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==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Carrington was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 October, 1900.<ref>Carrington Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 489.</ref>
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Carrington was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1912.{{NLMar13|p. 13}}
 
Carrington was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1912.{{NLMar13|p. 13}}
  
 
Carrington served as Navigating Officer of {{UK-KingGeorgeV}} at the [[Battle of Jutland]].
 
Carrington served as Navigating Officer of {{UK-KingGeorgeV}} at the [[Battle of Jutland]].
  
He was promoted to {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1917.
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He was promoted to {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1917.<ref>Carrington Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 489.</ref>
  
On 1 January, 1919, he was appointed in command of the {{UK-Carlisle|f=t}}.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 752}}
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==Post-War==
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On 1 January, 1919, he was appointed in command of the {{UK-Carlisle|f=t}}.{{NLFeb19|p. 752}}
  
On 2 December, 1924, Carrington became Captain in Command of [[Portsmouth Navigation School]].<ref name=Schofield192>Schofield.  p. 192.</ref>
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On 2 December, 1924, Carrington became Captain in Command of [[Portsmouth Navigation School]].<ref>Schofield.  p. 192.</ref>
  
He commanded {{UK-Valiant}} from March 1927 until September 1928.{{MackieRNW}}
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He commanded {{UK-Valiant}} from March 1927 until September 1928.
  
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He was promoted to {{RearRN}} on 23 May, 1929.<ref>Carrington Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 194.</ref>
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Carrington was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 August, 1930.  He was advanced to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on the Retired List on 11 February, 1934.<ref>Carrington Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 194.</ref>
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In 1938, accepted an appointment as an Air Raid Warden after first checking that the Navy would not require him in the event of a mobilisation.<ref>Carrington Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 194.</ref>
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==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 12:39, 5 May 2015

Vice-Admiral John Walsh Carrington, D.S.O., O.B.E., Royal Navy (5 January, 1879 – 15 November, 1964) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Carrington was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1900.[1]

Carrington was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1912.[2]

Carrington served as Navigating Officer of King George V at the Battle of Jutland.

He was promoted to Captain on 31 December, 1917.[3]

Post-War

On 1 January, 1919, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Carlisle.[4]

On 2 December, 1924, Carrington became Captain in Command of Portsmouth Navigation School.[5]

He commanded Valiant from March 1927 until September 1928.

He was promoted to Rear-Admiral on 23 May, 1929.[6]

Carrington was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 August, 1930. He was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 11 February, 1934.[7]

In 1938, accepted an appointment as an Air Raid Warden after first checking that the Navy would not require him in the event of a mobilisation.[8]

See Also

Bibliography

  • Schofield, Vice-Admiral B. B. (1977). Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. Havant: Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd. ISBN 085937-087-9.

 

Footnotes

  1. Carrington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 489.
  2. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 13.
  3. Carrington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 489.
  4. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 752.
  5. Schofield. p. 192.
  6. Carrington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 194.
  7. Carrington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 194.
  8. Carrington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 194.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 752.
  10. Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Day of month taken from successor's discharge date. Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 292.

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