Reginald Servaes
{{Short description|British admiral}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
|name= Reginald Servaes
|birth_name=Reginald Maxwell Servaes
|birth_date= {{Birth date|df=yes|1893|7|25}}
|death_date= {{Death date and age|df=yes|1978|11|18|1893|7|25}}
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|image= Assistant Chief of Naval Staff. March 1944, Admiralty, Rear Admiral Reginald Maxwell Servaes, Cbe, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, in His Office at the Admiralty. A22630.jpg
|caption=Rear Admiral Servaes at the Admiralty, March 1944
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|allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
|serviceyears= 1906–1948
|rank= Vice admiral
|branch= 23px Royal Navy
|commands={{HMS|Resource|F79|6}}
{{HMS|London|69|6}}
Reserve Fleet
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|battles=World War I
World War II
|awards=Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Vice Admiral Reginald Maxwell Servaes {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CB|CBE|sep=yes}} (25 July 1893 – 18 November 1978) was Flag Officer commanding the Reserve Fleet.
Early life
Servaes was son of Julius Max(imus)Sources give "Max" and "Maximus" Servaes (1863-1947) and Constance Violet, daughter of Joseph Coltart, a Liverpool shipowner. Julius Servaes, like his father, also Julius (died 1902), was a cotton merchant; the senior Julius had been a partner in the firm of J. H. Schroder & Co., involved in the Liverpool cotton trade, before establishing his own general agency and commission business and becoming prominent in the local community.{{cite web | url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/discoveries/tom-hiddlestons-family-tree | title=Heroes and villains in Tom Hiddleston's family tree | Blog }}Schroders- Merchants and Bankers, Richard Roberts, Macmillan, 1992, p. 94
Life and career
Servaes joined the Royal Navy in 1906 and saw service in World War I.{{cite web |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/SERVAES.shtml |title=Servaes, Reginald Maxwell |website=Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives}} He became commanding officer of the repair ship {{HMS|Resource|F79|2}} in 1937 and Director of Local Defence at the Admiralty in 1938. He served in World War II as commanding officer of the cruiser {{HMS|London|69|2}} from 1940{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/commanders/2236.html |title=Rear-Admiral Reginald Maxwell Servaes |first=Guðmundur |last=Helgason |website=uboat.net |accessdate=12 June 2016}} and saw action with the arctic convoys before becoming Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1943.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGW-RNOrganisation1939-45.htm |title=Royal Navy Organisation in World War II, 1939–1945 |first=Graham |last=Watson |website=Naval History.net |year=2015 |accessdate=12 June 2016}}
After the War he became Rear Admiral commanding 2nd Cruiser Squadron in the British Pacific Fleet in 1945 and Flag Officer commanding the Reserve Fleet in 1947 before retiring in 1948.
Personal life
Servaes was married firstly, in 1919, to Hilda Edith Anna Johnson, and secondly, in 1959, to Marian Frances Mansel Glasbrook, widow of stockbroker Humphrey Vivian Bond.Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories, 1973, p. 2972 A notable descendant is the actor Tom Hiddleston.{{cite web | url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/discoveries/tom-hiddlestons-family-tree | title=Heroes and villains in Tom Hiddleston's family tree | Blog }}
References
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{{s-bef | before=Bernard Rawlings}}
{{s-ttl | title=Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Foreign) | years=1943–1945}}
{{s-aft | after=Edward Bellars}}
{{s-bef | before=Leslie Ashmore}}
{{s-ttl | title=Commander-in-Chief, Reserve Fleet | years=1947–1948}}
{{s-aft | after=Sir Robin Bridge}}
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Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath