Henry Carlton Cumberbatch

Born Henry Carlton Cumberbatch

8 December 1900

Izmir, Turkey

Died 27 January 1966

Buckhurst Manor, Wadhurst, Sussex

Occupation Submarine commander

Spouse(s) Pauline Ellen Laing Congdon

Children Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch

Parents Henry Arnold Cumberbatch

Family Sir Hugh Carlton Cumberbatch (brother)

Benedict Cumberbatch (grandson)

Henry Carlton Cumberbatch (8 December 1900 - 27 January 1966) was a submarine commander of the Royal Navy.

Personal life

He was born in Izmir, to British parents, and lived in Turkey as a young boy. He was the son of Helene Gertrude (Rees) and Henry Arnold Cumberbatch CMG, British Consul General of Smyrna 1896-1908. With his wife, Pauline Ellen Laing (Congdon), his son is actor Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch and his grandson is actor Benedict Cumberbatch. He died in 1966 at Buckhurst Manor, Wadhurst, Sussex, formerly the home of his brother, Sir Hugh Carlton Cumberbatch.

Career

Cumberbatch started a course at HMS Dolphin on 1 January 1923 and served from HMS Conquest on 13 April 1923 on completion of his training. He commanded HMS Osiris (S13) from October 1934 and HMS Otway in 1937.
Decorated submarine office in both World Wars.

References

Biography

Levantine Heritage

Book reference

Article at rnsubs.co.uk

External links

cumberbatch.org uboat.net

Medals Awarded:

1. British War Medal
2. Victory Medal
3. 1939-45 Star
4. Africa Star
5. Italy Star
6. Defence Medal
7. 1939-45 War Medal

- See more at: http://www.cumberbatch.org/index.php/stories/military-stories/henry...

WW1

May 1914 Henry Carlton Cumberbatch joined the Royal Navy as a cadet at Osborne 15 August 1917. He passed out from Dartmouth as a midshipman and was appointed to the battle cruiser HMS Repulse. The 27,333-ton HMS Repulse was completed only a year before Henry Carlton Cumberbatch joined her, was with the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron in the Grand Fleet. She and the Prince of Wales were sunk by Japanese aircraft on 10 December 1941.
3 December 1918 his father Henry Alfred Cumberbatch, who was born on 27 June 1858 in Berdiansk, Russia, died at Weymouth, England.
22 January 1919 HMS Repulse prepared to undergo a refit so Henry Carlton Cumberbatch was posted to the battleship HMS Marlborough, to be commissioned on 12 March for service in the Mediterranean. At Yalta in April she embarked members of Russian imperial family fleeing the Bolsheviks. The 25,820-ton HMS Marlborough was built at Devonport, where she was launched in October 1912 and completed in June 1914. She was torpedoed at Jutland but survived. Stricken under the Washington Treaty and sold in May 1932.
31 January 1919 he was posted to 3,380-ton depot ship HMS Woolwich, for service in destroyers.
1 June 1919 he was posted to the battleship HMS King George V, flagship in the Mediterranean. The HMS King George V, 23,000 tons, was launched at Portsmouth on 9 October 1911 and completed in November the following year. She was at Jutland in 1916 and was sold in December 1926.
15 May 1920 Appointed acting sub-lieutenant.

See also http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bob.cumberbatch/Cmdr%20H%20C%20Cumberb...

• Reference: MyHeritage Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 8 2018, 4:01:30 UTC