Owen Hugh Knox Maguire

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Commander (retired) Owen Hugh Knox Maguire, D.S.O., R.N. (19 September, 1885 – 8 April, 1924) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Monkstown, County Dublin.[1]

In 1903, Maguire was thanked by the Commander-in-Chief for his gallant conduct in the drowning of Sub-Lieutenant Pearse.[2]

Maguire was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1908. Suffering from tuberculosis, he was placed on the Retired List as unfit on 11 July, 1910.[3]

Maguire was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1916.[4]

Maguire was promoted to the rank of Commander in recognition of his wartime service, dated 11 November, 1918. He reverted to the Retired List on 2 November 1919 and was granted permission to proceed to Algiers for six months. In 1920, he proceeded to Italy, intending to stay for eight months.[5]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Henry C. Halahan
Captain of H.M.S. Bustard
18 Nov, 1914[6][7] – 18 Dec, 1915[8]
Succeeded by
Ernest C. Miller

Footnotes

  1. Maguire Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. ?.
  2. Maguire Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. ?.
  3. Maguire Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. ?.
  4. Maguire Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. ?.
  5. Maguire Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. ?.
  6. Maguire Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. ?.
  7. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392o.
  8. Maguire Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. ?.