Difference between revisions of "Charles Frederick Ballard"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
(abbreviate CatCommander)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{CommRN}} '''Charles Frederick Ballard''' (23 March, 1879 – 1 January, 1915) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
+
{{CommRN}} '''Charles Frederick Ballard''' (23 March, 1879 – 1 January, 1915) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].  He was apparently the son-in-law of [[Cecil Burney, First Baronet|Cecil Burney]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
 +
Ballard was born in Washington, Sussex, the sonb of Lieutenant Colonel Ballard.  He entered the Navy with the {{UK-1Britannia}} term of July, 1892.  Upon passing out in July, 1894 with six months' seniority, he spent two years in the {{UK-1Hood|f=t}} in the Mediterranean.
 +
 +
Ballard spent October 1896 through June 1897 in {{UK-EmpressOfIndia|f=p}} and {{UK-Jupiter}} of the [[Channel Squadron]].
  
 
Ballard was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 9 November, 1900.{{NLMar13|p. 4}}
 
Ballard was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 9 November, 1900.{{NLMar13|p. 4}}
Line 11: Line 14:
 
Ballard was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} in June, 1913.
 
Ballard was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} in June, 1913.
  
Appointed to the {{UK-Formidable|f=tp}} as executive officer on 22 August, 1913.
+
Appointed to the {{UK-Formidable|f=tp}} as executive officer on 22 August, 1913. An appointment to {{UK-Superb}} for 1 August, 1914 might have saved him, but it was cancelled.  Ballard was killed in the sinking of {{UK-Formidable}} on 1 January, 1915.
 
 
Ballard was killed in the sinking of {{UK-Formidable}} on 1 January, 1915.
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 12:51, 5 June 2018

Commander Charles Frederick Ballard (23 March, 1879 – 1 January, 1915) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He was apparently the son-in-law of Cecil Burney.

Life & Career

Ballard was born in Washington, Sussex, the sonb of Lieutenant Colonel Ballard. He entered the Navy with the Britannia term of July, 1892. Upon passing out in July, 1894 with six months' seniority, he spent two years in the battleship Hood in the Mediterranean.

Ballard spent October 1896 through June 1897 in H.M.S. Empress of India and Jupiter of the Channel Squadron.

Ballard was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 9 November, 1900.[1]

Ballard was appointed in command of the destroyer Angler on 15 December, 1909.[2]

In November, 1911, Ballard was appointed in command of the destroyer Kennet.[3]

Ballard was promoted to the rank of Commander in June, 1913.

Appointed to the battleship H.M.S. Formidable as executive officer on 22 August, 1913. An appointment to Superb for 1 August, 1914 might have saved him, but it was cancelled. Ballard was killed in the sinking of Formidable on 1 January, 1915.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Percy L. H. Noble
Captain of H.M.S. Angler
15 Dec, 1909[4] – May, 1911
Succeeded by
Arthur G. H. Bond
Preceded by
Arthur G. H. Bond
Captain of H.M.S. Welland
late May, 1911 – Nov, 1911
Succeeded by
Ennis T. R. Chambers
Preceded by
Ennis T. R. Chambers
Captain of H.M.S. Kennet
Nov, 1911[5] – 13 Jun, 1913
Succeeded by
Richard W. U. Bayly

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 4.
  2. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 276-7.
  3. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 335.
  4. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 276-7.
  5. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 335.