Cecil Hugo de Boisville Newby, RN
| Born | 29 Dec 1904 | London, England |
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Warship Commands listed for Cecil Hugo de Boisville Newby, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Echo (H 23) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 11 Feb 1941 | 17 Feb 1942 |
| HMS Tuscan (R 56) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 12 Jul 1943 | Mar 1944 |
Career information
Cecil Hugo de Boisville Newby married Hilda Hodgkinson Butterfield on 17 November 1934 at the Church of St. Mary the Crowned in Gibraltar. They were divorced in 1950 and Hilda remarried later in that year to Mr. Arthur Kingscote Potter.
Events related to this officer
Destroyer HMS Echo (H 23)
21 May 1941
The British battlecruiser Hood (Capt. R. Kerr, CBE, RN, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral L.E. Holland, CB, RN) and the battleship Prince of Wales (Capt. J.C. Leach, MVO, RN) were ordered to proceed to Hvalfjord, Iceland as the German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen were spotted by air reconnaissance at Bergen, Norway. As there were indications that these two were going to 'set sail' for a raid on the ocean trade routes.
The two British capital ships were escorted by the destroyers HMS Electra (Cdr. C.W. May, RN), HMS Anthony (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Hodges, RN), HMS Echo (Lt.Cdr. C.H.deB. Newby, RN), HMS Icarus (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Maud, DSO, RN), HMS Achates (Lt.Cdr. Viscount Jocelyn, RN) and HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. R.B.N. Hicks, DSO, RN).