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Gaskell was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 September, 1903. In January 1905 he was diagnosed with a case of enteric fever serious enought that it was noted that there was cause for grave anxiety.  He recovered, however and studied to become a physical training officer in 1905-06.<ref>Gaskell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/186.|}}  f. 186.</ref>
  
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From May 1908 to March 1911, he was appointed to {{UK-Dreadnought|f=p}} for physical training duties in the [[Home Fleet]].<ref>Gaskell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/186.|}}  f. 186.</ref>
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Lieutenant-Commander Gerald Bruce Gaskell, (29 November, 1881 – 1 November, 1914) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Folksworth, the son of Thomas Kyraston Gaskell.[1]

Gaskell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 September, 1903. In January 1905 he was diagnosed with a case of enteric fever serious enought that it was noted that there was cause for grave anxiety. He recovered, however and studied to become a physical training officer in 1905-06.[2]

From May 1908 to March 1911, he was appointed to H.M.S. Dreadnought for physical training duties in the Home Fleet.[3]

Gaskell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 September, 1911.[4]

Gaskell was appointed to the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Good Hope in the Test Mobilisation of July 1914 and remained in her, dying when she sank with all hands at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November.

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Bibliography

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Gaskell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/186. f. 186.
  2. ↑ Gaskell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/186. f. 186.
  3. ↑ Gaskell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/186. f. 186.
  4. ↑ Gaskell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/186. f. 186.

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