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==Life & Career==
 
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Revision as of 21:55, 21 June 2021

Lieutenant-Commander Robert William Wainewright, (27 February, 1901 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

I believe The National Archives has his name wrongly transcribed as Wainwright. The Navy List seems to have him right.[Fact Check]

Life & Career

He served in the battleship H.M.S. Hercules from 6 September, 1917 to January, 1919.

Wainwright was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 November, 1922.

Wainwright was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 November, 1930.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Walter T. A. Bird
Captain of H.M.S. Alresford
7 Nov, 1925[1]
Succeeded by
Cyril T. R. Searle
Preceded by
Walter W. Sitwell
Captain of H.M.S. Moorhen
18 Feb, 1931[2] – Aug, 1933[Inference]
Succeeded by
Ship Decommissioned

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 215.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 255.