Education
Hugh Richard Marrack was educated at Blundell"s School in Tiverton and at HMS Britannia.
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Marrack later became an Aide-de-Camp to King George VI.
Marrack’s appointments included:
1902 - Cadet, HMS Britannia
1904 – Promoted to Midshipman (15 July 1904)
1907 – Promoted to Sub Lieutenant (15 October 1907)
1908 - Sub-Lieutenant, Submarine Branch of Registered Nurse and appointed to HMS Mercury at Portsmouth "for Instruction in Submarine Boats"
1909 - Appointed to HMS Mercury "for Submarines" and later to HMS Bonaventure at Queenstown "for Submarines". 1911-1912 - Commanding Officer Her Majesty Submarine A10
1912-1919 - Commanding Officer Her Majesty Submarine C19 and Her Majesty Submarine E51 (minelayer)
1918-1928 - Commanding Officer Her Majesty Submarines, L71, HMS Fermoy (the Depot Ship of the Periscope School at Portland), K8, M3 and Her Majesty Australian Submarine Oxley. 1929-1931 - Commanding Officer, HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) & as Captain (South) 6th Submarine Flotilla (Portland Submarine Flotilla)
1931-1933 – Commanding Officer, HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) & Captain (South) 4th Submarine Flotilla (China)
1933 (May–June) - Commodore-in-Charge of Naval Establishments at Hong Kong HMS Tamar
1933–1934 - Senior officers" war course at the Registered Nurse War College, Greenwich
1934 - Tactical course, Her Majesty Dockyard, Portsmouth (HMS Victory)
1934-1937 - Commanding Officer HMS Carlisle (Africa Station)
1937-1943 – Captain Superintendent, Her Majesty Dockyard Sheerness (and, from 12 December also Commodore-in-Charge)
1943-1945 - Commodore Superintendent, Gibraltar
Marrack married Christine Banbury Pilkington (née Hallett) at the Old Parish Church in Upper Dovercourt on 7 July 1917.
Christine Pilkington was the widow of Lieutenant George Pilkington who died when Her Majesty Submarine C31 was lost on 7 January 1915.
Marrack was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1943. He retired as a Rear admiral and died in the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar.
The Imperial War Museum in London holds the papers of Rear Admiral Hugh Marrack 1932-1937 (ref: 72/52/1), including account of the seizure of the Chinese quarter of Shanghai by the Chinese Nationalist Army led by General Chiang Kai-shek, April 1927 (written 1932). Account of service as Commanding Officer, HMS CARLISLE, Africa Station 1934-1937.
Account of visit of HMS CARLISLE to Tristan de Cunha 1937.
Two files of papers relating to submarines.
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February 12, 1972 (aged 83)