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1914-15 Star (J.28642 E. G. NOTLEY. BOY. 1. R.N.), British War Medal and Victory Medal (J.28642 E. G. NOTLEY A.B. R.N.), 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, 1939-45 War Medal, Geo V Royal Navy LSGC (J.28642 E. G. NOTLEY. A.B. HMS. WARSPITE.)
Edward George Notley was born in Wareham, Dorset, England and joined the Royal Navy in November, 1913 as a Boy 2nd Class. During the First World War he served mainly aboard HMS Cordelia, a C-Class Light Cruiser which was present at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. He continued to serve between the wars, receiving his LSGC around 1938 and being pensioned in 1938. He was mobilised in September, 1939 and joined HMS Maloja (formerly RMS Maloja - converted to an armed merchant cruiser in Bombay, India.) After the conversion she joined the Northern Patrol as HMS Maloja (F26). The Northern Patrol covered the area between Shetland and Iceland. On 13 March 1940 Maloja intercepted a ship southeast of Iceland in position 63.00N, 10.20W, which claimed to be the Japanese vessel Taki Maru. Maloja's captain suspected otherwise, but he was unable to send a boarding party due to the adverse weather conditions. As the weather cleared it became clear that the unknown vessel was the German La Coruña of the Hamburg-South America Line. The German crew scuttled her to evade capture, and after they had abandoned ship and been picked out of the water by the British crew, Maloja turned her guns on the German ship and hastened its sinking. Notley appears to have contracted Malaria, presumably whilst serving in India and was Discharged Dead 22 July, 1940. He is buried in Greenock Cemetery, Scotland. Medals have been court mounted for display.
