Richard Evan Williams Kirby

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Captain (retired) Richard Evan Williams Kirby, D.S.O. (1 September, 1883 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Kirby passed as an Interpreter in Japanese at some point.

Kirby was appointed in command of the destroyer Ness on 28 June, 1918.[1]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur H. Polhill 		Captain of H.M.S. Ness
28 Jun, 1918[2] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Percy F. P. Wood 		Captain of H.M.S. Marshal Soult
2 Jan, 1941[3] – after Mar, 1944[4] 		Succeeded by
William A. Willock

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 852.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 852.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1402.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1944). p. 99.

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