Kenneth Berkeley Mackenzie Churchill
Commander (retired) Kenneth Berkeley Mackenzie Churchill (6 February, 1886 – ) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of Reverend Cameron Churchill was born in Pimlico and gained three and a half months' time on passing out of Britannia on 15 January, 1902. He was immediately appointed to the battleship Canopus in the Mediterranean. In 1903, he moved to the battleship Russell.
Churchill was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 March, 1906.[1] Later that year, he would receive first class certificates in gunnery (934/1100 marks) and torpedoes (179/200).
Churchill was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 March, 1914.
Churchill was promoted to the rank of Commander on 25 February, 1926.
In 1907, Churchill submitted a design for an improved form of percussion pistol for anti-mining sweeps to H.M.S. Vernon. Six were to be manufactured at Woolwich for testing at Vernon.[2]
Post-War
On 17 September 1919, he was placed ont he Retired List as medically unfit, due to neurasthenia.
World War II
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by William B. Mackenzie |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 45 22 Oct, 1906[3] |
Succeeded by Lionel G. Dawson as Captain of H.M. T.B. 045 |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 15.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1907. p. 60.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 399.
