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'''Raymond George Francis Herault de Caen''' (2 May, 1882 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{LCommRN}} '''Raymond George Francis Herault de Caen''', D.S.C. (2 May, 1882 – April, 1922) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]] and the [Royal Naval Reserve]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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De Caen was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 April, 1913.
  
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He joined {{UK-Temeraire}} from the R.N.R. in June 1913, having just passed medically.
  
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De Caen was appointed in command of the {{UK-Laurel|f=t}} on 2 April, 1918.{{NLFeb19|p. 829}}
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Caen was appointed in command of the {{UK-Laurel|f=t}} on 2 April, 1918.{{NLFeb19|p. 829}}
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De Caen was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 1 April, 1921.
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In 1922, he was faulted for losing keys to steel chests and asked to cover costs of making new keys.
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He was placed in command of a group of reserve destroyers.
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De Caen drowned in a bathtub at the Royal Hotel, Devonport.  A coroner determined he had had "an attack of syncope brought on by an affection [sic] of the heart."
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His widow attested that he had been in very bad health as a result of the war, and had been given just six months to live.
  
 
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Revision as of 14:29, 21 January 2020

Lieutenant-Commander Raymond George Francis Herault de Caen, D.S.C. (2 May, 1882 – April, 1922) was an officer in the Royal Navy and the [Royal Naval Reserve]].

Life & Career

De Caen was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1913.

He joined Temeraire from the R.N.R. in June 1913, having just passed medically.

De Caen was appointed in command of the destroyer Laurel on 2 April, 1918.[1]

De Caen was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1921.

In 1922, he was faulted for losing keys to steel chests and asked to cover costs of making new keys.

He was placed in command of a group of reserve destroyers.

De Caen drowned in a bathtub at the Royal Hotel, Devonport. A coroner determined he had had "an attack of syncope brought on by an affection [sic] of the heart."

His widow attested that he had been in very bad health as a result of the war, and had been given just six months to live.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Alban T. B. Curteis
Captain of H.M.S. Lively
29 Mar, 1916[2]
Succeeded by
Basil A. Taylor
Preceded by
Harold E. Denison
Captain of H.M.S. Ouse
14 Apr, 1917 – 5 Jul, 1917[Inference]
Succeeded by
Thomas H. G. Barton
Preceded by
Ernest R. Maycock
Captain of H.M.S. Dahlia
19 May, 1917[3]
Succeeded by
Donald C. G. Neish
Preceded by
Arthur Evans
Captain of H.M.S. Laurel
2 Apr, 1918[4]
Succeeded by
Victor L. A. Campbell

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 829.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395w.
  3. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 392z.
  4. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 829.