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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Wilfrid Rupert Patterson|Wilfrid R. Patterson]]'''|'''[[Fifth Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Rear-Admiral Commanding, Fifth Cruiser Squadron]]'''<br>mid 1946 – mid 1946|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse|Charles H. L. Woodhouse]]'''}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:35, 22 March 2023
Vice-Admiral (retired) Reginald Maxwell Servaes, C.B., C.B.E., R.N. (25 July, 1893 – 18 November, 1978) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Servaes passed out of Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in April, 1910 ranked 28th of 77 cadets in marks on the Part I examination.[1]
Servaes passed out of the Training Establishment on 15 January, 1911. He was first appointed to Invincible of the First Cruiser Squadron, but after five weeks was moved to Indefatigable. He served in her until December, 1913. After three weeks in Prince of Wales, he began a period of work with torpedo boat destroyers.[2]
Servaes was serving in the destroyer Exe when he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 April, 1915 and told to report to the Admiralty. Three days later, he was admitted to Haslar Hospital for influenza, and allotted ten days. He beat the mark and emerged fit on 23 April. He was then appointed to the light cruiser Comus of the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron, where he served through mid-Aprill 1917. He was also engaged in staff work during this period, and saw action in her at the Battle of Jutland.[3]
Servaes was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 April, 1923.[4]
Servaes was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1928.[5]
Servaes was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1935.[6]
Commanded Resource, vice Pegram, from her commissioning in early 1937 through 10 January, 1938.[7]
World War II
Servaes was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 January, 1945.[8]
Servaes was placed on the Retired List at the rank of Vice-Admiral on 2 September, 1948.[9]
He died at age 85.
See Also
Bibliography
- "Obituary. Vice-Admiral R. M. Servaes." The Times (London, England), Tues Nov 21 1978 p. 19 60464 F
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Henry B. Crane |
Captain of H.M.S. Fermoy 29 Dec, 1931[10][11] – 29 Dec, 1933[12] |
Succeeded by John Bostock |
| Preceded by Henry C. Bovell |
Deputy Director of Training and Staff Duties 19 Mar, 1938[13] – 23 May, 1939[14] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by William K. Edden |
Captain of H.M.S. London 10 Dec, 1941[15] – 19 Dec, 1942[16] |
Succeeded by Richard V. Symonds-Tayler |
| Preceded by Wilfrid R. Patterson |
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Fifth Cruiser Squadron mid 1946 – mid 1946 |
Succeeded by Charles H. L. Woodhouse |
| Preceded by Leslie H. Ashmore |
Vice-Admiral Commanding, Reserve Fleet 1947[17] – 31 Aug, 1948 |
Succeeded by Sir Arthur R. M. Bridge |
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Apr 30, 1910; pg. 5; Issue 39260.
- ↑ Servaes Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/140. f. 140.
- ↑ Servaes Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/140. f. 140.
- ↑ Servaes Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/140. f. 140.
- ↑ Servaes Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/140. f. 140.
- ↑ Servaes Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/140. f. 140.
- ↑ Servaes Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/140. f. 140.
- ↑ Servaes Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/140. f. 140.
- ↑ Servaes Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/140. f. 140.
- ↑ Servaes Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/140. f. 140.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 239.
- ↑ Servaes Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/140. f. 140.
- ↑ Servaes Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/140. f. 140.
- ↑ Servaes Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/140. f. 140.
- ↑ Servaes Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/140. f. 140.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ "Obituary." The Times (London, England), Tues Nov 21 1978 p. 19 60464 F.
