Английская Википедия:Herbert Rayner

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox military person Vice Admiral Herbert Sharples Rayner DSC & Bar, CD (16 January 1911 – 30 May 1976) was a Royal Canadian Navy officer who served as Chief of the Naval Staff from 1 August 1960 to 16 July 1964.

Career

Herbert Sharples Rayner joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1928.[1] He served in the Second World War as Commanding Officer of the destroyer Шаблон:HMCS and then of the destroyer HMCS St. Laurent during 1940, as Staff Officer Operations to the Commander Atlantic Coast from 1942 and as Commanding Officer of the destroyer Шаблон:HMCS from 1943 before becoming Director of Plans in 1944.[1] He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for "courage and enterprise in action against enemy submarines in the Western Approaches" and a bar to his DSC for an action "against four German destroyers trying to break through to attack the Allied invasion fleet off Normandy".[2]

He went on to be Commanding Officer of the destroyer Шаблон:HMCS in 1946, Commanding Officer of the Naval Air Section at the shore establishment HMCS Stadacona in 1947 and Commandant of the Canadian Services College Royal Roads in 1948.[1] After that he became Secretary to the Chiefs of Staff Committee in 1950, Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier Шаблон:HMCS in 1953 and Naval Assistant to the Chief of the Naval Staff 1955.[1] His last appointments were as Chief of Naval Personnel in 1955, Commander Maritime Forces Pacific in 1957 and as Chief of the Naval Staff from 1960 until retiring in 1964.[1]

Awards and decorations

Rayner's personal awards and decorations include the following:


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Ribbon Description Notes
Файл:UK DSC w bar BAR.svg Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) with bar
  • Citation for Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) - received in December 1940[3]
  • Bar received in 1944[4]
Файл:Ribbon - 1939-45 Star.png 1939–1945 Star
  • WWII 1939–1945
Файл:Ribbon - Atlantic Star & Clasp.png Atlantic Star
  • WWII 1939–1945 with France & Germany Clasp
Файл:Canadian Volunteer Service Medal BAR 2.svg Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
  • WWII 1939–1945 with Overseas Service bar
Файл:War Medal 39-45 w MID BAR.svg War Medal 1939–1945 with Mentioned in dispatches
  • WWII 1939–1945[5]
Файл:UK Queen EII Coronation Medal ribbon.svg Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
  • Decoration awarded in 1952
Шаблон:Ribbon devices Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD)
  • with two Clasp for 32 years of services
Файл:Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg Legion of Honour
Файл:Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with palm France - ribbon bar.svg Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 with palm

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Rayner, Herbert Sharples The Nauticapedia
  2. ↑ Herbert Rayner Home from the War
  3. ↑ Distinguished Service Cross: London Gazette of 16 August 1940 (no Canada Gazette). "courage and enterprise in action against the enemy submarine in the Western Approaches."
  4. ↑ Distinguished Service Cross: London Gazette of 16 August 1940 (no Canada Gazette). "for action in the western English Channel against four German destroyers trying to break through to attack the Allied invasion fleet off Normandy."
  5. ↑ "Missing citation".
  6. ↑ For good service in working with the USN while Director of Plans at Naval Service Headquarters in 1944.
  7. ↑ For good service in action with enemy destroyers during the war in Europe.
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