Allan Thomas George Cumberland Peachey
From The Dreadnought Project
Captain Allan Thomas George Cumberland Peachey, C.B.E., D.S.O., R.N. (23 May, 1896 – ) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Peachey's father was a surgeon who died before he entered the navy as part of a special emergency term taken into the Training Establishment in September 1914.
Peachey was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1919.
Peachey was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1927.
Peachey was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1933.
Peachey served as executive officer in the battleship Royal Oak until being superseded by Arthur Wellesley Clarke in July 1938.
Peachey was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1940.
He was placed on the Retired List on 7 January, 1950.
See Also
Bibliography
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Leonard F. Potter |
Captain of H.M.S. Royal Oak 28 May, 1936 – 11 Jun, 1936[1] |
Succeeded by Thomas B. Drew |
| Preceded by Alfred S. Russell |
Captain of H.M.S. Delhi 24 Nov, 1941 – Dec, 1943 |
Succeeded by Gilbert R. Waymouth |
| Preceded by Sydney Hopkins |
Captain of H.M.S. Royal Sovereign 28 Apr, 1944 – 28 Jun, 1944 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Harold T. W. Grant |
Captain of H.M.S. Enterprise 28 Jun, 1944 – 2 Oct, 1944 |
Succeeded by Sydney K. Smyth |
Footnotes
- ↑ This is inferred. Peachey's Service Record implies 18 July, 1938, but this seems unsupported by language that he was to oversee only her trials upon re-commissioning and the clarity of Drew's Service Record.
