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Biggs was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 April, 1906.{{NLMar13|p. 7}} | Biggs was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 April, 1906.{{NLMar13|p. 7}} | ||
Biggs was appointed in command of the {{UK-C16|f=t}} on 20 November, 1913.{{NLJan15|p. 277}} | Biggs was appointed in command of the {{UK-C16|f=t}} on 20 November, 1913.{{NLJan15|p. 277}} | ||
− | Biggs was killed when his {{UK-E30}} was lost, probably to a mine, on or about 22 November, 1916.{{HepperLosses|p. 75}} | + | Biggs was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 April, 1914. |
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+ | Biggs was killed when his {{UK-E30}} was lost, probably to a mine, on or about the official date of 22 November, 1916.{{HepperLosses|p. 75}} | ||
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Revision as of 18:02, 25 July 2017
Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Nepean Biggs (12 November, 1885 – 22 November, 1916) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Biggs was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 April, 1906.[1]
Biggs was appointed in command of the submarine C 16 on 20 November, 1913.[2]
Biggs was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 April, 1914.
Biggs was killed when his E 30 was lost, probably to a mine, on or about the official date of 22 November, 1916.[3]
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Noel F. Laurence |
Captain of H.M.S. B 6 1 Jan, 1909[4] – 1910 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey R. S. Watkins |
Preceded by Noel F. Laurence |
Captain of H.M.S. A 1 2 Dec, 1910[5] |
Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by Ferdinand E. B. Feilmann |
Captain of H.M.S. C 16 20 Nov, 1913[6] |
Succeeded by Harold Boase |
Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. E 30 ? – Nov, 1916[7] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 75.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 319.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 344.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 75.
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