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{{CommRN}} '''Ivor Francis Chichester''' (6 November, 1876 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommRN}} '''Ivor Francis Chichester''', O.B.E., R.N. (6 November, 1876 – 22 March, 1955) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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The son of Major Chichester.
  
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Chichester was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 November, 1897.<ref>Chichester Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/259.|}} f. 263.</ref>
  
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Chichester was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 November, 1905.<ref>Chichester Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/259.|}} f. 263.</ref>
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Chichester was appointed to the {{UK-1Isis|f=t}} as First and Gunnery Officer from 2 February to 27 September 1909.  The Admiralty noted that unsatisfactory results in Gunlayer's Tests in the {{UK-Isis|f=t}} during May could not be entirely attributed to defective gun [illeg].<ref>Chichester Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/259.|}} f. 263.</ref>
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Chichester was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 31 May, 1912.<ref>Chichester Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/259.|}} f. 263.</ref>
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Chichester was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 6 November, 1916.<ref>Chichester Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/259.|}} f. 263.</ref>
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He reverted to the Retired List on 1 April, 1919.<ref>Chichester Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/259.|}} f. 263.</ref>
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==World War II==
  
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==See Also==
 
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Ivor+Francis+Chichester Service Records]
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Latest revision as of 22:27, 6 April 2022

Commander Ivor Francis Chichester, O.B.E., R.N. (6 November, 1876 – 22 March, 1955) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Major Chichester.

Chichester was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 November, 1897.[1]

Chichester was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 November, 1905.[2]

Chichester was appointed to the second class protected cruiser Isis as First and Gunnery Officer from 2 February to 27 September 1909. The Admiralty noted that unsatisfactory results in Gunlayer's Tests in the destroyer Isis during May could not be entirely attributed to defective gun [illeg].[3]

Chichester was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 31 May, 1912.[4]

Chichester was promoted to the rank of Commander on 6 November, 1916.[5]

He reverted to the Retired List on 1 April, 1919.[6]

World War II

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Percy Withers
Captain of H.M. T.B. 73
15 Jun, 1897[7] – 12 Jul, 1897[8]
Succeeded by
Harry C. S. Rawson
Preceded by
Guy de L. O. Johnson
Captain of H.M.S. Salmon
16 Jul, 1901[9][10] – Aug, 1901[Inference]
Succeeded by
Harry C. J. R. West
Preceded by
George P. Bevan
Naval Secretary to the Ordnance Board
1 Jun, 1915[11] – 4 Dec, 1915[12]
Succeeded by
Ivor F. Chichester
as Assistant Secretary to the Ordnance Committee
Preceded by
Ivor F. Chichester
as Naval Secretary to the Ordnance Board
Assistant Secretary to the Ordnance Committee
4 Dec, 1915[13] – 3 Mar, 1917[14]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. Chichester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/259. f. 263.
  2. Chichester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/259. f. 263.
  3. Chichester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/259. f. 263.
  4. Chichester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/259. f. 263.
  5. Chichester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/259. f. 263.
  6. Chichester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/259. f. 263.
  7. Chichester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/259. f. 263.
  8. Chichester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/259. f. 263.
  9. Chichester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/259. f. 263.
  10. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  11. Chichester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/259. f. 263.
  12. Chichester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/259. f. 263.
  13. Chichester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/259. f. 263.
  14. Chichester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/259. f. 263.