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Vice Admiral Reginald Maxwell Servaes CB, CBE (25 July 1893 – 18 November 1978) was Flag Officer commanding the Reserve Fleet.
Life and career
Servaes joined the Royal Navy as a sub-lieutenant in 1914 and saw service in World War I. He became commanding officer of the repair ship HMS Resource in 1937 and Director of Local Defence at the Admiralty in 1938. He served in World War II as commanding officer of the cruiser HMS London from 1940 and saw action with the arctic convoys before becoming Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1943.
After the War he became Rear Admiral commanding 2nd Cruiser Squadron in the British Pacific Fleet in 1945 and Flag Officer commanding the Reserve Fleet in 1947 before retiring in 1948.
Servaes was the son of Constance Violet (Coltart) (1865–1952) and Julius Maximus Servaes (1863–1947). His paternal grandparents were German. He was married to Hilda Edith Anna Johnson and Marian Frances Mansel Glasbrook. Servaes is the great-grandfather of actor Tom Hiddleston.