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Gilbert was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 7 April, 1922, vice [[Stephen Herbert Radcliffe|Radcliffe]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32672/pages/3030 no. 32672.  p. 3030.]  14 April, 1922.</ref>
 
Gilbert was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 7 April, 1922, vice [[Stephen Herbert Radcliffe|Radcliffe]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32672/pages/3030 no. 32672.  p. 3030.]  14 April, 1922.</ref>
  
Promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 1 July, 1927Retired on 2 July.  Promoted to {{AdmRN}} on the Retired List on 6 October, 1931.
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He was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 1 July, 1927, vice [[Wilmot Stuart Nicholson|Nicholson]], and was placed on the Retired List on 2 July.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33294/pages/4565 no. 33294.  p. 4565.]  15 July, 1927.</ref> He was advanced to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on the Retired List on 6 October, 1931.
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 09:41, 1 April 2011

Admiral Thomas Drummond Gilbert (formerly Pratt), C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (4 November, 1870 – 24 January, 1962) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1904.[1]

Pratt was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1911.[2]

Gilbert was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 7 April, 1922, vice Radcliffe.[3]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 July, 1927, vice Nicholson, and was placed on the Retired List on 2 July.[4] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 6 October, 1931.

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 27750. p. 25. 3 January, 1905.
  2. London Gazette: no. 28567. p. 3. 1 January, 1911.
  3. London Gazette: no. 32672. p. 3030. 14 April, 1922.
  4. London Gazette: no. 33294. p. 4565. 15 July, 1927.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral T. D. Gilbert" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 26 January, 1962. Issue 55299, col A, pg. 15.

Service Record