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Born in 1900; joined RN, 1915; served as kite balloon spotter on HMS EMPRESS OF INDIA, Scapa Flow, 1917-1918, served in Black Sea, 1919-1920, and Mediterranean, 1922-1926; served on staff of Royal Naval Gunnery School, Devonport, 1928-1929; 2nd Gunnery Officer, HMS ROYAL OAK,1929-1930; 1st Lt, HMS DOUGLAS and Gunnery Officer, Mediterranean SubmarineFlotilla, 1930-1931; Staff Officer, British Naval Mission to Greece, 1931; Gunnery Officer, HMS ACHILLES, 1933-1936; 1st Lt , HMS EXCELLENT, 1936-1937; commanded HMS WALPOLE, 1938; commanded HMS IVANHOE in Mediterranean, 1938-1939, and North Sea,1939-1940; Assistant to Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty, 1940-1941; Maintenance Commander, Trincomalee Naval Base, Ceylon, 1942; served in Mediterranean, 1943; Commanding Officer, HMS TARTAR and Capt, 10 Destroyer Flotilla in English Channel and Bay ofBiscay, 1944, and East Indies, 1945; Capt, Royal Naval Gunnery School, Chatham, 1946-1948; Assistant Director of Operations Division (Ship Target Trials), 1948-1949; Capt, HM Dockyard, Chatham, 1949-1951; Capt, 5 Fishery Protection and Minesweeping Sqn, 1951-1953;retired list, 1953; Civil Defence Officer, Surrey[1953]-1967.