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{{CommRN}} '''James Charles Newsome MacMillan''', O.B.E. (24 September, 1882 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve]] and the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommRN}} (retired) '''James Charles Newsome MacMillan''', O.B.E. (24 September, 1882 – 8 May, 1954) was an officer in the [[Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve]] and the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
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MacMillan was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 1 April, 1922.<ref>MacMillan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/234.|}} f. 280.</ref>
 
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MacMillan was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 24 September, 1927.<ref>MacMillan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/234.|}} f. 280.</ref>
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MacMillan was placed on the Retired List on account of age at the rank of {{CommRN}} on 24 September, 1927.<ref>MacMillan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/234.|}} f. 280.</ref>
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==World War II==
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MacMillan saw some service in censorship, eventually out of Liverpool.  Reverted to the Retired List on 28 October, 1945, he died of cancer in 1954.<ref>MacMillan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/234.|}} f. 280.</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:50, 14 April 2022

Commander (retired) James Charles Newsome MacMillan, O.B.E. (24 September, 1882 – 8 May, 1954) was an officer in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

MacMillan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on the Supplementary List on 1 April, 1914.[1]

He received an expression of the Admiralty's appreciation for his work in extinguishing a fire in the stokehold of T.B. 3 (possibly T.B. 5 ... hard to read) on 15 July, 1916.[2]

From 5 November 1917 through the end of the war, he specialised in Hydrophones, operating out of Newhaven initially, and eventually beign trained in the use of Fish Hydrophones at Portland.

MacMillan was appointed in command of the destroyer Sardonyx on 27 October, 1920.[3]

MacMillan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1922.[4]

MacMillan was placed on the Retired List on account of age at the rank of Commander on 24 September, 1927.[5]

World War II

MacMillan saw some service in censorship, eventually out of Liverpool. Reverted to the Retired List on 28 October, 1945, he died of cancer in 1954.[6]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Cosmo B. Hastings 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 5
19 Jun, 1916[7][8] – 22 Feb, 1917[9] 		Succeeded by
James C. N. MacMillan
Preceded by
James C. N. MacMillan 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 5
5 Mar, 1917[10] – 22 Jun, 1917[11] 		Succeeded by
Wyndham D. Hart-Dyke
Preceded by
Cuthbert P. Blake 		Captain of H.M.S. Sardonyx
27 Oct, 1920[12][13] – 27 Dec, 1921[14] 		Succeeded by
Raymond G. F. H. de Caen
Preceded by
Rhoderick R. McGrigor 		Captain of H.M.S. Thisbe
2 May, 1927[15][16] – c. 21 Jul, 1927[17] 		Succeeded by
Frederick L. Cavaye

Footnotes

  1. ↑ MacMillan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/234. f. 280.
  2. ↑ MacMillan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/234. f. 280.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 861.
  4. ↑ MacMillan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/234. f. 280.
  5. ↑ MacMillan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/234. f. 280.
  6. ↑ MacMillan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/234. f. 280.
  7. ↑ MacMillan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/234. f. 280.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 400.
  9. ↑ MacMillan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/234. f. 280.
  10. ↑ MacMillan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/234. f. 280.
  11. ↑ MacMillan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/234. f. 280.
  12. ↑ MacMillan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/234. f. 280.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 861.
  14. ↑ MacMillan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/234. f. 280.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 274.
  16. ↑ MacMillan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/234. f. 280.
  17. ↑ MacMillan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/234. f. 280.

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