Reginald Servaes

Reginald Servaes

Rear Admiral Servaes at the Admiralty, March 1944
Birth name Reginald Maxwell Servaes
Born (1893-07-25)25 July 1893
Died 18 November 1978(1978-11-18) (aged 85)
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service 1914–1948
Rank Vice Admiral
Commands held HMS Resource
HMS London
Reserve Fleet
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Companion 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)

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

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] Servaes is the great-grandfather of actor Tom Hiddleston.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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.
  6. "Tom Hiddleston". ethnicelebs.com. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Bernard Rawlings
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Foreign)
19431945
Succeeded by
Edward Bellars
Preceded by
Leslie Ashmore
Commander-in-Chief, Reserve Fleet
19471948
Succeeded by
Sir Robin Bridge
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