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'''Wyndham Forbes''', ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
{{CommRN}} (retired) '''Wyndham Forbes''', (22 February, 1870 – 13 May, 1943) served in the [[Royal Navy]].


==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
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Forbes was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 26 October, 1899.
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Forbes was appointed in command of the yacht ''Jason II'' on 17 August, 1915.  He was superseded in command on 1 January, 1918.  In the last year of the war, he fulfilled some illegible role within the [[Auxiliary Patrols]].
 
==See Also==
==See Also==
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Revision as of 21:51, 12 February 2017

Commander (retired) Wyndham Forbes, (22 February, 1870 – 13 May, 1943) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Forbes was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 26 October, 1891.

Forbes was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 26 October, 1899.

Forbes was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Commander on 2 January, 1911.

Forbes was appointed in command of the yacht Jason II on 17 August, 1915. He was superseded in command on 1 January, 1918. In the last year of the war, he fulfilled some illegible role within the Auxiliary Patrols.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Anthony F. Gurney 		Captain of H.M.S. Widgeon
5 Sep, 1900[1] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
William F. Blunt 		Captain of H.M.S. Esk
1 Nov, 1901[2] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Thomas D. Pratt 		Captain of H.M.S. Tweed
1 Jul, 1902[3] 		Succeeded by
Robert H. Keate

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 313.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 253.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 309.

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