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Kekewich was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 October, 1909.<ref>Kekewich Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/340.|D7576708}} f. 343.</ref> | Kekewich was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 October, 1909.<ref>Kekewich Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/340.|D7576708}} f. 343.</ref> | ||
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Kekewich was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 October, 1917.<ref>Kekewich Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/340.|D7576708}} f. 343.</ref> | Kekewich was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 October, 1917.<ref>Kekewich Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/340.|D7576708}} f. 343.</ref> | ||
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Kekewich was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1922.<ref>Kekewich Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/340.|D7576708}} f. 343.</ref> | Kekewich was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1922.<ref>Kekewich Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/340.|D7576708}} f. 343.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 18:48, 25 July 2022
Rear-Admiral Piers Keane Kekewich, C.B. (23 January, 1889 – ) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Elstree, Hants. Kekewich gained three months' time on passing out of Britannia.[1]
Kekewich was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 October, 1909.[2]
Early in the war, he was navigating officer in H.M.S. Tyne. On 8 January 1915, he was sent to Active for a single month and was then made navigator in the light cruiser Galatea until 27 July 1917.[3]
Kekewich was navigator in the light cruiser Cardiff from 27 July 1917 through the end of the war.[4]
Kekewich was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 October, 1917.[5]
Kekewich was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1922.[6]
Kekewich was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1928.[7]
World War II
Kekewich was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 5 January, 1940 and placed on the Retired List the following day.[8]
See Also
Bibliography
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Humphrey T. Walwyn |
Captain of H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth 15 Aug, 1927[9] – 1 Sep, 1927[10] |
Succeeded by Hubert S. Monroe |
Preceded by Colin A. G. Hutchison |
Captain of H.M.S. Bee 23 Aug, 1929[11] – 10 Nov, 1931[12] |
Succeeded by Henry H. Bousfield |
Preceded by Herbert A. Forster |
Captain of H.M.S. Frobisher 18 Dec, 1934[13] – 18 Dec, 1936[14] |
Succeeded by Ernest J. Spooner |
Preceded by Eric G. Robinson |
Captain of Devonport Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master 24 Dec, 1936[15] – 9 Jan, 1939[16] |
Succeeded by Walter N. T. Beckett |
Preceded by Henry P. Boxer |
King's Harbour Master, Rosyth 9 Jan, 1939[17] – 18 Nov, 1939[18] |
Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by Kenneth H. L. MacKenzie |
King's Harbour Master, Malta Oct, 1943[19] – Jan, 1946[20] |
Succeeded by Wilfrid St. A. Malleson |
Footnotes
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 241.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.