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[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''William Munro Kerr''', K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy (4 March, 1876 – 26 October, 1959) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
 
[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''William Munro Kerr''', K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy (4 March, 1876 – 26 October, 1959) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
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==Life & Career==
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Kerr was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1898.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26983/pages/3984 no. 26983.  p. 3984.]  1 July, 1898.</ref>
  
 
Kerr was replaced as Captain of the Dockyard and King's Harbour Master at Rosyth by Captain [[Archibald Cochrane]], C.M.G., on 30 October, 1923.
 
Kerr was replaced as Captain of the Dockyard and King's Harbour Master at Rosyth by Captain [[Archibald Cochrane]], C.M.G., on 30 October, 1923.
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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*"Adml. Sir W. Kerr" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 27 October, 1959.  Issue '''54602''', col A, pg. 15.
 
*"Adml. Sir W. Kerr" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 27 October, 1959.  Issue '''54602''', col A, pg. 15.
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==Service Record==
 
==Service Record==
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7892070&queryType=1&resultcount=11 ADM 196/44]
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*The National Archives.  [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7892070&queryType=1&resultcount=11 ADM 196/44.]
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[[Category:H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1890|Kerr]]
 
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[[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Caradoc (1916)|Kerr]]
 
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Revision as of 19:28, 7 February 2011

Admiral SIR William Munro Kerr, K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy (4 March, 1876 – 26 October, 1959) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Kerr was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1898.[1]

Kerr was replaced as Captain of the Dockyard and King's Harbour Master at Rosyth by Captain Archibald Cochrane, C.M.G., on 30 October, 1923.

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 26983. p. 3984. 1 July, 1898.

Bibliography

  • "Adml. Sir W. Kerr" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 27 October, 1959. Issue 54602, col A, pg. 15.

Service Record