Percival Henry Warleigh

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Captain Percival Henry Warleigh, C.B.E., J.P., Royal Navy (2 April, 1873 – 20 October, 1933) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Warleigh was confirmed in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant dated 14 December, 1892.[1]

Warleigh was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1905.[2]

Warleigh was appointed as Naval Secretary of the Ordnance Board on 1 January, 1908.[3]

He may be the person who created the Warleigh Spotting Table, a training aid.

Captain

Warleigh was appointed in command of the battleship Magnificent on 7 September, 1915.[4]

He was appointed of the destroyer Crescent on 6 March, 1916, remaining with her beyond the end of the war, including a designation of Flag Captain for at least part of that time.[5]

On 27 June, 1919, he was appointed a Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) for "valuable services as Flag Captain and Captain of the Port Depôt Ship, Rosyth."[6] In August he assumed command of the destroyer Grafton.[7]

Warleigh was placed on the Retired List at his own request, dated 24 August, 1922.[8]

Warleigh died on 20 October, 1933 at Sherborne, Dorset, leaving a widow, Marion.[9]

Bibliography

  • "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Tuesday, 24 October, 1933. Issue 46583, col B, p. 1.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles D. Johnson
Captain of H.M.S. Minerva
4 Aug, 1914[10]
Succeeded by
Francis H. M. Jackson
Preceded by
Frederic A. Whitehead
Captain of H.M.S. Magnificent
7 Sep, 1915[11]
Succeeded by
George W. Gubbins
Preceded by
John F. Grant-Dalton
Captain of H.M.S. Crescent
6 Mar, 1916[12]
Succeeded by
Ernest Henslowe
Preceded by
Percy Johnson
Captain of H.M.S. Grafton
Aug, 1919[13]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 26508. p. 2510. 1 May, 1894.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 27812. p. 4557. 30 June, 1905.
  3. The Navy List. (September, 1908). p. 542.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395q.
  5. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 768.
  6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31421. p. 8066. 27 June, 1919.
  7. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. The London Gazette: no. 32744. p. 6440. 5 September, 1922.
  9. "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Tuesday, 24 October, 1933. Issue 46583, col B, p. 1.
  10. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 356.
  11. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395q.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 768.
  13. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 804.

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