Ernest Whiteside Huddleston

Captain Sir Ernest Whiteside Huddleston CIE CBE
Born	1874 Murree, Punjab
Died	10 October 1959 Devon
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Indian Marine
Rank	Commander
Awards	CIE CBE Stanhope Silver Medal

Captain Sir Ernest Whiteside Huddleston CIE CBE (1874–1959) was Deputy Director and officiating Commander of the Royal Indian Marine. He was later Shipping Surveyor and Adviser to the High Commissioner for India and ADC to the Viceroy.

Ernest Whiteside Huddleston was born in 1874 at Murree in the Punjab. Like his brother Willoughby Baynes Huddleston, at the age of 7 he was sent to Bedford Modern School which he attended between 1881 and 1888, leaving the school at fourteen to join the Merchant Navy.

Having joined the Merchant Navy in 1888, Huddleston received his certificate as Second Mate of a Foreign Going Ship on 30 May 1895. He then joined the Royal Indian Marine initially serving in the Egyptian Campaign. He took the Officer’s course at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and in 1897 was in the troopship, Warren Hastings, when she was wrecked at sea off the coast of Mauritius. For his role in the rescue of those on board, Huddleston was awarded the Royal Humane Society's silver medal for gallantry.

Huddleston served in the China Expedition against the Boxer Rising (1901–02). During World War I he served as senior marine transport officer of Bombay. He was promoted to Captain in 1918 and was Presidency Port Officer of Madras before being appointed Deputy Director of the Royal Indian Marine in 1924 and officiating Director for some months in 1925.

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