Maurice Ewbank

Commander (retired) Maurice Ewbank (28 November, 1884 – 5 January, 1932) served in the Royal Naval Reserve and transferred into the Royal Navy in 1913.

Life & Career

Ewbank entered the Royal Naval Reserve in 1904.

Ewbank entered the Royal Navy at the rank of Supplementary Lieutenant on 1 April, 1913. He served in the light cruiser Liverpool until she paid off on 21 July 1915. He was then appointed to the light cruiser Birkenhead on 30 July and served in her until April, 1918, seeing action at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron.

Ewbank was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1921.

Ewbank was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 11 November, 1929.

Ewbank died of respiratory failure at age 47 following an operation in early 1932.

See Also

• Service Records
• Third L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland
• "Commander Ewbank, R.N." The Times 8 Jan 1932, p. 12.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Basil R. Brooke	Captain of H.M.S. Myrtle 18 Apr, 1918 – 5 Jul, 1918	Succeeded by Frederic S. Piper
Preceded by Spencer R. S. Richards	Captain of H.M.S. Heliotrope 15 Aug, 1918 – 15 Dec, 1920	Succeeded by Placed in Reserve for Six Years
Preceded by William M. Carey	Captain of H.M.S. Mistley 31 Dec, 1923 – 31 Dec, 1925	Succeeded by Alban Knubley
Preceded by Six Years in Reserve	Captain of H.M.S. Heliotrope 20 Mar, 1926 – 29 Apr, 1926	Succeeded by Arthur B. A. Baker