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McClintock was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1919.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31099/supplements/106 (Supplement) no. 31099.  p. 106.]  1 January, 1919.</ref>  He succeeded Captain [[Frederic Charles Dreyer|Frederic C. Dreyer]] as [[Gunnery Division (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Artillery and Torpedo]] on 1 February, 1919.<ref>''Naval Staff of the Admiralty''.  C.B. 3013.  p. 123.</ref>
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McClintock was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1919.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31099/supplements/106 (Supplement) no. 31099.  p. 106.]  1 January, 1919.</ref>  He succeeded Captain [[Frederic Charles Dreyer|Frederic C. Dreyer]] as [[Gunnery and Torpedo Division (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Artillery and Torpedo]] on 1 February, 1919.<ref>''Naval Staff of the Admiralty''.  C.B. 3013.  p. 123.</ref>
  
 
He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 2 July, 1922, vice [[Francis Clifton Brown|Brown]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32728/pages/5201 no. 32728.  p. 5201.]  11 July, 1922.</ref>
 
He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 2 July, 1922, vice [[Francis Clifton Brown|Brown]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32728/pages/5201 no. 32728.  p. 5201.]  11 July, 1922.</ref>

Revision as of 15:52, 2 August 2011

Vice-Admiral John William Leopold McClintock, C.B., D.S.O., Royal Navy (26 July, 1874 – 23 March, 1929) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

McClintock was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1905.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1912.[2]

Great War

Post-War

McClintock was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1919.[3] He succeeded Captain Frederic C. Dreyer as Director of Naval Artillery and Torpedo on 1 February, 1919.[4]

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 July, 1922, vice Brown.[5]

McClintock was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 3 August, 1927, vice Woollcombe.[6]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 27750. p. 25. 3 January, 1905.
  2. London Gazette: no. 28623. p. 4748. 2 July, 1912.
  3. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31099. p. 106. 1 January, 1919.
  4. Naval Staff of the Admiralty. C.B. 3013. p. 123.
  5. London Gazette: no. 32728. p. 5201. 11 July, 1922.
  6. London Gazette: no. 33300. p. 5105. 5 August, 1927.

Bibliography

  • "Vice-Admiral J. W. L. McClintock" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 25 March, 1929. Issue 45160, col C, pg. 17.

Service Record