Wilfrid Bayley Pirie

Commander (emergency) Wilfrid Bayley Pirie, D.S.O. (10 March, 1888 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Pirie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1908.

Pirie was appointed in command of the submarine C 12 on 15 October, 1912.^[1]

Pirie was allowed to resign on 26 June, 1914 to join the Emergency List in order to take up a partnership in an engineering business.

Pirie was awarded a D.S.O. for his services in command of H 1 in the Sea of Marmora in October, 1915.

Pirie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1916.

Pirie was promoted to the rank of Commander on 11 November, 1918.

Pirie's name was removed from the Navy List due to non-report in May, 1933.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Robert H. T. Raikes	Captain of H.M.S. A 3 8 Aug, 1910 – 15 Dec, 1910	Succeeded by Charles W. Craven
Preceded by Philip E. U. Townshend	Captain of H.M.S. A 12 15 Dec, 1910^[2] – 15 Sep, 1911	Succeeded by Henry A. Binmore
Preceded by Martin E. Nasmith	Captain of H.M.S. C 18 15 Sep, 1911 – 30 Oct, 1911	Succeeded by Archibald M. Willoughby
Preceded by Donald Greig	Captain of H.M.S. C 12 4 May, 1912^[3] – 1914	Succeeded by Percy H. Boulnois
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. H 1 3 Apr, 1915 – 13 Sep, 1916	Succeeded by John H. Owen

↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 286.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Dec 05, 1910; pg. 16; Issue 39447.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 7 May 1912, p. 6.