Frederick Woollcombe
From: http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1045 (5th February 2008)
Frederick Woollcombe R.N. Explanation
Third son of Rev William Woollcombe, Rector of Hennock and Vicar of Christow
Date (from) (Date to) Personal
No personal data.
Date Rank
24 June 1846 Lieutenant
8 January 1852 Commander
Date from Date to Service
1846 Acting Lieutenant in Actaeon, commanded by George Mansel, west coast of Africa
1846 July 1848 Acting Lieutenant in Kingfisher, commanded by Frederick Wilmot Horton, west coast of Africa
4 September 1848 Lieutenant in Southampton, commanded by Nicholas Cory, flagship of Rear-Admiral Barrington Reynolds*, Cape of Good Hope (Flag Lieutenant)
7 June 1854 3 April 1855 Commander in Styx, East Indies (until Woollcombe died)
3 April 1855 Died (at Hong Kong, in command of Styx)
*Rear-Admiral Barrington Reynolds was his uncle.
Timeline
Death of Mother, Elizabeth Carthew-Reynolds
Death of Father, William Woollcombe