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Back was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1936.<ref>Back Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/78.|}} f. 80.</ref>
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Revision as of 17:59, 16 July 2021

Commander Geoffrey Robert Bensly Back, (22 February, 1894 – 29 May, 1941) served in the Royal Navy. His name is recorded as "Bensly" in later Navy Lists, but as the more common "Beasly" in early Navy Lists and in some service records. I am guessing that his name was actually Bensly.

Life & Career

The son of Reverend Arthur James Back, Clerk in Holy Orders.[1]

Back was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 November, 1915.[2]

Back was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 November, 1923.[3]

Back was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1929.[4]

Back was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1936.[5]

World War II

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur D. B. James
Captain of H.M.S. Westcott
22 Jul, 1932[6] – 28 Jul, 1934
Succeeded by
Edward M. Loly
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Aurora
1 Apr, 1937[7] – 24 Jul, 1937
Succeeded by
Cecil S. Sandford
Preceded by
Harold Hickling
Captain of H.M.S. Duncan
8 Jul, 1939 – 2 Jan, 1940
Succeeded by
Jocelyn S. C. Salter
Preceded by
Harold Hickling
Captain (D), Twenty-first Destroyer Flotilla
16 Aug, 1939[8] – 12 Jan, 1940[9]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Harold R. G. Kinahan
Captain of H.M.S. Orion
31 Jan, 1940 – 29 May, 1941
Succeeded by
John P. de W. Kitcat

Footnotes

  1. Back Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/78. f. 80.
  2. Back Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/78. f. 80.
  3. Back Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/78. f. 80.
  4. Back Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/78. f. 80.
  5. Back Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/78. f. 80.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 291.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 216.
  8. Back Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/78. f. ?.
  9. Back Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/78. f. ?.