Talk:William Thornton Bate

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The Gazette containing Bate's promotion to lieutenant states, "With reference to the Gazette Extraordinary of the 8th instant, the following Naval Promotions have taken place, dated on that day", which I assume to refer to, and that Bate was recommended for promotion on the basis of some act mentioned there (which already seems to be in China). I haven't got time to read righ tthrou it at the moment though. David Underdown (talk) 16:50, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I've found the discrepancy. He had passed his lieutenant's exam prior to join the Blenheim, after which he was presumably waiting for his commission. He was then one of those leading the landing parties at Canton in the early stages of the war, during which he was wounded. This presumably was the act that secured his promotion. Benea (talk) 17:33, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Good work - thanks for sorting out Bentinck too. I meant to drop a note on your talk page about that, but didn't have time, and didn't have the sources to sort it out properly myself, but leaving it as a redirect to K314 didn't seem very helpful either.  David Underdown (talk) 21:04, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem at all, thanks for adding the extra references! I've been meaning to make more use of the London Gazette, it's an amazing resource. Benea (talk) 22:28, 28 July 2008 (UTC)