Henry Antony Simpson

Captain Henry Antony Simpson, O.B.E., D.S.C., R.N. (Retired) (15 November, 1893 – 29 March, 1963) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Simpson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 June, 1915.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in May 1917, for service as "Executive Officer and Gunnery Lieut, of H.M.S. 'Swift.' He displayed great coolness and method in the control of fire which he had very ably organised and zealously drilled, and greatly assisted his commanding officer throughout the action" (Sixth Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday, the 8th of May, 1917 (Thursday, 10 May, 1917), p. 4481).

He was awarded a bar to the Distinguished Service Cross a few days later "in recognition of services in the Destroyer Patrol Flotillas, Armed Boarding Steamers, &c., during the period which ended on the 30th September, 1916" (general citation) (Fourth Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday, the 22nd of May, 1917 (Wednesday, 23 May, 1917), pp. 5049-5050).

Simpson was appointed in command of the destroyer Chelmer on 3 June, 1918.

Simpson was appointed in command of the destroyer Hydra on 16 December, 1918.

Simpson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 June, 1923.

He was appointed an Officer of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours of 1935 (The Edinburgh Gazette (4 January 1935), p. 16).

Simpson was granted the acting rank of Commander on 15 August, 1935. He married Evelyn Cole at the British Consulate in Cairo on 9 September, 1935.

Simpson was placed on the Retired List on account of age at the rank of Commander on 15 November, 1938.

World War II

Simpson was promoted to the rank of Acting Captain on 3 June, 1939.

Last Years

Simpson spent his last days in Portugal, his final address recorded as "Kaiteur," Avenida Holanda in Estoril.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by George H. Kelsey as Captain of H.M. T.B. 43	Captain of H.M. T.B. 043 11 Feb, 1915 – Jul, 1915	Succeeded by Alfred Reep
Preceded by Thomas B. Dunne	Captain of H.M. T.B. 063 Jul, 1915 – Oct, 1915	Succeeded by John E. P. Hocken
Preceded by Hugh F. Bevan	Captain of H.M. T.B. 044 Oct, 1915 – 7 Aug, 1916	Succeeded by Leonard Walter Brock
Preceded by Arthur V. Hemming	Captain of H.M.S. Chelmer 3 Jun, 1918 – 16 Dec, 1918	Succeeded by Douglas C. Way
Preceded by Arthur C. Allen	Captain of H.M.S. Hydra 16 Dec, 1918 – 16 Jun, 1919	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Frank L. Tongue	Captain of H.M.S. Moth 16 Jun, 1919 – 9 Dec, 1919	Succeeded by Andrew Johnstone
Preceded by Christopher H. Ringrose	Captain of H.M.S. Vivien 14 Sep, 1922 – Nov, 1922	Succeeded by Geoffrey W. Walker-Jones
Preceded by Reginald V. Holt	Captain of H.M.S. Vanity 16 Nov, 1922 – 1 Oct, 1923	Succeeded by Ralph Kerr
Preceded by Philip H. Calderon	Captain of H.M.S. Vivien 4 Nov, 1925 – 26 Feb, 1926	Succeeded by Frederick A. Richardson
Preceded by Richard E. Hyde-Smith	Captain of H.M.S. P40 25 May, 1926 – 2 Nov, 1926	Succeeded by Walter A. Ford
Preceded by Ralph G. H. Izat	Captain of H.M.S. Vega 1 Dec, 1926 – 3 Nov, 1928	Succeeded by William D. G. Weir
Preceded by Rowland K. C. Pope as Resident Naval Officer and in Command Naval Depot, Port Said	Naval Officer in Charge, Port Said c. May, 1936 – 5 Aug, 1937	Succeeded by Henry A. Simpson
Preceded by Henry A. Simpson	Naval Officer in Charge, Port Said 6 Oct, 1937 – 6 Feb, 1940	Succeeded by Gerald H. Brady