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Miles was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1927.<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>
 
Miles was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1927.<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>
  
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Miles was appointed in command of the {{UK-Comus|f=t}} in August, 1929, and while acting as Captain (D) of the {{UK-DF|3}}, in command of "A" class destroyers [[H.M.S. Codrington (1929)|''Codrington'']], [[H.M.S. Acasta (1929)|''Acasta'']], and [[H.M.S. Active (1929)|''Active'']] in 1930 through 1932.  On 4 April, 1932, ''Active'' and ''Acates'' collided and Their Lordships informed Miles that "he must be held very seriously to blame for a grave error of judgment."<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>
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Miles was appointed in command of the {{UK-Comus|f=t}} in August, 1929, and while acting as Captain (D) of the {{UK-DF|3}}, in command of "A" class destroyers [[H.M.S. Codrington (1929)|''Codrington'']], [[H.M.S. Acasta (1929)|''Acasta'']], and [[H.M.S. Active (1929)|''Active'']] in 1930 through 1932.  On 4 April, 1932, ''Active'' and ''Achates'' collided and Their Lordships informed Miles that "he must be held very seriously to blame for a grave error of judgment."<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>
  
 
Miles was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 10 January, 1939 and placed on the Retired List the following day in accordance with the [[Order in Council of 9 March, 1914]].<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>
 
Miles was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 10 January, 1939 and placed on the Retired List the following day in accordance with the [[Order in Council of 9 March, 1914]].<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>

Revision as of 23:05, 13 April 2017

Rear-Admiral Roderick Bruce Tremayne Miles (8 June, 1887 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Miles was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1907.[1]

On 13 December, 1913, Miles was appointed to Woolwich as torpedo officer.

Great War

Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1915, on 22 December he was appointed to Fearless to serve as torpedo officer for the First Destroyer Flotilla. On 4 April, 1916 he married Marjorie Gertrude Sellar in Surrey and he would be discharged from 1 D.F. 6 days later, to Cyclops. He'd become torpedo officer in Shannon for a little under a month in late 1916 and then in Minotaur for three months.[2]

Post-war

Miles was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1920.[3]

Miles was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1927.[4]

Miles was appointed in command of the light cruiser Comus in August, 1929, and while acting as Captain (D) of the Third Destroyer Flotilla, in command of "A" class destroyers Codrington, Acasta, and Active in 1930 through 1932. On 4 April, 1932, Active and Achates collided and Their Lordships informed Miles that "he must be held very seriously to blame for a grave error of judgment."[5]

Miles was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 January, 1939 and placed on the Retired List the following day in accordance with the Order in Council of 9 March, 1914.[6]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur T. Walker 		Captain of H.M.S. Vesuvius
12 Mar, 1918[7] – 26 Sep, 1919[8] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Francis A. W. Buller 		Captain of H.M.S. Campbell
26 Sep, 1919[9] – 14 Jul, 1920[10] 		Succeeded by
Frank F. Rose
Preceded by
Alfred G. Peace 		Captain of H.M.S. Hollyhock
12 Jan, 1926[11] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Henry R. Sawbridge 		Captain of H.M.S. Comus
14 Aug, 1929[12] – 1 May, 1930[13] 		Succeeded by
Douglas Young-Jamieson
Preceded by
Robert S. MacFarlan 		Captain of H.M.S. Defiance
13 Dec, 1932[14] – 7 Aug, 1934[15] 		Succeeded by
Leonard F. Potter
Preceded by
Alfred H. Taylor 		Captain of H.M.S. Vernon
8 Aug, 1934[16] – 6 Sep, 1935[17] 		Succeeded by
Algernon U. Willis
Preceded by
Lancelot E. Holland 		Captain of H.M.S. Revenge
Dec, 1935[18] – Aug, 1936[19] 		Succeeded by
Frederick A. Buckley
Preceded by
Henry R. Sawbridge 		Captain of H.M.S. Renown
19 Dec, 1935[20] – 31 Aug, 1936[21] 		Succeeded by
John H. Jauncey
Preceded by
Frank Elliott 		Captain of H.M.S. Royal Sovereign
31 Aug, 1936[22] – Jul, 1937[23] 		Succeeded by
James W. S. Dorling
Preceded by
Frederick A. Buckley 		Captain of H.M.S. Revenge
Jun, 1937[24] – 3 Jan, 1938[25] 		Succeeded by
William Frederic Wake-Walker
Preceded by
Douglas A. Budgen 		Captain of H.M.S. Defiance
4 Jan, 1938[26] – 9 Jan, 1939[27] 		Succeeded by
Frederic N. Attwood
Preceded by
Frederic N. Attwood 		Captain of H.M.S. Defiance
4 Sep, 1939[28] – 5 Feb, 1946[29] 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  2. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  3. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  4. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  5. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  6. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  7. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  8. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  9. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  10. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  11. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  12. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  13. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  14. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  15. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  16. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  17. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  21. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  22. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  23. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  24. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  25. ↑ Superseded that day. Wake-Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/76. 187.
  26. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  27. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  28. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  29. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.


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