Arthur Kenneth Gibson

Captain (retired) Arthur Kenneth Gibson (19 May, 1889 – 28 January, 1950) was an officer in the Royal Navy with an incredibly hard-to-read Service Record due to image quality.

Life & Career

Gibson entered the Royal Navy ranked dead last in order of merit of sixty cadets accepted in the May 1904 intake term at H.M.S. Britannia.

Gibson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October 1911.

Gibson was appointed to Nubian as first lieutenant on 30 July, 1914 where he served under Commander Charles Ewer Cundall. This appointment ended on 15 June, 1915 when Gibson was appointed in command of Crane. Thereafter, he commanded a succession of torpedo craft during the war: Myrmidon from mid-March 1916, T.B. 1 from August, 1916, Acheron from February, 1917 and finally Rattlesnake from December, 1917 through the end of the war.

Gibson was appointed in command of the destroyer Plover on 2 December, 1918. In February, 1919 he was appointed to command Medway where he remained until November, being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1919. A series of courses followed, carrying him into 1924 at which point his service record is largely illegible, though some ship commands are evident.

Placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 19 May, 1935.

World War II

Gibson was promoted to the rank of Acting Captain on 1 November, 1939. His service in the war appears to have been largely one of being "on the books", though he did serve on a Selection Board. He reverted to the Retired List on 13 March 1946.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Robert H. Coppinger	Captain of H.M.S. Crane 15 Jun, 1915 – 17 Mar, 1916	Succeeded by Percy N. Fletcher
Preceded by George N. Gilbertson	Captain of H.M.S. Myrmidon 17 Mar, 1916 – 17 Aug, 1916	Succeeded by Oscar J. P. Lee
Preceded by Godfrey R. Chambers	Captain of H.M. T.B. 1 17 Aug, 1916 – Feb, 1917	Succeeded by Frank E. Woodward
Preceded by John B. Spurgin	Captain of H.M.S. Acheron 1 Mar, 1917 – Dec, 1917	Succeeded by Richard C. A. Littleton
Preceded by Richard C. A. Littleton	Captain of H.M.S. Rattlesnake Dec, 1917 – 2 Dec, 1918	Succeeded by George S. Harding
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Sportive 2 Dec, 1918 – Dec, 1918	Succeeded by Henry P. Boxer
Preceded by Henry P. Boxer	Captain of H.M.S. Plover Dec, 1918 – 15 Feb, 1919	Succeeded by Philip A. Heyder
Preceded by Philip A. Heyder	Captain of H.M.S. Medway 15 Feb, 1919 – 10 Nov, 1919	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Basil L. Johnston	Captain of H.M.S. Heliotrope 8 May, 1928	Succeeded by Eric R. Corson
Preceded by Herbert A. Forster	Captain of H.M.S. Erebus 16 Dec, 1932	Succeeded by Cecil C. F. Grey
Preceded by Sir Atwell H. Lake, Bart.	Captain of H.M.S. Calcutta c. 1933	Succeeded by Eustace Rotherham