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Revision as of 17:40, 17 July 2012
Captain Richard Thornton Down, C.V.O., D.S.O., Royal Navy (11 December, 1882 – 22 August, 1944) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He served in the South African War and in China in 1900. He served as gunnery officer of the dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Neptune at the Battle of Jutland. From 1922 to 1926 he served as the Naval Attaché to Italy, before retiring in 1928. Upon the outbreak of the Second World War he returned to duty, commanding a naval depôt in Scotland, before dying on active service in 1944.
Life & Career
On 27 June, 1914 Down was appointed first and gunnery Lieutenant-Commander of the dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Neptune, in which he served at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May, 1916.
Footnotes
Bibliography
- "Fallen Officers" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 31 August, 1944. Issue 49949, col D, pg. 7.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/47.
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