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Revision as of 10:08, 13 May 2014

Henry Edgar Grace ( – ) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.

Life & Career

Grace was promoted to Captain on 31 December 1914.

He assumed command of the destroyer Grafton in June 1915, remaining in her until July 1917.[1]

In May, 1918, he was appointed in command of Birkenhead, but sometime before mid-December, Arthur M. Stancomb took over as Acting Captain on a temporary basis.[2]

This cloudy date of succession may have been around 21 September, 1918, when Grace was appointed as captain of Vindictive.[3]

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Hugh L. P. Heard
Captain of H.M.S. Grafton
Jun, 1915 – ?
Succeeded by
Percy Johnson
Preceded by
Henry F. G. Talbot
Captain of H.M.S. Birkenhead
May, 1918 – ?
Succeeded by
Arthur M. Stancomb
Preceded by
James G. P. Ingham
Captain of H.M.S. Vindictive
21 Sep, 1918 – ?
Succeeded by
Alan J. Mackenzie-Grieve

Footnotes

  1. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  2. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 741.
  3. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 935.