Roy Neville Suter
Captain (retired) Roy Neville Suter, D.S.O., R.N. (10 March, 1884 – ) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Stoke, Newington.
Suter was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1905.
After serving with him in Pelorus, Captain Arthur Craig evaluated Suter in April, 1909 and said he was "not very good in handling men."
Suter was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1913.
Suter was granted the acting rank of Commander on 2 November, 1914 and placed in command of a ship called Lawrence I have yet to identify by the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies. On 4 April, 1916, Suter stranded Lawrence on a reef. In June 1917, he ceded command of the vessel but remained aboard as Flag Commander to Rear Admiral Drury St. Aubyn Wake. Later in the year, he was still with Lawrence, but on the staff of Rear-Admiral, Persian Gulf. Suter was awarded a D.S.O. for gallantry in command of Lawrence on several occasions, gazetted 7 August, 1918.
Suter was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1918. In mid-August, he took command of the convoy sloop Ceanothus. He remained with her until being appointed to Vernon for three months at the Mining School on 10 July, 1919.
Suter was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 1 April, 1930.
Suter maintained an interest in the evolution of naval costume, and lectured in the subject at the Royal United Service Institution in January, 1921.[1]
World War II
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Lawrence 2 Nov, 1914[2] – after Sep, 1915[3] |
Succeeded by Louis H. Crozier |
| Preceded by William C. O'G. Cochrane |
Captain of H.M.S. Ceanothus 17 Aug, 1918[4] – 10 Jul, 1919 |
Succeeded by Harold S. Gillett |
| Preceded by George C. H. Lawson |
Captain of H.M.S. Lupin 24 Jun, 1924[5] – Jun, 1926 |
Succeeded by Hugh F. Curry |
| Preceded by Miles B. Birkett |
Captain of H.M.S. Calliope 25 Feb, 1927[6] – c. 1 Jul, 1927 |
Succeeded by Leonard S. Holbrook |
| Preceded by Egerton W. Isaacson |
Captain of H.M.S. Concord 5 Sep, 1927 – 27 Sep, 1927 |
Succeeded by Charles T. Wilson |
Footnotes
- ↑ "Captain Suter Retires." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 02, 1930; pg. 21; Issue 45502.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399t.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399t.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 754.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 252.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 220.
