Evelyn Harry Byrd Levett Scrivener

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Captain (retired) Evelyn Harry Byrd Levett Scrivener, R.N. (12 December, 1884 – 22 August, 1950) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Scrivener tied for forty-eighth among 62 successful candidates in examinations for entry to the Britannia intake term of September 1899, with 2173 marks.[1]

Scrivener was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1906.

Scrivener was appointed in command of the destroyer Ostrich on 14 February, 1912.[2]

On 25 November, 1913, Scrivener was appointed in command of the destroyer Ure.[3]

Scrivener was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1914.

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Scythe on 22 June, 1918.[4]

Scrivener was promoted to the rank of Commander in June, 1919. He retired at his own request on 1 November, 1922.

Scrivener was promoted to the rank of Captain (retired) on 2 December, 1929. This should perhaps be 12 December, but was clearly written.

World War II

Reverted 1 November, 1941.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Jeremiah McCarthy 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 41
12 Jan, 1906[5] – 10 Dec, 1906 		Succeeded by
David V. F. Erskine
Preceded by
Edmund A. T. de P. de la Poer 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 26
25 Mar, 1911[6] – 5 Feb, 1912 		Succeeded by
Julian Harrison
Preceded by
Lionel G. Foote 		Captain of H.M.S. Ostrich
14 Feb, 1912[7] – 25 Nov, 1913 		Succeeded by
John K. McLeod
Preceded by
Reginald S. Goff 		Captain of H.M.S. Ure
25 Nov, 1913[8] – 14 Nov, 1915 		Succeeded by
Edward S. Graham
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Snakefly
14 Nov, 1915 – 5 Feb, 1916 		Succeeded by
Arthur M. Y. Dane
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Gnat
5 Feb, 1916 – 24 Oct, 1917 		Succeeded by
Harold F. B. Handley
Preceded by
Harold F. B. Handley 		Captain of H.M.S. Gnat
21 Dec, 1917 – 29 Jan, 1918 		Succeeded by
Gerald L. Hodson
Preceded by
Hugh B. Wrey 		Captain of H.M.S. Murray
29 Jan, 1918 – Mar, 1918 		Succeeded by
Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton
Preceded by
Edwin A. Homan 		Captain of H.M.S. Marvel
Mar, 1918 – 17 Jun, 1918 		Succeeded by
Walter H. G. Fallowfield
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Scythe
22 Jun, 1918[9] – 29 Jan, 1920 		Succeeded by
Walter F. Smithwick
Preceded by
Ralph W. Wilkinson 		Captain of H.M.S. Seawolf
29 Jan, 1920[10] – 2 Feb, 1920 		Succeeded by
Charles F. R. Cowan
Preceded by
Gerald C. Wynter 		Captain of H.M.S. Versatile
19 May, 1920 – 14 Jun, 1920 		Succeeded by
Victor L. A. Campbell
Preceded by
John Fawcett 		Captain of H.M.S. Redoubt
15 Apr, 1921 – 13 Mar, 1922 		Succeeded by
Herbert Owen

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 12, 1899; pg. 8; Issue 35906.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 351.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 387.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 905.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 399.
  6. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 23, 1911; pg. 14; Issue 39540.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 351.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398t.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 905.
  10. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, January 31, 1920, Issue 42322, p. 6.

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