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Lapage was appointed to {{UK-Tiger}} as torpedo officer on 19 June, 1914.{{NLDec14|p. 385''a''}}  He would fight in her at the [[Battle of Jutland]].
 
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Lapage was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1916.{{NLJan21|p. 67}}
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Lapage was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1916.{{NLJan21|p. 67}} In March 1917, he was assigned to special duties in Defensive Mining.  In August, he was assigned to work on experiments in anti-submarine warfare at [[Portland]].
  
 
Lapage was appointed to the {{UK-Hood|f=t}} as Squadron Torpedo Officer on 4 March, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 788}}
 
Lapage was appointed to the {{UK-Hood|f=t}} as Squadron Torpedo Officer on 4 March, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 788}}

Revision as of 14:05, 11 April 2023

Captain (retired) Walter Neville Lapage, O.B.E. (5 February, 1883 – 17 May, 1939) was an officer in the Royal Navy and served as H.M.S. Tiger's torpedo officer at the Battle of Jutland.

Life & Career

Lapage was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1904.[1]

Appointed to H.M.S. Vernon as a Junior Staff Officer on 9 April, 1907.[2]

Lapage was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1912.[3]

Lapage was appointed to Tiger as torpedo officer on 19 June, 1914.[4] He would fight in her at the Battle of Jutland.

Lapage was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1916.[5] In March 1917, he was assigned to special duties in Defensive Mining. In August, he was assigned to work on experiments in anti-submarine warfare at Portland.

Lapage was appointed to the battlecruiser Hood as Squadron Torpedo Officer on 4 March, 1919.[6]

Lapage was promoted to the rank of Captain on 5 February, 1928.

World War II

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Squadron Torpedo Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron
4 Mar, 1919[7] 		Succeeded by
Reginald H. Portal

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1908). p. 123.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1908). p. 390.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 59.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 385a.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 67.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 788.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 801.

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