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'''Arthur William La Touche Bisset''' (6 April 1892<ref name="bapt"></ref> - 23 June 1956<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/6890036|title=Life story: Arthur William La Touche Bisset &#124; Lives of the First World War|website=livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk}}</ref>) was a [[Royal Navy]] officer, active in both World Wars and becoming a noted commander of aircraft carriers and carrier formations in home waters, the Mediterranean and (briefly) the Indian Ocean during the second conflict.
'''Arthur William La Touche Bisset''' (6 April 1892<ref name="bapt"></ref> - 23 June 1956<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/6890036|title=Life story: Arthur William La Touche Bisset &#124; Lives of the First World War|website=livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk}}</ref>) was a [[Royal Navy]] officer, active in both World Wars and becoming a noted commander of aircraft carriers and carrier formations in home waters, the Mediterranean and (briefly) the Indian Ocean during the second conflict.


==Life==
==Life==
Born in [[Mumbai]]<ref name="census"></ref> and baptised in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar]] on 17 May 1892,<ref name="bapt">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/9899/|title=''India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947'', FHL Film Number 523868}}</ref> he was the only son of Colonel Sir [[William Sinclair Smith Bisset]] (1843-1916) and his wife Henrietta Mary La Touche (1875-1945), making him grandson to [[James Bisset (minister)|James Bisset]]. His father had retired by the night of the [[1901 United Kingdom census|1901 census]], at which time Arthur was living with his parents, two sisters, a cousin and seven servants at The Maples, [[Ventnor]], Isle of Wight.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10978679|title=1901 census (RG 13/1031)|work=The National Archives}}</ref>
Born in [[Mumbai]]<ref name="census"></ref> and baptised in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar]] on 17 May 1892,<ref name="bapt">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/9899/|title=''India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947'', FHL Film Number 523868}}</ref> he was the only son of Colonel Sir [[William Sinclair Smith Bisset]] (1843–1916) and his wife Henrietta Mary La Touche (1875-1945), making him grandson to [[James Bisset (minister)|James Bisset]]. His father retired from the India Office early in 1901 and on the night of [[1901 United Kingdom census|that year's census]] Arthur was living with his parents, two sisters, a cousin and seven servants at The Maples, [[Ventnor]], Isle of Wight.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10978679|title=1901 census (RG 13/1031)|work=The National Archives}}</ref>


He joined the Navy as a [[Midshipman]] on 15 January 1905<ref name="ADM"></ref> and held that rank aboard [[HMS Doris (1896)|HMS ''Doris'']] at [[Gibraltar]] as part of the [[Atlantic Fleet (United Kingdom)|Atlantic Fleet]] on the night of the [[1911 United Kingdom census|1911 census]],<ref name="census">{{Cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C11339181|title=1911 census (RG 14/34971)|work=The National Archives}}</ref> as well as on [[HMS Hercules (1910)|HMS ''Hercules'']] (1911-1912).<ref name="ADM"></ref> He was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant on 15 October 1912<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28654/page/7685/data.pdf|title=London Gazette, 18 October 1912, page 7685}}</ref> and Lieutenant on 15 August 1913. He was posted for training aboard [[HMS Leander (1882)#1904-1920|HMS ''Leander'']] and [[HMS King George V (41)|HMS ''King George V'']] (1912-1915) and at shore establishments [[HMS Excellent (shore establishment)|''Excellent'']] and [[HMS Vivid (shore establishment 1890)|''Vivid'']] (1915-1916).<ref name="ADM"></ref> He then served aboard [[HMS Devonshire (1904)|HMS ''Devonshire'']] (1916-1917) and [[HMS Iron Duke (1912)|HMS ''Iron Duke'']] (1917-1919).<ref name="ADM">{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7605649|title=Service record (ADM 196/54/61)|work=The National Archives}}</ref> On 17 July 1918 at [[St John's, Edinburgh]] he married Margaret Frances McNeill Grant, daughter of Laura McNeill Packer and her husband [[MacCallum Grant]].<ref>''England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976'', Marriage, B (Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies)</ref><ref name="ADM"></ref>
He joined the Navy as a [[Midshipman]] on 15 January 1905<ref name="ADM"></ref> and held that rank aboard [[HMS Doris (1896)|HMS ''Doris'']] at [[Gibraltar]] as part of the [[Atlantic Fleet (United Kingdom)|Atlantic Fleet]] on the night of the [[1911 United Kingdom census|1911 census]],<ref name="census">{{Cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C11339181|title=1911 census (RG 14/34971)|work=The National Archives}}</ref> as well as on [[HMS Hercules (1910)|HMS ''Hercules'']] (1911–1912).<ref name="ADM"></ref> He was promoted to [[Sub-Lieutenant]] on 15 October 1912<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28654/page/7685/data.pdf|title=London Gazette, 18 October 1912, page 7685}}</ref> and Lieutenant on 15 August 1913. He was posted for training aboard [[HMS Leander (1882)#1904-1920|HMS ''Leander'']] and [[HMS King George V (41)|HMS ''King George V'']] (1912–1915) and at shore establishments [[HMS Excellent (shore establishment)|''Excellent'']] and [[HMS Vivid (shore establishment 1890)|''Vivid'']] (1915–1916).<ref name="ADM"></ref> He then served aboard [[HMS Devonshire (1904)|HMS ''Devonshire'']] (1916–1917) and [[HMS Iron Duke (1912)|HMS ''Iron Duke'']] (1917–1919).<ref name="ADM">{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7605649|title=Service record (ADM 196/54/61)|work=The National Archives}}</ref> On 17 July 1918 at [[St John's, Edinburgh]] he married Margaret Frances McNeill Grant, daughter of Laura McNeill Packer and her husband [[MacCallum Grant]].<ref>''England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976'', Marriage, B (Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies)</ref><ref name="ADM"></ref>


[[File:LaToucheBissetAndRussell.jpg|thumb|left|320px|La Touche Bisset (left) with [[Guy Russell]], Captain of [[HMS Duke of York (17)|HMS ''Duke of York'']], [[Rosyth Dockyard|Rosyth]], 7 November 1943]]
[[File:LaToucheBissetAndRussell.jpg|thumb|left|La Touche Bisset (left) with [[Guy Russell]], Captain of [[HMS Duke of York (17)|HMS ''Duke of York'']], [[Rosyth Dockyard|Rosyth]], 7 November 1943]]
He returned to training post-war, including the Senior Officers' War Course in 1935. Promotion to [[Lieutenant Commander]] came on 15 August 1921, to Commander on 31 December 1926 and Captain on 31 December 1932.<ref name="ADM"></ref> His first command was [[HMS Ark Royal (1914)|HMS ''Ark Royal'']] (1934-1935), followed by a period as Director of Physical Training and Sport at [[HMS Victory#In dry dock|HMS ''Victory'']] (1935-1937) before command of [[HMS Shropshire|HMS ''Shropshire'']] (1937-1939) and [[HMS Formidable (67)|HMS ''Formidable'']] (1940-1942).<ref name="ADM"></ref><ref>'Fairey Albacore', from Peter C. Smith, ''Combat Biplanes of World War II'' (Casemate Publishers, 2015)</ref> 1942 brought a [[mention in despatches]] on 3 February for his command of ''Formidable'' at the [[Battle of Cape Matapan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35443/supplement/554/data.pdf|title=Supplement to the London Gazette, 3 February 1942, page 554}}</ref> promotion to [[Rear Admiral]] on 28 July.<ref name="ADM"></ref> He was then posted to Canada before becoming second-in-command of [[Force H]] on 1 May 1943, flying his flag on [[HMS Warspite (03)|HMS ''Warspite'']] until being put in command of [[HMS Illustrious (87)|HMS ''Illustrious'']] for a month from 23 August.<ref name="ADM"></ref> Next he was appointed to the Naval Air Station, Indian Ocean and then Escort Carriers, Eastern Fleet (September 1943-February 1944), briefly returning to the Mediterranean for fifteen days as head of Force H (13-28 October).<ref name="ADM"></ref>
He returned to training post-war, including the Senior Officers' War Course in 1935. Promotion to [[Lieutenant Commander]] came on 15 August 1921, to [[Commander (Royal Navy)|Commander]] on 31 December 1926 and Captain on 31 December 1932.<ref name="ADM"></ref> His first command was [[HMS Ark Royal (1914)|HMS ''Ark Royal'']] (1934–1935), followed by a period as director of physical training and sport at [[HMS Victory#In dry dock|HMS ''Victory'']] (1935–1937) before command of [[HMS Shropshire|HMS ''Shropshire'']] (1937–1939) and [[HMS Formidable (67)|HMS ''Formidable'']] (1940–1942).<ref name="ADM"></ref><ref>'Fairey Albacore', from Peter C. Smith, ''Combat Biplanes of World War II'' (Casemate Publishers, 2015)</ref> 1942 brought a [[mention in despatches]] on 3 February for his command of ''Formidable'' at the [[Battle of Cape Matapan]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35443/supplement/554/data.pdf|title=Supplement to the London Gazette, 3 February 1942, page 554}}</ref> and promotion to [[Rear Admiral]] on 28 July.<ref name="ADM"></ref> He was then posted to Canada before becoming second-in-command of [[Force H]] on 1 May 1943, flying his flag on [[HMS Warspite (03)|HMS ''Warspite'']] until being put in command of [[HMS Illustrious (87)|HMS ''Illustrious'']] for a month from 23 August.<ref name="ADM"></ref> Next he was appointed to the Naval Air Station, Indian Ocean and then Escort Carriers, Eastern Fleet (September 1943-February 1944), briefly returning to the Mediterranean for fifteen days as head of Force H (13-28 October).<ref name="ADM"></ref>


On 18 January 1944 he was mentioned in despatches a second time to mark the dissolution of Force H and the following month he returned to the Home Fleet, again commanding escort carriers.<ref name="ADM"></ref> In April 1944 he headed Force Two{{efn|Consisting of four aircraft carriers and fourteen other ships, including his flagship the light cruiser [[HMS Royalist (89)|HMS ''Royalist'']].<ref>Mark Simmons, ''Alistair MacLean's War: How the Royal Navy Shaped his Bestsellers'' (Pen and Sword Books, 2022), page 22.</ref>}} in [[Operation Tungsten]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://navalandmilitarymuseum.org/article/hmcs-algonquin-1st/|title=Official History of HMCS ALGONQUIN (I)|date=July 24, 2019}}</ref> and that July he was made an Additional Member of the Military Division of the [[Order of the British Empire]] for "distinguished service in command of operations against enemy shipping in Northern Waters successfully carried out by Carrier borne aircraft",{{efn|This referred to Operation Potluck, intended as a diversion from [[German battleship Tirpitz#Operations Planet, Brawn, Tiger Claw, Mascot and Goodwood|continuing efforts to sink the ''Tirpitz'']].}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://seapower.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/3919-4054.pdf|title=Admiralty Fleet Orders, 27 July 1944, page 7}}</ref> rising to a Commander in that Order on 1 January 1945.
On 18 January 1944 he was mentioned in despatches a second time to mark the dissolution of Force H and the following month he returned to the Home Fleet, again commanding escort carriers.<ref name="ADM"></ref> In April 1944 he headed Force Two{{efn|Consisting of four aircraft carriers and fourteen other ships, including his flagship the light cruiser [[HMS Royalist (89)|HMS ''Royalist'']].<ref>Mark Simmons, ''Alistair MacLean's War: How the Royal Navy Shaped his Bestsellers'' (Pen and Sword Books, 2022), page 22.</ref>}} in [[Operation Tungsten]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://navalandmilitarymuseum.org/article/hmcs-algonquin-1st/|title=Official History of HMCS ALGONQUIN (I)|date=July 24, 2019}}</ref> and that July he was made an Additional Member of the Military Division of the [[Order of the British Empire]] for "distinguished service in command of operations against enemy shipping in Northern Waters successfully carried out by Carrier borne aircraft",{{efn|This referred to Operation Potluck, intended as a diversion from [[German battleship Tirpitz#Operations Planet, Brawn, Tiger Claw, Mascot and Goodwood|continuing efforts to sink the ''Tirpitz'']].}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://seapower.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/3919-4054.pdf|title=Admiralty Fleet Orders, 27 July 1944, page 7}}</ref> rising to a Commander in that Order on 1 January 1945.


He was placed on the retired list on health grounds in 1945 and promoted to his final rank of [[Vice Admiral]] the following year.<ref name="ADM"></ref> In 1949 his third daughter Mary Elizabeth Bisset married Oliver William Lough, a teacher and demobbed [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] Temporary Major.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unithistories.com/officers/IndianArmy_officers_L01.html|title=Officers of the Indian Army|work=Unit Histories}}</ref> Arthur William died in [[Gerrards Cross]] in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersB3a.html#Bisset_AWLaT|work=Unit Histories|title=RN Officers}}</ref>
He was placed on the retired list on health grounds in 1945 and promoted to his final rank of [[Vice Admiral]] the following year.<ref name="ADM"></ref> In 1949 his third daughter Mary Elizabeth Bisset married Oliver William Lough, a teacher and demobbed [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] Temporary Major.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unithistories.com/officers/IndianArmy_officers_L01.html|title=Officers of the Indian Army|work=Unit Histories}}</ref> Arthur William died in [[Gerrards Cross]] in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersB3a.html#Bisset_AWLaT|work=Unit Histories|title=RN Officers}}</ref>
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Sir

Arthur William La Touche Bisset
La Touche Bisset (left) with Thomas Halsey, Flag Captain of HMS King George V, July 1943.
Born(1892-04-06)April 6, 1892
Mumbai
DiedJune 23, 1956(1956-06-23) (aged 64)
Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1905–1945
RankRear admiral
Commands heldHMS Ark Royal, HMS Shropshire, HMS Formidable, HMS Illustrious, Force H
Battles/warsCape Matapan, Operation Tungsten
Spouse(s)Margaret Frances McNeill Grant

Arthur William La Touche Bisset (6 April 1892[1] - 23 June 1956[2]) was a Royal Navy officer, active in both World Wars and becoming a noted commander of aircraft carriers and carrier formations in home waters, the Mediterranean and (briefly) the Indian Ocean during the second conflict.

Life[edit]

Born in Mumbai[3] and baptised in Malabar on 17 May 1892,[1] he was the only son of Colonel Sir William Sinclair Smith Bisset (1843–1916) and his wife Henrietta Mary La Touche (1875-1945), making him grandson to James Bisset. His father retired from the India Office early in 1901 and on the night of that year's census Arthur was living with his parents, two sisters, a cousin and seven servants at The Maples, Ventnor, Isle of Wight.[4]

He joined the Navy as a Midshipman on 15 January 1905[5] and held that rank aboard HMS Doris at Gibraltar as part of the Atlantic Fleet on the night of the 1911 census,[3] as well as on HMS Hercules (1911–1912).[5] He was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant on 15 October 1912[6] and Lieutenant on 15 August 1913. He was posted for training aboard HMS Leander and HMS King George V (1912–1915) and at shore establishments Excellent and Vivid (1915–1916).[5] He then served aboard HMS Devonshire (1916–1917) and HMS Iron Duke (1917–1919).[5] On 17 July 1918 at St John's, Edinburgh he married Margaret Frances McNeill Grant, daughter of Laura McNeill Packer and her husband MacCallum Grant.[7][5]

La Touche Bisset (left) with Guy Russell, Captain of HMS Duke of York, Rosyth, 7 November 1943

He returned to training post-war, including the Senior Officers' War Course in 1935. Promotion to Lieutenant Commander came on 15 August 1921, to Commander on 31 December 1926 and Captain on 31 December 1932.[5] His first command was HMS Ark Royal (1934–1935), followed by a period as director of physical training and sport at HMS Victory (1935–1937) before command of HMS Shropshire (1937–1939) and HMS Formidable (1940–1942).[5][8] 1942 brought a mention in despatches on 3 February for his command of Formidable at the Battle of Cape Matapan[9] and promotion to Rear Admiral on 28 July.[5] He was then posted to Canada before becoming second-in-command of Force H on 1 May 1943, flying his flag on HMS Warspite until being put in command of HMS Illustrious for a month from 23 August.[5] Next he was appointed to the Naval Air Station, Indian Ocean and then Escort Carriers, Eastern Fleet (September 1943-February 1944), briefly returning to the Mediterranean for fifteen days as head of Force H (13-28 October).[5]

On 18 January 1944 he was mentioned in despatches a second time to mark the dissolution of Force H and the following month he returned to the Home Fleet, again commanding escort carriers.[5] In April 1944 he headed Force Two[a] in Operation Tungsten.[11] and that July he was made an Additional Member of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire for "distinguished service in command of operations against enemy shipping in Northern Waters successfully carried out by Carrier borne aircraft",[b][12] rising to a Commander in that Order on 1 January 1945.

He was placed on the retired list on health grounds in 1945 and promoted to his final rank of Vice Admiral the following year.[5] In 1949 his third daughter Mary Elizabeth Bisset married Oliver William Lough, a teacher and demobbed Indian Army Temporary Major.[13] Arthur William died in Gerrards Cross in 1956.[14]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Consisting of four aircraft carriers and fourteen other ships, including his flagship the light cruiser HMS Royalist.[10]
  2. ^ This referred to Operation Potluck, intended as a diversion from continuing efforts to sink the Tirpitz.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947, FHL Film Number 523868".
  2. ^ "Life story: Arthur William La Touche Bisset | Lives of the First World War". livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk.
  3. ^ a b "1911 census (RG 14/34971)". The National Archives.
  4. ^ "1901 census (RG 13/1031)". The National Archives.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Service record (ADM 196/54/61)". The National Archives.
  6. ^ "London Gazette, 18 October 1912, page 7685" (PDF).
  7. ^ England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976, Marriage, B (Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies)
  8. ^ 'Fairey Albacore', from Peter C. Smith, Combat Biplanes of World War II (Casemate Publishers, 2015)
  9. ^ "Supplement to the London Gazette, 3 February 1942, page 554" (PDF).
  10. ^ Mark Simmons, Alistair MacLean's War: How the Royal Navy Shaped his Bestsellers (Pen and Sword Books, 2022), page 22.
  11. ^ "Official History of HMCS ALGONQUIN (I)". July 24, 2019.
  12. ^ "Admiralty Fleet Orders, 27 July 1944, page 7" (PDF).
  13. ^ "Officers of the Indian Army". Unit Histories.
  14. ^ "RN Officers". Unit Histories.

External links[edit]

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