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Commander John Reginald Hughes D'Aeth, (7 February, 1899 – 7 July, 1940) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of Prison[?] Governor Captain R. H. D'Aeth.[1]
He went direct to sea upon outbreak of the war, serving as a Midshipman in Charybdis, Zealandia and Hindustan before joining the convoy sloop Chrysanthemum as a Sub-Lieutenant in 1918.[2]
D'Aeth was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 October, 1919.[3]
D'Aeth was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 October, 1927.[4]
D'Aeth was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1934.[5][6]
World War II
Appointed to the light cruiser Gloucester as executive officer on 11 June, 1938,[7] D'Aeth was apparently among the eighteen men killed when she was struck by Italian bombers in the Mediterranean on 7 July, 1940.
See Also
Bibliography
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Sydney M. Raw |
Captain of H.M.S. H 52 14 Jun, 1925[8][9] – 14 Oct, 1926[10] |
Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by John D. de M. Leathes |
Captain of H.M.S. H 44 14 Oct, 1926[11] – 18 Nov, 1926[12] |
Succeeded by Reginald R. Helbert |
Preceded by Edward M. C. Barraclough |
Captain of H.M.S. L 56 15 Apr, 1929[13][14] – 15 Nov, 1929[15] |
Succeeded by George C. P. Menzies |
Preceded by Jocelyn S. Bethell |
Captain of H.M.S. Regent 15 Mar, 1932[16] – 11 Jun, 1934[17] |
Succeeded by Guy Grantham |
Footnotes
- ↑ D'Aeth Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/160. f. 160.
- ↑ "Obituaries." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 19, 1940; pg. 7; Issue 48672.
- ↑ D'Aeth Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/160. f. 160.
- ↑ D'Aeth Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/160. f. 160.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 21.
- ↑ D'Aeth Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/160. f. 160.
- ↑ D'Aeth Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/160. f. 160.
- ↑ D'Aeth Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/160. f. 160.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 243. Written as 1924, but seemingly an error.
- ↑ D'Aeth Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/160. f. 160.
- ↑ D'Aeth Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/160. f. 160.
- ↑ D'Aeth Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/160. f. 160.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 4 Apr. 1929, p. 6.
- ↑ D'Aeth Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/160. f. 160.
- ↑ D'Aeth Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/160. f. 160.
- ↑ D'Aeth Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/160. f. 160.
- ↑ D'Aeth Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/160. f. 160.