Hubert Ardill
From The Dreadnought Project
Captain Hubert Ardill, Royal Navy (24 June, 1884 – 3 July, 1951) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Ardill was born on 24 June, 1884 in Lisburn, Ireland, the son of R. Ardill. He entered the training ship Britannia on 15 September, 1899, and passed out on 15 January, 1901, attaining sufficient marks to be promoted soon after to Midshipman on 30 January.
He was appointed as gunnery officer in Ramillies on 16 November, 1916.
On 25 August, 1932 Ardill was made a Grand Officer of the Portuguese Military Order of Aviz after his ship Caledon had returned the body of King Manoel to Portugal.
A photograph of Ardill may be found in a photo album in Box Three of the H. H. McWilliam papers in the Liddle Collection of the University of Leeds.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/49.
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- 1884 births
- 1951 deaths
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- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of September, 1899
- Royal Navy Gunnery Officers
- Gunnery Officers of H.M.S. Britannia (1904)
- Gunnery Officers of H.M.S. Ramillies (1916)
- Captains of Chatham Gunnery School
- Captains of H.M.S. Caledon (1916)
- Deputy Directors of Training and Staff Duties (Royal Navy)
- Captains of H.M.S. Concord (1916)
- Captains of H.M.S. Dunvegan Castle (1936)
- Captains of H.M.S. Asturias (1925)
- Royal Navy Captains
