Willie Dickson Kilroy
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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.
The Royal Navy adopted several of his diverse contributions, including his Kilroy Danger Signal, Kilroy Stoking Indicator 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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Footnotes
Bibliography
- By Authority (1917). The Navy List, for November, 1917, corrected to the 18th October, 1917. London: H.M.S.O.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 337/120.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/130.
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