Charles Lawrence Cutsforth
Commander R.N.R. Charles Lawrence Cutsforth, R.D. (20 June, 1890 – 18 April, 1933) was an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve.
Life & Career
Cutsforth was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 1 November, 1916.[1]
Cutsforth was appointed in command of the destroyer Desperate on 3 April, 1918.[2]
Post-War
Demobilised on 5 April, 1919.
Cutsforth was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 1 November, 1924.[3]
In April, 1932, Cutsforth served for just two weeks in H.M.S. Witch on the China Station. Commander Lawrence Frederick Nelson Ommanney offered him a special recommendation for promotion, which Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla Robert Lindsay Burnett echoed. Accordingly, Cutsforth was promoted to the rank of Commander R.N.R. on 31 December, 1932.[4]
Cutsforth died in 1933 at the General Hospital at Johor, Bahru (or possibly in Basra... hard to read).
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by James Hill |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 026 15 Jun, 1915[5] – 22 Jul, 1916[6] |
Succeeded by Reginald A. Woodward |
| Preceded by Kingsley G. Howe |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 110 22 Jul, 1916[7] – 31 Mar, 1918[8] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Samuel Mallin |
Captain of H.M.S. Desperate 3 Apr, 1918[9][10] – 25 Feb, 1919[11] |
Succeeded by ? |
Footnotes
- ↑ Cutsforth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/106. f. 106.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 775.
- ↑ Cutsforth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/106. f. 106.
- ↑ Cutsforth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/106. f. 106.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401a.
- ↑ Cutsforth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/106. f. 106.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399u.
- ↑ Cutsforth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/106. f. 106.
- ↑ Cutsforth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/106. f. 106.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 775.
- ↑ Cutsforth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/106. f. 106.
