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{{RearRN}} '''Henry Hugh Bousfield''', R.N. (30 November, 1889 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{RearRN}} '''Henry Hugh Bousfield''', R.N. (30 November, 1889 – 6 November, 1947) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Bousfield was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1910.<ref>Bousfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/166.|}} f. 524.</ref>
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He served in {{UK-Skirmisher|f=p}}, {{UK-PrinceRupert}} and {{UK-KingGeorgeV}} during the [[Great War]].
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Bousfield was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1924.<ref>Bousfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/166.|}} f. 524.</ref>
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Bousfield was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1931.<ref>Bousfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/166.|}} f. 524.</ref>
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==World War II==
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Bousfield was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 8 July, 1941.<ref>Bousfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/166.|}} f. 524.</ref>
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He reverted to the Retired List as medically unfit on 6 June, 1946.<ref>Bousfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/166.|}} f. 524.</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 18:13, 6 April 2022

Rear-Admiral Henry Hugh Bousfield, R.N. (30 November, 1889 – 6 November, 1947) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Bousfield was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1910.[1]

He served in H.M.S. Skirmisher, Prince Rupert and King George V during the Great War.

Bousfield was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1918.[2]

Bousfield was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1924.[3]

Bousfield was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1931.[4]

World War II

Bousfield was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 8 July, 1941.[5]

He reverted to the Retired List as medically unfit on 6 June, 1946.[6]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
David B. Nicol
Captain of H.M.S. Wryneck
31 Dec, 1926[7] – 2 May, 1928
Succeeded by
Philip J. Mack
Preceded by
Geoffrey S. Holden
Captain of H.M.S. Valentine
2 May, 1928 – 13 Aug, 1928
Succeeded by
William E. B. Magee
Preceded by
Piers K. Kekewich
Captain of H.M.S. Bee
4 Sep, 1931[8] – Oct, 1933
Succeeded by
Charles A. A. Larcom
Preceded by
Hamilton C. Allen
Captain of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
15 Aug, 1935 – 20 Sep, 1937
Succeeded by
Louis H. K. Hamilton
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Manchester
Jan, 1938[9] – Apr, 1940[10]
Succeeded by
Herbert A. Packer
Preceded by
Henry D. Pridham-Wippell
as Flag Officer-in-Charge, Dover
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Dover
10 Jul, 1945 – 10 Dec, 1945
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. Bousfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/166. f. 524.
  2. Bousfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/166. f. 524.
  3. Bousfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/166. f. 524.
  4. Bousfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/166. f. 524.
  5. Bousfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/166. f. 524.
  6. Bousfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/166. f. 524.
  7. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, November 29, 1926, Issue 44441, p.7.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 216.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.