Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

Roi Edgerton "Tug" Wilson, CBE, DFC (1 June 1921 – 17 March 2009) was a

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officer and Master of the Royal Caledonian Schools.

Early life

He was educated at Old Swinford Hospital,

Stourbridge Stourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England, situated on the River Stour. Historically in Worcestershire, it was the centre of British glass making during the Industrial Revolution. The ...

then worked in an engineering company before volunteering for the Royal Navy.

References

''Telegraph obituary''
of Captain Roi Wilson {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Roi 1921 births 2009 deaths British military personnel of the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Navy officers of World War II People educated at Old Swinford Hospital People from Stourbridge Royal Navy personnel of the Korean War British military personnel of the Malayan Emergency Military personnel from Worcestershire