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==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
 
He was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1909.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28263/pages/4857 no. 28263.  p. 4857.]  25 June, 1909.</ref>
 
He was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1909.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28263/pages/4857 no. 28263.  p. 4857.]  25 June, 1909.</ref>
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He was Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|12}} at the [[Battle of Jutland]], commanding the flotilla from the bridge of {{UK-Faulknor|f=t}}.{{UKJutlandOD|p. 45}}
  
 
Stirling was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King on 8 July, 1926.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33182/pages/4634 no. 33182.  p. 4634.]  13 July, 1926,</ref>
 
Stirling was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King on 8 July, 1926.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33182/pages/4634 no. 33182.  p. 4634.]  13 July, 1926,</ref>

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Vice-Admiral Anselan John Buchanan Stirling, C.B., Royal Navy (27 June, 1875 – 7 April, 1936) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1909.[1]

He was Captain (D) of Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland, commanding the flotilla from the bridge of destroyer Faulknor.[2]

Stirling was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King on 8 July, 1926.[3]

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 28263. p. 4857. 25 June, 1909.
  2. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 45.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 33182. p. 4634. 13 July, 1926,

Bibliography

  • "Vice-Admiral Stirling" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 8 April, 1936. Issue 47344, col D, pg. 16.

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