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{{CommRN}} (retired) '''Humphry Collis Woolrych''', (22 August, 1893 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].  The National Archives had his first name as "Humphrey", but I see the more unusual spelling actually written in his Service Records and the Navy List.
{{CommRN}} (retired) '''Humphry Collis Woolrych''', (22 August, 1893 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].


==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
The son of Major H. Woolrych of the Indian Army.<ref>Woolrych Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/130.|}}  f. 130.</ref>
The son of Major H. Woolrych of the Indian Army.<ref>Woolrych Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/130.|}}  f. 130.</ref>


Woolrych was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 May, 1915.<ref>Woolrych Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/130.|}}  f. 130.</ref>
On 6 February 1914, he was appointed to the {{UK-TB6}}, though this may be a boat of another number.  On 29 July, he was moved to the {{UK-Itchen|f=t}}.<ref>Woolrych Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/130.|}}  f. 130.</ref>


Woolrych was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 May, 1923.<ref>Woolrych Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/130.|}}  f. 130.</ref>
Woolrych was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 May, 1915.  In June, he was appointed to the {UK-M33|f=t}}.<ref>Woolrych Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/145/446.|}}  f. 447.</ref>
 
Woolrych was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 May, 1923.  In 1927, while appointed as to {{UK-Cardiff}} as torpedo officer and Squadron Torpedo Officer for the {{UK-CS|3}}, Woolrych was found by a Court of Enquiry to be to blame for an accident to himself and an A.B. while weighing anchor by hand.  In December, he was not recommended for promotion.  He was noted as a poor seaman and wanting in tact, but also for being ingenious and hardworking in torpedoes.<ref>Woolrych Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/130.|}}  f. 130.</ref>


Woolrych was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of {{CommRN}} on 12 October, 1936 and took up work as the Passive Defence Officer at Chatham.<ref>Woolrych Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/130.|}}  f. 130.</ref>
Woolrych was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of {{CommRN}} on 12 October, 1936 and took up work as the Passive Defence Officer at Chatham.<ref>Woolrych Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/130.|}}  f. 130.</ref>


==World War II==
==World War II==
Commanded {{UK-EdinburghCastle}} and another illegible vessel.<ref>Woolrych Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/130.|}}  f. 130.</ref>
Commanded {{UK-EdinburghCastle}} vice Maxwell and anothe vessel, possibly ''Leonidas''.<ref>Woolrych Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/130.|}}  f. 130.</ref>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+196+Collis+Woolrych Service Records]
* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+196+Collis+Woolrych Service Records]
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Commander (retired) Humphry Collis Woolrych, (22 August, 1893 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Major H. Woolrych of the Indian Army.[1]

On 6 February 1914, he was appointed to the T.B. 6, though this may be a boat of another number. On 29 July, he was moved to the destroyer Itchen.[2]

Woolrych was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 May, 1915. In June, he was appointed to the {UK-M33|f=t}}.[3]

Woolrych was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 May, 1923. In 1927, while appointed as to Cardiff as torpedo officer and Squadron Torpedo Officer for the Third Cruiser Squadron, Woolrych was found by a Court of Enquiry to be to blame for an accident to himself and an A.B. while weighing anchor by hand. In December, he was not recommended for promotion. He was noted as a poor seaman and wanting in tact, but also for being ingenious and hardworking in torpedoes.[4]

Woolrych was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 12 October, 1936 and took up work as the Passive Defence Officer at Chatham.[5]

World War II

Commanded Edinburgh Castle vice Maxwell and anothe vessel, possibly Leonidas.[6]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
John D. Harvey 		Captain of H.M.S. P29
Jan, 1918[7] – 13 Dec, 1918[8] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Amyot J. Mitchell 		Squadron Torpedo Officer, Third Cruiser Squadron
Jan, 1927[9][10] – Jan, 1929[11] 		Succeeded by
John S. Cowie
Preceded by
George C. Lang 		Superintendent of Anti-Gas Training, Chatham
4 May, 1932[12] – 26 Nov, 1936[13] 		Succeeded by
James W. Wilson
Preceded by
Thomas K. Maxwell 		Captain of H.M.S. Edinburgh Castle
Dec, 1942[14] – 1944[15] 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Woolrych Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/130. f. 130.
  2. ↑ Woolrych Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/130. f. 130.
  3. ↑ Woolrych Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/446. f. 447.
  4. ↑ Woolrych Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/130. f. 130.
  5. ↑ Woolrych Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/130. f. 130.
  6. ↑ Woolrych Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/130. f. 130.
  7. ↑ Woolrych Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/446. f. 447.
  8. ↑ Woolrych Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/446. f. 447.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 222.
  10. ↑ Woolrych Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/446. f. 447.
  11. ↑ Woolrych Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/446. f. 447.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 261.
  13. ↑ Woolrych Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/446. f. 447.
  14. ↑ Woolrych Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/130. f. 130.
  15. ↑ Woolrych Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/130. f. 130.

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