Cecil Hunter Boyd Gowan
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]
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
Bibliography
Service Records
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Arthur P. James |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 58 4 Apr, 1905[8] |
Succeeded by Walter H. Leeke |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 118.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 40.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 311.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 75a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 796.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 831.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 757.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 399.
