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Glossop commanded the Australian {{AU-Sydney|f=t}} and successfully brought the German raider {{DE-Emden}} to action and destroyed her off the Cocos Islands on 9 November, 1914.{{UKNavalOpsI|pp. 381-4}} | Glossop commanded the Australian {{AU-Sydney|f=t}} and successfully brought the German raider {{DE-Emden}} to action and destroyed her off the Cocos Islands on 9 November, 1914.{{UKNavalOpsI|pp. 381-4}} | ||
Around 1916, Glossop wrote an official letter with a tone the Admiralty deemed "improper". Another similar case was cited | Around 1916, Glossop wrote an official letter with a tone the Admiralty deemed "improper". Another similar case was cited, but the matter was allowed to drop. Glossop was decorate with his C.B. at Buckingham Palace on 4 October, 1916.<ref>Glossop Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/218.|D7576541}} f. 218.</ref> | ||
==Post-War== | ==Post-War== | ||
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Vice-Admiral (retired) John Collings-Taswell Glossop, C.B., R.N. (23 October, 1871 – 23 December, 1934) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Glossop was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in June, 1893.[1]
Glossop was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1904.[2]
On 21 January, 1905 he was invalided from the training ship Gibraltar with insomnia.[3]
Glossop was appointed as executive officer in the third class protected cruiser Prometheus on 3 January, 1908. He was criticised for a lack of attention to detail in her inspection.[4]
Glossop was appointed in command of the battleship Hood on 1 September, 1910.
He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 22 June, 1911.[5]
Great War
Glossop commanded the Australian light cruiser Sydney and successfully brought the German raider Emden to action and destroyed her off the Cocos Islands on 9 November, 1914.[6]
Around 1916, Glossop wrote an official letter with a tone the Admiralty deemed "improper". Another similar case was cited, but the matter was allowed to drop. Glossop was decorate with his C.B. at Buckingham Palace on 4 October, 1916.[7]
Post-War
Glossop was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral dated 20 November, 1921, vice Marshall, and was placed on the Retired List on the following day.[8]
Glossop was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 25 October, 1926.[9]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by John C. Watson |
Captain of H.M.S. Lizard 17 Aug, 1902[10] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Rudolf W. Bentinck |
Captain of H.M.S. Prometheus 3 Jan, 1908[11] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Arthur T. Taylor |
Captain of H.M.S. Hood 1 Sep, 1910[Citation needed] |
Succeeded by Robert W. Myburgh |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.A.S. Sydney 10 Mar, 1913[12] |
Succeeded by John S. Dumaresq |
Footnotes
- ↑ Glossop Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/218. f. 218.
- ↑ Glossop Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/218. f. 218.
- ↑ Glossop Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/218. f. 218.
- ↑ Glossop Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/218. f. 218.
- ↑ Glossop Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/218. f. 218.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. pp. 381-4.
- ↑ Glossop Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/218. f. 218.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32540. p. 9890. 6 December, 1921.
- ↑ Glossop Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/218. f. 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 277a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 362.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 399p.
