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− | '''Alick Stokes''' ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]]. | + | {{CaptRN}} (retired) '''Alick Stokes''' (24 November, 1881 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]]. |
==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
− | + | Stokes was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 November, 1902.<ref>Stokes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 120.</ref> | |
− | Stokes was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on | + | Stokes was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 November, 1910.<ref>Stokes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 120.</ref> |
− | Stokes was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on | + | Stokes was appointed to {{UK-Temeraire}} as gunnery officer on 8 January, 1913 and remained in her through most of the war.<ref>Stokes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 121.</ref> |
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+ | Stokes was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1915.<ref>Stokes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 120.</ref> {{UK-Temeraire}} fired 54 12-in shells under his oversight at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. | ||
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+ | He left ''Temeraire'' on 17 November, 1917 for a desk job. His next seaborne appointment was in {{UK-EmperorOfIndia}} on 8 January, 1919. He was her gunnery officer until receiving the first of two ships commands he'd receive, that of {{UK-Terror}} being appointed on 14 February, 1921.<ref>Stokes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 121.</ref> | ||
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+ | Stokes was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on the day he retired, 24 November, 1927.<ref>Stokes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 120.</ref> | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
==Service Records== | ==Service Records== | ||
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+ | * {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} ff. 120-1. | ||
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− | {{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[ | + | {{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Douglas Balfour Le Mottée|Douglas B. Le Mottée]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Weymouth (1910)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Weymouth'']]'''<br>16 Jul, 1921<ref>Stokes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 121.</ref> – 11 Sep, 1922<ref>Stokes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 121.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Richard Forster White|Richard F. White]]'''}} |
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Latest revision as of 16:28, 7 April 2022
Captain (retired) Alick Stokes (24 November, 1881 – ) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Stokes was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 November, 1902.[1]
Stokes was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 November, 1910.[2]
Stokes was appointed to Temeraire as gunnery officer on 8 January, 1913 and remained in her through most of the war.[3]
Stokes was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1915.[4] Temeraire fired 54 12-in shells under his oversight at the Battle of Jutland.
He left Temeraire on 17 November, 1917 for a desk job. His next seaborne appointment was in Emperor of India on 8 January, 1919. He was her gunnery officer until receiving the first of two ships commands he'd receive, that of Terror being appointed on 14 February, 1921.[5]
Stokes was promoted to the rank of Captain on the day he retired, 24 November, 1927.[6]
See Also
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/46. ff. 120-1.
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Arthur D. Barrow |
Captain of H.M.S. Terror 14 Feb, 1921[7] – 15 Jul, 1921[8] |
Succeeded by Edward G. de S. Jukes Hughes |
Preceded by Douglas B. Le Mottée |
Captain of H.M.S. Weymouth 16 Jul, 1921[9] – 11 Sep, 1922[10] |
Succeeded by Richard F. White |
Footnotes
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 120.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 120.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 121.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 120.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 121.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 120.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 121.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 121.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 121.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 121.