Rear Admiral John Harvey Forbes Crombie CB DSO (16 February 1900 – 31 August 1972) was a Scottish Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
John Crombie | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | John Harvey Forbes Crombie |
| Born | 16 February 1900[1] Edinburgh, Scotland[2] |
| Died | 31 August 1972 (aged 72) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1913–1953 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands | HMS Vengeance Royal Navy Signal School Scotland and Northern Ireland |
| Battles / wars | First World War Second World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order |
Naval career
editCrombie joined the Royal Navy in 1913.[3] He served in World War I in the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth and then in the destroyer HMS Oak.[3] He also served in the Second World War as Commanding Officer of the minesweeper HMS Bramble, as Senior Officer for Minesweepers in the White Sea and then as Director of Minesweeping at the Admiralty from 1943.[4][3] After the War he became Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier HMS Vengeance before taking over command of the HMS Mercury Royal Navy Signal School in 1948.[3] He became Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland in 1951 and retired in 1953.[5]
Family
editHe married Rosamund, daughter of Brigadier-General Rodney Style.[6] Their daughter Julia Rosamond Crombie (b. August 1947) married, in 1974, John Algernon Henry Trotter of Mordington House, Berwickshire.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Catalogue description: Crombie, John Harvey Forbes". The National Archives (United Kingdom). January 1913. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ 1901 Scotland Census
- ^ a b c d Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ HMS Bramble Crew
- ^ Listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Roots.web
- ^ Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain - The Kingdom in Scotland 19th edition, edited by Peter Beauclerk Dewar, 2001, ISBN 0-9711966-0-5, p.1338.