Edward Hefford
Engineer Rear-Admiral Edward Owen Hefford OBE (1871 – 7 August 1955) was a Royal Navy officer.
Hefford grew up in Dewsbury and Huddersfield.[1] He was educated at Batley Grammar School and then went to the Royal Naval Engineering College at Keyham, Plymouth, in 1886.[1] Becoming a probationary assistant engineer after his training, he was confirmed in the rank of assistant engineer on 12 October 1892.[2] He was promoted to engineer on 7 August 1896,[3] later becoming an engineer lieutenant when engineering officer ranks were standardised with those of line officers. He was promoted to engineer commander on 1 June 1908,[4] appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1919 New Year Honours for his service in the First World War,[5] and promoted to engineer captain on 13 December 1919.[6] From 1921 to 1923 he was chief engineer of the Royal Navy base[7] and president of the Allied Dockyard Commission in Constantinople and from 1924 to 1925 he was engineer overseer for the Royal Navy's London District. He was promoted to engineer rear-admiral on 15 July 1925 and retired the following day.[8]
Hefford was also a keen cyclist and a prominent member of the Cyclists' Touring Club. He was chairman of the council in 1947 and a vice-president in 1953. He married Mary Catherine Taylor in 1902; they had two daughters. Mary died in March 1955 and Hefford himself died in a nursing home in Paignton, Devon, on 7 August 1955.[1]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ a b c Obituary, The Times, 10 August 1955, p.11.
- ^ "No. 26334". The London Gazette. 14 October 1892. p. 5740.
- ^ "No. 26767". The London Gazette. 11 August 1896. p. 4573.
- ^ "No. 28143". The London Gazette. 5 June 1908. p. 4168.
- ^ "No. 31099". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1919. p. 112.
- ^ "No. 31791". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 February 1920. p. 2189.
- ^ "Naval Officers' Courses", The Times, 7 January 1924, p.6.
- ^ "No. 33071". The London Gazette. 31 July 1925. p. 5133.