Cecil Robert McCrum

Captain (retired) Cecil Robert McCrum, O.B.E., R.N. (24 July, 1892 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of William McCrum, Esq., gentleman.

McCrum's Service Record hints that he may have won the Ronald Megaw Memorial Prize some time around 1913, but it does not expressly say this. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 February, 1914. When the war started, he was in Hercules. On 1 December, 1915, he commenced what would become nine months of torpedo training at H.M.S. Vernon, which seems an uncommonly long stint in wartime.

In August, 1916, he completed this training and began a lengthy appointment providing torpedo services to the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla. This placed him as torpedo officer in Broke for three months, then transferring to Seymour for two years. On 7 November 1918, he was appointed for two months as torpedo officer in Douglas.

McCrum was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 February, 1922. On 15 October, 1923 he was noted as having contributed to Queen Elizabeth's fighting efficiency. Immediately afterward, he was admitted to Haslar Hospital with appendicitis, requiring an x-ray.

McCrum was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1926.

World War II

McCrum was promoted to the rank of Captain on 24 July, 1942.

See Also

• Service Records

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by ?	Fleet Torpedo Officer, China Station 21 Apr, 1921 – Mar, 1923	Succeeded by Gervase B. Middleton
Preceded by Kenneth M. Fardell	Captain of H.M.S. Danae 17 Feb, 1936 – 3 Jun, 1936	Succeeded by William P. Carne