Hilary Poland Mead

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Commander (retired) Hilary Poland Mead, R.N. (10 July, 1888 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He would specialise in wireless telegraphy.

Life & Career

Born in Dulwich.

Mead was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 July, 1909.

Mead was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 1 in on 13 October, 1914.[1]

Mead was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 July, 1917.

Mead was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Commander on 22 June, 1929.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Frederick T. de M. Morgan
Captain of H.M. T.B. 1
13 Oct, 1914[2] – 15 Feb, 1915
Succeeded by
Godfrey R. Chambers

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 131.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 131.