User:LoopZilla/Henry Carlton Cumberbatch

Henry Carlton Cumberbatch (born 8th December 1900, died 27 January 1966) had a career in the Royal Navy, serving on submarines. He started a course at HMS DOLPHIN on 1 January 1923 and served from HMS CONQUEST on 13 April 1923 on completion of his training.

He was born in Izmir and lived in Turkey as a young boy.

Cumberbatch married Pauline Ellen Laing Congdon on 26 April 1934 St. Mary Abbot's, Kensington.

Cumberbatch commanded HMS Osiris (S13) from October 1934 and HMS_Otway in 1937.

He died in 1966 at Buckhurst Manor, Wadhurst, Sussex, formerly the home of his brother, Sir Hugh Carlton Cumberbatch.

His father was Henry Alfred Cumberbatch CMG, British Consul General of Smyrna 1896-1908  and his grandson is Benedict Cumberbatch.