Difference between revisions of "Edgar William Buchanan"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
(Update appts)
Line 23: Line 23:
 
<div name=fredbot:appts>{{TabApptsBegin}}
 
<div name=fredbot:appts>{{TabApptsBegin}}
 
{{TabNaval}}
 
{{TabNaval}}
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''?'''|'''[[H.M.S. P40 (1916)|Captain of H.M.S. ''P40'']]'''<br>10 Oct, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 396''ii''}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Charles Leonard Dettmar|Charles L. Dettmar]]'''}}
+
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''New Command'''|'''[[H.M.S. P40 (1916)|Captain of H.M.S. ''P40'']]'''<br>10 Oct, 1916<ref>Buchanan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/206.|}} f. 252.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 396''ii''}} &ndash; 21 Jan, 1917<ref>Buchanan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/206.|}} f. 252.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Charles Leonard Dettmar|Charles L. Dettmar]]'''}}
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Bertram Home Ramsay|Bertram H. Ramsay]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Weymouth (1910)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Weymouth'']]'''<br>21 Oct, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 288}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Henry Victor Hudson|Henry V. Hudson]]'''}}
+
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Bertram Home Ramsay|Bertram H. Ramsay]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Weymouth (1910)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Weymouth'']]'''<br>7 Mar, 1925<ref>Buchanan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/206.|}} f. 252.</ref> &ndash; 8 Apr, 1925<ref>Buchanan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/206.|}} f. 252.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Henry Victor Hudson|Henry V. Hudson]]'''}}
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Edwin Anderson Homan|Edwin A. Homan]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. P38 (1917)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Spey'']]'''<br>1 Jan, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 270}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Henry Ioan Montagu Lawrence Scott|Henry I. M. L. Scott]]'''}}
+
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Edwin Anderson Homan|Edwin A. Homan]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. P38 (1917)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Spey'']]'''<br>1 Jan, 1926<ref>Buchanan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/206.|}} f. 252.</ref>{{NLJul27|p. 270}} &ndash; 2 Jan, 1928<ref>Buchanan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/206.|}} f. 252.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Henry Ioan Montagu Lawrence Scott|Henry I. M. L. Scott]]'''}}
 
{{TabEnd}}
 
{{TabEnd}}
 
</div name=fredbot:appts>
 
</div name=fredbot:appts>

Revision as of 22:35, 22 April 2021

Captain (retired) Edgar William Buchanan, D.S.C. (5 May, 1880 – 20 June, 1953) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Buchanan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on the Supplementary List on 1 September, 1913. He was appointed to Murray on 13 November, 1914. He left the ship on 1 February, 1916 when he was appointed to Abdiel. On 10 October, 1916 he was appointed to the patrol boat P40, to assume command upon her commissioning.[1]

From 10 July 1917 to June 1919, he commanded a Hydrophone Flotilla.

Buchanan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 September, 1921.[2]

Buchanan was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1924.[3]

Buchanan was placed on the Retired List on account of age at the rank of Captain on 5 May, 1930.[4]

World War II

He served in the Trade Division from September 1939, and reverted to the Retired List on 20 June, 1946. He suffered a fractured fibula c. February 1942.[5]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. P40
10 Oct, 1916[6][7] – 21 Jan, 1917[8]
Succeeded by
Charles L. Dettmar
Preceded by
Bertram H. Ramsay
Captain of H.M.S. Weymouth
7 Mar, 1925[9] – 8 Apr, 1925[10]
Succeeded by
Henry V. Hudson
Preceded by
Edwin A. Homan
Captain of H.M.S. Spey
1 Jan, 1926[11][12] – 2 Jan, 1928[13]
Succeeded by
Henry I. M. L. Scott

Footnotes

  1. Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/206. f. 252.
  2. Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/206. f. 252.
  3. Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/206. f. 252.
  4. Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/206. f. 252.
  5. Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/206. f. 252.
  6. Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/206. f. 252.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396ii.
  8. Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/206. f. 252.
  9. Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/206. f. 252.
  10. Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/206. f. 252.
  11. Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/206. f. 252.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 270.
  13. Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/206. f. 252.