Claude Sclater
Commander Claude Edward Lutley Sclater DSO and bar, FRGS, MA (b. 24 January 1910, Odiham, Hampshire - d. 20h April 1986), was a British naval officer and, in later life, academic.
Sclater saw much action in World War II, mainly in destroyers, in several notable actions (Dunkirk evacuation and Scharnhorst sinking) and being decorated with the Distinguished Service Order and bar, for his command of the destroyer HMS Wild Swan. After his retirement from the Navy, he was a senior member of the management staff at King's College, Cambridge.[1]
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- ^ "COMMANDER CLAUDE SCLATER DSO and bar, FRGS, MA". The Hallowes Genealogy. Retrieved 5 Mar 2018.
Categories:
- People from Odiham
- People educated at Twyford School
- Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
- Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society
- 1910 births
- 1986 deaths