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[[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''Hubert Guy Dyke Acland''', Fourth Baronet, D.S.O., Royal Navy (8 June, 1890 – 6 May, 1978) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
[[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''Hubert Guy Dyke Acland''', Fourth Baronet, D.S.O., Royal Navy (8 June, 1890 – 6 May, 1978) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
==Life & Career==
Born the youngest son of Sir William Alison Dyke Acland, Second Baronet.


Acland was promoted to {{LieutRN}} on 15 November, 1910.{{NLMar13|p. 2}}
Acland was promoted to {{LieutRN}} on 15 November, 1910.{{NLMar13|p. 2}}
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He served as Gunnery Officer in {{UK-Illustrious|f=p}} and {{UK-Commonwealth}}.
He served as Gunnery Officer in {{UK-Illustrious|f=p}} and {{UK-Commonwealth}}.


==Who was Who==
Acland was promoted to {{LCommRN}} on  15 November, 1918.
ACLAND, Captain Sir Hubert (Guy Dyke)
 
4th Bt cr 1890; DSO 1920; RN
Acland was promoted to {{CommRN}} on  31 December, 1924.


Youngest son of Sir William Alison Dyke Acland, 2nd Bt; m 1915, Lalage Mary Kathleen (d 1961), eldest daughter of Captain John Edward Acland; two sons.  
Acland was promoted to {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1932.
Acland commanded the Fishery Protection and Minesweeping Flotilla, 1935–36 before being lent to Royal Australian Navy, 1937–38.


SUCCESSION
He commanded the {{AU-Australia|f=tp}}, 1937–38 and {{AU-Albatross}} in 1938.
S brother, 1970


CAREER
He served as Senior Officer of the Reserve Fleet, Devonport, 1939 and commanded the [[Chatham Gunnery School]] briefly at the end of 1939.
Lieutenant 1910; Lieutenant Commander, 1918; Commander, 1925; Captain 1932; served European War, 1914–19 (despatches, DSO); commanded 1st Minesweeping Flotilla, 1934–35 and Fishery Protection and Minesweeping Flotilla, 1935–36; lent to Royal Australian Navy, 1937–38, and commanded HMAS Australia, 1937–38 and HMAS Albatross, 1938; Senior Officer of Reserve Fleet, Devonport, 1939; Gunnery School, Chatham, Nov. 1939; commanded HMS Vindictive, 1941–42; retired list, 1942; on staff of C-in-C Rosyth, 1943 and of Flag Officer in Charge N. Ireland, 1943–45


HEIR
==World War II==
s Antony Guy Acland [b 17 Aug. 1916; m 1st, 1939, Avriel Ann (d 1943), o c of late Captain Mervyn Edward John Wingfield-Stratford; one d; 2nd, 1944, Margaret Joan, er d of late Major Nelson Rooke; one s one d]
Acland commanded the cruiser {{UK-Vindictive|f=p}} in 1941–42.


ADDRESS
He was placed on the retired list, 1942 before serving on the staff of Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth in 1943 and on th staff of Flag Officer in Charge, Northern Ireland, 1943–45.
c/o Sunny Bank, Totland Bay, Isle of Wight


==Service Records==
==Service Records==

Revision as of 13:36, 14 November 2018

Captain Hubert Guy Dyke Acland, Fourth Baronet, D.S.O., Royal Navy (8 June, 1890 – 6 May, 1978) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born the youngest son of Sir William Alison Dyke Acland, Second Baronet.

Acland was promoted to Lieutenant on 15 November, 1910.[1]

He served as Gunnery Officer in H.M.S. Illustrious and Commonwealth.

Acland was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander on 15 November, 1918.

Acland was promoted to Commander on 31 December, 1924.

Acland was promoted to Captain on 30 June, 1932. Acland commanded the Fishery Protection and Minesweeping Flotilla, 1935–36 before being lent to Royal Australian Navy, 1937–38.

He commanded the heavy cruiser H.M.A.S. Australia, 1937–38 and Albatross in 1938.

He served as Senior Officer of the Reserve Fleet, Devonport, 1939 and commanded the Chatham Gunnery School briefly at the end of 1939.

World War II

Acland commanded the cruiser H.M.S. Vindictive in 1941–42.

He was placed on the retired list, 1942 before serving on the staff of Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth in 1943 and on th staff of Flag Officer in Charge, Northern Ireland, 1943–45.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Henry J. Haynes 		Captain of H.M.S. Castor
20 Aug, 1930[2] – 19 Dec, 1930[3] 		Succeeded by
John G. Sutton
Preceded by
John S. G. Fraser 		Captain of H.M.S. Harebell
1 May, 1935[4] – 11 May, 1936[Fact Check][5] 		Succeeded by
Victor A. C. Crutchley
Preceded by
Herbert A. Forster 		Captain of H.M.A.S. Australia
5 Apr, 1937[6] – 1938 		Succeeded by
Robert R. Stewart
Preceded by
C. J. Pope 		Captain of H.M.A.S. Albatross
1938 – 1938 		Succeeded by
Richard Sheridan-Patterson
as Captain of H.M.S. Albatross
Preceded by
Percy Todd 		Captain of Chatham Gunnery School
6 Nov, 1939 – 14 Dec, 1939 		Succeeded by
John W. Boutwood
Preceded by
Arthur R. Halfhide 		Captain of H.M.S. Vindictive
15 Mar, 1941 – 15 Dec, 1942 		Succeeded by
Herbert W. Williams

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 2.
  2. ↑ Acland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/265. f. ?.
  3. ↑ Acland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/265. f. ?.
  4. ↑ Acland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/265. f. ?.
  5. ↑ Acland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/265. f. ?.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 295.

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