Mark Peregrine Charles Kerr

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Commander (retired) Mark Peregrine Charles Kerr (20 October, 1891 – 22 February, 1951) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Arthur H. Kerr, Esq., land agent.

Kerr was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 April, 1914.[1][2]

Kerr was appointed Lieutenant in Command of the destroyer Crusader on 13 August, 1918.[3]

He commanded Template:UK-ML287 on the Rhine from 6 January to 28 August, 1920.[4]

Kerr was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 April, 1922.[5]

Kerr was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 1 April, 1932.[6]

World War II

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Keith R. Farquharson
Captain of H.M. T.B. 15
1 Sep, 1916[7] – 30 Nov, 1917[8][9]
Succeeded by
Wyndham C. Johnson
Preceded by
James C. Colvill
Captain of H.M.S. Crusader
13 Aug, 1918[10]
Succeeded by
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Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 54.
  2. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.
  3. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 770.
  4. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.
  5. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.
  6. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 400.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 955.
  9. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399s.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 770.

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