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Revision as of 20:32, 10 March 2016

Captain Alexander Grant, C.B.E., Royal Navy, Retired (7 March, 1872 – 4 May, 1961) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Grant entered naval service on 21 December, 1887.[1]

Grant was made Acting Gunner on 1 January, 1896 and a Chief Gunner on 1 April, 1912.[2]

Grant drew an expression of "severe displeasure" for the blame attributed to him for the death of a stoker in 1911.[3]

Grant was appointed to the battlecruiser Lion on 5 June, 1915 and fought in her at the Battle of Jutland. His gallantry in that battle earned him a special promotion to Lieutenant, dated 6 June, 1916.[4]

Bibliography

  • The Naval Miscellany VII (2008). London: Navy Records Society.

Papers

  • Through the Hawse Pipe. Memoirs in the possession of the Imperial War Museum. 66/283/1.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Frank A. C. Baker
Captain of H.M.S. Griffon
12 Oct, 1916[5] – early 1919[6]
Succeeded by
?

 

Footnotes

  1. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/170. f. 272.
  2. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34. f. 182.
  3. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34. f. 182.
  4. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34. f. 182.
  5. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 805.
  6. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 805.

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