![]() ![]() In 1999 Charles hit the headlines when, according to the Daily Mail, “he took a stand for decency” after remonstrating with a man relieving himself against a Scout hut in the village of Ramsbury, near Marlborough, where he lived for many years. Originally established in 1827 as the Merchant Seamen’s Orphan Asylum (later the Royal Merchant Navy School at Bearwood, near Reading), this niche charity provides educational help to children of people who served, or are serving, in the Merchant Navy, Fishing Fleet or RNLI. The majority of Charles’s post-RN life was spent working in the charity sector, eventually becoming Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Merchant Navy Education Foundation (RMNEF) in 2006. Promoted Lieutenant in 1967, Lt Commander in 1975 and Commander in June 1981, he retired from the RN in the early 1990s after 30 years’ service. ![]() ![]() His naval career was then spent almost entirely in hydrography, serving in a succession of RN survey ships including HMS Hecla, Fawn, Fox, Egeria, Hecate, Dryad and Hydra. ![]() As a fielder, vastly improved.”Įntering BRNC Dartmouth in 1962, he became a Sub Lt RN in September 1964. This cost him his wicket again and again, and yet he seemed to lack the necessary power of determination to overcome it. But he was a bad starter and never overcame his uppish forward defensive shot. The Log stated: “He showed on occasion what an elegant bat he could be. That term he had played in the 1st XI as a middle-order batsman and scored 63 in the match against The Admirals XI. He left a widow Elizabeth, two daughters and four grandchildren.Īt the NCP, Charles was in Macquarie Division but left the College a year early to “coach for the RN” according to a hand-written note scrawled in The Log of Summer Term 1961. Charles Heron-Watson (57-61), a retired Commander RN, died peacefully after a short illness on 12th June 2023 aged 79. ![]()
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