John Dodson Daintree

Captain John D. Daintree, 1919.
Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Captain (retired) John Dodson Daintree, C.B.E., R.N. (2 January, 1864 – 21 September, 1952) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Daintree was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in October, 1886.

Daintree was promoted to the rank of Commander in December, 1899.

Daintree was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 February, 1908 and appointed Assistant Inspector of Life Saving Apparatus under the Board of Trade.

Following wartime service in Transport roles, he reverted to the Retired List on 1 March 1919.

He was often in naval hospitals in the 1930s onward, suffering from gastric conditions and Bell's Palsy.

See Also

• Service Records

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Charles W. S. Leggatt	Divisional Naval Transport Officer, Liverpool 31 May, 1915 – 18 Oct, 1915	Succeeded by Frank J. Thring
Preceded by ?	Principal Naval Transport Officer, Liverpool 18 Oct, 1915 – 16 Jan, 1918	Succeeded by Henry V. Simpson
Preceded by Peter B. Garrett	Senior Naval Officer, Newhaven 16 Jan, 1918 – Feb, 1919	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by ?	Principal Naval Transport Officer, Newhaven 16 Jan, 1918 – Feb, 1919	Succeeded by ?