A post-War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Captain R. Ramsbotham, Royal Navy, later Home Guard, whose unpublished memoirs covering over 40 years of naval and coastguard service are held by the Imperial War Museum The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. R. Ramsbotham, R.N.), gilded; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. R. Ramsbotham. R.N.); Defence Medal, good very fine (5) £240-£280 Footnote O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1955. Reginald Ramsbotham was born on 1 May 1891 and, after time at Dartmouth and Osborne, was promoted to the rank of Midshipman on 15 May 1908 and was appointed to the battleship Albemarle, serving in her into 1909. Later in 1909, he served in the battleship King Edward VII. In 1909 and 1910 he served in Sapphire and Bellona. In 1910-11 he served in Vanguard. Promoted Lieutenant on 15 June 1913, he was appointed to the battleship Queen on 29 July, 1914, serving in her until 22 November 1914 when he was appointed to the destroyer Mentor for navigating duties.This would establish the pattern of his wartime service, in which he served as navigating officer in a number of mostly small ships. He was appointed to the old torpedo gunboat Hazard, which was operating as a depot ship in support of a submarine flotilla, as navigator on 31 January 1915. Ramsbotham was appointed to the destroyer Kempenfelt for navigation on 13 July 1916, remaining there until at least October, 1917. He later served in Shakespeare, Valkyrie and Montrose. After the war, Ramsbotham served as Navigating Officer of the flotilla leader H.M.S. Stuart as she assisted in the evacuation of White Russian troops and refugees from Black Sea ports in 1919 and 1920. He served in the light cruiser Diomede on the China Station between 1922 and 1925 and in the aircraft carrier Eagle on the Mediterranean Station in 1926, in June of which year he was promoted to the rank of Commander. Ramsbotham served for two years as executive officer in Hermes on the China Station in 1927 through about October 1929. He commanded the Royal New Zealand Navy sweeping sloop Laburnum in the Pacific from 28 August 1931 through 1938. His memoirs contain much colour regarding venereal disease and homosexual behaviour on these two ships during this period. Ramsbotham served as King's Harbour Master and Captain of the Dockyard, Sheerness from 1935 through 1938 before becoming Inspector of Coastguard for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire from 1938 until 1951. During the Second War he served with 4th/6th North Riding Battalion, Home Guard. His papers and memoirs, which are written in the form of a series of letters to his brother Viscount Soulbury, cover his naval service from 1908 to 1938 and his years in the Coastguard from 1938 to 1951.
A post-War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Captain R. Ramsbotham, Royal Navy, later Home Guard, whose unpublished memoirs covering over 40 years of naval and coastguard service are held by the Imperial War Museum The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. R. Ramsbotham, R.N.), gilded; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. R. Ramsbotham. R.N.); Defence Medal, good very fine (5) £240-£280 Footnote O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1955. Reginald Ramsbotham was born on 1 May 1891 and, after time at Dartmouth and Osborne, was promoted to the rank of Midshipman on 15 May 1908 and was appointed to the battleship Albemarle, serving in her into 1909. Later in 1909, he served in the battleship King Edward VII. In 1909 and 1910 he served in Sapphire and Bellona. In 1910-11 he served in Vanguard. Promoted Lieutenant on 15 June 1913, he was appointed to the battleship Queen on 29 July, 1914, serving in her until 22 November 1914 when he was appointed to the destroyer Mentor for navigating duties.This would establish the pattern of his wartime service, in which he served as navigating officer in a number of mostly small ships. He was appointed to the old torpedo gunboat Hazard, which was operating as a depot ship in support of a submarine flotilla, as navigator on 31 January 1915. Ramsbotham was appointed to the destroyer Kempenfelt for navigation on 13 July 1916, remaining there until at least October, 1917. He later served in Shakespeare, Valkyrie and Montrose. After the war, Ramsbotham served as Navigating Officer of the flotilla leader H.M.S. Stuart as she assisted in the evacuation of White Russian troops and refugees from Black Sea ports in 1919 and 1920. He served in the light cruiser Diomede on the China Station between 1922 and 1925 and in the aircraft carrier Eagle on the Mediterranean Station in 1926, in June of which year he was promoted to the rank of Commander. Ramsbotham served for two years as executive officer in Hermes on the China Station in 1927 through about October 1929. He commanded the Royal New Zealand Navy sweeping sloop Laburnum in the Pacific from 28 August 1931 through 1938. His memoirs contain much colour regarding venereal disease and homosexual behaviour on these two ships during this period. Ramsbotham served as King's Harbour Master and Captain of the Dockyard, Sheerness from 1935 through 1938 before becoming Inspector of Coastguard for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire from 1938 until 1951. During the Second War he served with 4th/6th North Riding Battalion, Home Guard. His papers and memoirs, which are written in the form of a series of letters to his brother Viscount Soulbury, cover his naval service from 1908 to 1938 and his years in the Coastguard from 1938 to 1951.
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