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Captain Ralph Cyril Medley, DSO, OBE

Male 1906 - 1999  (92 years)


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  • Name Ralph Cyril Medley 
    Title Captain 
    Suffix DSO, OBE 
    Birth 2 Oct 1906  Burton Seagrave, Northamptonshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Rectory
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 27 Oct 1906 
    Residence 2 Apr 1911  Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age: 4; Relation to Head of House: Son 
    Death 1999  Chilton House Nursing Home Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 4th son. Baptised at Segrave, Northants 17 October 1906. Educated at Royal Naval Colleges of Osborne 1920-21, Dartmouth 1921-23.

      Midshipman September 1924; Sub-Lieut. 1928; Lieut. April 1929. Has served in H.M.Ss. Benbow, Wessex, Cornwall, Sandwich and Devonshire. On the China station 1928-31; the Mediterranean station 1931, China 1932. Lieutenant Commander 1937. Commander 1940. Captain 1947. Served also in Crusader (Home Fleet; and Red Sea during Abyssinian War). R.N. Staff College 1937. Commanded destroyers Stronghold and Beagle 1938-39. In July 1939 appointed Staff Officer to Commodore, South American Division. At Battle of River Plate in Ajax (Despatches). Commanded Beagle for the second time in Greenock Escort Force 1942-43 and took part in Russian Convoys (D.S.O. July 1942) and North African Landing. Lent to Royal Canadian Navy March 1943 for command of C3 Atlantic Escort Group and served in Burnham, Saskatchewan and Prince Rupert. Appointed Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief,
      Mediterranean, July 1944, at Caserta, Italy, and later at Malta. O.B.E. 1945. Drafting Commander, Portsmouth R.N. Barracks 1947-48. Commanded Cardigan Bay in Mediterranean and as Captain, 4th Frigate Flotilla on China Station 1948-50. Deputy Director Admiralty Operations Division 1950-52. Senior Directing Staff Officer at Joint Services Staff College, Latimer, Bucks., 1952-54. Chief Staff Officer to (French) Admiral, Central European Command at N.A.T.O. Headquarters at Fontainebleu 1955-57, as Commodore.

      Retired March 1957. Became Clerk to the Worshipful Company of Sadlers from 1960-71. A Freeman of the City of London and Honorary Assistant of the Saddlers' Company in 1971. Lived at Emsworth, Hants. 1938-57 and from the latter year, at Biggs Cave, Dinton, Aylesbury, Bucks.

      Retired first to Aynho, and then to Chilton House Nursing Home where he died.

      2 daughters: Shirley Vivienne m. Robert Antony Lewis Phipps and has issue; Carolyn m. Ian Richard Taylor and has issue.
    Person ID I2071  Gibbs Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2018 

    Father Dudley Julius Medley,   b. 31 Mar 1861, Paddington, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1953, Newbury, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Isabel Alice Gibbs,   b. 27 Dec 1862, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1942, Newbury, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Family ID F941  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Letitia Ethel Boyce,   b. 21 Mar 1909, Plymouth, Devon Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 2002, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 16 Jun 1934  Farringdon Church, Hungerford, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Shirley Vivienne Medley,   b. 1935
     2. Carolyn Medley
    Family ID F944  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2018 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Oct 1906 - Burton Seagrave, Northamptonshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 4; Relation to Head of House: Son - 2 Apr 1911 - Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 16 Jun 1934 - Farringdon Church, Hungerford, Berkshire Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    1911 England Census - Dudley Julius Medley-1.jpeg
    1911 England Census - Dudley Julius Medley-1.jpeg