Difference between revisions of "Richard Douglas Sandford"
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Revision as of 20:53, 19 September 2017
Lieutenant Richard Douglas Sandford, V.C., (11 May, 1891 – 24 November, 1918) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Sandford was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 October, 1913.[1]
Sandford was noted as a "most reliable range-taker" by Captain Cecil Irby Prowse of Duke of Edinburgh in December, 1913.[2]
Sandford was appointed to Dolphin for service in the submarine W 1 on 13 November, 1914.[3]
Sandford received the Victoria Cross for his role in commanding the explosives-laden submarine C 3 as a mobile demolition charge to destroy a viaduct allowing the Mole at Zeebrugge to communicate to the port.
Sandford died of typhoid at Eston Hospital, South Bank on 23 November, 1918, the day after his command, the submarine G 11 was ran aground and was lost under the command of George Fagan Bradshaw, who had replaced him.[4]
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Ingleby S. Jefferson |
Captain of H.M.S. C 34 29 Aug, 1916[5] – Dec, 1916[6] |
Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by Cyril G. B. Coltart |
Captain of H.M.S. C 3 23 Mar, 1918[7] – 23 Apr, 1918[8] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Preceded by Walter A. C. Dickson |
Captain of H.M.S. C 30 25 Aug, 1918[9] – Sep, 1918[10] |
Succeeded by Theodore F. A. Voysey |
Preceded by Charles G. N. Graham |
Captain of H.M.S. G 11 12 Oct, 1918[11] – 22 Nov, 1918[12] |
Succeeded by George F. Bradshaw |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 68b.
- ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/78. f. 77.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 304.
- ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/78. f. 77.
- ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/78. f. 77.
- ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/78. f. 77.
- ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/78. f. 77.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. pp. 128, 129.
- ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/78. f. 77.
- ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/78. f. 77.
- ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/78. f. 77.
- ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/78. f. 77.