Marcel Kelsey
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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = Vice-Admiral
| name = Marcel Kelsey
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|DSC}}
| birth_date = 21 February 1894
| death_date = {{death-date and age|27 August 1964|21 February 1894}}
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| allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
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| rank = Vice Admiral
| branch = 23px Royal Navy
| commands = HMS Naiad
HMS Warspite
Malta Dockyard
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| battles = World War I
World War II
| awards = Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Cross
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Vice Admiral Marcel Harcourt Attwood Kelsey CB, DSC (21 February 1894 – 27 August 1964) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Malta.
Naval career
Kelsey joined the Royal Navy in September 1911 and served in the First World War.{{cite web|url=http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersK.html|title=Marcel Kelsey|publisher=Unit Histories|accessdate=7 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318044852/http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersK.html|archive-date=18 March 2015|url-status=dead}} Promoted to captain on 31 December 1936, Kelsey became deputy director of Personal Services at the Admiralty in September 1937.{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf |title=Senior Royal Navy appointments |accessdate=7 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105247/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf |archivedate=15 March 2012 }} He served in the Second World War becoming commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Naiad in April 1940, Commodore-in-Charge, Freetown in April 1942 and commanding officer of the battleship HMS Warspite in March 1944.{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf |title=Captains commanding Royal Navy warships |accessdate=7 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714184102/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf |archivedate=14 July 2015 }} As captain of HMS Warspite he led the bombardment squadron during Operation Infatuate, an Anglo-Canadian operation to open the port of Antwerp to shipping and relieve logistical constraints.{{cite web|url=http://www.combinedops.com/Walcheren.htm|title=Operation Infatuate|publisher=Combined Operations|accessdate=7 February 2015}} He went on to be Commodore, Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham in January 1945.
After the War he became Flag Officer, Malta in June 1946.
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Category:Royal Navy vice admirals
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)