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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
Gibson was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 October 1911.{{NLJan15|p. 39}} | |||
Gibson was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 1 October, 1919.{{NLJan20|p. 72}} | |||
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==Post-War== | ==Post-War== | ||
Gibson was appointed in command of the {{UK-Plover|f=t}} on 2 December, 1918. In February, 1919 he was appointed to command {{UK-Medway}} where he remained until November. A series of courses followed, carrying him into 1924 at which point his service record is largely illegible.<ref>Gibson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/157.|D7576718}} ff. 513, 241.</ref> | Gibson was appointed in command of the {{UK-Plover|f=t}} on 2 December, 1918. In February, 1919 he was appointed to command {{UK-Medway}} where he remained until November. A series of courses followed, carrying him into 1924 at which point his service record is largely illegible, though some ship commands are evident.<ref>Gibson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/157.|D7576718}} ff. 513, 241.</ref> | ||
Placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 19 May, 1935.<ref>Gibson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/157.|D7576718}} ff. 513, 241.</ref> | Placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 19 May, 1935.<ref>Gibson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/157.|D7576718}} ff. 513, 241.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 21:17, 10 February 2017
Captain (retired) Arthur Kenneth Gibson (19 May, 1889 – 28 January, 1950) was an officer in the Royal Navy with an incredibly hard-to-read Service Record due to image quality.
Life & Career
Gibson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October 1911.[1]
Gibson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1919.[2]
Gibson was appointed to Nubian as first lieutenant on 30 July, 1914 where he served under Commander Charles Ewer Cundall.[3] This appointment ended on 15 June, 1915 when Gibson was appointed in command of Crane. Thereafter, he commanded a succession of torpedo craft during the war: Myrmidon from mid-March 1916, T.B. 1 from August, 1916, Acheron from February, 1917 and finally Rattlesnake from December, 1917 through the end of the war.
Post-War
Gibson was appointed in command of the destroyer Plover on 2 December, 1918. In February, 1919 he was appointed to command Medway where he remained until November. A series of courses followed, carrying him into 1924 at which point his service record is largely illegible, though some ship commands are evident.[4]
Placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 19 May, 1935.[5]
World War II
Gibson was promoted to the rank of Acting Captain on 1 November, 1939. His service in the war appears to have been largely one of being "on the books", though he did serve on a Selection Board. He reverted to the Retired List on 13 March 1946.
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Robert H. Coppinger |
Captain of H.M.S. Crane 15 Jun, 1915[6] – 17 Mar, 1916 |
Succeeded by Percy N. Fletcher |
| Preceded by Godfrey R. Chambers |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 1 17 Aug, 1916[7] |
Succeeded by Frank E. Woodward |
| Preceded by John B. Spurgin |
Captain of H.M.S. Acheron 1 Mar, 1917[8] |
Succeeded by Basil R. Poë |
| Preceded by Richard C. A. Littleton |
Captain of H.M.S. Rattlesnake Dec, 1917[9] – Dec, 1918[10] |
Succeeded by George S. Harding |
| Preceded by Henry P. Boxer |
Captain of H.M.S. Plover Dec, 1918[11] – 15 Feb, 1919[12][13] |
Succeeded by Philip A. Heyder |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 39.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 72.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 363.
- ↑ Gibson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/157. ff. 513, 241.
- ↑ Gibson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/157. ff. 513, 241.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393f.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 400.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 890.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). pp. 868, 890.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 868.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 868.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 868.
