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'''George Noel Gilbertson''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommRN}} (retired) '''George Noel Gilbertson''' (19 December, 1886 – 11 September, 1956) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Gilbertson was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 October, 1909.<ref>Gilbertson Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/46.|D7604801}} f. 51.</ref>
  
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Gilbertson was appointed {{LieutRN}} in Command of the {{UK-TB87|f=t}} on 16 December, 1913.{{NLJan15|p. 401a}}
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==Interbellum==
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After a brief appointment to {{UK-Heather}}, additional, in early 1923, Gilbertson was loaned to the [[Royal Australian Navy]] for two years, commencing 15 April, 1923.  This tenure saw him first in the London depot, then at R.A.N. College, Jervis Bay and then appointed in command of [[H.M.S. Marguerite (1915)|H.M.A.S. ''Marguerite'']] on 28 January, 1925.  He returned to the U.K. in S.S. ''Aeneas'' and returned to R.N. service on 14 June, 1925.  Once back in Britain, he oversaw groups of ships in reserve, himself being on the books of {{UK-Dido}} and then of {{UK-Spenser}}.  He was superseded on 1 June, 1926.<ref>Gilbertson Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/46.|D7604801}} f. 51.</ref>
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Gilbertson was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of {{CommRN}} on 19 December, 1926.<ref>Gilbertson Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/46.|D7604801}} f. 51.</ref>
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==World War II==
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Gilbertson was selected for a war appointment in 1937 and was mobilised on 28 September, 1938.
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In 1942, he was deemed unfit for service aboard, and in August he was appointed in command of the Isle of Wight's Fleet Air Arm and landing craft shore establishment, H.M.S. ''Medina'', vice Edwards.  In 1944, Gilbertson was diagnosed with hypertension and a "mild anxiety state."  He was given some time off and returned to ''Medina''.  Finally in July 1944 he was found fit for general service except in the tropics.  He was superseded in command of ''Medina'' on 6 OCtober, 1944 but stayed with the establishment until being appointed in command of the combined operations centre H.M.S. ''Brontosaurus'', which was situated in the spiffy Castle Toward in Argyll, Scotland, on 4 November.  He stayed only until January of 1945, however, and was reverted to the Retired List at the end of May after an appointment to ''Drake'', additional, as "N.T.J.".<ref>Gilbertson Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/46.|D7604801}} f. 51.</ref>
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Gilbertson died of a cerebral hemorrhage on 11 September, 1956.<ref>Gilbertson Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/46.|D7604801}} f. 51.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 11:01, 28 October 2016

Commander (retired) George Noel Gilbertson (19 December, 1886 – 11 September, 1956) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Pontardawe. His first naval appointment was to the battleship Glory on 15 September, 1903.[1]

Gilbertson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1909.[2]

Gilbertson was appointed Lieutenant in Command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 87 on 16 December, 1913.[3]

Gilbertson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1917.[4]

Interbellum

After a brief appointment to Heather, additional, in early 1923, Gilbertson was loaned to the Royal Australian Navy for two years, commencing 15 April, 1923. This tenure saw him first in the London depot, then at R.A.N. College, Jervis Bay and then appointed in command of H.M.A.S. Marguerite on 28 January, 1925. He returned to the U.K. in S.S. Aeneas and returned to R.N. service on 14 June, 1925. Once back in Britain, he oversaw groups of ships in reserve, himself being on the books of Dido and then of Spenser. He was superseded on 1 June, 1926.[5]

Gilbertson was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Commander on 19 December, 1926.[6]

World War II

Gilbertson was selected for a war appointment in 1937 and was mobilised on 28 September, 1938.

In 1942, he was deemed unfit for service aboard, and in August he was appointed in command of the Isle of Wight's Fleet Air Arm and landing craft shore establishment, H.M.S. Medina, vice Edwards. In 1944, Gilbertson was diagnosed with hypertension and a "mild anxiety state." He was given some time off and returned to Medina. Finally in July 1944 he was found fit for general service except in the tropics. He was superseded in command of Medina on 6 OCtober, 1944 but stayed with the establishment until being appointed in command of the combined operations centre H.M.S. Brontosaurus, which was situated in the spiffy Castle Toward in Argyll, Scotland, on 4 November. He stayed only until January of 1945, however, and was reverted to the Retired List at the end of May after an appointment to Drake, additional, as "N.T.J.".[7]

Gilbertson died of a cerebral hemorrhage on 11 September, 1956.[8]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Astley D. C. Cooper-Key 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 87
16 Dec, 1913[9] – 9 Apr, 1915[10][11] 		Succeeded by
Lawrence W. Newbery-Boschetti
Preceded by
Robert H. B. Hammond-Chambers 		Captain of H.M.S. Myrmidon
20 Apr, 1915[12] 		Succeeded by
Oscar J. P. Lee
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Lilac
17 Mar, 1916[13] 		Succeeded by
Irving M. Palmer
Preceded by
Eric Rees 		Captain of H.M.S. Sandown
17 Sep, 1917[14] – c. 20 Oct, 1918[15] 		Succeeded by
John D. Hindmarsh
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Yeovil
23 Oct, 1918[16] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
William H. S. Jones 		Captain of H.M.S. Burslem
1 Dec, 1919[17] 		Succeeded by
John M. Henderson

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
  2. ↑ Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401a.
  4. ↑ Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
  5. ↑ Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
  6. ↑ Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
  7. ↑ Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
  8. ↑ Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396d.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 395vv.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397u.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). pp. 902, 945a.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 945a.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 736.

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