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Powis was promoted to the rank of {{CGunnerRN}} on 1 April, 1912.
 
Powis was promoted to the rank of {{CGunnerRN}} on 1 April, 1912.
  
Powis was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 18 May, 1916.  During the war, he served in {{UK-TB116}] from 28 February 1914 to 18 December, 1914 when he was appointed to {{UK-Spiteful}} for torpedo duties.
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Powis was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 18 May, 1916.  During the war, he served in {{UK-TB116}} from 28 February 1914 to 18 December, 1914 when he was appointed to {{UK-Spiteful}} for torpedo duties.
  
 
On 8 June, 1916 he was appointed to {{UK-Greenwich}} for torpedo duties.
 
On 8 June, 1916 he was appointed to {{UK-Greenwich}} for torpedo duties.

Revision as of 18:54, 14 April 2020

Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Thomas Henry Powis, (27 August, 1868 – 9 October, 1942) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Powis was promoted to the rank of Gunner on 1 July, 1895. On 28 August, 1895 he married Lottie Blanche Payne in Landport.

Powis assisted in the aftermath of the 1908 earthquake at Messina and received a medal for his efforts in August, 1912.

Powis was promoted to the rank of Chief Gunner on 1 April, 1912.

Powis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 18 May, 1916. During the war, he served in T.B. 116 from 28 February 1914 to 18 December, 1914 when he was appointed to Spiteful for torpedo duties.

On 8 June, 1916 he was appointed to Greenwich for torpedo duties.

On 9 October, 1917 he was appointed to Actæon for torpedo duties. He remained there until being sent to the torpedo training school H.M.S. Vernon on 13 February, 1919.

Powis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander (retired) on 15 May, 1924.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
George H. Kelsey
Captain of H.M. T.B. 42
26 Jul, 1905[1] – Feb, 1906
Succeeded by
Ernest J. F. Tisdall

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 399.