Guy Howard Bolus

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search

Lieutenant-Commander Guy Howard Bolus, (30 September, 1902 – 1 June, 1939) served in the Royal Navy.

As with many men born c. 1899 or later, his Service Records at The National Archives do not reflect activity between 1931 and 1939 or so.

Life & Career

Bolus was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1925.

Bolus was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1933.[1]

Appointed to Mackay on 25 July, 1934.[2]

Bolus was appointed to the submarine Thetis on 27 April 1938,[3] perhaps immediately in command, or soon to become captain. He would die when she was lost during diving trials outside of Liverpool.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Eric A. Stocker
Captain of H.M.S. H 24
27 Dec, 1930[4]
Succeeded by
Frank W. Lipscomb
Preceded by
Christopher de S. Brock
Captain of H.M.S. L 18
5 Sep, 1934[5]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
John B. Mitford
Captain of H.M.S. L 69
3 May, 1935[6] – 27 Nov, 1935
Succeeded by
James G. Roper
Preceded by
James G. Roper
Captain of H.M.S. Shark
25 Nov, 1935[7] – 9 Jul, 1937[8]
Succeeded by
Geoffrey M. Sladen

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 8.
  2. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 21 July 1934, p. 8.
  3. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 30 Mar. 1938, p. 26.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 244.
  5. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 11 Sept. 1934, p. 21.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 251.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 274.
  8. "Changes in Command." The Times (London, England), 9 July 1937, p. 23.