Benjamin Wingate Barrow
Rear-Admiral Benjamin Wingate Barrow, D.S.O., Royal Navy (21 August, 1878 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
In December, 1897 he was admitted to Plymouth Hospital for an "uncertain period" with a diagnosis of "Gonoerheal Rhumatism".[1]
Barrow was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1901.[2]
Barrow was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1909.[3]
Barrow was appointed in command of the destroyer Firedrake on 4 January, 1913.[4]
The Great War
He was appointed in command of the destroyer Maori on 30 July, 1914.[5]
Barrow was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1914. On 4 March, 1915, Maori helped sink U 8 off Dover, assisted by Ghurka. Barrow would eventually be awarded the D.S.O. for his part in this success, but his role in the war was not to last must longer, as on 7 May, 1915, Maori was mined and lost under his command and Barrow became a prisoner of war. Upon his repatriation, he was assigned to work in the Intelligence Division, dated 30 November, 1918.[6]
Post-War
Barrow was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1920.[7]
Barrow was appointed in command of the light cruiser Coventry in July, 1922.
He passed preliminary examinations as an interpreter in French in 1926, though he'd been speaking both French and German at some level since at least 1919.[8]
He was temporarily appointed as Captain Superintendent of Contract Built Ships on 19 February, 1927. This would prove temporary, indeed, as he was gone after just four days to be appointed as "CS CBS". He would be in this mysterious post until 1 March, 1929.[9]
Barrow was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 14 October, 1932 and placed on the Retired List the following day.[10]
World War II
Like so many retired officers of his age, Barrow was thrown into convoy work as World War II began, first being appointed as Commodore of Convoy as a Commodore, Second Class, R.N.R. on 24 August, 1939. On 27 November, 1939 he was sent to the Liverpool Convoy Pool. Around April, 1942, he was sent to the Commodore in Charge and Commodore Superintendent, Simonstown vice Budgen.[11]
In mid-July, 1944 he was called back and in October 1944 he reverted to the Retired List.[12]
In 1947, Barrow moved to South Africa. He died at his home Bonaventure in Claremont, Cape Town.[13]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by George K. Chetwode |
Captain of H.M.S. Firedrake 4 Jan, 1913[14] |
Succeeded by Alfred B. Watts |
| Preceded by Henry de B. Tupper |
Captain of H.M.S. Maori 30 Jul, 1914[15] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Alfred H. Norman |
Captain of H.M.S. Coventry Jul, 1922[16] |
Succeeded by Richard M. King |
| Preceded by Frederick S. Litchfield-Speer |
Captain Superintendent, Sheerness Dockyard ? – 23 Mar, 1928[17] |
Succeeded by Hugh D. Hamilton |
Footnotes
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 5.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 314.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 354.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ Email from Anthony Harding of Johannesburg, dated 24 May 2015.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 314.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 354.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 375.
