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Admiral Sir Cecil F. Thursby, 1918.
Portrait: Francis Dodd. © IWM (Art.IWM ART 1773).

Admiral SIR Cecil Fiennes Thursby, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Royal Navy (17 January, 1861 – 28 May, 1936) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Thursby was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1883.[1]

On 7 July 1887, Thursby was loaned to command the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 45 for manoeuvres.[2]

Thursby was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1895, aged thirty-four years, five months, and thirteen days.[3] He was appointed Commander of the battleship Mars on 8 June, 1897.[4]

Captain

Thursby was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1901.[5]

In 1905, he assumed command of the destroyer Encounter,[6] leaving the ship in December to become captain of the armoured cruiser King Alfred.[7]

He was appointed in command of the battleship Swiftsure on 5 August, 1908.[8]

He was appointed a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.) on 24 June, 1910.[9]

Flag Rank

Thursby was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 17 July, 1911, vice Farquhar.[10]

On 29 August, 1912, he became second in command of the Third Battle Squadron, under Vice-Admiral Cecil Burney.

Great War

On 1 August, 1914, he was appointed to the Fifth Battle Squadron, again under Cecil Burney.[11]

He was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (K.C.M.G.) on 1 January, 1916.[12]

Thursby was confirmed in the rank of Vice-Admiral on 10 April, 1917, vice Jerram.[13]

He was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 1 January, 1918.[14]

Post-War

He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 3 April, 1919.[15]

He was placed on the Retired list at his own request "in order to facilitate the promotion of younger officers" on 7 October, 1920.[16]

He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant in the County of Salop (Shropshire) on 19 October, 1923.

See Also

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Cecil Thursby" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 29 May, 1936. Issue 47387, col C, p. 19.

Papers

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 45
7 Jul, 1887[17] 		Succeeded by
Arthur D. Ricardo
Preceded by
Arthur W. E. Prothero 		Flag Captain, Plymouth Station
1 Jan, 1904[18] 		Succeeded by
Montague E. Browning
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Encounter
1905[19] 		Succeeded by
Henry V. W. Elliott
Preceded by
Godfrey H. B. Mundy 		Captain of H.M.S. King Alfred
Dec, 1905[20] 		Succeeded by
Lewis Clinton-Baker
Preceded by
Christopher G. F. M. Cradock 		Captain of H.M.S. Swiftsure
5 Aug, 1908[21] 		Succeeded by
Cyril E. Tower
Preceded by
Ernest C. T. Troubridge 		Commodore-in-Command, Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham
15 Feb, 1910[22] 		Succeeded by
Seymour E. Erskine
Preceded by
Sir Christopher G. F. M. Cradock 		Rear-Admiral, Second-in-Command, Third Battle Squadron
29 Aug, 1912[Citation needed] 		Succeeded by
Montague E. Browning
Preceded by
Charles Dundas of Dundas 		Rear-Admiral Second-in-Command, Seventh Battle Squadron
13 Jul, 1914[23] – 27 July, 1914[24] 		Succeeded by
Command merged into Eighth Battle Squadron[25]
Preceded by
Bernard Currey 		Rear-Admiral, Second-in-Command, Fifth Battle Squadron
1 Aug, 1914[26] 		Succeeded by
Lewis Clinton-Baker
Preceded by
Stuart Nicholson 		Rear-Admiral, Second in Command, Eastern Mediterranean Squadron
Mar, 1915 		Succeeded by
Arthur H. Christian
Preceded by
New Command 		Rear-Admiral Commanding, Adriatic Squadron
Jun, 1915[27] 		Succeeded by
Mark E. F. Kerr
Preceded by
Sir John M. de Robeck 		Vice-Admiral Commanding, Eastern Mediterranean Squadron
19 Jun, 1916[28] 		Succeeded by
Sydney F. Fremantle
as Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron
Preceded by
The Hon. Sir Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe 		Admiral Commanding Coastguard and Reserves
26 Aug, 1917[29] 		Succeeded by
Sir Dudley R. S. de Chair
Preceded by
The Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell 		Commander in Chief, Plymouth Station
1 Aug, 1918[30] 		Succeeded by
Sir Montague E. Browning

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25303. p. 2. 1 January, 1884.
  2. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 2 July, 1887. Issue 32114, col C, p. 12.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26647. p. 4233. 26 July, 1895.
  4. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 24 May, 1897. Issue 35211, col E, p. 12.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27393. p. 3. 3 January, 1902.
  6. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 380.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28388. p. 4477. (Supplement) 24 June, 1910.
  10. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28514. p. 5353. 18 July, 1911.
  11. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 6.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29423. p. 83. 1 January, 1916.
  13. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30017. p. 3496. 13 April, 1917.
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30451. p. 79. 1 January, 1918.
  15. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31304. p. 5116. 22 April, 1919.
  16. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32081. p. 9891. 12 October, 1920.
  17. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 2 July, 1887. Issue 32114, col C, p. 12.
  18. ↑ Thursby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1309.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 380.
  22. ↑ Thursby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 658.
  23. ↑ "Naval Mobilization" (News). The Times. Tuesday, 14 July, 1914. Issue 40575, col G, p. 16.
  24. ↑ Thursby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 658.
  25. ↑ Naval Staff Monographs. Volume III. p. 10.
  26. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 6.
  27. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 32.
  28. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 32.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 423.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 2.

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