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− | '''Frederic Giffard''' ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]]. | + | {{CommRN}} '''Frederic Giffard''', D.S.O., R.N. (4 June, 1885 – 22 February, 1923) served in the [[Royal Navy]]. |
==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
− | + | Giffard was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 January, 1905. | |
− | Giffard was | + | Giffard was appointed in command of the {{UK-1TB33|f=t}} on 12 January, 1906.{{NLJan07|p. 399}} |
− | Giffard was promoted to the rank of {{ | + | Giffard was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 January, 1913. |
− | Giffard was promoted to the rank of {{ | + | Giffard was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1916. |
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− | Giffard was appointed in command of the {{UK- | + | Giffard left {{UK-Hussar}} with Commodore Heneage, following him to assume command of the armed yacht [[H.M.S. Catania (1895)|''Catania'']] on 20 December, 1916. On 2 June, 1917, he relinquished command of ''Catania'', but remained aboard, additional, still on Heneage's staff. |
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+ | Giffard was appointed in temporary command of the R.I.M. troopship [[H.M.S. Dufferin (1904)|H.M.S. ''Dufferin'']] on 20 March, 1919. It is not clear when he left this position, but he went to {{UK-Venus}}, which was also operating near India, additional. On March 1920, he went to the [[Portsmouth Signal School]] for special service. | ||
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+ | Giffard was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit, owing to Jackson's Epilepsy, on 18 January, 1923. He died just over one month later at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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Revision as of 15:03, 26 August 2017
Commander Frederic Giffard, D.S.O., R.N. (4 June, 1885 – 22 February, 1923) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Giffard was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 January, 1905.
Giffard was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 33 on 12 January, 1906.[1]
Giffard was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 January, 1913.
Giffard was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1916.
Giffard left Hussar with Commodore Heneage, following him to assume command of the armed yacht Catania on 20 December, 1916. On 2 June, 1917, he relinquished command of Catania, but remained aboard, additional, still on Heneage's staff.
Giffard was appointed in temporary command of the R.I.M. troopship H.M.S. Dufferin on 20 March, 1919. It is not clear when he left this position, but he went to Venus, which was also operating near India, additional. On March 1920, he went to the Portsmouth Signal School for special service.
Giffard was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit, owing to Jackson's Epilepsy, on 18 January, 1923. He died just over one month later at St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
See Also
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Preceded by Charles Davidge |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 33 12 Jan, 1906[2] |
Succeeded by Montague R. Bernard as Captain of H.M. T.B. 033 |
Preceded by John R. Middleton |
Captain of H.M.S. Hussar 16 Aug, 1916[3] |
Succeeded by John Hennessy |
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