Difference between revisions of "Athol Edwin Gudgeon"
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Gudgeon was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRNR}} on 2 August, 1915.<ref>Gudgeon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/56/49.|}} f. 49.</ref> | Gudgeon was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRNR}} on 2 August, 1915.<ref>Gudgeon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/56/49.|}} f. 49.</ref> | ||
| − | Gudgeon was appointed to the {{UK-Ettrick|f=t}} on 27 June, 1917 and was wounded on 7 July, 1917 when she was mined and damaged in the English Channel. This appears to have ended his naval career.<ref>Gudgeon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/56/49.|}} f. 49.</ref> | + | Gudgeon was appointed to the {{UK-Ettrick|f=t}} on 27 June, 1917 and was wounded on 7 July, 1917 when she was mined and damaged in the English Channel with the loss of forty-eight men killed. This injury appears to have ended his naval career.<ref>Gudgeon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/56/49.|}} f. 49.</ref> |
By 5 November, 1919, he was no longer in the ''Navy List''. | By 5 November, 1919, he was no longer in the ''Navy List''. | ||
Revision as of 09:07, 11 January 2022
Lieutenant R.N.R. Athol Edwin Gudgeon (21 February, 1885 – ) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.
Life & Career
Early in the war, Gudgeon was serving in the requisitioned auxiliary, Duchess of Devonshire.
Gudgeon was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 2 August, 1915.[1]
Gudgeon was appointed to the destroyer Ettrick on 27 June, 1917 and was wounded on 7 July, 1917 when she was mined and damaged in the English Channel with the loss of forty-eight men killed. This injury appears to have ended his naval career.[2]
By 5 November, 1919, he was no longer in the Navy List.
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Francis A. Clutterbuck |
Captain of H.M.S. Quail 16 Jun, 1915[3] |
Succeeded by Thomas E. Coombs |
Footnotes
- ↑ Gudgeon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/49. f. 49.
- ↑ Gudgeon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/49. f. 49.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397e.
