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Captain Egerton Wotton Isaacson (30 August, 1882 – 31 August, 1929) served in the Royal Navy. His middle name may have been Wootton, according to an unspecified edition of Navy List.[1]

Life & Career

The son of a solicitor, Isaacson was born in Hampstead. He passed out of Britannia in December, 1897 ranked eighth of sixty-four cadets, earning 1768 marks.[2]

Isaacson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1903.[3]

Isaacson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1911.[4]

He served as torpedo officer in Hibernia from 24 April, 1914 to 4 January, 1917, being promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1916. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed to Agamemnon for torpedo duties, where he remained until being appointed to Furious on 8 March, 1919. He remained in her for three months.[5]

Isaacson was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1924.[6]

Isaacson was appointed in command of the light cruiser Yarmouth in November, 1925.

Issacson died in Portsmouth Hospital in 1929, the day after the 14-hp Sunbeam car he was driving home was struck by a light railway car near Portsmouth. He had only just turned forty-seven.[7]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 41
21 Jun, 1902[8] – 1 Jul, 1902[9] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Nigel B. Deare 		Captain of H.M.S. Yarmouth
17 Nov, 1925[10] 		Succeeded by
Wilfred N. Custance
Preceded by
Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis 		Captain of H.M.S. Concord
20 Dec, 1926[11] – c. 5 Sep, 1927[Inference] 		Succeeded by
Roy N. Suter
Preceded by
Claude C. Dobson 		Captain of H.M.S. Caledon
c. 5 Sep, 1927[Inference] – Jan, 1928 		Succeeded by
Hubert Ardill

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Isaacson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/11. f. 215.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Dec 16, 1897; pg. 7; Issue 35388.
  3. ↑ Isaacson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/11. f. 215.
  4. ↑ Isaacson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/11. f. 215.
  5. ↑ Isaacson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/11. f. 215.
  6. ↑ Isaacson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/11. f. 215.
  7. ↑ "Naval Officer Killed while Motoring." The Times (London, England), 3 Sept. 1929, p. 9.
  8. ↑ Isaacson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/11. f. 215.
  9. ↑ Isaacson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/11. f. 215.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 291.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 226.

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