Henry Neville Chamberlain

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Lieutenant R.N.R. Henry Neville Chamberlain (30 July, 1886 – 16 July, 1918) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Chamberlain was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 21 May, 1913.[1]

Chamberlain served as executive officer in Kale from mid-April 1916 to 21 June, 1917.[2]

Appointed in command of the convoy sloop Anchusa on 17 October, 1917, Chamberlain died in July 1918 when she was torpedoed and sunk by U 54 off Northern Ireland.[3][4]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Michael Horrigan
Captain of H.M. T.B. 107
17 Jun, 1915[5][6] – 16 Mar, 1916[7]
Succeeded by
George ff. H. Lloyd
Preceded by
Ralph Neville
Captain of H.M.S. Albatross
9 Mar, 1916[8] – 16 Apr, 1916[9]
Succeeded by
John E. Haswell
Preceded by
Arthur Cocks
Captain of H.M.S. Earnest
18 Jun, 1917[10][11] – 17 Oct, 1917[12]
Succeeded by
Allan Varian
Preceded by
Charles W. N. McCulloch
Captain of H.M.S. Anchusa
17 Oct, 1917[13][14] – 16 Jul, 1918[15][16]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. Chamberlain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/41. f. 41.
  2. Chamberlain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/41. f. 41.
  3. Chamberlain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/41. f. 41.
  4. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 515.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401a.
  6. Chamberlain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/41. f. 41.
  7. Chamberlain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/41. f. 41.
  8. Chamberlain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/41. f. 41.
  9. Chamberlain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/41. f. 41.
  10. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 393i.
  11. Chamberlain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/41. f. 41.
  12. Chamberlain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/82. f. 278.
  13. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391i.
  14. Chamberlain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/41. f. 41.
  15. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 515.
  16. Chamberlain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/41. f. 41.