Difference between revisions of "Cecil Irby Prowse"
From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to searchSimon Harley (talk | contribs) (Made Changes.) |
Simon Harley (talk | contribs) (Oops.) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''Cecil Irby Prowse''', Royal Navy (26 September, 1866 – 31 May, 1916) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]]. | [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''Cecil Irby Prowse''', Royal Navy (26 September, 1866 – 31 May, 1916) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
| − | From 16 May | + | From 16 May to 1 August, 1906 Prowse was appointed for study at the Army's Staff College at Camberley.<ref name=Record>ADM 196/42. p. 423.</ref> |
Prowse's younger brother, Brigadier-General Charles Bertie Prowse, C.B., D.S.O., was killed a month later on 1 July during the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He had decided to move his 11th Brigade headquarters into the captured German front line, and while assembling men of the Seaforth Highlanders in the British trenches he was shot in the back by machine gun fire.<ref>Davies; Maddocks. ''Bloody Red Tabs''. pp. 99-100.</ref> | Prowse's younger brother, Brigadier-General Charles Bertie Prowse, C.B., D.S.O., was killed a month later on 1 July during the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He had decided to move his 11th Brigade headquarters into the captured German front line, and while assembling men of the Seaforth Highlanders in the British trenches he was shot in the back by machine gun fire.<ref>Davies; Maddocks. ''Bloody Red Tabs''. pp. 99-100.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 21:54, 16 September 2009
Captain Cecil Irby Prowse, Royal Navy (26 September, 1866 – 31 May, 1916) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
From 16 May to 1 August, 1906 Prowse was appointed for study at the Army's Staff College at Camberley.[1]
Prowse's younger brother, Brigadier-General Charles Bertie Prowse, C.B., D.S.O., was killed a month later on 1 July during the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He had decided to move his 11th Brigade headquarters into the captured German front line, and while assembling men of the Seaforth Highlanders in the British trenches he was shot in the back by machine gun fire.[2]
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Davies, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). Bloody Red Tabs: General Officer Casualties of the Great War, 1914-1918. London: Leo Cooper. ISBN 0-50520463-6.
