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Dewar fought in ''Hercules'' at the [[Battle of Jutland]].  He quit her for {{UK-Warspite}} on 9 January, 1917.<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 297.</ref>
  
 
Dewar was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1918.<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 297.</ref>
 
Dewar was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1918.<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 297.</ref>

Revision as of 19:04, 26 May 2015

Rear-Admiral Alan Ramsay Dewar (8 February, 1887 – 5 November, 1972) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Dewar was the Gunnery Officer of H.M.S. Hercules at Jutland[1]. Kenneth Dewar and Alfred Charles Dewar were his older brothers.

Life & Career

Dewar was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1906 in the midst of a stint in command of the destroyer Foyle[2]

He served as gunnery officer in Formidable from 30 April 1912 to 6 January, 1914 when he moved to Hercules.

Dewar was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1915.[3]

Dewar fought in Hercules at the Battle of Jutland. He quit her for Warspite on 9 January, 1917.[4]

Dewar was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1918.[5]

Dewar was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1920.[6]

Dewar married Valentine Ford, the daughter of Mrs. Ford and the late Mr. James Johnston Ford at St. Baldred's Church, North Berwick on 18 October, 1923.

Dewar served in Royal Sovereign as gunnery officer from 10 April, 1922 through 8 April, 1924.[7]

Dewar served as Naval Attaché in Washington, D.C. in 1933.

Dewar was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 11 January, 1938.[8]

Service Records

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles W. G. Crawford 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 107
Jun, 1906[9] – late Jun, 1906[10] 		Succeeded by
Alexander L. Fletcher
Preceded by
Walter H. Cowan 		Captain of H.M.S. Foyle
16 Jul, 1907[11] – 2 Apr, 1908[12] 		Succeeded by
Percy Withers
Preceded by
John M. D. E. Warren 		Captain of H.M.S. Blackwater
2 Apr, 1908[13] – 25 Jul, 1908[14] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Geoffrey Blake 		Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Washington, D.C.
6 May, 1933[15] 		Succeeded by
?
 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ von Schoultz. p. 131.
  2. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
  3. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
  4. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
  5. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
  6. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
  7. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
  8. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
  9. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
  10. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
  11. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
  12. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
  13. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
  14. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.
  15. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 297.

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