Varyl Begg

Sir Varyl Cargill Begg , GCB , DSO , DSC , KStJ (* 1. October 1908 in Kensington , London ; † 13. July 1995 in Headbourne Worthy , Hampshire ) was a British naval officer of the Royal Navy , the last as Commodore (Admiral of the Fleet) 1966-1968 first Sea Lord (first Sea Lord) was. He also served as Governor of Gibraltar from 1969 to 1973 .

Life

Training as a naval officer and World War II

Varyl Cargill Begg, son of Francis Cargill Begg and his wife Muriel Clare Robinson, who started after visiting St. Andrew's School in Eastbourne and the renowned Malvern College in 1926 trained as a midshipman and was on September 1, 1927 Midshipman (Midshipman) and on January 1, 1930 promoted to lieutenant at sea ( sub-lieutenant ) . Having a gun service training course at between 28 September 1933 and August 1934 Gunnery School had graduated, he was on 1 December 1934, Lieutenant Commander (Lieutenant) transported. After various uses his promotion to place on Dec. 1, 1938 Lieutenant Commander ( Lieutenant Commander ) and of 23 June 1939 to October 1940 use as artillery officer on the light cruiser HMS Glasgow .

Then Begg was in the further course of the Second World War between January 1941 and December 1942 gun officer on the battleship HMS Warspite . During this time he took part in the Battle of Cape Matapan on March 28, 1941 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) on July 29, 1941 . He was promoted to frigate captain (Commander) on December 31, 1942 and was last used from May 6, 1943 to July 1945 in the Department of Gun and Air Defense Warfare in the Admiralty .

Post war and admiral

From December 1954 to January 1956, Captain Begg acted as commander of the aircraft carrier HMS Triumph

On June 30, 1947 Begg was promoted to captain at sea (Captain) and was as such from April 15, 1948 to 1950 in command of the HM Gunnery School housed in the Royal Naval Barracks on the Chatham Dockyard . Subsequently, he served from August 1950 to February 1952 as commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the 8th Destroyer Squadron (8th Destroyer Squadron) with the destroyer HMS Cossack as flagship . For his services in the Korean War he was mentioned in the war report on June 29, 1951 ( Mentioned in dispatches ) and was also awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on October 3, 1952 . He was then between April 1952 and March 1954 Commandant of the Gunnery School HMS Excellent in Portsmouth . After graduating from Imperial Defense College (IDC) in 1954, he was in command of the aircraft carrier HMS Triumph from December 1954 to January 1956, and from July 7, 1956 as aide-de-camp for Queen Elizabeth II's navy .

After Varyl Begg on 7 January 1957 to Rear Admiral (Rear Admiral) had been promoted, he broke in February 1957 Rear Admiral Philip Burnett as chief of staff at the commander in chief of the naval base Mount Wise in Plymouth (Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth) and remained in this use until September 1958, when Rear Admiral Edmund Currey succeeded him. He then replaced Vice Admiral Laurence Durlacher in December 1958 as Commander of the 5th Cruiser Squadron (Flag Officer Commanding, Fifth Cruiser Squadron) and remained in this position until he was replaced by Rear Admiral Michael Le Fanu in July 1960. At the same time, he served between December 1958 and July 1960 in personal union also as deputy commander of the naval forces in the Far East (Flag Officer Second-in-Command, Far East Station) . During this time he was on 1 January 1959, Companion of the Order of the Bath appointed and (CB) on May 21, 1960. Vice Admiral (Vice Admiral) transported.

In January 1961, Vice Admiral Begg to succeed Vice Admiral Walter Couchman Vice Chief of Naval Staff (Vice-Chief of the Naval Staff) and remained in this use until February 1963, after which Vice Admiral John Frewen became his successor. In this use he was also one of the Lord Commissioner of Admiralty and was beaten on January 1, 1962 to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) and has since had the addition of "Sir".

Promotion to Admiral of the Fleet and Governor of Gibraltar

Begg, who was promoted to Admiral on March 8, 1963 , succeeded Admiral Davud Luce as Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Command on April 24, 1963 and was up to when he was replaced by Air Chief Marshal John Grandy on May 29, 1965 he was also Military Advisor to the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). On June 12, 1965 he was raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB). In August 1965, he took over as successor to Admiral Wilfrid Woods the function as commander in chief of the naval base Portsmouth (Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth) and exercised that post until March 1966., prompting Admiral Frank Henry Edward Hopkins replaced him. Last Admiral Begg was in March 1966 once again succeeded Admiral David Luce as First Sea Lord (First Sea Lord) and at the same time as Chief of Naval Staff (Chief of the Naval Staff) . In August 1968, Admiral of the Fleet Michael Le Fanu succeeded him as First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff. He was born on August 12, 1968 nor for Commodore (Admiral of the Fleet) transported.

In March 1969, Begg finally succeeded General Gerald Lathbury as Governor of Gibraltar and held this office until October 3, 1973, when Air Chief Marshal John Grandy was his successor. At the same time, as governor in personal union, he was also commander-in-chief of the city and the Gibraltar garrison . In 1969 he was also Knight of the Order of Saint John (KStJ).

His marriage to Rosemary Cowan on August 7, 1943 resulted in two sons. He died at the retirement home Dower House Nursing Home in Headbourne Worthy in the county of Hampshire .

Web links

• Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945
• ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS
• CAPTAINS COMMANDING ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 179
2. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 39272, HMSO, London, June 29, 1951, p. 3553 ( PDF , accessed December 27, 2018, English).
3. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 39660, HMSO, London, September 30, 1952, p. 5207 ( PDF , accessed December 27, 2018, English).
4. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 204
5. ↑ CAPTAINS COMMANDING ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS , p. 102
6. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 46
7. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 166
8. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 41589, HMSO, London, December 30, 1958, p. 2 ( PDF , accessed December 27, 2018, English).
9. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 10
10. ↑ London Gazette . No. 42476, HMSO, London, September 29, 1961, p. 7055 ( PDF , accessed December 27, 2018, English).
11. ↑ London Gazette . No. 42504, HMSO, London, November 3, 1961, p. 7931 ( PDF , accessed December 27, 2018, English).
12. ↑ London Gazette . No. 42564, HMSO, London, January 5, 1962, p. 145 ( PDF , accessed December 27, 2018, English).
13. ↑ London Gazette . No. 42909, HMSO, London, February 1, 1963, p. 980 ( PDF , accessed December 27, 2018, English).
14. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
15. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 42552, HMSO, London, December 29, 1961, p. 2 ( PDF , accessed December 27, 2018, English).
16. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 43667, HMSO, London, June 4, 1965, p. 5472 ( PDF , accessed December 27, 2018, English).
17. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 44
18. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 2
19. ^ First Sea Lords (rulers.org)
20. ↑ Gibraltar: Governors (rulers.org)
21. ↑ London Gazette . No. 44821, HMSO, London, April 3, 1969, p. 3570 ( PDF , accessed December 27, 2018, English).

predecessor	Office	successor
Sir Walter Couchman	Deputy Chief of the Admiralty Staff 1961–1963	Sir John Frewen
Sir David Luce	Commander in Chief of the Far East Command 1963–1965	Sir John Grandy
Sir Wilfrid Woods	Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth 1965-1966	Sir Frank Henry Edward Hopkins
Sir David Luce	First sea lord 1966–1968	Sir Michael Le Fanu
Sir Gerald Lathbury	Governor of Gibraltar 1969–1973	Sir John Grandy