Hugh Gaultier-Coghill Somerville

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Vice-Admiral Hugh Gaultier-Coghill Somerville, C.B., D.S.O. (10 July, 1873 – 16 November, 1950) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.

Life

In October 1914, he assumed command of the first class protected cruiser Europa.[1]

He was appointed in command of the monitor Earl of Peterborough.

And Then

Somerville died at Malmaison, Castle Townshend, County Cork, on 16 November, 1950 after a short illness at the age of seventy-seven. His funeral took place on 18 November.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Gerald W. Vivian
Captain of H.M.S. Europa
Oct, 1914[2] – ?
Succeeded by
John E. Drummond
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Earl of Peterborough
28 Jun, 1915[3] – ?
Succeeded by
?

 

Footnotes

  1. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  2. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  3. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 782.

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