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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
| + | Grant entered naval service on 21 December, 1887.<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/170.}} f. 272.</ref> | ||
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| + | Grant was made Acting Gunner on 1 January, 1896 and a Chief Gunner on 1 April, 1912.<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/34.|D7596102}} f. 182.</ref> | ||
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| + | Grant drew an expression of "severe displeasure" for the blame attributed to him for the death of a stoker in 1911.<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/34.|D7596102}} f. 182.</ref> | ||
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| + | Grant was appointed to the {{UK-Lion|f=t}} on 5 June, 1915 and fought in her at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. His gallantry in that battle earned him a special promotion to {{LieutRN}}, dated 6 June, 1916.<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/34.|D7596102}} f. 182.</ref> | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
Revision as of 17:06, 16 February 2015
Captain Alexander Grant, C.B.E., Royal Navy, Retired (7 March, 1872 – 4 May, 1961) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Grant entered naval service on 21 December, 1887.[1]
Grant was made Acting Gunner on 1 January, 1896 and a Chief Gunner on 1 April, 1912.[2]
Grant drew an expression of "severe displeasure" for the blame attributed to him for the death of a stoker in 1911.[3]
Grant was appointed to the battlecruiser Lion on 5 June, 1915 and fought in her at the Battle of Jutland. His gallantry in that battle earned him a special promotion to Lieutenant, dated 6 June, 1916.[4]
Bibliography
- The Naval Miscellany VII (2008). London: Navy Records Society.
Papers
- Through the Hawse Pipe. Memoirs in the possession of the Imperial War Museum. 66/283/1.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/170.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/144.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/96.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/34.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Edward S. Graham |
Captain of H.M.S. Griffon 12 Oct, 1916[5] |
Succeeded by ? |
Footnotes
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/170. f. 272.
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34. f. 182.
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34. f. 182.
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34. f. 182.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 805.
