Cecil Ponsonby Talbot

Vice-Admiral Cecil Ponsonby Talbot, D.S.O., Royal Navy (31 August, 1884 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Bangalore, India, the son of a Major.

His first appointment was in H.M.S. Glory on the China Station. He saved the life of an A.B. at Hankow on the Yangtze at some time during this period, and was thanked by the Admiralty.

Talbot was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 November, 1904.

He was appointed to Thames, additional, for submarines on 5 April, 1905. On 14 January, 1907, he was appointed to Mercury for command of submarines.

Lieutenant Talbot was appointed in command of the submarine C 14 on 27 March, 1912.

Talbot was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 November, 1912.

Talbot was appointed in command of the submarine E 6 on 19 March, 1913.

On 17 October, 1913, his appointment to E 6 was renewed and he was also appointed in command of her sister submarine, E 16.

Great War

Talbot was promoted to the rank of Commander on 21 December, 1914.

He was in command of E 16 on 15 September, 1915 when she torpedoed U 45 at 59deg 10' N, 5deg 9' E..

Commander Talbot was appointed in command of the depot ship Ambrose on 19 September, 1918, and placed in command of Ambrose's Flotilla.

Post-War

Talbot was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1919.

Talbot was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 July, 1932.

Talbot was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 17 February, 1936 and placed on the Retired List on 11 December. On 1 May, 1937, however, he would be appointed as the Director of Dockyards vice Admiral Addison, and serve in that post through the entire Second World War.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Ernest L. Colley-Grattan	Captain of H.M.S. C 10 after 18 Sep, 1907	Succeeded by Clement G. W. Head
Preceded by Claude C. Dobson	Captain of H.M.S. B 5 27 Mar, 1912 – 1 May, 1912	Succeeded by Rowland K. C. Pope
Preceded by Robert H. T. Raikes	Captain of H.M.S. C 14 1 May, 1912 – 19 Mar, 1913	Succeeded by Claud L. Y. Dering
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. E 6 19 Mar, 1913 – 4 Feb, 1915	Succeeded by William J. Foster
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. E 16 4 Feb, 1915 – 16 Nov, 1915	Succeeded by Kenneth J. Duff-Dunbar
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. J 5 16 Nov, 1915 – 18 Sep, 1916	Succeeded by Edward C. Boyle
Preceded by Nicholas E. Archdale	Captain of H.M.S. Ambrose 19 Sep, 1918 – 30 Oct, 1920	Succeeded by Robert R. Turner
Preceded by Martin E. Nasmith	Commander (S), Ambrose's Flotilla 19 Sep, 1918 – 30 Oct, 1920	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith	Captain of H.M.S. Lucia 30 Oct, 1920 – 14 Jul, 1921	Succeeded by Geoffrey Layton
Preceded by Frederick A. Sommerville	Captain (S), Eleventh Submarine Flotilla 30 Oct, 1920 – 14 Jul, 1921	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by George B. Lewis	Captain of H.M.S. Inconstant 25 Jul, 1921 – 17 Feb, 1922	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by William R. D. Crowther as Commander (S), First Submarine Flotilla	Captain (S), First Submarine Flotilla 25 Jul, 1921 – 14 Mar, 1922	Succeeded by Max K. Horton
Preceded by Max K. Horton	Captain of H.M.S. Dolphin 14 Mar, 1922 – 14 Mar, 1922	Succeeded by John F. Hutchings
Preceded by The Hon. Arthur Stopford	Captain of H.M.S. Hermes 15 Jul, 1925 – 17 Aug, 1926	Succeeded by Ralph Eliot
Preceded by Thomas F. P. Calvert	Director of the Air Section 27 Sep, 1926 – 7 Jan, 1929	Succeeded by Isham W. Gibson as Director of the Naval Air Division
Preceded by Sidney R. Bailey	Captain of H.M.S. Renown 1 Apr, 1929 – 20 Dec, 1930	Succeeded by G. Frederick B. Edward-Collins
Preceded by Percy L. H. Noble	Director of Naval Equipment 30 Nov, 1932 – 10 Dec, 1934	Succeeded by St. Aubyn B. Wake
Preceded by Noel F. Laurence	Rear-Admiral (S) 10 Dec, 1934 – 10 Dec, 1936	Succeeded by Robert H. T. Raikes
Preceded by Albert P. Addison as Director of Dockyards and Repair	Director of Dockyards 1 May, 1937 – 20 Dec, 1946	Succeeded by ?