James Augustus Poland R.N.
James Augustus Poland R.N.
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James Augustus Poland R.N. | Explanation |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
March 1918 | | Died (South Kensington) |
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Date | Rank |
19 July 1846 | Entered Navy |
3 February 1855 | Lieutenant |
9 November 1863 | Commander |
24 July 1871 | Captain |
29 September 1886 | Retired Captain |
1 January 1888 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
7 February 1855 | 25 May 1855 | Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Thomas Maitland, gunnery ship, Portsmouth |
25 May 1855 | | Lieutenant in Meteor, commanded by Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, the Crimea |
20 March 1860 | | Lieutenant in Pioneer, commanded by Hugh A Reilly, East Indies and China |
(1863) | | Lieutenant in Pearl during the bombardment of Kagoshima ("Anglo-Satsuma War") resulting from the "Namamugi Incident", a samurai attack on foreign nationals in Japan on September 14, 1862. |
24 September 1867 | 1871 | Commander in Plover, west coast of Africa, then North America and West Indies |
4 November 1875 | 23 October 1879 | Captain in Juno (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness), China |
1 January 1881 | 18 September 1883 | Captain in Valiant |
18 September 1883 | 29 September 1886 | In command of the Naval Barracks, Sheerness |