Gerald Fortescue Longhurst

From The Dreadnought Project
Revision as of 16:54, 25 October 2012 by FredBot (talk | contribs) (Changed 1 longhand TNA biblio(s) to simplest TNA template form and converted to CatBritannia template)
Jump to navigationJump to search

Commander Gerald Fortescue Longhurst, D.S.O., Royal Navy (18 August, 1882 – 8 January, 1921) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was appointed gunnery officer of Lion on 3 January, 1914 and fought in her at Jutland.[Citation needed]

On 15 September he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) for his services at Jutland.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29751. p. 9071. 15 September, 1916.

Bibliography

  • "Commander Longhurst, D.S.O." (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 1 February, 1921. Issue 42633, col C, pg. 12.

Service Record


Naval Appointments

 

Template:CatCommander

Retrieved from "http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=Gerald_Fortescue_Longhurst&oldid=61415"