Walter Neville Lapage
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Jump to navigationJump to searchCaptain (retired) Walter Neville Lapage, O.B.E. (5 February, 1883 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy and served as H.M.S. Tiger's torpedo officer at the Battle of Jutland.
Life & Career
Lapage was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1904.[1]
Appointed to H.M.S. Vernon as a Junior Staff Officer on 9 April, 1907.[2]
Lapage was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1912.[3]
Lapage was appointed to Tiger as torpedo officer on 19 June, 1914.[4] He would fight in her at the Battle of Jutland.
Lapage was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1916.[5]
Lapage was appointed to the battlecruiser Hood as Squadron Torpedo Officer on 4 March, 1919.[6]
World War II
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