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Bernard was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 1 April, 1914.<ref>Bernard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/96.|D7604195}} f. ?.</ref> | Bernard was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 1 April, 1914.<ref>Bernard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/96.|D7604195}} f. ?.</ref> |
Revision as of 14:40, 15 July 2016
Captain (retired) Montague Robert Bernard (8 April, 1884 – 1 May, 1952) was an officer in the Royal Navy. His first name is sometimes spelled Mountague, but the more conventional spelling is used at least half the time.
Life & Career
Born in Bents Brook, Dorking.
Bernard was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1906.[1]
On 1 March, 1909, he was admitted to Haslar Hospital for ten days for a chest injury.[2]
Bernard was appointed in command of the destroyer Kangaroo on 29 July, 1912. In March of 1913, he damaged her bow by hitting the wall in Granville Dock in Dover. At some time in 1914 he also struck a buoy. He received light reprimands from the Admiralty in both incidents.[3]
Bernard was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1914.[4]
Great War
Bernard was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1916.[5]
He was in command of the destroyer Nubian when she was torpedoed at at Battle of Dover Strait on the night of 26-27 October, 1916.[6]
Bernard was appointed in command of the flotilla leader Valkyrie on 9 July, 1920.[7]
Bernard was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 6 November, 1922.[8]
Bernard was promoted to the rank of Captain on the Retired List on his forty-fifth birthday, 8 April, 1929.[9]
World War II
Bernard was appointed in command of the Armed Merchant Cruiser Cheshire on 30 August, 1939 and was in command when she was torpedoed and heavily damaged in October 1940.[10] In 1941, he became Base Captain in Cardiff on the staff of the Flag Officer in Charge. He suffered some heart ailments that year.[11]
Bernard died of a cardiac infarction in 1952.
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Frederic Giffard as Captain of H.M. T.B. 33 |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 033 1908[12] |
Succeeded by Gordon McL. Cameron |
Preceded by Henry C. R. Brocklebank |
Captain of H.M.S. Kangaroo 29 Jul, 1912[13] – Jan, 1915 |
Succeeded by Henry Forrester |
Preceded by Arthur S. D. George |
Captain of H.M.S. Saracen 6 Jan, 1915[14] |
Succeeded by Victor L. A. Campbell |
Preceded by John I. Hallett |
Captain of H.M.S. Nubian 28 Mar, 1916[15] – 27 Oct, 1916[16] |
Succeeded by Vessel Crippled |
Preceded by Henry T. Dorling |
Captain of H.M.S. Murray 30 May, 1917[17] – c. Mar, 1918[Inference] |
Succeeded by Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton |
Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Syringa 1 Apr, 1918[18] |
Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by Edmond J. G. Mackinnon |
Captain of H.M.S. Valkyrie 9 Jul, 1920[19] |
Succeeded by Ralph Kerr |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 7.
- ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
- ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
- ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 345.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Vol. IV. p. 61.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 879a.
- ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
- ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
- ↑ Uboat.net
- ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 400.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 341.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397v.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396g.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Vol. IV. p. 61.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395u.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 913.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 879a.