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Cochran was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1893.<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/242.|D7600981}} f. 242.</ref>
 
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Cochran was invalided from command of the {{UK-2Phoenix|f=t}} on the [[China Station]] on 30 January, 1900.  Sent home, he was again fit on 9 August, 1900.<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/242.|D7600981}} f. 242.</ref>
  
 
Cochran was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 28 April, 1903.<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/250.|D7600989}} f. 248.</ref>
 
Cochran was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 28 April, 1903.<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/250.|D7600989}} f. 248.</ref>

Revision as of 13:33, 16 March 2020

Captain Reginald Purves Cochran, R.N., Retired (14 December, 1854 – 16 June, 1909) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Cochran was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 27 June, 1878.[1]

Cochran was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1893.[2]

Cochran was invalided from command of the screw sloop Phoenix on the China Station on 30 January, 1900. Sent home, he was again fit on 9 August, 1900.[3]

Cochran was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 28 April, 1903.[4]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Henry Harris
Captain of H.M.S. Firefly
4 Jan, 1892[5][6] – 1 Jan, 1893[7]
Succeeded by
Augustus L. K. Knapton
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Phoenix
11 Feb, 1897[8][9] – 30 Jan, 1900[10]
Succeeded by
William H. Nicholson
Preceded by
George E. Patey
Captain of H.M.S. Apollo
5 Nov, 1900[11] – 28 Apr, 1903[12]
Succeeded by
Hubert Grant-Dalton
Preceded by
Charles G. May
Captain of H.M.S. Medea
5 Nov, 1900[13][14] – 1901[15]
Succeeded by
Cuthbert G. Chapman

Footnotes

  1. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.
  2. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.
  3. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.
  4. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/250. f. 248.
  5. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.
  6. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 220.
  7. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.
  8. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 281.
  10. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.
  11. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 226.
  12. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/250. f. 248.
  13. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 279.
  15. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/242. f. 242.