Arthur Duncan Read
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Vice-Admiral (retired) Arthur Duncan Read, C.B., R.N. (23 April, 1889 – ) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Read was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 October, 1910.
Read was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 October, 1918.
Read was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1924.
Read was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1932.
Read was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 6 February, 1942.
Read was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 June, 1945.
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Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Cecil R. E. W. Perryman |
Captain of H.M.S. Ark Royal 6 Mar, 1933 – 8 Mar, 1934 |
Succeeded by Arthur W. La T. Bisset |
Preceded by Charles M. Blackman |
Captain of H.M.S. Folkestone 15 May, 1934[1] |
Succeeded by Benjamin C. S. Martin |
Preceded by Arthur L. St. G. Lyster |
Captain of Chatham Gunnery School 4 May, 1936[2] – 5 May, 1938 |
Succeeded by Percy Todd |
Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Liverpool 5 May, 1938 – 27 Oct, 1940 |
Succeeded by Roger S. Wellby |
Preceded by Harold T. Baillie-Grohman |
Captain of H.M.S. Ramillies 27 Oct, 1940 – 23 Sep, 1941 |
Succeeded by Desmond N. C. Tufnell |
Preceded by William George Tennant |
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Fourth Cruiser Squadron Nov, 1943[3] – Nov, 1944[4] |
Succeeded by Eric J. P. Brind |
Preceded by Harold T. C. Walker |
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Fifth Cruiser Squadron Jan, 1945[5] – 2 Mar, 1945[6] |
Succeeded by Wilfrid R. Patterson |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 240.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 261.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Patterson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/21. f. 21.