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Bedwell was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 4 July, 1926.<ref>Bedwell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/118.|}} f. ?.</ref>
Bedwell was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 4 July, 1926.<ref>Bedwell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/118.|}} f. ?.</ref>
==World War II==
Various shore-based appointments prior to reverting to the Retired List on 31 December, 1944.<ref>Bedwell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/118.|}} f. ?.</ref>


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 13:02, 26 March 2021

Captain (retired) Harold Brisbane Bedwell (20 October, 1879 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Bedwell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1901.[1][2]

He qualified as an Interpreter in French in 1905.[3]

Bedwell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1909.[4]

Bedwell was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1914. He served in Minotaur as navigating officer on the China Station from October 1913 through 8 December, 1916.[5]

Bedwell was appointed in command of the third class protected cruiser Proserpine on 18 June, 1918.[6][7]

Bedwell was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Captain on 4 July, 1926.[8]

World War II

Various shore-based appointments prior to reverting to the Retired List on 31 December, 1944.[9]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Cecil H. Fox
Captain of H.M. T.B. 63
10 Jul, 1900
Succeeded by
Thomas B. Dunne
as Captain of H.M. T.B. 063
Preceded by
Thomas E. Wardle
Captain of H.M.S. Dreadnought
7 Feb, 1918 – 20 Apr, 1918
Succeeded by
Maurice S. FitzMaurice
Preceded by
Arthur L. Ashby
Captain of H.M.S. Proserpine
18 Jun, 1918[10] – May, 1919
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 6.
  2. Bedwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/118. f. ?.
  3. Bedwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/118. f. ?.
  4. Bedwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/118. f. ?.
  5. Bedwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/118. f. ?.
  6. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 885a.
  7. Bedwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/118. f. ?.
  8. Bedwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/118. f. ?.
  9. Bedwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/118. f. ?.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 885a.