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After about two years of service in {{UK-Carysfort}} and {{UK-Lark}}, Roberts was promoted to the rank of temporary {{LieutRNR}} on 6 April, 1917.  He would then become the one and only captain of the {{UK-Belvoir|f=t}}, and would provide over four years service in mine sweeping service, for which he would be awarded a D.S.C..
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After about two years of service in the {{UK-Larkspur|f=t}}, Roberts was promoted to the rank of temporary {{LieutRNR}} on 6 April, 1917.  He would then become the one and only captain of the {{UK-Belvoir|f=t}}, and would provide over four years service in mine sweeping service, for which he would be awarded a D.S.C..
  
 
Demobilised on 8 November 1919, Roberts was noted as having "take[n] greatest pos pride in his ship".
 
Demobilised on 8 November 1919, Roberts was noted as having "take[n] greatest pos pride in his ship".

Revision as of 08:23, 29 July 2020

Lieutenant R.N.R. Robert Bonar Roberts, D.S.C., R.N.R. ( – ) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

After about two years of service in the sweeping sloop Larkspur, Roberts was promoted to the rank of temporary Lieutenant R.N.R. on 6 April, 1917. He would then become the one and only captain of the minesweeper Belvoir, and would provide over four years service in mine sweeping service, for which he would be awarded a D.S.C..

Demobilised on 8 November 1919, Roberts was noted as having "take[n] greatest pos pride in his ship".

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
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Captain of H.M.S. Belvoir
Apr, 1917[1]
Succeeded by
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Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 739.