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Vacher was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 January, 1908.<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>
 
Vacher was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 January, 1908.<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>
  
Vacher was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 30 January, 1916.<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>
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Vacher was gunnery officer in the {{UK-Implacable|f=t}} from 30 June, 1914 until being appointed to the {{UK-Undaunted|f=t}} on 19 December, 1914.  He served in her until being made gunnery officer in {{UK-Canterbury}} on 2 March, 1916, shortly after being promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 30 January, 1916.  ''Canterbury'' fought at the [[Battle of Jutland]], where she screened the {{UK-BCS|3}} along with {{UK-Chester|f=p}}, who was similarly detached from the {{UK-LCS|3}}.  Lucky to escape the considerable damage sustained by ''Chester'', ''Canterbury'' later fought at the [[Action of 23 July, 1916]], a running night action where she pursued a superior force of German destroyers.
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He finished the war in this appointment, and was sent back to {{UK-Impregnable}} in May 1919, albeit not as gunnery officer this time.<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>
  
 
Vacher was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1920.<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>
 
Vacher was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1920.<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>
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On 15 June, 1926 Vacher was appointed to {{UK-Ajax}} for command of the {{UK-Constance|f=t}} upon her reducing to reserve.<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>
  
 
Vacher was appointed in command of the {{UK-Terror|f=t}} on 2 September, 1929.  He remained in command for exactly two years, and then was appointed in command of {{UK-Argus}} on 3 September, 1931.<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>
 
Vacher was appointed in command of the {{UK-Terror|f=t}} on 2 September, 1929.  He remained in command for exactly two years, and then was appointed in command of {{UK-Argus}} on 3 September, 1931.<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>
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Revision as of 08:32, 12 August 2020

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 gunnery officer in the battleship Implacable from 30 June, 1914 until being appointed to the light cruiser Undaunted on 19 December, 1914. He served in her until being made gunnery officer in Canterbury on 2 March, 1916, shortly after being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 January, 1916. Canterbury fought at the Battle of Jutland, where she screened the Third Battle Cruiser Squadron along with H.M.S. Chester, who was similarly detached from the Third Light Cruiser Squadron. Lucky to escape the considerable damage sustained by Chester, Canterbury later fought at the Action of 23 July, 1916, a running night action where she pursued a superior force of German destroyers.

He finished the war in this appointment, and was sent back to Impregnable in May 1919, albeit not as gunnery officer this time.[2]

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

On 15 June, 1926 Vacher was appointed to Ajax for command of the light cruiser Constance upon her reducing to reserve.[4]

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.[5]

Vacher was promoted to the rank of Captain as he was placed on the Retired List on 15 April, 1933.[6]

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.[7]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Cloudesley V. Robinson
Captain of H.M.S. Constance
c. May, 1926[8] – 15 Jun, 1926[9]
Succeeded by
Dudley B. N. North
Preceded by
Evelyn T. Wickham
Captain of H.M.S. Cornflower
late 1926[10]
Succeeded by
John N. Pelly
Preceded by
John E. Loveluck
Captain of H.M.S. Dahlia
25 Oct, 1926[11]
Succeeded by
Hugh P. Cotton
Preceded by
Eric Q. Carter
Captain of H.M.S. Terror
2 Sep, 1929[12][13] – 2 Sep, 1931[14]
Succeeded by
Geoffrey Nicholson
Preceded by
Claud A. Merriman
Captain of H.M.S. Argus
3 Sep, 1931[15] – 14 Oct, 1931[16]
Succeeded by
Paul F. P. Berryman

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. Book 9, f. 313.
  7. Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 252.
  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. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 274.
  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.
  15. Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  16. Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.