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==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
Hammick was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1908.
Born in Stoke, the son of Rear-Admiral [[Robert Frederick Hammick]].


Hammick was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 31 December, 1916.
Hammick was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1908.<ref>Hammick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/311.|}} f. ?, 194.</ref>


Hammick was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1922.
When the war broke out, Hammick was appointed to gunnery officer in the {{UK-PrinceGeorge|f=t}}.  He served in her until 19 October, 1915.  A week later, he was admitted to Haslar Hospital, suffering from Bell's Palsy.  At about the same time, he lost confidential books from the [[Devonport Gunnery School]].<ref>Hammick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/311.|}} f. ?, 194.</ref>


Hammick was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1929.
Hammick was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 31 December, 1916.<ref>Hammick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/311.|}} f. ?, 194.</ref>


Hammick was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 25 June, 1940 and placed on the Retired List the next day.
In 1920, he a Webley pistol went missing from {{UK-Canterbury|f=p}}, and Hammick bore some of the blame in the matter.<ref>Hammick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/311.|}} f. ?, 194.</ref>
 
Hammick was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1922.<ref>Hammick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/311.|}} f. ?, 194.</ref>
 
Hammick was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1929.<ref>Hammick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/311.|}} f. ?, 194.</ref>
 
==World War II==
Hammick was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 25 June, 1940 and placed on the Retired List the next day.<ref>Hammick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/311.|}} f. ?, 194.</ref>
 
He was reverted to the Retired List as medically unfit on 13 September, 1945.<ref>Hammick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/311.|}} f. ?, 194.</ref>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 23:11, 6 April 2022

Rear-Admiral Alexander Robert Hammick, R.N. (16 February, 1887 – 1969) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Stoke, the son of Rear-Admiral Robert Frederick Hammick.

Hammick was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1908.[1]

When the war broke out, Hammick was appointed to gunnery officer in the battleship Prince George. He served in her until 19 October, 1915. A week later, he was admitted to Haslar Hospital, suffering from Bell's Palsy. At about the same time, he lost confidential books from the Devonport Gunnery School.[2]

Hammick was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1916.[3]

In 1920, he a Webley pistol went missing from H.M.S. Canterbury, and Hammick bore some of the blame in the matter.[4]

Hammick was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1922.[5]

Hammick was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1929.[6]

World War II

Hammick was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 25 June, 1940 and placed on the Retired List the next day.[7]

He was reverted to the Retired List as medically unfit on 13 September, 1945.[8]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Thomas B. Drew 		Captain of H.M.S. Active
25 Aug, 1930[9] – Sep, 1931[10] 		Succeeded by
Henry B. Rawlings
Preceded by
The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond 		Captain of H.M.S. Curacoa
2 Jan, 1933[11] – Apr, 1933[12] 		Succeeded by
Robert L. Burnett
Preceded by
Robert L. Burnett 		Captain of H.M.S. Keppel
24 Apr, 1933[13][14] – 17 Dec, 1934[15] 		Succeeded by
Harold T. Baillie-Grohman
Preceded by
Cecil R. E. W. Perryman 		Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla
24 Apr, 1933 – Oct, 1935 		Succeeded by
Richard S. Benson
Preceded by
Harold T. Baillie-Grohman 		Captain of H.M.S. Duncan
17 Dec, 1934[16][17] – 1934[18] 		Succeeded by
Richard S. Benson
Preceded by
Edward N. Syfret 		Captain of Devonport Gunnery School
30 Dec, 1935[19][20] – c. Jun, 1938[21] 		Succeeded by
Eustace Rotherham
Preceded by
H. Evelyn C. Blagrove 		Captain of H.M.S. Sussex
16 Dec, 1938[22] – 6 Jun, 1940[23] 		Succeeded by
Richard V. Symonds-Tayler

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  2. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  3. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  4. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  5. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  6. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  7. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  8. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  9. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  10. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  11. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  12. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  13. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 250.
  15. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  16. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  17. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 3 Nov. 1934, p. 21.
  18. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  19. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 233.
  21. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  22. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

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