Gordon Alston Coles: Difference between revisions

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Gordon Alston Coles ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Coles was appointed in command of the destroyer Boxer on 12 January, 1910.^[1]

On 25 June, 1913, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Ambuscade.^[2] He was her captain at the Battle of Jutland, operating as part of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.^[3]

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Vaughan A. E. Hanning-Lee	Captain of H.M.S. Boxer 12 Jan, 1910^[4] – ?	Succeeded by George E. Casley
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. Ambuscade 25 Jun, 1913^[5] – ?	Succeeded by Reginald Nash
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. Plucky Jun, 1916^[6] – ?	Succeeded by Patrick W. R. Weir

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