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'''John Augustine Edgell''' ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
{{ViceRN}} {{SIR}} '''John Augustine Edgell''', K.B.E., C.B., R.N. (Retired) (20 December, 1880 – 14 November, 1962) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
 
There are ship command appointments for this officer which are illegible in his digitised Service Record.


==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
<!--Edgell was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on  
Edgell was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 March, 1903.{{NLMar13|p. 24}}
 
Edgell was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 31 March, 1911.
 
He was appointed in command of [[H.M.S. Mutine (1900)|''Mutine'']] on 20 January 1912.{{NLAug12|p. 347}}
 
Edgell was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1915.


Edgell was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on  
==Post-World War I==
Edgell was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1923.


Edgell was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on  
He served as Hydrographer of the Navy from 1932 till his retirement from the appointment in 1945.<ref>[https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1963.0005 John Augustine Edgell, 1880-1962, accessed on 4 February 2025].</ref>


Edgell was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on  
Edgell was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 3 March, 1935.
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==See Also==
Edgell was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 29 November, 1938 and placed on the Retired List the following day.
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==Bibliography==
==World War II==
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==Service Records==
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==Footnotes==
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Latest revision as of 20:23, 4 February 2025

Vice-Admiral SIR John Augustine Edgell, K.B.E., C.B., R.N. (Retired) (20 December, 1880 – 14 November, 1962) served in the Royal Navy.

There are ship command appointments for this officer which are illegible in his digitised Service Record.

Life & Career

Edgell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 March, 1903.[1]

Edgell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 March, 1911.

He was appointed in command of Mutine on 20 January 1912.[2]

Edgell was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1915.

Post-World War I

Edgell was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1923.

He served as Hydrographer of the Navy from 1932 till his retirement from the appointment in 1945.[3]

Edgell was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 3 March, 1935.

Edgell was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 29 November, 1938 and placed on the Retired List the following day.

World War II

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Ernest C. Hardy 		Captain of H.M.S. Mutine
20 Jan, 1912[4] – 5 Mar, 1914 		Succeeded by
Robert W. Glennie
Preceded by
Ernest C. Hardy 		Captain of H.M.S. Hearty
11 May, 1914[5] – 14 Sep, 1915 		Succeeded by
Thomas G. Comber
Preceded by
Thomas G. Comber 		Captain of H.M.S. Endeavour
14 Sep, 1915[6] – 20 Jan, 1917 		Succeeded by
Reginald L. Hancock
Preceded by
John D. Nares 		Superintendent of Charts
1 Sep, 1917 – 1 Nov, 1920 		Succeeded by
John D. Nares
Preceded by
John D. Nares 		Superintendent of Charts
1 Mar, 1923 – 1 Apr, 1925 		Succeeded by
Francis E. B. Haselfoot
Preceded by
Cosmo B. Hastings
as Captain of H.M.S. Silvio 		Captain of H.M.A.S. Moresby
20 Jun, 1925[7] 		Succeeded by
William M. Carey
Preceded by
Denys A. Henderson 		Captain of H.M.A.S. Moresby
9 Feb, 1928 – 24 Jan, 1930 		Succeeded by
Harold E. Turner
Preceded by
Edward F. B. Law 		Captain of H.M.S. Endeavour
24 Jan, 1930 – 15 May, 1931 		Succeeded by
William V. Rice
Preceded by
John D. Nares 		Assistant Hydrographer of the Navy
29 May, 1931 – 1 Oct, 1932 		Succeeded by
Arthur L. Jackson
Preceded by
Henry P. Douglas 		Hydrographer of the Navy
1 Oct, 1932[8] – 1945 		Succeeded by
Arthur G. N. Wyatt

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 24.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 347.
  3. ↑ John Augustine Edgell, 1880-1962, accessed on 4 February 2025.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 347.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 394n.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 394e.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 293.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 532.

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