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Willett was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 August, 1917. | On 27 June 1917 he was appointed in command of {{UK-CMB9}}. On 3 September 1918, he was appointed in command of {{UK-CMB100M}}. | ||
Willett was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 August, 1917. | |||
On 14 April, 1919, he left command of his C.M.B. and was sent to Portsmouth. | |||
Willett was appointed Lieutenant in Command of the {{UK-P31|f=t}} on 11 November, 1920.{{NLJan21|p 819-20}} He qualified for signals in March, 1922. | Willett was appointed Lieutenant in Command of the {{UK-P31|f=t}} on 11 November, 1920.{{NLJan21|p 819-20}} He qualified for signals in March, 1922. | ||
Revision as of 13:59, 23 March 2018
Captain (retired) Basil Rupert Willett, C.B.E., D.S.C., (23 July, 1896 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
On 27 June 1917 he was appointed in command of Template:UK-CMB9. On 3 September 1918, he was appointed in command of Template:UK-CMB100M.
Willett was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 August, 1917.
On 14 April, 1919, he left command of his C.M.B. and was sent to Portsmouth.
Willett was appointed Lieutenant in Command of the patrol boat P31 on 11 November, 1920.[1] He qualified for signals in March, 1922.
Willett was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 August, 1935.
Willett was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1931.
World War II
Willett was granted the acting rank of Captain on 23 October, 1939.
Willett was placed on the Retired List with the rank of Captain on 8 October, 1945. In 1948, he proceeded to South America to work with Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p 819-20.
