Difference between revisions of "Arthur William Waymouth"
Simon Harley (Talk | contribs) (→Great War) |
Simon Harley (Talk | contribs) (→Service Records) |
||
| Line 31: | Line 31: | ||
*The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7906180&queryType=1&resultcount=2 ADM 196/20.] | *The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7906180&queryType=1&resultcount=2 ADM 196/20.] | ||
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="center" | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#CEDFF2" | '''Naval Offices''' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Herbert Leopold Heath|Herbert L. Heath]]''' | ||
| + | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard|Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard]]'''<br>1915 – 1917 | ||
| + | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee|Charles L. Vaughan-Lee]]''' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |} | ||
[[Category:1863 births|Waymouth]] | [[Category:1863 births|Waymouth]] | ||
| Line 38: | Line 49: | ||
[[category:Royal Navy Gunnery Officers|Waymouth]] | [[category:Royal Navy Gunnery Officers|Waymouth]] | ||
[[Category:Naval Members of the Ordnance Committee (Royal Navy)|Waymouth]] | [[Category:Naval Members of the Ordnance Committee (Royal Navy)|Waymouth]] | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Captains of H.M.S. Minerva (1895)|Waymouth]] |
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Captains of H.M.S. Warrior (1905)|Waymouth]] |
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Captains of H.M.S. Triumph (1903)|Waymouth]] |
[[Category:Directors of Naval Equipment (Royal Navy)|Waymouth]] | [[Category:Directors of Naval Equipment (Royal Navy)|Waymouth]] | ||
[[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Seventh Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Waymouth]] | [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Seventh Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Waymouth]] | ||
Revision as of 10:34, 28 August 2011
Admiral Arthur William Waymouth, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (16 or 18 November, 1863 – 14 January, 1936) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
Waymouth was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 20 June, 1883.[1]
Waymouth was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1895,[2] at the age of thirty-one years, seven months, and twelve days.
Waymouth was promoted to the rank of Captain on 26 June, 1902.[3]
He was appointed in command of the battleship Triumph on 12 January, 1912.[4] On 7 March, 1912, he was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, vice Kingsford.[5]
In July, 1914 it was announced that Waymouth would succeed Rear-Admiral Montague E. Browning as Rear-Admiral in the Third Battle Squadron on 1 September.[6]
Great War
Waymouth was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath on 1 January, 1916.[7]
Waymouth was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 2 July, 1917, vice Bradford.[8] He was placed on the Retired List on 27 September.[9] He was advanced to the tank of Admiral on the Retired list on 7 October, 1920.[10]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25379. p. 3324. 22 July, 1884.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26647. p. 4233. 26 July, 1895.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27448. p. 4198. 26 June, 1902.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 24 December, 1910. Issue 39464, col D, pg. 7.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28589. p. 1828. 12 March, 1912.
- ↑ "Second Sea Lord" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 23 July, 1914. Issue 40586, col G, pg. 10.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29423. p. 80. 31 December, 1915.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30161. p. 6550. 3 July, 1917.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30332. p. 10504. 12 October, 1917.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 32081. p. 9891. 12 October, 1920.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Arthur W. Waymouth" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 15 January, 1936. Issue 47272, col B, pg. 14.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/20.
| Naval Offices | ||
| Preceded by Herbert L. Heath |
Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard 1915 – 1917 |
Succeeded by Charles L. Vaughan-Lee |
- 1863 births
- 1936 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1877
- Royal Navy Gunnery Officers
- Naval Members of the Ordnance Committee (Royal Navy)
- Captains of H.M.S. Minerva (1895)
- Captains of H.M.S. Warrior (1905)
- Captains of H.M.S. Triumph (1903)
- Directors of Naval Equipment (Royal Navy)
- Rear-Admirals Commanding, Seventh Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Admirals Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
