Percival van Straubenzee
Lieutenant-Commander Percival van Straubenzee, R.N. (13 December, 1880 – 1 November, 1914) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Van Straubenzee was the son of Major General van Straubenzee. He entered H.M.S. Britannia in July, 1894, ranked twenty-third of sixty cadets in order of merit for his examination scores (1383).[1]
Van Straubenzee was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 26 June, 1902.[2]
Van Straubenzee was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 26 June, 1910.[3]
On 15 February 1914 while serving as first and gunnery officer in the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Suffolk in the Caribbean, he landed with two Maxim guns to protect British life and property at [illeg] City.[4]
Van Straubenzee was appointed to the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Good Hope as gunnery officer on 19 August, 1914 upon the transfer of flag. He died when she was lost in the Battle of Coronel on 1 November, 1914.[5]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ van Straubenzee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/225. f. ?.
- ↑ van Straubenzee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/225. f. ?.
- ↑ van Straubenzee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/225. f. ?.
- ↑ van Straubenzee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/225. f. ?.
- ↑ van Straubenzee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/225. f. ?.
