Allied Warship Commanders

Edward Gavin Heywood-Lonsdale DSC, RN

Born  31 Jul 1904


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Ranks

15 Sep 1924 A/S.Lt.
30 Apr 1925 S.Lt.
30 Apr 1927 Lt.
30 Apr 1935 Lt.Cdr.
28 Jun 1937 Lt.Cdr. (emergency)
1 Jan 1944 A/Cdr. (emergency)
3 Sep 1945 Cdr. (emergency)

Decorations

1 Jan 1942 DSC
28 Apr 1942 Mentioned in Despatches (MID)
14 Nov 1944 Bar to DSC

Warship Commands listed for Edward Gavin Heywood-Lonsdale, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Keppel (D 84 / I 84)Lt.Cdr. (emergency)Destroyer1 Dec 19392 Aug 1940
HMS Wallace (L 64)Lt.Cdr. (emergency)Destroyer11 Sep 194016 Feb 1943

Career information

Transferred to the Emergency List on 28 June 1937.

Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Wallace (L 64)


31 Oct 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Wallace (Lt.Cdr.(Emgy.) E.G. Heywood-Lonsdale, RN) is docked in No.3 graving dock at the Rosyth Dockyard. (1)

4 Nov 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Wallace (Lt.Cdr.(Emgy.) E.G. Heywood-Lonsdale, RN) is undocked. (1)

13 Apr 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Icarus (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Maud, DSC and Bar, RN) and HMS Wallace (Lt.Cdr.(Emgy.) E.G. Heywood-Lonsdale, DSC, RN) are docked in No.1 graving dock at the Rosyth Dockyard. (1)

16 Apr 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Wallace (Lt.Cdr.(Emgy.) E.G. Heywood-Lonsdale, DSC, RN) is undocked. (1)

Sources

  1. Rosyth Dockyard docking register


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