Difference between revisions of "Harold Boase"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to: navigation, search
(add link to Service Records)
(Update appts)
(5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Harold Boase''' ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
+
{{LieutRN}} '''Harold Boase''' (18 March, 1892 – 16 April, 1917) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
<!--Boase was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on
+
The son of a solicitor in Penzance, Boase gained one half month in passing out of the Training Establishment.
  
Boase was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on  
+
Boase was promoted to the rank of {{SLieutRN}} on 30 December, 1912.{{NLMar13|p. 8}}
  
Boase was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on
+
He trained for submarines in ''Dolphin'' for four months, starting in February 1914.
  
Boase was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on  
+
Boase gained an Engine Room duty certificatw on 8 Septmeber 1913 after spending four months in training.
-->
+
 
Boase was promoted to the rank of {{SLieutRN}} on 30 December, 1912.{{NLMar13|p. 8}}
+
On 8 November 1913, he was appointed to {{UK-C29}} and gained his watch-keeping certificate on 8 December.
 +
 
 +
Boase was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 December, 1914.
 +
 
 +
Boase left {{UK-C29}} on 10 August 1915 when he was appointed to {{UK-Maidstone}} for submarines.  Presently, he was appointed to {{UK-D8}} in November, 1915.  On 16 July 1916, he was appointed to {{UK-E45}}.  He left her when he was appointed in command of {{UK-C16}} on 3 or 8 December, 1916.
 +
 
 +
Boase died when {{UK-C16}} was lost in a collision on 16 April, 1917.{{HepperLosses|p. 85}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
{{refbegin}}
 
{{refbegin}}
 
* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Harold+Boase Service Records]
 
* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Harold+Boase Service Records]
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Boase}}
+
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Boase}}
 
{{refend}}
 
{{refend}}
  
 
<div name=fredbot:appts>{{TabApptsBegin}}
 
<div name=fredbot:appts>{{TabApptsBegin}}
 
{{TabNaval}}
 
{{TabNaval}}
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Geoffrey Nepean Biggs|Geoffrey N. Biggs]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. C 16 (1908)|Captain of H.M.S. ''C 16'']]'''<br>? &ndash; 16 Apr, 1917{{KindellROH2|p. 342}}|Succeeded by<br>'''?'''}}
+
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Robin Bruce Martin|Robin B. Martin]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. C 16 (1908)|Captain of H.M.S. ''C 16'']]'''<br>8 Dec, 1916 &ndash; 16 Apr, 1917{{KindellROH2|p. 342}}|Succeeded by<br>'''?'''}}
 
{{TabEnd}}
 
{{TabEnd}}
 
</div name=fredbot:appts>
 
</div name=fredbot:appts>
Line 29: Line 35:
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boase, Harold}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boase, Harold}}
  
{{CatPerson|UK||}}
+
{{CatPerson|UK|1892|1917}}
 +
{{CatLieut|UK}}
 +
{{CatKilledOnActiveService|UK}}
 +
{{CatSubmariner|UK}}
 +
{{CatTrainEst|January, 1905}}

Revision as of 13:29, 3 October 2017

Lieutenant Harold Boase (18 March, 1892 – 16 April, 1917) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of a solicitor in Penzance, Boase gained one half month in passing out of the Training Establishment.

Boase was promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant on 30 December, 1912.[1]

He trained for submarines in Dolphin for four months, starting in February 1914.

Boase gained an Engine Room duty certificatw on 8 Septmeber 1913 after spending four months in training.

On 8 November 1913, he was appointed to C 29 and gained his watch-keeping certificate on 8 December.

Boase was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 December, 1914.

Boase left C 29 on 10 August 1915 when he was appointed to Maidstone for submarines. Presently, he was appointed to D 8 in November, 1915. On 16 July 1916, he was appointed to E 45. He left her when he was appointed in command of C 16 on 3 or 8 December, 1916.

Boase died when C 16 was lost in a collision on 16 April, 1917.[2]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Robin B. Martin
Captain of H.M.S. C 16
8 Dec, 1916 – 16 Apr, 1917[3]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 8.
  2. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 85.
  3. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 342.