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10. | Lt Cmdr Charles Francis Alington, RN was born on 8 Mar 1919 (son of Walter Hildebrand Alington); died in 1987. Notes:
Educated at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth; served in Royal Navy, 1936-58, specialising in the Torpedo and Anti-Submarine Department (Commander); became a nurseryman on retiring from the service; member of St. Ives Rural District Council; High Sheriff of Huntingdonshire & Peterborough, 1967; DL for Huntingdonshire, 1968.
Midsh. 01.01.1937
A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939
S.Lt. 16.07.1939
Lt. 16.09.1940
Lt.Cdr. 16.09.1948
Cdr. 31.12.1956 (General List 01.01.1957?) (retd 29.08.1958)
01.01.1937-(10.1938) HMS Exeter (cruiser)
02.01.1939-(07.1939) promotion course, Portsmouth
31.07.1939-(04.1940) HMS Verity (destroyer)
05.08.1940-(02.1941) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) *
* (08.1942)-(12.1943) still indexed, but not listed as such
(04.1944)-(06.1944) torpedo course
04.1945 -(07.1945) HMS Coquette (minesweeper)
27.03.1946-(04.1946) HMS Vernon (training establishment, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties)
15.12.1947-(07.1948) Mining Section, HMS Vernon (TAS school, Portsmouth)
06.02.1950-(05.1950) HMS Ceylon
11.02.1952-(05.1953) HMS Vernon
Sep 1955 T.A.S. officer of the 2nd Submarine Squadron (Lieut.-Cdr. C. F. Alington, )
(01.1956) no appointment listed
Charles married Anne (of Ardgour) Maclean on 25 Nov 1944. Anne (daughter of Lt.-Col. Alexander John Hew Maclean, 16th of Ardgour and Hon Muriel Annette Burns) was born on 2 Jun 1921; died on 1 May 1981 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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