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[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] '''Louis Charles Stirling Woollcombe''', C.B., M.V.O., D.L., Royal Navy, Retired (25 March, 1872 &ndash; 26 October, 1951) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ==Early Life & Career== Woollcombe was confirmed in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant dated 14 November, 1891.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26366/pages/412 no. 26366. p. 412.] 24 January, 1893.</ref> Woollcombe was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1893.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26471/pages/7581 no. 26471. p. 7581.] 29 December, 1893.</ref> Woollcombe was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1905.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27812/pages/4557 no. 27812. p. 4557.] 30 June, 1905.</ref> On 12 February, 1912, Woollcombe was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) for serving as Navigator of the ''Medina'',<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28580/pages/1048 no. 28580. p. 1048.] 13 February, 1912.</ref> and on 15 February he was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}}.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 16 February, 1912. Issue '''39823''', col E, pg. 4.</ref> He was appointed command of the light cruiser [[H.M.S. Boadicea (1908)|''Boadicea'']] on 5 July, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915). p. 392''l''.</ref> ==Great War== ==Post-War== Woollcombe was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 3 May, 1922, vice [[Fawcet Wray|Wray]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32695/pages/3626 no. 32695. p. 3626.] 9 May, 1922.</ref> Woollcombe was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 2 August, 1927, vice [[Percy Molyneux Rawson Royds|Royds]], and was placed on the Retired List the following day.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33300/pages/5105 no. 33300. p. 5105.] 5 August, 1927.</ref> ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *"Admiral L. C. S. Woollcombe" (Obituaries). ''The Times''. Saturday, 27 October, 1951. Issue '''52143''', col F, pg. 8. {{refend}} ==Service Records== {{refbegin}} *The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=8562064&queryType=1&resultcount=4 ADM 196/141.] *The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=8557059&queryType=1&resultcount=4 ADM 196/89.] *The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7892013&queryType=1&resultcount=4 ADM 196/43.] {{refend}} {{TabAppts}}  <!-- add appointments below using the proper Appt templates, e.g. ApptCapt -- manual additions may omit valuable categorizations, etc --> {{TabEnd}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Woollcombe, Louis}} {{CatPerson|UK|1872|1951}} [[Category:H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1885]] [[Category:Commodores, Chatham Royal Naval Barracks]] [[Category:Admirals Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard]] {{CatAdmiral|UK}}

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