Arthur Allan Morison Duff
Admiral SIR Arthur Alan Morison Duff, K.C.B., Royal Navy (19 April, 1874 – 5 April, 1952) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1909.[1]
He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Lion on November, 1911.[2]
In March, 1913, Duff was appointed in command of the light cruiser Southampton, which was attached to the First Battle Squadron. By July, however, he was superseded when Southampton was transferred to the First Light Cruiser Squadron.[3]
Great War
On 9 August, 1914, Duff's Birmingham encountered U 15 which had been immobilised by engine trouble and delivered a fatal ram.[Citation needed] He commanded Birmingham at the Battle of Jutland.
He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Inflexible in November, 1916.[4]
On the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 4 June, 1917.[5]
On 14 August, 1917, he was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Tiger, remaining there through the end of the war.[6]
Post-War
On 14 May 1919, as a Commodore, Second Class, Duff was appointed in command of the light cruiser Caledon and of the Second Light Cruiser Squadron.[7]
He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 24 November, 1920, vice Nicholson.[8]
On 16 May, 1924, Duff succeeded Rear-Admiral Douglas L. Dent as Director of Naval Equipment.[9]
Duff was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 March, 1926.[10]
Duff was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 8 May, 1930, vice Keyes,[11] and was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 15 May.[12]
Footnotes
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28325. p. 29. 4 January, 1910.
- ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 123.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 376.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30111. p. 5454. 4 June, 1917.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 920.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 738.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32154. p. 12054. 7 December, 1920.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 4 February, 1924. Issue 43556, col F, p. 20.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33139. p. 1650. 5 March, 1926.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33604. p. 2867. 9 May, 1930.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33606. p. 3069. 16 May, 1930.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Arthur Duff" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 8 April, 1952. Issue 52281, col D, pg. 8.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/141.
- The National Archives. ADM 196.89.
- The National Archives. ADM 196.43.
