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'''Gibraltar''' has long been a major strategic asset for the [[Royal Navy]].
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The station limits were decreed in 1913 as being:{{AWO1913|721 of 12 Dec, 1913}}
 
The station limits were decreed in 1913 as being:{{AWO1913|721 of 12 Dec, 1913}}
 
* North: the South shore of Europe
 
* North: the South shore of Europe
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==Senior Officers==
 
==Senior Officers==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Senior Officer, Gibraltar" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Atwell Peregrine MacLeod Lake|nick=Atwell P. MacL. Lake|appt=7 January, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 355}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Augustus Phillimore|nick=Augustus Phillimore|appt=17 October, 1870{{NLDec71|p. 199}}|end=17 January, 1874{{FC}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Andrew Thomas Bruce|nick=James A. T. Bruce|appt=20 January, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 355}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Henry Edye|nick=William H. Edye|appt=1 January, 1878{{NLOct78|p. 210}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Carter Drury|nick=Charles C. Drury|appt=20 January, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 435}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmund Robert Fremantle|nick=Edmund R. Fremantle|appt=10 January, 1881<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14/109.|D7587281}} f. ?.</ref>|end=9 November, 1881<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14/109.|D7587281}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=William Alison Dyke Acland, Second Baronet|nick=Sir William A. D. Acland, Bart.|appt=1 October, 1902<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 9 August, 1902.  Issue '''36842''', col F, p. 10.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Claude Edward Buckle|nick=Claude E. Buckle|appt=20 August, 1889|end=4 February, 1892}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edward Chichester, Ninth Baronet|nick=Sir Edward Chichester, Bart.|appt=10 June, 1904<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 4 June, 1904.  Issue '''37412''', col F, p. 7.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Atwell Peregrine MacLeod Lake|nick=Atwell P. MacL. Lake|appt=7 January, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 355}}|ass=4 February, 1892|end=20 January, 1895}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Andrew Thomas Bruce|nick=James A. T. Bruce|appt=20 January, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 355}}|end=January, 1898}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Carter Drury|nick=Charles C. Drury|appt=20 January, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 435}}|end=11 October, 1899}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=William Alison Dyke Acland, Second Baronet|nick=Sir William A. D. Acland, Bart.|appt=1 October, 1902{{NavAppts|Saturday, 9 August, 1902.  Issue '''36842''', col F, p. 10}}|end=9 July, 1904}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edward Chichester, Ninth Baronet|nick=Sir Edward Chichester, Bart.|appt=10 June, 1904{{NMI|Saturday, 4 June, 1904.  Issue '''37412''', col F, p. 7}}|ass=9 July, 1904|end=11 August, 1908}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=James Edward Clifford Goodrich|nick=Sir James E. C. Goodrich|appt=11 August, 1906<ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 19/38}}.  f. 535.</ref>|ass=26 September, 1906<ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 535.</ref>|end=27 September, 1909<ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 535.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=James Edward Clifford Goodrich|nick=Sir James E. C. Goodrich|appt=11 August, 1906<ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 19/38}}.  f. 535.</ref>|ass=26 September, 1906<ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 535.</ref>|end=27 September, 1909<ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 535.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frederick Sidney Pelham|nick=Frederick S. Pelham|appt=27 September, 1909<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 17 July, 1909.  Issue '''39014''', col D, p. 9.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frederick Sidney Pelham|nick=Frederick S. Pelham|appt=27 September, 1909{{NMI|Saturday, 17 July, 1909.  Issue '''39014''', col D, p. 9}}|end=25 October, 1912<ref>Pelham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 274.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Frederic Edward Errington Brock|nick=Frederic E. E. Brock|appt=20 September, 1912{{NLSep14|p. 4}}|end=2 November, 1915<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590035}} f. 221.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Frederic Edward Errington Brock|nick=Frederic E. E. Brock|appt=20 September, 1912{{NLSep14|p. 4}}|end=2 November, 1915<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590035}} f. 221.</ref>|ass=25 October, 1912<ref>Date predecessor left.  Pelham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 274.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Bernard Currey|nick=Bernard Currey|appt=21 September, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 559}}|as=Senior Naval Officer and in charge of all Naval Establishments, Gibraltar|end=19 June, 1917<ref>Currey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 36.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Bernard Currey|nick=Bernard Currey|appt=21 September, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 559}}|as=Senior Naval Officer and in charge of all Naval Establishments, Gibraltar|end=19 June, 1917<ref>Currey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 36.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|nick=Sir Heathcoat S. Grant|appt=19 June, 1917{{NLNov18|p. 7}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|nick=Sir Heathcoat S. Grant|appt=19 June, 1917{{NLNov18|p. 7}}|end=14 July, 1919<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt|appt=5 July, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 698}}|ass=10 July, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 698}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt|appt=5 July, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 698}}<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 125.</ref>|ass=10 July, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 698}}<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 125.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Walter Maurice Ellerton|nick=Walter W. Ellerton|appt=2 January, 1923<ref>Ellerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 153.</ref>|end=7 March, 1925<ref>Ellerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 153.  Date may actually be 4 March (handwritten).</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Henry Bertram Pelly|nick=Henry B. Pelly|appt=17 December, 1920<ref>Pelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  p. 235.</ref>|end=7 February, 1922<ref>Pelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  p. 235.</ref>|note=and as Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar Yard|as=Rear-Admiral in Charge, Gibraltar}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Walter Maurice Ellerton|nick=Walter W. Ellerton|appt=2 January, 1923<ref>Ellerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 153.</ref>|end=7 March, 1925<ref>Ellerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 153.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Richard Greville Arthur Wellington Stapleton-Cotton|nick=Richard G. A. W. Stapleton-Cotton|appt=7 March, 1925<ref>Stapleton-Cotton Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/43/411.|D7576563}} f. 411.</ref>|ass=c. 7  April, 1925<ref>Stapleton-Cotton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/411.|D7576563}} f. 411.</ref>|end=12 March, 1927<ref>Stapleton-Cotton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/411.|D7576563}} f. 220.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral in Charge, Gibraltar|note=and as Admiral Superintendent of H.M. Dockyard, Gibraltar}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Cyril Samuel Townsend|nick=Cyril S. Townsend|appt=12 March, 1927<ref>Townsend Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.}} f. 98.</ref>|ass=14 April, 1927<ref>Townsend Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.}} f. 98.</ref>|end=April, 1929<ref>Townsend Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.}} f. 98.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral in Charge, Gibraltar|note=and as Admiral Superintendent of H.M. Dockyard, Gibraltar}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Berwick Curtis|nick=Berwick Curtis|appt=22 March, 1929<ref>Curtis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/262.}} f. 262.</ref>|end=30 March, 1931<ref>Curtis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/262.}} f. 262.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral in Charge & Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar|ass=c. 16 April, 1929<ref>Curtis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/262.}} f. 262.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Thomas Norman James|nick=Thomas N. James|appt=20 March, 1931<ref>James Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 32.</ref>|ass=21 April, 1931<ref>James Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 32.</ref>|end=2 May, 1933|as=Rear-Admiral in Charge & Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Francis Murray Austin|nick=Francis M. Austin|appt=2 May, 1933<ref>Austin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 78.</ref>|end=14 April, 1935<ref>Austin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 78.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral in Charge & Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=James Murray Pipon|nick=James M. Pipon|appt=20 April, 1935|ass=c. 14 May, 1935|end=23 April, 1937|as=Rear-Admiral in Charge & Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Alfred Englefield Evans|nick=Alfred E. Evans|appt=23 April, 1937<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=23 May, 1939<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral in Charge & Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Albert John Robertson|nick=Albert J. Robertson|appt=26 June, 1941|end=19 August, 1943|as=Commodore in Charge & Commodore Superintendent H.M. Dockyard, Gibraltar}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Hugh Richard Marrack|nick=Hugh R. Marrack|appt=19 August, 1943<ref>Marrack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/225.|D7604980}} f. 237.</ref>|end=1 July, 1945<ref>Marrack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/225.|D7604980}} f. 237.</ref>|as=Commodore in Charge & Commodore Superintendent H.M. Dockyard, Gibraltar}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley|nick=Victor A. C. Crutchley|appt=14 January, 1945|end=January, 1947<ref>Superseded then.  Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|as=Vice-Admiral in Charge & Admiral Superintendent H.M. Dockyard, Gibraltar}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Ernest Russell Archer|nick=Ernest R. Archer|appt=January, 1947<ref>Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|end=July, 1948<ref>Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|as=Vice-Admiral in Charge & Admiral Superintendent H.M. Dockyard, Gibraltar}}
 
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</div name=fredbot:office0>
  
 
Also, [[William Henry Edye]] and [[Claude Edward Buckle]] at some point.{{FC}}
 
Also, [[William Henry Edye]] and [[Claude Edward Buckle]] at some point.{{FC}}
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==King's Harbour Master==
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Dates of appointment given:
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<div name=fredbot:officeKHM otitle="Captain Attendent and King's Harbour Master, Gibraltar" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Lucas Ashby|nick=Arthur L. Ashby|appt=17 June, 1919<ref>Ashby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/185.|D7576599}} ff. 185, 199.</ref>|end=1 October, 1921<ref>Ashby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/185.|D7576599}} ff. 185, 199.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Dixon Longstaff|nick=Cuthbert D. Longstaff|appt=1 October, 1921|end=October, 1923|note=and as Deputy Superintendent and Commander of Yard}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Cecil Tancred|nick=Walter C. Tancred|appt=1927<ref>Entire date not legible in Service Record preview.</ref>|end=11 November, 1929|note=and as Deputy Superintendent and Commander of Yard}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Thomas Maclear Brounger|nick=Thomas M. Brounger|appt=11 November, 1929{{INF}}|end=September, 1931|note=and as Deputy Superintendent and Commander of Yard}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frank Geoffrey Liddell Bullock|nick=Frank G. L. Bullock|appt=11 April, 1932{{NavAppts|Tuesday, March 15, 1932, Issue 46082, p.20}}|end=November, 1934|note=and as Superintendent of Charts and Chronometer Department}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Douglas Brooke|nick=Eric D. Brooke|appt=11 April, 1940|end=1 May, 1942|note=and as Deputy Superintendent}}
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==Boom Defence Officer==
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Dates of appointment given:
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<div name=fredbot:officeBDO otitle="Boom Defence Officer, Gibraltar" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Colin Rose St. George Tucker|nick=Colin R. St. G. Tucker|appt=4 August, 1942<ref>Tucker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/166.|}} f. 206.</ref>|end=4 September, 1942<ref>Tucker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/166.|}} f. 206.</ref>}}
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==In Command, Gibraltar R.N.A.S. Station==
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<div name=fredbot:officeRNAS otitle="In Command, Gibraltar R.N.A.S. Station" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank=Squadron Commander|name=Arthur Bruce Gaskell|nick=Arthur B. Gaskell|appt=25 February, 1916|end=28 February, 1917}}
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==See Also==
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{{refbegin}}
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* [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/dkbkpl10.jpg Plan of Dockyard c. 1908 at GWPDA.org]
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{{refend}}
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
 
{{reflist}}
 
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Revision as of 13:38, 21 April 2020

Gibraltar has long been a major strategic asset for the Royal Navy.

The station limits were decreed in 1913 as being:[1]

  • North: the South shore of Europe
  • West: 5 degrees West longitude
  • South: the North shore of Africa
  • West: 6 degrees West longitude

Senior Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Also, William Henry Edye and Claude Edward Buckle at some point.[Fact Check]

King's Harbour Master

Dates of appointment given:

Boom Defence Officer

Dates of appointment given:

In Command, Gibraltar R.N.A.S. Station

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 721 of 12 Dec, 1913.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1871). p. 199.
  3. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 210.
  4. Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14/109. f. ?.
  5. Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14/109. f. ?.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 355.
  7. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 355.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 435.
  9. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, 9 August, 1902. Issue 36842, col F, p. 10.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, 4 June, 1904. Issue 37412, col F, p. 7.
  11. Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 19/38. f. 535.
  12. Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 535.
  13. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, 17 July, 1909. Issue 39014, col D, p. 9.
  14. Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 274.
  15. The Navy List. (September, 1914). p. 4.
  16. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 221.
  17. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 559.
  18. Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
  19. The Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 7.
  20. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
  21. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 698.
  22. Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  23. Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 235.
  24. Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 235.
  25. Ellerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 153.
  26. Ellerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 153.
  27. Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/411. f. 411.
  28. Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/411. f. 220.
  29. Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.
  30. Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.
  31. Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  32. Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  33. James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
  34. Austin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 78.
  35. Austin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 78.
  36. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  37. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  38. Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
  39. Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
  40. Superseded then. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  41. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  42. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  43. Ashby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/185. ff. 185, 199.
  44. Ashby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/185. ff. 185, 199.
  45. Entire date not legible in Service Record preview.
  46. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, March 15, 1932, Issue 46082, p.20.
  47. Tucker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/166. f. 206.
  48. Tucker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/166. f. 206.