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| Henry Bedford Woollcombe R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Second son of Vice-Admiral George Woolcombe ( | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 25 April 1831 | Born | ||
| 18 December 1879 | Married Eleanor Agnes, daughter of Rev. Arthur Eden, Vicar of Ticehurst | ||
| 14 April 1904 | Died (South Kensington) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 1845 | Entered Navy | ||
| 3 May 1853 | Lieutenant | ||
| 14 June 1860 | Commander | ||
| 11 April 1866 | Captain | ||
| 21 June 1882 | Retired Captain | ||
| 8 January 1883 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| 15 December 1888 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 4 August 1853 | Lieutenant in Arrogant, commanded by Hastings Reginald Yelverton, Portsmouth, then (1854) the Baltic during the Russian War, commanding Arrogant's rocket boats at the bombardment of Sveaborg | ||
| 15 February 1856 | Lieutenant and commander in Violet, tender to Brunswick | ||
| 17 July 1856 | Lieutenant in Wasp, commanded by Frederick Henry Stirling, south-east coast of America | ||
| 14 March 1859 | 14 June 1860 | Lieutenant in Doris, commanded by Edmund Heathcote, Mediterranean | |
| 6 February 1861 | Commander (2ic) in Queen, commanded by Charles Farrell Hillyar, Mediterranean | ||
| 9 May 1864 | Commander in Assurance, Mediterranean | ||
| 26 March 1872 | 10 August 1876 | Captain in Thalia (from commissioning at Plymouth until paying off), China | |
| 6 March 1878 | 31 July 1879 | Captain in Endymion (until paying off at Chatham), Coast Guard, the Humber (replaced by Audacious) | |
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