Albert Edward Dixie
Lieutenant-Commander Albert Edward Dixie, Royal Navy (29 September, 1878 – 16 May, 1920) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Dixie was born in Chesterfield, London, the son of Sir Beaumont Dixie. He gained nine months' on passing out of Britannia.
Dixie's name was withdrawn from the list of naval cadets on 17 June, 1895 and restored on 28 August. He was appointed to Nile in the Mediterranean on 14 September 1895. On 16 June 1896 he was invalided from Nile with a remittent fever.
Dixie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 28 November, 1900.[1] Dixie was awarded 1904's Shadwell Testimonial for a re-survey of Port Sweltenham he conducted, for which he also received the thanks of the Colonial Office of the Federated Malay States.
Dixie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 28 November, 1908.
In 1909, Dixie was appointed as first and navigating officer in the armoured cruiser Bedford. She was stranded and lost on 21 August, 1910. A Court Martial was conducted on 16 and 17 November 1910 proved a charge against Dixie of having by default suffering the ship to be stranded. He was severely reprimanded and dismissed the ship. He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 15 December, 1910, but this was cancelled on 10 January, 1911 – again at his own request – and he went on half pay for six months.
Dixie was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 6 in August, 1914.[2]
In mid 1918, he was authoring works on aeronautics and instructing R.N.A.S. officers.
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by William J. F. Dunlop |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 6 Aug, 1914[3] – 6 May, 1915[4][5] |
Succeeded by Francis E. Wright |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 22.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 400.
