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Revision as of 02:21, 30 September 2021

Rear-Admiral (retired) Hugh Schomberg Currey, D.S.O., R.N. (11 November, 1876 – 12 August, 1955) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. Currey of the 4th Dragoon Guards was born in Penge, Beckenham, Kent.[1]

Currey was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1899.[2]

Currey was appointed to the armoured cruiser Aboukir of the Third Cruiser Squadron, then operating in the Mediterranean, as Lieutenant (T) on 1 March, 1907.[3]

Currey was promoted to the rank of Commander on 22 June, 1911.[4]

He was appointed to the Formidable, then part of the Second Fleet, as executive officer on 2 January, 1912.[5]

Currey was appointed to the dreadnought H.M.S. Marlborough as executive officer on 30 May, 1914.[6] He served in her in this capacity at the Battle of Jutland. Burney cited his "untiring energy and skilful work" in helping to save the ship after being torpedoed.

Currey was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1916.[7]

In 1918, Currey married Cecil, the only child of Lieutenant Reginald Baldwin Fulford, R.N..[8]

Currey was appointed in command of the light cruiser Cairo on 15 March, 1921. He left this when she paid off in August, 1922. On 15 December, 1922 he was placed on the Retired List. He was subsequently promoted the rank of Rear-Admiral on 12 February, 1928.[9]

He died at age 78 at his his home at Brockenhurst. He was survived by Cecil and a daughter.[10]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Walter Hose 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 55
15 Jun, 1897[11][12] – 9 Jul, 1897[13] 		Succeeded by
Arthur W. Tomlinson
Preceded by
Lionel G. Preston 		Captain of H.M.S. Lupin
1 Feb, 1917[14][15] – 8 Nov, 1918[16] 		Succeeded by
Richard J. R. Scott
Preceded by
Edward C. Villiers 		Captain of H.M.S. Actæon
11 Feb, 1919[17][18] – 11 Feb, 1921[19] 		Succeeded by
Stanley L. Willis
Preceded by
Aubrey Lambert 		Captain of H.M.S. Cairo
15 Mar, 1921[20] – Aug, 1922[21] 		Succeeded by
Arthur H. Walker

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/305. f. 308.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1908). p. 18.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1908). p. 271.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 19.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 316.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 355.
  7. ↑ Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/305. f. 308.
  8. ↑ Obituary. The Times, 16 August, 1955, p. 11.
  9. ↑ Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/305. f. 308.
  10. ↑ Obituary. The Times, 16 August, 1955, p. 11.
  11. ↑ "The Diamond Jubilee" The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 16, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35231.
  12. ↑ Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/305. f. 308.
  13. ↑ Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/305. f. 308.
  14. ↑ Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/305. f. 308.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 395h.
  16. ↑ Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/305. f. 308.
  17. ↑ Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/305. f. 308.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 722.
  19. ↑ Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/305. f. 308.
  20. ↑ Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/305. f. 308.
  21. ↑ Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/305. f. 308.

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