Raymond George Francis Herault de Caen
Lieutenant-Commander Raymond George Francis Herault de Caen, D.S.C. (2 May, 1882 – 12 April, 1922) was an officer in the Royal Navy and the Royal Naval Reserve.
Life & Career
De Caen was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1913.
He joined Temeraire from the R.N.R. in June 1913, having just passed medically.
De Caen was appointed in command of the destroyer Laurel on 2 April, 1918.[1]
De Caen was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1921.
He was placed in command Sardonyx as well as of a group of reserve destroyers on 27 December, 1921. There were signs that things were not going well for him. On 8 February, 1922 he was faulted for losing keys to steel chests and asked to cover the cost of making new keys. An inspection by Captain Leveson-Gower of De Caen's group seemed to indicate he knew little about his destroyers or how his men were accommodated. Assistant Captain (D) of the Devonport Reserve Henry Oliphant concurred with this in a follow-up inspection. Furthermore, he found de Caen's wine bill to be "abnormally excessive."
De Caen drowned in a bathtub at the Royal Hotel, Devonport in April 1922. A coroner who sat without a jury determined de Caen had suffered "an attack of syncope brought on by an affection [sic] of the heart."
His widow attested that he had been in very bad health as a result of the war, and had been given just six months to live.
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Alban T. B. Curteis |
Captain of H.M.S. Lively 29 Mar, 1916[2] – 13 Apr, 1917 |
Succeeded by Basil A. Taylor |
| Preceded by Harold E. Denison |
Captain of H.M.S. Ouse 14 Apr, 1917 – 18 May, 1917 |
Succeeded by Thomas H. G. Barton |
| Preceded by Ernest R. Maycock |
Captain of H.M.S. Dahlia 19 May, 1917[3] – 1 Apr, 1918 |
Succeeded by William S. Bardwell |
| Preceded by Arthur Evans |
Captain of H.M.S. Laurel 2 Apr, 1918[4] – 17 Feb, 1919 |
Succeeded by Victor L. A. Campbell |
| Preceded by Robin W. M. Lloyd |
Captain of H.M.S. Narwhal 18 Feb, 1919 – 25 Mar, 1919 |
Succeeded by Cecil R. Hemans |
| Preceded by Frederick R. M. Johnson |
Captain of H.M.S. Ossory 26 Mar, 1919 – 5 Dec, 1919 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by James C. N. MacMillan |
Captain of H.M.S. Sardonyx 27 Dec, 1921 – 12 Apr, 1922 |
Succeeded by Douglas Faviell |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 829.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395w.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 392z.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 829.
