Douglas Burn Buchan Brown

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Lieutenant David Bruce Nicol, R.N., Retired (13 February, 1888 – 31 May, 1916) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Selkirk, the son of A. B. Brown, Esq., Douglas Brown gained two and a half months' time on passing out of Britannia on 15 January 1904 and and was appointed to join the Template:UK-Clipse on the China Station on that date.[1]

Brown was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1909.[2]

Brown was appointed to the battlecruiser Indefatigable as gunnery officer on 20 January, 1915. He would die in her at the Battle of Jutland.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/143. f. 146.
  2. Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/143. f. 146.