Robert Stewart Roy

Commander Robert Stewart Roy, C.M.G. (11 March, 1878 – 3 December, 1924) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Reverend J. Roy of Appleton Vicarage.

Roy was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1900.

Roy was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1908. In May 1910, he would fail to pass a torpedo course. Immediately thereafter, he was appointed to Prince George for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1910. This was followed by a year-long appointment to H.M.S. Agamemnon.

Roy was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1914. He served through the Great War at the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth until taking up a post at the D.N.I. in November, 1918. He was tasked with helping discern how to allocate proceeds from an exhibition of "Q Ships" and "U. Boats."

Roy was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit in August, 1919.

See Also

• Service Records

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. Nightingale Apr, 1906 – 8 Jul, 1909	Succeeded by Claude H. Woodward