Alan Ramsay Dewar

Rear-Admiral Alan Ramsay Dewar (8 February, 1887 – 5 November, 1972) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Dewar was the Gunnery Officer of H.M.S. Hercules at Jutland. Kenneth Dewar and Alfred Charles Dewar were his older brothers.

Life & Career

Dewar was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1906 in the midst of a stint in command of the destroyer Foyle

He served as gunnery officer in Formidable from 30 April 1912 to 6 January, 1914 when he moved to Hercules.

Dewar was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1915.

Dewar fought in Hercules at the Battle of Jutland. He quit her for Warspite on 9 January, 1917.

Dewar was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1918.

Dewar was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1920.

Dewar married Valentine Ford, the daughter of Mrs. Ford and the late Mr. James Johnston Ford at St. Baldred's Church, North Berwick on 18 October, 1923.

Dewar served in Royal Sovereign as gunnery officer from 10 April, 1922 through 8 April, 1924.

Dewar served as Naval Attaché in Washington, D.C. in 1933.

Dewar was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 11 January, 1938.

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/143.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/126.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/92.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/50.

See Also

• H.M.S. Hercules at the Battle of Jutland

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Charles W. G. Crawford	Captain of H.M. T.B. 107 Jun, 1906 – late Jun, 1906	Succeeded by Lionel G. Preston
Preceded by Guy C. C. Royle	Fleet Gunnery Officer, Atlantic Fleet 15 Apr, 1919	Succeeded by Francis T. B. Tower
Preceded by Edward O. Priestley	Assistant Director of Naval Ordnance 23 Mar, 1927 – 20 Apr, 1928	Succeeded by Frederick A. Buckley
Preceded by George T. C. P. Swabey	Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance 20 Apr, 1928 – 21 Sep, 1929	Succeeded by Frank Elliott
Preceded by John H. K. Clegg	Captain of H.M.S. Mackay 16 Nov, 1929 – 10 Dec, 1931	Succeeded by Edward B. Cloete
Preceded by John H. K. Clegg	Captain (D), First Destroyer Flotilla 16 Nov, 1929 – 10 Dec, 1931	Succeeded by Edward B. Cloete
Preceded by Patrick Macnamara	Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Washington, D.C. 6 May, 1933 – 19 Jun, 1936	Succeeded by Frederic C. Bradley
Preceded by Algernon U. Willis	Captain of H.M.S. Nelson 20 Aug, 1935 – Dec, 1937	Succeeded by William T. Makeig-Jones