Robert Warren Johnson
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Captain Robert Warren Johnson, Royal Navy (10 May, 1868 – 22 September, 1914) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Johnson scored 1,362 marks in the competitive examinations for cadetships in the Royal Navy, coming first out of his batch of twenty.[1]
Johnson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1891.[2]
He married on 11 July, 1906, Grace Isobel, fourth daughter of the late Algernon Paley, and had two sons and one daughter.
In December 1913, he assumed command of the first class protected cruiser Europa[3] until being appointed to command the armoured cruiser Cressy in August 1914[4] and was lost in action September 22, when she was torpedoed in the North sea engagement.
Bibliography
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/89.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Edmund M. C. Cooper-Key |
[[H.M.S. Niger (1892)|Captain of H.M.S. Niger]] 28 Feb, 1903[5] |
Succeeded by Edmund J. Prendergast |
| Preceded by Edgar Lees |
Captain of H.M.S. Hazard May, 1905[6] |
Succeeded by Albert P. Addison |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Vulcan 5 Jan, 1909[7] |
Succeeded by Vernon H. S. Haggard |
| Preceded by Gerald C. A. Marescaux |
Captain of H.M.S. Europa 16 Dec, 1913[8] |
Succeeded by Gerald W. Vivian |
| Preceded by Herbert J. T. Marshall |
Captain of H.M.S. Cressy Aug, 1914[9] |
Succeeded by ? |
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 June, 1881. Issue 30231, col E, p. 8.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26149. p. 1870. 3 April, 1891.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 349.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 325.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 395a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 310.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
