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[[Vice-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]] '''Arthur Craig Waller''', C.B., Royal Navy, Retired ([[18 June]], [[1872]] – [[21 February]], [[1943]]) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
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[[Vice-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]] '''Arthur Craig Waller''', C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (18 June, 1872 – 21 February, 1943) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
  
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==Life & Career==
 
Born '''Arthur William Craig'''.   
 
Born '''Arthur William Craig'''.   
  
Changed his name by Royal License dated [[26 February]], [[1921]], pursuant to a direction in the will dated [[11 April]], [[1917]] of Edmond Noble Waller of Allenstown, County Meath.
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Changed his name by Royal License dated 26 February, 1921, pursuant to a direction in the will dated 11 April, 1917 of Edmond Noble Waller of Allenstown, County Meath.
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Craig Waller was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 15 March, 1922,<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32653/pages/2517 no. 32653.  p. 2517.]  28 March, 1922.</ref> and promoted to {{ViceRN}} on the Retired List in January, 1925.
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==Who was Who==
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WALLER, Vice-Adm. Arthur Craig
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CB 1916; RN
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Born 18 June 1872; s of late Very Rev. Dean Craig of Clonmacnois; m 1910, Ella Mary, d of A. F. Beaufort; two s ; died 21 Feb. 1943
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late President Ordnance Committee
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CAREER
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Served European War, 1914–19; Commanding HMS Albermarle, Barham, 1915–18 (battle of Jutland); and Renown, 1918–19 (CB, despatches, St Anne, Rising Sun, Legion of Honour); retired list, 1922; DL Co. Meath
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CLUB
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United Service
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ADDRESS
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Chargate Lodge, Burwood Park, Walton-on-Thames
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1806
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==Footnotes==
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{{reflist}}
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==Bibliography==
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{{refbegin}}
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*"Vice-Admiral A. W. Craig Waller" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 24 February, 1943.  Issue '''49478''', col E, pg. 7.
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{{refend}}
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==Service Record==
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*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7918057&queryType=1&resultcount=20 ADM 196/43]
  
Retired in 1922 and promoted to {{ViceRN}} on the Retired List in January, 1925.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 14:42, 14 September 2009

Vice-Admiral Arthur Craig Waller, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (18 June, 1872 – 21 February, 1943) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born Arthur William Craig.

Changed his name by Royal License dated 26 February, 1921, pursuant to a direction in the will dated 11 April, 1917 of Edmond Noble Waller of Allenstown, County Meath.

Craig Waller was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 15 March, 1922,[1] and promoted to Vice-Admiral on the Retired List in January, 1925.

Who was Who

WALLER, Vice-Adm. Arthur Craig CB 1916; RN

Born 18 June 1872; s of late Very Rev. Dean Craig of Clonmacnois; m 1910, Ella Mary, d of A. F. Beaufort; two s ; died 21 Feb. 1943

late President Ordnance Committee

CAREER Served European War, 1914–19; Commanding HMS Albermarle, Barham, 1915–18 (battle of Jutland); and Renown, 1918–19 (CB, despatches, St Anne, Rising Sun, Legion of Honour); retired list, 1922; DL Co. Meath

CLUB United Service

ADDRESS Chargate Lodge, Burwood Park, Walton-on-Thames 1806

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 32653. p. 2517. 28 March, 1922.

Bibliography

  • "Vice-Admiral A. W. Craig Waller" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 24 February, 1943. Issue 49478, col E, pg. 7.

Service Record


Naval Office
Preceded by
New commission
In Command, H.M.S. Orion
1912 – 1914
Succeeded by
Frederic Dreyer