Wion de Malpas Egerton

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Vice-Admiral Wion de Malpas Egerton, D.S.O. (Retired) (16 April, 1879 – 28 December, 1942) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Egerton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 April, 1900.[1]

Egerton was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1912.[2]

As a Commander, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Violet of the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla on 5 November, 1912.[3]

Egerton was appointed in command of the new destroyer Lance on 29 July, 1914.[4] On 17 October, 1914, he commanded Lance as one of four destroyers of the Third Destroyer Flotilla Captain Cecil H. Fox in the Undaunted led in the Battle off Texel, where the British succeeded in destroying an inferior force of four torpedo boats.

In June 1917 he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. The citation for the award submitted by the Commodore (T), Harwich Force, was glowing: "This officer is deserving above all others for his splendid example of devotion to duty in the face of many difficulties. He has been present at nearly every engagement and enterprise undertaken by the Harwich Force and has always led a division or half flotilla with marked ability."[5]

Egerton was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1917.[6]

On 5 July 1917, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Penelope.[7]

Egerton left Penelope when he appointed in command of the light cruiser Centaur in January, 1918.[8]

Post-War

Egerton was reappointed in Centaur upon her re-commissioning in February, 1919. He was superseded in her in September, 1919.[9]

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 11 June, 1928.[10]

He retired on 1 June, 1930 and was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 4 January, 1933.[11]

World War II

As a convoy commodore, Egerton's ship Empire Shackleton was torpedoed and lost. THough Egerton was rescued by H.M.S. Fidelity, he died when she, too, was torpedoed.[12]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Alexander H. Quicke 		Captain of H.M.S. Tiger
21 Jul, 1903[13][14] – 18 Aug, 1903[15] 		Succeeded by
Reginald L. Crichton
Preceded by
Ronald E. Chilcott 		Captain of H.M.S. Violet
5 Nov, 1912[16] – Aug, 1913[Fact Check] 		Succeeded by
Vincent L. Bowring
Preceded by
Viscount Kelburn 		Captain of H.M.S. Acheron
24 Oct, 1913[17][18] – 31 Mar, 1914[19] 		Succeeded by
Brien M. Money
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Lance
29 Jul, 1914[20][21] – 6 Dec, 1916[22] 		Succeeded by
Wilfred A. Thompson
Preceded by
Colin K. MacLean 		Captain of H.M.S. Lightfoot
6 Dec, 1916[23] – 5 Jul, 1917[24] 		Succeeded by
Francis A. W. Buller
Preceded by
Hubert Lynes 		Captain of H.M.S. Penelope
5 Jul, 1917[25][26] – Jan, 1918[27] 		Succeeded by
L. R. Oliphant
Preceded by
Barry E. Domvile 		Captain of H.M.S. Centaur
Jan, 1918[28][29] – Sep, 1919[30] 		Succeeded by
Henry K. Kitson
Preceded by
? 		Deputy Director of Torpedoes and Mining
15 Jan, 1921[31] – 1 Dec, 1922[32] 		Succeeded by
Henry D. Bridges
Preceded by
James W. Murray 		Royal Navy Naval Attaché to Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia
15 Feb, 1923[33] – 20 Feb, 1926[34] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Colin K. MacLean 		Captain of H.M.S. Centaur
1 Sep, 1926[35] – 12 Jul, 1928[36] 		Succeeded by
Robin C. Dalglish

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 24.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 345.
  5. ↑ Ancestry.com (pay to view), UK, Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  6. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  7. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 754.
  9. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  10. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  11. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  12. ↑ U-boat.net.
  13. ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  14. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  15. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 272.
  18. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  19. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395t.
  21. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  22. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  23. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  24. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396k.
  26. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  27. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 754.
  29. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  30. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  31. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  32. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  33. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/69. f. 69.
  34. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/69. f. 69.
  35. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  36. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.

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