Geoffrey Stewart Fleetwood Nash
Captain Geoffrey Stewart Fleetwood Nash, D.S.O., R.N., Retired (4 October, 1883 – 30 November, 1936) served in the Royal Navy.
His last name was sometimes offered as Fleetwood-Nash, but apparently this was never a double-barrel name, and Fleetwood is the middle name of many of the Nash family.[1]
Life & Career
Nash entered Britannia with the May 1898 intake term. He gained seven months' time on passing out in September, 1899 and was sent to join Renown in the Mediterranean, where he remained until 29 May 1902. He spent much of the remainder of the year in the Revenge.
During the annual manoeuvres of 1903, he served in T.B. 107, on loan. Later that year, he was appointed to Vernon, additional, for command of T.B. 109.
In the 1904 manoeuvres, he was lent to command T.B. 66.
Nash was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1905.
In May 1911, he passed for command of torpedo craft as he was serving as an interpreter in German for the Third Fleet.
Nash was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1913.
Nash was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1917. On 4 December 1917, he encountered an enemy submarine and was commended by the Admiralty for his prompt action in sighting it.
Nash was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Captain on 3 January, 1930.
In 1934 he took a course for Transport Officers.
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Alan M. Yeats-Brown |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 109 17 Nov, 1903[2][3] – Feb, 1906[Fact Check] |
Succeeded by William F. Sells |
| Preceded by The Hon. Guy Stopford |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 34 19 Jan, 1911[4] – late 1912 |
Succeeded by Arthur D. W. Smith |
| Preceded by John S. Tyndall |
Captain of H.M.S. Robin Nov, 1912[5] – 4 Aug, 1914 |
Succeeded by John M. Heath |
| Preceded by Frederic B. Coppin |
Captain of H.M.S. Llewellyn 24 Jan, 1915[6] – 23 Jan, 1917 |
Succeeded by William A. C. Salmond |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Radiant 23 Jan, 1917[7] |
Succeeded by Miles B. Birkett |
Footnotes
- ↑ Email from Richenda Wakefield 20180726.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 391.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 400.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 399.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 367.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395w.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397g.
