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Revision as of 10:59, 2 May 2016

Lieutenant Charles Ansell (1 December, 1868 – 26 December, 1917) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Ansell was made an Acting Gunner on 1 January, 1896 and a Chief Gunner on 1 April, 1912.[1]

At the outbreak of war, Ansell ceded command of Vestal, but remained in the ship until November.[2]

Ansell was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 066 on 17 November, 1914.[3]

An appointment to Achilles was abbreviated by health concerns when Ansell was admitted to a hospital ship (Flossy?) with "organic heart disease" on 20 June, 1916. He was found unfit, but was resurveyed and put back into service in August, "[h]ardworking, capable, zealous, suffer[ing] from heart trouble." In light of this condition, Captain Leake recommended that he be assigned harbour service. He was therefore given Charge of Stores for Defensive Armament, East Coast Ports.[4]

Promoted to Lieutenant on 8 October, 1917, Ansell succumbed to Bright's Disease in Armstrong College Hospital on 26 December of that year.[5]

See Also

Service Records

  • The National Archives. 196/34. f. 181

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
John W. Renshaw
Captain of H.M.S. Vestal
19 Nov, 1912[6] – Aug, 1914[7]
Succeeded by
Ronald M. Fraser
Preceded by
Edward Brooke
Captain of H.M. T.B. 066
17 Nov, 1914[8] – late 1915[9]
Succeeded by
John E. Genge

Footnotes

  1. Ansell Service Record. The National Archives. 196/34. f. 181
  2. Ansell Service Record. The National Archives. 196/34. f. 181
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401a.
  4. Ansell Service Record. The National Archives. 196/34. f. 181
  5. Ansell Service Record. The National Archives. 196/34. f. 181
  6. Ansell Service Record. The National Archives. 196/34. f. 181
  7. Ansell Service Record. The National Archives. 196/34. f. 181
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401b.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401b.

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