Capt William Harold Watts RNTemporary Instructor Lt, Apr 1937; Instructor Lt
(Meteorological), HMS RODNEY, 2 Battle Sqn, Home Fleet, 1938-1939; served in
World War Two, 1939-1945; service on HMS ILLUSTRIOUS, Mediterranean, 1940-1942;
service on Crete and evacuated from Sphakia aboard HMS NAPIER, May 1941; served
at Royal Naval Air Station, Hatston, Orkney, 1942-1943; Instructor Lt Cdr,
1943; Fleet Meteorological Officer, Eastern Fleet, and British Pacific Fleet,
1944-1945; acting Instructor Cdr, Fleet Education Officer and Fleet
Meteorological Officer, HMS SHEFFIELD, Flagship of V Adm Sir William George
Tennant, Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station, 1946-1948; HMS
DRYAD, 1948-1949; Instructor Cdr, 1948; HMS EXCELLENT, 1952-1953; Royal Naval
College, Greenwich, 1955; acting Instructor Capt, HMS DAEDALUS, Royal Naval Air
Station, Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, 1956-1958; Instructor Capt, 1958; Naval
Education Service, Admiralty, 1958-1960; HMS COLLINGWOOD, Naval Electrical
School, Fareham, Hampshire, 1960-1963; HMS VICTORY, Portsmouth Command
Instructor Officer and Port Librarian, 1963-1966; Aide de Camp to HM Queen
Elizabeth II, 1966; Director of Studies and Dean of the College, RN College,
Greenwich, 1966-1969; retired [1969]; died 1997. |