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Hanning-Lee was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} in December, 1908.<ref>Hanning-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/507.|D7576643}}  f. 510.</ref>
 
Hanning-Lee was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} in December, 1908.<ref>Hanning-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/507.|D7576643}}  f. 510.</ref>
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After commanding several of the latest destroyers, Hanning-Lee was appointed to {{UK-Triumph}} as first officer on 21 September, 1912.  A period on Half Pay unemployment followed almost immediately before he was appointed to {{UK-Juno}} as first officer on 20 January, 1913.  On 27 January, 1914, he moved to {{UK-StGeorge}} as first and gunnery officer.<ref>Hanning-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/507.|D7576643}}  f. 510.</ref>
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==Great War==
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Hanning-Lee was still first and gunnery officer in ''St. George'' when the war began.  On 29 January, 1915, he was appointed her acting Commander.  He was superseded in this role on 5 November.  On 6 November, he was sent to Salonika to act as an assistant to Captain [[Michael Henry Hodges|Hodges]].  On 2 August, 1916 he was appointed in command of the {{UKJ-Ladybird|f=t}}.<ref>Hanning-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/507.|D7576643}}  f. 510.</ref>
  
 
He married Blanche Mary Fowler on 26 January, 1917.<ref>Hanning-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/507.|D7576643}}  f. 510.</ref>
 
He married Blanche Mary Fowler on 26 January, 1917.<ref>Hanning-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/507.|D7576643}}  f. 510.</ref>

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Commander Vaughan Alexander Edward Hanning-Lee, D.S.O., O.B.E., Royal Navy (1 October, 1878 – 27 May, 1949) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Hanning-Lee was born in Winchester, son of Lieutenant-Commander Hanning-Lee of 7 Devonshire Place in London.[1]

Hanning-Lee was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in December, 1900.[2]

Hanning-Lee was appointed in command of the destroyer Sylvia on 1 August, 1905.[3]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Boxer on 10 July, 1907.[4]

Hanning-Lee was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander in December, 1908.[5]

After commanding several of the latest destroyers, Hanning-Lee was appointed to Triumph as first officer on 21 September, 1912. A period on Half Pay unemployment followed almost immediately before he was appointed to Juno as first officer on 20 January, 1913. On 27 January, 1914, he moved to St. George as first and gunnery officer.[6]

Great War

Hanning-Lee was still first and gunnery officer in St. George when the war began. On 29 January, 1915, he was appointed her acting Commander. He was superseded in this role on 5 November. On 6 November, he was sent to Salonika to act as an assistant to Captain Hodges. On 2 August, 1916 he was appointed in command of the Template:UKJ-Ladybird.[7]

He married Blanche Mary Fowler on 26 January, 1917.[8]

Hanning-Lee was promoted to the rank of Commander and placed on the Retired List at his own request on 26 April, 1920.[9]

He died on 27 May, 1949 of an embolism, auricular fibrillation and arterio sclerosis.[10]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Walter H. Cowan 		Captain of H.M.S. Sylvia
1 Aug, 1905[11] 		Succeeded by
Leonard W. Patch
Preceded by
William G. A. Kennedy 		Captain of H.M.S. Boxer
10 Jul, 1907[12] 		Succeeded by
Gordon A. Coles
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Ladybird
2 Aug, 1916[13] 		Succeeded by
Reginald G. Stone

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
  2. ↑ Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 29 July, 1905. Issue 37772, col C, p. 10.
  4. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 9 July, 1907. Issue 38380, col D, p. 12.
  5. ↑ Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
  6. ↑ Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
  7. ↑ Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
  8. ↑ Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
  9. ↑ Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
  10. ↑ Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 29 July, 1905. Issue 37772, col C, p. 10.
  12. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 9 July, 1907. Issue 38380, col D, p. 12.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 827.

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