Henry Percy Boxer

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search

Rear-Admiral Henry Percy Boxer, R.N. (14 October, 1885 – 30 June, 1961) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Boxer was born in Folkstone, Kent.

Boxer was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1907.[1]

Boxer was appointed in command of the destroyer Ness on 31 May, 1913.[2]

Great War

Boxer was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1915.[3]

He was captain of the destroyer Noble at the Battle of Jutland, where she operated with the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla.[4]

In 1917, he was noted to be suffering from strain. Insomnia, headaches and a "temporary loss of self-confidence" prompted his admission to the hospital ship China. On 29 October, he was admitted to Plymouth naval hospital for three weeks to be treated for "neurasthenia." He did not seem well enough at that time, and on 1 February, 1918 he was finally discharged, fit only for shore duty only, but to be re-evaluated in three months. Initially, he spent a week working with the Brazilian Navy, but was soon moved to the paravane section of the torpedo training school Vernon. By mid-May, he was ready to return to command, and was given charge of the "M" Class destroyer Plover, operating with the Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla in support of the Grand Fleet through the end of the war.[5]

Post-War

On 7 December, 1918, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Sportive.[6]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Shamrock on 2 September, 1919.[7]

Boxer was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1920.[8]

Boxer was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1927.[9]

World War II

Boxer was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 January, 1939.[10]

Boxer died on 30th June 1961 in Winchester, Hampshire. At the time of his death, he was living at Trees, Itchen Abbas, Winchester.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Salisbury H. Simpson 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 042
26 May, 1910[11][12] – 27 Apr, 1911[13] 		Succeeded by
William G. A. Shuttleworth
Preceded by
Arthur L. Harrison 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 071
27 Apr, 1911[14] – 24 Oct, 1911[15] 		Succeeded by
Desmond Maxwell
Preceded by
Roger L. Wiles 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 111
24 Oct, 1911[16][17] – 9 Mar, 1912[18] 		Succeeded by
Trevor H. S. Tatham
Preceded by
William B. Mackenzie 		Captain of H.M.S. Cherwell
9 Mar, 1912[19][20] – 23 Jan, 1913[21] 		Succeeded by
Charles A. Poignand
Preceded by
George O. Hewett 		Captain of H.M.S. Ness
31 May, 1913[22][23] – 15 Apr, 1914[24] 		Succeeded by
Ralph W. H. Roberts
Preceded by
Ernest D. Panter 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 4
9 Jan, 1915[25][26] – 17 Jan, 1916[27] 		Succeeded by
Robert E. M. Harris
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Noble
22 Jan, 1916[28][29] – 15 Oct, 1917[30] 		Succeeded by
Henry C. Rawlings
Preceded by
Kenneth C. Helyar 		Captain of H.M.S. Plover
16 May, 1918[31] – Dec, 1918[32] 		Succeeded by
Arthur K. Gibson
Preceded by
Arthur K. Gibson 		Captain of H.M.S. Sportive
7 Dec, 1918[33] – 25 Jan, 1919[34] 		Succeeded by
Charles H. Knox-Little
Preceded by
Charles H. Knox-Little 		Captain of H.M.S. Tetrarch
25 Jan, 1919[35][36] – May, 1919[37] 		Succeeded by
Ian C. S. Hilton
Preceded by
Henry R. James 		Captain of H.M.S. Sorceress
May, 1919[38][39] – Aug, 1919[40] 		Succeeded by
Charles T. A. Bunbury
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Shamrock
2 Sep, 1919[41] – 11 Jan, 1921[42] 		Succeeded by
Cecil H. H. Sams
Preceded by
Ernest H. B. Williams 		Captain of H.M.S. Valentine
7 Aug, 1922[43] – 6 Apr, 1923[44] 		Succeeded by
James R. C. Cavendish
Preceded by
Patrick B. Crohan 		Captain of H.M.S. Windsor
29 Dec, 1925[45][46] – 9 Aug, 1927[47] 		Succeeded by
Victor H. Danckwerts
Preceded by
Harold G. C. Franklin 		Captain of H.M.S. Emerald
23 Feb, 1929[48] – 24 Mar, 1931[49] 		Succeeded by
John W. Clayton
Preceded by
Arthur J. Landon 		Captain of H.M.S. Greenwich
1 May, 1931[50][51] – 1 Aug, 1933[52] 		Succeeded by
Albert J. Robertson
Preceded by
? 		Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Rosyth
1 May, 1931[53][54] – 1 Aug, 1933[55] 		Succeeded by
Albert J. Robertson
Preceded by
Arthur J. Landon 		King's Harbour Master, Rosyth
1 May, 1931[56][57] – 1 Aug, 1933[58] 		Succeeded by
Albert J. Robertson
Preceded by
Richard H. L. Bevan 		Captain of H.M.S. York
3 Jan, 1934[59] – 22 Oct, 1936[60] 		Succeeded by
Harold E. Morse
Preceded by
Francis H. G. Walker 		Captain of H.M.S. Greenwich
28 Jan, 1937[61] – 1 Jun, 1938[62] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Arthur J. Landon 		King's Harbour Master, Rosyth
28 Jan, 1937[63] – 1 Jun, 1938[64] 		Succeeded by
Piers K. Kekewich
Preceded by
Charles B. Miller
as Rear-Admiral, Reserve Fleet, Rosyth 		Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Rosyth
28 Jan, 1937[65] – 1 Jun, 1938[66] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Francis H. G. Walker 		King's Harbour Master, Rosyth
28 Jan, 1937[67] – 1 Jun, 1938[68] 		Succeeded by
Cyril W. A. G. Hamley

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 9.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 349.
  3. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  4. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 45.
  5. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 863.
  8. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  9. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  10. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  11. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 401.
  13. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  14. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  15. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 400.
  17. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  18. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  19. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 292.
  21. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 349.
  23. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  24. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 400.
  26. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  27. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396g.
  29. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  30. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 868.
  32. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911.
  34. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 916.
  36. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  37. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 908.
  39. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  40. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 863.
  42. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 825.
  44. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  45. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 289.
  46. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  47. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  48. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  49. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  50. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 243.
  51. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  52. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  53. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 243.
  54. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  55. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  56. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 243.
  57. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  58. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  59. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 294.
  60. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  61. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  62. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  63. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  64. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  65. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  66. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  67. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  68. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.

Retrieved from "http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=Henry_Percy_Boxer&oldid=323323"