Ronald Adair Trevor

Commander (retired) Ronald Adair Trevor, R.N. (7 March, 1889 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Aldershot, Trevor ranked 49th in merit of sixty cadets accepted in the May 1904 intake term at H.M.S. Britannia.

He spent two and a half years in his first ship, the battleship Albemarle, and then a year in the battleship Cornwallis. He would serve in the destroyer Zephyr in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1909.

In April-July 1910 he underwent submarine instruction at H.M.S. Mercury. He then served in B 6 from 1 August 1910 to 25 July, 1911.

Trevor was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1911 as he continued to serve in submarines attached to Arrogant, Forth, Dolphin and Maidstone until 5 March 1914. Sadly, the exact submarines are not mentioned in his service record.

He served in E 10 from the outbreak of war through 15 January, 1915 and then he was appointed in command of B 1 for seven months, and then in command of C 10 from 6 August 1915 until 30 October 1916.

Trevor was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1919.

Trevor was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 7 March, 1932.

World War II

In August 1939, with the Intelligence Office in Singapore. By June 1940 he was in Liverpool doing convoy-related work.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Allan Poland	Captain of H.M.S. A 10 5 Mar, 1914 – 20 Jul, 1914	Succeeded by Cromwell H. Varley
Preceded by Samuel M. G. Gravener	Captain of H.M.S. B 10 20 Jul, 1914	Succeeded by Frederick C. C. Kennedy
Preceded by Basil A. Beal	Captain of H.M.S. B 1 15 Jan, 1915 – 6 Aug, 1915	Succeeded by Percy H. Boulnois
Preceded by The Hon. Byron P. Cary	Captain of H.M.S. C 10 6 Aug, 1915 – 30 Oct, 1916	Succeeded by The Hon. Walter S. Carson
Preceded by Godfrey Herbert	Captain of H.M.S. H 8 30 Oct, 1916 – 30 Apr, 1918	Succeeded by Charles A. C. Russell
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. H 28 30 Apr, 1918 – 25 Feb, 1919	Succeeded by Charles E. A. W. Cox
Preceded by Robert Bertram Ramsay	Captain of H.M.S. J 1 25 Feb, 1919 – 29 Jun, 1920	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Ronald W. Blacklock	Captain of H.M.S. K 22 3 Feb, 1923 – 23 Feb, 1925	Succeeded by Frank P. Busbridge
Preceded by Douglas Garvey	Superintendent of Anti-Gas Training, Chatham 25 Jul, 1925 – 27 Jul, 1927[Inference]	Succeeded by Robert N. Stopford