Frederic Newton Attwood
Rear-Admiral Frederic Newton Attwood, C.B.E., Royal Navy (6 May, 1889 – 11 December, 1973)[1] served in the Royal Navy.
Some of his Service Records give his name as "Frederick".
Life & Career
Attwood was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1909.[2]
During the war, Attwood served as torpedo officer in Crescent and Prince of Wales. On 30 August, 1916, he went to Vernon for a Whitehead Course. He remained in that appointment until being chosen as torpedo officer in Valiant on 16 May, 1917, which seems to suggest he was perhaps instructing the course.[3]
Attwood was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1917.[4]
Attwood was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1922.[5]
Attwood was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1929.[6]
He was found guilty at a court-martial held aboard Resolution at Portland on 6 November, 1937, of stranding and hazarding his ship, Glasgow. He was ordered to be severely reprimanded.[7]
World War II
Attwood was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 25 June, 1940 and placed on the Retired List the following day.[8]
He died on 11 December 1973, leaving an estate valued at £51,128.[9]
See Also
Bibliography
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Cecil E. Brooke |
Captain of H.M.S. Laburnum 1 Sep, 1927[10][11] – Sep, 1929[12] |
Succeeded by Charles E. Hotham |
| Preceded by Guy L. Coleridge |
Captain of H.M.S. Despatch 5 Jul, 1930[13] – 15 May, 1931[14] |
Succeeded by William E. C. Tait |
| Preceded by William E. C. Tait |
Captain of H.M.S. Delhi 15 May, 1931[15][16] – May, 1932[17] |
Succeeded by The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond |
| Preceded by William F. Wake-Walker |
Deputy Director of Training and Staff Duties 22 Aug, 1932[18] – 20 Aug, 1934[19] |
Succeeded by Rhoderick R. McGrigor |
| Preceded by Charles A. Browne |
Captain of H.M.S. Glasgow 13 Jul, 1937[20] – 20 Jan, 1938[21] |
Succeeded by Cyril G. B. Coltart |
| Preceded by Roderick B. T. Miles |
Captain of H.M.S. Defiance 9 Jan, 1939[22][23] – 4 Sep, 1939[24] |
Succeeded by Roderick B. T. Miles |
Footnotes
- ↑ Ancestry.com (pay to view site), England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ Sunday Dispatch (London) (7 November 1937), p. 15.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ "Deaths." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 28, 1974; pg. 18; Issue 59050.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 251.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 230.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 272.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
