Thomas Edward Coombs

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Captain R.N.R. Thomas Edward Coombs, O.B.E., R.D. (10 September, 1884 – ) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Coombs was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 29 June, 1911.[1]

Coombs was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 29 June, 1919. He was demobilised in November, 1919.[2]

Coombs was promoted to the rank of Commander R.N.R. on 30 June, 1923.[3]

Coombs was promoted to the rank of Captain R.N.R. on 30 June, 1930. In 1948, he reported that he was living in Sussex, fit for shore service only in the event of a general mobilisation.[4]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Athol E. Gudgeon
Captain of H.M.S. Quail
16 Jun, 1917[5][6] – 31 Jul, 1917[7]
Succeeded by
Charles J. White
Preceded by
Charles E. Aglionby
Captain of H.M.S. Gossamer
23 Aug, 1917[8][9] – 15 Apr, 1919[10]
Succeeded by
Douglas G. Jeffrey
Preceded by
Reuben Hodge
Captain of H.M.S. Gainsborough
May, 1919[11] – 13 Nov, 1919[12]
Succeeded by
Henry R. Gordon-Cumming

Footnotes

  1. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/146. f. 146.
  2. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/146. f. 146.
  3. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/146. f. 146.
  4. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/146. f. 146.
  5. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/146 f. 146.
  6. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 397e.
  7. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/146 f. 146.
  8. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/146 f. 146.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 804.
  10. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/146 f. 146.
  11. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 798.
  12. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/146. f. 146.