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'''Torquay''' is | '''Torquay''' (sometimes called '''Torbay''', in which it lies) is a small port in Devon, England, situated on the English Channel. It was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]]. | ||
==In Command== | ==In Command== | ||
<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Senior Naval Officer, Torquay" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Senior Naval Officer, Torquay" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Vernon Brooke-Webb|nick=Edward V. Brooke-Webb|appt= | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Noble Price|nick=Edward N. Price|appt=4 February, 1915<ref>Price Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/296.}} f. 1064.</ref>|end=6 February, 1917{{SMNLJan17|p. 9}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Vernon Brooke-Webb|nick=Edward V. Brooke-Webb|appt=6 February, 1917<ref>Brooke-Webb Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/339.}} f. 351.</ref>|end=17 January, 1918<ref>Brooke-Webb Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/339.}} f. 351.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Adrian St. Vincent Keyes|nick=Adrian St. V. Keyes|appt=17 January, 1918{{NLJul18|p. 8}}<ref>Keyes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/75.}} f. 280.</ref>|end=1 August, 1918<ref>Keyes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/75.}} f. 280.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=William Balfour Macdonald|nick=William B. Macdonald|appt=1 August, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 854''a''}}<ref>Macdonald Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/113.}} f. 121.</ref>|end=17 April, 1919<ref>Macdonald Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/113.}} f. 121.</ref>|as=Senior Naval Officer, Torbay}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Avison Scott|nick=Arthur A. Scott|appt=19 June, 1940|end=29 April, 1943|as=Royal Naval Officer, Torquay}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Avison Scott|nick=Arthur A. Scott|appt=19 June, 1940|end=29 April, 1943|as=Royal Naval Officer, Torquay}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Lewis Pearson|nick=John L. Pearson|appt=28 May, 1943<ref>Pearson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/472.|}} f. 17.</ref>|end=26 September, 1944<ref>Pearson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/472.|}} f. 17.</ref>|as=Royal Naval Officer, Teignmouth and Torquay|note=vice "Hodges"}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Melvill Willis Ward|nick=Melvill W. Ward|appt=1 September, 1944<ref>Ward Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/276.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=30 November, 1944<ref>Ward Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/276.|}} f. ?.</ref>|as=Royal Naval Officer, Teignmouth and Torquay}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:office0> | </div name=fredbot:office0> | ||
Latest revision as of 14:11, 17 January 2022
Torquay (sometimes called Torbay, in which it lies) is a small port in Devon, England, situated on the English Channel. It was a minor Royal Navy base in the Great War.
In Command
- Commander Edward N. Price, 4 February, 1915[1] – 6 February, 1917[2]
- Commander Edward V. Brooke-Webb, 6 February, 1917[3] – 17 January, 1918[4]
- Acting Commander Adrian St. V. Keyes, 17 January, 1918[5][6] – 1 August, 1918[7]
- Acting Captain William B. Macdonald, 1 August, 1918[8][9] – 17 April, 1919[10]
- Captain Arthur A. Scott, 19 June, 1940 – 29 April, 1943
- Commander John L. Pearson, 28 May, 1943[11] – 26 September, 1944[12] (vice "Hodges")
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Melvill W. Ward, 1 September, 1944[13] – 30 November, 1944[14]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Price Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/296. f. 1064.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1917). p. 9.
- ↑ Brooke-Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/339. f. 351.
- ↑ Brooke-Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/339. f. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 8.
- ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
- ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 854a.
- ↑ Macdonald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/113. f. 121.
- ↑ Macdonald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/113. f. 121.
- ↑ Pearson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/472. f. 17.
- ↑ Pearson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/472. f. 17.
- ↑ Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/276. f. ?.
- ↑ Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/276. f. ?.
