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Revision as of 21:29, 10 May 2014

Arthur Milward Stancomb ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Stancomb was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1901.[1]

Stancomb was appointed Lieutenant & Commander of the destroyer Ardent on 14 July, 1906.[2]

He was appointed as Lieutenant & Commander of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 92 on 17 September, 1908.[3]

Stancomb was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1913.[4]

On 30 July, 1915, Stancomb was appointed to the light cruiser Birkenhead, at some point becoming her commander as Acting Captain for a temporary span commencing after May 1918 (likely 21 September) and ending in mid-December, 1918.[5]

On 1 March, 1919, he was appointed in command of the first class protected cruiser Blake.[6]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 72.
  2. The Navy List (January, 1907), p. 279.
  3. The Navy List, (April, 1910), p. 401a.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1918). p. 341.
  5. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 741. See also Henry Edgar Grace, from whom he took temporary command.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 734.

Bibliography

Service Records