Henry Byng Pilcher

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Commander (retired) Henry Byng Pilcher, R.N. (26 August, 1884 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Pilcher ranked forty-second among 62 successful candidates in examinations for entry to the Britannia intake term of September 1899, with 2224 marks.[1]

Pilcher was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1906.[2]

Pilcher was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1914.[3] He was appointed to Crescent, which was at that point a shore establishment, as Flag Lt. Cdr. to Admiral Cecil Burney on 2 April, 1918.[4]

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Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
John P. Champion
Captain of H.M. T.B. 15
1 Feb, 1910[5] – after 13 Jan, 1912[6]
Succeeded by
Cecil R. E. W. Perryman

Footnotes

  1. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 12, 1899; pg. 8; Issue 35906.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 124.
  3. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 357.
  4. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 768.
  5. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 400.
  6. "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jan 13, 1912; pg. 7; Issue 39794.