Cecil Ryther Acklom CB CBE RN (1872 - 1937)

Born 31 May 1872 in Hastings, Sussex

Ancestors

Died 12 Jun 1937 at age 65 in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

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Birth & Baptism

Cecil Ryther Acklom was born in 1872 in Hastings, Sussex, England ^[1] His father was on leave from his job as (British) Inspector General of Police for an Indian province. Cecil was the son of Robert Evatt Acklom and Annabella Jessie Daun.

Boarding School 1881 Bristol England

In 1881 Cecil and his elder brother are both at a boarding school just outside Bristol in England. ^[2]

Naval Career 1885-1910

Cecil Acklom had a distinguished naval career in the period of general world peace 1885 to 1910 when promotion beyond Lieutenant was almost impossible to achieve: He entered the Navy as a 3 year old Midshipman 15 July 1885 ^[3] As an 18 year old midshipman in 1890 he won his first medal, the OBE, in a punitive naval attack on the rebellious Sultan of Witu or Vitu in East Africa. Over the next 20 years European war became ever more remote and in 1908 we signed the Entente Cordiale with our old enemy France. Cecil had already decided that the future lay not in gallantry but in technological supremacy: He played a major role in the development of the torpedo for the Royal Navy ^[4] and in 1909 he became Superintendent of the Royal Naval Torpedo Factory at Greenock. ^[5]

Strange Retirement 1910-1919

Cecil Acklom performed his most important role in the Royal Navy after his retirement in 1910. He remained the Superintendent of the Naval Torpedo Factory at Greenock, Scotland, where satisfaction with his activity in supervising all manufacture and development of torpedos for the Navy was clearly expressed twice over : in 1914 just before the beginning of WW1 he was made a CB - Companion of the Order of the Bath, ^[6] and in 1919 at the end of the war the medal and clasp he won as a midshipman in 1885 were upgraded to Commander of the British Empire. ^{[7] [8]}

Death 1937 Dublin

Cecil Ryther Acklom died 12 June 1937 in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland and was returned to London for burial. ^[9] He had never married.

Sources

1. ↑ Hastings Baptism: 31 May 1872 which is also confirmed as his date of birth in Royal Navy records.but probably the actual birth was in Bautar, Romania. : Cecil s/o Robert & Annabella Acklom
2. ↑ Census 1881 Gelzean's Boarding School, Clifton, Glos. RG11247924 p42 (excerpt) George M Acklom (Boarder) 10 British Subject, b India Cecil M Acklom (Boarder) 8 b Hastings, Sussex, England
3. ↑ National Archives : Kew : ADM 196/43/257 Cecil Ryther Acklom (and he officially left the service in 1943, six years after his death.)
4. ↑ Torpedo - Page 59 - Google Books Resultbooks.google.co.uk › books <In 1901, the Assistant Superintendent of the RGF, Cecil Ryther Acklom—a key figure in British torpedo development for more than a decade—decided to try ...Katherine C. Epstein - 2014 - ‎History
5. ↑ Acklom Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/238. f. 262.
6. ↑ London Gazette 22.6.1914, Commander Cecil Ryther Acklom, R.N. retired C.B.
7. ↑ London Gazette 11.6.1919 Commander (acting Captain) Cecil Ryther Acklom, C.B., R.N. "For Valuable Services as Superintendent, Royal Naval Torpedo Factory, Greenock, .
8. ↑ Sale of Three Medals sold 20 July 2006 by Spink: Captain C.R. Acklom, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Civil Division, Companion's (C.B.) breast Badge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1912), with riband buckle, in Garrard, London case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, Commander's (C.B.E.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue; East and West Africa, one clasp, Witu 1890 (Midn. C.R. Acklom. H.M.S. Boadicea.), extremely fine, last in original named card box of issue (3) Estimate £750-800 C.B.
9. ↑ Who Was Who : Published by A&C Black Limited

See Also:

• Wikipedia:Cecil_Ryther_Acklom

• Captain Cecil Ryther Acklom, C.B., C.B.E., Royal Navy (1872-1937), entered the Royal Navy 1885; served as Midshipman in H.M.S. Boadicea, flagship of Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir E.R. Freemantle, K.C.B., Commander in Chief East Indies, in the punitive expedition against the Sultan of Witu 1890; Sub-Lieutenant 1891; Lieutenant 1893; Assistant Superintendent Royal Gun Factory Woolwich 1899; Superintendent Royal Naval Torpedo Factory Greenock 1909; retired 1910; Commander (retired) 1912 (C.B. 1914); Captain (retired) 1918 (C.B.E. 1919)

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