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{{LieutRN}} '''Gerald Frederick William Addison''', R.N. (13 June, 1888 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{LieutRN}} '''Gerald Frederick William Addison''', R.N. (13 June, 1888 – 9 May, 1913) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
 
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Born in Queen's Crescent, Southsea, Addison gained four months on passing out of {{UK-1Britannia}} in May of 1904.  He was first sent to join {{UK-1Centurion}} on the [[China Station]]. After fifteen months, he was appointed to {{UK-Irresistible}} for one year in the Mediterranean.  On 26 September 1906, he was invalided from her with anemia.
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Addison was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 April, 1910.{{NLMar13|p. 2}}
 
Addison was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 April, 1910.{{NLMar13|p. 2}}
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Addison drowned when he was swept from {{UK-Hope}}, in which he was first lieutenant, by a heavy sea off Copinsay Island in the Orkneys.
  
 
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Revision as of 17:16, 26 November 2017

Lieutenant Gerald Frederick William Addison, R.N. (13 June, 1888 – 9 May, 1913) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Queen's Crescent, Southsea, Addison gained four months on passing out of Britannia in May of 1904. He was first sent to join Centurion on the China Station. After fifteen months, he was appointed to Irresistible for one year in the Mediterranean. On 26 September 1906, he was invalided from her with anemia.

Addison was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1910.[1]

Addison drowned when he was swept from Hope, in which he was first lieutenant, by a heavy sea off Copinsay Island in the Orkneys.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Tom D. Greener
Captain of H.M. T.B. 073
2 Nov, 1910[2] – 25 Feb, 1911
Succeeded by
Geoffrey S. Holden
Preceded by
Geoffrey S. Holden
Captain of H.M. T.B. 077
25 Feb, 1911[3] – Mar, 1911
Succeeded by
James Hill

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 2.
  2. The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 400.
  3. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 401.