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Carpmael was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 January, 1920. | Carpmael was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 January, 1920. | ||
| − | + | Carpmael assaulted a native policeman at Bombay and damaged fittings of a police boat, for which he was tried by Court Martial in {{UK-Comus}}. He resigned the service on 8 March 1922 and died later that year of a "long illness contracted on active service".{{ToL|Deaths|Monday, November 27, 1922, Issue 43199, p.1}} | |
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Revision as of 20:40, 18 June 2019
Commander Cyril Francis Carpmael, (20 April, 1899 – 25 November, 1922) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Carpmael was appointed to the Vanguard on 16 March, 1915 and was fortunate to survive her destruction on 9 July, 1917, having been one of sixteen of her crew to visit Royal Oak for an evening of entertainment. This made him one of approximately twenty-four of her men who escaped with their lives.[1] He was sent to a one-week Torpedo Control Course at Vernon and then briefly to T.B. 4 before being assigned to Oriole in September, 1917, where he remained through the end of the war.
He was logged for direct disobedience and exceeding his wine bill aboard Southampton.
Carpmael was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 January, 1920.
Carpmael assaulted a native policeman at Bombay and damaged fittings of a police boat, for which he was tried by Court Martial in Comus. He resigned the service on 8 March 1922 and died later that year of a "long illness contracted on active service".[2]
See Also
Bibliography
Footnotes
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 137/3680. f. 445.
- ↑ "Deaths." The Times (London, England), Monday, November 27, 1922, Issue 43199, p.1.
