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Revision as of 09:51, 14 October 2021
Captain Leicester Charles Assheton St. John Curzon-Howe, M.V.O., R.N. (8 July, 1894 – 21 February, 1941) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Appointed to the battlecruiser Inflexible in September 1912, Curzon-Howe fought in her at the Battle of the Falklands. He was mentioned in despatches after the action.
Curzon-Howe was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 February, 1916.
At the Battle of Jutland, Curzon-Howe was in charge of the fore transmitting station.[1]
Curzon-Howe was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 February, 1924.
Curzon-Howe was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1928.
Curzon-Howe was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1935.
World War II
Curzon-Howe was relieved in his post as Naval Attaché to the United States by Rear-Admiral Herbert Pott and consequently left for the United Kingdom on 28 June, 1940. The British Ambassador wrote to the Admiralty expressing how much his American friends would miss Curzon-Howe.
Curzon-Howe commanded the light cruiser Mauritius from 30 August, 1940 to 21 January, 1941. He would be granted ten days' full paid service leave and then was killed one month later. I've not discovered the nature of his death.
See Also
Bibliography
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Robert R. Stewart |
Fleet Signal Officer, Mediterranean Fleet May, 1926[2] – late 1927[Inference] |
Succeeded by Clifford Caslon |
| Preceded by Herbert M. Hughes |
Captain of H.M.S. Boadicea 28 Nov, 1932[3] |
Succeeded by Lachlan D. Mackintosh |
| Preceded by John H. Edelsten |
Captain of H.M.S. Dundee 15 Apr, 1937[4] – 19 Apr, 1938 |
Succeeded by Cecil C. A. Allen |
| Preceded by Frederic C. Bradley |
Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Washington, D.C. Jun, 1938[5] |
Succeeded by Herbert Pott |
Footnotes
- ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, 15 Sep 1916, p. 9075. Available online
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 261.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 217.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 235.
- ↑ Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
