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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
The son of Reverend J. Roy. | The son of Reverend J. Roy of Appleton Vicarage.<ref>Roy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/503.|D7603232}} f. 519.</ref> | ||
Roy was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1900. | Roy was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1900.<ref>Roy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/503.|D7603232}} f. 519.</ref> | ||
Roy was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 31 December, 1908. | Roy was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 31 December, 1908. In May 1910, he would fail to pass a torpedo course. Immediately thereafter, he was appointed to {{UK-PrinceGeorge}} for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1910]]. This was followed by a year-long appointment to {{UK-Agamemnon|f=p}}.<ref>Roy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/503.|D7603232}} f. 519.</ref> | ||
Roy was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1914. He served through the Great War at the Portsmouth | Roy was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1914. He served through the [[Great War]] at the [[Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth]] until taking up a post at the D.N.I. in November, 1918. He was tasked with helping discern how to allocate proceeds from an exhibition of "Q Ships" and "U. Boats."<ref>Roy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/503.|D7603232}} f. 519.</ref> | ||
Roy was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit in August, 1919. | Roy was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit in August, 1919.<ref>Roy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/503.|D7603232}} f. 519.</ref> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Robert+Stewart+Roy Service Records] | * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Robert+Stewart+Roy Service Records] | ||
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''?'''|'''[[H.M.S. Nightingale (1897)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Nightingale'']]'''<br> | {{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''?'''|'''[[H.M.S. Nightingale (1897)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Nightingale'']]'''<br>Apr, 1906<ref>Roy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/503.|D7603232}} f. 519.</ref> – 8 Jul, 1909<ref>Roy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/503.|D7603232}} f. 519.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Claude Hillersden Woodward|Claude H. Woodward]]'''}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:24, 9 June 2022
Commander Robert Stewart Roy, C.M.G. (11 March, 1878 – 3 December, 1924) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of Reverend J. Roy of Appleton Vicarage.[1]
Roy was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1900.[2]
Roy was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1908. In May 1910, he would fail to pass a torpedo course. Immediately thereafter, he was appointed to Prince George for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1910. This was followed by a year-long appointment to H.M.S. Agamemnon.[3]
Roy was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1914. He served through the Great War at the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth until taking up a post at the D.N.I. in November, 1918. He was tasked with helping discern how to allocate proceeds from an exhibition of "Q Ships" and "U. Boats."[4]
Roy was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit in August, 1919.[5]
See Also
Bibliography
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Nightingale Apr, 1906[6] – 8 Jul, 1909[7] |
Succeeded by Claude H. Woodward |
Footnotes
- ↑ Roy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/503. f. 519.
- ↑ Roy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/503. f. 519.
- ↑ Roy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/503. f. 519.
- ↑ Roy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/503. f. 519.
- ↑ Roy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/503. f. 519.
- ↑ Roy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/503. f. 519.
- ↑ Roy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/503. f. 519.
