Richard Washbourn, the Glossary
Rear Admiral Richard Everley Washbourn (14 February 1910 – 8 August 1988) was a senior officer of the Royal Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) from the 1940s to the 1960s.[1]
Table of Contents
42 relations: Admiralty Gunnery Establishment, Battle of the River Plate, Chief of Navy (New Zealand), Collingwood Area School, Devonport Naval Base, Distinguished Service Order, Enga Washbourn, Golden Bay / Mohua, HMNZS Achilles, HMS Anson (79), HMS Bellona (63), HMS Chevron (R51), HMS Diomede (D92), HMS Erebus (I02), HMS Excellent (shore establishment), HMS London (69), HMS Manxman (M70), HMS Tiger (C20), HMS Warspite (03), Kensington, Maitai River, Manawatū Standard, National Library of New Zealand, Nelson College, Onekaka, Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, Peter Phipps (admiral), Rear admiral, Rosyth Dockyard, Royal Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, St Mary Abbots, Sumner, New Zealand, The Dominion (Wellington), The Evening Post (New Zealand), The Nelson Mail, The Northern Advocate, The Press, World War II, 1950 New Year Honours (New Zealand), 1961 New Year Honours.
- Military personnel from Christchurch
- People from Golden Bay
- Royal New Zealand Navy admirals
- Royal New Zealand Navy personnel of World War II
Admiralty Gunnery Establishment
The Admiralty Gunnery Establishment (AGE), originally known as Fire Control Group (ARL) and later known as the Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment (ASWE), was an admiralty research department primarily responsible for Army and Navy gunfire control work between 1931 and 1959.
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Battle of the River Plate
The Battle of the River Plate was fought in the South Atlantic on 13 December 1939 as the first naval battle of the Second World War.
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Chief of Navy (New Zealand)
Chief of Navy (CN) commands the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and is responsible to the Chief of Defence Force (CDF) for raising, training and sustaining those forces necessary to meet agreed government outputs.
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Collingwood Area School
Collingwood Area School (Te Kura o Aorere) is an area school in the Golden Bay / Mohua town of Collingwood in New Zealand.
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Devonport Naval Base
Devonport Naval Base is the home of the Royal New Zealand Navy, located at Devonport, New Zealand on Auckland's North Shore.
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Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth, awarded for operational gallantry for highly successful command and leadership during active operations, typically in actual combat.
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Enga Washbourn
Enga Margaret Washbourn (1 March 1908 – 8 July 1988) was a New Zealand artist and writer.
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Golden Bay / Mohua
Golden Bay / Mohua is a large shallow bay in New Zealand's Tasman District, near the northern tip of the South Island.
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HMNZS Achilles
HMNZS Achilles was a light cruiser, the second of five in the class.
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HMS Anson (79)
HMS Anson was a battleship of the Royal Navy, named after Admiral George Anson.
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HMS Bellona (63)
HMS Bellona was the name ship of her sub-class of light cruisers for the Royal Navy.
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HMS Chevron (R51)
HMS Chevron was a destroyer of the Royal Navy that was in service from August 1945 to the 1960s.
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HMS Diomede (D92)
HMS Diomede was a of the Royal Navy.
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HMS Erebus (I02)
HMS Erebus was a First World War monitor launched on 19 June 1916 and which served in both world wars.
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HMS Excellent (shore establishment)
HMS Excellent is a Royal Navy "stone frigate" (shore establishment) sited on Whale Island near Portsmouth in Hampshire.
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HMS London (69)
HMS London, pennant number C69, was a member of the second group of the heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy.
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HMS Manxman (M70)
HMS Manxman (M70) was an of the Royal Navy.
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HMS Tiger (C20)
HMS Tiger was a conventional cruiser of the British Royal Navy, one of a three-ship class known as the.
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HMS Warspite (03)
HMS Warspite was one of five s built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s.
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Kensington
Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London.
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Maitai River
The Maitai River (also known as the Mahitahi River) is the largest river in the city of Nelson, in the north of New Zealand's South Island.
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Manawatū Standard
The Manawatū Standard (formerly the Evening Standard) is the daily paper for the Manawatū region based in Palmerston North.
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National Library of New Zealand
The National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa) is charged with the obligation to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations" (National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga) Act 2003).
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Nelson College
Nelson College is the oldest state secondary school in New Zealand, a feat achieved in part thanks to its original inception as a private school.
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Onekaka
Onekaka (Onekakā) is a rural district on the coast of Golden Bay, New Zealand.
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Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725.
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Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.
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Peter Phipps (admiral)
Vice Admiral Sir Peter Phipps, (7 December 1908 – 18 September 1989) was a senior officer of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) from the 1940s to 1960s. Richard Washbourn and Peter Phipps (admiral) are Royal New Zealand Navy admirals and Royal New Zealand Navy personnel of World War II.
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Rear admiral
Rear admiral is a flag officer rank used by English-speaking navies.
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Rosyth Dockyard
Rosyth Dockyard is a large naval dockyard on the Firth of Forth at Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, owned by Babcock Marine, which formerly undertook refitting of Royal Navy surface vessels and submarines.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
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Royal New Zealand Navy
The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN; Sea Warriors of New Zealand) is the maritime arm of the New Zealand Defence Force.
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St Mary Abbots
St Mary Abbots is a church located on Kensington High Street and the corner of Kensington Church Street in London W8.
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Sumner, New Zealand
Sumner is a coastal seaside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand and was surveyed and named in 1849 in honour of John Bird Sumner, the then newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury and president of the Canterbury Association.
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The Dominion (Wellington)
The Dominion was a broadsheet metropolitan morning daily newspaper published in Wellington, New Zealand, from 1907 to 2002.
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The Evening Post (New Zealand)
The Evening Post (8 February 1865 – 6 July 2002) was an afternoon metropolitan daily newspaper based in Wellington, New Zealand.
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The Nelson Mail
The Nelson Mail is a 4-day a week newspaper in Nelson, New Zealand owned by media business Stuff Ltd.
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The Northern Advocate
The Northern Advocate is the regional daily paper for the city of Whangārei and the Northland Region in New Zealand.
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The Press
The Press (Te Matatika) is a daily newspaper published in Christchurch, New Zealand, owned by media business Stuff Ltd.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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1950 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 1950 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by King George VI on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders.
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1961 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1961 were appointments by many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.
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See also
Military personnel from Christchurch
- Alan Scott (RAF officer)
- Albert F. A. L. Jones
- Allan George Barnard Fisher
- Anthony Wilding
- Antonio Dini
- Arthur Corfe
- Barrie West
- Charles Henry Brown
- Charles Upham
- Colin Falkland Gray
- Dudley Perkins (soldier)
- Eric Webb
- Ernest Gasson (cricketer, born 1907)
- Ernest Parsons (rugby union)
- Ewan Jamieson
- Frank Rennie
- George Augustus King
- George Jameson (RNZAF officer)
- George Macdonald (historian)
- George Wilson (New Zealand cricketer)
- Glyn Harper
- Guy Newton (RNZAF officer)
- Henry Murray (athlete)
- Herbert Drewitt
- Howard Kippenberger
- Ian Burrows
- Ian Monro
- Jack Steer
- John Houlton
- Joseph Bennett (cricketer, born 1881)
- Keith Thiele
- Leonard Isitt (aviator)
- Leonard Thornton
- Leslie Averill
- Norman Weir
- Patricia Hook
- Peter MacCallum
- Raymond Queree
- Reginald Hyde
- Rex Bergstrom
- Richard Washbourn
- Robert Row (New Zealand soldier)
- Ronald Tinker
- Rupert Clare Garsia
- William Baker (Indian Army officer)
- William Orange
People from Golden Bay
- Ann Lovell
- Axel Downard-Wilke
- Darcy Hadfield
- Jack Bauer (cyclist)
- Jean Devanny
- Pat Devanny
- Richard Washbourn
- Roger Nokes
Royal New Zealand Navy admirals
- David Ledson
- David Proctor (admiral)
- Edward Parry (Royal Navy officer)
- Edward Thorne (naval officer)
- George Simpson (Royal Navy officer)
- Ian Hunter (admiral)
- Jack Steer
- John Martin (New Zealand admiral)
- Neil Anderson (RNZN officer)
- Peter Phipps (admiral)
- Richard Washbourn
- Somerford Teagle
- Tony Parr
Royal New Zealand Navy personnel of World War II
- Colin Allan
- Darcy Heeney
- David Beattie
- Dean Eyre
- Frank Bateson
- George James Macdonald
- Gordon Bridson
- Herb Pearson
- Hugh Sheridan (boxer)
- Iain Gallaway
- Jack Monaghan
- Jack Parker (boxer)
- Jack Rumbold
- Jack Shallcrass
- Lawrence Hogben
- Lisle Alderton
- Lory Blanchard
- Nathaniel Millar
- Neil Anderson (RNZN officer)
- Owen Woodhouse
- Peter Phipps (admiral)
- Phil Connolly
- Ray Forster
- Richard Washbourn
- Roy Cowan
- Roy McLennan
- Roy Roper
- Sir Atwell Lake, 9th Baronet
- Tom Iremonger
- Trevor Berghan
- Walter Mapplebeck
- William James Lanyon Smith