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'''Walter Napier Thomason Beckett''' ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRN}} '''Walter Napier Thomason Beckett''', M.V.O., D.S.C., Royal Navy (25 March, 1893 – 10 March, 1941) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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On 15 January, 1914, he was promoted to {{SubRN}}.<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>
  
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==Great War==
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Beckett was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 November, 1915.<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>
  
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Beckett married Gladys Hemery Lindon on 30 July, 1928 at St. Luke's in South Kensington, London.<ref>Beckett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>
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On 15 January, 1913, Beckett was made an Acting {{SLieutRN}}.{{NLMar13|p. 6}}
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Beckett was appointed in command of the {{UK-Centurion|f=t}} in April, 1937.{{MackieRNW}}
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Beckett was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1929.<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>
  
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Beckett was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1936.<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>
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Beckett was appointed in command of the {{UK-Centurion|f=t}} in April, 1937.
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He was admitted to Haslar hospital on 10 January, 1940 for three days to treat an old sprain injury on his left ankle and was released fit for duty.<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>
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Beckett died in hospital after an exploratory surgery undertaken in efforts to relieve damage to his lungs from poison gas exposure suffered long before.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._N._T._Beckett Wikipedia].</ref>
 
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Revision as of 10:47, 28 June 2015

Captain Walter Napier Thomason Beckett, M.V.O., D.S.C., Royal Navy (25 March, 1893 – 10 March, 1941) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

On 15 January, 1913, Beckett was made an Acting Sub-Lieutenant.[1]

On 15 January, 1914, he was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant.[2]

Great War

Beckett was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 November, 1915.[3]

Post-War

Beckett married Gladys Hemery Lindon on 30 July, 1928 at St. Luke's in South Kensington, London.[4]

Beckett was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1929.[5]

Beckett was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1936.[6]

Beckett was appointed in command of the battleship Centurion in April, 1937.

He was admitted to Haslar hospital on 10 January, 1940 for three days to treat an old sprain injury on his left ankle and was released fit for duty.[7]

Beckett died in hospital after an exploratory surgery undertaken in efforts to relieve damage to his lungs from poison gas exposure suffered long before.[8]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Irving M. Palmer 		Captain of H.M.S. Centurion
Apr, 1937[9] 		Succeeded by
Richard V. Symonds-Tayler

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 6.
  2. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  3. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  4. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  5. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  6. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  7. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  8. ↑ Wikipedia.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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