Reginald Anstey Yonge
Template:CopmmRN (retired) Reginald Anstey Yonge (1 May, 1885 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Queenstown, Ireland. He gained three and half months time on passing out of Britannia on 15 May, 1901.
He injured his knee in October 1902 while serving in Grafton, causing him to be discharged as invalid for examination at Plymouth Hospital. It is not clear how long it took him to recover.
Yonge was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1907.[1]
He commanded the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 85 in 1909. At the end of the year, he had an appendectomy. He went on to receive appointments in Shannon and Lancaster, but the second ended with him being invalided with defective vision, arriving home in Doris on 22 September, 1910. On 6 October, Yonge was retired as unfit for service after being surveyed at Plymouth Hospital.[2]
Great War
Yonge was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1915.[3]
Yonge was appointed in command of the destroyer Turbulent on 21 June, 1920.[4]
Post-War
Yonge was promoted to the rank of Commander on 14 January, 1927.[5]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Edward C. Watson as Captain of H.M. T.B. 54 |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 054 1 Feb, 1908[6] |
Succeeded by Arthur M. Y. Dane as Captain of H.M. T.B. 054 |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Turbulent 21 Jun, 1920[7] |
Succeeded by ? |
Footnotes
- ↑ Yonge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/269. f. ?.
- ↑ Yonge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/269. f. ?.
- ↑ Yonge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/269. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 878.
- ↑ Yonge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/269. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 399.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 878.
