Charles Edward Aglionby

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Commander (retired) Charles Edward Aglionby, R.N. (26 June, 1882 – ) served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy.

Life & Career

Aglionby was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 26 June, 1903.

On 21 July, 1910, Aglionby was appointed to Niobe, shortly before she was to be transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy. Though he was retired, he would stay in her through the transition, assuming W/T duties and eventually become her temporary captain upon the departure of Captain William Balfour Macdonald some time between July and October, 1913.

Aglionby was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 26 June, 1911 and placed on the Retired List at his own request on 30 June, 1912.

Aglionby reverted to the Retired List on 16 August, 1919 and was promoted to the rank of Commander (retired) in recognition of wartime service, dated 11 November, 1918.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
William B. Macdonald
Captain of H.M.C.S. Niobe
?
Succeeded by
John H. K. Clegg
Preceded by
Basil R. Brooke
Captain of H.M.S. Gossamer
20 Nov, 1915[1] – 25 Aug, 1917
Succeeded by
Thomas E. Coombs
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Zetland
late Aug, 1917 – 10 May, 1918
Succeeded by
Frank Casson
Preceded by
William S. Bardwell
Captain of H.M.S. Pansy
10 May, 1918[2]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Hubert H. Holland
Captain of H.M.S. Godetia
6 Dec, 1918 – 15 Jan, 1919
Succeeded by
Richard H. L. Bevan
Preceded by
Hubert H. Holland
Senior Officer, First Fleet Sweeping Flotilla
6 Dec, 1918 – 15 Jan, 1919
Succeeded by
Richard H. L. Bevan

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 394b.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 863.