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Vice-Admiral Berwick Curtis, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Royal Navy (9 October, 1876 – 9 May, 1965) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Curtis was born in Croyden.

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1898.[1]

Curtis was appointed in command of the destroyer Ardent on 28 August, 1909.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 22 June, 1911.[3]

Curtis was appointed in command of the destroyers Desperate and Derwent on 5 July, 1913.[4]

Great War

Curtis appointed in command of the flotilla leader Abdiel on 3 February, 1916 through the end of the war,[5] commanding her at the Battle of Jutland.[6]

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1916.[7]

He was appointed Captain (D) of the Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla on 5 March, 1918 and oversaw their participation in Operation ZZ.

Post-War

Curtis was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1919.[8]

Curtis was appointed in command of the depot ship Columbine on 20 November, 1919,[9] though the ship would be sold in the coming year.

He was appointed in command of Emperor of India in October, 1925.

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 January, 1928.[10]

He was appointed Rear-Admiral in Charge and Admiral-Superintendent of Gibraltar Dockyard in 1929, remaining there for two years.

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 23 September, 1932 and placed on the Retired List on 24 September, 1932 under the provisions of the Order in Council of 9 March, 1914, having not hoisted his flag at sea.[11]

World War II

Curtis was made a Commodore of Convoy as part of the Liverpool Convoy Pool on 10 October, 1940. He served for a year and requested that he be returned to the Retired List. In light of this request, he reverted to the Retired List on 11 September, 1941.[12]

Bibliography

  • "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 11 May, 1965. Issue 56318, col E, pg. 14.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Lewis W. Braithwaite 		Captain of H.M.S. Hornet
11 Jul, 1905[13][14] – 12 Mar, 1908[15] 		Succeeded by
Frederick W. Law
Preceded by
Osmond J. Prentis 		Captain of H.M.S. Locust
12 Mar, 1908[16][17] – 26 Aug, 1909[18] 		Succeeded by
Hamilton C. Allen
Preceded by
Herbert M. Denny 		Captain of H.M.S. Ardent
28 Aug, 1909[19][20] – May, 1911[21] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
George W. Taylor 		Captain of H.M.S. Chelmer
10 Jun, 1911[22] – 29 Aug, 1911[23] 		Succeeded by
Gerald C. Dickens
Preceded by
Herbert A. Adam 		Captain of H.M.S. Dido
1 Feb, 1912[24] – 23 Aug, 1912[25] 		Succeeded by
Robert H. Coppinger
Preceded by
Claude L. Cumberlege 		Captain of H.M.S. Kale
23 Aug, 1912[26][27] – Jun, 1913[28] 		Succeeded by
Berwick Curtis
Preceded by
Owen T. H. Phillips 		Captain of H.M.S. Desperate
5 Jul, 1913[29] – 16 Dec, 1913[30] 		Succeeded by
George E. Casley
Preceded by
Alexander G. Fleming 		Captain of H.M.S. Derwent
5 Jul, 1913[31] – Jun, 1914[32] 		Succeeded by
William H. S. S. Thomson
Preceded by
Berwick Curtis 		Captain of H.M.S. Kale
Jun, 1914[33][34] – 6 Sep, 1915[35] 		Succeeded by
Henry Haire-Forster
Preceded by
George P. England 		Captain of H.M.S. Laurel
6 Sep, 1915[36] – 3 Feb, 1916[37] 		Succeeded by
Henry D. C. Stanistreet
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Abdiel
3 Feb, 1916[38][39] – Sep, 1919[40] 		Succeeded by
Basil E. Reinold
Preceded by
? 		Captain (D), Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla
5 Mar, 1918[41] – Sep, 1919[42] 		Succeeded by
Ernest R. Archer
Preceded by
Charles A. Fountaine 		Captain of H.M.S. Columbine
20 Nov, 1919[43][44] – 20 Nov, 1921[45] 		Succeeded by
Arthur K. Macrorie
Preceded by
Gordon Campbell 		Captain of Training Ship H.M.S. Impregnable
22 Aug, 1922[46] – 25 Aug, 1924[47] 		Succeeded by
Thomas J. S. Lyne
Preceded by
Frederick P. Loder-Symonds 		Captain of H.M.S. Emperor of India
mid Oct, 1925[48] – 1 Jan, 1927[49] 		Succeeded by
Cecil H. Pilcher
Preceded by
Cyril S. Townsend
as Rear-Admiral in Charge, Gibraltar 		Rear-Admiral in Charge & Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar
22 Mar, 1929[50] – 30 Mar, 1931[51] 		Succeeded by
Thomas N. James

 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 279.
  3. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 300c.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 721.
  6. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 45.
  7. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31099. p. 106. 1 January, 1919.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 749.
  10. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  11. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  12. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 250.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 328.
  14. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  15. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  16. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 341.
  18. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 279.
  20. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  21. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  22. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  23. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  24. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  25. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 335.
  27. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  28. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 300c.
  30. ↑ Superseded by George E. Casley.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 300c.
  32. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395f.
  34. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  35. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  36. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  37. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 721.
  39. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  40. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  41. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  42. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 749.
  44. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  45. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  46. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  47. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  48. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  49. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  50. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  51. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.


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