Clement Gordon Wakefield Head
Lieutenant-Commander Clement Gordon Wakefield Head, R.N. (4 February, 1885 – 25 November, 1914) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Seaford, the son of J. J. Head, Esq.. Head ranked thirty-ninth among 62 successful candidates in examinations for entry to the Britannia intake term of September 1899, with 2234 marks.[1]
Head was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1906.
Head was appointed in command of the submarine C 10 on 1 January, 1910.[2]
In 1912, Head applied to attend the Central Flying School, but withdrew at some point upon realizing that his training in submarines would thereby be wasted.
Head was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1914.
Head died when D 2 was lost off the German coast. He had taken command only after the previous captain, Arthur George Jameson had fallen overboard two days prior. His death was understood only to have occurred between 25 November and 1 December, 1914, but the latter date was selected as the official one.
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. A 6 15 Mar, 1906[3] – 4 Nov, 1907 |
Succeeded by Julian T. Tenison |
| Preceded by Owen H. Collyns |
Captain of H.M.S. B 5 1 Jan, 1909[4] – 1 Jan, 1910 |
Succeeded by Henry H. G. D. Stoker |
| Preceded by Ernest L. Colley-Grattan |
Captain of H.M.S. C 10 1 Jan, 1910[5] – 16 Jan, 1911 |
Succeeded by Samuel M. G. Gravener |
| Preceded by Andrew F. G. Tracy |
Captain of H.M.S. C 32 16 Jan, 1911[6] – 8 Feb, 1913 |
Succeeded by Brownlow V. Layard |
| Preceded by Arthur G. Jameson |
Captain of H.M.S. D 2 23 Nov, 1914 – c. 25 Nov, 1914 |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 12, 1899; pg. 8; Issue 35906.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 345.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 319.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 280.
