William Penrose Mark-Wardlaw
(1887-1952), Rear-AdmiralSitter in 4 portraits
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 16 March 1939
NPG x154060
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 16 March 1939
NPG x154061
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 16 March 1939
NPG x156147
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 16 March 1939
NPG x156148
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Ian Marshall
29 November 2015, 14:30
Royal Navy, enlisted 15 Jan 1902 (Midshipman), Lt Commander 1916, Commander 1919, Captain by 1930. Aide de camp to King George VI 1938 as Rear Admiral, placed on retired list 11 Aug 1938, later served with RAF volunteer reserve (see below). DSO 4 Jul 1919 (DSC awarded initially) - awarded for "skilful conduct in action with a German submarine 21-7-1915, which resulted in the enemy vessel being sunk"
Awarded Aviators certificate 1931.
In Who Was Who he is listed as Hon. Wing commander, Commandant of RAFVR, Blackpool, 1939. Commission 1940, Wing Commander 1944 (resigned commission), re-employed by Admiralty as Admiral commanding reserves 1944-5.
Mark Law Hitchings
23 February 2017, 08:42
Rear Admiral William Penrose Mark-Wardlaw, my great great grandfather, formerly Captain of HMS Sheffield, was the son of William Mark, Consul General to Granada, founder of the English Cemetery in Malaga, and publisher of 'At Sea With Nelson'. The family name 'Penrose' came about when a close friend was killed at Trafalgar and asked Mark to carry on his family name, as he had no heirs. The family dropped 'Mark' and became Wardlaw during the World War, as it was deemed too Germanic. By all accounts, Mark-Wardlaw was, like his father, an accomplished and highly respected naval officer and diplomat.