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Attwood was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 25 June, 1940 and placed on the Retired List the following day.<ref>Attwood Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/45.|}} f. 396.</ref>
 
Attwood was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 25 June, 1940 and placed on the Retired List the following day.<ref>Attwood Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/45.|}} f. 396.</ref>
  
He died around early 1974, leaving an estate valued at £51,128.<ref>"Deaths."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Mar 28, 1974; pg. 18; Issue 59050.</ref>
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He died on 11 December 1973, leaving an estate valued at £51,128.<ref>"Deaths."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Mar 28, 1974; pg. 18; Issue 59050.</ref>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 06:32, 18 April 2023

Rear-Admiral Frederic Newton Attwood, C.B.E., Royal Navy (6 May, 1889 – 11 December, 1973)[1] served in the Royal Navy.

Some of his Service Records give his name as "Frederick".

Life & Career

Attwood was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1909.[2]

During the war, Attwood served as torpedo officer in Crescent and Prince of Wales. On 30 August, 1916, he went to Vernon for a Whitehead Course. He remained in that appointment until being chosen as torpedo officer in Valiant on 16 May, 1917, which seems to suggest he was perhaps instructing the course.[3]

Attwood was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1917.[4]

Attwood was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1922.[5]

Attwood was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1929.[6]

World War II

Attwood was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 25 June, 1940 and placed on the Retired List the following day.[7]

He died on 11 December 1973, leaving an estate valued at £51,128.[8]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Cecil E. Brooke
Captain of H.M.S. Laburnum
1 Sep, 1927[9][10] – Sep, 1929[11]
Succeeded by
Charles E. Hotham
Preceded by
Guy L. Coleridge
Captain of H.M.S. Despatch
5 Jul, 1930[12] – 15 May, 1931[13]
Succeeded by
William E. C. Tait
Preceded by
William E. C. Tait
Captain of H.M.S. Delhi
15 May, 1931[14][15] – May, 1932[16]
Succeeded by
The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond
Preceded by
William F. Wake-Walker
Deputy Director of Training and Staff Duties
22 Aug, 1932[17] – 20 Aug, 1934[18]
Succeeded by
Rhoderick R. McGrigor
Preceded by
Charles A. Browne
Captain of H.M.S. Glasgow
13 Jul, 1937[19] – 20 Jan, 1938[20]
Succeeded by
Cyril G. B. Coltart
Preceded by
Roderick B. T. Miles
Captain of H.M.S. Defiance
9 Jan, 1939[21][22] – 4 Sep, 1939[23]
Succeeded by
Roderick B. T. Miles

Footnotes

  1. Ancestry.com (pay to view site), England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995.
  2. Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  3. Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  4. Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  5. Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  6. Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  7. Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  8. "Deaths." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 28, 1974; pg. 18; Issue 59050.
  9. Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 251.
  11. Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  12. Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  13. Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  14. Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 230.
  16. Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  17. Attwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  18. Attwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  19. Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  20. Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  21. Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  22. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 272.
  23. Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.