D. V. Peyton-Ward


Dudley Vivian Peyton-Ward was a Royal Navy officer who served in both the First World War and during and after the Second World War.
Peyton-Ward was most famous for his work as Naval Liaison Officer to RAF Coastal Command. The work he performed in this capacity was of utmost importance to the smooth functioning of Coastal Command operations, tactics and weapons says "Our debt is especially heavy to the Air Historical Branch: to its narrators—among them Captain D. V. Peyton-Ward, C.B.E., R.N., perhaps more than any".

Life

In May 1914 he was his sub-Lieutenancy was confirmed.
While a Lieutenant he was mentioned in dispatches in 1917 for "recognition of their services in submarines in enemy waters" during the First World War.
In 1944, he was named as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
After the war he was named officer of the American Legion of Merit for his contribution to the Allied cause during the war.