George Arthur Wallace Voelcker

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Captain George Arthur Wallace Voelcker, (26 October, 1898 – 23 October, 1943) served in the Royal Navy. One of his Service Records has "Wallace" as "Wallis".

Life & Career

Voelcker passed out of the Training Establishment in August 1914 and was appointed to the pre-dreadnought battleship Prince of Wales, and participated in the ship's 2nd [illeg] boat during the Gallipoli landing of 25 April, 1915. When the Prince of Wales paid off on 5 April, 1917, he went to Portsmouth for a ten-day Torpedo Control Course at H.M.S. Vernon. He next served in the destroyer Legion from 17 May, to 5 November.[1]

Having applied to serve in submarines in October, 1917, Voelcker was sent to Dolphin for two and a half months instruction in submarines. Through the rest of the waer, he served in submarines attached to Vulcan and Dolphin, including N 1, C 20 and H 4.[2]

Voelcker was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 February, 1919.[3]

Voelcker was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 February, 1927. When his command of L 53 expired in late 1928, he was loaned to serve in the Royal Australian Navy for two years, taking passage in Canberra. When he reverted to R.N. service in October 1930, he took a submarine course in H.M.S. Alecto and then was appointed in command of the submarine Perseus.[4]

Voelcker was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1933.[5]

World War II

Voelcker was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1939.[6]

Voelcker was appointed in command of Charybdis on 27 June 1942, vice Mackintosh. He was killed, along with over 80% of the crew when she was sunk by German torpeod boats off Britanny.

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Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Tom B. Okell
Captain of H.M.S. H 48
15 Dec, 1923[7][8] – 3 Dec, 1924[9]
Succeeded by
Henry J. Murphy
Preceded by
Alastair S. Cumming
Captain of H.M.S. L 53
20 Nov, 1926[10][11] – 15 Nov, 1928[12]
Succeeded by
John H. Macnair
Preceded by
John H. Macnair
Captain of H.M.S. Perseus
30 Oct, 1930[13] – 4 Dec, 1932
Succeeded by
Gilbert P. Claridge
Preceded by
Thomas J. T. C. Jenks
Captain of H.M.S. L 23
10 Aug, 1933[14][15] – 1935[16]
Succeeded by
Bertram W. Taylor
Preceded by
Jocelyn S. Bethell
Naval Officer in Command, Blyth
28 Apr, 1940[17] – 1 Mar, 1941[18]
Succeeded by
Eric J. Shelley
Preceded by
Jocelyn S. Bethell
Captain (S), Sixth Submarine Flotilla
28 Apr, 1940[19] – 1 Mar, 1941[20]
Succeeded by
Gilbert P. Claridge
Preceded by
Oliver L. Gordon
Captain of H.M.S. Maidstone
10 Mar, 1941[21] – 26 Jun, 1942[22]
Succeeded by
George B. H. Fawkes
Preceded by
George B. H. Fawkes
as Commander (S), Eighth Submarine Flotilla
Captain (S), Eighth Submarine Flotilla
1 Apr, 1941[23] – 5 Jul, 1942[24][25]
Succeeded by
George B. H. Fawkes

Footnotes

  1. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  2. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  3. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  4. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  5. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  6. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  7. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 243.
  9. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  10. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 251.
  12. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 260.
  14. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  15. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 250.
  16. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  17. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  18. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  19. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  20. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  21. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  24. Fawkes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 83.
  25. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.