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Latest revision as of 19:02, 10 November 2022

Captain Francis Edmund Blechynden Haselfoot, D.S.O., R.N. (4 July, 1885 – 27 February, 1938) served in the Royal Navy. His four Service Records at The National Archives each offer a different spelling for his third name. He would be awarded patents for designing anti-aircraft sighting mechanisms, artillery clocks and other devices.

Life & Career

Born in London, the son of F. H. Haselfoot, Esq., Barrister-at-Law.[1]

Haselfoot was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1907.[2]

Haselfoot was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1915.[3]

Haselfoot was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1918.[4]

Haselfoot was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1926. He was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit due to tubercuolsis, attributable to circumstances related to his service, on 13 March, 1929.[5]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
James R. Harvey 		Captain of H.M.S. Kellett
13 Mar, 1922[6] – 1 Dec, 1922[7] 		Succeeded by
Horace V. Silk
Preceded by
John A. Edgell 		Superintendent of Charts
1 Apr, 1925[8] – 26 Apr, 1927[9] 		Succeeded by
Patrick S. E. Maxwell
Preceded by
Horace V. Silk 		Captain of H.M.S. Herald
26 Apr, 1927[10] – 13 Mar, 1929[11] 		Succeeded by
Harold E. Turner

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Haselfoot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/100. f. 220.
  2. ↑ Haselfoot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/100. f. 220.
  3. ↑ Haselfoot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/100. f. 220.
  4. ↑ Haselfoot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/100. f. 220.
  5. ↑ Haselfoot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/100. f. 220.
  6. ↑ Haselfoot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/100. f. 220.
  7. ↑ Haselfoot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/100. f. 220.
  8. ↑ Haselfoot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/100. f. 220.
  9. ↑ Haselfoot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/100. f. 220.
  10. ↑ Haselfoot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/100. f. 220.
  11. ↑ Haselfoot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/100. f. 220.

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