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'''Norman McCrea Lewis''', ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]]. | {{CommRN}} (retired) '''Norman McCrea Lewis''', (2 March, 1875 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
< | The son of Captain E. Lewis.<ref>Lewis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/57.|}} f. 59.</ref> | ||
Lewis was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on | |||
Lewis was | Lewis was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1896.<ref>Lewis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/57.|}} f. 59.</ref> | ||
Lewis was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 31 December, 1904.<ref>Lewis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/57.|}} f. 59.</ref> | |||
Lewis was placed on the Retired List as unfit for further service due to an injury to his leg and "very defective vision" on 1 March, 1905. The following year, He would become a Commander Instructor, R.N.V.R..<ref>Lewis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/57.|}} f. 59.</ref> | |||
He was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 2 March, 1915 while serving in the Great War training new Air Service mechanics. He woudl later serve again in {{UK-Magnificent}} and even assume command when she paid off in May 1916. He would manage Boom Defences for a time before being placed in command of a "Q" ship whose loss he survived after she was torpedoed by {{DE-U62}}.<ref>Lewis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/57.|}} f. 59.</ref> | |||
On 21 December 1918 he was to revert to the Retired List upon the expiration of a two month leave, which transpired on 3 February, 1919.<ref>Lewis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/57.|}} f. 59.</ref> | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Norman+McCrea+Lewis Service Records] | * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Norman+McCrea+Lewis Service Records] | ||
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Revision as of 16:13, 7 September 2021
Commander (retired) Norman McCrea Lewis, (2 March, 1875 – ) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of Captain E. Lewis.[1]
Lewis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1896.[2]
Lewis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1904.[3]
Lewis was placed on the Retired List as unfit for further service due to an injury to his leg and "very defective vision" on 1 March, 1905. The following year, He would become a Commander Instructor, R.N.V.R..[4]
He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 2 March, 1915 while serving in the Great War training new Air Service mechanics. He woudl later serve again in Magnificent and even assume command when she paid off in May 1916. He would manage Boom Defences for a time before being placed in command of a "Q" ship whose loss he survived after she was torpedoed by U 62.[5]
On 21 December 1918 he was to revert to the Retired List upon the expiration of a two month leave, which transpired on 3 February, 1919.[6]
See Also
Bibliography
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Edmund L. B. Lockyer |
Captain of H.M.S. Q.12 ? – 30 Apr, 1917[7] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Footnotes
- ↑ Lewis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 59.
- ↑ Lewis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 59.
- ↑ Lewis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 59.
- ↑ Lewis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 59.
- ↑ Lewis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 59.
- ↑ Lewis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 59.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 87.
