Reginald Servaes

Vice Admiral Reginald Maxwell Servaes CB, CBE (25 July 1893 – 18 November 1978) was Flag Officer commanding the Reserve Fleet.

Reginald Servaes
Rear Admiral Servaes at the Admiralty, March 1944
Birth nameReginald Maxwell Servaes
Born(1893-07-25)25 July 1893
Died18 November 1978(1978-11-18) (aged 85)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1914–1948
RankVice Admiral
Commands heldHMS Resource
HMS London
Reserve Fleet
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Spouse(s)Hilda Edith Anna Johnson (1889–1956)
Marian Frances Mansel Glasbrook (1905–1993)

Life and career

Servaes joined the Royal Navy as a sub-lieutenant in 1914 and saw service in World War I.[1] He became commanding officer of the repair ship HMS Resource in 1937 and Director of Local Defence at the Admiralty in 1938.[1] He served in World War II as commanding officer of the cruiser HMS London from 1940[2] and saw action with the arctic convoys before becoming Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1943.[1][3]

After the War he became Rear Admiral commanding 2nd Cruiser Squadron in the British Pacific Fleet in 1945 and Flag Officer commanding the Reserve Fleet in 1947 before retiring in 1948.[1]

Servaes was the son of Constance Violet (Coltart) (1865–1952) and Julius Maximus Servaes (1863–1947). His paternal grandparents were German. He was married to Hilda Edith Anna Johnson[4] and Marian Frances Mansel Glasbrook.[5]

References
  1. "Servaes, Reginald Maxwell". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives.
  2. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Rear-Admiral Reginald Maxwell Servaes". uboat.net. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. Watson, Graham (2015). "Royal Navy Organisation in World War II, 1939–1945". Naval History.net. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  4. "Hilda Edith Servaes (Johnson) (1889–1956)". geni.com. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  5. "Marian Frances Mansel (Mansel) Glasbrook (1905–1993)". Genealogie Online. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Bernard Rawlings		 Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Foreign)
1943–1945		 Succeeded by
Edward Bellars
Preceded by
Leslie Ashmore		 Commander-in-Chief, Reserve Fleet
1947–1948		 Succeeded by
Sir Robin Bridge
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