Wickham, Cmdr Anthony Maurice

1919 - 2004  (84 years)

• Name	Wickham, Anthony Maurice
  Title	Cmdr
  Nickname	Tony
  Birth	20 May 1919	Taunton, Somerset, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 May 2004	Taunton, Somerset, England
  Burial	19 May 2004	Orchard Portman, nr Taunton
  Notes	http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersW4.html Education: RN College, Dartmouth (Admiralty No. 1294; Blake term; ...-28.07.1936). 01.09.1936 - 31.12.1936 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.01.1937 - (07.)1937 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Home Fleet) 25.08.1937 - (10.)1938 HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (China) (12.1938) no appointment listed 02.01.1939 - (04.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 15.06.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Velox (destroyer) 28.04.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Zetland (destroyer) (in command?) (08.1943) no appointment listed 31.08.1943 - (10.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Onslaught (destroyer) 29.10.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HM LST 358 (landing ship, tank) * 07.06.1948 - (07.)1948 HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore) 17.07.1948 - (05.)1951 RN Barracks, Singapore [HMS Terror] 30.07.1951 - (05.)1953 HMS Battleaxe 30.10.1953 - (04.1955) RN ABCD School, Devonport [HMS Drake] (01.1956) no appointment listed 23.01.1956 - (01.)1957 HMS Mull of Galloway 20.02.1957 - (01.1959) Naval Provost Marshal, Gibraltar [HMS Rooke] (01.1960) - (07.1961) HMS Phoenicia (08.1962) no appointment listed (02.1963) no appointment listed (02.1964) no appointment listed http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersW4.html Cadet 01.09.1936 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 01.03.1939 Lt. 16.12.1940 Lt.Cdr. 16.12.1948 (retd 20.05.1964) Mention in Despatches MID 13.04.1943 Operation Torch
  Person ID	I11	Wickham
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Wickham, Reginald Trelawney,   b. 1889   d. 21 Sep 1938, Kabale, Uganda (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Vassall, Mary Oliver,   b. 4 Jun 1892, La Gentillerie, St. Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France d. May 1995, Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom (Age 102 years)
  Marriage	1918	Harrow on the Hill
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dunn, Elizabeth Mary,   b. 14 May 1918, Canada d. 27 Apr 2018, Cherry Grove, Stoke St Mary, Taunton, UK (Age 99 years)
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Mention in Despatches Took part in Operation Torch, 1943