Irvine Gordon Glennie
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Admiral Irvine Gordon Glennie (22 July, 1892 – 8 September, 1980) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
TODO: ADM 196/145/319 will prove vastly better than 196/92
Glennie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 April, 1915
Glennie was appointed Lieutenant in Command of the destroyer Nepean on 19 March, 1918.[1]
Post-War
Glennie was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1928.
Glennie was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1933.
World War II
On 3 May, 1939, he was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Hood.[2]
Glennie was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 15 January, 1941.
Glennie was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 31 December, 1943.
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Thomas B. Fellowes |
Captain of H.M.S. P36 3 Oct, 1917[3] |
Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by Charles R. Peploe |
Captain of H.M.S. Nepean 19 Mar, 1918[4] |
Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by Colin Cantlie |
Captain of H.M.S. Achilles 24 Mar, 1936[5] – 26 Jan, 1939[6] |
Succeeded by William E. Parry |
Preceded by Harold T. C. Walker |
Captain of H.M.S. Hood 3 May, 1939[7][8] – 18 Feb, 1941[9] |
Succeeded by Ralph Kerr |
Preceded by Alban T. B. Curteis |
Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station 1944 |
Succeeded by William Tennant |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 851.
- ↑ Taylor. The Battlecruiser Hood. p. 230.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396e.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 851.
- ↑ Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/166. f. 166.
- ↑ Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/166. f. 166.
- ↑ Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/166. f. 166.
- ↑ Taylor. The Battlecruiser Hood. p. 230.
- ↑ Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/166. f. 166.