Maurice Woollcombe

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Admiral Maurice Woollcombe, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (18 April, 1868 – 19 December, 1930) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Woollcombe was promoted Rear-Admiral on 2 October, 1918 in the vacancy caused by the retirement of Rear-Admiral Charles William Keighly-Peach.[1]

There is a photograph of him as Captain of Valiant in Crawford Scrapbook, Liddle Collection.

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 30942. p. 11860. 8 October, 1918.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Woollcombe" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 20 December, 1930. Issue 45701, col D, pg. 14.

Service Record