Difference between revisions of "Arthur Gerald Onslow"

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Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Gerald Onslow, D.S.C., ( – 1 June, 1916) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Onslow was appointed Lieutenant & Commander of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 18 on 13 February, 1911.^[1]

Onslow was appointed in command of the destroyer Kestrel on 14 August, 1913.^[2]

Onslow commanded the destroyer Onslaught at the Battle of Jutland as an element of the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla.^[3] He was killed in action early on the 1st of June.^[4]

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Owen T. H. Phillips	Captain of H.M. T.B. 104 2 Apr, 1907^[5]	Succeeded by Henry D. Pridham-Wippell
Preceded by George W. Taylor	Captain of H.M. T.B. 18 13 Feb, 1911^[6] – 1913	Succeeded by Ernest W. Kirkby
Preceded by Laurence R. Palmer	Captain of H.M.S. Crane 15 Jul, 1913 – 14 Aug, 1913	Succeeded by Gerald C. Harrison
Preceded by Richard L. Hamer	Captain of H.M.S. Kestrel 14 Aug, 1913^[7] – 30 Apr, 1915	Succeeded by Frederick E. K. Strong
Preceded by Roger L'E. M. Rede	Captain of H.M. T.B. 23 30 Apr, 1915 – 5 Jun, 1915	Succeeded by Humphrey M. Robson
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Moon 5 Jun, 1915 – Jun, 1915	Succeeded by William D. Irvin
Preceded by Norton A. Sulivan	Captain of H.M.S. Hope Jul, 1915 – 9 Jan, 1916	Succeeded by Lionel G. Foote
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Onslaught 9 Jan, 1916 – 1 Jun, 1916^[8]	Succeeded by Basil W. L. Owen

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