Gilbert Molesworth Welman

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Lieutenant Gilbert Molesworth Welman (16 September, 1888 – 16 January, 1914) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Welman gained three months' time on passing out of Britannia in mid January, 1905.[1]

Welman was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1910.[2]

Welman died with his entire crew when his first command, A 7, was lost in a diving accident.[3][4]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Philip E. Phillips
Captain of H.M.S. A 7
Nov, 1913[5] – 16 Jan, 1914[6]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. Welman Service Record. Contained in our PDF for Cecil Stanley Sandford The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. 345.
  2. Welman Service Record. Contained in our PDF for Cecil Stanley Sandford The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. 345.
  3. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 23.
  4. Welman Service Record. Contained in our PDF for Cecil Stanley Sandford The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. 345.
  5. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 351.
  6. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 23.