Francis Miners

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Commander R.N.R. (retired) Francis Miners, R.D. (13 September, 1893 – ) was an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Miners was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 8 May, 1918.[1]

After a month in temporary command of the destroyer Crane, Miners was appointed Lieutenant, R.N.R. in Command of the destroyer Fawn on 11 October, 1918.[2][3]

Miners was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 8 May, 1926.[4]

Miners was replaced on the Retired List on 17 October, 1928 and promoted to the rank of Commander R.N.R. on 13 September, 1933.[5]

In 1948, he reported himself living in Flamouth, and available for volunteer service in the event of a mobilisation, being then the Director and Marine Superintendent of the Coasting Steamship Company.[6]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Albert E. Kenyon
Captain of H.M.S. Crane
27 Sep, 1918[7] – 11 Oct, 1918[8]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
John Willits
Captain of H.M.S. Fawn
11 Oct, 1918[9][10] – 23 May, 1919[11]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. Miners Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/130. f. 130.
  2. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 793.
  3. Miners Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/130. f. 130.
  4. Miners Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/130. f. 130.
  5. Miners Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/130. f. 130.
  6. Miners Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/130. f. 130.
  7. Miners Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/130. f. 130.
  8. Miners Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/130. f. 130.
  9. Miners Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/130. f. 130.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 793.
  11. Miners Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/130. f. 130.