Notes for George Baillie Barstow: Details of career in Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Hood Sub-Lieutenant Destroyer Flotilla Lieutenant Destroyer Flotilla July 1937 -January 1940 Lieutenant HMS Imogen Navigation and Executive Officer. Pre war Mediterranean Fleet -Malta Rammed and Sunk by HMS Glasgow North of Scapa Flow 1940 Aug 19 1940-22/1/42 Lieutenant HMS Forester 1st Lieutenant
Feb 1942 Lieutenant HMS Malcom HMS Cowdray Temporary Captain
March 1942 Lieutenant HMS Velox Commanding Officer. Mediterranean convoys based on Gibraltar also to Gambia and Freetown took part in support operations for Torch. (landings in North Africa)
Feb. to Aug. 1944 Lieut-Commander HMS King Alfred Hove. Instructor Navigation School for RNVR
Oct. 1944-Nov. 1945 Lieut.-Commander HMS Relentless Commanding Officer. Ceylon and West Africa
Dec.194S-Jul 1946 Lieut-Commander HMS Drake RNB Devonport Administrative Divisional Officer
Sep,1947-Oct 1948 Lieut-Commander HMS Chivalrous Med. Fleet based in Malta Commanding Officer.
1950-1952 Commander Mount Wise HQ C-in-C Home Fleet Staff -Officer Plans
1952-1953 Commander HMS Devonshire Cadet Training Ship Executive officer
1953-1954 Commander HMS Triumph Cadet Training Ship Executive officer
1954-1956 Commander HMS Drake RNB Devonport Executive officer
1956 Captain NATO Defence College Ecole Militaire Paris
1957-1959 -Navel Attache British Embassies Athens and Tel Aviv
Letter on Retirement from Royal Navy
9 September, 1959
Sir,
On the occasion of your retirement My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty desire me to convey their appreciation of your service in the Royal Navy over a period of more than thirty three years.
My Lords recall that after your early training you served mainly in destroyers and that during the Second. World War you commanded H.M. Ships MALCOlM, COWDRAY, VELOX and RELENTLESS. You were consistently successful in these appointments and after serving as Commanding Officer of H.M.S. CHIVALROUS from October, 1947 to 17th December, 1949, you were promoted to Commander on 31st December, 1949.
As Executive Officer of H.M.S. DEVONSHIRE from December, 1952 to August, 1953 and then of H.M.S. TRIUMPH until April, 1954. you displayed marked ability and great interest in the training of cadets. You were equally successful as Executive Officer of the Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport where, for two years from July, 1954-, your sound organisation and firm control enabled a very full progranune of activities to be successfully carried out.
You were promoted to Captain on 31 at December, 1956 while attending a course at the North Atlantic Treaty Organąsation Defence College and in July, 1957 you were appointed as Naval Attache, Athens. In this, your last appointment on the active list, you discharged your duties cheerfully and. effectively, and despite the delicate political situation maintained good relations with Greek Naval officers.
In conclusion, My Lords regret that the tine has now cane to transfer your name from the active to the retired list of the Royal Navy.
I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant,
More About George Baillie Barstow: Burial: 1991, Spithead, Portsmouth. Occupation 1: Bet. 1926 - 1959, Royal Naval Officer. Occupation 2: Bet. 1960 - 1977, Clerk to The Worshipful Company of Carpenters, London. Residence: Bet. 1963 - 1987, Lived at Aros, Haslemere.
More About George Baillie Barstow and Barbara Anne Spencer: Marriage: 1940, Haslemere.
Children of George Baillie Barstow and Barbara Anne Spencer are:
Captain, Royal Navy George Baillie Barstow (b. August 29, 1912, d. May 21, 1991)
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