Commemorated on a memorial in St Bartholomew church, Much Marcle, Herefordshire
Michael Donald Kyrle POPE Rear Admiral, C.B., M.B.E., D.L.,
their eldest son of Commander Rowland Kyrle Cecil POPE, Royal Navy, and Agness Jessie nee Macdonald of Homme House, Much Marcle who died 14th September 2008 aged 91
He was the brother of Andrew Alec Kyrle Pope Major 77672, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, attached to H.Q., 5th Airbourne Division died 6th June 1944 aged 22. Mentioned in Despatches. Son of Commander. Rowland Kyrle Cecil Pope, Royal Navy, and Agnes Jessie Pope, of Much Marcle Herefordshire. Andrew resided at Juppsland, Billinghurst, Sussex Buried in St. Vaast-En-Auge Churchyard, France
Joined RN 1934; submarine service 1938; World War II 1939-1945; HMS VANGUARD 1946-1947; Member, British Joint Services Mission to Washington DC, USA 1951-1953; Naval Intelligence, Germany 1955-1957; Far East 1958-1960; Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf 1962-1964; Naval Intelligence, Ministry of Defence 1965-1967; Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Far East 1967-1969; retired 1970; General Manager, Middle East Navigation Aids Service, Bahrain 1971-1977
Wartime submariner whose exploits as a PoW were a constant irritant to his captors.
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