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A collision between {{UK-Manly}} and {{UK-Matchless}} on 26 July, 1916 resulted in Kirkby being cautioned to be more careful in future.<ref>Kirkby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/87.|D7604499}} f. 216.</ref>
 
A collision between {{UK-Manly}} and {{UK-Matchless}} on 26 July, 1916 resulted in Kirkby being cautioned to be more careful in future.<ref>Kirkby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/87.|D7604499}} f. 216.</ref>
  
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Kirkby's work commanding ''Torrid'' in the [[Harwich Force]] in the period between 1 July and 11 November 1917 earned him a D.S.O..  This was gazetted 20 February, 1919 and invested by the King at Buckingham Palace on 26 July, 1919.  He had placed ''Torrid'' into reserve at Devonport in February, 1919 and left the ship on 1 October, 1919 when he was superseded.<ref>Kirkby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/87.|D7604499}} f. 216.</ref>
  
 
==Interbellum==
 
==Interbellum==

Revision as of 12:01, 22 November 2016

Commander Ernest Walter Kirkby, D.S.O. (5 July, 1885 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Kirkby was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1907.[1]

Kirkby was appointed Lieutenant in Command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 041 on December, 1909.[2]

In 1910, Kirby grounded T.B. 041 and was cautioned to be more careful in future.[3]

In 1911, Kirkby lost a copy of "Instructions for Mine Sweeping by Torpedo Boats" and was again admonished to be more careful in future.[4]

In February, 1912, Kirkby was given an Italian medal and a diploma for having rendered services at the Messina Earthquake in December, 1908. On 6 May, he was examined for an injury to his right thigh sustained while coaling Leviathan. A month later he was fit.[5]

Kirkby was appointed in command of the destroyer Zephyr on 21 January, 1914.[6]

Great War

In January, Zephyr struck Felixstowe Rock and Kirkby was told by the Commander-in-Chief that he had committed an error in judgment and he was cautioned to be more careful in future.[7]

Kirkby was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1915.[8]

A collision between Manly and Matchless on 26 July, 1916 resulted in Kirkby being cautioned to be more careful in future.[9]

In April, 1917, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Torrid.

Kirkby's work commanding Torrid in the Harwich Force in the period between 1 July and 11 November 1917 earned him a D.S.O.. This was gazetted 20 February, 1919 and invested by the King at Buckingham Palace on 26 July, 1919. He had placed Torrid into reserve at Devonport in February, 1919 and left the ship on 1 October, 1919 when he was superseded.[10]

Interbellum

Rear-Admiral Reynolds recorded that Kirby was "the best station-keeper in the Flotilla" in February, 1919.

Kirkby was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1919.[11]

Kirkby was appointed in command of the submarine Seraph in August, 1920.[12]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
William M. M. Robinson 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 041
Dec, 1909[13] 		Succeeded by
Edward P. U. Broad
Preceded by
Arthur G. Onslow 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 18
14 Aug, 1913[14] – 21 Jan, 1914[15][16] 		Succeeded by
Arthur E. H. Wright
Preceded by
Charles L. M. M. Crichton 		Captain of H.M.S. Zephyr
21 Jan, 1914[17] – Nov, 1915[18][19] 		Succeeded by
Arthur H. Notley
Preceded by
Charles G. Ramsey 		Captain of H.M.S. Manly
3 Feb, 1916[20] 		Succeeded by
Robert H. B. Hammond-Chambers
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Torrid
Apr, 1917[21] 		Succeeded by
Frederick W. F. Fegen
Preceded by
John P. Landon 		Captain of H.M.S. Seraph
Aug, 1920[22] 		Succeeded by
Frederick C. Bradley

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Kirkby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/87. f. 216.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 401a.
  3. ↑ Kirkby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/87. f. 216.
  4. ↑ Kirkby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/87. f. 216.
  5. ↑ Kirkby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/87. f. 216.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 398.
  7. ↑ Kirkby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/87. f. 216.
  8. ↑ Kirkby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/87. f. 216.
  9. ↑ Kirkby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/87. f. 216.
  10. ↑ Kirkby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/87. f. 216.
  11. ↑ Kirkby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/87. f. 216.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 863.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 401a.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 401.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 401.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 400.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399l.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399l.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399k-l.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 921.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 863.

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