Talk:Bernard Warburton-Lee

Royal Navy Service - Query
I doubt it is correct (infobox) that his service with RN began in 1917, year of his 20th birthday when so many RN officers began at earlier ages. Also his photograph shows him wearing, at head of his row of medals, the 1914-15 Star, to qualify for which he would have to have seen first active service at sea no later than 1915. Worth investigating.Cloptonson (talk) 17:55, 27 August 2012 (UTC) A check in an already linked source, Unit Histories - Royal Navy Officers, shows that he entered the navy on 5 May 1908; it was in 1917 he was promoted Lieutenant RN.Cloptonson (talk) 18:07, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

Spanish Civil War - Query
"...because there was fear of social unrest in the naval station.." Vague - which naval station? In Britain or Spain? (The link to the cited website was ineffective when I tried to access it.)Cloptonson (talk) 21:43, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Legends
My late father was due to take part in the Norwegian raid under Warburton-Lee command but became injured in other action and missed the raid which probably saved his life.

At the time there was a story current that the Admiralty had taken information from the "Daily Sketch" which accounted for the results of the raid. It now seems that this story was probably a cover up story for Bletchley Park intercepts.

At the planning stage Warburton-Lee was made aware by Bletchley Park of the likely scale of German defense but he decided to launch the raid anyway. The Admiralty papers declassified under the thirty years rule describe him a s "very headstrong" officer.

The gallantry show by Warburton-Lee isn't in question but it does seem to have been a rather pointless raid.AT Kunene 123 (talk) 13:33, 15 July 2016 (UTC)


 * In 1939 Nazi Germany entered the war with twenty destroyers.


 * The Royal Navy entered the war in 1939 with around 200.


 * After Narvik Nazi Germany had ten. A reduction in her destroyer force of 50%.


 * Destroyers would be very useful for any possible invasion of Britain. The invasion never happened. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.150.18.173 (talk) 21:25, 23 March 2018 (UTC)