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'''Leonard Ernest Pearson''', D.S.C., ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommRN}} (retired) '''Leonard Ernest Pearson''', D.S.C., (19 December, 1886 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
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Pearson was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of {{CommRN}} on 10 February, 1927.<ref>Pearson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/41.|}} f. 41.</ref>
  
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Revision as of 00:44, 10 June 2021

Commander (retired) Leonard Ernest Pearson, D.S.C., (19 December, 1886 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Promoted to the rank of Mate on 18 December, 1913.[1]

Pearson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 18 April, 1916.[2]

Pearson was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boats T.B. 33, T.B. 34 and T.B. 35 on 5 August, 1920.[3]

Pearson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 18 April, 1924.[4]

Pearson was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 10 February, 1927.[5]

World War II

Some service in minesweeping, and as minesweeping officer, Humber.[6]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Philip A. Heyder
Captain of H.M.S. P17
9 May, 1917[7]
Succeeded by
James C. Colvill
Preceded by
Richard J. Turnbull
Captain of H.M. T.B. 35
5 Aug, 1920[8]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Ernest H. Large
Captain of H.M. T.B. 33
5 Aug, 1920[9]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
The Hon. Eric W. E. Fellowes
Captain of H.M.S. Weybourne
10 Jul, 1924
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. Pearson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/41. f. 41.
  2. Pearson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/41. f. 41.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 871.
  4. Pearson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/41. f. 41.
  5. Pearson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/41. f. 41.
  6. Pearson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/41. f. 41.
  7. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 396d.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 871.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 871.