Alban Curteis

Admiral Sir Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis KCB CVO DSO (13 January 1887 – 27 November 1961) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Senior British Naval Officer, Western Atlantic.

Education Curteis was educated at New Beacon School in Sevenoaks, followed by HMS Britannia, Dartmouth.

Naval career Curteis joined the Royal Navy in 1902 and served in World War I. He was appointed Commanding Officer of HMS Verity in 1922 and Flag Captain commanding and Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief of the America and West Indies Station in 1928. He was appointed Flag Captain commanding and Captain of the Fleet to the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet in 1931 before becoming Captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1933. He was made Senior British Naval Officer, Western Atlantic in 1942 and retired in 1944.

Family In 1915 he married Helen Morrall; they had one son and one daughter. In 1941 he married Freda Morrall.