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'''James Hassard Short''' ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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Temporary {{LieutRNR}} '''James Hassard Short''' ( – 3 April, 1918) served in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Short was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRNR}} on 18 September, 1917.<ref>Short Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/42/568.|}} f. 290.</ref>
  
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Short drowned when the ''Bittern'' was lost in a collision in the English Channel in April, 1918.  He may have been in command at the time, but it is not clear when he superseded [[Ernest Kirkbank Irving]].
  
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+James+Hassard+Short Service Records]
 
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Latest revision as of 08:30, 21 April 2022

Temporary Lieutenant R.N.R. James Hassard Short ( – 3 April, 1918) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Short was appointed to the destroyer Bittern on 9 January, 1916.[1]

Short was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 18 September, 1917.[2]

Short drowned when the Bittern was lost in a collision in the English Channel in April, 1918. He may have been in command at the time, but it is not clear when he superseded Ernest Kirkbank Irving.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Ernest K. Irving
Captain of H.M.S. Bittern
? – 3 Apr, 1918[3]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. Short Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/42/568. f. 290.
  2. Short Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/42/568. f. 290.
  3. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 482.