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{{CommRN}} (emergency list) '''George Sarsfield Walsh''', R.N. (25 August, 1859 – 31 March, 1939) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommRN}} (retired) '''George Sarsfield Walsh''', R.N. (13 October, 1888 – late 1942) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].  His page bears a "(b)", as [[George Sarsfield Walsh|his father]] had the same name.
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Walsh was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 11 July 1882.
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Walsh was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} in 1910.
  
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Walsh resigned his commission on 14 May, 1891.
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Walsh was appointed in command of the {{UK-A9|f=t}} on 20 February, 1914.{{NLJun14|p. 351}}
  
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He was placed on the Emergency List with his commission restored in 1902 and designated a Commander on 11 July, 1905.
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Walsh retired as a {{LCommRN}} in 1920 and was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on the Retired List in 1928.
  
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Although it seems unlikely given no indication that he was trained for submarines, one Navy List indicates that Walsh was appointed in command of the {{UK-A9|f=t}} on 20 February, 1914.{{NLJun14|p. 351}}  I have my suspicions that this was a clerical error of some kind.
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He died at Durban while serving in [[World War II]].
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On 21 January, 1915 Walsh was appointed to ''Eagle'', additional, for service on the staff of R/A Stileman for duties in connection with armed yachts, trawlers and drifters of the [[Auxiliary Patrol]].
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He reverted to the Emergency List from 1 June 1919.
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_q=ADM+196+George+Walsh+1903 Service Records]
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* '''Fallen Officers''' ''The Times'', 4 Dec 1942 pg. 7.
 
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Revision as of 12:05, 12 December 2017

Commander (retired) George Sarsfield Walsh, R.N. (13 October, 1888 – late 1942) was an officer in the Royal Navy. His page bears a "(b)", as his father had the same name.

Life & Career

Walsh was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1910.

Walsh was appointed in command of the submarine A 9 on 20 February, 1914.[1]

Walsh retired as a Lieutenant-Commander in 1920 and was promoted to the rank of Commander on the Retired List in 1928.

He died at Durban while serving in World War II.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
George F. Bradshaw 		Captain of H.M.S. A 9
20 Feb, 1914[2] – 1914 		Succeeded by
Alfred M. Winser

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 351.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 351.

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