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| Charles Richard Fox Boxer R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Rear-Admiral Edward Boxer, port-admiral at Balaclava, who died there of cholera during the Russian War | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 28 February 1834 | Born (Dover, Kent) | ||
| 28 November 1874 | Married Appoline Catherine Cecile Harline Kimber (1847-1933) | ||
| 27 July 1887 | Died (Upper Norwood, London) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 14 April 1855 | Lieutenant | ||
| 6 August 1860 | Commander | ||
| 11 April 1866 | Captain | ||
| 17 February 1884 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 4 September 1854 | 25 April 1855 | Acting Lieutenant in Harpy, commanded by Lieutenant and commander Charles Gowan Lindsay, Constantinople | |
| 26 April 1855 | 9 May 1855 | Acting Lieutenant in Himalaya, commanded by Commander Benjamin Pentland Priest | |
| 10 May 1855 | 2 July 1855 | Lieutenant in , acting Flag Lieutenant to his father, Rear-Admiral Edward Boxer, till the latter died of cholera at Balaklava) | |
| 12 October 1855 | 7 February 1856 | Lieutenant in Calcutta, commanded by Captain James John Stopford, Devonport, then Portsmouth, then transport to and from the Baltic during the Russian war | |
| 8 February 1856 | 12 June 1856 | Lieutenant and commander in Goldfinch | |
| 10 September 1858 | 17 August 1859 | Lieutenant in Cumberland, commanded by Captain Henry Downing Rogers, south-east coast of America | |
| 19 October 1859 | 1 March 1860 | Additional Lieutenant in Arrogant, commanded by William Edmonstone, west coast of Africa | |
| 11 June 1860 | 6 August 1860 | Lieutenant in St George, commanded by Captain Hon. Francis Egerton, Plymouth | |
| 14 December 1861 | 20 February 1862 | Agent for transports | |
| 16 May 1862 | 4 November 1864 | Commander in Racehorse (from commissioning at Sheerness), China (including the bombardment of Kagoshima ('Anglo-Satsuma War'), until lost off Chefoo with loss of 99 lives | |
| 13 May 1871 | 15 April 1873 | Captain in Scylla (until paying off at Sheerness), Pacific | |
| 13 April 1877 | 29 July 1877 | Captain in Active, West Coast of Africa | |
| 30 July 1877 | 8 July 1878 | Captain in Tourmaline, West Indies (until Boxer invalided) | |
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