Marcel Kelsey

Kelsey joined the Royal Navy in September 1911 and served in the First World War.^[1] Promoted to captain on 31 December 1936, Kelsey became deputy director of Personal Services at the Admiralty in September 1937.^[2] He served in the Second World War becoming commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Naiad in April 1940, Commodore-in-Charge, Freetown in April 1942 and commanding officer of the battleship HMS Warspite in March 1944.^[3] As captain of HMS Warspite he led the bombardment squadron during Operation Infatuate, an Anglo-Canadian operation to open the port of Antwerp to shipping and relieve logistical constraints.^[4] He went on to be Commodore, Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham in January 1945.^[2]

After the War he became Flag Officer, Malta in June 1946.^[2]