Gerald Edward Colpoys

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Captain Gerald Edward Colpoys, R.N., Retired (21 December, 1893 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of William Colpoys, Esq., who was an insurance broker.

Colpoys was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 December, 1915.

Post-War

Colpoys was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 December, 1923.

Colpoys was appointed in command of Oberon on 27 March, 1928. He was re-appointed in her when he was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1928. He left when he was appointed in command of H.M.S. Ross and for command of the Experimental Half-Flotilla and for Class I duty with submarines. He was superseded on 1 January, 1931 and went to attend a Staff Coiurse at the Royal Navy Staff College, Greenwich.

Colpoys was appointed in command of Osiris on 27 February, 1932, vice Macintyre. He was superseded in command on 16 September, 1932.

World War II

Colpoys was placed on the Retired List on account of age with the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1943.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Colin G. MacArthur
Captain of H.M.S. H 24
20 Jan, 1919[1][2] – 14 Aug, 1920[3]
Succeeded by
Alexander McG. McCulloch
Preceded by
Charles de Burgh
Captain of H.M.S. L 17
14 Aug, 1920[4] – 18 Oct, 1920[5]
Succeeded by
Leslie H. Ashmore
Preceded by
Alastair S. Cumming
Captain of H.M.S. H 32
7 Sep, 1924[6][7] – 26 Nov, 1925[8]
Succeeded by
Vivian R. S. Bowlby
Preceded by
Claud B. Barry
Captain of H.M.S. L 16
15 Apr, 1926[9] – 15 May, 1926[10]
Succeeded by
Harry P. K. Oram
Preceded by
Colin Mayers
Captain of H.M.S. M 3
12 Jul, 1926[11] – 11 Jan, 1927[12]
Succeeded by
Ian A. P. Macintyre
Preceded by
Henry N. Lake
Captain of H.M.S. L 22
1 Aug, 1927[13] – 24 Feb, 1928[14]
Succeeded by
William D. Stephens
Preceded by
Guy D'Oyly-Hughes
Captain of H.M.S. Oberon
Apr, 1928[15] – 15 Jan, 1929[16]
Succeeded by
Charles R. Thompson
Preceded by
Edward A. Aylmer
Captain of H.M.S. Ross
15 Jan, 1929[17] – 1 Jan, 1931[18]
Succeeded by
John H. Macnair
Preceded by
Ian A. P. Macintyre
Captain of H.M.S. Osiris
27 Feb, 1932[19] – 16 Sep, 1932[20]}
Succeeded by
John L. Fletcher
Preceded by
Edward A. Aylmer
Captain of H.M.S. Bruce
16 Sep, 1932[21][22] – 1934[23]
Succeeded by
Harry P. K. Oram

Footnotes

  1. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  2. The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 782a.
  3. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  4. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  5. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  6. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 243.
  8. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  9. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  10. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  11. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  12. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  13. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  14. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  15. "Submarine Command Changes." The Times (London, England), 10 Apr. 1928, p. 12.
  16. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  17. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  18. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  19. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  20. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  21. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
  22. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 218.
  23. Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.