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==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
Gilbert was promoted to the rank of Temporary {{SubRNR}} with seniority of 14 May, 1917.  He served in {{UK-QueenEmpress}} straight off.<ref>Gilbert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/48/117.|}} f. 64.</ref>
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Gilbert was promoted to the rank of Temporary {{SubRNR}} with seniority of 14 May, 1917.  He served in the requisitioned auxiliary [[H.M.S. Queen Empress (1912)|''Queen Empress'']] straight off.<ref>Gilbert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/48/117.|}} f. 64.</ref>
  
 
Gilbert was promoted to the rank of Temporary {{LieutRNR}} with seniority of 14 May, 1918.  He was then appointed to serve in the {{UK-Badminton|f=t}}  We are not certain that he was in command of {{UK-Pontypool|f=t}}, rather than simply being aboard.<ref>Gilbert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/48/117.|}} f. 64.</ref>
 
Gilbert was promoted to the rank of Temporary {{LieutRNR}} with seniority of 14 May, 1918.  He was then appointed to serve in the {{UK-Badminton|f=t}}  We are not certain that he was in command of {{UK-Pontypool|f=t}}, rather than simply being aboard.<ref>Gilbert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/48/117.|}} f. 64.</ref>

Revision as of 20:30, 8 August 2022

Lieutenant R.N.R. (temporary) Leslie Carden Gilbert, ( – ) served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Gilbert was promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant R.N.R. with seniority of 14 May, 1917. He served in the requisitioned auxiliary Queen Empress straight off.[1]

Gilbert was promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant R.N.R. with seniority of 14 May, 1918. He was then appointed to serve in the minesweeper Badminton We are not certain that he was in command of minesweeper Pontypool, rather than simply being aboard.[2]

He was demobilised on 20 January, 1920.[3]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
George Birkett
Captain of H.M.S. Pontypool
12 Aug, 1918[4]
Succeeded by
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Footnotes

  1. Gilbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/48/117. f. 64.
  2. Gilbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/48/117. f. 64.
  3. Gilbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/48/117. f. 64.
  4. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 868.