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{{CommRN}} (retired) '''Tom Bathurst O'Kell''', (8 March, 1897 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
{{CommRN}} (retired) '''Tom Bathurst Okell''', (8 March, 1897 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].  Some Navy Lists have his last name as "O'Kell".


==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
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Okell passed out of the Training Establishment in August, 1914 and was appointed to the {{UK-Edgar|f=t}}.  From 6 January, 1915 to 10 May, 1917 he was in the {{UK-Commonwealth|f=t}}, having applied for service in submarines in April, 1917.  He served in {{UK-C35}} from 7 August 1917 and {{UK-K16}} from 15 January through 5 November, 1918.<ref>Okell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/93.}}  f. 93.</ref>
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Okell was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 February, 1918; it had been adjusted from 15 July.<ref>Okell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/93.}}  f. 93.</ref>
 
Okell was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 February, 1926.<ref>Okell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/93.}}  f. 93.</ref>
 
His command of two "L" class submarines in Group M submarines in reserve at Portsmouth was curtailed by a mental breakdown.  He was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 13 March, 1929, with a diagnosis of "confusional psychosis" not attributable to or aggravated by his naval service.<ref>Okell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/93.}}  f. 93.</ref>
 
Okell was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 8 March, 1937.<ref>Okell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/93.}}  f. 93.</ref>
 
==See Also==
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Revision as of 22:58, 2 August 2021

Commander (retired) Tom Bathurst Okell, (8 March, 1897 – ) served in the Royal Navy. Some Navy Lists have his last name as "O'Kell".

Life & Career

The son of J. B. Okell, Esq., a surgeon from Nottingham.

Okell passed out of the Training Establishment in August, 1914 and was appointed to the first class protected cruiser Edgar. From 6 January, 1915 to 10 May, 1917 he was in the battleship Commonwealth, having applied for service in submarines in April, 1917. He served in C 35 from 7 August 1917 and K 16 from 15 January through 5 November, 1918.[1]

Okell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 February, 1918; it had been adjusted from 15 July.[2]

Okell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 February, 1926.[3]

His command of two "L" class submarines in Group M submarines in reserve at Portsmouth was curtailed by a mental breakdown. He was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 13 March, 1929, with a diagnosis of "confusional psychosis" not attributable to or aggravated by his naval service.[4]

Okell was promoted to the rank of Commander on 8 March, 1937.[5]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles O'Callaghan
Captain of H.M.S. H 48
23 Sep, 1922[6] – 1923
Succeeded by
George A. W. Voelcker
Preceded by
Harry P. Kendall Oram
Captain of H.M.S. L 14
1 Dec, 1926[7]
Succeeded by
Alexander S. Hutchinson

Footnotes

  1. Okell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/93. f. 93.
  2. Okell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/93. f. 93.
  3. Okell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/93. f. 93.
  4. Okell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/93. f. 93.
  5. Okell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/93. f. 93.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 764.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 251.