Ralph Kerr

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Captain Ralph Kerr, C.B.E., D.S.C. (16 August, 1891 – 24 May, 1941) was an officer in the Royal Navy who fought in both World Wars, dying in command of the battlecruiser Hood in 1941.

Life & Career

Kerr was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 28 February, 1914.[1]

Kerr was appointed in command of the destroyer Cossack on 30 April, 1918.[2]

Post-War

On 14 February, 1920, Kerr married Margaret Augusta Currey at St. Mary's Ross on Wye, Herefordshire. He was appointed in command of the destroyer Sable on 1 September, 1920.[3]

Kerr was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 28 February, 1922.[4]

Kerr was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1927.[5]

Kerr was appointed in command of Decoy on 2 September, 1932. He left her on 14 January, 1935 when he was appointed to Victory, additional, for a Technical Course and a Tactical Course.[6]

Kerr was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1935.[7]

Kerr was appointed in command of Hardy on 25 February, 1938 and as Captain (D), Second Destroyer Flotilla vice Boyd.[8]

Kerr was appointed in command of Broke on 31 July, 1939 and as Captain (D), Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

World War II

Kerr was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Hood on 15 February, 1941[10] and died aboard her when she was destroyed on 24 May. Kerr was posthumously awarded the D.S.C. for "mastery, determination and skill in action against the German Battleship Template:UK-Bismarck."[11]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Percy J. Helyar 		Captain of H.M.S. Cossack
30 Apr, 1918[12][13] – 3 Feb, 1919[14] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Torkel Lundholm 		Captain of H.M.S. Lydiard
29 Mar, 1919[15] – 14 Jul, 1919[16] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Terence A. F. Longford 		Captain of H.M.S. Starfish
14 Jul, 1919[17][18] – 1 Oct, 1919[19] 		Succeeded by
George A. Scott
Preceded by
Cosmo M. Graham 		Captain of H.M.S. Springbok
1 Oct, 1919[20] – 17 Mar, 1920[21] 		Succeeded by
William G. Halliley
Preceded by
Edward B. Hoyle 		Captain of H.M.S. Sable
1 Sep, 1920[22] – 20 Jan, 1922[23] 		Succeeded by
William A. Willock
Preceded by
Montague R. Bernard 		Captain of H.M.S. Valkyrie
20 Jan, 1922[24][25] – 1 Oct, 1923[26] 		Succeeded by
Hamilton C. Allen
Preceded by
Henry A. Simpson 		Captain of H.M.S. Vanity
9 Oct, 1923[27][28] – 29 Jul, 1925[29] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Charles R. Peploe 		Captain of H.M.S. Witch
13 Jul, 1925[30] – 22 Apr, 1926[31] 		Succeeded by
Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee
Preceded by
Ambrose T. N. Abbay 		Captain of H.M.S. Worcester
22 Apr, 1926[32] – Aug, 1927[33] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot 		Captain of H.M.S. Seawolf
13 Dec, 1927[34] – Dec, 1928[35] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Henry P. Boxer 		Captain of H.M.S. Windsor
Dec, 1928[36] – 11 Nov, 1929[37] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Hubert Vaughan-Jones 		Captain of H.M.S. Thruster
14 Apr, 1930[38] – 30 Jun, 1931[39] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Henry D. Pridham-Wippell 		Captain of H.M.S. Campbell
6 Sep, 1935[40] – 13 May, 1936[41] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
H. E. Sulivan 		Captain (D), Twenty-first Destroyer Flotilla
6 Sep, 1935[42] – 13 May, 1936[43] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
James Powell 		Captain of H.M.S. Caledon
20 Jul, 1936[44] – 4 Nov, 1936[45] 		Succeeded by
Frederick R. M. Johnson
Preceded by
William S. Bardwell 		Captain of H.M.S. Colombo
4 Nov, 1936[46] – 20 Apr, 1937[47] 		Succeeded by
Denham M. T. Bedford
Preceded by
Irvine G. Glennie 		Captain of H.M.S. Hood
15 Feb, 1941[48][49] – 24 May, 1941[50] 		Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 766.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 859.
  4. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  5. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  6. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  7. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  8. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  9. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  10. ↑ Taylor. The Battlecruiser Hood. p. 230.
  11. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  12. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 766.
  14. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  15. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  16. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  17. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 910.
  19. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  20. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  21. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 859.
  23. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  24. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 825.
  26. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  27. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 279.
  29. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  30. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  31. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  32. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  33. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  34. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  35. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  36. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  37. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  38. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  39. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  40. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  41. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  42. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  43. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  44. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  45. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  46. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  47. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  48. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  49. ↑ Taylor. The Battlecruiser Hood. p. 230.
  50. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.

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