Vice Admiral W F Slayter CB

Vice Admiral W F Slayter CB
Title:Vice Admiral
First name:W
Middle name(s):F
Surname:Slayter
Post-nominals:CB
Year elected:1909
Last year on list:1936
MembershipNaval

Admiral William Firth Slayter, C.B. (1867-1936), born Halifax, Nova Scotia; entered the Royal Navy, 1880; served as a Naval Cadet in H.M.S. Agincourt during the Egyptian Campaign, 1882; promoted Lieutenant, H.M.S. Boedicea; served in the Naval Brigade during the Witu Campaign, 1890 (entitled to East and West Africa Medal); promoted Commander, 1901, and served in H.M.Y. Osborne; appointed to the Command of H.M.Y. Alexandra, May 1907; Captain, Royal Naval College, Greenwich, December 1912; served during the Great War as Captain of H.M. Dockyard, Rosyth, and afterwards as Admiral Superintendent, Tyne and Liverpool Districts; created a Companion of the Order of the Bath and promoted Rear-Admiral, 1919; retired, 1920; promoted Vice-Admiral, 1924; Admiral, 1928.

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