William Warwick

For the scholar of Roman law, see William Warwick Buckland.

William Eldon Warwick
Born	(1912-11-12)12 November 1912 Birkenhead, UK
Died	27 February 1999(1999-02-27) (aged 86)
Nationality	British
Occupation	Master Mariner
Known for	First Master of the Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2)
Children	Eldon J WARWICK, Ronald W Warwick and David B Warwick.

Captain William "Bil"[1] Warwick, CBE was a merchant sailor and the Master of Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), the first person to hold that position.^[citation needed]

He was born on 12 November 1912 in Birkenhead, England.[2][3]

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 18 September 1967.[4]

He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1971.^[citation needed]

He died on 27 February 1999.[2] His son, Captain Ronald W Warwick, was a master of the Queen Elizabeth 2 during the time of his death, This was the first time a Father and Son had made it to the rank of captain of the Cunard and the first time a farther and son had been in command of the same ship as Captain BIL WARWICK was QE2’s first Master, Both Captains would become Cunard Commodores as Commmodor RON WARWICK would be Queen Mary 2 first Master. Eldon J Warwick would become the Royal Naval Reserve and was the Commodore of the Cunard Line.

References

He had three sons all of whom spent sometime at sea.

1. He spelled "Bil" with one L, "to distinguish him from all the Bills in the world he knew so well"
2. van der Vat, Dan (26 March 1999). "Captain of the QE2". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
3. McGregor, Stephen (13 March 1999). "Commodore William Warwick". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
4. "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : William Warwick". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.