Herbert Inglis Nigel Lyon
Lieutenant-Commander Herbert Inglis Nigel Lyon, R.N. (4 May, 1886 – 21 October, 1917) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Melcombe, Regis, the son of Commander H. Lyon, R.N..
Lyon was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 3 September, 1907.
Lyon was appointed to the light cruiser Glasgow on 17 September, 1912. He was in her at the Battle of the Falkland Islands and was mentioned in despatches for "carr[ying] out control well from secondary position as respective batteries came into action."
Lyon was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 3 September, 1915.
Lyon commanded the destroyer Nonsuch at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla.[1]
Lyon paid off Nonsuch on 2 March, 1917, but on the 21st, a Court Martial resulted in a reprimand for an earlier instance of grounding the destroyer.
Lyon was made captain of the destroyer Marmion in late May, 1917. He died when she was lost under his command on 21 October, 1917.[2][3]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Charles R. Samson |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 99 24 Jan, 1907 – 5 Jul, 1907 |
Succeeded by Herbert I. N. Lyon |
| Preceded by Cecil M. Queripel |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 85 2 Jun, 1908[4] – Mar, 1909 |
Succeeded by Reginald A. Yonge |
| Preceded by Herbert I. N. Lyon |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 99 Mar, 1909 – 11 Dec, 1909 |
Succeeded by Lionel G. Preston |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Nonsuch 11 Feb, 1916[5] – 2 May, 1917 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey W. Walker-Jones |
| Preceded by George W. Taylor |
Captain of H.M.S. Retriever 25 Apr, 1917 – 11 May, 1917 |
Succeeded by Charles P. Clarke |
| Preceded by Edward Brooke |
Captain of H.M.S. Marmion 25 May, 1917[6] – 21 Oct, 1917[7] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Footnotes
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 45.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
- ↑ Williams, M. W. HMS Tirade and the Sinking of UC-55 in Warship 1997-1998, p. 159.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 401.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396g.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395o.
- ↑ Williams, M. W. HMS Tirade and the Sinking of UC-55 in Warship 1997-1998, p. 159.
