George Haines Faulkner

Captain George Haines Faulkner, C.B., D.S.C., R.N. (27 April, 1893 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Reverend Thomas G. Faulkner.

Appointed to the Laforey Class destroyer Laertes on 13 April, 1914, Faulker fought at the Battle of Helgoland Bight where he was wounded in his right thigh by a shell on 28 August, 1914. He was admitted to Chatham Hospital on 1 September and discharged as fit on 16 September. He was mentioned in despatches for his performance.

Faulkner was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 21 October, 1914. He continued to serve in the destroyer until 21 January, 1917, apart from a brief appointment in her sister, Legion from 9 May to 21 June, 1916.

Faulkner served in Redgauntlet from 21 January 1917 until being appointed to Nimrod for gunnery duties on 2 February 1918.

Post-War

Faulkner was appointed in command of the destroyer Thruster on 17 December, 1918.

Faulkner was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 21 October, 1922.

In 1924, Faulkner delivered intelligence reports on San Francisco and Hawaii

Faulkner was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1928.

Faulkner was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1935.

On 25 February 1937, a Court of Enquiry was convened to explore the circumstances of a collision between Bideford and a floating dock owen by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company at Abadan. Faulkner was blamed in the affair and told to be more careful in future.

He was superseded in command of the sloop Bideford shortly after 14 November, 1938 by Douglas Young-Jamieson.

World War II

Retired 2 January, 1945.

Reverted to Retired List on 29 October, 1947.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin	Captain of H.M.S. Mystic 2 Apr, 1918 – 17 Dec, 1918	Succeeded by Gordon L. Simner
Preceded by George L. D. Gibbs	Captain of H.M.S. Thruster 17 Dec, 1918 – May, 1919	Succeeded by Daniel H. Rainier
Preceded by Thomas B. Fellowes	Captain of H.M.S. Voyager 31 Dec, 1926 – May, 1928	Succeeded by Peter V. James
Preceded by Geoffrey W. Wadham	Captain of H.M.S. Bideford 18 Feb, 1937 – 17 Apr, 1938	Succeeded by George H. Faulkner
Preceded by Vernon S. Butler	Senior Officer, Persian Gulf 20 Feb, 1937 – 17 Apr, 1938	Succeeded by Allan Poland
Preceded by Allan Poland	Captain of H.M.S. Shoreham 17 Apr, 1938 – 30 Jul, 1938	Succeeded by Cosmo M. Graham
Preceded by George H. Faulkner	Captain of H.M.S. Bideford 30 Jul, 1938 – 1 Oct, 1938	Succeeded by George H. Faulkner
Preceded by Cecil H. J. Harcourt	Captain of H.M.S. Pangbourne 1 Oct, 1938 – 1 Nov, 1938	Succeeded by Francis Douglas-Watson
Preceded by ?	Commander, Third Minesweeping Flotilla 1 Oct, 1938 – 1 Nov, 1938	Succeeded by Francis Douglas-Watson as Senior Officer, Third Minesweeping Flotilla
Preceded by George H. Faulkner	Captain of H.M.S. Bideford 1 Nov, 1938 – 2 Dec, 1938	Succeeded by Douglas Young-Jamieson
Preceded by Frederick R. M. Johnson	Captain of H.M.S. Caledon 19 Jun, 1939 – 31 Jul, 1939	Succeeded by Charles P. Clarke
Preceded by Frederick R. M. Johnson	Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, The Nore 19 Jun, 1939 – 31 Jul, 1939	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Guy L. Warren	Captain of H.M.S. Berwick 2 May, 1941 – 19 Feb, 1943	Succeeded by Richard V. Symonds-Tayler