Eric Arthur Forbes Drought

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Lieutenant-Commander Eric Arthur Forbes Drought, D.S.C., R.N. ( – 25 February, 1944) served in the Royal Navy.

I have been unable to find a Service Record for him at The National Archives.

Life & Career

Drought was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 June, 1934.[1]

Drought was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 June, 1942.[2]

Drought died in command of the destroyer Mahratta when she was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Norway by U 990.

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Naval Appointments
Preceded by
James C. Clouston
Captain of H.M.S. Isis
3 Jun, 1940[3] – 17 Jun, 1940[4]
Succeeded by
Casper S. B. Swinley

Footnotes

  1. Uboat.net page on the man.
  2. Uboat.net page on the man.
  3. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  4. Uboat.net page on the ship.