Andrew Lumisden Strange

Captain (retired) Andrew Lumisden Strange (9 January, 1851 – 24 June, 1942) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Madras, Strange was raised by his mother. He gained eleven months' time on passing out of Britannia.

Strange was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 February, 1902.

He was awarded the Commander Egerton Prize for 1905.

Strange was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1913.

Strange was promoted to the rank of Captain on 9 January, 1926.

Strange was adjudicated bankrupt on 10 July, 1928.

Strange died of congestive heart failure in the Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham, on 24 June 1942.^[1]

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Ernest A. Taylor	Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance 9 Jan, 1912 – 1 Nov, 1913	Succeeded by Edward Altham
Preceded by Richard Horne	Captain of H.M.S. Foresight 25 Jan, 1918 – 31 Jan, 1918	Succeeded by Francis G. G. Chilton
Preceded by Francis G. G. Chilton	Captain of H.M.S. Sentinel 31 Jan, 1918^[2] – 1 Jan, 1919	Succeeded by Alfred F. St. C. Armitage

↑ National Archives (Kew), ref. ADM 104, piece 114 (Registers of Reports of Deaths), p. 578.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 906.