serviceyears branch death_date allegiance birth_date term_end commands death_place profession battles term_start spouse rank image name predecessor birth_place awards office successor article_title
1893 -- 1934 royal navy 29 december 1957 united kingdom 25 january 1879 1946 2nd destroyer flotilla 7th destroyer flotilla royal indian marine maiden newton , dorset , england naval officer governor second boer war world war i battle of jutland 1936 dame eileen walwyn vice admiral humphrey t. walwyn.jpg sir humphrey thomas walwyn david murray anderson england distinguished the star of india order of st. michael and st. service george order of st. stanislas , 2nd class -lrb- with order swords -rrb- -lrb- russia -rrb- order of the bath order of commission governor of newfoundland gordon macdonald humphrey t. walwyn

humphrey t. walwyn

vice-admiral sir humphrey thomas walwyn -lrb- 25 january 1879 -- 29 december 1957 -rrb- was an officer of the royal navy , who served during the second boer war and world war i , and was the commander-in-chief of the royal indian navy from 1928 until his retirement in 1934 .
he then served as governor of newfoundland from 1936 , throughout world war ii , until 1946 .
