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'''John Orgee''', ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{LCommRN}} (retired) '''John Orgee''', D.S.C. (15 February, 1880 – 31 March, 1930) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
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Orgee was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 March, 1918.{{NLDec18|p. 385}} He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Abingdon|f=t}} on 1 October, 1918.
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He retired at his own request on 9 November, 1920 and was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 1 March, 1926.
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Latest revision as of 11:56, 7 April 2022

Lieutenant-Commander (retired) John Orgee, D.S.C. (15 February, 1880 – 31 March, 1930) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Orgee was promoted to the rank of Gunner on 13 March, 1909. He qualified in navigation on 12 December, 1912 and served as a navigator in Speedy and Leda in 1913 – 1915.

From mid-1916 through about September 1918 he was in the troop ship Lawrence as part of the R.I.M..

Orgee was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 March, 1918.[1] He was appointed in command of the minesweeper Abingdon on 1 October, 1918.

He retired at his own request on 9 November, 1920 and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 March, 1926.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
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Captain of H.M.S. Abingdon
1 Oct, 1918[2] – 26 Nov, 1919
Succeeded by
William S. Bardwell

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 385.
  2. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 722.