Hugh Barrington Worsley

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Commander (retired) Hugh Barrington Worsley, D.S.O. (17 February, 1883 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Worsley was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1904.[1]

Worsley was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 8 on 19 October, 1909.[2]

Worsley was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1912.[3]

Great War

Lieutenant-Commander Worsley remained in Agamemnon until 1 February, 1918 when he was appointed in command of the gunboat Bramble.[4]

Interbellum

Worsley was superseded in command of Bramble by Lieutenant-Commander John Walter Rainier on 4 January, 1919.[5]

On 1 February, 1920, Worsley was appointed to Hermione, additional, for charge of minelayers moore in the Hamble River. On 1 April, he was appointed to Sir Hugo for a group of Racehorse sloops.[6]

On 4 August, 1920, he was appointed to be Divisional Officer, Galway, vice May. On 10 July, 1922 he went to unpaid time until being appointed to Pembroke Royal Dockyard, additional for duty with the Captain of the Dockyard on 22 January, 1923. He was superseded on 24 February, 1925.[7]

World War II

His miscellaneous shore-based services extending from 1939 to 1945 are detailed in his Service Record.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Bruce L. Owen
Captain of H.M. T.B. 8
19 Oct, 1909[8]
Succeeded by
Theodore E. J. Bigg

Footnotes

  1. Worsley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/48/56. f. 119.
  2. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 399.
  3. Worsley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/48/56. f. 119.
  4. Worsley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/48/56. f. 119.
  5. Worsley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/48/56. f. 119.
  6. Worsley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/48/56. f. 119.
  7. Worsley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/48/56. f. 119.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 399.

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