Difference between revisions of "Francis Waugh Hodges"

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Commander R.N.R. (retired) Francis Waugh Hodges (7 May, 1883 – ) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

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-{{CommRNR}} (retired) '''Francis Waugh Hodges''', R.D. (7 May, 1883 &ndash; ) served in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].
+{{CommRNR}} (retired) '''Francis Waugh Hodges''' (7 May, 1883 &ndash; ) served in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].
 ==Life & Career==
-Captain (D) {{UK-DF|8}} requested that Hodges be removed from command of {{UK-TB33}} for lacking initiative and "go" and for being "too phlegmatic".  It was noted that he "has not been able to keep discipline in his ship."  He was briefly appointed to {{UK-Mersey}} for navigation duties before being lent in command of {{UK-Ure}} by the Commander in Chief on 6 August 1917.<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/82.|}} f. 95.</ref>
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-Several evaluators saw him as undesirable as a commander of torpedo craft, calling him "tactless" and lacking in initiative.<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/82.|}} f. 95.</ref>
+Hodges was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRNR}} on
-Demobilised on 25 April, 1919.<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/82.|}} f. 95.</ref>
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-Hodges was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRNR}} on 2 July, 1921.<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/82.|}} f. 95.</ref>
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Naval Appointments
Preceded by Christopher H. Petrie	Captain of H.M. T.B. 33 23 Oct, 1916^[1]	Succeeded by Ernest H. Large