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Rear-Admiral Henry Percy Boxer, R.N. (14 October, 1885 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Boxer was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1907.[1]

Boxer was appointed in command of the destroyer Ness on 31 May, 1913.[2]

He was captain of the destroyer Noble at the Battle of Jutland, where she operated with the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla.[3]

On 7 December, 1918, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Sportive.[4]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Shamrock on 2 September, 1919.[5]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur M. Longmore
Captain of H.M. T.B. 111
24 Oct, 1911[6] – 1912
Succeeded by
Philip D. Crofton
Preceded by
Edmund A. T. de P. de la Poer
Captain of H.M.S. Ness
31 May, 1913[7]
Succeeded by
William T. Makeig-Jones
Preceded by
Ernest D. Panter
Captain of H.M. T.B. 4
9 Jan, 1915[8]
Succeeded by
Frederick R. M. Johnson
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Noble
22 Jan, 1916[9]
Succeeded by
Henry C. Rawlings
Preceded by
Reginald B. C. Hutchinson
Captain of H.M.S. Plover
16 May, 1918[10]
Succeeded by
Arthur K. Gibson
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Sportive
7 Dec, 1918[11]
Succeeded by
Charles H. Knox-Little
Preceded by
Charles H. Knox-Little
Captain of H.M.S. Tetrarch
25 Jan, 1919[12]
Succeeded by
Ian C. S. Hilton
Preceded by
Henry R. James
Captain of H.M.S. Sorceress
May, 1919[13]
Succeeded by
Charles T. A. Bunbury
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Shamrock
2 Sep, 1919[14]
Succeeded by
Cecil H. H. Sams
Preceded by
Evelyn C. O. Thomson
Captain of H.M.S. Valentine
7 Aug, 1922[15]
Succeeded by
John I. Hallett
Preceded by
Harold G. C. Franklin
Captain of H.M.S. Emerald
Feb, 1929[16] – Mar, 1931[17]
Succeeded by
John W. Clayton
Preceded by
Richard H. L. Bevan
Captain of H.M.S. York
Jan, 1934[18] – Oct, 1936[19]
Succeeded by
Harold E. Morse

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 9.
  2. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 349.
  3. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 45.
  4. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911.
  5. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 863.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 400.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 349.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 400.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396g.
  10. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 868.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911.
  12. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 916.
  13. The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 908.
  14. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 863.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 825.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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