Reginald Burnard Darke

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Rear-Admiral Reginald Burnard Darke, C.B., D.S.O., RN. (22 August, 1885 – 1962) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Darke was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1907.[1]

He was appointed to the submarine C 13, additional, on 27 May, 1909. He left on 1 March, 1910 to take command of the submarine A 7. Successively, he was placed in command of B 1 on 8 August, 1910 and C 16 on 5 January, 1911. This string of undersea work was broken when he was appointed to King George V of the Second Battle Squadron on 14 December, 1912. This appointment would carry him well into the war.[2]

Great War

Darke left King George V on 1 July, 1915 when he was appointed in command of the submarine C 1.

Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1915, Darke was to remain in C1 until 1 January, 1916.[3]

A year and a half in command of G 2 followed, then a year in L 1.[4]

Darke was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1918.[5]

Post-War

Darke was appointed in command of the minesweeper Ross in November, 1919. He remained in her until being superseded on 15 November, 1923.[6]

Darke was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1926.[7]

In December, 1926, Darke was appointed in command of the light cruiser Conquest.

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 June, 1937 and placed on the Retired List under the provisions of the Order in Council of 9 March, 1914 the next day.[8]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Claude C. Dobson 		Captain of H.M.S. A 7
1 Mar, 1910[9][10] – 8 Aug, 1910[11] 		Succeeded by
Roland A. V. Durell
Preceded by
Archibald D. Cochrane 		Captain of H.M.S. B 1
8 Aug, 1910[12][13] – 5 Jan, 1911[14] 		Succeeded by
William R. D. Crowther
Preceded by
William J. Foster 		Captain of H.M.S. C 16
5 Jan, 1911[15][16] – 4 Dec, 1912[17] 		Succeeded by
Ferdinand E. B. Feilmann
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. G 2
1 Jan, 1916[18] – 8 Jun, 1917[19] 		Succeeded by
Henry N. Lake
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. L 1
8 Jun, 1917[20] – 9 Sep, 1918[21] 		Succeeded by
Colin G. MacArthur
Preceded by
Noel F. Laurence 		Captain of H.M.S. K 2
9 Sep, 1918[22] – 7 May, 1919[23] 		Succeeded by
John F. Hutchings
Preceded by
Brownlow V. Layard 		Captain of H.M.S. Ross
Nov, 1919[24] – 15 Nov, 1923[25] 		Succeeded by
James L. Boyd
Preceded by
Robert B. Ramsay 		Captain of H.M.S. Maidstone
1 Jan, 1924[26] – 31 Mar, 1926[27] 		Succeeded by
Colin Cantlie
Preceded by
Robert B. Ramsay 		Commander (S), Third Submarine Flotilla
1 Jan, 1924[28] – 31 Mar, 1926[29] 		Succeeded by
Colin Cantlie
Preceded by
Robert B. Ramsay 		Captain of H.M.S. Lucia
14 Jun, 1926[30] – 31 Dec, 1926[31] 		Succeeded by
Colin Cantlie
Preceded by
Robert B. Ramsay
as Commander (S), Second Submarine Flotilla 		Captain (S), Second Submarine Flotilla
14 Jun, 1926[32] – 31 Dec, 1926[33] 		Succeeded by
Colin Cantlie
Preceded by
Robert R. Turner 		Captain of H.M.S. Conquest
31 Dec, 1926[34] – 25 Mar, 1928[35] 		Succeeded by
James R. C. Cavendish
Preceded by
Geoffrey Layton 		Captain (S), First Submarine Flotilla
31 Dec, 1926[36] – Dec, 1928[37] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
John B. Glencross 		Captain of H.M.S. Cyclops
25 Mar, 1928[38] – 1928[39] 		Succeeded by
Henry N. Lake
Preceded by
George H. Knowles 		Captain of H.M.S. Douglas
1928[40] – Dec, 1928[41] 		Succeeded by
Philip Louis Vian
Preceded by
Charles G. Brodie 		Captain of H.M.S. Dolphin
15 Jun, 1929[42] – 4 Aug, 1931[43] 		Succeeded by
Henry M. Denham
Preceded by
Philip E. Phillips 		Captain of H.M.S. Enterprise
8 Jul, 1932[44] – 15 Jan, 1935[45] 		Succeeded by
Charles E. Morgan

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 20.
  2. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  3. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  4. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  5. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  6. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  7. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  8. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 350.
  10. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  11. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 350.
  13. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  14. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 286.
  16. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  17. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  18. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  19. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  20. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  21. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  22. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  23. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  24. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  25. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  26. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  27. ↑ Superseded that day. Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
  28. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  29. ↑ Superseded that day. Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
  30. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
  31. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
  32. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  33. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  34. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  35. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  36. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
  37. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
  38. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  39. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  40. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
  41. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
  42. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  43. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  44. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  45. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.


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