James Dalgleish

James Dalgliesh
CBE
Born (1891-07-08)8 July 1891
Leith, Scotland
Service/branch South African Navy
Rank Commodore
Commands held Chief of the South African Navy
Battles/wars World War II
World War II
Awards

Commodore James Dalgliesh CBE served as the Chief of the Seaward Defence Force,[1] which later became the South African Navy.[2]

Naval Career

He joined the Merchant Navyat age 16 and served in the Royal Navy during World War I.

After demobilisation he served as a navigation officer on a survey vessel before being transferred to the hydrographic section of the South African Naval Service.[2] He later commanded the SAS Protea until it was decommissioned in 1933.[3]

He became director of the Seaward Defence Force on 28 March 1941 after the death of Rear Admiral Guy Hallifax and was promoted to the rank of captain. He was promoted to acting commodore on 1 May 1946 and confirmed in that rank on 1 August 1946.[3]

He retired on 30 November 1946.[2]

Awards and Decorations

References

  1. "FactFile: Chiefs of the South African Navy". DefenceWeb. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 C.J. Nöthling, E.M. Meyers (1982). "Leaders through the years (1912–1982)". Scientaria Militaria 12 (2): 9e.
  3. 1 2 Harris, C J (1991). War at Sea: South African Maritime Operations during World War II. Ashanti Publishing. p. 41.
Military offices
Preceded by
Guy Hallifax
Director, South African Naval Forces
1941–1946
Next:
Frederick Dean


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