George Fawkes

Rear Admiral George Barney Hamley Fawkes CB, CVO, CBE (4 September 1903 – 26 July 1967) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer Submarines.

George Fawkes
Born(1903-09-04)September 4, 1903
DiedJuly 26, 1967(1967-07-26) (aged 63)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1920–1956
RankRear Admiral
Commands heldHMS H50
HMS Otus
8th Submarine Flotilla
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Fawkes joined the Royal Navy in 1920.[1] He became commanding officer of the submarine HMS H50 in April 1932 and of the submarine HMS Otus in April 1935.[1] He served in the Second World War becoming commander of the 8th Submarine Flotilla, based at Gibraltar, in December 1940 and Chief of Staff to the Rear-Admiral, Submarines in December 1943.[1]

Fawkes went on to be Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station in November 1946, Director of the Operations Division at the Admiralty in January 1949 and Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet in December 1951.[1] His last appointment was as Flag Officer Submarines in February 1954 before retiring in January 1956.[2]

Family

In 1924 Fawkes married Winifred Joyce Deakin; they had one son.[1] Following a divorce from his first wife, he married Suzette Flagler in 1949.[1]

References
  1. "George Barney Hamley Fawkes". Unit Histories. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. "Senior Royal Navy Appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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