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Parry was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1899.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27099/pages/4345 no. 27099. p. 4345.] 14 July, 1899.</ref> | Parry was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1899.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27099/pages/4345 no. 27099. p. 4345.] 14 July, 1899.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 16:17, 11 May 2011
Admiral SIR John Franklin Parry, K.C.B., F.R.G.S., Royal Navy, (15 August, 1863 – 21 April, 1926) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Parry was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 20 January, 1885.[1]
Parry was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1899.[2]
Captain
Parry was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1905.[3]
In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June, 1916, Parry was appointed a Companion in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.).[4] He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 16 June, 1916 upon the vacancy caused by the retirement at his own request of Ernest H. Grafton.[5]
Post-War
Parry was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 September, 1919.[6] He was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 25 November, 1920,[7] and to Admiral on 24 November, 1925.[8]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25439. p. 520. 6 February, 1885.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27099. p. 4345. 14 July, 1899.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27812. p. 4557. 30 June, 1905.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29608. p. 5554. 2 June, 1916.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29636. p. 6217. 23 June, 1916.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 31554. p. 11587. 16 September, 1919.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 32162. p. 12300. 14 December, 1920.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33110. p. 7950. 1 December, 1925.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir J. F. Parry" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 23 April, 1926. Issue 44253, col B, pg. 16.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/20.
