William Munro Kerr

Admiral SIR William Munro Kerr, K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy (4 March, 1876 – 26 October, 1959) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Kerr graduated from Britannia in December, 1890 and was appointed to masted turret ship Inflexible, arriving there on 18 March, 1892. Duty in Ramillies and Revenge followed in 1893 and 1894.

He was made an acting Sub-Lieutenant on 15 December, 1895 while serving in the corvette Volage. He was qualified for navigation duties by 1897, when he applied those skills in the training brig Seaflower, the in the gunboat Ringdove in 1898.

Kerr was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1898 and was appointed to Pandora as navigator on 16 July, 1901.

He was promoted to Commander on 31 December, 1910.

Kerr was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1915.

Kerr was appointed as Captain of the Dockyard and King's Harbour Master at Rosyth on 2 April, 1921 until being superseded by Captain Archibald Cochrane, C.M.G., on 30 October, 1923.

Bibliography

• "Adml. Sir W. Kerr" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 27 October, 1959. Issue 54602, col A, pg. 15.

Service Record

• The National Archives. ADM 196/44/225.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Michael Culme-Seymour	Captain of H.M.S. Centurion 6 Mar, 1916 – 7 May, 1916	Succeeded by Roger J. B. Keyes
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Caradoc 12 Jun, 1917 – 7 Aug, 1919	Succeeded by Ragnar M. Colvin
Preceded by Harry M. K. Betty	Captain of Rosyth Dockyard 2 Apr, 1921 – 30 Oct, 1923	Succeeded by Montague G. B. Legge
Preceded by Thomas E. Wardle	Captain of H.M.S. Calliope 13 Feb, 1924 – 24 Apr, 1924	Succeeded by Evelyn C. O. Thomson
Preceded by Charles T. Hardy	Captain of H.M.S. Ajax 26 Jun, 1924 – 24 Apr, 1925	Succeeded by Lawrence W. Braithwaite
Preceded by Lionel G. Preston	Captain of H.M.S. Eagle 16 May, 1925 – 1 Oct, 1926	Succeeded by Brien M. Money
Preceded by Bernard St. G. Collard	Rear-Admiral in the First Battle Squadron 20 Mar, 1928 – 5 Apr, 1929	Succeeded by The Hon. Reginald A. R. P.-E.-E.-Drax
Preceded by William R. Napier	First Naval Member of the Australian Naval Board 31 Aug, 1929 – c. 20 Oct, 1931	Succeeded by George F. Hyde
Preceded by Sir Frank Larken	Vice-Admiral Commanding, Reserve Fleet 22 Apr, 1932 – 24 Apr, 1934	Succeeded by Edward A. Astley-Rushton