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Revision as of 10:50, 18 June 2015

Captain Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher, D.S.O., Royal Navy, Retired (3 October, 1886 – 17 November, 1955) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Vacher was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 January, 1908.[1]

Vacher was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 January, 1916.[2]

Vacher was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1920.[3]

Vacher was appointed in command of the monitor Terror on 2 September, 1929. He remained in command for exactly two years, and then was appointed in command of Argus on 3 September, 1931.[4]

Vacher was promoted to the rank of Captain as he was placed on the Retired List on 15 April, 1933.[5]

World War II

He reverted to the Retired List on 12 July, 1941. Though he continued to be troubled by arthritis in his hip and knee, he was called up again. He was finally reverted to the Retired List on 27 July, 1945 after having been in charge of the Naval Detention Quarters, Coatdyke Prison.[6]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Cloudesley V. Robinson 		Captain of H.M.S. Constance
c. May, 1926[7] – 15 Jun, 1926[8] 		Succeeded by
Dudley B. N. North
Preceded by
Gordon C. Steele 		Captain of H.M.S. Cornflower
late 1926[9] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Donald C. G. Neish 		Captain of H.M.S. Dahlia
25 Oct, 1926[10] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Gordon F. Markwick 		Captain of H.M.S. Terror
2 Sep, 1929[11] – 2 Sep, 1931[12] 		Succeeded by
Charles B. C. Swayne
Preceded by
Ernest R. Archer 		Captain of H.M.S. Argus
3 Sep, 1931[13] – 14 Oct, 1931[14] 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  2. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  3. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  4. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  5. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  6. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 252.
  7. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  8. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  9. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  10. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  11. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  12. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  13. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  14. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.

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