Richard Frank Jolly

Commander Richard Frank Jolly, G.C. (28 August, 1896 – 16 October, 1939) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Jolly's father, a lang agent, was deceased by the time Richard joined the Royal Navy as part of a special emergency term taken into the Training Establishment in September 1914. He was appointed to Princess Royal on 1 May 1915 and fought in her at the Battle of Jutland. He was described as "unintelligent, but tries hard" in Captain Cowan's 1916 evaluation. In August 1917, he was appointed to a Torpedo Control course at H.M.S. Vernon, and then to the destroyer Foxhound on 16 September.

In mid-May 1918 he was appointed to Atherstone for instruction in minesweeping.

Jolly was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on an adjusted date of 15 December, 1918.

Jolly was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 December, 1926.

Jolly was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1932.

World War II

Jolly was graverrly wounded while in command of the destroyer Mohawk during an air raid on the Firth of Forth on 16 October, 1939. Having brought his damaged ship back to port, he died ashore at the Royal Naval Hospital, Port Edgar.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Fallen Officers The Times. Wed Oct 18 1939, p. 11.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Roland F. B. Swinley	Captain of H.M.S. Rowena 19 Apr, 1927 – 24 Mar, 1928	Succeeded by Harold W. Seaman
Preceded by Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee	Captain of H.M.S. Walpole 5 Apr, 1928 – c. Apr, 1929	Succeeded by Richard F. Jolly
Preceded by Frederick A. Richardson	Captain of H.M.S. Vivien c. Apr, 1929 – 3 Nov, 1929	Succeeded by William D. G. Weir
Preceded by Richard F. Jolly	Captain of H.M.S. Walpole 4 Nov, 1929 – 12 Apr, 1930	Succeeded by Eric B. K. Stevens
Preceded by John R. N. Taylor	Captain of H.M.S. Volunteer 12 Apr, 1930 – 27 Apr, 1931	Succeeded by John Bostock
Preceded by Theodore F. A. Voysey	Captain of H.M.S. Whitshed c. May, 1930[Inference] – 27 Apr, 1931	Succeeded by William P. Stocker
Preceded by Geoffrey C. Fryer	Captain of H.M.S. Beagle 27 Apr, 1931 – Mar, 1932	Succeeded by Michael W. Ewart-Wentworth
Preceded by Michael W. Ewart-Wentworth	Captain of H.M.S. Winchelsea Mar, 1932 – 8 Aug, 1932	Succeeded by Frank H. P. Maurice
Preceded by Jack C. Bacon	Captain of H.M.S. Marshal Soult 17 Jan, 1938 – 14 Jul, 1938	Succeeded by Percy F. P. Wood
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Mohawk 12 Jul, 1938 – 16 Oct, 1939	Succeeded by Denis G. D. Hall-Wright