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Barrow was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 1 April, 1908.<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603167}} f. 433.</ref>
 
Barrow was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 1 April, 1908.<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603167}} f. 433.</ref>
  
Barrow was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1914.  On 25 July, he was appointed to {{UK-Africa}} to serve as her gunnery officer.  He would serve in that capacity throughout the Great War.<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603167}} f. 433.</ref>
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Barrow was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1914.  On 25 July, he was appointed to {{UK-Africa}} to serve as her gunnery officer.  He would serve in that capacity throughout the Great War, being superseded on 7 November, 1918.  On 28 November, he was appointed to ''Excellent'' to take command of {{UK-MarshalSoult}}.<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603167}} f. 433.</ref>
 
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Barrow was appointed in command of the {{UK-Terror|f=t}} on 31 January, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 872}} and served in her until being superseded on 14 February, 1921.<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603167}} f. 433.</ref>
 
Barrow was appointed in command of the {{UK-Terror|f=t}} on 31 January, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 872}} and served in her until being superseded on 14 February, 1921.<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603167}} f. 433.</ref>

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Captain Arthur Douglas Barrow, Royal Navy, Retired (2 July, 1878 – 27 April, 1950) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Barrow was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1900.[1]

Barrow was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1908.[2]

Barrow was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1914. On 25 July, he was appointed to Africa to serve as her gunnery officer. He would serve in that capacity throughout the Great War, being superseded on 7 November, 1918. On 28 November, he was appointed to Excellent to take command of Marshal Soult.[3]

Barrow was appointed in command of the monitor Terror on 31 January, 1919[4] and served in her until being superseded on 14 February, 1921.[5]

Barrow was promoted to the rank of Captain on 8 July, 1924 and placed on the Retired List.[6]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
George V. W. Carey
Captain of H.M.S. Decoy
21 Jul, 1903[7]
Succeeded by
James Creber
Preceded by
George R. B. Blount
Captain of H.M.S. Marshal Soult
28 Nov, 1918[8]
Succeeded by
Cyril T. Hewlett-Cooper
Preceded by
Charles W. Bruton
Captain of H.M.S. Terror
31 Jan, 1919[9]
Succeeded by
Alick Stokes

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 5.
  2. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 433.
  3. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 433.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 872.
  5. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 433.
  6. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 433.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 843.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 872.

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