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Henry Percy Boxer ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Boxer was appointed in command of the destroyer Ness on 31 May, 1913.[1]

He was captain of the destroyer Noble at the Battle of Jutland, where she operated with the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla.[2]

On 7 December, 1918, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Sportive.[3]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Shamrock on 2 September, 1919.[4]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur M. Longmore
Captain of H.M. T.B. 111
24 Oct, 1911[5]
Succeeded by
Philip D. Crofton
Preceded by
Edmund A. T. de P. de la Poer
Captain of H.M.S. Ness
31 May, 1913[6]
Succeeded by
William T. Makeig-Jones
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Noble
22 Jan, 1916[7]
Succeeded by
Henry C. Rawlings
Preceded by
Reginald B. C. Hutchinson
Captain of H.M.S. Plover
16 May, 1918[8]
Succeeded by
Arthur K. Gibson
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Sportive
7 Dec, 1918[9]
Succeeded by
Charles H. Knox-Little
Preceded by
Charles H. Knox-Little
Captain of H.M.S. Tetrarch
25 Jan, 1919[10]
Succeeded by
Ian C. S. Hilton
Preceded by
Henry R. James
Captain of H.M.S. Sorceress
May, 1919[11]
Succeeded by
Charles T. A. Bunbury
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Shamrock
2 Sep, 1919[12]
Succeeded by
Cecil H. H. Sams

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 349.
  2. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 45.
  3. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911.
  4. The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920).  p. 863.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 400.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 349.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396g.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 868.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911.
  10. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 916.
  11. The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 908.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 863.