Alick Stokes
Captain (retired) Alick Stokes (24 November, 1881 – ) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Stokes was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 November, 1902.[1]
Stokes was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 November, 1910.[2]
Stokes was appointed to Temeraire as gunnery officer on 8 January, 1913 and remained in her through most of the war.[3]
Stokes was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1915.[4] Temeraire fired 54 12-in shells under his oversight at the Battle of Jutland.
He left Temeraire on 17 November, 1917 for a desk job. His next seaborne appointment was in Emperor of India on 8 January, 1919. He was her gunnery officer until receiving the first of two ships commands he'd receive, that of Terror being appointed on 14 February, 1921.[5]
Stokes was promoted to the rank of Captain on the day he retired, 24 November, 1927.[6]
See Also
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/46. ff. 120-1.
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Arthur D. Barrow |
Captain of H.M.S. Terror 14 Feb, 1921[7] – 15 Jul, 1921[8] |
Succeeded by Edward G. de S. Jukes Hughes |
Preceded by Douglas B. Le Mottée |
Captain of H.M.S. Weymouth 16 Jul, 1921[9] – 11 Sep, 1922[10] |
Succeeded by Richard F. White |
Footnotes
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 120.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 120.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 121.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 120.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 121.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 120.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 121.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 121.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 121.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 121.