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{{LCommRN}} '''Kenneth Gordon Ramsey''' (18 July, 1890 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{LCommRN}} '''Kenneth Gordon Ramsey''', R.N. (18 July, 1890 – 10 November, 1923) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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The son of Inspector[?]-in-Chief W. B. Ramsay, R.N. was born in Kingstown.
  
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Ramsey was appointed in command of the {{UK-Torch|f=t}} on 18 December, 1918.{{NLFeb19|p. 921}}
 
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Ramsey was appointed in command of the {{UK-Rosalind|f=t}} on 10 November, 1920.{{NLDec20|p. 857}}
 
Ramsey was appointed in command of the {{UK-Rosalind|f=t}} on 10 November, 1920.{{NLDec20|p. 857}}
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Ramsey was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 31 December, 1920.
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Ramsey's last sea-going appointment was a brief one in command of {{UK-Sepoy}} in 1923 as she transferred from {{UK-DF|3}} to {{UK-DF|7}}, or perhaps when those two formations exchanged roles or identities.  In September he was appointed to {{UK-Columbine}}, additional, for command of a group of {{UK-DF|7}} T.B.Ds..  Ramsey would die of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on Queensferry Road, Edinburgh on 10 November.
  
 
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Revision as of 09:08, 20 October 2017

Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth Gordon Ramsey, R.N. (18 July, 1890 – 10 November, 1923) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Inspector[?]-in-Chief W. B. Ramsay, R.N. was born in Kingstown.

Ramsey was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1912.

Ramsey was appointed in command of the destroyer Torch on 18 December, 1918.[1]

Ramsey was appointed in command of the destroyer Rosalind on 10 November, 1920.[2]

Ramsey was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1920.

Ramsey's last sea-going appointment was a brief one in command of Sepoy in 1923 as she transferred from Third Destroyer Flotilla to Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, or perhaps when those two formations exchanged roles or identities. In September he was appointed to Columbine, additional, for command of a group of Seventh Destroyer Flotilla T.B.Ds.. Ramsey would die of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on Queensferry Road, Edinburgh on 10 November.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Joseph B. Newill
Captain of H.M.S. Stour
1 Aug, 1916[3]
Succeeded by
Herbert M. Denny
Preceded by
Conyngham C. Denison
Captain of H.M.S. Badger
12 May, 1917[4] – early 1918[Fact Check]
Succeeded by
Geoffrey Corlett
Preceded by
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Captain of H.M.S. Torch
18 Dec, 1918[5] – 11 Nov, 1920
Succeeded by
Austen G. Lilley
Preceded by
Edward P. U. Pender
Captain of H.M.S. Rosalind
10 Nov, 1920[6]
Succeeded by
William E. B. Magee

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 921.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 857.
  3. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398d-k'.
  4. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391o.
  5. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 921.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 857.