Hugh Christopher Arnold-Forster

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Commander (Emergency) Hugh Christopher Arnold-Forster, C.M.G. (9 December,1890 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Arnold-Forster was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1913. He was transferred to the Emergency List at his own request on 2 February, 1914 after completing a twenty month appointment in Monmouth on the China Station. During the war, he served in the Downs Boarding Flotilla until January 1916 and then took up a post in the Trade Division, eventually finding himself in Kingstown, Jamaica. As Assistant Naval Attaché, he worked from Cuba.[1]

His name was removed from the Emergency List as medically unfit on 16 January, 1920.

Arnold-Forster was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1921.[2]

World War II

Arnold-Forster was promoted to the rank of Commander on 8 May, 1946.[3]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Assistant Naval Attaché at Washington, D.C.
6 Sep, 1918[4] – 16 Jan, 1920[5]
Succeeded by
Eric W. M. King

Footnotes

  1. Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/31. f. 30.
  2. Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/31. f. 30.
  3. Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/31. f. 30.
  4. Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/31. f. 30.
  5. Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/31. f. 30.