Helene Gertrude REES

Helene married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Marriages - Lieutenant-Commander H.C. Cumberbatch, R.N., and MissCongdon

The marriage took place at St. Mary Abbot's, Kensington, yesterdayafternoon of Lieutenant-Commander Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, R.N.,H.M.S. Medway, China, youngest son of the late Mr. H.A. Cumberbatch(Consul-General) and of the late Mrs. Cumberbatch, and Miss PaulineEllen Laing Congdon, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Congdon, ofNorth Court House, Reading. The Rev. E.C. Symes and Canon EdwinBrook-Jackson conducted the service.
The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of white lacewith a scalloped oval train, which fell from below the knees. Her longwhite tulle veil was held in place by a Tudor headdress pf lace, andshe carried a sheaf of white iris and roses and wore a bracelet ofwhite heather. She was attended by five bridesmaids - Miss NancyCumberbatch (sister of the bridegroom), Miss Isabel Catto, Miss JeanMurray; Miss Rachel Henderson, and Miss Audrey Gillespie. They woredresses of turquoise lace with short veils to match. They carriedbouquets of coral-coloured carnations and lilies-if-the-valley.Lieutenant E.R. Collins, R.N., was best man, and, like the bridgroom,wore full-dress uniform.
A reception was held in the Empress Rooms, Royal Palace Hotel,Kensington. Among those present were:-
Mrs. T.E. Congdon, Mr. R.C. Cumberbatch [Robert Cecil brother], Mr.and Mrs. V.C. Allen, Mr. C.E. Allen, Mr and Mrs. C.W. Allen, Mr. andMrs. Ferguson, Sir William and Lady McKercher, Sir Alexander and LadyMurray, Miss Murray, the Hon. Maurice Baring, Sir Thomas and LadyCatto, Mr. Jock Catto, Sir Thomas and Lady Neave, the Misses Neave,Mrs. E.R. Townsend, Miss Townsend, Commander and Mrs. Voelcker, Mr.R.V. Yates, Mr. and Mrs. Murdoch, Mrs. A.C. Fuller, Mr and Mrs.Borrett, Mrs. Murdoch, Mrs. A.C. Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. F.K. Brooke, Mrand Mrs. H.A. Gardner, Miss Whitehouse, Mrs. J.E. Stevenson, Mrs. P.W.Morris, Mrs. H.E. Howe, Mrs. Graves Chamney, Mrs. John Rowland, MissMadeley, Mis Fuller, Mrs. E. Baggallay, Mrs. le Bailly, Mr. le Bailly,Mr. A.H. Abbott, Mr and Mrs. G.H. Keeton, Major and Mrs. battine,Lieutenant-Commander Silcock, Miss Haggie.
Miss Rosemary Balfour, Mr. and Mrs. Somerset Playne, LieutenantVenebles, Captain and Mrs. McCillough, Mr. W.H.C. Daniel, Miss S.Webb, Miss E. Harding, Mr. and Mrs. John Best, Mr. and Mrs. JohnHumphrey, Captan and Mrs. Black, Mr. E.P. Burke. Mr. A.L. Carless,Captain and Mrs. Bruce Ramsay, Colonel and Mrs. Chapman, Mr. and Mrs.Davy, Miss Raphael, Lietenant-Commander and Mrs. Higham,Lieutenant-Commander Barry, Mrs. Robertson, Mr and Mrs. W.B. Andrew,Mrs. Adie, the Misses Adie, Mr. and Mrs. G.E. Moore, Miss Moore, Mr.geoffrey T. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Reid, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Lawie,Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Nevill, Mr and Mrs. J.P. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. G.N.Kingsley, mrs. E.T. Stuart, Mrs. E.J. Miller, Mrs. C.R. Stanley, Mrs.Doris Jenks, Lieutenant-Commander and Mrs. Bingeman, Mrs. Green,Colonel and Mrs. Hickley, Master Dennis Hickley, Master MichaelBarker, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver, Miss P. Farquarson, Mr. and Mrs. C.C.F.Glennie, Mr. and Mrs. H.P. Brown, Miss Brown, Colonel Manders, Mr. andMrs. Roffey, Mr. R.S. Roffey, Miss Roffey, Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Robinson,Colonel L.A. Grimston, Mrs. Herbert Kingham, Miss Kingham, Mr. andMrs. T. Cope, Miss Diana Mann, Mr. and Mrs. C. Simkins.

Photo (under):- At Kensington.-Lieutenant - Commander H.C.Cumberbatch, R.N., and Miss Congdon, married at St. Mary Abbots,Kensington, yesterday.

(source: The Times Friday April 27 1934 p.17 Column: d; photo: p.18)

The Services - Royal Navy - COMMAND OF THE OSIRIS
Lieutenant-Commander H.C. Cumberbatch, late in command of SubmarineL21 in the Home Fleet, has been appointed to command the Osiris in the4th Submarine Flotilla, China Station, in succession toLieutenant-Commander J.L. Fletcher, who was appointed two years ago.Lieutenant-Commander Cumberbatch entered Osborne in May, 1914, andpassed out from Dartmouth as midshipman in August, 1917, when he wasappointed to the battle cruiser Repulse in the Grand Fleet. He hasbeen serving in submarines since January, 1923. (Source: The Times 13August 1934 p.15 Column: d)

Commander HENRY CARLTON CUMBERBATCH

Born: 8 December 1900
Midshipman: 15 August 1917
Sub-Lieutenant: 15 January 1921
Lieutenant: 15 December 1922
Lieutenant-Commander: 15 December 1930
Commander: 2 April 1940
Retired: 1948
Died: 27 January 1966

Joined the submarine course at HMS DOLPHIN on 1 January 1923, oncompletion joined M1 working from HMS CONQUEST on 13 April 1923.
Transferred to H23, working from HMS DOLPHIN, on 5 March 1924, and wastemporarily in command while in refit, then becoming its firstlieutenant.
He returned to General Service on 21 March 1926, joining thebattleship HMS MARLBOROUGH.

On 3 January 1927, he returned to submarines, joining L5 (3rdSubmarine Flotilla) Devonport, also being temporarily attached to 5thSubmarine Flotilla. Took the COQC (commanding officer qualifyingcourse) at HMS DOLPHIN from 1 May 1928.
On completion, he took command of H28 (5th Submarine Flotilla),working from HMS ALECTO in Portsmouth, on 1 September 1928.

Almost a year later, on 26 August 1929, he returned to GeneralService.
He went back to submarines on 30 December 1931, joining the depot shipHMS LUCIA (2nd Submarine Flotilla) Devonport and Atlantic Fleet, beingavailable for submarines.

Eventually, on 2 January 1933, he took command of L21, working fromLUCIA, and stayed for over a year.

In April 1934, he travelled to China to join the depot ship HMS MEDWAY(4th Submarine Flotilla) there, on 4 May 1934. Five months later, on 5October 1934, he took command of HMS/m OSIRIS, working from MEDWAY.

On returning to Britain in 1937, he took command of HMS/m OTWAY,working from HMS DOLPHIN, which he joined on 30 August 1937. Thefollowing month, on 25 September, he joined the Reserve Group A at HMSDOLPHIN, moving to the depot ship HMS DWARF in July 1938.

He returned to command HMS/m OTWAY on 26 September 1938, working fromHMS DOLPHIN, but for only two weeks, before rejoining Reserve Group Ain command.

On 2 August 1939, he took command of HMS/m OBERON working from HMSDOLPHIN, and then HMS FORTH (2nd Submarine Flotilla) Rosyth in thesame month, returning to HMS DOLPHIN in October 1939.
OBERON moved again at the end of November 1939, joining the depot shipALECTO at HMS DOLPHIN.

In April 1940 he became available for command of submarines at HMSDOLPHIN after leaving OBERON and in June was at HMS CYCLOPS (7thSubmarine Flotilla). He remained with her until 17 March 1942 when hetook command of the depot ship HMS WOLFE in the US with HMS SAKER II(Baltimore).

He returned to General Service on leaving WOLFE on 10 February 1943,retiring five years later.

[From Richard Taylor, Secretary, Naval Historical Collectors &Research Association & RN Submarine Museum]