Cecil John Grenfell, RN

Born  2 Jan 1908Marylebone, Greater London, England, U.K.
Died  7 Jan 1980(72)Plymouth, Devon, England, U.K.


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Ranks

16 Mar 1929 S.Lt.
16 Jul 1931 Lt.
16 Jul 1939 Lt.Cdr.
 A/Cdr.
31 Dec 1943 Cdr.

Decorations

1 Jul 1941 Mentioned in Despatches (MID)

Warship Commands listed for Cecil John Grenfell, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Capetown (D 88)A/Cdr.Light cruiserAug 1943late 1943

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Light cruiser HMS Capetown (D 88)


26 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Capetown (Capt. C.L. Robertson, RN or A/Cdr. C.J. Grenfell, RN) arrived at Alexandria from Aden. (1)

1 Sep 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Capetown (A/Cdr. C.J. Grenfell, RN) arrived at Gibraltar from Malta. (1)

4 Sep 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Capetown (A/Cdr. C.J. Grenfell, RN) departed Gibraltar for Plymouth. (1)

6 Sep 1943
HMS Capetown (A/Cdr. C.J. Grenfell, RN) arrived at Plymouth from Gibraltar.

At Plymouth she was reduced to Care and Maintenance and later she was used as accommodation ship.

For the upcoming landings at Normandy she was outfitted to serve as 'convoy control ship' and durning the Normandy landings she served in that role at Mulberry A. [Further details are currently not known to us.]

In September 1944 she returned to the U.K. and ended up at Falmouth as accommodation ship. (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 199/2549

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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