Hezlet, Arthur Richard "Baldy"
- Date of birth:
- April 7th, 1914 (Pretoria, South Africa)
- Date of death:
- November 7th, 2007 (Bovagh/Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
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Mentioned in Dispatches
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Unit:
- H.M.S. Trident (N52), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- H.M.S. Unique (N95), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- November 21st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Unit:
- H.M.S. Trident (N52), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- August 25th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant Commander
- Unit:
- H.M.S. Thrasher (N37), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- January 11th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant Commander
- Unit:
- H.M.S. Trenchant (P331), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- December 29th, 1944
Legion of Merit - Commander (LoM - C)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Commander
- Unit:
- H.M.S. Trenchant (P331), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- June 21st, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Commander
- Unit:
- H.M.S. Trenchant (P331), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- July 23rd, 1945
Second DSO received as bar.
- Rank:
- Rear-Admiral
- Awarded on:
- June 10th, 1961
- Rank:
- Vice-Admiral
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1964
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - BBC NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Submariner's life of derring-do
- Cdr. Arthur Richard Hezlet , DSO, DSC of the Royal Navy (RN) - Allied Warship Commanders of WWII - uboat.net
- National Portrait Gallery
- King's Collections : Archive Catalogues : Military Archives
- print
- Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Hezlet - Telegraph
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