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'''Arthur Tillotson Brown''', ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRNR}} (retired) '''Arthur Tillotson Brown''', R.D., R.N.R. (10 April, 1878 – June 1942) served in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Brown served in {{UK-Talbot}} from 19 January 1915 to 1 January, 1917.  He was noted as being cool under fire, and "commanded his guns in action in an efficient and praiseworthy manner", likely when she was off Gallipoli.<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/128.|}} f. 128.</ref>
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He commanded the paddle steamer [[H.M.S. Prince Edward (1915)|''Prince Edward'']] from 23 January 1918 until he was demobilised on 17 May 1919, being promoted to the rank of {{LCommRNR}} on 12 August, 1918.<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/128.|}}  f. 128.</ref>
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Brown was promoted to the rank of {{CommRNR}} on 30 June, 1922.<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/128.|}}  f. 128.</ref>
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Brown was placed on the Retired List on account of age at the rank of {{CaptRNR}} on 10 April, 1928.<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/128.|}}  f. 128.</ref>
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==World War II==
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Brown died at sea while in command of the newly-delivered [[H.M.S. Mauretania (1938)|''Mauretania'']].
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Latest revision as of 22:21, 25 January 2022

Captain R.N.R. (retired) Arthur Tillotson Brown, R.D., R.N.R. (10 April, 1878 – June 1942) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Brown was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 12 August, 1910.[1]

Brown served in Talbot from 19 January 1915 to 1 January, 1917. He was noted as being cool under fire, and "commanded his guns in action in an efficient and praiseworthy manner", likely when she was off Gallipoli.[2]

He was cautioned by the C-in-C, Nore on 6 October 1917 in connection with the grounding of Seal.[3]

He commanded the paddle steamer Prince Edward from 23 January 1918 until he was demobilised on 17 May 1919, being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 12 August, 1918.[4]

Brown was promoted to the rank of Commander R.N.R. on 30 June, 1922.[5]

Brown was placed on the Retired List on account of age at the rank of Captain R.N.R. on 10 April, 1928.[6]

World War II

Brown died at sea while in command of the newly-delivered Mauretania.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Ernest J. Rodgers 		Captain of H.M.S. Seal
7 May, 1917[7][8] – 12 Oct, 1917[9] 		Succeeded by
Hugh N. McGill

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/128. f. 128.
  2. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/128. f. 128.
  3. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/128. f. 128.
  4. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/128. f. 128.
  5. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/128. f. 128.
  6. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/128. f. 128.
  7. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/128. f. 128.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 397w.
  9. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/128. f. 128.

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