Maurice Woollcombe

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Maurice Woollcombe CB , DL , ( April 18, 1868 - December 19, 1930 ) was a British Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy .

Life

Woollcombe completed an officer training with the Royal Navy after school and received on July 16, 1889 his promotion to first lieutenant at sea ( sub-lieutenant ). On June 30, 1901, he was promoted to frigate captain ( commander ). and on June 30, 1907 to the captain at sea ( Captain ). For his services during the Battle of the Skagerrak he became Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) with effect from May 31, 1916 . In addition, he was awarded the Russian Order of Saint Anne, Second Class with Swords, for his service in the Grand Fleet during the Battle of the Skagerrak on June 5, 1917 .

With the promotion of Captain Edward Montgomery Phillpotts to Rear Admiral, he was on 15 January 1918 his successor as naval aide-de-camp of King George V on October 2, 1918 carried out his own promotion to Rear Admiral ( Rear Admiral ). Later he also became Vice Admiral ( Vice Admiral promoted). He lived in Beechwood and was on 14 June 1926 Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of the County of Devon appointed.

Web links

  • Entry into Royal Navy Flagg Officers 1904-1945
  • Entry in the Dreadnought Project

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ London Gazette . No. 25994, HMSO, London, November 19, 1889, p. 6135 ( PDF , accessed July 15, 2016, English).
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 27335, HMSO, London, July 19, 1901, p. 4780 ( PDF , accessed July 15, 2016, English).
  3. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 28034, HMSO, London, June 28, 1907, p. 4433 ( PDF , accessed July 15, 2016, English).
  4. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 29751, HMSO, London, September 15, 1916, p. 9070 ( PDF , accessed July 15, 2016, English).
  5. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 30116, HMSO, London, June 5, 1917, p. 5592 ( PDF , accessed July 15, 2016, English).
  6. ↑ London Gazette . No. 30501, HMSO, London, January 29, 1918, p. 1441 ( PDF , accessed July 15, 2016, English).
  7. ↑ London Gazette . No. 30942, HMSO, London, October 8, 1918, p. 11860 ( PDF , accessed July 15, 2016, English).
  8. ↑ London Gazette . No. 33173, HMSO, London, June 18, 1926, p. 3971 ( PDF , accessed July 15, 2016, English).
personal data
SURNAME Woollcombe, Maurice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British admiral
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1868
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1930