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Revision as of 11:54, 9 December 2017
Lieutenant Harold Courtenay Woollcombe-Boyce, R.N. (30 March, 1887 – 8 February, 1917) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Woollcombe-Boyce was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1909.[1]
He was appointed in command of the destroyer Fawn on 29 July, 1914.[2]
He died when Ghurka was mined and sunk in the Channel.[3]
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Gerald C. Harrison |
Captain of H.M.S. Fawn 29 Jul, 1914[4] |
Succeeded by George N. Gilbertson |
Preceded by Harold T. Baillie-Grohman |
Captain of H.M.S. Ghurka 6 Mar, 1916[5] – 8 Feb, 1917[6] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 77c.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 316.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. pp. 318-9.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394d.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394q.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 319.