Donald Mansfield

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Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. (retired) Donald Mansfield (10 March, 1880 – ) was an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Mansfield was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 27 July, 1915.[1]

In 1916, Mansfield's T.B. 034 collided with T.B. 057, resulting in a caution being issued to the captains of both vessels.[2][3]

Mansfield was appointed in command of the destroyer Kangaroo on 1 January, 1917.[4] Mansfield was granted the acting rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 30 June, 1917. A post-war evaluation by Captain (D), Sixth Destroyer Flotilla Wilfred Tomkinson noted that Mansfield was a "V.G. comdng offr of destroyer, could be always depended on in any circumstances or in any weather. a fine personality & good leader."[5]

In 1920, it was decided that he would be permitted to retain the rank of Lt. Cdr..[6]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
William A. Rhind
Captain of H.M. T.B. 034
4 Oct, 1915[7] – 28 Apr, 1916[8]
Succeeded by
George H. Wylie
Preceded by
Henry Forrester
Captain of H.M.S. Kangaroo
28 Apr, 1916[9] – 30 Nov, 1916[10]
Succeeded by
Donald Mansfield
Preceded by
Donald Mansfield
Captain of H.M.S. Kangaroo
23 Dec, 1916[11] – 19 Nov, 1918[12]
Succeeded by
William G. Busk-Wood

Footnotes

  1. Mansfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/68/393. f. 394.
  2. Mansfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/68/393. f. 394.
  3. Richards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/103. f. 103.
  4. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 825.
  5. Mansfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/68/393. f. 394.
  6. Mansfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/68/393. f. 394.
  7. Mansfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/68/393. f. 394.
  8. Mansfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/68/393. f. 394.
  9. Mansfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/68/393. f. 394.
  10. Mansfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/68/393. f. 394.
  11. Mansfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/68/393. f. 394.
  12. Mansfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/68/393. f. 394.