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Revision as of 14:00, 29 April 2015
Rear-Admiral SIR Wellwood George Courtenay Maxwell, K.B.E., C.M.G., D.L. (11 August, 1882 – 9 July, 1965) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Maxwell was commander in H.M.A.S. Australia before the end of the war.
As a commander, he was appointed in command of the monitor H.M.S. Lord Clive on 15 December, 1920.[1] On 2 February 1922, he became Maintenance Commander on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief at Rosyth.
In February 1925, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Ceres.[2]
Maxwell was made Captain of Valiant in December 1931.[3]
Bibliography
- "Rear-Admiral Sir Wellwood Maxwell" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 12 July, 1965. Issue 56371, col G, pg. 12.
Service Record
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by William D. Irvin |
Captain of H.M.S. Usk 21 Oct, 1912[4] |
Succeeded by Richard C. A. Littleton |
Preceded by Gerald C. Dickens |
Captain of H.M.S. Harpy 30 Sep, 1916[5] |
Succeeded by Ernest L. Cardale |
Preceded by Lionel F. Robinson |
Captain of H.M.S. Lord Clive 15 Dec, 1920[6] |
Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by Nicholas E. Archdale |
Captain of H.M.S. Ceres 27 Feb, 1925[7][8] |
Succeeded by Arthur J. Landon |
Preceded by Charles A. Robertson-Scott |
Captain of H.M.S. Valiant Dec, 1931[9] |
Succeeded by Bertram C. Watson |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 802.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398t.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395aa.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 802.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Day of month inferred from Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.