Norman Hunter Carter
Captain (retired) Norman Hunter Carter (25 July, 1877 – 13 November, 1949) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He would distinguish himself in the bombardment of the Belgian Coast, but soon leave the service after the intensity of the work overwhelmed him.
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Life & Career
The son of a Major J. C. Carter, Norman Carter gained five months' time on passing out of Britannia. He was appointed to join Royal Arthur in the Pacific in March, 1893. He was invalided from her on 8 August, 1894 with paraplegia. This proved temporary, and Carter was sent to join the Royal Sovereign in the Channel Squadron in late October, 1894, arriving in England on 4 December to take up this assignment.[1]
Carter was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1899.[2]
Upon being superseded in command of T.B. 117 by Dashwood Fowler Moir on 15 May, 1909, Carter was appointed to Temeraire, becoming that dreadnought's first lieutenant on 6 January, 1910. Carter was promoted to the rank of Commander on 22 June 1911, and on 27 July left Temeraire to take up an appointment in command of the Tribal Class destroyer Zulu.[3]
Carter was appointed to the battleship Africa as executive officer on 1 August, 1912. On 28 July, 1914 Carter was appointed from Africa to join the War Staff, settling in first with the Mobilisation Division and moving to the Operations Division as Staff Officer, second grade on 31 October, 1914.
Carter was appointed to the monitor Lord Clive in June, 1915, to assume command upon her commissioning. He took her directly into action, bombarding the Belgian coast. On 8 September, 1915 he received a slight wound. This appears to have shaken him, as on the 25th he was temporarily superseded in command of Lord Clive and under evaluation ashore at Deal where he was diagnosed with neurasthenia. He was sent to Deal Infirmary on 9 November, never to return to seagoing command. He was gazetted for his work in bombarding the Belgian Coast in August and September, 1915, gazetted 12 January, 1916.[4]
Carter was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 29 August, 1916.[5]
Post-War
Carter was promoted to the rank of Captain on the Retired List on 25 July, 1922.[6]
Carter died of lung cancer in late 1949.[7]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Harry H. Smyth |
Captain of H.M.S. Hardy 28 Nov, 1900[8] |
Succeeded by Robert G. D. Dewar |
| Preceded by Cecil D. S. Raikes |
Captain of H.M.S. Thrasher 21 Dec, 1903[9] |
Succeeded by Archibald T. Stewart |
| Preceded by Hubert S. Monroe |
Captain of H.M.S. Salmon 4 Sep, 1906[10] |
Succeeded by Charles E. L. Thomas |
| Preceded by Henry L. Hitchins |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 117 25 May, 1907[11] |
Succeeded by Dashwood F. Moir |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Lord Clive Jul, 1915[12] |
Succeeded by George R. B. Blount |
Footnotes
- ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/301. f. 340.
- ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/301. f. 340.
- ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/301. f. 340.
- ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/301. f. 340.
- ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/301. f. 340.
- ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/301. f. 340.
- ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/301. f. 340.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 262.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 386.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 371.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 399.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395n.
