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'''John Norman Benbow''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommRN}} (retired) '''John Norman Benbow''', O.B.E. (2 August, 1883 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
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Benbow was appointed in command of the {{UK-Thorn|f=t}} on 6 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 383.</ref>
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Benbow was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 5 August, 1920.
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Benbow was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on the Retired List on 2 August, 1923.
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Commander (retired) John Norman Benbow, O.B.E. (2 August, 1883 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Simla, India the son of Major J. E. Benbow.

Benbow was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 August, 1905.[1]

Benbow was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 August, 1913.

Benbow was appointed in command of the destroyer Thorn on 6 January, 1914.[2]

On 3 August, 1914, Benbow was appointed in command of the destroyer Laverock.[3]

Post-War

Benbow was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 5 August, 1920.

Benbow was promoted to the rank of Commander on the Retired List on 2 August, 1923.

World War II

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Clive Phillipps-Wolley 		Captain of H.M.S. Thorn
6 Jan, 1914[4] – 3 Aug, 1914 		Succeeded by
William O. Hozier
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Laverock
3 Aug, 1914[5] – 4 May, 1916 		Succeeded by
Colin A. G. Hutchinson
Preceded by
Frank Casson 		Captain of H.M.S. Hambledon
Jan, 1919[6] – 27 Oct, 1919 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Basil R. Brooke 		Captain of H.M.S. Sherborne
27 Oct, 1919 – 1 Feb, 1920 		Succeeded by
Charles C. Bell

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 6.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 383.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 346.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 383.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395j.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 807.

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