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Dewar was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 March, 1906 | Dewar was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 March, 1906 in the midst of a stint in command of the {{UK-Foyle|f=t}}<ref>Dewar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 297.</ref> | ||
He served as gunnery officer in {{UK-Formidable}} from 30 April 1912 to 6 January, 1914 when he moved to {{UK-Hercules}}. | |||
Dewar was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 March, 1915.<ref>Dewar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 297.</ref> | Dewar was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 March, 1915.<ref>Dewar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 297.</ref> | ||
Deward fought in ''Hercules'' at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. He quit her for {{UK-Warspite}} on 9 January, 1917.<ref>Dewar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 297.</ref> | |||
Dewar was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1918.<ref>Dewar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 297.</ref> | Dewar was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1918.<ref>Dewar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 297.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 14:54, 19 January 2015
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[1] and later in the war in Warspite. 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[2]
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.[3]
Deward fought in Hercules at the Battle of Jutland. He quit her for Warspite on 9 January, 1917.[4]
Dewar was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1918.[5]
Dewar was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1920.[6]
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 as Naval Attaché in Washington, D.C. in 1933.
Dewar was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 11 January, 1938.[7]
Bibliography
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.
Footnotes
- ↑ Commodore G. (1922). With the British Battle Fleet: War Recollections of a Russian Naval Officer. London: Hutchinson & Co.., p. 131.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
