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Cary served in command of {{UK-H10}} from August, 1915 until July of 1916 when he was appointed in command of the new {{UK-G9}}.  He was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 31 December, 1916.<ref>Cary Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/270.|D7604682}} f. 311.</ref>
 
Cary served in command of {{UK-H10}} from August, 1915 until July of 1916 when he was appointed in command of the new {{UK-G9}}.  He was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 31 December, 1916.<ref>Cary Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/270.|D7604682}} f. 311.</ref>
  
Cary died when {{UK-G9}} was rammed and sunk by {{UK-Pasley}} in error on 16 September, 1917.{{KindellROH2|p. 402}}  He was posthumously awarded a D.S.O. for arduous service in command of submarines, gazetted 2 November, 1917.<ref>Cary Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/270.|D7604682}} f. 311.</ref>
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Cary died when {{UK-G9}} was rammed and sunk by {{UK-Pasley}} in error on 16 September, 1917.{{KindellROH2|p. 402}}  He was posthumously awarded a D.S.O. for arduous service in command of submarines, gazetted 2 November, 1917.  His Badge and Warrant for the award were forwarded to his father, the Right Honorable (Twelfth) Viscount Falkland on 11 January, 1918.<ref>Cary Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/270.|D7604682}} f. 311.</ref>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 10:02, 31 December 2016

Lieutenant-Commander THE HONOURABLE Byron Plantagenet Cary, D.S.O., Baronet (25 January, 1887 – 16 September, 1917) was a submarine officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Cary was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1908.[1] On 1 May, 1909, he was appointed to Mercury for instruction in submarines. On 10 September, 1909 Cary was appointed in command of C 30.[2]

Cary was next appointed in command of the submarine A 11 on 7 December, 1911. He was appointed in command of the submarine C 10 on 1 June, 1914 when his second successive appointment in A 11 ended.[3]

Cary served in command of H 10 from August, 1915 until July of 1916 when he was appointed in command of the new G 9. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1916.[4]

Cary died when G 9 was rammed and sunk by Pasley in error on 16 September, 1917.[5] He was posthumously awarded a D.S.O. for arduous service in command of submarines, gazetted 2 November, 1917. His Badge and Warrant for the award were forwarded to his father, the Right Honorable (Twelfth) Viscount Falkland on 11 January, 1918.[6]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
George P. Thomson
Captain of H.M.S. A 11
7 Dec, 1911[7]
Succeeded by
The Hon. Byron P. Cary
Preceded by
The Hon. Byron P. Cary
Captain of H.M.S. A 11
26 Sep, 1912[8]
Succeeded by
The Hon. Byron P. Cary
Preceded by
The Hon. Byron P. Cary
Captain of H.M.S. A 11
4 Mar, 1913[9]
Succeeded by
Ernest G. Ebblewhite
Preceded by
George C. Street
Captain of H.M.S. C 10
1 Jun, 1914[10]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. G 9
? – 16 Sep, 1917[11]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 14.
  2. Cary Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/270. f. 311.
  3. Cary Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/270. f. 311.
  4. Cary Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/270. f. 311.
  5. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 402.
  6. Cary Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/270. f. 311.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 280.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 352.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 352.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 285.
  11. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 402.

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