Victor Alexander Ewart
Lieutenant Victor Alexander Ewart, R.N. (15 February, 1891 – 31 May, 1916) served in the Royal Navy and died in Queen Mary at the Battle of Jutland.
Life & Career
The son of Major General Sir Henry P. Ewart, G.C.V.O., K.C.B..[1]
Although he appears to have passed the entrance examinations for the September 1903 intake term,[2] Ewart apparently joined [[the January, 1904 intake term at H.M.S. Britannia.[3]
Ewart failed all sections of his September 1911 examinations for Lieutenant except for seamanship and navigation. He passed in gunnery, torpedo and engineering in January, 1912.[4]
Ewart was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 August, 1913 and appointed to the battlecruiser Queen Mary on 13 October, 1913. He would die in this ship at the Battle of Jutland, in which he appears to have been stationed in "X" Turret. Midshipman Jocelyn Latham Storey, who would survive the devastation, records that Ewart calmly took in the situation following the tremendous explosion and commanded that the turret be abandoned in the hopes that this might allow some men to survive. It seems clear that this directive helped Storey, at the very least.[5]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Ewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/111. f. 110.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Aug 17, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37161.
- ↑ Ewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/111. f. 110.
- ↑ Ewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/111. f. 110.
- ↑ Ewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/111. f. 110.
