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{{CaptRN}} (retired) '''James Montgomery Caulfield''', C.B.E. (22 February, 1855 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
{{CaptRN}} (retired) '''James Montgomery Caulfeild''', C.B.E. (22 February, 1855 – 26 October, 1946) served in the [[Royal Navy]].  His name is tricky, as two of the components are variously offered in different sources:  "Montgomerie" and "Caulfield".  I have chosen a likely combination here.


==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
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Caulfield was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1894.


Retired at his own request 1 October 1900.
Caulfeild was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 14 August, 1878.<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/257.}}  f. 197.</ref>


Caulfield was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on the Retired List on 1 January, 1909.
Caulfeild was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1894.<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/257.}}  f. 197.</ref>
 
Caulfeild commanded [[H.M.S. Agincourt (1865)|''Agincourt'']] in the Training Service from 4 February, 1897 to late 1898, his appointment here being cut short by his shoddy treatment toward Captain [[Cecil Burney|Burney]], this being expressed in signals made from {{UK-Boscawen}} and ''Agincourt''.  Sent to the Coast Guard in Kinsale and Queenstown and suffering from bronchitis, Caulfeild did not remain long before he was placed on the Retired List at his own request 1 October 1900.<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/257.}}  f. 197.</ref>
 
Caulfeild was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on the Retired List on 1 January, 1909.<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/257.}}  f. 197.</ref>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Revision as of 13:07, 4 August 2021

Captain (retired) James Montgomery Caulfeild, C.B.E. (22 February, 1855 – 26 October, 1946) served in the Royal Navy. His name is tricky, as two of the components are variously offered in different sources: "Montgomerie" and "Caulfield". I have chosen a likely combination here.

Life & Career

Caulfeild was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 14 August, 1878.[1]

Caulfeild was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1894.[2]

Caulfeild commanded Agincourt in the Training Service from 4 February, 1897 to late 1898, his appointment here being cut short by his shoddy treatment toward Captain Burney, this being expressed in signals made from Boscawen and Agincourt. Sent to the Coast Guard in Kinsale and Queenstown and suffering from bronchitis, Caulfeild did not remain long before he was placed on the Retired List at his own request 1 October 1900.[3]

Caulfeild was promoted to the rank of Captain on the Retired List on 1 January, 1909.[4]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Stanley T. Dean-Pitt
Captain of H.M.S. Jaseur
18 Jul, 1894
Succeeded by
George W. Gubbins

Footnotes

  1. Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/257. f. 197.
  2. Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/257. f. 197.
  3. Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/257. f. 197.
  4. Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/257. f. 197.