Raymond George Francis Herault de Caen
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
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 829.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395w.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 392z.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 829.
