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'''William Lawrence Rosseter''', ( – ) served in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].
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{{CommRNR}} (retired) '''William Lawrence Rosseter''', R.D. (16 September, 1884 or 1885 – ) served in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].  He reported his birth year as 1885 in 1948, though his Service Record has 1884.
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Demobilised on 1 July 1919.<ref>Rosseter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/94.|}} f. 94.</ref>
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Rosseter was placed on the Retired List owing to non-service on 22 April, 1924 and was promoted to the rank of {{CommRNR}} on 2 August, 1925.<ref>Rosseter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/94.|}} f. 94.</ref>
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In 1948 he reported that he was living in Cheshire and working as a Clerk and Marine Surveyor in Lighting and Buoying Channels.
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+William+Rosseter Service Records]
 
* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+William+Rosseter Service Records]
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Latest revision as of 13:42, 8 August 2022

Commander R.N.R. (retired) William Lawrence Rosseter, R.D. (16 September, 1884 or 1885 – ) served in the Royal Naval Reserve. He reported his birth year as 1885 in 1948, though his Service Record has 1884.

Life & Career

Rosseter was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 2 August, 1915.[1]

Demobilised on 1 July 1919.[2]

Rosseter was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 2 August, 1923.[3]

Rosseter was placed on the Retired List owing to non-service on 22 April, 1924 and was promoted to the rank of Commander R.N.R. on 2 August, 1925.[4]

In 1948 he reported that he was living in Cheshire and working as a Clerk and Marine Surveyor in Lighting and Buoying Channels.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Edward S. F. Fegen
Captain of H.M. T.B. 26
23 Feb, 1917[5][6]c. Sep, 1918[7]
Succeeded by
George Brookes

Footnotes

  1. Rosseter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/94. f. 94.
  2. Rosseter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/94. f. 94.
  3. Rosseter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/94. f. 94.
  4. Rosseter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/94. f. 94.
  5. Rosseter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/94. f. 94.
  6. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399t.
  7. Rosseter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/94. f. 94.