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Born in Clifton, Gloucester on 2 May, 1884.
 
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Kennedy-Purvis was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 January, 1904.<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>
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Kennedy-Purvis was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 January, 1904.<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>  He was appointed to command {{UK-TB66}} in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]],{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}} but in the event served in her subordinate to {{LaCRN}} [[Geoffrey Stewart Fleetwood Nash]].<ref>Nash's Service Record indicates "in Command", and Kennedy-Purvis's does not.</ref>
  
 
On 14 March, 1908, he married Ethel May Conquest at Christ Church in Woburn Square, London.<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>
 
On 14 March, 1908, he married Ethel May Conquest at Christ Church in Woburn Square, London.<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>
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Latest revision as of 15:25, 7 April 2022

Admiral SIR Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis, K.C.B., G.B.E., Royal Navy (2 May, 1884 – 26 May, 1946) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Clifton, Gloucester on 2 May, 1884.

Kennedy-Purvis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 January, 1904.[1] He was appointed to command T.B. 66 in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1904,[2] but in the event served in her subordinate to Lieutenant & Commander Geoffrey Stewart Fleetwood Nash.[3]

On 14 March, 1908, he married Ethel May Conquest at Christ Church in Woburn Square, London.[4]

Kennedy-Purvis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 January, 1912. From March, 1912 through June 1917, he remained in Vernon for W/T duties and to serve as an instructor in the developing technology.[5]

The Great War

Kennedy-Purvis was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1915. Still at Vernon, he continued his work on the War Staff and in instruction until 17 January, 1918 when he was appointed to Southampton as executive officer, where he would serve out the remained of the war.[6]

Post-War

Kennedy-Purvis was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1921.[7]

Kennedy-Purvis was appointed in command of the light cruiser Concord in July, 1925.

He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Glorious in March, 1931. A collision between the aircraft carrier and S.S. Florida on 1 April was laid at the feet of Kennedy-Purvis, but the number of aircraft operating at the time were taken as such an extenuating circumstance that no action was taken against him.[8]

Flag Rank

Kennedy-Purvis was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 30 September, 1933.[9]

Kennedy-Purvis was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 28 June, 1937.[10]

Kennedy-Purvis was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 15 February, 1942.[11]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Geoffrey Hopwood 		Captain of H.M.S. Diomede
21 Jan, 1925[12][13] – Jul, 1925[14] 		Succeeded by
Alexander R. W. Woods
Preceded by
Alexander R. W. Woods 		Captain of H.M.S. Concord
Jul, 1925[15] – 8 Jan, 1927[16] 		Succeeded by
Egerton W. Isaacson
Preceded by
Henry K. Kitson 		Director of the Signal Department
1 Mar, 1927 – 17 Mar, 1930 		Succeeded by
James W. S. Dorling
Preceded by
Dashwood F. Moir 		Captain of H.M.S. Glorious
14 Mar, 1931[17][18] – 1932[19] 		Succeeded by
Guy C. C. Royle
Preceded by
Sidney R. Bailey 		Assistant Chief of Naval Staff
2 Jul, 1934[20][21] – 2 Oct, 1936[22] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Max K. Horton
as Rear-Admiral Commanding, First Cruiser Squadron 		Vice-Admiral Commanding, First Cruiser Squadron
2 Oct, 1936[23] – Mar, 1940[24] 		Succeeded by
John H. D. Cunningham
Preceded by
Arthur F. Pridham 		Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Station
23 Aug, 1938[25] 		Succeeded by
Geoffrey Layton
Preceded by
Sidney R. Bailey 		President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
7 Oct, 1938[26] – 1940[27] 		Succeeded by
Eric J. P. Brind
Preceded by
Sidney J. Meyrick 		Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station
Mar, 1940[28] 		Succeeded by
Alban T. B. Curteis
Preceded by
Appointment Lapsed since 1919 		Deputy First Sea Lord
Jul, 1942[29] – May, 1946[30] 		Succeeded by
Appointment Lapsed

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  2. ↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  3. ↑ Nash's Service Record indicates "in Command", and Kennedy-Purvis's does not.
  4. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  5. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  6. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  7. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  8. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  9. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  10. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  11. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  12. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 233.
  14. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  15. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  16. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 242.
  18. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  19. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  20. ↑ "The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 14 August, 1934. Issue 46832, col F, p. 7.
  21. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  22. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  23. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  24. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  25. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  26. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  27. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  28. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  29. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  30. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.

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