The case of lieut. Lewis Conway-Gordon, Royal marine artillery |
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1st of September admission Aubrey Cox August breach of faith Committee Corps County of Lincoln dated decision Deputy Adjutant-General Deputy-Lieutenant deserving young officer Examination of 1883 F. I. CONWAY-GORDON failed to pass final examination Gordon Greenwich gunnery and torpedo honour injustice interests July letter Lewis Conway-Gordon Lieut Lieut.-Colonel Lieutenant Conway Lieutenant Conway-Gordon Lieutenants Slessor list of Lieutenants London Gazette Lord Northbrook Lords Commissioners Lordships Marine Forces Marine Light Infantry Messrs NEWPORT COTTAGE number of marks obedient Servant offered Commissions order of merit pass a satisfactory pass satisfactorily pass the examination passed an examination passed the required Portsmouth probationary appointments Probationary Lieutenants Public Service punishment receive Commissions received their probationary regimentally senior required examination Royal Marine Artillery Royal Marine Light Royal Military Academy Royal Naval College satisfactory Examination Secretary session after entry Sir Francis Festing Sir Thomas Brassey Slessor and Cox slight disadvantage successful Candidates supersession transfer unsuccessful Whitehall worse position
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Page 17 - Sir, — Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, your letter of the...
Page 34 - Marine Light Infantry will be offered to the successful candidates, in order of merit (according to the number of vacancies), at the open competitive examinations for admission to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.
Page 34 - Candidates must first obtain permission from the Military Secretary, Horse Guards, to attend the Examination, and those who are desirous of obtaining an appointment in the Royal Marine Artillery...
Page 13 - I am commanded by my lords commissioners of the admiralty to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the...
Page 17 - ... communicate to you that the troops under my command have gained possession of the town of Oporto, after having defeated the enemy. And I have to request that you will have the goodness to allow Captain Dench, of HMS Nautilus, to convey my dispatches to England, and to communicate the information to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. ' I have the honor to be, &c. ' Captain Grainger, BN'
Page 34 - Candidates who have received permission from the Horse Guards to attend the examination, and who are desirous of obtaining an appointment in the Royal Marine Artillery, should send in their names to the Secretary of the Admiralty, to whom all inquiries on the subject should be addressed.
Page 38 - Naval College, and on joining his Division. If the payment is made by cheque, the same should be drawn in favour of the cashiers of the Bank of England, and be made payable in London. 10. The Uniform for Officers on Probation will be Blue Patrol Jacket, Blue Working Jacket, Blue Mess Jacket, and Scarlet Waistcoat, Undress Trousers, Sword, Sword-Beit, and Forage Cap. The full pay of a Lieutenant of the Eoyal Marine Artillery is — Under 3 years
Page 34 - Artillery officers will be posted on the list of their corps in the order in which they pass their final examination at Greenwich. 7. Officers of the Royal Marine Artillery on probation, will receive 5s.
Page 34 - Easter vacation. 4. Two examinations of probationary lieutenants will be held in each year at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Those that pass a satisfactory examination at the end of the first session after entry, will remain at the College for another session, at the end of which they will be again examined, and, if they pass satisfactorily, will receive commissions in the Royal Marine Artillery, in order of merit, bearing date from the time they received their probationary appointments.
Page 34 - Infantry, and will be posted on the list of their corps in the order in which they passed their examination. They will join their respective divisions at once, and be instructed in their drill and military duties for service ashore and afloat. They will also undergo a course of garrison or military instruction.