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{{CaptRN}} (retired) '''John Bernard Hughes''', (2 May, 1888 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRN}} (retired) '''John Bernard Hughes''', (2 May, 1888 – c. 1965) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
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The son of Reverend W. C. Hughes, M.A., a rector in Cheshire.<ref>Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/180.|}} f. 181.</ref>
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Appointed as gunnery officer in {{UK-1Bellerophon}} in July, 1918.
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Hughes was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 October, 1908.{{NLOct15|p. 61''i''}}
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Hughes was appointed to {{UK-Aboukir}} as gunnery officer on 1 August, 1914.  He survived her sinking on 22 September.
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Appointed as Lieutenant (G) in {{UK-PrinceRupert}} on 1 May, 1915.{{NLOct15|p. 397''d''}}
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Hughes was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 October, 1916.{{NLDec18|p. 96}}
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He served as gunnery officer in {{UK-1Bellerophon}} from 16 July, 1918 to 14 February, 1919. He then spent a month as first and gunnery officer in {{UK-Erebus}} before being placed in the {{UK-Spenser|f=t}} as gunnery officer, and to provide gunnery oversight to the flotilla.<ref>Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/180.|}}  f. 181.</ref>
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Hughes was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1921.<ref>Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/180.|}}  f. 181.</ref>
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In 1923, he was thanked for his zeal and ingenuity in connection with the design of the [[Mark VIII Dumaresq]].<ref>Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/180.|}}  f. 181.</ref>  It is not clear just when he contributed this work, and whether it impacted the early use of this device, which seems to have been before mid-1917.<ref>N.B.: one seems to have been found in the sunk wreckage of {{UK-Vanguard|f=p}}.</ref>
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In 1932, Vice-Admiral Commanding, Reserve Fleet proposed cancelling Hughes's appointment as Cdr. (D), Devonport, owing to previous unsatisfactory performance with the Reserve Fleet.  It was decided that Hughes was to be subject to a special report every three months, and that unfavourable findings might result in his removal.  One such report by Captain [[Cecil Nugent Reyne|Reyne]] in January 1933 indicated that Hughes was more zealous than before and was delivering good work.<ref>Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/180.|}}  f. 181.</ref>
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Hughes was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 2 May, 1934.<ref>Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/180.|}}  f. 181.</ref>
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==World War II==
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Hughes fulfilled a variety of appointments, including ''Forth'' in command and as Maintenance Captain, Falmouth.  He reverted to the Retired List on 27 August, 1945.<ref>Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/180.|}}  f. 181.</ref>
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Suffering from pneumonia at Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, he was placed on the seriously ill list 15 August, 1950 and moved to his home address.<ref>Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/180.|}}  f. 181.</ref>
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I cannot find record of his death, but details of his will's settlement appear in ''The Times'' in April, 1965.  He left on the order of £12,000 in total, directing some of the estate toward the Meavy Parish Church and the "Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts."{{ToL|Latest Wills|7 Apr. 1965, p. 14}}
  
 
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* [https://www.livebaitsqn-soc.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/The-Live-Bait-Squadron-Archives-5.pdf The Live Bait Squadron Archives] features some correspondence from Hughes in the aftermath of {{UK-Aboukir}}'s loss
 
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Captain (retired) John Bernard Hughes, (2 May, 1888 – c. 1965) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Reverend W. C. Hughes, M.A., a rector in Cheshire.[1]

Hughes was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 October, 1908.[2]

Hughes was appointed to Aboukir as gunnery officer on 1 August, 1914. He survived her sinking on 22 September.

Appointed as Lieutenant (G) in Prince Rupert on 1 May, 1915.[3]

Hughes was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 October, 1916.[4]

He served as gunnery officer in Bellerophon from 16 July, 1918 to 14 February, 1919. He then spent a month as first and gunnery officer in Erebus before being placed in the flotilla leader Spenser as gunnery officer, and to provide gunnery oversight to the flotilla.[5]

Hughes was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1921.[6]

In 1923, he was thanked for his zeal and ingenuity in connection with the design of the Mark VIII Dumaresq.[7] It is not clear just when he contributed this work, and whether it impacted the early use of this device, which seems to have been before mid-1917.[8]

In 1932, Vice-Admiral Commanding, Reserve Fleet proposed cancelling Hughes's appointment as Cdr. (D), Devonport, owing to previous unsatisfactory performance with the Reserve Fleet. It was decided that Hughes was to be subject to a special report every three months, and that unfavourable findings might result in his removal. One such report by Captain Reyne in January 1933 indicated that Hughes was more zealous than before and was delivering good work.[9]

Hughes was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Captain on 2 May, 1934.[10]

World War II

Hughes fulfilled a variety of appointments, including Forth in command and as Maintenance Captain, Falmouth. He reverted to the Retired List on 27 August, 1945.[11]

Suffering from pneumonia at Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, he was placed on the seriously ill list 15 August, 1950 and moved to his home address.[12]

I cannot find record of his death, but details of his will's settlement appear in The Times in April, 1965. He left on the order of £12,000 in total, directing some of the estate toward the Meavy Parish Church and the "Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts."[13]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
John H. K. Clegg 		Captain of H.M.S. Bee
24 Aug, 1925[14] 		Succeeded by
Colin A. G. Hutchison
Preceded by
Henry V. Hudson 		Captain of H.M.S. Chrysanthemum
12 Oct, 1928 		Succeeded by
Neville D. B. Taylor
Preceded by
W. E. Campbell Tait 		Captain of H.M.S. Capetown
19 Dec, 1929[15] – 26 Sep, 1932 		Succeeded by
John N. Pelly

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/180. f. 181.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 61i.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397d.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 96.
  5. ↑ Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/180. f. 181.
  6. ↑ Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/180. f. 181.
  7. ↑ Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/180. f. 181.
  8. ↑ N.B.: one seems to have been found in the sunk wreckage of H.M.S. Vanguard.
  9. ↑ Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/180. f. 181.
  10. ↑ Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/180. f. 181.
  11. ↑ Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/180. f. 181.
  12. ↑ Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/180. f. 181.
  13. ↑ "Latest Wills." The Times (London, England), 7 Apr. 1965, p. 14.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 217.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 221.

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