Background
Gill, Charles Clifford was born on August 24, 1885 in Junction City, Kansas, United States. Son of Clifford Belcher (Lieutenant United States Navy) and Sarah Stoddard (Frothingham) Gill.
Gill, Charles Clifford was born on August 24, 1885 in Junction City, Kansas, United States. Son of Clifford Belcher (Lieutenant United States Navy) and Sarah Stoddard (Frothingham) Gill.
High School, Hampton, New Hampshire, 1901. St. John’s Military Academy, Manlius, New York, 1902. United States Naval Academy, 1906.
Naval War College, 1920.
Rear Admiral W. L. Howard, United States Navy, April 25, 1911. Children—Anne Alden, Charles Howard. Married second, Golda Chase Munroe.
Married 3d, Marie Meuffels. Passed as midshipman, 1903. Was promoted through the grades to captain, September 1, 1932.
Commander United States Ship Vestal, 1932. Was senior member United States Naval Mission to Brazil. Commanded United States Ship Astoria, 1937-1938.
Was professor of naval science and tactics, and commanding officer Naval Training Unit, Yale University Author: Naval Power in the War 1918. The War on the Sea (volunteer IV Harper’s Pictorial Library of the World War), since 1920. Edited Part I—Naval Strategy and Major Naval Operations.
What Happened at Jutland, 1921. Lectures delivered at Army and Navy War Colleges in Brazil public in Portuguese, 1927, Escape of the Goeben and Breslau, Army and Navy Coöperation in the Civil War, Strategic and Tactical Analysis North Sea Battles, 1936.
Member: United States Naval Institute. Clubs: University (Phila.i. New York Yacht (New York City), Armv & Navv (Washington, District of Columbia).
Racquet, (Philadelphia and Washington).
Married Helen, d.;; married second, Golda Chase Munroe. Children: Anne Alden, Charles Howard.