Bertram Watson Explained

Bertram Watson
Birth Date:20 March 1887
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Rank:Vice Admiral
Branch: Royal Navy
Commands:HMS Curlew
HMS Valiant
Battles:World War I
World War II
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Vice Admiral Bertram Chalmers Watson CB DSO (20 March 1887 – 22 July 1976) was a Royal Navy officer who became Rear Admiral, Submarines.

Naval career

Watson served in the First World War and, after being promoted to captain on 31 December 1925, he became commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Curlew in July 1932 and of the battleship HMS Valiant in August 1933.[1] He went on to become Rear Admiral, Submarines in December 1938 and, after seeing action in that role in the early stages of the Second World War,[2] went on to be Flag Officer Greenock in January 1940 and Flag Officer Commanding, Iceland in October 1943.[3]

Later career

In 1951, Watson presented Arthur Cecil Champion with a painting of the village church of St. Peter's & St. Paul's in appreciation of his thirteen years as vicar of Hambleton.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Captains commanding Royal Navy Warships . 6 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150714184102/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf . 14 July 2015 .
  2. Web site: Senior Royal Navy Appointments . 6 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105247/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf . 15 March 2012 .
  3. Web site: The National Archives. ADM 196/50/339. f. 341..
  4. News: . 10 September 1951 . Rev. Arthur Champion retired . Portsmouth Evening News.