Rudolf Miles Burmester

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Admiral Sir Rudolf M. Burmester, 1931.
© National Portrait Gallery, London.

Admiral SIR Rudolf Miles Burmester K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., R.N. (11 November, 1875 – 27 December, 1956) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Burmester was born at The Elms in Thames Ditton. After entering the Navy he was rated Midshipman on 15 August, 1890.[1]

Burmester was promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant on 14 September, 1894.[1]

Burmester was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1897.[1]

Burmester married Marjorie Gladys Lloyd on March 20, 1907, and was promoted to the rank of Commander three months later on 30 June.[1]

He was appointed in command of the second class protected cruiser Latona on 20 August, 1913.[2]

Burmester was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1914.[3]

Great War

Burmester was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Euryalus on 19 October, 1914.[4] He was mentioned in despatches as a result of service at Gallipoli in 1915.[5]

He served as Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, The Honourable Sir Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe, from 1917 to 1919.[6]

Post-War

In 1922 he was appointed Chief of Staff to Gough-Calthorpe, now Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

In April, 1923, he was appointed in command of Warspite.[7]

Having been promoted to Rear Admiral in 1924, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station in 1929.[8]

He also served in World War II as Commander of Naval Forces based in the Swansea area.[9]

Bibliography

  • "Adml. Sir R. Burmester" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 29 December, 1956. Issue 53725, col E, p. 8.

Service Records

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Royal Navy Admirals 1904–1945
  2. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 337.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 28842. p. 4880. 22 June, 1914.
  4. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 314.
  5. Galipolli Campaign – Naval Mentions
  6. The London Gazette: no. 31262 p. 4195. 25 March, 1919.
  7. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. Whitaker's Almanack 1930
  9. Royal Navy Ships, January 1942, Part 3 of 4
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 337.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394h.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1930). p. 200.

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