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Lieutenant Nigel Cameron Westall (29 March, 1888 – 4 November, 1914) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Westall was born in Shanghai. In 1901 he lived together with his brothers and sisters and his widower father at 6 Bedford Place, Bloomsbury.[1]
Westall entered the Royal Navy via H.M.S. Britannia, which was then on the Dartmouth on 15th January 1903 when he was fourteen. A pugilist, Westall won a Middle Weight boxing trophy aboard Britannia on 2nd December, 1903.[2]
Westall passed out in April 1904, placed twenty-seventh out of sixty-eight in order of merit, having obtained First Class ratings in Maths and Seamanship and a Second Class in Extra Subjects.[3]
Westall was promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant on 30 October, 1907, having obtained First Class ratings in Seamanship and Gunnery, and Second Class in Pilotage and Torpedoes.[4]
Westall was appointed to the Sappho to date 19 January, 1909, to be appointed to the Pegasus upon her imminent re-commissioning.[5]
Westall was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 October, 1909.[6]
Westall was appointed to the battleship Swiftsure, temporary and additional, as assistant navigating officer in August, 1911.[7]
Westall was appointed to the third class protected cruiser H.M.S. Pyramus on 14 February, 1913 for navigating duties.[8]
He was still in Pyramus after the outbreak of war, and he died of an illness during a trip to New Zealand on 4 November 1914. He is buried in Fremantle, Australia.[9]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Email from Eric Fintelman to Tone, 20180808.
- ↑ Email from Eric Fintelman to Tone, 20180808.
- ↑ "Britannia Prize Distribution." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 14, 1904; pg. 5; Issue 37368.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1908). pp. 75a, 137.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Dec 24, 1908; pg. 5; Issue 38838.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 77f.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 05, 1911; pg. 4; Issue 39656.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 363.
- ↑ Email from Eric Fintelman to Tone, 20180808.