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{{CommRN}} (retired) '''Roger Caton Beckett''', (19 March, 1901 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
{{CommRN}} (retired) '''Roger Caton Beckett''', (19 March, 1901 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==

Revision as of 13:15, 15 July 2021

Commander (retired) Roger Caton Beckett, (19 March, 1901 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

As with many men born c. 1899 or later, his Service Records at The National Archives do not reflect activity between 1931 and 1939 or so.

Life & Career

Beckett was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 October, 1922.

Beckett was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 October, 1930.

Beckett was placed on the Retired List at the rank of Commander on 19 March, 1946.[1]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Richard C. V. Ross
Captain of H.M.S. Wren
10 Mar, 1933[2]
Succeeded by
Edward A. Gibbs
Preceded by
William T. W. Curtis
Captain of H.M.S. Gallant
7 Mar, 1936[3]
Succeeded by
Cecil P. F. Brown
Preceded by
Robert H. Mills
Captain of H.M.S. Brazen
1 Nov, 1939 – 12 Feb, 1940
Succeeded by
Sir Michael Culme-Seymour
Preceded by
Cecil A. N. Chatwin
Captain of H.M.S. Garland
Mar, 1940 – May, 1940
Succeeded by
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Footnotes

  1. Uboat.net page on the man.
  2. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 294.
  3. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 242.