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{{CommRN}} (retired) '''Robert Pringle Kingscote''', R.N. (10 January, 1884 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]]. | {{CommRN}} (retired) '''Robert Pringle Kingscote''', R.N. (10 January, 1884 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]] and the [[Royal Canadian Navy]]. | ||
==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
Kingscote entered the Royal Navy as a Colonial Candidate. | Born in Bective, New South Wales, Kingscote entered the Royal Navy as a Colonial Candidate.<ref>Kingscote Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/36.|}} ff. 19, 379.</ref> | ||
Kingscote was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1905. | Kingscote was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1905. In 1907 he traveled to attend a boxing match in Aldershot and camew down with heat stroke. This began an extended series of hospitalisations and medical surveys about which few details are noted except that he complained of headaches.<ref>Kingscote Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/36.|}} ff. 19, 379.</ref> | ||
Kingscote was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 10 December, 1908, Kingscote was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} (retired) on 31 December, 1913.<ref>Kingscote Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/36.|}} ff. 19, 379.</ref> | |||
Despite his earlier medical issues, Kingscote served in the war in the Canadian Naval Service. This service had him in {{UK-EmperorOfIndia|f=p}} from 12 October, 1914 through 13 August, 1916. He was also gunnery officer in {{UK-Phaeton}} from 1 June 1917 through 20 July 1918.<ref>Kingscote Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/36.|}} ff. 19, 379.</ref> | |||
Kingscote was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on the Retired List in recognition of his wartime service, dated 11 November, 1918. | Kingscote was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on the Retired List in recognition of his wartime service, dated 11 November, 1918.<ref>Kingscote Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/36.|}} ff. 19, 379.</ref> | ||
He would serve in the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] from February 1919 through 26 April, 1920.<ref>Kingscote Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/36.|}} ff. 19, 379.</ref> | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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Revision as of 14:27, 8 March 2022
Commander (retired) Robert Pringle Kingscote, R.N. (10 January, 1884 – ) served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Bective, New South Wales, Kingscote entered the Royal Navy as a Colonial Candidate.[1]
Kingscote was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1905. In 1907 he traveled to attend a boxing match in Aldershot and camew down with heat stroke. This began an extended series of hospitalisations and medical surveys about which few details are noted except that he complained of headaches.[2]
Kingscote was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 10 December, 1908, Kingscote was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander (retired) on 31 December, 1913.[3]
Despite his earlier medical issues, Kingscote served in the war in the Canadian Naval Service. This service had him in H.M.S. Emperor of India from 12 October, 1914 through 13 August, 1916. He was also gunnery officer in Phaeton from 1 June 1917 through 20 July 1918.[4]
Kingscote was promoted to the rank of Commander on the Retired List in recognition of his wartime service, dated 11 November, 1918.[5]
He would serve in the Royal Canadian Navy from February 1919 through 26 April, 1920.[6]
See Also
Bibliography
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| Preceded by Thomas Mitchell |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 82 20 Jan, 1906[7][8] – 10 Nov, 1906[9] |
Succeeded by Frank G. Bramble |
Footnotes
- ↑ Kingscote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/36. ff. 19, 379.
- ↑ Kingscote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/36. ff. 19, 379.
- ↑ Kingscote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/36. ff. 19, 379.
- ↑ Kingscote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/36. ff. 19, 379.
- ↑ Kingscote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/36. ff. 19, 379.
- ↑ Kingscote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/36. ff. 19, 379.
- ↑ Kingscote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/36. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 400.
- ↑ Kingscote Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/36. f. ?.
