Description
Acting Captain R. G. H. Linzee, C.B., C.B.E., R.N. Who Was Awarded a C.B. for Operation Neptune, the invasion of Normandy (D-Day) and Who Had Been Previously Awarded an OBE for Operation Dynamo, the Dunkirk Evacuation, his C.B.E.(Mily) was awarded in the 1944 New Year’s Honours, the group comprises; C.B.E.(Mily) 2nd type, in box of issue, unnamed as issued; 1914-1920 British War and Victory Medals, (S. Lt. R.G.H. Linzee. R.N.), contemporarily mounted for wear, CBE very fine, pair lightly toned.
Robert Gordon Hood Linzee was born on 26th January 1900. He was the son of Alexander Grovenor Linzee and Ethel Oakley Galpin He married the Hon. Ellinor Aileen Cecil Craig, daughter of James Craig, 1st Viscount Criagavon in 1929. He and Hon. Ellinor Aileen Cecil Craig were divorced in 1946.
– CB London Gazette 28th November 1944 –
Operation Neptune (The Sea element of Operation
Overlord)
– CBE London Gazette 1st January 1944
– OBE London Gazette 16th August 1940 – Operation
Dynamo – Evacuation of Dunkirk
– Education West Downs, Winchester
– Royal Naval Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth
– Entered Royal Navy 20th January 1916 aged 15
years 11 months
– Sub Lieutenant 15th September 1918
– January 1919 serving H.M.S. Castor (Light Cruiser)
– Commander 30th June 1933 (Retired)
– Acting Captain August 1939
– 25th August 1939 to April 1946 Staff Nore
Command H.M.S. Pembroke
– Holding the appointments:
February 1941 to August 1942 Staff Officer,
Convoys
February 1943 to October 1943 Deputy Chief of
Staff Nore Command
– Retired April 1946
