Neston Diggle

Captain Neston William Diggle, CMG, RN (7 January 1881 – 17 December 1963) was a Royal Navy officer during the First World War.

Diggle was born in 1880, the son of Wadham Neston Diggle who had previously been a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Diggle, Senior married on 5 April 1883 Lily Julia Noble^[1] (d. 25 January 1942^[2]) so it is unclear whether Neston was born out of wedlock or his mother died soon after his birth.

He entered the Royal Navy, training like all other naval cadets at Britannia, and was on 8 June 1897 appointed to the battleship HMS Royal Sovereign as a Midshipman.^[3] Diggle was soon after appointed to the battleship HMS Mars, when he was selected to travel with a procession of 12 pdr guns in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee parade through London.

After his retirement from the navy Diggle became a director of the investment company the Sons of Gwalia Limited.

Commands

• HMS Hussar, torpedo gunboat.
• HMS General Wolfe, monitor.

Citations

1. ^ "Marriages" (Marriages). The Times (London). Monday, 9 April, 1883. Issue 30789, col A, p. 1.
2. ^ "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times (London). Tuesday, 27 January, 1942. Issue 49144, col A, p. 1.
3. ^ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times (London). Saturday, 8 May, 1897. Issue 35918, col C, p. 10.

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Name	Diggle, Neston
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Date of birth	7 January 1881
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Date of death	17 December 1963
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