Ogilvy Medal

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The Ogilvy Medal was awarded annually, at the discretion of the Admiralty, to the Officer who claimed first place in the examination to qualify for Torpedo Lieutenant.

It was instituted in 1912 in memory of the late Captain Frederick Charles Ashley Ogilvy, R.N. who died on the 18th December, 1909 from typhoid fever, while in command of H.M.S. Natal.

The medals were funded through dividends arising from a sum of about £240 given by Royal Navy officers and also certain friends and relatives of Captain Ogilvy. Any balance that remains after payment of expenses may be handed over to the winner of the medal at the discretion of the Admiralty.[1]

Recipients

Year Recipient
1912 James Wilfred Sussex Dorling
1913 John Foster Barham Carslake
1914 Alan Gordon Grierson
1915 Gerald Courtney Banister
1916 Richard Alfred Slingsby Bethell
1917 William Pennell Stocker
1918 Gervase Boswell Middleton
1919 Norman Vere Grace[2]
1920 Henley Dale Nichol[3]
1921 Antony Fane De Salis[4]
1922 Henry Dunsmure Johnston[5]
1923 John Stewart Cowie[6]
1924 Richard Oliver-Bellasis[7]
1925 John Campbell Seymour Chamberlain[8]
1926 William Wellclose Davis
1927 John Hughes-Hallett[9]
1928 Ralph Heathcote[10]
1929 Guy Bouchier Sayer[11]
1929? Emile Frank Verlaine Dechaineux
1930 Geoffrey Thistleton-Smith[12]
1931 William Olaf Bradbury[13]
1932? Alyn Lee Taylor
1933 Ralph Campbell Musbury Duckworth[14]
1934 Harry Graham Craig[15]
1935 Norman Warren Fisher[16]
1936 Charles Rupert Grant Wilkinson[17]
1937 Philip Percival Mancha Green[18]
1938 Robert Gordon Brabazon O'Neil Roe[19]
1939 Richard John Cooper[20]
YEAR Anthony James Raymond Foster
YEAR Harold Roger Webber
YEAR Kenneth Sydney Main
YEAR John Joseph Hurley

I am not sure how I will find out more detail on the last four men, as mentions of the Medal dry up in The Times, and their SRs are not at TNA.

See Also

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 2334.
  2. "Ogilvy Medal Awards." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 13, 1921; pg. 4; Issue 42824.
  3. "Ogilvy Medal Awards." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 13, 1921; pg. 4; Issue 42824.
  4. "Ogilvy Medal Award." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 20, 1921; pg. 16; Issue 42830.
  5. "Prize Medal Awards." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jul 05, 1922; pg. 16; Issue 43075.
  6. "Torpedo Lieutenant's Award." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 16, 1923; pg. 17; Issue 43394.
  7. "Ogilvy Medal Award." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 12, 1924; pg. 8; Issue 43702.
  8. "Ogilvy Medal Award." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 03, 1925; pg. 19; Issue 44083.
  9. "Ogilvy Medal Award." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Sep 03, 1927; pg. 18; Issue 44677.
  10. "Ogilvy Gold Medal Award." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 06, 1929; pg. 20; Issue 45120.
  11. "Naval, Miltary and Air Force." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 12, 1929; pg. 8; Issue 45227.
  12. "Naval, Miltary and Air Force." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 05, 1930; pg. 8; Issue 45557.
  13. "Naval, Miltary and Air Force." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 04, 1931; pg. 22; Issue 45866.
  14. "Ogilvy Medal Award." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 22, 1933; pg. 7; Issue 46503.
  15. "The Ogilvy Medal." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 05, 1934; pg. 6; Issue 46851.
  16. "Prize Awards." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jun 15, 1935; pg. 7; Issue 47091.
  17. "Medal Awards." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Sep 19, 1936; pg. 6; Issue 47484.
  18. "The Ogilvy Medal." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Sep 02, 1937; pg. 22; Issue 47779.
  19. "Ogilvy Medal." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1938; pg. 17; Issue 48048.
  20. "Ogilvy Medal Award." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 15, 1939; pg. 18; Issue 48358.