George Francis Faxon Wilde

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George Francis Faxon Wilde (23 February, 1845 – ) served in the United States Navy.

Life & Career

Wilde was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 12 March, 1868.[1]

Wilde was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander on 18 December, 1868.[2]

Wilde was promoted to the rank of Commander in October, 1885.[3]

After commanding the protected cruiser Boston, Wilde complained that Colonel Miller was to be promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in recognition of the capture of Iloilo. The grounds for the complaint were that though Miller had occupied the place, naval forces under the command of the Boston's Lieutenant Albert Parker Niblack had captured it with a force of bluejackets and marines without help of the military, which arrived one hour after the insurgents' flags were taken at the Governor's house. Wilde's complaint was supported by Admiral Dewey.[4]

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Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Richard P. Leary
Captain of U.S.S. Katahdin
10 Mar, 1898[5][6] – Sep, 1898[7]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Frank Wildes
Captain of U.S.S. Boston
Sep, 1898[8] – May, 1899[9]
Succeeded by
William H. Whiting
Preceded by
Charles E. Clark
Captain of U.S.S. Oregon
May, 1899[10] – Jan, 1901[11]
Succeeded by
William T. Burwell
Preceded by
Purnell F. Harrington
Captain, Navy Yard, Portsmouth
28 Sep, 1901[12] – 7 May, 1903[Inference]
Succeeded by
Morris R. S. Mackenzie
Preceded by
Charles J. Barclay
Captain, Navy Yard, Boston
29 May, 1903[13]
Succeeded by
William H. Everett

Footnotes

  1. Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 106.
  2. Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 106.
  3. Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 106.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, May 10, 1899; pg. 13; Issue 35825.
  5. List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
  6. Records of Living Officers (6th ed). p. 85.
  7. Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 106.
  8. Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 106.
  9. Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 106.
  10. Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 106.
  11. Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 106.
  12. Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
  13. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 8.