Hugo Meynell Cyril Ionides

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Captain Hugo Meynell Cyril Ionides, C.B.E. (26 February, 1900 – 19 June, 1991) served in the Royal Navy.

As with many men born c. 1899 or later, his Service Records at The National Archives do not reflect activity between 1931 and 1939 or so.

Life & Career

Ionides was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 December, 1921.

Ionides was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 December, 1929.

On 25 August, 1932 Ionides was placed in command of Group "M" Submarines in Reserve at Portsmouth, which was then three "L" class boats.[1]

Ionides was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1933.

World War II

Ionides was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1940.

In 15 May 1943, Ionides was informed that he, as Captain (S), Third Submarine Flotilla, was at fault for having not promptly noted that Template:UK-Vandal had failed to return from patrol.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Ronald M. H. Sowdon
Captain of H.M.S. H 32
10 Apr, 1928[2] – 29 Apr, 1929
Succeeded by
Arthur E. F. Lovell
Preceded by
Guy C. Harris
Captain of H.M.S. L 17
25 Aug, 1932
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Guy C. Harris
Captain of H.M.S. L 14
25 Aug, 1932
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
David E. G. Wemyss
Captain of H.M.S. L 25
25 Aug, 1932[3]
Succeeded by
Robert W. Peers
Preceded by
John P. Apps
Captain of H.M.S. L 52
1 Jun, 1933[4] – Jan, 1934[Inference]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Edward M. Loly
Captain of H.M.S. Clyde
Mar, 1936[5]
Succeeded by
William E. Banks
Preceded by
Jocelyn S. Bethell
Captain of H.M.S. Titania
1 Jul, 1940[6] – 14 Aug, 1940[7]
Succeeded by
Philip Ruck-Keene
Preceded by
Philip Ruck-Keene
Captain of H.M.S. Maidstone
14 Aug, 1940[8] – 9 Sep, 1940[9]
Succeeded by
Oliver L. Gordon
Preceded by
John G. Y. Loveband
Captain of H.M.S. Roberts
17 May, 1943[10] – 6 Jun, 1943[11]
Succeeded by
Ronald E. C. Dunbar
Preceded by
Robert M. G. Gambier
Captain (S), Fourth Submarine Flotilla
c. mid 1943
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Cecil A. Laffitte
Captain of H.M.S. Adamant
7 Dec, 1943[12] – 26 Jun, 1945[13]
Succeeded by
Benjamin Bryant

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 250.
  2. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 243.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 250. Written as L 35, which was never completed.
  4. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 31 May 1933, p. 4.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 223.
  6. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  7. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  8. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  9. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  10. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  11. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  13. Uboat.net page on the ship.