John Garnet Armstrong
Vice-Admiral John Garnet Armstrong, O.B.E., Royal Navy, Retired (19 July, 1870 – 30 April, 1949) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Armstrong was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 28 January, 1920, vice Grant, and was placed on the Retired List at his own request the following day.
Armstrong died age 78 on 30 April, 1949. He was cremated on 4 May at Golders Green Crematorium.[1]
Who was Who
ARMSTRONG, Vice-Admiral John Garnet Born 19 July 1870; s of Surgeon-General W. N. Armstrong; m 1893, Ethel Mary (d 1923), d of Comdr G. P. Heath, RN, OBE; two s ; died 30 April 1949
retired
EDUCATION Burneys; HMS Britannia
CAREER Served in China during the China-Jap. War 1894, also in Boxer War 1899; in European War in command of HMS London in the Channel and Dardanelles and afterwards in HMS King Alfred, and after the war as Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard; retired 1920; at present doing voluntary work for the SOS Society and others
CLUB United Service
ADDRESS 23 Gordon Square, WC1 Euston 3980
Footnotes
- ↑ "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Tuesday, 3 May, 1949. Issue 51371, col B, pg. 1.
Bibliography
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
