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{{CaptRN}} '''Donald Keppel Bain''', (16 September, 1896 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRN}} '''Donald Keppel Bain''', D.S.O. (16 September, 1896 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Bain was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1932.
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Bain was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1939.
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In 1943, Admiral Fraser noted that Bain had "one idiosyncrasy of almost invariably putting forward an opposite point of view on any [illeg]ation [illeg] policy under discussion..."
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==See Also==
 
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Cecil Charles Hughes-Hallett|Cecil C. Hughes-Hallett]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Valorous (1917)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Valorous'']]'''<br>? &ndash; late Oct, 1936|Succeeded by<br>'''?'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Cecil Charles Hughes-Hallett|Cecil C. Hughes-Hallett]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Valorous (1917)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Valorous'']]'''<br>''c''. late Jan, 1936 &ndash; late Oct, 1936|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Edward Mack|Edward Mack]]'''}}
 
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Edward Gerald Hyslop Bellars|Edward G. H. Bellars]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Norfolk (1928)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Norfolk'']]'''<br>Jul, 1943{{MackieRNW}} &ndash; Feb, 1944{{MackieRNW}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[John Gerald Yerburgh Loveband|John G. Y. Loveband]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Clifford Caslon|Clifford Caslon]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Somali (1937)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Somali'']]'''<br>15 Aug, 1941<ref>Bain Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/93/107.|D8116430}} f. ?.</ref> &ndash; 22 Mar, 1942<ref>Bain Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/93/107.|D8116430}} f. ?.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[John William Musgrave Eaton|John W. M. Eaton]]'''}}
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Revision as of 08:42, 12 June 2019

Captain Donald Keppel Bain, D.S.O. (16 September, 1896 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Bain was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 May, 1918.

Bain was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1932.

Bain was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1939.

In 1943, Admiral Fraser noted that Bain had "one idiosyncrasy of almost invariably putting forward an opposite point of view on any [illeg]ation [illeg] policy under discussion..."

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Lachlan D. Mackintosh
Captain of H.M.S. Brazen
17 Oct, 1933[1]
Succeeded by
Raymond M. T. Taylor
Preceded by
Cecil C. Hughes-Hallett
Captain of H.M.S. Valorous
c. late Jan, 1936 – late Oct, 1936
Succeeded by
Edward Mack
Preceded by
Edward G. Heywood-Lonsdale
Captain of H.M.S. Keppel
2 Aug, 1940 – 1 Oct, 1940
Succeeded by
Ronald J. Hanson
Preceded by
William Spencer Leveson-Gower
Captain (D), Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla
4 Aug, 1940[2] – 1 Aug, 1941[3]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Clifford Caslon
Captain of H.M.S. Somali
15 Aug, 1941[4] – 22 Mar, 1942[5]
Succeeded by
John W. M. Eaton
Preceded by
Edward G. H. Bellars
Captain of H.M.S. Norfolk
1 Jul, 1943[6] – Feb, 1944[7]
Succeeded by
John G. Y. Loveband
Preceded by
John C. Richards
Captain of H.M.S. Devonshire
Feb, 1944[8] – Jan, 1945[9]
Succeeded by
Gerald M. B. Langley

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 218.
  2. Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/107. f. ?.
  3. Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/107. f. ?.
  4. Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/107. f. ?.
  5. Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/107. f. ?.
  6. Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/107. f. ?.
  7. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.