Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis

Admiral SIR Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis, K.C.B., G.B.E., Royal Navy (2 May, 1884 – 26 May, 1946) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Clifton, Gloucester on 2 May, 1884.

Kennedy-Purvis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 January, 1904. He was appointed to command T.B. 66 in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1904, but in the event served in her subordinate to Lieutenant & Commander Geoffrey Stewart Fleetwood Nash.

On 14 March, 1908, he married Ethel May Conquest at Christ Church in Woburn Square, London.

Kennedy-Purvis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 January, 1912. From March, 1912 through June 1917, he remained in Vernon for W/T duties and to serve as an instructor in the developing technology.

The Great War

Kennedy-Purvis was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1915. Still at Vernon, he continued his work on the War Staff and in instruction until 17 January, 1918 when he was appointed to Southampton as executive officer, where he would serve out the remained of the war.

Post-War

Kennedy-Purvis was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1921.

Kennedy-Purvis was appointed in command of the light cruiser Concord in July, 1925.

He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Glorious in March, 1931. A collision between the aircraft carrier and S.S. Florida on 1 April was laid at the feet of Kennedy-Purvis, but the number of aircraft operating at the time were taken as such an extenuating circumstance that no action was taken against him.

Flag Rank

Kennedy-Purvis was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 30 September, 1933.

Kennedy-Purvis was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 28 June, 1937.

Kennedy-Purvis was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 15 February, 1942.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Geoffrey Hopwood	Captain of H.M.S. Diomede 21 Jan, 1925 – Jul, 1925	Succeeded by Alexander R. W. Woods
Preceded by Alexander R. W. Woods	Captain of H.M.S. Concord Jul, 1925 – 8 Jan, 1927	Succeeded by Egerton W. Isaacson
Preceded by Henry K. Kitson	Director of the Signal Department 1 Mar, 1927 – 17 Mar, 1930	Succeeded by James W. S. Dorling
Preceded by Dashwood F. Moir	Captain of H.M.S. Glorious 14 Mar, 1931 – 1932	Succeeded by Guy C. C. Royle
Preceded by Sidney R. Bailey	Assistant Chief of Naval Staff 2 Jul, 1934 – 2 Oct, 1936	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Max K. Horton as Rear-Admiral Commanding, First Cruiser Squadron	Vice-Admiral Commanding, First Cruiser Squadron 2 Oct, 1936 – Mar, 1940	Succeeded by John H. D. Cunningham
Preceded by Arthur F. Pridham	Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Station 23 Aug, 1938	Succeeded by Geoffrey Layton
Preceded by Sidney R. Bailey	President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich 7 Oct, 1938 – 1940	Succeeded by Eric J. P. Brind
Preceded by Sidney J. Meyrick	Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station Mar, 1940	Succeeded by Alban T. B. Curteis
Preceded by Appointment Lapsed since 1919	Deputy First Sea Lord Jul, 1942 – May, 1946	Succeeded by Appointment Lapsed