Gilbert Elliot Harrison
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Lieutenant Gilbert Elliot Harrison, (6 August, 1851 – 3 September, 1889) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Harrison was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 2 July, 1875.
He was awarded the Egyptian Medal in 1882.
Harrison relinquished command of the gunboat Bramble to return home, sick, on 13 April 1889, and was replaced in command by Lieutenant Pieter G.V. van der Byl, R.N., of H.M.S. Raleigh, by order of the Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope Station.[1]
Harrison was formally invalided on 15 May 1889.
He died at Easington Rectory in Durham from the effects of fever he'd contracted on service on the West Coast of Africa, while in command of Bramble.
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| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Bramble 21 Oct, 1887[2] – 15 May, 1889 |
Succeeded by Frederick G. C. Langdon |
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