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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
| − | + | Lowndes was promoted to {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1913. | |
| − | + | he was appointed in command of the battleship {{UK-Hibernia}} on 29 August, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914). p. 330.</ref> | |
| − | He was appointed | + | He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Antrim|f=t}} on 23 July, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915). p. 392''c''.</ref> |
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| + | Lowndes served as captain of {{UK-Leviathan}} from August 1916{{MackieRNW}} until being appointed to command the {{UK-Hercules|f=t}} on 12 February, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918). p. 812.</ref> | ||
==Post-War== | ==Post-War== | ||
Revision as of 19:38, 18 October 2012
Captain Alexander Lowndes, C.B., Royal Navy (26 March, 1874 – 20 March, 1921) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Lowndes was promoted to Captain on 30 June, 1913.
he was appointed in command of the battleship Hibernia on 29 August, 1913.[1]
He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Antrim on 23 July, 1915.[2]
Lowndes served as captain of Leviathan from August 1916[3] until being appointed to command the battleship Hercules on 12 February, 1918.[4]
Post-War
Browning went to the Admiralty as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel, and Lowndes was appointed his Naval Assistant on 30 March, 1919.[5]
He was appointed Chief of Staff to Browning, now Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, on 30 September, 1920.[6]
Lowndes died on 20 March, 1921, in the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, following an operation for carcinoma of the rectum.[7]
Footnotes
Bibliography
- "Captain A. Lowndes, C.B., R.N." (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 23 March, 1921. Issue 42676, col E, p. 13.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/141.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/89.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
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