Benjamin Wingate Barrow
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]
The Great War
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. On 7 May, 1915, Maori was mined and lost under his command. Barrow became a prisoner of war. Upon his repatriation, he was assigned to work in the Intelligence Division, dated 30 November, 1918.[6]
Post-War
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]
He was temporarily appointed as Captain Superintendent of Contract Built Ships on 19 February, 1927. This would prove temporary, indeed, as he was gone after just four days to be appointed as "CS CBS". He would be in this mysterious post until 1 March, 1929.[9]
Barrow was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 14 October, 1932 and placed on the Retired List the following day.[10]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by George K. Chetwode |
Captain of H.M.S. Firedrake 4 Jan, 1913[11] |
Succeeded by Alfred B. Watts |
| Preceded by Henry de B. Tupper |
Captain of H.M.S. Maori 30 Jul, 1914[12] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Alfred H. Norman |
Captain of H.M.S. Coventry Jul, 1922[13] |
Succeeded by Richard M. King |
| Preceded by Frederick S. Litchfield-Speer |
Captain Superintendent, Sheerness Dockyard ? – 23 Mar, 1928[14] |
Succeeded by Hugh D. Hamilton |
Footnotes
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 5.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 314.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 354.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 314.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 354.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 375.
