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Revision as of 18:33, 10 January 2017

Captain Edye Kington Boddam-Whetham, D.S.O. (4 February, 1887 – 27 March, 1944) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Bakewell, Derby the son of a landowner.[1]

Boddam-Whetham was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1908.[2]

Boddam-Whetham was appointed in command of the destroyer Janus on 21 October, 1912.[3]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Virago on 20 February, 1913.[4]

Great War

Boddam-Whetham was appointed in command of the destroyer Locust on 25 June, 1914.[5]

Boddam-Whetham was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1916.[6]

Boddam-Whetham was appointed in command of the destroyer Swallow on 1 September, 1918.[7]

Post-War

Boddam-Whetham was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1920.[8]

He was appointed to Cygnet, additional to become Captain (D), Second Destroyer Flotilla on 26 May, 1932. On 7 June, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Kempenfelt to continue as Captain (D) of 2 D.F..[9]

Boddam-Whetham was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1928 and retired on 2 August, 1939.[10]

World War II

Boddam-Whetham fell ill with smallpox on 13 March, 1944 and was landed at Gibraltar. He seemed better on the 20th, but by the 24th he was paralyzed. Boddam-Whetham succumbed on the 27th of March at age 57.[11]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Wellwood G. C. Maxwell 		Captain of H.M.S. Janus
21 Oct, 1912[12] – 20 Feb, 1913[Inference] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Francis G. Brickenden 		Captain of H.M.S. Handy
21 Oct, 1912[13] – 20 Feb, 1913[14] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Charles E. Lloyd Thomas 		Captain of H.M.S. Virago
20 Feb, 1913[15][16] – 1913[17] 		Succeeded by
Harold F. B. Handley
Preceded by
Richard W. U. Bayly 		Captain of H.M.S. Kennet
1913[18] – 15 Jan, 1914[19] 		Succeeded by
Frederic A. H. Russel
Preceded by
Clement R. Dane 		Captain of H.M.S. Locust
25 Jun, 1914[20][21] – 23 Nov, 1915[22] 		Succeeded by
Alfred H. D. Young
Preceded by
Clement R. Dane 		Captain of H.M.S. Lennox
2 Dec, 1915[23][24] – Mar, 1917[25] 		Succeeded by
William R. Leycester
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Sharpshooter
Mar, 1917[26] – Oct, 1917[27] 		Succeeded by
Cecil R. E. W. Perryman
Preceded by
Gerald C. Harrison 		Captain of H.M.S. Ulleswater
Oct, 1917[28][29] – 15 Aug, 1918[30] 		Succeeded by
Vessel Lost
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Swallow
1 Sep, 1918[31][32] – Jan, 1920[33] 		Succeeded by
Edward T. W. Church
Preceded by
Marshal L. Clarke 		Captain of H.M.S. Tarantula
27 Jul, 1929[34] – Nov, 1931[35] 		Succeeded by
William G. Benn
Preceded by
Francis H. G. Walker 		Captain in Charge, H.M. Naval Establishment, Bermuda
6 Nov, 1934[36] – 17 Nov, 1936[37] 		Succeeded by
Charles H. Knox-Little
as Commodore in Charge, H.M. Dockyard Bermuda

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 8.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1913). p. 334.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394a.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 349.
  6. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 869.
  8. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  9. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  10. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  11. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1913). p. 334.
  13. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  14. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  15. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394a.
  17. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  18. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  19. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306. Day of month inferred from Russel's Service Record.
  20. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395n.
  22. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  23. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395uu.
  25. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  26. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  27. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  28. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398o.
  30. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  31. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 869.
  33. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  34. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  35. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  36. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  37. ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.

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