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{{CaptRN}} '''Kenneth MacLeod''', (22 October, 1882 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRN}} '''Kenneth MacLeod''', (22 October, 1882 – 23 February, 1927) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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The son of Kenneth MacLeod, M.D., Brigadier Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel [?] was born in Calcutta.
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MacLeod was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1903.
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MacLeod was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 31 December, 1911.{{NLDec14|p. 62''c''}}
 
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MacLeod was appointed to the {{UK-Bacchante|f=t}} as navigating officer on 1 August, 1915.{{NLDec14|p. 279}}
 
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MacLeod was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1915.{{NLJan21|p. 344}}
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MacLeod was seriously injured in a storm in November, 1915 and was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1915.{{NLJan21|p. 344}}
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==Post-War==
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MacLeod was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1921.
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On 17 August, 1925 he was admitted to Haslar Hospital to be treated for emphysema.
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MacLeod was appointed as Captain Superintendent of Contract-Built Ships on 22 July, 1926.  Early in 1927, he was hospitalised for what may have been a brain disease.  He died at 3am on 23 February, 1927, according to a telegram from Newcastle-on-Tyne.
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Kenneth+MacLeod Service Records]
 
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Revision as of 16:42, 19 December 2019

Captain Kenneth MacLeod, (22 October, 1882 – 23 February, 1927) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Kenneth MacLeod, M.D., Brigadier Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel [?] was born in Calcutta.

MacLeod was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1903.

MacLeod was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1911.[1]

Great War

MacLeod was appointed to the armoured cruiser Bacchante as navigating officer on 1 August, 1915.[2]

MacLeod was seriously injured in a storm in November, 1915 and was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1915.[3]

Post-War

MacLeod was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1921.

On 17 August, 1925 he was admitted to Haslar Hospital to be treated for emphysema.

MacLeod was appointed as Captain Superintendent of Contract-Built Ships on 22 July, 1926. Early in 1927, he was hospitalised for what may have been a brain disease. He died at 3am on 23 February, 1927, according to a telegram from Newcastle-on-Tyne.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
John K. McLeod 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 36
5 Aug, 1915[4] – 28 Aug, 1915[5] 		Succeeded by
Francis T. Hare
Preceded by
Sir Andrew B. Cunningham 		Captain of H.M.S. Wallace
1 Jul, 1924[6] – 4 Sep, 1924 		Succeeded by
Thomas B. Hill
Preceded by
Sir Andrew B. Cunningham 		Captain (D), First Destroyer Flotilla
1 Jul, 1924[7] – 1 Apr, 1925 		Succeeded by
Edward O. B. S. Osborne
Preceded by
Richard A. A. Plowden 		Captain of H.M.S. Bruce
4 Sep, 1924 – 1 Apr, 1925 		Succeeded by
John C. Tovey
Preceded by
Thomas B. Hill 		Captain of H.M.S. Wallace
1 Apr, 1925 – 11 May, 1925 		Succeeded by
James V. Creagh
Preceded by
Reginald V. Holt
as Commander (D), Fifth Destroyer Flotilla 		Captain (D), Fifth Destroyer Flotilla
1 Apr, 1925 – 4 Jul, 1926 		Succeeded by
James V. Creagh
Preceded by
James V. Creagh 		Captain of H.M.S. Wallace
7 Sep, 1925[8] – 4 Jul, 1926 		Succeeded by
Lewis G. E. Crabbe

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 62c.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 279.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 344.
  4. ↑ Ship's Log at naval-history.net.
  5. ↑ Ship's Log at naval-history.net.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 286.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 287.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 286.

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