Lt Cmdr Charles Francis Alington, RN^[1]

1919 - 1987  (67 years)

• Name	Charles Francis Alington
  Prefix	Lt Cmdr
  Suffix	RN
  Birth	8 Mar 1919
  Gender	Male
  Death	1987
  Person ID	I122784	First tree
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Walter Hildebrand Alington,   b. 1874, St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England d. 1960, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F14346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anne (of Ardgour) Maclean,   b. 2 Jun 1921   d. 1 May 1981, England (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	25 Nov 1944
  Children	1. Nigel Argentine Alington, LVO,   b. 7 Jan 1947   d. 4 Jun 2018, Little Barford, St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England (Age 71 years)   2. Felicity Muriel Alington,   b. 9 Apr 1949   d. 2 Jul 2023, St Neots, England (Age 74 years)   3. Virginia Louise Alington
  Family ID	F11920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Kate Rosemary Huth,   b. 1912   d. 1988 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1982
  Family ID	F12051	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2015

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S2822] Hamish Maclaren.