Miles Ambrose Gregory Child, RN
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Warship Commands listed for Miles Ambrose Gregory Child, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Warwick (D 25) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 14 Jul 1939 | 14 Jan 1942 |
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Destroyer HMS Warwick (D 25)
16 Sep 1939
At 08.15 hours the German submarine U-31 torpedoes and sinks the British merchant Aviemore about 220 nautical miles south-west of Cape Clear in position 49º11'N, 13º38'W. The master and 22 crew members were lost. Eleven crew members were picked up by the British destroyer HMS Warwick (Lt.Cdr. M.A.G. Child, RN) and landed at Liverpool on the 18th.
This was the first attack on a convoy in World War II.
18 Aug 1940
HMS Warwick (LtCdr M.A.G. Child, RN) picks up 11 survivors from the British merchant Empire Merchant, which had been sunk by the German submarine U-100 two days earlier 186 nautical miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 55°23'N, 13°24'W.
19 Aug 1940
Just before 0200 hours on 19 August 1940 the British merchant ship Ampleforth, a straggler from convoy OA-199, was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-101 west of the Hebrides in position 56º10'N, 10º40'W. Nine crew members were lost. The master and 28 crew members were picked up by the British destroyer HMS Warwick (Lt.Cdr. M.A.G. Child, RN) and landed at Liverpool.