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On 15 September he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) dated 31 May.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29751/supplements/9070 (Supplement) no. 29751.  p. 9070.]  15 September, 1916.</ref>
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He was appointed command of the battleship [[H.M.S. Cornwallis (1901)|''Cornwallis'']] on 16 September, 1914.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 298.</ref>
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On 15 September 1916 he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) dated 31 May.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29751/supplements/9070 (Supplement) no. 29751.  p. 9070.]  15 September, 1916.</ref>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 11:29, 25 May 2012

Captain Charles Edward Le Mesurier, C.B., Royal Navy (2 August, 1869 – 10 November, 1917) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Le Mesurier was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 14 November, 1890.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1902.[2]

Le Mesurier was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1908.[3]

He was appointed in command of Jupiter in July, 1914.[4]

Great War

He was appointed command of the battleship Cornwallis on 16 September, 1914.[5]

On 15 September 1916 he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) dated 31 May.[6]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 26114. p. 6990. 12 December, 1890.
  2. London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 4. 2 January, 1903.
  3. London Gazette: no. 28151. p. 4644. 26 June, 1908.
  4. Le Mesurier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 56.
  5. Navy List (December, 1914). p. 298.
  6. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29751. p. 9070. 15 September, 1916.

Bibliography

  • Bachrach, Harriet. Ed. (2006). Jutland Letters, June-October, 1916: Affectionate Letters from a Royal Navy Commodore to his Beloved Wife. Salisbury: Wessex Books. ISBN 1903035260.

Service Records