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Revision as of 09:47, 11 May 2014

Captain Lancelot Arthur Wetherell Spooner, O.B.E. (? – 2 September, 1969).

Life & Career

Spooner was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 October, 1905.[1]

Spooner was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 October, 1913.[2]

On 31 December, 1917, he was promoted to Commander.[3]

Spooner was Gunnery Officer in the monitor Abercrombie.

Awarded the O.B.E. in the King's Birthday Honours of 23 June, 1936 while serving with the Royal Australian Navy.

Married to Eileen M.A. Spooner, d. 9 June, 1973 in Auckland, N.Z. Father of Derek and Ronald. Died in Hove, Sussex.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 121.
  2. The Navy List. (July, 1914). p. 75.
  3. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 346b.

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Frederick W. Long
Captain of H.M. T.B. 77
9 Jan, 1906 – ?
Succeeded by
Geoffrey S. Holden
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