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Revision as of 11:32, 27 July 2016

Vice-Admiral Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis, K.C.B., R.N. (13 January, 1887 – 27 November, 1961) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Curteis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1909.[1]

Great War

Married Essex Helen Morrall on 20 March, 1915.[2]

Curteis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1917.[3]

Post-War

Curteis was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1921.[4]

Curteis was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1926.[5]

Curteis was appointed in command of the light cruiser Castor in October, 1927.

Curteis was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 August, 1938.[6]

World War II

On 22 June, 1941, he was remarried, to Emily Freda Morrall, the sister of his first wife who died the previous year.[7]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Harold T. Baillie-Grohman
Captain of H.M.S. Lively
24 Jul, 1915[8] – 29 Mar, 1916[9]
Succeeded by
Raymond G. F. H. de Caen
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Onslow
29 Mar, 1916[10] – 7 May, 1916[11]
Succeeded by
John C. Tovey
Preceded by
John C. Tovey
Captain of H.M.S. Jackal
Apr, 1916[12] – 21 Apr, 1917[13]
Succeeded by
Arthur M. Roberts
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Tetrarch
15 May, 1917[14] – 22 May, 1917[15]
Succeeded by
Charles H. Knox-Little
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Ulysses
22 May, 1917[16][17] – 29 Oct, 1918[18]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost
Preceded by
Reginald S. Goff
Captain of H.M.S. Rapid
15 Nov, 1918[19][20] – 12 Dec, 1918[21]
Succeeded by
Rowland Leeds
Preceded by
Hubert S. Braddyll
Captain of H.M.S. Winchelsea
15 Apr, 1921[22] – 12 Apr, 1922[23]
Succeeded by
Herbert Owen
Preceded by
Montague R. Bernard
Captain of H.M.S. Verity
30 May, 1922[24][25] – 1925[26]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Percival C. W. Manwaring
Captain of H.M.S. Wild Swan
1 Jan, 1925[27] – 10 Mar, 1925[28]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Leonard S. Holbrook
Captain of H.M.S. Castor
18 Oct, 1927[29] – 21 Jun, 1928[30]
Succeeded by
Wilfred N. Custance
Preceded by
Andrew B. Cunningham
Captain of H.M.S. Despatch
21 Jun, 1928[31] – 21 Oct, 1928[32]
Succeeded by
Guy L. Coleridge
Preceded by
Guy L. Coleridge
Captain of H.M.S. Durban
21 Oct, 1928[33] – 2 Aug, 1930[34]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Fischer B. Watson
Captain of H.M.S. Nelson
16 Dec, 1931[35] – 14 Sep, 1933[36]
Succeeded by
Patrick Macnamara
Preceded by
Ronald W. Oldham
Captain of the Fleet
20 Aug, 1935[37] – 12 Apr, 1938[38]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Richard B. Davies
Captain of H.M.S. Drake
14 Apr, 1938[39] – 14 May, 1940[40]
Succeeded by
Douglas Young-Jamieson
Preceded by
G. Frederick B. Edward-Collins
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Second Cruiser Squadron
30 May, 1940[41] – 6 Jun, 1941[42]
Succeeded by
Herbert A. Packer
Preceded by
Possibly V.A.C. First Battle Squadron
Vice-Admiral Commanding, Second Battle Squadron
4 Jun, 1941[43]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis
Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station
1942
Succeeded by
Irvine G. Glennie

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 19.
  2. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 28.
  4. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  5. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  6. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  7. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  8. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  9. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  10. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  11. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395n.
  13. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  14. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  15. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  16. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  17. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398o.
  18. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  19. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  20. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 890.
  21. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  22. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  23. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  24. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 280.
  26. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  27. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13. Day of year inferred, as it is not specified.
  28. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  29. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13. Date inferred from Holbrook Service Record and cancelled appointment.
  30. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  31. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  32. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  33. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  34. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  35. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  36. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  37. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  38. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  39. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  40. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  41. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  42. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  43. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.

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