Frederic Newton Attwood

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Rear-Admiral Frederic Newton Attwood, C.B.E., Royal Navy (6 May, 1889 – c. March, 1974) served in the Royal Navy.

Some of his Service Records give his name as "Frederick".

Life & Career

Attwood was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1909.

Attwood was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1917.[Inference]

Attwood was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1922.

Attwood was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1929.

World War II

Attwood was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 25 June, 1940 and placed on the Retired List the following day.

He died around early 1974, leaving an estate valued at £51,128.[1]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Cecil E. Brooke
Captain of H.M.S. Laburnum
1 Sep, 1927[2] – Sep, 1929
Succeeded by
Charles E. Hotham
Preceded by
Guy L. Coleridge
Captain of H.M.S. Despatch
Jul, 1930[3] – May, 1931[4]
Succeeded by
William E. C. Tait
Preceded by
William E. C. Tait
Captain of H.M.S. Delhi
15 May, 1931[5] – May, 1932
Succeeded by
The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Glasgow
Jul, 1937[6] – 20 Jan, 1938
Succeeded by
Cyril G. B. Coltart
Preceded by
Roderick B. T. Miles
Captain of H.M.S. Defiance
9 Jan, 1939[7] – 4 Sep, 1939[8]
Succeeded by
Roderick B. T. Miles

Footnotes

  1. "Deaths." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 28, 1974; pg. 18; Issue 59050.
  2. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 251.
  3. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  4. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 230.
  6. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 272.
  8. Inferred from Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.