Cowan, Walter Henry

Date of birth:: June 11th, 1871 (Crickhowell/Brecknockshire, Wales)
Date of death:: February 14th, 1956
Nationality:: British

Biography

Promotions:
1884: Cadet;
1886: Midshipsman;
1890: Sub-lieutenant;
1892: Lieutenant;
June 1901: Commander;
1906: Captain;
1918: Rear-admiral;
1923: Vice-admiral;
1927: Admiral.

Career:
1884: training ship HMS Britannia;
1886: HMS Alexandra;
1889: HMS Voltage;
?: HMS Boadica;
1892: First Lieutenant light-cruiser HMS Barrosa;
1898: destroyer HMS Boxer;
1898: Commanding Officer gunboat HMS Sultan;
?: Commanding Officer Nile Gunboat Flotilla;
?: aide-de-camp;
1901: First Lieutenant battleship HMS Prince George;
May 1902: battleship HMS Resolution;
?: Commanding Officer destroyer HMS Falcon / second-in-command Devonport Destroyer Flotilla;
?: Commanding Officer Devonport Destroyer Flotilla;
1905: Commanding Officer HMS SKirmisher;
1907: cruiser HMS Saphire;
1908: Commanding Officer destroyers Channel Fleet;
1909: Commanding Officer HMS Cressy;
1910: Commanding Officer light-cruiser HMS Glucester;
1912: Assistant Admiral of Patrols;
1914: Commanding Officer HMS Zealandia;
1914: Commanding Officer HMS Princess Royal;
June 1917: Commodore, 1st Light Cruiser Squadron;
1921: Commanding Officer Battlecruiser Squadron;
1925: Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland;
1926: Commander-in-Chief America and West Indies Station;
1930: First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King;
1931: Retirement.