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Revision as of 20:18, 12 April 2023
File:Edward Kitson Magnificent.jpg
Kitson as a Midshipman in Magnificent, c. 1905.
From official officers' photograph in album of George Napier Tomlin.
From official officers' photograph in album of George Napier Tomlin.
Captain (retired) Edward Wollaston Kitson, Royal Navy (7 March, 1888 – 18 February, 1944) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of Captain E. Kitson of Paynsford Newton Abbot.
Kitson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 December, 1909.
Kitson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 December, 1917.
Kitson was granted the acting rank of Commander on 29 August, 1918.
Post-War
Kitson was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1923.
Kitson was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Captain on 7 March, 1934.
World War II
Mobilised 1938.
Collision between H.M.T. [illeg] and S.S. Siak, 1941 or so.
See Also
Footnotes
