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Daintree was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 1 February, 1908 and appointed Assistant Inspector of Life Saving Apparatus under the Board of Trade.<ref>Daintree Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/231.|}} f. 212.</ref>
 
Daintree was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 1 February, 1908 and appointed Assistant Inspector of Life Saving Apparatus under the Board of Trade.<ref>Daintree Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/231.|}} f. 212.</ref>
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Following wartime service in Transport roles, he reverted to the Retired List on 1 March 1919.<ref>Daintree Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/231.|}} f. 212.</ref>
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He was often in naval hospitals in the 1930s onward, suffering from gastric conditions and Bell's Palsy.<ref>Daintree Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/231.|}} f. 212.</ref>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 10:12, 17 March 2022

Captain John D. Daintree, 1919.
Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Captain (retired) John Dodson Daintree, C.B.E., R.N. (2 January, 1864 – 21 September, 1952) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Daintree was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in October, 1886.[1]

Daintree was promoted to the rank of Commander in December, 1899.[2]

Daintree was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 February, 1908 and appointed Assistant Inspector of Life Saving Apparatus under the Board of Trade.[3]

Following wartime service in Transport roles, he reverted to the Retired List on 1 March 1919.[4]

He was often in naval hospitals in the 1930s onward, suffering from gastric conditions and Bell's Palsy.[5]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles W. S. Leggatt
Divisional Naval Transport Officer, Liverpool
31 May, 1915[6][Inference] – 18 Oct, 1915
Succeeded by
Frank J. Thring
Preceded by
?
Principal Naval Transport Officer, Liverpool
18 Oct, 1915 – 16 Jan, 1918
Succeeded by
Henry V. Simpson
Preceded by
Peter B. Garrett
Senior Naval Officer, Newhaven
16 Jan, 1918 – Feb, 1919
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
?
Principal Naval Transport Officer, Newhaven
16 Jan, 1918 – Feb, 1919
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. Daintree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/231. f. 212.
  2. Daintree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/231. f. 212.
  3. Daintree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/231. f. 212.
  4. Daintree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/231. f. 212.
  5. Daintree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/231. f. 212.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 431j.