffrey S. F. Nash |
Royal Navy Naval Attaché to Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands 4 Apr, 1929[12] – 7 Aug, 1933[13] |
Succeeded by Gerard C. Muirhead-Gould |
Footnotes
- ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
- ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
- ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
- ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
- ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
- ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
- ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
- ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
- ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 38/298.
- ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
- ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
- ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
- ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
