Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley: Difference between revisions
(Update appts) |
(Update appts) |
||
| Line 32: | Line 32: | ||
<div name=fredbot:appts>{{TabApptsBegin}} | <div name=fredbot:appts>{{TabApptsBegin}} | ||
{{TabNaval}} | {{TabNaval}} | ||
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Hubert Guy Dyke Acland, Fourth Baronet|Hubert G. D. Acland]]'''|'''[[First Minesweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Senior Officer, First Minesweeping Flotilla]]'''<br>31 Jul, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 246}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Percival Clive Wickham Manwaring|Percival C. W. Manwaring]]'''}} | |||
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Hubert Guy Dyke Acland, Fourth Baronet|Hubert G. D. Acland]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Harebell (1918)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Harebell'']]'''<br>May, 1936 – 20 Apr, 1937<ref>Superseded that day. Archer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Ernest Russell Archer|Ernest R. Archer]]'''}} | {{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Hubert Guy Dyke Acland, Fourth Baronet|Hubert G. D. Acland]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Harebell (1918)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Harebell'']]'''<br>May, 1936 – 20 Apr, 1937<ref>Superseded that day. Archer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Ernest Russell Archer|Ernest R. Archer]]'''}} | ||
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[John Stewart Gordon Fraser|John S. G. Fraser]]'''|'''[[Captain of Fishery Protection and Minesweeping Flotilla|Captain of Fishery Protection and Minesweeping Flotilla]]'''<br>May, 1936 – 20 Apr, 1937<ref>Superseded that day. Archer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Ernest Russell Archer|Ernest R. Archer]]'''}} | {{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[John Stewart Gordon Fraser|John S. G. Fraser]]'''|'''[[Captain of Fishery Protection and Minesweeping Flotilla|Captain of Fishery Protection and Minesweeping Flotilla]]'''<br>May, 1936 – 20 Apr, 1937<ref>Superseded that day. Archer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Ernest Russell Archer|Ernest R. Archer]]'''}} | ||
Revision as of 13:48, 14 November 2018
Admiral SIRVictor Alexander Charles Crutchley, V.C., K.C.B., D.S.C., R.N., Retired (2 November, 1893 – 24 January, 1986) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Promoted to Midshipman on 15 May, 1911.[1]
Crutchley was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 September, 1915.
D.S.C. for Zeebrugge Raid.
Awarded a V.C. for Ostend blocking operation.
Post-War
Crutchley was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 September, 1923.
Crutchley was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1938.
Crutchley was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1932.
Crutchley was appointed in command of the battleship Warspite in May, 1937.
World War II
Crutchley was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 6 February, 1942.
Crutchley was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 15 August, 1945. Placed on the Retired List on 3 May, 1947, he was promoted to the rank of Admiral (retired) on 3 February, 1949.
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Hubert G. D. Acland |
Senior Officer, First Minesweeping Flotilla 31 Jul, 1935[2] |
Succeeded by Percival C. W. Manwaring |
| Preceded by Hubert G. D. Acland |
Captain of H.M.S. Harebell May, 1936 – 20 Apr, 1937[3] |
Succeeded by Ernest R. Archer |
| Preceded by John S. G. Fraser |
Captain of Fishery Protection and Minesweeping Flotilla May, 1936 – 20 Apr, 1937[4] |
Succeeded by Ernest R. Archer |
| Preceded by Arthur G. Talbot |
Captain of H.M.S. Warspite 1 May, 1937[5] – 31 Dec, 1939 |
Succeeded by Douglas B. Fisher |
| Preceded by Hugh R. Marrack as Commodore in Charge & Commodore Superintendent H.M. Dockyard, Gibraltar |
Vice-Admiral in Charge & Admiral Superintendent H.M. Dockyard, Gibraltar 14 Jan, 1945 – Jan, 1947[6] |
Succeeded by Ernest R. Archer |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 19.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 246.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 290.
- ↑ Superseded then. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
