Cyril Beauchamp Hampshire
Commander (retired) Cyril Beauchamp Hampshire (24 July, 1874 – 24 September, 1956) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of a reverend in Torquay, Hampshire gained four months' seniority on passing out of Britannia.
Hampshire was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1896.
Hampshire was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1904. He served as first officer in Venus from June 1906 to August, 1908.
Hampshire's next appointment was in Achilles as first officer, commencing 9 February, 1909. Hampshire received a dismal review from Captain William Nicholson in the armoured cruiser Achilles, who requested Hampshire's removal from the ship on account of his being "lazy & incompetent" and having "no command of men." Hampshire was accordingly superseded on 20 December, 1909.
Hampshire was placed on the Retired List on 18 July, 1910.
Hampshire served in the battleship Albion from the Test Mobilisation through her paying off on 18 January, 1916.
On 23 May 1915, Hampshire received a bullet wound at the Dardanelles, the projectile striking him near his right collarbone.
Hampshire was promoted to the rank of Commander on 12 July, 1915.
He commanded the seaplane carrier Ark Royal from June 1916 to August, 1917. On 8 August, 1917, he was appointed to the first class protected cruiser St. George. On 23 August, 1917, Hampshire responded with "skill and bravery" following an explosion aboard the fleet messenger S.S. Pebble.
Hampshire served in St. George until 7 August, 1919.
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Robert H. Clark-Hall |
Captain of H.M.S. Ark Royal 3 Jun, 1916[1] |
Succeeded by Henry N. Gilbert |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 391k.
