Frank Casson

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Temporary Lieutenant R.N.R. Frank Casson, R.N.R. (12 November, 1891 – ) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Casson was promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant on 13 November, 1914.[1]

Casson was appointed to Carron on 22 November 1914. In March 1915 he would be admonished for failing to follow the "rule of the road" in a collision she suffered with a trawler.[2]

He suffered from malaria and dysentery at Malta from July through November 1915.[3]

Casson was promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant on 13 November, 1916.[4]

Demobilised on 12 November, 1919.[5]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Hambledon
24 Mar, 1917[6][7]c. Apr, 1918[8]
Succeeded by
Frank Casson
Preceded by
Frank Casson
Captain of H.M.S. Hambledon
6 May, 1918[9] – 10 May, 1918[10]
Succeeded by
John N. Benbow
Preceded by
Charles E. Aglionby
Captain of H.M.S. Zetland
10 May, 1918[11][12] – 20 Mar, 1919[13]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins
Captain of H.M.S. Tedworth
20 Mar, 1919[14][15] – Nov, 1919[16]
Succeeded by
George W. Field

Footnotes

  1. Casson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/38/141. f. 75.
  2. Casson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/38/141. f. 75.
  3. Casson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/38/141. f. 75.
  4. Casson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/38/141. f. 75.
  5. Casson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/38/141. f. 75.
  6. Casson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/38/141. f. 75.
  7. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 394f.
  8. Casson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/38/141. f. 75.
  9. Casson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/38/141. f. 75.
  10. Casson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/38/141. f. 75.
  11. Casson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/38/141. f. 75.
  12. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 945a.
  13. Casson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/38/141. f. 75.
  14. Casson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/38/141. f. 75.
  15. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 915.
  16. Casson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/38/141. f. 75.