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Revision as of 10:10, 5 December 2018

Captain (retired) Henry Langley Dickson Pearce, R.N. (23 June, 1862 – 1 July, 1933) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in London.

Pearce was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1886.

Pearce was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1898.

Pearce was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 9 June, 1909.

He helped manage Portsmouth's Boom Defence during the war, and reverted to the Retired List on 1 March, 1919. He then obtained permission to proceed abroad.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Llewellyn E. Traherne
Captain of H.M. T.B. 50
18 Jul, 1889[1] – 7 Sep, 1889
Succeeded by
Digby St. A. P. Weston
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Odin
8 Jan, 1903[2] – 9 Nov, 1904
Succeeded by
Frederic H. Walter

Footnotes

  1. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col A, p. 4.
  2. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 351.