Charles Gage Stuart
Born(1887-02-02)2 February 1887
Died1970
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
RankRear Admiral
Commands heldHMS Curlew
HMS Voyager
HMS Obedient
Battles/warsFirst World War
Russian Civil War
Second World War
AwardsDistinguished Service Order
Distinguished Service Cross
Mentioned in dispatches

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.

Stuart joined the Royal Navy in 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

  1. ↑ "No. 28015". The London Gazette. 23 April 1907. p. 2733.
  2. ↑ "Ballymena 1914–1915". Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  3. ↑ Royal Navy Honours and Gallantry Awards London Gazette editions January–November 1920
  4. ↑ Senior Royal Navy appointments Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ World Statesmen
  6. ↑ Genealogy data
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