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==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
Bowen was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 7 March, 1920.
Bowen was serving in the R.N.R. when he appointed to {{UK-TB3}} on 17 July, 1917 and transferred to the [[Royal Navy]] in September 1917.  On 19 August, 1918 he was appointed to {{UK-RoyalSovereign}}.<ref>Bowen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/159.|}} f. 194.</ref>


Bowen was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 7 March, 1928.
Bowen was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 7 March, 1920.<ref>Bowen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/159.|}} f. 194.</ref>
 
Bowen was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 7 March, 1928.<ref>Bowen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/159.|}} f. 194.</ref>


He was appointed in command of the river gunboat [[H.M.S. Tern (1927)|''Tern'']] vice Ford on 6 October, 1930.<ref>Bowen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/147/186.|D8125289}} f. ?.</ref>
He was appointed in command of the river gunboat [[H.M.S. Tern (1927)|''Tern'']] vice Ford on 6 October, 1930.<ref>Bowen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/147/186.|D8125289}} f. ?.</ref>


Bowen was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 7 June, 1942.
Bowen was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 7 June, 1942.<ref>Bowen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/159.|}} f. 194.</ref>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 22:13, 6 April 2022

Commander (retired) John Frederick Dehn Bowen, (7 June, 1897 – ) served in the Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Bowen was serving in the R.N.R. when he appointed to T.B. 3 on 17 July, 1917 and transferred to the Royal Navy in September 1917. On 19 August, 1918 he was appointed to Royal Sovereign.[1]

Bowen was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 7 March, 1920.[2]

Bowen was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 7 March, 1928.[3]

He was appointed in command of the river gunboat Tern vice Ford on 6 October, 1930.[4]

Bowen was promoted to the rank of Commander on 7 June, 1942.[5]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Edward L. D. Bartley
Captain of H.M.S. Caradoc
30 Jun, 1938[6] – 13 Apr, 1939[7]
Succeeded by
Edward A. Aylmer
Preceded by
Edward Neville
Captain of H.M.S. Stronghold
13 Apr, 1939[8] – mid 1939
Succeeded by
Robert Alexander
Preceded by
Jocelyn S. Bethell
Captain of H.M.S. Caradoc
8 Dec, 1941[9] – 17 Feb, 1942[10]
Succeeded by
John W. Josselyn

Footnotes

  1. Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/159. f. 194.
  2. Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/159. f. 194.
  3. Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/159. f. 194.
  4. Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/186. f. ?.
  5. Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/159. f. 194.
  6. Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/159. f. 194.
  7. Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/159. f. 194.
  8. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 17 Apr. 1939, p. 23.
  9. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  10. Uboat.net page on the ship.