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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
Russell was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 1 September, 1904, vice [[Edmund Frederick Jeffreys|Jeffreys]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27715/pages/6044 no. 27715. p. 6044.] 20 September, 1904.</ref> | Russell was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 1 September, 1904, vice [[Edmund Frederick Jeffreys|Jeffreys]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27715/pages/6044 no. 27715. p. 6044.] 20 September, 1904.</ref> | ||
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== |
Revision as of 13:57, 5 April 2011
Admiral Gerald Walter Russell, Royal Navy, Retired (17 January, 1850 – 7 November, 1928) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Russell was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 September, 1904, vice Jeffreys.[1]
He was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 2 July, 1908.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27715. p. 6044. 20 September, 1904.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28156. p. 4940. 7 July, 1908.
Bibliography
- "Admiral G. W. Russell" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 9 November, 1928. Issue 45046, col A, pg. 21.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/39.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/18.
Naval Offices | ||
Preceded by Charles J. Barlow |
Captain Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard 1902 – 1904 |
Succeeded by John Denison |
Categories:
- 1850 births
- 1928 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1864
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Sybille (1890)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Rodney (1884)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Hannibal (1896)
- Captains Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers