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Admiral SIR Ralph Leatham, K.C.B. (3 March, 1886 – 10 March, 1954) served in the Royal Navy.

Leatham was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1906.

Leatham was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1914.

Leatham was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1917.

Leatham was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1924.

Leatham was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 5 January, 1936.

Leatham was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 August, 1939.

Leatham was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 9 December, 1943.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Walter H. Leeke	Captain of H.M. T.B. 58 10 Apr, 1907 – 7 Jan, 1908	Succeeded by Charles E. Maconochie as Captain of H.M. T.B. 058
Preceded by John C. S. Paterson	Captain of H.M.S. Winchester 15 Sep, 1921 – 16 Jan, 1922	Succeeded by Hugh P. Cotton
Preceded by Wilfred N. Custance	Captain of H.M.S. Yarmouth 10 Jan, 1928 – Nov, 1928	Succeeded by Alan F. W. Howard
Preceded by Alban T. B. Curteis	Captain of H.M.S. Despatch Nov, 1928 – c. 6 Nov, 1928	Succeeded by Guy L. Coleridge
Preceded by Guy L. Coleridge	Captain of H.M.S. Durban 26 Nov, 1928^[1] – 31 Aug, 1930	Succeeded by Alban T. B. Curteis
Preceded by Henry D. Bridges	Captain of H.M.S. Ramillies 1 May, 1934 – 1935	Succeeded by Alfred H. Taylor
Preceded by Alfred H. Taylor	Captain of H.M.S. Valiant 25 Jul, 1935^[2] – Jan, 1936	Succeeded by Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot
Preceded by Sir James F. Somerville	Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Apr, 1939 – Apr, 1941	Succeeded by Geoffrey Arbuthnot as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station
Preceded by Wilbraham T. R. Ford	Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard Jan, 1942^[3] – Dec, 1942^[4]	Succeeded by Sir Stuart S. Bonham-Carter
Preceded by Charles M. Forbes	Commander in Chief, Plymouth Station c. Aug, 1943 – 27 Nov, 1945^[5]	Succeeded by Henry D. Pridham-Wippell

↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 233.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 281.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.

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