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{{RearRN}} '''Frederic Newton Attwood''', C.B.E., Royal Navy (6 May, 1889 – c. March, 1974) served in the [[Royal Navy]].   
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{{RearRN}} '''Frederic Newton Attwood''', C.B.E., Royal Navy (6 May, 1889 &ndash; 11 December, 1973)<ref>Ancestry.com (pay to view site), England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995.</ref> served in the [[Royal Navy]].   
  
 
Some of his Service Records give his name as "Frederick".
 
Some of his Service Records give his name as "Frederick".
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Attwood was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 July, 1909.
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Attwood was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 July, 1909.<ref>Attwood Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/45.|}} f. 396.</ref>
  
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Attwood was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 July, 1917.{{INF}}
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During the war, Attwood served as torpedo officer in {{UK-Crescent}} and {{UK-PrinceOfWales}}.  On 30 August, 1916, he went to {{UK-Vernon}} for a Whitehead Course.  He remained in that appointment until being chosen as torpedo officer in {{UK-Valiant}} on 16 May, 1917, which seems to suggest he was perhaps instructing the course.<ref>Attwood Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/45.|}} f. 396.</ref>
  
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Attwood was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1922.
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Attwood was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 July, 1917.<ref>Attwood Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/45.|}} f. 396.</ref>
  
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Attwood was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1929.
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Attwood was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1922.<ref>Attwood Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/45.|}} f. 396.</ref>
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Attwood was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1929.<ref>Attwood Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/45.|}} f. 396.</ref>
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He was found guilty at a court-martial held aboard {{UK-Resolution}} at Portland on 6 November, 1937, of stranding and hazarding his ship, {{UK-Glasgow}}. He was ordered to be severely reprimanded.<ref>''Sunday Dispatch'' (London) (7 November 1937), p. 15.</ref>
  
 
==World War II==
 
==World War II==
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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.
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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>
  
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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==
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Latest revision as of 18:06, 19 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]

He was found guilty at a court-martial held aboard Resolution at Portland on 6 November, 1937, of stranding and hazarding his ship, Glasgow. He was ordered to be severely reprimanded.[7]

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.[8]

He died on 11 December 1973, leaving an estate valued at £51,128.[9]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Cecil E. Brooke 		Captain of H.M.S. Laburnum
1 Sep, 1927[10][11] – Sep, 1929[12] 		Succeeded by
Charles E. Hotham
Preceded by
Guy L. Coleridge 		Captain of H.M.S. Despatch
5 Jul, 1930[13] – 15 May, 1931[14] 		Succeeded by
William E. C. Tait
Preceded by
William E. C. Tait 		Captain of H.M.S. Delhi
15 May, 1931[15][16] – May, 1932[17] 		Succeeded by
The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond
Preceded by
William F. Wake-Walker 		Deputy Director of Training and Staff Duties
22 Aug, 1932[18] – 20 Aug, 1934[19] 		Succeeded by
Rhoderick R. McGrigor
Preceded by
Charles A. Browne 		Captain of H.M.S. Glasgow
13 Jul, 1937[20] – 20 Jan, 1938[21] 		Succeeded by
Cyril G. B. Coltart
Preceded by
Roderick B. T. Miles 		Captain of H.M.S. Defiance
9 Jan, 1939[22][23] – 4 Sep, 1939[24] 		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. ↑ Sunday Dispatch (London) (7 November 1937), p. 15.
  8. ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  9. ↑ "Deaths." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 28, 1974; pg. 18; Issue 59050.
  10. ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 251.
  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. ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 230.
  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. ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 272.
  24. ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.

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