Henry FitzRoy George Talbot
Captain Henry FitzRoy George Talbot, D.S.O., Royal Navy (24 February, 1874 – 4 July, 1920) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Badderly, the son off Major H. C. Talbot.[1]
Talbot was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1895.[2]
Talbot was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1905.[3]
On 9 October 1913, Talbot was appointed Secretary of the Committee on Eyesight of Officers.
As a Commander, he was appointed to the Prince George on 8 January, 1914.[4]
Talbot was promoted to Captain on 30 June, 1914.[5]
He was appointed in command of the battleship Majestic and "for a group" (of destroyers, presumably) on 30 July, 1914.[6] He was in command when she was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on 27 May, 1915.
In August, 1915, he was given command of the battleship Swiftsure, in which he served as Flag Captain. In 1916, he was in general charge of vessels off the beach during the evacuation of Helles. Talbot was re-appointed upon the ship's re-commissioning in May 1916 and remained in command until she paid off on 26 April, 1917.
On 10 May, 1917 Talbot was appointed in command of the light cruiser Birkenhead.
On 23 November, 1918, Talbot was deemed fit for shore duty only.
On 22 April, 1920, Talbot was surveyed at the hospital.
Talbot died on 4 July, 1920, whilst in command of the light cruiser Caledon.[7]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Ion P. Barton |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 103 11 Feb, 1896[8] |
Succeeded by Percy G. Brown |
| Preceded by Osmond J. Prentis |
Captain of H.M.S. Mallard 2 Jul, 1906[9] – 29 Nov, 1908[Inference] |
Succeeded by Charles E. W. Pyddoke |
| Preceded by Charles P. Beaty-Pownall |
Captain of H.M.S. Perseus 11 May, 1912[10] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Edwin V. Underhill |
Captain of H.M.S. Majestic 30 Jul, 1914[11] – 27 May, 1915[12] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
| Preceded by Cecil Maxwell-Lefroy |
Captain of H.M.S. Swiftsure 10 Aug, 1915[13] – 26 Apr, 1917 |
Succeeded by Francis J. Stenson |
| Preceded by Edward Reeves |
Captain of H.M.S. Birkenhead 10 May, 1917[14] – 16 Jan, 1918 |
Succeeded by Henry E. Grace |
| Preceded by Herbert E. Holmes-à-Court |
Captain of Royal Naval College, Osborne 15 Dec, 1918[15] |
Succeeded by Francis A. Marten |
Footnotes
- ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/421. f. 421.
- ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/421. f. 421.
- ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/421. f. 421.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 361.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28842. p. 4880. 22 June, 1914.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 353.
- ↑ "Naval Casualties" (News). The Times. Tuesday, 20 July, 1920. Issue 42467, col E, p. 21.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 1 February, 1896. Issue 34802, col B, p. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 343.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 356.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 353.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume II. index.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398m.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391s.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 856.
