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Revision as of 11:39, 5 January 2017

Cecil Hunter Boyd Gowan ( – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Gowan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 November, 1904.[1]

Gowan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander with a seniority of 30 November, 1912[2] and appointed to the destroyer Exmouth as her gunnery officer on 17 December, though his rank there was for a time listed as Lieutenant (G).[3]

He was appointed as Lieutenant-Commander (G) of the light cruiser Yarmouth on 2 August, 1913.

Gowan was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1917,[4] and as Flag Commander of the Furious in March, 1918.[5]

Post-war

He was appointed to President on 1 May, 1920 – perhaps working with Beatty's former Flag Lieutenant, Ralph F. Seymour in the Tactical Section.[6]

On 1 December, 1920 he was appointed Commander of the light cruiser Dartmouth, under Captain Guy P. Bigg-Wither.[7]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Astley D. C. Cooper-Key
Captain of H.M. T.B. 58
4 Apr, 1905[8]
Succeeded by
Walter H. Leeke

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 118.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 40.
  3. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 311.
  4. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 75a.
  5. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 796.
  6. The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 831.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 757.
  8. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 399.