Peter Alexander Crawford Sturrock

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Lieutenant Peter Alexander Crawford Sturrock, D.S.C., R.N. (14 April, 1889 – 4 February, 1919) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Kilmarnock. Sturrock entered direct from Conway.

Sturrock was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 28 February, 1911.

Sturrock died when his minesweeper Penarth was mined on 4 February, 1919 off the Tyne.[1]

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Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Kenneth M. Greig
Captain of H.M.S. Penarth
Dec, 1918[2] – 4 Feb, 1919[3]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost
Preceded by
Basil R. Brooke
Senior Officer, Seventh Fleet Sweeping Flotilla
Dec, 1918[4] – 4 Feb, 1919[5]
Succeeded by
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Footnotes

  1. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 148.
  2. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 866.
  3. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 148.
  4. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 866.
  5. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 148.