Apsley Dunbar Maxwell Cherry
Captain Apsley Dunbar Maxwell Cherry (7 August, 1876 – 24 May, 1955) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Cherry was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1898.[1]
In August of 1905, Cherry acted as an interpreter during a visit from the French fleet.[2]
On 1 May 1907 he was admitted to Plymouth Hospital with a cerebral concussion. He was discharged on 29 May, but would not be declared fit before November.[3]
Cherry was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1910.[4]
Cherry was appointed in command of the destroyer Crusader on 1 August, 1911.[5] In March of 1912, the Admiralty informed him that he had failed in his duty as commanding officer in not governing his first Lieutenant's consumption of alcohol. In September 1913, he lost the destroyer's anchor and cable. These missteps were offset by favourable inspection reports.[6]
He was appointed in command of the destroyer Paragon on 3 December, 1913.[7]
Great War
Cherry was appointed in command of the Tipperary on 23 November 1915 and grounded her on 21 February, 1916. Captain Farie recommended him for promotion in December, 1916 and again in June 1917. Cherry received his promotion to Captain on 30 June, 1917.[8]
Cherry was appointed in command of the depot ship Columbine on 3 September, 1917.[9]
Post-War
Cherry was appointed in command of the monitor Erebus on 11 May, 1920.[10]
World War II
Cherry was reverted to the Retired List as medically unfit on 27 October, 1945.[11]
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Algernon H. C. Candy |
Captain of H.M.S. Hazard 26 Oct, 1909[12] – 4 Apr, 1911[Inference][13] |
Succeeded by Alexander R. Palmer |
Preceded by Christopher R. Payne |
Captain of H.M.S. Crusader 1 Aug, 1911[14] – 1913 |
Succeeded by Julian H. Woodbridge |
Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Paragon 3 Dec, 1913[15] |
Succeeded by Frederic G. Schurr |
Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Gabriel 22 May, 1916[16] – 1917[Inference] |
Succeeded by Geoffrey Mackworth |
Preceded by Charles A. Fountaine |
Captain of H.M.S. Columbine 3 Sep, 1917[17] |
Succeeded by Berwick Curtis |
Preceded by Gerald T. F. Pike |
Captain of H.M.S. Woolwich 3 Sep, 1917[18] |
Succeeded by Harold E. Sulivan |
Preceded by John A. Moreton |
Captain of H.M.S. Erebus 11 May, 1920[19] |
Succeeded by Charles T. A. Bunbury |
Footnotes
- ↑ Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
- ↑ Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
- ↑ Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 15.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 298.
- ↑ Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 365.
- ↑ Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 762.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 769.
- ↑ Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 323.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 323.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 298.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396j.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394o.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 762.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399h.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 769.