Ernest Robert Maycock

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Commander (retired) Ernest Robert Maycock, R.N. (23 August, 1882 – 2 May, 1952) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Maycock was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on the Supplementary List on 1 April, 1913.

Maycock was injured when Cupar was mined and lost off the east coast on 5 May 1919, just two days after he'd been appointed in command.

In command of the trawler William Jones from 3 January, 1920 until he retired on 19 April, 1920.

Maycock was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander (retired) on 1 April, 1921.

Maycock was promoted to the rank of Commander (retired) on 23 August, 1922.

World War II

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
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Captain of H.M.S. Dahlia
24 May, 1916[1] – 18 May, 1917
Succeeded by
Raymond G. F. H. de Caen
Preceded by
Francis Howard
Captain of H.M.S. Marigold
10 Oct, 1917[2] – 18 Feb, 1919
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Heythrop
18 Feb, 1919[3] – 3 May, 1919
Succeeded by
Horace L. Morgan
Preceded by
Horace L. Morgan
Captain of H.M.S. Cupar
3 May, 1919 – 5 May, 1919[4]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost
Preceded by
Walter M. Knowles
Captain of H.M.S. Truro
May, 1919[5] – late 1919
Succeeded by
Harold T. Baillie-Grohman

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 393m.
  2. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 842.
  3. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 813.
  4. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 149.
  5. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 922.