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{{AdmRN}} {{SIR}} '''Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Ford''', K.C.B., K.B.E. ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{AdmRN}} {{SIR}} '''Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Ford''', K.C.B., K.B.E. (19 January, 1880 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
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Ford was born in Jersey, the son of Charles William Randall Ford, a Major in the British Army.<ref>Ford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 180.</ref>
  
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Ford was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 26 June, 1902.  He qualified as a Navigation Officer for First Class ships with a First Class rating on 23 August, 1906.<ref>Ford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 180.</ref>
  
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Ford was appointed in command of the {{UK-Calliope|f=t}} in October, 1924.
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Ford married Violet Olive Dunsterville on 4 October, 1924 and was appointed in command of the {{UK-Calliope|f=t}} on 23 October.<ref>Ford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 180.</ref>
  
 
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He was appointed Captain of the [[Portsmouth Navigation School]] on 20 June, 1930.<ref name=Schofield192>Schofield.  p. 192.</ref>
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Ford was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 31 December, 1941.  He was placed on the Retired List on 30 June, 1944.<ref>Ford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 180.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 11:32, 14 May 2015

Admiral SIR Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Ford, K.C.B., K.B.E. (19 January, 1880 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Ford was born in Jersey, the son of Charles William Randall Ford, a Major in the British Army.[1]

Ford was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 26 June, 1902. He qualified as a Navigation Officer for First Class ships with a First Class rating on 23 August, 1906.[2]

Ford was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 26 June, 1910.[3]

Ford was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1914.[4]

Post-War

Ford was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1920.[5]

Ford married Violet Olive Dunsterville on 4 October, 1924 and was appointed in command of the light cruiser Calliope on 23 October.[6]

In May, 1929, he was appointed in command of the battleship Royal Oak.

He was appointed Captain of the Portsmouth Navigation School on 20 June, 1930.[7]

Ford was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 November, 1932.[8]

Ford was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 29 May, 1937.[9]

Ford was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 31 December, 1941. He was placed on the Retired List on 30 June, 1944.[10]

See Also

Bibliography

  • Schofield, Vice-Admiral B. B. (1977). Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. Havant: Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd. ISBN 085937-087-9.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Aubrey T. Tillard 		Captain of H.M.S. Calliope
23 Oct, 1924[11][12] 		Succeeded by
Miles B. Birkett
Preceded by
Hugh D. Hamilton 		Captain of H.M.S. Royal Oak
May, 1929[13] 		Succeeded by
Henry G. Thursfield
Preceded by
James A. G. Troup 		Captain of Portsmouth Navigation School
20 Jun, 1930[14] – 10 Apr, 1932[15] 		Succeeded by
Oswald H. Dawson
Preceded by
Charles G. Ramsey 		Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland Station
15 Apr, 1942[16] – c. 4 May, 1942[17] 		Succeeded by
Charles G. Ramsey

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  2. ↑ Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  3. ↑ Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  4. ↑ Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  5. ↑ Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  6. ↑ Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  7. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  8. ↑ Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  9. ↑ Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  10. ↑ Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Day of month taken from Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  15. ↑ Successor appointed that day. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  16. ↑ Date his predecessor departed. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  17. ↑ Predecessor returned that day to fill in. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.

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