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Revision as of 18:17, 22 August 2011

Captain Charles Edward Le Mesurier, C.B., Royal Navy (2 August, 1869 – 10 November, 1917) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Le Mesurier was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 14 November, 1890.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1902.[2]

Le Mesurier was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1908.[3]

Great War

On 15 September he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) dated 31 May.[4]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 26114. p. 6990. 12 December, 1890.
  2. London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 4. 2 January, 1903.
  3. London Gazette: no. 28151. p. 4644. 26 June, 1908.
  4. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29751. p. 9070. 15 September, 1916.

Bibliography

  • Bachrach, Harriet. Ed. (2006). Jutland Letters, June-October, 1916: Affectionate Letters from a Royal Navy Commodore to his Beloved Wife. Salisbury: Wessex Books. ISBN 1903035260.

Service Records