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Amateur British & Irish Yachtsmen Before World War One

Ernest Hicks Oliver

Promotion within the R.N.V.R. from Sub-Lieutenant to temporary Lieutenant noted in the Gazette for 18 July, 1916 - at the same time as the same promotion for Donald Maxwell.

R.N.V.R.
To be tempy. Lieut.-
Tempy. Sub-Lieut. Digby E. Easton. 17th July 1916.

The undermentioned tempy. Sub-Lieuts. to be tempy. Lieuts.:-
Ernest H. Oliver. 6th Apr. 1916.
Thomas Sinclair. 17th June 1916.
Donald Maxwell. 24th June 1916.
William Robinson. 26th June 1916.
To be tempy. Sub-Lieut.-
Ernest T. Hall. 17th July 1916.

Editor of Lloyd's Register of Yachts until 1936.

Owned George Holmes Eel by 1914 and described some of his adventures in her for The Yachting Monthly in The Wrigglings of the Eel.

Boats:

• Eel

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