Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis

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Vice-Admiral Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis, K.C.B., R.N. (13 January, 1887 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Curteis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1909.[1]

Great War

Married Essex Helen Morrall on 20 March, 1915.[2]

Curteis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1917.[3]

Post-War

Curteis was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1921.[4]

Curteis was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1926.[5]

Curteis was appointed in command of the light cruiser Castor in October, 1927.

Curteis was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 August, 1938.[6]

On 22 June, 1941, he was remarried, to Emily Freda Morrall. It seems as if she must have been the sister of his first wife.[7]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Harold T. Baillie-Grohman
Captain of H.M.S. Lively
26 Jul, 1915[8]
Succeeded by
Raymond G. F. H. de Caen
Preceded by
John C. Tovey
Captain of H.M.S. Jackal
Apr, 1916[9]
Succeeded by
Arthur M. Roberts
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Ulysses
22 May, 1917[10]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Reginald S. Goff
Captain of H.M.S. Rapid
15 Nov, 1918[11]
Succeeded by
Rowland Leeds
Preceded by
Montague R. Bernard
Captain of H.M.S. Verity
30 May, 1922[12]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Leonard S. Holbrook
Captain of H.M.S. Castor
18 Oct, 1927[13][14]
Succeeded by
Wilfred N. Custance
Preceded by
Fischer B. Watson
Captain of H.M.S. Nelson
Dec, 1931[15] – Sep, 1933[16]
Succeeded by
Patrick Macnamara
Preceded by
G. Frederick B. Edward-Collins
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Second Cruiser Squadron
May, 1940[17] – Jun, 1941[18]
Succeeded by
Herbert A. Packer
Preceded by
Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis
Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station
1942
Succeeded by
Irvine G. Glennie

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 19.
  2. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 28.
  4. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  5. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  6. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  7. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395m.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395n.
  10. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398o.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 890.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 280.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Day of month inferred from Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.


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