Lieutenant Commander Russell LISTER-KAYE RN OBE
HMS Royal Oak, Royal Navy

Date of birth: 27th March 1887
Date of death: 17th February 1960

Died aged 72
Unknown
Russell Lister-Kaye was born at Osberton Grange, Nottinghamshire on the 27th of March 1887 the second son of Charles Wilkinson Lister-Kaye and Lucy Adela (nee Champion) Lister -Kaye of Osberton, of Osberton Grange near Worksop.

He was educated at Hazelwood School until December 1898 where he was a member of the 2nd Football XI in 1898. On leaving the school the magazine wrote of him: - ".... leaves us for a final spell at a Naval School, and would no doubt have done good service in cricket and football had he stayed longer with us." He went on to a specialist naval school in preparation for the Britannia Naval College which he entered as a Naval Cadet on the 15th of January 1902, leaving on the 14th of May 1903.

He was posted to the battleship HMS Renown on the 15th of May 1903 and was appointed as a Midshipman in the Royal Navy on the 15th of June 1903. He served with her until the 26th of February 1904 when he transferred to the battleship HMS Cornwallis. He was commissioned as a Sub Lieutenant on the 15th of August 1906. He served on board the torpedo boat destroyer, HMS Leven from the 29th of January 1908 and was promoted to Lieutenant on the 1st of April 1909. On the 19th of October 1909 he was posted to the armoured cruiser, HMS Cressy and from the 2nd of September 1913 he served at the Naval training Establishment HMS Fisgard.

He was married to Anna (nee Bridges), the widow of Hugh Alleyne Sacheveral-Bateman, at All Saints Church Margaret Street, London on the 16th of October 1913; they had no children. The couple lived at Morley Manor at Ikleston in Derbyshire which they converted to a hospital during the war.

On the 1st of May 1916 he was posted to the battleship HMS Royal Oak and saw action with her at the Battle of Jutland. He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander on the 1st of April 1917 and was awarded the Order of the British Empire on the 17th of July 1919 for
Went on to Britannia Naval Coll

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