Denis Granville Thynne

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Captain Denis Granville Thynne, C.M.G., Royal Navy (17 October, 1875 – 18 December, 1955) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Thynne was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1910.[1]

On 23 December, 1911 Thynne appointed commander in the heavy cruiser Kent.[2]

On 10 November, 1913, Thynne was appointed in command of Lark.[3]

While in Agincourt, Thynne had a pet bull terrier named "Nick".

Thynne was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1916.[4]

"For valuable services in command of a Minelayer for eighteen months," he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.) on 24 March, 1919.[5]

On 13 January, 1920, Thynne was appointed in command of the depot ship Woolwich in Devonport, recommissioning her there on the 3rd of February and becoming Captain (D) of a flotilla.[6]

Service Record

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Lark
10 Nov, 1913[7]
Succeeded by
Rafe G. Rowley-Conwy
Preceded by
Harold E. Sulivan
Captain of H.M.S. Woolwich
13 Jan, 1920[8]
Succeeded by
Malcolm L. Goldsmith

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 74a.
  2. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 335.
  3. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 337.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 334.
  5. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31248. p. 3859. 24 March, 1919.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). pp. 901, 902-945.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 337.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.

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