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Revision as of 17:06, 4 August 2021

Temporary Lieutenant R.N.R. Alexander Lobban, ( – 2 September, 1926) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Lobban was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 1 April, 1916.[1]

On 18 September 1917 he was appointed to Eagle, additional, for command of an armed trawler.[2]

In 1918 he was appointed in command of a minesweeping trawler for duty under the Principal Minesweeping Officer, Malta. He was invalided in October, 1918 and sent to the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth to mend. Instead, he was deemed to have arterio sclerosis and debility and scheduled to be demobilised on 20 June.[3]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
John Anderson
Captain of H.M.S. Pontefract
22 Jun, 1917[4][5] – 22 Aug, 1917[6]
Succeeded by
Bernard L. Parker

Footnotes

  1. Lobban Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/44/390. f. 197.
  2. Lobban Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/44/390. f. 197.
  3. Lobban Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/44/390. f. 197.
  4. Lobban Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/44/390. f. 197.
  5. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 396m.
  6. Lobban Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/44/390. f. 197.