Difference between revisions of "John Jackson Cuthbert Ridley"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
(Update appts)
(Update appts)
 
(18 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''John Jackson Cuthbert Ridley''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
+
{{CommRN}} '''John Jackson Cuthbert Ridley''', R.N. (3 February, 1885 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
 +
Ridley ranked forty-fifth among 62 successful candidates in examinations for entry to the {{UK-1Britannia}} intake term of September 1899, with 2191 marks.{{NMI|Saturday, Aug 12, 1899; pg. 8; Issue 35906}}
 
<!--Ridley was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on  
 
<!--Ridley was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on  
  
Line 7: Line 8:
  
 
Ridley was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on  
 
Ridley was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on  
 +
-->
  
Ridley was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on
 
-->
 
 
Ridley was appointed in command of the {{UK-Fairy|f=t}} on 7 November, 1911.{{NLMar13|p. 311}}
 
Ridley was appointed in command of the {{UK-Fairy|f=t}} on 7 November, 1911.{{NLMar13|p. 311}}
  
He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Gipsy|f=t}} on 18 November, 1913.{{NLApr14|p. 320}}
+
He was appointed in command of the {{UK-1Gipsy|f=t}} on 18 November, 1913.{{NLApr14|p. 320}}
  
 
Ridley was in command of the {{UK-Mindful|f=t}} of the {{UK-DF|12}} at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 45}}
 
Ridley was in command of the {{UK-Mindful|f=t}} of the {{UK-DF|12}} at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 45}}
Line 20: Line 20:
 
* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+John+Jackson+Cuthbert+Ridley Service Records]
 
* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+John+Jackson+Cuthbert+Ridley Service Records]
 
* [[Twelfth D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
 
* [[Twelfth D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jackson_Cuthbert_Ridley}}
+
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jackson_Cuthbert_Ridley}}
 
{{refend}}
 
{{refend}}
  
 
<div name=fredbot:appts>{{TabApptsBegin}}
 
<div name=fredbot:appts>{{TabApptsBegin}}
 
{{TabNaval}}
 
{{TabNaval}}
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[John Fawcett|John Fawcett]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Fairy (1897)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Fairy'']]'''<br>7 Nov, 1911{{NLMar13|p. 311}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Fairfax Moresby Kerr|Fairfax M. Kerr]]'''}}
+
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Erskine Arthur Nicolson|Erskine A. Nicolson]]'''|'''[[H.M. T.B. 14 (1907)|Captain of H.M. T.B. 14]]'''<br>24 Jan, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 400}} &ndash; 7 Nov, 1911|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Lionel George Dawson|Lionel G. Dawson]]'''}}
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[John Gilbert de Odingsells Coke|John G. de O. Coke]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Gipsy (1897)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Gipsy'']]'''<br>18 Nov, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 320}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Edmond Mansel Bowly|Edmond M. Bowly]]'''}}
+
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Geoffrey Thomas Wright|Geoffrey T. Wright]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Fairy (1897)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Fairy'']]'''<br>7 Nov, 1911{{NLMar13|p. 311}} &ndash; Nov, 1913|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Fairfax Moresby Kerr|Fairfax M. Kerr]]'''}}
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''?'''|'''[[H.M.S. Mindful (1915)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Mindful'']]'''<br>4 Feb, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 395''r''}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Horace Walker|Horace Walker]]'''}}
+
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Stuart Elton Holder|Stuart E. Holder]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Gipsy (1897)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Gipsy'']]'''<br>18 Nov, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 320}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Edmond Mansel Bowly|Edmond M. Bowly]]'''}}
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin|Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Tempest (1917)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Tempest'']]'''<br>27 Jan, 1919{{NLJul19|p. 916}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Richard Lloyd Hamer|Richard L. Hamer]]'''}}
+
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Arthur George Hayes Bond|Arthur G. H. Bond]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Mindful (1915)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Mindful'']]'''<br>4 Feb, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 395''r''}} &ndash; 26 Nov, 1917|Succeeded by<br>'''[[John Ouchterlony Barron|John O. Barron]]'''}}
 +
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin|Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Tempest (1917)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Tempest'']]'''<br>27 Jan, 1919{{NLJul19|p. 916}} &ndash; 14 Jul, 1919|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Richard Lloyd Hamer|Richard L. Hamer]]'''}}
 +
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Alfred Geoffrey Peace|Alfred G. Peace]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Rocket (1916)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Rocket'']]'''<br>10 Sep, 1921{{NMI|10 Sept. 1921, p. 6}} &ndash; 15 Mar, 1922|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Arthur John Layard Murray|Arthur J. L. Murray]]'''}}
 
{{TabEnd}}
 
{{TabEnd}}
 
</div name=fredbot:appts>
 
</div name=fredbot:appts>
Line 37: Line 39:
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ridley, John}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ridley, John}}
  
{{CatPerson|UK||}}
+
{{CatPerson|UK|1885|}}
 +
{{CatComm|UK}}
 +
{{CatBritannia|September, 1899}}
 +
{{CatRN}}

Latest revision as of 22:24, 9 June 2022

Commander John Jackson Cuthbert Ridley, R.N. (3 February, 1885 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Ridley ranked forty-fifth among 62 successful candidates in examinations for entry to the Britannia intake term of September 1899, with 2191 marks.[1]

Ridley was appointed in command of the destroyer Fairy on 7 November, 1911.[2]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Gipsy on 18 November, 1913.[3]

Ridley was in command of the destroyer Mindful of the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland.[4]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Erskine A. Nicolson
Captain of H.M. T.B. 14
24 Jan, 1910[5] – 7 Nov, 1911
Succeeded by
Lionel G. Dawson
Preceded by
Geoffrey T. Wright
Captain of H.M.S. Fairy
7 Nov, 1911[6] – Nov, 1913
Succeeded by
Fairfax M. Kerr
Preceded by
Stuart E. Holder
Captain of H.M.S. Gipsy
18 Nov, 1913[7]
Succeeded by
Edmond M. Bowly
Preceded by
Arthur G. H. Bond
Captain of H.M.S. Mindful
4 Feb, 1916[8] – 26 Nov, 1917
Succeeded by
John O. Barron
Preceded by
Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin
Captain of H.M.S. Tempest
27 Jan, 1919[9] – 14 Jul, 1919
Succeeded by
Richard L. Hamer
Preceded by
Alfred G. Peace
Captain of H.M.S. Rocket
10 Sep, 1921[10] – 15 Mar, 1922
Succeeded by
Arthur J. L. Murray

Footnotes

  1. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 12, 1899; pg. 8; Issue 35906.
  2. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 311.
  3. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 320.
  4. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 45.
  5. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 400.
  6. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 311.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 320.
  8. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395r.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 916.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 10 Sept. 1921, p. 6.