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'''George Pilkington''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{LieutRN}} '''George Pilkington''' ( – early January, 1915) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
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Pilkington was appointed in command of the {{UK-C31|f=t}} on 14 November, 1912.{{NLJan15|p. 277}}
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Pilkington was appointed in command of the {{UK-C31|f=t}} on 14 November, 1912.{{NLJan15|p. 277}}  He would be lost with her when she failed to return from a reconnaissance of Zeebrugge that she began on 4 January, 1915.{{HepperLosses|p. 31}}
  
 
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Revision as of 17:22, 7 February 2017

Lieutenant George Pilkington ( – early January, 1915) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Pilkington was appointed in command of the submarine C 31 on 14 November, 1912.[1] He would be lost with her when she failed to return from a reconnaissance of Zeebrugge that she began on 4 January, 1915.[2]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Anthony H. Goatley
Captain of H.M. T.B. 34
19 Jan, 1906[3] – 23 Jul, 1906[Inference]
Succeeded by
Conyngham C. Denison
Preceded by
Archibald M. Willoughby
Captain of H.M.S. A 5
30 Oct, 1911[4] – 1912
Succeeded by
Basil A. Beal
Preceded by
Kenneth J. Duff-Dunbar
Captain of H.M.S. C 31
14 Nov, 1912[5]
Succeeded by
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Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.
  2. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 31.
  3. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 399.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 280.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.

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