De Courcy Wyndor Plunkett Ireland
Squadron Commander De Courcy Wyndor Plunkett Ireland, R.N. (18 January, 1885 – 21 February, 1916) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Clonmel.
Ireland was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 28 February, 1906.[1]
Ireland was appointed in command of the destroyer Havock on 1 February, 1910.[2]
Ireland was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 26 February, 1914.[3]
Ireland was promoted to the rank of Flight Commander on 1 July, 1914.[4]
Ireland was promoted to the rank of Squadron Commander on 27 May, 1915. In late September he was to be transferred from Yarmouth Air Station to Eastchurch Bombing Squadron.[5]
Ireland died at Kingsnorth alongside Wing Commander Neville Florian Usborne in a wartime experiment to launch a fighter plane from airship AP.1 as a defence against Zeppelin attacks.
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Edmund D. Faber |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 68 6 Apr, 1906[6] |
Succeeded by John A. Scott as Captain of H.M. T.B. 068 |
| Preceded by Thomas K. Maxwell |
Captain of H.M.S. Havock 1 Feb, 1910[7] – 1910 |
Succeeded by Charles H. Jones |
| Preceded by Reginald Gregory |
In Command, Yarmouth Naval Air Station 26 Nov, 1915 – 21 Feb, 1916 |
Succeeded by Robert M. Groves |
Footnotes
- ↑ Ireland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/323. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 324.
- ↑ Ireland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/323. f. ?.
- ↑ Ireland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/323. f. ?.
- ↑ Ireland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/323. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 399.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 324.
