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Revision as of 17:34, 15 August 2022

Commander R.N.R. (retired) Charles Jancey Davis, R.D., R.N.R. (14 January, 1988 – 18 March, 1962) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Davis served most of the war in the battleship Ajax, seeing action at the Battle of Jutland.[1]

Davis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 10 June, 1915.[2]

Davis was granted the rank of Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 30 June, 1919. He was to promoted to the rank on 30 June, 1920.[3]

Davis was placed on the Retired List at the rank of Commander R.N.R. on 4 December, 1928.[4]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Hibiscus
20 Sep, 1918[5]
Succeeded by
Thomas R. Fforde

Footnotes

  1. Davis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/131. f. 132.
  2. Davis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/131. f. 132.
  3. Davis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/131. f. 132.
  4. Davis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/131. f. 132.
  5. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 813.