Eric Arthur Forbes Drought

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Lieutenant-Commander Eric Arthur Forbes Drought, D.S.C., R.N. ( – 25 February, 1944) served in the Royal Navy.

I have been unable to find a Service Record for him at The National Archives.

Life & Career

Drought was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 June, 1934.[1]

Drought was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 June, 1942.[2]

Drought died in command of the destroyer Mahratta when she was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Norway by U 990.

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Naval Appointments
Preceded by
James C. Clouston
Captain of H.M.S. Isis
3 Jun, 1940[3] – 17 Jun, 1940[4]
Succeeded by
Casper S. B. Swinley

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