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Captain Edward Chicheley Thornton, D.S.C., R.N., (19 September, 1889 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Thornton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1912.[1]
Thornton was appointed to Grasshopper as first lieutenant on 28 March, 1914.[2]
Great War
On 22 October, 1915, Thornton was appointed from Grasshopper to Marksman, to assume gunnery duties upon her commissioning.[3]
Thornton was appointed in command of the destroyer Romola on 28 January, 1918.[4]
Post-War
Thornton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1920.[5]
He was appointed in command of the destroyer Raider on 23 July, 1920.[6]
Thornton was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1925.[7]
On 1 September, 1932, Thornton was appointed to oversee the completion of the new flotilla leader Duncan, and to take command upon her commissioning. In April, 1933, he took the new ship down to Malta, where he was superseded.[8]
Thornton was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1933.[9]
On 2 April, 1936 he was appointed in command of the sloop Milford.[10]
In February, 1938 he was appointed in command of the destroyer tender Woolwich.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 897.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 368-70.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 851.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393n.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395h.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592. Inference being made that a date within is spurious.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 897.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 851.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 837.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 837.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 240.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 223.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.