Irvine Gordon Glennie

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Admiral Irvine Gordon Glennie (22 July, 1892 – 8 September, 1980) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

At the outset of the war, Glennie was appointed to the armoured cruiser Hampshire where he remained until being appointed to Broke on 6 May 1915, being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 April, 1915. As 1915 wore on, he was made the ship's gunnery officer and then first and gunnery officer. He fought in her at the Battle of Jutland, and left the ship in June, 1916. In mid-July, he was appointed to H.M.S. Ithuriel as Lieutenant (G).

He commanded the patrol boat P36 from 3 October, 1917 until being appointed Lieutenant in Command of the destroyer Nepean on 19 March, 1918.[1] On 12 February 1919 he was appointed to Sirdar where he served under Lt. Cdr. Ernald Master. Before 1919 was out, he would also be in Trinidad, Tenedos (as first officer), and Spenser (also as first officer). He remained in Spenser until 4 May 1922 and then was appointed to H.M.S. Glorious.

Glennie was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1928.

Glennie was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1933.

World War II

On 3 May, 1939, he was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Hood.[2]

Glennie was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 15 January, 1941.

Glennie was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 31 December, 1943.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Thomas B. Fellowes 		Captain of H.M.S. P36
3 Oct, 1917[3] – 19 Mar, 1918 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Charles R. Peploe 		Captain of H.M.S. Nepean
19 Mar, 1918[4] – 12 Feb, 1919 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Donald C. Brock 		Captain of H.M.S. Tuscan
19 Aug, 1924 – Nov, 1924 		Succeeded by
Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee
Preceded by
Leslie T. Creery Hill 		Captain of H.M.S. Westminster
5 May, 1925 – c. Mar, 1927 		Succeeded by
Theodore F. A. Voysey
Preceded by
Stephen Barry 		Captain of H.M.S. Wishart
8 Apr, 1927[5] – c. 30 Jun, 1928 		Succeeded by
Hugh M. Barnes
Preceded by
Arthur F. E. Palliser 		Captain of H.M.S. Blanche
6 Aug, 1932[6][7] 		Succeeded by
Nigel B. Deare
Preceded by
Denham M. T. Bedford 		Captain of H.M.S. Achilles
24 Mar, 1936[8][9] – 26 Jan, 1939[10] 		Succeeded by
William E. Parry
Preceded by
The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond
as Rear-Admiral Commanding, New Zealand Station 		Commander, New Zealand Station
Jun, 1938[11] – Dec, 1938[12] 		Succeeded by
James W. Rivett-Carnac
Preceded by
Harold T. C. Walker 		Captain of H.M.S. Hood
3 May, 1939[13][14] – 18 Feb, 1941[15] 		Succeeded by
Ralph Kerr
Preceded by
Edward de F. Renouf 		Rear-Admiral Commanding, Seventh Cruiser Squadron
6 Mar, 1941 – 11 May, 1941 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
John C. Tovey 		Rear Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas, Mediterranean
12 May, 1941 – 2 Oct, 1942 		Succeeded by
Percy Todd
Preceded by
Alban T. B. Curteis 		Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station
1944 		Succeeded by
William Tennant

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 851.
  2. ↑ Taylor. The Battlecruiser Hood. p. 230.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396e.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 851.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 289.
  6. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, June 1, 1932, Issue 46148, p.19.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 217.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 300.
  9. ↑ Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/166. f. 166.
  10. ↑ Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/166. f. 166.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  13. ↑ Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/166. f. 166.
  14. ↑ Taylor. The Battlecruiser Hood. p. 230.
  15. ↑ Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/166. f. 166.

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