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'''Alistair Shand Cumming''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommRN}} '''Alistair Shand Cumming''', R.N., Retired (31 May, 1894 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Promoted to {{MidRN}} on 15 January, 1912.{{NLMar13|p. 19}}
 
Promoted to {{MidRN}} on 15 January, 1912.{{NLMar13|p. 19}}
  
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Cumming was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} with seniority 15 December, 1915.
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==Post-War==
 
Cumming was appointed in command of the {{UK-L18|f=t}} on 6 December, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 799}}
 
Cumming was appointed in command of the {{UK-L18|f=t}} on 6 December, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 799}}
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Cumming was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 December, 1923.
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Cumming was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 3 May, 1927.
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Cumming was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 May, 1934.
  
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 11:18, 10 August 2017

Commander Alistair Shand Cumming, R.N., Retired (31 May, 1894 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Promoted to Midshipman on 15 January, 1912.[1]

Cumming was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority 15 December, 1915.

Post-War

Cumming was appointed in command of the submarine L 18 on 6 December, 1920.[2]

Cumming was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 December, 1923.

Cumming was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 3 May, 1927.

Cumming was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 May, 1934.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. H 28
3 Jul, 1919[3]
Succeeded by
Humphrey G. Veale
Preceded by
Anthony B. Lockhart
Captain of H.M.S. L 18
6 Dec, 1920[4]
Succeeded by
Charles H. Allen
Preceded by
John G. H. Steedman
Captain of H.M.S. H 32
30 Apr, 1923[5] – 1924
Succeeded by
Gerald E. Colpoys

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 19.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 799.
  3. The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 782a.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 799.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 243.