Donald Keppel Bain

Captain Donald Keppel Bain, D.S.O. (16 September, 1896 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Captain Edward Bain, R.N., retired.

Bain was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 May, 1918.

Bain was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 May, 1926.

Bain was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1932.

Bain was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1939.

In 1943, Admiral Fraser noted that Bain had "one idiosyncrasy of almost invariably putting forward an opposite point of view on any [illeg]ation [illeg] policy under discussion..."

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Robert A. Cassidi	Captain of H.M.S. Walrus Jul, 1927 – 7 Sep, 1928	Succeeded by Lionel V. Lloyd
Preceded by Lachlan D. Mackintosh	Captain of H.M.S. Brazen 17 Oct, 1933 – c. Jan, 1936	Succeeded by Raymond M. T. Taylor
Preceded by Cecil C. Hughes-Hallett	Captain of H.M.S. Valorous 17 Feb, 1936 – 31 Mar, 1936	Succeeded by Lawrence G. Durlacher
Preceded by Lawrence G. Durlacher	Captain of H.M.S. Valorous 2 May, 1936 – late Oct, 1936	Succeeded by John Bostock
Preceded by Alan MacG. Sheffield	Captain of H.M.S. Greyhound 25 Jan, 1938 – 6 Jul, 1939	Succeeded by Walter R. Marshall-A'Deane
Preceded by Edward G. Heywood-Lonsdale	Captain of H.M.S. Keppel 2 Aug, 1940 – 1 Oct, 1940	Succeeded by Ronald J. Hanson
Preceded by Antony F. De Salis	Captain (D), Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla 4 Aug, 1940 – 1 Aug, 1941	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Clifford Caslon	Captain of H.M.S. Somali 15 Aug, 1941 – 22 Mar, 1942	Succeeded by John W. M. Eaton
Preceded by Clifford Caslon	Captain (D), Sixth Destroyer Flotilla 15 Aug, 1941 – 25 Mar, 1942	Succeeded by Peter D. H. R. Pelly
Preceded by Frederick S. Litchfield-Speer	Captain of H.M.S. Norfolk 1 Jul, 1943 – 24 Feb, 1944	Succeeded by Alan F. Campbell
Preceded by John C. Richards	Captain of H.M.S. Devonshire 29 Feb, 1944 – 11 Jan, 1945	Succeeded by Gerald M. B. Langley