Richard Frank Jolly
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Jump to navigationJump to searchCommander Richard Frank Jolly, (28 August, 1896 – 16 October, 1939) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Jolly joined the navy as part of a special emergency term taken into the Training Establishment in September 1914. Jolly was killed while in command of the destroyer Mohawk during an air raid on the Firth of Forth on 16 October, 1939.
See Also
Bibliography
- Fallen Officers The Times. Wed Oct 18 1939, p. 11.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Roland F. B. Swinley |
Captain of H.M.S. Rowena Apr, 1927 |
Succeeded by Harold W. Seaman |
| Preceded by Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee |
Captain of H.M.S. Walpole 5 Apr, 1928[1] – c. Apr, 1929 |
Succeeded by Richard F. Jolly |
| Preceded by Frederick A. Richardson |
Captain of H.M.S. Vivien c. Apr, 1929 |
Succeeded by William D. G. Weir |
| Preceded by Richard F. Jolly |
Captain of H.M.S. Walpole 4 Nov, 1929 |
Succeeded by Eric B. K. Stevens |
| Preceded by Eric J. Shelley |
Captain of H.M.S. Volunteer 12 Apr, 1930 |
Succeeded by Hugh Gartside-Tippinge |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Beagle 27 Apr, 1931[2] |
Succeeded by Michael W. Ewart-Wentworth |
| Preceded by Arthur D. B. James |
Captain of H.M.S. Marshal Soult ? – 14 Jul, 1938 |
Succeeded by Percy F. P. Wood |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Mohawk 12 Jul, 1938[3] – 16 Oct, 1939 |
Succeeded by Denis G. D. Hall-Wright |
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