serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place awards battles birth_date nickname rank article_title name
1898 -- 1919 ; 1939 -- 1943 united kingdom umtali , southern rhodesia 08 august 1961 coventry , england distinguished service order and bar first world war second world war 28 february 1884 '' baralong '' herbert captain godfrey herbert
 godfrey herbert
godfrey herbert

captain godfrey herbert , dso and bar , -lrb- 28 february 1884 -- 8 august 1961 -rrb- was an officer of the royal navy who was sometimes referred to as ` baralong herbert ' , in reference to the baralong incidents that took place during world war i .
in a naval career stretching from 1898 to 1919 , and with a return to duty between 1939 and 1943 in world war ii , herbert had several close encounters with death .
