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Asser was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1907.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28096/pages/34 no. 28096.  p. 34.]  3 January, 1908.</ref>
He was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1907.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28096/pages/34 no. 28096.  p. 34.]  3 January, 1908.</ref>
 
  
 
He attended the Royal Navy War College as a Lieutenant from November 1905, but did not complete the course.
 
He attended the Royal Navy War College as a Lieutenant from November 1905, but did not complete the course.

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Captain Cyril Asser, Royal Navy (13 December, 1874 – 8 March, 1945) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Asser was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1907.[1]

He attended the Royal Navy War College as a Lieutenant from November 1905, but did not complete the course.

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1914.

He was appointed in command of the light cruiser Yarmouth on 1 July, 1918.[2]

Asser died at Beech, Alton, Hants., on 8 March, 1945.[3]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 28096. p. 34. 3 January, 1908.
  2. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 945a.
  3. "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Saturday, 10 March, 1945. Issue 50088, col A, p. 1.

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments