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Admiral SIR Cecil Fiennes Thursby, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Royal Navy (17 January, 1861 – 28 May, 1936) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Thursby was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1883.[1]
Thursby was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1895, aged thirty-four years, five months, and thirteen days.[2] He was appointed Commander of the battleship Mars on 8 June, 1897.[3]
Captain
Thursby was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1901.[4]
He was appointed command of the battleship Swiftsure on 5 August, 1908.[5]
He was appointed a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.) on 24 June, 1910.[6]
Flag Rank
Thursby was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 17 July, 1911, vice Farquhar.[7]
Great War
He was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (K.C.M.G.) on 1 January, 1916.[8]
Thursby was confirmed in the rank of Vice-Admiral on 10 April, 1917, vice Jerram.[9]
He was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 1 January, 1918.[10]
Post-War
He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 3 April, 1919.[11]
He was placed on the Retired list at his own request "in order to facilitate the promotion of younger officers" on 7 October, 1920.[12]
He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant in the County of Salop (Shropshire) on 19 October, 1923.
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25303. p. 2. 1 January, 1884.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26647. p. 4233. 26 July, 1895.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 24 May, 1897. Issue 35211, col E, pg. 12.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27393. p. 3. 3 January, 1902.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 380.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28388. p. 4477. (Supplement) 24 June, 1910.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28514. p. 5353. 18 July, 1911.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29423. p. 83. 1 January, 1916.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30017. p. 3496. 13 April, 1917.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30451. p. 79. 1 January, 1918.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 31304. p. 5116. 22 April, 1919.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 32081. p. 9891. 12 October, 1920.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Cecil Thursby" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 29 May, 1936. Issue 47387, col C, pg. 19.
Papers
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/87.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/39.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/20.
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