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| James Augustus Poland R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Peter Poland (1784-1856) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 18 August 1832 | Born (Highgate, London) | ||
| 4 December 1883 | Married Elizabeth Catherine ( 1855-1947), daughter of William Orlando Markham (1818-1891) | ||
| 14 March 1918 | Died (South Kensington, London) | ||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 19 July 1846 | Entered Navy | ||
| 6 July 1852 | Mate | ||
| 3 February 1855 | Lieutenant | ||
| 9 November 1863 | Commander | ||
| 24 July 1871 | Captain | ||
| 29 September 1886 | Retired Captain | ||
| 1 January 1888 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| 13 May 1893 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 6 July 1852 | 4 November 1854 | Mate in Dauntless, commanded by Captain Edward Pellew Halsted North America and West Indies, then Alfred Phillipps Ryder, the Baltic and the Black Sea during the Russian War | |
| 5 November 1854 | 2 February 1855 | Mate in Excellent, commanded by Captain Thomas Maitland, gunnery ship, Portsmouth | |
| 3 February 1855 | 24 May 1855 | Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Thomas Maitland, gunnery ship, Portsmouth | |
| 26 May 1855 | 2 May 1856 | Lieutenant in Meteor, commanded by Captain Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, the Crimea | |
| 20 May 1856 | 31 March 1860 | Lieutenant in Esk, commanded by Captain Robert John le Mesurier McClure, East Indies and China (Pacific), where McClure commanded the division of the Naval Brigade before Canton during the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War | |
| 1 April 1860 | 3 August 1861 | Lieutenant in Pioneer, commanded by Commander Hugh Arthur Reilly, East Indies and China | |
| 4 August 1861 | 18 June 1864 | Lieutenant in Pearl, commanded by Captain John Borlase, East Indies and China (including British involvement in Taiping rebellion and the bombardment of Kagoshima ('Anglo-Satsuma War') | |
| 24 September 1867 | 11 June 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 (and 29 March - 17 May 1877, Hong Kong hospital) | |
| 1 January 1881 | 28 September 1883 | Captain in Valiant, Coast Guard, River Shannon (including summer cruises 9 June - 15 August 1882 and 10 June - 4 August 1883) | |
| 29 September 1883 | 29 September 1886 | In command of the Naval Barracks, Sheerness (carried on the books of Duncan) | |
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