Battles/wars World War II Service/branch Royal Navy Name Charles Stuart Rank Rear admiral | Died 1970 Allegiance United Kingdom Battles and wars World War II | |
Awards Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Service Cross | ||
Rear-Admiral Charles Gage Stuart (2 February 1887 – 1970) was the Royal Navy officer who, at the end of World War II, became Head of the Military Government of Guernsey.
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Naval career
Stuart joined the Royal Navy in 1906. He served in World War I earning the DSC for his role in the sinking of the German Cruiser Dresden at the Battle of Más a Tierra in March 1915 and going on to earn the DSO for service in the Baltic Sea in 1919. He became Captain of the Dockyard at Malta in 1932, Captain of the Dockyard at Chatham in 1935 and Captain-in-Charge at Simon's Town in 1937. He came to prominence at the end of World War II when he took control of the Island of Guernsey from the Germans in May 1945 and led a military government there until he was relieved by Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame, the first post-war Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in August 1945.
Family
In 1916 he married Elizabeth Ellen Buckland; they had two sons and two daughters.