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Latest revision as of 14:41, 9 May 2022
Commander (retired) Hilary Poland Mead, R.N. (10 July, 1888 – 30 November, 1961) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He would specialise in wireless telegraphy.
Life & Career
Born in Dulwich.
Mead was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 July, 1909.
Mead was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 1 in on 13 October, 1914.[1] From mid-February 1915, he provided wireless telegraphy expertise to the Second Battle Squadron and the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron.
Mead was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 July, 1917.
Mead was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Commander on 22 June, 1929.
Mead served as the editor of The Mariner's Mirror from 1946 until 1954.
See Also
- Service Records
- Wikipedia
- Photograph album of Royal Navy ships, naval men and the Coronation Review, 1911 at the National Maritime Museum
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Frederick T. de M. Morgan |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 1 13 Oct, 1914[2] – 15 Feb, 1915 |
Succeeded by Godfrey R. Chambers |
| Preceded by Nigel de G. Waymouth |
In Charge, Chatham Signal School 23 Aug, 1939[3] – 6 Sep, 1942[4] |
Succeeded by Reginald V. Barton |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 131.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 131.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1442.
- ↑ Barton Service Record. The National Archives. 196/56/181. f. 183.
