William Thornton Bate R.N.
William Thornton Bate R.N.


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William Thornton Bate R.N.Explanation
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
1820 Born
29 December 1857 Died (killed during the assult on Canton during the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War, when in command of Actaeon)
 
DateRank
2 September 1831Entered Navy
8 October 1841Lieutenant
15 February 1848Commander
 
Date fromDate toService
19 February 18421846Lieutenant in Plover, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war)
25 July 18493 June 1854Commander in Royalist (until paying off at Portsmouth), East Indies
12 January 1856 Commander in Bittern, East Indies
1 August 185629 December 1857Commander in Actaeon, Coast of China and Tartary (until he was killed while serving with the Naval Brigade on shore during bombardment of Canton during the second Anglo-Chinese war)


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