Ronald Niel Stuart

First World War Victoria Cross recipient and senior British Merchant Navy officer (1886–1954)

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Lived 1886–1954, aged 68United Kingdom

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Aged 68
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Updated 2026-08-13

Ronald Niel Stuart, VC, DSO, RD was a British Merchant Navy commodore and Royal Navy captain who was highly commended following extensive and distinguished service at sea over a period of more than thirty-five years. During World War I he was awarded the Victoria Cross, the Distinguished Service Order, the French Croix de Guerre avec Palmes and the United States' Navy Cross for a series of daring operations he conducted while serving in the Royal Navy against the German U-boat campaign in the Atlantic.