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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
Born at Muzafferspur[?], Behar, India. | |||
Disney was promoted to the rank of {{ | Disney was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1907.<ref>Disney Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/259.|}} f. 300.</ref> | ||
Disney was appointed to the {{UK-1Arethusa|f=tp}} as Gunnery Officer on 7 December, 1914 and was lost overboard at sea | Disney was appointed to the {{UK-1Arethusa|f=tp}} as Gunnery Officer on 7 December, 1914 and was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1915.<ref>Disney Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/259.|}} f. 300.</ref> | ||
He was lost overboard at sea from ''Arethusa'' on the evening of 4 January 1916 and drowned. A Court of Enquiry determined that it was an accident.<ref>Disney Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/259.|}} f. 300.</ref> | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:22, 31 October 2022
Lieutenant-Commander Edward Ogle Disney, (17 December, 1886 – 4 January, 1916) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born at Muzafferspur[?], Behar, India.
Disney was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1907.[1]
Disney was appointed to the light cruiser H.M.S. Arethusa as Gunnery Officer on 7 December, 1914 and was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1915.[2]
He was lost overboard at sea from Arethusa on the evening of 4 January 1916 and drowned. A Court of Enquiry determined that it was an accident.[3]
See Also
Bibliography
Footnotes
- ↑ Disney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/259. f. 300.
- ↑ Disney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/259. f. 300.
- ↑ Disney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/259. f. 300.
