Humphrey Randle Upton Cottrell-Dormer

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Lieutenant-Commander Humphrey Randle Upton Cottrell-Dormer, R.N. (29 April, 1881 – 27 May, 1915) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Cottrell-Dormer was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 March, 1903.[1]

Cottrell-Dormer was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 March, 1911.

Cottrell-Dormer was appointed to the second class protected cruiser Latona on 22 October, 1914.

Cottrell-Dormer was appointed to the minelayer Princess Irene on 9 March 1915 and died when she exploded while being loaded with mines in the Medway Estuary on 27 May, 1915.[2]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Morshead B. Baillie-Hamilton 		Captain of H.M.S. Thistle
29 Mar, 1912[3] 		Succeeded by
George F. L. L. Page

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 17.
  2. ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 102.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 385.


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