Louis Charles Stirling Woollcombe
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Admiral Louis Charles Stirling Woollcombe, C.B., M.V.O., D.L., Royal Navy, Retired (25 March, 1872 – 26 October, 1951) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
On 12 February, 1912, Woollcombe was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) for serving as Navigator of the Medina,[1] and on 15 February he was promoted to the rank of Captain.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28580. p. 1048. 13 February, 1912.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 16 February, 1912. Issue 39823, col E, pg. 4.
Bibliography
- "Admiral L. C. S. Woollcombe" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 27 October, 1951. Issue 52143, col F, pg. 8.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/141.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/89.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
Categories:
- 1872 births
- 1951 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1885
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Boadicea (1908)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Chatham (1911)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Malaya (1915)
- Commodores, Chatham Royal Naval Barracks
- Admirals Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
