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[[File:Piers-Keane-Kekewich, NPG x69594.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Rear-Admiral Piers K. Kekewich as a Captain, June 1929.<br><small>Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]]
{{RearRN}} '''Piers Keane Kekewich''', C.B. (23 January, 1889 &ndash; ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
{{RearRN}} '''Piers Keane Kekewich''', C.B. (23 January, 1889 &ndash; ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].


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Kekewich was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 October, 1909.<ref>Kekewich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/340.|D7576708}} f. 343.</ref>
Kekewich was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 October, 1909.<ref>Kekewich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/340.|D7576708}} f. 343.</ref>
Early in the war, he was navigating officer in {{UK-Tyne|f=p}}.  On 8 January 1915, he was sent to {{UK-1Active}} for a single month and was then made navigator in the {{UK-1Galatea|f=t}} until 27 July 1917.<ref>Kekewich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/340.|D7576708}} f. 343.</ref>
Kekewich was navigator in the {{UK-Cardiff|f=t}} from 27 July 1917 through the end of the war.<ref>Kekewich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/340.|D7576708}} f. 343.</ref>


Kekewich was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 October, 1917.<ref>Kekewich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/340.|D7576708}} f. 343.</ref>
Kekewich was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 October, 1917.<ref>Kekewich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/340.|D7576708}} f. 343.</ref>


==Post-War==
Kekewich was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1922.<ref>Kekewich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/340.|D7576708}} f. 343.</ref>
Kekewich was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1922.<ref>Kekewich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/340.|D7576708}} f. 343.</ref>


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Latest revision as of 12:40, 26 July 2022

Rear-Admiral Piers K. Kekewich as a Captain, June 1929.
Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Rear-Admiral Piers Keane Kekewich, C.B. (23 January, 1889 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Elstree, Hants. Kekewich gained three months' time on passing out of Britannia.[1]

Kekewich was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 October, 1909.[2]

Early in the war, he was navigating officer in H.M.S. Tyne. On 8 January 1915, he was sent to Active for a single month and was then made navigator in the light cruiser Galatea until 27 July 1917.[3]

Kekewich was navigator in the light cruiser Cardiff from 27 July 1917 through the end of the war.[4]

Kekewich was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 October, 1917.[5]

Kekewich was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1922.[6]

Kekewich was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1928.[7]

World War II

Kekewich was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 5 January, 1940 and placed on the Retired List the following day.[8]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Humphrey T. Walwyn 		Captain of H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth
15 Aug, 1927[9] – 1 Sep, 1927[10] 		Succeeded by
Hubert S. Monroe
Preceded by
Colin A. G. Hutchison 		Captain of H.M.S. Bee
23 Aug, 1929[11] – 10 Nov, 1931[12] 		Succeeded by
Henry H. Bousfield
Preceded by
Herbert A. Forster 		Captain of H.M.S. Frobisher
18 Dec, 1934[13] – 18 Dec, 1936[14] 		Succeeded by
Ernest J. Spooner
Preceded by
Eric G. Robinson 		Captain of Devonport Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master
24 Dec, 1936[15] – 9 Jan, 1939[16] 		Succeeded by
Walter N. T. Beckett
Preceded by
Henry P. Boxer 		King's Harbour Master, Rosyth
9 Jan, 1939[17] – 18 Nov, 1939[18] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Kenneth H. L. MacKenzie 		King's Harbour Master, Malta
31 Oct, 1943[19] – 9 Jan, 1946[20] 		Succeeded by
Wilfrid St. A. Malleson

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  2. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  3. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  4. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  5. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  6. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  7. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  8. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  9. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  10. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  11. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  12. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 241.
  14. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  15. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  16. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  17. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  18. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  19. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
  20. ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.

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