Thomas Edgar Halsey DSO, RN

Born  28 Nov 1898South Mimms, Hertfordshire, England
Died  30 Aug 1970(71)Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England

Ranks

15 Feb 1920Lt.
15 Feb 1928Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1933Cdr.
30 Jun 1939Capt.

Decorations

7 Jun 0194DSO

Warship Commands listed for Thomas Edgar Halsey, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Malcolm (D 19)Capt.Destroyer31 Jul 193925 Jun 1940
HMS Malcolm (D 19)Capt.Destroyer12 Aug 194022 Oct 1940
HMS Mackay (D 70)Capt.Destroyer15 May 194116 Sep 1941
HMS King George V (41)Capt.Battleship15 Feb 194310 Apr 1945

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Malcolm (D 19)


11 May 1940
HMS Malcolm (Capt. T.E. Halsey, RN) picks up 6 survivors from the British merchant Tringa that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-9 38 one and a half miles from the West Hinder buoy at the mouth of the river Scheldt in position 51º21'N, 02º55'E.

13 Sep 1940
During the night of 13/14 September 1940, the British destroyers HMS Malcolm (Capt. T.E. Halsey, DSO, RN), HMS Wild Swan (Lt.Cdr. C.E.L. Sclater, RN) and HMS Venomous (Lt.Cdr. J.E.H. McBeath, DSO, RN) bombard Boulogne in a sweep along the French coast.

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