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− | '''Bertram Sutton Evans''' (17 December, 1872 | + | {{CaptRN}} '''Bertram Sutton Evans''', M.V.O., Royal Navy (17 December, 1872 – 2 March, 1919) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]]. |
==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
− | + | Evans was a noted cricket-player, batting right-handed. | |
− | + | Evans was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} in June, 1894.<ref>Evans Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/266.}} f. 296.</ref> | |
− | + | Evans was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} in June, 1905.<ref>Evans Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/266.}} f. 296.</ref> | |
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− | Evans was | + | Evans was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} in June, 1913.<ref>Evans Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/266.}} f. 296.</ref> |
− | + | ==Great War== | |
+ | Evans served as captain of the {{UK-Implacable|f=t}} from March to July, 1917. | ||
He served as captain of {{UK-Leviathan}} from April to December 1918. | He served as captain of {{UK-Leviathan}} from April to December 1918. | ||
− | He was appointed command of the {{UK-Europa|f=t}} on 13 January, 1919,<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 15 January, 1919. Issue '''41998''', col D, p. 3.</ref> but died in Paris while travelling to assume command. | + | He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Europa|f=t}} on 13 January, 1919,<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 15 January, 1919. Issue '''41998''', col D, p. 3.</ref> but died at the station hospital in Paris of influenza while travelling to assume command.<ref>Evans Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/266.}} f. 296.</ref> |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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Revision as of 13:06, 25 June 2015
Captain Bertram Sutton Evans, M.V.O., Royal Navy (17 December, 1872 – 2 March, 1919) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Contents
Life & Career
Evans was a noted cricket-player, batting right-handed.
Evans was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in June, 1894.[1]
Evans was promoted to the rank of Commander in June, 1905.[2]
Evans was promoted to the rank of Captain in June, 1913.[3]
Great War
Evans served as captain of the battleship Implacable from March to July, 1917.
He served as captain of Leviathan from April to December 1918.
He was appointed in command of the first class protected cruiser Europa on 13 January, 1919,[4] but died at the station hospital in Paris of influenza while travelling to assume command.[5]
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Star 6 Jan, 1900[6] – 1 Mar, 1902[Inference] |
Succeeded by Henry W. Osburn |
Preceded by Richard Sullivan |
Captain of H.M.S. Pandora 1 Jan, 1910[7] |
Succeeded by Henry C. R. Brocklebank |
Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Macedonia 1 Aug, 1914[8] |
Succeeded by Forster D. Arnold-Forster |
Preceded by Hughes C. Lockyer |
Captain of H.M.S. Implacable Mar, 1917[9] |
Succeeded by Kenneth B. Toms |
Preceded by Francis M. Austin |
Captain of H.M.S. Leviathan Apr, 1918[10] |
Succeeded by Frank Powell |
Preceded by Claude A. Rombulow-Pearse |
Captain of H.M.S. Europa 13 Jan, 1919[11] |
Succeeded by Michael H. Wilding |
Footnotes
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/266. f. 296.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/266. f. 296.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/266. f. 296.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 15 January, 1919. Issue 41998, col D, p. 3.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/266. f. 296.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 2 January, 1900. Issue 36028, col E, p. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 352.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401o.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 831.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 15 January, 1919. Issue 41998, col D, p. 3.