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{{LCommRN}} '''Ronald James Burch''', D.S.O. (9 June, 1907 – 23 July, 1940) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
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Revision as of 10:09, 18 April 2018

Lieutenant-Commander Ronald James Burch, D.S.O. (9 June, 1907 – 23 July, 1940) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Burch was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 February, 1930.[1]

Burch was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 February, 1938.

Burch was appointed in command of the submarine Narwhal on 26 February, 1940 and was killed when she was sunk on her fifteenth war patrol.[2]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Ronald W. Moir
Captain of H.M.S. H 34
30 Dec, 1931[3]
Succeeded by
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Footnotes

  1. Uboat.net page on the man.
  2. Uboat.net page on the man.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 244.