Harold Courtenay Woolcombe-Boyce
Lieutenant Harold Courtenay Woollcombe-Boyce, R.N. (30 March, 1887 – 8 February, 1917) was an officer in the Royal Navy. His name is recorded as "Woollcombe-Boyce" in one Service Record, but is apparently corrected.
Life & Career
Born in St. Paul, Hammersmith, Woolcombe-Boyce listed his mother, Miss Wollcobe-Boyce as his guardian upon joining the Navy in May of 1902.[1]
Woolcombe-Boyce was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1909.[2] He was sent to hospital in Batavia that year, seriously ill with pneumonia.[3]
He was admitted to Haslar Hospital on 1 June 1910 with neuritis. He was declared fit on 5 August.[4]
On 28 January, 1911 he was admitted to Chatham Hospital with gonorrhea and rheumatism. He was not declared fit until 27 January, 1912.[5]
He was appointed in command of the destroyer Fawn on 29 July, 1914.[6]
Blamed for a collision between Fawn and a steamship on 7 December 1914, Woolcombe-Boyce would redeem himself when the Admiralty noted with approval his efficient command in the action that culminated in the destruction of U 8 on 4 May, 1915.[7]
Woolcombe-Boyce died when Ghurka was mined and sunk in the Channel on 8 February, 1917.[8]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Gerald C. Harrison |
Captain of H.M.S. Fawn 29 Jul, 1914[9] |
Succeeded by George N. Gilbertson |
| Preceded by Harold T. Baillie-Grohman |
Captain of H.M.S. Ghurka 6 Mar, 1916[10] – 8 Feb, 1917[11] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Footnotes
- ↑ Woolcombe-Boyce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/85. f. 87.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 77c.
- ↑ Woolcombe-Boyce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/85. f. 87.
- ↑ Woolcombe-Boyce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/85. f. 87.
- ↑ Woolcombe-Boyce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/85. f. 87.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 316.
- ↑ Woolcombe-Boyce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/85. f. 87.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. pp. 318-9.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394d.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394q.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 319.
