John Graham Muriel McHardy
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]
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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
- ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. 540.
- ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. 540.
- ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. 540.
- ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. 540.
- ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. 540.
- ↑ "Commander J. G. M. McHardy." The Times (London, England), 22 July 1929, p. 19.
- ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
- ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. 540.
- ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. 540.
- ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. ?.
- ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. ?.
- ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. ?.
- ↑ McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. ?.