William Edmund Compton
Lieutenant-Commander William Edmund Compton, R.N. (26 November, 1883 – 2 May, 1953) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Barnsley, Gloucester, the son of Reverend D. G. Compton. He was a notably good swimmer.[1]
Compton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 April, 1905.[2]
Compton served in the battlecruiser Inflexible from October 1908 to November, 1912.[3]
Compton was appointed to the armoured cruiser Lancaster on 5 November, 1912, being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 April, 1913. He was invalided from Lancaster to a hospital in Bermuda on 5 June, 1914. He arrived home on 10 July and was diagnosed with neurasthenia at Haslar Hospital on 11 July. He'd never had a bad evaluation, but this condition would prove the end of his utility as a naval officer.[4]
Compton was placed on the Retired List as unfit on 30 September, 1914. He worked from March 1915 to December 1916 as Assistant Inspector of Steel at Sheffield, being back on the Retired List owing to his frailty.[5]
World War II
Reported fit only for light shore service due to neurasthenia.[6]
See Also
Bibliography
Footnotes
- ↑ Compton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/2. f. 1.
- ↑ Compton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/2. f. 1.
- ↑ Compton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/2. f. 1.
- ↑ Compton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/2. f. 1.
- ↑ Compton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/2. f. 1.
- ↑ Compton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/2. f. 1.
