Aubrey Basil Fanshawe

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Captain (retired) Aubrey Basil Fanshawe, (13 November, 1893 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Fanshawe was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 May, 1916.[1]

Appointed first and gunnery officer of Bruce on 13 October 1919.[2]

Fanshawe was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 May, 1924.[3]

Fanshawe was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1929.[4]

Fanshawe was lent to New Zealand Government for three years from 4 August, 1938.[5]

World War II

Fanshawe was placed on the Retired List on account of age with the rank of Captain on 13 November, 1943.[6]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Francis J. H. Dawson
Captain of H.M.S. Moorhen
7 Feb, 1925[7][8] – Mar, 1927[9]
Succeeded by
Cameron St. C. Ingham
Preceded by
George F. L. Marx
Captain of H.M.S. Gannet
28 Jul, 1930[10] – Aug, 1932[11]
Succeeded by
Donal B. O'Connell
Preceded by
Henry N. Lake
Captain of H.M.S. Erebus
17 Dec, 1936[12][13] – 1 Feb, 1938[14]
Succeeded by
Peveril B. R. W. William-Powlett
Preceded by
James Powell
as Commodore-in-Charge, Portland
Commander of Dockyard, etc.
8 Feb, 1938[15] – 4 Aug, 1938[16]
Succeeded by
Gerald W. Hoare-Smith

Footnotes

  1. Fanshawe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/40. f. 41.
  2. Fanshawe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/40. f. 41.
  3. Fanshawe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/40. f. 41.
  4. Fanshawe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/40. f. 41.
  5. Fanshawe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/40. f. 41.
  6. Fanshawe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/40. f. 41.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 256.
  8. Fanshawe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/40. f. 41.
  9. Fanshawe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/40. f. 41.
  10. Fanshawe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/40. f. 41.
  11. Fanshawe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/40. f. 41.
  12. Fanshawe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/40. f. 41.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 237.
  14. Fanshawe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/40. f. 41.
  15. Fanshawe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/40. f. 41.
  16. Hoare-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/46. f. 46.