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'''Willie Dickson Kilroy''' was an inventor and officer in the [[Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve]]. His service record at the archives spans 1894-1922. | '''Willie Dickson Kilroy''' was an inventor and officer in the [[Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve]]. His service record at the archives spans 1894-1922. | ||
| − | The Royal Navy adopted several of his diverse contributions, including [[Kilroy's Danger Signal]] and the [[Mechanical Aid-to-Spotter]]. | + | The Royal Navy adopted several of his diverse contributions, including [[Kilroy's Danger Signal]] and the [[Mechanical Aid-to-Spotter]]. He was commissioned a temporary [[Lieutenant (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve)|Lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve]] on 16 November, 1915,<ref>''The Navy List, November 1917''. p. 520''u''.</ref> as an Assistant to the [[Director of Naval Ordnance (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance]]<ref>''The Navy List, November, 1917''. p. 539.</ref> in the [[Naval Ordnance Department (Royal Navy)|Naval Ordnance Department]] from the same date.<ref>''The Navy List, November, 1917''. p. 396''p''.</ref> |
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| + | *By Authority (1917). ''The Navy List, for November, 1917, corrected to the 18th October, 1917''. London: H.M.S.O. | ||
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Revision as of 16:06, 5 October 2009
Willie Dickson Kilroy was an inventor and officer in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. His service record at the archives spans 1894-1922.
The Royal Navy adopted several of his diverse contributions, including Kilroy's Danger Signal and the Mechanical Aid-to-Spotter. He was commissioned a temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 16 November, 1915,[1] as an Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance[2] in the Naval Ordnance Department from the same date.[3]
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- By Authority (1917). The Navy List, for November, 1917, corrected to the 18th October, 1917. London: H.M.S.O.
