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{{CaptRN}} '''Jack Grant Bickford''', D.S.O. (12 June, 1897 – 1 September, 1940) served in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]] and the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRN}} '''Jack Grant Bickford''', D.S.C., D.S.O. (12 June, 1897 – 10 September, 1940) served in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]] and the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Bickford transferred into the Navy from the [[Royal Naval Reserve]] on 25 March, 1915.
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The son of Jack G. Bickford, Esq..<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>
  
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Bickford was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 May, 1919.
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On 15 September 1913, Bickford was appointed to the {{UK-Temeraire|f=t}}, in which he served through 26 October 1916, fighting in her at the [[Battle of Jutland]], transferring into the Navy from the [[Royal Naval Reserve]] on 25 March, 1915.<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>
  
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Bickford was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 May, 1927.
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Bickford was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 May, 1919.<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>
  
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Bickford was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1932.
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Bickford was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 May, 1927.<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>
  
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Bickford was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1939.
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Bickford was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1932.<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>
  
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He was awarded his D.S.O. posthumously for action at Dunkirk, where he died in command of {{UK-Express|f=p}} when she struck a mine.
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==World War II==
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Bickford was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1939.<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>
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He was awarded his D.S.O. posthumously for action at Dunkirk.  He died in command of {{UK-Express|f=p}} after she lost her bow back to the bridge after she struck a mine.<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 11:12, 24 February 2021

Captain Jack Grant Bickford, D.S.C., D.S.O. (12 June, 1897 – 10 September, 1940) served in the Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Jack G. Bickford, Esq..[1]

On 15 September 1913, Bickford was appointed to the battleship Temeraire, in which he served through 26 October 1916, fighting in her at the Battle of Jutland, transferring into the Navy from the Royal Naval Reserve on 25 March, 1915.[2]

Bickford was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 May, 1919.[3]

Bickford was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 May, 1927.[4]

Bickford was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1932.[5]

World War II

Bickford was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1939.[6]

He was awarded his D.S.O. posthumously for action at Dunkirk. He died in command of H.M.S. Express after she lost her bow back to the bridge after she struck a mine.[7]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Geoffrey C. Fryer 		Captain of H.M.S. Torrid
24 Mar, 1928 		Succeeded by
Eric B. K. Stevens
Preceded by
David J. R. Simson 		Captain of H.M.S. Wren
15 Aug, 1928[8] 		Succeeded by
John Bostock
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Arrow
10 Oct, 1930[9] 		Succeeded by
Reginald F. Morice
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Hotspur
Oct, 1936[10] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Alan MacG. Sheffield 		Captain of H.M.S. Acasta
28 May, 1939 – 25 Aug, 1939 		Succeeded by
Percy J. Oliver
Preceded by
Percy J. Oliver 		Captain of H.M.S. Express
25 Aug, 1939 – 1 Sep, 1940 		Succeeded by
David H. Maitland-Makgill-Crichton
Preceded by
Alfred J. L. Phillips 		Captain (D), Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla
25 Aug, 1939 – 1 Sep, 1940 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  2. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  3. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  4. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  5. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  6. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  7. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 291.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 249.

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