Fred Wissler

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Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. (retired) Fred Wissler, R.D. (2 August, 1886 – ) was an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Wissler was appointed in command of the destroyer Whiting on 19 February, 1918.[1]

Wissler was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 2 August, 1918. He was demobilised on 19 September 1919.[2]

Retired due to non-service at sea on 3 November, 1922, Wissler was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 2 August, 1923.[3]

World War II

Duty in Halifax and Newfoundland as part of the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve, which time was to count as duty in the R.N.R..[4]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
John E. Haswell
Captain of H.M.S. Albatross
26 Sep, 1917[5] – 19 Feb, 1918[6]
Succeeded by
William L. Pope
Preceded by
Robert S. Connolly
Captain of H.M.S. Whiting
19 Feb, 1918[7] – 6 Aug, 1919
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 943.
  2. Wissler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/85. f. 85.
  3. Wissler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/85. f. 85.
  4. Wissler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/85. f. 85.
  5. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391f.
  6. The Navy List. (February, 1919). pp. 727, 943.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 943.