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| Helbert, Reginald Robert | ||||||
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| The son of Lt Col Geoffrey Gladstone Helbert (a Staff Officer of the Union of South Africa) & Mabel Sophia Helbert. He was the husband of Annie Vera Helbert. He joined the Royal Navy as a Special Entry Cadet in 1916 and served in the Battleship HMS Revenge from March 1917 and the Destroyer HMS Warwick from 12th January 1919. He served as Navigator in Submarines H28 (1921), H30 (1921), K12 (1922) and as First Lieutenant in H52, L26 & L27. He completed his Commanding Officers Qualifying Course in 1926 and commanded H44 (1926 to 1927). He next served in Battle Cruisers Hood and Renown before commanding L26, Oswald (1931 to 1932), On 22nd July 1932 he joined the Submarine Tender HMS Fermoy at Portland. Reginald Helbert then served in the Submarines H27, Starfish, Sealion. He was appointed to Submarine HMS Spearfish in Command on 15th August 1936 and then to HMS Tamar at Hong Kong in charge of DSEA Training, for Submarines, and as Anti-Piracy Officer and for supervision of Merchant Navy Defence Courses. On 8th September 1940 he was one of 32 RN Officers arriving at Liverpool in SS Orontes, he having embarked at Bombay. He next served as an Acting Commander in the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Titania as Staff Officer Operations from 28th October 1940 and then in the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Forth and for duty with submarines from 1st January 1942. Reginald Helbert joined HMS Maidstone at Alexandria in 3rd June 1943 and remained with the ship on its transfer to Trincomalee and then to Freemantle where he was the British Naval Liaison Officer. He is reported to have died in an air crash (a United States C37 Transport) on 19th April 1945. |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
I have often looked for an opportunity of paying tribute to our submariners.
There is no branch of His Majesty's Forces which in this war has suffered the same proportion of total loss as our submarine service.
It is the most dangerous of all services.
That is perhaps the reason why the First Lord tells me that the entry into it is keenly sought by Officers and Men.
I feel sure the House would wish to testify its gratitude and admiration to our Submariners for their Skill - Courage and Devotion which has proved of inestimable value to the sustenance of our country.
Winston Churchill
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Oxley (N 55) |
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| Class: | 1924 - 1945: Oberon Class |
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| Build Group: | O1a |
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Fate: HMS Oxley was torpedoed, in error, by HMS Triton (Lieutenant Commander Hugh Patrick de Crecy Steel, Royal Navy) in the North Sea (off Norway) on Sunday 10th September 1939. HMS Oxley had accidentally strayed into the patrol area allocated to HMS Triton and had failed, for various reasons to respond to challenges. The Submarine Crew included a large proportion of Reservists, some of whom had served in Submarines in WWI, had only just been recalled for further Active Service. There were only two survivors – the Commanding Officer Lt Cdr Harold Godfrey Bowerman and Able Seaman Herbert Gluckes C/J105279 |
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Since the beginning of the Royal Navy Submarine Service in 1901, 173 submarines have been lost and in many circumstances with their entire crew. War inevitably takes a heavy toll:
in World War Two alone, 341 officer and 2,801 ratings failed to return to harbour. Accounts of these losses and many others of submarine escape are described within this history and whenever possible in the words of survivors or witness.
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Oxley (N 55) |
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| Class: | 1924 - 1945: Oberon Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | O1a |
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Fate: HMS Oxley was torpedoed, in error, by HMS Triton (Lieutenant Commander Hugh Patrick de Crecy Steel, Royal Navy) in the North Sea (off Norway) on Sunday 10th September 1939. HMS Oxley had accidentally strayed into the patrol area allocated to HMS Triton and had failed, for various reasons to respond to challenges. The Submarine Crew included a large proportion of Reservists, some of whom had served in Submarines in WWI, had only just been recalled for further Active Service. There were only two survivors – the Commanding Officer Lt Cdr Harold Godfrey Bowerman and Able Seaman Herbert Gluckes C/J105279 |
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Since the beginning of the Royal Navy Submarine Service in 1901, 173 submarines have been lost and in many circumstances with their entire crew. War inevitably takes a heavy toll:
in World War Two alone, 341 officer and 2,801 ratings failed to return to harbour. Accounts of these losses and many others of submarine escape are described within this history and whenever possible in the words of survivors or witness.
14 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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