Frederick Lewis Coplestone
Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Frederick Lewis Coplestone, (12 September, 1882 – 11 November, 1914) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Chester, the son of newspaper proprietor F. Coplestone.[1]
Coplestone was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 May, 1904.[2]
Coplestone was appointed to Thames, which was then a depot ship at Portsmouth, for command of submarines on 1 February, 1905. The submarine (or submarines) in question would have likely been one of the Holland boats, an "A" class coastal submarine or B 1. Coplestone, however, was retired as unfit on 4 October, 1906.
Coplestone was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on the Retired List on 15 May, 1912.[3]
On 15 July 1913, he was found unfit for the Air Service, owing to defective hearing.
Coplestone was appointed to D 2 on 4 August, 1914 and died when she was lost off the German coast on 11 November. His death was understood only to have occurred between 25 November and 1 December, 1914, but the latter date was selected as the official one.[4]
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| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Edward Altham |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 41 21 Jul, 1903[5][6] – Aug, 1903[7] |
Succeeded by Henry B. Taylor |
Footnotes
- ↑ Coplestone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/73. f. 478.
- ↑ Coplestone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/73. f. 478.
- ↑ Coplestone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/73. f. 478.
- ↑ Coplestone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/73. f. 478.
- ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
- ↑ Coplestone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/73. f. 478.
- ↑ Coplestone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/73. f. 478.
