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{{RearRN}} '''James Stuart Maclaren Ritchie''', Royal Navy (12 March, 1884 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{RearRN}} '''James Stuart Maclaren Ritchie''', Royal Navy (12 March, 1884 – 17 May, 1955) served in the [[Royal Navy]].  His one name may actually have been spelled "McLaren".
  
 
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Ritchie served as Gunnery Officer in {{UK-StVincent}} at the [[Battle of Jutland]], then {{UK-IronDuke}}.  Commander 1916.  Then served in Plans Division and Anti-Submarine Division at Admiralty.
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*"Rear-Adml. J. S. M. Ritchie" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 19 May, 1955.  Issue '''53224''', col B, pg. 14.
 
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Revision as of 10:54, 31 August 2018

Rear-Admiral James Stuart Maclaren Ritchie, Royal Navy (12 March, 1884 – 17 May, 1955) served in the Royal Navy. His one name may actually have been spelled "McLaren".

Life & Career

Ritchie served as Gunnery Officer in St. Vincent at the Battle of Jutland, then Iron Duke. Commander 1916. Then served in Plans Division and Anti-Submarine Division at Admiralty.

See Also

Bibliography

  • "Rear-Adml. J. S. M. Ritchie" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 19 May, 1955. Issue 53224, col B, pg. 14.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis 		Captain of H.M.S. Diomede
1 Oct, 1925[1] – Jan, 1927[2] 		Succeeded by
George T. C. P. Swabey
Preceded by
George T. C. P. Swabey 		Captain of H.M.S. Dunedin
Jan, 1927[3] – 1928[4] 		Succeeded by
George T. C. P. Swabey
Preceded by
The Hon. Arthur Stopford 		Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Washington, D.C.
Mar, 1928[5] – Mar, 1931[6] 		Succeeded by
Patrick Macnamara
Preceded by
Clinton F. S. Danby 		Captain of H.M.S. Furious
19 Jun, 1933[7][8] – 1 Aug, 1935[9] 		Succeeded by
Arthur N. Dowding

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 297.
  2. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  3. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  4. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  6. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 241.
  8. ↑ Ritchie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/150. f. 152.
  9. ↑ Ritchie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/150. f. 152.

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