Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe

Vice-Admiral (retired) Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe, C.B., C.I.E., C.B.E., D.S.O. (19 January, 1882 – 2 July, 1951) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Crabbe was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 September, 1903.

Crabbe was appointed in command of the destroyer Flying Fish on 30 September, 1903.

Crabbe was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 September, 1911.

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Hardy on 27 August, 1913.

Great War

Crabbe was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1915.

Crabbe commanded the destroyer Ophelia of Fourth Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland.

Post-War

Crabbe was appointed in command of the flotilla leader Saumarez on 1 January, 1919.

He was appointed in command of the flotilla leader Montrose on 4 July, 1919.

Crabbe was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1922.

Crabbe served as Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf, first in command of the old hired yacht Triad and then, from March, 1933, in command of the sloop Shoreham. He was superseded in his role in the Persian Gulf in April, 1933.

Crabbe was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 28 February, 1934.

Crabbe was granted permission to wear the U.S. Navy Cross, which he was awarded in recognition of his services to assist the survivors of the American gunboat Panay when she was sunk in the Yangtze River by Japanese air attack in December, 1937.

Crabbe was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 5 November, 1937. After a stint as Acting Commander-in-Chief, China in lieu of the ailing Sir Charles James Colebrooke Little, Crabbe was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 17 June, 1938 and in October was appointed Naval Officer in Charge, Liverpool.

World War II

Crabbe spent two years at Liverpool, his title being altered to Flag Officer in Charge at some point before he was reverted to the Retired List on 15 December, 1940. On 28 July, 1941, he was appointed to the Liverpool Convoy Pool as Commodore, Second Class R.N.R.. He served in convoy operations until being dispersed in July 1945 and eventually reverted to the Retired List on 14 August, 1945.

See Also

• Service Records
• Fourth D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Hugh P. Buckle	Captain of H.M.S. Flying Fish 30 Sep, 1903 – c. 23 Oct, 1903	Succeeded by Ernest E. Parker
Preceded by Frederick E. K. Strong	Captain of H.M.S. Ferret 26 Mar, 1908 – Nov, 1908	Succeeded by Edwin A. Homan
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M. T.B. 29 Nov, 1908 – 10 Jun, 1910	Succeeded by Henry D. Pridham-Wippell
Preceded by Reginald S. Goff	Captain of H.M.S. Garry 10 Jun, 1910 – 13 Feb, 1911	Succeeded by George W. Taylor
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Lyra 13 Feb, 1911 – 1 Aug, 1911	Succeeded by Henry P. Ritchie
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Hardy 27 Aug, 1913 – May, 1916	Succeeded by Richard A. A. Plowden
Preceded by Richard A. A. Plowden	Captain of H.M.S. Ophelia c. 10 May, 1916 – 16 Jun, 1916	Succeeded by George L. D. Gibbs
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Vivien 22 Apr, 1918 – 14 Nov, 1918	Succeeded by Richard B. England
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Stuart 14 Nov, 1918 – 1 Jan, 1919	Succeeded by The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower
Preceded by The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower	Captain of H.M.S. Saumarez 1 Jan, 1919 – 5 Mar, 1919	Succeeded by Kerrison Kiddle
Preceded by George O. Hewett	Captain of H.M.S. Penn 5 Mar, 1919 – 23 Feb, 1922	Succeeded by Paul Whitfield
Preceded by Malcolm L. Goldsmith	Captain of H.M.S. Montrose 4 Jul, 1919 – 23 Feb, 1922	Succeeded by Edward McC. W. Lawrie
Preceded by Richard B. England	Captain of H.M.S. Douglas 10 Jul, 1924 – 15 Sep, 1924	Succeeded by Colin K. MacLean
Preceded by Edmond J. G. Mackinnon	Captain of H.M.S. Shakespeare 15 Sep, 1924 – 15 Jan, 1925	Succeeded by James V. Creagh
Preceded by Edmond J. G. Mackinnon	Captain (D), Seventh Destroyer Flotilla 15 Sep, 1924 – 15 Jan, 1925	Succeeded by James V. Creagh
Preceded by Sidney R. Bailey	Captain of H.M.S. Mackay 15 Jan, 1925 – 4 Jul, 1926	Succeeded by Evelyn C. O. Thomson
Preceded by Edward O. B. S. Osborne	Captain (D), Ninth Destroyer Flotilla 15 Jan, 1925 – 1 Apr, 1925	Succeeded by James V. Creagh
Preceded by James V. Creagh	Captain (D), Seventh Destroyer Flotilla 1 Apr, 1925 – 4 Jul, 1926	Succeeded by Montague G. B. Legge
Preceded by Kenneth MacLeod	Captain of H.M.S. Wallace 4 Jul, 1926 – Jun, 1927	Succeeded by Frank Elliott
Preceded by James V. Creagh	Captain (D), Fifth Destroyer Flotilla 4 Jul, 1926 – 16 Aug, 1927	Succeeded by Frank Elliott
Preceded by John H. K. Clegg	Captain of H.M.S. Mackay Jun, 1927	Succeeded by Frank Elliott
Preceded by Charles T. Wilson	Captain of H.M.S. Greenwich 16 Aug, 1927 – 15 Oct, 1929	Succeeded by Arthur J. Landon
Preceded by ?	King's Harbour Master, Rosyth 16 Aug, 1927 – 15 Oct, 1929	Succeeded by Arthur J. Landon
Preceded by Harry M. K. Betty	King's Harbour Master, Rosyth 2 Nov, 1927 – 15 Oct, 1929	Succeeded by Arthur J. Landon
Preceded by Hector Boyes	Captain of H.M.S. Triad 16 May, 1930 – Mar, 1933	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Hector Boyes	Senior Officer, Persian Gulf 16 May, 1930 – Apr, 1933	Succeeded by James V. Creagh
Preceded by Francis G. G. Chilton	Senior Naval Officer, Yangtse 22 Oct, 1935 – 21 Dec, 1937	Succeeded by Reginald V. Holt
Preceded by Sir Charles J. C. Little as Commander-in-Chief, China Station	Acting Commander-in-Chief, China Station 21 Dec, 1937 – 11 Jan, 1938	Succeeded by Percy L. H. Noble as Commander-in-Chief, China Station
Preceded by Harold Escombe as Senior Naval Officer, Liverpool	Flag Officer in Charge, Liverpool 12 Oct, 1938 – 14 Dec, 1940	Succeeded by ?