James Leonard Payne Sibree
Captain R.N.R. James Leonard Payne Sibree, R.D., R.N.R. (Retired) (28 September, 1884 – 20 August, 1968)[1] served in the Royal Naval Reserve.
Life & Career
Sibree was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 1 April, 1915.[2]
Sibree was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 30 on 2 July, 1918.[3]
The Auxiliary Patrol base at Hydraulic Dock was closed on 14 June, 1919. Sibree had been acting as Senior Officer, and in command of T.B. 29 and another boat, perhaps T.B. 30.[4]
In 1919, while in command of T.B. 30, Sibree abandoned a goverment lighter he had been towing in bad weather. Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice, the Rear-Admiral commanding the British Aegean Squadron, considered that Sibree was guilty of an error in judgement in not returning to harbour sooner. Sibree was demobilised on 16 October, 1919.[5]
Sibree was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 1 April, 1923.[6]
Sibree was promoted to the rank of Commander R.N.R. on 30 June, 1929.[7]
He was placed on the Retired List with the rank of Captain on 28 September, 1934.[8]
In 1948, he was living in Hull as an Elder Brother at Hull Trinity House.[9]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Wilfred Hamilton |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 6 10 Dec, 1916[10][11] – 9 Jul, 1918[12] |
Succeeded by James Marshall |
| Preceded by Charles K. Adam |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 30 2 Jul, 1918[13][14] – 14 Jun, 1919[15] |
Succeeded by ? |
Footnotes
- ↑ Ancestry.com [pay to view], England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
- ↑ Sibree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/110. f. 110.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 956.
- ↑ Sibree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/110. f. 110.
- ↑ Sibree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/110. f. 110.
- ↑ Sibree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/110. f. 110.
- ↑ Sibree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/110. f. 110.
- ↑ The London Gazette (2 October 1934), p. 6177.
- ↑ Sibree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/110. f. 110.
- ↑ Sibree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/110. f. 110.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 399s.
- ↑ Sibree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/110. f. 110.
- ↑ Sibree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/110. f. 110.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 956.
- ↑ Sibree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/110. f. 110.
