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{{CaptRN}} '''Oswald Charles Merriman Barry''', (24 February, 1871 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRN}} (Emergency List) '''Oswald Charles Merriman Barry''', D.S.O. (24 February, 1871 – 4 December, 1923) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Barry resigned his commission on 26 March, 1902.  It was restored on 8 April 1902 when he was placed on the Emergency List.<ref>Barry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/179.|}} f. 180.</ref>
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Barry was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 24 February, 1911.<ref>Barry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/179.|}}  f. 180.</ref>
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Barry would spend the Great War in Africa.  After a brief stint in command of {{UK-Rattler}}, he commanded a ship called ''Salamander'' which I cannot identify, from 4 June 1915 to May 1916.  He was then made the Naval Officer in Charge, Zanzibar until 30 June 1918 when he was ordered to return to England.<ref>Barry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/179.|}}  f. 180.</ref>
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Barry was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 11 November, 1918.<ref>Barry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/179.|}}  f. 180.</ref>
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Barry died at sea while on sick leave from Zanzibar.<ref>Barry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/179.|}}  f. 180.</ref>
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Latest revision as of 00:56, 11 June 2022

Captain (Emergency List) Oswald Charles Merriman Barry, D.S.O. (24 February, 1871 – 4 December, 1923) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Barry possessed some talent for drawing, French and gymnastics. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1893.[1]

Barry resigned his commission on 26 March, 1902. It was restored on 8 April 1902 when he was placed on the Emergency List.[2]

Barry was promoted to the rank of Commander on 24 February, 1911.[3]

Barry would spend the Great War in Africa. After a brief stint in command of Rattler, he commanded a ship called Salamander which I cannot identify, from 4 June 1915 to May 1916. He was then made the Naval Officer in Charge, Zanzibar until 30 June 1918 when he was ordered to return to England.[4]

Barry was promoted to the rank of Captain on 11 November, 1918.[5]

Barry died at sea while on sick leave from Zanzibar.[6]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles Tibbits 		Captain of H.M.S. Rattler
21 May, 1915[7] – 4 Jun, 1915[8] 		Succeeded by
Horace L. Vicary
Preceded by
? 		Naval Officer-in-Charge, Zanzibar
4 Sep, 1916[9] – 30 Jun, 1918[10] 		Succeeded by
Oswald C. M. Barry
Preceded by
Oswald C. M. Barry 		Naval Officer-in-Charge, Zanzibar
20 Nov, 1918[11] 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Barry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/179. f. 180.
  2. ↑ Barry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/179. f. 180.
  3. ↑ Barry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/179. f. 180.
  4. ↑ Barry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/179. f. 180.
  5. ↑ Barry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/179. f. 180.
  6. ↑ Barry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/179. f. 180.
  7. ↑ Barry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/179. f. 180.
  8. ↑ Barry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/179. f. 180.
  9. ↑ Barry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/179. f. 180.
  10. ↑ Barry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/179. f. 180.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 877.

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