Charles Gage Stuart
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Rear Admiral Charles Gage Stuart, DSO, DSC (2 February 1887 – 1970) was a Royal Navy officer who, at the end of the Second World War, became Head of the Military Government of Guernsey.
Charles Gage Stuart | |
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 Rear-Admiral Stuart (at left, wearing the uniform of a captain) in 1945 | |
| Born | 2 February 1887 |
| Died | 1970 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Navy |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands | HMS Curlew HMS Voyager HMS Obedient |
| Battles / wars | First World War Russian Civil War Second World War |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Service Cross Mentioned in dispatches |
Naval career
Stuart joined the Royal Navy in 1902. On 22 April 1907 he was confirmed in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, dated 15 September 1906.[1] He served in the First World War, earning the Distinguished Service Cross for his role in the sinking of the German Cruiser SMS Dresden at the Battle of Más a Tierra in March 1915.[2] He later received the Distinguished Service Order for service in the Baltic Sea in 1919.[3]
Stuart became Captain of the Dockyard at Malta in 1932, Captain of the Dockyard at Chatham in 1935 and Captain-in-Charge at Simon's Town in 1937.[4] He came to prominence at the end of the Second World War when he took control of the Island of Guernsey from the Germans in May 1945 and led a military government there until he was relieved by Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame, the first post-war Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in August 1945.[5]
Family
In 1916 he married Elizabeth Ellen Buckland; they had two sons and two daughters.[6]
References
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