Robert Dalrymple Barwick Bruce

From The Dreadnought Project
Revision as of 18:29, 2 April 2024 by Tone (talk | contribs) (Note that DoB,DoD need to be manually added to CatPerson template invocation!)
Jump to navigationJump to search

Captain Robert Dalrymple Barwick Bruce, (23 November, 1849 – 3 February, 1901) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was appointed in command of H.M.S. Galatea, coastguard ship at Hull, in April 1900.

Death & Burial

He was discharged from Galatea at Spithead into Haslar Naval Hospital, when his ship arrived to join the fleet assembling to mark the funeral of Queen Victoria, but died, of pneumonia, on 3 February 1901,[1] and was buried with naval honours in Haslar Naval Cemetery in Gosport.[2]

See Also

Bibliography

Footnotes

  1. Portsmouth Evening News (Monday, 4 February 1901), p. 6.
  2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157339182/robert-dalrymple_barwick-bruce#
  3. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 210.
  4. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
  5. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 258.