Dashwood Fowler Moir

Vice-Admiral Dashwood Fowler Moir DSO (16 August 1880 – 8 August 1942) was a British commander serving with distinction in the Royal Navy in both World Wars who was killed whilst escorting North Atlantic Convoy SC 94.He was born on 16 August 1880 in St Andrews in Scotland the son of Dr John Wilson Moir and his wife, Helen Alice Levine.In 1902 he was involved in an expedition along the River Niger in HMS Thrush and was promoted to Lieutenant in June of that year.In early 1931 he was given his final large ship: HMS Glorious an aircraft carrier on patrol in the Mediterranean.The Trehata was torpedoed and sunk by U-176 on 8 August 1942, near Cape Farewell on the Greenland coast.
HMS Ariel
HMS Goshawk
HMS Vimiera
Memorial to Vice Admiral Dashwood Fowler Moir, St Andrews Cemetery
A U boat attacking convoy SC 94
Royal NavyConvoy SC 94St AndrewsSouth AfricaSecond Boer WarRiver NigerHMS ThrushHMS ArielBattle of Dogger BankBattle of Heligoland BightHMS GoshawkBattle of JutlandFirst Destroyer FlotillaMentioned in DispatchesHMS VimieraHMS ValhallaDistinguished Service OrderHMS BruceFourth Destroyer FlotillaHMS MackaySubmarine tenderSheernessHMS GloriousSecond World WarRoyal Navy ReserveSydneyCape FarewellSt Andrews CathedralLiverpool Naval MemorialBo'nessBrimpton