Gerald Douglas Yates

Captain Gerald Douglas Yates, (22 July, 1893 – 29 October, 1954) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Yates was the son of Medical Practitioner Arthur Yates.

Yates passed out of Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in April, 1910 ranked 52nd of 77 cadets in marks on the Part I examination.

On 4 November 1915 he was sent home, suffering from influenza.

Yates was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1916. On 25 April, he was appointed to the light cruiser Bristol, in which he would serve for two years, seeing action at the Battle of the Strait of Otranto on 14-15 May, 1917.

Yates was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1924.

Yates was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1929.

After serving as executive officer in the monitor Drake (formerly Marshal Ney), Yates was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1936.

World War II

Court Martialed at Rosyth on 2 July 1940, Yates was severely reprimanded for stranding Penelope.

Yates was loaned to the Royal Australian Navy on 16 October 1940.

Yates was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 21 November, 1945. He would die of tuberculosis in 1954.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Folkestone 13 May, 1930 – 1931	Succeeded by Neville D. B. Taylor
Preceded by Neville D. B. Taylor	Captain of H.M.S. Fowey 31 Oct, 1931 – Jun, 1932	Succeeded by Sir Philip W. Bowyer-Smyth
Preceded by FitzRoy E. P. Hutton	Captain of H.M.S. Penelope 25 Aug, 1939 – 12 Sep, 1940	Succeeded by Alan M. Harris