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==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
Gunnery Officer of [[H.M.S. Commonwealth (1903)|''Commonwealth'']], 1914-1916 , and of [[H.M.S. Lion (1910)|''Lion'']], 1916-1918.
Gunnery Officer of {{UK-Commonwealth}}, 1914-1916 , and of {{UK-Lion}}, 1916-1918.


Hynes was appointed to ''Cardiff'', additional for command of ''Ceres'' on 27 November, 1933.  He was superseded in this command on 8 October, 1934.<ref>Hynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.}}  f. 395.</ref>
Hynes was appointed to {{UK-Cardiff}}, additional for command of {{UK-Ceres}} on 27 November, 1933.  He was superseded in this command on 8 October, 1934.<ref>Hynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.}}  f. 395.</ref>


In 1942, he was appointed as Naval Officer in Charge of Port Said.  At the end of June, he was appointed as Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, Plymouth.<ref>Hynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.}}  f. 395.</ref>
In 1942, he was appointed as Naval Officer in Charge of Port Said.  At the end of June, he was appointed as Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, Plymouth.<ref>Hynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.}}  f. 395.</ref>

Revision as of 20:17, 24 February 2015

Captain William Bayard Hynes, C.B.E., D.S.O. (6 April, 1889 – 3 March, 1968) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Gunnery Officer of Commonwealth, 1914-1916 , and of Lion, 1916-1918.

Hynes was appointed to Cardiff, additional for command of Ceres on 27 November, 1933. He was superseded in this command on 8 October, 1934.[1]

In 1942, he was appointed as Naval Officer in Charge of Port Said. At the end of June, he was appointed as Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, Plymouth.[2]

Bibliography

Service Records

 

Footnotes

  1. Hynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 395.
  2. Hynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 395.

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