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Commander (retired) Joseph Hugh Langdon Yorke, R.N. (20 September, 1888 – 16 July, 1936) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in New Zealand.

Yorke was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1910.[1]

Yorke was appointed in command of the destroyer Skate on 2 July, 1917.[2]

Yorke was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1918.[3]

Post-War

On 5 February, 1920, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Trinidad.[4]

Yorke was superseded in command of the light cruiser Dartmouth in May, 1928 and placed on the Retired List with the rank of Commander, being medically unfit due to sclerosis on 22 October, 1928.[5]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
George F. Hole 		Captain of H.M.S. Peterel
19 Feb, 1915[6][7] – 16 Dec, 1915[8] 		Succeeded by
Alphonse M. Tulloch
Preceded by
Cyril P. Franklin 		Captain of H.M.S. Ouse
16 Jun, 1915[9] – 11 Jun, 1916[10] 		Succeeded by
Arthur E. Durham
Preceded by
Paul Whitfield 		Captain of H.M.S. Tigress
11 Jun, 1916[11][12] – 4 Jan, 1917[13] 		Succeeded by
Frank A. C. Baker
Preceded by
James V. Creagh 		Captain of H.M.S. Linnet
11 Jan, 1917[14] – 2 Jul, 1917[15] 		Succeeded by
John N. Knox
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Skate
2 Jul, 1917[16][17] – 29 Jan, 1919[18] 		Succeeded by
Archibald A. Lovett-Cameron
Preceded by
Basil E. Reinold 		Captain of H.M.S. Plucky
29 Jan, 1919[19] – 25 Apr, 1919[20] 		Succeeded by
John M. Smith
Preceded by
Claude P. C. de Crespigny 		Captain of H.M.S. M.24
25 Apr, 1919[21] – Jul, 1919[22] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Edward T. Grayston 		Captain of H.M.S. Cicala
2 Jul, 1919[23][24] – 22 Dec, 1919[25][26] 		Succeeded by
Robert G. M. D. Hunt
Preceded by
Arthur R. Farquhar 		Captain of H.M.S. Trinidad
5 Feb, 1920[27][28] – 2 Mar, 1922[29] 		Succeeded by
Vernon Hammersley-Heenan
Preceded by
Henry M. Coombs 		Captain of H.M.S. Vanessa
15 Dec, 1922[30][31] – Dec, 1923[32] 		Succeeded by
Norman A. G. Ohlenschlager
Preceded by
Norman A. G. Ohlenschlager 		Captain of H.M.S. Violent
Dec, 1923[33] – 8 Apr, 1924[34] 		Succeeded by
Francis E. Wright
Preceded by
Francis E. Wright 		Captain of H.M.S. Violent
Dec, 1923[35] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Edward C. Thornton 		Captain of H.M.S. Forres
15 Aug, 1924[36] – 22 Oct, 1925[37] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Richard Harter 		Captain of H.M.S. Sturgeon
22 Oct, 1925[38] – 4 Nov, 1925[39] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Herbert W. Wyld 		Captain of H.M.S. Spindrift
c. Nov, 1927[40] – c. late Nov, 1927[41] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Ivan B. Colvin 		Captain of H.M.S. Ursula
21 Nov, 1927[42] – c. Dec, 1927[43] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Dudley B. N. North 		Captain of H.M.S. Dartmouth
early 1928[44] – 1 May, 1928[45] 		Succeeded by
Ronald H. C. Hallifax

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 908.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 365.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 877.
  5. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  6. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396n.
  8. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  9. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  10. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  11. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398s.
  13. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  14. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  15. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  16. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 908.
  18. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  19. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  20. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  21. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  22. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  23. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 746.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 746.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 745.
  27. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 877.
  29. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  30. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 827.
  32. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  33. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  34. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  35. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  36. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  37. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  38. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  39. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  40. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  41. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  42. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  43. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  44. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  45. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.

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