Eldred Stuart Brooksmith
Captain Eldred Stuart Brooksmith, D.S.C., R.N.(3 September, 1889 – 3 December, 1931) served in the Royal Navy.
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Life & Career
Born in Woolwich, the son of J. Brooksmith, Barrister.
On 30 September, 1910, Brooksmith was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.[1]
Brooksmith was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 2 on 29 July, 1914.[2]
Brooksmith served as gunnery officer in Severn from 7 March, 1915. In this capacity, he helped destroy the German cruiser Königsberg in the Rufiji delta with the assistance of aerial spotting. On 29 July, 1916 when he was appointed to Vengeance as gunnery officer.
On 4 May, 1917, he was appointed to Ceres to act as her gunnery officer.[3]
He was awarded the D.S.C. on 15 July, 1917.[4] Brooksmith was partly blamed for carelessness in an accident that occurred during a full calibre firing practice in Ceres held on 31 January, 1918 after a Court of Enquiry.
Brooksmith was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 September, 1918.[5]
Post-War
Brooksmith was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1923.
Brooksmith was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1931.
Brooksmith was blamed for "his failure to act in a seamanlike manner" in a collision between Vivien and Vidette on 20 October, 1931.
Brooksmith was sent ashore from Valorous on 27 November, 1931 with pneumonia and died at Garthsea [?] Nursing Home, Dunfermline of pneumonia and carditis on 3 December, 1931. He was buried on 7 December at plot 42A at Douglas Bank Cemetery, Dunfermline.
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Myles A. Blomfield |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 2 29 Jul, 1914[6] – 22 Oct, 1914 |
Succeeded by Arthur F. Crutchley |
| Preceded by Douglas A. Budgen |
Captain of H.M.S. Vivien 10 Aug, 1931 – c. Nov, 1931 |
Succeeded by Ernest R. Archer |
| Preceded by Martin J. C. de Meric |
Captain of H.M.S. Valorous c. Nov, 1931 – 3 Dec, 1931 |
Succeeded by David J. R. Simson |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 400.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 755.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1918). p. 2144.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 27.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 400.
