Frank Collins Marston

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Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Frank Collins Marston, R.N. (14 December, 1867 – 1 December, 1948) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Marston's birth date was first, wrongly, recorded as 14 March, 1867.

Marston was promoted to the rank of Gunner on 8 February, 1896.

Marston was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 89 on 9 March, 1912.[1]

Marston was promoted to the rank of Chief Gunner on 1 April, 1912.

Marston was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 May, 1918.

Appointed in command of Flintshire on 22 January, 1921 until he was placed on the Retired List due to age on 14 March, 1922, Marston was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander (retired) on 1 May, 1926.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
John Dewstowe
Captain of H.M. T.B. 89
Apr, 1912 – Apr, 1914
Succeeded by
Thomas Connolly
Preceded by
Charles H. Thacker
Captain of H.M. T.B. 050
21 Mar, 1915 – 12 Jun, 1915
Succeeded by
Douglas G. Jeffrey

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 401a.