Geoffrey Congreve
Sir Geoffrey Cecil Congreve (1897–1941)[1] was a British naval officer and landowner. He is known as the commander of a trawler force that took part in the 1940 Namsos campaign. He was killed in 1941 in Operation Chess], a commando raid on France.
Life
He was the second son of General Sir Walter Congreve VC and his wife Cecilia Henrietta Dolores La Touche, daughter of Cecil D'Urban La Touche of the Bombay Army;[2] Billy Congreve (1891–1916) VC MC DSO was his elder brother.
Congreve was educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.[3]
Notes
- ^ "Life story: Geoffrey Cecil Congreve, Lives of the First World War". livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk.
- ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1929). Armorial Families. Vol. I (7th ed.). London: Hurst & Blackett. p. 416.
- ^ "Congreve, Comdr Sir Geoffrey". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)