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Revision as of 20:01, 3 May 2020

Commander (retired) SIR John Robert Guy Moncreiffe (Guy Moncreiffe of Moncreiffe, Baronet after succeeding to Baronetcy on 8 June, 1931), (30 June, 1884 – 7 September, 1934) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Moncreiffe was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 August, 1905.[1]

Moncreiffe was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 August, 1913.[2]

On 20 September, 1913, he received an appointment to Bonaventure for command of submarines. This was refined to command of D 4 on 7 September, 1914. On 15 June, 1915, he sank the German ship Bielefeld in Heligoland Bight, a feat which earned him Their Lordships' "approbation in cd. of S/M D4 and in particular of his successful attack on a German auxiliary steamer." Moncreiffe was discharged from D 4 on 26 August and was appointed to Maidstone for command of E 17 the next day.[3]

Post-War

On 6 February, 1919, Moncreiffe was appointed in command of the sweeping sloop Harvester, and for submarines. In July, 1919, he was appointed to command Fermoy, remaining in her until 4 October.[4]

Moncreiffe was promoted to the rank of Commander on the Retired List on 30 June, 1924.[5]

He became the Ninth Baronet Moncreiffe in 1931.

See Also

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Andrew F. G. Tracy 		Captain of H.M.S. A 2
19 Mar, 1909[6][7] – 18 Jan, 1910[8][9] 		Succeeded by
Geoffrey R. S. Watkins
Preceded by
Max K. Horton 		Captain of H.M.S. C 8
18 Jan, 1910[10] 		Succeeded by
Reginald T. Dimsdale
Preceded by
Geoffrey N. Biggs 		Captain of H.M.S. C 22
8 May, 1911 – 24 May, 1911[Inference] 		Succeeded by
Roland A. V. Durell
Preceded by
Charles S. Benning 		Captain of H.M.S. C 9
Feb, 1913[11] 		Succeeded by
Claud L. Y. Dering
Preceded by
Kenneth M. Bruce 		Captain of H.M.S. D 4
7 Sep, 1914[12][13] – 26 Aug, 1915[14] 		Succeeded by
John de B. Jessop
Preceded by
Andrew Wilmot-Smith 		Captain of H.M.S. E 17
27 Aug, 1915[15] – 6 Jan, 1916[16] 		Succeeded by
Vessel Lost
Preceded by
Oliver M. F. Stokes 		Captain of H.M.S. Harvester
6 Feb, 1919[17] – Jul, 1919[18] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Fermoy
Jul, 1919[19][20] – 4 Oct, 1919[21] 		Succeeded by
Fitzroy H. D. Byron

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Moncreiffe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 423.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 56.
  3. ↑ Moncreiffe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 423.
  4. ↑ Moncreiffe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 423.
  5. ↑ Moncreiffe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 423.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 345.
  7. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 20 March, 1909. Issue 38912, col C, p. 9.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 345.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 344.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 385.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 289.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 268.
  13. ↑ Moncreiffe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 423.
  14. ↑ Moncreiffe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 423.
  15. ↑ Moncreiffe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 423.
  16. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 50.
  17. ↑ Moncreiffe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 423.
  18. ↑ Moncreiffe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 423.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 793.
  20. ↑ Moncreiffe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 423.
  21. ↑ Moncreiffe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 423.

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