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Revision as of 14:41, 10 July 2019
Commander (retired) Robert Neville Stopford, R.N. (4 July, 1888 – 3 November, 1949) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Somerset, the son of Rear-Admiral Robert Wilbraham Stopford.[1]
Stopford was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1910.[2]
Stopford was appointed in command of the submarine A 8 in October, 1913.[3]
Stopford was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1918.[4]
On 23 June, 1919, Stopford was appointed in command of the submarine L 15.[5]
Stopford was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 1 October, 1929.[6]
World War II
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Eric E. C. Tufnell |
Captain of H.M.S. A 8 Oct, 1913[7] – 6 May, 1915[8] |
Succeeded by Richard I. Pulleyne |
Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. H 6 6 May, 1915[9] – 19 Jan, 1916[10] |
Succeeded by Vessel Interned |
Preceded by Lancelot V. Donne |
Captain of H.M.S. G 5 23 Nov, 1918[11] – 21 Jun, 1919[12] |
Succeeded by Humphrey G. Veale |
Preceded by Victor E. Ward |
Captain of H.M.S. L 15 22 Jun, 1919[13][14] – 30 Mar, 1922[15] |
Succeeded by The Hon. Walter S. Carson |
Preceded by Walter H. Leeke |
Captain of H.M.S. PC 74 19 Sep, 1922[16][17] – 20 Oct, 1924[18] |
Succeeded by Henry F. Waight |
Preceded by Ronald A. Trevor |
Superintendent of Anti-Gas Training, Chatham 27 Jul, 1927[19] – 27 Jul, 1929[Inference] |
Succeeded by George C. Lang |
Footnotes
- ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/6. 357.
- ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/6. 357.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 364.
- ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/6. 357.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 799.
- ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/6. 357.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 364.
- ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/6. 357.
- ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/6. 357.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. pp. 50, 51.
- ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/6. 357.
- ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/6. 357.
- ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/6. 357.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 799. 23 June given here.
- ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/6. 357.
- ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/6. 357.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 257. 15 September given here.
- ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/6. 357.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 259.