Difference between revisions of "Eric Arthur Forbes Drought"

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Lieutenant-Commander Eric Arthur Forbes Drought, D.S.C., R.N. ( – 25 February, 1944) served in the Royal Navy.

I have been unable to find a Service Record for him at The National Archives.

Drought was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 June, 1934.^[1]

Drought was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 June, 1942.^[2]

Drought died in command of the destroyer Mahratta when she was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Norway by U 990.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by James C. Clouston	Captain of H.M.S. Isis 3 Jun, 1940 – 17 Jun, 1940	Succeeded by Casper S. B. Swinley

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 ==Life & Career==
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+Drought died in command of the destroyer [[H.M.S. Mahratta (1942)|''Mahratta'']] when she was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Norway by ''U 990''.
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 ==See Also==
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 * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Eric+Arthur+Forbes+Drought Service Records]
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