Arthur Sydney Chambers

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Commander Arthur Sydney Chambers, R.N., Retired (7 March, 1875 – 22 January, 1926.) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Chambers was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 August, 1896.

Chambers was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 August, 1904.

Chambers was appointed to Duncan as first officer on 1 February, 1908. In his first ten days there, he was reported for an excessive wine bill, incurring the Admiralty's severe displeasure, but Captain Ewart evaluated Chambers as a "markedly efficient executive officer who commands & leads the men well", and specifically noted that Chambers had reined in his drinking.

Chambers was promoted to the rank of Acting Commander on 5 August, 1917.

Chambers was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 October, 1919.

Died after suffering for two years with cirrhosis of the liver.

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Naval Appointments
Preceded by
William H. D. Boyle
Captain of H.M.S. Hardy
9 Oct, 1903[1] – 27 Oct, 1904
Succeeded by
Alfred B. Barker
Preceded by
William H. Grieve
Captain of H.M.S. Skate
28 Oct, 1904 – 1 Apr, 1905
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Morris E. Cochrane
Captain of H.M.S. Ranger
1 Apr, 1905 – 23 May, 1905
Succeeded by
Frank F. Rose
Preceded by
Frank F. Rose
Captain of H.M.S. Roebuck
23 May, 1905 – 1 Aug, 1905
Succeeded by
Bernard J. H. Ward

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 323.