Donald Arthur Willey

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Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Donald Arthur Willey, (26 June, 1898 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy and, as a Midshipman, served in H.M.S. Tiger's Transmitting Station and in "Q" Turret at the Battle of Jutland.

Life & Career

Willey was promoted to the rank of Midshipman with seniority of 28 September, 1914.[1]

Willey was promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant with seniority of 15 September, 1917.[2]

Willey was appointed to Tiger on 3 October, 1914[3] and would fight in her at the Battle of Jutland. Assigned as the Spare Range Plotter, he replaced the fallen Midshipman Forbes in "Q" turret as a volunteer, as recorded in the ship's.

He granted the acting rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 15 September, 1919.[4]

Willey was appointed to attend a course at Cambridge University on 31 January, 1919.[5]

He promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 15 April, 1919. This seems to contradict the above information.[6]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 77a.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 296.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 385a.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 206.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 837.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 123.

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