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Captain (D) {{UK-DF|8}} requested that Hodges be removed from command of {{UK-TB33}} for lacking initiative and "go" and for being "too phlegmatic".  It was noted that he "has not been able to keep discipline in his ship."  He was briefly appointed to {{UK-Mersey}} for navigation duties before being lent in command of {{UK-Ure}} by the Commander in Chief on 6 August 1917.<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/82.|}} f. 95.</ref>
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Latest revision as of 10:31, 16 June 2022

Commander R.N.R. (retired) Francis Waugh Hodges, R.D. (7 May, 1883 – ) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Hodges was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 2 July, 1913.

Hodges was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 2 July, 1921.

Hodges was placed on the Retired List at the rank of Commander R.N.R. on 7 May 1927.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Christopher H. Petrie 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 33
23 Oct, 1916[1][2] – 8 Jul, 1917[3] 		Succeeded by
Ernest H. Large
Preceded by
Reginald A. Woodward 		Captain of H.M.S. Ure
6 Aug, 1917[4] – 17 Aug, 1917[5] 		Succeeded by
Robert M. Gardner

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/79. f. 79.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401.
  3. ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/79. f. 79.
  4. ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/82. f. 95.
  5. ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/82. f. 95.

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