Ernest Leslie Cardale
Captain (retired) Ernest Leslie Cardale (16 September, 1879 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Stoke, Devon the son of Admiral Charles Searle Cardale.[1]
On 3 August, 1898, he was ordered home from service in the Pacific aboard the armoured cruiser Imperieuse to take up an appointment to the Training Squadron, arriving in England on 15 October. He served in the screw frigate Raleigh from 5 November, 1898 until 15 September, 1899.[2]
Appointed to the Vindictive in the Mediterranean on 4 July, 1900, Cardale was re-appointed to the ship, additional upon his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1901.[3]
Cardale was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1909.[4]
On 23 September 1912, he was admitted to Plymouth Hospital to be treated for an inguinal hernia on the right side. He was declared fit on 14 December.[5]
Great War
Cardale was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1915.[6]
Cardale married Katherine Gwen Mudge on 14 July, 1915 at Plympton St. Mary, in Devon.
Cardale was tried by a Court Martial on 22 February, 1917 for stranding Crusader and was acquitted. On 19 May, 1917 there was a collision between Nugent and Myngs, resulting in Cardale being relieved in command of Nugent in June and being unemployed for about a month until his appointment in command of the comparatively modest Beagle Class destroyer H.M.S. Harpy on 12 July, 1917. Misfortune of some kind not very legible visited him again in 1917, when there was another Court Martial in Blenheim on a charge of "negligently hazarding" Harpy and another ship by default. It appears that this charge was proved. On the strength of favorable reports from Captain Withers ("Good commander of a T.B.D. division") and Sparks ("sorry to lose him, etc"), Cardale stayed in Harpy until being appointed in command of Rival on 5 November, 1918.[7]
Post-War
He was appointed in command of the destroyer Taurus on 13 November, 1919.[8]
Cardale was placed on the Retired List with the rank of Captain on 3 May, 1925.[9]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by George K. Chetwode |
Captain of H.M.S. Teazer 4 Sep, 1906[10] |
Succeeded by Stuart D. Blair |
| Preceded by Geoffrey Mackworth |
Captain of H.M.S. Arab 9 Jun, 1909[11] – 8 Feb, 1910[12][13] |
Succeeded by Austin C. Ackland |
| Preceded by Thomas C. H. Williams |
Captain of H.M.S. Syren 10 Aug, 1915[14] – Nov, 1916 |
Succeeded by Wiliam D. Irvin |
| Preceded by Edward R. G. R. Evans |
Captain of H.M.S. Crusader 11 Nov, 1916[15] – late Nov, 1916[16][17] |
Succeeded by John R. Johnston |
| Preceded by Wellwood G. C. Maxwell |
Captain of H.M.S. Harpy 12 Jul, 1917[18] – 1918[Inference] |
Succeeded by Valentine Searles-Wood |
| Preceded by Alexander S. Douglas |
Captain of H.M.S. Rival 5 Nov, 1918[19] |
Succeeded by Alfred E. Evans |
| Preceded by John I. Hallett |
Captain of H.M.S. Taurus 13 Nov, 1919[20] |
Succeeded by John Fawcett |
Footnotes
- ↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
- ↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
- ↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
- ↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
- ↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
- ↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
- ↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 871.
- ↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 383.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 278.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 278.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 278.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398m.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393k.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393k.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392x.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394g.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 896.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 871.
