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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Richard Sennett]]''' | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Richard Sennett]]''' | ||
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[Engineer-in-Chief (Royal Navy)|Engineer-in-Chief]]'''<br>1889 – 1907 | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[Engineer-in-Chief (Royal Navy)|Engineer-in-Chief]]'''<br>1889 – 1907 | ||
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Henry John Oram|Henry J. Oram]]''' | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Henry John Oram|Henry J. Oram]]''' | ||
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Revision as of 17:50, 17 July 2012
Engineer Vice-Admiral SIR Albert John Durston, K.C.B., Royal Navy (25 October, 1846 – 18 April, 1917) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
On the occasion of the Queen's birthday he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 25 May, 1895.[1]
Durston was promoted to the rank of Engineer Vice-Admiral on 1 January, 1906.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26628. p. 3079. 25 May, 1895.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27870. p. 24. 2 January, 1906.
Bibliography
- "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 20 April, 1917. Issue 41457, col F, pg. 3.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/24.
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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by
Richard Sennett
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Engineer-in-Chief
1889 – 1907
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by
Henry J. Oram
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