Francis Alexander Waddilove Buller
Rear-Admiral Francis Alexander Waddilove Buller, DSO, RN (1879 – 14 July 1943) was a flag officer in the British Royal Navy.
Biography
[edit]Francis Alexander Waddilove Buller was born in 1879,[1] the son of Admiral Sir Alexander Buller, GCB, RN; he was the brother of Admiral Sir Henry Tritton Buller, GCVO, CB, RN.[2] In 1916, he married Mary Caroline, daughter of Stephen Hammick.[1]
Buller was commissioned into the Royal Navy as a Sub-Lieutenant from 15 July 1898.[3] He was promoted to commander in 1913,[4] and served during the First World War. He was awarded with the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1917.[1] That year, he was promoted to captain.[5] He retired in 1922,[6] and was promoted to the rank of rear-admiral in 1929.[7] In retirement, he lived at Park House, Easebourne, and during the Second World War joined the Home Guard, eventually being promoted to captain. He resigned due to illness,[8] and died on 14 July 1943.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Buller, Rear-Adm. Francis Alexander Waddilove", Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ Burke's Peerage (2003), vol. 2, p. 1754.
- ^ The London Gazette, 28 July 1899 (no. 27103), p. 4650.
- ^ The London Gazette, 1 July 1913 (no. 28733), p. 4640.
- ^ Navy List: January 1919, vol. 1, p. 335.
- ^ The London Gazette, 1 August 1922 (no. 32734), p. 4640.
- ^ The London Gazette, 7 June 1929 (no. 33504), p. 3756.
- ^ "Easebourne Admiral's death", Hampshire Telegraph, 23 July 1943, p. 13.