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[[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''Cecil Irby Prowse''', Royal Navy (26 September, 1866 – 31 May, 1916) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]]. | [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''Cecil Irby Prowse''', Royal Navy (26 September, 1866 – 31 May, 1916) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
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+ | ==Life & Career== | ||
+ | Prowse was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 January, 1890.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26007/pages/7553 no. 26007. p. 7553.] 31 December, 1889.</ref> | ||
From 16 May to 1 August, 1906 Prowse was appointed for study at the Army's Staff College at Camberley.<ref name=Record>The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 423.</ref> | From 16 May to 1 August, 1906 Prowse was appointed for study at the Army's Staff College at Camberley.<ref name=Record>The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 423.</ref> | ||
− | Prowse's younger brother, Brigadier-General Charles Bertie Prowse, C.B., D.S.O., was killed a month later on 1 July during the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He had decided to move his 11th Brigade headquarters into the captured German front line, and while assembling men of the Seaforth Highlanders in the British trenches he was shot in the back by machine gun fire.<ref>Davies; Maddocks | + | Prowse's younger brother, Brigadier-General Charles Bertie Prowse, C.B., D.S.O., was killed a month later on 1 July during the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He had decided to move his 11th Brigade headquarters into the captured German front line, and while assembling men of the Seaforth Highlanders in the British trenches he was shot in the back by machine gun fire.<ref>Davies; Maddocks. pp. 99-100.</ref> |
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== |
Revision as of 19:00, 17 March 2011
Captain Cecil Irby Prowse, Royal Navy (26 September, 1866 – 31 May, 1916) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Prowse was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 January, 1890.[1]
From 16 May to 1 August, 1906 Prowse was appointed for study at the Army's Staff College at Camberley.[2]
Prowse's younger brother, Brigadier-General Charles Bertie Prowse, C.B., D.S.O., was killed a month later on 1 July during the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He had decided to move his 11th Brigade headquarters into the captured German front line, and while assembling men of the Seaforth Highlanders in the British trenches he was shot in the back by machine gun fire.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26007. p. 7553. 31 December, 1889.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 423.
- ↑ Davies; Maddocks. pp. 99-100.
Bibliography
- Davies, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). Bloody Red Tabs: General Officer Casualties of the Great War, 1914-1918. London: Leo Cooper. ISBN 0-50520463-6.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.