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[[Category:1868 births|Dampier]]
 
[[Category:1868 births|Dampier]]

Revision as of 17:29, 17 July 2012

Admiral Cecil Frederick Dampier, C.M.G., Royal Navy, Retired (11 May, 1868 – 11 April, 1950) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Dampier scored 1,261 marks in the competitive examinations for cadetships in the Royal Navy, coming fifth out of his batch of twenty.[1]

Dampier was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1904.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1900.[3]

Great War

He was in command of Audacious when she struck a mine and was lost.

On 1 January, 1915, Dampier was appointed Commodore, First Class as Admiral of the Training Service, a temporary appointment.[4] He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 18 February, 1915, vice Allenby.[5] On 13 January, 1916, he was appointed President of the Court Martial convened to enquire into the loss of the armoured cruiser Natal, and he hoisted his flag in the Aurora for this purpose on 17 January. He struck his flag on 20 January.[6]

Dampier was appointed Admiral Superintendent of Dover Dockyard, and in charge of Shore Establishments at Dover, on 18 June, 1917.[7] On 1 June, 1918, he was appointed Rear-Admiral of Controlled Minefields, with his flag in the Surf. He took up the appointment on 2 June.[8]

Post-War

Dampier was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 2 August, 1919, vice Palmer.[9] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 July, 1922.[10]

He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 31 July, 1924.[11]

Dampier died on 11 April, 1950 at Bishop's Waltham at the age of eighty-two.[12] His funeral took place at St. Peter's, Bishop's Waltham, Hants. on Friday, 14 April. The Reverend F. H. Sargeant officiated, assisted by the Right Reverend A. L. Kitching, Assistant Bishop of Portsmouth.[13]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 June, 1881. Issue 30231, col E, pg. 8.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27632. p. 25. 1 January, 1904.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27150. p. 3. 2 January, 1900.
  4. ↑ Dampier Service Record. p. 497.
  5. ↑ London Gazette: no. 29084. p. 1978. 26 February, 1915.
  6. ↑ Ibid.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (September, 1917). p. 4.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 3.
  9. ↑ London Gazette: no. 31495. p. 10089. 8 August, 1919.
  10. ↑ London Gazette: no. 32728. p. 5201. 11 July, 1922.
  11. ↑ London Gazette: no. 32962. p. 5889. 5 August, 1924.
  12. ↑ "Admiral C. F. Dampier" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 13 April, 1950. Issue 51664, col F, pg. 7.
  13. ↑ "Funerals" (Deaths). The Times. Saturday, 15 April, 1950. Issue 51666, col B, pg. 8.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral C. F. Dampier" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 13 April, 1950. Issue 51664, col F, pg. 7.

Service Records


Naval Appointments

 

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