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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
Beckett was the son of a civil engineer, Clifford Beckett, Esq.<ref>Beckett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref> | |||
On 15 January, 1913, Beckett was made an Acting {{SubRN}}.{{NLMar13|p. 6}} | On 15 January, 1913, Beckett was made an Acting {{SubRN}}.{{NLMar13|p. 6}} | ||
On 15 January, 1914, he was promoted to {{SubRN}}.<ref>Beckett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref> | He was appointed to {{UK-Dido}} to work with T.B.Ds. on 8 October, 1913 and moved to {{UK-PrincessRoyal}} on 13 November.<ref>Beckett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref> | ||
On 15 January, 1914, he was promoted to {{SubRN}}. On 30 March, he was appointed to {{UK-Attentive}} for T.B.Ds. before being appointed to the {{UK-Legion|f=t}} on 14 July, to serve in her upon her commissioning.<ref>Beckett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref> | |||
==Great War== | ==Great War== | ||
Revision as of 14:53, 28 June 2015
Captain Walter Napier Thomason Beckett, M.V.O., D.S.C., Royal Navy (25 March, 1893 – 10 March, 1941) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Beckett was the son of a civil engineer, Clifford Beckett, Esq.[1]
On 15 January, 1913, Beckett was made an Acting Sub-Lieutenant.[2]
He was appointed to Dido to work with T.B.Ds. on 8 October, 1913 and moved to Princess Royal on 13 November.[3]
On 15 January, 1914, he was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant. On 30 March, he was appointed to Attentive for T.B.Ds. before being appointed to the destroyer Legion on 14 July, to serve in her upon her commissioning.[4]
Great War
Beckett was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 November, 1915.[5]
Post-War
Beckett married Gladys Hemery Lindon on 30 July, 1928 at St. Luke's in South Kensington, London.[6]
Beckett was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1929.[7]
Beckett was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1936.[8]
Beckett was appointed in command of the battleship Centurion in April, 1937.
He was admitted to Haslar hospital on 10 January, 1940 for three days to treat an old sprain injury on his left ankle and was released fit for duty.[9]
Beckett died in hospital after an exploratory surgery undertaken in efforts to relieve damage to his lungs from poison gas exposure suffered long before.[10]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Irving M. Palmer |
Captain of H.M.S. Centurion Apr, 1937[11] |
Succeeded by Richard V. Symonds-Tayler |
Footnotes
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 6.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
