Mark Peregrine Charles Kerr

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Commander (retired) Mark Peregrine Charles Kerr (20 October, 1891 – 22 February, 1951) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Arthur H. Kerr, Esq., land agent.

Kerr was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 April, 1914.[1][2]

Kerr was appointed Lieutenant in Command of the destroyer Crusader on 13 August, 1918.[3]

He commanded Template:UK-ML287 on the Rhine from 6 January to 28 August, 1920.[4]

Kerr was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 April, 1922.[5]

Kerr was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 1 April, 1932.[6]

World War II

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Keith R. Farquharson
Captain of H.M. T.B. 15
1 Sep, 1916[7][8] – 30 Nov, 1917[9]
Succeeded by
Wyndham C. Johnson
Preceded by
George E. L. Atwood
Captain of H.M.S. P11
30 Nov, 1917[10] – 4 May, 1918[11]
Succeeded by
Noel H. Beaver
Preceded by
Jack E. A. Mocatta
Captain of H.M.S. Tower
23 Jul, 1918[12] – Aug, 1918[13]
Succeeded by
Austen G. Lilley
Preceded by
James C. Colvill
Captain of H.M.S. Crusader
13 Aug, 1918[14] – 28 Mar, 1919[15]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Kenneth Michell
Captain of H.M.S. Landrail
1 Apr, 1919[16] – 28 Apr, 1919[17]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 54.
  2. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.
  3. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 770.
  4. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.
  5. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.
  6. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.
  7. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 400.
  9. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.
  10. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.
  11. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.
  12. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.
  13. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.
  14. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 770.
  15. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.
  16. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.
  17. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.

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