Eric Ford Schomberg Back

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Commander Eric Ford Schomberg Back, D.S.C., R.N. (29 January, 1912 – 25 April, 2004) served in the Royal Navy.

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

Life & Career

The son of Captain Eric Percy Coventry Back.

Back received the Beaufort and Wharton Testimonial.

Back was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 11 December, 1933.[1]

Back was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 December, 1941.[2]

In April 1944 he was serving in Indefatigable.[3]

Back was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1948. He retired on 29 January, 1962.[4]

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Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (December, 1939). p. 4.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1943). p. 7.
  3. The Navy List. (April, 1944). p. 7.
  4. UnitHistories.com.