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Jerram was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 1 January, 1899.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27040/pages/84 no. 27040.  p. 84.]  6 January, 1899.</ref>
Jerram was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 1 January, 1899.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27040/pages/84 no. 27040.  p. 84.]  6 January, 1899.</ref>
From March 1902 to December 1903, he was captain of the {{UK-Albion|f=t}}.{{MackieRNW}}


==Flag Rank==
==Flag Rank==

Revision as of 17:56, 16 October 2012

Admiral SIR Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., Royal Navy (6 September, 1858 – 19 March, 1933) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Jerram was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 1 January, 1881.[1]

Jerram was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1894.[2]

Jerram was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1899.[3]

From March 1902 to December 1903, he was captain of the battleship Albion.[4]

Flag Rank

Jerram was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 30 June, 1908, vice Battenberg.[5]

He was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 21 September, 1912.[6]

Jerram and his wife left Liverpool in the liner Empress of Britain in late January, 1913, accompanied by his Flag Lieutenant, Hector Boyes, and his Secretary Charles Edward Lynes. They disembarked at Halifax and travelled by train to Vancouver and took another Canadian Pacific Liner to Hong Kong, stopping at Victoria, B.C., Yokohama and Shanghai. His appointment as Commander-in-Chief on the China Station, with the acting rank of Vice-Admiral, was dated 25 January, 1913.[7]

He was confirmed in the rank of Vice-Admiral on 4 June, 1913.[8]

On 1 January, 1914, he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.).[9]

Jutland

After the battle, the battle cruisers visited Scapa Flow, and, according to Sir Shane Leslie, at a concert held on King George V "Beatty markedly cut Jerram dead … His bitterness was reserved for Admiral Jerram … Jerram remained in the line [of battle]. This Beatty never forgave."[10]

On 15 September he was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (K.C.M.G.) for his services at Jutland, dated 31 May.[11]

Post-Grand Fleet

Jerram was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 10 April, 1917, vice Coke.[12]

Jerram was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 30 January, 1918.[13]

On the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed an Additional Member of the First Class, or Knight Grand Cross, of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (G.C.M.G.) on 3 June, 1919.[14]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 24992. p. 74. 7 January, 1881.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 26471. p. 7581. 29 December, 1893.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 27040. p. 84. 6 January, 1899.
  4. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. The London Gazette: no. 28156. p. 4940. 7 July, 1908.
  6. The London Gazette: no. 28648. p. 7107. 27 September, 1912.
  7. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 25 January, 1913. Issue 40118, col G, p. 5.
  8. The London Gazette: no. 28726. p. 3992. 6 June, 1913.
  9. Edinburgh Gazette: no. 12630. p. 7. 2 January, 1914.
  10. Leslie Papers. Churchill College, Cambridge. SLGF 12/1.
  11. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29751. p. 9071. 15 September, 1916.
  12. The London Gazette: no. 30017. p. 3496. 13 April, 1917.
  13. The London Gazette: no. 30522. p. 1945. 12 February, 1918.
  14. Edinburgh Gazette: no. 13459. p. 2063. 5 June, 1919.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Martyn Jerram" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 21 March, 1933. Issue 46398, col B, pg. 16.

Papers

Images

  • 1920 Neville S Lytton portrait in the possession of the Imperial War Museum. Catalogue Number IWM ART 3141.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Sir Alfred L. Winsloe
Commander-in-Chief on the China Station
1913 – 1915
Succeeded by
William L. Grant
Preceded by
Sir George J. S. Warrender, Bart.
Vice-Admiral Commanding, Second Battle Squadron
1915 – 1916
Succeeded by
Sir John M. de Robeck

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