Neil Rutherford
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Lt Cmdr Neil Rutherford, DSC & Bar, RN. Born 15 May 1922, died Penmaenmawr, Wales 24 September 1976. Cremated North Wales. In 1958 he was serving with the Underwater Weapons Material Dept.
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[edit] Naval career
- Midshipman 01.01.1940
- Sub Lieutenant 01.11.1941
- Lieutenant 01.06.1943
- Lieutenant Commander 01.06.1951 (General List 01.01.1957) (retired 05.01.1959)
- DSC 10.07.1945 6 war patrols (3 East Indies, 3 Southwest Pacific)
- DSC 29.06.1951 Korea[1]
[edit] Naval service
- Education: RN College (01.1936-12.1939)
- 01.01.1940 - 01.1941 HMS Glasgow (cruiser)
- 01.1941 - 05.1941 HMS Hero (destroyer)
- 05.1941 - 07.1941 HMS Valiant (battleship)
- 07.1941? - 09.1941? passage home SS Empress of Asia
- 09.1941 - 03.1942 Sub-Lieutenant's courses
- 03.1942 - 05.1942 submarine training course
- 20.05.1942 - 02.1943 HMS Tuna (submarine)
- 02.1943 - 07.1943 HMS P 556 (submarine)
- 05.07.1943 - 01.1946 Commanding Officer HMS Spiteful (submarine)
- 08.02.1946 - 08.1946 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) (for submarines) (Submarine Reserve Group K)
- 08.1946 - 09.1946 HMS Stygian (submarine)
- 10.1946 - 11.1946 HMS Ranee (Woolworth carrier)
- 01.1947 - 01.1948 specialist Torpedo & Anti-Submarine (TAS) course HMS Vernon
- 01.1948 - 09.1949 HMS Defiance (training establishment, Devonport)
- 09.1949 - 11.1949 passage to Far East [SS Devonshire]
- 11.1949 - 04.1952? HMS Black Swan (sloop) (3rd & 4th Frigate Flotillas and duties with C.T.G. 95.I., such as on the Staff, Commander Task Element (CTE) 95.1.4 (Korea; possibly POW))
- 30.04.1952 - (05.1953) staff TAS, HMS Montclare (depot ship) (3rd Submarine Flotilla)
- 05.1953 - 05.07.1954 Commander-in-chief Nore
- 05.07.1954 - (01.1956) staff, Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet HMS Cleopatra
- (1958) Underwater Weapons Material Department (Bath), Admiralty [HMS President]
[edit] Family life
Commander Rutherford retired from the navy 5 January 1959. He was son of Neil Perry Rutherford and after his father's death, Neil took over the family firm as head of A. Rutherford and Co, until it was liquidated in the 1960s.
Married 1948 Joan Margery Colville-Hyde. Divorced 1972.
[edit] Death
Rutherford died at Red Gables, Penmaenmawr, Wales 24 September 1976. He was clutching a gun. Also killed by gunshot wounds were the hotel owner, Mrs Linda Simcox (52); ex merchant seaman Johnny Green (55); an antique dealer from Texas; Mrs Simcox's daughter, Lorna (24); and her husband, Alastair McIntyre (55). The hotel was ablaze when the police arrived.[2][3]
