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==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
Cumming was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 April, 1906.
Born in Wick, Gloucester, the son of Dr. G. W. Cumming.<ref>Cumming Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/109.|}} f. ?.</ref>


Cumming was appointed to {{UK-Donegal}} as Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral [[Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock|Cradock]] on 8 February, 1913He followed the admiral to {{UK-1Suffolk}} later in the year and indeed would be attendant to him for the rest of their lives.
Cumming was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 April, 1906.<ref>Cumming Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/109.|}} f. ?.</ref>


Cumming was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 1 April, 1914.  He was appointed to the {{UK-GoodHope|f=tp}} on 16 August, 1914 and died when she sank with all hands at the [[Battle of Coronel]] on 1 November, 1914.
Cumming was appointed to {{UK-Donegal}} as Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral [[Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock|Cradock]] on 8 February, 1913.  He followed the admiral to {{UK-1Suffolk}} later in the year and indeed would be attendant to him for the rest of their lives.<ref>Cumming Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/109.|}} f. ?.</ref>
 
Cumming was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 1 April, 1914.  He was appointed to the {{UK-GoodHope|f=tp}} on 16 August, 1914 and died when she sank with all hands at the [[Battle of Coronel]] on 1 November, 1914.<ref>Cumming Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/109.|}} f. ?.</ref>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+George+Edward+Cumming Service Records]
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Revision as of 17:41, 14 March 2022

Lieutenant-Commander George Edward Cumming, R.N. (20 December, 1883 – 1 November, 1914) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Wick, Gloucester, the son of Dr. G. W. Cumming.[1]

Cumming was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1906.[2]

Cumming was appointed to Donegal as Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Cradock on 8 February, 1913. He followed the admiral to Suffolk later in the year and indeed would be attendant to him for the rest of their lives.[3]

Cumming was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1914. He was appointed to the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Good Hope on 16 August, 1914 and died when she sank with all hands at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November, 1914.[4]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Edward M. Bennett
Captain of H.M. T.B. 98
21 Sep, 1904[5] – 2 Apr, 1906
Succeeded by
Gordon R. Bald

Footnotes

  1. Cumming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/109. f. ?.
  2. Cumming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/109. f. ?.
  3. Cumming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/109. f. ?.
  4. Cumming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/109. f. ?.
  5. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 400.