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On 28 October, 1918, Sommerville was appointed in command of the {{UK-Titania|f=t}} and in command of a submarine flotilla.{{NLJan19|p. 920''a''}} | On 28 October, 1918, Sommerville was appointed in command of the {{UK-Titania|f=t}} and in command of a submarine flotilla.{{NLJan19|p. 920''a''}} | ||
Revision as of 10:40, 1 June 2015
Vice-Admiral Frederick Avenel Sommerville, D.S.O, Royal Navy, Retired (21 February, 1883 – ) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of paper manufacturer William Sommerville, Frederick Avenel Sommerville was born on 21 February, 1883 in Bilton.[1]
Sommerville was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 April, 1903.[2]
Sommerville was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 33 on 18 June, 1903, for manoeuvres.[3]
Sommerville was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 April, 1911.[4]
He married Gladys Rothes Barlow on 7 February, 1912.[5]
Sommerville was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1914.[6]
The Great War
Sommerville was thanked for his service in conducting trials of submarine indicating nets on 1 January, 1915.[7]
Sommerville was landed in the Dardanelles for service in combined operations on 24 April, 1915 and re-embarked in Adamant on 3 May.[8]
Sommerville was invalided out of command of Adamant in August, 1915 with severe typhoid, as reported in a telegram of 6 August. He left Alexandria for England on 18 September in the hospital ship Tagus and was admitted to Haslar Hospital on 28 September, 1915. A series of protracted hospitalisations followed, and he was not again found fit until 8 February, 1916. Three days later, he was appointed to Dolphin, additional, for work with submarines.[9]
On 28 October, 1918, Sommerville was appointed in command of the depot ship Titania and in command of a submarine flotilla.[10]
Sommerville was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1918.[11]
Sommerville was appointed in command of the battleship Emperor of India in May, 1929.
He was appointed in command of the battleship Valiant in 1930.
Sommerville was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 April, 1931 and was placed on the Retired List the following day.[12]
Sommerville was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 17 September, 1935.[13]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Reginald H. S. Bacon |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 33 18 Jun, 1903[14] |
Succeeded by Guy W. Hallifax |
| Preceded by Charles J. C. Little |
Captain of H.M.S. D 1 4 Feb, 1911[15] |
Succeeded by Archibald D. Cochrane |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. D 3 15 May, 1911[16] |
Succeeded by Francis H. H. Goodhart |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Adamant 27 Apr, 1912[17] |
Succeeded by Charles G. Brodie |
| Preceded by Stanley L. Willis |
Captain of H.M.S. Titania 28 Oct, 1918[18] |
Succeeded by Charles S. Benning |
| Preceded by William F. Sells |
Captain of H.M.S. Emperor of India 7 May, 1929[19][20] |
Succeeded by George W. Taylor |
| Preceded by Alfred H. Norman |
Captain of H.M.S. Valiant 1930[21] |
Succeeded by Charles A. Robertson-Scott |
Footnotes
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 920a.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48 f. 10.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 268.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 920a.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Day of month inferred from predecessor. Sells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 196.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
