Peter Douglas Herbert Raymond Pelly DSO, RN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

15 Jul 1927Lt.
15 Jul 1935Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1940Cdr.
30 Jun 1947Capt.
7 Jul 1956Rear-Admiral

Decorations

8 Sep 1942DSO
12 Jun 1958CB

Warship Commands listed for Peter Douglas Herbert Raymond Pelly, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Windsor (D 42)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer1 Nov 19399 Jul 1940
HMS Ameer (D 01)Cdr.Escort CarrierMay 1945Oct 1945 ?

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Windsor (D 42)


13 May 1940
In the evening HMS Windsor (Lt.Cdr. P.D.H.R. Pelly, RN) evacuated the Government of the Netherlands from Hook of Holland to Britain after the Netherlands had been invaded by Germany on 10 May.

1 Jul 1940
HMS Vesper (Lt.Cdr. W.E.F. Hussey, DSC, RN) and HMS Windsor (Cdr. P.D.H.R. Pelly, RN) together pick up 111 survivors from the British merchant Beignon that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-30 about 300 nautical miles west of Ushant in position 47º20'N, 10º30'W.

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