Gerald Douglas Yates
Captain Gerald Douglas Yates, (22 July, 1893 – 29 October, 1954) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Yates was the son of Medical Practitioner Arthur Yates.[1]
Yates passed out of Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in April, 1910 ranked 52nd of 77 cadets in marks on the Part I examination.[2]
On 4 November 1915 he was sent home, suffering from influenza.
Yates was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1916. On 25 April, he was appointed to the light cruiser Bristol, in which he would serve for two years, seeing action at the Battle of the Strait of Otranto on 14-15 May, 1917.[3]
Yates was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1924.[4]
Yates was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1929.[5]
After serving as executive officer in the monitor Drake (formerly Marshal Ney), Yates was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1936.[6]
World War II
Court Martialed at Rosyth on 2 July 1940, Yates was severely reprimanded for stranding Penelope.
Yates was loaned to the Royal Australian Navy on 16 October 1940.
Yates was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 21 November, 1945. He would die of tuberculosis in 1954.[7]
See Also
Bibliography
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Folkestone 13 May, 1930[8] – 1931[9] |
Succeeded by Neville D. B. Taylor |
| Preceded by Neville D. B. Taylor |
Captain of H.M.S. Fowey 31 Oct, 1931[10] – Jun, 1932[11] |
Succeeded by Sir Philip W. Bowyer-Smyth |
| Preceded by FitzRoy E. P. Hutton |
Captain of H.M.S. Penelope 25 Aug, 1939[12] – 12 Sep, 1940[13] |
Succeeded by Alan M. Harris |
Footnotes
- ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
- ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Apr 30, 1910; pg. 5; Issue 39260.
- ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
- ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
- ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
- ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
- ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
- ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
- ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
- ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
- ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
- ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
- ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
