Commander Hermann Ewald (1876-1922)

Ewald, Hermann
Personal Information
Full Name:	Hermann Ewald
Date of Birth:	May 3, 1876
Place of Birth:	Copenhagen
Family Relations:	Son of Army Captain Wolfgang Ewald and wife Thora, born Bach
Marriage:	Married September 30, 1901 in Holmens Kirke to Else Sophie Marie Scheel

Promotions
Date:	Promotion:
1894	Naval Cadet
August 18, 1898	Sub Lieutenant
September 16, 1902	Lieutenant
June 30, 1914	Commander

Orders, Decorations & Distinctions
Date:	Orders, Decorations & Distinction:
November 23, 1906	Danish Life Saving Medal
April 2, 1920	Officer of the Order of the Dannebroge

Military Service
Date:	Service:
1898-1899	On the frigate FYEN to the Mediterranean
1907-1908	On the schooner INGOLF to the Danish West Indies
1914	1st Officer on the cruiser HEJMDAL
1916	Commanding Officer on the gunboat GULDBORGSUND
April 10, 1917	On leave
May 4, 1921	Discharge

Other Achievements
Date:	Achievement:
1910-1917	Editor of "Tidsskrift for Søvæsen"
1917	Managing Director of Dansk Kabelfabrik
1917	Cofounder of the Mariners Association ("Marinefore-ningen") and member of the board
1917	Member of the board for the Steamship Company Gylfe
1920	Denmark's representative to the Federation of British Industries

Additional Comments

None

Death
Date:	Cemetery:
April 5, 1922	Died in Hellerup, buried at the Assistens kirkegaard in Copenhagen

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Sources:
&	Det Danske Søofficerskorps 1801-1919, by Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen, Gyldendals Boghandel and Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1919
&	Officerer i den Dansk-Norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den Danske Søetat 1814-1932, Bind I og II, by Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil Marquard, H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen, 1935
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