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[[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''Eric Sydney Brand''', Royal Navy (14 May, 1896 – ?) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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[[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''Eric Sydney Brand''', O.B.E., R.N., Retired (14 May, 1896 – ?) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
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==Life & Career==
 
A Conway cadet, Brand was in Greynvile Term at the [[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]] which commenced on 12 January, 1911.  A term mate was Prince Albert, and his Term Lieutenant was [[Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper|Henry Spencer-Cooper]].  He entered the College 69<sup>th</sup> and passed out 12<sup>th</sup>.
 
A Conway cadet, Brand was in Greynvile Term at the [[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]] which commenced on 12 January, 1911.  A term mate was Prince Albert, and his Term Lieutenant was [[Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper|Henry Spencer-Cooper]].  He entered the College 69<sup>th</sup> and passed out 12<sup>th</sup>.
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Brand was appointed first to {{UK-Dominion}} on 15 September, 1913.
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==Great War==
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Brand left ''Dominion'' on 1 December, 1915 to take up an appointment in the new {{UK-Valiant|f=t}}, which was being worked up for her commissioning.
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Brand was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 May, 1916, just in time for the [[Battle of Jutland]].<ref>Brand Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118.|D7616048}} f. 79.</ref>  He would serve as [[Rate Officer]] in ''Valiant'' during the battle, and [[Account of Eric Sydney Brand at the Battle of Jutland|his account of the battle]] contains excellent detail.<ref>RNMN/BRAND in the Liddle Collection in the University of Leeds Library Special Collections, pp. 10-13.</ref>
  
 
Of Brand, Spencer-Cooper wrote:
 
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:Then on the afternoon of 27th. August a strange thing happened.  The entire fleet was steaming quietly somewhere in the middle of the North Sea on a perfect day, flat calm and sunny when {{UK-IronDuke}} hoisted the "Disregard Admiral's Motions"(Blue Burgee)  "{{UK-Marlborough}} and {{UK-Dominion}} close ''Iron Duke'' Flag Officers repair on board"  So we duly sent our Admiral over to Tea in the seaboat and I suppose we all three were stopped for about 30-40 minutes, while the fleet was wandering along at 7 knots.  I am pretty sure of my date because I think the Admiral met to be told of the impending advance into the Heligoland Bight next morning.<ref>Brand, p. 5.  Paper in the possession of the Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.</ref>
 
:Then on the afternoon of 27th. August a strange thing happened.  The entire fleet was steaming quietly somewhere in the middle of the North Sea on a perfect day, flat calm and sunny when {{UK-IronDuke}} hoisted the "Disregard Admiral's Motions"(Blue Burgee)  "{{UK-Marlborough}} and {{UK-Dominion}} close ''Iron Duke'' Flag Officers repair on board"  So we duly sent our Admiral over to Tea in the seaboat and I suppose we all three were stopped for about 30-40 minutes, while the fleet was wandering along at 7 knots.  I am pretty sure of my date because I think the Admiral met to be told of the impending advance into the Heligoland Bight next morning.<ref>Brand, p. 5.  Paper in the possession of the Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.</ref>
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Brand also had an amusing anecdote about inadvertently backhanding the [[Dreyer Fire Control Table]] to its inventor;
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:Meanwhile [[Frederic Charles Dreyer|Captain Dreyer]] was trying to get his money's worth out of me.  One day he sent for me and showed me a picture of an instrument asking "Did you use one of these in "{{UK-Valiant}}" to which I replied "Oh, yes Sir.  "And did you find it useful?"  Oh, Yes, Sir, we took it apart and used the gear wheels to make an "Aid to Spotter"  "Good Heavens, boy, Are you aware that <u>I</u> invented it?"  Rather an unfortunate 'brick' but he never afterwards held it against me.<ref>''Random Experience.  World War I'', p. 16.</ref>
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==World War II==
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Brand was advanced to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on the Retired List on 14 May, 1946.<ref>Brand Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118.|D7616048}} f. 79.</ref>
  
 
Brand moved to Canada following secondment there in the Second World War.
 
Brand moved to Canada following secondment there in the Second World War.
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Revision as of 10:25, 6 September 2015

Captain Eric Sydney Brand, O.B.E., R.N., Retired (14 May, 1896 – ?) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

A Conway cadet, Brand was in Greynvile Term at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth which commenced on 12 January, 1911. A term mate was Prince Albert, and his Term Lieutenant was Henry Spencer-Cooper. He entered the College 69th and passed out 12th.

Brand was appointed first to Dominion on 15 September, 1913.

Great War

Brand left Dominion on 1 December, 1915 to take up an appointment in the new battleship Valiant, which was being worked up for her commissioning.

Brand was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 May, 1916, just in time for the Battle of Jutland.[1] He would serve as Rate Officer in Valiant during the battle, and his account of the battle contains excellent detail.[2]

Of Brand, Spencer-Cooper wrote:

A first rate lad, apt to be overlooked, as he is quiet, retiring & modest. Has plenty of go, is an excellent swimmer, and good at his work being most persevering. I expect to hear a good deal of him in the future, and that he will get on very quickly.

In his reminiscences of the Great War at sea, Brand wrote of one unusual incident;

Then on the afternoon of 27th. August a strange thing happened. The entire fleet was steaming quietly somewhere in the middle of the North Sea on a perfect day, flat calm and sunny when Iron Duke hoisted the "Disregard Admiral's Motions"(Blue Burgee) "Marlborough and Dominion close Iron Duke Flag Officers repair on board" So we duly sent our Admiral over to Tea in the seaboat and I suppose we all three were stopped for about 30-40 minutes, while the fleet was wandering along at 7 knots. I am pretty sure of my date because I think the Admiral met to be told of the impending advance into the Heligoland Bight next morning.[3]

Brand also had an amusing anecdote about inadvertently backhanding the Dreyer Fire Control Table to its inventor;

Meanwhile Captain Dreyer was trying to get his money's worth out of me. One day he sent for me and showed me a picture of an instrument asking "Did you use one of these in "Valiant" to which I replied "Oh, yes Sir. "And did you find it useful?" Oh, Yes, Sir, we took it apart and used the gear wheels to make an "Aid to Spotter" "Good Heavens, boy, Are you aware that I invented it?" Rather an unfortunate 'brick' but he never afterwards held it against me.[4]

World War II

Brand was advanced to the rank of Captain on the Retired List on 14 May, 1946.[5]

Brand moved to Canada following secondment there in the Second World War.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Brand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118. f. 79.
  2. ↑ RNMN/BRAND in the Liddle Collection in the University of Leeds Library Special Collections, pp. 10-13.
  3. ↑ Brand, p. 5. Paper in the possession of the Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.
  4. ↑ Random Experience. World War I, p. 16.
  5. ↑ Brand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118. f. 79.

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