About Aubrey Mansergh
Lived 1898 – 1990 (aged 91). Aubrey Mansergh was a naval officer.
Vice Admiral Sir Cecil Aubrey Lawson Mansergh KBE, CB, DSC (7 October 1898 – 31 July 1990) was a Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
Naval career Born the son of Ernest Lawson Mansergh and younger brother of Admiral Sir Maurice Mansergh, Mansergh joined the Royal Navy in 1911 and then served in World War I. He became Commanding Officer of the cruiser HMS Cairo in 1936 and Commanding Officer of the cruiser HMS Aurora in 1937 and then Staff Officer (Plans) on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet in 1939.
Mansergh also served in World War II commanding the cruiser from 1942 and then commanding the cruiser HMNZS Leander from 1943 before becoming a Commodore on the staff of the Admiralty. He died in 1990 and is buried at St Margaret's Churchyard at Rottingdean in East Sussex.
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Who was Aubrey Mansergh?
British admiral
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Aubrey Mansergh was born on 7 October 1898 in Brentford.
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Aubrey Mansergh died on 31 July 1990 in Rottingdean.
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Aubrey Mansergh was a naval officer.
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