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Revision as of 15:43, 31 July 2012

Admiral Bernard Currey, Royal Navy (11 May, 1862 – 6 June, 1936) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Currey was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 11 November, 1882.[1]

Currey was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1895, aged thirty-three years, one month, and nineteen days.[2]

Captain

Currey was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1901.[3]

On 21 December, 1908, he was appointed in command of H.M.S. Agamemnon.[4]

Currey was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 March, 1911, vice Paget.[5]

Great War

On the outbreak of war, Currey was serving as Rear-Admiral in the Fifth Battle Squadron of the Channel Fleet.[6] He was ordered to haul down his flag on 9 February, 1915, and he struck his flag on 14 February. He was appointed Senior Naval Officer and in charge of all Naval Establishments at Gibraltar on 21 September, and he assumed command on 27 October.[7] He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 9 June, 1916.[8]

Post-War

Currey was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 1 January, 1919, vice Limpus.[9] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 9 January.[10]

Currey's widow, Grace Elaine, retired as trustee in charge of the Royal Sailors' Rests in March, 1958. She died on 14 February, 1969 at East Leigh House, Havant.[11]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 25167. p. 5051. 14 November, 1882.
  2. London Gazette: no. 26647. p. 4233. 26 July, 1895.
  3. London Gazette: no. 27335. p. 4780. 19 July, 1901.
  4. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 20 November, 1908. Issue 38809, col E, pg. 14.
  5. London Gazette: no. 28473. p. 1958. 7 March, 1911.
  6. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (September, 1914). p. 6.
  7. Currey Service Record. p. 36.
  8. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29621. p. 5828. 13 June, 1916.
  9. London Gazette: no. 31112. p. 364. 7 January, 1919.
  10. London Gazette: no. 31136. p. 1073. 21 January, 1919.
  11. "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Monday, 17 February, 1969. Issue 57487, col B, pg. 16.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral B. Currey" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 8 June, 1936. Issue 47395, col B, pg. 19.

Papers

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
The Hon. Alexander E. Bethell
Assistant Director of Torpedoes
1906 – 1908
Succeeded by
Stuart Nicholson
Preceded by
Reginald G. O. Tupper
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleets
1913 – 1914
Succeeded by
Command Abolished
Preceded by
Frederic E. E. Brock
Senior Naval Officer and in charge of all Naval Establishments, Gibraltar
1915 – 1917
Succeeded by
Heathcoat S. Grant