David Thorburn Graham-Brown

Captain (retired) David Thorburn Graham-Brown, M.V.O. (27 December, 1883 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Edinburgh, the son of a physician.

Graham-Brown was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1904.

In March 1905 He was awarded the Goodenough Medal for 1904[?] for being the Sub-Lieutenant who achieved the highest gunnery examination while also achieving a first-class certificate in seamanship.

In 1910, Graham-Brown invented an instrument for "automatically obtaining the deflection after altering course." Notably, his invention was to undergo trials.

Graham-Brown was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1912. In 1913, he was appointed to the pre-dreadnought battleship King Edward VII, and he served as her gunnery officer, and then first and gunnery officer until she was lost on 6 January 1916, when he was commended for getting her "boats out very smartly under most difficult conditions".

Graham-Brown was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1914.

Graham-Brown was appointed to the super-dreadnought H.M.S. Royal Oak in January, 1916, to serve as her gunnery officer upon her commissioning. He would retain this role until being sent to Excellent on 1 May 1918 to serve as Experimental Commander.

Graham-Brown was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 27 December, 1929.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by John K. im Thurn	Captain of H.M. T.B. 54 14 Jul, 1904	Succeeded by Maurice C. Bomford