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Revision as of 21:10, 10 May 2014

Rear-Admiral SIR Wellwood George Courtenay Maxwell, K.B.E., C.M.G., D.L. (11 August, 1882 – 9 July, 1965) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Maxwell was commander in H.M.A.S. Australia before the end of the war.

As a commander, he was appointed in command of the monitor H.M.S. Lord Clive on 15 December, 1920.[1] On 2 February 1922, he became Maintenance Commander on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief at Rosyth.

In February 1925, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Ceres.[2]

Maxwell was made Captain of Valiant in December 1931.[3]

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 802.
  2. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  3. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • "Rear-Admiral Sir Wellwood Maxwell" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 12 July, 1965. Issue 56371, col G, pg. 12.

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