Harry Lumsden Boyle

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Captain (retired) Harry Lumsden Boyle, C.B.E. (8 January, 1879 – 7 February, 1955) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Boyle was born in Crieff.

Boyle was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1900.[1]

Boyle's command, the destroyer Recruit was struck while at anchor in Sheerness Harbour by a barge on 27 April, 1907. Damaged above and below the waterline, she was taken into the steam basin, awaiting her turn in the No. 3 Dock when Ure was undocked on 29 April.[2]

Boyle was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1913.

Boyle was appointed in command of the scout cruiser Adventure on 1 April, 1918.[3] He was appointed Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar, to be borne on the books of H.M.S. Crescent, on 28 August 1918, and was granted the acting rank of Captain on 14 September 1918, "while holding [his] present appointment and for such time as [he] may be employed on Ocean Convoy Escort duty." Notwithstanding, he continued to serve in the scout cruiser Adventure, being employed after the War as Senior Allied Representative at Smyrna, as evidenced by this quotation:

"... H.M. Ships ... have rendered good service and upheld British prestige. This is particularly the case as regards H.M.S. Adventure (Acting Captain H.C. Boyle) who has been stationnaire at Smyrna during the last four months and who has acted with great discretion in a very delicate situation" (Admiral Calthorpe, "Report on Greek Occupation of Smyrna," 20 May 1919).[4]

Post-War

Boyle was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 8 January, 1925.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Walter H. Cowan
Captain of H.M.S. Blackwater
3 Jan, 1905[5] – 1 Jun, 1905
Succeeded by
Hubert S. Cardale
Preceded by
Hubert S. Cardale
Captain of H.M.S. Gipsy
1 Jun, 1905 – 10 Oct, 1905
Succeeded by
Denis G. Thynne
Preceded by
Lionel G. Preston
Captain of H.M.S. Doon
10 Oct, 1905[6] – 28 May, 1906
Succeeded by
Edward O. Gladstone
Preceded by
Edward O. Gladstone
Captain of H.M.S. Recruit
28 May, 1906[7] – 5 Nov, 1907
Succeeded by
Claude H. Woodward
Preceded by
Harold V. Dundas
Captain of H.M.S. Adventure
1 Apr, 1918[8] – Aug, 1919
Succeeded by
Astley D. C. Cooper-Key
Preceded by
John R. Segrave
Captain of H.M.S. Conqueror
30 Apr, 1920[9] – 23 Nov, 1920
Succeeded by
John A. Webster

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 9.
  2. "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Apr 29, 1907; pg. 10; Issue 38319.
  3. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 724.
  4. Quoted in P. Halpern (ed.), The Mediterranean Fleet, 1919–1929 (Ashgate for The Navy Records Society, 2011), p. 74.
  5. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4.
  6. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 303.
  7. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 365.
  8. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 724.
  9. The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 750.