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'''David Malcolmson Clarke''', R.N.R. ( – ) served in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].
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{{LCommRNR}} '''David Malcolmson Clarke''', R.D., R.N.R. (13 June, 1887 – ) served in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Clarke was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRNR}} on 20 July, 1915.<ref>Clarke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/132.|}} f. 132.</ref>
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Clarke suffered an adverse report in 1917.<ref>Clarke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/132.|}} f. 132.</ref>
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Clarke was cautioned by the Senior Naval Officer, [[Granton]] to be more careful following a collision between his command {{UK-Gretna}} and {{UK-Dartmoor|f=p}} in 1919.<ref>Clarke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/132.|}} f. 132.</ref>
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He was demobilised on 15 January, 1920.<ref>Clarke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/132.|}} f. 132.</ref>
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Clarke was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRNR}} on 20 July, 1923.  A 1926 report on his performance in the {{UK-Benbow|f=tp}}, which was then a training ship for boys, lamented that there was little to call upon his considerable experience and standing.<ref>Clarke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/132.|}} f. 132.</ref>
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He was placed on the Retired List on 26 January, 1930.  He was removed from the list on 27 July 1931, owing to non-report.<ref>Clarke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/132.|}} f. 132.</ref>
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+David+Malcolmson+Clarke Service Records]
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Latest revision as of 23:08, 1 April 2022

Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. David Malcolmson Clarke, R.D., R.N.R. (13 June, 1887 – ) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Clarke was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 20 July, 1915.[1]

Clarke suffered an adverse report in 1917.[2]

Clarke was cautioned by the Senior Naval Officer, Granton to be more careful following a collision between his command Gretna and H.M.S. Dartmoor in 1919.[3]

He was demobilised on 15 January, 1920.[4]

Clarke was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 20 July, 1923. A 1926 report on his performance in the battleship H.M.S. Benbow, which was then a training ship for boys, lamented that there was little to call upon his considerable experience and standing.[5]

He was placed on the Retired List on 26 January, 1930. He was removed from the list on 27 July 1931, owing to non-report.[6]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Donald C. G. Neish
Captain of H.M.S. Oakley
19 Sep, 1918[7][8] – 18 Feb, 1919[9]
Succeeded by
Charles C. Bell
Preceded by
Charles C. Bell
Captain of H.M.S. Gretna
18 Feb, 1919[10][11] – 9 Aug, 1919[12]
Succeeded by
Martin Smith
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Shincliffe
9 Aug, 1919[13][14] – 29 Oct, 1919[15]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/132. f. 132.
  2. Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/132. f. 132.
  3. Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/132. f. 132.
  4. Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/132. f. 132.
  5. Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/132. f. 132.
  6. Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/132. f. 132.
  7. Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/132. f. 132.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 853.
  9. Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/132. f. 132.
  10. Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/132. f. 132.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 805.
  12. Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/132. f. 132.
  13. Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/132. f. 132.
  14. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Aug 14, 1919; pg. 16; Issue 42178.
  15. Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/132. f. 132.