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Revision as of 20:13, 6 June 2016

Rear-Admiral Henry Percy Boxer, R.N. (14 October, 1885 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Boxer was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1907.[1]

Boxer was appointed in command of the destroyer Ness on 31 May, 1913.[2]

Great War

Boxer was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1915.[3]

He was captain of the destroyer Noble at the Battle of Jutland, where she operated with the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla.[4]

Post-War

On 7 December, 1918, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Sportive.[5]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Shamrock on 2 September, 1919.[6]

Boxer was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1920.[7]

Boxer was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1927.[8]

Boxer was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 January, 1939.[9]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Salisbury H. Simpson 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 042
26 May, 1910[10] – 27 Apr, 1911[11] 		Succeeded by
George Collins
Preceded by
Philip H. Irwin
as Captain of H.M. T.B. 071 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 071
27 Apr, 1911[12] – 24 Oct, 1911[13] 		Succeeded by
William P. English
Preceded by
Arthur M. Longmore 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 111
24 Oct, 1911[14][15] – 9 Mar, 1912[16] 		Succeeded by
Philip D. Crofton
Preceded by
William B. Mackenzie 		Captain of H.M.S. Cherwell
9 Mar, 1912[17] – 23 Jan, 1913[18] 		Succeeded by
Charles A. Poignand
Preceded by
Edmund A. T. de P. de la Poer 		Captain of H.M.S. Ness
31 May, 1913[19][20] – 15 Apr, 1914[21] 		Succeeded by
William T. Makeig-Jones
Preceded by
Ernest D. Panter 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 4
9 Jan, 1915[22][23] – 17 Jan, 1916[24] 		Succeeded by
Frederick R. M. Johnson
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Noble
22 Jan, 1916[25][26] – 15 Oct, 1917[27] 		Succeeded by
Henry C. Rawlings
Preceded by
Reginald B. C. Hutchinson 		Captain of H.M.S. Plover
16 May, 1918[28] – Dec, 1918[29] 		Succeeded by
Arthur K. Gibson
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Sportive
7 Dec, 1918[30] – 25 Jan, 1919[31] 		Succeeded by
Charles H. Knox-Little
Preceded by
Charles H. Knox-Little 		Captain of H.M.S. Tetrarch
25 Jan, 1919[32][33] – May, 1919[34] 		Succeeded by
Ian C. S. Hilton
Preceded by
Henry R. James 		Captain of H.M.S. Sorceress
May, 1919[35][36] – Aug, 1919[37] 		Succeeded by
Charles T. A. Bunbury
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Shamrock
2 Sep, 1919[38] – 11 Jan, 1921[39] 		Succeeded by
Cecil H. H. Sams
Preceded by
Evelyn C. O. Thomson 		Captain of H.M.S. Valentine
7 Aug, 1922[40] – 6 Apr, 1923[41] 		Succeeded by
John I. Hallett
Preceded by
Arthur J. L. Murray 		Captain of H.M.S. Windsor
29 Dec, 1925[42] – 9 Aug, 1927[43] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Harold G. C. Franklin 		Captain of H.M.S. Emerald
23 Feb, 1929[44] – 24 Mar, 1931[45] 		Succeeded by
John W. Clayton
Preceded by
Alexander R. W. Woods 		Captain of H.M.S. Greenwich
1 May, 1931[46] – 1 Aug, 1933[47] 		Succeeded by
Francis H. G. Walker
Preceded by
Richard H. L. Bevan 		Captain of H.M.S. York
late 1933[48] – 22 Oct, 1936[49] 		Succeeded by
Harold E. Morse
Preceded by
Francis H. G. Walker 		Captain of H.M.S. Greenwich
28 Jan, 1937[50] – 1 Jun, 1938[51] 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 9.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 349.
  3. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  4. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 45.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 863.
  7. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  8. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  9. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  10. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  11. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  12. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  13. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 400.
  15. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  16. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  17. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  18. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 349.
  20. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  21. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 400.
  23. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  24. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396g.
  26. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  27. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 868.
  29. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911.
  31. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 916.
  33. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  34. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 908.
  36. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  37. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 863.
  39. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 825.
  41. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  42. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  43. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  44. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  45. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  46. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  47. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  48. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  49. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  50. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  51. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.


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