John Pollington Apps

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Commander (retired) John Pollington Apps, D.S.C. (9 February, 1897 – ) served in the Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Apps was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 9 November, 1919.[1]

Apps was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 9 November, 1927.[2]

On 8 January, 1932 Apps was placed in command of Group "Y" Submarines in Reserve at Portsmouth, which was then three "L" class boats.[3] On 1 June, 1933, he was placed in command of a different group of submarines in reserve under H.M.S. Pigmy that I have yet to identify.[4] This assignment lasted just one month.

Later in 1933 he reverted to General Service, rather than Submarine Service. He was appointed to Effingham, additional, on 18 December, 1933.[5]

Apps was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 18 January, 1934 and promoted to the rank of Commander on 9 February, 1937.

World War II

D.S.C. for his work on Norway landings.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
James G. W. Deneys
Captain of H.M.S. R 10
18 Nov, 1926[6]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Garth H. F. Owles
Captain of H.M.S. L 52
8 Jan, 1932[7]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Thomas Yeoman
Captain of H.M.S. L 22
8 Jan, 1932[8]
Succeeded by
James G. Roper
Preceded by
Cyril J. Firth
Captain of H.M.S. L 6
8 Jan, 1932[9]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. Apps Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/518. f. 518.
  2. Apps Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/518. f. 518.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 250.
  4. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 31 May 1933, p. 4.
  5. Apps Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/518. f. 518.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 261.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 250.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 250.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 250.