Benjamin Wingate Barrow

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Rear-Admiral Benjamin Wingate Barrow, D.S.O., Royal Navy (21 August, 1878 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

In December, 1897 he was admitted to Plymouth Hospital for an "uncertain period" with a diagnosis of "Gonoerheal Rhumatism".[1]

Barrow was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1901.[2]

Barrow was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1909.[3]

Barrow was appointed in command of the destroyer Firedrake on 4 January, 1913.[4]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Maori on 30 July, 1914.[5]

Barrow was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1914.[6]

Barrow was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1920.[7]

Barrow was appointed in command of the light cruiser Coventry in July, 1922.

He passed preliminary examinations as an interpreter in French in 1926, though he'd been speaking both French and German at some level since at least 1919.[8]

Barrow was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 14 October, 1932.[9]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
George K. Chetwode
Captain of H.M.S. Firedrake
4 Jan, 1913[10]
Succeeded by
Alfred B. Watts
Preceded by
Henry de B. Tupper
Captain of H.M.S. Maori
30 Jul, 1914[11]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Alfred H. Norman
Captain of H.M.S. Coventry
Jul, 1922[12]
Succeeded by
Richard M. King
Preceded by
Frederick S. Litchfield-Speer
Captain Superintendent, Sheerness Dockyard
? – 23 Mar, 1928[13]
Succeeded by
Hugh D. Hamilton

Footnotes

  1. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  2. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 5.
  3. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  4. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 314.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 354.
  6. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  7. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  8. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  9. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  10. The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 314.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 354.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Superseded that day. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 375.


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