DARLEY, Commander A T, Papers

Administrative / biographical background
Darley was the eldest son of Mr Wellington Darley of Violet Hill, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. He joined the Navy as a cadet in 1891 and first went to sea on the battleships HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN and HMS RODNEY. After promotion to lieutenant in 1898 he specialized in torpedo warfare. He was promoted to the rank of commander at the end of 1909 and then served as flag commander to Admiral Sir Alfred Leigh Winsloe, commander-in-chief on the China station in 1910-1913. Darley died in the sinking of the armoured cruiser HMS GOOD HOPE during the Battle of Coronel off the Chilean coast on 1 November 1914. His death is commemorated at Portsmouth Naval Memorial. His brother Lieutenant-Colonel John Evelyn Carmichael Darley was killed while serving with the 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars in 1918.