Herbert Coates Mayo

Captain (retired) Herbert Coates Mayo, O.B.E. (15 November, 1881 – 31 December, 1939) served in the Royal Navy and Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Mayo entered the Navy in the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1913.

Mayo served in the battlecruiser H.M.S. Princess Royal from 25 April, 1913 through 30 August, 1918.

He was specially promoted to Commander from the Supplementary List on 14 March, 1924. In September 1926 he was evaluated, and it was noted that he'd been working in the Boom Defence Section and had shown himself to be a fine seaman during boom trials. Possessed of a "tactful and pleasant personality", his "speech and bearing are not quite those of a born courtier."

Mayo was placed on the Retired List with the rank of Captain on 15 November, 1931. He died at the end of 1939, having had a colostomy performed on him in April of that year.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. Ormonde 30 Aug, 1918 – 26 Sep, 1919	Succeeded by Henry P. Douglas
Preceded by Thomas S. Edwards	Captain of H.M.S. Laburnum 26 Sep, 1919 – 4 May, 1920	Succeeded by Evelyn J. J. Southby
Preceded by Russell Lister-Kaye	Captain of H.M.S. Leamington 12 Jul, 1923 – 1 Dec, 1923	Succeeded by Harold T. Baillie-Grohman
Preceded by Harold T. Baillie-Grohman	Captain of H.M.S. Sherborne 1 Dec, 1923 – 23 Apr, 1924	Succeeded by William N. Kingdon
Preceded by Oswald F. Pennington	Captain of H.M.S. Rugby 10 Jul, 1924 – 21 Aug, 1924	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by John I. Hallett	Captain of H.M.S. Pangbourne 25 Jul, 1927 – 1 Sep, 1929	Succeeded by James Powell
Preceded by John I. Hallett	Commander, First Minesweeping Flotilla 25 Jul, 1927 – 1 Sep, 1929	Succeeded by James Powell
Preceded by Henry I. M. L. Scott	Captain of H.M.S. Spey 2 Jan, 1930 – 19 May, 1931	Succeeded by The Hon. Walter S. Carson