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Revision as of 12:38, 15 January 2015
Captain Michael Henley Wilding, C.B.E., Royal Navy (20 November, 1875 – 10 June, 1933) served in the Royal Navy from 1890 to 1922.
Life & Career
Michael Henley Wilding was born on 20 November, 1875, the son of Mr. C. F. Wilding, of St. Mary's Lodge, Kidlington, Oxford. He entered the training ship Britannia in 1890, and was promoted Lieutenant in September, 1898. He served under Captain Berkeley Milne in the battleship Jupiter. In 1903 he was given his first command, the destroyer Charger. He served as Executive Officer of the gunboat Sphinx in the East Indies, before being given command of the Hebe in 1907.
In 1909 he took command of the river gunboat Woodcock on the China Station. In the Coronation Honours of 1911 he was promoted to the rank of Commander. He served in the cruisers Terrible and Aboukir in reserve, and in March, 1914 joined Lancaster in the Fourth Cruiser Squadron.
For a period of the First World War he remained with the Lancaster on service in the Atlantic. In 1916 he was on administrative duties with the Royal Naval Air Service before being appointed in June to command the Armed Merchant Cruiser Virginian in the Tenth Cruiser Squadron. Though he was appointed to command the first class protected cruiser Europa in March 1919,[1] he may have remained in Virginia until she was paid off on 12 July, 1919. He was then appointed as Captain of the base of the Aegean Squadron at Mudros.
In recognition of his services in command of Virginian, Wilding was appointed C.B.E. on 12 July, 1919. He was placed on the Retired List in 1922.
Bibliography
- "Captain Wilding, R.N." (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 14 June, 1933. Issue 46470, col D, pg 16.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/44.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Virginian 16 Jun, 1916[2] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Bertram S. Evans |
Captain of H.M.S. Europa Mar, 1919[3] |
Succeeded by ? |
Footnotes
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 1009.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
