Horace Leslie Vicary

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Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Horace Leslie Vicary, D.S.C., R.D., R.N.R. (Retired) (6 April, 1889 – 9 February, 1969) was an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Vicary was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 1 October, 1915.[1]

Vicary was appointed in command of the destroyer Locust on 30 March, 1918.[2]

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in November 1918, for showing "promptness and judgment when attacking and finally destroying the enemy submarine with depth charges on the 31 May, 1918."[3]

Vicary was demobilised on 25 February 1919, postdated to 8 July.[4]

Vicary was placed on the Retired List owing to non-sea service on 4 August, 1922.[5]

Vicary was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. (retired) on 1 October, 1923.[6]

World War II

Mobilised to work in D.E.M.S..

Retirement & Death

Vicary retired to live at 12, Grouville Park, Grouville, Jersey in the Channel Islands. He died on 9 February 1969.[7]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Oswald C. M. Barry 		Captain of H.M.S. Rattler
Feb, 1916[8] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
George ff. H. Lloyd 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 107
8 Oct, 1917[9][10] – 3 Apr, 1918[11] 		Succeeded by
William A. Herlihy
Preceded by
William L. Pope 		Captain of H.M.S. Locust
3 Apr, 1918[12] – 21 Feb, 1919[13] 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Vicary Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/145. f. 145.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 834.
  3. ↑ Ancestry.com (pay to view). UK, Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  4. ↑ Vicary Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/145. f. 145.
  5. ↑ Vicary Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/145. f. 145.
  6. ↑ Vicary Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/145. f. 145.
  7. ↑ findmypast.co.uk (pay to view). England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019.
  8. ↑ Vicary Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/145. f. 145.
  9. ↑ Vicary Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/145. f. 145.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399u.
  11. ↑ Vicary Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/145. f. 145.
  12. ↑ Vicary Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/145. f. 145.
  13. ↑ Vicary Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/145. f. 145.

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