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Gibbs was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1904.<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref> | Gibbs was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1904.<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref> | ||
Gibbs was appointed in command of the {{UK-Scourge|f=t}} on 1 August, 1911.{{ | Gibbs was appointed in command of the {{UK-Scourge|f=t}} on 1 August, 1911. He was chastised for losing torpedo number 22 and damage to number 9 from her in early 1913; it was considered that he had not adequately organized and supervised the torpedo tube crews.<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref> | ||
Gibbs was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 30 June, 1912.<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref> | Gibbs was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 30 June, 1912.<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref> | ||
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Captain (retired) George Louis Downall Gibbs, D.S.O. (30 July, 1882 – 31 October, 1956) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of W. C. Gibb, a Blerk of the Holy Order at the Hagley Rectory in Stourbridge. Gibbs received his first naval appointment to the second class protected cruiser Talbot on 15 September, 1898.[1]
Gibbs was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1904.[2]
Gibbs was appointed in command of the destroyer Scourge on 1 August, 1911. He was chastised for losing torpedo number 22 and damage to number 9 from her in early 1913; it was considered that he had not adequately organized and supervised the torpedo tube crews.[3]
Gibbs was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1912.[4]
Great War
Gibbs was appointed in command of the destroyer Crusader on 16 August, 1914.[5]
Gibbs was praised by the Admiralty for the manner in which he attacked an enemy submarine with his destroyer Thruster on 17 May, 1918.[6]
Gibbs was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1918.[7]
Interbellum
Placed on the Retired List at his own request on 22 March, 1923, Gibbs was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 July, 1927.[8]
World War II
In August, 1939, Gibbs was made a Consular Shipping Adviser in Narvik, staying there until mid 1940.
On 5 September 1941 he was appointed in command of the commando troop ship H.M.S. Queen Emma, vice Kershaw. On 17 March 1942, he was re-appointed in command, and as Senior Officer, Raiding Force "D" – a seemingly very "kinetic" assignment for a man in his late fifties.[9]
In April, 1944, he was appointed in command of Ganges, vice Fallowfield, holding the rank of acting Captain. He reverted to the Retired List after the war, on 16 May, 1946.[10]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Henry M. Fothergill |
Captain of H.M.S. Fervent 10 Aug, 1909[11] – 1 Jan, 1910[12][13] |
Succeeded by Richard W. U. Bayly |
| Preceded by Harold E. Sulivan |
Captain of H.M.S. Scourge 1 Aug, 1911[14] |
Succeeded by Henry de B. Tupper |
| Preceded by Richard W. U. Bayly |
Captain of H.M.S. Crusader 16 Aug, 1914[15] – Jun, 1915[Fact Check] |
Succeeded by Robert H. Coppinger |
| Preceded by Godfrey F. W. Grayson |
Captain of H.M.S. Matchless 27 Apr, 1915[16] |
Succeeded by George L. D. Gibbs |
| Preceded by George L. D. Gibbs |
Captain of H.M.S. Matchless 25 Aug, 1916[17] – early 1917[Inference] |
Succeeded by Astley D. C. Cooper-Key |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Thruster Jun, 1917[18] |
Succeeded by George H. Faulkner |
Footnotes
- ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
- ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
- ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
- ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 299.
- ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
- ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
- ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
- ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
- ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 316.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 316.
- ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 372.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 393f.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396b.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 919.
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