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[[File:Crispin, NPG x65849.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Gilbert Cyril William Crispin as a Captain, 1919.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]]
 
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{{CaptRN}} '''Gilbert Cyril William Crispin''' (20 October, 1877 &ndash; 1968) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRN}} '''Gilbert Cyril William Crispin''', R.N. (20 October, 1877 &ndash; 1968) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Latest revision as of 22:36, 6 April 2022

Gilbert Cyril William Crispin as a Captain, 1919.
© National Portrait Gallery, London.

Captain Gilbert Cyril William Crispin, R.N. (20 October, 1877 – 1968) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Middlesex.

Crispin was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 August, 1899.

Crispin was promoted to the rank of Commander on 22 June, 1911.[1]

Post-War

Crispin was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1918.[2]

Crispin was appointed in command of the first class protected cruiser Blenheim on 1 April, 1919.[3]

Placed on the Retired List at his own request on 20 July, 1922.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
William G. A. Kennedy 		Captain of H.M.S. Syren
10 Jul, 1913 – 11 Aug, 1913 		Succeeded by
Thomas C. H. Williams
Preceded by
Viscount Kelburn 		Captain of H.M.S. Pyramus
7 Nov, 1916[4] – 28 Jun, 1918 		Succeeded by
Walter E. Scott
Preceded by
Thomas A. Williams 		Captain of H.M.S. Gloucestershire
23 Aug, 1918 – 21 Oct, 1918[5] 		Succeeded by
Thomas A. Williams
Preceded by
Percy Pitts 		Captain of H.M.S. Blenheim
1 Apr, 1919[6] – 1 Apr, 1921 		Succeeded by
Harry W. C. Hughes
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Laconia
? – 15 Nov, 1939 		Succeeded by
Gilbert G. P. Hewett

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 18.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 27.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 734.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397e.
  5. ↑ Ship's Log
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 734.

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