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Revision as of 20:24, 30 December 2022
Commander (retired) Charles Stewart Lockhart, D.S.C., R.N. (19 November, 1889 – ) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Lockhart was born in Reading, the son of a Major [illeg].[1]
He spent two and a half years in his first ship, the armoured cruiser King Alfred before being placed in the battleship King Edward VII on 19 January, 1909.[2]
Lockhart was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1912 and received a fourth class certificate as an Assistant Surveyor, which was upgraded to Third Class on 1 January 1914. Lockhart served in the battlecruiser Tiger from her commissioning in 1914 through 11 December, 1917, seeing action in her at the Battle of Jutland.[3]
Lockhart was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1920. He served in Mutine, Flinders and Iroquois.[4]
After a brief stint in command of Fitzroy, and in charge of her survey, he retired some time around 1926. He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 19 November, 1929.[5]
World War II
He was awarded a D.S.C. for his work at Anzio.[6]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Lockhart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/256. f. 614.
- ↑ Lockhart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/256. f. 614.
- ↑ Lockhart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/256. f. 614.
- ↑ Lockhart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/256. f. 614.
- ↑ Lockhart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/256. f. 614.
- ↑ Email from great-grandson Ed Stewart-Lockhart, 20221228.
