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Thursby was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1901.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27393/pages/3 no. 27393.  p. 3.]  3 January, 1902.</ref>
 
Thursby was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1901.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27393/pages/3 no. 27393.  p. 3.]  3 January, 1902.</ref>
  
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He was appointed command of the battleship [[H.M.S. Swiftsure (1903)|''Swiftsure'']] on 5 August, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 380.</ref>
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He was appointed in command of the battleship {{UK-Swiftsure}} on 5 August, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 380.</ref>
  
 
He was appointed a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.) on 24 June, 1910.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28388/supplements/4477 no. 28388.  p. 4477.] (Supplement) 24 June, 1910.</ref>
 
He was appointed a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.) on 24 June, 1910.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28388/supplements/4477 no. 28388.  p. 4477.] (Supplement) 24 June, 1910.</ref>

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Admiral SIR Cecil Fiennes Thursby, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Royal Navy (17 January, 1861 – 28 May, 1936) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Thursby was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1883.[1]

Thursby was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1895, aged thirty-four years, five months, and thirteen days.[2] He was appointed Commander of the battleship Mars on 8 June, 1897.[3]

Captain

Thursby was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1901.[4]

In December 1905, he was made captain of the armoured cruiser King Alfred.[5]

He was appointed in command of the battleship Swiftsure on 5 August, 1908.[6]

He was appointed a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.) on 24 June, 1910.[7]

Flag Rank

Thursby was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 17 July, 1911, vice Farquhar.[8]

Great War

He was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (K.C.M.G.) on 1 January, 1916.[9]

Thursby was confirmed in the rank of Vice-Admiral on 10 April, 1917, vice Jerram.[10]

He was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 1 January, 1918.[11]

Post-War

He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 3 April, 1919.[12]

He was placed on the Retired list at his own request "in order to facilitate the promotion of younger officers" on 7 October, 1920.[13]

He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant in the County of Salop (Shropshire) on 19 October, 1923.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25303. p. 2. 1 January, 1884.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26647. p. 4233. 26 July, 1895.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 24 May, 1897. Issue 35211, col E, p. 12.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27393. p. 3. 3 January, 1902.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 380.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28388. p. 4477. (Supplement) 24 June, 1910.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28514. p. 5353. 18 July, 1911.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29423. p. 83. 1 January, 1916.
  10. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30017. p. 3496. 13 April, 1917.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30451. p. 79. 1 January, 1918.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31304. p. 5116. 22 April, 1919.
  13. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32081. p. 9891. 12 October, 1920.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Cecil Thursby" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 29 May, 1936. Issue 47387, col C, pg. 19.

Papers

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Sir Christopher G. F. M. Cradock 		Rear-Admiral in the
Third Battle Squadron
1912 – 1913 		Succeeded by
Montague E. Browning

Preceded by
New Command 		Rear-Admiral Commanding,
Adriatic Squadron
1915 – 1916 		Succeeded by
Mark E. F. Kerr

Preceded by
Sir John M. de Robeck 		Vice-Admiral Commanding,
Eastern Mediterranean Squadron
1916 – 1917 		Succeeded by
Sydney R. Fremantle

Preceded by
The Hon. Sir Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe 		Admiral Commanding Coastguard and Reserves
1917 – 1918 		Succeeded by
Sir Dudley R. S. de Chair

Preceded by
The Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell 		Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
1918 – 1920 		Succeeded by
Sir Montague E. Browning

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