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Revision as of 09:34, 7 August 2020

Captain R.N.R. (retired) Robert McMurray (26 December, 1885 – ) was an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

McMurray was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 23 July, 1911.

Acting Lieutenant-Commander, R.N.R. McMurray was appointed in command of the destroyer Avon on 12 September, 1918.[1]

McMurray was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 23 July, 1919.

McMurray was promoted to the rank of Commander R.N.R. on 1 January, 1925.

Placed on the Retired List owing to non-sea service on 19 April, 1928, McMurray was promoted to the rank of Captain R.N.R. on 31 December, 1929.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Reginald W. G. Crabbe
Captain of H.M. T.B. 027
6 May, 1915[2] – 14 Oct, 1915[3][4]
Succeeded by
John I. Harrison
Preceded by
Roger L. Wiles
Captain of H.M.S. Whiting
4 Oct, 1915[5]c. Dec, 1917
Succeeded by
Robert S. Connolly
Preceded by
Gilbert H. Flavel
Captain of H.M.S. Albacore
12 Jan, 1918[6] – 12 Sep, 1918
Succeeded by
William H. Brown
Preceded by
William H. Brown
Captain of H.M.S. Avon
12 Sep, 1918[7]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 736.
  2. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401a.
  3. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 401a. Printed as 1916 there, but it seems wrong.
  4. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399i.
  5. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399i.
  6. McMurray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/159. f. ?.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 736.