Charles Edward Le Mesurier
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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]
Great War
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.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26114. p. 6990. 12 December, 1890.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 4. 2 January, 1903.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28151. p. 4644. 26 June, 1908.
- ↑ 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
- The National Archives. ADM 196/89.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
Categories:
- 1869 births
- 1917 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1882
- Captains of H.M.S. Spartiate (1898)
- Captains of H.M.S. Theseus (1892)
- Captains of H.M.S. Highflyer (1898)
- Flag Captains to the President of the Royal Naval War College
- Captains of H.M.S. Jupiter (1895)
- Captains of H.M.S. Cornwallis (1901)
- Captains of H.M.S. Calliope (1914)
- Commodores, Second Class, Commanding, Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron
- Royal Navy Captains
