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Revision as of 13:05, 19 May 2014

Vice-Admiral Charles Duncan Johnson, D.S.O., M.V.O., Royal Navy (26 March, 1869 – 26 June, 1930) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.

Early Life & Career

Johnson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 January, 1892.[1]

Captain

Johnson was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1909.[2]

He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Drake in November 1911.[3] On 10 December 1912, he assumed command of the second class protected cruiser Minerva, becoming Captain (D) of Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[4]

In August 1913, he assumed command of the second class protected cruiser Dido.[5]

He was appointed in command of Attentive on 29 August, 1913 — still Captain (D) of the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

By November, 1915, he was Commodore of the Dover Patrol, flying his broad pendant in Attentive under Vice-Admiral Reginald Bacon. At the same time, he was Senior Naval Officer, Dunkirk.[7]

He was appointed in command of Marlborough on 25 October, 1918.[8]

Johnson was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George V on 29 January, 1920.[9]

Johnson was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 March, 1926 and placed on the Retired List on 2 March.[10] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 8 May, 1930.[11]

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Hubert G. Brand 		Captain of H.M.S. Drake
30 Nov, 1911[12] – ? 		Succeeded by
Edward F. Bruen
Preceded by
Edmond H. Parker 		Captain of H.M.S. Minerva
10 Dec, 1912[13] and as Captain (D) of Sixth Destroyer Flotilla – ? 		Succeeded by
Percival H. Warleigh
Preceded by
Frederic A. Whitehead 		Captain of H.M.S. Dido
Aug, 1913[14] – ? 		Succeeded by
William M. Moir
Preceded by
Thomas Jackson 		Captain of H.M.S. Attentive
29 Aug, 1913[15] – ? 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Edward B. Kiddle 		Captain of H.M.S. Marlborough
25 Oct, 1918[16] – ? 		Succeeded by
Henry R. Crooke
 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26239. p. 3. 1 January, 1892.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28325. p. 29. 4 January, 1910.
  3. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  4. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 344.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 282.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915) p. 4.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 842.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31791. p. 2189. 24 February, 1920.
  10. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33139. p. 1650. 5 March, 1926.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33604. p. 2867. 9 May, 1930.
  12. ↑ Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 54.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 344.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 282.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 842.

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