Charles Gage Stuart | |
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Born | 2 February 1887 |
Died | 1970 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Rank | Rear Admiral |
Commands held |
HMS Curlew HMS Voyager HMS Obedient |
Battles/wars |
First World War Russian Civil War Second World War |
Awards |
Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Service Cross Mentioned in dispatches |
Rear Admiral Charles Gage Stuart, DSO, DSC (2 February 1887 – 1970) was a Royal Navy officer who, at the end of the Second World War, became Head of the Military Government of Guernsey.
Stuart joined the Royal Navy in 1906. [1] He served in the First World War, earning the Distinguished Service Cross for his role in the sinking of the German Cruiser SMS Dresden at the Battle of Más a Tierra in March 1915. [2] He later received the Distinguished Service Order for service in the Baltic Sea in 1919. [3]
Stuart became Captain of the Dockyard at Malta in 1932, Captain of the Dockyard at Chatham in 1935 and Captain-in-Charge at Simon's Town in 1937. [4] He came to prominence at the end of the Second World War when he took control of the Island of Guernsey from the Germans in May 1945 and led a military government there until he was relieved by Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame, the first post-war Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in August 1945. [5]
In 1916 he married Elizabeth Ellen Buckland; they had two sons and two daughters. [6]
Charles Gage Stuart | |
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Born | 2 February 1887 |
Died | 1970 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Rank | Rear Admiral |
Commands held |
HMS Curlew HMS Voyager HMS Obedient |
Battles/wars |
First World War Russian Civil War Second World War |
Awards |
Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Service Cross Mentioned in dispatches |
Rear Admiral Charles Gage Stuart, DSO, DSC (2 February 1887 – 1970) was a Royal Navy officer who, at the end of the Second World War, became Head of the Military Government of Guernsey.
Stuart joined the Royal Navy in 1906. [1] He served in the First World War, earning the Distinguished Service Cross for his role in the sinking of the German Cruiser SMS Dresden at the Battle of Más a Tierra in March 1915. [2] He later received the Distinguished Service Order for service in the Baltic Sea in 1919. [3]
Stuart became Captain of the Dockyard at Malta in 1932, Captain of the Dockyard at Chatham in 1935 and Captain-in-Charge at Simon's Town in 1937. [4] He came to prominence at the end of the Second World War when he took control of the Island of Guernsey from the Germans in May 1945 and led a military government there until he was relieved by Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame, the first post-war Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in August 1945. [5]
In 1916 he married Elizabeth Ellen Buckland; they had two sons and two daughters. [6]