Date of birth:

September 28th, 1909 (Dublin, Ireland)

Date of death:

September 30th, 1992

Nationality:

British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Captain Gerald Ormsby was a Anti-Submarine Officer who in October 1939 while serving on H.M.S. Afridi, was awarded with the DSC for his conduct In combatting three U-Boats over five days. He was later present In H.M.S. Cossack during her interception, boarding, and capture of the German merchant ship Altmark, who was in fact carrying British prisoners of war.
He later commanded ships HMS Taff, Pheasant and Vanquisher.
Post war served at the Anti-Submarine Warfare Division of the Admiralty before commanding HMS St. Kitts (Destroyer), 1950-1951; in 1954 'he joined the NATO Staff at Fontainebleu, near Paris. His final appointment before his retirement in 1959 was as employment development officer, with the task of finding suitable jobs in commerce and industry for the numerous officers who were leaving the Navy under the "Golden Bowler" scheme. Ormsby then became Director of Studies at Greenlands Administrative Staff College, at Henley on Thames.


Ranks
1 Jan 1930 A/S.Lt.
1 Jul 1930 S.Lt.
1 Aug 1931 Lt.
1 Aug 1939 Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1943 Cdr.
28 Sep 1959 Capt.
Retired: 28 Sep 1959

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• - The London Gazette Publication date:2 June 1944 Issue:36551Page:2703
  - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36936/supplement/876
  - Spink & Son
  - http://www.hmscossack.org/
  - World War II unit histories & officers