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He was advanced to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on the Retired List on 1 August, 1927.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33300/pages/5105 no. 33300.  p. 5105.]  5 August, 1927.</ref>
 
He was advanced to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on the Retired List on 1 August, 1927.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33300/pages/5105 no. 33300.  p. 5105.]  5 August, 1927.</ref>
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Colomb died at his home at Cotishall on 18 April, 1958, aged eighty.<ref>"Obituary" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 22 April, 1958.  Issue '''54131''', col A, pg. 14.</ref>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 08:23, 27 April 2011

Admiral Philip Howard Colomb, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (13 December, 1867 – 18 April, 1958) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Colomb was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1900.[1]

Colomb was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1906.[2]

Great War

On 17 August, 1917, Colomb was appointed in command of H.M.S. Lancaster, and was appointed Commodore, Second Class.[3] On 28 September he was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George V, vice Bruen.[4] He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, vice Benson, on 27 April, 1918.[5] He became Rear-Admiral, Pacific, dating from 27 September, 1917.[6]

Post-War

Colomb was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 8 October, 1923, vice Phillpotts.[7] He was placed on the Retired List on 14 October at his own request "in order to facilitate the promotion of younger officer."[8]

He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 1 August, 1927.[9]

Colomb died at his home at Cotishall on 18 April, 1958, aged eighty.[10]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 27263. p. 82. 4 January, 1901.
  2. London Gazette: no. 27982. p. 31. 1 January, 1907.
  3. Navy List (November, 1917). p. 394y.
  4. London Gazette: no. 30343. p. 10762. 19 October, 1917.
  5. London Gazette: no. 30678. p. 5602. 10 May, 1918.
  6. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 7.
  7. London Gazette: no. 32871. p. 6966. 16 October, 1923.
  8. London Gazette: no. 32886. p. 8537. 7 December, 1923.
  9. London Gazette: no. 33300. p. 5105. 5 August, 1927.
  10. "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 22 April, 1958. Issue 54131, col A, pg. 14.

Bibliography

Service Record