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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 blamed for grounding the destroyer Arrow on 1 August, 1932 but was nonetheles 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[8][9] – 15 Aug, 1928[10]
Succeeded by
Eric B. K. Stevens
Preceded by
David J. R. Simson
Captain of H.M.S. Wren
15 Aug, 1928[11][12] – 25 Aug, 1930[13]
Succeeded by
John Bostock
Preceded by
Arthur L. Pears
Captain of H.M.S. Arrow
10 Oct, 1930[14][15] – 3 Oct, 1932[16]
Succeeded by
Reginald F. Morice
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Hotspur
Oct, 1936[17]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Alan MacG. Sheffield
Captain of H.M.S. Acasta
28 Jun, 1939[18] – 25 Aug, 1939[19]
Succeeded by
Percy J. Oliver
Preceded by
Alfred J. L. Phillips
Captain (D), Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla
25 Aug, 1939 – 1 Sep, 1940
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Percy J. Oliver
Captain of H.M.S. Express
29 Aug, 1939[20] – 1 Sep, 1940
Succeeded by
David H. Maitland-Makgill-Crichton

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. Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  9. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Mar 05, 1928; pg. 20; Issue 44833.
  10. Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  11. Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 291.
  13. Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  14. Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
  16. Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  17. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 249.
  18. Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  19. Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  20. Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.