John Paget Gibbs
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Life & Career
Gibbs was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1907.[1]
Gibbs was appointed Lieutenant & Commander of the destroyer Velox on 21 October, 1912.[2]
Gibbs was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1915,[3] and as acting Commander in Niobe for work with Headquarters, Ottawa on 25 May, 1918.[4]
Placed on the Retired List at his own request on 6 May, 1920, Gibbs was promoted to the rank of Commander (retired) on 20 November, 1924.
World War II
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Arthur M. Longmore as Captain of H.M. T.B. 74 |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 074 16 Jul, 1907[5] – 21 Jan, 1910 |
Succeeded by Frederic G. Schurr as Captain of H.M. T.B. 074 |
Preceded by Cecil G. Cruttwell |
Captain of H.M.S. Snapper 27 Mar, 1911 – 30 Mar, 1911 |
Succeeded by Hugh R. Troup |
Preceded by Thomas G. Carter |
Captain of H.M.S. Greyhound 2 Nov, 1911[6] – 21 Oct, 1912 |
Succeeded by Cyril P. Franklin |
Preceded by Cyril P. Franklin |
Captain of H.M.S. Velox 21 Oct, 1912[7][8] – 9 Mar, 1914 |
Succeeded by Ernest E. Lowe |
Preceded by Robert G. Hamond |
Captain of H.M.S. Viking 29 Jul, 1914[9] – 29 Nov, 1914 |
Succeeded by Harold D. Adair-Hall |
Preceded by ? |
Assistant Director of the Naval Service of Canada 25 May, 1918 – Dec, 1918 |
Succeeded by ? |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 125.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 389.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 357.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 952a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 399.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 321.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 12, 1912; pg. 4; Issue 40028.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 389.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1914). p. 394.