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Air
Vice-Marshal Sir Vyell Vyvyan
(Arthur)
Vyell
b: 12 Mar 1875
r: 1 Sep 1925
d: 30 Sep 1935
KCB
- 2 Jun 1923 (CB - 3 Jun 1918), DSO - 14
Mar 1916,
MiD - 14 Mar 1916, MiD - 3 Jun 1918, LoH O - 11 Aug
1917, RS3 - 8 Nov 1918, DSM (US) - 16 Dec 1919, R, GC -
xx xxx 1920.
(RN):
- Mid’n: xx xxx 1891,
Act Sub-Lt:
xx xxx xxxx,
Sub-Lt:
14 Jul 1894, Lt:
14 Jan 1896, Cdr:
30 Jun 1906?,
Capt: 30 Jun 1913, Wg
Capt: xx xxx xxxx.
(RAF):
- (T) Brig-Gen [Col]: 18
Feb 1918, Col: 1 Apr 1918 [18 Feb
1918], Act Brig-Gen
[graded as Maj-Gen]: 1 May 1919,
A/Cdre: 1 Aug 1919, AVM: 10 Oct
1919,
xx
xxx xxxx: Attended Britannia
Naval College.
xx
xxx 1891: Midshipman, HMS
Camperdown. (Channel Sqn)
xx
May 1892: Midshipman, HMS Victoria.
xx
Dec 1892: Midshipman, HMS
Camperdown. (Channel Sqn)
xx
Mar 1894: Midshipman, HMS Wanderer
xx
xxx 1896: Lieutenant, HMS
Theseus. (Cape Station) (Benin Expedition – 1897)
xx
xxx xxxx: Gunnery Lieutenant,
HMS Hood (Mediterranean)
xx
xxx xxxx: Gunnery Lieutenant,
HMS Caesar (Channel Sqn)
xx
xxx 1906: Flag Commander to
Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Moore. (HMS King Alfred - 1908,
China Station)
xx
xxx 1908: Commander, HMS
Albemarle (Atlantic Fleet)
xx
Dec 1908: First Commander, HMS
Invincible
xx
Mar 1911:
Directing Staff, RN War
College.
xx
xxx 1912:
War Staff Officer.
xx
Jan 1913:
Assistant to Chief of
War Staff.
xx
Oct 1914:
Officer Commanding,
HMS ?, (1st Light Cruiser Sqn, Grand Fleet)
11
Mar 1915:
Beachmaster, 'Z'
Beach, Gallipoli, Dardanelles.
xx
xxx 1915:
Officer Commanding,
HMS Endymion. (Dardanelles)
26
Jan 1916: Assistant to
Superintendent of Aircraft Construction
xx
xxx xxxx: Assistant
to Director of Air Services
18 Feb 1918: Director of ?, Air Ministry.
17
Apr 1918: Senior
RAF Officer, C-in-C
Mediterranean
28 Apr 1919: GOC/AOC, Northern Area.
1 Aug 1919: Awarded Permanent Commission as a Colonel
1 Sep 1919: AOC, Coastal Area.
22
Jan 1920: Removed from the Navy Lists on being awarded
Permanent Commission in RAF
1 Sep 1924: Placed on half pay list, Scale A.
In 1897, he served in punitive expedition against the King of Benin. He was a Gunnery Specialist. After retiring from the RAF he was appointed a Government director of Imperial Airways, taking part in a number of inaugural flights.
Citation for the award of the Distinguished Service Order
“Captain Arthur Vyell Vyvyan, R.N.
Beachmaster at Anzac on 25th April and subsequently. Was frequently exposed to heavy shell-fire while carrying out his very arduous duties.”
(London Gazette – 14 March 1916)
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