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He assumed command of the {{UK-Grafton|f=t}} in June 1915, remaining in her until July 1917.{{MackieRNW}} | He assumed command of the {{UK-Grafton|f=t}} in June 1915, remaining in her until July 1917.{{MackieRNW}} | ||
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| + | This cloudy date of succession may have been around 21 September, 1918, when Grace was appointed as captain of [[H.M.S. Vindictive (1918)|''Vindictive'']].{{NLFeb19|p. 935}} | ||
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Revision as of 17:09, 5 May 2014
Henry Edgar Grace ( – ) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.
Life & Career
Grace was promoted to Captain on 31 December 1914.
He assumed command of the destroyer Grafton in June 1915, remaining in her until July 1917.[1]
In May, 1918, he was appointed in command of Birkenhead, but sometime before mid-December, Arthur M. Stancomb took over as Acting Captain on a temporary basis.[2]
This cloudy date of succession may have been around 21 September, 1918, when Grace was appointed as captain of Vindictive.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 741.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 935.
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