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==Life & Career==
 
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Sheppard was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1900.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27150/pages/3 no. 27150.  p. 3.]  2 January, 1900.</ref>
 
Sheppard was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1900.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27150/pages/3 no. 27150.  p. 3.]  2 January, 1900.</ref>
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==Captain==
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Sheppard was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1904.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27691/pages/4182 no. 27691.  p. 4182.]  1 July, 1904.</ref>
  
 
He was appointed {{Com2RN}} Commanding the [[Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth]] on 21 April, 1914.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 394.</ref>
 
He was appointed {{Com2RN}} Commanding the [[Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth]] on 21 April, 1914.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 394.</ref>

Revision as of 12:20, 14 March 2011

Admiral SIR Thomas Dawson Lees Sheppard, K.B.E., C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (7 April, 1866 – 24 February, 1953) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Sheppard was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1900.[1]

Captain

Sheppard was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1904.[2]

He was appointed Commodore, Second Class Commanding the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth on 21 April, 1914.[3]

Great War

On 18 December, 1914, Sheppard took command of H.M.S. Neptune in the Grand Fleet.[4] Sheppard was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 15 February, 1916, vice Purefoy.[5] He was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding the Ninth Cruiser Squadron on 8 December, 1916. He retained the command until 3 January, 1919.[6] He was made a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1918.[7]

Sheppard was placed on the Retired List on 1 May, 1922 at his own request.[8]

He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 8 May, 1925.[9]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27150. p. 3. 2 January, 1900.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27691. p. 4182. 1 July, 1904.
  3. ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 394.
  4. ↑ Navy List (October, 1915). p. 396e.
  5. ↑ London Gazette: no. 29478. p. 1805. 18 February, 1916.
  6. ↑ "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461. p. 20.
  7. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30451. p. 79. 1 January, 1918.
  8. ↑ London Gazette: no. 32695. p. 3625. 9 May, 1922.
  9. ↑ London Gazette: no. 33049. p. 3445. 22 May, 1925.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Dawson Sheppard" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 27 February, 1953. Issue 52557, col D, pg. 10.

Service Record


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Sydney R. Fremantle 		Rear-Admiral Commanding,
Ninth Cruiser Squadron
1916 – 1919 		Succeeded by
Command Abolished
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