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Revision as of 15:04, 7 April 2016

Rear-Admiral George Hector Creswell, D.S.C., R.N., Retired (17 June, 1889 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Creswell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1911.[1]

Cresswell was appointed in command of the destroyer Tomahawk on 31 December, 1918.[2]

Creswell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1919.[3]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Delorest J. D. Noble
Captain of H.M.S. Dove
8 May, 1915[4]
Succeeded by
Cyril Edwards
Preceded by
Charles L. M. M. Crichton
Captain of H.M.S. Dee
1 Jan, 1916[5]
Succeeded by
Guy O. Maund
Preceded by
Maurice B. R. Blackwood
Captain of H.M.S. Lookout
11 Apr, 1917[6]
Succeeded by
John M. Henderson
Preceded by
Colin S. Thomson
Captain of H.M.S. Liberty
21 Jun, 1918[7]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Tomahawk
31 Dec, 1918[8]
Succeeded by
Ambrose T. N. Abbay
Preceded by
Philip G. Wodehouse
Captain of H.M.S. Waterhen
17 Aug, 1922[9] – Feb, 1923[10][11]
Succeeded by
John B. Spurgin
Preceded by
Edward C. Thornton
Captain of H.M.S. Vivacious
6 Jun, 1923[12]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 368.
  2. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 921.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 366.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393m.
  5. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393n.
  6. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395f.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 831.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 921.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 842.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 842.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 288.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 284.

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