Maurice Ewbank

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Commander (retired) Maurice Ewbank (28 November, 1884 – 5 January, 1932) served in the Royal Naval Reserve and transferred into the Royal Navy in 1913.

Life & Career

Ewbank entered the Royal Naval Reserve in 1904.

Ewbank entered the Royal Navy at the rank of Supplementary Lieutenant on 1 April, 1913. He served in the light cruiser Liverpool until she paid off on 21 July 1915. He was then appointed to the light cruiser Birkenhead on 30 July and served in her until April, 1918, seeing action at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron.[1]

Ewbank was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1921.[2]

Ewbank was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 11 November, 1929.[3]

Ewbank died of respiratory failure at age 47 following an operation in early 1932.[4]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Basil R. Brooke
Captain of H.M.S. Myrtle
18 Apr, 1918[5] – 5 Jul, 1918[6]
Succeeded by
Frederic S. Piper
Preceded by
Spencer R. S. Richards
Captain of H.M.S. Heliotrope
15 Aug, 1918[7] – 15 Dec, 1920[8]
Succeeded by
Placed in Reserve for Six Years
Preceded by
William M. Carey
Captain of H.M.S. Mistley
31 Dec, 1923[9][10] – 31 Dec, 1925[11]
Succeeded by
Alban Knubley
Preceded by
Six Years in Reserve
Captain of H.M.S. Heliotrope
20 Mar, 1926[12] – 29 Apr, 1926
Succeeded by
Arthur B. A. Baker

Footnotes

  1. Ewbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/174. f. 218.
  2. Ewbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/174. f. 218.
  3. Ewbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/174. f. 218.
  4. Ewbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/174. f. 218.
  5. Ewbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/174. f. 218.
  6. Ewbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/174. f. 218.
  7. Ewbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/174. f. 218.
  8. Ewbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/174. f. 218.
  9. Ewbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/174. f. 218.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 255.
  11. Ewbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/174. f. 218.
  12. Ewbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/174. f. 218.