Difference between revisions of "Edward Astley Astley-Rushton"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
(Changed 4 longhand TNA biblio(s) to simplest TNA template form and converted to CatBritannia template)
Line 26: Line 26:
 
==Service Records==
 
==Service Records==
 
{{refbegin}}
 
{{refbegin}}
−
*The National Archives.  [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=8562846&queryType=1&resultcount=2 ADM 196/142.]
+
*{{TNA|ADM 196/142.|}}
−
*The National Archives.  [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=8560730&queryType=1&resultcount=2 ADM 196/125.]
+
*{{TNA|ADM 196/125.|}}
−
*The National Archives.  [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=8557215&queryType=1&resultcount=2 ADM 196/90.]
+
*{{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}}
−
*The National Archives.  [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7918859&queryType=1&resultcount=1 ADM 196/45.]
+
*{{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}}
 
{{refend}}
 
{{refend}}
  
Line 49: Line 49:
  
 
{{CatPerson|UK|1879|1935}}
 
{{CatPerson|UK|1879|1935}}
−
[[Category:H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1893]]
+
{{CatBritannia|July, 1893}}
 
{{CatGunneryOfficer|UK}}
 
{{CatGunneryOfficer|UK}}
 
[[Category:Deputy Directors of the Training and Staff Duties Division (Royal Navy)]]
 
[[Category:Deputy Directors of the Training and Staff Duties Division (Royal Navy)]]

Revision as of 16:46, 25 October 2012

Vice-Admiral Edward Astley Astley-Rushton, C.B., C.M.G., Royal Navy (4 September, 1879 – 18 July, 1935) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was appointed in command of the light cruiser H.M.A.S. Melbourne on 14 December, 1916.[1]

On 1 February, 1919, Astley-Rushton was appointed Deputy Director of Training and Staff Duties.[2]

In April 1919, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Canterbury.[3]

He was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.) on 21 June:

For valuable services as Second in Command of H.M.S. "Southampton," and later as Commanding Officer of H.M.A.S. "Melbourne," in the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron.[4]

In October 1925, he was appointed in command of Malaya.[5]

On the occasion of the King's birthday Astley-Rushton was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 3 June, 1927.[6] He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 3 August, vice Longden.[7]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 949.
  2. ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 31 January, 1919. Issue 42012, col F, p. 12.
  3. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31413. p. 7905. 21 June, 1919.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33280. p. 3605. 3 June, 1927.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33300. p. 5105. 5 August, 1927.

Bibliography

  • "Vice-Admiral Astley-Rushton" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 20 July, 1935. Issue 47121, col B, p. 17.

Service Records

Naval Appointments

 

Template:CatViceAdmiral

Retrieved from "http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=Edward_Astley_Astley-Rushton&oldid=61128"