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Duckworth, Ralph Campbell Musbury, 1907-1983, Captain RN
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1907-1983
History
Born in 1907; educated at Royal Naval Colleges, Osbourne and Dartmouth; Lt, 1929; Lt Cdr, 1934; served in Mediterranean, 1936-1937; served as Lt Cdr and Torpedo Officer, HMS ILLUSTRIOUS, 1940-1941; Cdr, 1941; served on staff of Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean and Commander-in-Chief Levant, 1941-1943; involved in planning and execution of operations for capture of Sicily, 1943; Deputy Chief of Staff to V Adm Administration, British Pacific Fleet, 1944-1945; Capt, 1946; Deputy Director Underwater Weapons Department, Admiralty, 1946-1948; Naval Attaché, British Embassy, Rio de Janeiro, 1949-1951; Imperial Defence College, 1952; Capt, 1 Destroyer Sqn, 1953-1954; Staff of Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean, 1954-1955; retired in 1955; died in 1983.
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