Date of birth:

October 4th, 1916 (Perth/Scotland, Great Britain)

Date of death:

November 22nd, 2001 (Wiltshire, Great Britain)

Nationality:

British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Ronald Cuthbert Hay was born on October 4th,1916 in Perth, Schotland as the son of Cuthbert Joseph Hay and Letitia Griffith Fausset. He attended the Ampleforth College in Yorkshire.

Promotions:
?: Lieutenant;
May 1942: acting Captain;
?: Captain (war subs.);
April 1943: acting Major;
December 1944: Lieutenant Colonel;
?: Captain (war subs. Royal Marines);
?: Lieutenant Commander (Royal Navy);
1955: Commander (Royal Navy).

Career:
September 1st, 1935: Royal Marines;
?: H.M.S. Devonshire;
1938: Fleet Air Arm;
March 6th, 1939: Elementary Flying Training, Rochester;
1939 - October 1939: No. 3 Course, No. 1 FTS, RAF Netheravon;
April 1940: Pilot, No. 801 Squadron, H.M.S. Ark Royal;
August 1940: No. 808 Squadron, Wick;
October 1941: No. 761 Squadron, H.M.S. Ark Royal;
November 1942: Commanding Officer No. 809 Squadron, H.M.S. Victorious;
May 1943: RAF Wing Leaders Course;
August 1944: Wing Leader No. 47 Wing, H.M.S. Victorious;
December 1944: Air Co-ordinator, 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron, H.M.S. Victorious;
?: Royal Marines;
?: No. 40 Commando;
1951: Fleet Air Arm;
?: H.M.S. Indomitable;
?: Staff Course, Greenwich;
?: Admiralty Plans Division;
June 1955 - 1957: Commander Royal Naval Air Station Stretton;
?: Joint Services Staff College, Latimer;
?: NATO;
?: Joint Warfare Establishment;
?: NATO, Turkije;
November 1966: Pensioen.

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• Photo 1: Tom MacNeill
• - Third Supplement to The London Gazette of 21st November 1941, Issue 35357, dated 25th November 1941
  - The Battle of Britain London Monument
  - Flying Marines