Christopher Henry Petrie DSO, RN

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Ranks

15 Jan 1906 Mid.
30 Mar 1909 S.Lt.
30 Jun 1911 Lt.
30 Jun 1919 Lt.Cdr.
18 Apr 1929 Cdr. (retired)
1 Sep 1939 A/Capt. (retired)

Retired: 1 Jul 1920


Decorations

11 Nov 1941 DSO
8 Jan 1942 Bar to DSO

Warship Commands listed for Christopher Henry Petrie, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Comorin (F 49)A/Capt. (retired)Armed Merchant Cruiser30 Sep 1939Oct 1939
HMS Bulolo (F 82)A/Capt. (retired)Armed Merchant Cruiser27 Oct 193915 Oct 1940
HMS Glengyle (4.196)A/Capt. (retired)Landing Ship Infantry2 Dec 194029 Jun 1942

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Landing Ship Infantry HMS Glengyle (4.196)


7 Jun 1941
Around 1200C/7, ' Force C ', the landing force, departed Port Said for Syria. Force C was made up of the transport HMS Glengyle (A/Capt.(Retd.) C.H. Petrie, RN), AA cruiser HMS Coventry (A/Capt. W.P. Carne, RN) and the destroyers HMS Ilex (Capt. H.St.L. Nicholson, DSO and Bar, RN), HMS Isis (Cdr. C.S.B. Swinley, DSC, RN) and HMS Hotspur (Lt.Cdr. C.P.F. Brown, DSC, RN). On board HMS Glengyle were troops (27 officers and 456 men).

[For more information on the attack on the Vichy-French colony of Syria and subsequent momevents see the event ' The Syrian campaign ' for 6 June 1941.] (1)

24 Jan 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Glengyle (A/Capt.(Retd.) C.H. Petrie, DSO and Bar, RN) is undocked at Malta. (2)

Sources

  1. ADM 199/679
  2. ADM 53/116423

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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