George Verner Motley Dolphin DSO, RN

Born  4 Sep 1902Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Died  10 Jul 1979(76)Ewell, Surrey, England


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Ranks

15 Sep 1922 A/S.Lt.
15 Jun 1923 S.Lt.
15 Jul 1925 Lt.
15 Jul 1933 Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1940 Cdr.
30 Jun 1945 Capt.
7 Jan 1955 Rear-Admiral

Retired: 30 Oct 1958


Decorations

1 Jan 1942 Mentioned in Despatches (MID)
14 Nov 1944 DSO
1 Jan 1957 CB

Warship Commands listed for George Verner Motley Dolphin, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Ramillies (07)Cdr.Battleship1 Aug 194323 Aug 1943

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Events related to this officer

Battleship HMS Ramillies (07)


11 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1830A/11, the battleship HMS Ramillies (Cdr. G.V.M. Dolphin, RN) departed Casablanca for Freetown. She was escorted by the destroyers HMS Roebuck (Cdr. J.T. Lean, DSO, RN), HMS Quality (Lt.Cdr. G.L. Farnfield, DSO, RN) and HMS Brilliant (Lt. J. Smallwood, RN). (1)

17 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0900Z/17, HMS Ramillies (Cdr. G.V.M. Dolphin, RN), HMS Roebuck (Cdr. J.T. Lean, DSO, RN), HMS Quality (Lt.Cdr. G.L. Farnfield, DSO, RN) and HMS Brilliant (Lt. J. Smallwood, RN) arrived at Freetown from Casablanca. (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 53/118403

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


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