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Revision as of 12:23, 17 February 2022

Lieutenant-Commander Ronald James Burch, D.S.O., R.N. (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
George C. Phillips
Preceded by
Pieter G. V. Van der Byl
Captain of H.M.S. Salmon
16 Jul, 1937[4]
Succeeded by
Edward O. Bickford
Preceded by
Eric R. J. Oddie
Captain of H.M.S. Narwhal
26 Feb, 1940 – 23 Jul, 1940
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. Uboat.net page on the man.
  2. Uboat.net page on the man.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 244.
  4. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 18 June 1937, p. 10.