Rear Admiral Stuart Latham Bateson - St Mary Magdalene & St Andrew - Ridlington, Rutland - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

A brass memorial plaque to Rear Admiral Stuart Latham Bateson and his wife in St Mary Magdalene & St Andrew's church, Ridlington.

The inscription reads -

In memory of
Rear Admiral
Stuart Latham Bateson
CB. CBE. DI
1898 - 1980
and of
Marie Elphinstone Bateson
1901 - 1985
his wife
They lived in this parish and worshoped in this church
for their last 33 years together

After he was invalided from the Navy in 1951 as the Director of its
Electrical Branch, he became Secretary and later Chairman of the
Rutland Historic Churches Preservation Trust Commissioner of the
Rutland Scouts a High Sheriff of Rutland and Deputy Lieutenant for
Rutland (later Leicestershire) Vice-Lieutenant for Rutland 1963 - 1972.

"Ranks
15 Jan 1917         Mid.
15 May 1918        S.Lt.
15 Oct 1919         Lt.
15 Oct 1927         Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1934         Cdr.
31 Dec 1939        Capt.
8 Jan 1949           Rear-Admiral

Retired: 23 Dec 1951

Decorations
10 Jun 1948         CBE
2 Jan 1950           CB

Warship Commands listed for Stuart Latham Bateson, RN

Ship	Rank	Type	From	To
HMS Latona (M 76)	Capt.	Minelayer	15 Jan 1941	25 Oct 1941
HMS Ajax (22)	Capt.	Light cruiser	27 Nov 1941	26 May 1942
HMS London (69)	Capt.	Heavy cruiser	25 Nov 1944	15 Jan 1946

Events related to this officer -

Light cruiser HMS Ajax (22)

22 Jan 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Shortly before 1700 hours, HMS Ajax (Capt. S.L. Bateson, RN), departed Alexandria for Port Said. She was escorted until 2003 hours by the destroyers HMS Hotspur (Lt. T.D. Herrick, DSC, RN) and HrMs Isaac Sweers (Cdr. W. Harmsen, RNN). The destroyers then returned to Alexandria where they arrived later the same day.

23 Jan 1942
Around 1100 hours HMS Ajax (Capt. S.L. Bateson, RN) arrived at Port Said. "

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