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'''Samuel Giles Spencer McNeil''', ( – ) served in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].
{{CaptRNR}} (retired) '''Samuel Giles Spencer McNeil''', R.D. (15 May, 1871 – 7 May, 1936) served in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].


==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
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On 28 January 1918 he was surveyed at the Admiralty and found fit for shore service, only.  he was to be resurveyed on 29 July.  He was demobilised on 7 June, 1919.<ref>McNeil Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/52/56.|}} f. 56.</ref>
 
McNeil was placed on the Retired List on account of age at the rank of {{CaptRNR}} on 15 May, 1921.<ref>McNeil Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/52/56.|}} f. 56.</ref>
 
==See Also==
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Revision as of 18:11, 21 July 2022

Captain R.N.R. (retired) Samuel Giles Spencer McNeil, R.D. (15 May, 1871 – 7 May, 1936) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

McNeil was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 22 November, 1900.[1]

McNeil's service record does not note that he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R., but if this were a simple omission, it would be dated 22 November, 1908.[2]

McNeil was promoted to the rank of Commander R.N.R. on 1 September, 1914.[3]

On 28 January 1918 he was surveyed at the Admiralty and found fit for shore service, only. he was to be resurveyed on 29 July. He was demobilised on 7 June, 1919.[4]

McNeil was placed on the Retired List on account of age at the rank of Captain R.N.R. on 15 May, 1921.[5]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
The Hon. Edward T. Needham
Captain of H.M.S. Reindeer
3 Oct, 1914[6] – 29 Dec, 1917[Fact Check]
Succeeded by
Edward P. Lyndon

Footnotes

  1. McNeil Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/52/56. f. 56.
  2. McNeil Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/52/56. f. 56.
  3. McNeil Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/52/56. f. 56.
  4. McNeil Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/52/56. f. 56.
  5. McNeil Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/52/56. f. 56.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401t.