Arthur Howard Notley

Commander R.N.R. (retired) Arthur Howard Notley, R.D. (31 October, 1876 – ) was an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Notley was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 18 October, 1909.

In 1916, he received an expression of the Admiralty's appreciation on the occasion of the loss of armed boarding steamer H.M.S. Fauvette.

Notley was appointed Lieutenant, R.N.R. in Command of the patrol boat P27 on 28 February, 1917.

He was blamed for a 1917 collision she suffered with the barge Yarana (or Varana), and for a second one with the minelayer Paris in 1918.

Notley was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 18 October, 1917.

Demobilised on 18 February, 1919.

Notley was placed on the Retired List on account of age at the rank of Commander R.N.R. on 31 October, 1921.

In 1948, Notley dutifully responded to a request for his service readiness, choosing "I am not fit for service, because ______" and writing in "I am now 72 years of age." He was retired at the time, living in Bideford, Devon.

See Also

• Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Frederick T. Groome	Captain of H.M. T.B. 079 22 Oct, 1915 – 28 Oct, 1915	Succeeded by George B. Bray
Preceded by Ernest W. Kirkby	Captain of H.M.S. Zephyr 12 Nov, 1915 – 26 Feb, 1917	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Richard Harter	Captain of H.M.S. P27 26 Feb, 1917 – 8 Feb, 1919	Succeeded by ?