John Luce

Rear-Admiral John Luce, C.B. (4 February 1870 – 22 September 1932) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was appointed to the training ship Britannia as a Naval Cadet on 15 January, 1883. He was appointed to the Minotaur in the Channel Squadron on 24 December, 1884, and rated Midshipman on 15 February, 1885. He was appointed to the Iron Duke on 20 September by the Vice-Admiral Commanding, and on 2 November was appointed to the Audacious on the China Station. He was ordered home on 9 November, 1887, to join the Training Squadron, being appointed to the Volage on 16 May, 1888.

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant dated 1 January, 1892.

He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1903.

Captain

Luce was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1909. From 5 October to 28 January, 1910, he was appointed to President for the War Course, where he was placed third out of eleven captain in order of merit.

He was appointed in command of the battleship Hibernia on 19 October, 1910, paying her off on 22 January, 1912.

He was appointed in command of the light cruiser Glasgow on 17 September, 1912 and fought in her at the Battle of Coronel and the Battle of the Falkland Islands. He was appointed Commodore, Second Class on 1 January, 1916, as Senior Naval officer on the East Coast of South America.

On 11 January, 1917, Luce was appointed Commodore, Second Class, in command of the Royal Naval Air Service's Central Depot and Training Establishment at Cranwell, and was superseded on 1 April, 1918. He was then appointed to Egmont as Commodore, Second Class, for Special Service, and to President for the same on 8 October.

He was appointed in command of the battleship Ramillies on 1 February, 1919.

See Also

• Wikipedia

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 79.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M. T.B. 91 9 Jul, 1895 – 5 Aug, 1895	Succeeded by Philip G. Tillard
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. Spitfire 13 Jun, 1899	Succeeded by Humphrey T. Walwyn
Preceded by William O. Boothby	Captain of H.M.S. Dasher 1899 – 24 Aug, 1899	Succeeded by L. Stanley Holbrook
Preceded by Percy S. St. John	Captain of H.M.S. Sturgeon 24 Aug, 1899 – 25 Jan, 1900	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Joseph Honner	Captain of H.M.S. Dolphin 25 Jan, 1900 – c. Sep, 1903	Succeeded by Roger J. B. Keyes
Preceded by Douglas E. R. Brownrigg	Captain of H.M.S. Bat 21 Dec, 1903 – 1 Jun, 1904	Succeeded by Philip D. R. West
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. Erne 1 Jun, 1904 – 1 Feb, 1905	Succeeded by Claude Seymour
Preceded by Arthur J. Davies	Captain of H.M.S. Kangaroo 1 Feb, 1905 – 18 Sep, 1905	Succeeded by Montague R. Bernard
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. Foresight 13 Mar, 1906 – 13 Mar, 1908	Succeeded by Fawcet Wray
Preceded by Francis M. Leake	Captain of H.M.S. Hecla 21 Apr, 1910 – 19 Oct, 1910	Succeeded by Thomas P. Bonham
Preceded by Crawford Maclachlan	Captain of H.M.S. Hibernia 19 Oct, 1910	Succeeded by Ernest H. Grafton
Preceded by Marcus R. Hill	Captain of H.M.S. Glasgow 17 Sep, 1912 – 1916	Succeeded by Aubrey C. H. Smith
Preceded by Edmund P. F. G. Grant	Captain of H.M.S. Ramillies 1 Feb, 1919 – Apr, 1920	Succeeded by Oliver Backhouse