John Mossom Boyd

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Commander (retired) John Mossom Boyd, O.B.E.(m) (14 November, 1887 – 12 October, 1946) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Norwich, the son of Reverend S. A. Boyd, who was working in the rectory at Bath in 1902.[1]

Boyd was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1910. He was appointed to the battlecruiser Princess Royal on 13 November, 1912 and would serve in her throughout the entire war, seeing action at the Battle of Jutland.[2]

Boyd was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1918. He left Princess Royal on 31 May 1919 and spent two years on Regulating Duties at the Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham.[3]

Much of his service in the mid-to-late 1920s would see him in command of various groups of destroyers or minesweepers in reserve.[4]

Boyd was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 20 May, 1929.[5]

World War II

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur V. Hemming
Captain of H.M.S. Violent
13 Dec, 1927 – 13 Mar, 1929
Succeeded by
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Footnotes

  1. Boyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/169. f. 170.
  2. Boyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/169. f. 170.
  3. Boyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/169. f. 170.
  4. Boyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/169. f. 170.
  5. Boyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/169. f. 170.