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Pratt was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1911.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28567/pages/3 no. 28567.  p. 3.]  1 January, 1911.</ref>
 
Pratt was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1911.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28567/pages/3 no. 28567.  p. 3.]  1 January, 1911.</ref>
  
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He was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1918.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30451/supplements/80 (Supplement) no. 30451.  p. 80.]  1 January, 1918.</ref>
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==Post-War==
 
Gilbert was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 7 April, 1922, vice [[Stephen Herbert Radcliffe|Radcliffe]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32672/pages/3030 no. 32672.  p. 3030.]  14 April, 1922.</ref>
 
Gilbert was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 7 April, 1922, vice [[Stephen Herbert Radcliffe|Radcliffe]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32672/pages/3030 no. 32672.  p. 3030.]  14 April, 1922.</ref>
  

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Admiral Thomas Drummond Gilbert (formerly Pratt), C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (4 November, 1870 – 24 January, 1962) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Pratt was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 January, 1893.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1904.[2]

Pratt was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1911.[3]

Great War

He was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1918.[4]

Post-War

Gilbert was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 7 April, 1922, vice Radcliffe.[5]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 July, 1927, vice Nicholson, and was placed on the Retired List on 2 July.[6] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 6 October, 1931.[7]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26359. p. 2. 2 January, 1893.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27750. p. 25. 3 January, 1905.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28567. p. 3. 1 January, 1911.
  4. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30451. p. 80. 1 January, 1918.
  5. ↑ London Gazette: no. 32672. p. 3030. 14 April, 1922.
  6. ↑ London Gazette: no. 33294. p. 4565. 15 July, 1927.
  7. ↑ London Gazette: no. 33761. p. 6464. 9 October, 1931.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral T. D. Gilbert" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 26 January, 1962. Issue 55299, col A, pg. 15.

Service Record

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