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Succeeded Commander [[Sidney Robert Bailey]] as Gunnery Officer of {{UK-Erin}} in 1916 and so remained until war's end. He then served as Gunnery Officer of {{UK-Warspite}}, and was promoted there to Commander in December, 1919. | Succeeded Commander [[Sidney Robert Bailey]] as Gunnery Officer of {{UK-Erin}} in 1916 and so remained until war's end. He then served as Gunnery Officer of {{UK-Warspite}}, and was promoted there to Commander in December, 1919. | ||
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Revision as of 18:54, 28 April 2015
Admiral Edward Leigh Stuart King, C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (22 February, 1889 – 8 May, 1971) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Succeeded Commander Sidney Robert Bailey as Gunnery Officer of Erin in 1916 and so remained until war's end. He then served as Gunnery Officer of Warspite, and was promoted there to Commander in December, 1919.
He commanded Queen Elizabeth from April 1936, seeing her start a refit the following year.
See Also
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| Preceded by Stephen St. L. Moore |
Captain of H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth Apr, 1936[1] |
Succeeded by Claud B. Barry |
Footnotes
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
