Guy Percival Bowles
Captain (retired) Guy Percival Bowles, D.S.O., (18 December, 1885 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Bowles was born in London and was raised by his mother.
Bowles was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 May, 1907 and spent four years in a series of four separate torpedo boat commands based in the Nore before being appointed to join H.M.S. Lion on 4 June, 1912 despite having been "strongly recd for cd of large torpedo craft" by Commander Dawson in January of 1911. Bowles's time in the battlecruiser proved prolonged, as he was still there when he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 May, 1915. He was superseded on 9 October 1915 and soon thereafter was appointed to Blake for the new "M" Class destroyer Mindful, to take command upon her commissioning.[1]
Bowles was appointed, temporarily, to command Obedient on 18 August, 1916, but this was cancelled and he may never have joined the ship. Instead, he was appointed to Sandhurst for Orcadia on 26 August, to take command upon her commissioning.[2]
Bowles was appointed in command of the destroyer Venturous on 5 November, 1917.[3]
Bowles was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1921.[4]
After so many small ship command appointments, it is a bit odd to consider that Bowles's last seagoing appointment was one in H.M.S. Tiger dated 16 December, 1926 and extending to 2 January, 1929.[5]
Bowles was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 2 March, 1931.[6]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Clive Phillipps-Wolley as Captain of H.M. T.B. 53 |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 053 25 Jul, 1908[7] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Orcadia 26 Aug, 1916[8] – Jul, 1917[Inference] |
Succeeded by Godfrey R. Chambers |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Urchin 17 Jul, 1917[9] |
Succeeded by George A. Scott |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Venturous 5 Nov, 1917[10] |
Succeeded by John H. Jauncey |
| Preceded by Reginald B. C. Hutchinson |
Captain of H.M.S. Clematis 10 Sep, 1922[11] |
Succeeded by Hugh J. Woodward |
Footnotes
- ↑ Bowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/144. f. 245.
- ↑ Bowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/144. f. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 880.
- ↑ Bowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/144. f. 245.
- ↑ Bowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/144. f. 245.
- ↑ Bowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/144. f. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 399.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396h.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398o.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 880.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 737.
