Digby St. Aubyn Percy Weston
Commander (retired) Digby St. Aubyn Percy Weston, (20 April, 1874 – 5 August, 1944) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Weston commanded a torpedo boat in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1894, but it is not entirely legible in his service record. It seems to read T.B. 59, but another man claims that in a Navy List, and so I suppose it may be T.B. 50.
Weston was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1894.[1]
In 1902, Weston invented an apparatus for gunnery practice with big guns, for which he received the Admiralty's appreciation. In 1903, however, there was a Court of Enquiry into the state of discipline in Diana, in which Lt. Weston, who was the ship's first and gunnery officer, had demonstrated a "thorough want of tact" in the evening, and in the manner in which he addressed the ship's company.[2]
In 1904, Weston invented an electrical Range Transmitter, for which he again received an expression of Admiralty appreciation.[3]
Weston worked as an Assistant to Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance from August 1910 and was being placed on the Retired List on 20 April, 1912. He continued in his appointment, however, and was promoted to the rank of Commander in 1914. He was reverted to the Retired List on 15 October 1919.[4]
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| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Henry L. D. Pearce |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 50 18 Jul, 1894[5][6] |
Succeeded by Charles D. Roper |
Footnotes
- ↑ Weston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/395. f. 396.
- ↑ Weston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/395. f. 396.
- ↑ Weston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/395. f. 396.
- ↑ Weston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/395. f. 396.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
- ↑ Weston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/395. f. ?.
