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词条 Arthur Waistell
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  1. Naval career

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Admiral Sir Arthur Kipling Waistell KCB (30 March 1873 – 26 October 1953) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

Naval career

Waistell joined the Royal Navy in 1892.[1] He was a lieutenant when in May 1902 he was appointed to the senior staff at the torpedo school HMS Vernon.[2] He was appointed in command of the destroyer HMS Stag in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1906.[3]

He served in World War I as Commander of the 9th Submarine Flotilla.[4] On 6 April 1920 he was appointed Director of the Torpedo Division of the Admiralty Naval Staff until April 1922. His next appointment was as Rear Admiral (D), Commanding Destroyer Flotillas Atlantic Fleet from 15 July 1922 to 19 April 1923.[5]

After the War, he was Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff from 1923[6] and went on to be Commander of the 1st Cruiser Squadron from 1924.[7] He was appointed Commander in Chief, China Station in 1928[8] and Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1931; he retired in 1934.[9]

In retirement, Waistell lived in Winchester where he was especially involved with the affairs of the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, for some time being a member of its Court of Governors.[10] His wife died in 1948 and so, being an invalid, he moved to the Isle of Wight where a sister was able to look after him.[10]

He died on 26 October 1953; during the morning of Friday 30 October his funeral service took place at Yarmouth Parish Church, Isle of Wight. Immediately following this service his coffin was borne to the motor torpedo boat Pathfinder and then, in Yarmouth Roads, transferred to the destroyer Finisterre. His remains were taken to Southampton and later that day he was buried beside his wife in Magdalen Hill Cemetery, Winchester.[10]

References

1. ^{{London Gazette|issue=26492|page=1369|date=6 March 1894}}
2. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence|day_of_week=Tuesday |date=22 April 1902 |page_number=12 |issue=36748| }}
3. ^The Royal Navy June 1906
4. ^Disposition of Royal Navy submarines, 1916
5. ^{{cite book |last1=Parkinson |first1=Jonathan |title=The Royal Navy, China Station: 1864 - 1941: As seen through the lives of the Commanders in Chief |date=2018 |publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd |location=Leicester, United Kingdom |isbn=9781788035217 |page=379 |url=https://books.google.lk/books?id=2YxLDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA379&dq=royal+navy%27s+torpedo+division&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjavYvT3-TfAhUS4o8KHad8Bg0Q6AEIQDAE#v=onepage&q=royal%20navy's%20torpedo%20division&f=false |language=en}}
6. ^Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904 - 1975
7. ^Whitaker's Almanack 1925
8. ^Obituary: Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay January 1945
9. ^HMS Nelson Canberra Times, 15 January 1934
10. ^Isle of Wight County Press, 31 October 1953
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