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'''John Frederick Knox''', ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRN}} (retired) '''John Frederick Knox''', O.B.E. (25 March, 1876 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Knox was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 14 February, 1911.<ref>Knox Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/200.|}} f. 203.</ref>
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Knox was granted the acting rank of {{CommRN}} (retired) on 13 February, 1915.  Following a brief period as temporary Harbour Master at [[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]], Knox was assigned to Boom Defence duties in a variety of locales that are all but illegible in his Service Record.  He was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} (retired) on 25 March, 1916 and remained so engaged until 1 May 1919 when he was superseded in his last Boom Defence appointment.<ref>Knox Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/200.|}} f. 203.</ref>
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Knox was granted the war service rank of {{CaptRN}} (retired), dated 11 November, 1918.<ref>Knox Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/200.|}} f. 203.</ref>
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Latest revision as of 15:27, 7 April 2022

Captain (retired) John Frederick Knox, O.B.E. (25 March, 1876 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Knox was born in London, the son of a J.P..[1]

Knox was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1898.[2]

Knox was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1906.[3]

Knox was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 14 February, 1911.[4]

Knox was granted the acting rank of Commander (retired) on 13 February, 1915. Following a brief period as temporary Harbour Master at Pembroke Royal Dockyard, Knox was assigned to Boom Defence duties in a variety of locales that are all but illegible in his Service Record. He was promoted to the rank of Commander (retired) on 25 March, 1916 and remained so engaged until 1 May 1919 when he was superseded in his last Boom Defence appointment.[5]

Knox was granted the war service rank of Captain (retired), dated 11 November, 1918.[6]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Cathcart R. Wason
Captain of H.M.S. Woodlark
9 Jan, 1905[7][8] – 20 Jun, 1907[9]
Succeeded by
Guy R. Livingstone
Preceded by
Geoffrey B. Spicer-Simson
Captain of H.M.S. Widgeon
20 Jun, 1907[10] – 14 Mar, 1910[11]
Succeeded by
John C. F. Borrett
Preceded by
Charles W. C. Strickland
King's Harbour Master, Pembroke
31 Aug, 1915[12] – 23 Sep, 1915[13]
Succeeded by
Harold B. Bedwell

Footnotes

  1. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. 203.
  2. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. 203.
  3. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. 203.
  4. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. 203.
  5. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. 203.
  6. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. 203.
  7. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. ?.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 398.
  9. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. ?.
  10. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. ?.
  11. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. ?.
  12. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. 203.
  13. Knox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/200. f. 203.