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Bowden-Smith was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1895.<ref>Bowden-Smith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/415.|}} f. 461.</ref> | Bowden-Smith was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1895.<ref>Bowden-Smith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/415.|}} f. 461.</ref> | ||
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He was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 5 April, 1928.<ref>Bowden-Smith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/415.|}} f. 461.</ref> | He was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 5 April, 1928.<ref>Bowden-Smith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/415.|}} f. 461.</ref> | ||
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+ | Bowden-Smith died at age 87 in Horsham, Sussex. He was survived by his wife Ada Margaret (née Sandham), whom he'd married in 1913, and two sons and a daughter.{{ToL|Vice-Adm. W. Bowden-Smith|March 19, 1962, Issue 55343, p.16}} | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== |
Revision as of 15:08, 4 January 2019
Vice-Admiral (retired) William Bowden-Smith, C.B.E. (28 March, 1874 – 17 March, 1962) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of W. Bowden-Smith of Brockenhurst.[1]
Bowden-Smith was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1895.[2]
In January 1904 he was granted 30 days leave to England after his brother had been killed in Somaliland.
He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1906.[3]
On 22 November 1910, he was admited to Haslar Hospital with a compound fracture of a finger on his right hand, which would require a partial amputation. He was in the midst of an appointment to the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth at the time.[4]
Bowden-Smith was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1913. In mid-July, he was placed in command of the third class protected cruiser H.M.S. Topaze for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1913.[5]
Bowden-Smith was appointed in command of the battleship Russell on 5 December, 1913.[6] He remained in her until her loss in a minefield near Malta on 27 April, 1916. Following some time as flag captain to the Commander-in-Chief at The Nore, he was made captain of the armoured cruiser Carnarvon in August 1916. He grounded her on Lichfield Shoal in June 1917 and was subjected to a Court of Enquiry on 9 June which found he had committed an error in judgment by placing undue confidence in his navigating officer.[7]
Carnarvon paid off in February, 1918 and Bowden-Smith was presently appointed in command of Satellite and as Senior Naval Officer, Tyne.
He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 August, 1923 and placed on the Retired List the following day.[8]
He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 5 April, 1928.[9]
Bowden-Smith died at age 87 in Horsham, Sussex. He was survived by his wife Ada Margaret (née Sandham), whom he'd married in 1913, and two sons and a daughter.[10]
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Robert G. Corbett |
Captain of H.M.S. Chamois 15 Mar, 1900[11] |
Succeeded by Cecil F. Lambert |
Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Sylvia 9 Oct, 1900[12] |
Succeeded by John A. Ingles |
Preceded by Herbert A. S. Fyler |
Captain of H.M.S. Russell 5 Dec, 1913[13] – 27 Apr, 1916[14] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Preceded by Ernest A. Taylor |
Flag Captain at the Nore May, 1916 |
Succeeded by Alexander V. Campbell |
Preceded by Hugh T. Hibbert |
Captain of H.M.S. Carnarvon 1 Aug, 1916[15] |
Succeeded by Richard G. A. W. Stapleton-Cotton |
Preceded by Edward G. Lowther-Crofton |
Senior Naval Officer, Tyne Mar, 1918 – 1 Jun, 1919 |
Succeeded by George M. Skinner |
Preceded by Victor G. Gurner |
Commodore in Charge at Hong Kong Jun, 1920[16] – Jun, 1922[17] |
Succeeded by Henry E. Grace |
Footnotes
- ↑ "Vice-Adm. W. Bowden-Smith." The Times (London, England), March 19, 1962, Issue 55343, p.16.
- ↑ Bowden-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/415. f. 461.
- ↑ Bowden-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/415. f. 461.
- ↑ Bowden-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/415. f. 461.
- ↑ Bowden-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/415. f. 461.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 378a.
- ↑ Bowden-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/415. f. 461.
- ↑ Bowden-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/415. f. 461.
- ↑ Bowden-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/415. f. 461.
- ↑ "Vice-Adm. W. Bowden-Smith." The Times (London, England), March 19, 1962, Issue 55343, p.16.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 12 March, 1900. Issue 36087, col E, p. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 305.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397t.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 58.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392e.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.