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{{LCommRN}} (retired) '''David Henry Williams''', (23 August, 1958 – 6 July, 1946) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
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He served in the Great War and reverted to the Retired List on 24 November, 1919.<ref>Williams Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/32/53.|}} ff. 53, 64.</ref>
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Lieutenant-Commander (retired) David Henry Williams, (23 August, 1958 – 6 July, 1946) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Williams was promoted to the rank of Chief Gunner on 1 April, 1903.[1]

Williams was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 13 May, 1908. He was placed on the Retired List on account of age on 23 August, 1912.[2]

Williams was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 13 May, 1916.[3]

He served in the Great War and reverted to the Retired List on 24 November, 1919.[4]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
George H. Oxland
Captain of H.M.S. Avon
1 Apr, 1906[5]
Succeeded by
Arthur L. Popham

Footnotes

  1. Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/32/53. ff. 53, 64.
  2. Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/32/53. ff. 53, 64.
  3. Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/32/53. ff. 53, 64.
  4. Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/32/53. ff. 53, 64.
  5. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 281.