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Latest revision as of 15:43, 7 April 2022

Admiral SIR Edward Desmond Bewley McCarthy, D.S.O.*, C.B. , K.C.B. (15 November, 1893 – 8 June, 1966) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

McCarthy was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 February, 1916.[1]

McCarthy was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 February, 1924.[2]

McCarthy was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1929.[3]

McCarthy was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1935.[4]

World War II

McCarthy was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 7 July, 1944.[5]

McCarthy was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 2 September, 1948. He retired on 15 December, 1950. He was promoted to Admiral on the Retired List on 15 March, 1952.[6]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Randolph S. G. Nicholson 		Captain of H.M.S. Curacoa
11 Jan, 1937[7][8] – Jan, 1938[9] 		Succeeded by
Richard Shelley
Preceded by
Charles H. L. Woodhouse 		Captain of H.M.S. Ajax
22 Apr, 1940[10] – 27 Nov, 1941[11] 		Succeeded by
Stuart L. Bateson
Preceded by
Harold R. G. Kinahan 		Captain of the Fleet, Home Fleet
8 Jan, 1942[12] – 10 Jun, 1943[13] 		Succeeded by
Alex C. Chapman
Preceded by
Percy Todd 		Rear Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas, Mediterranean
early Jun, 1946[14] – 3 Nov, 1947[15] 		Succeeded by
Michael M. Denny
Preceded by
Clement Moody 		Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic
15 Mar, 1948[16] – c. Jul, 1950[17] 		Succeeded by
Herbert A. Packer

Footnotes

  1. ↑ McCarthy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/536. f. 30.
  2. ↑ McCarthy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/536. f. 30.
  3. ↑ McCarthy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/536. f. 30.
  4. ↑ McCarthy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/536. f. 30.
  5. ↑ McCarthy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/536. f. 30.
  6. ↑ McCarthy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/536. f. 30.
  7. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 28 Oct. 1936, p. 7.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 227.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  11. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. ↑ McCarthy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/536. f. 30.
  13. ↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/65. f. 65.
  14. ↑ McCarthy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/536. f. 30.
  15. ↑ Denny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/2. f. 2.
  16. ↑ McCarthy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/536. f. 30.
  17. ↑ McCarthy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/536. f. 30.

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