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| Submission declined on 8 November 2023 by DoubleGrazing (talk). This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia. | |
| Submission declined on 6 November 2023 by Drmies (talk). This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia. | |
| Submission declined on 5 November 2023 by AntientNestor (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:
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Comment: No change from previous, declined submission. AntientNestor (talk) 10:36, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: I don't know what sort of notability is being asserted, as there is no obvious claim of noteworthiness; this describes a person who existed and served in the military, including during wartime, with some success. If Wikipedia were a biographical database of the British military, this entry would probably be warranted, but Wikipedia is instead a global general encyclopaedia. In any case, the sources cited fall far short of the WP:GNG standard for notability (assuming it is general notability we're talking about here). DoubleGrazing (talk) 10:02, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: The only difference I see from the previous version is a few links--but those London Gazette articles look like press releases from a government agency, and the dry factoids they report don't seem to add to notability. Permission to wear some Norwegian distinction--what does that mean? This is why we require independent secondary sources. Drmies (talk) 15:05, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: Does not yet meet the standard of WP:BIO. Was his decoration for Gallantry? Why does The Times record his promotion to "Squadron Leader" on 1 July 1936? AntientNestor (talk) 13:11, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
Charles Richard Vernon Pugh | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Dick |
| Born | 8 January 1903 |
| Died | 12 September 1979[1] Falmouth, Cornwall |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  Royal Navy |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands held | HMS Jackdaw HMS Ravager HMNZS Philomel |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire[2] |
Captain Charles Richard Vernon Pugh, CBE (8 January 1903 – 12 September 1979) served in the Royal Navy as an aircraft pilot, commanding officer of an aircraft carrier, and Captain Superintendent of the Royal New Zealand Navy's dockyard in Auckland.
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Charles Richard Vernon (Dick) Pugh was one of seven children of Charles Vernon Pugh and Frances Mary Pugh (nee Smith).[3]
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Having entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1921,[4] he was promoted to lieutenant on 15 August, 1925.
On 3 October 1931 a single-engine Simmonds Spartan G-AAML light aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Pugh crashed into a tree on final approach at Croydon Airport in Surrey, England. Pugh was slightly injured while his passenger Miss Inez Alston, his fiancée aged 24, was killed. The Coroner's report concluded that:
The crash was in no way due to Lieut. Pugh, the pilot, who behaved with the greatest resource in the face of instant death when trying to save his passenger and his machine.[1][4]
Throughout the 1930s the Fleet Air Arm was an organisational unit of the Royal Air Force, which accounts for Pugh’s entries in The London Gazette recording promotions in ranks as an officer in both the RAF and the Royal Navy. The London Gazette of 21 March 1933 records him as being promoted from flying officer to flight lieutenant.[5] He was promoted to lieutenant commander on 15 August, 1933[6] while still serving with the RAF, where he was promoted to squadron leader on 1 July 1936.[7]
He was promoted to commander on 30 June, 1939,[6] in which rank he was mentioned in despatches on 4 May 1943[8] for services rendered during the combined Allied amphibious landing in Morocco and Algeria on 8 November 1942 (Operation Torch)[9] while serving on the aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable.[10]
He was promoted to captain on 30 June, 1944 and from then until April 1945 he served as commanding officer of HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife, Scotland),[10] following which he was appointed Naval Officer-in-Charge Oslo, Norway in May 1945,[10] later being awarded the King Haakon VII Freedom Cross by the King of Norway in recognition of services connected with the liberation of Norway.[11]
On 23 October 1945 he was appointed commanding officer of the Escort carrier HMS Ravager,[6][12] shortly afterwards being made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire,[2] on 11 December 1945, then mentioned in despatches a second time in the 1946 New Year Honours.[13]
He was lent to the Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Auckland, and Captain Superintendent, Auckland on 19 June 1946.[14]
Pugh retired from the Royal Navy on 30 January, 1951.[6]
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- ^ a b "Accidents 1931". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Commander of the Order of the British Empire" (PDF). The London Gazette. Supplement to (37380). 7 December 1945. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ "Family trees related to Charles Pugh". myheritage.com. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Simmonds Spartan (G-AAML) crash at Croydon, 1931". South-East History Boards. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ "Promotions - Flying Officers to Flight Lieutenants" (PDF). The London Gazette. Supplement. 21 March 1933. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Allied Warship Commanders". uboat.net. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ "Lieutenant Commanders with a seniority of 1933". National Library of Scotland. British Military Lists - Navy Lists - February 1939.
- ^ "Admiralty Fleet Orders 2104-2224/43" (PDF). The London Gazette. Supplement. 4 May 1943. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ Pugh, Charles Richard Vernon "Dick". "Operation Torch". Traces of War. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ a b c Pugh, Charles Richard Vernon "Dick". "Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945". unithistories.com. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Permission for the wearing of a foreign award" (PDF). The London Gazette. Third Supplement. 11 April 1947. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ Pugh, Charles Richard Vernon. "Commanders". Landing Practice Incidents on HMS Ravager – Framed Photographs Picture. Pittswater Online News. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Mention in Despatches" (PDF). The London Gazette. Supplement. 1 January 1946. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Appointments to Royal New Zealand Navy" (PDF). New Zealand Gazette. Supplement to. 15 August 1946. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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