Guy Plantagenet Bigg-Wither
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Captain Guy Plantagenet Bigg-Wither, Royal Navy (1 June, 1878 – ?) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1900.[1]
He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1912.[2]
Bigg-Wither was one of Herbert Richmond's sources of "information and encouragement within the Naval Staff" in the Training and Staff Duties Division.[3]
In August 1920, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Dartmouth.[4] One year later, he was placed in charge of H.M.S. Caradoc.[5]
Bibliography
- Hunt, Barry D. (1982). Sailor-Scholar: Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond 1871-1946. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 0-88920-104-8.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/44.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Herbert W. W. Hope |
Captain of H.M.S. Dartmouth 3 Aug, 1920[6] – ? |
Succeeded by Dudley B. N. North |
| Preceded by Ragnar M. Colvin |
Captain of H.M.S. Caradoc Aug, 1921[7] – ? |
Succeeded by Reginald St. P. Parry |
Footnotes
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27211. p. 4433. 17 July, 1900.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28623. p. 4748. 2 July, 1912.
- ↑ Hunt. Sailor-Scholar. p. 91.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 757.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 757.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
