Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson

Donaldson was born in 1875, and joined the Royal Navy. He was a lieutenant when in July 1902 he was posted as junior staff to HMS Vernon, the naval torpedo school ship at Chatham dockyard.^[1]

During World War I he served in various commands in charge of submarine flotillas. Following the war, he was Director of Torpedoes and Mining at the Admiralty from 1922 to 1924.

In July 1924 he was appointed Captain-Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard, serving until its closure in May 1926. The following year he was appointed Admiral-superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard, serving as such for four years.

He was promoted to admiral on the Retired list on 8 May 1935.^[2]