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{{CommRN}} '''John Graham Muriel McHardy''', (28 October, 1878 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommRN}} (retired) '''John Graham Muriel McHardy''', (28 October, 1878 – 18 July, 1929) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
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The son of Cdr. W. McHardy was born in Hamilton, N.B..<ref>McHardy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/524.|}} f. ?.</ref>
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The son of Commander (eventually Captain) Wallace B. McHardy was born in Hamilton, N.B..<ref>McHardy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/524.|}} f. 540.</ref>
  
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McHardy was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 September, 1900.<ref>McHardy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/524.|}} f. ?.</ref>
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McHardy was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 September, 1900.<ref>McHardy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/524.|}} f. 540.</ref>
  
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McHardy was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 September, 1908.  Among his last seagoing appointments, he was gunnery officer in the {{UK-Inflexible|f=t}} from late 1908 to mid-1910.<ref>McHardy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/524.|}} f. ?.</ref>
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McHardy was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 September, 1908.  Among his last seagoing appointments, he was gunnery officer in the {{UK-Inflexible|f=t}} from late 1908 to mid-1910.<ref>McHardy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/524.|}} f. 540.</ref>
  
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McHardy was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 12 March, 1912.  While retired, he would fulfill a number of inspectional roles for the Navy.<ref>McHardy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/524.|}} f. ?.</ref>
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McHardy was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 12 March, 1912.  While retired, he would fulfill a number of inspectional roles for the Navy.<ref>McHardy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/524.|}} f. 540.</ref>
  
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McHardy was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on the Retired List on 25 October, 1918.<ref>McHardy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/524.|}} f. ?.</ref>
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McHardy was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on the Retired List on 25 October, 1918.<ref>McHardy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/524.|}} f. 540.</ref> He would die "suddenly" at Weybridge in July 1929, aged 51.{{ToL|Commander J. G. M. McHardy|22 July 1929, p. 19}}
  
 
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* Obituary.  "Commander J. G. M. McHardy." Times (London, England), 22 July 1929, p. 19.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 13:11, 14 February 2024

Commander (retired) John Graham Muriel McHardy, (28 October, 1878 – 18 July, 1929) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Commander (eventually Captain) Wallace B. McHardy was born in Hamilton, N.B..[1]

McHardy was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 September, 1900.[2]

McHardy was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 September, 1908. Among his last seagoing appointments, he was gunnery officer in the battlecruiser Inflexible from late 1908 to mid-1910.[3]

McHardy was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 12 March, 1912. While retired, he would fulfill a number of inspectional roles for the Navy.[4]

McHardy was promoted to the rank of Commander on the Retired List on 25 October, 1918.[5] He would die "suddenly" at Weybridge in July 1929, aged 51.[6]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Henry R. Heathcote 		Captain of H.M.S. Ostrich
21 Jul, 1903[7][8] – 18 Aug, 1903[9] 		Succeeded by
Alfred F. St. Clair Armitage
Preceded by
? 		Deputy Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance
Apr, 1922[10] – 1 Nov, 1927[11] 		Succeeded by
Kenneth Gofton-Salmond
Preceded by
Llewellyn E. H. Llewellyn 		Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance
1 Nov, 1927[12] – 18 Jul, 1929[13] 		Succeeded by
Frank R. Willis

Footnotes

  1. ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. 540.
  2. ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. 540.
  3. ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. 540.
  4. ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. 540.
  5. ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. 540.
  6. ↑ "Commander J. G. M. McHardy." The Times (London, England), 22 July 1929, p. 19.
  7. ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  8. ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. 540.
  9. ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. 540.
  10. ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. ?.
  11. ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. ?.
  12. ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. ?.
  13. ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. ?.

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